My father is Emperor Wu of Han, how can I be different from him?

Chapter 249 Say it again, I didn't hear it clearly
"It's over, there are at least tens of thousands of people outside the city!"

"The combined forces of Xianling, Fengyang, and Laojie are actually 60,000 strong, but they claim to have 100,000."

"What!?"

On the top of the city wall, the magistrate of Fuhan County looked pale. He looked through the battlements at the densely packed figures below, his lips trembling uncontrollably.

"There are only 2,000 defenders in the city. How...how can we defend it?"

"Jin Langjun, you..."

"Ugh!"

The county magistrate wanted to rebuke the young man, but when he heard that he had some connection with the prince's palace, he took back his words and said anxiously:

"What should I do? What should I do?"

"Don't panic." Jin Lun, who was sitting with his back against the wall, gritted his teeth and smiled. He had lost too much blood after being shot in the back by an arrow. His face was a little pale at the moment, and his smile looked quite evil.

"There's no point in panicking."

"By the way, Magistrate Li, your descendants and family are not in the city, right?"

The panicked Magistrate surnamed Li lowered his head upon hearing the voice and said, "He's not here. What's wrong?"

Jin Lun bared his teeth and said, "That's a coincidence. Even if the Qiang people break into the city, after your death the imperial court will certainly show favor to your descendants and benefit your family. Your death is not unjust."

Seeing him trying to hold back the pain and his pale face, the county magistrate said in a serious tone, "I will most likely die after the city is captured. I just wonder if the death of a noble like you in my jurisdiction will affect my descendants."

Hey!
Jin Lun laughed again.

He could hear the resentment in the county magistrate's voice. He was ordered to go on a diplomatic mission to the Qiang people, but this resulted in a rebellion among the Qiang people. Afterwards, he brought tens of thousands of troops to the city, which led to the siege of Fuhan.

At this moment, all the officials and civilians in the city are in dangerous situations. How can they not have some resentment?

On the surface, it is indeed to blame.

but……

"There are many counties close to the Hehuang area. Do you know why I came to Fuhan County?" Jin Lun asked with a smile.

"Please give me your advice, sir." The shouts outside the city were deafening and there was chaos on the top of the city. Knowing that there was no way to save the situation, County Magistrate Li was no longer panicked and responded in a cold voice.

"Ah."

At this point, there was no need to keep it secret. Jin Lun sneered, "The Qiang people have long been planning to rebel, and I was ordered to urge them to do so. I came to you because the Qiang people were planning to attack this place anyway, and I came to tell you the news!"

The county magistrate, who had originally given up hope, was filled with suspicion when he heard this.

"The northern army of the capital and the border army have already ambushed the surrounding area. The general of the cavalry is in charge. Reinforcements will arrive today!"

Ok?
One cannot make false statements about military and national affairs. The county magistrate looked surprised and suspicious.

He looked around, squatted down, approached Jin Lun and whispered, "My dear, do you want to use the name of reinforcements to boost the morale of the defenders?"

"Te!"

Jin Lun spat out a mouthful of blood and looked at the county magistrate with a grim smile, "I'm going to die soon, why would I lie to you?"

He didn't lie to the county magistrate because he didn't want to die yet.

After staring at Jin Lun for a while, Magistrate Li stood up suddenly, then thought of the arrows from outside the city and shrank his neck again, "Someone, come quickly, find a doctor for Mr. Jin!"

"Nothing must happen to my Han envoy!"

"No one is allowed to cause chaos. Call on all the young and strong to defend the city!"

Someone in the distance shouted in fear: "County magistrate, there are too many enemy troops, we can't defend!"

"Fuck your mother's fart!"

Magistrate Li ran while cursing, "Whoever dares to shake the morale of the army again, I will chop him into pieces! Quick, gather the young and strong, move the wood and boil the golden juice!"

"Find me an interpreter who can speak Qiang language. I want to negotiate with them. We can discuss anything!"

After hearing the last sentence, the soldiers thought they had grasped the key, and their eyes lit up. Yes, our county magistrate is from a branch of the Longxi Li family.

Ordinary Qiang people have to give some face!
The chaos on the city wall, which had ignited hope, gradually subsided. Soldiers and clerks were running back and forth. Seeing this, Jin Lun, who was leaning against the wall, gritted his teeth and cursed in his heart:

"What a Longxi Li family! They almost made me bleed to death!"

'This isn't over yet!'

The premise for endlessness is that there must be a future, so can they have a future?
Hard to say.

