Chapter 434: The Xiongnu arrives and Neiying appears.
Yunzhong Mountains.
Under the gray sky, there is a pass guarded by more than two hundred soldiers on the ancient road. Although this pass is located on the ancient road in the Yunzhong Mountains, its geographical location is important, but for many years, there are generally only one person on the pass.
There were about a hundred people, and their role was mostly to guard the merchants coming and going, and to prevent a small number of Xiongnu from going south to plunder.
If a large-scale Huns were to move south, this pass would not be able to withstand it. In addition, the roads in the Yunzhong Mountains were complicated, so neither the Zhao State nor the Qin State sent many soldiers to guard this pass.
"Hmm? The sound of horse hooves?"
On the city road at the pass, a dozen soldiers standing guard with long swords suddenly heard the roaring sound of horse hooves in their ears, and then looked around.
When the movement got louder and the sound got closer, each soldier immediately thought of something and turned pale.
"It's the Huns! The Huns are coming!"
"Hurry! Go and report, the Huns are coming!"
As each of the soldiers spoke, they instinctively took two steps back in a panic, looked at each other, and then looked warily ahead at the ancient road leading to the north.
After a while.
As more and more soldiers heard the noise, they came to the pass one after another. In less than a while, the city road was filled with soldiers. At a glance, there were densely packed soldiers holding long swords and arrows.
Aim far away.
A Qin army general wearing Qin armor and a long beard held his sword hilt at his waist with one hand while looking at the canyon in front of him where the roar of horse hooves could be heard.
The sounds coming from his ears were getting closer and closer, and the roaring hoofbeats were getting louder and louder. The general couldn't tell that there were definitely a lot of Huns going south to plunder, but at the moment, the general thought of the secret.
Xin, there was no rush to order a retreat.
Turning his head to look at the black flag with the word Qin on the city road next to him, the general looked at the Xiongnu army and waited patiently.
After more than ten breaths.
When an overwhelming flow of Huns appeared in the canyon in the distance, the general breathed a deep sigh of relief. He didn't know whether he was nervous or something else.
Not only this Qin army general, but also all the other soldiers in the city at this moment, without exception, saw the Xiongnu army coming like a black torrent in the distance, their faces changed drastically, they became extremely pale, and their whole people were trembling.
.
Too many! The number of Xiongnu armies covered the entire ancient road, and they continued to appear later. All the soldiers holding Changge knew that if they insisted on defending, it is estimated that all of them would be defeated by the Xiongnu in less than half an hour.
People kill.
But they dare not retreat.
If they retreat without orders, even if they are alive, they will be criminals. Not only will they be wanted and unable to enter other places, they will not even be able to leave the Qin State, and their family members far away in their hometown will also be imprisoned.
Therefore, although all the soldiers were afraid, even the hands holding the Changge were trembling, and their faces were pale, no one dared to turn around and run away.
"withdraw!"
Looking at the Hun army getting closer and closer, just when everyone was preparing to die in battle, a sound of retreat suddenly sounded.
For a while, none of the Qin soldiers responded. Everyone looked at the sound with confused faces, and then they saw that the person who spoke and ordered the retreat was their new general named Guo Yi.
withdraw?
Why did the general say that he wanted to retreat? If there was no order, if he rashly retreated, they would all become guilty sinners.
"Withdraw to Woyang!"
Under the watchful eyes of everyone, the Qin army general Guo Yi ordered the retreat again.
After saying that, Guo Yi took the lead and walked back to the wall behind. He picked up the torch that had just been placed on it and glanced at a soldier below who was carrying hay and wooden sticks piled up behind the gate.
This scene came into the eyes of all the soldiers. They all knew that guarding against the Xiongnu army was different from guarding against the armies of the Central Plains countries. For these soldiers, the biggest threat from the Huns to them was not the number of people, 10,000 or 20,000.
For them, the Huns are not much different from 5,000 people. Anyway, they cannot defend themselves.
But as long as the Huns' horses are held back, it will not be so easy for the Huns to catch up with them.
at the moment.
