Even Yuwen Yuanqing can see the clues, let alone Yuanhui?
After taking a closer look, he found it more and more strange.
Although there are only more than a thousand cavalry under the city, the military formation is so tight that they remain motionless. All the troops surrounding the city are like a copper wall and an iron wall.
About a mile further away, smoke and smoke could be seen rising, and there was a loud cry. It was obvious that there were other armored cavalry roaming around, in case the city sent messengers asking for help to break through the encirclement.
In addition, there is not even a trace of unnecessary sound?
However, the Hu people, both Tuyuhun and Rouran, are tribal systems. They serve the people when they are pastoralists and soldiers during war, which shows that their military discipline is lax.
But today, not to mention laughing, scolding, and riding horses, not a single person was even whispering to each other. The city was even more eerily silent, as if these thousands of horses were all stone sculptures.
If it was Hu Jun, how could he have such military discipline?
"This is not a thief, this is definitely not a thief... This is definitely not a thief..."
At first, he seemed to be talking to himself, but after leaning for a moment, he roared violently, as if he had seen a ghost. Yuan Hui's face was ferocious, and his eyes were about to burst.
The officials of the state government and a group of military generals looked at Yuan Hui and then at the bottom of the city. They secretly cursed in their hearts: Could it be that Mr. Shi was dazzled or frightened?
If the thousands of enemies wearing felt hats, leather robes and felt boots below the city are not rogues, are they Han troops?
The governor of Wuwei County frowned, pondered for a moment, then came over and asked in a low voice: "In Mr. Shi's opinion, is it the Southern Army?"
"Apart from the Southern Army, is there no Han Army anywhere else?"
Yuan Hui gritted his teeth tightly, "Don't forget the Xihai Relics..."
The Wuwei County Sheriff looked like he was an idiot.
In the autumn of last year, when Rouran was withdrawing its troops, it sent troops to invade Hexi. Li Shao, the governor of Dongliang Prefecture, saw the opportunity early and ordered the people of Zhangye and Wuwei counties to harvest autumn grain at the beginning of autumn, even if it was unripe.
Then the households were ordered to evacuate into the county and state cities.
At that time, the governor of Xiliang Prefecture was Song Ying. Although he was controlled by Li Shao, his eyes were higher than the top and he was arrogant because of his favor. He did not take Li Shao's warning to heart at all. Therefore, he underestimated the enemy's carelessness and did not take any precautions. p>
The consequences were as expected by Li Shao. In mid-September, Rouran cavalry suddenly invaded from the north. Because they were prepared for it, the thieves returned to Dongliangzhou without success. They only burned two county offices and lost more than 100 troops.
Not even the bales were grabbed.
Xiliang Prefecture is exactly the opposite.
Hu Qilian broke through Huishui (today's Jiuquan Golden Pagoda), and the two counties (today's Zhangye Gaotai, which was Jiuquan at that time) captured Fandingkou, cattle and horses, etc., and then besieged Jiuquan County for nearly a month.
More than one million acres of autumn grain, totaling nearly three million shi, were plundered by him.
If it hadn't been for the news that the Dunhuang Army came to the rescue, Jiuquan County would have been almost defeated.
Even Jiuquan, Zhangye, and Wuwei, which have reached the heart of Hexi, are like this. How can Xihai, which is close to the border of Rouran, be spared?
And when he first took office, more than a month ago, Yuan Hui sent the Chinese army that came with him to have a look. Both the county town and the north of Zhenyi Pass had been burned to the ground. Now it is hundreds of miles of scorched earth.
Where did the Hexi Relics come from?
Unknown to Wuwei County Governor, he was secretly sarcastic. Yuan Hui felt as if he had fallen into an ice cellar, and his whole body was filled with chills.
If it weren't for the Xihai Relics of the thousands of knights under the city, he would have dared to cut off their heads and play them as balls.
You're a fake thief, but you act more like yourself?
Because of this, it made him even more frightened: If nothing happens, the enemy will break the city if they come. I don't know whether the others will survive, but he, the governor, is obviously dead...
