A thousand-year-old family that began with the Battle of Makino

Chapter 149 The Xiongnu invaded the south, and there were many traitors
Han six years

October
The Xiongnu army, led by the Xiongnu Great Chan Yu Maodun himself, led 300,000 fine cavalry, crossed the gap in the Great Wall of Qin, went straight to Dai County, arrived at Pingyi, the capital of Dai Kingdom, and surrounded it heavily.

At the top of Pingyi City, Han Xin looked worriedly at the Huns army outside the city. The Huns soldiers were all riding horses and holding strings, holding iron straight knives and short iron swords. The horses were equipped with iron horse bits, which made the Huns, who were originally the strongest in horse control skills, even more handy. , as if driving his own arm.

In the Xiongnu army, only a middle-aged Xiongnu man was seen sitting on horseback, wearing a golden crown with an eagle on his head. Compared with other Huns, Modu was tall and tall, with a big and round head, a broad face, and high cheekbones. , broad nose, thick beard on the upper lip, and only a small bunch of whiskers under the chin, long earlobes with holes and one earring, thick eyebrows, almond-shaped eyes, and bright eyes.

He wears a calf-length loose robe with slits on both sides. There is a thick inner shirt. The outer robe is embroidered with the auspicious beasts of the grassland. He has a gold belt around his waist. There is a gold knife inlaid with gems hanging on the right side. The belt has two sides. The ends hang down in front, and the sleeves are tightened at the wrists because of the cold. A piece of precious and soft short fur was wrapped around his shoulders, swaying in the cold wind.

The legs are clamped on the horse's back, the shoes are made of leather, and the wide trousers are tied tightly at the ankles with a belt. The bow and quiver is tied to the left side of the horse and hangs in front of the left leg. The quiver is also tied to the belt and hung across the waist, with the arrow pointing to the right.

Mao Dun looked at the city and felt a little troubled. After all, fighting on the grassland, there were so many turtle shells. He said, "Is there any warrior who can capture this city for this Shanyu?"

Wanqi Commander Huyan Hualin patted his horse and stepped forward and said: "Da Shanyu, I, Huyan Hualin, request to fight, and I will definitely sacrifice Han Xin's head to the Great Chanyu!"

"Well, you are worthy of being a warrior of the Huns. I am waiting for your good news here!"

Soon, Huyan Hualin roared towards Pingyi with 10,000 Huns cavalry.

When he was about to reach the city, he ordered everyone to dismount, and with half of the people shooting arrows under the city for cover, he personally led half of the soldiers, holding small bucklers and improvised bamboo ladders, and rushed towards the head of Pingyi City.

Because it is located at the border, the city walls of Pingyi are earth walls, and their height is much lower than that of the big cities in the Central Plains.

But even so, the powerful bows and arrows of the Han army made the Xiongnu army pay a huge price for every step forward.

By the time they reached the city wall, the five thousand Huns had already lost several hundred people. Without any time to think, Huyan Hualin ordered the soldiers to put up ladders.

Because the Huns were not good at attacking the city, the bamboo ladders were often pushed down by the defending soldiers. The battle lasted for more than an hour, but the Huns still failed to attack the city wall. Instead, they suffered heavy losses in defense equipment.

Upon seeing this, Mao Dun ordered the siege troops to withdraw, "Woooooo!"

When Huyan Hualin heard the retreat horn, he quickly ordered to retreat. He originally thought that the losses would be more heavy during the retreat. Unexpectedly, the Han army did not take advantage of the Xiongnu army's retreat to fire their bows and arrows. Huyan Hualin breathed a sigh of relief.

After retreating to the formation, Huyan Hualin came to Maodun's horse, knelt down with both legs, grabbed the tunnel with his head and said: "Please forgive me, the Great Chanyu. Not only did I fail to capture the city, but I lost a lot of men."

Mao Dun said: "Commander Wanqi, please get up first. The crime of this war is not yours. We, the Huns, are eagles on the grassland. We are not good at attacking cities. If we fail, it doesn't matter. I just hope you don't get discouraged. You must be there next time." In front of the Han people, I show the spirit of a Hun man."

"Thank you, Danyu. I will definitely kill a few more Han people next time. Please rest assured, Shanyu."