General Guo obviously planned to light a fire to stop the horses of the Xiongnu army.
"withdraw!!"
"Go quickly!!"
Seeing the general's actions, all the Qin soldiers on the city road looked at each other, quickly raised their swords, turned around and walked towards the pass.
Guo Yi watched the soldiers leave and looked away. However, what was strange was that Guo Yi did not throw the torch under the city road. Instead, he waited for the soldiers to leave and then threw it in the corridor aside.
This move made the two Qin soldiers beside Guo Yi look confused. They didn't understand why Guo Yi didn't throw it down to light a fire, but threw it aside. You must know that if there was no fire blocking the door, the three hundred soldiers who left would have run away.
It won't take long for the Huns to catch up.
Besides, the sky was overcast, but it didn't rain.
"Guo Bugeng! This"
After the two Qin soldiers looked at each other with doubts, one of them spoke. However, before he finished speaking, Guo Yi suddenly pulled out his sword and struck with the sword directly in front of the horrified eyes of the two men.
, on the face of the soldier who had not finished speaking a few breaths ago, a ferocious wound continued to pour out blood, and he looked at Guo Yi in disbelief. He still looked at him in confusion at the last moment of his life, not understanding why he wanted to kill.
Own.
Blood splashed onto the city road, and the soldiers' bodies fell beside the unextinguished torches.
Another soldier reacted, and when he was about to draw his sword, Guo Yi suddenly stepped forward, grabbing his clothes with one hand, and stabbing his abdomen with the sword in the other.
"Guo no, no no more."
The soldier held Guo Yi's hand tightly, his face full of fear, and he spoke tremblingly, but the strength in his hand gradually became smaller.
When Guo Yi drew his sword and came out, the Qin Army soldier was already trembling and speechless. After kneeling down, he slowly fell to the ground.
Guo Yi held the bloody sword and turned to look at the ancient road in the direction of Woyang. He looked at the Qin soldiers who had escaped from the pass and were looking at what was happening here.
"Oh oh oh oh~!!"
"Oh~!"
As the thundering sound of the iron cavalry arrived at the pass, what came to my ears were the countless shouts of the Huns. Each shout revealed the excitement in the hearts of the Huns.
When Guo Yi heard these shouts, he was not afraid. Instead, he looked happy. Looking at the Qin soldiers running for their lives with fear on their faces after reacting, Guo Yi chuckled, knowing clearly that the Qin soldiers could not escape, so he turned around.
, looking at the outer wall of the city road, one by one, iron hooks tied with thick ropes were thrown into the city road from the outside in rows. Then the ropes were slowly retracted, and the iron hooks were firmly hooked on the wall when they were about to fall.
I saw with my own eyes that the Huns climbed up the city wall one after another from the outside of the city wall, one after another, one after another.
Guo Yi was a little nervous, but when he saw that the Huns did not hurt him, he immediately felt relieved.
After a while, more and more Huns came to the pass, and then came to the gate of the pass. One by one, the Huns removed the wood that was originally intended to be burned, and used force to break off the wooden bolts of the gate.
The wooden bolts fell to the ground and made a huge noise. Then the gate of the pass slowly opened, and the leader of the Huns, Touman Chanyu, and the tribal leaders appeared in front of them.
Under the leadership of Touman Shanyu, the Xiongnu army poured into the pass in a steady stream.
Within the pass.
Two Huns led Guo Yi to the Xiongnu army. Surrounded by densely packed Huns, they saw Touman Chanyu.
Guo Yi was also very nervous when he met the famous Touman Chanyu of the Northern Huns for the first time. Touman Chanyu, who was in his thirties, was now in his prime and very tall, especially since Guo Yi had heard some of Touman Chanyu's deeds.
"Guo Yi, meet Shanyu!"
Guo Yi saluted Touman Shanyu, put his hand on his chest, and slowly lowered his head.
Guo Yi played a careful trick here. When saluting, he used the etiquette of the northern Huns, which represented respect and surrender.
