Chapter 101: The Imperial Brother is here
It was already a month after Chu Yun came to Gaonu City, after all, it was not easy to run thousands of miles from the army of the eldest son city, and the cavalry under Chu Yun's command had just finished the campaign in Shangjun, and they had not even rested before they entered another battle, and Chu Yun couldn't let them be overworked.
Chu Yun also felt that the eldest son city was too remote, and he had already made up his mind to move the governance office to Lishi City, but it would take time.
"Governor. Lin Yu came out to greet Chu Yun with the officials of Shangjun, and when he saw Chu Yun, Lin Yu knelt directly on the ground to greet him, which surprised everyone, after all, this was unreasonable, but Li Jin and the others thought about it for a while, and then knelt down.
Chu Yun got off the horse and helped Lin Yu up, he didn't say anything to the kneeling just now, but took Lin Yu's hand and praised Lin Yu's merits during this time, which made Lin Yu's old face flushed, obviously very excited.
Lin Yu did show a very good talent during this time, he learned the county citizen system of Xihe County, divided the Qiang Hu people, greatly mobilized the enthusiasm of the Qiang Hu people, and during this time he counted all the nearly 100,000 people in Shang County. It also implemented Chu Yun's integration policy of Han surname, Han costume, and Han dialect, and what satisfied Chu Yun the most was that the construction speed of Ganquan City and Dingyang City was very fast. Lin Yu's performance deserves Chu Yun's affirmation.
In fact, the requirements of these Qiang people are really not very high, they can eat enough, and they are treated similarly to the Han people, so they will not rebel casually. During the Han Dynasty, the Qiang rebelled several times, many times because the court excessively abused the Qiang people.
The Great Rebellion of the Anyi Qiang Nationality in the Eastern Han Dynasty can be said to be one of the largest rebellions of the Qiang people in the Han Dynasty, and the cause is ridiculous. A low-level official in Anyi County forcibly seized a beautiful Qiang woman, and her Qiang husband had nowhere to complain, so he killed the official, took his wife, and fled for his life. The county governor of Anyi was furious, he thought that this Qiang had violated the law and discipline, and led the army to pursue him, which provoked the resistance of the various tribes of the ancestors to organize a joint army.
As the Qiang people gathered more and more, the officials of the Han Dynasty finally became afraid, so the Han Dynasty was ordered to quell the rebellion of the Qiang school captain Zhang Xuan began to implement Huairou, and the Qiang people did not want to fight with the imperial court, so they surrendered one after another. Originally, this matter was over, but this Zhang Wei didn't know if he was crazy, he set up a feast to entertain them, but poisoned the wine and slaughtered more than 800 people, which aroused the anger of almost all Qiang people. Although the rebellion was finally put down, it completely lost the prestige of the imperial court, and later the Qiang rebelled several times, all of which were caused by the Han Dynasty's people being sorry for the Qiang people.
Therefore, Chu Yun took it as a warning, those obedient Qiang people must not be bullied casually, and the officials in various places should deal with the Hu people basically the same as the Han people, which is also a strict order issued by Chu Yun, whoever does not obey will get out. They can be oppressed by policy, but they must not be easily felt, and killing people with soft knives is sometimes more ferocious.
Not long after staying in Gaonu, Chu Yun led 30,000 iron cavalry to kill Beidi County.
Beidi County is located in the place where Shaanxi and Ningxia are handed over in the later generations, located in the northwest corner of Yongzhou, which is also the area where the Hu people gather, but the geographical location here is very important, the loss of Beidi County cut off the connection between Yongzhou and Liangzhou, and can threaten Chang'an and even Nanyang King Sima Bao's Qinzhou at any time, so that the imperial court does not dare to deal with the Xiongnu army on the east side, and also makes Qinzhou Sima Bao's support for Chang'an dare not do his best, and the strategic position of Beidi County is extremely important.
