Chapter 408: Zhang Yan's Wisdom
The first target of Qubei and Ugoli in the south was Shangjun Junzhi, which had been occupied by the Qiang people before, and returned to Fushi County of the Han Dynasty after Zhang Yan came.
Let's say that the Montenegrin Army has produced two generals, Zhang Yan and Yang Feng, so it is reasonable for the old and weak women and children of Montenegro to live in Shangjun.
Now Yang Fengyuan is in Hedong, and only Zhang Yan is in Shangjun.
And the once fortified city of Fushi only had 5,000 soldiers and horses and more than 100,000 women and children.
Fortunately, it was winter, and all the Black Mountain women and children had taken refuge in the city because of the severe cold, so they did not suffer any losses.
When the Huns invaded Qiuzi, Zhang Yan had already reported the military situation to Lu Bu, and also asked Xihe Cui Jun for help, and at the same time, he also hurriedly rectified the soldiers and gathered the people.
Everything was ready, and the combined army of the Huns and Qiang also rushed not far outside the city.
Zhang Yan tidied up, and hurriedly led people to the top of the city.
Standing on the top of the city, although the Hun army was still a few miles away from the city, the dust in the sky was flying, and the sound of horses' hooves also shook the earth slightly.
Seeing that the Huns were coming quickly, Zhang Yan couldn't help but be secretly frightened.
Just looking at the formation, there were seventy or eighty thousand horses, and all of them were cavalry, which was terrifying just to look at.
Zhang Yan hurriedly pacified the soldiers on the city wall, fortunately, these people were brought out by Zhang Yan, and with his prestige, he would not be so flustered that he could not defend the city for a while.
What made Zhang Yan strange was that after the Huns came, they did not immediately attack the city, but set up camp and surrounded the city of Fushi.
After waiting for most of the day, seeing the leisurely appearance of the Huns coming and going, Zhang Yan expected that the Huns would not attack.
So, Zhang Yan dismissed the ordinary people who rushed to help defend the city after hearing the news.
However, he didn't dare to be too careless, and now there were two generals in the city, he and Sun Qing, so he decided that the two would take turns to wait.
Zhang Yan also had to go to the city to deal with all kinds of miscellaneous things first, and Sun Qing stared at the city first to see the plans of the Huns.
But Sun defended lightly for a day, and the Huns had no intention of attacking the city, and they didn't even put out siege materials.
In the evening, Zhang Yan replaced Sun Qing, looking at the continuous Hun camp outside the city, the leisurely Hun soldiers, Zhang Yan felt more and more strange.
After holding out all night, the Huns still did not attack the city.
In the morning, Sun Qinglai replaced Zhang Yan, looked at the little smoke in the Hun camp outside the city, and scolded a few times helplessly.
"Fuck, these mongrels are here and they don't attack, what are they doing? It's so scary that I can't sleep, I really want to go out of the city and kill my mother! ”
Zhang Yan smiled and patted Sun Qing's shoulder.
"Stabilize your mind and watch carefully, if there is a war, you will have no time to complain!"
Zhang Yan returned to her house, finished breakfast, and lay on the bed, but she couldn't sleep.
Although he hadn't slept all night, his mind was unusually clear, perhaps because he was too nervous.
What was the intention of the Huns to besiege but not attack? Zhang Yan was puzzled.
Could it be that the Huns had other intentions?
After thinking about it for a long time, a terrible thought finally came to me.
So, Zhang Yan hurriedly got up and came to the city.
"Dashuai, why are you back again?" Seeing that Zhang Yan did not rest, but returned to the city, Sun Qing couldn't help but be very strange.
"How are the Huns cooking and drinking fireworks today?" Zhang Yan carefully observed the Hun camp before asking.
"It's relatively sparse, it doesn't seem like it's seventy or eighty thousand, but the Huns basically eat dried meat and the like, and it's normal to have less fire......," Sun muttered lightly. It's just smoke, but on this cold day, they don't have much fire to keep warm, do you think it's normal? The fire on the head of our city has not been extinguished at night, that's it, I almost froze to death, and the Huns are not iron......" Zhang Yan's voice was not loud, as if he was talking to himself.
"That's right, the Huns have other plans!" Zhang Yan looked at the dense camp tents and sparse fireworks outside the city, and said.
"Then, I'm afraid it's dangerous elsewhere in Shangshire." Sun Qing couldn't help but say.
"It doesn't matter if the other places in Shangjun are located, after all, they are all our people, and they have basically entered the city, and there are ravines everywhere to the south, the cavalry can't be used, and the Huns won't go over, I'm afraid that there will be problems with Cui Jun...... So, we can't be idle. ”
"But now we can get some rest! Leave a few pairs to patrol alternately, and the others go down to town! ”
"In addition, send someone to inform Cui Jun, saying that the situation has changed, and the Huns may still be targeting Xihe, and coming to Shangjun is just a pretense...... Damn, the reinforcements Cui Jun gave us are already on the way, I hope it's still too late! After saying that, Zhang Yan called over a team of soldiers and ordered them to do so.
After the group of soldiers retreated, Zhang Yan dragged Sun Qing down the tower.
Then dozens of cavalry rushed out of the city and disappeared into the field.
In Xihe County, Lu Bu and Xi Zhicai led thousands of cavalry, still wandering outside the battlefield, without the slightest intention of participating in the battle.
