Yuzhou, Yingchuan County.
Outside Xuchang City, 70,000 to 80,000 Xiongnu troops crisscrossed the camps, controlling the main roads outside Xuchang City extremely tightly.
Since the last time someone broke out and escaped in the city, the Xiongnu Liang Wang Liu Jing, as the commander-in-chief, immediately ordered to tighten the vigilance.
He strictly ordered that no more Jin troops in the city could successfully break through the encirclement, otherwise the Hun soldiers on guard would be held accountable according to military law!
Not only that, after receiving reinforcements from Shi Hu and Wang Zhang, Liu Jing also ordered to step up the attack on the surrounding Wubao city.
More than ten strongholds in Wubao were forced to surrender, contributing a large amount of food, grass, baggage and population.
"When the city of Xuchang is broken, Gu must be bloodbathed for three days without sealing the sword!"
Liu Jing, King of the Liang Dynasty of the Huns, immediately mounted his army and looked at Xuchang City not far away and said bitterly.
The Huns forced the Jin people to surrender and attacked Xuchang City many times. Today was the fifth time, but they were repelled by the defenders again.
Thousands of crying and wailing Jin people fled back towards the city, and the Hun soldiers who were guarding the rear were unable to suppress them.
"Don't worry, Your Majesty. There are no reinforcements from outside and no food and grass inside. It won't take long for Xuchang City to be captured!"
Wang Zhang said with great confidence.
As the cities and towns outside Yingchuan were conquered and surrendered one by one, they had more manpower and material resources, and the siege of Xuchang became increasingly tight day by day.
In particular, the previously captured Jin troops who broke out of the encirclement revealed all the reality in the city.
Everyone already knows that the food and grass in Xuchang City is less than a month's supply.
"There are 60,000 to 70,000 people in Xuchang. Excluding the old and weak, there are also 30,000 to 40,000 young and strong men and women! Only these people will be left, and the rest will be killed to boost morale!"
Shi Hu said excitedly next to him.
Hearing what Shi Hu said, some Qiang and Hu handsome men also showed the same excited expressions.
This is the first time for these Qiang and Hus to enter the Central Plains to plunder. Although Liang Wang Liu Jing has been dissatisfied with the results of the past few months, the recent series of results have already made these poor and scared Qiang and Hus very satisfied.
The thought of conquering a big city like Xuchang, even if there was almost no food and grass in it, but the rest of the silk, money and women were enough to make the Qiang and Hu heroes become greedy.
"Haha, this is natural!"
Liang Wang Liu Jing smiled softly. In fact, he was very dissatisfied with the young and arrogant Shi Hu. This Shi Hu was strong and domineering. Relying on his strong military power, he gradually began to despise himself for his successive defeats.
He had always been thinking of finding an opportunity to embarrass Shi Hu so as to relieve his anger.
We must let these despicable Jiehu understand who is the master!
"After the city is broken, I will distribute all the resources fairly and reward according to merit. Everyone must work hard!" Liang Wang Liu Jing said loudly again to show the prestige of his coach.
Some of the surrounding generals agreed in unison.
At this time, all the Jin men who had retreated returned to the front of the formation.
Many people lost their weapons in the retreat and just stood there empty-handed.
Wang Zhang approached Liang Wang Liu Jing and said.
"Your Majesty, send them to attack again. My Jin prisoners guarding the city seem to still have a lot of strength!"
At this time, the war drums of the Jin army at the top of Xuchang City were ringing, and the sergeants were shouting, seemingly mocking the Huns.
Liang Wang Liu Jing nodded when he saw this.
He never thought about counting on these Jin men to attack Xuchang, just to consume the arrows and strength of the defenders.
However, Liang Wang Liu Jing did not immediately order the formation to be reorganized. Instead, he first gave instructions to the generals beside him.
"Go and arrest all the Jin people who have lost their weapons!"
"Behead in public display!"
The Hun general immediately took the order and left.
Soon, a group of Xiongnu sergeants rushed forward and escorted all the Jin Ding Zhuangs who had no weapons in their hands to the front of the battle.
Dozens of people were lined up in a row and knelt on the ground.
"The king has an order! Anyone who dares to destroy and abandon weapons will be killed without mercy!"
"Give you despicable Jin people another chance to make amends for your past mistakes!"
The Jin people, Ding Zhuang, who had already become numb, all stared blankly at these ferocious Hulu.
"Execution!"
The Xiongnu general waved his hand, dozens of long knives fell, and a puff of blood mist came out.