According to Magistrate Li, the Longxi Li family was very famous in Longxi County. The Qiang people used to live next to Longxi County and the two sides had frequent dealings. Normally, they would be wary.

A word of explanation is needed here.

The real purpose of the dealings was that Li defeated the Qiang people, pressed them to the ground and communicated and traded with them.

County Magistrate Li wanted to use his family's power to intimidate the Qiang people. His idea was correct, but he forgot a key point. Jin Lun once said: "The Qiang people were going to attack Fu Han anyway!"

A member of the Li family is serving as the county magistrate here, don’t the Qiang people know?
know.

Knowing that they were from the Li family, the Qiang people still came to attack and listed this place as their first target. Can you guess why? Of course they wanted revenge!

The one I’m hitting is you, Longxi Li!

So as soon as the interpreter on the city wall shouted out the name of their County Magistrate Li, he immediately attracted a hail of arrows and the Qiang people's siege equipment... which was just a simple ladder.

They didn't even have enough ladders, and they were so angry and angry that they set up more than a dozen ladders and started to attack the city like ants. The situation was terrible.

A mess.

The first to attack the city were the Laojie Qiang, whose tribe had an old grudge with the Longxi Li family. Of course, before today's rebellion, it was not called hatred, but a misunderstanding.

But now the situation is reversed!
That means revenge!
When the other two Qiang tribes saw this, some hurried to make ladders, some came to stop them, and some followed the Laojie tribe and rushed towards the city wall.

All in all, it's a mess.

The three families had been feuding for a long time, and after they joined forces to rebel, they had no subordinate relationship. Each of them commanded his own, which made the situation even more chaotic.

But the situation is chaotic again.

If tens of thousands of soldiers gathered together, half of them could attack the city like ants, which would put fatal pressure on the defenders in the city.

Arrows were thrown from the top of the city wall, stones and wooden beams were thrown into the air, shouts and wails were heard one after another. When there were not enough wooden beams, the houses were demolished, and when there was no time to boil the feces and urine, they were just thrown out.

The smell of blood and stench filled my nose.

The siege became intense from the beginning. One side had no rules and just relied on its superior numbers, while the other side had fewer people and just relied on its ruthlessness!

Before the fighting began, the soldiers and young men in the city were terrified and hesitant. Everyone thought it was all over. But County Magistrate Li, who was the first to think that he was doomed, was the most eager to fight at this moment.

"Reinforcements will be here soon!" they kept saying. "Anyone who retreats will be killed without mercy!" "If the Qiang people don't put down their weapons when they break into the city, their whole family will die if they don't fight!"

The county magistrate shouted until his throat was hoarse, and the effect was seen.

Everyone didn't know whether the reinforcements were an excuse, but they could clearly see the ferocious faces of the Qiang people.

If you don't fight hard, your whole family will die!
"kill--"

Magistrate Li, who looked more like a military commander than a civil official, shouted in a hoarse voice, whether to boost morale or to cheer himself up, as he thrust his long sword into a man's chest.

Before the hideous-looking man fell off the city wall, blood from his chest splattered all over Magistrate Li's face. He wiped it hastily without caring if anyone else could hear it. In fact, at this moment, all people could see was fighting and screaming, and no one had the leisure to pay attention to others.

It was on this city wall where the shouts of killing shook the sky that County Magistrate Li once again cursed: "Damn it, where are the reinforcements you mentioned!?"

"Fuck your mother, I said, today——"

“I will definitely come!”

When he yelled the last two words, Jin Lun was turning over and pinning down a man, and forcefully thrusting an arrow into the man's eyeball.

puff!
White and red burst out of my eyes in an instant.

After killing one man, before Jin Lun could catch his breath, another Qiang man jumped onto the city wall and swung his knife to chop him while Jin Lun was standing up.

clang!
A knife came from the right rear, blocking the opponent's attack. At this moment, Jin Lun suddenly rushed forward, knocking down the opponent, and pierced the strong man's heart with the arrow in his hand.

Puff puff!
Blood spurted out, he couldn't die any more.

Before the next Qiang man climbed onto the top of the city wall, Jin Lun quickly climbed up from the corpse, picked up a broken machete and held it in his hand, and fought hard with Magistrate Li behind him, back to back.

At this moment, County Magistrate Li wanted to curse, damn Jin family, where are the reinforcements! ?

But he didn't have the chance to curse out loud, as there were fewer and fewer officials and young and strong men around him, while the Qiang people came one after another, as if they would never be killed enough!

