The more than 400,000 Xiongnu troops marched towards the rising sun, gave up the siege of Jiuyuan City and headed towards the Yunzhong Killing General behind Jiuyuan County without looking back.
In the entire northern border of Da Qin, Jiuyuan City was the only fortress city.
Behind Jiuyuan County, Yunzhong, Yanmen and other more than ten counties, there is basically no strong city. Not to mention the low city walls, there is not a single large-scale repeating crossbow machine. After all, the Qin Dynasty was just established, and the survivors of the Six Kingdoms are surging.
The wave of restoration has always troubled the Qin Dynasty.
The Qin Dynasty has been vigorously suppressing the remnants of Chu, Zhao, Qi and Han in the central plains of Shandong outside the Pass. In addition to strengthening the Xianyang barrier of Jiuyuan and the border defenses of the Longxi counties, many remote counties and counties are basically guarded by the central government of the Qin Dynasty except for the county guards.
In addition to the direct appointment of people by the imperial court, most of the remaining county governments selected highly respected local people as county magistrates or county captains.
It can be said that Da Qin's rule over many counties and counties outside the Pass that were not strategically important was extremely weak. This also resulted in the fact that these counties would definitely not have strong cities or powerful defensive equipment. After all, as long as the defensive equipment was willing to be used,
It takes time and manpower to turn it into a siege weapon.
If these equipment were installed on the city walls of various counties and counties, they might fall into the hands of the rebels at any time in the face of the raging wave of restoration, and these equipment would become a weapon used by the rebels to deal with the Qin army.
What's more, in order to better govern the world and suppress the surging wave of restoration by the survivors of the Six Kingdoms, the First Emperor basically demolished all the passes, fortresses and fortified cities in the Six Kingdoms.
The Huns may not be very clear about this. But Meng Hong and other generals of the Nine Plains Army all know it in their minds. As long as the Huns break into the clouds, it can basically be said that the entire northern border of Da Qin has been destroyed.
The danger is overwhelming. With the mobility of the Huns' cavalry, they can even go all the way north and then south. Many counties outside Dashan Pass have basically become the meat of the Huns' population.
Meng Hong didn't speak when he heard Li Gang's words.
War must be fought. General Meng Tian will definitely be able to arrive at Jiuyuan City today. Considering the arrangements and plans mentioned in Meng Tian's letter, he cannot let the Xiongnu army of hundreds of thousands leave like this.
"All the scouts in the city will leave the city immediately and explore the fifty miles around Jiuyuan City." Meng Hong looked at the large group of Hun cavalry that had gone away, then turned back to look at the generals of the Jiuyuan Army behind him and said solemnly: "Generals, listen to the order!
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"The general will obey the order!"
The faces of all the generals of the Nine Plains Army were solemn, they held their fists and shouted in unison.
"General Wang Xu, lead 69,000 Yuan soldiers to garrison Jiuyuan City!"
"General, I obey!" Wang Xu is the middle-aged general who spoke before. He is also Wang Qian's cousin.
"Li Gang is ignorant, Zhao Zhan is ignorant. After hearing the order, the four generals immediately ordered a total of 40,000 cavalry from each department to assemble at the east gate and prepare to leave the city at any time!"
"I will obey your orders!"
"Mengzhuo, Mengxiang, listen to the order! The two generals immediately led 80,000 infantry to assemble at the north gate. Follow the order and leave the city!"
"I will obey your orders!"
"The rest of the generals will lead the soldiers of each department and act according to the orders! If anyone disobeys the military orders, military law will be enforced!" Meng Hong's eyes swept over the generals of the Nine Plains Army.
"Here!" all the generals responded in excitement.
The Jiuyuan Army itself has strict military disciplines and enforces orders and prohibitions. Naturally, it is impossible for anyone to deliberately disobey military orders. What Meng Hong said is just routine. Of course, if someone really disobeys military orders, it will naturally be handled by military law.
