I am not in the position of Zen [Three Kingdoms]

The Xiongnu wanted to retake the Red Flower Valley, so they gathered the troops from Dingxiang County and rushed there.The prefect of Taiyuan County led an army to ambush the five thousand cavalry of the Xiongnu, and got eight hundred heads.Zhao Yun, on the other hand, used the Red Flower Valley as his base, and fought against the enemy. He fought a beautiful defensive battle and killed a thousand enemies.

The Youxian King of the Xiongnu was cut off by Zhao Yun in the battle of Honghua Valley. Fortunately, his subordinates sacrificed their lives to protect him, so he barely survived and retreated to the surrounding counties.At this moment, he was clutching his bleeding arm and roaring angrily: "Today's humiliation will be returned tenfold! This king offers a reward of ten taels of gold for this person's head!"

The subordinates did not have the confidence to counterattack successfully, so they had to persuade: "Your Majesty, the Han army is powerful, and the leader in white clothes and white armor is very strong. We don't know how many Han reinforcements will come in the follow-up, so let's go back first. If we don't leave, this time A small county town cannot withstand the siege of the opponent."

"I have lost so much territory and people," King Youxian said angrily, "If I go back, I will be held accountable by Shan Yu."

Most of the subordinates advocated the withdrawal of troops first:

"Your Majesty, don't worry, we still have a lot of troops left, even Shan Yu won't dare to move you easily."

"We have too many wounded soldiers, and we have been robbed of our food rations. The city here is short and food is scarce, so it is not a place to stay for a long time."

"Your Majesty, let's go back and prepare dry food first, gather the strength of other ministries, and then make a comeback to avenge our shame!"

Other counties in Dingxiang County have very little food left, and if the army is not full enough to eat, it will lose energy and shake the morale of the army. The defeated soldiers fled to Yunzhong County.

The Han army took the opportunity to regain more than a hundred miles of lost ground and reoccupied Dingxiang County.It's just that the cattle, sheep and grain captured by the Xiongnu in the Red Flower Valley are difficult to deal with.

The local people competed to say how much food they had lost.But there is no proof, there is no way to check.

Dingxiang County is sparsely populated. Before the war, there were only [-] households in the county, with more than [-] people. After the war and the people fleeing south, there are only [-] households left.

After discussing with his staff, the prefect of Taiyuan County finally decided that except for the retained military rations, the rest of the rations would be divided equally into thousands of shares, all of which belonged to the local people, and so did the thousand-headed sheep.If it is not convenient for the family to raise sheep, it is worth getting a few more grains.There are only a few hundred cattle in the whole county. Fortunately, most of them were originally official cattle, so they all entered the government.Walking around in the military tent with his hands behind his back, he sighed and said, "I know that many people are dissatisfied with this. Those who used to raise cattle and sheep must hate me very much. But there is no better way at this time. The Huns are eyeing me , I can only keep as many people alive as possible. I will report this matter to the imperial court, and I will bear all the consequences.”

"We did extraordinary things in extraordinary times. Now that the people are displaced and many people have been killed by the Huns, it is really difficult to sort out and return the looted property to their original owners. Today, the emperor is lenient and reasonable, and I will definitely not blame you." Zhao Yun reassured for a while.

The two wrote to the imperial court and sent letters to Lu Bu, the governor of Bingzhou, respectively. In the following days, they continued to be busy, mopping up the remnants of the invading bandits in Dingxiang County, gathering troops, and arranging cattle, sheep, and food.In terms of military strength, only the basic number of guards were left in each county, and the main force was stationed in Zhongling County for rest.

"The Han army suffered heavy casualties," Biao Zuo was still on the road. Liu Xie first received the message from the flying pigeon from the commoner guard, and immediately frowned: "A total of 8000 people were killed and injured on this journey. There are less than [-] Han troops fighting, and they are ordered to rest in place for the time being, and not to go deep." He also ordered Hua Tuo to lead medical officers and apprentices to bring sufficient gauze and medicine to treat the wounded soldiers.

