Chu and Han contend for the throne

Chapter 480 Shan Yuting

Langjuxu Mountain is located in the depths of the desert, stretching for hundreds of miles from north to south. It has been the holy mountain of the Huns since ancient times. According to legend, the ancient ancestors of the Huns were born after a Sirius in Langjuxu Mountain had sex with the most beautiful woman on the grassland. Therefore, the Huns worshiped Sirius for generations, and the highest god they believed in was the God of Sirius.

Two big rivers originate in Langjuxu Mountain, one flows eastward into the territory of Donghu, and finally merges into the sea. This is the Gonglu River, which used to be the hereditary territory of the Huyan tribe, and the other flows northward into the North Sea (Lake Baikal). , This is the Yuwu River, and along its banks are the pastures of the Huns and the Pili tribe.

The Shanyu Court of the Xiongnu was located at the southern foot of Langjuxu Mountain, between the two rivers.

However, the current Shanyu Court is no longer the same as before. The outline of an earthen city has been built on the empty river beach, and thousands of houses have been built in the unfinished city. A large layer of pavilions is the Shanyu Temple. In addition to the houses, there are also orderly streets and alleys.

In time, this place will surely develop into a bustling city.

More than 30 Xiongnu troops have already set off, but more women, children, cattle and sheep have stayed at the foot of Langjuxu Mountain. More than 30 Xiongnu women and children are driving millions of cattle, sheep, horses and camels. While grazing, waiting for the men from the expedition or the return of their father, they don't know that the god of death is approaching them quickly.

Two seven or eight-year-old Hun youths were frolicking in front of Maodun Shanyu's dental tent. A slightly taller boy kicked his leg and knocked down the other, who was half his head shorter but more solid, to the ground. Then he clapped his hands and said triumphantly: "Yi Zhixie, I told you earlier that you couldn't beat me. If you don't believe me, you're making yourself miserable now, aren't you?"

The short and strong boy got up in disgrace, and shouted: "Military minister, let's compete with arrows again!"

The tall boy curled his lips, unloaded the exquisitely crafted short bow from his shoulder, and said, "Compare, I'm afraid you won't succeed?"

These two young men are the grandsons of Maodun Shanyu, the sons of the late Zuo Xianwang Ji Porridge. The military officials who had brought endless nightmares to the Han Empire in history were only young children at this time.

When the military minister was about to test his arrow skills with Yi Zhi, he suddenly heard a muffled sound in his ears.

What is this sound?The military official who had excellent hearing turned his head in an instant, then turned over and jumped on the horseback again, and put on the awning to look towards the southeast, but at the end of his field of vision was only the grassland and the grassland. The sky gradually merged into one, but it was no longer clear.

"Military officer, what are you looking at?" Yi Zhi asked obliquely.

The military minister waved his hands and said, "It seems that a large group of people is approaching."

"Big team?" Yi Zhi asked obliquely, "Could it be that Shan Yu's army is back?"

"No, it's definitely not Shan Yu's army. It's impossible for the army to come back so soon." The military official shook his head decisively. "Moreover, Shan Yu's army should return from the southwest, but this team came from the southeast."

"Southeast direction?" Yi Zhi asked obliquely, "Junchen, you must have heard it wrong, right?"

As soon as the voice fell, the surrounding guards suddenly became commotion. Many guards got on their horses one after another, raised their swords and swarmed towards the southeast. Immediately, a faint black line appeared on the horizon in the southeast. At this moment, The young military officials and Yi Zhixie clearly felt that the ground under their feet was trembling slightly.

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"Woo..." Bi Shu lightly stopped the war horse under his crotch, and then slowly raised his right hand. The Chu Jun Xiaoqi who followed aggressively behind him slowed down their horses one after another, and then slowly spread out towards the two wings, less than halfway forward and backward. In a quarter of an hour, [-] Xiaoqi from the Chu Army and [-] Jingqi from the Yan State had formed a huge cavalry formation on the vast desert.

Looking around, the outline of a big mountain can already be seen faintly ahead.

Hu Yan pointed to the outline of the mountain and said to Bi Shu: "General, that is Langjuxu Mountain."

"Langjuxu Mountain, finally arrived at Langjuxu Mountain." A faint smile appeared on the corner of Bi Shu's mouth.

I finally found Shan Yuting, who lives in Xushan Mountain and the Huns. Since going deep into the desert, the half month of eating and sleeping in the open is finally worthwhile.

"Wolf Juxu Mountain, is this the so-called holy mountain of the Huns?" Yan Crown Prince Zang Yan curled his lips and said disdainfully, "What kind of bullshit holy mountain, it looks like an ordinary mountain, not to mention that it is from the Central Plains Compared with the famous mountains and great mountains, it is not as good as the mountains in our country of Yan."

Hu Yan pointed to the outline of the earthen city at the foot of the mountain and said, "That must be the newly built Shanyu City."

"Looking at the situation, it should be Shanyu City." Bi Shu twitched his beard curled up at the corner of his mouth, and smiled, "The Huns have a city, but it saves us a lot of trouble, ha ha."

