"Walk!"
Bai Yan turned around and spoke to the cavalry soldiers around him.
Hear the words.
The cavalry officers who had been guarding Bai Yan followed Bai Yan one after another, mounted their horses, and drove away towards the outside of the city.
On top of the city.
After all the cavalry officers in the city ran up to the tower, a dozen or so cavalry officers blocked the city ladder with huge logs or some wooden cabinets moved from people's homes, and sprinkled them with water, leaving only one. Small opening.
In the city road behind these cavalry soldiers, bundles of arrows, horse ropes, and many wooden barrels filled with water have already been placed.
The famous cavalry soldiers were holding crossbows, one after another, running in the city road.
Seeing that the general had led other cavalry officers and left on horseback outside the city, all the cavalry officers did not panic. Instead, they followed the order and squatted side by side in the city road. The whole process was orderly and without any trouble.
Also squatting under the corner, in addition to the cavalry officer who had just arrived, there were hundreds of Qin officials holding bows and crossbows squatting in the corner.
A few days ago, only the common people and other officials evacuated Gaonu, while all the Qin officials in the city stayed.
At this moment, compared to the famous cavalry officers, these Qin officials were not so calm. Not to mention those Qin officials who had never been on the battlefield and had just been transferred to Gao Nu, even some elderly Qin officials had their palms full of sweat.
After all, that was an army of 150,000 Huns!
And now Gao Nu only has this army of 12,300 cavalry!
Even though this cavalry army is the elite of Qin State, Bai's cavalry.
But with such a disparity in strength, all the Qin officials had no chance of winning. If they had not seen the unhurried appearance of these cavalry soldiers and their instinct for survival, they would have fled long ago.
At the city gate.
A cavalry officer in disguise dragged the prepared carriage outside the city.
"Remember later, when the Huns come, run up to the tower immediately."
The young cavalry general Jiang Shang said to the Qin official at the door.
"promise!"
"promise!!"
Under the city gate, eight Qin officials holding long swords nodded quickly when they heard Jiang Shang's words, and then looked nervously towards the north, towards the exit of the mountain range.
the other side.
At the entrance to the mountain range closest to the outside of Gaonu City.
Bai Yan was wearing Qin armor and carrying a Qin sword, riding a war horse all the way towards the entrance of the mountain range.
Behind Bai Yan, a famous iron cavalry soldier followed closely.
After a group of people rode horses into the entrance of the mountains, they were in a huge canyon between the mountains on both sides.
At a glance, they are all densely packed with cavalry soldiers. All the cavalry soldiers are riding horses, holding long swords and crossbows, and black flags with the word Qin are spread all over the army.
"General!"
"General!!"
In front of the army, the cavalry generals who had been waiting here saw Bai Yan arriving and quickly rode forward.
"How are you preparing?"
Bai Yan reined in his horse, looked at the endless cavalry army in the valley in front of him, and asked softly.
"Everything is ready!"
A cavalry general said.
Bai Yan nodded, then rode a horse to the cows one after another, making sure that the tail of each cow was tied with water cloth.
"Go and tell the soldiers again that after the soldiers from the city tower retreat, use the trumpet as an order. No one is allowed to be greedy for merit and love for war!"
Bai Yan worriedly said to the many cavalry generals again.
Just by burning Gaonu City, it is impossible to directly burn all the 150,000 Xiongnu and Yuezhi troops to death with a single fire. It is expected that it can burn 30,000 to 50,000 Xiongnu, which is already good.
The rest of the Huns realized that no matter whether it was to attack the city or not, they would definitely need to divide their forces.
The numerical advantage of the Xiongnu army was lost in an instant.
"promise!"
"promise!!"
A famous cavalry general bowed his hands to Bai Yan and accepted the order, then rode towards the army behind him.
After a while.
Gurgling.
Along with the sound of several horse hooves coming from outside the valley, Chai then led his followers to the capital valley.
"General, we are ready! Five hundred carriages have already set off from the other way to the Huns' territory."
Chai came to Bai Yan, raised his hands and said.
Looking at Bai Yan, Chai was filled with emotions. If General Bai Yu were here and knew all of Bai Yan's plans, he would probably be frightened.
After the people evacuated, Bai Yan ordered the preparation of 500 carriages. Each carriage was loaded with empty wooden boxes and earthen sandbags. When the Huns went south, they were sent to the Huns' territory through another road.
At that time, the Xiongnu wanted to make it clear to Yuezhi, but with empty boxes and sacks of soil, no one would believe it, let alone Yuezhi.
Not only that.
There were still 500 cavalrymen in Yanmao and Qin soldiers at Yunshan Pass and Qianshan Pass. Under Bai Yan's order, they did not return to Gaonu.
"good!"
Bai Yan nodded and looked at the northern sky. The Yuezhi and Xiongnu tribes had never been of the same mind. Just like the previous Central Plains countries, attacking the heart was the priority!
He didn't know how Bai Qi would prepare his troops in the face of the current situation if he were still alive, but after returning to Gaonu from Yuzhong, in just a few days, he had used all the means at his disposal. come out.
