Chapter Seventy-Three: Unusual Behavior
Facing Du Lihu Ci's aggressive questioning, Subu Juciyun looked away with some weakness.
In fact, on the one hand, it is the prudence of Subu Ju Ciyun, and on the other hand, it is also his selfishness.
Before leaving, Touman instructed him to guard Toumancheng, so even if there was a lot of trouble outside, as long as Toumancheng was safe, he would be a credit.
He is already old, and he has already reached the age of retirement, so he seeks stability in everything, as long as he completes the tasks delivered by Shan Yu without making mistakes. As for the rest, it was not in the scope of his consideration.
Of course, these reasons cannot be told to Sudu Huci.
Subu Juciyun stood up, rubbed his hands, and said with a somewhat embarrassed expression; "King Yougu Li, don't I also seek stability. Now rumors are flying all over the grassland, saying that Da Danyu was defeated in Monan, and the Qin army is moving north, I am worried that the head of Manchester City will be lost, so I close the door and hold it, for fear of being taken advantage of by the Qin people. ”
Du Li Hu snorted heavily, and said; "It's just a fart, my Great Huns have an army of 400,000, even if they lose the battle, they won't be able to run back to report the news. This is obviously a rumor deliberately spread by the Qin people, wanting to disturb our army's heart. ”
Subu Juciyun said yes again and again, and when Hu Ci saw that he was respectful to himself, his face eased slightly, and he asked again; "Then why did you refuse the tribes' request to enter the city of Touman for refuge?"
Subu Juciyun explained; "Although these tribes are all my great Xiongnu people, but many of them are newly conquered Ding Ling, Hun Geng, Qu She, Jiankun, Longxin Li five tribes, into my Xiongnu not long ago, if you rashly let them into my Xiongnu royal city, in case ........"
Although he didn't say the latter words, Du Li Hu Ci had already heard what he meant, tilted his head and thought that this was indeed the case, it seemed that this old guy was still thinking about it quite carefully. He said in a rough voice; "This is the right thing you did, but you old guy is too timid, the Qin army is just a small force of a few thousand people, you actually have an army of 30,000 and dare not go out of the city, so that my Xiongnu's prestige is discredited, how can you restrain the tribes in the future. Bu Ju Ciyun, you are guilty. ”
Subu Juciyun nodded again and again, not daring to refute at all. This is all plough Hu Ci is Touman's younger brother, and he is the king of the right valley, his status is much higher than himself, and in front of him, Su Bu Juciyun is naturally careful to deal with it.
"Take it, just a warrant for the transfer of troops." Du Li Hu Ci stretched out his big hand and said towards Subu Juciyun.
Subu Juciyun's face was embarrassed, and he was hesitant; "King Yougu Li, this warrant was given to the old minister before leaving, and he repeatedly told the old minister to guard the royal city......"
"Nonsense." Du Li Huci interrupted him impatiently, "The order is that the dead are alive, our Xiongnu have an army of 30,000, but we are hiding in Touman City in fear and watching thousands of Qin troops slaughter our people, how do you let us explain to the various departments that are going south to fight." When I saw Brother Wang come back, the first person who wanted to lose his head was you.
Du Lihu Ci's words made Xu Bu Juciyun startled, thinking that there was such a possibility, in case the Xiongnu tribes suffered heavy losses, and when Touman returned, he might really use his head to calm the anger of the various patriarchs.
"Then the right valley king, according to your meaning?"
"It's a shame that you are still the right bone of my Huns, it's really a shame for my Huns." Du Li Hu Ci spat heavily on the ground, and his words were full of disdain.
The old man of Subu Juciyun blushed, and listened to Du Li Hu Ci say in a rough voice; "I've asked those tribal patriarchs, this Qin army is only a few thousand people, and the body is as tattered as a flower. It must have crossed the Hanhai to sneak attack, and he suffered a lot in the Hanhai, and the equipment was not neat, and there was no terrifying crossbow machine. In that case, I'll take the sons and daughters in the city and kill them directly. The Qin people have no crossbow machine, no chariot, it is like a tiger that has lost its minions, what is there to fear, we have more than 30,000 elite horsemen. ”
"As for you......" Du Li Hu Ci glanced at Su Bu Ju Ciyun and snorted; You old thing, give me the honest head to defend the city in Manchester City, afraid that your bones will be scattered on horseback. ”
When Su Bu Ju Ciyun heard that he was going to lead the army out of the city, he thought about how empty the city was, and remembered Touman's repeated instructions before leaving, so he hesitated a little.
Du Li Huci saw his hesitation and said impatiently; "Old thing, I only discussed with you to give you face, and if I am in a hurry, I will go directly to the barracks to raise troops, I want to see if the cavalry of our Shui family listens to you, or listens to me, the king of the right valley."
Du Lihu Ci's words reminded Subu Ju Ciyun. Indeed, Du Li Huci is the king of Yougu Li, and he is Shan Yu's younger brother, even if he does not pass through him, he can mobilize the defenders in the city. And Du Lihu Ci's words are full of gunpowder, even if Subu Juciyun is appreciated by Touman, he can't compare to his own brother. Offending Du Li Hu Ci is just a trivial matter, if he offends the entire Su Ji family, then Bu Juci Yun will have no place in the Xiongnu.
Besides, Du Li Hu Ci insisted on fighting, if he won, he can also have a share of the credit, if he fails, he can also blame all the fault on him Du Li Hu Ci, this is a good deal.
But he can't give him all the soldiers, in case the Qin army kills the empty Manchester City, then he will be dead.
I made up my mind in my heart and gritted my teeth; "Okay, King Yougu Li, I obey you. But there is one request, leave me with enough troops to defend the city. ”
Du Li Hu Ci crossed his eyes, his face was a little dissatisfied, and he stretched out three fingers and hummed; "I'll leave you with three thousand men to defend the city."
