Chapter 42: A New Battle is Brewing

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After the officer's shout fell, the Xia army and civilians on the city wall were silent for a while, and I don't know who suddenly cried.

The crying and shouting from outside the city reached the ears of everyone on the city wall, and instead of despising the crying man, more people followed behind and wept aloud.

There was a cry on the city wall, and there was a shout of killing under the city.

The Liwang Department of the Xiongnu Right Valley was quickly defeated under the attack of the Xia army.

The Xiongnu army originally put up an offensive formation, but they didn't expect that the Xia army would suddenly attack them at night, and when the battle began, many Hun soldiers were still asleep.

The Xia army rushed into the Xiongnu camp with spears and swords, and harvested the lives of countless Huns.

The 'shooting' battalion of the guards advanced forward as they released their bows and arrows.

Compared with the Huns, although their bow and arrow skills are more than one step higher than the Huns, but the war horses under the crotch are far less than the Huns' war horse breeds.

The Shen 'shooting' battalion did not pursue, and immediately set up camp on the spot after being thrown away by the Huns, and set up a defensive formation.

As soon as the soldiers and horses under the command of the king of Yougu Li broke away from the battlefield fighting with the god's 'shooting' battalion, an army wearing Hun armor suddenly came out of the oblique stab.

One of the first members, the Hun general, brandished his scimitar and shouted, and led the army to rush towards them.

"What part of the army is that?" Seeing the sudden appearance of a Xiongnu army, the king of Yougu Li was stunned for a moment, and asked left and right: "In addition to us, are there other Xiongnu armies near Linhe?" ”

He shook his head left and right, all of them looking dazed.

"King, it's not good, it's the Fox Wolf King who killed it!" Just when the second monk was 'touching' his head, a Hun officer suddenly pointed at the Hun army rushing over, and shouted in his voice full of horror.

When the king of the right valley heard the officer shouting, he hurriedly looked at the Hun general who rushed over, and sure enough, he saw that the officer looked like Hu Muchun.

"Let's go, let's go!" Seeing that it was Humuchun's army, King Liwang of Yougu hurriedly urged the army to turn around and retreat westward.

The Hun army of the Liwang of the Right Valley retreated all the way to the west, while the Fox Wolf King followed closely behind.

Just as they were about to withdraw from the border of the river, another Xiongnu army suddenly appeared in front of them.

"Who's up ahead?" Seeing that another army suddenly appeared in front of him, the Right Valley Li King, who had already become a frightened bird, hurriedly asked to the left and right, "That can't be the Fox Wolf King's soldiers and horses, right?" ”

He looked left and right and shook his head: "That direction is the residence of the Aries King, if we guess correctly, it should be the Aries King's talents!" ”

"The Aries King must have come to our rescue!" When a Hun general behind the King of the Right Valley heard that it would be the soldiers and horses of the Aries King, he couldn't suppress his joy and said to the King of the Right Valley: "King, why don't we join forces with the King of Aries and then kill back to Linhe?" ”

The Right Valley Liwang frowned and thought for a moment, and then said to the general behind him: "Order the whole army to return to our territory immediately!" ”

"King, we won't fight Linhe?" The general behind the right valley Li King was very puzzled by the decision to withdraw the army, and asked out loud: "The army of the Aries King has come, and it is the best time to attack Linhe, is it just the right time for us to withdraw?" ”

"You know what?" The king of the right valley glared at the general: "The king of Aries is also loyal to Di Yu, the fox wolf king rebelled, Di Yu must be in the Xia army, at this time the king of Aries came, whether he was ordered by Da Dan Yu or was surrendered by Di Yu, no one can tell, I can't bet all these nearly 100,000 soldiers and horses in this gamble!" ”

Glared at by the king of the right valley, the general didn't say anything, stepped aside, and beckoned the whole army to return to the territory.

After the Hun army retreated, the armies of the Aries King and the Fox Wolf King successfully joined forces west of the Linhe River.

King Liwang of Yougu did not guess wrong, before arriving at Linhe, Di Yu went to the territory of King Aries in advance and recruited him into the Xia army, so that Xiang Ye had a second army with the Huns as the main force.

Although this increased Xia Jun's strength, it also made Xiang Ye feel very worried.

The five battalions of the orthodox summer army had a total of only 150,000 soldiers and horses. After the annexation of the Yan State, the rebuilt Xia army, which was mainly composed of Yan people and the newly joined Xia people, was only 200,000 people.

However, the total number of Xiongnu soldiers and horses under the command of the Fox Wolf King and the Aries King reached 100,000, and this ratio was seriously out of balance in the Xia army, and if it was not adjusted, it was likely to become an unstable factor within the Xia Kingdom in the future.

After driving away the Huns under the Liwang of the Right Valley, Wei Feng led the god to 'shoot' the camp into Linhe City.

The Fox Wolf King and the Aries King consciously set up camp outside the city with their troops, they knew very well that the people near the river had suffered from the scourge of the Huns for many years, and this time the city was defending the city and fighting against the Huns, and they would inevitably not be hated by the people in the city when they entered the city.

Wei Feng entered the city, and there were only more than a dozen blood-stained soldiers lined up on both sides at the gate of the city.

These more than a dozen soldiers tried their best to straighten their chests, but each of them had some injuries on their bodies, and no matter how hard they tried, their bodies could not be as straight as they were when they were not injured.

