Chapter 208, Good News

Two days later, more than 100,000 soldiers crossed the Yellow River in a continuous and mighty manner. Rendezvous together, rest for the night, and set off for Xiliang the next day.

Although Mrs. Guo was a little dissatisfied with Lu Zhan for scattering his army when crossing the river, she didn't show it either—people were under the eaves and had to bow their heads. Lu Zhan now commands an army of more than 100,000 people, which is not at all comparable to the Baibo army of more than 10,000 people under his command. Moreover, he had agreed to cooperate with Lu Zhan, so he naturally had to obey the arrangement of the powerful other party.

And the Xiliang army, which crossed the Yellow River first, was marching on the road to Xiliang at this time, under the leadership of Ma Teng. For his sworn brother Han Sui, Ma Teng was still a little worried at this time: Xiliang County was the gateway for Liangzhou to defend against the Xiongnu, and if it was lost, the vast land of Liangzhou would be coveted by the Xiongnu.

There are 13 counties in Liangzhou, namely: Anding County, Dunhuang County, Jiuquan County, Zhangye County, Wuwei County, Xiping County, Jincheng County, Longxi County, Nan'an County, Anding County, Fufeng County, Beidi County, Xiliang County.

Xiliang County is located in the northwest of Liangzhou, bordering the Xiongnu territory. In times of peace, the two sides will open a simple trading market, where people can come and go freely, barter, and take what they need. The Xiongnu people often exchanged silk, cloth, pottery, ironware, gold, silverware, mirrors and other objects with the Han people with free-range horses, cattle and sheep. During the war, the Han people closed the market, blocked the Pavilion Pass, and sent troops to defend it, or directly attacked.

Since the Qin Dynasty to the Western Han Dynasty and the Eastern Han Dynasty, the Xiongnu have fought countless wars with China. Qin Shi Huang built the Great Wall mainly to defend against foreign tribes, including the Xiongnu. In the Western Han Dynasty, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty sent famous generals such as Wei Qing and Huo Qubing to break up the Xiongnu.

In the late Western Han Dynasty, the Xiongnu were divided, and Hu Han Evil Shan Yu led his troops to submit to the Han Dynasty, and Zhi Zhi Shan Yu, who fled to Central Asia and was the enemy of the Han Dynasty, was also eliminated by the Han general Chen Tang on the grounds that "those who commit crimes against the strong Han will be punished even if they are far away", and the relationship between Han and Hungary has since moved towards reconciliation.

In the early years of the Eastern Han Dynasty, the anti-Han forces among the Xiongnu nobles re-emerged, causing the Xiongnu to split again, and the Southern Xiongnu returned to the Han Dynasty and declared themselves vassals to the Han. The Northern Xiongnu, on the other hand, insisted on being the enemy of the Han and often launched plundering of the Southern Xiongnu and the Han Chinese. At that time, the Eastern Han Dynasty had just been established, and the national strength was still in the recovery period, so it was not until the time of Emperor Ming of the Han Dynasty that a counterattack against the Northern Xiongnu was launched.

In 73 AD, the Han army attacked the Northern Xiongnu on four routes, and the Han army of Dou Gu and Geng Zhong pursued them all the way to the Tianshan Mountains and captured Yiwu (now Hami, Xinjiang Province). In 89 AD, Dou Xian and Geng Bing led the Han army to defeat the Northern Xiongnu and pursued until Yanran Mountain (now Hangai Mountain, Mongolia).

In 91 AD, the Han army attacked the Northern Xiongnu again, and defeated Beidanyu at Jinwei Mountain (now Altai Mountain), and Beidanyu had to flee westward. At this point, the Eastern Han Dynasty achieved a complete victory in the war against the Northern Xiongnu, and the Northern Xiongnu, who were enemies of the Han Dynasty, were attacked by the combined attack of the Han and the Southern Xiongnu, and could no longer gain a foothold in the Mobei Mongolian Plateau, so they had to withdraw from the Mongolian Plateau and flee westward...... (Borrowed from Baidu)

Among them, the story of Zhaojun's exit from the fortress that has been passed down through the ages occurred in the late years of the Western Han Dynasty. Zhaojun, surnamed Wang, the word Zhaojun, and the milk name Haoyue. Together with Xi Shi, Yang Yuhuan, and Diao Chan, they are known as the four beauties of China. Wang Zhaojun was forced to marry the father and son of the Xiongnu king...... At the age of 33, he died in the Xiongnu. (Wiping tears, 33 years old)

And this time it was the Southern Xiongnu who invaded Xiliang.

