Dahan first prince

Chapter 413
The news of Yunzhong City's destruction spread throughout Chang'an in just a few days.

For the fall of such a majestic and fortified city, the first reaction of the people of Chang'an was astonishment;
--how come? !

——How could it be so sudden? ! !
In the past two months, I haven't heard that Yunzhongcheng was attacked by the Huns, or was surrounded by the Huns?
What's the matter, the news of "enemy in the cloud" was sent together with the news of "the city in the cloud was broken"?
After a short moment of astonishment, the range of hundreds of miles around Chang'an City was completely occupied by a monstrous anger.

Especially after the news of 'Cai Yannian fled before the battle in the capital of Yunzhong' came out, the public opinion was completely exploded!

If you are calmer, you might say that Cai Yannian is a mouse dropping, which ruined a pot of soup;

Those who were a little more emotional didn't consider the reality at all, and directly included the entire Yunshang City in the category of "rat-like cowards".

Within a few days, nursery rhymes like "A treacherous Hu merchant cheated to open the city gate in the clouds; if you don't meet the dead soldiers, you will only see the corpses of women and children" began to spread in the streets and alleys.

At the most exaggerated moment, even those people who clearly had nothing to do with Yunzhong City were mercilessly abused because of Cai Yannian, the capital of Yunzhong;

As for the reason, it is just because these people are "family members" with Cai Yannian in Naduyou. Although they are not related in the slightest, they are also "Cai"...

In addition to the gradually out-of-control public opinion, there has also been a discussion about "immigrants and real borders" inside and outside the government and the opposition;

But for the possible problems in the border city, no one can come up with a good solution.

It was also on the fourth day after the news of "the city in the clouds was broken" spread to Chang'an, Taiwei Jin She, who received an urgent edict from the imperial court for [-] miles, finally arrived at the important military town located outside the Great Wall of Daibei Zhao: Mayi······
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"Your Majesty's decree: Cai Yannian, the capital of Yunzhong, fled timidly before the battle, lost his seat in the cloud, and lost more than [-] soldiers and civilians in Yunzhong;"

"Specially ordered the Taiwei to believe in Marquis Jinshe of Wu, and brought the imperial edict to Mayi, and sent Cai Yannian in the cloud, to rectify the law on the spot!"

Outside the north gate of Yunzhong City, following Jin She's deep and heavy recitation of the imperial edict, Cai Yannian, the chief culprit of "Sit Lost in the Clouds", was escorted forward by two soldiers.

Almost at the same time that Cai Yannian was lying on the ground, a soldier with a long-handled guillotine walked out from the side of the general's platform where Jin She was;
Bringing the soldier to Cai Yannian's side, Jin She slowly raised his hand, and the soldier raised the guillotine in his hand almost at the same rhythm.

Then, Jin She raised his hand and dropped it suddenly, and the guillotine in the soldier's hand was placed on Cai Yannian's waist impartially.

——One knife and two paragraphs!

Looking at the bloody scene in front of them, the Yunzhong army and civilians who were gathered around Dianjiangtai, or the 'execution ground' all turned pale with shock;
Especially after Cai Yannian was cut into two sections, he still crawled forward with his hands, but made no sound, his horrified expression made the audience bow their heads in horror.

But on the general platform, Jin She watched indifferently what happened in front of him, and even the moment when the soldier swung the guillotine, Jin She couldn't make Jin She even blink.

Looking straight at the 'half' Cai Yannian who was struggling and squirming all over the world, Jin She's face was filled with indescribable cruelty!
After a full cup of tea, Cai Yannian breathed his last;
And Jin She's cold eyes without the slightest warmth, followed by Jin She slowly raised his head, and slowly moved from the two sections of Cai Yannian in front of the stage to the tens of thousands of Yunzhong soldiers and civilians.

To be precise, it is "the army and the people in the ancient cloud".

Looking around with gloomy eyes, and staring deeply for a long time, Jin She spread out the edict in his hand again.

"The Yunzhong army and civilians that Cai Yannian fled with him broke their trust, disregarded the responsibilities of the border guards and military households, and fled without a fight;"

"On the system, govern the soldiers in the cloud: lose the ground, lose the city, lose the mouth, don't fight when encountering the enemy, and don't defend the city!"

"The soldiers at the frontier pass in the cloud, strip away all their armor, weapons, brown clothes and kun (kūn) tongs, tattoo their hair in Chang'an!"

"Let's wait for the battle, and abandon Chang'an City!"

There was another deep but penetrating roar, and among the crowd, hundreds of figures in history collapsed to the ground;

In a short while, the soldiers in military robes in the crowd were picked out by the Guanzhong soldiers and horses brought by Jin She.

What awaited them was a brown linen singlet, shackles used to distribute prisoners, shaved bald heads, and the word 'prisoner' tattooed on their faces with ink.

