Chu and Han contend for the throne

Chapter 486 The Huns Are Coming

After much consideration, Bi Shu decided to hide the truth.

On the battlefield, Bi Shu would never frown even if he killed a million soldiers from the enemy country. It's a man, not a beast. He still can't do such a crazy thing.

If you can't kill people, and you can't leave women and children to the Huns, then you can only take risks.

"General Meng, let's divide the troops here." Bi Shu reined in his mount and looked back at Meng Ji.

After Bi Shu, more than 20 Central Plains women and children are driving millions of cattle, sheep and livestock along the Lugong River to the east, extending from the near to the end of the field of vision.

Meng Ji bowed his hands on the horse's back and said solemnly: "Take care, General."

Bi Shu nodded lightly, then Meng Yu suddenly reined in his horse's head and galloped towards the south. Meng Keng, Meng Yuan, and Meng Liao also rode their horses to catch up, and behind them were three thousand Chu troops riding bravely. After a while, Meng Ji led three thousand cavalry across the shallow Lugong River and disappeared on the remote horizon in the south.

According to Bi Shu's plan, Meng Yu will lead 2 Xiaoqi to go south with great fanfare to attract the attention of the Huns as much as possible. Dressed up as Huns, women and children, they bluffed their way deep into the territory of Donghu, and then turned south.

This is what Sun Tzu said in the Art of War.

This is even more of an adventure. Bi Shu’s bet is that the Donghu people have already been scared by the Huns. Hearing that the “Huns’ army” arrives, all the ministries of the Donghu will be invincible. In this way, Bi Shu will have the opportunity to bring more than 20 women and children. Back to Liaodong, but if the Donghu tribes are not afraid of the Xiongnu's despotic power and send troops to intercept and kill them, then...

Thinking of this, Bi Shu's expression darkened, and he didn't want to think about it any more.

Seeing Bi Shu's worry, Hu Yan urged his horse forward immediately, and said rather complacently, "Don't worry, General, the Donghu people have been scared by the last general. Back then, the last general rode deep into the East Hu Wan alone. A sword in the army cut off the head of King Donghu, isn't it the last general boasting, as long as the name of the last general is revealed, the Donghu people will not be able to scatter and flee?"

Bi Shu gave Huyan a sideways look, and said, "I hope, I hope everything goes well."

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After several days of rapid march, the Xiongnu army finally arrived at Xiu Tuze, but what was presented to the Huns was the same tragic scene as Juyanze. Thousands of Xiu Tu women and children were slaughtered. The lake was also full of human and animal corpses, and the choking stench could be smelled from a distance of more than ten miles.

Seeing the scene in front of him, King Xiutu was dumbfounded, he couldn't believe his eyes, and then a chill that penetrated into the bone marrow completely enveloped him. King Xiutu knew that the tribe of Xiutu was over, even though he was still alive , the [-] strong men of the Xiutu tribe are still there, but without the flocks, how can they survive?
Also, if they lost their women and children, who would they rely on to reproduce?
Xiutu Wangyuan opened his blood-red eyes, and instinctively thought of robbing, if he had nothing to eat, he would rob even if he had no woman, but who could he rob?The Yuezhi people couldn't do it, and the Huns couldn't do it even more. The small tribes in Hexi had been slaughtered, and it seemed that they had to go to Guanzhong to snatch the women and children of the Han people.

"Liu Heng, Bai Mo!" King Xiutu gritted his teeth, his bone marrow-frozen voice almost oozing out from between his teeth, "I, the Xiutu tribe, swear against you, I swear against you..."

The uncle said that he was also secretly shocked, all this has exceeded his expectations.

In fact, Uncle Gong’s lobbying for Gu Nuoyan and King Guli to loot Guanzhong was just a feint. His real intention was to loot the Xiutu and Hunxie tribes in a false way. Afterwards, he returned to Shan Yuting in the north, and then took the opportunity to promote Gu Nuoyan and the left and right Gu Li Wang Yan, and finally the generals helped Shan Yu to the throne.

Uncle Gong said very clearly that although the Han Kingdom had just experienced the defeat of Mianshui and its national power was greatly damaged, it was not in a desperate situation. The Xiongnu army entering the Guanzhong at this time may not be able to get a bargain, but now, it seems that there is no other way. The choice of the Han people has driven the Huns into a desperate situation, and they can only go to Guanzhong!

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At this time, Bai Mo and Zhou Guanfu had already retreated to Lingwu with [-] hussars. Brothers Uncle Sunying and Uncle Sunshang also rushed to Lingwu to join Bai Mo. The brothers said: "Two generals, have all the beacon towers along the east bank of the river been built?"

Uncle Sunying said: "Prime Minister, don't worry, everything has been built. If the Xiongnu army comes, within half an hour, the warning message will spread throughout the Guanzhong, and the cavalry troops stationed in various counties will rush to help. This time, The Huns don't want to cross the river!"

"That's good, that's good." Bai Mo calmed down a little, and said, "Guanzhong can't stand the trouble anymore."

Behind Zhou Guanfu, Zhou Yafu, who has been studying military books recently, couldn't help but said to Bai Mo: "Prime Minister, there is a sentence that I don't know if I should say it or not."

Bai Mo said casually, "But it's okay to say."

