The Xiongnu army built quite standard camps, but this was the essential difference from the refugee rebel army.
But after all, I was a little careless. I didn't expect someone like Yuan Yan to deceive or sneak attack.
Really, he gave a lot of wine and meat, and everyone had a happy meal. Coupled with Chu Wang Cong's praise for him, unconsciously, he let down his guard a lot.
The sentry must have been arranged, but in the overall relaxed mood, it was inevitable that there was some slack. In addition, Hongnong was sent down to be a sensible person and specially sent food to them, which made the story a bit false.
Of course, they ultimately paid a heavy price for their slackness.
In the dark night, a large group of armored soldiers rushed in. Without any nonsense, they first touched the outer sentries.
The patrolling sentries had long since disappeared, and a few secret sentries had no time to make a sound before they were all killed by the Hongnong County soldiers who knew their locations.
The air was filled with a strong smell of blood.
The sergeants who attacked at night turned pale and could not stop trembling all over, but no one stopped. They only followed the guidance of the torch and rushed towards the camp gate.
Outside the camp gate, there were first loud shouts of shouting, followed by the sound of arrows piercing the air and the screams of people dying.
The door panels were placed over the trench.
Dozens of warriors rushed forward, some picked up their bows and arrows, and aimed at the wall of the camp where the figure looked longingly.
Someone was sweating profusely and using a big ax to hack at the door.
Someone tied the rope to the camp gate, tied the other end to the cattle and horses, and dragged them hard.
The attack by the Hongnong County soldiers had already alerted the Huns defenders in the camp. No matter how relaxed and slack they were, after all they had been fighting all year round, they would know something was wrong.
As a result, officers and people rushed over soon, trying to figure out the situation: was it a night attack, or was the camp simply bombed?
What greeted them was a hail of arrows.
At this time, there is no need to doubt anymore, there must be someone attacking at night, and most of them are Hongnong County soldiers who are very close at hand!
The Hun officer was furious and immediately organized his men to fight back. At the same time, he sent out many messengers to blow the horns and wake up the whole camp.
"Woo——" A low and high-pitched horn sounded.
"Dong dong dong..." The drums of the gathering of soldiers also sounded.
The Xiongnu camp was in an uproar. The officers, commanders, and leaders were beating and scolding them. They organized the soldiers into a team and continued to reinforce the camp wall.
Some people have already brought horses, bows, arrows, and equipment, and are preparing to go out of camp and outflank them. No matter whether they can catch the thief or not, it is still good to scare them away first.
But at this moment, there was only a loud "boom" sound, and the camp door fell to the ground under the weight.
"Kill!" Yuan Yan wiped his hands with cold sweat, was overjoyed, and immediately rushed in with his soldiers.
He truly takes the lead and does not shy away from the edge.
Dozens of children brought over from their hometown in Lueyang were also extremely brave and fought desperately.
Under their leadership, the two thousand county soldiers were greatly boosted in morale. They shouted loudly and clamored to advance in, killing the Huns who had gathered in a hurry and retreating steadily.
At the end of the team, there were hundreds of people holding firewood, kerosene, and holding torches. Everywhere they went, they immediately piled firewood and started a big fire.
With their efforts, the number of fire points in the military camp continued to increase, one, two, three... and gradually the raging fire engulfed less than half of the camp.
Liu Cong hurriedly stood up from his sleep. He had lost a lot of wine, but his whole body was sore and weak, and he still felt a little hungover.
However, when he heard the news that Yuan Yan was pretending to surrender and raising his troops to kill him, he immediately sobered up.
"Traitor!" Liu Cong's voice was full of grief and anger.
He still didn't believe it, so he opened the curtain and strode out. Under the blazing fire, he suddenly saw Yuan Yan, who was wearing iron armor, holding a rifle, shouting and fighting.
"What a thief!" Liu Cong's eyes were red, and he wanted to rush forward immediately and cut the wall into pieces.
"Come here, gather your troops quickly and charge forward with me. I won't stop until I kill this thief." Liu Cong drew out his saber and shouted.
