The Emperor Shun Zhishi

Chapter 26 The Southern Barbarian Invasion
Half a year after Guirui opened the market, Emperor Yao really kept his promise and gave Dongyi half of Guirui's tax revenue for the six months.Dongyi was not rich in the first place, but getting this half of the tax revenue greatly improved Dongyi's financial income.From Emperor Yao's behavior, Gao Tao saw his sincerity, and really wanted to form an alliance with Dongyi.

Half a year after meeting with Guirui, Emperor Yao invited Gaotao to come to Guirui, and Gaotao readily agreed.On this day, Emperor Yao and the Queen came to Guirui again under the protection of Hou Yi's five hundred archers.Gaotao also brought Xiongtao to Guirui to participate in the alliance.

Shun, Houji, Qin Bukong, Cao Muzi, and 32 tribal leaders from Huaxia and Dongyi who came to Guirui to form an alliance held a major celebration to welcome the arrival of Emperor Yao and Gaotao.

At noon, on the observatory in the center of the Guirui market, the two chiefs high-fived their alliance in front of more than 30 tribal leaders from around Guirui and tens of thousands of people.After that, the two offered a sacrifice to heaven and earth, and ordered the historian to record the process of the alliance, so that future generations could remember the peace between Huaxia and Dongyi.Emperor Yao and Gao Tao jointly ordered the two sides to open the border and allow the people to exchange goods freely. In order to show their sincerity, the two sides agreed to withdraw the army three hundred miles behind the border.

After signing the covenant, Emperor Yao ordered Guirui to celebrate the three-day celebration. Emperor Yao and Gao Tao had fun with the people, and planted rice seedlings and weeded together on the bank of Guishui River, praying for a good harvest in the coming year.

After doing some ceremonial actions, Emperor Yao took Gao Tao's hand.

"In order to express my peace and sincerity to Dongyi, I hope to become relatives with Dongyi. I don't know what the leader wants?"

Hearing Emperor Yao's words, Gao Tao was in a state of panic, because he knew that Emperor Yao had two daughters, and he had three sons, all of whom were married. If Emperor Yao's daughter married his son as a concubine, it would be obvious is wrong.

Although Gao Tao was willing to marry Dongyi and Huaxia, he didn't know how to reply. Unexpectedly, Emperor Yao said:
"Chonghua comes from the Youyu family, and is from Dongyi. The widow's daughter, Ehuang, is not yet married. If my daughter marries Chonghua, it will be a marriage between Huaxia and Dongyi. We are a blood alliance, and no one can separate us. , I don’t know what the big leader wants?”

Gao Tao originally thought that Emperor Yao would marry his daughter to his son, because his three sons had already married, and when he was in trouble, he was overjoyed when he heard that he was going to marry Shun.As a native of Dongyi, if Shun marries with Huaxia, Dongyi and Huaxia will be indestructible, and Shun and Ehuang are both talented and beautiful, which is a good thing with the best of both worlds.Gao Tao not only agreed to the marriage, but even asked for the wedding to be held as soon as possible.

That evening, the empress found Ehuang and told her what Emperor Yao meant.Ehuang naturally liked Shun in her heart, and it was her wish to marry Shun. However, Ehuang knew that her younger sister also liked Shun. She loved her sister Nuying the most since she was a child, but her mother told her that she wanted to marry Shun. In fact, she was very happy, but she immediately refused, because she decided to fulfill her younger sister's marriage with Shun.

The empress also knew what Ehuang meant, and expressed her understanding of her feelings for her younger sister. She even felt that the eldest daughter's spirit of sacrifice was worthy of her admiration, but the empress still shook her head in dissatisfaction.

"Son, it's not a problem for you or your sister to marry Shun, but have you ever thought about it? If your sister is weak, I will be very worried if she marries Shun."

"It is precisely because my sister is weak that she should marry someone who loves him. This is my sister's blessing."

"But have you ever thought about it? What if your sister doesn't live long? This is a big blow to the Huaxia and Dongyi alliance. Maybe Sanmiao and Beidi people will take the opportunity to separate, saying that this is God's will. You Huaxia and Dongyi Can never be in-laws."

Hearing her mother's words, Ehuang couldn't help being surprised, even a little angry.

"After a long time, you treat our marriage as a transaction, don't you think about our happiness?"

"You are the daughters of Emperor Yao. Your marriage can only be a political marriage. It is good to find a good husband. If you can't find it, you have to admit it. Your father has made up his mind and can only let you marry To Shun, you have to agree no matter what.”