Jin Lun also wants to curse now.

He wanted to yell, why haven't the reinforcements arrived yet! ?

Every minute and every second of the life-and-death moment was torturous and slow. The reinforcements they were expecting were not not coming, but...

Go around behind!
"Send a message to Li Gan and order him to attack from the south."

"Here!"

"Send a message to Gongsun He, wait for him to enter the northeast of Fuhan City, and then kill the enemy."

"Here!"

Huo Qubing, who issued the order, was galloping to the west of Fuhan City at this moment. His 6,000 cavalrymen set out from Jincheng, which was closest to Fuhan, and were the first to arrive at the battlefield.

However, they did not engage the enemy, but first went around to the west and penetrated to the rear of the Qiang people.

Li Gan, who led 8,000 frontier troops from Longxi from An Gu, went around to the south. The two armies planned to defeat the Qiang people from the west and south, block their retreat, and drive them to the northeast.

Gongsun He led 10,000 Wuwei border troops, who were the farthest away from here and would take the longest time to travel, so he ordered his troops to set up an ambush on the road coming from the east.

Soon after the military order was issued, the entire army began to speed up.

The 6,000 men who followed Huo Qubing in the charge were all the bravest of the brave, hand-picked by him personally. As soon as the central army accelerated, the cavalry immediately knew what to do.

Six thousand people are like a whole, a sharp sword.

The same breath, the same pulse.

Let’s charge together!
The earth roared, the sand and rocks trembled, and when he jumped over the last ridge, Huo Qubing shouted solemnly: "Zhao Po Nu!"

Changshui Captain Zhao Po Nu quickly replied: "I am here!"

"You are the sharp arrow!"

Zhao Po Nu wanted to say that the general didn't need to let me go, but there was no time for him to waste time, so he immediately responded, "Yes!"

Then the formation changed. Huo Qubing, who usually led the charge, gave up his position and Zhao Po Nu led the troops in front.

No one thought that their commander had lost his fighting spirit. They just wanted to give Zhao Po Nu a chance, a chance to be crowned a marquis again!
"Gongsun Ao, Li Xi!"

The eyes of the cavalry captain Gongsun Ao and the cavalry captain Li Xi lit up and they immediately responded, "I am here!"

"I'll have you two form the two wings to protect the center."

"Here!"

As they were talking, they had passed the mountain ridge and a city densely packed with people came into view, along with the endless number of Qiang people.

The sight lines are mutual. If I see you, it means you see me. The moment the six thousand Han troops appeared from the rear, the chaos in the Qiang army became even worse!

Why more?

Because before Huo Qubing's troops rushed into the battlefield, an army of 8,000 cavalrymen had already charged into the formation from the south.

"charge--!"

Li Gan's eyes were wide open with anger. The compensation for the title was right in front of him, the military merit was right in front of him, and the title of nobility was right in front of him. Charge!
War horses neighed, iron hooves trampled, blood gushed out, and wailing filled the sky.

Someone on the top of the city wall saw this scene and laughed out loud, "Hahahaha, I told you reinforcements were coming!"

"Reinforcements!"

"Reinforcements have arrived, kill!"

After the cavalry from the west and south rushed into the battlefield, the first thing that changed was the precarious city wall. The main force of the Qiang people was attacked, and now it was the turn of the Qiang people who had attacked the city wall to be timid.

Husband fights with courage.

If you are weak, I will be strong. Under the intimidation of the big flags with the word "Huo" and "Li", the Qiang people who were attacking the city quickly turned around. They lost their support on the city wall and gradually lost their strength.

Most of the Qiang people who hurriedly turned around under the city seemed particularly powerless in the face of the cavalry charging at full speed.

The Qiang people never expected that less than a day after their rebellion, the Han army would descend from the sky.
Yes.

Real life is always full of surprises and surprises. They either scare you to death or delight you to death. In short, they kill you...

They were caught off guard by the sudden attack. In addition, the Qiang people's weapons and equipment were too poor. The Xiongnu people still learned how to use stirrups and horseshoes from the Han people.

Switch to the Qiang people.

Not only were the horses still bare, but even the arrows that were shot at them from time to time were some bone arrows, not to mention steel knives, bows and crossbows.

This was a battle that was a complete crushing victory in terms of command, aircraft, and weapons, except for the disadvantage in numbers.

But having too many people may not work sometimes.

boom--

It is not known which Qiang tribe collapsed first. When the first group was pierced by the Han army and fled in fear, the second and third groups appeared one after another.

