Three Kingdoms Eschatology

Feng Yu ordered coldly: "Chuan Gu's Wang Ling, Xu Rong will continue to attack Yunzhong County. Within [-] days, he must capture Yunzhong City, the government office. Then he will join forces with Hua Xiong to attack Yanmen. Order Zhang Liao to start attacking the Hetao area." All ministries of the Huns launched a raid."

"promise!"

"Wait, there is more. Order the counties, counties, divisions, and caravans of Liang State to cut off the supply of salt and grain to the Xiongnu. Close all mutual markets and horse markets." Feng Yu added immediately.

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In the grassland in summer, it is still cool when the clouds cover the sun.The sound of running thunder came from the sky, it was two hundred cavalry cavalry from Zhenbei City.

When they flew to the target location, they only found abandoned cattle and sheep pens and a few pieces of broken wood.Obviously, the current Huns are already very vigilant.At the same time Zhang Liao's scouts discovered the Huns' camp, they were also discovered by the Huns' rangers.So the Huns were able to withdraw in time.

On the other side of the grassland, horns sounded.The Huns quickly jumped on their horses.Waving a bow and arrow and a saber in his hand.The same patriarch shouted to the Huns:

"The Order of the Great Order has been issued, requiring our Hetao tribes to seize every opportunity to fight back against the Liang army. Today our rangers have targeted a Liang army cavalry, so we gathered together and went to annihilate them!"

Immediately afterwards, the cavalry of nearly a thousand Huns galloped westward.After more than half an hour, the scouting horse in the front reported that he had found the other party's trace, but the ranger who was biting the other party could not get in touch.

The head of the tribe didn't think much about it, and ordered: "Quickly pursue and annihilate the cavalry of the Liang army!"

After a while, they could already see the figure of the opponent's tall horse.Nearly a thousand cavalry immediately scattered into a black moon shape, and rushed towards the opponent.

The Xiongnu soldiers on the horses bent their bows and set up arrows one after another, aiming at each other.But the opponent's cavalry rode their horses and walked slowly towards themselves.

The Huns were not surprised by this. They already knew that Liang Jun's heavy cavalry had various advantages over their own dwarf prairie horses, but there was one serious flaw.It's just that the endurance is not as good as that of a prairie horse.

The two cavalry teams were getting closer and closer, and an order came from the Huns cavalry team, and the arrows rushed away like a shower.

Chapter 183 Huns' Advantage

Facing nearly a thousand arrows rushing towards them, the two hundred heavy cavalry of the Liang army continued to advance slowly.

With the sound of intensive tinkling, arrows were continuously shot at the armored heavy cavalry, but it seemed to have no effect.More than half of the arrows were thrown to the ground by the iron armor of the heavy cavalry, and a small half of the arrows shot into the armor, but did not cause actual damage.

Frightened expressions appeared on the faces of the Huns, and the heavy cavalry were only a hundred steps away from them.At this moment, the heavy cavalry of Zhang Liao's army began to accelerate.

As the two cavalry teams got closer and closer, the Xiongnu released another wave of arrows, still ineffective.The blades of two hundred sharp horse spears were already protruding in front of the horse's head.

The leader of the Xiongnu knew that he could not confront the opponent head-on, and shouted loudly: "Scatter! Spread to both sides! Don't fight with them!" The sound of the horn of the order suddenly sounded, and the Huns scattered to both sides.However, the distance between the two cavalry teams was already very close, and some of the Xiongnu cavalry did not have time to disperse, and collided with Zhang Liao's cavalry head-on.

In the blink of an eye, nearly a hundred Hun cavalrymen were pierced by horses and fell off their horses.However, the rest of the Xiongnu war cavalry had already ran to both sides, and they continued to shoot arrows at Zhang Liao's heavy cavalry.

The face of the Liang Guo general who commanded the heavy cavalry became serious.Although our own troops have iron armor to protect their bodies, they can't withstand the other party's suffering like this.After all, his horse's stamina was completely inferior to the opponent's, and his speed was only a little faster.