Subu Juciyun was startled, and his head shook like a rattle, "Three thousand people, how can this work, in case the Qin army comes to attack Touman City, how can it be defended, no, no, too little, too little." ”
Du Li Huci waved his hand impatiently, "You guy, why are there so many things, Qin Jun is so many, and it is too late to see this king escape, how can there be a chance to lead Manchester City." ”
In any case, Bu Ju Ciyun just refused to agree, and it was best for the two to give in to each other, leaving 5,000 people for Bu Ju Ciyun to guard the city.
"Then when do you plan to send troops, King Li, right?"
"Three days later."
"Three days?" Subu Juciyun was stunned, and said that the soldiers were expensive and fast, and the Huns did not need to prepare for the soldiers when they got on the horse, so why three days.
"Yes." Du Li Huci nodded in a thick voice, and said: "I've been working hard outside for so long, it's rare to go back to Manchester City to enjoy it, and I have to feed my women well tonight." ”
Speaking of this, Hu Ci's eyes showed lewdness, and he turned away with a laugh. Leaving Su Bu Ju Ciyun stunned alone, it took a long time to come to his senses, sighed, and had a faint ominous premonition in his heart.
After the Xiongnu army left the city, it was soon discovered by the scouts of the Qin army, and Han Xin immediately ordered Wang Jing and Luan Ji to retreat, and the army regrouped.
The Xiongnu's army had as many as 25,000 people, which was three times that of the Qin army, and it was unwise to fight with the Xiongnu manpower, so Han Xin avoided its edge and did not engage the Xiongnu head-on, but was erratic on the grassland.
Duli Huci was still very cautious at first, and the army gathered tightly and rode out to find the whereabouts of the Qin army. Three days passed, but no trace of the Qin army was found, but continued to report the news that some small tribes were attacked, and when the Xiongnu army arrived, the Qin army had already disappeared without a trace.
On the huge grassland, tens of thousands of people sprinkled it like a drop in the ocean, and the Qin army instead used the advantage of the grassland to play hide and seek with the Huns, so that the Hun army was exhausted. Duli Hu Ci gradually lost his breath, and he concluded from the situation that the Qin army was only a few thousand people in the past half a month, but he played him, the king of the right valley, so that he was still in the lair of the Huns.
Duli Huci gave up the endless pursuit with the Qin army, and instead divided the army into eight divisions, stretching for hundreds of miles from east to west, pulling into a chain to search for the Qin army. In order to be afraid of being broken by the Qin army one by one, he ordered that the various departments should not be separated by more than fifty miles, and once attacked, several of the next departments would arrive in an instant.
This trick really worked, the Qin army no longer dared to attack some of the Xiongnu tribes, several attempts to attack the Xiongnu encirclement were unsuccessful, as soon as they saw the arrival of the Xiongnu reinforcements, they fled far away, did not dare to stay.
Seeing this, Du Li Hu Ci was a little proud, feeling that the Qin army was nothing more than that, and he became more and more determined to think that the Qin army was vulnerable.
As dusk approached, Du Lihu was a little tired from riding a horse for a day, so he wanted to order his subordinates to camp and rest. Unexpectedly, he got a report from the scout, saying that a team of more than 1,000 people from the Qin army had been found thirty miles ahead.
Du Li Hu Ci was overjoyed when he heard this, so he cheered up and led more than 4,000 people and horses from his headquarters to rush away.
Not long after marching, I saw a Qin army of more than 1,000 people slowly moving south, and when I saw the Hun army coming, not only did not speed up and escape, but stopped.
Duli Hu Ci wanted to lead his subordinates to kill directly with momentum, but when he saw the strange behavior of the Qin army, he couldn't help but be suspicious in his heart, and waved his hand to stop the army.
The behavior of this Qin army is really strange, and when they saw several times the enemy attacking, they should have drawn their horses and fled desperately, even if they didn't escape, they should form a formation to resist the enemy. But the Qin soldiers just turned their horses' heads slowly, and they didn't see any preparations to meet the enemy, but more than 100 soldiers dismounted and went to chop wood, looking like they wanted to set up camp.
Duli Hu Cilema looked at Qin Jun, and doubts rose in his heart. He is also a battle-hardened general, and he has fought many battles with the Qin army when he was in Monan, but he has never seen the Qin army facing the enemy like this.
A commander next to him saw that the king of the right valley had not given the order to attack, so he was a little breathless, and urged him to step forward and said loudly; "King, the Qin army is in front, why don't we attack?"
Du Li Hu Ci was questioned by his subordinates for a while, but it seemed that he was afraid of the Qin army, and suddenly his face was a little unbearable. waved the horsewhip and slashed his head, and cursed in his mouth; "If you want your mother's mouth, the Qin people have always been treacherous and cunning, and they like to use tricks, isn't Lao Tzu worried that the Qin army has a conspiracy."
The commander had been whipped a few times for no reason, and he did not dare to contradict him, but only muttered in his mouth; "Qin Jun is not just such a few people, where will there be any conspiracy."
Du Li Hu Ci raised his eyebrows, waved his whip and was about to hit again, so frightened that the commander hurriedly dodged far away, but when he looked up, he saw Du Li Hu Ci like a demon, raised his hand and was stunned, looking straight at Qin Jun.
Du Li Hu Ci suddenly laughed, waved his horsewhip and pointed at a forest behind Qin Jun and was proud: "Rabbit cub, look, the birds over there are constantly fluttering out of the woods, there must be people and horses ambushed inside." Hmph, fortunately, my right valley Li King is wise and martial, so I won't fall for the Qin people. ”
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