[Red Mansion] Let's listen to a general's order

45 people set off at the same time, not to mention other things, the speed will always be greatly hindered.

As the commander-in-chief of the three armies, Li Lian ordered He Qi to lead [-] Lantian soldiers to the border as soon as possible to prevent the Huns from attacking the city.

This decision was made very wisely, and the Xiongnu coalition forces that had been prepared for a long time gathered much faster than Li Lian and others.When He Qi marched in a hurry, the Xiongnu allied forces had stormed Yanmen for three days.Fortunately, the emperor's decree to mobilize the troops of other border counties set off early, and the troops supporting Yanmen rushed to Yanmen one after another.Relying on the rich experience of foreigners in the past and the condescending advantage of defending the city, it can barely withstand the fierce and continuous offensive of the Huns.

However, due to the sufficient preparations of the Xiongnu coalition forces this time, the siege equipment and arrows and other things are complete, Hu Hanxie ordered the coalition forces to fight day and night, lighting up the lights and fighting at night, trying to capture Yanmen as quickly as possible and gain the upper hand.Therefore, in the face of the continuous fighting rain from the bottom up and the desperate soldiers of the Xiongnu coalition forces, the Yanmen defenders were caught off guard and suffered a dull loss.

In just three days, the defenders of Yanmen City had already lost tens of thousands of people.Of course, the corpses that the Xiongnu coalition forces fell outside Yanmen City every day and night would not be less than this number.

The number of tens of thousands of people among the 20 defenders in Yanmen seems to be very small at first glance, but in fact, the loss between the defenders and the attackers is about one to three. About [-] soldiers have been lost within [-], which shows the madness of the Xiongnu coalition forces attacking the city regardless of cost.

Both sides, long at war, were well aware that large numbers of corpses were exposed to the wilderness and were prone to decay, causing plagues.Once the plague breaks out, everyone will not have a good life, and the casualties at that time may be ten times or a hundred times what they are now.In view of this, both sides have a tacit agreement to pause for an hour during Yinshi, the alternation of night and day, so that both sides can clean up the corpses on the battlefield.

The two sides secretly used [-] paces outside the city as a boundary, confining the corpses of both the Zhou soldiers and the soldiers of the Xiongnu coalition army within their own range.Because the Xiongnu allied forces attacked the city one after another, the corpses under Yanmen City were piled up like a mountain, and the defenders had to spend a lot of effort to clean up and burn them, so as not to cause plague and harm the whole city.

For the first two days, both sides were safe and sound, collecting the corpses quietly and orderly, but when the defenders of Yancheng began to get used to this pattern, Hu Hanxie sent people to pretend to be corpses and ambush them by the city gate.When the defenders of Yanmen came out of the city to clean up the corpses and opened the city gate, they took the opportunity to kill the defenders and seize the gate, and used the name of open fire to meet the cavalry of the Huns who were ready to go outside the city.

The strategy is not novel, but the victory lies in the surprise, and the lack of acumen of the Yanmen guard, the strategy has succeeded!The defenders of Yanmen City, who had been blinded by the fatigue bombing, were caught off guard, and the city gate was once occupied by the Huns' coalition forces, which expanded their advantage and gradually occupied the entire north of the city.

The guard of the Yanmen Gate looked at this scene in despair, wishing he could draw his sword and kill himself, and die to thank the world...

"Lieutenant General He Qi has an order! Gather the archers to ambush the roofs on both sides of the street and shoot the enemy—"

With the sound of horseshoes coming from behind, countless soldiers of the Zhou Dynasty who were uniformly in uniform waved their weapons and shouted in unison.

The Yanmen guard followed the sound and saw that among the strange and familiar soldiers wearing fine armor, a big banner with the word congratulations was waving in the wind.

He was not the only one who saw this scene, and other Yanmen defenders who were in a panic also noticed it.

The banner of congratulations fluttered on the streets of Yanmen City, and the Yanmen defenders all over the city immediately realized that General He Qi's reinforcements had arrived, and cheered quickly.

The morale of the Yanmen garrison was greatly boosted by the arrival of reinforcements led by He Qi. They had stabilized their position and gradually launched a counter-offensive against the Huns.

