When General Zhang Liao defeated Yuan Shao and took over Yecheng, he paved roads, dug drainage ditches, and made great efforts to renovate Yecheng. In addition, in recent years, Hebei has been peaceful and peaceful, and the lives of the people in Yecheng have become richer. Stablize.
Therefore, such dilapidated houses are generally rare in Yecheng. Even poor families at least keep their doors clean.
But now, an ordinary carriage that could not be afforded by ordinary people stopped in front of this residence, looking a little out of place with the surroundings.
"Huh..." The man holding the handlebar was a capable middle-aged man. After stopping the carriage neatly, he first looked around cautiously. After confirming that there was no one on either side, he lifted the dense curtain covering the car door.
"Sir, there is no one around now, so you can go in..."
A man in his forties wearing a black robe was helped out of the carriage. He also scanned the surroundings first, nodded and said in a low voice: "You can drive around outside for a while, and then come back after dark." Waiting outside in the alley..."
The driver nodded respectfully and hurried away in the carriage. The man in black robe also knocked on the door and was ushered into the residence...
After a while, two figures suddenly appeared from behind a low wall not far from the dilapidated residence. One of them whispered: "You just stare here. Remember, don't alert the snake. I'll go back and tell Wang Tou'er." , found this new mouse hole..."
In April, Tian Feng paid homage to General Wuwei and, under the orders of the Emperor, set off for the Xiongnu as a supervisor of the army. He was accompanied by 5,000 troops assigned to him by Wenyuan, who escorted thousands of carts of grain and grass and a large amount of gold and silver. Let's go to Bingzhou together. As the saying goes, the emperor is not short of hungry soldiers. Although the Southern Huns are also defending their homeland, since they are fighting in the form of mercenaries, Wenyuan of course has to provide a certain amount of money and food support. Anyway, Wenyuan is most in need right now. Just money and food, supplying 10,000 to 20,000 Huns cavalry is a piece of cake.
Jia Xu's words undoubtedly opened up a new way of thinking for Wen Yuan, which is to use alien races to deal with alien races. The fragmented Southern Huns have now completely surrendered under Wenyuan's carrot and stick strategy. In the future, Youzhou Wuhuan can also follow this routine. , as long as these foreign races are obedient to themselves, they can be used to deal with foreign races and use barbarians to control barbarians, so that there is no need to lose a single soldier of the Hebei army.
And if you look at it from a more profound perspective, Wenyuan can completely use the southern Xiongnu and Wuhuan to conquer the northern Xianbei, and even other foreign tribes... Whether it is food, wealth, or the annexed tribes, they will belong to the occupiers, as long as they throw out If the fragrant bait is tempting enough, we won't be afraid that these greedy grassland people will not take the bait. By that time...
A crazy plan gradually emerged in Wen Yuan's heart. If this plan can be implemented smoothly, it may completely change the fate of the Han people who have been harassed and invaded by northern nomads for thousands of years...
Long before Tian Feng arrived, the Xiongnu tribes in Bingzhou had received the edict from Yedu early in the morning. Of course Liu Bao, the commander of the left army, would not give up such an opportunity to perform. Within half a month after receiving the edict, he mobilized five thousand left army troops. Cavalry, and personally led the troops east to the border of Shangdang to meet Tian Feng and his party.
How could Huchuquan let Liu Bao steal the limelight by himself? He led 7,000 cavalry from his headquarters and Liu Bao arrived at the Shangdang border almost simultaneously. Commander Qubei on the right was less powerful, and there were more than 4,000 people who came. , In this way, Tian Feng finally gathered 20,000 soldiers.
Before that, more than 30,000 Xianbei troops swept through Shuofang, Jiuyuan and other border counties outside the Great Wall like wind and waves, and began to harass the Great Wall along the route, hoping to find a weak pass and break through.
Suddenly, there was smoke everywhere along the Great Wall, and military reports of traces of Xianbei cavalry at various passes fell like snowflakes on Yanmen County, where Qu Yi was located.
Qu Yi was too anxious to break a sweat. The Great Wall stretched for more than 2,000 miles in Bingzhou, with nearly dozens of large and small passes, and high mountains along the route. Nearly half of the 30,000 regular soldiers under his command were sent out before they were even equipped with weapons and armor. He went out to guard, but now he only had more than 7,000 soldiers and horses left at his disposal.
With these more than 7,000 soldiers and horses, Qu Yi was as exhausted as a fire captain, but there were too many things to take into account, and without knowing the truth clearly, it was impossible to block the Xianbei's elusive Huns cavalry.
The Xianbei people are obviously very familiar with the harassment tactics. Today they come to the east for a while, and tomorrow they harass them from the west. It is impossible to find out where the main force of Xianbei is. Finally, after more than ten days of continuous testing, the Xianbei cavalry finally selected The key point for the main force to break through, Baishikou
Baishikou is an inconspicuous pass, located at the intersection of two low mountains in Xihe. The pass wall is about four feet high and is made of earth and stone. The terrain in front of the pass is relatively flat. After some exploration, it has been determined that there are only But a few hundred defenders are a good breakthrough point among the two thousand miles of border counties.
The Xianbei cavalry was swarming like a pack of wolves. In less than three days, more than 20,000 Xianbei cavalry had gathered twenty miles outside Baishikou Pass after hearing the order. However, the more than 300 Bingzhou soldiers guarding the pass had no idea. Affection……
On April 22nd, the passionate trumpet sound suddenly pierced the sky above Baishikou, followed by the deafening roar of horse hooves, tens of thousands of Xianbei cavalry rushed to the pass like a tide, and the surging power seemed to threaten to overthrow the pass. A gap opened in the towering Guancheng.
Urgent sirens followed closely from the city gate, and a barrel-thick black smoke shot straight into the sky. The black smoke was like a pillar, gathering and never dissipating. But a moment later, the beacon towers on the left and right also emitted warning smoke.
As soon as Qin Ting, the auxiliary army guard who was guarding the pass, climbed to the top of the city, his expression turned bitter. Previously, a small group of Xianbei cavalry with dozens or hundreds of people came to harass him twice. He just thought it was a test by the Xianbei people and didn't take it to heart. Now, when I saw the Xianbei people's battle, I already guessed that Baishikou had won the jackpot this time.
"Boss, what should we do?" a young uncle asked in a trembling voice.
"What should I do? Of course I have to fight these Xianbei bastards, grandma. Under such circumstances, do you still want to be a coward?" Anyone who has stayed at the border knows that the Xianbei people are famous for their bloodthirsty killings. Anyone who encounters resistance wherever they go will be massacred once they are breached. If no one is left alive, they will surrender. It also depends on the mood of the Xianbei people whether they will be brutally attacked.
Therefore, over the past few decades, if the Han army was attacked by the Xianbei army, it had formed a set of unwritten rules and refused to surrender, because surrendering might not necessarily save one's life.
"Oh, I understand," feeling the disdainful gazes of his colleagues around him, Nadu Bo nodded obediently and retreated.
Qin Ting glanced at everyone and shouted: "Brothers, please clamp your head tightly. If anyone wants to surrender to Xianbei, don't blame me for being ruthless. If... if you can survive until General Qu's reinforcements arrive... I'll ask you. Everybody drinks,”
Everyone responded solemnly: "I will obey your orders."