Han Dang is stronger

Chapter 537 Knowing that there are tigers in the mountains

In the battle at the foot of Bantianling Mountain, although the Han army suffered heavy losses, due to the huge gap in equipment, the casualties of the Huns who won the battle were not that small. Just preliminary statistics show that more than 6000 Xiongnu cavalry have been closed forever. Eyes were closed, and another two or three thousand Hun cavalry were injured in the battle, and a considerable part of them were seriously wounded who were difficult to rescue. Therefore, the actual loss of the Hun army is conservatively estimated to exceed 7000 people. It's just a miserable victory.

With 5000 elite besieging the Han infantry with less than [-] soldiers, the battle ended like this. Of course, this result made Maodun extremely angry, so the data of casualties and losses had just been reported to Maodun before dawn. , Mao Dun had already decided with a dark face to deprive the fifteen tribes of King Youxian of the Huns, in order to punish King Youxian for not being able to directly defeat the infantry circle of the Han army, and gave the Han army a chance to break out of the encirclement and go up the mountain at night.

Fortunately, the trophies captured also quickly dilute Modu's anger. A bright saber has just been presented to Maodu, and Modu, who has long been coveting this horse weapon, can't wait to snatch it. Appreciating the handle, and seeing the piles of sharp iron weapons, and a set of sturdy Han army armor, a smile finally appeared on Mao Dun's gloomy face for a long time, nodded and said: "It's still a little harvest, I Khan's soldiers did not die in vain."

The eyes of the Xiongnu nobles next to them were also shining, and several Xiongnu nobles couldn't wait to ask: "Khan, how do you distribute these weapons and armor?"

"All the sabers belong to the guards of the Khan. Each of you will share one hundred iron swords and spears, and the rest will be handed over to the army directly under the Khan. As for the armor, the army directly under the Khan will not divide it. You guys discuss it. How to distribute it."

Maodu’s decision disappointed all the Xiongnu nobles present, but he did not dare to accuse Maodu of his selfishness. A Hun nobleman dared to speak, but only begged Maodu to reward him with a saber. Maodu hesitated, and took it casually. He picked up several sabers and gave one to each of the Xiongnu nobles present. Everyone was overjoyed.Then another nobleman of the Xiongnu said: "Great Khan, why don't you call our main brigade here and completely trap the Central Plains army on the mountain? According to our scouts, all the Central Plains cavalry on the mountain are armed with this kind of iron weapon." saber."

"Khan, I think we should do our best to annihilate the Central Plains army on the mountain." Another Xiongnu noble also quickly echoed: "Although the Central Plains barbarians have held the high ground, it is difficult for us to attack, but we only need to surround this mountain on all sides. In a short time, all the barbarians in the Central Plains on the mountain will be starved to death, so that all their weapons and armor will be ours."

All the nobles agreed one after another, and they all believed that the Han army surrounded on Bantian Ridge should be wiped out with all their strength. Only Zang Tu, who was familiar with the situation in the Central Plains, said cautiously: "Khan, it's better to be careful. This place is too close to the hinterland of the Central Plains. Our main force I've been stationed here for a long time, if the main force of the tyrant's army suddenly arrives, I'm afraid the situation will be bad."

Of course, the military genius Mao Dun was unwilling to let his main brigade take risks for a tactical goal. He nodded and said: "King Donghulu is right, this place is too close to the hinterland of the Central Plains. There are too many weak women and children, once here it is difficult to quickly withdraw to the grassland, whether to surround the Central Plains barbarians on the mountain for a long time, Ben Khan has to think carefully before making a decision."

It was also a coincidence that when the nobles of the Huns were disappointed, there was a sudden sound of horseshoes and shouts in the distance, and after a short while, a guard rushed to Mao Dun and reported: "Qi Khan, the barbarians of the Central Plains suddenly We arranged for two cavalrymen to go down the mountain and charged towards the north and south directions respectively, but fortunately our cavalrymen discovered it in time and have already split up to pursue."

"Pursue with all your strength, and don't let any one escape!" Mao Dun decisively ordered: "Even if the barbarians from the Central Plains who descended the mountain are dead, their bodies must be brought back."

The Xiongnu cavalry was really good. When the sky was twilight, the two Han army messengers who went down the mountain to deliver the letter were brought back to Modun one after the other. One of the messengers had been killed by the Hun cavalry, and the other was seriously injured. At the same time, the letters on their bodies were also found, and they were directly presented to Maodun without hesitation. They immediately asked Zang Tu's leading party to interrogate the seriously injured Han army messenger, and asked Zhang Sheng, who was proficient in Chinese and Huns, to take Li Zuo Che's letter was translated into Hun language, and he read it carefully to himself.

The content of the letter and the results of the interrogation of course made Mao Dun overjoyed. Knowing that Li Zuoche turned to the defenders of Mayi and Shanwu for help, he ordered Xiang Zhuang and Nie Zheng to send troops to rescue the trapped Han army. Mao Dun was immediately overjoyed. He patted his thigh and said: "Good opportunity, send an order immediately. From now on, if the barbarians of the Central Plains send messengers down the mountain again, they must stop them with all their strength, and let them go on purpose with a little pretense. Also, send an order to King Zuo Xian, He led the rear brigade here to reinforce us."

