Han Dang is stronger

Chapter 533
The mountain and the rain are about to come, and even though the accurate information has not been received, Li Zuoche, who has been regarded as a teacher by Han Xinzun in history, has already smelled the danger and also has a premonition based on the clues collected through various channels. If the main force of the Xiongnu was really enraged by the various provocative actions of the Han army and decided to launch a large-scale southern expedition this winter, the first target would most likely be the Daijun Yanmen defense area that they were in charge of.

At the beginning of November, the speculated reaction of the Huns was confirmed, and Mao Dun really issued a mobilization order to all the Hun tribes on the grassland, ordering the Hun tribes directly under him and the Xiongnu tribes led by King Youxian to gather closer to Saiyin Mountain. This information was not only quickly confirmed by the eyeliners placed by the Han army on the grassland, but also a few small tribes of the Huns who were secretly bought by Li Zuoche also sent secret reports, proving that there was indeed such a thing.

After confirming this point again and again, Li Zuoche did not dare to neglect anything. In addition to immediately reporting to Xiang Kang for warning, he also held a military meeting in Shanwu City, the county government of Yanmen County, to arrange the deployment of troops for defense.Then the meeting just started, Li Zuoche said straight to the point: "I want to tell you a piece of good news. Our army has confirmed that the central and right main forces of the Xiongnu are gathering in the area of ​​Saiyinshan. There will definitely be big moves in winter, the target must still be Han, and the direction of attack will most likely be the defense area we are responsible for."

Hearing Li Zuoche's words, there was an uproar in the venue. The generals of the Han army reacted in different ways, ranging from nervousness to excitement. Xiang Guan couldn't wait to ask: "Mr. Guangwu, are you sure? ? The main force of the Huns is really going to attack our defense zone this winter?"

"It's not confirmed yet, but if the main force of the Huns really goes south, we will probably bear the brunt and become the first target of the Huns." Li Zuoche didn't bother to analyze the detailed reasons why the Huns probably attacked their own defense area. He also said: "But please rest assured, generals, this is not only in our majesty's expectation, but your majesty has not yet prepared for the rainy day, and has already made various preparations for a decisive battle with the main force of the Xiongnu this winter, so our pressure is certain. It’s huge, but as long as we survive the first wave of the Xiongnu’s attack, it won’t be long before hundreds of thousands of reinforcements rush to northern Xinjiang to reinforce us.”

After finishing speaking, Li Zuoche added casually, "Although His Majesty has not issued an edict yet, according to my estimation, His Majesty is very likely to send us more than 40 reinforcements this time, and it is also very likely that the imperial conquest will be personally conscripted. I personally led the army to fight this decisive battle with the Xiongnu, so if there are no accidents, we will be able to see His Majesty again after a few years."

There was an uproar in the venue again, and even Xiang Zhuang said with some doubts: "Mr. Guangwu, are you sure that His Majesty will bring so many reinforcements? As far as I know, our Majesty's military use has always been expensive and not expensive. The most The scale of troops dispatched is just over 30, so this time, more than 40 troops will be dispatched to reinforce us?"

"There are so many people who are not far from each other." Li Zuoche replied confidently: "Your Majesty has been preparing and deploying for this battle for nearly a year. More than 30, in order to ensure victory, His Majesty will of course mobilize the whole country and send as many troops as possible to northern Xinjiang to fight this decisive battle."

"If this is the case, then we will surely win!" Xiang Guan hurriedly said: "Your Majesty's reinforcements plus our army and Yandi's army can easily exceed 50, and more than 50 can beat 30." , It’s hard not to win a complete victory.”

"But the premise is that we must withstand the first wave of the Xiongnu's attack, otherwise, we may not have the chance to see the day when the Han army won a complete victory."

Li Zuoche replied with a smile, and then said: "Also, if my predictions are correct, the Huns will definitely go ahead with their elites and kill us with lightning speed. The main force will not give His Majesty the time and opportunity to calmly send troops to rescue us. Therefore, starting tomorrow, our three places of Yanmen, Daijun and Yunzhong must all enter the highest alert state, and we must also greet Li Shu in advance and do it first. Make all the preparations to fortify the walls and clear the fields, once you see the alarm from the beacon towers on the Great Wall, all the soldiers and civilians must immediately enter the camp and defend the city with all your strength, and don’t stay in the wild for the Xiongnu elite to slaughter.”

All the generals clasped their fists and chanted promises, and Xiang Zhuang hurriedly asked, "Mr. Guangwu, how do you plan to deploy your defense?"

"General Fu Kuan's 2 troops are responsible for guarding Yunzhong County." Li Zuoche replied casually: "2000 of them are stationed in Wuquan, [-] are stationed in Yuanyang, and the rest are all stationed in Yunzhong. For horns, help each other. General Wangling in Dai County has [-] troops, [-] are stationed in Pingyi, [-] are stationed in Anyang, [-] are stationed in Banshi, and the rest are stationed in Dai County, and Gaoliu is temporarily abandoned.”

