Outside Yuyang Stopper, the military minister stood on a tall tower, looking at Yuyang Stopper, which was riddled with holes and even the city wall had collapsed in several places, his eyebrows tightly twisted. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

In order to conquer Yuyangsai, he concentrated 50,000 horsemen, and also placed three on the periphery to surround this county town of the Han Dynasty.

At the beginning, the idea of the military minister was - to take Yuyang in one day!

In his vision, even a day is slow!

With the number of his troops, within half a day, he could conquer this Han army fortress, which was probably only two or three thousand defenders.

But the result is - the defenders in Yuyang Sai are not two or three thousand at all!

From the very beginning, the firepower in the city was terrifying!

At least 5,000 crossbows were shooting at the rushing Hun cavalry!

And then, the military ministers sent their royal court elites to dismount and shoot at the defenders, and finally figured out that the defenders in this city exceeded 10,000!

This made the military ministers frightened and frightened.

Just like a man who was going to go to the big health care, he opened the door and looked at it, only to find that the person lying on the bed was not a soft girl at all, but a brown bear walking down from the mountains!

I was almost so frightened that I wanted to withdraw my troops.

However, he did not dare to withdraw his troops!

Because, for this southern invasion, he and the entire Xiongnu paid too much.

The build-up of such a large cavalry cluster alone, the attrition along the way, and the destruction of the steppe, forced both him and the Xiongnu to continue the war.

Because, if you can't grab enough loot to make up for the losses and boost morale.

Then, the Huns will definitely go into decline!

Or even to the end of the world!

This is no joke......

How Tou Manshan died, no one in the Huns will forget.

Even if it was only out of consideration for his own life, the military ministers did not dare to retreat.

There is no way, since it can't be captured immediately, the military minister can only bite the bullet.

These days, in order to capture this Yuyang Fortress of the Han Dynasty, the military ministers have tried all methods.

Traditional techniques such as ladder siege, ant attachment, and even digging the city wall were tried one by one, and more than 3,000 people died, but they couldn't even climb the wall of the Han Dynasty.

The bow and crossbow of the Han Dynasty are stronger than before!

They even came up with a powerful crossbow that could shoot a bow a hundred paces away!

Moreover, unlike the large yellow crossbow that could only be equipped in small quantities in the past.

This brand-new strong crossbow was almost used as a standard equipment in the army of the Han Dynasty, and there were at least seven or eight hundred similar strong crossbows in this Yuyang Fortress alone!

It's horrible!

The Xiongnu aristocracy suffered heavy casualties in the past days.

So much so that even the nobles of the Qu Shuai level did not dare to show their heads easily in the open area, because it was likely to summon dozens of strong crossbows to shoot!

Even if you hide in a tower with a wooden shield, you may encounter misfortune.

Just yesterday, the cousin of the military minister, the prince of the Shache Kingdom in the Western Regions, Ulim, was shot into a hornet's nest by a dozen long-range crossbows next to a tower.

He didn't even have time to call for help until he died!

This painful lesson made the current high-ranking nobles of the Xiongnu not dare to approach the range of the Han Dynasty's strong crossbows.

Since the traditional method did not work, the military ministers decided to learn from the Western Regions, Great Xia, Kangju and other places to learn the new law meritorious heroes.

The Huns spent two days cutting down all the woods within a radius of ten miles outside Yuyangsai, transporting a large amount of earth and stones, and piling up dozens of towers composed of wood and stone outside the city of Yuyangsai.

This kind of tower, which is four or five zhang high, is fixed outside Yuyang City, which is higher than the city wall of Yuyang City.

It can accommodate more than 20 archers at a time, and it is covered by wood and stone.

The Hun soldiers stood on the tower and shot at the Han army at the head of Yuyang City.

At first, this method was effective, almost suppressing the firepower of the Han people, allowing the infantry and slaves to get close to the Han fortress, and filling in the moat.

However, the Huns did not have time to rejoice.

The Han Dynasty people in the city sacrificed a way to deal with it.

They carried more than fifteen bed crossbows to the city wall overnight.

This terrible ultimate city defense weapon, the crossbow arrow fired, up to one meter, and there is no arrow, its head is an iron ball, using a parabola to fire, once it is hit, the impact brought by the huge inertia can easily smash the tower that the Huns have worked so hard to erect, and even smash the soldiers inside directly to death!