Although Ehuang also liked Shun, she was disappointed by what the queen said. She originally wanted to give Shun to her younger sister, but now the queen asked her to marry Shun for political reasons, which made her very disgusted. That night, She left Guirui City without saying a word, which was regarded as a resistance to this political marriage.

Emperor Yao was very angry when he learned that Ehuang had left, and quickly sent people to look for Ehuang, and at the same time sealed the news tightly so that Gao Tao could not know the news of Ehuang's departure, which would affect the alliance between Huaxia and Dongyi.

However, the news spread like wildfire.It turned out that Uncle Wu used witchcraft. He sent a three-legged crow to patrol the city of Guirui, and found out that Huaxia and Dongyi were going to marry and form an alliance. Now that the two clans have formed an alliance, if they marry again, they will become blood relatives , it is even more difficult to deal with.

Uncle Wu told the leader of Sanmiao, You Miao, the news heard by Sanzuwu. During the tribal meeting, Uncle Wu advocated sending troops immediately.But the Miao family was a little hesitant, because Uncle Wu's approach was to fight against Huaxia and Dongyi at the same time, not to mention that there was no chance of winning against one of the clans, let alone the alliance of the two clans.

Seeing that the tribal elders of Miao and Sanmiao were still afraid, Uncle Wu hurriedly analyzed the situation for them.

"My elders, Huaxia and Dongyi have now formed an alliance. If Ehuang and Shun marry again, the two races will form a blood alliance. Now, it is very difficult for us to deal with the Huayi alliance. It will be even more difficult. Once the Huayi form a blood alliance, we will have no chance of winning. Fortunately, I heard the news that Ehuang did not want to marry Shun and left, so that we can buy time and form a blood alliance before they form a blood alliance. beat them before."

The elders certainly felt that Uncle Wu's analysis was reasonable, but after all, it was the Huayi alliance that was going to be attacked, and with the strength of the three seedlings, they couldn't deal with one of them at present.

"It's not right," an elder of Sanmiao objected, shaking his head, "Sending troops now is like hitting a stone with a pebble."

The elder's words were representative to a certain extent, which caused the tribal meeting to form two factions, one faction advocated sending troops, and the other was against sending troops.

"I know that the Huayi alliance is very powerful now, but it is not invincible. First, the Huayi alliance has just been formed, and no de facto military alliance has been formed. At this time, the alliance is only political and has little military significance. Second, at this time Although it is risky to attack the Huayi Alliance, it is the best time. If you do not send troops now, it will be even more difficult to send troops after they form a blood alliance and achieve military unity. Thirdly, within the Huaxia tribe, it is not As a monolith, Huandou, Gonggong, and Gun are against the Huayi alliance. They have always wanted to annex Dongyi by force. If we use some means to provoke the relationship between Huayi, these three people can be of great help. Fourth, what we want to attack is Guirui. This is a new city, the people's hearts are not yet stable, and the city walls are not yet strong. For us, this city should be easy to break into. The momentum of the Yi alliance is very important, and the Huayi alliance is likely to collapse. I found out that Emperor Yao only sent [-] archers from Houyi to garrison Guirui, but Gao Tao did not send troops to garrison Guirui at all. We sneaked into Guirui If so, there will be a great chance of success, and even capture Emperor Yao and Gaotao alive. The unification of the world is at this moment, so don't hesitate to delay the opportunity!"

Finally, Uncle Wu persuaded the elders of the tribes and the Youmiao family with his eloquence. That night, Sanmiao sent [-] troops.

At this time, Guirui was immersed in the joy of the alliance between Hua and Barbarians. In the market of Guirui city, people danced and danced every day, and every house was decorated with lanterns and festoons to celebrate this great moment. No one noticed that the danger was quietly approaching. Guirui City.

That night, someone reported to Houyi that there was an unknown fire ten miles away from the city of Guirui.Hou Yi climbed up the tower to look into the distance, and saw a flame in the darkness quickly approaching Guirui.Hou Yi judged from his many years of fighting experience that the fire was so dazzling at night that there were at least 1 people.

Hou Yi didn't know whether the team was an enemy or a friend, so he quickly reported to Emperor Yao and Gao Tao. Both Emperor Yao and Gao Tao said that they had never sent anyone to march towards Guirui. After some speculation, they believed that this unknown team was the largest. Possibly three seedlings.Emperor Yao thought that Sanmiao was worried about the alliance between Huaxia and Dongyi, and came to attack Guirui in order to cut off the connection between Huaxia and Dongyi.

