Hanhou

The king of Linjiang was benevolent and loved the people, and he was deeply loved by the people.When I left Jiangling according to the order, my father and elders went out of the city to see them off.

As the car drove out of the north gate of Jiangling City, a gust of cold wind blew up from the ground, and the cold rain fell from mid-air, forming a curtain of rain in an instant.Liu Rong stepped off the carriage and asked his father to go back to the city.

The moment he left the car, there was a sudden crack, and the axle broke unexpectedly.The steed neighed, and the body suddenly tilted to one side.

Seeing this scene, Liu Rong's expression became tense, and the people all wept beside the road, and even an old man said: "Your Majesty, don't do anything. If you do, you may never return!"

Liu Rong sighed, shook his head, and ordered the visitor to fetch a raincloth and put it on the old man's shoulders himself.Afterwards, in respect to the common people, in the eyes of everyone, he abandoned the carriage with a broken axle and walked towards the carriage where Yunmei was.

The car door was pushed open, and the girl raised a smile, not even half surprised.After Liu Rong sat down, he took out a muslin cloth from the cage beside him, and wiped the rainwater from his face and hair.

"It always rains in Linjiang. When I arrive in Jiangling City, I can see the rainy scene."

"There's not much rain in Bian County?" Liu Rong's expression was relieved.

"A lot, but it's not as good as Linjiang. It's snowy in winter, and the snow will melt in February and March. If the weather doesn't turn warm, spring plowing will be delayed." Speaking of Bianjun, Yunmei's words suddenly became more frequent.Facing Liu Rong's smiling gaze, a blush appeared on his cheeks.

"I talk too much." Yunmei lowered her head.

"It's okay." Leaning against the wall of the car, Liu Rong became more relaxed.

When he was in Jiangling City, he seemed to be trapped in a cage, uneasy about the trip to Chang'an, and almost had a will to die.On the way to the north, the tension suddenly dissipated. Hearing the girl's laughter and soft words, the whole person unexpectedly became relaxed.

Things have come to this, so what can we worry about?

As Yunmei said, roads are made by people, and life is more important than anything else.Even though the road ahead is difficult, try every means to seize a chance.

"Tell me about Bianjun." Liu Rong sat in the carriage, smiling handsomely, which made people's heart skip a beat.

Yunmei's cheeks were red, her eyes were bright, she talked about spring plowing to summer planting, and then from summer planting to autumn harvest.It is mentioned that the fathers went hunting in the forest and grassland, and it also mentioned that before the first snow, Hu merchants drove a large herd of cattle and sheep to Yunzhong.

"Seventy percent of households in Bianjun know how to raise sheep, and my concubine and younger brother can herd sheep when they can walk. When I was young, I had to walk a long way to find a good pasture, and I had to bring a big dog to guard against wild wolves. Since Zhao Langjun opened the livestock farm, The children in Lizhong will go to the livestock farm to graze, the grass there grows very well, and Zhao Langjun never drives people away."

"Son of the Zhao family?" Liu Rong pondered for a moment and asked, "But the Shaling Zhao family?"

"Your Majesty knows Zhao Langjun?" Yunmei asked in surprise.

Liu Rong nodded.

Zhao Jia's method of taming cattle is actually a good method for benefiting farmers and strengthening the foundation of the country.He is in Linjiang, far away from Chang'an, the news is not closed, and he has heard about him for a long time.

Seeing that Liu Rong was interested, Yunmei mentioned more things about Shaling, but she didn't talk about the livestock farm any more. Instead, she changed the subject and talked about some interesting rural stories, and even mentioned that her brother was lazy, unwilling to plow the fields, and refused to change after repeated admonitions. Under the circumstances, the "tragedy" that was dealt with by parents.

"Uncle doesn't want to work, he always hangs around with idlers, and has a bad reputation in the village. Ah Weng was angry, and held a stick with Aunt. If the eldest father came, I'm afraid the stick would be discounted."

"How many brothers does Yun Ji have?" Liu Rong asked.

"One brother and one brother." Yunmei's voice became low and her tone lost its briskness, "Originally there should have been a younger brother or younger sister, but when my mother was pregnant, the Huns went south and ran back to the city with Ah Weng from the field. , the fetal gas was moved on the way, but the doctor couldn't help it, and finally..."

Having said that, the girl stopped talking.