Therefore, when the Iron Blood Army took the initiative to recover Beidi County, Liu Kun not only did not object, but supported it very much. Of course, in Liu Kun's view, this is also a statement for the Iron Blood Army to preserve its strength, he doesn't know that the Iron Blood Army has basically recovered Shangjun, otherwise across Shang County, it would be a fool's dream for the Iron Blood Army to directly attack Beidi County.
Guo Moumou once said that the dry food of the Lord cannot be touched. After Chu Yun occupied Shangjun, he has been eyeing Liangzhou, and Beidi County and Anding County are the last obstacles in front of the iron-blooded army, but these two places are directly controlled by the imperial court, and Chu Yun cannot directly attack the two places, and now that the Huns occupy Beidi County, Chu Yun finally waited for a rare opportunity, so even if the imperial court does not want to help himself, he is not prepared to sit idly by.
As for how not to let the imperial court take it back after capturing Beidi County, Chu Yun, Mo Han and others also came up with a way, and this solution was the emperor's younger brother Liu Yi, who was captured by Chu Yun for several months, and the Huns still did not have the slightest idea of redemption.
After the Iron and Blood Army captured Liu Yi that year, Chu Yun originally wanted to use Liu Yi to negotiate with the Huns in exchange for a temporary peace between the two families, but Chu Yun was disappointed. The news announced by the Huns was that the emperor's younger brother Liu Yi died of illness, and the position of crown prince was held by Liu Yi, the king of Jin, and the Huns completely left Liu Yi behind.
Chu Yun wanted to slaughter Liu Yi at that time, but was persuaded by Cui Zhen, who had always had ghost ideas, and his cheap brother-in-law told him that the identity of this imperial brother Liu Yi was special, so it might be useful to keep it. At that time, the imperial court also asked Chu Yun to escort Liu Yi to Chang'an to boost morale, but Chu Yun claimed that Liu Yi had been kidnapped.
Sure enough, Liu Yi was left to solve a big problem for the Iron Army, even if the Iron Blood Army repelled the Huns, the Beidi County Imperial Court would not give it to itself, so why not let the "Huns" continue to occupy it?
The two largest Hu tribes in Northland County are Lushuihu and Malanqiang. Lu Shuihu belongs to the miscellaneous Hu, the origin of the family is complex, not only the Xiongnu, Yue's components, but also in the evolution of the nation to absorb the Qian, Qiang and even Han tribes, so it has the characteristics of both Caucasian and yellow people. The power in Beidi County and Anding County is very large, and Jia Kai, the hussar general, Yongzhou Thorn Shi, Jiuquan County Duke, and the Optimus Pillar of the Jin Dynasty, was killed by them because of the conquest of Lu Shuihu, which shows the great power of Lu Shuihu.
Ma Lanqiang is a branch of Qianghu, and these two tribes often send troops to harass Yongzhou Sili Prefecture, which can be said to be a big trouble for the imperial court. This time the Huns sent 20,000 troops, to be honest, they could not directly capture Beidi County, but Lu Shuihu and Ma Lanqiang were in cahoots with the Huns, they cobbled together tens of thousands of troops, with their help, the Xiongnu Zhendong general Hu Yanmo was like a bamboo, and in just a few months, he repelled the reinforcements of Jin Room Solin and captured Beidi County.
However, the Huns have helpers, Chu Yun is not alone this time, Chu Yun basically recruited all the strong men in the Qianghu, in addition to the cavalry of the headquarters, the iron-blooded army also has tens of thousands of Qianghu servants, so the strength of the two sides is basically the same.
Chu Yun even wanted Hu Yanmo, the general of the Xiongnu Zhendong, to drive to Anding County after defeating him, take advantage of the situation to occupy Anding, and completely block Xiliang. Of course, this depends on the follow-up situation, maybe the Iron Blood Army was defeated by Huyanmo. It's hard for anyone to say anything about war.
Another way of imperial court reinforcements, Liu Kun's headquarters of 30,000 men and horses and Tuoba Liuxiu's 100,000 Xianbei iron cavalry, a total of 130,000 troops, entered Pingyang County, where the capital of the Xiongnu is located, the Xiongnu three times a day, in just half a month, Liu Kun's army was killed less than 30 miles away from Pingyang City.
