After thousands of years of war in the Spring and Autumn and Warring States periods, the level of war art in Middle-earth is definitely the ceiling of this era.
Especially during the siege and defense of the city, his level has already been perfected.
To the Huns, scratching their scalps was just a common thing for the Han people.
Yu Shan felt that as long as there were enough people, even a pile could bring down Shiling Pass.
But the Han army here gave him a lesson in advanced tactics.
Yu Shan's command post took turns to step forward and attack Shiling Pass.
All kinds of benefits are promised, and all kinds of threats are available.
But whether it was inducement or coercion, the result was the same. Tens of thousands of Huns kept attacking Shiling Pass, but they were never able to break through.
The defenders used gray bottles, gold juice, thunder stones to roll wood, and kerosene to make the Huns understand the cruelty and despair of attacking the pass.
After several days of fighting, the morale of King Zuo Xian's troops was already very low.
The battle is hopeless, with hundreds of people killed and injured every time they attack.
Go up in great numbers and come back sparsely.
He died on the spot in the battle, which was considered a relief.
But if you are injured and dragged back, you will have to stay in the camp wailing and screaming all day without even taking any medicine. You can only ask the witch doctor to perform a magic dance.
The painful experience of watching one's own injuries worsen until death is enough to frighten others to the point of weakening their legs and feet.
Those who were not dragged back were even worse, lying in the pile of corpses crying and shouting in pain, especially the cries and calls at night, like the wind from hell, washing away the morale of the Huns.
In the king's tent of King Zuo Xian, the red-eyed Yu Dan took a sip of wine and asked the envoy sternly, "When will the Great Chan Yu arrive? We promised three to five days, but it's already almost ten days, why haven't we arrived yet?"
Those who can participate in the siege battle are naturally the young and strong men of each tribe.
After these days of fierce attacks, all the young men of the vassal tribes were killed or injured, and even Yu Shan Zhiling's headquarters suffered heavy casualties.
He now urgently needs reinforcements, especially the elite of the Royal Court Headquarters led by Shan Yu.
"Forgive me, King Zuoxian."
The messenger first explained a few words that the Han army was pursuing fiercely, and the tribe had too many cattle and sheep, making it too troublesome to move.
Then he asked with a serious expression, "The Great Chanyu ordered me to ask King Zuo Xian whether this Shiling Pass can be broken? I also ask King Zuo Xian to return according to the truth."
Yu Shan was puzzled by this and asked, "Why do you ask this?"
The messenger saluted again, "This is the Great Chanyu's order."
"Um."
Yu Shan thought for a while, "I will personally supervise the attack on the city tomorrow. If we still can't take it down, we won't be able to take it down anymore. We have to wait for the Great Chan Yu to come for reinforcements."
"I understand, I will watch the battle tomorrow."
Early on the next morning, the people of Xiurong County who were busy burying corpses outside Shiling Pass saw a large group of people coming out of the Xiongnu camp. They hurriedly dropped their work and fled into the pass.
After the war there will be a great epidemic.
Disposal of corpses left on the battlefield is a necessary means to avoid a major epidemic.
The most common method is to directly dig a hole and bury it.
Usually the battlefields of large-scale wars must be lush with vegetation the next year.
If the environment does not allow it, just burn it on fire.
Li Yunze, who was on the top of the city, observed the Huns soldiers and horses who were forming a team for a while and said, "This is going to be a desperate effort."
Everyone agreed.
This is not flattery, but the Huns on the opposite side really showed their strength in this offensive.
There were thousands of Xiongnu warriors, wearing iron armor and gathering into a large mass.
Among the vassal tribes of the Xiongnu, usually only nobles such as King Pi Xiao, Captain, and Duwei were qualified to wear iron armor.
After all, in the tribe, everything belongs to the nobles.
In the tribes directly under the Huns, outstanding warriors also had the opportunity to receive iron armor as a reward.
In addition to the royal tent army of the Great Chanyu, the largest armored army of the Xiongnu was under the command of King Zuoxian, who was the prince.
As for the source of the iron armor, in addition to being captured in battles with the Han army, it was smuggled in caravans and made by plundered craftsmen.
Naturally, their quality and quantity cannot be compared with that of the big man.
But on the prairie, it was already sweeping across thousands of armies.
Yu Dan showed his strength to stay at the bottom of the box and was determined to give it a try.
However, before throwing in the soldiers, they still drove the cannon fodder forward to consume the arrows and strength of the Han army.
Looking at the old and weak Han family members who were crying and being driven forward with swords and guns, Li Yunze's face was as dark as water.
"Yu Shan, you deserve to die!"
In movies and TV dramas, in this situation, everyone will look at the general and ask stupidly what to do, emphasizing the inner torment and pain of the general at this time.
But in fact, no one asked Li Yunze at all, and the city guard captain directly ordered the arrows to be released.
What do you think about putting the blame on the King's back?
At this time, of course, I took the initiative and took the blame.
Li Yunze turned around and told the generals, "Be prepared. We must kill all the Huns attacking the city today!"
"Here!"
Not only the plundered Han people, but also the people from the vassal tribes were all treated as cannon fodder by Yu Dan.
Thousands of cannon fodder, driven by swords, guns, bows and arrows, stumbled towards Shiling Pass in waves.
When the battle came to an end, the cannon fodders, who had lost thousands of people, finally couldn't bear it any longer and fierce conflicts broke out with the Huns who were supervising the battle.
