Chapter 212 Taking over military power, a sudden change
Hanxi Guanbian City.
The Xiongnu soldiers and horses galloped over, raising dust everywhere.
Officials from various counties in the city quickly received the news.
No matter what you are afraid of, the Huns are really coming.
"Have you ever found out how many troops are coming?" an official asked.
"The exact number of people is unknown, but there are at least seven or eight thousand people. Looking at the formation of soldiers and horses, their energy turns into smoke, they are all strong soldiers." The scout replied.
Bang!
There was the sound of low mats being turned, and some officials stood up in panic.
Many people are frightened when they think of the brutality and ferocity of the Huns soldiers and the methods they used to kill the Han people.
Even Zhang Jun's face turned pale.
"I have known for a long time that if the champion is going to risk his troops, something will happen."
The speaker was Yao Xing, who was in his fifties and in charge of the Longxi County Sheriff.
His hands shook slightly, and he tore off a beard from his lower jaw angrily, and said sadly:
"There are tens of thousands of people in this city. If the city is really destroyed, they will fall into the hands of the enemy."
All the officials looked pale. They were not only afraid of the Huns, but also felt sorry for the border people.
The enemy is coming and the city is about to be destroyed.
Thinking that the people would be massacred, all because of Huo Qubing's improper use of troops, and the loss of one person, the border suffered, some officials couldn't help but feel regretful.
In their view, it is a dead end.
"Nearly ten thousand Huns are attacking, but we, a powerful Han border town, have no troops and horses to use. This is a big joke in the world. I am afraid that future generations will laugh to death from us."
Some officials said with tears in their eyes: "After this battle, he will be infamy for the ages, and we will all be affected by that champion."
"It's a pity that the people in this city lost their lives to the enemy. How can I bear it?"
"While the Huns haven't entered the city yet, I would like to ask the champion to see if he deserves it?" Yao Xing raised his eyebrows and said angrily.
Zhang Jun, who had been in battle for a long time, was still able to hold his own, and shouted: "Huo Hou's military strategy was jointly formulated with me. If the city is really destroyed, I will die before you all.
But at this moment, the city has not yet been destroyed, and we are working together as one, what problem can you solve by just waiting for it?"
"I have discussed with Huo Hou many times. He has already expected that the Huns soldiers may come, and has his own way to deal with it. The sky will not fall."
Most of the officials are not generals. Some are frightened, and some are so panicked that they want to run away.
The enemy came to attack, but there were no soldiers in the city. The situation was unheard of.
"Is there any other way? The champion is an enemy of ten thousand people, so let him go into battle and kill his opponents?" An official said sadly.
"After this battle, as long as I am still alive, I will report it to him to participate in his reckless use of troops. Where did he endanger the security of the border?"
"He..."
While everyone was arguing, they saw Huo Qubing walking in from outside the palace, his face calm, no different from usual, and Bai Nanyu followed closely behind him.
Huo Qubing looked at everyone with cold eyes and said:
"Those who panic when something happens are just mediocre people."
"We are all mediocre people. You are smart and decisive. The enemy is approaching the city now because of your misjudgment. If you had left some troops and horses, it would have been better to have thousands of people defending the city.
You are so interested in great achievements, and in order to win, you completely ignore defense. I have tried to persuade you not to listen. What is the result now?"
Yao Xing was determined to die and was no longer afraid of Huo Qubing. He held his neck and said, "If the Xiongnu army breaks the city, all ten thousand households in the city will fall into the enemy's hands because of your loss.
I ask you, how can you bear it?
You became famous in one battle and gained great power in the army. When I talked with Li Yanqing and others, I thought it was a good thing, and I really hit the mark with one word..."
"Bai Nanyu, take Yao Xing, Master Yao, and the rest of them to the top of the city and wait for the Huns to come."
Huo Qubing pointed out a few people, the ones who were the most frightened and whose faces turned pale.
Bai Nanyu agreed, and together with several soldiers, escorted the named officials, turned around and left.
There are currently only a few hundred soldiers and horses left in the city, and most of them are reserve soldiers.
Huo Qubing even sent out most of his own troops.
Including Dao Zun, Dong Zhongshu also personally accompanied the army. The reason is that the strategic goal of this expedition is particularly important and cannot be missed.
Dong Zhongshu and Dao Zun followed the army to suppress the formation, and they were sure to win.
Bai Nanyu came to the city with more than a dozen officials.
Just as the sky was getting brighter, the Huns were approaching on horseback outside the city. The formations changed with great skill, and they looked like elite cavalry at first glance.
Although several officials headed by Yao Xing had some Confucian practice, they had never seen such a battle, and they were all shocked and pale.
The soldiers and horses that the Xiongnu general Qi Musu met halfway were exactly what Huo Qubing judged to be the Xiongnu ambush that was dormant in the Xiutu tribe, numbering 6,000 troops.