The Xiongnu were very afraid of the Xianbei people, during the Three Kingdoms period, the Xiongnu were pressed to the ground by Xianbei and rubbed, and even the grassland did not dare to stay, and ran to the place of the Han people, so Xianbei had a natural psychological advantage over the Xiongnu. In recent years, Liu Kun relied on Tuoba Xianbei to fight several times with the Xiongnu, and the Xiongnu were basically defeated.
The Xiongnu court was in chaos, Liu Cong appointed Liu Jie, who had just become the crown prince, as the general, commanding tens of thousands of troops in Pingyang City to meet Liu Kun's army, Xianbei Iron Cavalry and Xiongnu Iron Cavalry opened the largest major battle between the two sides in recent years, and the Xiongnu Iron Cavalry corroded by the Han people's flower world and the Xianbei Iron Cavalry at the peak of Tuoba Xianbei has opened the gap.
Although Liu Jijun received a lot of reinforcements, but was still beaten and retreated, within a few days, Liu Ji's army was defeated and retreated more than ten miles, he continued to ask his father Liu Cong for help, the whole Pingyang City was in panic, and the call for Liu Yao's army to return was higher day by day, and the prestige of Xianbei Iron Cavalry shook the whole world.
Liu Cong in the palace did what he should do, Liu Cong, who was aging and obese, still lingered in the fireworks, and Liu Cong ignored Liu Cong's request, which disappointed the ministers of the Xiongnu Han Kingdom. In desperation, Liu Wei led the army back to Pingyang to hold on, and Liu Kun and the Xianbei army surrounded Pingyang, and the two sides fell into a stalemate.
On the other side, the left servant of the imperial court shot Ju Yun and led the army to meet Liu Yao's army, although Liu Kun and Chu Yun successively sent troops to increase the confidence of the court, but they were still defeated by Liu Yao. Half of the entire eight counties of Fengyi County had been lost, and the imperial court could only hope that Liu Kun and Chu Yun would win.
"Dudu, we should first occupy Niyang County and completely cut off the back route of the retreat of the Xiongnu army, so that we can capture it in one fell swoop. In the big tent, Chu Yun brought Zhang Tong, the county guard of Xihe County, Zhang Tong pointed to the map to give him an idea, and Chu Yun nodded.
"Huang Kai, tell everyone about the enemy situation in Beidi County. Chu Yun said to Huang Kai who was standing in the corner, this time Chu Yun brought him, the attack on Beidi County is a first-class major matter for the Iron Army, and Chu Yun must supervise the intelligence of the department.
Huang Kai walked out of the gloom in the corner, and the generals felt a cool air, and unnaturally moved away from Huang Kai. Since Huang Kai entered the Supervision Department, his popularity has plummeted, especially after he dealt with several county commanders and many middle-level generals in the army without mercy, everyone simply stayed away from Huang Kai.
"Governor, Hun Zhendong general Hu Yanmo occupied Fuping County, the seat of Beidi County a month ago, because the reinforcements from Chang'an were defeated, so Hu Yanmo did not garrison the army in Niyang County, but many people from Lu Shuihu and Qiang Hu stayed behind to loot Niyang County, and now the entire Niyang County is in chaos, Hu people are burning, killing and looting, it is estimated that Hu Yanmo personally came to stop it. According to my estimate, there should be more than tens of thousands of Hu people of all kinds in Niyang County, of course, a large part of them are old and weak and women, and this time the fall of Beidi County has become a big carnival for the Hu people, so the capture of Niyang County is very easy for our army. After Huang Kai finished speaking, all the generals asked for battle, under the influence of Chu Yun, the Iron Blood Army did not have a good impression of these Hu people who killed the Han people, in the heart of the Iron Blood Army, only the dead Hu people were good Hu people.
