"Shangdang County is a county with an extremely important strategic location, and it has always been a battleground for soldiers. This place is dangerous and solid, three of the eight Taihang are located in the territory, and taking this place can not only block the Huns from fleeing to Hebei, Si, and Henan three states, but also threaten Pingyang from the east. ”

"The specific task assigned to me by the Military Division in the first phase of the Right Route Army is to take down the entire Shangdang County."

In the big tent of the Chinese army, Feng Yi, the secretary and supervisor, had just finished introducing the specific tasks, when he saw Chen An rushing in with a military report.

"Huhou, what's going on?"

"My lord, General Beigong has come to report that Wuxiang has been taken, and he is leading the forward cavalry south to Xiangyuan, requesting that infantry be sent to accept Wuxiang quickly."

"Oh?! Wuxiang took it? Wei Shuo was taken aback, Beigong Chun's troops were all cavalry, how could they be used to attack the city?

"Hahaha, my lord, you underestimate General Beigong too much! Back then, he and thousands of Liangzhou iron cavalry killed tens of thousands of Hun cavalry and fled in disarray, which was already a nightmare in the minds of the Huns. As long as he went to the next stop in the city, how could the Huns dare to raise their troops to resist except to raise their hands to surrender? Feng Yi teased after glancing at the good news.

"Really? Show me! ”

Wei Shuo took the good news and saw it, and was overjoyed, and went to Wuxiang without a fight to open the door to Shangdang, and the Liaodong Army could go south to attack Shangdang County without any worries.

"Pass my command, the army speed up the march! In addition, he told General Beigong that he was ordered to continue to go south, and it was best to take Huguan and block the passage around the Huns to escape. ”

……

Soon after the start of the war, groups of fast horses rushed into Pingyang City. Early in the morning, Dazai Liu Jing rushed into the palace, and at this time, Liu Cong, who had just woken up, was handling official business, and recently with Liaodong pressing step by step. Every day, there are hundreds of important things that he needs to deal with personally.

"Your Majesty, something is wrong, the Jin people have launched an attack on Shangdang County. The crown prince Liu Ji sent someone to summon the news, and this time the Liaodong army gathered 30,000 troops and launched a fierce attack on all parts of Shangdang. And our Huns were stationed in the party, and they suffered heavy losses as soon as they clashed. Wuxiang even surrendered without a fight! ”

"Due to the lack of troops, the prince can only focus on guarding several key city passes such as Luxian, Hukou Pass, Huguan, and Xiangyuan, but how can this battle be fought like this?"

As soon as Liu Jing came in, he yelled at Liu Cong, it was really that the offensive of the Jin army this time was too fierce, and the momentum of never giving up until the goal was achieved was really bad for this Xiongnu nobleman. He knew that he had too many Jin blood debts in his hands, and once he fell to the Jin army, he would never be much better than Duan Mobo's fate.

Liu Cong just looked at Liu Jing there with an expressionless face and vented his emotions without saying anything. In the face of increasing external pressure, in addition to Liu Cong and Liu Yao, a few people can remain calm, others such as Liu Jing are already panicking.

It wasn't until Liu Jing gradually calmed down that Liu Cong opened his eyes and said, "If you can't keep it, you have to keep it!" Could it be that you can still abandon Shangdang County? It was the only passage for the Huns to flee to Hebei, Si and Henan after their defeat. Once it is obtained by the Jin army, our Huns will be completely trapped by the Liaodong army in the Yellow River and Taihang Mountain. ”

"Dazai, you go and tell Liu Ji that kid that you must keep the party, otherwise he won't go back to Pingyang to see me!"

It was not that Liu Cong forced his son to die, but that the combat effectiveness of the Liaodong Army was really unexpected, and the speed of the collapse of the Huns was much faster than he expected. Originally, he thought that it would not be a problem to hold on with tens of thousands of troops, but everything that happened on the battlefield was clearly told to him. That's just wishful thinking.

Thinking about Wei Shuo's cruelty to Hu Ren, Liu Cong couldn't help but feel chills in his heart. If he can't block the Jin army's attack this time, what awaits him and his clansmen will definitely be death.

"No, Your Majesty!" Liu Jing didn't dare to stay longer, and immediately turned around and left.