As for Jin She's direct selection from the crowd based on the reference of "those who wear military uniforms are soldiers", it seems that there are some loopholes.

What if some soldiers among these people wear the clothes of the common people?
Jin She is very sure: Impossible!
Because according to Jin She's current understanding, the battle situation that day was roughly like this:

——August 27th in autumn, a Hu merchant named 'Aktu' reappeared outside the north gate of Yunzhong after leaving Yunzhong for four months according to the usual practice;

But when the soldiers at the top of the city put down their bamboo baskets and wanted to pull the Hu merchant Aktur up to the top of the city as usual, and then pulled up other people, money, and goods in order, they were opposed by Aktu .

Aktu said: I brought a lot of spices. If I put them in bamboo baskets, they might spill out. I also brought seven cows, so I couldn't use bamboo baskets to pull them up to the city.

It was said that although the guards at the top of the city had some concerns, because the temptation of spices was too great, and with the seven cows, there was really no way to pull them up to the top of the city by manpower, so they could only push the north gate of Yunzhong City to the top of the city. , carefully opened a seam.

At first, everything went well;
Akto came in, still smiling, and even took out a small packet of spices as a reward for the gate guards!
Those cows also came in, and there was nothing unusual.

But the moment Aktu's servants entered the city through the crack of the door, the guards in charge of martial law at the head of the city were shot by bows and arrows!
Almost at the same time, those servants jumped up violently, wielding the machetes in their hands, and killed everyone inside the city gate, bleeding into rivers!
When the guards in the city discovered the abnormality, the barbarians had already pushed down two giant logs that had been cut into triangular columns from the carriage, and put them under the city gate;

In just half a stick of incense, thousands of Huns "fall from the sky" outside the city, riding horses and galloping, screaming, pouring into Yunzhong City from the north gate...

Jin She actually didn't feel much about this part.

- stealing the city gate;

Very standard, almost textbook-level actual battles of stealing city gates.

But what happened afterwards made Jin She, a veteran who had been entrusted by the years and fought in the battlefield, feel a little heavy.

——After receiving the news of the city's destruction, Cai Yannian's first reaction was not to organize a counterattack or fight the Huns in the streets!
Almost within [-] breaths, Cai Yannian put on his clothes and issued the following military orders;

First: When the war breaks out, the old, weak, women and children of military households in the city must close their homes and never go out!

Second: If the Huns break into the military households, the old and weak, women and children must also fight to the death and wait for help! ! !

Second: All the soldiers in the cloud, and the young and strong over the age of fifteen, immediately gather outside the south gate of the city!
Third: Prepare three fast horses...
Just like that, Cai Yannian, as the highest-level official in charge of Yunzhong City, or 'Yunzhong County', embarked on the road of escape after the north gate of Yunzhong City was broken for just a short stick of incense;

According to the memories of the sergeant who escaped from the cloud with Cai Yannian: By the time the Huns chased them out from the south gate, the team had already run out for more than ten miles...
Perhaps the Huns were busy searching for the soldiers in Yunzhong City, or the old and weak women and children abandoned by Cai Yannian in Yunzhong City really caused too much hindrance to the Huns. The pursuit of the Huns was not too serious. work hard;

Qian scattered the rangers, even if he caught up with Cai Yannian and his party, he didn't try his best, he just shot two arrows from a distance, roared and shouted twice, and retreated.

Cloud City was broken in the early morning, around Yin time before dawn;

Cai Yannian himself arrived in Mayi two and a half hours later at the second quarter of the clock;

At three o'clock in the afternoon, near the end of the day, the soldiers, horses and young men brought out by Cai Yannian from Yunzhong City had basically arrived in Mayi.

Seeing this situation, Ma Yiling had no choice but to send someone to respond quickly, and arranged Cai Yannian and his party in the north of Mayi city.

After Cai Yannian and his party set up camp and ate a full meal, Ma Yiling found out that the city would be destroyed before dawn in the clouds, but Cai Yannian didn't think of lighting the beacon fire until dusk... ···

"Military households in the cloud!"

The more he thought about it, the more Jin She felt a tightness in his chest, so he could only force himself to calm down from his thoughts, full of hostility, and looked at the "young and strong" who was only 3000 people away dozens of steps away from the general platform. .

For future generations, these young people between the ages of fifteen and twenty are still at the age of studying;

But in today's Han Dynasty, these young people who have received military training are all reserve soldiers without exception!

In particular, these reserve students are still the children of military households who were ordered to guard Yunzhong City...
"Your Majesty said: Pawns who fear the enemy are useless to the country!"

"The military households and civilians in Yunzhong are terrified before the enemy arrives, so they get tattooed and sent to Chang'an, and have affairs with Xiu'an mausoleum!"

