Chapter 978: Besieged on All Sides
On February 19 of the third year of the Han Dynasty, Yue Fei, the marshal of the right army of the Han Dynasty and the Northern Army, led 40,000 people to attack the Xiongnu base camp under the city of Tongwan, with the latest mass production of the Han Dynasty's new stone throwing car and large ladder as a means, led the generals under his command to attack the city of Tongwan, captured the city of Tongwan in one go, killed dozens of Xiongnu generals, captured the six fierce generals of the Huyan clan of the Huns, captured more than 10,000 people of the Xiongnu tribe, and captured more than 10,000 people of the Xiongnu tribes.
After pacifying the Xiongnu, Yue Fei did not stop, and immediately sent someone to inform the Han garrison in Wuyuan County, ordering it to take over the Xiongnu's hometown.
"What? The Huns were pacified? "The five original Taishou of the Han Dynasty is also a famous general, named Hao Zhao, this person was sent by Zhuge Liang because of his good guard, the main purpose is to drag the Huns, as for winning, he knows that he only has more than a thousand defenders in his hands, and it is almost impossible to defeat tens of thousands of Xiongnu elite soldiers, but he did not expect that someone suddenly informed him, saying that the Huns were pacified, and asked him to take over the defense, his heart was suddenly extremely shocked, and he asked in a lost voice.
"Exactly, this is a letter from General Yue Fei, the marshal of the Right Army of the Han Expeditionary Northern Army, and I also ask Hao Taishou to look at it." Although Yue Fei's subordinate Wang Zuo only has one arm, but he is never willing to eat idle meals, in the case of Yue Fei forbidding him to go into battle to kill the enemy, he wholeheartedly helped Yue Fei deal with military and political affairs, this time he took the initiative to go to see Hao Zhao of the Han Dynasty Wuyuan Taishou Hao Zhao, and handed over the defense of the Xiongnu's hometown, he saw that Hao Zhao was a little unbelieving, and he could understand it in his heart, so he took out Yue Fei's letter and sent it to Hao Zhao.
Hao Zhao unfolded the letter and read it carefully, only then did he finally confirm that the Han Dynasty had indeed pacified the Xiongnu, and the Xiongnu power, which was as unshakable as a behemoth in front of him, was completely pacified, which really made him unbelievable, but the fact was in front of him, but he couldn't believe it, after all, Yue Fei's letter seal could not be faked, so under the surprise, Hao Zhao immediately led the army to the Xiongnu hometown to garrison.
When he came to the city of Tongwan, looking at the towering city wall, Hao Zhao was full of emotion, although he had never been here, but he had also heard how the city was built, knowing that this city was full of blood and bones, and also knew that this city was extremely strong, and it was unimaginable to break through it head-on, but when he saw the traces of attack that still remained on the city wall, he knew that this city was forcibly breached. The Han army suffered very few losses in battle, and dozens of people were killed in the entire battle, which is really shocking.
"Alas, I haven't participated in such a large-scale siege battle for a few years, and I really don't know that my Han's siege methods have reached such an incredible level, and it seems that my consciousness has lagged behind a lot. Marshal Yue really deserves to be the excellent commander of my Han Dynasty who has risen the fastest in recent years, I heard that the Yue family army is not good at attacking cities, and now it seems that even this weakness has been filled, this is really the blessing of my Han Dynasty. ”
Hao Zhao sighed in his heart, and met Yue Fei with great reverence, but he didn't expect that there was only Yue Fei's subordinate Niu Gao led 3,000 people to defend the town, and after the two handed over the city defense matters, even Niu Gao didn't have time to drink a sip of water before leading the army to set off, according to Niu Gao, after winning this battle, Yue Fei had already led the army to Dingxiang, that is, the city of Helin built by the Mongols, Yue Fei has learned that if today's son Liu He is confronting the main Mongolian force, he urgently needs them to return to help and fight a decisive battle with Mongolia, Therefore, after capturing the city of Tongwan and destroying the Xiongnu, he immediately went on the road to join Liu He.
"Not only our Marshal Yue, but General Zilong, who had just eliminated the Khitan forces, also led his army to Dingxiang City, in addition to Marshal Yang Ye who guarded Yanmen, Prime Minister Zhuge who had been in a long-term confrontation with Genghis Khan, and even General Ma Chao, General Lu Bu and others all went, it is estimated that after waiting for half a month at most, our army will be able to complete the encirclement of Genghis Khan."
"I really envy you guys, you can complete such an epic battle." Hao Zhao's heart was extremely envious, against three or four hundred thousand Mongolians, such a big war was destined to be an unprecedented war recorded in history, but it was a pity that he did not get the order to participate in such a big war of fame and fortune.
Niu Gao was proud when he heard this, he naturally knew the significance of such a big battle, with such an unprecedented combat power of the Han Dynasty, he believed that it was absolutely impossible to win, so as long as he participated, he was destined to achieve a lot of fame.
After everything was settled, Niu Gao immediately led his soldiers to set off for Helin City.
When Niu Gao arrived at the camp outside Helin City, he found that the Han army was almost all assembled, but there were still two teams missing, Ma Chao and Lu Bu, so there was nothing to do at present, just waiting with peace of mind.
It is said that Huang Yueying also specially transferred Ma Jun from the Ministry of Industry when she arrived, and came to Liu He's camp to discuss the improvement and manufacture of more powerful siege equipment, so as to occupy a greater advantage in this siege battle and minimize casualties.
Although this is the last big battle on the mainland, and victory is inevitable, everyone knows that in the face of a strong enemy, the damage must be extremely heavy, so it is also a factor that must be considered to reduce the damage as much as possible.
After the final statistics, the total number of Han soldiers who came to the city of Helin has reached 300,000, and Genghis Khan's last morale of the ninth level of the 400,000 Mongolian army although there is still a gap, but it is not big, just like everyone can think, this battle must go down in history, after all, the number of participants in this battle is the largest in the entire Eastern Han Dynasty except for the Battle of the Yellow Turban.
The 300,000 army is divided into four major battalions, and the city of Lin is surrounded by impenetrable, looking from the head of the city, all around are densely packed with the camps of the Han army, especially at night, the little sparks in the camp make the Mongols feel the pressure doubled, because in those sparks, the Han soldiers are dormant, and now they are making the final preparations, once ready, an unprecedented war is about to begin.
Genghis Khan was also frowning now, he knew that although his own army had the advantage and the location of defending the city, it would not be easy to achieve the final victory, and it was only a fifty percent hope for him.
At this time, I saw Genghis Khan's third son, Wo Kotai, stepped forward and said: "Father Khan, now that the Han army is scattered in all directions, instead of waiting for them to attack together, it is better to sneak attack its camp at night, so that it is still possible to take advantage of its unpreparedness to bring some damage to it, as long as we can bring damage to them, we can hit the morale of the Han army and create conditions for our army to win." ”