Chapter Seventy-Eight: The Danger of the Iron Army

Chu Yun stood at the head of the city and finally saw the whole picture of the Hun army, the mighty army was endless, Chu Yun quickly estimated that although the number of the Hun army may be less than 100,000, but at least 70,000 or 80,000. And among the population of 70,000 or 80,000, there are nearly half of the cavalry, this is an absolute main force of the Huns, Chu Yun is both worried and relieved, worried that they only have more than 7,000 people, even if the population of the whole city is less than 30,000 people, and the other party's army is twice the total population of their own, whether Zhongyang City can hold it depends on luck. And they breathed a sigh of relief because they encountered the main force of the Huns, and another large army of the Huns was still besieging Chang'an, so even if Shangdang County was attacked, it was only a partial division. Although Shangdang County left a large army, Mo Han and Wang Lian were not good at military affairs, and Guo Xuanzi's ability, Chu Yun was still a little worried, plus he had just offended Shi Le, if they did it together, the consequences would be unimaginable.

Chu Yun has already done everything he can, he asked Mo Han not to send troops to Xihe County, I believe that Shangdang County should not be a big problem, you must know that Shangdang County is his own nest, even if he is surrounded by 100,000 troops, there is a certain possibility of running out, but if the nest is gone, then Chu Yun will be completely finished.

In fact, Chu Yun is not greedy for any status, nor is he greedy for pleasure, his foundation is not in this world. However, as a Han Chinese, he couldn't get used to seeing his people being treated as pigs and dogs by the Hu people, and even became a two-legged sheep later. In the first world, Chu Yun had no ability, he could only see the Manchus sucking blood on the heads of the Han people, and he could only kill a few Manchus to get angry, but now that he has this ability, then he has the responsibility to drive the Hu people out of the territory of the Han people. In addition, he is also for Su Jin, in order to follow his brothers, Chu Yun is indeed cold-blooded, but he is not cold-blooded to the point that he has no feelings at all, after all, people's hearts are flesh and blood, and Chu Yun does not want to see so many people who follow him die one by one.

Hu Yanyan did not attack as soon as he came up, he first sent people to persuade him to surrender, which is also a common way, generally speaking, the Han people in this era have become soft bones because of repeated failures. This is just as the Chinese were afraid of foreigners at the end of the Qing Dynasty, and the strength of the country determines the self-confidence of each countryman.

The person who was sent to persuade him to surrender also had a very good style, this person actually brought a thousand cavalry, came to Zhongyang City, and a thousand cavalry pulled their horses together, and the scene was also very shocking, which showed the strength of these cavalry. After they came, they shouted to the city, let the county order come out, the county order of Zhongyang County turned out to be a Han elder appointed by Liu Bi, but he was too old, and after Chu Yun came, he let him go home to retire, and the new county order, Chu Yun let Ma Hui concurrently serve, in fact, there are not many people in Zhongyang County, it is more like a military fortress, because most of the people have been moved to the north of Zhongyang River. Ma Hui immediately walked to Chu Yun's side, he saw that these cavalry were only a dozen zhang away from the city wall, and wanted to use archers to kill their sharp qi, but he was stopped by Chu Yun.

"Brigade Commander Ma, the other side has nearly 100,000 troops, even if we move to kill these thousand people, it will not help, but it will anger them, we need time now, wait for the cavalry to rescue. It's better to talk to them first and delay the time. You go and call the old soup man who takes care of the warehouse, and you'll be like that in a moment. Chu Yun whispered in Ma Hui's ear, and Ma Hui took the order.

Just when the people below were waiting impatiently, a lean old man walked out wearing the clothes of the county order, but how to look at it is not coordinated, the official uniform on his body always feels like a monkey and crown, this old man is full of fear, and was carried by two people before going up the city wall. The city wall is only six meters high, and the cavalry below is not far away, and they all laughed when they saw the funny appearance of the county order of Zhongyang County.

After a long time, the Huns stopped, a thousand cavalry were arranged at both ends, and a young general in silver helmet and silver armor walked out, but he was very coquettish, this person held a silver gun in his hand and pointed at the old man wearing county clothes in Zhongyang City and said: "Old man, I am the commander of the army under the command of the general Hu Yancheng, the general asked me to persuade you to surrender, if you do not open the city and surrender, 100,000 troops will attack the city together, Zhongyang City can be broken in an instant, and the chickens and dogs in Zhongyang City will not be left at that time." ”

After Hu Yancheng finished speaking, the old man on the city wall was so frightened that his face was bloodless, if it weren't for the two people who were holding him and dragging him, this old man would have been scared away. This person was the trust arranged by Chu Yun, that is, the old soup man who guarded the warehouse, and when this person saw Chu Yun inspecting at that time, he was so frightened that he almost peed his pants, which left a deep impression on Chu Yun. So Chu Yun brought him over today, in order to give the Huns an impression, that is, the county commander of Zhongyang County is a soft bone, and he will surrender if he is frightened, so maybe he can let the Huns give him some time, and it will take time for Mao Qing to go to Shicheng to ask for reinforcements.