Apart from being frightened, he couldn't figure it out:
In the early ten days of the month, the general of Dunhuang and the governor of Xiliang Prefecture, the commander-in-chief of the military affairs of the two prefectures, Yuan Zhicai, sent a military order, ordering Dongliang Prefecture to send three thousand troops to join forces with him to patrol the northern border.
Others don't know, but the Empress Dowager Yuanhui and Yuan Cheng secretly communicated the plan, and they naturally knew it well: this move determines the border between Liangzhou and Rouran, and expelling the mixed tribes nomadic in the West Sea is only the second. Exploring the Hexi that turned out to be
The truth is whether the remaining tribe is hiding in the West Sea and whether it is Li's tribe.
And it's only been ten days, and I haven't gathered my troops yet, but the Xihai Relics came to the door first?
Aren’t you afraid that after the court finds out, they will send out a large army to raze the West Sea to the ground?
Yuan Hui endured his fear and explained to his left and right: "Shou with me: 'Thief Li, are you going to rebel?' Be careful and hide behind your shields. The thieves in the city have powerful crossbows..." The subordinates were confused as to where this "thief Li" came from. However, no one commented, and they all acted according to their words.
Not long after, more than a hundred soldiers gathered on the top of the city. They held shields in front and people hid behind the shields. They shouted in unison: "Hey, Thief Li, are you going to rebel?"
Li Liang was slightly shocked: Have you been recognized?
After a moment's thought, he burst into laughter again.
Even the imperial court was very suspicious, thinking that the Xihai Relics were a tribe of the Li family, which was most likely a rumor. Even Li Shao, who was very close to Li Chengzhi, didn’t know whether the old tribe of the Li family was a member of the Li family after passing through Rouran.
Still hiding in the West Sea, where can Yuan Hui know?
The traitor just recognized that the troops besieging the city were not Hu soldiers, and thought of the Xihai Relics, so he was deceiving.
Li Liang smiled slightly and confessed in a low voice: "Send an order to beg for ridicule and order him to go to the city to persuade him to surrender..."
Li Xiaozhang promised in a low voice, followed the order and left.
Not long after, several riders rushed to the bottom of the city, about ten feet away.
This time, the real barbarians came.
Qixi was originally from the Lushui Hu tribe, and had been nomadic in Hexi for generations. The Juqu family came to Beiliang when they established the country. After Emperor Taiwu destroyed Beiliang, the whole family went to Rouran and nomadically lived in the Junji Mountain area (north of the West Sea).<
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After that, Rouran and Gaoche continued to conquer, and the Qixi tribe was conquered year after year. Nine out of ten tents were empty, and not a single strong man was left in the tribe. After the army could not bear the military service, the rest of the tribe fled south, escaped from Junji Mountain, and lived in the West Sea for nearly two years.
In the past ten years, there have been nearly a thousand households, making it the most powerful group among the miscellaneous tribes in Xihai.
Later, Li Song led his troops to Zhenyi, and won three battles and three victories. The leader of the Qixi tribe was killed in the battle, and the remaining tribe was incorporated. Now it is one of the three battalions of Huqi in the West Sea. Qixi gave up his original name and was given the family name by Li Song, and became
The battalion general surnamed Li serves as an assistant officer to help him manage the entire battalion.
After listening to Li Liang's order to go to the city to persuade him to surrender, Qixi didn't panic, so he took a dozen of his followers, slowly urged his horse, and swaggered to a stop about ten feet away from the city.
At this time, the sky is already bright, and the morning glow is like fish scales, scattered and orderly, with golden light.
Being so close, Yuan Hui and the officials standing at the top of the city could clearly see the faces of the beggar and his followers.
He has yellow hair, a yellow beard, and even his eyes are yellow. The breeze blows on the top of the city, and you can even smell the smell of mutton.
"If you wait within one day to open the city and surrender, you can spare his life, otherwise no chickens or dogs will be left behind..."
Qixi spoke in Xianbei dialect with a clear accent. Not to mention Yuan Hui, even many Han officials and Han soldiers could understand the general meaning, but Yuan Hui still firmly believed that there was no doubt that the Han army was under the city.
"Bitch thief, go quickly and exchange the Han general for your answer, otherwise don't blame me for being ruthless... Right and left, cum for me..."
Real shot?