Chu Yun didn't send the Iron Blood Division to compete with them for the credit they could get at their fingertips, of course, the Iron Blood Division thought that it was the trump card army, and they were not interested in fighting these rabble, but others were interested.
This time, Chu Yun came with the Iron Blood Division and four cavalry divisions, as well as two Qiang divisions and two Qiang brigades, and seeing that the Qiang people were so interested in slaughtering their own people, Chu Yun did not stop them.
"Chu returns to righteousness, Chu returns to the heart. After Chu Yun finished shouting, the commanders of the two Qiang divisions immediately came out of the ranks.
"I order, the Qiang 1st Division and the Qiang 2nd Division as the vanguard, give me to kill in Niyang County, all those who resist will be killed, those who surrender will not be killed, and those who kill the Han people will be executed. As for the money snatched from the captives, you can keep half of it, and I want you to completely clear Niyang County for me within three days, can you do it?" After Chu Yun finished speaking, the two of them were overjoyed and immediately ordered to leave.
"The governor is really high, and he can still make them so loyal. Zhang Tong said complimentally, Chu Yun and he glanced at each other, and the two of them laughed.
Three days later, Chu Yun's army entered the city, the sun, moon and stars were hunting, and the remaining tens of thousands of people in the entire Niyang County all went out of the city to greet Wang Shi, Chu Yun personally received several famous elders in Niyang County, and they cried to Chu Yun that nearly 20,000 people died in the entire Niyang County occupied by the Hu people for more than a month, Chu Yun was completely angry, he executed the captured thousands of Qiang Hu in front of the more than 10,000 people who survived in Niyang County, and cast their heads into a landscape, and the people of the entire Niyang County completely agreed with the iron-blooded army that had just occupied Niyang County。
Chu Yun asked the Sixth Cavalry Brigade of the Third Cavalry Division and a Qiang Brigade to garrison Niyang County, and then slaughtered to Fuping County non-stop. The Hu people he met along the way were all killed, just to be on guard when he received the news. A few days later, the Iron Blood Army suddenly appeared outside the city of Fuping, and the 10,000 Lu Shuihu and thousands of Ma Lanqiang stationed outside the city were routed by the Iron Army, and less than 2,000 people fled, and the Iron Blood Army won its first frontal victory after marching into Beidi County.
Hu Yanmo, the general of Zhendong, who was about to lead his army back to attack Chang'an, was shocked, he had just occupied Beidi County for more than a month, and his attention was on Liangzhou in the west, but he didn't expect to kill an enemy army from the east?
The entire city wall of Fuping City was demolished by him, because he was afraid that he would send troops to attack Chang'an, and Beidi County would be occupied by the enemy from the beginning, but he didn't expect to really lift a stone and hurt his foot.
He hurriedly gathered 20,000 Hun cavalry, as for his allies are all looting supplies in various places, what can be gathered is 10,000 people, you must know that he gathered 60,000 or 70,000 servant troops at that time, Hu Yanmo scolded that the mud could not support the wall, so he led the army out of the city in a hurry.
When Hu Yanmo came to the outside of the city with an army of 30,000 that had been gathered with great difficulty, more than 50,000 iron-blooded troops had already set up a formation, Huyanmo was a battlefield general, seeing the military appearance of the iron-blooded army, he knew that the iron-blooded army was very difficult to mess with, and seeing that the number of iron-blooded troops was almost twice as large as his, Huyanmo knew that he was in danger this time.
However, Hu Yanmo did not panic at all, victory or defeat is a common thing in soldiers, Hu Yanmo did not think that he could not leave, the Huns had lost many times over the years, but every time they could make a comeback, and Hu Yanmo looked back at the soldiers behind him, although the servant army was very afraid, but his own soldiers and horses were indifferent, Hu Yanmo was very satisfied. He decided to try the quality of the Predator first, and if it didn't work, he withdrew and left.