Hu Yancheng saw that Zhongyang County Ling was so timid and afraid, although he was disdainful, but he was also secretly happy, if he could persuade Zhongyang County to surrender, then he would be a meritorious striker.

However, Hu Yancheng didn't hear the slightest sound from the left and right of the city, he was a little dissatisfied, and when he wanted to open his mouth to ask again, there was a panic on the city wall, Hu Yancheng didn't know what they were doing, and he couldn't see the county order, so he wanted to ask again.

At this time, a young man stuck his head out from the city wall: "General, our county zun fainted because the general's tiger power is too strong, if there is something, can you wait for our county zun to wake up? ”

"Hey. There was no one on the city wall, and there was not a single sound, Hu Yancheng touched his head and didn't know what to do. He was persuaded to surrender by his father's orders, but what does it mean now?

"Major General, they were obviously frightened, the villain felt that they should be given a little time, after all, these Han people want the so-called face, that Zhongyang County Commander is so bare, he was scared and fainted, he must be embarrassed to come forward in a short time. Let's just tell the general that they have promised to surrender, but how about a little grace?" Clear-eyed people can see that Hu Yanyan is already old, and Hu Yancheng is his eldest son, this is the first time he has brought it out, and he is comfortable to serve Hu Yancheng, which is to leave a good impression on the general. If you can't say a few nice words, you will be promoted.

Hu Yancheng hesitated, after all, the other party didn't say these words, he couldn't deceive his father. The adjutant general saw his thoughts, and then persuaded: "Major General, our army is coming from the sky, and you haven't seen the other party's county order, how dare you surrender without opening the door." Didn't the other party say it, their county order was stunned, please wait for him to wake up, do you think he has the courage to go against us for this kind of person? Let's say this can be regarded as a truthful answer, and the young general can really persuade Zhongyang City to surrender, then it is the first merit, and the general will be happy. ”

Under the persuasion of the deputy general, Hu Yancheng finally agreed, and when he returned to the big tent, Hu Yancheng immediately reported according to the deputy general's statement, Hu Yanyan Yan was repeatedly confirmed, and Hu Yancheng swore an oath. Although Hu Yanyan is always a little hesitant, after all, he hasn't been here for a few years, Zhongyang City has changed too much, how can this city wall be so tall, and the county order shouldn't be so cowardly. But since his son said that the county order was stunned, then he can wait a while, and it can be regarded as establishing his prestige for his son, he is old and has a son, just such a son, who does not help his son.

When the Hun army arrived, it was almost noon, and Zhongyang City did not open the door to surrender until the afternoon, Hu Yancheng was very anxious, and went to Zhongyang City many times to check, but there was no one in the entire Zhongyang City wall, and I didn't know what was going on. But Zhongyang City was surrounded by them, and no one in the city could escape, Hu Yancheng was full of confidence at the beginning, but the more he waited, the more anxious he became, until the sky fell into darkness, and Hu Yancheng's mood became worse and worse.

"Huyan Qianfeng, has Zhongyang County surrendered?" Huyan Yanyan, who was in the middle of the big tent, asked, they waited from morning until dark, and according to his veteran's intuition, his son was tricked. However, how could the generals have to give face to the main general, they have persuaded them to let the general wait. Hu Yanyan will get off the donkey to let the whole army rest, and if he does not surrender tomorrow, he will directly attack the city.

In this way, Chu Yun bought himself most of the time. With these times, Chu Yun gathered all the men in the city, whether it was Han or Hu, Chu Yun would not give up, they would be the reserve army of Zhongyang City. And their families are all left alone, and they are not afraid of them making trouble in the city. In addition, these times, so that Chu Yun can better deploy the city defense equipment, the Iron Blood Army has almost demolished the houses near the city wall, everything in them has been used, the door panels and windows can be used as shields, and the beams can be used as rolling logs, and even the bricks and stones inside can also smash the enemy. Anyway, the other party has a stone thrower, and it can't be saved if it is not dismantled. In addition, Chu Yun even gathered all the quilts in the city, these quilts were a sharp weapon for defending the city, which could not only defend against arrows, but also against catapults, and even wet against rockets.