"Lord, Zhicai thinks that the news from Shangjun is a conspiracy of the Huns!"
"Why?" Lu Bu asked puzzled.
"Shangjun has been deserted for recent years, what are the Huns attacking there? Moreover, Shangjun is full of ravines, and it is difficult for the cavalry to march quickly, and the Huns will not suddenly invade there unless they are stupid! Xi Zhicai thought for a while and said.
"Yesterday, you asked me to send someone to stop Cui Jun's rescue soldiers and horses, and that's why?" Lu Bu somewhat understood what Xi Zhicai meant.
"The reason why Cui Taishou was not allowed to send troops to rescue was because Zhicai thought that the real purpose of the Huns was not Shangjun, but Xihe. The Huns' attack on Shangjun is just a pretense, and the real intention of the Huns is to defeat the reinforcements and take Xihe when they rescue Shangjun! Therefore, if Cui Taishou sent troops to rescue Fu Shi, he happened to fall for the tricks of the Huns. Xi Zhicai said with a smile.
"What Zhicai said is reasonable, but do the Huns really have such a plan? Aren't there a large number of Qiang people involved? The Qiang people have formed a bond with Zhang Yan, and if the attack from that side is true, then Shangjun will be in danger. Lu Bu was still a little unsure.
"With the ability of General Zhang Yan, coupled with the fact that the entire southern part of Shangjun has now become the territory of Montenegro, it should not be difficult to defend the Huns and Qiang people who are not good at attacking cities. Therefore, even if there is no assistance, within 10 days, there will be no major problem. And what we have to do now is to send more scouts to find out the traces of the Hun brigade. At the same time, it is also necessary to strengthen ties with General Huang, understand the true intentions of the Huns as soon as possible, and strive to annihilate the Huns together. ”
"Zhicai is right, we should indeed find out the movements of the Huns first. It seems that we underestimated the Huns! Lu Bu listened to Xi Zhicai's explanation and agreed with his words.
"Now, we have found three Huns, 70,000 or 80,000 people all the way to Bei and suddenly contacted the Qiang people westward, 10,000 people all the way, in the confrontation with General Gao, and 40,000 troops all the way, it stands to reason that it should be with those 10,000 people, but in case the Huns have any more strategies, these 40,000 people may not be as we think, maybe they will directly attack the hinterland of Taiyuan...... Obviously, what we see is not all the Huns, in case the Huns are determined to take the state this time, in addition to going to the humble, will the people of Huchuquan and Yufuluo also go out in a big way? We must find out the situation of the enemy and find out the real movements of the Huns. Xi Zhicai is still analyzing.
"The Huns are not monolithic, they should be ......," Lu Bu smiled and said.
"Last year, the Xianbei people were also divided, but they gathered a large army to attack Bingzhou together, and this time the Huns are not ......impossible," Xi Zhicai interrupted Lu Bu and said.
"Zhicai said there is a black hand here?" Lu Bu was suddenly shocked, the matter of hundreds of thousands of troops besieging and merging states on several sides had just passed, and he didn't want this to happen again.
"Well, the random speculation of the subordinates of this matter is not very likely...... But the Huns alone definitely did not have such a plan, most of them were intervened by high-ranking people, and we should take strict precautions! As soon as Xi Zhi finished speaking, he listened to the report of the soldiers outside the account.
Cui Jun sent military information.
"Come in!" Lu Bu said, smiling at Xi Zhicai.
So the herald ran in as fast as he could, knelt down in front of the desk, and presented the military information.
"Zhang Yan sent a letter, the Huns are feintting, I am afraid that there are other plans, Xihe is too guarded by Cui Junzi!"
After reading it, Lu Bu handed the cloth to Xi Zhicai.
"It seems that Zhicai expected to be good! The Huns really don't want to go to Shangjun, it's time for us to go to Cui Jun and sit there! ”
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At night, the city of Fushi is unusually quiet and solemn.
The Hun camp outside the city, which stretches for more than ten miles, is still calm and serene, and in this winter, it smells of dust.
The south gate of the city was quietly opened in the dark night, and a cavalry quietly went out of the city until it was more than ten miles out of the city before going around the north of the city.
The Huns, on the other hand, did not react to this, or even perceive it in the slightest.
A moment later, shouts of killing rang out, and the cavalry burst into the Huns' camp.
The leader of the general is Sun Qing, although he can't resist a few moves under Lu Bu, but he is a fierce general, I saw him wielding a big knife, straddle the jujube red war horse, clash back and forth in the Hun camp, galloping.
Wherever the big sword went, the heads of the Huns flew into the sky in rows.
And the 1,000 cavalry behind him were also like tigers descending from the mountain, all of them were vying for the lead, and everyone was moving forward.
For a time, the Hun camp was in chaos, and the two armies were in a scuffle.
It's just that in such a huge camp, the number of Hun soldiers is not much, and there are only three or four thousand men and horses.
Sun Qingzheng was galloping across the country, and just put a fire in his hand, only to see a big man who looked like a Hun leader riding on a horse to meet him.
So the big sword slashed, and the poor Hun general was caught off guard, and was split in half by a black lightning.
The warhorse, which had lost its master, neighed a few times, and then ran away in terror.
The man seemed to be the main general, and with his death, the Huns began to panic, some of them still resisted, and some of them began to flee for their lives.