"General! The Huns army is coming!"
At this time, Ye, who had been following Bai Yan, suddenly saw a soldier lifting a branch on the stone halfway up the mountain.
This was the signal for the arrival of the Huns.
Gaonu City, under the North City Gate.
"If we don't leave, the Sheriff asked us to come back. How can Bai Yan still disobey the Sheriff's order?"
"That's right, why are we allowed to leave? Why are we closing the city? Let us in quickly. Even if the Huns come, we will have a place to hide!"
"Let us see the city guard Bai Yan! Could it be that Bai Yan, a city guard, dares to disobey the order of the county guard?"
At this moment, hundreds of people gathered in front of the city gate, clamoring to enter the city.
If you are more careful, you can find that among these people, the clothes of those who shout the loudest are better than those of some common people.
"General, what should I do?"
A Qin official looked at the people in front of him who were constantly clamoring to enter the city, with a troubled expression on his face.
Especially in the hands of these common people, there are indeed orders from the county governor.
Jiang Shang frowned slightly, looking at these people, and then looked at the carriages.
Although the people in the carriage did not come out to cause trouble, the reason why these people came back was inseparable from the people sitting in the carriage.
"madness!"
Jiang Shang whispered softly at the corner of his mouth.
Looking at the people in the carriage and the angry people in front of him, Jiang Shang, who was wearing Qin armor, had ridicule in his eyes.
At this moment, Jiang Shangzai felt worthless for the general.
The general had risked his life before, ignoring the county guard, Xianyang's blame, and even the risk of being condemned. He tried his best to protect Shangjun and let these people leave, but these people never knew how to be grateful.
The people of the world do not understand the general, but Jiang Shang is not surprised.
But these people who received the general's favor in turn yelled at the general and told him to come out.
"General, you are not here now!"
Jiang Shang said, and then slowly raised his hand to let all the soldiers in disguise enter the city.
"Walk!"
"Walk!!"
When the soldiers in disguise saw Jiang Shang's actions, they looked at each other and hurriedly ran towards the city.
Just when the people wanted to follow.
Clang~!
Jiang Shang suddenly pulled out the Qin sword from his waist.
Along with him, there was a Qin soldier guarding the city gate holding a ChangGe, and almost instantly pointed the ChangGe at anyone who rushed into the city.
"Anyone who dares to take another step forward will be killed!"
Jiang Shang looked at these people with cold eyes.
As a cavalry general, Jiang Shang fought his way from the blood sea of corpses step by step, and now has numerous scars on his body.
"you!!!"
The leading men who originally wanted to rush in felt their legs become weak when they saw Jiang Shang's gaze.
Only then did they remember that this cavalry general had definitely killed many people.
"Let Bai Yan come out!"
"Yes, let Bai Yan come out quickly!!"
"Bai Yan, how dare you disobey the governor's order!"
People, both men and women, were all standing in front of the city gate at this moment. They did not dare to rush into the city, so they could only shout angrily.
Behind these people, dozens of carriages were distributed among the crowd.
The people in the carriage were both men and women, old and young, but without exception, when they heard the sound outside the carriage, they couldn't help but raise the corners of their mouths and wait quietly.
However, the next moment, the people sitting in the carriage seemed to hear some noise and frowned slightly.
It's not just them.
Outside the carriage, there were people one after another. At this moment, many people also heard the faint roar, looked at each other, and looked around.
Jiang Shang, who also heard the noise, put away his Qin sword at this moment, turned around and walked towards the city.
"Walk!"
Jiang Shang said.
A famous Qin official nearby who was holding a long sword heard the order and hurriedly followed him towards the city.
See this.
Outside the city gate, one by one the people looked at this scene with confusion and confusion.
But no one dared to be the first to enter rashly.
As the sound got louder and louder, after a while, many people could vaguely hear what it was.
"Horse hooves?"
"I heard it too. If it's the sound of horse hooves, why is it so loud?"
"No, it's in the north, the sound is coming from the north!!"
The people looked around, bustling, and as the sound gradually became clearer, everyone looked to the north.
Even the people who had been sitting quietly in the carriage opened their curtains and looked towards the north.
After a while.
In the eyes of all people.
Under the towering mountains stretching to the north, in a gorge leading to the north, suddenly densely packed Huns poured out of the gorge. Their numbers were so large that they instantly formed a sea of people.
"Hong~Hongnu."
Every citizen opened his eyes with fear, his face turned pale, and his whole body was trembling. More and more people were retreating.
Some timid young men and women, or some old people who had experienced the Huns' plunder, all had weak legs and feet and sat on the ground.
"Run!!"
"The Huns are coming! Run!"
As they regained consciousness, the people who had just shouted to see Bai Yan all ran towards the city desperately.
When the merchants and nobles on the carriage saw the Huns army in the north, which was like a sea of people, their faces turned pale with fright. After jumping off the carriage, they crowded towards the city gate desperately.
(End of chapter)