"The most important thing is Yanmen County." Li Zuoche paused, and then said: "Of the [-] troops in Yanmen County, [-] are under the command of General Xiang Zhuang, stationed in the county to govern Shanwu, and [-] are stationed in In Pingcheng, three thousand were stationed at Loufan, and the rest, led by General Xiang Guan and myself, were stationed in Mayi as the general reserve."

"Mr. Guangwu, are you stationed in Mayi?" Xiang Zhuang was extremely surprised, and hurriedly said, "Mr. Guangwu, why did you choose to station in Mayi? Shanwu is the county seat of Yanmen, which is located in the north of Mayi, and it is also in Dai County. There are many roads connected, and the money, food and military supplies hoarded in the city are also the highest in Yanmen, you and our Yanmen main force should be stationed in Shanwu, right?"

"Because I am greedy for life and afraid of death, I dare not stand in front, so I want to hide in Mayi, which is relatively safe, to avoid swords." Li Zuoche made a joke, and then said: "Don't worry, I'm sure that if the main force of the Huns To invade Yanmen, the primary target must not be Shanwu, but Mayi to the south of Shanwu, so in addition to giving you [-] cavalry as a mobile force, I also have a very important task that I have to give to you alone. This The task is extremely important, and you must complete it for me."

"Since Lord Guangwu ordered you to do so, the general will do it with all his strength." Xiang Zhuang quickly replied, and then asked quickly, "But the general still doesn't understand why, Mr. Guangwu, you expected that the Huns and the barbarians would attack Mayi first instead of later." Zenwu or Pingcheng in the north?"

"Because Maodun is good at using troops, and is especially good at winning by surprise. If I were him, I would definitely fight Mayi first, not Shanwu first."

Li Zuoche replied with a sneer, and then explained: "As for the reason, the Huns are better at field battles, and of course they will try their best to defeat the enemy in field battles. Shanwu is the county government of Yanmen, which has the most money, food and military supplies, and is located in the north of Mayi. Everyone thinks that we will put the main force in Shanwu, and it is absolutely impossible to put it in Mayi, which is located in the south. Therefore, Maodun will definitely feign attack on Shanwu and restrain our main force. In fact, the main force will be the elite Mayi, killing us by surprise In this way, if we don't mobilize garrisons from other places to rescue Mayi, Maodun can calmly take down Mayi, which has the second most money and food, and rob food supplies. Fight for reinforcements, destroy our reinforcements in the field, and then calmly take Mayi and other Yanmen cities."

"Although this is the truth, Mr. Guangwu, if there is any deviation in your prediction, then we will be in big trouble." Xiang Zhuang reminded with a frown.

"Absolutely not. This is Maodun's consistent style of using troops. Unless he suddenly changes his temper, he will definitely attack Mayi first." Li Zuoche shook his head with a smile, and said with a smile, "What? General Xiang Zhuang, you Are you so afraid that the Xiongnu barbarians will really attack Shanwu first? If you are afraid, how about I leave some more troops for you?"

Li Zuoche has already spoken to this point, of course Xiang Zhuang can only clap his fists and make promises, guaranteeing that 1 troops will guard Shanwuzhong Town. Zhuang called to the side, and explained an important task to Xiang Zhuang alone, and arranged for Xiang Zhuang to do something after he left Shanwu.

In this way, after quickly arranging the defensive deployment, just after confirming that the deployment was in place, Li Zuoche arranged for the main force of the Yanmen garrison to leave Shanwu in batches at night, so as to confuse the Xiongnu's eyeliner in Yanmen, so that the Xiongnu could not quickly find out. The defensive deployment of the Qing and Han troops, and at the same time Li Zuoche himself bid farewell to Xiangzhuang at night, and secretly left Shanwu under the protection of the guards.However, to Li Zuoche's surprise, just as he bid farewell to Xiangzhuang, there was a sudden news from Daijun that the troops of King Zuoxian of the Huns had gathered in the area of ​​Chahannao and Anguli Nao. At the same time, the Xiongnu Qingqi continued to harass the beacon towers on the Great Wall of Daijun, and there seemed to be signs of a large-scale invasion of Daijun.

Xiang Zhuang, who is cautious in character, is of course worried. He is very worried that Li Zuoche's prediction will be wrong. County, Dai county people are short of food, and it doesn't make much sense to fight it down. At the same time, it will only give us a chance for follow-up reinforcements to go north quickly, regardless of Dai county. Even if Dai county is in danger, Gongsun Tong and Tao Xi will be there Send troops to rescue immediately, Jicheng is only a hundred miles away from Juyang, and Juyang can reach Daixian, so we can rest assured that Daixian will be entrusted to our Yandi army."

Seeing that Li Zuoche's attitude was confident and resolute, Xiang Zhuang, who was repeatedly asked by Xiang Kang to obey Li Zuoche's orders, had no choice but to bid farewell to Li Zuoche in fear, and watched him go south to Mayi overnight, and then became more worried He continued to play Li Zuoche's banner in Shanwuxu, nervously waiting for the Xiongnu's next move in the gradually bitter cold wind.