"Keep an eye on one of them and pursue!" The general shouted loudly.This is the only way for a dead horse to be a living horse doctor.The two hundred heavy cavalry turned around and chased after the Hun war cavalry on the left, while the Hun cavalry on the right chased after them.

Soon, the Hun war cavalry in front of the heavy cavalry dispersed again, but a large group of Hun cavalry followed behind, and continued to draw bows and shoot arrows at the heavy cavalry.

In a short while, several heavy horses were hit by arrows in the leg, causing the knight to fall off the horse.With a whistling and neighing, another person fell off the horse.He rolled on the grass, stood up quickly, and held the horse in his hand again.

Seeing him fall off the horse, several Huns swung their swords and rode forward.When the first rider was close to him, he suddenly rushed out, stabbed a spear obliquely, and the horse's spear blade hit the horse's chest.

This blow was already very powerful, and coupled with the speed of the horse, the horse lance pierced into the horse's body in an instant.With a cry of grief, the war horse lost its front hooves.Immediately, the Hun riders were caught off guard, and they got off their horses at one end and stopped moving.At the same time, Ma Qian also let go of his hand.

Another Hun war horse rushed over and knocked him down. Its iron hooves trampled on his iron armor, denting the iron armor and body together.

Zhang Liao's heavy cavalry officer's face became more and more serious. He knew that this was a mouse playing with a cat, but he couldn't think of any way to solve it.If this continues, the Huns will always drag themselves down.

At this time, a rhythmic horn sounded suddenly from a distance, and the Xiongnu's face changed drastically when they heard this sound.Instead of continuing to entangle with these two hundred Liao heavy cavalry, they regrouped and fled away.

After a while, another large group of cavalry appeared on the skyline of the grassland.It was Qingqi Feiyu from the first battalion who came to help.

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Zhenbei Walled City, the general's "mansion" - in a simple thatched house.Zhang Liao was listening to the battlefield reports brought back by various ministries, and his brows were gradually furrowed.

Zhang Liao thought about it carefully and determined where the problem was.This is not only due to the high endurance of the Huns' war horses.Their real advantage on the Hetao grassland is their concealment ability on the grassland, as well as their detection and communication capabilities.

On the sparsely populated prairie, my scouts found that the Huns camp itself was not easy.And whenever your own scouts discover the camp, they will be discovered by the opponent's scouts at the same time.The plan to raid the opponent's camp fell through.

Moreover, the Xiongnu scouts used the bull horn to transmit messages, which was extremely fast and fast.The combination of the above factors is the reason for the current passiveness of one's own side.

Just when Zhang Liao was thinking hard, a soldier came to report that Liao Hua had come with a brigade under the order of King Liang.Zhang Liao hurried out to greet him.

When Liao Hua met Zhang Liao, he said, "General Zhang, I am ordered by your majesty to bring this army that the general may need very much."

Zhang Liao looked at the hundreds of soldiers behind Liao Hua, and said happily, "That's right, I need them."

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"Boom!" With a loud noise, a section of the rammed earth wall on Yunzhong City completely collapsed.The counterweight trebuchet, which was a hundred battles away from Yunzhongcheng, stopped throwing it.But then, the two teams of archers stepped forward, shooting arrows one after another towards the dusty gap.

Under the cover of the shield wall, the gun shield soldiers quickly approached the gap.Even heavy cavalry knights dismounted and fought on foot.Follow the spear and shield soldiers and pour into Cloud City from the gap.

Hun infantry were obviously not as advantageous as their cavalry.Compared with the Han people in the battle for the city, they are even more inexperienced.The javelins of the spear and shield soldiers flew randomly, and the spears and spears came out. After leaving the corpses of the Hun soldiers all over the gap, they rushed into the city.

Although there are dense roadblocks in the city of Juma antlers, the strange thing is that there are not many defenders.After a short period of fighting, Xu Rong's army took control of the city gate and the main streets in the city, and the roadblocks on the streets were also cleared aside.A group of heavy cavalry from outside the city poured into the city.

Xu Rong ordered the prisoners to be interrogated carefully, and only then did they know.A few days before Xu Rong launched a general attack on Yunzhong, the Xiongnu Shanyu Huchuquan quietly left Yunzhong with a large group of troops and headed west to Wuyuan County.

