Chapter 258: The Huns Who Were Betrayed
"Ahh Kill him, kill him to avenge the major general! ”
A shrill voice sounded, it was Liu Yao's guard commander who had just come back to his senses at the scene. The glory and wealth of his life are all tied to Liu Yao's body! Now Liu Yao was killed by Guo Chao with a knife, how can he accept it, and in the future, the Great Khan will know that he will not be punished by the Nine Clans.
"Look for death!" Guo Chao glanced at the other party coldly, raised his right hand, and waved it vigorously. The Han cavalry behind him immediately surrounded these hundreds of Liu Yao's guards, and the sabers were already unsheathed, as long as these Huns dared to make any moves, they would be killed immediately.
"Stop, put the knife down!" A member of Liu Yao's staff hurriedly stepped forward at this time to appease the emotions of those Huns. He knew that at this time, Lishi could not be saved, since the Jin army had already attacked the city, they Huns would have no other way out except surrender, in this case, it was better to please Guo Chao in front of him.
"General Guo Chao, we surrender! We surrender! Liu Yao's staff had a flattering smile on his face.
"Haha, good! Come on, give them all to the general, and escort them to the Jin army camp. Guo Chao was overjoyed when he heard this. Unexpectedly, this time not only cut Liu Yao, but also took down all his henchmen, which can be regarded as a great achievement! Soon, hundreds of guards were immediately disarmed by the Han battalion. Then, he was pressed by these Han soldiers and walked quickly outside the city.
At this moment, Lishi City is falling into chaos. Cannonballs fired by the artillery of the Great Jin Dynasty ravaged the Huns on the city walls. Shrapnel flew sideways, splashing pieces of stone chips, and the Huns were long gone standing on the city wall. Back at the very beginning of the shelling. The Huns ran down the city. Under such intensive artillery fire from the Jin army, going to the city wall at this time is simply looking for death!
At the same time, a large number of Jin troops rushed all the way into Lishi along the south gate, so that everyone knew that Lishi was finished, Liu Yao was also finished, and a large number of Huns could only kneel and beg for mercy except for a small number of escapes.
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"Great Khan, urgent news from the south! The stone has been broken, and General Liu Yao was killed by the Han camp in the city. Only a handful of men and horses escaped. A guard hurriedly rushed into Liu Xuan's house.
At this time, Liu Xuan. I had just had breakfast and was getting ready for the morning morning. As Liu Yuan's very important clan minister, Liu Xuan has always been cautious. Since the outbreak of the Great War, the situation of the Han Kingdom has become more and more difficult. Liu Xuan's courage is getting heavier and heavier. When he grabbed the urgent report after a quick browsing. In an instant, his face turned pale. Then he commanded sharply:
"Quick, prepare a horse for Lord Ben, I will enter the palace immediately to meet His Majesty the Great Khan!"
"Yes. My lord! The guard immediately understood, and hurried to go.
When Liu Xuan rode to the palace on horseback, walking on the silent street, he seemed to have heard the rumbling shelling of the Jin army. Now the Jin army is besieging from all directions, which makes his heart very heavy. It was the incompetence of the generals that made the Hun hegemony wither so quickly. When Liu Xuan came to the palace gate, the guards did not dare to slack off, and immediately went to inform Liu Yuan.
"Uncle, what's going on?" Liu Yuan looked at Liu Xuan, who was anxious, and asked. After receiving the report from the guards, he did not dare to delay at all, and immediately rushed here.
"Great Khan, lost from the stone! Yao'er also ...... also died in the hands of the Han people! Liu Xuan's face was depressed and sad.
"What? Yao'er he ...... "Liu Yuan fell on the chair all of a sudden, it can be said that Liu Yao's death made him sad more than the loss of hundreds of thousands of troops, Liu Cong surrendered at least to save his life (this is just his wishful thinking, if he knew Sima Shu's true view of the Hu people, I am afraid he would not be so optimistic), and now his other important son was directly cut off by the Han people, how can this not make his heart hurt.
"How many escaped?" Liu Yuan is worthy of being a hero after leaving a trace of sadness for his son, he immediately adjusted, what he is most concerned about now is how many troops in Xihe have escaped the pursuit of the Jin army, which is related to the defense system of the entire Jinyang in the future.
"It's just a handful!" Liu Xuan didn't want to stimulate his nephew anymore, but thinking that the other party would know sooner or later, it was better to tell him earlier, he believed that Liu Yuan could bear it.
Liu Yuan was silent when he heard this, but his face was pale, and he seemed to have foreseen that the entire Xiongnu clan would be wiped out under the artillery fire of the Great Jin. Liu Yuan actually knew very well that it was his own ambition that pushed the entire Xiongnu to such a desperate situation. Moreover, this time the disaster was even more serious than the original Han-Hun War, and this time the Han emperor wanted to exterminate all the northern Hu people in public more than once.
It took a long time for Liu Yuan to come back to his senses from his complicated thoughts, and in an instant he became the ruthless emperor again. I only heard him ask coldly: "I only ask one question now, with the current strength of Jinyang, if the Jin army launches an attack, can we stop it?" ”
"Back to the Great Khan, the ministers are incompetent! At present, the Jinyang battalion has a total of nearly 200,000 troops, which seems to be a large number of troops, but there are only more than 200 artillery pieces and less than 2,000 muskets, and they are all smuggled from the Han people and eliminated by the Jin army, and their quality and power are not enough to compare with the active equipment of the Jin army. Moreover, our city defense artillery is old, I am afraid it will be difficult to stop the attack of the Jin army! Liu Xuan pondered for a moment and gave an answer that made Liu Yuan's heart heavy.
