Chapter 197: Counterattack Horn
The border army joins the warband.
Let the situation on the battlefield change, the Qin army on the defensive finally had enough to compete with the Huns, under the control of the border army, the main force of Mao Dun was tied up in Di Dao and could not move, which gave the Qin army a chance to break through.
After achieving the great victory of Chao Chen, Li Yuan immediately led his headquarters out of Liupan Mountain to carry out a sweep of the Xiongnu tribes that penetrated deep into the hinterland of Longxi County.
At the same time, the destruction of the Huhan Yan tribe surprised the invading Xiongnu tribes from all walks of life, and the Qin army was able to eat a large Xiongnu tribe with 3,000 elite horsemen in a short period of time.
October 30th.
After a long march, more than 20,000 cavalry of the Qin border army finally arrived in the area of Gaoping, and joined Li Yuan, which was also the first meeting between Wang Li and Su Jiao since they left Yongyi the previous year.
Under the strong rule of Li Yuan, the Qin State conquered the east and the west, and Guanzhong was stable, showing a scene of rejuvenation waiting to be revived, at this time, the border army has always been outside the central power, undoubtedly weakened the already weak Qin army Liliang, under the persuasion of Xin Sheng and other Qin army generals of the older generation, Wang Li has been actively negotiating with Li Yuan in the past six months, and wants to integrate the border army into the Qin army sequence as a whole.
Especially after the battle of Tiger Prison Pass, Wang Li obviously accelerated the pace of annexation, Li Yuan defeated the invincible Xiang Yu with his own strength, which made Wang Li have a kind of excitement of revenge, although he did not defeat Xiang Yu personally, but Li Yuan's battle also made Wang Li see the hope of restoring his reputation, that is, as long as he was attached to Li Yuan, he would fight the Chu army again in the future, and he Wang Li would also be able to ask for an order to fight. A shame before the snow.
Gao Ping.
The reason why this place was chosen was not only the military position, but also because a few months ago, it was Li Yuan who risked being cut off by Liu Bang on the back road, and was determined to go north to Gaoping to help the border army.
The two armies merged in one place, and the strength of the Qin army reached more than 35,000 people, while the Xiongnu side suffered losses due to the loss of Hu Hanyan and other tribes. Under the command of Dadan Yu Maoton, there were about 17,000 people in control, and in the face of the multiple disadvantage in troops, Maoton, who was stationed in Didao, sent people to Li Yuan to send a parchment letter to meet Li Yuan.
In the city, the council chamber.
Li Yuan summoned Wang Li, Su Jiao, Cao Xin, Luo Jia and other generals to discuss the military, and the content of Mao Dun's letter was actually very simple, that is, to invite Li Yuan to talk in front of the battle, as for what he wanted to say, this big single Yu did not say clearly.
This is a situation in which the battle situation is complicated and the enemy is cunning. In fact, it is the most tempering ability, after getting used to the way of discussion in later generations where a group of staff officers sit around and you say a word, Li Yuan encounters important decisions every time. will listen to the advice of the generals first.
"Li Hou, Qin and Hun are not the same, we have nothing to talk about with Mao Dun, if we open the battlefield and fight once. It's a possibility. Cao Xin was the first to stand up and said with a big grin. Chao Chen fought a battle, although he killed happily. But let Hu Hanyan run away, Cao Xin couldn't help but be a little disappointed, now, what he hopes most is to fight with the Huns again.
"Is it possible that Mao Dun wants to withdraw his troops, and he feels that he has no face, so he wants to propose talks?" Li Yuan tapped on the desk, his eyes swept over Cao Xin, and turned to Wang Li, the chief general of the border army, who did not make a sound. Garrisoned in the border fortress for many years, so that Wang Li, who was just over forty years old, was dyed with snow spots early on his temples, and the location of Jiuyuan County was the pasture where the Huns watched, and Wang Liqing was clear about the changes within the Xiongnu tribe.
"I heard that Mao Dun is cunning, he killed his father, slaughtered Hu, and attacked the Yue clan, and used all his means, this invitation to meet is very likely to be a trap, and Li Hou will never agree." Wang Li thought for a moment and said slowly.
The first time he participated in such an important military meeting, Wang Li was not used to expressing his opinions, for fear that if he made a mistake, the entire Qin army would be passive. Because of his personality, Wang Li still lacks the momentum of a general's decision, which often makes the fighter lose in hesitation.
However, today's reminder from Wang Li is very timely, and it has also been unanimously approved by the generals of the Qin army in the hall.
"If not, wouldn't you let Mao Dun underestimate my Daqin?" Li Yuan shook his head, and said: "You think it's good to wait for this, Mao Dun has proposed a meeting, just agree, but the place of the meeting is designated by our side, so that even if Mao Dun has any tricks, he can't regret me in the slightest!" ”
"Li Hou was very worried, the last general thought that the meeting place could be chosen on the bank of the Wuding River north of Gaoping, where the ravines were vertical and horizontal, which was conducive to ambushing and hiding, if the Huns dared to make a move, our army would come out together, and kill him without leaving a piece of armor." Wang Li said murderously. The area around Shangjun is known as the territory of the border army, and the king knows the topography of this area, and he is naturally very sure of this.
