In August, the Huns divided their troops into two groups and sent troops to attack Zhao in the middle of the month.
The Huns cavalry led by Luo Tance dispersed and poured into Zhao territory like a pack of wolves.
On the other side, the troops forced the Zhao people to attack Daicheng, an important town in the north. They moved horizontally on the edge of the Zhao border. While restraining Zhao general Li Mu, they also stretched the front line. A small group of wolf cavalry continued to explore and expand, and also raided the Daqin border.
Take the opportunity to observe the Qin army's military strength.
Meng Ao was ordered to counterattack, and he defeated and killed twelve groups of Xiongnu cavalry in succession, killing more than 2,000 enemies.
The Xiongnu soldiers immediately stopped harassing Qin and turned to attack Zhao with all their strength.
By the end of the second half of the year, the Xiongnu tribes had penetrated five hundred miles into the Zhao territory, and the military front even threatened Handan. King Zhao was frightened and angry, and orders were sent to Li Mu every day, urging him to send troops to fight the Xiongnu as soon as possible.
But Li Mu always stayed closed and stayed in Daicheng and other important towns along the northern border.
Li Mu's avoidance of war resulted in the abandonment of some relatively fragile towns, allowing the Huns to plunder and come in and out.
On August 25th, it was cloudy in the afternoon.
A certain city on the northern line of Zhaojing.
Thick smoke billowed in the city, and the sky was blazing with fire.
The city gate was already torn into pieces, and the city wall, which was more than three feet thick, was directly pushed down and collapsed.
On the wall, the mana defense texture originally carved on the wall had its coefficients shattered.
A row of hundreds of corpses of the city's defenders hung at the top of the city. The north and south city gates were blocked by a mana wind pillar, preventing people in the city from escaping.
In the city, the Huns cavalry galloped freely.
In the buildings on both sides of the street, frightened screams could be heard one after another.
Suddenly, a girl in ragged clothes rushed out of a building, ran barefoot and ran towards the opposite street.
The girl looked panicked and walked quickly, but she stopped in shock before she ran very far.
On the street ahead, an old man was also running away in a panic, but was knocked down by a vicious wolf chasing after him.
The old man was bitten by a wolf. In an instant, his flesh and blood flew everywhere, and he screamed loudly.
On the street a little further away, someone was trampled by the Huns on horseback, dripping with blood. There were also remnants of soldiers in the city who were still resisting tenaciously. They were eventually killed, and their bodies were carried on spear points and paraded through the streets.
The people are crying, the soldiers are bleeding, the Huns' ferocious faces, all kinds of scenes are intertwined, just like the hell in the picture scroll.
Real fighting and fighting, so brutal.
The girl stood in the middle of the road as if paralyzed with fear, shivering.
Not far in front of her, the evil wolf bit the old man's throat and looked up at the girl with a mouth full of blood.
When he saw two Hun soldiers approaching behind the girl, the wolf roared and ran away.
At the corner of the street not far away, several Oni Fang warriors with black shadows behind them moving like fire walked out, carrying the corpses of the city's defenders in their hands.
At this time, two Huns soldiers came nearby, stretched out their hands to grab the girl's neck, lifted her up, and dragged her back to the building where the girl ran out just now.
This building is a courtyard, and hundreds of women are locked in it.
These women were of various ages. They were all naked and huddled in the corner, with frightened faces on their faces.
Seeing that the girl was captured, a woman in her thirties in the crowd couldn't help crying: "Ling'er, wuwuwu..."
"Mom..." the girl also whispered.
Fucheng in Daijun, Zhaojing, is a small city. This morning, the Huns raided and broke into the city.
All the women of school age in the city were imprisoned and captured, but all the elderly were executed.
The girl and her mother were imprisoned here together, waiting to be sent away to become slaves of the Huns.
The girl was pushed back into the crowd while crying.
Several Hun soldiers wearing leather robes stood at the door, jokingly saying:
"These southern women are really fair. Capturing them will help us, the Xiongnu, expand our tribe and give birth to future generations... It's a pity that this raid only broke through a few small towns, and the number of women was not large."
Another Hun soldier's eyes wandered over several beautiful women: "I have tried two women just now, and they are indeed as white and tender as goat's milk..."
"..."
"Chief Qianqi has an order, asking you to help sort out the looted materials in the city and evacuate from here in half an hour."
A Hun cavalry galloped through the long street on horseback, shouting at the top of his lungs.
Several Hun soldiers who were guarding the woman heard the order and left one after another. In the end, only one soldier remained to continue to guard her.