Seeing a general on the city raising his bow, Qi Xi tightened his tail, quickly raised his shield and urged his horse.
But no matter how fast a person is, he can't shoot arrows, so he can only turn his horse around, and the bows are fired on the city. There is only a bang bang, and there are more than ten riders, but no one misses the arrow.
But the strange thing is that there are obviously many arrows stuck in the body, but not a single Hu soldier fell off his horse or a war horse stumbled?
After just a few whistles, the man and horse had already run more than ten feet.
He was facing the wind, and he was running and flying. The leather robes on the people and the felt armor on the horses were blown up by the wind. At this time, the sun happened to peek out, and Yuan Hui felt countless silver lights piercing him.
, the flash made him dizzy.
If you take a closer look, you can see that both the man and the horse are clearly wearing bright light armor under their leather robes and felt armor.
It's just a human being, but even the horses are equipped in this way. After all the times in the Wei Dynasty, only the tiger cavalry of the Chinese army were treated like this.
Even if Fulianchou (the monarch of Tuyuhun) was broken into pieces and sold, he still wouldn't be able to get so much armor together, and he still said that those who came down from the city were not Han troops?
It’s over...
Yuan Huan felt that all thoughts were gone.
In the past year, he has often helped the tyrants and helped Yuan Ying harm Li Chengzhi.
Ignore the rest, except that Li Chengzhi was assassinated in front of the Gao Mansion, and his handiwork was involved.
Without the secret help of Xiu Yiwei, even if Yuan Yinggui is one of the eight assistants, there is absolutely no way he could have transferred hundreds of armored assassins into the inner city without anyone noticing...
In all likelihood, Li Chengzhi had suspected him, but there was definitely no evidence.
But why do we need evidence for such a thing?
Yuan Hui's face was livid, and he gritted his teeth: "Xin Xiong!"
The governor of Wuwei County bowed slightly: "I'm here!"
"Recruit troops and prepare to break out!"
Breakout, how to break through?
Xin Xiong stared at Yuan Hui intently, then after a moment's thought, he persuaded in a low voice: "Mr. Shi, the enemies are all cavalry. They have no siege weapons, let alone the ability to attack the city. Furthermore, there are no cattle or sheep.
If you follow the army, you should not have much rations. Therefore, you only need to hold on for three to five days, and the rebel army will retreat..."
It means why do you take such a big risk?
Since Yuan Hui is talking about breaking out, he must send out a large army and then open the city gate. If he is not careful, the enemy may seize the city gate. Wouldn't it be a small loss but a big loss?
Rather than doing this, it is better to hold on and not come out.
Do you know anything about bird feathers?
Yuan Hui's curse words came to his lips, but he swallowed them back.
This is not the time to offend Xin Xiong, otherwise who would attract enemy troops for him?
"Because the enemy has no cattle or sheep, there must be a rear army. Not to mention waiting for three to five days, but at most one or two days, the siege equipment will arrive. By then, it will be too late to break out and send messages. There will be no return.
It is better to take advantage of this moment when the enemy and thieves are not yet firmly established, and send armored cavalry to unite, break out and ask for help..."
He pointed down at the city angrily, "Besides, at this point, does Taishou Xin still think that the thieves below the city are bastards?"
It’s just a dozen generals with armor and riding equipment. There’s no guarantee that the enemy is not trying to deceive you and confuse you.
Although he had this suspicion in his mind, Xin Xiong did not say anything more because he was so overwhelmed by the high official level. He just respectfully agreed and wanted to hear how Yuan Hui could break out of the encirclement.
"Now all four cities are besieged by enemy troops. Since Mr. Shi wants to break out of the siege and ask for help, he doesn't know where he wants to break out?"
Yuan Hui said nothing, just squinted his eyes.
At this time, the rising sun is rising in the east, and there are no mountains and forests outside the city. It is several miles away as far as the eye can see.
Looking around, you can see that the enemy troops are evenly distributed, with only a thousand or so cavalry outside each city. There is only a little smoke rising in the distance, so there should be a small number of cavalry on patrol, and there is no ambush.
Looking at it this way, Yuan Hui feels more likely to break through.