Liu Rong sat up, took Yunmei into his arms, and patted her on the back lightly.After a moment of silence, he suddenly said: "That's what my father intended."

"Your Majesty?" Yunmei raised her head with a puzzled look on her face.

"It's nothing." Liu Rong shook his head with a smile, and said, "Tell me about Bian County again, did Yun Ji just say that there are wolves?"

Yunmei nodded, leaned in Liu Rong's arms, and continued to tell the story of Beidi.

The carriage shook slightly, and the convoy moved forward slowly.

The wheels ran over the rain-soaked dirt road, leaving two long ruts.

The rain became a curtain, filled with white mist.The team was walking in the rain, getting farther and farther away from Jiangling City.

Not long after Liu Rong set off from Jiangling City, the urgent report from Bianjun was sent to Chang'an.

When he learned that Shanyu's big tent appeared on the battlefield, Emperor Jing made a decisive decision and sent officials from Wuyuan, Yunzhong, Dingxiang, Yanmen, Xihe and other counties to serve as soldiers on the frontier; There should be no delay along the way to transport grain with the servants, otherwise it will be punished as a felony.

Liu She, the imperial historian, asked to adjust the grain from the treasury, and transport armor and weapons from Chang'an to the north, and Emperor Jing was ready to play.

Cao Shi knew about the battle in Bianjun, and he jumped to join the army in the conquest.After finally seeing Emperor Jing, he just asked for a fight, and before he could make his vows, he was kicked out of the announcement room by Emperor Jing.

Walking out of Weiyang Palace dejectedly, he happened to meet Zhidu who was summoned to come.Seeing this one, Cao Shi shrank his neck subconsciously, reluctantly greeted him, and ran away without saying anything.

Looking at the young man's panicked back, Zhidu always had a cold face, without any change in expression.When he lifted his leg up the stone steps, his footsteps were surprisingly heavy.

The king of Linjiang is about to enter the capital, even if he doesn't leave the lieutenant's mansion, he can't ignore the matter of registering.As a lieutenant, Zhidu is duty-bound.In the previous trial of Yuan An's assassination case, he completely offended King Liang and was displeased by Empress Dowager Dou.When King Linjiang is convicted, his time in the Lieutenant's Mansion will not be long.

If the emperor takes pity on him, he may be allowed to guard the border.

For him, this is undoubtedly the best result.

When the emperor's decree came out of Chang'an, the beacon fires in the border counties had become a prairie fire.

The Xiongnu came fiercely, and the Yunzhong, Dingxiang and Yanmen counties were all full of smoke.

When the situation was at its most critical, Dingxiang and the prefect of Yanmen personally led the army to meet the enemy. They fought back and forth with the Huns a few times, trying not to count the losses, and finally repelled the first attack of the Huns.

The border counties have a large area and few people. In order to guard against the city fortresses, the counties had to shrink their troops.The Xiongnu seized the opportunity and sent a large number of rangers into the county to plunder.

The villages and Liju near the border were attacked one after another. The border residents resisted desperately. They couldn't stop them. They decided to burn down the barn and kill the livestock before the Huns did anything. Then they gritted their teeth and charged at the invading robber , Even if he was slashed by the blade, his eyes were full of blood, he still had to use his last bit of strength to pull these robbers to their deaths.

Wherever Hu Qi passed by, the village was piled into ruins, young and old, old and women all died tragically.Only a few children were hidden by their families and were rescued by frontier soldiers or scattered border residents after the fire burned out, and escorted all the way to the city.

The defense of Yunzhong County was stronger than that of other counties. When Yanmen and Dingxiang were successively breached by Hu Qi fortresses, the Xiongnu were still firmly blocked from the defense line.

However, this momentum cannot last forever.

The reinforcements from Chang'an had not yet arrived, and the Xiongnu's swords were approaching. Wei Shang had to make a choice, further shrinking his defenses, gathering the main force under Yunzhong City, and facing the [-] cavalry led by Zuoguli King Yizhixie.

The captain lined up with infantry, and the strong man eight feet tall and ten girth around the waist carried a large shield on his shoulders. Ignoring the vibrations from the ground, he let out a deep shout and placed the large shields side by side on the ground. Leave no gaps in between.

The shield array is good, the strong man's feet are strong, and his shoulders are placed behind the shield, even if the horse is charged, he will never take half a step back.

The infantry with a halberd stands behind the shield.