When all the generals went down to the city to prepare, Meng Hong stood on the north wall and looked at the direction in which the Hun cavalry was retreating. At this moment, Meng Hong, the Hun cavalry who had gradually gone away, could only vaguely see a few blurry figures.
The roar of horse hooves filling the sky is gradually fading away.
Meng Hong knew very well that this time the Huns were really giving up the siege of Jiuyuan City and wanted to go to Yunzhong, but they were also pretending to give up the hard-won siege of the Qin army in Jiuyuan City.
It is true that Mao Dun had the idea of abandoning Jiuyuan City and plundering Yunzhong and several counties in Yanmen behind Jiuyuan County because he saw that Jiuyuan City had high soldiers. After all, Mao Dun was not stupid, even if
No matter how much he wanted to consume all the 300,000 Donghu cavalry who were used as cannon fodder, he would not waste them under Jiuyuan City so stupidly. You must know that there are nearly 200,000 elite members of the Jiuyuan Army in Jiuyuan City.
It is false because Mao Dun knew very well that as long as he did not conquer Jiuyuan City, even if he occupied Henan and the Hetao Plain, they would still belong to the Qin people sooner or later. At the same time, even if he withdrew his troops into Yunzhong, Yan
When plundering Menshu County, most of the troops should be left at all times to guard against the possibility that the Jiuyuan Army in Jiuyuan City at the rear might kill generals and come out to cut off his retreat.
Moreover, it is obvious that the Jiuyuan Army will not hide in Jiuyuan City because they are afraid of their own Xiongnu army. Then the reason why the Jiuyuan Army huddles in Jiuyuan City needs to be discussed. In addition to the imminent arrival of reinforcements from the Qin people, Mao Dun thought
I don’t know why the Jiuyuan Army acted like this. Even if Meng Tian was not in Jiuyuan City, no general in command of the Jiuyuan Army would do such a thing that would harm the face of the Jiuyuan Army and the people of Qin.
Come.
But facing Jiuyuan City with tall walls and nearly 200,000 Jiuyuan troops garrisoned, plus the powerful weapons of the Qin army, Mao Dun could only break through Jiuyuan City with all his strength and the idea of breaking the cauldron and sinking the boat. And that
It's just a possibility.
What is more likely is that after exhausting Donghu's cavalry, his own Xiongnu army will face an overwhelming offensive from the Jiuyuan Army in the city.
At that time, I am afraid that not only will Henan and the Hetao Plain be unable to be captured, but Mao Dun will also experience the first disastrous defeat in his life.
Mao Dun could not afford to lose; the Xiongnu could not afford to lose either. So Mao Dun would rather withdraw his troops to Yunzhong, Yanmen and other more than ten counties on the northern border of Da Qin to plunder a circle, and then Shi Shiran would take the loot back to Lang
Living in Xushan, I don’t want to take a chance.
The reason why Mao Dun decided to withdraw his troops with half-truths was that in the final analysis, what he hoped most was to lead the Qin army defending the city out of the city. Then the two armies faced off. He believed that the Xiongnu warriors under his command would be able to defeat the Jiuyuan troops who were leaving the city.
military.
At that time, even though the Jiuyuan Army still had soldiers stationed in the city, the 200,000 Jiuyuan Army defending the city and the tens of thousands of Jiuyuan Army defending the city seemed to Modu to obviously attack the Jiuyuan City where tens of thousands of Jiuyuan Army were stationed.
Much easier.
Of course, Mao Dun was also betting. He was betting that the Jiuyuan Army would not watch his hundreds of thousands of Huns cavalry enter the clouds. There are several counties in Yanmen. You must know that these counties have always been the Jiuyuan Army.
station. If these counties were completely destroyed by him, it would be difficult for the Jiuyuan Army to explain to the little emperor.
It was precisely because of this idea that Mao Dun was able to slow down the advance of the army. At the same time, except for the scout cavalry who were scouting for dozens of miles around, he did not leave any ambush around Jiuyuan City.