"Jin ordered the state soldiers to pretend to attack the northwest sides. Don't be stingy with arrows. He also set up his crossbows and fired a few arrows... He will stay here and wait for an opportunity to order the Chinese army to leave the city..."
Yuanhui wants to attack the east and the west?
But the enemy generals are not stupid pigs. As long as they have eyes, they can see through you...
Cursing in his heart, Xin Xiong just responded and walked off the wall towards Beicheng.
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"Brother, there must be Yuan Hui in the city, right? This thief is very courageous..."
Li Zhang sat on his horse and looked up for a while. He saw that the whole city was covered with darkness. Not to mention which one was Yuan Hui, he couldn't even tell which one was the soldier and which one was the general.
So brave?
Li Liang shook his head gently: "It's not that Yuan Hui is stubborn, but that he has seen through our origins, and he also knows that he will die when the city is destroyed, so he is fierce on the outside and struggling on the inside... If
As I expected, within a few moments, Yuan Hui will break through..."
Li Zhang narrowed his eyes and looked suspicious: "There are soldiers surrounding us on all sides, where will he break out?"
"There are only a few thousand soldiers... Don't forget that when Yuan Hui left the capital, in addition to the secret envoys of the Xiuyi Guards, Yuan Cheng also appointed a thousand soldiers for him, all of whom were armored cavalry. Although there was no hope of relieving the siege,
But if we want to break through, we can still give it a try..."
So what if it’s a thousand Chinese army armored cavalry? It’s not like you’ve never seen them before?
Seeing Li Zhang curling his lips secretly, Li Liang guessed what he was thinking at just one glance, and scolded in a low voice: "Don't underestimate the enemy... If Yuan Hui leaves, I will only ask you!"
"Ah?"
Li Zhang exclaimed, "Yuanhui wants to escape?"
"What do you think?"
Li Liang said coldly, "Otherwise, why didn't he leave any room? The two armies were fighting and the envoys were not killed. However, Yuan Hui wanted to do the opposite. He knew that he would definitely die and had no desire to mediate.
Dare to have..."
Li Zhang suddenly became anxious: "Then where will he escape from?"
"Don't care where he escapes from. Jin ordered all the battalions to guard and defend to the death. No matter which city opens the door, shoot the cavalry as soon as they come out, kill the whole team as soon as they come out, don't let any of them leave!" p>
"Brother, don't worry..."
Li Zhang responded in a deep voice, but before he could finish his words, he suddenly heard a crisp sound from the city.
It is diabolo, which is also a tie. In addition to being used by watchmen to do the watch, it is mostly used in the military to communicate and warn.
Li Liang suddenly raised his head and saw arrows like a rain of locusts, overwhelming the sky and the earth with great momentum.
But the cavalry under the city seemed as if they had not seen them, and they did not move at all.
It's a hundred steps away, even the walking bow has little strength, and the former soldier is wearing a horse and a horse, but the outer leather robe and felt armor will not cause any damage.
As expected, seven or eight of the ten arrows flew to sixty or seventy steps before exhausting themselves, and at most two to three percent flew to about a hundred steps, but fell immediately after touching them, without even piercing the leather robe.
There were quite a few thrown at them, and some were nailed to the felt hats, but all they could hear was a tinkling, tinkling, tinkling sound, like the sound of gold and iron hitting each other.
Several felt hats were shot off, and the iron helmets underneath were suddenly exposed, which were round and round, as if half of a bright silver porcelain urn had been buckled.
Li Liang glanced at it for a few times and saw that every dozen or so archers on the city had a gap open. After that, a few soldiers gathered around, as if they were holding something, which looked quite big.<
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He pondered for a moment and shouted loudly: "Yuanhui should be about to break out of the encirclement. Li Zhang, don't delay here. Go quickly and keep an eye on the northwest gate...Li Xiaoyan ordered the entire army to raise their shields and make the formation more sparse.
The army is about to send out chariots and crossbows...Well, blow the whistle, don't blow the trumpet, otherwise the order will not be clear..."
Li Zhang hit the horse and left. Li Xiaoyan responded, took out a copper whistle and blew it hard.
Hearing the sharp whistle, it was as if a nail had been driven into his forehead, and Yuan Hui felt a buzzing in his head.