The day for dispatching the troops was decided, and so was the strength of the troops. Gai Jun had more than 9,000 cavalry, Yufuluo had 5,000 cavalry, Geng Zhi, the general who had conquered the Liao Dynasty, recruited 5,000 new troops, and the prefects recruited several thousand new troops, for a total of 24,000 to 5,000.
However, there was controversy over which direction to advance the troops from. Led by Geng Zhi, the governor of Wuyuan, Du Zan, the governor of Yunzhong, Lehe, and the governor of Shuofang, Dong Yuan, proposed to go out from Yanmen and Dingxiang to attack Meiji, the home of the Xiongnu.
It was a beautiful thing, unexpected, and a battle would determine the outcome, but in essence they wanted to restore their respective territories as soon as possible. Cui Jun, the governor of Xihe, and Liu Min, the governor of Shangjun, refused to give in and insisted on crossing the Luliang Mountains from Jinyang to the west to pursue the Hu coalition forces, with the same purpose as the former
Same. Wei Jin, the prefect of Taiyuan, raised his hands in agreement. Originally, tens of thousands of troops were enough for him, but he also had to feed tens of thousands of refugees in Xihe. These days, his hair has turned gray due to food problems.
Attacking from Yanmen and Dingxiang is currently the best choice. Gai Jun agreed with Cui Jun and Liu Min, not because he deliberately made trouble with Geng Zhi, but because of Dong Zhuo's overall strategic considerations after entering Beijing. Xihe County is
The Xiongnu Zhonglang General was stationed there, and Shangjun was sandwiched between his hometown Beidijun and Xihe. It can be imagined that in the future, Gai Jun will raise an army to attack Dong, and the three counties will become his territory immediately, and then the best geese of Bingzhou will be taken over by the east.
Men, Taiyuan, and Shangdang three counties, or go south to Zuo Fengyi, Hedong, and peek at Chang'an, as he wishes. Xihe and Shangjun are too important to him, and they must recover as soon as possible no matter what.
Yufuluo felt very aggrieved when he saw the quarrel between General Du Liao and the envoy Zhonglang General of the Xiongnu, and the quarrel between the Wuyuan Prefect and the Xihe Prefect. Although he was the Xiongnu Zuoxian King and the best candidate for the Xiongnu Chanyu, no one cared about him.
He was completely ignored.
The day before departure, there was another unhappy breakup. Everyone left the meeting hall one after another. Gai Jun was usually the first to leave, but today he was not in a hurry to leave. When everyone left, he smiled and said to Fuluo: "Left
The wise king laughed at this. These civil servants have no skills, so they are good at quarreling. Damn it, they made me dizzy."
Humphrey laughed twice, revealing a smile that was even uglier than crying.
Gai Jun looked solemn and asked: "After listening for a few days, King Zuo Xian must be tired of hearing this. Which way do you think we should take?"
"This..." Yu Fulo is more inclined to the proposal of Geng Zhi and others, but Gai Jun is currently unable to explain clearly.
Gai Jun squinted his eyes and said with a half-smile: "King Zuo Xian, you are a sensible person. The only one who can fight in the army is you and me."
Yuvluo smiled bitterly, of course he understood that if Gai Jun had not possessed tens of thousands of fine cavalry, he would have already spoken out to support Geng Zhi, so there was no need to pretend to be deaf and dumb.
Gai Jun asked calmly: "King Zuoxian, how did your soldiers feel when they were fighting in Youzhou?" Taking advantage of Yu Fuluo's stunned moment, he continued: "Similarly, my soldiers are from Beidi County.
, going to the north of Bingzhou will make people uneasy. Only the closer you are to your hometown, the stronger your fighting power will be..." After saying this, he patted Yu Fuluo on the shoulder and left.
Yuvluo looked at Gai Jun's back for a long time and sighed.
Tomorrow, the two sides were quarreling again, and Ding Yuan looked helpless. Finally, he asked Yu Fulo for his opinion. Yu Fulo said that it was best to start from the west of Shanxi. Geng Zhiru was struck by lightning and stood on the spot. Yu Fulu had returned a few days ago.
You secretly expressed support for yourself, why did you suddenly regret it today?
Ding Yuan glanced at Yu Fuluo in surprise. Even an idiot could tell which plan was the best. He didn't believe that Yu Fuluo couldn't.
