I'm really not King Jing of Zhongshan

Chapter 399
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It seems to be stepping on the pace of the drum, or maybe it is encouraged by the drum;

Accompanied by the sound of war drums at the top of Mayi City, groups of Xiongnu Zhelan cavalry appeared outside Mayi City quickly enough as no one expected.

To be precise, it appeared about twenty miles north of Mayi.

Fifteen miles is the "safe distance" in the wars of this era, regardless of arms, terrain, or even civilization.

What is a safe distance?

Take the Zhelan people who are setting up their horses in the area north of Mayi at this moment: with the distance of more than twenty miles, the Zhelan people can feel completely at ease.

There are three reasons;

One: The distance of twenty miles allows the Zhelan people to ensure that the mobilization of Mayi—mainly the changes of Han soldiers entering and leaving Mayi—can be seen by scouts and rangers at a glance.

In addition to being able to know the movement of the Han army in Mayi City at the first time, the distance of twenty miles also left enough time for the Zhelan people to react after receiving the news.

Assuming that on a certain day, tens of thousands of Han infantry poured out of Mayi City and headed straight for the Huns camp outside the North City Gate, then the distance of twenty miles can ensure that the encounter between the two sides is roughly equal. It will erupt ten miles north of Mayi and ten miles south of the Xiongnu camp.

——From getting the news, jumping on the horse, and riding the horse south, the time spent by the Huns cavalry will not exceed the time it takes for the Han infantry to reach the midpoint of the Mayi-Hun camp.

Second: While ensuring that the Han soldiers in Mayi City cannot launch a surprise attack on their own camp, the distance of [-] miles, in turn, happens to be the limit for the Huns, or cavalry to launch a surprise attack.

If one day, the Huns set off from this big camp, galloped down on their horses, and the soldiers peak pointed directly at Mayi, then the place where the war broke out would definitely be at the head of Mayi.

Because compared to the slow-moving and cumbersome infantry, the cavalry, especially the less sophisticated Hu cavalry, really has incredible mobility.

And for the Xiongnu cavalry of this era—for this unified regime of nomadic civilization at its peak, the distance of twenty miles is really the "two steps" that the grandpas of later generations would say.

When the cavalry of the Xiongnu gushed out from the spring in the camp, and thousands of horses galloped vigorously, sending up dust all over the sky to the north of Mayi, the soldiers in Mayi city could at best take advantage of this short opportunity to consolidate their defenses.

If the line of defense can be completed before the Huns have traveled the distance of twenty miles, it can be regarded as the defender's ability to manage the army well;
However, if it is not completed, it will be caught off guard. Although it will not lose the city, it will inevitably be a little embarrassing.

Third: The distance of twenty miles is the best "entanglement" distance obtained by the Huns after years of practical verification.

Not only to attack the cities of the Han people—even when encountering the infantry phalanx of the Han people in the wild, the trailing and tracking distance between the main force of the Huns and the infantry phalanx of the Han army will be maintained at about [-] miles.

Because after years of practice, the Huns discovered that this distance really has some different magic power.

——The Han people wanted to run, but at a distance of twenty miles, the Xiongnu cavalry stepped on the gas pedal with two feet and swung their whips on their horses to catch up;
——The Han people wanted to fight, but the Huns cavalry could harass them slowly without worrying about being bitten off at a distance of twenty miles;

Even an ambush—even if the Han wanted to set up an ambush, the distance of [-] miles could ensure that the Huns cavalry would withdraw from the battlefield as soon as they sensed danger, that is, they would not fall into the encirclement of the Han.

Combining all the above, summing up the above series of reasons, we can draw such a conclusion: twenty miles is the best distance for the Huns to face the Han army;
It is also an excellent distance for the Huns to fight against the Han army whenever they want, to walk whenever they want, to catch up whenever they want to chase, and to run away whenever they want to run.

As the only closed disciples of the former Taiwei Zhou Yafu, Zhidu and Cheng Bushi, of course they don't understand what the distance of twenty miles means, let alone understand what the Huns outside the city are doing at this moment. What.

"Golden carving big banner~"

"Well···"

"It's Oranbu..."

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"Why is there only one big banner?"

Standing at the head of Mayi city, looking several miles away, the Zhelan cavalry, carrying the military banner and holding the reins, are "patrolling" from east to west in a direction parallel to the north wall of Mayi. , Zhi couldn't help frowning slightly.

The big banner, that is, the military flag, is actually a product of the characteristics of this era.

