Chapter 638: Sending troops to fight the Southern Xiongnu
In the fourth year of Zhongping, in the early spring, the northern state is still very cold. And after quelling the rebellion of Zhang Chun, Zhang Ju and the Black Mountain Thieves repeatedly, the Han Dynasty, who had been preparing for several months, finally stretched out his fangs of revenge to the Southern Huns and Tu Ge who rebelled last year.
It's just that the Han Dynasty was ready to have a plot against the Hu people, and the Hu people also had a plan for the Han people. No, the Han army has not yet had Dong Zhuo, the Tu people and the Southern Huns who had been silent for a winter began to make a move, and it was a big move, they suddenly sent troops, swept the north in the west, went south to Hedong, east Kou Jinyang, Yanmen, and attacked Dingxiang in the north, and even slightly Liangzhou, Bingzhou, and Sili three states, for a time, in this early spring, the northern frontier of the Han Kingdom was full of flames, causing immeasurable losses in the three places.
However, it is said that Guan Yu has collected less than 2,000 remnants of the Xiongnu Zhonglang General, and after eliminating some of the wounded and weak soldiers who have retired from the army, Guan Yu recruited some strong and strong, and asked Fuquan for help, borrowed thousands of good horses, and finally made up enough 8,000 horses, because its territory was occupied by Hu Ren, so it could only garrison Jinyang.
Later, with the surrender of the thief Zhonglang Fu De led the troops to gather in Jinyang, the two armies are deeply related to each other, both the commander and the soldiers, and the natural soldiers are one, and nearly 30,000 foot cavalry are stationed at the foot of Longshan Mountain, which is more than ten miles outside Jinyang City.
The scenery here is very good, the red leaves of the mountain form a sharp contrast with the emerald green of Qianmo, the Jinyang Lake is just like a huge mirror embedded in the jade land, it has always been the best choice for Jinyang people to go out. But now that beautiful scenery, occupied by the coalition forces of Guan Yu and the Fude Department, the daily military camp shouts and kills the sound of drills, accompanied by the sound of horses' hooves, it is really a big scenery, visitors come here are disappointed, but after all, it is where the Han army is stationed, and Guan Yu's military discipline is strict, but there is no gossip.
After receiving the news from the Assassin History Department of Bingzhou, Guan Yu and Fu De, who were supervising the training of soldiers in the barracks, immediately called their cronies and rushed to the Assassin History Department in Jinyang City on horseback.
When I arrived at the Department of Thorn History, I greeted everyone hastily, and Ding Yuan said the strategy of the Hu people, this time the strategy of slaughtering everyone and the Southern Huns was very visible, that is, in the northwest two lines each sent one or two thousand troops, the purpose of which was to loot, they could rob if they could, and it was best not to fight, so that while interfering with the northern garrison of the Han Dynasty, they gathered tens of thousands of troops, known as "100,000", and went straight to Jinyang, where the Department of Thorn History of the Prefecture was located, just like the previous killing of Zhang Yi, and once again defeated the strength of the Han Dynasty, an important place in northern Xinjiang. 、
The house was silent, in the face of the fierce Tu Ge and the Huns, everyone felt the pressure, there was no danger to defend in the west of Jinyang, once Hu Cai crossed Luliang Mountain, he pushed all the way to Jinyang City without any danger.
"Dong Xihe is now leading troops to Yu Gao Wolf, waiting for Hu Cai, and summoning the state office, joining forces with Xihe to wait for Hu Cai, what do you think?" Ding Yuan opened his mouth and said, his tone was full of anger, everyone knew that it was Ding Yuanqi Dong Zhuo didn't know the rules, and he stabbed Shi Nai as the county guard, Dong Zhuo was so rude, he directly asked Ding Yuan to send troops to join forces with him, and there was no tone of inquiry at all, isn't this obviously ignorant of dignity?
Of course, those with a sharp mind can also guess that Dong Zhuo is not so much rude to Ding Yuan, but rather Qi Ding Yuan robbed him of his position as the assassin of the state. After all, since Dong Zhuo was resurrected by Situ Yuan Kui and was dropped to Bingzhou to exterminate the Black Mountain thieves, he has repeatedly made military exploits, and went to Tuge and the Southern Xiongnu coalition army to rebel and attack the state, and killed Zhang Yi and Xing Ji, the Taishou of Xihe County, but he has always wanted to fight for the position of the assassin of this state.
It's just that, like Dong Zhuo, Ding Yuan, who is also a former official of the Yuan family, is obviously more worthy of Yuan Kui's reuse, after all, Dong Zhuo has something unfavorable about the previous extermination of Taiping Dao, which makes Yuan Kui hesitate. After Yuan Kui pondered deeply, regardless of Dong Zhuo's experience of serving as the assassin of Bingzhou, he was obviously more suitable than Ding Yuan, and recommended Ding Yuan as the assassin of Bingzhou, as for Dong Zhuo, considering that he had rich military experience, he recommended him as the Taishou of Xihe County, so that he could face the combined forces of Tuge and Southern Xiongnu.
