Soldiers come to the world

The smoke from the beacon towers in Gaonu County shot straight into the sky. From the beacon towers at the northernmost Great Wall to the beacon towers at Zhongnan Mountain, more than [-] beacon towers were lit.

Gaonu County, also known as Yan'an County in later generations, is located on a high ground with the district water in the north. The city is tall, wide and very strong. In particular, a horse-faced wall is built every fifty steps, which makes Gaonu County more conducive to defense.

At this time, five thousand defensive soldiers were nervously preparing for the final battle. They used wooden boards to transport huge ashlar stones and piled them up layer by layer to seal the only inner door of the north city gate. The kerosene was stored in the stone room on the city wall, and the arrows were piled up like a mountain.

The trebuchets densely covered the top of the city began to creak and check. The power of this medium-sized trebuchet is not huge. It can only throw a [-]-jin boulder to a distance of [-] steps, but it is very suitable for the defense of Gaonu County. First of all, there are very few operators, and only ten people can control a trebuchet with a winch. A total of [-] such trebuchets are installed in the entire city, and [-] are deployed in each of the four directions.

In addition, [-] smaller trebuchets were deployed on the defense line on the south bank. Their range is only [-] paces, and they can just be thrown into the water in the area, which is very threatening to the barbarians crossing the river.

District water was the first defensive barrier of the Han army. The Han army deployed 1000 people on the south bank of the district water and built a small defensive castle. They used powerful rhubarb crossbows as defensive weapons, which could shoot giant arrows up to five feet long. 150 paces away, although the newly invented bee crossbow is also powerful, but when used for defense along the river, the penetrating power of the rhubarb crossbow is stronger.

Standing on the high wall, Zhang Ren, the governor of Gaonu, stared at the beacon fire in the distance. He had an indescribable expectation in his heart. In a battle with the Huns, even though he died without regret.

'Woo——' The sentinel on the beacon at the top of the city blew a low horn, which was a signal to discover the enemy's situation. Thousands of Han troops on the top of the city became nervous and stood on the battlements to look north.

Zhang Ren also saw it. He saw a black line appearing in the north, about ten miles long, and it was slowly advancing towards the south. The roar of the sky was like a low and muffled thunder, and the boundless Hun cavalry finally appeared on the grassland.

With the sound of horns, the neighing of war horses, and more than [-] Xiongnu cavalry, the momentum was enormous and murderous, and they rushed straight into the sky. Zhang Ren stared for a moment and shouted: "The water defense line in the transmission area is ready to fight!"

When Zhang Ren saw the golden wolf-headed banner, he couldn't help but secretly startled. This is the legendary banner of the King of the Huns. Its appearance indicated that the Xiongnu Chanyu had come in person. This information was very important, and he had to report it to His Highness the King of Han immediately.

"Look, general, the sheepskin raft!" A soldier pointed to the north bank of the district water and shouted.

Zhang Ren also saw that the Xiongnu army had already prepared a sheepskin raft on the north bank of the district water. Zhang Ren immediately realized that the Huns were going to cross the river to attack, but this made Zhang Ren feel at ease. Sufficient preparation means that they are not determined to capture Gaonu County.

'Perhaps they want to put pressure on and besiege the city to fight for aid! Zhang Ren thought secretly.

Zhang Ren's guess is not wrong. The purpose of the Xiongnu army is to besiege the city and fight for aid, to force the main force of the Han army out of the pass, and to fight them on the vast grassland in the pass. The reason why they chose Gaonu County was because Liu Qubei got the news. The chief general of Gaonu County is Zhang Ren, one of the core generals of the Han army. This shows that Gaonu County is extremely important to Liu Jing. Once Gaonu County is in danger, the Han army is very likely to come to help.

Nomads have always cared about efficiency in combat. After deciding on something, they will devote themselves to it in a hurry. The army's first line of defense put pressure on the Han army.

Hu Chuquan stared at the tall and solid city wall from a distance. He knew that even if he captured the county, his army would suffer heavy losses. outpost city.

However, it is not difficult to capture the defensive castle on the south bank of the district water. They have enough troops and rafts to cross the river, and they can completely capture the south bank and break through the first defense of the Han army. According to the combat practice of the Huns, the first battle is attacked by the Jie people. .

The Jie people's army consisted of [-] elite soldiers, and the leader of the army was still Shi Tan, who was defeated by the Han army last time, but this time, Shi Le, the chief of the Jie people, also followed in the battle.

After the defeat of the Jie people last time, Shi Tan led his army back to the headquarters of the Jie people without authorization, which caused serious dissatisfaction among the Huns. Shi Le, the great chief of the Jie people, was forced to plead guilty to Huchuquan, promising that the Jie people would go all out this time.