When the performances of the prefects of Taiyuan County and Changshan County Zhao Zilong were introduced to the court, because of the good news from the frontier fortress, all civil and military officials in the court looked happy, but Liu Xie was calm and gave the reward calmly.

After the imperial court, everyone inevitably talked about it: "Your Majesty actively supports Bingzhou to fight against the Xiongnu. How can you not be happy about this consecutive victory?"

"The reward for this victory, although it shows the full sincerity of the imperial court, and the compensation for the dead soldiers is generous enough, but it doesn't seem to be rich for the two eunuchs."

"How can it be said that it is not rich? What an honor it is for the emperor to personally bestow the sword and spear? What's more, I heard that these two weapons are made of steel made by the new Luoyang smelter. .”

Seeing that they were still discussing together, Chen Gong reprimanded them face to face: "The Son of Heaven does not show his emotions or anger, and he is not arrogant or impetuous at a young age. This is a blessing for the country, so what is there to talk about?"

Several officials looked ashamed, and smiled sarcastically: "That's right," and dispersed.

When discussing important matters with Liu at night, Chen Gong couldn't help mentioning this matter: "Nowadays, the rules and regulations in the court are loose, and hundreds of officials in the court are talking about you. The four sides are not peaceful, and it is necessary to establish a prestige. I implore Your Majesty to rectify them."

Liu Xie thought about it for a while: "The world is not peaceful, so it is true that we should set up a model to establish our prestige. Let me think about it." The freedom of speech does not need to be strict, and the majesty of the imperial power will not be damaged because of this.At least in Beijing, the imperial power is still strong. After Liu Xie came to power, the influence of the imperial power in the capital has even increased by several steps, so there is no need to worry about it.But Chen Gong's reminder diverted Liu Xie's thoughts to another aspect, that is, the law of the great man should be revised.The laws of the Han Dynasty are full of uncertainties, which has led to many ministers taking advantage of loopholes in many places.

And state.

In this era, marching and fighting is no longer like simply competing for numbers in the Spring and Autumn and Warring States Period.The Xiongnu cavalry paid the most attention to mobility, and a large number of people would hinder the march.Ten days later, Lao Shanyu gathered the top [-] cavalry and headed south, accompanied by [-] soldiers each from Wuhuan and Xianbei, and rushed forward aggressively.

The Xiongnu suffered a loss in the battle at both ends. This time they sent troops for fear of being ambushed again, so they kept sending scouts and Haidongqing to explore the way carefully.

Zhang Yang and Gao Shun, who wanted to ambush on the road, were found and had to return without success.

Lu Bu gathered the front-line troops, and the army was stationed in Meiji County.

The Xiongnu front sentry returned the general's favor, and Shan Yu laughed loudly: "Meiji County has little food and short walls, what's the use of hiding there?"

Most of the people agreed.Shan Yu's son, Yu Fu Luo, watched coldly and didn't say a word.His mother was not a Hun, but a mixed blood of Wuhuan and Han, who had been sacrificed to Shanyu by the bandits who had captured her population because of her beauty.It's a pity that his mother was not favored, and Yu Fuluo couldn't be favored by Shan Yu. It was quite difficult for the mother and son to survive in the royal court of the Huns.It wasn't until the eldest prince and the second prince from Shanyu Dayan's family died of serious diseases that he, the little prince with a weak sense of existence, came into the eyes of everyone.

In the back account, he and himself said: "The Han army must have something to rely on, and I am afraid that Shan Yu will suffer a big loss when he advances this time."

The follower said strangely: "It shouldn't be so, even if the Han army has a conspiracy, it can't be used. The scouts I sent said that the surrounding area of ​​Meiji City is narrow and easy to encircle. We are an elite army this time, and the siege is not here Next."

Yu Fuluo snorted: "You have forgotten that the Han army has trebuchets, the surrounding area is narrow, and we are all cavalry, so it is not easy to avoid. It is better to go to many cities in Wuyuan County. Wuyuan is a vast grassland. , is the world of our Huns. Now that Wuyuan and ten counties are all in our hands, anyway, the Han army has reached the southern end of Wuyuan County, so we should stay in Wuyuan and wait for work with leisure."