However, what Guo Yi didn't know was that Touman Chanyu would only see his actions like this with deep ridicule and disdain.
Perhaps the best way to describe it is in one sentence, that is, in the north, not everyone is qualified to submit to Touman Chanyu. Touman Chanyu despises people like Guo Yi from the bottom of his heart.
But at this time, Touman Shanyu also knew that he still needed Guo Zong.
"Is the news about the side rider confirmed?"
Touman Shanyu rode his horse and looked at Guo Yi and asked.
It turns out that in addition to the news sent by the tribes in Yanmen Mountain and Pingcheng, Touman Shanyu and Guo Zong had other preparations to prevent accidents. The news from Guo Yi was another guarantee for them.
Guo Yi's source of information is Shanwu City of Yanmen, and he can get information about Qin's deployment and Qin's changes.
"Chanyu goes south with confidence! In Shanwu City, the city commander Peng Yi has sent news that Qin General Bai Yan has led the border cavalry south, and he learned from the Yanmen County Sheriff and the Supervisor that Qin General Bai Yan started
Then I guessed that Shan Yu would go to attack Yishui! Shan Yu doesn't need to worry about anything now."
Guo Yi heard Touman Shanyu's inquiry and explained. This news was sent by Peng Yi's order, and there was absolutely no falsehood.
"Bai Yan! Has he really returned to Yanmen?"
When Touman Shanyu heard Guo Yi's words, his pupils shrank and he looked in the direction of Yanmen.
Not only Touman Chanyu, but also the Hun leaders and other Xiongnu men beside Touman Chanyu were a little flustered and nervous when they heard Bai Yan's name.
When they were in Gaonu, Shangjun, the man named Bai Yan left a deep impression on them.
"yes!"
Guo Yi looked at Touman Chanyu and responded softly. Originally, Guo Yi wanted to go into more details, but looking at the Huns in front of him, even the leaders of the Xiongnu tribes, and Touman Chanyu, they heard Bai Yan
His face changed after his name.
Guo Yi was afraid that Touman Shanyu and these tribal leaders would return and not help them deal with Qin, so Guo Yi stopped saying more about Bai Yan.
However, unlike just now, if Guo Yi had a deep fear of Touman Shanyu at the beginning, then after mentioning Bai Yan's name and seeing the reaction of these Huns, Guo Yi became a little disappointed.
But think about it.
Although the number of these Huns is comparable to that of a large army, and their riding skills and physique are not weaker than any army in the Central Plains, in the final analysis, compared with the armies of the Central Plains vassal states, these Huns are just nomadic hunters.
Most of them were usually herdsmen, and they would gather at the tribal leaders when they went south to plunder. Strictly speaking, it is not appropriate to call the Xiongnu army a large army. It should be said that there were tens of thousands of Huns gathered together.
"Don't worry Touman Shanyu. Now that Bai's cavalry has been transferred to Yishui, Shanyu only needs to go south to Yanmen according to the plan and capture the city where Bianqi's family lives. Even if Bai Yan defends Shanwu at that time,
In the city, the families of Bianqiu are in Shanyu's hands, and the Guo family secretly made arrangements beforehand, and ordered people to persuade Bianqi, it will not be difficult for Shanyu to destroy Shanyu City and eliminate Bai Yan!"
Guo Yi said to Touman Shanyu, telling him his previous plan again, hoping that Touman Shanyu could calm down.
Under the pass.
Touman Shanyu heard Guo Yi's words and glanced at Guo Yi gently.
"I hope you Guo family can really do this!"
After Touman Shanyu finished speaking, he waved the horse's rope, lightly kicked the horse's belly with his heel, and rode away.
After learning that Qin general Bai Yan was in Yanmen, Touman Shanyu had always had a haze in his heart. Looking back on what Bai Yan had done, even the fierce Touman Shanyu couldn't help but feel frightened.
Burn one alive!
Neither the Huns nor the Yueshi and Donghu had ever seen such crazy people, who would burn down a city just to burn them tribal men who went south.