"In this way, we will meet in the north of Gaoping, and then ask General Wang and General Su to lead an army to ambush in the valley, Cao Xin will select 500 elite cavalry and 500 crossbowmen to accompany me, and Luo Jia will lead the headquarters to continue to attack Di Dao, and must not withdraw troops without an order." Li Yuan nodded and ordered.
In the ancient cold weapon war, this kind of appointment between the main generals of the two sides is a very common practice, and if you don't meet, you will be laughed at or secondary, the key lies in the impact on your reputation.
According to the cunning of Maudun, as long as he sent people to lobby everywhere, Li Yuan's reputation would not exist, and in this era of public mouths, Li Yuan wanted to get more people's support, and at present, it was inseparable from the role of fame. Fortunately, the rules of the negotiation are fair to both sides, and if Mao Dun can propose an alliance, it is equivalent to using the priority right to ask questions once, and Li Yuan proposed the place of the meeting as a matter of course.
As long as he chooses a favorable location, Li Yuan doesn't have to worry about any tricks Mao Dun, on the contrary, if Mao Dun is timid, it will fulfill Li Yuan's reputation.
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Outside the city of Didaw.
The morning light had just risen over the horizon.
The leaders of the Xiongnu tribes looked nervous and waited uneasily at the door of Dadanyu Maodun's tent, although Didao had houses built by the Qin, but the Huns were still more accustomed to living in their own open-air tents.
For two days in a row, Da Shan Yu Mao Dun had a gloomy face and did not speak, even if he came out of the tent, he was not tall, he was tightly shrunk in his fur, making people guess whether he was happy or angry.
A moody Da Shan Yu is the most feared by the leaders of the various tribes, although Mao Dun is not very old, but his actions are ruthless and abnormal, in the past two years, there have been several tribal leaders who do not obey orders have died inexplicably. As for how he died, no one knows, but in private, there are already many signs pointing to Mao Dun's big single Yu.
"The big order is to call all the leaders to look in." The young attendant who accompanied him raised the curtain and said to the crowd.
The leaders of the tribes breathed a sigh of relief, whether it was good or bad, there would finally be a result, if it was still as dead and alive as it is now, when the Qin army counterattacked, the Xiongnu tribes who were scattered and fought would suffer even more. Hu Hanyan was also in the waiting crowd, but he was just about to raise his feet to enter the tent, but was stopped by the attendant.
"Hu Han Yan, you can't go out."
"Why, didn't Da Dan Yu summon the leaders of the various tribes to meet? Am I not the leader of the Huhan tribe? Hu Han Yan said angrily.
Since the defeat of Chao Chen's army, he can be said to have suffered a lot in the past few days in Di Dao, and many Xiongnu leaders have poured their anger on Hu Han Yan.
"The Huhan tribe no longer exists." The attendant sneered, ignored Hu Hanyan, who was staying on the side, and turned around and entered the camp.
Hu Han Yan was shocked by this news, although he expected that the situation of the Hu Han tribe was not good, but he never thought that the change would be so fast, and the person who started it was no one else, or a big order Yu Maodun.
Other tribes made a move, and Hu Hanyan might be able to borrow troops from his opponent in order to make a comeback, but now that Mao Dun has made a ruthless move, which tribe on the grassland dares to brush Mao Dun's tiger whiskers.
Hu Han Yan returned to his tent in despair, and the remaining entourage around him also got the news at this time, and the people with organic spirits went to the master's house early, so as not to be used as slaves when they got it, and the few left behind were also floating in people's hearts, and they didn't know where to hide to discuss the way back.
Either Caesar or nothing.
The battle for survival on the prairie is even more tragic than elsewhere.
Hu Han Yan where to go, Mao Dun was not interested in knowing, what he was paying attention to now was the meeting letter that Li Yuan, the Shenwu Marquis of the Qin State, had just replied to.
What intrigued Mao Dun was that Li Yuan had the courage to avoid the meeting with a lot of rhetoric like some cowardly southerners, but to Mao Dun's annoyance, Li Yuan proposed a new meeting place.
Undoubtedly, this location would be more favorable to Li Yuan, which made Mao Dun, who had intended to make it difficult for his henchmen to control the strings during the meeting, hesitated a little.
The Huns did their own archery, 10,000 arrows fired together, at close range, even if the other party had great skills, they couldn't dodge, back then, Tou Manshan was shot by Mao Dun's hand.
Now it seems that the Qin people also have a trick to deal with, what is it? Mao Dun couldn't guess for a while, which was also the reason why he thought hard alone, unlike Li Yuan, who likes to convene everyone to discuss matters, Mao Dun prefers this quiet and arbitrary approach.
In the past two years, the glorious achievements of the Huns in the east and west have made the leaders of the Huns surrender one after another; The fate of the extermination of the Huhan tribe also made them all frightened. If you don't listen to Da Danyu's orders, the result will be very tragic.
The leaders of the Huns who received the order to enter the tent were calm, and they didn't even dare to take a breath of air, and their eyes were fixed on Mao Dun in the middle. (To be continued.) For mobile phone users, please go to read. )