What followed was a terrible chain reaction!

It is difficult to say that the subsequent defeat was caused by the Han army. Internal confusion, mutual suspicion, and the evil of human nature may have been the biggest driving forces.

In the melee, everyone wants to preserve their strength, everyone wants others to cover their rear, and everyone wants their fellow Taoists to die rather than themselves.

Just ask.

How could such an army not be defeated?
Facing top generals and elite Han troops, the Qiang people were like playing house. They were defeated quickly and completely.

In panic, they fled to the northeast because there were no Han troops there.

Not yet...

puff!
Huo Qubing easily used his spear to knock one man away, frowned and looked at the enemy troops around him who were howling like ghosts and wolves, and shouted, "What are they shouting?"

Among the personal soldiers on both sides, a Qiang man shouted back: "General, they are shouting surrender!"

surrender?

Huo Qubing stopped his horse and stood on a high ground. Looking around, he saw the enemy troops fleeing frantically, and the Han soldiers chasing them and killing them without restraint.

Since most of the Han soldiers could not understand Qiang language, even if someone knelt on the ground and begged for surrender, they could not stop the attack with the ring-handled sword when they passed by quickly.

"General, do you want to order all the troops to stop attacking?" the personal soldier stepped forward and asked.

Huo Qubing's face, as sharp as if it had been carved by a knife or an axe, did not move at all. At this moment, the General of Cavalry was looking at the battlefield, but his heart was drifting towards the distant Chang'an City.

I don't know what he was thinking. After a pause, Huo Qubing asked back: "What did you just say they were shouting?"

"Return to the general and shout surrender!"

"I didn't hear clearly, what did you say they shouted?"

“…It is indeed a surrender.”

"I didn't hear you clearly, please say it again."

"..." The soldier looked at the general standing in front of him, then looked at his comrades around him, and shouted decisively: "General, I heard it wrong!"

"The enemy is shouting to kill!"

Huo Qubing nodded and said, "Send a message to Li Gan and Gongsun He's troops, if the enemy troops don't surrender, don't spare a single one."

"Yes!" The messenger left in a hurry.

The soldiers around understood that their general had just issued an inappropriate military order. Although they did not object, as long as the general gave the order, they would resolutely carry it out.

But deep down, they knew it wasn't right.

To be frank, if you don't surrender, you are not considered a prisoner. When two armies are fighting, it is natural to kill the enemy.

Let’s be more serious.

There is already suspicion of killing prisoners...

How many generals have killed prisoners since ancient times? Famous ones include Bai Qi, Xiang Yu, and Xue Rengui in later generations.

The soldiers either had never heard of these people or didn't know much about them, but there was one person they definitely knew well. Who was he?

Li Guang!

Yes, it is Li Guang, Marquis of Wuyang!
Unlike Bai Qi and Xiang Yu, who killed hundreds of thousands or even millions of prisoners, Li Guang killed fewer prisoners.

When Li Guang was the governor of Longxi County, he killed more than 800 rebels from the Laojie Qiang tribe. This was also the old feud between the Laojie Qiang and the Longxi Li.

There have always been rumors in the military.

It was difficult for Li Guang to be granted a title of nobility before because killing prisoners was considered unlucky and would damage his fortune!

Should the General of Cavalry be killed at this moment?

The soldiers looked at each other, suppressed their trembling hearts, and watched the battlefield silently...

……

At the same time, in Dunhuang County, outside Yumen Pass.

The massive Xiongnu army stopped outside the pass. Looking at the large flag with the Chinese character "Li" fluttering in the wind on the fortress, Qu Bi looked grim and asked in a cold voice:

"Does anyone dare to fight the Flying General?"

Flying General, Li Guang!

This nickname originated from the left wing of the Xiongnu, but when Qubi, the right wise king of the Xiongnu, shouted it out, it still shocked his subordinates.

Without him.

This is because of the nickname that was once circulated among the left wing of the Xiongnu. After his record of killing the Great Chanyu Yizhixie with a single arrow, he has now become a fearsome force among all the Xiongnu tribes!
"Hey——!"

At Yumen Pass, Li Guang, the Marquis of Wuyang, who was supposed to go back to his hometown with his son to visit his father's grave, suddenly shouted, "Little boy in front of the battle, dare you take an arrow from me!"

The breeze rises and falls, and the wolf flag flutters.

Silence before the battle...

After this day, the Han Dynasty’s official newspaper announced: Li Guang, Marquis of Wuyang, can repel a million soldiers alone!
(End of this chapter)