Mao Dun nodded, motioned for him to retreat, and then said to his left and right: "This Han Xin is indeed a veteran general. If I hadn't heard that he was brave, I wouldn't have sent a large force to come, just like seizing the Hetao pasture land. Just send a warrior. What should we do now? Are we going to attack by force? The men of the grassland should not be lost in vain under the city wall. They should die on horseback and on the grass."

King Xian of Left and Right and King Guli of Left and Right didn't know how to answer. Mao Dun was right, the eagle on the grassland should die in the air, not on the ground.

Just when they were in a dilemma, the gate of Pingyi City opened, and a Han man came out and went straight to the Xiongnu army.

A Han man who had defected to the Huns stepped forward and shouted: "Stop, who are you? What do you want with my Huns army?"

The Han man was Han Xin's envoy, and he replied: "I am the envoy of King Dai, and I have been ordered to come to negotiate peace with the Xiongnu Great Chanyu!"

"Peace talks?" Mao Dun thought to himself, "Is there any plan? They say the Han people are cunning. Are they trying to trick me into withdrawing my army?"

Seeing that Mao Dun was hesitant, King Zuo Xian stepped forward and said, "Chanyu, let's meet them! Let's hear what they say first. If we don't meet, why don't the Han people think that I, the Huns, are afraid of them?"

Maodun asked people to come forward. As soon as the envoy came up, he saluted and said: "The envoy of the king has been ordered to go to the Xiongnu to request peace talks with the Xiongnu!"

Mao Dun sneered and said: "Peace talks? Why does this Chanyu want to negotiate with you? This Chanyu has 500,000 people who are in control. The small Pingyi will be captured sooner or later. Go back and tell Han Xin to ask him to wash it." Clean your neck and wait for me to chop it off! Get out of here! Do you want to stay here?"

Seeing that the Huns had drawn their swords, the envoy hurriedly knelt down and said, "Please spare my life, my king. My king has said that I am not asking you to retreat, but I am asking you to consider the losses carefully.

Our army occupies a favorable location. There are still 100,000 troops in the city, and most of the Chanyus are cavalry and are not good at attacking the city. Why waste the lives of the prairie men here? Why not each of us take a step back. You withdraw from Daijun, and we withdraw from Pingyi. Wouldn't everyone be happy if both sides left a buffer zone? "

Mao Dun said: "Since you have an army of 100,000, why don't you dare to go out of the city to fight with me, but you are still huddled in the city. It seems that you are afraid of us Huns! The beasts of the grassland will never give up their prey. An explanation. You go back and tell Han Xin that if we want to withdraw from Daijun, unless he surrenders and gives up Pingyi, I can make him King of Zuoguli."

The envoy returned to Pingyi and told Han Xin exactly what had happened. Han Xin sighed repeatedly and said: "The Huns did not accept the peace talks. There are only 30,000 people in the city now, and there is not enough food and grass. It turns out that King Bai is behind to support him." , Now we are alone and unable to support ourselves, what should we do?"

A counselor said to him: "The king does not need to worry. The Huns themselves know that they are not good at attacking the city. The king is only worried about losing more soldiers. It is better to send more envoys to the Huns to delay time and send fast horses to request reinforcements from the court."

Han Xin sighed: "That's all."

Mao Dun knew that he would lose many soldiers by attacking the city, and if he lost too much, his status would be affected when he returned to the grassland, so he decided to besiege Pingyi. Anyway, the Bai Kingdom was gone, and the reinforcements of King Dai were unknown. When the time came, he ordered the army to set up camp.

Soon, grassland domes were erected continuously around Pingyi. Mao Dun didn't know how to surround Pingyi, so he surrounded Pingyi, which put more pressure on Han Xin.

No one would be happy looking at the dark enemy camp outside the city every day.

In the following days, Han Xin would send envoys to seek peace with Maodun every day, but they did not come up with anything substantive. They just said that each side would take a step back and it would be good for everyone.

After a long time, Mao Dun became a little suspicious. Could it be that Han Xin was deliberately showing weakness? Is this a deceptive plan? So he ordered the sentry and cavalry to be increased by ten miles.

At this time, a Han general who surrendered to the Huns told Mao Dun about Xiang Yu's siege of Xingyang: In Nazhan, the Chu army's offensive was very urgent, and the Han army was out of food. Seeing that Xingyang was difficult to defend, the Han general Ji Xin pretended to be Liu Bang and opened fire. The east gate sped out.