In this era, whether it is the Huns who are nomadic civilizations or the Han people who are farming civilizations, they all like to use big banners as the logo of the army.

The Han Dynasty side is a little more complicated;
Ordinary county soldiers usually use the county and country they belong to as banners, such as the banners of the princes and soldiers with the words "Liang" and "Yan", or the banners with the words "Shang" and "Long". The local banners of counties and counties.

The standing field army, without exception, uses the pattern of beasts as their unique banners.

For example, in the past, Xiliuying under the leadership of Zhou Yafu used the pattern of iron-eating beasts, that is, pandas, as its banner;
The firefighters on the Great Wall defense line, and the Flying Fox Army stationed in Feihujing, use tiger patterns as banners and so on.

In addition, whether it is the county soldiers and horses with the banners of the place where they belong, or the standing field army with the beast pattern as the banner, in addition to their respective military banners, they will also display the private banners of the commanders at the same time. .

It's like the Mayi at the moment, the commander-in-chief Cheqi General Zhidu led the Chang'an Northern Army to garrison;
Therefore, at the head of Mayi City, in addition to the red dragon banners that belonged exclusively to the Northern Army and the "Han" character banners that belonged exclusively to the Forbidden Army, there were two large banners with the words "Cheqi" and "Zhi" written on each side.

On the other hand, compared with the Han Dynasty, the Xiongnu side has patterns, fonts, and sometimes even both. The large banners are much simpler-there are no characters, only patterns.

Perhaps because there is no written language, the banners of the Huns are basically entirely based on wild animal patterns, and are mainly based on tribal beliefs.

For example, at this moment, the Zhelan people who are patrolling the battlefield outside Mayi City call themselves 'people of the Golden Eagle' and use a golden eagle flag as their tribal symbol;
For example, the Aries people who have not yet arrived, but are about to arrive at the city of Mayi, as the name suggests, use the skeleton sheep head as their totem.

I have to say what are the special banners, that is, Lou Fanren, who is also about to arrive in Mayi, uses the longbow as his belief and totem, not a living thing.

It’s just that under the background of the belief of the Huns that “everything can become a god”, among the group who are willing to believe that a stone, a tree, or even a leaf or a grass can become a god, Lou Fanren decided to believe The longbow that has been by my side for generations is no big deal.

Say it back in front of you.

The Zhelan people are Zhidu's old friends.

To be precise, the three tribes of Zhelan, Baiyang, and Loufan, and every guard stationed on the northern wall of Han Dynasty, can be regarded as old acquaintances.

——The three tribes of Zhelan, Baiyang, and Loufan were called "the troika of Shanyuting to suppress Munan" by the nomadic people in the grasslands and even the Shanyu of the Xiongnu in the past dynasties.

With the presence of these troikas, no matter those tribes who refused to submit to the rule of the Xiongnu Shan Yuting, or some individuals and forces with ulterior motives, they would all succumb to the coercion of Shan Yuting.

As the troika of the Xiongnu Shan Yuting to suppress the Munan, these three powerful tribes living in the Munan, of course, it is impossible not to deal with the Han people.

In fact, in the past few decades, most of the wars between the Han and the Hungarian sides have involved these three tribes.

——The Shan Yuting headquarters wants to retain its strength, but the slave tribes can't count on it, and the ordinary tribes have their own ghosts;

Therefore, on the battlefield, it is the armies of these three tribes and the troika that can really become the mainstay of the Huns.

And as a border guard of the Han Dynasty, especially just half a year ago, he had just experienced a defeat that was enough to ruin his reputation, and he is still a border guard who has committed crimes. Of course, Zhidu understands what the appearance of the Zhelan people means. What······

"I have heard for a long time that the Zhelan tribe of the Xiongnu is full of bloodthirsty and insane people. Even King Zhelan himself is privately called the 'king' by the grassland tribes."

"Except for Shan Yu himself, King Zhelan has never been respectful to anyone, and he has never been rational in front of anyone."

"If you don't agree with me, you will fight with the kings of other tribes. If you win, you will eat the opponent's bloody heart in front of other tribes..."

While thinking about it, Cheng Buzhi's solemn tone came to his ears, which made Zhidu nod his head slowly.

"Zhelan King Tuge is indeed a lunatic."

"And a lunatic who can rule tens of thousands of lunatics, make tens of thousands of lunatics fight bloody battles for themselves, and take death as glory..."

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"In this battle, if the Huns plan to attack the city, the vanguard who climbed to the top of the city must be the Zhelan people."

"But the Huns are good at fighting in the field after all, not good at making heroes. I'm not very worried about the Zhelan attacking Mayi."