More than a hundred women were being guarded by one person, but none of them dared to escape. They were all squatting on the ground, looking terrified.
In the tallest building in Fucheng, Luo Tance was overlooking the long street below, stroking the neck hair of the giant wolf beside him with one hand.
"These southerners are like sheep, frightened out of their courage."
Luo Tance said contemptuously: "Is there still no movement from the Zhao army?"
"Yes, Zhao general Li Mu is hiding in Dai City and never dares to come out to fight with us."
The Xiongnu cavalry commander next to him spat out a thick mouthful of phlegm: "The southerners are cheap and greedy for life. If they don't rely on the strong city, how can they be the opponents of our grassland tribes?"
"There are not without strong men among the southerners. The vanguard of our army was defeated by Li Mu when they first encountered the Zhao army.
I heard that there are some practitioners among the southerners who master the three religions and nine streams of magic, and their power is not even inferior to that of our shamans from the Xiongnu tribes." Another Linhu general said.
All grassland tribes believe in shamans.
Luo Tingce said: "Give me the order to evacuate the city in half an hour. Hang the heads of all those killed in the city outside the city to humiliate the Zhao people and see if Li Mu dares to go out of the city to fight with our army."
After saying that, he turned around and walked downstairs.
The other generals followed him:
"We have gone deep into the Zhao territory, while Luo Tuanman's troops have stayed outside the Zhao territory, responsible for containing the Zhao army in Daicheng. They have gained nothing so far. If this continues, this time when they go to the southern border to plunder, Luo Tuanman will definitely be inferior to Xian.
Wang Yuanshi."
Luotangman is the elder brother of Luantangce.
The title of Xianwang is the title given to the son of the leader of the Huns. Zuo is the most respected person. The Xianwang of Zuo means the crown prince and crown prince.
The brothers Luotangce and Luantangman were competing for the position of King Zuoxian of the Xiongnu.
In recent years, the Xiongnu has become extremely powerful, and the two sons of the Xiongnu leader are also competing fiercely, fighting openly and secretly.
"I heard that Luotuanman tried to extend the front line and plunder the Qin people, but unfortunately he failed in several battles and failed to enter the Qin territory." The general behind Luantangce said with a smile.
"When we return, we will also approach the Qin territory in the west and conduct raids to see its strength. If we can plunder and return from the Qin territory, we can show our capabilities to Luo Tuanman."
"I heard that Qin is the strongest country among the southerners. I just want to compete with it."
A Xiongnu general geared up and said, "Before I came here, I heard that General Zhao Li Mu was a famous general among the seven southern kingdoms. But now he doesn't even dare to go to war. He is like cattle and sheep who are afraid of wolves and only dare to hide in the corral."
Luo Tingce laughed and said, "That's good. When we return home, we will lead our army to the west and harass the Qin territory to see if we can rob the Qin people's property and women."
The generals agreed with a roar, and the atmosphere was fiery.
By the end of August, Luo Tance had commanded nearly 30,000 cavalry, and they continued to penetrate deeply into Zhao territory. They dispersed and rejoined at times, and their arrogance grew stronger.
However, Li Mu always insisted on the strategy of holding on. Although a small town in Zhaojing was occasionally destroyed, the losses were not heavy.
By the beginning of September, Luotang Ce's troops repeatedly moved horizontally and vertically in the Zhao Kingdom, destroying a total of seven small cities, but the harvest was not as much as expected.
However, messengers from the Xiongnu were sent to the rear, reminding the troops under his command that they had gone too far into the Zhao territory and ordered them to retreat.
Not much was gained, which made Lu Tingce a little anxious.
He discussed with his subordinates and decided to try to attack Shangyuanyi, the nearest city of Zhao Guoxiong.
At this time, north of Zhao Jing, in Dai City, a Zhao Army general was looking at the map, with a slightly excited look on his face: "The general expected exactly what he expected. Luo Ting planned his people to rush forward greedily, but was seduced by the general's plan to show weakness.
, step by step, we have reached the vicinity of Shangyuan.
According to the plan formulated by the general, the counterattack can begin."
Li Mu was sitting on a low mat not far away, with a calm expression on his face.
There is no complacency in one's own knowledge of enemy aircraft.
He had long seen that Luo Tance was young and energetic, and he brought tens of thousands of cavalry into the country with arrogance. Only by luring the enemy deep could he severely damage the invading Huns' cavalry while preserving his own strength and reducing consumption.
To be continued...