This time, fortunately, He Qi, who traveled all day and night, led the troops to arrive in time, and under the rain of arrows from Lantian elites, they successfully drove out the cavalry of the Huns who had entered the north of the city.If it is said that in the vast terrain of the grassland, the Lantian soldiers may not be able to resist the charge of the grassland cavalry, but in the narrow and complicated street battles, the grassland cavalry cannot stop the arrows of the Lantian soldiers.

Seeing this, Hu Hanxie had no choice but to ask the drummer Ming Jin to withdraw his troops, and then plan another plan.

He Qi didn't send anyone to pursue him either.His soldiers were already exhausted after driving for several days, and it was so dark outside the city that they couldn't see their fingers. To be on the safe side, it was better to gather soldiers first and rectify Yanmen.

Sure enough, when He Qi sent soldiers to investigate from house to house, they successfully uncovered several groups of soldiers from Hu Hanxie's Allied Forces who were lurking in Yanmen's houses during the chaos, and Hu Hanxie's plan to cooperate with outsiders failed.

The routines of siege and defense come and go, such as well curbs, catapults, rolling logs, hot oil and the like.

The Xiongnu coalition army did not have the wisdom of the Mohists, nor did they have the skillful hands of the Tang Sect. They did not have well fences tens of heights, nor did they have catapult carts controlled by tens of hundreds of people, but they did have a unique carving army.

From ancient times to the present, among the nomadic people of the Xiongnu, there have been many eagle shooters, but even in the most prosperous period of the Han Dynasty, there has never been a single eagle shooter forming an army.The reason is not only because each tribe regards the rare eagle shooters as their secret weapon, but also because the equipment required to equip an elite army of eagle shooters is too expensive.

However, in the hands of Hu Hanxie, who integrated the Xiongnu and even the entire grassland, he accomplished this pioneering feat that Maodun had never accomplished.

20 years ago, Hu Hanxie had managed to form an elite cavalry force of 4000.Although not all of them were eagle shooters, the number of eagle shooters accounted for half of the entire army. Although the remaining half were not as good at archery as the eagle shooters, they were also good at archery.Hu Hanxie ordered to use the way of a sculpture archer to lead a master archer, and abruptly raised the half of the master archers to the height of the eagle shooter.

At that time, the entire Xiongnu tribe was shocked. If his father, Yi Zhixie, hadn't suppressed all the changes, someone would have been coveting for a share of the pie.

In order to strengthen the Xiongnu, in the past ten years, Hu Hanxie, relying on his prestige and strong strength, forcibly recruited eagle shooters from various tribes to form an army of ten thousand eagle shooters.No expense was spared, and a large amount of money was used to ask famous military craftsmen in the Western Regions to forge [-] pieces of rhinoceros leather armor and [-] three-stone hard bows to arm the Condor Shooting Army.It's not that he doesn't want to use good steel armor, it's just that the weight of the armor will make the Condor Archers lose the advantages of lightness, flexibility, mobility, and long-distance raids.Therefore, Hu Hanxie had no choice but to give up this choice that could reduce the casualties of the Condor Shooting Army with a heartache.

With a three-stone hard bow, exquisite archery and enough flexibility, cavalry siege is no longer a dream.

A large number of heavy arrows with a long distance is enough to continuously suppress the defenders and archers on the head of Yanmen City.

"Tsk!" He Qi felt very troubled.

Ten years ago, Hu Hanxie led the Xiongnu soldiers to attack Yanmen. He had seen the still immature Condor Shooting Army at that time, but at that time the number was only four thousand, and the equipment could only be considered qualified, far less sophisticated than what it is now.

Generally, the most effective lethal range of bows and arrows is often between 250 and [-] steps, but this group of archery soldiers took advantage of the three-stone hard bow to shoot arrows on the top of the city at a distance of [-] steps. The bows and arrows on the top of Yanmen City His hands were suppressed by them for a while.

Because the Condor Shooting Army is running in the form of cavalry archers, the accuracy may be affected, but the flexibility is very high, and it is difficult for the archers on the tower to shoot them.And their main job is not to kill the enemy, but to suppress the archers on the Yanmen Tower, so the aim is not very necessary, as long as they shoot to a general range.

"Bend the bow, shoot!" He Qi shouted.

He knew that he would not hit the Condor Shooting Army, but in order to get rid of being suppressed, He Qi had no choice but to let go of the Huns who were attacking the city along the ladder, and ordered the archers to shoot back at the Condor Shooting Army.