"Your Highness!"
"Your Highness, calm down!"
"Your Highness, please leave quickly."
General Zuo Qi held Liu Cong with his hands and feet and persuaded him hard.
It's not that they don't want to fight, it's just that they are helpless.
What is the situation now?
First, the Jin people pretended to surrender and suddenly attacked, so they were caught off guard and unprepared.
Secondly, the Jin people set fires everywhere and created chaos. Under the night and in the thick smoke, many people did not distinguish between ourselves and the enemy and killed each other indiscriminately.
Thirdly, there are rumbling war drums outside the camp, and there are shouts of killing at other camp gates. Admittedly, this may be a strategy used by the enemy, but in the chaos, the command is not effective, and it is difficult to prevent anyone from believing it. No,
Some commanders have already taken their tribe soldiers and fled away.
"Your Highness, we cannot force a military conflict. It is better to retreat temporarily, reorganize the army, and then return to fight again."
"Yes, Your Highness, it is difficult to gather all the people now. It is better to retreat first, contain the defeated troops, and then decide where to go."
"Your Highness, we have many horses and the bandits cannot catch up, so we should retreat first."
Everyone was talking and explained the current situation clearly.
It can also be seen from here that these Huns generals have rich experience.
Before the rebellion against the Jin Dynasty, there were fights between tribes and they accumulated a lot of experience in small-scale battles.
During the Eight Kings Rebellion, he participated in the war as a mercenary and accumulated a lot of large-scale combat experience.
Now we have been fighting with the Jin army and Xianbei for several years, and a large number of generals and veterans have grown up, and our military strength is improving every year.
What they said were very pertinent opinions.
Liu Cong forced himself to calm down.
After seeing many Xiongnu soldiers beating themselves without distinction between enemy and friend, he sighed deeply, mounted his horse and left.
The soldiers and generals gathered behind him and fled out of the camp gate in the northeast.
After Liu Cong left, the Huns completely collapsed.
The man who found the horse mounted his horse and ran away.
Unable to find the horse, Sayazi ran wildly.
All in all, it's terrible to see the wolves rushing and the hogs rushing.
The fire was still burning and gradually engulfed the entire fortress.
Liu Cong, who was arrogant and victorious in many battles, defeated Hongnong in a ridiculous way.
The prefect Yuan Yan became famous in this battle.
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When Shao Xun got the news, he couldn't believe it for a while.
Yuan Yan is more likely to surrender than to feign surrender.
Furthermore, he didn't know much about this person and had no way of identifying him.
"As you said, Mr. Yuanfu took action last night. What's the point of letting me go now?" Shao Xun walked around Jinmenwu with his hands behind his back.
Tang Jian and his soldiers looked at the two messengers with eager eyes, as if they would immediately cut them into pieces if Shao Xun gave the order.
The two men brought several horses and rushed all the way from Hongnong. It took them a full day and night to deliver the news.
The battle has been over for a long time. What does it mean to call us over now?
"The Xiongnu are powerful, and Liu Cong can only command ten thousand people, so he is the vanguard. By next month at most, the main force of the Xiongnu will be assembled and march southward." The envoy pleaded: "Your Majesty, please ask Governor Shao to lead his army north immediately to help.
"Shou Hongnong."
Shao Xun did not comment, but walked to the wall and looked at the map hanging on it.
He commanded a total of 20,000 soldiers. The one closest to Hongnong was a section of the Fu soldiers. They were stationed at Huixi Ban and urged the soldiers in Yiyang to cut down trees and build fences and collect soil to build forts.
The tactical intention was obvious: to block the relatively best mountain road to prevent the Xiongnu army from moving southward to the Luoshui Valley.
As for other mountain trails, only people are sent to monitor them, not even monitors.
If the Huns like to take the mountain trails, feel free to go and we won't stop you. Anyway, there are enough mobile troops in the rear to recharge their batteries. As soon as you show up through a detour, just go up and do it.
The troops returning to Xiban were said to be the closest to Hongnong, but they were still two hundred miles away, and they had to pass through the mountain roads of Mount Xiao and the winding paths between the plateaus of Shaanxian County.