Half of the halberds had poisonous smoke pipes attached to them to confuse the Hun cavalry.Another [-] strong men lined up on both sides of the halberd soldiers. When the Huns rushed within a certain distance, they cooperated with the archers to throw poisonous smoke pipes inlaid with ropes and pottery pots filled with gunpowder to kill as much as possible. cavalry.

The cavalry led by Wei Yue stood on the right side of the formation, and Chang Shi's troops lined up on the left side of the formation.

Standing at the top of the city, Wei Shanghe heard the sound of thunder, and when the Xiongnu army was like a dark cloud, he immediately held the drum hammer with the length of his arm and beat the war drum at the top of the city.

The next moment, the desolate horn sounded through the earth, blending with the sound of war drums.

The Han army was waiting in full force, and the sword players in ambush clenched the cork in their mouths, staring at the incoming powerful enemy, their muscles tensed, and the hands holding the handle of the knife were bulging with blue veins.

woo-

The horn sounded again, and [-] Hu Qi came roaring forward.Among them were the cavalry of the headquarters led by Yi Zhixie, as well as the other and barbarian troops who accompanied them in the battle.

Amidst the sound of horns and drums, the horses went from slow to fast, and accelerated midway.The cavalry of the main department was the front, and the other and barbarian troops expanded into two wings, rolling towards the Han army like fierce beasts pouncing on their prey.

Regardless of the soldiers in the formation or the young men at the head of the city, they could clearly feel at this moment that the barbarian cavalry of other tribes led by the Xiongnu headquarters were completely different concepts from the time when they fought independently.

At this moment, they were out of the category of miscellaneous soldiers, and turned into a group of wolves led by ferocious beasts, brandishing the weapons in their hands, and roaring inhumanly, ready to tear apart all the Han troops in front of them.

"Steady!" the captain yelled loudly, the battle flag behind him was torn by the strong wind and danced violently.

"war!"

The army Sima hit the armguard with the back of his sword, and the army lord, the head of the village, and the leader of the team then ordered the army under his command.The Han army shouted loudly at the same time, and the momentum was astonishing.The entire army array is like a rock arching under the guard city, even if there are stormy waves, it still stands firm.

"kill!"

Several Huns led the charge, wearing bone helmets on their heads and waving stolen iron tools in their hands, their ferocious faces turned ferocious with excitement.

Five hundred steps away, there was a sudden sound of breaking wind behind the Han army formation, and a stone the size of a human head flew out whistling and smashed into the charging Hu cavalry.

After several rounds of stone rain, more than a hundred Hu Qi were killed or injured.Among the charging cavalry, not even a wave was stirred up.Some Hu Qi were knocked off their horses, and died under the hooves of their own horses before they could utter a miserable cry.

After entering four hundred steps, there was a sound of crossbow strings, and crossbow arrows with thick arms flew out of the air, slamming into the formation of the Huns.This time, more Hu cavalry were killed and injured, and finally a brief commotion was formed on the left flank of the cavalry.

Following the catapults and crossbows, poisonous smoke pipes tied with ropes and clay pots were thrown together, accompanied by a dense rain of arrows.

The war horse was frightened by the smoke and was injured by the shattered pottery fragments. It didn't obey the command at all, and rushed left and right indiscriminately.There was chaos in front of the Huns, and the Han army didn't need to aim at all. As long as they opened their bows with their comrades and shot the arrows, they would surely hit the target.

The main soldiers of the Han army are all equipped with strong bows. It takes at least a year to make them. With iron arrows, armor can be shot through, not to mention most Huqi who have no armor and only wear leather robes.

After several rounds of arrow rain, the Xiongnu's momentum weakened significantly.

It's a pity that this advantage didn't last long. There were too many Hu Qimen, so they rushed forward regardless of the loss, and the distance between the two sides quickly narrowed to one hundred or fifty steps...

Finally, sparks came out from the poisonous smoke tube on the halberd, and billowing thick smoke attacked the Huns cavalry. The 300 people who rushed to the front were all enveloped in poisonous smoke, grabbed their throats and fell off the horse, dying in an extremely miserable state.

However, no one is as good as the sky, the south wind turned, and the smoke in front of the formation was blown away.The cavalry of the headquarters rushed out of the black smoke, roared ferociously, rode their horses over the corpses of their companions, and slammed into the front army formation.Under the leadership of the headquarters, Biebu and Manqi also ignored the fear in their hearts and rode their horses into the large shield in front of the battle.

boom!

