When Bi Si left Pingcheng again, Xianbei Shanyu sent dozens of knights to escort him back the way he came. To express his goodwill, he heard from Bi Si that the household liked good horses, so he took out a purple horse from the horse gallery. Ask him to give it to the king of the household. After the group of people galloped on the Hetao Plain for two days, Bisi separated from them in Huze and went straight to the big city with three horses.
Danghu waited for him in Dacheng for half a month. But in the past half month, Todo was naturally not idle. He suffered a big loss in the last battle with Yi Jinhuo, and was only one step away from the collapse of the entire army. Even if he narrowly won, no one would want to do it again. During these days, he reorganized his army and learned battle formations from Gao Zhun, Li Hou and others. During these days, he felt that he had made considerable progress.
When he saw Bisi, Danghu was racing with his subordinates on the newly built horse racing venue. Danghu's equestrian skills and mounts were both excellent, and he was naturally an excellent horseman. Bisi waited for him to dismount after completing a lap, and then got on. Report beforehand.
When Danghu took off the leather armor on his upper body, his face was like a red date, and his whole body was covered in sweat. He brought a sweat towel and dipped it in cold water to wipe his body. When he saw Bisi, he smiled and said, "How is the matter with Xianbei?" Bisi said to him He bent down to salute and said happily: "You have fulfilled the mission of your Majesty! Three days ago, I left Pingcheng and saw countless Xianbei actually gathering on the outskirts of the city. It can be seen that the Xianbei Chanyu was dispatching troops and horses. He promised me that within seven days, Then we will march towards Dingxiang, and the army must have already set out by now."
When Danghu heard the words, he was very excited and said three words "good" in a row. Seeing that he was in a good mood, Bisi presented the purple horse he brought. When Danghu saw the purple horse with a high forehead and wide mouth, he knew it was a horse. A good horse that can eat, he immediately mounted the purple horse and went out to gallop back and forth on the field.
Seeing the figure of Danghu coming to an end in front of his eyes, Bisi couldn't help but recall what he had seen before when he went to Xianbei: The Xianbei Chanyu was full of nobility and as calm as an abyss. There were many handsome men under his command, and they all respected him like a god, and he smiled every time he glanced at him. They all seem to be unfathomable, but their words and deeds are as friendly as family, which is touching.
When he first met Danghu, he saw that Danghu was generous and upright in appearance, with hatred and murderous intent in his eyes, but he spoke to them kindly like family, so he volunteered to guide them. A few days passed, and people took revenge and killed their enemies one after another. The hatred in their eyes gradually disappeared, and their words and deeds became unpredictable. They completely lost the kindness at that time. At this time, there was no time to say a few more words to themselves.
He suddenly had doubts about the future of the place.
But for the leader, these thoughts are not important. When he saw that the strategy was approved, he began to work on the next plan. Although He Naigudu was killed by him, what he said before his death really hit the point. The city was originally nothing more than It can accommodate more than 10,000 people, but now it has suddenly expanded to 70,000. Not to mention food, even water is very inconvenient.
Just three days ago, the He Na tribe was drawing water from Huoshui River. The He tribe people who originally belonged to Guangyan were excluded, so a dozen people started fighting. When Dang Hu arrived, there were already more than a hundred people fighting at the scene, and there were also Several people were beaten with broken bones and collapsed aside. The household immediately pulled out several people from the He tribe and beheaded them in public, and then the chaos was suppressed for a while. However, there are undercurrents among the various departments, and they are talking privately: The family is treated unfairly. Before, they thought he was a hero given by heaven, but now he is just an ordinary farmer.
Danghu was also very smart, and he picked out a few unsightly ones and continued to hang them at the top of the city. The trend was immediately eliminated, but Danghu's plan to move eastward had to be implemented.
On March 14th, Danghu entrusted Gao Zhun, Li Hou and others to garrison the city, while he led 13,000 infantry, 8,000 knights, in addition to 20,000 ordinary people, and nearly 40,000 people left the city. The team was huge, like an endless river in the loess. He Napinglin asked him: "Where are we going?"
Danghu has discussed this issue with many people these days, but the situation is not optimistic. Now the three counties in the southern part of Meiji have been plundered by him. If he wants to go further north, he can only attack Meiji, but now Meiji After being fortified by Humphrey, it was almost impossible to conquer Danghu, so he had no choice but to go south, but what stood in front of him when going south was the Tiefu Huns, the most difficult to deal with among the Huns.
After thinking over and over again, I decided to build the city. I asked the old man from the He Na tribe about the location. It was located at the uppermost reaches of the Yuan River, at the junction of Shuofang, Xihe and Shangjun. Building the city here would not only protect the key points, but also protect Shuofang. Tranquility can also threaten the north and south at the same time, so it can be attacked or defended. But most importantly, there is a vast pasture.