After finishing speaking, Bi Shu raised his right hand again, pressed forward lightly, and said indifferently: "Decree, break through Shan Yuting, no matter male or female, old or young, all will be killed!" Bi Shu's tone was very sharp. It was light, but the bloody smell revealed in the words was so strong, the eyes of the generals behind him instantly burst into endless murderous intent.

Amidst the sound of cold metal rubbing, Hu Yan had already slowly pulled out the dumb moon sword, and shouted loudly: "The general has an order to break through Shan Yuting, regardless of gender, age or age, all will be killed, all will be killed!" Absolutely..."

In an instant, dozens of cavalry cavalry were already flying towards the two wings of the cavalry formation.

In a short while, the [-] soldiers from the Chu army and the [-] iron cavalry from the Yan State drew their swords one after another, and then urged their horses to move forward. The cold, chilling aura spread endlessly across the desert in an instant.

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The corpse poison cast by the Yuezhi people in the water source brought great troubles to the Huns. The production of corpse poison has a long history among nomads. After drinking polluted water, people will suffer from diseases and even die in severe cases.

After entering the territory of the Yuezhi people, people and animals became sick constantly.

Fortunately, Uncle Gong, the Huns' military adviser, said that he was extremely vigilant and discovered the secret of the Yuezhi poisoning the water source in time, thus avoiding greater losses. However, most of the water sources in the desert were still polluted. , At least in a short period of time, it is impossible to drink directly, which forced the Huns to dig wells for water.

Not to mention the time-consuming and labor-intensive drilling of wells, and the limited amount of water, people and animals can only get a small amount of water every day. Therefore, the march of the Huns was really miserable. It was not until the Huns arrived at Juyanze that the situation changed. Juyanze is hundreds of miles away, and it is impossible for such a large lake to be completely polluted.

In order to save horsepower and manpower, Maodun had to rest in Juyanze for ten days.

Ten days later, when Hu Yan led the Chu-Yan allied forces to Shan Yuting at the foot of Langjuxu Mountain, the Xiongnu army had just started from Juyanze and continued to march towards Yueshi Royal Court. 30 women and children and hundreds of thousands of cattle But the sheep were left in Juyanze, and more than 2 cavalry were left behind in Modun to protect women, children, cattle and sheep.

At the same time, Gu Nuoyan, the Youxian King of the Xiongnu who divided his troops halfway, had arrived at Xiutuze with fifty thousand cavalry. Under the strong pressure of the Huns cavalry, King Xiutu and King Hunxie chose to surrender. Nuoyan accepted the surrender of Xiutu and Hunxie, and conscripted [-] strong men from the two tribes to accompany them on the expedition.

The main army of Shanyu Maodun of the Xiongnu and the army of Youxian King Gu Nuoyan were like two big iron pincers of crabs, one from the south and the other from the north, rolling towards the city of Yueshi near Mize. For a while, the Hexi Corridor People and horses were boiling everywhere, groups of Yuezhi cavalry gathered towards the royal city, and the battle was imminent.

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Since the main force of the Huns in Modun left, Juyanze has returned to its former tranquility. Except that the herdsmen grazing by the lake have changed from Yuezhi people to Huns, there is basically no other difference. If you have to find out The difference is that the cattle and sheep of the Huns seem to be thinner than those of the Yuezhi people, which is caused by long journeys.

As the sun went down, the quiet and peaceful day passed and night fell.

The Huns drove the cattle, sheep and horses into the temporary pen, and then set up piles of bonfires by the lake. While cooking kumiss, they gnawed on roast mutton. The children looked forward to waking up tomorrow. They can grow up and become men. The men regret that they failed to participate in the war to conquer the Yuezhi, and the women look forward to the endless cattle, sheep and wealth that the Huns will bring back after conquering the Yuezhi. Everything is like that Comfortable, so beautiful.

Only a handful of Hun cavalry cruised the wasteland around Juyanze.

Under the cold moonlight, two Hun cavalrymen slowly appeared on a low mountain ridge, and then crossed the mountain ridge and continued to patrol away from Juyanze. Suddenly, an undetectable sound came from the left front Come on, the Hun cavalry in front suddenly became alert, and bowed the short bow in his hand with his backhand.

It was too late to say it, and then it was too late, and the cold light had already shot from the grass in front of the left, and the two Hun cavalrymen on the horses fell headlong from the horses before they had time to give a warning. The horses were frightened, screaming rhythmically, galloping away like the wind, and soon disappeared into the vast night.

A few black shadows climbed up from the knee-deep grass, and then several horses turned up from the grass, one of them turned on the horse, and ordered the riders behind him to count: "Heizi, take two people and go back immediately." The Beidi camp reported to the Prime Minister that they found the women, children and sheep of the Huns in Juyanze, hurry up!"

"Here!" One of them responded loudly, and flew away with the two riders.

In just a moment, Sanqi disappeared into the night like a whirlwind of clouds.

The cavalry who gave the order just now shouted at the rest of the cavalry: "You guys, follow me!"

(End of this chapter)