Under the fierce impact, the horse's neck was broken, and more than a dozen Huns and other cavalry were strung on the halberd like blood gourds.The arm bones of the strong men behind the large shield were shattered, blood spurted out of their mouths, and several people even flew out backwards.

"kill!"

The Xiongnu's offensive continued to intensify, and more and more cavalry rushed to the front of the formation, and finally broke away from the shield soldiers, and then they used their lives to kill two rows of long halberd soldiers.

Unfortunately, what was waiting for Hu Qi was not victory, but another row of cold blades.

The sword player of the Han army rolled on the spot, rushed under the horse desperately, and chopped off the horse's leg with a knife.

The war horse neighed miserably, and the Huns on the horse were thrown off, and were soon penetrated by the halberd.At the same time, several knife and poker players were also seriously injured, and some were crushed into minced meat by war horses.

Standing sideways behind the charging army, Yi Zhi saw the tragic scene below the city, even though she had been mentally prepared, her face turned blue at this moment.But there is no turning back when you open the bow. Since you are determined to attack the cloud, there is absolutely no reason to give up halfway.Turning around and returning without any results, he is bound to become the laughing stock of all ministries.

"Attack!" Two words were squeezed out between teeth, and the guard next to Yizhi blew the horn again.

When the cavalry launched a more violent attack, Yi Zhi looked sideways at the commander Wan cavalry beside him, and asked, "Is there any news from the Xu Bu Department?"

"Your Majesty, don't worry, Xu Buyong is familiar with the terrain in the clouds. He released the black eagle before, and now he should have bypassed the border and entered the clouds."

"it is good!"

From the very beginning, Yi Zhixie made two-handed preparations.

He personally assembled the army and forced the main force of the Han army to gather under Yunzhong City; Xu Buyong detoured into Yunzhong and attacked Shaling and Yangshou counties.

It is good to be able to kill Wei Shang's main force, but if the battle comes to a stalemate, then attack from behind and burn, kill and loot in Yunzhong County.As long as this plan is successful, even if Wei Shang's head cannot be taken down, the myth of unbreakable in the cloud can be broken!

"Order Qiang to attack the left flank, and order Ding Ling to dispatch camels and chariots to attack the right flank. The cavalry of the Han army will be handed over to the headquarters, and no one will be left behind!"

"Follow the order!"

When Yi Zhixie gave the order, Wei Yue and Chang Shi blocked the enemy attacking from the side, shot empty quiver outside, and charged suddenly, trying to cut off the Huns' cavalry.

The battle quickly heated up.When the battle was at its most intense, the three other tribes who had surrendered to the Han suddenly rushed out, gathered with the Han army, and fought with the Huns cavalry.

People roaring and horses hissing intertwined in one place, and the cracking of weapons continued one after another.

The thick blood merged into a stream, crisscrossing the ground.The battlefield has become a flesh and blood mill, as tragic as hell on earth.

At the same time, the cavalry led by Xu Buyong killed the defenders of a fortress, drove straight in from the junction of Wuyuan County and Yunzhong County, burned, killed and looted all the way, and soon arrived in Shaling County.

Hu Qi swept in, and the first to encounter the blade was Zhao Jia's livestock farm.

Seeing the fence and wooden house in front of him, Xu Buyong grinned grimly and ordered his troops to charge directly.Unexpectedly, when the cavalry rushed halfway, there was a strange scream, and the horse stepped into the hole, broke its front leg, neighed and fell forward.

Not to mention the end, the Huns soon discovered that in addition to the burrows that spread for several miles, there were rows of trenches in front of them, and there were sharp wooden thorns in them.A cavalryman jumped over the hole by chance, but plunged into the ditch, and died on the spot before even screaming.

The yelling of the marmots came into the yard.

Young adults and women have already taken their positions.

Zhao Jia and Xiong Bo climbed up the wooden ladder together, and when they saw the murderous Hun, they wiped the sweat from their palms on their legs, drew the ox horn bow behind the wooden board, and aimed at the frontmost Hu Qi wearing a bone helmet.

There was a sound of breaking wind, and the arrow flew out like a shooting star, hitting Hu Qi's face.

Seeing his son who fell from the horse, Xu Buyong's eyes turned blood red, and he waved the bone in his hand, shouting angrily: "Rush up, kill them all, leave no one behind!"