Gai Jun said to himself: "Since King Zuo Xian said so, we should respect King Zuo Xian's opinion."
"Exactly..." Cui Jun, Liu Min, and Wei Jin all agreed.
Geng Zhi, a mute man, ate Coptis chinensis and could not tell the story of his sufferings. As Ding Yuan nodded, the matter was settled.
A mighty army of 24,000 to 5,000 marched toward the west. When the army crossed the Luliang Mountains and massacred various people, the Xiongnu army of 50,000 allied troops was waiting in a tight formation. The Han army calmly retreated to the mountain pass and formed a circular formation with their chariots.
The Hu allied forces rushed towards them like a storm, hundreds of ballistas roared together, and the giant arrows turned into streaks of light. The Hu people at the front were swept away in an instant.
The galloping Hu army was in chaos, and more people were tripped and fell to death by the horses than killed by arrows. After finally calming down the chaos, the battle gradually stabilized, and another round of arrows flew...
The Hu people braved heavy casualties and fought for more than 200 steps. They jumped off their horses and formed an infantry and bow formation to fight back the Han army and cover the cavalry.
Under the protection of their shield-hands, the Han army's crossbowmen sprayed a wave of crossbow rain, forming a line of death defense. No one could step a hundred steps forward. The ground was covered with layers of corpses, built up high to form a hill.
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Seeing that a strong attack was not working, Dong Qi'er ordered his left and right wings to attack diagonally to disperse the Han army's firepower. This move might not be effective or less effective against the elite Han army, but now this Han army is mostly new soldiers, although there are some veterans of Gai Junbu.
Guidance and demonstration, but the ability to respond was still insufficient, and the barbarians rushed to the front of the car again and again, but Gai Junbu was always able to repel the barbarians at critical moments.
The two sides fought bloody battles for half a day, with more than 10,000 Hu soldiers laying dead bodies. Dong Qi'er reorganized his formation and prepared to launch another round of attack.
Gai Jun saw that it was almost done and ordered Yu Fulo to lead 5,000 cavalry out of the car formation, followed by 10,000 people.
When the Huns saw Yu Fuluo's sudden appearance, they lost their souls, rolled up their flags and silenced their trumpets, turned around and fled north, but Xu Bu Shanyu could not stop them. Dong Qi'er, Lu Naduo and others only had less than 30,000 people left, and they knew they were not Han.
The enemy's army followed the Xiongnu.
Gai Jun and Yu Fuluo pursued him for more than ten miles, beheading 2,000 people and capturing 1,600 people.
Humphrey couldn't understand Gai Jun's behavior of turning back, even though Gai Jun explained a lot of reasons such as the lack of troops, supplies, etc.
Back in front of the Han army's formation, the entire army immediately marched south and marched to Lishi, the Xihe Administrative Office. Everyone in the city was massacred and everyone fled. The Han army easily recovered the Xihe Administrative Office. After a day's rest, Gai Jun dispatched thousands of troops to conquer the surrounding area.
The three counties of Gaolang, Zhongyang, and Linxian, as well as Pingzhou County in the south, and the ten counties of Xihe have been restored to five. These five counties are in the south of Xihe County, far away from the Xiongnu, and separated by the Yellow River. They have always been the core area of Xihe.
Xihe is a mountainous area, and many people go to the mountains to avoid barbarians. Since the Han army restored the five counties, the people have returned to the county with their families. Gai Jun thought that the household registration system of the Han Dynasty was a joke. The imperial court recorded that Xihe led ten counties and 5,000 households.
, 28,000 people, not counting the tens of thousands stranded in Taiyuan, and not counting those who fled south to Hedong, more than 10,000 people walked out of the mountains in more than ten days.
Cui Jun was extremely busy, and Gai Jun was not much better than him. Everyone could not understand why he was so enthusiastic. After working day and night for more than a month, Yu Fuluo and Geng Zhi finally couldn't bear it anymore and approached him asking to send troops immediately.
Send troops? Gai Jun agreed immediately, with an expression as if he was waiting for the two of them to speak. He did as he said, and Gai Jun dressed up and set out that night, ran for more than 200 miles, crossed the Yellow River, and recovered the circle effortlessly.
Yang and Yuanyin counties. So far, the seven counties south of the Great Wall of Xihe County have returned.
