Han counter current

Chapter 66 Reinforcements Arrive 2

"The Huns have nearly 4 horses. It seems that the main force of the Huns has arrived."

Looking at the gradually expanding Huns camp, Gao Lan came to his own conclusion. As the reinforcements from the enemy continued to arrive, but the reinforcements had not been seen on his side for a long time, many soldiers had the mentality of being unable to persevere.

"Mobilize the whole city to guard the city, and all the soldiers of the aristocratic and powerful families must also be handed over to me."

Gao Lan's stern eyes stared at the city wall, which was already dark red. After nearly two days of fighting, both the enemy and us fought fiercely on the city wall, and the blood had already stained the city wall red.

"General, our scouts have captured a spy."

In the middle of the night, Gao Lan was still thinking about the situation in the camp, while a soldier hurried over to report the situation.

"Bring it in."

As a soldier who has followed Gao Lan for many years, he has a bit of military literacy. He said he was a spy, but he didn't say whether he was an enemy or one of his own. This shows that they dare not and have no right to judge. This kind of thing can only be left to Gao Lan Own.

"Greetings to General Gao." The spy knelt down immediately after being brought into the big tent and said, "This subordinate is here to deliver a letter under the order of General Zhang."

"Where is the letter?" Hearing the news about Zhang Jaw, Gao Lan finally breathed a sigh of relief. He is clear about Zhang Jaw's ability. As long as he can lead the reinforcements to arrive, there will be almost no crisis on his side.

The spy took the saber next to him, and then separated the soles of his shoes, and pulled out a thin piece of cloth with only a few lines of words on it.

"Outside Yanmen Pass, ambush Zuo Xianwang, brother must stick to it, and there will be news within two days." Gao Lan read every word, and the excitement in his heart can be imagined.

"You open your jaw, you are so courageous, you actually abandoned the main force of the Xiongnu army, and instead went to ambush King Zuo Xian of the Xiongnu, okay, okay, hahaha."

Gao Lan finally received good news. The next thing he has to do is to mobilize the soldiers and civilians in the city to continue to hold on.

"We only have less than 200 people, so what we can do is limited."

In a valley outside Yanmen Pass, several flickering torches and the neighing of war horses from time to time indicate that there are people here. This place is too remote, and the Huns will never find that there will be hostile forces here.

"Anyway, we are all sons of Bingzhou, how can we sit idly by."

A strong man interrupted the man before him and said, "Whether it's a sneak attack or looting the food and grass of the Xiongnu army, we can do as much as we can."

"Brother Cao, what do you mean?"

The rest of the people were staring at a masked man. He was the archer who showed his prowess at the Yanmen Gate. After successfully attacking the Huns camp, he led the rest of the people to the valley. There were more than 70 strong men in the valley. The horse bandits, these people are his brothers.

"Have you forgotten what we do?"

The masked man sneered and said: "We now have more than 600 war horses, enough food and grass, and although there are not many weapons, we have enough bows and arrows, leaving 50 people to stick to the valley, and the rest follow me to attack.

Even if it’s not for the people of Yanmen Pass, we have to think about ourselves. There is not enough food, grass and military equipment in the main village. One of the purposes of our coming out is to find a way to raise supplies. Now that the Huns are coming to our door, we don’t want to rob them. But don't mess around.

We have to find a way to find some helpers to come over. We only pick out the Huns who are alone and the teams with a small number of people. We will change places when we are finished. They are in a hurry to attack Yanmen Pass now, and they don’t care about those little ones who can’t be contacted. The team, ha ha, deserves us to get rich. "

"Okay, let's listen to Brother Cao and grab his mother..."

More than 200 miles south of Yanmen Pass, more than 1 troops led by Chen Feng have already stationed. It will take them several days to reach Yanmen Pass. Now, what Chen Feng can do is to increase the speed of marching, and at the same time hope that Gao Lan will persist go down.

"Stop staring at the chess game, I didn't really invite you to drink."

Chen Feng looked at Jia Xu, then snatched the wine glass from his hand and said with a smile, "I won't let you sleep or drink if you don't find a way for me today, so don't tell me you can't do it." .”

"The information is limited, the situation is unknown, how do you ask me to plan."

Jia Xu has figured out that Chen Feng is a rogue sometimes, and you can't reason with him at all. He doesn't understand Confucianism, not even a corporal.