Maodun still has great confidence in the Huns warriors under his command.
The Jiuyuan Army scouts who came out to investigate the situation in Jiuyuan City quickly engaged the Xiongnu elite scouts. Mao Dun, Meng Hong and others received the news almost at the same time. Mao Dun was overjoyed, and Meng Hong was equally overjoyed.
The message to General Meng Tian has been sent out a long time ago. Now the Xiongnu cavalry group is more than 30 miles away from Jiuyuan City. Except for the Huns scouts who are constantly going back and forth to explore the military situation around Jiuyuan City, the Jiuyuan Army scouts have not found any.
Hun cavalry exists.
Obviously, the Huns did withdraw completely.
The rumbling sound of war drums that made people's blood boil suddenly resounded throughout Jiuyuan City.
With the sound of drums, the east and north gates of Jiuyuan City opened at the same time. Groups of Jiuyuan soldiers wearing black armor marched out from the wide-open north gate in neat steps, and then lined up outside Jiuyuan City.
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At the same time, the 49 thousand elite cavalry of the original army, led by Li Gang, Meng Meng, Zhao Zhan, and Meng Guo, who gathered at the north gate, also galloped out at the same time, quickly heading towards the nine original troops who were still lined up outside the city.
The infantry gathered.
Eighty thousand infantrymen, and a huge large-scale repeating crossbow machine were removed from the city wall, loaded onto a carriage, and followed the large group of infantrymen out of Jiuyuan City.
The 89,000 infantrymen of the original army who came out of the city this time were different from the soldiers of the Qin army in the past. At least nearly 30,000 infantrymen were armed with long swords and spears more than three feet long, specially used to deal with cavalry charges.
Weapons. Almost 60,000 of the 89,000 infantrymen of the original army held a small rectangular shield in their hands, narrow at the top and wide at the bottom. Even the spearmen also had a small square shield hanging on their arms.
At the same time, there were at least 20,000 Jiuyuan Army infantrymen holding giant shields that were as high as one foot.
Eighty-nine infantrymen of the original army formed three huge infantry phalanxes, arranged in a straight line. There were 30,000 spearmen, and each infantry phalanx consisted of 10,000 infantry phalanxes. The middle infantry phalanx consisted of 10,000 spearmen.
Spearmen and 10,000 infantry armed with bronze swords and crossbows, the spearmen were distributed at the front of the phalanx; on the left and right sides of the phalanx composed of 20,000 infantry were two other infantry phalanxes.
These two infantry phalanxes have 30,000 people in each phalanx, and 20,000 spearmen are distributed at the front and on the left and right wings respectively. However, there are no spearmen at the places where the three phalanxes want to meet. And in all the phalanxes, there are no spearmen.
Behind the spearmen is a Qin soldier holding a giant shield and a copper sword more than three feet long.
Obviously, the three square formations complement each other.
The Jiuyuan Army fought the most against the Huns, and it had already figured out a complete set of tactics to deal with the Hun cavalry that came and went like the wind. And they were all extremely effective.
"Woo!"
The desolate horn sound suddenly sounded from the top of Jiuyuan City.
The 89,000 infantrymen of the original army who were standing quietly outside Jiuyuan City began to move slowly towards the direction where the Xiongnu army left amid the loud noise. Then, with the roar of horse hooves, 40,000 infantrymen marched out from the east gate.
The elite cavalry of the Jiuyuan Army slowed down their horses and rode closely behind the infantry phalanx of the Jiuyuan Army that was advancing slowly.
Seen from the sky, the 120,000 Nine Plains Army soldiers are like a whole body, marching forward in unison. As the army moves forward, amidst the rumbling footsteps, the hearts of the 129,000 Nine Plains Army soldiers are filled with excitement.
The fighting spirit is awakening little by little, and their blood is boiling little by little.
The majestic fighting spirit gathered into a huge killing aura, soaring straight into the sky!
The Jiuyuan Army, after more than ten years of peace, is finally showing its edge again! (To be continued)
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