The Xiongnu divided their troops to cross the river, Hao Zhao ordered the elite soldiers to defend along the river, only used up the bow and arrows, blocked the enemy, and demoralized the Xiongnu, seeing that it was about to land, he set fire to leave.

The city wall is not only thickened with boulders, but also imitates the method of Qin Shi Huang to build a city, and in the future, a part of the grain that will not be transported away will be allocated and mixed with loess to increase the city wall, which was originally an ordinary small city, and turned into a behemoth on the bank of the Fen River.

For more than a month, Zhao Yan called on the people in the territory to help, and repaired Pingyang like copper poured iron, and the east gate Linfen water was built to take water, leaving only a small gate in the north and south for access, leaving only the west gate to guard, and adding two urn cities inside.

The Hun soldiers rushed across the river angrily, and wanted to fight, but the enemy army left without a fight, and the two of them punched in the air, and they were angry, and drove the soldiers and horses to chase them to the city, and they were dumbfounded.

Such a tall and strong city wall, for the Hun cavalry, who were not good at attacking the city, it was like a tiger meeting a turtle, turning around and having nowhere to claw.

Liu Bao had a violent temperament, and immediately ordered the tribes to prepare weapons and bows and arrows to attack the city tomorrow to avenge the dead clansmen.

Qubei said: "Big brother, this time out of Luliang Mountain, we are the vanguard, we have lost a lot of soldiers and horses, and then it is time for the other three departments to contribute." ”

Liu Bao suddenly woke up and nodded: "What my brother said is extremely true, from Lishi to Hedong, it was the two of us who hit the head, and it was time for them to play." ”

So the two retreated to Luyinxi and camped, and sent people to report to Shan Yu Huchuquan, reporting that the Han army had built a city to defend in Pingyang, guarding the main road, and the soldiers and horses could not go south, so they asked for support.

Hao Zhao and a few people were arranging defenses, and when they saw the Huns retreating like a tide, the remaining troops patrolled, and returned to the palace to discuss first.

Zhao Yan frowned and said: "The thief army came angrily, but they retreated, could it be that there is fraud in it?" ”

Biqiu Xing sneered: "The Xiongnu seem to be menacing, but in fact they are not single-minded, their five divisions are tilting against each other, Liu Bao retreated, he must not want to have too many casualties among his own men and horses, and wait for the arrival of the army." ”

"I see!" Zhao Yan knew that Biqiu Xingjiu ruled the West River, and knew the five Xiongnu departments well, and offered advice: "The Xiongnu crossed Luliang, and crossed the river by bridge, and fought for two days, and the men and horses must be tired, and they will be able to win a big victory if they go to rob the camp tonight." ”

"The words of joining the army are very much in line with my wishes!" Hao Zhao nodded and said: "Today, we will stick to Pingyang, if the Xiongnu cannot attack for a long time, they will divide their troops to the south." I went to rob the camp, so that he knew that we still had the power to fight back, and he did not dare to divide his troops easily. If you divide a small number of troops, you will not be able to cross the Fenshui, and if you divide a large number of troops, we will attack. The thief is in a dilemma, and when he hesitates, I expect that the reinforcements of the King of Han have arrived! ”

Zhao Yan said angrily: "The king of Han has the world in his heart, and he does not hesitate to send his henchman Xu Yuanzhi to take the risk to persuade us to wait, which shows his sincerity, his use of troops has always been decisive, and there will be movement within half a month." ”

That night, Hao Zhao first sent people to monitor the movements of the Huns, and after seeing that they really ate and drank, they rested early, and the Huns did not understand the art of war, so they only set up tents along the river, and there was no order, and the garrison was lax.

At the second watch of the night, the Pingyang defenders divided the troops into three routes, Zhao Yan led 300 people in the middle, set fire to the middle gate, and returned to the city as soon as possible to respond, Hao Zhao and Biqiu Xing each led 2,000 elite soldiers, and after copying their camps from the left and right, they took the fire as the signal and attacked from the north and south.

After the third watch, Zhao Yan led the infantry quietly to the Hun camp, each with a straw rocket, rushed to the front of the village gate and set fire.