"However, it is obviously abnormal for the Xiongnu army to go south this season. They won't last long. As long as Yanmen Pass can be held, they will retreat in a month or two at most."

"Why, why they will definitely retreat if they stick to Yanmen Pass?"

"Do you think it's reasonable for them to attack Yanmen Pass during the grazing season?"

Jia Xu looked at Chen Feng with the eyes of an idiot, and then analyzed: "There is not enough food and grass, how can we support the army to attack.

Most of the cattle and sheep of the Xiongnu tribe must be grazing or giving birth on the pasture at this moment. How much supplies do you think the Xiongnu army can carry with the army? "

"It seems to be so reasonable, but I want you to find a way to repel the Huns, not to comfort me."

Chen Feng was obviously dissatisfied. He wanted to blackmail Jia Xu for more useful information. After all, he was not familiar with this era, and he was even more unfamiliar with the Huns. Apart from Jia Xu, he really didn't know who to turn to.

"Your surname should be Wu, with a single name, Lai, preferably with no words,,,,,,"

Regardless of Chen Feng and Jia Xu's arguing in the big tent, outside Yanmen Pass, Zhang Ja and Zhang Liao led [-] cavalry to the ambush site overnight.

They wiped out the Hun troops who came across the grass valley along the way, and learned from these Huns that the 3000 elite commander of King Zuo Xian of the Xiongnu was about to arrive, and more than [-] people were divided into countless teams to plunder nearby.

In addition to the Han people, those small tribes on the grassland who did not submit to the Huns were also the targets of looting.

There has never been any morality on the prairie, the sword is the last word, whoever has a strong fist is the boss, and whoever has the strongest strength is justified.

"Go into the woods and hide your whereabouts. We will wait here for the Hun Zuoxian King." Zhang Jai was very satisfied with the marching speed of his subordinates. Chen Feng deliberately equipped the whole army with stirrups, which undoubtedly improved the soldiers of the whole army to a certain extent. of riding.

"The Huns were so cruel that they left no blade of grass in their path."

After summarizing the information obtained, Zhang Jai analyzed it to the generals: "Some small tribes were robbed by the Huns without even a single wool left.

It is said that even Qin Hu's camp suffered considerable losses. It seems that not only were we unprepared for the Huns going south this time, but other tribes on the grassland were also caught off guard. "

Qin Hu, for the Han people living in the frontier, this is not an unfamiliar tribe.

After the fall of the great Qin Dynasty, many people from the Qin army who were farming in northern Xinjiang fled to live on the grasslands. Under the call of the descendants of the Meng family, they formed a non-Han and non-Hu tribe under the name of Qin.

Due to their refusal to surrender to the great Han and their extreme rejection of the barbarians, this tribe is generally small in number.

In the past 100 years, there have been many wars in the frontier, and the Hu people have repeatedly moved south, causing many Han people in the frontier to be plundered or fled to the grasslands.

Qin Hu took advantage of this opportunity to grow a lot. Although the name of this tribe bears the word Hu, the vast majority of herdsmen in the tribe are Han Chinese.

In recent years, the Han Dynasty's control over the frontier has declined, and the Xiongnu tribe fled north, which led them to move their pastures from the far northwest to the vicinity of Hetao.

"It seems that the Huns took the wrong medicine this year." Zhang Jai smiled. He didn't understand the reason why the Huns went south ahead of time. In addition, the Huns used such methods to kill other tribes on the grassland. He had to wonder if the Xiongnu Shan was insane for a while.

"Cheer up your spirits tomorrow. It would be the best if you can win the Zuoxian King of the Huns in one battle. At least, you must kill the courage of the Zuoxian King of the Xiongnu. Tell me, do you have this?" courage."

"Kill him without leaving a single piece of armor..." The generals in the tent thought this was a good opportunity to make meritorious service, and no one wanted to lag behind.

Since Chen Feng took charge of the army, the army's system of clear rewards and punishments has been thoroughly implemented. Now everyone's military exploits and spoils are guaranteed, and everyone wants to take the opportunity to make a fortune.

On the other side, in a small forest, more than 150 cavalry rested here.

The masked man and his brothers encircled several Xiongnu squads today and seized a lot of livestock and supplies. They dare not show their faces after dark. It is a good choice to rest in such a forest.

"Take another two days at most, then run away and hide, and come out after the Huns' attention is diverted. We are not many people, so we can't take risks..."