Sizhou. Pingyang County.
In the first year of Guangxi, the main army of the Huns Han State led by the Zuoxian King Liu He was attacked by the Jinyang army and the Tuoba Xianbei cavalry at the city of Jinyang. Tens of thousands of Hun men died in the battlefield, and the bodies piled up like mountains, almost causing the Jinshui to flow out. For the Huns Han State, which had a total of only 200,000 male members in the country, the defeat really hurt the vitality of the regime, so that for a whole year thereafter, the five Huns shrank in a narrow area with the royal court of the Xihe Kingdom Lishizuo Kingdom as the core, relying on the complex terrain to defend, and no longer dared to have any offensive. On the contrary, the troops of Liu Kun, the governor of Bingzhou, continued to cross the key pass of the Bishi Valley to attack Xihe Kingdom, giving the Xihu tribe a powerful threat.
Later, it was vaguely heard in the court that the Huns were not at peace in this year. Liu Yuan, the Great Shanyu, took Liu Cong, King Zuoguli, and Liu Yao, General Jianwu, as the commander. He crossed the Yellow River and led his army to capture the former land of Shangjun during the Han Dynasty, and all the local Miscellaneous Hushang Lake were used for his own use. Then the Xiongnu royal court moved from Lishi to Puzi in the northwest of Pingyang County, forming a high-rise and stunning city against Pingyang, Linfen and other cities along the Fen River. This news made the Luoyang court nervous for a while, so he chose the brave men from the imperial guards to be led by the brave general Song Diao and Lu Shu, and stationed in Pingyang and Hedong to prepare for defense.
Although Song Diao and Lu Shu were not famous before, they were both generals who had experienced the Central Plains and had been in a great way. This army was one of the few mobile forces that the Luoyang court could control. It was precisely because this guard's force was mobilized to the northern defense line in Luoyang that the emperor had no power to fight back when the King of Donghai was led to the Emperor's subordinates of the King of Donghai at the end of the first year of Yongjia when the emperor led the soldiers of the King of Donghai to Luoyang to control the palace ban. This made the officials in the court unexpected.
After Song Cai and Lu Shu became the prefect of the two places, he relied on the unique terrain of the mountains and rivers in Pingyang County to set up dock walls and camps for defense. In addition, he recruited children from local wealthy families and great families to serve as county soldiers. Since the fall of the first year of Yongjia, more than 10,000 troops have been expanded. In addition, the imperial guards from Luoyang have trained a total of about 23,000 troops every day, waiting for the battle. In March of the second year of Yongjia, Song Cai and two generals wrote to the court respectively, saying that the military facilities of the two places were initially expected to be insufficient. Although it was still not enough to be enterprising, it should be more than enough to protect themselves.
Of course, there is a reason for saying this. Since ancient times, there has been a saying that cattle and horses are exhausted. Every spring and summer, the Hu people are the weakest. Last year, the snow disaster spanning most of China had a huge impact on the southern part of Bingzhou. The cattle and horses that the Huns grazed were consumed very severely due to lack of water and grass. The older and weaker ones and many young ones died of cold and hunger, and the rest were greatly weakened and could not bear the battle. Once spring begins, the main focus of the Huns is to raise fat for cattle and horses. If the march is forcibly fighting, the war horses will be killed and injured half the cost, and the cost will be too heavy for the Xiongnu royal court to bear. Since this, the two generals of Song Road have plenty of time to continue to improve their defense; during this period, they must write their own contributions to the court in order to get promoted and make money.
In order to make his military achievements more brilliant in the eyes of Zhugugong in the court, the two generals of Song and Lu Shu even took the initiative to attack repeatedly, using three or five thousand troops to penetrate the enemy territory, and burned the war into the controlled area of ​​the Huns and Han Kingdom. The Jin army was mainly infantry and marched slowly, so it was not suitable to penetrate the enemy territory. However, after many years of entering the Huns, many tribes also forgot the nomadic skills of their ancestors, and usually helped people to farm the fields and do their jobs. Therefore, the Jin army did not return empty-handedly after several deep attempts. Although there were few big gains, this brave behavior itself was different from the foolish local officials who were afraid of the enemy like a tiger before, which was enough to boost the morale of the soldiers.
On this day, the two generals led their troops to attack again, intending to search and attack along the sorghum water north and kill several Hu people's heads. When they were about 30 miles away from Pingyang County, a scout cavalry came to report that about a thousand Xiongnu light cavalry drove here, and calculated the speed, and they would arrive nearby in the evening this day.
"About a thousand people?" Song frowned. Although this number is not very large, it is not easy to deal with.
Lu Shu, who was covered in frost, plucked his horse forward and asked the scout a few more questions. Seeing that the scout was running here, he was already panting like a cow, so he felt relieved and turned to Song and said, "I don't know where such a Hu'er cavalry suddenly ran out? At this time, those who can take forward cavalry must be the famous Hun kings who hold real power, but I'm afraid it's not easy to deal with. We are here just to intimidate the scattered Hu clans, not to fight against the elite Hu clans... It's better to avoid it."
Song Draws: "Are you too timid when you walk without fighting? Besides, the enemy cavalry and our marching speed varies greatly. If the Hu cavalry catches up when we retreat, the situation will be difficult to control. In my opinion, you might as well fight."
Song Diao was known for his bravery among the Luoyang Imperial Army, otherwise he would not have been entrusted by the court to resist the front line of the Hu tribe. Since the imperial guards he brought came to Pingyang, he only saw the Huns huddled in the mountains and did not come out of the mountainous areas. Therefore, many people were full of confidence and eager to try: "General Song was right! Hu'er only has about a thousand people, and he has to fight to distinguish the level of the difference!"