Not long after Xu Rong captured Yunzhong County, Feng Yu who was far away in Zhuyang received a system message.Remind him that the task of [Recovering Yunzhong County] is completed, and [Longbowman Training] is unlocked.

Immediately afterwards, Xu Rong and Hua Xiong captured Yanmen with little effort.In fact, after the Huns fell in Yunzhong, they basically gave up Yanmen.Several cities, including the Yinguan City of Zhisuo, have all been empty cities.

Those who remained in the area from Yanmen to Yunzhong were only a few nomadic Xiongnu tribes in the wilderness.In fact, Hu Chuquan also ordered them to retreat to Hetao, but these other ministries seemed unwilling to listen to Hu Chuquan's order.

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Zhuyang mansion.

Feng Yu is receiving a special guest, he is a confidant of Liu Qubei.Secretly came to Zhuyang to meet Feng Yu.

After a few polite words, the messenger said straight to the point: "Your Majesty, my lord is willing to take the Tiefu tribe from the Xiongnu, return to the Han land, and surrender to the King of Liang. I wonder if the King of Liang will accept it?"

Feng Yu seemed to have already responded to this, and immediately responded: "Yes. But the Tiefu Ministry does not need to break away from the Huns, and it still needs to settle in Hetao in the future."

"What does your lord mean by this? My lord is only the leader of the Tiefu tribe, and he cannot join the King of Liang unless he breaks away from the Xiongnu. And now Hetao has been occupied by various tribes of the Xiongnu."

"But Tiefubu is also of the Xiutu style, so the lord is also qualified to be a chanyu. What I mean is that your lord should become a chanyu."

"Ah...?" The messenger was speechless for a moment.

Chapter 184

On the Hetao Grassland, two groundhogs fighting in the grass suddenly separated, each ran to its own cave, and disappeared without a trace.At this time, there was a rush of hoofbeats from Fang.

After a while, I came here on a ride.The mount is not tall.The man on the saddle is tall and tall, with a full set of hard leather armor and a saber at the waist and hips.A strong bow and quiver hung from the saddle.The scar on the face, from the corner of the eye to the corner of the mouth, is truly terrifying.

His name is Shi Zhuxie.He was a scout from the Qiangqu tribe of the Xiongnu.His task is to alert the enemy around the tribal camp.

The ethnicity of the Qiangqu tribe is mainly composed of Jiehu, a nomadic tribe conquered by the Huns in the Western Regions a long time ago.Where exactly it came from is unknown.

Shi Zhuxie had already discovered some abnormalities before, and tracked them all the way here.But there were no clues.Could it be that I have misjudged myself?Shi Zhuxie muttered in his heart.

According to the rules of the tribe, these rangers cannot casually send out warning signals before confirming the enemy's situation.Otherwise, falsely reporting the military situation will be punished.This was also the reason why Shi Zhuxie didn't immediately call the police when he noticed something abnormal.

Still not reconciled, Shi Zhuxie jumped off the horse and lay down on the grass.He pressed his ear to the ground again and listened.Although the voice was very subtle, Shi Zhuxie caught it.He roughly determined his position, and then got on his horse and chased after him.Finally, he found the other party.

This location is already very close to Shi Zhuxie's camp, and the shadow of the tent shrinking into dots can be seen on the horizon.Fifty battles away from Shi Zhuxie, two riders set up an arbor with their forehand hands, secretly observing Shi Zhuxie's Huns camp.

Shi Zhuxie carefully looked at the two riders.Yes, they were Liang Guo cavalry scouts in the Han Dynasty. I have seen Liang Guo scouts several times, and I can't make a mistake.

Only this time their horseshoes were wrapped with something, so the sound of hooves was very subtle, but it still didn't escape Shi Zhuxie's ears.When Shi Zhuxie was proud of himself, he suddenly saw the shadow of the other party cast on the ground by the sun, and was a little surprised.

Why is it that there seems to be a child sitting on the horse behind the Liang Guo scouts.Shi Zhuxie was suspicious in his heart: "Why did they bring a child out?!"