Relying on this terrible long-range weapon, the Han army soon killed the Hun soldiers who stood on the improvised tower and shot at the Han army, and even the tower was smashed many times.

Nowadays, the Han Dynasty simply tied a rocket soaked in some kind of grease to the arrow of the bed crossbow, and once hit by it, it often set the entire tower on fire.

As a result, the Huns could only water each tower continuously, and also prepared wooden barrels full of water inside.

Even so, these towers were not able to hold out for very long.

There was no way, so the Xiongnu had to use all the methods they found from the west.

Even, several siege vehicles made of giant wood were made, and more than a dozen oxen were used to pull them, in an attempt to rely on the protection of wood to meet Yuyangsai.

This idea is perfect, because in the Western world, such siege engines are successful as long as they can get close to the city walls!

Because of its large body, it will form a slope on the edge of the city wall, which is favorable for the besieging side.

But alas......

The people of the Han Dynasty did not know where to get a large amount of strong grease, and they fell down from the city wall without money, and then a rocket made all the efforts of the Huns come to naught.

Since the siege of the city, although there have been many gaps in the walls of Yuyangsai, there are even more corpses under the city walls.

But the Xiongnu never made much progress.

And the situation is becoming more and more unfavorable for the Huns.

Reinforcements from the Han Dynasty came from all directions.

There were even tens of thousands of cavalry, operating around the battlefield.

And their number is increasing every day.

Ten days ago, the cavalry that was operating around Yuyangsai and scouting and harassing the Huns probably had only about three or four thousand horsemen.

But today, the number of these cavalrymen has multiplied four or five times!

Moreover, the rate of its increase is getting faster.

As for the number of infantry, in Yuyang and the Pinggu area behind Yuyang, it is conservatively estimated that the number of infantry in the Han Dynasty is at least more than 50,000!

The originally conceived raids and surprise attacks turned into a war of attrition.

This made the military minister worried.

On another battlefield, on the eastern side of Yuyang County, his army's progress was also limited, except for the uprooting of the Han Dynasty's cities before the Great Wall, and controlling the roads and main rivers in and out of Yuyang.

However, it was unable to break through Yanshan's defenses.

Even if a gap is occasionally occupied and opened, it will be driven out again by the Han Dynasty the next day.

Sometimes, you can't even keep it that night!

The local Han Dynasty defenders, although it is said to have suffered heavy losses.

But his army was no better.

So far, at least 6,000 people have been lost!

It is only the right Beiping direction to make good progress, except for the right Beiping Zhisho Pinggang because there are too many defenders, the Huns will be helpless for a while, other cities, basically taken down.

But he could no longer make progress, because the soldiers of Liaodong County and Liaoxi County of the Han Dynasty came in a steady stream, and blocked the local roads and key points, and stopped the vanguard of his army in front of an unknown river, unable to move.

Before the war, I thought that the three roads would go hand in hand, and go straight to Jicheng, but until now, it has become three ways blocked, and the three roads are useless.

The army of the Han Dynasty is increasing day by day.

What made the military ministers even more uncomfortable was that the Han Dynasty people supplied food and ordnance quickly and accurately.

Scouts often reported that hundreds of huge carts, under the protection of Han Dynasty troops, approached Yuyangsai.

The warlords also tried to send cavalry to attack and loot the supplies.

But it turned out to be ......

Beaten into a pig's head!

The vehicles in the supply convoy of the Han Dynasty were tall, large, and extremely strong, and these extravagant Han Dynasty people even loaded iron sheets and put strong wooden shields around the carriages.

In this way, when the army transporting supplies encountered danger, they surrounded these carts on the road, and the soldiers, under the cover of the carts, unscrupulously shot arrows at the rushing Hun light cavalry.

And the Hun cavalry could not get close and attack them!

As long as it takes a long time, the cavalry of the Han Dynasty cruising around the battlefield will come to support, and then, the rushing Hun cavalry will be chased out for dozens of miles, often with heavy losses!

At first, the military ministers were also furious.

Since you can't get it yourself, then you won't let the Han Dynasty defenders in Yuyang Seri get it.

Therefore, the army was strictly ordered to firmly block the vicinity of Yuyang and prevent the reinforcements of the Han Dynasty from approaching.

But, which Cheng thought, the Han Dynasty simply seized the opportunity of the Xiongnu division of troops, seized the loophole, and took a hard bite of the weak area of the Xiongnu, the most successful one, even more than 2,000 Hun cavalry died!