"Rubbish! We spent so much money to cast cannons, but what was the result? They only made some waste for me, not to mention surpassing the Jin army, but they didn't even have the strength to compete with the other party! How do you keep me from getting annoyed? Liu Yuan has reason to be angry, when the entire Han Kingdom smashed pots and sold iron and cooperated with Hexi Xianbei to engage in artillery, but the things that came out were still not as good as the eliminated goods of the Jin army, which was really shocking.
"Your Majesty is angry, this can't all be blamed on those craftsmen, no one has done these things before, it's all up to their own exploration, it's already very good to have today's achievements." Liu Xuan saw that the Great Khan was angry and hurriedly persuaded him, he didn't want Liu Yuan to be angry with those craftsmen in a fit of anger, and now he was counting on the other party to make more cannons.
"Since the artillery can't be counted on, what about the cavalry? Will our cavalry be able to hold back the Jin army? Liu Yuan asked.
"Back to the Great Khan, nearly 200,000 cavalry troops in Taiyuan County have made preparations, and 30,000 cavalry troops have moved south to Wu County. In addition, in order to strengthen the defense of Taiyuan County, the minister had already informed Shi Le to lead the Qian cavalry to retreat west to Jinyang and abandon the entire Xinxing County. In this way, our total strength in Taiyuan County will reach 200,000, including 20,000 brave and skilled cavalry. ”
"Hmm!" Liu Yuan seemed to be very satisfied with his uncle's answer.
At this moment, a guard hurriedly walked in from outside, handed a secret report to Liu Xuan, and then immediately retreated. It's just that after Liu Xuan read the secret report, his face suddenly changed.
"Qi Qi Great Khan, the minister has just received the news that Shi Le of Xinxing County suddenly led his army north to withdraw to Yanmen, and at the same time moved to Mobei with the Qian people who settled in Yanmen County. During this period, he watched the Jin army attack the Han army in Yanmen, but did not come to the rescue. And those Jin troops did not seem to have the intention of stopping the other party, allowing Shi Le to command hundreds of thousands of Qi people to retreat to the prairie. After seeing this news, Liu Xuan really felt that there was a cold air rushing from the soles of his feet to the entire scalp.
"Bastard! Bastard! It's all bastards! Liu Yuan was furious when he heard this.
At this time, Liu Yuan felt that he was going crazy, and even his most important general betrayed him at the most critical time, does this mean that there is no hope for the Xiongnu Han Kingdom? Suddenly, he thought of another problem, he had asked Ma Qiu to lead the troops to support Liu He.
"Uncle, is Ma Qiu still in Yanmen?" Liu Yuan looked at his uncle with a look of hope, he hoped that Liu Xuan could tell him a positive answer, but unfortunately hope is always beautiful, but the reality is always so cruel.
"But the Great Khan doesn't have to worry too much, Ma Qiu is a member of the Yi Clan, and it is nothing for him to follow Shile at this time. At present, General Liu Qin has taken over the entire Yanmen County, and even if there is no Ma Qiu, it will not be a big problem. Liu Xuan hurriedly comforted.
"Great Khan, since the situation has deteriorated to this point, why don't you also lead some elites to Mobei, it's better than staying here and waiting for death! It won't make my Huns lose their country and extinct the species! Liu Xuan: He suddenly got some inspiration from Shi Le's movements.
"I don't leave, I want to stay and live and die with my Huns!" Liu Yuan said a little stubbornly,
It's not that he's not afraid of death, it's that Liu Yuan knows that if he wants him to flee and merge like a deserter, it's simply impossible. And let's not talk about whether he can escape or not, a Hun leader who has no subordinates, even if he can escape, he will not have a good end. In that case, he might as well behave as if he were at home, so that he might as well arouse the morale of the generals.
"Your Majesty, your comfort is related to the future of the Huns, and please ask Your Majesty to patrol the desert!" Liu Xuan continued to persuade.
"Uncle doesn't need to persuade me, I've made up my mind!" Liu Yuan still doesn't eat oil and salt.
Liu Xuan had no choice but to let Liu Yuan stay in Taiyuan County, and now he was counting on the Hun army to block the attack of the Jin army, no matter what, he had to resist the Jin army! Otherwise, what awaits them is only the death of the Huns.
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When Liu Yuan was annoyed by the betrayal of the Qian, Sima Shu in Luoyang City was also in a daze with Zhang Fang's urgent report. Sima Shu has always aimed to eliminate the Hu people in the north, but this time Zhang Fang 'privately' let go of hundreds of thousands of Qian, how not to make Sima Shu entangled.
"Your Majesty, Captain Zhang's move is in our best interests at the moment, if he has to forcibly leave the Shile Department, it will only make us fight with the Qian, and in the end we can only cheapen the Huns. Compared with the hundreds of thousands of Qian, the Xiongnu in Taiyuan County were obviously more important. ”
"Well, yes, then so be it, Mr. Meng Sun immediately wrote Zhang Fang, let him let go of it, and I approved his plan. Anyway, there will be an opportunity to clean up the clan in the future, so let's let the other party go today. In the end, Sima Shu weighed the pros and cons and approved Zhang Fang's plan. (To be continued......)