When he was trying to sneak around in a circle and observe from a different angle, he heard a dog bark suddenly.No, the other party brought a dog and was discovered!Shi Zhuxie turned his horse around and galloped without hesitation.

When the other party heard the dog barking, he immediately chased after him.Shi Zhuxie didn't care.

He knew that Liang Guo's cavalry scouts were only a little faster than himself, and their vicious-looking dogs were even less likely to catch up with him.It was so far away from the camp that they didn't dare to chase very far.

The distance between the two sides is also very far, but they are in a state of chasing one after the other.Even if the opponent shoots an arrow, he can't shoot himself, even if he can reach it, it is at the end of his strength, and it is impossible to hurt himself.

It's just that Shi Zhuxie didn't know that there was a cheetah squatting on the horseback of a Liang Guo scout.This cheetah was brought to Liangzhou by merchants from the Western Regions from the far west, and then bought by Liang Guo's caravan with a lot of money, and handed over to the Cheetah Training Center in Zhuyang for training.

At this moment, the scout whistled.The cheetah that was squatting quietly behind him jumped up, nimbly jumped from the horseback to the ground, and chased Shi Zhuxie quickly like a flying arrow.

The cheetah is the fastest mammal on land, and it chased Shi Zhuxie at a speed of 200 miles per hour.Shi Zhuxie, who was galloping his horse, suddenly felt the wind blowing from the back of his head, and then he seemed to be pushed forward by someone holding his shoulders, and he was terrified.

He turned his head and saw a "big cat" with its bloody mouth attacking him. Before he could understand what was going on, the sharp fangs of the "big cat" shredded his neck...

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When the sun was setting to the west, the tribal camp where Shi Zhuxie was located was in a large tent.Chief Marshal had a sad face and was discussing something with several tribal chiefs.

"Centurion, our camp is almost running out of salt and food, when will the patriarch be able to arrange for us?"

The centurion replied: "I went to the patriarch's camp in person a few days ago, but the patriarch said that there was no salt or food in his own camp. Shanyu moved the royal court to Hetao, and the exchange with the Han people was also cut off. No new sources of salt and food have been found."

"Then we have to think of a way. There is no salt and no food. How should we live? The difficulty is that we can't just eat livestock. How many days can the livestock eat?"

A few people were complaining in a hurry, and the rangers sent out returned one after another, and reported today's situation to the chief.The Xiongnu's reconnaissance rangers are divided into two shifts, and now is the time to change shifts.

Chief Chief suddenly discovered something and asked, "Why didn't Shi Zhuxie come back?"

The rest of the rangers looked at each other and said, "We set off this morning, and we haven't seen Shi Zhuxie since we left."

A person in the tent said: "Maybe this kid found some good prey when he returned to the camp, and the hunting was delayed for a while. The centurion doesn't need to worry, he will be fine."

At this time, there was a sudden noise outside the camp, and a Hun Qiangqu soldier rushed in in a panic, shouting: "It's not good! Han... Han Liang Jun is here!"

Everyone in the big tent panicked until the chief shouted: "Quick! Get on your horse and prepare for battle! Let the women gather up the livestock quickly!"

In the distance, a large group of cavalry galloped towards the camp.It was Liang Jun's one hundred heavy cavalry and two hundred light cavalry flying feathers.When they rushed to the distance of a hundred battles near the camp, the Xiongnu Jiehu had just put on their armor, holding bows, crossbows, sabers and saddles.

When more than a hundred Jiehu cavalry soldiers gathered, two hundred sharp arrows rushed towards them densely, piercing through their thin armor mercilessly.

Before they had time to ride their horses and gallop, more than [-] Jiehus were hit by arrows and rolled off their horses to the ground.The opponent's three hundred riders have been divided into three directions from left, middle and right to rush towards Jiehu's camp.

The Jiehu people also started to ride their horses and gallop, open their bows and shoot their arrows.

At this time, Liang Jun was riding fifty battles ahead of them.Qingqi Feiyu didn't rush towards them directly, but pierced behind them from both wings, at a distance of forty battles on both sides of them.Jiehu's bow and arrow range is slightly inferior to Liang Jun's Qingqi Feiyu.So their bows didn't do much.