A moment later, these Jin men, who were like zombies, were once again urged by war drums and horns to rush towards Xuchang City carrying simple utensils.
It was another defeat without any suspense. After paying nearly a thousand casualties, these Jin Ding Zhuangs who had no fighting spirit were defeated again.
Liang Wang Liu Jing was not discouraged by this. Anyway, the people who died were all Jin people, so he didn't feel sorry for him at all.
Liu Jing looked up at the sun and found that it was still early. He wanted to take a short rest before forcing these Jin people to charge again.
Anyway, his own army is not very rich in food and grass. If more Jin people die, they can save some food.
By the time Xuchang is conquered, there will be enough young and strong prisoners to replenish.
Just when the Xiongnu Liang King Liu Jing was about to give another order, a group of Xiongnu Prospecting Horse Rangers ran over from behind.
These are the innermost feelings of Liang Wang Liu Jing, so naturally no one can stop them.
As soon as he saw Liang Wang Liu Jing, the leader of the horse detective immediately jumped off his horse and knelt down and said.
"Your Majesty, a cavalry group was discovered in the northeast and is heading towards Xuchang!"
Upon hearing this sentence, Liu Jing, Wang Zhang, Shi Hu and other Qiang and Hu generals were stunned.
Enemy reinforcements actually arrived.
"How many troops are there?" Liang Wang Liu Jing asked.
"At least three to five thousand, maybe more!" said the ranger leader.
"Bastard! How much is it!"
Upon hearing such an unreliable answer, Liang Wang Liu Jing immediately scolded him.
"Your Majesty, those bandit knights are also very powerful. The little people can't get forward. I don't know how many are behind. I only know that there are about three thousand in front." The leader of the knights said with a grimace.
At this time, Liu Jingcai, King of Liang of the Xiongnu, discovered that he had several minor injuries on his body. It was obvious that he had gone through a fight.
"What is the banner of the thief, and where has he arrived?" Wang Zhang asked immediately.
He already had a bad premonition. The reinforcements coming from the north were definitely not the Jin army, but Liu Yu's troops from the Han Dynasty in Qingzhou.
The number of cavalry under Liu Yu was not large, but they were all elite cavalry.
Although there are 60,000 to 70,000 Xiongnu troops gathered here, most of them are just lightly-armed and unarmored herders. The number of soldiers who can be called soldiers is less than 10,000 at most.
If we were to talk about elite soldiers similar to Qingzhou Jingqi, I'm afraid we wouldn't even be able to find three or four thousand of them.
"The thieves did not display a big banner, but they were all one man and two horses, and the rangers were all well-equipped with bows and horses. They should have arrived at the Dongying River Ferry by now!"
Upon hearing this answer, Wang Zhang and Shi Hu were both shocked.
These soldiers and horses must have hidden their flags to conceal their whereabouts and to launch a surprise attack.
Since there is a plan for this surprise attack, it must be based on combat power. Otherwise, how could a mere three to five thousand cavalry dare to challenge tens of thousands of people!
"Broken, this must be the Qingzhou bandit's cavalry!" Shi Hu's face turned pale.
In the past few years, almost all the defeats were caused by these Qingzhou soldiers and horses to Shi Hu. He had already been afraid from the bottom of his heart.
If he were asked to lead his troops to intersperse guerrillas, Shi Hu would still have some courage, but in the face of such a fierce frontal battle, Shi Hu could not muster the courage.
"Your Majesty, we can't capture Xuchang. Let's run away with our baggage!" Shi Hu said anxiously.
Seeing Shi Hu, who used to be arrogant and arrogant in the past, act like this out of fear, Liu Jing, the king of Liang of the Xiongnu, couldn't help but feel great contempt in his heart.
The despicable Jiehu is indeed useless. He just heard some rumors and was so frightened. It is really useless!
"The thieves are just thousands of soldiers and horses, there is nothing to be afraid of!"
Liu Jing scolded loudly.
"How can there be any reason to be afraid when we have an army of tens of thousands?"
Some Qiang and Hu generals immediately started to boo.
Wang Zhang had the same thoughts as Shi Hu, so he approached Liang Wang Liu Jing and said.
"Your Majesty, if these thieves are one person and two horses, they must have a lot of armor, and maybe they are elite soldiers wearing armor!"
"Elite soldiers in armor?" When Liang Wang Liu Jing heard this, he began to pay attention to it.
The elites of the Xiongnu and Han Dynasties were also elite soldiers equipped with men and horses, but the number was only a few thousand.