Time flies, the next day slowly brightened, Hu Yancheng was very anxious, he barely slept last night, he just had little experience, and he was not a fool, how could he not know that he was tricked, even if the county order was frightened, it was impossible not to wake up overnight.

But he was still ready to try, he took people to the city wall, thousands of people shouted together, let the county order come out, Chu Yun and Ma Hui kept watch on the city wall all night, the two of them looked at each other and smiled, I didn't expect that there were such sincere people, and now I still believe that they will surrender?

"Mao Qing should have arrived in Lishi City at this time, I heard that your archery skills are first-class, why don't you show your hand first?" Chu Yun said to Ma Hui with a smile, Chu Yun wanted to see if ordinary people could kill the Divine Power Derivative, the stupid kid outside was the Divine Power Derivant, and his strength was very weak, so he might not be able to get this ability soon.

"Dare to disobey. Ma Hui hugged his fists, and then took out a four-stone strong bow, this bow wants to be full of strength equivalent to four or five hundred catties of strength, all say that a thousand catties of divine power, there were several fierce generals in ancient times who could have a thousand catties of strength.

Ma Hui took out an iron arrow and took a deep breath against the battlements, and then suddenly stood up, swept his eyes, determined Hu Yancheng's position, and shot an arrow, Hu Yancheng suddenly felt cold, he saw a long arrow coming towards him, he was stunned, this short breath of time, it decided his life and death, the long arrow shot into Hu Yancheng's neck, Hu Yancheng fell off the horse, this change stunned the thousand Hun cavalry.

But Chu Yun would not give up such a good opportunity, he immediately ordered the archers on the city wall to shoot freely, Hu Yancheng and the others were only more than twenty meters away from the city wall, this distance was easy for normal archers to capture. Hundreds of archers suddenly stood up, and the cavalry below was unsuspecting and was shot down, but they still ran towards Hu Yancheng who fell off his horse without fear of death, and they knew the consequences of Hu Yancheng's death.

After nearly half of the dead and wounded, Hu Yancheng was taken away by his men, leaving a mess under the city. A sun, moon and star flag slowly rose at the head of Zhongyang City, and more than 7,000 defenders cheered loudly at the same time, and the Hun camp several miles away could be clearly heard.

"Not good, my son. Hu Yanyan's face changed.

At this time, Mao Qing had just returned to Lishi City, which was on the north side of the Zhongyang River, and he couldn't cross the river at night, so he was delayed for so long. Mao Qing ran directly to the Taishou Mansion to find Zhang Tong, and Zhang Tong listened to Mao Qing's request for help, and his face became solemn.

"Come on, pass on Fang Dashan, Huang Cun, Lu Zhong, Zhang Song, Fan Gao, and Chu Chenglin to see me. Zhang Tong immediately ordered the brigade commanders of the four brigades and two civilian officers to come.

"Mao Qing, you go and gather the iron-blooded horsemen and let them stand by quickly. Zhang Tong turned to Mao Qing and said, Mao Qing hugged his fists and left immediately, after Guo Yong of the iron-blooded army left, he had not appointed a deputy commander, led by Chu Yun himself, but Mao Qing was recognized as Guo Yong's successor, so only Mao Qing could mobilize the iron-blooded horseman, even Zhang Tong couldn't.

When six people came, Zhang Tong told them about the matter, Fang Dashan was the first to be anxious, he immediately asked the first cavalry brigade to take the first step, and was persuaded by everyone, after all, the news brought by Mao Qing was that the other party's army was at least seventy or eighty thousand people, which could not be solved by a cavalry brigade of three thousand people.

Zhang Tong didn't talk nonsense, and immediately took out the tiger talisman that Mao Qing sent him, this is Chu Yun's token, and everyone must obey it. Zhang Tong ordered Fan Gao, Chu Chenglin, and Zhang Song, the commander of the Eighth Infantry Brigade, to garrison Lishicheng and not allow anyone to leak the news. Then he sent someone to convey the order to Shangdang County, and ordered four cavalry brigades and 12,000 cavalry to prepare to attack, and after an hour they would assemble at the east gate of Lishi City, and those who arrived late would be beheaded.

Zhang Tong had already ordered his subordinates to prepare the ferry, and an hour later, an army of 12,000 crossed the Zhongyang River and disappeared outside Lishi City.

