The 500,000-strong Donghu and Xiongnu coalition forces did not stop at the foot of Linhe City (later near Bayannur, Inner Mongolia). The Huns left, except for the solid city walls and the intact foundations of the houses in the city.
A ruined Linhe City.
After the Huns dug into the ground and looted everything that was discarded by the Qin people and considered valuable by them, Mao Dun issued an order to remove all the wood in the city.
Apart from grass and cattle and sheep, there are still grass, cattle and sheep on the prairie. Even some trees are short shrubs that are not as thick as an adult's arm. It is impossible and impossible to build suitable siege equipment.
Even the simple ladders carried by the Donghu cavalry were built after Mao Dun almost gave orders to gather all the wood from the Huns and Donghu tribes gathered around Langjuxu Mountain.
Even so, the 500,000 Xiongnu coalition troops did not have more than a thousand ladders in total, let alone wooden shields to protect against the Qin people's crossbows and bows and arrows. Not even a single one.
If you want to attack Jiuyuan City, which is even stronger than this fortified city, you will definitely need a lot of ladders.
The wood in the fortress outside the Great Wall and the wood in this fortified city abandoned by the Qin people can be regarded as solving Maodun's urgent need.
The Huns, on the other hand, carried out the orders of the great Maodun Shanyu very thoroughly. All the timber in all the houses in Linhe City, regardless of their size, solid or not, were violently demolished by the locust-like Huns cavalry.
Before leaving, the Huns did not forget the towers standing on the four gates of Linhe City and the huge gates on eight sides. It is a classic that should not be missed.
The four tall towers and eight huge city gates that originally stood on the city wall of Linhe City have been demolished, leaving the bare Linhe City shivering in the autumn of the prairie.
The Huns were responsible for the raids in Linhe City. Mohur's 300,000 Donghu cavalry plundered many "rare objects" (of course, if copper chamber pots can also be considered rare).
With 10,000 Xiongnu cavalry serving as supervisors, they only paused in Linhe City for less than an hour before setting off, crossing the shallow Dalinhe River and following the road the Qin people took to kill Jiuyuan City.
And go.
The reason for this is that firstly, they do not want to give the Jiuyuan Army time to react, and secondly, it would be best if they could capture some Qin people, especially women, on the road.
Under Xu Buye's urging, 300,000 Donghu cavalry advanced very quickly.
Except for large and small rivers near Henan and Hetao Plains and the Dalin River (later near the Maga River in Inner Mongolia), most of the rest of Jiuyuan County is sandy land, saline-alkali land and desert areas.
In the pre-Qin era, the Lambqi Desert almost ran through the entire Jiuyuan County from east to west (later the Jiri Galantu Desert in Inner Mongolia). Therefore, after leaving Linhe City, the 310,000 people of Xubu Baye and Mohuer
The Huns' coalition forces have been walking along the Lambqi Desert.
The Huns have a complete map of the three counties of Jiuyuan, Yanmen, and Yunzhong on the northern border of the Qin Dynasty. After all, Jiuyuan County was occupied by the Huns more than a hundred years ago, including Yanmen and Yunzhong. The Huns barbarians occupied the Hetao Plain and Henan.
When these two fertile lands were located, they were the hunting grounds of the Huns.
Walking along the Lambqi Desert, although all the more than 300,000 troops were cavalry. The Huns did not have the food and baggage of the brigade, but after all, the cattle and sheep that accompanied the army for food and supplies also needed to be grazed, as did the war horses.
rest.
After walking for three full days, the large group of Xubu Baye and Mohu'er had just crossed the Wuliangsuhai (later the Wuliangsuhai in Inner Mongolia), and had crossed the Wuliangsuhai and walked more than two hundred miles towards the east.
.It is Jiuyuan County, which governs Jiuyuan City (near Baotou, Inner Mongolia in later generations).
Now, most of the soldiers and civilians in Jiuyuan County have arrived or are about to gather in Jiuyuan City.
In one day at the latest, the more than 300,000 cavalrymen of Xubu Baye and Mohuer, who are acting as vanguards, will arrive at Jiuyuan City.
At this time, nearly 200,000 Xiongnu elites led by Maodun, who had wiped out the entire Linhe City, had just crossed the Lambqi Desert and were nearly a hundred miles away from Xubu Baye and Mohur, carrying a large number of siege equipment.
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After crossing Wuliang Suhai, Xubu Baye, who had not seen even a hair of the Qin beauty all the way, had completely given up, and no longer urged the army to march faster every day. And Maodun's order was timely.
After arriving, he ordered them to slow down, wait for the army to join, and then move south to Jiuyuan City in one fell swoop.
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On the same day, the Northern County of Great Qin!
After receiving the emperor's order and leading an army of 50,000 to the direction of Jiuyuan, General Xin Sheng of Longxi also crossed the Qingshui River (later Qingshui River in Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, near Yinchuan) and arrived in Jiuyuan.
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The county governments of the entire Beidi County are Niyang, Jingyang, Wushi, Chaona, and Fuping. These county governments are all clustered near Yiqu (later Xifeng, Gansu), the county seat of Beidi County. The western part of Beidi County is basically a deserted land.