"What I'm really worried about is actually Aries and Lou Fan..."

Hearing Zhidu's words, Cheng Buzhi was taken aback for a moment;
After only a moment, he nodded as if realizing something, and his complexion only became darker in an instant.

At this moment, outside the city of Mayi, there is only a large golden banner, declaring that the Zhelan tribe of the Xiongnu sent at least one thousand cavalry, and a total of 6000 people came to Mayi.

But as an 'old rival', as an old acquaintance who has dealt with for many years, Cheng Bushi also knows some unwritten 'rules', or conventions, of the Huns.

——Unless one of these three tribes has conflicts with other tribes, the armies of these three tribes have always come one after another.

Especially when going south to attack the Han Dynasty, one of the troikas was never missing, and the kings of these three tribes were never absent;
At the same time, when the troika appeared on the border of Hanbei at the same time, it meant that behind the troika...
"Could it be that even Shan Yuting came to Mayi together?"

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"At least, it's also Yu Dan, the Zuoxian king..."

Just like the big black fish must be lurking under the aircraft carrier of the later generations-behind the troika, there will definitely be a genus of the Sect!

Moreover, this royal lineage of the Suoda clan, who has the right to inherit the great position, will at least be the sage king of the left and right, and even more directly, Shan Yu himself!
"At the beginning of spring, the military officials of Di Chief personally led the army to kowtow to the side."

"Isn't it possible to lead the army to the south within a year, spring and autumn?"

"—You must know that Shanyu's big tent is accompanied by tens of thousands, or even hundreds of thousands of troops;"

"Even if they wanted to 'teach' my Han family, the Huns probably wouldn't..."

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"The Zuoxian king, Yu Dan, is said to be less than ten years old. He hasn't even ridden a horse yet, and he's still riding a sheep."

"It shouldn't be Zuo Xianwang..."

Hearing the conversation between Zhidu and Cheng Bushi from time to time, the generals quickly deduced the identity of the opponent through the method of elimination.

"If it's not the military minister, I think it's King Youxian."

"After all, in the past, the Zuoxian King of the Huns also liked to go west, while the Youxian King planned to go south all day long, and hit my Han side."

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"Um······"

"What's the name of the current Youxian King?"

Muttering to himself, Zhidu only asked a question abruptly, and Cheng Bushi next to him frowned again.

"Emperor Taizong Xiaowen in the fifth year of the Yuan Dynasty, the Marquis of Chang'an sent back a secret report: the old Shangji porridge died of illness, and his son, the military minister, will be in power."

"In the first year of Emperor Xiaojing, the Marquis of Chang'an reported again: Shan Yu's army ministers pretended to summon You Xian Wang to worship, and immediately took the opportunity to attack Shan Yu's court, and uprooted all the forces that belonged to You Xian Wang."

"In the end, it was Mu Yan, the mother of the military officials, the Xiongnu 'Queen Dowager' who couldn't stand it anymore, and persuaded the military officials on the grounds of 'retaining the lineage of the Tong'an clan', so that the only heir of King Youxian was saved. "

"This Prince Youxian, who was protected by the mother's family, is the current King Youxian of the Xiongnu: Shudan Yizhixie..."

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"——Izhixie Ichigo..."

From Cheng Bushi's mouth, when he heard the word 'Yizhixie', Zhidu felt a different feeling in his heart.

Even though he had heard the name before and knew what the identity of the Right Wise King of the Xiongnu meant, Zhidu still felt that there was some inexplicable and unclear relationship between himself and this Hun who had never met before.

seems to be fate;
Or maybe it's a bond...
"The Zhelan tribe has already arrived at the city of Mayi, and the Baiyang and Loufan tribes should be arriving soon."

"I hope that the Right Wise King Yi Zhixie, don't be a fool who dare not even cross the Wuzhou Fortress, but only dares to wait outside the pass..."

The slightly sarcastic, yet obviously provocative words only drew a burst of polite laughter from the generals behind him;

But he saw that Zhidu turned around sullenly, grinning slightly at everyone...

"The order."

"Han Tuidang, the Marquis of Gonggao, led his headquarters with three thousand light cavalry, and went out from the south gate of Mayi to find a hiding place for himself, and he can be transferred at any time."

"The captain of the officer, Han Anguo, led the officer with five thousand shields and five thousand crossbows, and went out of the city to fight."

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"The Zhelan people are here~"

"Old friends meet, meeting ceremony, always can't be stingy..."

(End of this chapter)