According to the plan, Danghu's march went very smoothly. The team traveled thirty miles a day and arrived at the destination on the fourth day. You can see that there are six or seven small lakes scattered north and south, which are refracting blue fluorescence in the sunlight, and between the lakes , there are green grass everywhere covering the mountains and fields. Even though it is a time of war, there are still many tribesmen grazing and cultivating here.
He left the cattle and sheep behind and drove them all out. Then he began to consider the location of the city. He chose a small lake with the clearest water. This small lake was called "Kai Lake". There is a long lake in Wei Lake. The tributary drew a winding curve on the grassland, like the back of a bow. Danghu sighed by the tributary and said: "This water flow should be favored by the gods. We will build a city here. If we can kill people again, If the enemy army is defeated, I will also build a temple here and send people to pray and sacrifice day and night."
So they began to dig out soil, and the eight tribes divided the foundations and pastures. But only two days after the start, they heard a report from the scouts that Shanyu's army had appeared twenty miles away. But the strange thing is that this army only has more than 10,000 people, but the flag it flies is the flag of King Zuo Ri Zhu.
When Danghu confirmed the news again and again, the scout had to draw the sun pattern on the flag on the ground. After several guards from the He Lai tribe came to confirm, Danghu believed that the leader of the army on the opposite side was Liu Xuan, who was not more than twenty. He He couldn't help but pointed at Wei Lake and sighed to everyone: "The gods are favoring us, but Yu Fuluo can't use people to come here, so that he sends his young brother to defend the enemy. It's really an idiot's dream. Yi Jinhuo can't lead 20,000 elites, so... What else can be done?”
The person in charge immediately ordered all the ministries to assemble, and made a promise in public: "After the war, I will use the blood of the Luan Ti family to worship the gods. I will capture two people who can be promoted to the highest rank of Zuo Ri Zhu King alive, and one who can kill Zuo Ri Zhu King." Wait, no matter you live or die, you will be rewarded with two hundred gold!" All the generals under his command were excited and responded accordingly.
Seeing the high morale, Danghu couldn't help but feel a little proud. He thought to himself that he was becoming more and more proficient in controlling people, and he became more and more convinced that he was deeply favored by God. A thought couldn't help but emerge from his mind: What's the point of being a Chanyu? Disaster?
The more he thought about it, the more excited he became, as if endless strength suddenly surged from all his limbs, he took out the snatched one. , he had already replaced the guard's horse, but he couldn't put it down with this knife. Although he had encountered weapons sharper than this knife, he was particularly attached to the feeling of cutting off a human head with this knife.
He danced the knife by the lake. His lameness made his figure slightly sluggish, but he still showed a unique charm. He was jumping like a lone wolf by the lake. The afterglow of the setting sun made the knife look like it was covered with blood stains. , Ziliu Ma was chewing the buds by the water indifferently.
That night, Liu Xuanjun advanced to ten miles away from the new city, stopped and set up camp, and sent an envoy to make an appointment with Danghu. Danghu sneered and asked: "On the left, there are only ten people in the king, why are you rushing to die?" Without saying much, he just replied: "It's better than your Majesty leaving the Huns alone and insisting on becoming the Xianbei people's dogs!"
Danghu almost flew into a rage and almost killed the messenger, but in the end his subordinates persuaded him to stop. Danghu cut off the messenger's nose and asked him to go back covering his face. At night, he was a little confused, wondering if there was something fishy about this battle, but after this dreamlike January, he also knew that no matter how detailed the plan, it would not be as effective as a decisive blow.
The time for the attack had been arranged with the messenger who had his nose cut off, and it was set at two o'clock the next day. His mind calmed down and he held the knife in his arms, and soon he heard snoring.
The next day, when Danghu woke up and got up, he felt that his mind had never been so clear. After eating meat for more than a month, he also felt that his whole body was full of strength, so much so that when he picked up the knife, he immediately remembered that the guardian had been beheaded by him. situation, infinite pleasure flows in the blood.
When Hu walked out of the tent, four guards saluted him. His tent stood on a hill, and he saw half of the rising sun's flaming body emerging from the mountains. He said to Bisi, who was standing by the guard on one side: "Today It’s a good day to kill.”
Under the morning light, various ministries were already reorganizing their subordinates, and tens of thousands of soldiers were gathering into a huge phalanx. Several rows of knights spurred their mounts around the phalanx, like a few flying geese passing by the clouds, which showed that Danghu was already an important force in Bingzhou.
When the generals had finished reorganizing and the time for the battle had been scheduled, he put on his armor on the hill, mounted his purple horse, ordered his guards to raise the wolf flag, and rode to the center of the military formation. The soldiers in the military formation all recognized him and automatically moved out of the way for him. He walked leisurely in the gap, as if a path had been opened in the sea.
At the end of the road, dozens of generals knelt down and bowed their heads, waiting for his instructions.
He walked past the end, spurred his horse and turned around to look back at his subordinates. Without any more words, he drew his knife and pointed at the wolf flag behind him, and only ordered: "Let's go!"
