To the north of the river, the sky is like a dome, covering the surrounding fields.
On the vast plains, cattle and sheep are everywhere. From time to time, you can see herdsmen on horseback galloping with whips, and young men riding sheep draw their bows and shoot rats.
Everyone says that the Huns migrated in search of water and grass, and the city walls were always used for farming.
This is correct, but it is also incorrect.
As a nomadic people, the Huns would indeed drive their livestock to graze as the seasons changed. The people lived in tents in domes and felt tents and did not build houses or pavilions.
But the Huns did not just build cities.
Far away to the north of Yinshan Mountain, there is Longcheng (菏城), the holy land of the Huns to offer sacrifices to heaven.
And under this Yin Mountain, there is also a stone city standing in the wilderness.
The city is not big, and the construction is not very exquisite. Compared with the Xia cities in the south, it looks simple and crude, with a primitive and wild flavor.
This is the place where Touman Chanyu of the Xiongnu met with nobles of various tribes, received foreign envoys, and handled government and military affairs. It was the political center of the Xiongnu near Yinshan Mountain.
Head to Manchester City.
This city is a small city built on the wilderness after the Huns went south, using stone materials from several Zhao Kingdom fortresses they captured.
The construction of this city has great symbolic significance, representing that the grassland under the Yin Mountain is the territory of the Huns.
At this moment, in this iconic city of the Huns.
Gutu Chanyu, the plow supporter of the Xiongnu, was sitting on a wooden bed (small bench), with his legs spread wide, his face was ashen, and his black eyebrows were wrinkled into a thick puddle on his round face.
"Still can't get through it?"
Touman Shanyu spoke with a cold face.
Zuogudu Hou Huyanzi shook his head and said: "The Qin people guard the river very tightly. There are a large number of cavalry patrolling along the river. There are even people stationed at the bend of the river in the west. Our Xiongnu warriors cannot get through at all. Once discovered, they will They were killed by the Qin people with their crossbows. Their crossbows were too powerful and we were no match for them."
"Hmph, trash."
Touman Chanyu cursed, stood up, turned around, kicked over the bed, and paced restlessly back and forth in the center of the room.
He was very upset.
After the Xiongnu were injured and fled north in the First World War, several Xiongnu tribes headed by Wu Luxu, King of Zuoguli, coveted the position of Touman's Chanyu and launched a brazen rebellion.
During the war, many tribes participated in the rebellion, and some tribes remained neutral. Watching the alpha wolf challenge among the wolves made Touman Chanyu's counterattack very difficult.
One of the reasons for this result is that Touman Shanyu showed his incompetence on the battlefield.
The alpha wolf of the pack must be the most powerful and fierce one.
In the past ten years, Touman Chanyu was defeated twice in a row by the people of the South. He was extremely incompetent.
Many older Huns still remember that just over ten years ago, the young Touman Chanyu unified the grassland tribes and established a powerful regime comparable to the Yueshi and Donghu, firmly occupying the central fertile grassland. .
At that time, Toumandan was the most dazzling sun on the grassland. He was known as the great plow supporter of the Huns, Gutu Chanyu. He was deeply respected by the Huns and everyone obeyed him.
But just when the Xiongnu were at their peak, Touman Shanyu fell into the Zhao people's trick while going south to invade the country of the Crown Belt. He was deceived by Zhao general Li Mu and killed more than 100,000 Xiongnu horses, which greatly weakened the Xiongnu's vitality. He was seriously injured and could only flee back to the north in embarrassment to lick his wounds.
More than ten years later, the Xiongnu, who had just regained some strength, were brought to Daidi by Touman Shanyu. Once again, they fell into the scheme of the Guandai people and were deceived by Qin general Zhao Tuo. They were attacked at night and were captured overnight. Killed more than 10,000 people.
Being beaten twice in a row was enough to destroy Touman Shanyu's prestige.
In addition, Qin general Zhao Tuo seemed to be deliberately targeting Shanyu. During the night attack, he only attacked Shanyu's elite Wangting and several tribes close to him. As a result, in the battle of Daidi, the Xiongnu tribes suffered little loss in strength, except Touman Dan. was severely weakened.
Falling into the trap twice, his majesty was wiped out, his elite troops were injured, and Touman Shanyu, the wolf king, lost his strength and his ability to deter his followers.
Under such circumstances, the rebellion was difficult to quell, which made him very troubled.
Moreover, the Xiongnu, whose strength was greatly reduced, also attracted the covetousness of King Donghu.
Faced with the powerful Donghu, Touman Chan was so frightened that he could only send envoys to offer his beautiful Yan family to King Donghu, as well as a strong BMW, and even sent his son Moton to Donghu as a hostage. In order to ask Dong Hu to let them go.
At that time, the Qin people sent troops to regain Liaodong and posed a threat to Donghu. This saved the Xiongnu from the danger of being robbed by Donghu.
But despite this, Touman still had difficulty defeating the rebels and reuniting the Huns.
At this time, the Yuezhi people helped him a lot.
Henan was the territory of King Zuogu Li and some rebel tribes. Because they mobilized troops to compete with Touman Shanyu for the position of the alpha wolf near Yin Mountain, Henan was empty.
As a result, they were cut off by the Yuezhi people. Except for some young men who escaped, they lost all their cattle, sheep and livestock. Many of the tribesmen who stayed there also became slaves of the Yuezhi people.
King Zuo Guli's strength was greatly reduced. In front of him was Touman Shanyu who was under the Yin Mountain, and behind him were the two Yuezhi tribes who had robbed Henan.
King Zuo Guli was a bachelor, so he begged for surrender directly to Touman Chanyu, praying for Chanyu's understanding and working together to deal with the Yuezhi.