Many people present saw Ding Yuan's appearance, and they didn't dare to offend him with words, the atmosphere was slightly delicate, and Geng Zhi, the general of Duliao, saw this and hurriedly changed the topic and said: "Hu people are here, the momentum is violent, and the monarchs are discussing, is it offensive or defensive?" ”
Shuofang County Taishou Dong Yuan immediately spoke: "There are about 50,000 available soldiers in Jinyang City, 50,000 against 100,000, most of them are new soldiers, and they have no chance of winning. There is Jinyang Jiancheng, what can Hu Qi do? ”
The Taiyuan County Taishou Committee immediately shook his head and said: "If you can't defend it, the Hu people will go around the city and plunder, and then the 300,000 people in the sixteen counties of Taiyuan will cause a big disaster, no!" Cannot! ”
Dong Yuan immediately retorted: "If you go out of the city to attack it, once you are defeated, not only will the people of Taiyuan have a big disaster, but you may not be able to protect the state at that time." When the judgment continues, but suffer from its chaos, how to choose, I hope you think deeply! ”
Yunzhong County Taishou Lehe hurriedly echoed at this time: "The lower official agrees with Dong Shuofang's intentions, and uses Jinyang Jiancheng to frustrate Hu Ruiqi, and then find an opportunity to break it, which is a good strategy." If you go out of the city to fight Hu and make a mistake, I am afraid that there will be a disaster of going to Zhang Bingzhou and Xingxi River, and it will be too late to regret it! ”
At this time, because General Du Liao and the Xiongnu Zhonglang General were stationed, all of them were owned by the Hu people, Guan Yu and Geng Zhi were in Jinyang, about 30,000 people, plus more than 10,000 people from the Fude Department and Ding Yuan's own 20,000 soldiers from the state, a total of about 60,000 people. Of course, this is not to say that they will use 60,000 people in the decisive battle, after all, Jinyang County must also send troops to defend it, so once the whole army is dispatched, the maximum number of troops that the Han army can use is only more than 50,000 people, and most of them, such as Ding Yuan and Geng Zhi's soldiers, are new soldiers, and they really rely on nearly 30,000 people who only rely on the horses of Guan Yu and Fude, which really worries many people, after all, the soldiers and horses of the Hu people are all elites who can get on the horse with a sword.
Among them, there are Dong Yuan and Le He, both of whom are new Taishou, and most of the places they are in charge of have been trapped by thieves, and they can't even return to their jurisdictions. To put it bluntly, now, on the one hand, they don't believe that the Han army can win at all, and on the other hand, they don't care about the life or death of the people of Taiyuan County at all, they only care about their own mistakes in office, as long as they can recover the lost territory, make war achievements, and then return to the jurisdiction to take office and achieve political achievements and promotion.
Guan Yu has never been afraid of the Hu people, and when he saw the two of them fighting so cowardly, he said angrily: "Hu people and dogs, why are you afraid? If you are afraid, please do it, and the eight thousand horsemen under the command of Yu will go out of the city for a decisive battle! ”
Fu De immediately agreed, and also said that more than 10,000 horsemen under his command would also fight, and the intention of the two was to force everyone to make a choice.
Maybe Guan Yu's weight is low, and everyone present will not care about him, the Hun Zhonglang, they are all county guards, and their rights are much greater than Guan Yu. But Fude is different, although Fude is still a miscellaneous lieutenant general, his background is not comparable to everyone, even Geng Zhi from the right Fufeng Geng clan does not dare to underestimate it, and because of the defeat of the Black Mountain thief last year, the beheading of Zhang Yan's credit, Fude was also named the Pavilion Marquis by the imperial court, and this identity is not comparable to them.
Geng Zhi originally wanted to regain the lost territory and let him stay in Jinyang as a general of Duliao, how could he stand it, and now he was forced to fight like this, and he should also say: "I am also willing to send troops to fight against Hu Zhi!" ”
At this time, three of the four Jinyang had soldiers in their hands, and the others present were silent, and then looked at Ding Yuan, who was the last person in Jinyang City to have soldiers, if he had no objections, then it was useless for anyone to object.
Seeing everyone looking at him, Ding Yuan did not respond immediately, but changed the topic and said: "Last year, Zhang Bingzhou was harmed by Hu Wei, and there were only 20,000 soldiers in Jinyang City, but all parts of Jinyang City still need to stay behind, and the soldiers and horses of the State Department in the city are only a few thousand steps. ”
As soon as these words came out, Geng Zhi, Fu De, and Guan Yu's faces changed, and they were all furious, Ding Yuan's words meant that he would send out thousands of miscellaneous soldiers, and if he fought, it was obvious that the three of them would be the main force, and a merger state assassin would preserve his strength so much, could he not make them angry?