They are in harmony with Qi Mu, and there are nine thousand people in total.
Dadanghu Jige is the leader of this team. He is nearly fifty years old, and his military style is mature and prudent among the Huns.
This is why Yudu sent him to lead the troops and hide in the Xiutu Department, with other plans.
Because of its stability, it can lie dormant for a long time without revealing its whereabouts, waiting for opportunities to complete the goals assigned by Youdu.
Jigo has a beard on his chin and is good at using a pair of short halberds that are rare among the Huns.
There is a rumor among the various tribes of the Huns that Ji Ge's talent for using short halberds is as if given by God. He has never learned it, but after capturing a pair of short halberds belonging to a Han general in his early years, he can use them skillfully, as if he has been practicing for many years.
There is a theory of reincarnation in the Xiongnu's Soul Life Skill, so everyone says that it is a practice brought from previous lives.
Jigo has long and narrow eyes, triangular eyelids, and bright eyes.
After the two parties joined forces, headed by Dadanghu Jige and assisted by Qi Musu, the entire army rode all the way to Hanguan, accumulating momentum and becoming more and more powerful.
"There are indeed no soldiers at Hanguan. Otherwise, if we were advancing like this, the Han soldiers and horses in the border towns would have come out to fight us, and it would never be possible to force us to the city so easily."
Qi Mu Su smiled and said: "This time I will kill him with all my heart, so that the Han people will know how powerful I am."
Jigo looked at the border town in the distance, his expression gradually becoming excited.
The Han border town was so quiet, and there was still no sign of troops preparing for war.
It seems to be true. The Han army is all out and the rear defense is empty. It is the time to attack!
"Urge your horses with all your strength. Once you get close, attack the city immediately without delay!"
Ji Ge and Qi Musu had rich experience in the battlefield. They thought that they could see through the reality of the Han army, so they issued orders in advance and prepared to attack the city with all their strength.
However, as they approached, they suddenly discovered a strange phenomenon.
The city gate of the Han border town opened slowly.
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After opening the city gate, the soldiers who opened the door returned to the city in a panic, looking horrified.
At the head of the city, a group of people stood supporting the wall, led by a woman with fluttering skirts. Looking from a distance in the night, she could still feel that she was extremely beautiful, and she must be a rare beauty.
The city gate opened wide, and another woman took the lead and climbed to the top of the city.
Jigo's sharp eyes pierced the night sky, and he saw that the faces of the people around the woman were pale, trying to support themselves, but looking horrified and timid, and they couldn't hide it even if they wanted to.
"The Han army opened the city gate, what does this mean?" Qi Mu Su said in shock.
He has experienced countless battles and has never seen such a weird situation.
"Are they using a trick to show the enemy that they are weak?" Qi Musu asked uncertainly.
"..."
Jigo slowed down his horse: "Showing weakness?"
But this is too weak. Even the city gate is open. Do you want to surrender?
The few people at the top of the city were obviously on the verge of being heartbroken, and there was no such obvious reason to show weakness to the enemy.
Any general with a little sense of stability would not rush directly into the opponent's open city gate when he saw the situation in front of him.
This is obviously a scam.
Qi Musu and Ji Ge looked at each other, waved in unison, and the galloping army slowly stopped, nearly two hundred feet outside the city, reining in their horses at the edge of the arrow range.
The Xiongnu soldiers and the Han army faced each other from a distance in the border city. Jige and Qi Musu stared at the open city gate without blinking an eye.
At the head of the city, Yao Xing and more than ten people were trembling and asked in a trembling voice: "Why do these Xiongnu barbarians stop their horses..."
"Huo Hou seems to have opened the city gate."
They stood on the top of the city and could not see the city gate under their feet, but they heard the winch turning and felt that the city gate seemed to be opened.
The sound of an official's teeth chattering up and down when he spoke could be heard clearly.
"What...what method did Huo Hou use?"
"Open the city gate and let the other party come in. I won't wait any longer!"
"Then why did the Huns stop..."
"Shut up!" Bai Nanyu screamed.
She was also full of doubts and didn't understand Huo Qubing's purpose.
In his early years, when Huo Qubing first started practicing military strategism, he knew that the thirty-six strategies in this world were not complete. Some strategies had already been invented, while others had not yet appeared.
The famous empty city strategy of later generations has never appeared now.
Therefore, everyone has no concept of an empty city plan, and they cannot see through the reality of Huo Qubing's plan.
The Empty City Strategy means that during the Three Kingdoms period, Zhuge Liang had no generals around him. Half of the 5,000 troops he led had gone to transport grain, leaving only half in the city.
When he heard that Sima Yi was coming with his army, Zhuge Liang planned to empty the city.