Hou Yi climbed up the tower again and found that the flames were less than five kilometers away from the east gate.Looking at the flames below the city, Hou Yi thought that his previous guess was a bit conservative, and the number of soldiers and horses mobilized by the Miao family was at least [-].

When he reported this data to Emperor Yao and Gao Tao, they couldn't help being shocked.Hastily called a meeting of important personnel of the Huayi Alliance, including Shun, Cao Muzi, Hou Ji, Qin Bukong, and Xiongtao.After some deliberation, Emperor Yao thought that the situation was very urgent, even very bad.Even though he had conquered for more than 40 years and won hundreds of battles, Emperor Yao felt that he had no confidence in letting Houyi's five hundred archers face off against fifty-three Miao soldiers.At this time, Huaxia's elite troops were all stationed in Yushan. Even if Feige passed the letter, it would take at least a month for Gun, Huandou, and Gonggong to gather troops to support Guirui.Therefore, the only way is to save yourself.

Just when everyone felt helpless, Gao Tao learned that Dongbushi had a [-] flood control army stationed on the bank of the Yellow River three hundred miles away from Guirui, and he immediately had an idea.

"I want to transfer the [-] water control troops to Guirui. Maybe they can fight against the [-] Miao army. If we hurry, we can reach Guirui in five days."

This was indeed good news, and everyone couldn't help being shocked, but Hou Ji still poured cold water on it.

"Even if the reinforcements arrive within five days, we have to rely on Houyi's five hundred archers to resist the fifty-three Miao army. I doubt it will be able to stop them for half a day."

Although Hou Ji poured cold water on it, what he said was very realistic, and no one could refute it.Just when everyone was at a loss, Little Xingxing had an idea, because as a modern person, Little Xingxing had read many ancient war histories. Much more flexible.

"Don't worry, everyone. Our city walls are ten meters high. As long as Sanmiao doesn't have trebuchets and hard bows, they can't carry out long-distance attacks." Little Xingxing stopped and looked at the surprised eyes of everyone, realizing that they didn't understand trebuchets and hard bows. What is a crossbow, he did not explain much. "So although the Sanmiao army is strong, we are protected by the moat and the city wall. As long as we don't take the initiative to attack, the Sanmiao will not be able to fight us. In this case, the most likely way for the Sanmiao is outside the city. Scolding, irritating us, let us take the initiative to go out of the city and fight them. If we don't go out of the city, they will take the method of fire attack, burn our city gate, and then rush into the city, so we just need to stop their fire attack, and then insist Long enough, without waiting for reinforcements, once they run out of food, they will naturally retreat."

Everyone felt that Shun was right, and decided to fight a protracted war with the Miao family, and elected Shun as the commander of this defensive battle.Little Xingxing proposed to mobilize the people in Guirui City to provide material assistance, asking the people to provide some combustibles, including oil, linen, and to produce more bows and arrows.

At the same time, Little Xingxing also asked Cao Muzi to send people to the Youxin tribe to gather some reinforcements to help defend the city.After everything was settled, Little Xingxing mobilized the people to donate five tons of oil and [-] bolts of linen. He ordered these people to cut [-] bolts of linen into pieces and wrap them on the arrows.Another hundred bolts of sackcloth were wrapped or spread over the walls and oiled.

Sure enough, the situation of the battle was exactly as predicted by Xiao Xingxing. The soldiers of the Sanmiao kept yelling and cursing outside the city, saying that the army of the Huayi Alliance was as cowardly as a mouse and did not dare to come out to fight. Going out of the city to fight to the death, it was Little Xingxing who stopped them.

Uncle Wu saw that it was useless to yell and curse, so he had to attack by force. However, there was no ladder, so they had to shoot arrows into the city.After two days of shooting like this, half of Miao's arrows shot out, but there was no effect. Instead, the Huayi Alliance had tens of thousands more arrows.Uncle Wu saw that a long-distance attack was useless, so he resorted to a fire attack.

Sure enough, this point had already been figured out by Little Xingxing, they set their car on fire and rushed towards the city gate, intending to burn it down.However, as soon as the car approached the moat, Xiao Xingxing ordered the archers to soak the sackcloth in oil, ignite it, and shoot at the besieging soldiers.After attacking like this for an afternoon, 1000 soldiers fought fire with fire, and shot and killed at least [-] soldiers in Sanmiao who were planning to set fire to the city gate.

