Shu Chen

Chapter 366
The season when dripping water turns into ice is not a good opportunity to attack.

For example, it is difficult for soldiers wrapped in thick clothes to climb the city wall quickly, and the defenders only need to keep watering the crenels of the city wall to freeze the enemy ants, etc. The wind and snow climate has given The defender has many advantages.

Liu Gaoshengyuan, the son of Qubei who acted as an agent of the southern Xiongnu's state affairs, had served as a hostage in Yecheng and Luoyang for nearly ten years. Under the influence of Han culture, he also dabbled in the way of attack.

Therefore, in his previous plan, the purpose of driving troops to defend Juyan City was to test whether it was possible to force the Ma Dai tribe to come to the rescue, so as to make use of the nomadic tribe's strengths by encircling the spot.

It's not to let the tribe lose countless lives under the strong city.

This is the consensus reached between him and Tuoba Liwei, and it is also the only thing Tuoba Liwei is willing to help.

Yes, the Tuoba tribe of Xianbei did not want to form a death feud with the Han army.

Liu Gaosheng knew the reason.

One is that Tuoba Li has never had the concept of non-aggression with the Han people.

For example, when he lived in Dingxiang County of Bingzhou, even though the Xianbei lord Kebi was able to coerce the tribes to fight against the Wei army repeatedly, he still restrained the tribe and never went south to plunder the counties.

The other is that Wei Guo's crossing the river and demolishing the bridge made him completely disappointed.

Yin and the state of Wei planned to join forces to kill Ke Bineng and Budugen. He received funding from the state of Wei to move to live in the north of Anding County.But when he finally gained a firm foothold and entered Shuofang County with the intention of taking all the Hetao Plain into his pocket and becoming the overlord of the grassland, the State of Wei sent Liu Bao, the left part of the Southern Huns, to serve as the Shuofang Governor, and put his ambitions on the line. It turned into a flower in the mirror of the moon in the water.

But now Wei Guo is going too far!

After the Han army occupied Liangzhou, the Wei army actually sent thousands of soldiers and horses into his pasture to garrison the fields, threatening him with the force to move again to live in Yanze.

Juyanze, where the environment is worse than the former residence in Dingxiang County!

That is to say, he restrained the tribe from violating the goodwill of Wei County, and helped Wei State to eliminate the hardships of Ke Biineng, the great trouble in northern Xinjiang. Not only did he not benefit the tribe, but he became a bereaved dog.

Under such circumstances, how can he be an enemy of the Han army as Wei Guo wished?

Even when they moved together to live in Yanze Yutu, Liu Gaoshengyuan worried more than once that Tuoba Liwei, who was angry with Wei Guo, would turn to attach himself to the Han army.

Fortunately, when they first arrived in Juyanze, they were ambushed once by Ma Dai's troops.

This made Liu Gaosheng feel a little more at ease - the Tuoba tribe also lost some troops in the ambush, out of the desire to appease the tribe, Tuoba Liwei would not secretly collude with the Han army.

But even so, the Tuoba tribe was still unwilling to clash with the Han army.

It is possible to support the siege, but the siege is avoided.

If Ma Dai's department comes to rescue, he will avenge the ambush.If he doesn't come, he will not participate in the matter of driving to the Hexi Corridor to plunder the counties and counties.

It is a big taboo to fight together.

Liu Gaoshengyuan knew this well, but he was helpless.

Because if he were Tuoba Liwei, he would no longer contribute to the state of Wei; and for the sake of the future, he was unwilling to offend Tuoba Liwei.

As the forces on the left side of the Southern Huns gradually became stronger, he was going to have a battle with Liu Bao after all.

Not only because of the natural conflict of interests between going to Beibei to act as the deputy of the Southern Huns and Liu Bao as Shan Yu's first in line heir, but also because of his ambition born after migrating to live in Yanze.

On the grassland, the strong are respected.

As a descendant of Modu Chanyu, he is also qualified to become the Grand Chanyu.

The prerequisite is to step on Liu Bao's corpse, or force Liu Bao to prostrate and surrender at his feet with a powerful force.

Therefore, the Xianbei Tuoba tribe, who had a deep hatred with Liu Bao, will be his ally in the future.

Naturally, it would be even better if the Tuoba tribe could be annexed.

However, the Tuoba tribe still has more than ten thousand people, roughly equal to the right tribe of the Southern Huns, and Liu Gaoshengyuan has no strength to annex them.

In the same way, Wei Guo is also his help.

With the precedent of going to Bei to appease the various tribes of the Southern Huns so as not to cause chaos for the Wei State, the Luoyang Temple of the Wei State is more willing to support him to become the second to go to Bei, rather than occupying the name of Liu Bao.

Therefore, for his own ambition, even if the Xianbei Tuoba tribe passively challenged the battle, Liu Gaoshengyuan would still use troops against the Han army, so that Wei Guo felt that it would be beneficial for the current situation to support his tribe's prosperity.

Coincidentally, the dispatch of the Han army was as he wished.

For some unknown reason, the Han army didn't all curl up in Juyan City, but even sent two hundred soldiers to guard the outpost beacon!Automatically fell into death!

It's really dead.

Although the beacon located on the mountainside is easy to defend and difficult to attack, it cannot retreat when danger comes.