The Hun defenders were alert when they saw the firelight, and hurriedly shouted and sounded their trumpets, and the low and long sound of trumpets broke the silence of the night.

"Who dares to disturb this king's dreaming?" Liu Bao was eating roast whole sheep in a dream, and was awakened by the shouting, so angry that he scolded.

Only then did he get up, go to the humble clothes and break into the tent, and said hurriedly: "The Han people are scheming, they must be here to rob the camp." ”

"These damn Han Chinese!" Liu Bao scolded.

The two hurriedly went out of the tent, saw that several tents were on fire, and were gathering people and horses to meet the enemy at the camp gate, when suddenly the Han soldiers from the north and south came out, and the Hun soldiers who were busy fighting the fire were caught off guard and were killed in chaos.

"How can it be!" Liu Bao was furious, and led the men and horses of the headquarters with Qubei, and went to meet the enemy on the left and right.

Liu Bao bumped into Hao Zhao, and the two fought for more than ten times without winning or losing, and went to meet with the enemy of Biqiu Xing, and they were extremely red-eyed, and they were also inseparable.

Under the firelight, the Huns did not know how many Han troops there were, and they hurriedly fought, each of them broke up, and many people were squeezed into the river, with countless casualties.

The second general was not in love with war, seeing that the fire was gradually extinguished, he collected his troops and retreated, Liu Bao was angry and wanted to chase after him, but he was persuaded to stop by going to humility, and he was so confused that he lost two or three thousand people, and he was so angry that he didn't sleep all night.

The next day, Hu Chuquan led the army to arrive, and when he heard that the two had lost two battles in a row and lost thousands of people, he scolded: "Your father confessed when he was dying, let the two of you learn the art of war in the Central Plains, have you learned the dog's belly all these years?" ”

The rest of the kings and tribal leaders laughed, so ashamed that the two brothers were red-faced, secretly clenched their fists but were helpless, only hated that Fu Luo gave birth to them too late, and let Hu Chuquan make a big order.

If you go to be humble, you can also endure the humiliation, and bowed down and said: "Second uncle is angry, the Han people have always been treacherous, our tribe has suffered heavy losses, please take a temporary break, please ask the second uncle to avenge us!" ”

"Hmph, the young man is still too tender!" Hu Chuquan was dissatisfied with the two of them not calling him Shan Yu, and was about to take advantage of this to establish his authority, and said coldly: "This single will definitely set foot in Pingyang within three days, you two look good and study hard!" ”

Then he ordered the two of them to guard the Luliang Pass, pick up the grain carts and horses, and lead the army to take Pingyang, looking at the tall blue brick city wall, Hu Chuquan's face was so gloomy that he could drip water.

The other three left and right valley Li kings and Rizhu kings were laughing and laughing all the way, and the smiles were also fixed on their faces at this time, how could the cavalry attack such a strong city?

"It's a dog!" Hu Chuquan muttered and cursed,

I remember that when he went to Hedong, Pingyang was just a small earthen city, so he dared to boast about Haikou just now, and the newly repaired half of the city wall was very eye-catching, nearly doubled in height, as if blocked in his chest, unable to breathe.

The general next to him, Ritai, didn't hear the truth, and thought that Da Danyu was calling him to fight, so he took the wolf's tooth lance and went straight to the city, shouting: "Sneaky Han people, who dares to fight head-on with the Hun warriors?" ”

The drums on the city were loud, and I saw the Yang City Gate slowly open, a team of soldiers and horses roared out, the infantry was in front, and the archers were guarding the city gate.

I saw that the defenders stood in two boxes, the lineup was neat, the armor was bright, and the swords and guns flashed with cold light.

Hu Chuquan saw it in front of the battle, and couldn't help frowning secretly, thinking that the defenders would not dare to fight, but he didn't expect him to dare to take the initiative to meet the enemy. ”

Hu Chuquan couldn't bear it, and immediately stepped forward and scolded: "This single came to help the war at the behest of King Wei, but if you disobey the order, you will surrender Liu Qi." You're just a traitor and a thief, what's the point? ”