Seeing that the fire attack failed, Uncle Wu ordered the Sanmiao soldiers to make ladders, climb up the city wall, and carry out a strong attack.Finally, the most tragic siege battle started at noon the next day.Nearly [-] Miao soldiers, carrying hundreds of ladders, attacked the east gate.Little Xing Xing ordered the defenders to withdraw from the city wall, which surprised both Emperor Yao and Gao Tao.If the soldiers guarding the city withdraw from the city wall, once the enemy climbs over the city wall, wouldn't the city fall?
Hou Yi didn't understand Shun's strategy and wanted to disobey Shun's orders. He went to Emperor Yao to report and demanded that Shun be relieved of command.Emperor Yao didn't quite know what kind of medicine was sold in Shun's gourd, but he had said before that Shun was to lead this defensive battle, and everyone in the Huayi Alliance had to follow Shun's command.Therefore, he did not support Houyi.At this time, everyone was puzzled by Shun's command, but Qin Bukong, Hou Ji, and Gao Tao all believed in Shun, thinking that Shun would definitely defeat the enemy.

Hou Yi had no choice but to carry out Shun's order and ordered five hundred archers to withdraw from the east wall and lie in ambush at the foot of the inner wall.

Without the resistance of the five hundred archers, the Sanmiao soldiers climbed up the city wall easily, and after a while, three thousand Sanmiao soldiers rushed up the city wall.Little Xingxing made a decisive decision and ordered the rockets to be shot at the linen on the city wall. Immediately, the city wall burst into flames, and fires ignited inside and outside the city wall.Those Miao soldiers who climbed up the wall of the east gate were all blocked by the fire and could not go up or down.Most were burned alive.Only then did everyone understand the effect of Little Xingxing soaking the sackcloth in oil and spreading it on the city wall.

Uncle Wu was shocked when he saw that the first wave of soldiers who attacked the city were trapped on the wall and burned to death, he immediately called for money to withdraw the troops.Subsequently, Uncle Wu organized three more attacks, all of which were repelled by Shun.The siege lasted for three days. Uncle Wu counted the number of troops and lost more than [-] soldiers. This was unprecedented since he led troops to fight.

Thinking of the battle with Shun in Longshan City a few years ago, Uncle Wu couldn't help feeling both shocked and angry.Originally, he wanted to rely on this sneak attack to avenge the hatred of the year, but he did not expect that the siege took only three days, and he actually lost [-] troops.Thinking of Shun's tenacity, Uncle Wu was a little afraid, and ordered the remaining three Miao soldiers to retreat to the bank of the Guishui, [-] miles away from the city of Guirui, and set up camp.

After repelling the attack of the Miao family for a while, Shun sent people to count the corpses on the city wall. There were 600 people in total, and most of them were charred.The Huayi Alliance lost less than 40 people.The casualty rate gap between the two sides was so large that everyone couldn't help admiring Shun's command ability.

In order to publicize the achievements of the battle and kill the enemy's prestige, Emperor Yao ordered to find some identifiable corpses with high military ranks from the burnt Sanmiao soldiers, tie them outside the city gate, and expose their corpses for three days. The enemy has been stunned.

Although he won the battle, seeing these corpses piled up on the city wall, Xiao Xingxing, as a modern person, felt very sad.After all, some of these dead people may be his ancestors, and as the soul of the descendant who entered Shun's body, he had no choice but to command the battle and unintentionally killed his ancestors.The more he thought about it, the more guilty he felt, and he hoped that this would be the last time he commanded a battle. If possible, he would rather make a difference in politics than in the military.

Emperor Yao's method of violent corpses really had a huge deterrent effect. When Uncle Wu saw hundreds of charred corpses of Sanmiao soldiers hanging on the wall of Guirui City, he couldn't help crying bitterly, blaming himself for his improper command. Huge loss.He ordered that the soldiers of Sanmiao repaired for three days, and within three days, they would not attack the city again.This is good news for the Huayi Alliance, because at this time, 180 reinforcements from the Xin family were mobilized to join the city defense team, and the 4 reinforcements who did not know the east had already marched [-] miles in a hurry. We are about to reach Guirui.After Little Xingxing heard the news, he planned to launch a general attack three days later to wipe out the remaining [-] people in Sanmiao.

(End of this chapter)