Seeing this situation, Chu troops surrounded him one after another, trying to seize the great merit. The other gates were laxly guarded, and Liu Bang took the opportunity to slip away from the west gate. Seeing the cooked duck fly away, Xiang Yu was furious and immediately burned Ji Xin.

Later, Xiang Yu led his troops to capture Xingyang, cooked Zhou Ke, and killed Congong. Only the original Han King Xin surrendered and saved his life. Soon, he found another opportunity and secretly escaped back to Liu Bang.

I see! Mao Dun was secretly happy. This Han Dynasty general was just bluffing. He was exactly what the Han people said he was strong on the outside but hard on the inside! After that I stopped worrying.

December 18
The Han Emperor received the news that the Huns were besieging Pingyi, so he personally mobilized an army of 400,000 to send troops to rescue.

December 28

Just as the Han army reached Hedong, the Han Emperor received a secret report, which detailed the collusion between Han Xin and the Xiongnu messengers. The Han Emperor was confused and sent someone to question Han Xin.

Han Xin met the Han Emperor's envoy. The envoy asked him why he had close contact with the Xiongnu and what was dirty about it, and ordered him to tell him in detail.

Han Xin was greatly frightened. He had known Liu Bang for many years and knew that Liu Bang was a vengeful man. If he knew that he had hooked up with the Huns, he would never have a good life. Even if the Huns retreated this time, he would definitely deprive himself of the throne for this reason later. , just like King Yan and King Bai.

Without doing anything, Han Xin suddenly got angry and killed the Han envoy with one sword. He also ordered that none of the cavalry accompanying the envoy be spared, and had the Han envoy's head and the envoy's knot be sent to the Xiongnu camp. He handed it over to Mao Dun, expressing his willingness to lead troops to rebel, and using Pingyi as a gift of surrender, he joined forces with Mao Dun to attack Taiyuan.

When Mao Dun saw this, he couldn't believe it. The surrendered general next to him said: "I think this is credible. Han Xin killed the Han envoy, and the Han Emperor will definitely not let him go. This is a good time for us to set foot in the Central Plains!" "

Mao Dun no longer hesitated, accepted Han Xin's surrender, and named him King Zuogu Li, allowing him to take the first step, and then he would join forces to attack Taiyuan.

So Han Xin withdrew from Pingyi and gathered more than 100,000 people in his fiefdom, hoping to capture Jinyang, the prefecture of Taiyuan, before the Han Emperor's army arrived.

When Emperor Han heard about this, he was so angry that he greeted Han Xin's eight generations of ancestors one by one at the top of his lungs. Later, he personally led his troops to conquer the rebels.

Han Xin, who was attacking Jinyang, heard that the Han army had passed Fenshui, so he sent a force to Tongdan to stop the Han army, in order to buy time for Han Xin's army in Jinyang.

After the Han army crossed the Fen River, they first sent out troops in front of Tongtian to defeat Han Xin. Then the Han Emperor sent 30,000 light cavalry to hold off Han Xin's offensive in Jinyang. When the army arrived, they defeated the main force of Han Xin's army besieging the city head-on. , and killed his general Wang Xi. Seeing that the situation was not good, King Xin of Han fled back to the Huns like a lost dog.

His subordinates Manqiuchen, Wang Huang and others gathered the defeated troops along the way, but seeing that their coach Han Xin had fled, they appointed Zhao Li, a descendant of King Zhao who did not know where they came from, as king, intending to use this to achieve hegemony in troubled times. .

However, they also knew that they were weak and not strong enough to invade the Central Plains. Therefore, he first got in touch with the old leader Han Xin, and then formed an alliance with Maodun Shanyu, the backer behind the old leader, to jointly plan to attack the Han Dynasty.

After the Han Emperor's army defeated Han Xin's army, they stationed themselves in Jinyang, preparing to drive the Huns out of the Central Plains in one go. Knowing that the Huns mainly relied on cavalry, but that his own cavalry was small and there were few generals to command the cavalry, the Han Emperor mobilized 3,000 cavalry from the Bai family army to Bai Gong, led by Bai Wei, to assist in the battle.

(End of this chapter)