Chu and Han contend for the throne

Chapter 185
Xiang Zhuang immediately stepped forward to help Huyan Zhengde up, and said with a smile: "Huyan, from now on, you will be Captain Tianlang in front of the general's tent, and you will be on duty with Captain Huben Jin Xiang as the guard!"

The generals Gao Chu, Meng Ji, and You Yuan changed their expressions slightly when they heard the words.

Huyan Zhengde and Jinxiang are jointly on duty as guards. Doesn't it mean that the security of Xiangzhuang will be shared by more than 500 warriors from the Huyan tribe and more than 500 veterans of the Chu army led by Jinxiang?It was less than a day since the Huyan tribe returned to Chu, and they were arranged to serve as the guards in front of the general's tent. Isn't that too reckless?
Only Bai Lixian praised him in his heart, he deserves to be a general, brilliant!

The general arranged more than 500 warriors from the Huyan tribe as the guards in front of the tent. This move may seem reckless, but it is actually very clever, because compared with the Chu people, Wei people, or Qin people in the Chu army, the Huyan people are the least rooted, and they are the most powerful. They are the most difficult to be wooed, and they will act as the guards to protect the safety of the big tent, even safer than the veterans of the Chu army.

What's more, this move can also give great confidence to the more than 500 warriors of Huyan Zhengde and Huyan tribe. Don't worry, and this should be what the general usually said about employing people without suspicion, right?
At present, Bai Lixian, Gao Chu, Meng Keng and other generals stepped forward to greet Hu Yan.

Huyan didn't know what Suwei meant at first, but after hearing Bailixian's explanation, his expression changed slightly. When he looked at Xiang Zhuang again, there was already a trace of inexplicable admiration in his eyes, and the trace of doubt in his heart instantly disappeared. At first, he was worried that Xiang Zhuang would degrade him and his people into slaves.

Huyan summoned You'er and several Huyan Baihu to greet Xiang Zhuang and others.

Seeing Huyan You'er, the generals couldn't help being a little surprised, they never thought that such a big sandstorm in Mobei could raise such a watery beauty!Xiang Zhuang didn't feel anything, because he already had two great beauties beside him, whether it was Wei Yue Wuyang or Yingzhen Shiman, they were all peerless beauties who could not lose to Yu Ji.

During the chatter, a sentry suddenly came to report: "General, there is an envoy from the Huns calling the door!"

"Messengers of the Huns?!" Xiang Zhuang woke up suddenly. The tens of thousands of cavalry of Maodun were just outside Gaoque Pass, and they came straight to the top of the city with all the generals, and asked Huyan, "Huyan, now the Huns have How many cavalry?"

Huyan Zhengde said: "The Xiongnu just conquered Donghu, and dozens of Donghu tribes merged into the Xiongnu. Now the Xiongnu tribes add up to more than 30 people who control strings."

Xiang Zhuang's heart sank suddenly, more than 30 cavalry, this is no joke!

At least it was not something the current Chu army could resist. Xiang Zhuang then asked, "How many cavalry did Maodun bring with him this time when he went south to Hetao?"

Huyan Zhengde said: "There are about seventy or eighty thousand riders."

As they spoke, everyone had already reached the Gaoque Pass. Standing on the pass and looking out, all they could see were gray and unsophisticated Huns cavalry. 30 riders already have such momentum, I really don't know what will happen when all [-] riders show up?
While he was looking around, suddenly there was a loud roar from the gate of Guancheng. When Xiang Zhuang looked down, he saw a Huns standing proudly at the gate of Guancheng. He presumably was the envoy of the Huns.

As soon as Xiang Zhuang waved his hand, some soldiers had already stepped forward and lifted the Hun envoy up in a hanging basket.

The Hun envoy was not tall, about six feet at most, but he was extremely strong, his neck was almost thicker than his head, when he saw Huyan Zhengde behind Xiangzhuang, he immediately glared at him, and then yelled at Xiangzhuang, Naturally, Xiang Zhuang didn't understand the language of the Huns, so he turned his head to look at Bailixian, who could understand the language of the Huns.

Bailixian said: "General, this guy said that as long as we hand over Huyan, Maodun will leave immediately with the army, and he will never make things difficult for us."

leave?Only a three-year-old would believe this!
Mouton has already brought the Hun army southward, will he let the fat piece of Hetao go? !
However, Xiang Zhuang didn't want to turn against Mao Dun right away. Anyway, it would take time for the Chu army to withdraw from Hetao, so he ordered Baili Xiandao: "Ziliang, tell him, give us two days to think about it."

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Outside the Gaoque Pass, there is a big tent in Maodun.

The envoy has returned and brought back Xiang Zhuang's reply.

"Two days?" Mo Dun stroked the curled beard at the corner of his lips, and said loudly, "Just give them two days!" After finishing speaking, Mo Dun raised the pottery bowl to the uncle who was sitting at the bottom, Said, "Mr. Uncle, please."

"Please, Grand Chanyu." The uncle raised the bowl to pay respects, and covered his face with his sleeve, and drank the kumis in the pottery bowl. Although he felt that this was probably the Chu army's plan to slow down the troops, no matter what Said, his father-in-law said that he had just joined Maodun's command, and he hadn't even got a firm foothold yet, so it's better not to say more for the time being.

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Inside Gaoque Pass, Xiangzhuang Xingyuan.

