Huayin, on the banks of the Weishui River.
More than 10,000 Han soldiers have built camps along the river.
These camps guard the shoals along the Wei River.
This shoal is where the Han army landed.
"General, all the barbarians in Huayin are locked up. Do you want to attack the city?"
A Han cavalry general dismounted and reported to the commander-in-chief Wu Xin.
Wu Xin glanced at the boats on the Wei River, and then looked in the direction of Huayin City in the distance.
"Huayin City is too small to be of any use. Send some soldiers and horses to keep an eye on them. I will prevent them from even taking a step out of the city gate!"
"General, I obey!" The cavalry general immediately took the order and left.
At this time, Wu Xin's quartermaster came over again.
"General, the navy boats are about to leave. This is the only amount of food and grass we have, and each person only has three days' worth."
"Three days' worth? It should be enough." Wu Xin didn't care at all.
The quartermaster was shocked, "General, three days' worth of food and grass is not enough. We need at least one month's worth of food and grass. Otherwise, we will use up all our food when we reach Tongguan."
When Wu Xin heard this, he immediately laughed.
"Hahaha, I already have a countermeasure for this matter!"
When Wu Xin said this, he pointed to a pile of Xiongnu corpses in the distance and said to the quartermaster.
"There are many high-ranking families in Huayin. Their homes must have sufficient food and grass. You send someone to bring the heads of these Hulu to borrow food from their homes."
"Well, there's no need to borrow more. Let's borrow a month or two first. If it's more, it won't be very convenient to transport it with the army."
Before the Han army's surprise troops led by Wu Xin set off, only Wu Xin and other senior generals knew about the shortage of food and grass.
Liu Yu's countermeasure for them was to raise food and grass from the local noble families after landing on the Weishui River, because the Hulu in Chang'an and Tongguan would definitely not dare to attack the 20,000 Han troops before they gathered a large army.
In this way, Wu Xin and others would have enough time to raise food and grass.
This is indeed what happened. After Wu Xin and others led the Han army to land on the Weishui River, the Huns cavalry in Huayin City immediately discovered these Han troops coming upstream.
More than 2,000 Huns cavalry immediately attacked fiercely, trying to drive thousands of Han army vanguards into the river.
They never imagined that although the Han army was small in number, it had already been prepared.
After a battle, the Huns abandoned hundreds of corpses and fled.
The Han army that followed them pursued them all the way to Huayin City before they stopped and returned.
"General, is this possible?" The quartermaster was a little confused.
He knew the powerful families in the five states of Guandong very well. If the Han army came to borrow food, he would definitely not dare to shirk it.
However, it is uncertain whether the powerful family in Guanzhong will buy into the Han army.
Wu Xin's eyes widened and he said loudly and dissatisfied.
"Why not!"
"Give them the heads of these hundreds of Hulu as collateral. If anyone refuses to borrow food, cut off their heads and go to the next house to ask!"
Seeing Wu Xin's fierce look, the quartermaster already knew that this must be a countermeasure that His Majesty and the general had discussed long ago. This should be the situation that he saw in the military book: eating the enemy.
Wu Xin continued, "However, if you meet someone who is willing to welcome Master Wang, you have to be more polite!"
After Wu Xin finished speaking, he waved to the soldier next to him.
The soldier quickly took a heavy backpack from the horse.
"When you meet such a loyal and righteous family, tell them that I am General Anxi of the Han Dynasty, Marquis of Guangwu County, and Commander-in-Chief of Guanzhong, Wu Xin, a military commander. Here are letters of recommendation stamped with my seal. All loyal and righteous families will After Guanzhong is pacified, everyone can use these letters of recommendation to directly enter the emperor's court!"
After Wu Xin finished speaking, he handed the heavy backpack into the hands of the quartermaster.
The quartermaster took the backpack and felt a little more confident.
Anyway, he already understood what General Wu Xin meant. As long as he could raise military rations, he was ready, whether it was tough or gentle means.
Because the only Xiongnu troops inside and outside Huayin City had been defeated by the Han army, the Han army encountered almost no resistance in their efforts to raise military supplies.
Even after many local powerful families heard that the Han army had suddenly arrived from the water route, they asked their children to recommend themselves to join the army.
Faced with these young men from Guanzhong who took the initiative to join the army, Wu Xin naturally refused to accept them all.
After two days of intense negotiations, most of the powerful men in Huayin County contributed their "loyalty points" in accordance with Wu Xin's request.
Subsequently, Wu Xin led an army that had expanded to 30,000 people and approached Tongguan in the east.
When these 30,000 troops appeared behind Tongguan, the Xiongnu defenders at Tongguan were already heavily guarded.
Obviously, they had also learned about the appearance of a surprise force from the Han army.
In fact, when the Han army ships passed Tongguan, it was these Tongguan defenders who provided intelligence to the Huayin Xiongnu army, otherwise they would not have appeared so quickly.
More than 30,000 Han troops quickly set up camp in the wilderness west of Tongguan.
Various trenches and roadblocks were deployed on both sides.
"These thieves are really staying behind closed doors!"
Wu Xin looked at Tongguan not far away and couldn't help but feel a little disappointed.
For this kind of Guancheng, the attacking side needs to pay enough casualties before it can be conquered.
"If Thief Hu goes out to fight, then he is cheating." The deputy general Cao Yi next to him said.
As the general who had the most dealings with the Huns, Cao Yi was transferred from the rear to Wu Xin as his deputy by Liu Yu.