And at this time, the two armies of the Huns had already arrived at their respective positions, so that the fox mud was eager to make meritorious contributions, when he went to the first day of Tianjing Pass, he began to storm Tianjing Pass, Zhao Hu, who was ordered to defend the south gate of Shangdang County, while sending people to support, immediately reported to the eldest son city, and in a short time, Tianjing Pass fell into anxiety.

At the same time, Guo Yong of Pingjingu also got the news from the scout's mouth that tens of thousands of troops were coming, and he also reported to the eldest son city while reorganizing the defense.

Kong Chang's army, which made Liu Kun nervous, rushed south from Changshan County and collided with Zhou Bin's army at Pukou Pass.

Liu Cong and Shi Le shot at the same time, and the Iron and Blood Army suffered a joint attack from all sides, while Mo Han and Guo Shuzi ordered the whole county of Shangdang County to enter a state of alert, and on the other hand, they sent an urgent message to Chu Yun who left Shicheng, but they didn't know that Chu Yun was now a mud bodhisattva crossing the river.

Don't look at Liu Cong and Shi Le being wary of each other, but under the goal of dealing with the Han people, the two of them are still staunch allies, and the Iron Blood Army has obviously made them feel threatened after several years of development. But in the face of the plight of the Iron Army, the Han forces in the entire world were silent.

Liu Kun was the first to get the information that Shangdang County was attacked, this is not because of how powerful his intelligence system is, but in the face of the threat of Kong Chang's army, Jinyang City is like a black cloud destroying the city, they are very concerned about the information of the Shile Army, and now the Shile Army suddenly gave up Taiyuan County and went to attack Shangdang County instead, how could he not know.

Liu Kun also knows the truth of cold lips and teeth, and Chu Yun has given him a lot of benefits, plus Chu Yun is different from Wang Jun, everything Chu Yun does is for the court, especially the recovery of Luoyang. Liu Kun wanted to send troops to support, but was stopped by his subordinates with all their might, most of these guys were Chu Yun migrated from various counties, and they left their hometowns, which made them very hostile to the Iron Army. Moreover, what they said also made sense, Liu Kun's troops were too few, and their self-defense was insufficient, not to mention that they were all new soldiers, in case Shi Le shook a shot and abandoned Shangdang County to attack Jinyang, what should he do when the time came? Liu Kun only knew that Kong Chang had gone to attack Shangdang County, and he did not know that Liu Cong had also made a move, so he also analyzed that Shangdang County should be able to withstand it, so he could only listen to the advice of his subordinates and respond to all changes with no change for the time being.

However, Liu Kun still did something, he sent someone to his brother-in-law Tuoba Yilu, asking him to send a part of the cavalry, ready to support at any time, but Tuoba Yilu was also delayed. Shi Le personally sat in Youzhou, and tens of thousands of troops were eyeing the edge of Dai County, but Shi Le was a bad species, although he did not dare to provoke Tuoba Xianbei head-on, but he continued to instigate the Zahu rebellion of Dai County, Tuoba Yilu was too busy to take care of himself, how could he send troops.

And the Chang'an court is also like this, they were dragged by Liu Yao's army, and Ju Yun and Liu Yao fought several times and failed several times, how could they have the strength to control others, they still wished that Liu Yao would withdraw his troops from Chang'an and attack others. What's more, they didn't know that the Huns had made a move against the state.

As for Sima Rui, the king of Langya in the south, there is no need to count on it, except for Yuzhou Assassin Shi Zu Li, who often led the army to make some trouble for Shi Le, there was not a single soldier to help Chu Yun share the pressure, and Zu Li's men were only 2,000 people.

The other minor forces are well versed in protecting themselves, so the Predator will have to face the two most powerful forces on their own.

Outside Zhongyang City, Hu Yanyan looked at his eldest son who was seriously injured and died, and his tears couldn't help but stay, he had many wives and a bunch of daughters, but there was only one son, he was almost sixty years old this year, and his son died, so he was dead, so he was dead, how could he not feel distressed.

Suddenly Hu Yancheng opened his eyes, Hu Yanyan hurriedly stepped forward, Hu Yancheng was hit by an arrow in the neck, he was speechless, he saw his father, stretched out his hand and grabbed his father's hand tightly, and then pointed in the direction of Zhongyang City, about to say something, but suddenly his hand hung down, and his body soon shrank strangely, and a blood-red stone fell on the bed. When Hu Yanyan picked up this piece tremblingly, he carefully put it in his arms.

He wiped away his tears, walked out of the tent with red eyes, and shouted: "Pass my order, the vanguard army will be beheaded if the guards are ineffective, and the army is ready to attack the city." ”