Gai Jun then turned around and entered Shangjun from the west. When he arrived at Fuzhi, a cavalry army of tens of thousands came from the south. The leader of this army was none other than Ma Teng Tu Ge, the captain of the North.
When the Huns rebelled, Taiyuan was the main area of attack, but there were also a few troops harassing the surrounding areas. Ma Teng surrounded and killed thousands of the intruders, and took advantage of the victory to advance into Shangjun.
Gai Jun sighed softly. Tu Ge used to live in the Sheyan area outside the Great Wall. Last year, they rebelled and moved east into the Great Wall. They occupied Fushi, Shangjun, Xihe, and the surrounding areas of Yuanyin. Gai Jun easily captured Yuanyang.
After the second county of Yuanyin, he thought he could fight the enemy decisively in Fushi, and he and Ma Teng happened to attack from both sides. He overestimated the Tuge people, and they did not dare to fight at all.
The two sides joined together, excluding the infantry, 20,000 Han cavalry, and 5,000 Huns. They crossed the Great Wall and drove straight into Meiji. All the Xiongnu tribes they passed surrendered. Gai Jun gathered all the people between the age of twelve and seventy years old into the army.
The number of people increased like a snowball, and by the time Meiji arrived, the entire army had exceeded 50,000 people.
Xubu Shanyu, Dong Qier, Lu Naduo and others had no way to retreat, so they gathered 60,000 people to form a battle array.
Gai Jun followed the old routine and asked 30,000 Huns to join the front army with the enemy to consume the enemy's strength, while 20,000 Han cavalry suppressed the formation.
Xu Bu Shanyu, Dong Qi'er, Lu Na had many faces like earth, and Gai Jun really didn't regard the Huns as human beings. What's more terrible is that the Huns themselves were willing to do this.
Amidst the fierce sound of horns, 30,000 Xiongnu launched a charge. Yufuluo led 5,000 elites as the vanguard. Gritting their teeth, they rushed towards Xubu Shanyu. He immediately stretched out his arms and shouted: "I am Yufuluo, the Xian King of Zuo, and I am Yufu, the Xian King of Zuo."
Luo…”
The Huns were demoralized and lost 50% of their 100% combat strength. However, Tu Ge did not know who was named Humphrey. The soldiers from both sides braved the rain of arrows and rushed to kill each other.
The battle raged for an entire hour, during which Yu Fulo asked for support several times, but Gai Jun ignored them. Finally, Yu Fulo's younger brother Hu Chuquan knelt in front of Gai Jun with his face covered in mud, and cried: "Zhonglang, our soldiers
They are all a mob and I really can’t stand it anymore.”
Gai Jun said expressionlessly: "Now is not the time, please wait."
Huchuquan begged bitterly: "Zhonglang, I can't wait any longer. Please send troops."
Gai Jun glanced sideways at Hu Chuquan and repeated, "Now is not the time."
Hu Chuquan's face turned grim at first, then shrank in frustration.
Less than half an hour later, Yufuluo's tribe was cut into pieces by the Hu coalition forces, and was about to collapse at any time. Gai Jun waved his hand, and the sound of horns rose into the sky. Twenty thousand Han army elite cavalry split from it, and circled to the left and right.
flank..
Humphrey was surrounded by enemies. He waved his sword wildly and howled: "The Hans are coming, the Hans..." The shouting stopped suddenly. He looked down and saw three long arrows stuck in his chest, with feathers still hanging from them.
Trembling.
Humphrey twitched the corners of his mouth, turned over and dismounted.
Yuvluo's death immediately caused the Huns to collapse and flee the battlefield. However, Xubu Shanyu, Dong Qier, and Lu Naduo could not laugh. They never paid attention to the Huns led by Yuvluo. The Han Dynasty
The Han army was the real threat. Facts proved that their judgment was correct. 20,000 Han troops joined the battlefield and immediately broke into the battlefield with overwhelming force.
The three of them looked at each other and sighed. Continuing to entangle would only increase casualties, and ordered people to blow the retreat trumpet.
Escape, flee north, escape beyond the Great Wall, or flee to the grassland if it doesn't work outside the Great Wall. Gai Jun can't keep chasing them...
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It’s too painful to revise the outline and speed up the process. I’ve been stuck a lot recently, and I’m not very satisfied with the chapters after Gai Jun arrived in Bingzhou. I feel sorry for the money spent by book friends. I should be able to reach Dong Zhuo in three to five chapters.