The projectile form can increase the duration of the arrow's stay in the air, and at the same time increase the range. Although the accuracy is a problem, it is the same as the Condor Shooting Army's rushing shot. He Qi only needs them to suppress the Condor Shooting Army under the city.

Without the suppression of the archers on the top of the city, the allied forces of the Huns under the city became more imposing and fearless, climbing up the ladder to attack the city.

Fortunately, all the things to defend the city have already been prepared. He Qi calmly commanded the soldiers everywhere. In the first wave, he gathered the strength of all the people and used push rods to push down the ladder, and then poured hot oil, grease, gunpowder, etc. , Grass and other kindling objects were thrown down, and then rockets were fired to burn off the ladder.

Fire and water are merciless, countless soldiers of the Xiongnu coalition army under the city of Yanmen and above the ladder were burned by the fire, crying ghosts and wolves.

Even Hu Hanxie in the distance seemed to smell the smell of meat, and a nausea came to his stomach.

He sighed lightly, the great opportunity has been lost, now that He Qi sits in charge of Yanmen, there is no need to attack Yanmen day and night to avoid unnecessary casualties.

Having said that, although he did not continue to attack Yanmen City after nightfall, Hu Hanxie did a lot of night raids, sending small teams to beat gongs and drums near Yanmen City, etc., which disturbed people's dreams.

He Qi is also worthy of being a famous general who has experienced many battles. He knows that his Lantian elite can hardly compete with the cavalry of the Huns coalition army on the open grassland. , this is not worth it!He ordered the city gates to be closed tightly, turning a deaf ear to Hu Hanxie's various provocations.

joke!If it was so easy to be provoked by you, a young boy, he, He Qi, is not the He (wu) Shou (turtle) city known in the world as copper-skinned and iron-framed!

He ordered the soldiers to take turns to rest in shifts. During the rest, they used cotton to plug their ears to block the noise.Anyway, they were not fighting in the plains, there was a city tens of feet high to defend, and they were not afraid of Hu Hanxie stealing the camp at all, as long as the soldiers on the tower could prevent the enemy from sneaking at midnight.

Led by the seasoned He Qi, Hu Hanxie's many tricks were blocked one by one.

After Hu Hanxie had been sulking secretly for two days, his most important opponent, Li Lian, finally led the army to arrive.

"Thank you, General He." Li Lian always respected He Qi.

"This is the job of the last general, why did the marshal say that!" Although according to the emperor's decree, He Qi was only an assistant, and Li Lian was the leader of this battle, but He Qi called himself the last general in public, This is a clear transfer of power.

From then on, He Qi retired as the second in command of the Great Zhou army, and the top in command was officially taken over by Li Lian!

Hearing these words, Niu Jizong, Ran Feng and others who understood the meaning of the words lit up their eyes and became excited.

They are all Li Lian's followers. If Li Lian is good, they are good. They are all prosperous, and all are hurt.

Other generals such as Anbei General Fan Bu, Pingbei General Ying Jin, Zuo Army General Zhao Feng and others were greatly surprised. They may have guessed that He Qi would hand over power, but they never thought that it would be this time.But after thinking about it, it makes sense. After all, He Qi's prestige is too high. If he doesn't give up his No.1 title in the military, Li Lian may not be able to command the overall situation, and he will have to consult He Qi for everything. Opinion.

They looked at Li Lian with a three-point respect, and their attitudes were much more respectful than usual.

After a short handover, Li Lian seriously asked about the current situation of Yanmen.

"Now Yanmen has 50 shi of rice, 100 million shi of rice, and 110 million shi of miscellaneous grains, which can be used by soldiers for the month of April. There are a total of 37 defenders in the city, and there are more than [-] casualties in one ten-day period. The soldiers are filled with righteous indignation The morale is available. The Xiongnu allied forces attacked the city for several days, causing nearly [-] casualties. However, according to what the general saw, the morale of the enemy army is like a rainbow, and there is no sign of fatigue. The siege equipment is sufficient, and I am afraid that there will be a protracted war with our army signs.” He Qi explained the current strength of the Yanmen defenders and the situation of the enemy and us in a concise but clear manner.

Li Lian couldn't help pondering, then turned his head and asked, "Yannian, how much do you know about the three Rouran clans besides the Xiongnu?"

As soon as Feng Zizhi arrived at the grassland, spies from Dongchang had already come to report.

