Chapter 24: The Battle of Quliang
Chu Yun walked out and saw Feng Chengjia, this kid is living a very nourishing life now, not only has he become a family, but his wife is also pregnant, he is in charge of all the news of Chu Yun to the outside world, but he can not only learn the disguise technique that Chu Yun taught him. This kid likes to study, has a cautious personality, and has a unique eye for people, and is deeply trusted by Chu Yun.
A few days ago, Chu Yun taught him a task, but he didn't expect to have results in less than a week, and Chu Yun felt that he really didn't see the wrong person.
"How?" Chu Yun reached out and took the bowl of water brought by the maid, and drank it gratefully, Feng Chengjia didn't speak until Chu Yun finished drinking.
"I inquired about it, this tribe of the Huns migrated at the end of Emperor Wu of Wei, and they have been following the Wei State to fight in the east and west, and were arranged by Cao Wei to live in Yizhou. After the establishment of the Great Jin Dynasty, they lost their official positions and recovered their land, so they moved to Taihang Mountain. After the Yongjia Rebellion, the Huns established a court, so they summoned the Huns all over the world, they refused to summon, and scolded Liu Cong's messenger, refusing to rebel, because this Huns and Liu Cong's ancestors are in the same vein, so Liu Cong did not deal with them. This time they went out to help the Han people resist the Qian, a tribe of the Qianren was attacking the county seat of Quliang, and they had a good relationship with Cao Zheng, the county magistrate of Quliang County (the county commander above the population of 10,000 households), so they went to support. Chu Yun was speechless after listening to Feng Chengjia's words, Han people are not so loyal, okay?
"Dudu, there are only some old and weak left, but they really have a lot of horses, more than a thousand, otherwise we should join forces inside and outside and annex them?" Feng Chengjia said.
"There are so few loyal people, forget it, you go down and call Brother Lu and them back. Chu Yun shook his head.
"Dudu, there is one more thing I don't know if to talk about or not, although they have a lot of horses, but there is not enough food, can we exchange grain for some horses?" After Feng Chengjia finished speaking, Chu Yun's eyes lit up, this is a good idea. He had inherited the grain of several families, and he could eat it for two or three years even if he stayed here, but he did not dare to stay here, so it was likely that he would not be able to take it with him, and if it was replaced by horses, then it would be fine.
"Do you think it can be done?" Chu Yun asked, Hu Ren regarded horses as life.
"I think so, we can talk to them openly, it's mutually beneficial. Feng Chengjia's words strengthened Chu Yun's confidence.
"Spread the word to the three. Chu Yun said to the guards beside him.
After Chu Yun finished talking to Wang Lian and the three of them, they were all amazed by this group of Huns, but Feng Chengjia's opinion, they also felt that it was very likely to come true. Since they all felt that it was feasible, Chu Yun immediately asked Feng Chengjia to send someone to contact them first, and if the other party agreed, then send someone else to agree on it.
When Chu Yun was planning to trade with the Huns, a tragic battle broke out in Quliang County, Quliang County is a small county town, and the population was less than 10,000 households at its peak, not to mention after the Eight Kings Rebellion and the Yongjia Rebellion, now the population of a county town is less than 10,000 people, most of them are still old, weak, sick and disabled, because adult men are conscripted again and again, and die in internal or external combat effectiveness.
What the entire county can make up is two thousand old and weak, these people are basically civilians, that is, the two or three hundred county soldiers under their own command are useful, but they are also a drop in the bucket, you must know that the same number of Hu people are attacking the county outside.
Moreover, the county has experienced an unknown number of battles, and the already low city walls are even more dilapidated. They had already resisted the Hu people's one-day attack, and if everyone didn't know the consequences of the destruction of the city, and the county magistrate Cao Zheng kept advocating the arrival of reinforcements, they would have been unable to hold out a long time ago.
Cao Zheng is a man in his forties, this person's identity is after the royal family of the previous dynasty, that is, the descendant of Cao Cao, although he is a capable official, but it is impossible to rise to a high position during the reign of the Sima family, because for nearly twenty years, this Cao Zheng does not know how many times he has been transferred back and forth in the position of county magistrate, but for the sake of his family, he does not dare to resign. He has a sensitive identity and resigned rashly, and if anyone says that he has a grudge, then his family is finished.
He was now wearing a shabby official robe, and his hat didn't know where it had flown to, and although he was a man of letters, he had also killed a man, and his body was splattered with blood. But he was still running around the city, constantly encouraging the soldiers who defended the city, if it weren't for him, it is estimated that this kind of small city would not be able to hold it for half a day.