Song Diao looked at Lu Shu again: "What do you think Lu Taishou thinks?"
Lu Shu pondered for a moment: "We have entered and exited the Xiongnu territory for several times, and probably have attracted the attention of the Xiongnu noble chiefs, so this team of men must be for us. If we want to walk, we cannot easily walk, and we must fight. As for how to fight, I have an idea: about ten miles south, there are two earthen mountains standing against both sides of the official road we have just passed. I see that the slopes of these two hills are very slow, and the trees on the slopes are dense, and we can be annexed. We might as well ambush the crossbowmen on these two hills and hide the army behind the mountain... When the Huns come, they will stop and let him move. When they walk through the middle of the two hills, the crossbow arrows on the mountain are launched at the same time, and the people and horses at the foot of the mountain are caught off guard! How about it?"
"Okay! Good plan, that's it!"
The troops retreated ten miles first, and then they were ambushed according to the arrangements of the road.
Lu Shu was considerate and sent out all the few light cavalry, asking them to inquire about the specific situation of the Huns from afar. If there are any abnormal movements, they will report it at any time.
After waiting for about half an hour, looking up at the sky, half of the sun had submerged into the Luliang Mountains. The sunlight and the dark mountains looked more and more like the setting sun. Under the sunset, the Huns' cavalry team was winding, and the number was indeed about a thousand people, just like the ones who had been inquired before. These light cavalry were not armed with armor and carried bows and arrows, and sat on horses without a backless horse. Judging from their clothes and appearance, they were not like the troops of the Southern Xiongnu headquarters, but like the Qianghu in Hexi.
Seeing that about half of them entered between the two mountains, Song roared and led several personal horses to rush out from the forest land on the top of the slope. The crossbowmen who had been hiding in the woodland for a long time also shot overturned dozens of Hu cavalry.
At the same time, Lu Shu repeatedly urged the soldiers behind the slope: "Go! Go! Hurry! Hurry!"
Lu Shu was much older than Song Dyer. Ten years ago, he was under the command of General Xiahou Jun of Anxi. The Di thief in the west was Qi Wannian. That experience made him know how fierce and tenacious the Hu soldiers were. The young and energetic Song Dyer might just be slaughtering his merits, but as a colleague, he knew that this battle would be a fierce battle. Even if he was waiting for his own efforts and attacking the crowd with few, as long as there was a slight omission in the process, the situation in the battle might develop in a completely different direction!
Lu Shu thought so and tried his best to command his subordinates to go around the hillside and circumvent them.
However, as soon as he climbed over the hillside, before he could launch a siege, he saw several scouts he had sent previously rushed back in the north of the battlefield. Each of the scouts was injured, and even arrows were swaying on their bodies. There were several war horses with no knights at all, but they ran back with the instinct of a group.
"What's going on?" Lu Shu asked sternly.
There was no need for the scouts' answers. He could already feel the earth under his feet shaking like a drum. The weeds were trembling, as if they were intimidated by murderous aura and were about to pounce on the ground; and groups of small beasts fled wildly. At this time, the battle between Song Pai and the Huns cavalry was no longer important. Lu Shu glanced past his eyes and saw Song Pai's face, who had always claimed to be brave. When he looked up, he saw countless feet, riders, and horses rolling like a tide, surging in the vast wilderness in the distance.
Three days later, two urgent reports flew into Luoyang at the same time.
One of the documents reads: The Xiongnu attacked Pingyang, the prefect of Pingyang Song abandoned the county and left, and the prefect of Hedong Lu Shu died in battle. The Huns army was 100,000, and they forced the river. As soon as this urgent report entered the court, it immediately caused an uproar. Many people were shocked and lost their souls.
The content of another urgent report is simpler and more shocking: King Donghai moved from Xuchang to Juancheng.
Juancheng.
At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, Cao Gong took Tao Qian in Xuzhou in the east, met Zhang Miao and Chen Gong to rebel against Lu Bu, and all counties responded. Only Xun Yu and Cheng Yu protected Juancheng, and Taizu was able to lead the army and return. After the evolution of the Han and Wei dynasties, Emperor Wen appointed Cao Zijian as the King of Juancheng, built the royal palace, and read the book platform to live there.
The temporary residence of King Donghai was rebuilt on the former site of the royal palace built by Cao Zi. Although it was a temporary renovation that was urgently built, there were also gorgeous carved beams and painted buildings, and the strange flowers and trees that were not in full bloom. If these were converted into money, food and fodder, it would be a long time to supply tens of thousands of people to use. In a hall in the mansion, melodious music and the laughter of men and women came from time to time. Pan Tao, Pei Miao and other important officials of the royal palace were waiting outside with a look of earth, occasionally exchanging glances with each other, and then lowering their heads deeply. Behind Pan Tao was Liu Yu, who was more old than a few months ago. He barely stood firm with a wooden stick, and was as thin as dry wood.
I don’t know how long they had been waiting, but the county lord of Jingling, dressed in a neat manner as a knight in men’s clothes, suddenly came from the other end of the garden, swept across the group of subordinates with sharp eyes, snorted coldly, and walked into the hall.
Two armored soldiers hurriedly stepped out and crossed the long halberd to make a gesture: "The king has an order, and today he will only serve as a banquet, and will not see guests."
The county lord Jingling kept rushing to two long halberds in his chest, and then he shouted: "Get out!"
Chapter completed!