Full of anger, and the hatred that could not be written on his face, he yelled out the phrase "Tattooing Chang'an, and repairing Anling", and Jin She took the edict back into his arms irritably.

Following Jin She's order, the last few thousand people were also sent away;

What awaits them is endless hard work, and at the end of their lives, they will sleep forever on a steep mountain wall or in a bottomless ravine...

After dealing with what happened in Yunzhong, Jin She finally felt that the distress in his chest was relieved;

Then, Jin She couldn't help thinking of what happened next.

In the cloud, it has been lost.

However, as the outpost of the Han Dynasty inserted into the hinterland of the grassland, although Yunzhong City was "annihilated", in a sense, it did not completely live up to its "early warning" duty.

It is true that the city in Yunzhong was destroyed, the military households in the city were almost wiped out, and all the young and strong soldiers fled. It was indeed a matter that hurt the morale of the Han army;
But from a practical point of view, whether or not Cloud City is lost will not make much difference or impact on Jin She's next strategic layout.

——If the cloud is not broken, the flames will inevitably be ignited, Jin She will receive an early warning, and begin to dispatch troops to prepare for the battle;

Right now, Yunzhong has been lost. Although Cai Yannian ran away without even having time to light the beacon, the early warning of the "Huns coming" was sent to the commander of this battle: Jin She through another method.

What Jin She will do next is exactly the same as when Yunzhongcheng was not lost: determine the direction and strength of the Huns, and make corresponding military mobilization.

If there is any difference, that is, if the cloud is not lost, Jin She may have another plan to rush to the cloud and trap the Huns outside the city of Yunzhong by the way;
But right now, Jin She can only be stationed in Mayi, waiting for the arrival of the Huns.

As for Yunzhong City, as well as the loss of nearly ten thousand soldiers and tens of thousands of people, it was no longer within the scope of Jin She's consideration.

——In any case, even if the cloud is not broken, it will inevitably be surrounded by the Huns inside and outside; in this battle, Jin She can't count on Yunzhong at all.

As long as Yunzhong is not breached, Yunzhong City only needs to ensure that it will not be breached, or even just ensure that it will not be breached too quickly and easily by the Huns.

As for the destruction of Yunzhong City and the loss of Yunzhong's population, it is a matter of post-war reconstruction, which is not within the scope of Jin She's consideration.

"Is there a letter from Lord Jipu?"

While thinking about it, he suddenly opened his mouth to ask, and saw Wei Wei Li sent forward.

"Yesterday evening, the Marquis of Jipu reported: the seven schools of the Feihu Duwei Department, all of whom died more than [-], have all left from the Feihu;"

"At the latest, you can arrive in Mayi within seven days."

Hearing Li's words, Jin She only nodded heavily, and then raised her left hand subconsciously;
"Also please Wei Wei, wait for someone to repair a book, and send it to Jipu Hou: Feihu Duwei, there is no need to rush to help Mayi;"

"Although Hu came from the clouds today, it is not yet known whether he will deviate from other routes, or divide his troops, and intend to attack the rest of the border wall."

"The Marquis Jipu led his troops out of the Feihu Trail, and traveled westward to the turn of the Yan Dynasty. The line of the Great Wall in Yanbei was ambush immediately."

"If there is an enemy attacking Yanbei, the Flying Fox Army can go out to meet the enemy first, and then report to someone!"

Hearing this, Li Ji nodded quickly, then turned around and walked towards Mayi city.

——Captain Flying Fox, the only "mobile force" on the north wall of the Han family, stationed in the deep mountains and old forests in the Feihu Trail all the year round, doing nothing all year round, just practicing day and night;
During the war, when any place in the north was attacked by the Huns, Captain Flying Fox would send troops and horses as appropriate to fight the fire.

And this battle is the first time that the entire organization has been dispatched since the establishment of the Flying Fox Captain's Department, that is, the Flying Fox Army!

If this battle fails to achieve the result Jin She wants, it will be an unprecedented disaster for the entire northern defense line of the Han Dynasty...
"Cut off the head and hang it on the wall of Mayi!"

"Corpse and dog eat it!"

Lowering her head with a gloomy complexion, seeing the two sections of Cai Yannian who had already been so cold, Jin She only uttered a sigh of irritability!
After the soldiers beside him stepped forward and cut off Cai Yannian's head, Jin She walked towards the city gate not far away with heavy thoughts.

——What will be the result of this battle, Jin She doesn't know;

But less than a day after the stick was delivered, the few sticks that are being stored in the Mayi county government at this moment remind Jin She all the time: Jin She can't afford to lose this battle... ·

Not only Jin She can't afford to lose, Liu Ying can't afford to lose, the entire Han family can't afford to lose either...
(End of this chapter)