"Back back, you can't head-on with the opponent!" Chief Jiehu looked at the heavy cavalry lined up, and shouted loudly with horror on his face.

"But we can't leave the livestock, women and children alone!" A little leader next to the chief reminded.

"I don't have time to deal with this now, withdraw! Quickly withdraw!"

The Jiehu people rode their horses and galloped northward, but the arrows on both sides continued to hit.Shoot them down one after another.They also shoot back and forth from time to time, but because the shooting range is a little bit short, and the opponent is all wearing armor, the effect is mediocre.

When the sky was completely dark, there were only a dozen of these Jiehu riders left, hidden in the night.The livestock, women, and children behind him were thrown to Liang Jun.

Chapter 185 Changes in the Royal Court

In the late summer and early autumn of the third year of Jian'an.After the situation in the three counties in the northwest of Bingzhou stabilized, Huaxiong and Xu Rong's regiments each dispatched two battalions of Qingqi to support Zhang Liao.

With the cooperation of elite scout troops equipped with falcons, cheetahs, and hounds.The Liang Army and the Zhang Liao Army launched a comprehensive and precise attack on the Huns on the Hetao Plain.Thousands of Huns were captured, and 10,000+ cattle, sheep and horses were captured.The Xiongnu in the Hetao area suffered a heavy blow.

But compared to Liang Jun's sweep and attack, what made it even more difficult for the Huns was the blockade of salt and grain.This made the various tribes of the Huns miserable, and some even advocated that the whole tribe migrate across the desert to Mobei or Hexi, where they could at least eat salt.There are also voices advocating reconciliation with Liang Guo.

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Shuofang City stands on a dilapidated isolated city on the grassland where the wind is light and the clouds are calm.It was the first city built in the land of Heshuo when Wei Qing conquered the Xiongnu in the north.Shuofang County also got its name from this.

Today, it has been abandoned by the Central Plains Dynasty for decades.Only the city walls, which have become mounds and overgrown with weeds, remain.The houses in the city have long been reduced to rubble and buried in the mud and yellow sand.

A banner rose on the horizon in the distance. It was hundreds of cavalry from the Liang Army, and they were the vanguard troops stationed in Shuofang City.There are also two supply battalions and a large number of civilians coming from behind.They were escorted by a large number of infantry and marched towards Shuofang City.

These Liang Jun cavalry didn't know that just ninety miles east of Shuofang City, there was a large camp of Huns full of tents.That is where the new royal court of Huchuquan is located.

At this time, outside the big tent of the Wang Ting, there was a large wooden table and two benches, and there were about ten people sitting there.The patriarchs and lords of more than a dozen tribes of the Huns all came here to discuss matters in the open air.

"Da Chanyu, we can't stay in Hetao any longer. We're terrified every day, and we're robbed by Liang Jun from time to time. Who can bear it."

"Yeah, even if we want to fight Liang Jun now, we don't have the strength anymore."

"It's still a trivial matter. Now that we have run out of salt and food, this is a major matter."

"In my opinion, we should move north to Mobei. Go west, move to Hexi, or go to the Western Regions."

"There is Xianbei in Mobei, and Wusun in the Western Regions. Can we stand there? I think we should make peace with Liang Guo. Let's see what conditions they have put forward."

Everyone was chattering and talking, and Hu Chuquan's expression was uncertain.

Hu Chuquan said: "Everyone, it is impossible to send a certain Han down. So I plan to move all the tribes of the Huns to the Monan area first. If the Liang army presses harder, then we will move to Mobei. The Xianbei people are much stronger than us Huns now, but they have been scattered since the death of Tan Shihuai. I believe that I, the Huns, can take back our homeland of Mobei!"

As soon as he said this, except for a few people who echoed, most of the people in the tent remained silent.Then someone whispered:

"I moved to Monan because I didn't have enough food to eat. When I arrived in Mobei, that bitter cold place, I went there once in the early years. Is that place a place where people stay?"

"That's right, many of us Xiutuge people live by farming, but there is no way to farm in the Monan area. It is a bit difficult for us to restore nomadism."