In fact, he had already discovered that the situation was wrong, because this tribe borrowed food from several small cities around it many times, and at first, they also broke their wealth to avoid disasters, but slowly this tribe's appetite grew, and Cao Zheng established an alliance with two nearby small cities. It's not that he doesn't want to ask the state and county for help, but they are all hanging up on their own business, and they really have no troops to send. The current Yizhou Assassin King seems to be a cowardly and cowardly person, he actually threw away everything in Yizhou, and did not live in the state city of Yizhou, but ran to live in the nearest small city in Youzhou, once there was chaos, he could immediately run to Youzhou, and take refuge in Youzhou Assassin Wang Jun, and now the counties of Yizhou were completely out of control.
However, the joint defense of the three cities presided over by Cao Zheng failed, and this Hu people unexpectedly broke through the northernmost small city, and then threatened the county magistrate of another small city not to be rescued, and then surrounded the county town of Quliang with the largest number of people.
Although Cao Zheng saw through the conspiracy of the Qiang people when they wanted to steal into the city and let dozens of Qiang people die, their strength was still very different from that of the Qiang people. Therefore, on the first day, Cao Zheng sent several people to ask for help, some went to the county town to ask for help, and some went to the surrounding areas to ask for help, of course, the Hun tribe who was friendly with him did not fall behind.
Cao Zheng didn't know if anyone would come to rescue them at this time, but he had to protect his family and the people in the city.
"Finally out of this dense forest, I feel like I'm about to become a mouse, our Huns' hometown is the grassland, I really don't want to hide here, our Huns established Da Zhao, coercing Huaxia, I really don't know why the patriarch is so stubborn, Liu Cong Dahan sent people to invite us several times, he just didn't agree. A Hu man in leather armor complained to the people around him, and he was one of the Huns who had gone to the rescue of Quliang. In fact, these people are used to speaking Chinese and eating dry food, if it weren't for the fact that after the Huns became strong, some of them put on the leather armor that had been taken off for a long time and erected small braids, they were really no different from the Han people.
"The patriarch is old, but our young patriarch Helian Bobo will not have so many scruples, and I believe that we will definitely achieve revival under the leadership of the young patriarch. One of the people beside him said loudly, which aroused the approval of everyone, and Helian Bobo, who was at the front, also heard their words, and he smiled at the corner of his mouth, very satisfied with the support of his people.
But Helian Bobo will not disobey his orders now, although his father is old and has lost his ambition, but there are still many people who support him, just like those clansmen in the team who are dressed in Han service, they are the most loyal supporters of their father, once they don't get it right, their tribe may not be completely annihilated, even if he goes to Liu Cong, it is estimated that he will not be taken seriously, the Huns respect the strong, even if they have a kinship with Liu Cong, it is useless.
"Young patriarch, look. Just when Helian Bobo was stunned, the people around him suddenly shouted, Helian Bobo looked up, several cavalry of the Qianbo people appeared in front of him, Helian Bobo also knew that he was exposed, he didn't bring a few soldiers, and he didn't send scouts, so the Qianbo people easily saw the strength of the Huns, and then quickly went to pray.
"Fast forward. Helian Bobo didn't think much about it, in his opinion, the Qiang people were simply slaves of the Huns, and there was nothing to fear, so he was not worried about the troops of the Qiang people, he believed that even if the other party had two or three thousand people, he would not pay attention to it.
When their figures appeared outside Quliang County, the people on the city wall cheered, the city wall had collapsed partially, if it weren't for the fact that the people of the Qian tribe didn't want to clean up too many dead and injured people, maybe Quliang County had fallen. But now is also the most dangerous time, the arrival of the Huns at this time greatly boosted the morale of the Quliang people.
There is a big difference between the Huns and the Qian, the Huns are short, like to comb their hair in braids, and their legs are bent because of their long horseback riding. But the people were tall, with colorful hair, sunken eyes, and a lot of hair, just like Caucasians. Therefore, the people on the city wall recognized it on the first page, and their county magistrate, Cao Zheng, told them that he had a Hun helper and did not deceive them, and if it was the Jin people who came, they might still be worried, not the opponents of the Qian, but when the Huns came, they were not afraid, and the Huns were the masters of all the Hu people.