At this moment, Xiang Zhuang was thinking hard, how could he leave Gaoque Pass without anyone noticing?
Baili Xian suddenly stood up, bowed to Xiang Zhuang with a feather fan in his hand, and said, "General, Xian has a plan to leave Gaoque quietly without disturbing the Huns."

"Oh?" Xiang Zhuang said happily, "Ziliang tell me quickly."

Bai Lixian shook his feather fan and said: "Before Duke Huan of Qi returned to Linzi from Ju to succeed him, he was entangled on Mount Cen by a son who was also planning to return to his country to succeed him. He was able to get away with the trick of drumming and hungry horses neighing grass, and after returning to Linzi to inherit the throne, Young Master Xiaobai returned to his division and defeated Young Master Jiu."

"Hanging sheep beating drums, hungry horses neighing grass?" Xiang Zhuang's heart skipped a beat when he heard the words, he knew this allusion, and then Xiang Zhuang asked Meng Ji again, "Heavenly Fang, are there any live sheep in Gaoque Pass?"

Meng Ji got up quickly and replied: "Yes, I only ate half of the [-] sheep that were rescued last time."

Xiang Zhuang beat Jie hard and shouted: "Leave fifty rams, hang them on the drum, and kill the rest, throw them on the road, and let them rot."

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Two days passed quickly, and the Huns outside Gaoque Pass did not realize anything was wrong.

Because in the past two days, from time to time in Gaoque Pass, there will be dense sounds of war drums and faint horse hissing, even at night. Obviously, the people of the Central Plains are very vigilant, which is a little puzzling Yes, at night, the Gaoque Pass turned out to be pitch black, and the people from the Central Plains didn't even light a torch.

The appointed time was up, and Mao Dun sent another envoy to call the pass.

However, the sent envoy called Gaoque Pass for a long time, but there was no response from the gate. The envoy had no choice but to go back to the big tent and report the situation to Maodun.

"What did you say, no one agreed?!" Mo Dun couldn't help frowning.

The uncle who was sitting at the bottom said that he said calmly: "Da Shanyu, I'm afraid the people from the Central Plains have already run away."

"That's impossible!" Duo Muxiu, the wise king of the Xiongnu on the other side, said without hesitation, "Just now, the sound of war drums and the hiss of horses could be heard in the Gaoque pass. There are obviously people in the pass!"

The uncle said silently, it is enough to point out some words, otherwise it will offend others.

After thinking about it for a while, he ordered Dong Muhe, the head of the left, to say: "Dong Muhe, send a few hundred men to fight for the pass!"

Dong Muhe resolutely agreed, and took the order to go, Dong Muhe went, less than a meal away, there was overwhelming cheers outside the big tent, when Mao Dun hurried out of the tent with a dozen little Wangs to check what happened, only Seeing that the hundreds of people sent by Dong Muhe had already rushed to Gaoque Pass, they were waving his Sirius flag at the critical moment.

"The Central Plains people really ran away?" Mo Dun couldn't help but look back at his uncle and said.

Half a quarter of an hour later, the centurions who had seized the critical moment twisted the Wanjin gate and opened and closed the gate again.

Mao Dun took the lead to enter the pass under the escort of a dozen little kings and hundreds of personal guards and iron cavalry, but found that there were dozens of bad horses tied to the open space in the pass. Not far from these dozens of bad horses, they were placed separately. There is a trough full of hay, and these poor horses can see the hay but can't eat it, so they keep neighing sadly.

Dozens of bronze drums are placed on the west side of the open space, and dozens of rams are hung directly above the dozens of bronze drums. The rams will struggle from time to time, and when they step on the bronze drums with their hind hooves, they will make a sound. The sound of "dong dong dong", if you don't see it with your own eyes, you will definitely mistake it for someone beating the drums.

"Da Shanyu, this is called hanging the sheep to beat the drum, and the hungry horse neighing the grass." The uncle said that riding a horse followed closely behind Maodun, and immediately told the allusion between the son Xiaobai and the son Jiu. After listening to the story, Mao Dun's understanding of Uncle Gong's words deepened, and he thought that although this native from the Central Plains is not good-looking, he can be considered to be very knowledgeable, so he is worthy of great use.

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On the north bank of the river, more than 2 Chu troops are marching mightily towards the cloud.

Two days ago, Xiang Zhuang adopted Bai Lixian's strategy of "hanging sheep and beating drums, and hungry horses neighing grass", successfully deceived the Huns, and returned to Jiuyuan with three thousand fine horses and starry nights, and then left Jiuyuan with all his troops. It turned out that before leaving, Xiangzhuang burned almost all the luggage and surplus food, and only took away [-] shi of corn and [-] shi of bacon.

The [-] shi of corn and bacon took up [-] pack horses!
After disposing of the excess food and all the luggage that could not be taken away, Xiangzhuang burned the entire Jiuyuan with another fire, and then immediately raised his army and rushed to the cloud with [-] Han prisoners of war. Although Zhong was just passing by, if time allowed, Xiang Zhuang didn't mind killing the Linhu people along the way.

After the Xiongnu occupied Hetao, Lin Hu would most likely choose to surrender.

Although the current Linhu tribe has less than 10,000 strong men, there are 10,000+ women and children, because after the defeat of the Loufan tribe, all the women and children were captured by the Linhu people. In 20, the Huns will add at least [-] strong men, which is not a good thing for the countries in the Central Plains.

(End of this chapter)