In 189 AD, the Yellow Turban Rebellion at the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty had been largely subsided, when Dong Zhuo was in power, the Southern Xiongnu had internal strife, Shan Yu Qiangqu died in civil strife, and Zizuo Xian King Yu Fuluo ascended the throne. In order to consolidate the power and make the clansmen hate the same enemy, he panicked and said that Shan Yunai was killed by Han assassins, and wanted to raise troops to attack Xiliang and occupy Liangzhou.

At this time, the alliance of various princes in the Central Plains crusaded against Dong Zhuo, and the troops in Liangzhou had already been evacuated by Dong Zhuo. If it weren't for Lu Zhan's time travel to the end of the Han Dynasty, history would have changed invisibly. Then in 195 AD, the Southern Xiongnu will participate in the melee in the Central Plains, and Cai Wenji, the daughter of Cai Yong, will be taken captive to the Xiongnu...... (Damn, how can the Huns be able to occupy the two beauties of the Han Dynasty, it's really lustful-Lu Zhanyu)

Pavilion Pass, built between the peaks in the west of Xiliang County, is towering and majestic, like a huge gate cutting off the southward path of the Xiongnu - although the Xiongnu nominally submitted to the Han Dynasty, but now the Han Dynasty is weak, like a tiger with a serious illness. It couldn't help but make its own wishful thinking.

On top of the quaint and desolate city tower, an old man with gray hair, a tall and sturdy body, and an armored man looked out of the pass with some concern: a few miles away, at the foot of the two mountains, on a small plain with a radius of dozens of miles, tens of thousands of Hun cavalry were arrayed. For several days, they had not launched a large-scale attack, but a small-scale tentative attack had been launched several times.

Now there are only thousands of soldiers and horses in Xiliang County, plus the old, weak, sick and disabled, and even fewer soldiers and horses in other counties. Han Sui estimated that even if all the soldiers and horses in Liangzhou were added together, there might be less than 20,000, and the soldiers with combat ability were probably only more than 10,000.

Even so, he sent people to the counties to ask for help. In addition, he sent people to the Central Plains to send the news of the Xiongnu's attack on Xiliang to Ma Teng, the righteous brother who was crusading against Dong Zhuo, and told him to return as soon as possible - in fact, he did not know that his messenger had been caught by the Bai Bo army on the way and had already died. But fortunately, Ma Teng came back, and Lu Zhan also came.

"I, Han Wenyue (Han Suizi), have fought a lifetime of war, and there has never been a time when the situation is as severe as it is now." The white-haired old man muttered to himself in his heart, and turned back to ask a soldier who was following him, "The person who delivered the letter has been gone for five days, right?" ”

"Yes, General." The soldier nodded and said, "It's windy here, please go back to the house to rest." ”

"Back to rest? The soldiers are coming to the city, my head is as big as a fight, where can I rest assured. Han Sui shook his head, "You say, under the attack of the Huns, how many days can we hold on?" ”

"This ...... I don't know if it's small. The soldier lowered his head and frowned, "But I hope to hold on as long as possible, and wait for reinforcements to arrive." ”

"The Huns were slow to launch a large-scale attack, and they seemed to be waiting for their moment...... It's nerve-wracking. Glancing at the soldiers on the city tower who were waiting with bows and arrows, Han Sui had a knot in his heart that had never been resolved: if the Xiongnu launched an attack with all their might, although they would have large casualties, the Pavilion Pass would definitely fall. Why are they just petty fights?

The real reason was that the Xiongnu were waiting for the signal sent by the Baibo army: instead of forcibly capturing the Pavilion Pass regardless of the casualties, it was better to wait for the Baibo Army to arrive, attack inside and outside, and break the Pavilion Pass in one fell swoop to minimize the casualties.

......At this moment, a soldier in full clothes ran from the bottom of the castle tower and panted down the steps.

"Good news, General." Seeing Han Sui, he swallowed and shouted loudly. (To be continued.) )