If we march normally, we can walk twenty miles a day and arrive there in ten days, which is pretty good. In fact, it is already obvious on the map that most of the two hundred miles is in the mountains.
Seeing that Shao Xun didn't reply for a long time, the two envoys were a little disappointed.
One of them irritated the general and said: "I have heard for a long time that the Duke of Luyang County is brave and good at fighting, and has repeatedly defeated stubborn enemies. Today, I saw that he is nothing."
Shao Xun didn't seem to be affected in any way and was still looking at the map.
On the contrary, the generals became angry and cursed one after another.
"Didn't Yuan Yan even know how to inform him before he took action?" Long Sword Supervisor Chen Yougen scolded.
"General Chen, the fighting opportunity is fleeting." Li Zhong couldn't help but said: "It's hard to predict when Liu Cong will come. If we delay, the soldiers of Hongnong County will be driven as the vanguard and go south to Yiyang, but there will be no way.
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The envoy glanced at Li Chong gratefully and felt that this man was sensible.
"Li Bailian, whose side are you on?" Chen Yougen asked angrily.
Li Zhong did not quarrel with him, but turned to look at Shao Xun and said: "The governor might as well lead his troops to the north and camp in Xiaoshan. If the Xiongnu have been defeated, then march westward in a large scale and divide the troops to guard Xujin, Maojin and Tongjin.
At the ferry crossing, block the river and resist the enemy. If Liu Cong is still there, we may be able to attack him."
"Guozhen, what do you think?" Shao Xun turned his head and looked at Chen Jin and asked.
Chen Qi was not surprised that Shao Xun actually asked him. After thinking about it, he replied: "As Governor Li said, he is mature and prudent. You might want to go north and have a look. The army set up a stronghold at the intersection of the east and west Xiao Mountains. There is flat land between the mountains.
Tens of thousands of people can be stationed. At this time, the rain is getting heavier, so it must not be difficult to get water from the mountains."
"Why is Guozhen so clear?" Shao Xun asked with interest.
"In the past, when I was an official in the court, I traveled many times between Chang'an and Luoyang. The Kooshan Slope Road was the only way for public and private use, and the court had a post station. There were actually many villages between the east and west Kooshan Mountains, but I don't know if they are still there today.
No more." Chen Jin replied.
Shao Xun understood what he meant.
If there are villages in the mountains, there must be fields and water that can accommodate large armies for a short period of time.
In fact, Shao Xun has also been to that place, accompanying Mi Huang there a few years ago.
Stationing troops on Mount Wei, overlooking the mountainside and the road below, the conditions are much better than those of Ma Su.
As for crossing Mount Wei and continuing westward to Shaanxian County and riverside plains like Hongnong, we still have to see the situation.
Chen Jin just said that Li Chong was mature and prudent, but in fact Shao Xun was almost the same.
He was very aware of his own strengths and weaknesses, and had been trying to place the preset battlefield in the mountains to greatly weaken the power of the Huns' cavalry and compete with their infantry.
It's not that you can't fight when you go to the riverside plain, but it's not necessary.
His mission was to prevent the Xiongnu from detouring to Yiyang and attacking Luoyang via the flat Luoshui River Valley, rather than to defend Hongnong.
The terrain in the mountainous areas of western Henan must be made good use of.
Here, the two legs of an infantryman are not necessarily worse than the four legs of a horse, and sometimes they are even better.
"Send the order, after dawn, the whole army will go north." Shao Xun made up his mind and ordered.
The messenger was overjoyed and praised: "If Ming Gong goes north, Hongnong will be in peace."
Shao Xun smiled faintly and asked, "What is your name? You are quite courageous."
"Yuan Xi." The messenger replied: "I am from Lueyang."
On the morning of August 20th, Chang Can, the deputy governor of the Changjian Army, led the garrison back to Xiban and headed north, serving as the vanguard.
Shao Xun followed closely behind with the main force and drove to Weishan in a mighty manner.
Chapter completed!