"Yes, the thieves have sufficient treasury, and they usually have men, horses and equipment. Our army is all light cavalry now, so I'm afraid we are no match for them!" Wang Zhang advised again.
In the Runan area, he finally gathered some refugees from his old tribe and regained some strength.
Wang Zhang did not want to waste these troops in vain.
"Then what do you mean?" Liang Wang Liu Jing asked.
"Your Majesty, it's best to be smart and not to attack by force." Wang Zhang said again.
"How to outwit him?" Liu Jing looked at Wang Zhang with a playful expression.
"Lead the army and retreat first. These thieves must not have brought much food and grass. There is no food and grass in Xuchang City. They will definitely retreat on their own in a few days." Wang Zhang said.
Unexpectedly, Liang Wang Liu Jing laughed loudly after hearing this.
"Hahaha, you two are really ridiculous!"
"To be so frightened by thousands of fake cavalry!"
"If I withdraw my troops, the rebels will definitely get the food and grass from the surrounding Wubao city. How can they be short of food?"
"At that point, there's still a bullshit outsmarting you!"
After hearing that his random cover-up was exposed, Wang Zhang also felt embarrassed.
All he wanted to do was to coax Liu Jing into withdrawing his troops. Afterwards, he would avoid fighting with the Han army.
Immediately, the surrounding Huns and Qiang Hu heroes also burst into laughter.
Everyone felt that Wang Zhang and Shi Hu were frightened by the Qingzhou thieves and were so incompetent.
Shi Hu and Wang Zhang didn't tell the difference, they just squinted their eyes and endured it bitterly.
After a while, after everyone had finished laughing, Liang Wang Liu Jing looked pitiful for them and said very proudly.
"The fake thieves are just a group of farmers who can ride horses. When it comes to riding and shooting, they are no match for our descendants of Maodun. You two, let's see how this king kills the enemy!"
Liang Wang Liu Jing immediately ordered the entire army to suspend the siege and let all ministries consolidate their defenses. Then he mobilized thousands of cavalry and headed northeast.
Wang Zhang and Shi Hu were also ordered to accompany them with an army of soldiers and horses, because Liang Wang Liu Jing planned to let them see with their own eyes the fighting power of the Xiongnu and Qianghu.
Under the leadership of Liang Wang Liu Jing, thousands of cavalry swept up the dust in the sky and headed northeast like a demonic wind.
Under the leadership of the Xiongnu cavalry, thousands of soldiers and horses led by Liang Wang Liu Jing galloped for dozens of miles and finally arrived at the Dongying River.
"My lord, look!"
A Hun general pointed his finger at the other side of the river and said loudly.
Liang Wang Liu Jing and others craned their necks to look, and saw that on the east bank of the Dongying River, thousands of people and horses were already camping not far from the bank.
Looking at the figures of those people and horses, everyone couldn't help but pay attention.
Because they have seen that although there are only a few thousand enemies on the other side, they are all elites. You can tell just from the majestic horses.
"He really looks like an elite soldier!" Liang Wang Liu Jing said, stroking his beard.
“However, to be a good soldier, it’s not just about having a good horse!”
At this time, it was already approaching evening, and there was no crossing bridge on the Dongying River, only a few shoals that could be waded through. ,
Therefore, Liu Jing was not worried about the enemy crossing the river at night to make a sneak attack.
In that case, the slippery river channel is enough for some unlucky people to be washed away with the river water.
"Somebody come!"
Liang Wang Liu Jing ordered to the general next to him.
"You two and your troops are here to monitor the enemy's movements. You must be on guard even at night!"
The two ministries immediately agreed.
Liang Wang Liu Jing then said to Wang Zhang, Shi Hu and others.
"Everyone, please follow me back. Early tomorrow morning, I will come with my army. If the thieves dare to attack, we will attack them halfway and wipe them out!"
All the generals made a grand promise. The several shoals on the Dongying River were necessary places to pass. Waiting to hold them early tomorrow morning would be enough to ensure the defeat of the rebel army on the other side.
Wang Zhang and Shi Hu looked at each other, both seeing the worry in each other's eyes.
The enemy army on the other side had already raised a flag at this time. It was the Han flag with a red bottom, and it was undoubtedly the Qingzhou Han army.
Moreover, the two of them could basically see that these cavalry were all armored cavalry, otherwise they would not all be the most majestic horses.
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If the enemy had to travel dozens of miles to take a detour, even if they had the effect of a surprise attack, they would definitely lose the power of the surprise attack.