All the 50,000 troops of the Longxi Army are cavalry, and Longxi County and Beidi County have three of the ten largest royal horse farms in the Qin Dynasty.
This time, hundreds of thousands of Huns troops invaded Jiuyuan before General Meng Tian arrived and Meng Yi returned to Xianyang. This was something no one expected. Jiuyuan was Xin Sheng’s hometown. He had been there for most of his life.
I lived in Jiuyuan.
Less than two hours after Hu Hai's edict arrived in Longxi, 30,000 elite Longxi troops carrying dry food for five days had already set off from Longxi County to govern Didao (later Lintao County in Gansu Province).
While Xin Sheng was heading north to Jiuyuan, another 20,000 Longxi troops came one after another from Beidi County to join Xin Sheng. These 20,000 Longxi troops also brought supplies to Xin Sheng's 30,000-strong army.
forage.
Xin Sheng knew very well that the grain and grass he carried could support his army for several days, so he had to rush to Jiuyuan within three days. But now it seems that it is obviously a difficult task to complete. Under the encirclement of hundreds of thousands of Xiongnu troops, he has no chance.
It is impossible to enter Jiuyuan City, let alone obtain supplies of grain and grass. However, if grain and grass are transported from the rear, not to mention that Beidi County does not have so many manpower now, and there is no rush in terms of time. After all, the journey is too long.
Every soldier of the Longxi Army is well aware of the dilemma faced by the Longxi Army. They all know that the food carried by their army can only last for five days at most.
After five days, if they can't get supplies, the 50,000 of them may have no choice but to storm the Huns camp to survive.
However, the arrival of General Meng Tian's letter today immediately made Xin Sheng breathe a sigh of relief.
Meng Tian's order was very simple. He ordered Xin Sheng to immediately move towards Linhe City. A large amount of grain was buried somewhere outside Linhe City. After Xin Sheng arrived at Linhe City, he had replenished enough grain and was about to lead the Longxi Army along the way.
Cross the Wuliangsu Sea through the Lambqi Desert, and then wait for orders.
Although he didn't quite understand Meng Tian's plan, the inertia of following orders under Meng Tian for decades made Xin Sheng choose to carry out the orders of General Meng Tian without hesitation. Moreover, Xin Sheng had already vaguely guessed that the general seemed to want to kill him for these five years.
Thousands of people cut off the Huns' retreat. However, the general had just returned from Xianyang and did not have any soldiers under his command. He could not even enter Jiuyuan City.
Could it be that... His Majesty sent troops north?
It seems that this is the only explanation that can explain Meng Tian's arrangement.
After understanding this, Xin Sheng, who was already slightly older, seemed to look more than ten years younger.
I really miss the sound of fighting on the battlefield...
Now the 50,000 Longxi Army is only less than 200 miles away from Da Linhe. The Longxi Army will definitely be able to reach Linhe City tomorrow.
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It’s still this day, Daqin Shangdi County!
Countless cavalry in densely packed strange costumes galloped on the wide galloping road from Shangdi to Jiuyuan. Anyone can see traces of exhaustion on the faces of these cavalry, but anyone can also see the burning eyes of these cavalry.
Fighting spirit.
The closer they get to Jiuyuan, the more vigorous the fighting spirit that started to burn in the hearts of the Suzaku Army was burning since they left Xianyang.
The most elite of the Qin Dynasty, the five major legions established by His Majesty the Emperor himself, the first battle is about to begin at the hands of the Suzaku Army.
Months of training, countless money and food, and supreme honor were all given to them by His Majesty the Emperor. Now it's time for the Suzaku Army to repay His Majesty the Second Emperor's trust and favor with a hearty victory.
At ten minutes past midnight yesterday, Meng Tian, who deliberately slowed down after receiving the emperor's message, finally joined the Suzaku Army led by Wang Qian.
Meng Tian felt shocked and surprised for the first time when he saw these emperors single-handedly create the Great Qin Suzaku Army, where most of the people were prisoners before, and single-handedly created the Nine Plains Army, the most elite army in the world.
He left Xianyang two days later than himself, and was still heavily armed to chase him. Even now, Meng Tian still doesn't feel any fatigue from these Suzaku soldiers. They only have one war horse!
The entire Suzaku Army was like a peerless sword that had been unsheathed, exuding a compelling fighting spirit.
Meng Yi and Meng Tian passed by each other. The two brothers did not stop for a moment, one went north and the other went south.
Meng Yi and the Suzaku Army also passed by each other. Meng Yi, who did not know the existence of the Suzaku Army in advance, was originally worried about learning that hundreds of thousands of Xiongnu barbarian troops were going south to invade Jiuyuan. When he saw these straight bodies, they were full of fighting spirit.
The moment when the Suzaku Army was full of vitality was gone.
A peerless general who commands the most elite soldiers in the world. The effect he can create is far from being as simple as one plus one equals two.
Whether it was Meng Tian or Meng Yi, when they saw the Suzaku Army, they knew that the Jiuyuan Army, even with less than 100,000 cavalry, could make the Huns go without any return. (To be continued...)
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