Moreover, many of the towers, wooden carts and siege towers that had been painstakingly built were also burned by the Han Dynasty.

This made the military minister really angry.

And now, the Han Dynasty has completely lifted the danger of the road from Pinggu to Yuyang, and the barracks and camps of their reinforcements have risen and fallen one after another on the road of Yuyang and Pinggu.

Until now, even the military ministers are unwilling to withdraw.

But his nobles and the army did not want to fight.

Just below the cities and in the mountains and wilderness in the area of Yuyang and Pinggu, more than 9,000 Hun cavalry are resting.

At least 5,000 people were injured, and more than 2,000 others died from their injuries.

There were more than 40 Qu Shuai, seven Bone Marquis, 20,000 cavalry commanders were killed in battle, and even a Zuo Da Danghu was seriously injured, and a prince of the Western Regions was shot to death.

The Xiongnu also lost more than 10,000 horses.

In addition, in order to boost morale and maintain the combat effectiveness of the army.

More than 30,000 cattle and sheep were slaughtered, and thousands of cheese and salt were consumed.

The slaves were also already overwhelmed.

In the past half month, he and his army have lost more than the sum of the past two expeditions to the west.

And the Western Expedition was able to grab slaves, wealth, craftsmen, and women.

But in the Han Dynasty, up to now, the Huns have only gotten a few thousand stones of grain and a thousand stones of salt, wine and sauce.

The nobles of the tribe complained, and the officers of the army were depressed.

More than one of the ten thousand cavalry looks like he said-Da Danyu, let's withdraw, go to rob Great Xia next year, and we will definitely be able to compensate for the loss this time.

This is not nonsense.

So far, in addition to the soldiers killed in battle and the lost horses, the strength of the military ministers themselves has not been greatly damaged.

It is nothing more than the tribal suffering of the Makunan.

But it doesn't matter, judging from the experience of the past expeditions to the west, these losses are just another battle.

If he can hit the capital of that Great Xia, the military minister believes that he can completely make up for all the material and personnel losses now, or even double!

But the military minister still hesitated.

Because he didn't dare to withdraw!

To withdraw, it means to admit defeat and to admit the total rout of the Han Dynasty.

The Huns will completely lose all fig leafs, and will also anger the entire Makunan clan.

Angry nobles and the military, most likely, will opt for a coup d'état.

And even the tribes and armies of the Makubei may not be on his side this time.

Because, in the steppe, people have become accustomed to changing the leader if they encounter failures and setbacks.

At the beginning, Tou Man Shan Yu was not strong, Mao Dun Shan Yu decisively killed him, and then led the Xiongnu to fight with Donghu, laying the foundation of the empire.

Now, if he retreats, the military ministers fear that if the army returns to the steppe, there will be a coup d'état.

The nobles of the Makunan will take the lead, while the tribes of the Makubu will be on the sidelines.

How big of a deal is it to change to a single one?

I'm afraid that even the Twin Clan won't help him at that time!

The other three clans will also contribute to the troubles behind the scenes.

So, he can't withdraw!

Moreover, the consequences of the withdrawal are not only that.

The military minister knew very well in his heart that his withdrawal would not only end his own life.

It was more likely that the Xiongnu Empire would completely lose control of Makunan.

And that bastard will definitely take the opportunity to seize Dragon City with the support of the Han Dynasty, and then set up a single order in the court.

And the tribes of Munan, after suffering such a defeat, there will be many, many people who choose to take refuge in it.

The reason is simple.

Defecting to the Han Dynasty, they may have concerns and can't put down their face.

But taking refuge in the former Right Sage King has no obstacles and no psychological pressure.

Don't look at these guys talking now, they can't wait to eat it, and they will skin him and cramp.

However, once he returned to the steppe with the support of the Han Dynasty, then everything would change immediately.

Even, even the bastards in the north of the curtain may run over to flatter.

Surrendering to the strong and relying on the victor is the unchanging rule of the grassland for millions of years.

And no matter how bastard, no matter how lowly he was born, his master is the strongest, and he has obtained the authorization of his master, and at the same time, he is also a pure twin born and a former ancestry.

And once the situation develops to that point, the whole world will change.

The decline of the Xiongnu will be inevitable.

And his rule and the hegemony of the Twin Clans will also collapse!

But what can he do if he doesn't withdraw his troops?

In the heart of the military minister, there are mixed tastes at the moment, and the sour taste in it makes him feel uncomfortable.

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