But they didn't notice at all that the two Hu people were all stunned when they saw each other. The people of the Xiongnu people saw this Hun army, although they were not as numerous as them, but they were still very surprised by the reason for the arrival of the Lord of Hu, to be honest, Liu Cong, the Hun emperor, still made the other Hu people afraid.
And the Huns were stunned because they didn't expect that there were so many people in the Qian, and there were more than 2,000 of them, at least half of them were equipped with iron armor, which shocked them. In fact, this is also what their Qian people accidentally obtained by breaking through that Han town, no one knows why there is a secret room in that small city, and there are so many iron armor in the secret room, but whoever put it there has now become theirs.
Still the Qian, the people couldn't bear it anymore, and they sent a man to ride a horse to the front of the Huns, and respectfully asked why the Huns appeared here.
Helian Bobo saw that the Qiang people were so respectful, and he actually directly stated their purpose, which made the Qiang people stunned, and then went back to say goodbye.
The leader of the Qiang people is called Zhi Nabin, he and Shi Le are both Qiang, but he does not look down on the Han people at all, so he became independent when Shi Le was encouraged by Zhang Bin to establish a gentleman's camp. This gentleman's camp is the key to Shiler's initial determination.
In the third year of Yongjia, Liu Yuan sealed Shile as the general of Anton, and opened the mansion to place the left and right Changshi, Sima, Zhonglang and other subordinates. Shile continued to attack the two counties of Julu and Changshan, killed the defenders of the two counties, and conquered more than 100 forts in Jizhou County, increasing the number of troops to more than 100,000. Shile gathered the Han people in this area into a gentleman's camp. Invite the Han strategist Zhang Bin to be the mastermind. began to set up military merit Cao, with Diao Ying and Zhang Jing as the fews, Kui An and Kong Chang as the minions, and Zhixiong, Huyanmo, Wang Yang, Taobao, Lu Ming, Wu Yu and others as the generals. Let Zhang Si lead the cavalry and the counties of Shanbei Prefecture, say that Zhu Hu Xuan, Xiao is safe. All the beards are afraid of Le's prestige, and there are many attached. marched into Changshan, dispatched generals to attack Zhongshan, Boling, and Gaoyang counties, and surrendered tens of thousands of people.
But when Shile was growing, Zhi Nabin left behind, and later Shile fought in the east and west, almost never defeated, and the strength of these people almost did not change. But even this Zhi Nabin did not have the intention of returning to Shile from the new rise, he was ready to burn and plunder to continue their atrocities, there was no plan at all, and Qu Liang was their next target.
After listening to the words of the Huns, he turned from fear to very contempt for the Huns, they actually came to support the Han people, so the contempt made people spread the word, which means that you are noble Huns, today you actually contributed to the Han people, I look down on the people of the Qian, but if you break through Quliang County with me, then I will let you loot first, if not, don't blame Lao Tzu for not giving face.
Helian Bobo was furious after hearing this, he ignored the opposition of his subordinates, and directly gave the order to attack, Cao Zheng on the city wall saw this scene, closed his eyes in pain, he knew that Quliang was finished, the Huns were only more than a thousand people, if they were horns with the defenders of Quliang County, then there was still hope for victory, but the Huns went to war directly, and he really couldn't see much hope of victory.
"County Lieutenant Li, you watch first, I'll go down and bandage the wound. Cao Zheng ordered the only remaining Li County Lieutenant who dared to fight, and he looked at the villagers who were fighting bloodily, and then staggered down the city wall. County Lieutenant Li had great respect for the fearless county magistrate Cao, so he agreed again and again, and asked Cao Zheng to bandage his wounds and kill the enemy together.
Cao Zheng lowered his head and looked complicated step by step down from the city, he felt uneasy in his conscience, but his concern for his family outweighed the guilt in his heart. When he returned to his residence, he hurriedly ordered his family to leave, his bags had already been packed, and his wife, a son and a daughter were anxiously waiting for news at home.
"Husband, where is An'er?" Cao Zheng's wife saw that Cao Zheng had come back by himself, and asked suspiciously, Cao An was their eldest son, and Cao Zheng arranged him on the city wall, but at this time, he couldn't inform his eldest son, otherwise once he was discovered, then he wouldn't be able to leave.
"Cao Fu, let's go. Cao Zheng did not answer, he gave orders to a few of his loyal servants, and the group slipped out from behind, ignoring the lady who was secretly weeping.
At this time, Chu Yun finally discussed with the Huns, exchanging grain for horses, and Chu Yun took five hundred people to escort dozens of loads of grain to the place where he traded with the Huns.