When the war between Yunzhou County and Shendu began, the Guan area was almost in chaos.
Around late October, it did not go beyond the court's expectations.
Tila Chanyu of the Xiongnu directly attacked Yumen Pass with an army of 600,000.
As early as it was noticed that the Huns were gathering troops in Yanran Mountain, the Song Dynasty court immediately made preparations and sent heavy troops to various border towns and passes.
When Yumen Pass was attacked, the 50,000 defenders in the pass fought tooth and nail to resist, but they could barely withstand the Xiongnu attack. However, after all, the difference in numbers was such that Yumen Pass soon became a little unbearable.
The imperial court also immediately mobilized troops from other places, but in doing so, it fell into Tila's conspiracy.
When the imperial court had just transferred troops from other checkpoints to Yumen Pass.
Tila, who had disappeared in Yumen Pass for many days, led one hundred thousand Xiongnu imperial guards to attack the pass directly from Daliang City.
Logically speaking, although the number of defenders in Daliang City is only 10,000, the location of Daliang City is dangerous and it is extremely difficult to attack from a high position.
However, after the attack on Yumen Pass, the imperial court mobilized troops and sent 3,000 soldiers and horses from Daliang City to support, leaving only 7,000 troops left behind in Daliang City.
Even with the terrain of Daliang City, 7,000 people were defending the city at this time, which was enough to survive the siege of 100,000 people until reinforcements arrived. However, with the activities of the Falcon Court.
Rumors suddenly spread in the city from nowhere, saying that a group of guards in Daliang City had defected to the Huns.
And they are the defender's certificate of surrender.
The news heard from the guard general was that the soldiers below were going to take advantage of the war to ask them to make up for the military pay they had accumulated over the years. Coupled with the impact of the pay riot some time ago, the generals believed it.
And after the pay dispute some time ago, the soldiers below did not believe in the moral integrity of these guards.
Immediately afterwards, mutual suspicion began to arise between the upper and lower levels of the entire Daliang City.
Not everyone felt something was wrong during this period. At the critical moment when the Xiongnu attacked the city, the conflict between the two sides was suddenly brought out. This looked like a conspiracy of the enemy.
But the seeds of distrust between the two sides have been sown long ago. At this moment, the few sober people are completely helpless, and no one believes what they say.
Conflicts were accumulating day by day. Under the pressure of the Xiongnu siege outside, and fearing the soldiers, the top management began to hinder them in logistics, and restricted the food supplies and various materials they received.
The lower level looks like this.
Good guy! It's time to show off your flaws! You traitors have indeed taken refuge with the Huns, and this has begun to secretly weaken our combat effectiveness!
Immediately, he worked hard and prepared to catch all these high-level officials who had surrendered to the enemy at night!
This was supposed to be kept secret, but for some reason it was suddenly leaked to the top management. The top management suddenly broke out in a cold sweat and immediately mobilized all their trusted soldiers to guard the situation.
However, their actions further aggravated the suspicion of the soldiers at the bottom. They gathered their own soldiers, intending to sneak attack them from behind while they were not prepared!
OK! Rather than letting you traitors sneak attack first, we should strike first!
So three hours ahead of schedule, the lower-level soldiers suddenly attacked the high-level officials in the middle of the night. The high-level officials who had already received the news were also prepared. The two sides collided and instantly became a battle.
However, the Huns army, which had already started to rest and stopped attacking the city, had actually received the news and was prepared. The moment the civil war broke out between the two sides, the Huns army immediately received the signal from the Falcon Court and immediately began to attack the city!
This was caught off guard, and neither of the two parties fighting within Daliang City could react. Moreover, they were fighting together and did not dare to stop at all.
As a result, at a very small price, the defenders without follow-up reinforcements were completely exhausted by the Huns!
Immediately, the inner eagle on the other side of the Falcon Court opened the city gate from the inside, and the natural danger of Daliang City disappeared in an instant.
A hundred thousand Xiongnu troops, led by the Xiongnu Shanyu Tila, invaded Daliang City.
Without the natural barrier to rely on, the two sides fighting in the city were instantly defeated by the Huns' army.
A mere five to six thousand people, half of them were wiped out and the other half were captured without even making a splash in front of a hundred thousand Xiongnu troops.
The entire city of Daliang was massacred by the Huns, and Tila ordered the entire army not to seal their swords for a day!
The entire city of Daliang seemed to turn into a hell on earth in the next day.
An important city on the border of Hedong County was reduced to ruins due to internal mutual suspicion.
The reason why the sword was not sealed for only one day was because the Huns army did not have time to delay here any longer.
The moment Daliang City was attacked, the imperial court reacted and immediately mobilized troops from Hetong and Suyun, which are closest to Daliang City, to support them. According to the imperial court's prediction, with the terrain of Daliang City and the number of defenders, at least It can last for ten days. Ten days is enough time for the imperial court to dispatch 20,000 people from other places to come back for reinforcements.
What the court didn't expect was that on the fifth day, Daliang City was breached. Soon after the Song army came to support them after learning the news, they ran into the Huns army before they had time to withdraw into the surrounding cities!
There was no city to defend, it was on the plains, and there was no advantage in numbers. The 20,000 Song troops who came to support were quickly eaten by the Xiongnu army!
Immediately afterwards, Tila took his 100,000 Huns and a captive group of more than 20,000 defeated troops and civilians to attack other important border cities around Daliang City.
In an instant, Hetong and Suyun, the other rival cities around Daliang City, fell into a situation where they were attacked from both sides by the Xiongnu.
Naturally, the Huns had already made arrangements in Guan Zai.
When the two cities were dealing with the sudden attack of the Xiongnu army, they did not expect that the rear was attacked by the Xiongnu.
Tila drove away the captured Song prisoners and captured the two cities with a two-sided attack.
At this point, the passage for the Huns to enter the pass was completely opened, and three cities were occupied. The Huns could break into the pass from here, and they no longer had to fight against the Yumen Pass where heavy troops gathered.
Outside Yumen Pass, guard Chen Ling suddenly discovered that the Xiongnu siege frequency had become longer and longer in recent days, and the intensity of the siege seemed to be getting smaller and smaller.
Just as I was secretly wondering whether the Huns had any conspiracy, I suddenly received news that the three cities of Daliang, Hetong and Suyun had actually fallen, and the Huns were rushing into the pass from there!
Just when Chen Ling was still overwhelmed by the news, which was like a thunderbolt from the blue, a group of reinforcements and generals under his command came to resign one after another. It turned out that the cities they were originally stationed in were in emergency. , and urgently called them back to defend the city.
Now that the Xiongnu have entered the pass, it makes no sense to keep them at Yumen Pass. It is better to let them go back early and strengthen the defense force of the cities in the pass.
So after thinking about it for a while, Chen Lingdang agreed to their request and let them go.
When all the armies left, only the original 40,000 defenders of Yumen Pass were left to guard Yumen Pass. Looking at the much empty Yumen Pass City, Chen Ling sighed.
"When the Xiongnu entered the pass, countless people lost their lives. This is a dereliction of duty on the part of our soldiers!
But He was helpless, alas..."
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(End of chapter)