"Wait a minute, let Lan Yang, the general of Dangjin, lead 5,000 cavalry to support the front line of the party, and let him tell the prince. It is necessary to block the Jin people in Lu County, and never let the Jin people take the entire Shangdang County. In addition, I sent aid to Xiangguo Shi Le, telling him that as long as he sent troops to rescue, I would crown him as the king of Zhao. Let Shile Governor Youji and Qingsi Yuyan Seven Prefectures Military. ”

Liu Cong was desperate, so he had to whisper again and again to Shi Le for help. It's a pity that he is only doing this in vain, Shi Le is concentrating all his strength on attacking Qingzhou, and he is not able to support Pingyang at all, and it is impossible for him to provoke the powerful Liaodong.

……

At the same time, from Shangdang to Xihe, tens of thousands of Jin troops launched a full-line attack on the Xiongnu garrisons in various places, and a war aimed at eradicating the Xiongnu in Bingzhou began. For a time, with Fenshui as the boundary, it was divided into two major battlefields in the east and west, and the entire southern part of Bingzhou was full of war, and the Huns were caught off guard by the Liaodong army.

The Huns have fought so many battles, and they have never been so embarrassed as today, in the past, the Huns were beating around the Jin army, but now they have fallen all together, so that many Huns can't adapt to it at once.

On the front line of the party, after taking Wuxiang, he went straight to Xiangyuan, the northern gateway of Lu County, and went straight to Lu County. Before the war, there were 20,000 people stationed in the entire Shangdang County, but after only a few days, the losses of the Huns had exceeded thousands. In order to preserve his strength, Liu Ji, the crown prince stationed in Shangdang, had to ask the defenders from all over the country to withdraw to several important passes such as Xiangyuan, Huguan, Luxian, and Hukou Pass.

"General, five thousand Hun cavalry have been found!"

Hearing this, Beigong Chun hurriedly asked, "Where is it?" ”

Since entering the party, the forward cavalry led by him has not even grabbed a single hair except for playing a prestige in Wuxiang. Now when he heard that there were five thousand Hun cavalry, Beigong Chun was immediately excited.

The recorder gestured a few times with his hand, and said with excitement on his face: "According to the scout's report, these cavalry are likely to be sent by Pingyang to support the party, general, do you want us to ......?"

"Since I have encountered the truth that I have not let go, this time I want to let the Huns under the city of Luxian let the Huns have a good look at the power of my Liaodong iron cavalry!"

The forward general Beigong is a master of pure art, and with the elite under his command, he personally led the sedan cavalry to raid Lu County, the county governor's office. As long as Luxian can be taken and the Huns' back road can be cut off, their deployment in Shangdang will be completely defeated, and the Liaodong Army will be able to attack all parts of the country unscrupulously.

The purpose of the Jin army's operation was very clear, that is, to annihilate the remaining remnants of the Xiongnu in one fell swoop, and strive not to let a single Xiongnu escape from the encirclement.

"Your Highness, Wuxiang has surrendered, Xiangyuan has also been attacked, the Jin army is attacking from Lu County, and the defenders from all over the country can't stop each other at all! Your Highness must hurry up and think of a way, otherwise the Shangdang defenders may really be wiped out. ”

"Now the defenders everywhere have suffered heavy losses, the Liaodong Army is too strong, they not only have powerful soldiers, but even equipped with all kinds of siege equipment, often as long as their ballistae bombard the city for a few hours, the rest only need the infantry to go up to collect the corpses!"

Liu Ji, who was sitting in Lu County, had a gloomy face after hearing the report from his subordinates, and the strength of the Jin army was really unexpected. In addition, the defenders in various places were panicked because of the matter of begging Hu Weiwen, and the Jin army was simply crushed at the touch of a button. Take Wuxiang as an example, there are thousands of defenders in the city, but in the face of cavalry who can't attack the city, they are not obediently surrendering the city.

Moreover, the surrender of Wuxiang opened a very bad head, which made the morale of Liu Cong, Liu Yao and other Xiongnu nobles who had finally gathered disperse at once. Moreover, through this incident, the Liaodong Army clearly expressed to the Huns that they would only take out anger on the nobles, generals, and leaders of the tribe, and generally would not be cruel to ordinary herdsmen.

As long as the ordinary herdsmen did not commit any serious crimes, after they surrendered, the Liaodong army would not do anything to them. Although you will lose a lot of privileges, what are those so-called privileges compared to your life? In addition, the so-called privileges of the Xiongnu Han State were mostly for the nobles, and ordinary herdsmen did not enjoy any benefits.

At the same time, after the Di people fled north under the leadership of Shan Zheng, the rest of the Hu tribes such as Qiang, Xianbei, Qianghu, and Qian also began to become ready to move. The will from the Han Emperor Liu Cong began to go against the yang, but increased the attention to the Liaodong army, and even some leaders have quietly sent envoys to Jinyang. (To be continued.) )