He frowned slightly with his handsome eyebrows, "The main general sent by Rouran this time is Tiefa, the son of the Brahmin Khan and the next successor of Rouran Khan. Turkic and Xianbei both sent prince Ashina Tonger and General Qiu Ben."

"Both Zensheng Rouran and Turkic sent princes here, so Xianbei sent a general?" Niu Jizong asked directly when he heard something wrong.

"Tuoba Yihuai is old and cunning. Now that the victory of the Xiongnu coalition army is not obvious, how could he send his son to take risks." He Qi knew the Xianbei king Tuoba Yihuai no less than Feng Zizhi, this old fox just didn't see rabbits. Eagle goods.I'm afraid that before Qiu Ben came, Tuoba Yihuai told him not to stand out, just follow the crowd honestly, and just be responsible for hiding behind and shouting.

"Speaking of which, isn't he 80 years old this year?" After a pause, He Qi rarely talked about digressions.

He Qi remembered that when he took over as the general of Lantian Camp, King Xianbei was already Tuoba Yihuai.Time flies, three or 40 years later, King Xianbei is still him.

"His old man is already 87 years old this year. He said that the next generation is not stable enough. He is worried about young people messing around, so he can only reluctantly continue to sit in the position of King Xianbei." Feng Zizhi was very happy to explain He Qi's doubts.

"Fuck! Over 80 years old and still occupying the throne! This old man is really..." Ran Feng opened his mouth wide in surprise.

Everyone was speechless for a while. At the age of 87, he was still in love with power and position. He didn't want to live a life of spoiling his grandchildren. He held on to power and refused to let go. I really felt sorry for his son.

Huh!etc……

Tuoba Yihuai is 87 years old...

Feng Zizhi was thoughtful, he seemed to think of something.

After the digression was over, everyone returned to the business.

"It is reported that Hu Hanxie placed Tie Fa, Ashina Tong'er, and Yu Qiuben next to his tent. The reputation is convenient for discussing affairs and nearby protection. They follow Hu Hanxie's people when they go in and out. My people It is difficult to contact Tie Fa while avoiding Hu Hanxie's surveillance." If Hu Hanxie is aware of something and is prepared, it will become difficult to rely on Rouran to do anything in the future.

Now it's troublesome.

No one else could question Huhanxie's status as the overlord of the grassland before he officially turned his back on him.Even if he is dissatisfied with his blatantly placing people by his side, even Tie Fa, Rouran's successor, cannot stand up and express his dissatisfaction.

The grasslands are different from the Central Plains.

If you stand up to deny and reject the overlord's order, it means that you have a different heart and want to seize power.And the overlord will not engage in any kind of humbly accepting advice. If you are not convinced, he will not want you to be convinced, and will directly send troops to wipe out your entire tribe!Kill one to make an example to others.

In their view, big fists are the truth.

Therefore, no matter how dissatisfied Tie Fa was, he would never act rashly before Da Zhou was sure to kill Hu Hanxie.

Li Lian, He Qi and the others felt headaches, their original idea of ​​cooperating with Rouran internally and externally did not work.

"Then... when eating, sleeping, and patrolling the camp, people from Hu Hanxie will not follow them all the way!" Ran Feng rubbed the back of his head and said.

Li Lian ignored them and looked at the map in thought.

What trick does Hu Hanxie want to play?He couldn't believe that Hu Hanxie was really dragged outside Yanmen City by General He just like that.Apart from those little tricks that didn't help much, Hu Hanxie must have other plans.

The line of sight wanders from Yanmen County, Sufang County, Yunzhong County, and Dingxiang County.

What exactly is it?Li Lian couldn't figure it out.

Suddenly, he remembered that there was something in the system on his body that hadn't made a sound for a long time, and it seemed that there was something that was very suitable for the current situation.

In other words, this so-called system not only allows him to check the subordinate panel and provide some gadgets on weekdays, but also triggers some small tasks when he goes to the battlefield, and the sense of existence is pitifully weak.

"Ding! This system will serve the country's Tiance Admiral for the loyalty of the Three Swordsmen of the Tang Dynasty. The main purpose is to train the host to revive the Tiance Mansion and promote the reputation of the wolf of the Eastern Capital." The implication is that everything Li Lian does is Moving in this direction means that the system does not need to guide Li Lian to grow by issuing tasks frequently, let alone increase his own sense of presence.

The host is so competitive, what can the system do?The system is very helpless. ╮(╯▽╰)╭