At this time, Hu Chuquan turned his head and glanced coldly at Shi Le, the chief of the Jie people, and said, "I hope that this time, the Jie people will not let me down again."

Shi Le was sweating coldly from Hu Chuquan's cold gaze, he quickly bowed and said: "I will personally supervise the battle, and the last incident will never happen again!"

Shi Le also had no choice. His tribe originally lived in the west of Jinshan and was a tribe under the Guishuang Empire, but the great war between the Huns and the Yuezhi affected them. They became the prisoners of the Huns, and the whole tribe was taken to the East together. , became a vassal of the Huns.

It can be said that they are the slaves of the Huns, and they are treated differently by the Huns because of their bravery in combat. Once they lose their combat advantage, they will be abandoned by the Huns without hesitation, and even die. Even if there are thousands of hatreds, I dare not offend him in the slightest.

Hu Chuquan nodded, "Since you want to personally supervise the battle, why don't you go?"

Hu Chuquan was really worried about Shi Tan. This man was Shi Le's son. Although he was young, he was shrewd and cunning. He would do everything possible to preserve his strength, so he refused to attack with all his strength. He had to let Shi Le supervise the battle.

Even so, Hu Chuquan was still worried, and said to Hou Meili, the capital of the right bone, "You also supervise the battle, if the Jie people refuse to attack with all their strength, you can report it to me!"

"Follow the order!" Mei Li led hundreds of cavalry and galloped away.

Watching Shi Le was even more terrified, he didn't expect that Hu Chuquan would send someone to supervise him in front of him, this was actually a warning, he didn't dare to hesitate any longer, and urged his horse to run towards the north bank of Qushui.

On the north bank of the district water, eight thousand Jie soldiers are still actively preparing. They brought a large number of sheepskin rafts. Before crossing the river, these sheepskin rafts need to be fully inflated. Shi Tan is very complicated. The last time he was in Gaonu County Guyuan County suffered heavy losses and lost [-] children. This was a heavy blow to the small number of Jie people. This time the Huns forced them to be pioneers and attacked the city again. How many people are left with eight thousand children?

Shi Tan couldn't help but sighed lowly. At this time, his father Shi Le slowly urged his horse forward, glanced at his son and said, "You don't have to sigh, if we win this expedition, we Jie people will get a rich reward, which is enough to compensate for the battle." loss."

"But what if the Southern Expedition fails?" Shi Tan asked his father in a low voice.

'fail? Shi Le didn't think about this question, he pondered for a while and asked, "Do you think this Southern Expedition will fail?"

"Arrogant soldiers are bound to be defeated. Huchuquan is too proud this time. He even led an army of [-] to march south. He underestimated the enemy of the Han army. I don't think so about this southern expedition, and"

Speaking of this, Shi Tan looked at both sides, and then said to his father in a low voice: "I suspect that Liu Qubei set a trap for Huchuquan during the Nanzheng."

"Don't talk nonsense!" Shi Le was startled, and hurriedly waved his hands to stop his son's nonsense.

Shi Tan sneered and said: "Liu Qubei fought against the Han army, how could he not know how powerful the Han army is, and even encouraged Huchuquan to bring only [-] troops to the south, and he himself only brought [-] troops. This is not a trap What is it?"

"Stop talking!" Shi Le sternly interrupted his son, and quickly gave him a wink. Only then did Shi Tan realize that a cavalry was running towards them, and it was a soldier sent by Huchuquan.

"Great chief, Shan Yu ordered you to fight immediately, no further delay!"

Shi Le cursed inwardly, but he could only laugh and said, "Please tell Shan Yu that as soon as the sheepskin raft is ready, we will dispatch troops immediately."

The cavalry rushed away, Shi Le sighed, and said to his son: "Don't think about reducing losses any more, and prepare to go all out!"

Shi Tan gritted his teeth and said nothing. Not long after, a commander came rushing to report: "To the chief, the raft is ready!"

Shi Le patted his son on the shoulder, "Go!"

Shi Tan drew out his battle sword, urged his horse to rush to the front of the army, stared at the river, only to see a layer of white mist rising from the river, which made him very excited, raised his sword and shouted: "God favors us, the river is foggy, this is the last For a good attack time, you must seize the south bank as quickly as possible, and you are not allowed to turn back after the battle, and anyone who dares to return, beheaded!"

Eight thousand Jie soldiers shouted together, and Shi Tan swung his sword and shouted: "Attack!"

'Woo——'Hundreds of horns blew, one after another, echoing in the valley on the north bank,

Three thousand Jie soldiers from the first wave of attack rushed towards the shore, and the shore was filled with sheepskin rafts of all sizes. Three people, a raft was tied to the raft, and the soldiers sat on the raft and rowed across the river. Countless rafts were thrown into the river. go.