At this time, more than a dozen people came out of the iron-blooded army, and the one in front of the golden helmet and golden armor was Liu Yi, the imperial brother of the imperial prince of the Xiongnu Han Kingdom, who was brought by Chu Yun. Hu Yanmo was taken aback, their Huyan family and Liu family are both big surnames among the Huns, Huyan Mo is Liu Yi's father Liu Yuan personally promoted and reused, for the complicated relationship between Liu Cong and Liu Yi, Hu Yanmo can only be silent, after all, their brothers are the sons of the old emperor Liu Yuan.
Over the years, discerning people can see that Liu Cong is becoming more and more displeased with his younger brother Liu Yi, Liu Yi likes to look at people's culture, and the reuse of Hanchen also makes the Xiongnu nobles dislike, but in any case, Liu Yi is generous and sincere to people, and he is also an excellent successor. When Liu Cong announced that Liu Yi was sick and dead, Hu Yanmo was still very sad, but now he actually saw Liu Yi in the enemy army, which is also incredible.
There are many people who have seen Liu Yi, although Liu Yi is relatively docile, which makes the Hun nobles dislike, but in the eyes of the common people, he is a very respected royal family. He spoke for ordinary Hun soldiers a few times, and saved his life in the hands of the harsh Liu Cong, so many Huns were full of good feelings towards Liu Yi.
Therefore, Liu Yi was recognized by a very good person, and suddenly the Hun army was swept up, and Hu Yanmo shouted psychologically.
"The whole army obeyed orders and fired freely. Hu Yanmo immediately opened his bow and wanted to shoot Liu Yi to death, since the emperor Liu Cong said that Liu Yi was sick and died, then he could only think that Liu Yi was sick and died, if he waited for Liu Yi to speak, maybe the whole army would collapse without a fight, which Hu Yanmo would never accept.
"Don't shoot, that's the emperor's brother, it's really the emperor's brother. A Hun captain rode his horse in front of Hu Yanmo, and with his shouting, everyone stopped their movements and looked at Hu Yanmo.
Hu Yanmo was furious, the iron spear in his hand poked out, stabbed the captain to death with one shot, and then shouted with a blood-dripping spear: "The emperor's brother has died of illness, that person is fake, shoot me." ”
But as Liu Yi got closer and closer, more and more people recognized Liu Yi, and hundreds of Hun soldiers dismounted and knelt on the ground to greet Liu Yi.
"Uncle Huyan, is that how you want to kill me?" Liu Yi came to Huyanmo under the protection of Ran Liang and several other iron-blooded soldiers. He has no shortage of food and clothing in the Iron Blood Army over the years, and under the coercion and temptation of the Supervision Department and the persuasion of some Hanchen who support him, Liu Yi can only cooperate with the Iron Blood Army.
"My eldest brother of the emperor of Zhao has died of illness, you are a fake, why can't I kill you, a thief who pretends to be the emperor's brother. Hu Yan looked at Liu Yi viciously, he was obviously still dying, as long as he killed Liu Yi, then there was still hope for everything, looking at more and more soldiers who dismounted to meet Liu Yi, Hu Yanmo shouted and killed.
"Well done. "Ran Liang killed the past with a hook halberd, Hu Yanmo is a derivative of the divine stone, but compared to Ran Liang, who was washed by Chu Yun and learned the "God of War", it is not a grade at all, the two of them fought more than 50 moves, Hu Yanmo was in danger, Ran Liang's hook halberd swept vigorously, and Hu Yanmo was shot away with an iron spear in his hand by accident.
General Ran stopped. In Liu Yi's intercession, Ran Liang's hook halberd was inserted into Hu Yanmo's neck, and Hu Yanmo fell off the horse and didn't know if he was alive or dead.
"The imperial brother is here, all of them dismount and surrender. Ran Liang shouted, and actually covered the chaos of tens of thousands of people, and the rest of the Xiongnu army surrendered except for Huyanmo's 3,000 headquarters men.
"Mao Yu, lead your subordinates to kill all the people who refuse to surrender for me. With a wave of Chu Yun's big hand, the Tie Yi Brigade killed him.