Yu Dan finally ordered the cannon fodder to retire and replace his armored warriors.
More than a thousand Xiongnu armored men swarmed towards Shiling Pass.
The Han army, which had been waiting impatiently for a long time, immediately greeted these Xiongnu warriors with all kinds of defensive equipment.
The gold juice poured from the pocket flowed into the armor along the gaps, and the Hun soldiers screamed in agony.
The gray bottles and thundering rocks and rolling wood were smashed together, and the diffuse lime powder enveloped the city. The bones and tendons were broken by the smash.
The fire oil was poured down, and the torches were thrown down. The city wall suddenly turned into a sea of fire. Many Xiongnu soldiers didn't even have a chance to climb the city wall, and they turned into blazing torches.
Yu Dan, who was watching the battle from behind, looked livid.
This is the most powerful force under his hands, and now it is being consumed in front of his eyes. This feeling is simply heart-breaking.
After paying a huge price, a Huns warrior finally jumped onto the city.
But before the warrior could take a breath, a bone came down on his head, denting his helmet, and red and white stuff spurted out.
Many Huns warriors jumped onto the city with their bravery, but it was difficult to form a large scale and could not cover the follow-up men to board the city.
The Han army's counterattack was so sharp and fierce that there were even incidents where the Han army rushed over and jumped off the city wall with the Huns warriors in their arms.
At most, about a dozen Hun warriors gathered at a corner of the city wall.
As if they saw hope, more Huns warriors quickly gathered under the city and climbed up the ladders.
But then the Han army at the top of the city moved out of the way, revealing a group of crossbowmen holding powerful crossbows.
Under the desperate gazes of the Hun warriors, a round of crossbow bolts flew over and knocked down most of them.
Then the defenders swarmed up and killed all the remaining people.
Yu Dan, whose face turned black, finally reluctantly ordered the horns to be blown to withdraw the troops.
These people were the bravest warriors in the tribe. Seeing them falling in groups, Yu Shan really couldn't hold on any longer.
It's easy when you come, but not so easy when you want to leave.
A large number of Han troops quickly rushed out through the opened city gate and pursued them all the way.
First, he chopped the fleeing Huns to the ground, then stepped forward and pulled off his helmet, pulled up his neck by his braids and slashed his head with a knife.
Hanging his head on his waistband, the Han army sergeant moved forward to pursue him again.
It wasn't until the furious Yu Dan personally brought people to rescue him that he was able to recover three to four hundred soldiers.
Then he watched the Han army slowly retreating, cleaning the battlefield at the foot of Shiling Pass, looking for the wounded Huns, and directly beheaded them in front of countless people and hung them on their waists.
Yu Shan was shaking with anger and couldn't help shouting, "What a barbarian!"
After returning to the camp, Yu Shan did not intend to continue fighting.
If the fight continues, his troops under King Zuo Xian will soon be depleted.
Then he seemed to remember something, "Where is the envoy of the Great Chanyu?"
"Already gone back, riding a horse very fast."
"Hmph!" Yu Dan didn't think much and directly ordered, "Send someone to Da Dan Yu's place and ask Da Dan Yu to come quickly for support."
Yu Dan couldn't care less about losing face now. Anyway, he was unwilling to continue fighting.
In the following days, Yu Shan's troops did not launch another offensive and hid in the camp to lick their wounds.
Li Yunze had no intention of taking the initiative to attack. As long as this place was blocked, the invading Huns would not be able to escape under the advancing Han troops from all directions.
After a few days, it rained heavily. The rain covered the sky and the sun, and the valley was filled with a moist atmosphere.
Li Yunze in the tent put down the book in his hand.
"Something's wrong."
He stood up and looked at the map silently. "It's been so long. Even if the military officials crawled all the way here, they should have arrived. But why is there no sign of him?"
After observing the map for a while, Li Yunze asked his personal guards to "send envoys to make detours and ask everywhere if there is any trace of the Xiongnu Chanyu."
"Here."
That night, it rained continuously.
A group of envoys sent by the military minister Shan Yu entered Yu Shan's court.
"What?" After hearing what the messenger said, Yu Shan stood up in disbelief, "Da Shanyu asked me to run away?!"
"The Great Chanyu has opened up Jingle, Kelan, Baode, and reached the bank of the river. The troops of King Xian of the Right have sent troops to support them in the Fugu area on the other side of the river. The Great Chanyu has an order, and King Xian of the Zuo leaves his troops behind. , quickly retreat with only the elite."
“But my tribe”
"King Zuo Xian!" the messenger said in a more serious tone, "all the Han armies are already close at hand. If we don't leave at this time, we won't be able to leave! As for the tribe, as long as the king is still alive, it will eventually be replenished."
Yu Dan, whose expression kept changing, finally sighed, "Okay."
Under the cover of night and heavy rain, Yu Dan quietly left the camp with hundreds of riders, leaving behind his tribe members, cattle and sheep supplies.
Li Yunze also received an urgent report from Dou Ying, who had led the main force into Yangqu County.
The military officials of the Great Chan did not come to Shiling Pass at all, but spent a lot of money to bribe Jingle, the guard of Kelan Land, and went all the way west across the valley to the bank of the river!
Li Yunze slammed the urgent report in his hand to the ground.
Isn't this horse riding a replica of the siege of Baishan Mountain, the emperor of the Han Dynasty? The scene of the past is reproduced.
With a face as deep as water, he ordered, "Beat the drums and gather the troops!"
(End of chapter)