He asked people to hide all the flags and asked soldiers to open the four city gates.
At each city gate, 20 soldiers were sent to pretend to be ordinary people and sprinkle water to sweep the streets. It was a leisurely atmosphere.
Zhuge Liang himself wore a crane cloak and a Lun scarf, and led two little book boys to the top of the city to look at the enemy tower. He sat down on the railing, lit incense and played the piano.
When Sima Yi's troops arrived at the city, they saw Zhuge Liang sitting at the top of the city with a smile on his face. He was shocked and confused, how could he dare to enter the city easily?
He suspected that there was a deception, and the rear troops acted as the front troops. He decided to take a stab at it and retreat immediately.
Huo Qubing did not copy the empty city strategy because the situation was not exactly the same, but he followed the trend and achieved the same results with different approaches.
At the top of the city, Bai Nanyu didn't see Huo Qubing's plan, but she guessed that it must be a way to confuse the enemy with suspicion, to make the enemy unpredictable and not dare to enter the city easily.
She was afraid that the officials around her would reveal their flaws, so she shouted in a low voice: "Stand still, according to what Huo Hou said, I will keep you safe.
Huo Hou used troops in the past and was invincible in battles. Do you think he was really unprepared? We have an ambush in secret and are waiting for these Huns soldiers to enter the city and kill them."
When the officials heard Bai Nanyu's words, they suddenly became energetic.
I also thought about what Zhang Jun said just now, that Huo Qubing had already made a judgment on the enemy's attack.
Since we knew that our opponent was coming, there was no reason not to prepare.
What's more important is that they are in danger now and are in a desperate situation. Subconsciously, they are willing to believe that what Bai Nanyu said is true. It is like a life-saving straw after drowning. If you grab it, you won't want to let go.
I want to believe it in my heart, but the more I think about it, the more I feel it is true.
Huo Hou had already predicted this, and of course he would not put himself in danger.
Thinking of this, everyone gradually regained their courage and had the idea of working hard to survive.
Some officials wanted to make up for their previous timidity. They had lived at the border for a long time and knew some Hun language. They immediately braved the courage and shouted to the Hun soldiers below: "The Huns are coming, are you all coming to the city?"
"Yes, come here!"
Below, Ji Ge and Qi Musu retreated instead.
The few people on the city wall were shaking like sieves before, but in an instant they calmed down, provoking them and inviting them into the city. It was so weird.
"There must be a scam in this city..." Qi Musu looked solemn.
Ji Ge said: "It doesn't matter what you say, but since there is a fraud, why is it so obvious that you want to lure me into the city? If you just leave like this, I will not be willing to do it."
After he finished speaking, he took out a shriveled object like an eyeball.
"The Great Shaman and General Judu gave me many instructions when I came to the Western Grasslands. They gave me the Shaman's Eyes, which I can use to observe the enemy's situation."
Qi's mother Su said happily: "This is the best. You can tell at a glance whether the enemy or we are real!"
Jigo cut his finger, forced out the blood, and dripped it on the dry eagle eye.
Suddenly, the eagle's eyes rose into the sky, overlooking the city below.
I saw many shadows in the depths of the city. They were all Han soldiers and horses. They were crouched down and their swords were out of their bodies. I was afraid that there were not more than ten thousand elite soldiers, so I was waiting for them to enter the city to ambush and kill them.
There seemed to be a lot of barreled utensils on the city wall. Jigo and Qimusu knew immediately that they must be kerosene.
As long as they enter, they will overturn the oil and set fire to deal with them.
This city is obviously a trap targeting them.
"These Han people are so cunning and vicious!"
"If we can't see clearly what's inside the city, and we're unwilling to retreat, we're afraid we'll fall into the trap of the Han people."
Ji Ge shouted angrily: "You Han people, I have seen through your plan, how dare you come out and fight head-on!"
As soon as his voice came out, in a daze, there were responses from all directions, and even behind the undulating low hills in the distance, there seemed to be Han troops appearing.
On the ground, lines of military formations suddenly appeared, approaching quickly!
Ji Ge and Qi Musu said in unison: "No, the Han army has an ambush not only inside the city, but also outside the city. Let's retreat!"
The soldiers and horses dispersed and regrouped, and they galloped away in an instant. The speed was extremely fast, obviously because they were afraid of the Han army encircling them.
Everyone in the city was stunned and fell into a strange silence.
"I'm stupid... Huohou Zhentian general, the empty city scared away the Xiongnu army."
"What kind of magical power is this?"
As for the seemingly over 10,000 ambushes in the city, where did they come from? Of course it was Huo Qubing's plan to hide the enemy's secrets, create something out of nothing, and fish in troubled waters.
At this moment, the empty city strategy to scare people away is only the first step, the next step is the key.