Touman Chanyu wanted to cut the traitor into pieces, but faced with the opportunity to reunify the Huns and the threat from the Yuezhi, he still accepted King Zuoguli's surrender with a smile and did not impose any punishment.
It's just that after the reunification, the Huns were no longer as powerful as before.
To the north of Yinshan Mountain, many tribes that originally submitted to the Xiongnu took advantage of the civil strife to break away.
In Henan, many Rong tribes that originally belonged to the Xiongnu also fell into the hands of the Yuezhi.
Touman Chanyu pieced together the whole grassland, and the entire grassland was still under his control. There were only about 90,000 cavalry left that could be recruited for the battlefield, which was not much more than the two Yue clans in Henan. Therefore, he has not gone south to recover it. Henan's actions.
Until the Qin army came.
According to the information the Huns received before the Qin army blocked the river, the Qin army in the conquest of Henan had a total of 300,000 troops!
It was so large that every Huns who heard it would take a breath.
Especially the name of the Qin general who led the army made the Huns' eyes twitch.
"Zhao Tuo!"
Touman Chanyu gritted his teeth and often mentioned the name of Qin Jiang who had deceived him.
However, he was happy about Zhao Tuo leading his army to conquer Henan.
Well done!
The Qin army is the enemy of the Xiongnu!
The Yueshi are also enemies of the Xiongnu!
When two enemies fight, it's really dog-eat-dog.
Maybe in the end, both sides would suffer losses, and he could gain a fisherman's advantage and take advantage of the situation to lead his army southward and wipe out the Yueshi and Qin people together.
Therefore, Touman Shanyu paid great attention to the situation in Henan, and while watching the battle, he was ready to intervene at any time.
Unexpectedly, before the news of the fight between the Qin army and the Yueshi people came, a Qin army from the county blocked the river.
Henan is surrounded by large rivers, and the places that can cross the river are extremely limited. The Qin army blocked the Huns' news exchanges directly.
The Qin people's strong bows, powerful crossbows, strong armor and sharp swords are not something that the Huns can easily get through. Therefore, Touman Shanyu, who cannot get the specific battle situation, can only worry about it in Touman City all day long, and can only ask his men to send out scouts from time to time. , to see if he could be lucky enough to break through the Qin people's blockade and bring him some useful intelligence.
At this moment, facing the news from Zuo Gudu that there was nothing they could do to cross the river.
After Touman Chanyu cursed a few times, he felt bored and asked about the situation of King Zuo Guli again.
"Wuluxu has been getting close to General You recently and seems to be trying to win over him. Should we give him a warning?"
Hu Yanzi reported the latest status of King Wu Luxu of Zuoguli.
A cold light flashed in Touman Shanyu's eyes.
That guy is so evil.
But at this time, Touman Chanyu really didn't dare to attack King Zuogu Li.
His prestige was completely lost in two major defeats. The reason why the Huns were able to reunify at this moment was entirely because of the threat of foreign enemies, which prompted the tribes to temporarily put aside their internal fighting. It was not because those rebels truly believed in his Touman Chanyu.
If he kills King Zuogu Li at this time, the newly unified Xiongnu will probably fall apart and become difficult to gather.
After all, Touman Chanyu's own troops were seriously damaged and he could not suppress and annex the other tribes with all his strength.
"If I want to consolidate my position, I can only kill powerful prey to show the strength of the alpha wolf."
"I was defeated by the Qin people, and Henan was captured by the Yuezhi. If I can defeat either party, I can regain my authority and make them convinced of me."
Touman Chanyu whispered.
The reason why he paid attention to the war in Henan was because he wanted to fish in troubled waters and win a battle to consolidate his authority.
Only after winning the battle can he have a real say.
Even if he just defeated the partial troops of the Qin army, or plundered the tribes of Jiejie clan, he could avenge his humiliation and make the Xiongnu tribes submit to him again.
As time passed, Touman Shanyu was anxious because he could not get news from Henan.
The Qin army blockaded along the river actually moved.
According to the investigation of the Xiongnu scouts, the Qin army seemed to have received some urgent news. Except for a small number of people who were left to continue guarding the traffic arteries, the rest of the army broke out of camp and headed south in a hurry.
"The Qin people must have fought fiercely with the Yueshi. The Qin people need to mobilize this army to go south for support!"
"I knew that although the total number of Yuezhi people was not as large as that of the Qin army, the grassland was a place where cavalry galloped. Most of the Qin people's army were infantry. It was impossible for the Yuezhi cavalry to be on the grassland. opponent."
"Hahaha, here's your chance!"
Touman Shanyu thought about the fierce battle in Henan.
He looked at Hu Yanzi, who came to report the news, and said with a smile: "Do you still remember what the old King Yan said about the snipe and the clam fighting, and the fisherman benefiting from it?"
Hu Yanzi blinked and remembered the story Yan Wangxi once told, and replied: "It seems to be about a river mussel with its shell open and basking in the sun. A snipe bird saw it and stretched out its beak to peck the mussel's flesh. . The river clam quickly closed its shell and clamped the snipe's mouth tightly, and they refused to let go. Finally, a passing fisherman saw them and caught them both."
Touman Chanyu laughed loudly and said: "Yes, don't you think that the current Yuezhi is the river clam basking in the sun, and the Qin people are the stupid snipe birds whose beaks were caught by the clam?"
"And my great plow supporter Gutu Chanyu will be the last fisherman to gain!"
Touman Chanyu's eyes are bright and lively.
He seemed to see the scene where he wiped out the Qin army and the Yueshi in one fell swoop.
(End of chapter)