Coincidentally, Liu Gaosheng liked military matters, and when Luoyang was a hostage, he could ask for advice from dignitaries and nobles as well as knight-errants, so he was very confident in capturing this kind of mid-mountain beacon.

The low hills around Juyanze are mostly exposed to the outside due to the erosion of wind and sand all the year round.

When dripping water turns into ice, thick blood can also be turned into the best adhesive.

Liu Gaosheng used raw goat legs and stuck them on the rocks as a climbing ladder. He selected dozens of warriors who were good at climbing from the tribe, and climbed up the mountain behind the beacon tower from the side.

When Liu Gaosheng sent his clansmen to attack head-on to attract the attention of the Han army at the beacon, the tribal warriors behind the beacon suddenly attacked, sneaking to the place where the Han army had hoarded grain and firewood and set fire to it.

In winter and spring, the sky is dry and things are dry.

Soon, thick smoke billowed into the sky, and the fire was so fierce that the soldiers of the Han army had no time to react.

It also made the army Sima who insisted on going out of the city to come to the outpost of the beacon immediately look ashamed: the food and firewood were burned, which meant that two hundred soldiers would starve to death and freeze to death.

And he knew that Juyan City would not come to the rescue.

Before leaving the city, Li Qiu and Fu Qian, who had disagreements, used the reason that "going out to guard the outpost beacon will lead to isolation and helplessness" as an excuse to discourage him from leaving the city.

At that time, he vowed to claim that the defense would be safe and he would not need soldiers from the city to rescue him.

So his choice is nothing more than two.

Either surrender in shame, or resolutely fight a bloody way back.

The soldiers of the Han army who came out to defend with him all chose the second one.

Because the reason why they came out was not with the idea of ​​consolidating power through meritorious deeds like the army Sima, but with the real intention of protecting the family from the scourge of robbing by the Hulu and the punishment of the owl.

If you are afraid of death, you will not leave the city.

However, sometimes even if you have the courage to die, you may not have a chance to kill the enemy.

Liu Gaoshengyuan had long expected that the Han army would break out of the encirclement.

Relying on the superiority of troops, they set up more bridle ropes and dug more traps, so that more than a hundred Han soldiers had no chance to fight, and they became prisoners.

Perhaps it can be said that the total of 200 people was cut and captured, which is not worth mentioning in today's Han and Wei wars.

But for Liu Gaoshengyuan, it is of great significance.

This is his first battle since he was awarded the right part of the Southern Huns. It is a small test, which can establish his prestige among the tribe-he is no longer a playboy relying on the favor of his parents.

And relying on the heads of the two hundred Han troops, he can be rewarded and trusted by the State of Wei.

After all, Liu Bao on the left really has no achievements to speak of now.

Correct!
Liu Gaoshengyuan never thought of surrendering the Han captives.

Instead, he intends to bring these Han captives to Juyan City and kill them one by one in public!
On the one hand, it can show off the might of soldiers, which will lower the morale of the defenders in the city.

The other is to see if it can arouse the grief and indignation of the soldiers in the city, and open the city gate desperately to come out for a bloody battle, and then give him a chance to seize the city gate.

Naturally, the chances of this are slim.

Let's give it a try, there is nothing to lose, so why not do it?

The Tuoba tribe of Xianbei, the dispatcher who captured the outpost of the Han army, did not participate in it.

But for some unknown reason, after Tuoba Li heard that Liu Gaosheng was about to capture the head of the Han army, he took the initiative to take over the duty of dispatching rangers to Jiuquan County for security: to monitor the Ma Dai tribe in Huishui County, which is currently on hold.

In this regard, Liu Gaosheng has nothing to do with it.

Should he feel that the Han army is fearless, so he intends to make up for his previous reluctance to fight with all his heart?
He was thinking about the Tuobali micromotor in his mind.

However, contrary to expectations, his small test did not make Tuoba Li slightly change his original intention.

On the contrary, it made Tuoba Liwei fearful.

Tuoba Liwei, who was dismantled by the Wei State when he crossed the river and demolished the bridge, was always thinking and uneasy when he migrated to live in Yanze. Is it to join forces with him against the Han army and invade Jiuquan and Dunhuang counties?
Not really?

For example, Liu Gaoshengyuan also got a hint from Luoyang Temple: use the war to consume the strength of the Tuoba tribe, and then annex it!
It's not that he became a frightened bird.

Instead, he judged others by himself, thinking that Wei Guo must know that he was angry and unwilling to fight for Wei Guo again.

Knowing it clearly, but still sending him to fight against the Han army, Luoyang temple is so evil because of its lack of wisdom and little planning?
Tuoba Liwei couldn't believe it was a coincidence or negligence.

Because his tribe can no longer afford to cross the river and tear down the bridge, and he will never let Wei Guo have such a chance again!
Therefore, the ranger scouts he sent to Huishui County, Jiuquan County to monitor were all from the tribe of Xiaoshuai Dai Hu'a Langni.Because they chased each other with the [-] Qiang cavalry of the Han Army's Jiang Wei Department in Naowei County for more than two months, and also attacked the Han Army's Yuyin barracks with a trick of stealth, and successfully "captured" countless troops and returned. .

Dealing with the Han army, Dai Hu'a Langni is the most familiar.

(End of this chapter)