Qiang Qin

Updated: 2011-01-23

The leaders of all the tribes just heard that Maodun had moved and wanted to give up attacking the cloud city, and when they were happy, they suddenly heard someone put forward a different opinion. There was hostility in his eyes.Bai Ban, however, seemed to have never seen them before, and continued, "Shan Yu, if we had left with a large army when those Qin people first entered the city, maybe we wouldn't have any embarrassment, but even if we want to leave now, then The Qin people in the city will not let us leave here so easily."

Mao Dun is not a person who doesn't know how to fight at all, otherwise the grassland would not let him control it. After thinking about it carefully, he can't help agreeing with Bai Ban's opinion.Although it seems that the Huns are attacking the city now, and the Qin people are only passively defending the city, in fact, the Qin people are also capable of fighting, as evidenced by the surprise attack that day.Of course, if the war really started outside the city, the Qin people would still not be the opponents of the Huns, but if the Huns wanted to retreat and retreated, the gap between the two armies would naturally be shortened. It may be defeated by the [-] to [-] Qin troops in the city.Thinking of this, Mao Dun showed hesitation on his face, but because of the face of other leaders, he couldn't say it outright.

Seeing Mao Dun's appearance, the leaders knew what was going on in his mind, and hurriedly said, "Shan Yu, even if you don't want to give up this city, I'm afraid you won't be able to take down this city in the clouds. And the rest of us There is not enough food for three days, and the warriors themselves will make a fuss and go elsewhere, for the sake of our warriors, please think of a way.”

Mao Dun felt the crisis when he heard that the food supply was already so tight. He looked at Bai Ban, waiting for him to give himself a solution.However, Bai Ban has been thinking about how to enter the city these days, or how to fight with the Qin army who came to help, but he never considered food at all. Now that he suddenly knows this, he is also shocked , there is no solution at all for a while.Seeing that Bai Ban was also stupefied there with his mouth gaping, Mo Dun knew that the only way to go was to give up the road in the cloud. Even though he was unwilling, the situation was always stronger than others, so in the end he still agreed to the leader's return. Early the next morning, the troops retreated one after another, and took them to attack nearby cities to obtain the necessary food and grass.

Bai Ban felt depressed, thinking that his plans and plans failed because of the lack of food and grass, and he was full of resentment, but he had no choice but to walk around the camp alone to relieve the depression in his heart.Unconsciously, he walked to Ji Du's tent. Ji Du did not participate in the siege plan these days because he was ill.

Although it has already entered spring in terms of season, the weather in the north is still cold, but because of Ji Du's increasing age and the poor accommodation conditions here, the wind and cold entered his body.The Xiongnu didn't have any doctors at this time, so his illness could only be dragged on like this, and Ji Du's health got worse after such a come and go, and he couldn't get down until now.

The only person Bai Ban can communicate with here at this time is Ji Du, and he is also the only one who knows his own thoughts, so Bai Ban consciously walked to Ji Du's tent.Now that he was here, Bai Ban simply walked in, firstly to visit Ji Du, to see if he was getting better, and secondly, to confide in his troubles.

Ji Du was lying on the couch half asleep and half awake at this time, when he heard someone coming in, he hurriedly opened his eyes, only to see Bai Ban with a sad face.Although Ji Du was unable to participate in the military because of his illness, he still knew about it, so he asked: "Is General Bai still worried about the long-term failure of the city in the cloud? In fact, you don't have to. That day Didn't you and I already think that it would be good if the cloud can be taken down? If it can't be taken down, we can wait here for the reinforcements from the Qin people to arrive, and then start a war between the two armies? So now the general should think about what to do It will be a battle with the reinforcements of the Qin people."

Bai Ban gave a wry smile: "I'm afraid that the plan between you and me will not come true. Shan Yu has already ordered to evacuate this place with a large army tomorrow morning, and find another city to attack. The Qin people's reinforcements are probably already on their way here. By the time they arrive, we will already be elsewhere." He sighed helplessly.

"How do you say that?" Ji Du was full of puzzlement, looked at Bai Ban and asked.

"Because our army has insufficient food and grass, all the leaders have asked Shan Yu to withdraw the army. Shan Yu had no choice but to agree." Bai Ban explained the ins and outs of the matter in detail, and some people could listen to themselves Said that he felt a lot more comfortable in his heart.

After listening to his words carefully, Ji Du said with disdain: "I'm afraid that apart from this reason, these big men are still worried that their own clan's troops will be damaged too much and they will be more dependent on Shan Yu in the future, so they took the opportunity to retreat. Right now. Now it seems that the only way to keep the army here is to convince Shanyu first.”