Zhou Yafu said: "The final general really doesn't understand why we slaughtered Xiutu, Hunxie, and all the tribes in Hexi? If the tribes in Hexi were kept, the Huns might point their finger at the tribes in Hexi, but now all the tribes in Hexi have been killed by us. Massacre, but also drove the Huns into a desperate situation, didn't this force them to flee to Guanzhong?"

Uncle Sunying and Uncle Sunzhang were astonished when they heard the words, as if this was really the case.

Zhou Guanfu was also slightly surprised, and couldn't help but look at his brother a few times.

Bai Mo nodded happily. Zhou Yafu's insight into the situation made him a little impressed, but Zhou Yafu was still a little tender after all, and explained immediately: "Yafu, you only know one, but not the other. Leaving the women, children, cattle and sheep to the Xiongnu, although it can temporarily avoid the disaster in Guanzhong, but it is inevitable that raising tigers will cause trouble."

"But if we don't leave the cattle, sheep, women and children of the various tribes in Hexi to the Xiongnu, I'm afraid there will be catastrophe in Guanzhong." Zhou Yafu obviously won't admit defeat easily, and then retorted, "Although the prime minister has ordered people to build beacon towers all over the east bank of the river. , but over time it is inevitable that secrets will be lost, and if the Xiongnu are reluctant to leave, they will always find a gap to cross the river."

Bai Mo smiled slightly and said, "That's right, the truth is that the defense strength of the river is estimated to last half a month at most, and after half a month it will inevitably show its flaws. However, it will not take half a month for the Huns to retreat at all."

"The Prime Minister is so sure?" Zhou Yafu didn't believe it. "The Huns can kill horses to satisfy their hunger for half a month, right?"

Bai Mo smiled slightly, and said firmly: "Yafu, how about we make a bet, the truth is that the Huns will return to Mobei within half a month."

"Okay." Zhou Yafu said, "If the prime minister loses, you need to lend me Guiguzi's manuscript."

Zhou Guanfu's face changed slightly, and he reprimanded urgently: "Yafuxiu is going to mess around, how can the prime minister lose to you?"

"Hey, why are you so anxious to win?" Bai Mo glared at Zhou Guanfu displeasedly, and then said to Zhou Yafu, "Okay, if the truth loses, I will pass on Guiguzi's manuscript to you, but what if you lose?"

Zhou Yafu said: "If the general loses, let the prime minister handle it."

"A word from a gentleman." Bai Mo stretched out his hand with a smile, thinking that many famous generals in the Han Kingdom are old and dead, and it is at a time when they are dying. If Zhou Yafu can hone it this week, he will be a rare general. , why not take advantage of this gamble and put him in Tongguan, forgive Zhou Guanfu who has nothing to say.

"A four-horse horse is hard to chase." Zhou Yafu also stretched out his hand, and hit Bai Mo hard.

Zhou Guanfu couldn't help frowning, but he didn't say much after all. He could see that the prime minister valued his brother quite a lot, but the second brother was young after all, so he didn't know if this matter was a blessing or a curse?

While speaking, a striking puff of smoke suddenly rose from a mountain not far away.

"Look, Prime Minister, there is smoke!" Shusun Shang suddenly shouted, "The Huns are coming!"

Bai Mo narrowed his eyes slightly, and immediately put on the awning to look across the river, and sure enough, he saw a faint smoke rising from the end of the horizon in the northwest direction. Although the distance was far away, it was not clear, but Bai Mo could imagine it. There must be thousands of Huns cavalry in the billowing smoke, and the Huns finally came.

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Gu Nuoyan lightly reined in the horse's reins, and the steed galloped onto a small dirt bag.

Standing on the small soil bag and looking down, hundreds of thousands of Hun cavalry rushed forward from his feet, just like a vast ocean of cavalry, boundless, looking around, all the way to the end of the sky, there are all moving horse heads and clamoring horses. There was a crowd of people screaming, and billows of smoke and dust rose up, covering half of the sky.

Looking at the mighty cavalry army galloping forward, Gu Nuoyan's heart was extremely heavy.

Amidst the chaotic sound of horseshoes, Zuo Gu Li King Gao A Duo and You Gu Li King Ka Yitu also took their guards to the hillside. Under what the uncle said, coupled with the pressure of the situation, Gu Nuoyan finally got along with him. The left and right Guli kings reached a settlement, and the three decided to temporarily put aside the competition for the position of Shan Yu, and work together to cleanse Guanzhong.

"Did you see that, Wolf Smoke?" Gu Nuoyan glanced back at King Gu Li, and then said lightly with his finger forward, "It seems that the Han army has already prepared for our arrival."

Gao A Duo and Ka Yitu looked in the direction of Gu Nuoyan's finger, and they saw a beam of smoke soaring up to the sky. At that moment, their hearts sank. The Han army had been prepared for a long time. The army's rations have been exhausted, and then they can only rely on killing horses to satisfy their hunger, and the Xiongnu army can't afford it.

"Military teacher, what do you think?" Gu Nuoyan's eyes finally fell on Uncle Gongshuo.

Uncle Gong said: "King Youxian, King Zuoguli, and King Youguli are going back to Mobei now. At least half of the three 10,000+ people will starve to death. If they can cross the river and enter the Guanzhong, they still have a chance. Retiring with the whole body, there is a saying that there is no turning back, and now we can only bite the bullet and rush forward."

(End of this chapter)