In Touman Shanyu's eyes, the ridiculous Central Plains people said he was cruel and could kill people at every turn, but compared to the seemingly harmless Bai Yan from Qin, who could burn down a city at every turn, that was cruel.
If you have not experienced it, it is difficult to understand the feeling of experiencing it.
Recalling that he was threatened by Bai Yan before winter last year, at that time, he never imagined that Li Mu's side cavalry would actually be surrendered by the Qin general Bai Yan and serve Bai Yan.
Think of this.
Bai Yan!
These two words appeared in Touman Shanyu's mind, and there was a killing intent in his eyes.
Given the chance this time, he must not leave this person alive.
A place twenty miles away from Yunshan Pass.
Behind the mountain, Bai Yan stood under the shade of a tree to enjoy the cool air, holding a straight tree trunk in one hand and whittling it with a sword in the other.
Naturally, Mang was also doing it with Bai Yan.
In the past two days, Bai Yan led more than 3,000 cavalry and had been waiting for a long time. During the two days, in addition to preparing enough firewood, he also cut enough javelins.
The javelin is not very long, about the same length as a man. If thrown from the valley, it may not be able to penetrate the Huns.
However, for Bai Yan, the purpose of these javelins was not to kill the Xiongnu, but to restrain the Xiongnu's horses.
If a javelin tilts even a little, it will be a huge threat to the horses. What's more, Bai Yan asked the soldiers to tie all the javelins in bundles to make a very strong and huge wooden bundle.
If it doesn't fall apart after rolling down the valley, it will be an obstacle blocking the road. If it falls apart, that's better. If the Huns want to deal with it, it will take a lot of time.
"General, it seems the Huns are coming!"
After Bai Yan threw the prepared javelin aside, he heard a soldier approaching in a hurry.
Upon hearing this, Bai Yan's expression immediately became serious, he inserted his sword into the scabbard, got up and walked towards the top of the mountain.
Seeing this, he quickly followed behind.
In less than a moment.
Bai Yan quietly came to the back of a boulder and looked at the huge movement coming from the mountains in the north from a distance.
"Send my order and let the soldiers prepare to take action!"
Bai Yan glanced at the dim sky and was full of luck. Fortunately, the Huns had arrived before it rained. Otherwise, the fire attack, the biggest weapon against the Huns' horses, would be useless on rainy days.
In Bai Yan's eyes, in this battle, if you fight with less and fight more, you will suffer a loss. Moreover, the soldiers and horses of the side cavalry are all in Pingcheng and Yanmen Mountain. The original close combat advantage is undoubtedly gone. Therefore, if there is no fire attack,
Even if he could win, it would probably be a miserable victory.
Although he, Bai Yan, is famous for fighting to the death, Bai Yan is actually the person who is the last person willing to order close combat unless forced.
Because Bai Yan, who has fought to the death, knows that once a close combat occurs, the battlefield is like a meat grinder for the soldiers and even the generals, and no one dares to say that they will be safe.
"promise!"
The cavalry officers beside Bai Yan accepted the order and turned to leave.
Bai Yan watched the soldiers on the side of the cavalry retreat, then turned his head and stared at the mountain road.
A moment later, as the thunderous sound of horse hooves became louder and louder, the Huns army appeared on the ancient road in the distance and came into Bai Yan's sight.
At this time, behind the top of the mountain, hundreds of soldiers pushed and pulled together, and more than ten bundles of miscellaneous logs that were taller than a person began to roll towards the top of the mountain. Some soldiers on the side of the cavalry even came under the boulders that had been prepared and held them.
A huge wooden stick, ready to pry away the capstone under the boulder.
All the frontier soldiers are waiting.
Listening to the roaring sound in their ears at this moment, all the frontier soldiers couldn't help but feel nervous. Many of them swallowed their saliva and breathed very quickly.
It's not that the frontier soldiers were afraid of the Huns or afraid of fighting with them, but they clearly remembered what the general said
Kill a Huns and you will be rewarded with a set of clothes!