Bai Ban hurriedly asked: "Do you have a way to persuade Shan Yu to let him agree to stay here?"

After thinking for a while, Ji Du said: "Let me give it a try. For the sake of our common enemy, I will try to persuade Shan Yu to agree to keep the troops here." He slowly got up When he got off the ground, shift Bai hurriedly helped him up, and then put on his coat again.With Bai Ban's support, Ji Du finally got out of the tent and went to Maodun's big tent.

Seeing that Ji Du came to see him suddenly sick, Mao Dun was stunned for a while, but then he thought of his reason for coming, and while letting him sit down, he said: "Mr. Ji came to see me in a sick body because he knew we were going to retire Right. But those leaders are right, there is not enough food now, we have to give up the city and loot some food first, and then think of a way."

Ji Du sat down with difficulty, and then asked: "Have you ever thought about the other intentions of those leaders who are so eager to persuade you to withdraw?" I guessed that they wanted to preserve their own strength and said it out, and then said: "I think that's why they are so eager to propose a withdrawal. In fact, Shan Yu's men and horses suffered the most casualties in the attack on Yunzhong this time. Leaving, not only Shanyu's face will be bright, I am afraid that the situation on the grassland will also have some subtle changes, isn't Shanyu afraid of things like Dadu's happening again?"

After what he said, Mao Dun also thought about it clearly. It is true that he had made harsh words to take this city before, but now he wants to retreat. I am afraid that his prestige will be greatly reduced in the eyes of the Huns , and the Xiongnu is a nation that worships strength, and maybe someone will take the opportunity to rise up against them at that time.Thinking about it this way, he felt that those leaders had this kind of intention, and there was a murderous look in their eyes unconsciously.It took a while for Mao Dun to return to normal, and asked Ji Du: "Then what should I do according to your opinion? The food in the army is indeed not enough now, even if I refuse to retreat, when the time comes those leaders They will also incite their people to make trouble because of insufficient food."

Ji Du had already thought of an idea on the way here, now seeing Modu's expression and hearing Modu's questioning, he knew that he had been gradually convinced by himself, so he said without hesitation: "I have a plan to kill two birds with one stone. As long as Shanyu is willing to accept it, not only can he continue to attack Yunzhongcheng here, but the leaders of the various tribes will not have any opinions. At the same time, more importantly, some people who may threaten Shanyu's status can also be sent People are weakened."

Mao paused, and immediately asked urgently: "What is the plan, tell me quickly."

When Ji Du walked out of Maodun's camp, his face was full of a smile that he had everything under control. After his offer this time, the plan he and Bai Ban had made would not be affected by that random one. Branches are interrupted.Seeing his smile, Baiban's uneasy heart also calmed down, and he greeted him with a smile.

In the evening, the leaders were once again called to his tent by Modu. When they heard that he had changed his mind and did not want to retreat, all the leaders asked him the reason in disbelief and asked him to come up with a solution. There is a solution to the shortage of food and grass.Mao Dun said indifferently: "As Bai Ban said, we will lose too much if we retreat at this time, so it is better to continue to surround the city outside the cloud. I think the life of the Qin people in the city will only be worse than ours. As for the issue of food and grass..." He glanced at all the leaders present at this point, and finally stopped his eyes on Gu Ke, the leader of the Diela who was most active in advocating the withdrawal of the army: "It's up to you, Gu Ke Take the warriors of the Diela tribe to Jiuyuan not far to the west to find a way. You have nearly [-] warriors in the Diela tribe, and the defenders in Jiuyuan are no more than [-]. You can definitely attack it. Looting food to support our people here."

"I..." Gu Ke was momentarily speechless.Since Dadu was destroyed and Maodun became the co-owner of the grassland, he was forced by the situation to follow Maodun wholeheartedly, but this defeat in Yunzhong made him a little ready to move. He thought that after returning to the grassland this time, maybe he would be You can take the opportunity to get up, but it is obvious that he has seen through his intentions by making such an arrangement now. If he takes it off now, he is afraid that Mao Dun will take his own life immediately. In desperation, he can only say: "I folded Labu will definitely capture Najiuyuan and bring enough food for our warriors."

The other leaders also vaguely sensed the struggle, and saw that Maodun had made such a move. In order to prevent themselves from becoming Guke's second, they could only claim to be right.

This little turmoil was resolved because of Ji Du's strategy. When the sun rose the next day, Gu Ke took all the cavalry of his Diela department to attack Jiuyuan westward.