When he got to these soldiers, Wei Feng turned over and jumped off his horse, walked up to a soldier, patted him lightly on the shoulder, and said in a choked voice: "Brother, it's hard work!" ”

"It's not hard!" The soldier stood up straight, the wound on his body was torn again with his movements, and the cold air in his mouth was 'pumping' and 'pumping' in pain, but he was still standing straight and 'straight', without the slightest intention of bending down.

When the officer in charge of guarding the city heard that Wei Feng had entered the city, he hurriedly ran down with the soldiers and people who could still run on the city wall.

"General, what a hard time we are looking forward to!" In front of Wei Feng, the officer fell to the ground, and as soon as the words came out, he couldn't cry.

Wei Feng hurriedly stepped forward to pick him up, tidied up his torn clothes and armor for him, and said with tears in his eyes: "Brothers, for so many days, you have suffered!" ”

The defenders and civilians in the city all bowed their heads and remained silent.

The Huns were driven away, but the defenders and civilians of Linhe City did not have the slightest joy of victory.

The battle was too cruel, and of the 5,000 defenders, less than 500 survived in the end, and of the less than 500 people, more than 200 people would leave the Xia army forever because of physical disabilities, leaving the place they had fought for.

Wei Feng personally supported the officers guarding the river, and climbed the city wall with him.

Under the battlements of the city wall, Xia Jun, who had mutilated limbs, saw them coming up, and they all struggled to get up and salute Wei Feng.

"Brothers, brothers, lie down, lie down!" Wei Feng hurriedly stepped forward and helped a Xia Jun who had broken his 'legs' and asked him to lie down on the battlements again.

Looking at these warriors who had held on to Linhe for more than half a month and resisted the attack of 100,000 Huns with the strength of 5,000 people, Wei Feng finally couldn't suppress his feelings, and tears the size of beans slipped from his eyes.

Xiang Ye, who had just returned to Jiuyuan City from Jixian County, received the news that Wei Feng had sent back from Linhe, holding the book in his hand, and was stunned for a long time without speaking.

This time, the Huns attacked the Xia Kingdom from three directions, and if it wasn't for Linhe to block the army of the Liwang of the Right Valley, Jiuyuan City would have directly faced the attack of the Huns.

Although Xiang Ye was confident that relying on the defenders of Jiuyuan City would be able to finally defeat the Huns, the siege of Wangcheng and the spread of it was a very face-saving thing after all.

Wu Wei sat under Xiang Ye, looking at Xiang Ye with unblinking eyes, he knew very well that Xiang Ye's mood was very complicated at this time, and no matter how much he said, it would not make him feel less guilty about the defenders of Linhe.

"Pass my order, the territory of the Xiongnu right valley Liwang will be sealed to the fox wolf king and the white sheep king, after the occupation, the two Xiongnu kings will each receive half, and after expanding the land in the future, they will be rewarded separately!" After being silent for a long time, Xiang Ye raised his head and said to Wu Wei: "Prime Minister, have the weapons and armor that troubled you some time ago been prepared?" ”

Wu Wei bowed and said to Xiang Ye: "King Qiyu, the armor and weapons are all in accordance with the king's requirements, and the horses are also 'exchanged' with the Yue people in large quantities. There is just a problem, the Yueshi people are not very willing to be enemies of the Huns, saying that the Huns have not harassed them too much at present, and they are unwilling to break the current peace! ”

"Rat-eyed!" Xiang Ye's eyes narrowed slightly, and he said to Wu Wei: "Maybe we will use explosives in the next battle, how much have we done so far?" ”

"The R&D Ya 'Gate' has made 5,000 grenades, 2,000 mines, and 1,000 explosives in accordance with the king's 'delivery' generation, which can be 'delivered' and used at any time!" Wu Wei bowed and reported to Xiang Ye the number of explosives that Xia Jun could put into use now.

"Not enough!" Xiang Ye's eyes narrowed slightly: "I want to blow up the Huns to the bottom, so that they will never dare to covet our Xia Kingdom when they are alive!" These things have to be increased, at least doubled! ”

"Prime Minister, you immediately arrange it, the new armor and weapons will be immediately 'handed over' to the whole army for use, and the large-scale weapons of destruction such as explosives and mines will be mainly 'handed over' to the five battalions of Daxia, and the soldiers and horses of the whole country will be ready, and in the near future, I will launch an attack on the Huns!" Xiang Ye narrowed his eyes slightly, and stood up after 'handing' Wu Wei about the armament.

"Your Majesty, the minister just received the news today!" As soon as Xiang Ye stood up, Wu Wei said to him again: "Mao Dun did not give up after this defeat, and gathered 200,000 soldiers and horses, ready to concentrate and enter my Great Xia from the direction of Guyang, the purpose of their coming this time is not to capture Jiuyuan City, but to kill and injure as many subjects of my Xia Kingdom as possible!" ”

The muscles and flesh on Xiang Ye's face twitched a few times, and he asked Wu Wei, "Does the prime minister have a plan to break the enemy?" ”

Wu Wei closed his eyes slightly, then opened his eyes again, and said to Xiang Ye with a bit of hesitation in his tone: "The minister has a plan, but I don't know if the king is willing or not!" ”

"What is the prime minister's plan? Come on! As soon as he heard Wu Wei say that he had a plan to break the enemy, Xiang Ye sat back again, and asked him very earnestly about the strategy of breaking the enemy. ~