"This Tongguan guard general is Hu Yanyan, the Hulu chariot general. He is always cautious and ruthless. He will not go out of the city to fight unless he is completely sure."
"If Hu Yanyan really goes out of the city to fight, that means there is something wrong."
After hearing Cao Yi's explanation, Wu Xin also nodded.
"Let's just stay behind Tongguan, cut off his food routes, and cooperate with the army in front to attack the city."
Wu Xin then asked the soldiers next to him, "Has the news that the army is in place been sent out?"
"Don't worry, general. We have already sent out three waves. We guarantee they will arrive."
Wu Xin nodded with satisfaction, and then went to supervise the construction of the camp with Cao Yi and other generals.
There are only a few roads that must be passed behind Tongguan.
As long as Wu Xin's troops control these important roads carrying food and supplies, they can quickly starve out the defenders of Tongguan.
They were forced to stay there for a long time.
at the same time.
When Wu Xin and his troops began to build a camp behind Tongguan.
The 80,000-strong army led by the Xiongnu Emperor Liu Yao was about to arrive at Huayin.
A horseman galloped over and reached the horse of the Hun Emperor Liu Yao.
"Your Majesty, we have detected from the front that the puppet soldiers and horses have left Huayin City and are heading towards Tongguan!"
"Hmph, the thief's target is indeed Tongguan." Liu Yao couldn't help but frown.
"Let's go explore again and see if there are any robbers' boats on the Wei River!"
The Xiongnu Emperor Liu Yao already had fear in his heart about the Weishui River.
No one knows how many boats and ships the Han army has.
This time more than 10,000 Han troops were transported. He could not guarantee whether more troops would continue to be transported.
When he led his army to Huayin City, Liu Yao immediately became furious when faced with the Huns guard who came out of the city to greet him.
Because he already knew that the 20,000 Han troops had already plundered enough food and grass around Huayin.
"The rebel army has at least a month's worth of food and grass reserves. Hu Yanyan in Tongguan doesn't even have this amount of food and grass. Are you just hiding in Huayin City and watching from the sidelines!?"
Facing such incompetent subordinates, the Xiongnu Emperor Liu Yao showed no mercy at all.
In front of tens of thousands of Xiongnu soldiers, the Xiongnu Emperor Liu Yao ordered that Huayin's general be beheaded as a warning to the generals.
"There are only 20,000 thieves, and they are still under Tongguan City. They are already surrounded by our army from two sides. As long as you follow my military orders, you can definitely annihilate this lone bandit army!"
The Xiongnu Emperor Liu Yao ordered to his generals.
"Your Majesty, the bandit army not only plundered grain and grass in Huayin, but also recruited more than 10,000 men to join the army. Should we first suppress these powerful dock owners who provide men with men?"
"It just so happens that you can also collect food and fodder for our army?"
After years of war, all the cities in the Xiongnu and Han kingdoms barely had enough food for one season. They had to wait until this year's autumn harvest before sufficient food and grass would appear.
Therefore, the current problem of food and fodder for the 70,000 to 80,000 Huns army also needs to be collected on the spot.
However, the Xiongnu Emperor Liu Yao rejected this proposal.
"No, my top priority now is to annihilate this bandit army as soon as possible!"
"Now Qin Liang and Jin captives are still jumping off the beam, and Pingyang is in danger. Only this elite army in my hand can break this crisis."
"So, we must not engage in a war of attrition with these thieves!"
"I must destroy this bandit army within half a month!"
After hearing the plan of the Xiongnu Emperor Liu Yao, all the Xiongnu generals felt very nervous.
"Your Majesty, our soldiers have been fighting for several months, and now they have traveled a long way here. If we don't take a break and make some reserves, I'm afraid it will be difficult to use our full strength once we fight the enemy!"
The Hun general's words were immediately approved by most people.
Liu Yao's army first marched hurriedly across the river from Puban, and then moved all the way to Chang'an. It had just wiped out Jin Zhun, and now it hurriedly rushed to Huayin.
Although these Xiongnu soldiers did not experience too much fierce fighting, the march that covered almost half of Guanzhong still made these Xiongnu soldiers exhausted.
"Our army is tired, aren't the rebels just as tired?" the Xiongnu Emperor Liu Yao said loudly.
"At this time, we should take advantage of the bandit army's unstable foothold and directly attack them with all their strength to defeat them."
"Only in this way can it be considered the most energy-saving!"
"Otherwise, the stalemate will be wasted and will only be more beneficial to the bandit army!"
The words of the Xiongnu Emperor Liu Yao quickly determined the strategy of a quick battle to deal with these Han army's surprise troops as soon as possible.
Liu Yao was afraid of missing the military situation in front, so he divided the entire army into two armies, the front and rear armies, and the slower-moving rear army. He personally led the fast-moving front army towards Tongguan.
Not far from Huayin City, groups of Han cavalry came up from all directions.
For these Han cavalry who came to spy on the military situation, the Huns cavalry who had this numerical advantage naturally stepped forward and drove them away without politeness.
Several small-scale conflicts soon broke out between the two sides. Although both sides suffered casualties, the Han army's numerical disadvantage forced them to retreat.
"The bandits don't have many cavalry, they just rely on a few dilapidated wooden castles!"
The Xiongnu Emperor Liu Yao was overjoyed when he saw this.
After another period of advance, Liu Yao could already see the faint shadow of the Han army camp ahead.
"Haha, the bandit army not only doesn't have many cavalry, but there are also many defects in the construction of the camp!"
The Xiongnu Emperor Liu Yao, who personally went to investigate, found that the Han army's camp was not fully prepared due to haste.
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