"Prince, the people in this department have always been brave. Even if there are trebuchets, there will be gaps in launching them. Once they are suspended, they will take advantage of the opportunity and the city will be easy to fall. Isn't that the case with the four counties we captured before?"

"The Han army came here for revenge, it must not be so simple." Yu Fuluo sneered: "Let those idiots from the headquarters go up, and the people from our own department will follow behind, so there is no need to claim credit."

The Xiongnu went to the city at night, trying to break through the city wall when the Han army's defense was weak.But as soon as he arrived at the bottom of the city, he saw neat torches suddenly ignited on the city wall.Gao Shun had been on guard for a long time. Ever since he failed to ambush the Huns, he had been guarding the city wall in person, eating and sleeping without leaving, and sent many scouts to guard outside, so he guessed the Huns attacking the city at the first time.

Seeing that the Huns have surrounded the city, some death squads have begun to attack the city.Gao Shun took his time and gave the order.

"Come on, throw stones, let's throw thunderbolts!"

A few days ago, the emperor sent people to send a lot of balls wrapped in turpentine, which smelled like sulphur, and they were called "thunderbolts".The generals studied it carefully for a while. If the ball was ignited and thrown, there would be a loud sound like a thunderbolt. The sharp iron pieces and nails that flew out of it could easily pierce a person's armor. weapon.

The thunderbolts exploded one after another under the city, and the sound of thunder was endless, and the Huns who rushed ahead were stunned.The power of this ammunition is not small, once it explodes, people around will be injured by it, even wearing armor will not help.

Lu Bu got the news and had already rushed over on his red rabbit horse.Wearing a battle robe of hundreds of flowers, wearing the armor of Tang Yan, he walked up to the city wall in high spirits, and ordered the trebuchet and arrows to be released.The people in the city set up a large pot to boil hot water and hot oil behind the city wall, and assisted the soldiers in pouring the boiling water and hot oil down the city wall.

There were screams under the city wall, and the Xiongnu who used the ladder to attack the city screamed and fell continuously.In just one stick of incense, there was already a layer of corpses on the ground.

The Xiongnu's siege was not good, so I don't know what kind of bomb was very terrible.Even if Shan Yu stood far away, he was almost hit by flying iron pieces.Seeing that there was no hope of attacking the city and the surprise attack failed, Shan Yu had to order a retreat.

Seeing that they wanted to retreat, Lu Bu immediately ordered the city gates to be lowered, and he led a small group of the most elite Bingzhou army, including Hou Cheng, Wei Xu, Song Xian and other fierce generals. camp.

It was getting dark, and the torches of the Xiongnu were damaged a lot in the war, only the torches beside Shanyu of the Huns were still in order.Lu Bu was determined: "The Xiongnu's formation is in disarray, and today they took advantage of the unpreparedness to take the head of this great danyu!" He continued to break through under the cover of his own soldiers.A titan with a BMW is brave and unstoppable.Just as he was about to kill Shan Yu, a long whip came out in front of him unexpectedly, blocking Fang Tian's attack with the painted halberd.

After several rounds of fighting with the owner of the long whip, Lu Bu immediately recognized the person who came, and said with a loud smile: "Oh, isn't this my old friend Yu Fuluo? Thanks to your notification of the news this time, otherwise I would not have known about the Xiongnu. It’s going to be a night raid.”

Yu Fuluo said angrily: "Little Lu Bu, don't talk nonsense, do you think anyone will believe such a clumsy sowing of dissension?"

The author has something to say: Lu Bu is a fierce man with great combat effectiveness! "The Biography of Lu Bu in the Book of the Later Han Dynasty" records: "Shao and Bu attacked Zhang Yan in Changshan. Yan had more than [-] elite soldiers and rode thousands of horses. Bu Changyu's good horse, named Chitu, was able to gallop the city and fly the moat. Wei Yue and other dozens of cavalry galloped through the Yan formation, and they all beheaded in one day or three or four. After fighting for more than ten days, they defeated the Yan army." That is to say, Lu Bu led dozens of his own cavalry to attack Zhang Yanwan. The camp of people fought continuously for more than ten days, coming and going like the wind, breaking this army.