Two days later, I didn't know that Li Zuoche had already gone to Daijun in Mayi, and sent an urgent report to Shanwu again, saying that King Zuoxian personally led the main force of the army to go south from the Chahannao area, and the forward even directly passed by. The Great Wall in the northeast of Dai County has an obvious intention to directly invade Dai County.Of course, Xiangzhuang was even more worried when he heard the news, so he had to quickly warn Li Zuoche, and at the same time secretly inform Wang Ling, letting Wang Ling know that Li Zuoche had actually gone to Mayi.

Two days later, Wang Ling, who had not yet heard back from Xiang Zhuang, sent an urgent report for the third time, saying that King Zuo Xian's Qingqi had raided near Anyang, seriously threatening the communication between Dai County and Yanmen. Zhuang Wenbao was both helpless and worried, and his nephew, Xiang it, who assisted him, said directly to Xiang Zhuang: "Uncle Qiu, will Mr. Guangwu be self-defeating this time and put our Dai County in danger? If the Huns are really Attack Dai County first, don't rush to take down Anyang, as long as Anyang is surrounded and the road is broken, our Dai County will be isolated."

"No way, he is the chief of the three counties, and we can only obey the deployment he decides." Xiang Zhuang replied sullenly, and then said: "Just wait patiently, fortunately there are reinforcements from Yandi in Dai County. Even if we are isolated, we don't need to worry too much. We only hope that Anyang can hold on, otherwise, Anyang will definitely become the second tall willow."

The sudden change quickly caught Xiang Zhuang and his uncle and nephew by surprise. In the evening, when they were having dinner together, a guard rushed into the room and reported to Xiang Zhuang out of breath: "Qi report to Xiang General Zhuang, urgent report from Daihai, early this morning, an unknown number of Xiongnu cavalry suddenly appeared near Daihai, and it seems that there is an attempt to invade the pass of the Great Wall in the north of Shanwu."

"Daihai?!" Xiang Zhuang was so startled that he fell to the ground with his chopsticks, and shouted loudly: "What do our scouts eat? Daihai is only 120 miles away from Shanwucai. How did the Huns cavalry suddenly appear there? The Xiongnu barbarians How many troops are there?"

"Reporting to the general, the time is short, and we haven't had time to confirm how many enemies are coming."

Before the guard could finish his reply, there was already a dense gong alarm sound from a distance outside the room. Xiang Zhuang and Xiang It looked at each other, hurriedly dropped the bowls and chopsticks, and rushed out of the room to check the situation without even wiping their mouths. , and soon confirmed that the sound of the gong alarm came from Shanwu’s North Gate City, Xiang Zhuang hurriedly ordered the entire city to be under martial law, and all the troops entered a state of combat readiness, and not long after that, another guard rushed to report, saying yes The Beacon Tower on the Great Wall lit a beacon and called the police that the Xiongnu had aggressively invaded the pass of the Great Wall in the north of Shanwu, so the gong was sounded on the Shanwu City to call the police.

Xiang Zhuang nodded with a livid face, and immediately ordered to send troops to rescue the attacked pass, buy time for the people outside the city to fortify the walls and clear the fields, and at the same time ordered the people outside the city to return to the city overnight to avoid the flames of war, and finally said: "It seems that Lord Guangwu has really given you time As expected, the Xiongnu really attacked the Dai Commandery, and actually attacked Yanmen, fortunately we were not fooled."

"But Uncle Qiu, we are still not sure whether the main force of the Xiongnu is really attacking Yanmen or Daijun." Xiang Tie jumped out to pour cold water on him, and then said: "Also, even if the Huns really attacked Yanmen, Now we can't judge whether they should fight Shanwu first or Mayi first."

Xiang Zhuang nodded helplessly, and murmured: "I hope that everything will be as expected by Lord Guangwu."

The situation is indeed worth worrying for Xiang Zhuang and his uncle and nephew. After a night of hard work, all the people outside the city who had prepared for it were transferred into the city for protection. Because of the rebuilding of money and food, the Great Wall’s defense line was still successfully broken through by the Xiongnu cavalry in the morning of the next day, and the soldiers of the Han army guarding the pass were forced to flee back to Shanwu City. At least more than [-], and there will be more follow-up troops behind!

Knowing the general size of the Xiongnu's army, Xiang Zhuang's heart once again rose to his throat, and he said to himself: "Although the Huns still have the possibility of bypassing Shanwu and directly attacking Mayi, if the Huns really attack first Shanwu, I'm in big trouble."

After all, out of duty, Xiang Zhuang, known for his due diligence, immediately ordered the soldiers of the Han army to set up more banners on Shanwu City, and sent more soldiers to take turns to guard against the city, pretending that there were too many soldiers and horses in the city , and at the same time continue to falsely fly the flag of Li Zuoche, making the Xiongnu think that Li Zuoche is still in Shanwu City. ——As for whether it will be effective, Xiang Zhuang and Li Zuoche themselves don't know.

(End of this chapter)