At that moment, Geng Zhi was the first to shout: "How can you make the king the lord of the annexed state?" ”
Fude also followed: "Could it be that there is no one in the state? It's just a dog, but no one dares to fight? ”
In the words, he nakedly slapped Ding Yuan's face who wanted to preserve his strength, but Ding Yuan was also scheming. He knew very well that this battle was sinister, and sent out his troops, not to mention whether he could win or not, even if he won, he would lose most of his troops, and for him, who had just taken control of the state, he must not be without soldiers, so he was not moved by the words of the two at all, and because of the background of the two, he did not refute it at all.
Seeing that Ding Yuan was such a scoundrel, in the end, if it wasn't for Fu De and the scoundrel who said that Ding Yuan would not send troops, he would lead his troops to Yanmen to sneak attack the rear of the Hu people, and throw all the mess of Jinyang to Ding Yuan, and then Geng Zhi and Guan Yu also had a similar threat, which made Ding Yuan succumb.
After all, the Hu people's 100,000 coalition army, as long as they besiege Jinyang City, Ding Yuan himself will only have more than 10,000 people in Jinyang, and then they will be divided into various places, without the support of others, they will not really be plundered by the Hu people again. When the time comes, counting the sequelae left by the Hu people's raiding and annexing of the state last year, and the population of the state after these two catastrophes, I am afraid that in the end, he will not even be as good as a county guard in the end.
Therefore, Ding Yuan was scared and agreed to increase the troops, and no more, only 8,000 troops were sent, and everyone only needed people to guard all parts of Jinyang, and some of the 20,000 soldiers in Ding Yuan and the state were still in Yanmen, Dingxiang and other places, and it was not easy to give 8,000, so he reluctantly agreed.
After some preparations, the Han army and the state of the assassin Shi Ding Yuan 8,000 foot soldiers, Du Liao general Geng Zhi infantry cavalry about 20,000 cavalry, so that the Xiongnu Zhonglang will Guan Yu cavalry 8,000 cavalry, the thief Zhonglang will Fu De infantry 18,000 cavalry, a total of 54,000 horses, out of Jinyang City, straight to the west, to the direction of Xihe County.
In the distance, Luliang Mountain, where Xihe County and Taiyuan are connected, is more than 800 miles horizontally, and it is abrupt and abrupt.
On the winding path in the mountains, the birds and birds flew in fright, and the black-pressed Hu cavalry passed in array, straight to the west, and there was no edge in sight. These Hu cavalry, everyone wears double layer of leather armor, and even three layers of leather armor, carrying bows and arrows, short soldiers are mainly Hun swords and spears, a few people wear the Han standard ring head knife, accounting for about 20% of the number, can be called the elite of the elite, among them, most of them are once recruited by the Han State, with the Han army to conquer the Xianbei, Qiang people, to suppress the domestic rebellion of the veterans, the strength should not be underestimated.
In the rear of the cavalry of the Hu people's brigade, there were herds of countless cattle and sheep, as many as hundreds of thousands. These are the grain and grass of the Hu people, and their advantage is that they do not need to transport grain for thousands of miles, and they are slaughtered anywhere, but there are also disadvantages, that is, once the Hu people are defeated, it is difficult for their cattle and horses to keep up with the speed of the army's escape, so that most of them will be cheaper to defeat their opponents and capture them. In the history books, it is often recorded that a certain Hu was broken, and tens of thousands, hundreds of thousands, hundreds of thousands, and countless cattle, horses, and sheep were obtained.
Now, with the rebellion of these Hu people attached to the Han Dynasty, they once again took the cattle and sheep with them, and robbed them of their ferocity with swords against the Han people, and I don't know who will end up owning these cattle, horses and sheep?
"Report! The Han army was found ahead......"
A scout's shout woke up the new Xu Bu Shan Yu, he was the former Xu Bu Gu Duhou, after asking about the number of Han troops, although he was a little worried, after all, there were a lot of Han troops, and their combat power has not been low.
However, in the end, Xu Bu Shan Yu still ordered the army to advance, he did not want to fight, but had to fight, it is said that the Han State is warmly entertaining his betrayal of the Qiang Qu Shan Yu son Yu Fu Luo, there is a great plan to seize the position of Shan Yu for him, this is the reverse scale of Su Bu Shan Yu, must not be tolerated, so it must be beaten, otherwise, once the Han people with Xu Bu Shan Yu killed, Su Bu Shan Yu can be sure that those people in the Southern Xiongnu tribes who are dissatisfied with themselves will definitely support him, which will inevitably affect his rule.
Moreover, Su Bu Shan Yu, who was deeply aware of the strength of the Han Kingdom, also understood that their betrayal would definitely cause the anger of the Han Kingdom, and they could only get a glimmer of life if they were afraid of the Han Kingdom and let the Han Kingdom face them squarely. Otherwise, once the Han put down the rebellion in the country and used their population against themselves, the Southern Xiongnu would definitely follow the old path of the Xiongnu ancestors in the former Han Dynasty.
Therefore, in this battle, the Southern Xiongnu had to fight, and only by beating the Han Dynasty could they gain their own rule......
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