"Khan, this place is too close to the hinterland of the Central Plains." Zang Tu hurriedly reminded.

"It doesn't matter, there will be no danger." Mao Dun said with a smirk: "If the main force of the Central Plains barbarians is really coming here, Li Zuoche barbarians will definitely not order Shan Wu and Mayi to send troops to rescue He broke through, since Li Zuoche Manzi did this, it proves that he knows that he cannot count on the main force of the Central Plains Barbarians, even if our rear army comes here, there will be no danger."

Zang Tu thought about it carefully and found that this was also the case, so he shut his mouth and stopped talking, while Mao Dun urged the guards to send someone to contact Zuo Xianwang as soon as possible, while rubbing his hands excitedly, he said repeatedly: "God bless, opportunity Come, as long as we wipe out Shanwu and the barbarians of Mayi in the field, it will be much easier to take these two cities."

In this way, with an absolute advantage in mobility, the Xiongnu army chose to surround Bantian Ridge on all sides and trapped more than 1 Han troops on the mountain instead of continuing to attack the other cities of the Han army in Yanmen County. As expected, on the second night, Li Zuoche sent two dead men to sneak down the mountain to Mayi and Shanwu respectively to ask for help from the defenders there. Strictly following Mouton's order, they just pretended to send troops to intercept and pursue them, but in fact they deliberately let the two messengers go.

The following time will be extremely difficult for the soldiers of the Han army and the soldiers of the Huns. Although the Han army trapped on the mountain has dry food to eat and can get snow water on the spot, their diet will not be affected for the time being, but because of the heavy tents. Because of the basic loss, most of the soldiers of the Han army can only sleep in the ice and snow, and the situation of being frozen to death and frostbite is quite serious.Although the situation of the Xiongnu soldiers dressed in animal fur is much better in this respect, they are not good at attacking fortifications, and they are not sure to directly annihilate the Han army defending the mountain with a strong attack. When the rescuers arrived, they had to be vigilant at all times, and it was also very hard work.

Of course, what happened next surprised Mo Dun. A few days later, when King Zuo Xian led the Huns’ rear army brigade of more than 35 people to the vicinity of Bantian Ridge, although the Xiongnu’s old, weak, women, children, cattle, sheep and livestock went south with the army, It immediately solved the problem that the Xiongnu's elite front team could only rely on dried meat to satisfy their hunger, and also provided Maodun with sufficient troops to use.However, the Shanwu garrison and Mayi garrison, who were only sixty or seventy miles away, remained silent, and there was no sign of sending troops to rescue Li Zuoche.

In this regard, Zang Tu, who is familiar with the situation of the Han army, analyzed two possibilities for Mao Dun. The first is that Xiang Zhuang and Nie Zheng knew that they were not the opponents of the Xiongnu army, so they did not dare to touch eggs with stones, so even if they received Li Zuoche's The message for help did not dare to send troops to die in vain.The second is that the military situation of the Han army has changed. A large number of the Han army is coming soon, so Xiang Zhuang and Nie Zheng are not in a hurry to send troops to rescue Li Zuoche.

Modu nodded, first approved Zang Tu's analysis, then frowned and said, "It might be easier to deal with it if you are the first one, as long as you surround it for a while, and wait until the Central Plains barbarians on the mountain eat up all the food, we don't need to attack the mountain. The barbarian army is completely wiped out. But if it is the second problem, if the main force of the barbarians arrives after a long delay, we will be in great danger. Regarding this point, how do you think we should solve it?"

"Reporting to the Great Khan, there are two ways." Zang Tu replied immediately: "First, take the initiative to give up the siege of the mountain and take the army to fight other places. Second, forcefully attack the mountain and try to annihilate the tyrant's army on the mountain directly."

In order to annihilate Li Zuoche's troops and encircle the reinforcements, Mao Dun not only wasted several days of time, but also pulled the rear army brigade in charge of logistics to the battlefield of Bantianling, telling him to give up the encirclement of the mountain now. Reluctant to part with it, but looking at the towering Bantianling highlands, Maodun said that he couldn't make up his mind to forcibly attack the fortifications.As a result, in a dilemma, Mao Dun suddenly had an idea, and blurted out: "There is a way."

"What trick does Da Khan have?"

Zang Tu, who had already learned a lot of Hun language, hurriedly asked directly, but Mao Dun quickly told Zang Tu about his plan, and Zang Tu was also overjoyed, applauding and saying: "The great Khan's plan, this will not only surely make the The tyrant army on the mountain lied to go down the mountain, and even if it failed, it can prove that the tyrant army has a large group of rescuers coming soon, so that we can plan ahead and make preparations early. Please rest assured, my servant will go to prepare and keep the tyrant The Han army tricked me down the mountain!"

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It was night, the heavy snow was flying again, and the snowflakes were so numerous that it was difficult to see five fingers when stretching out one's hand. At the middle of the night, there was a sudden cry of killing in the depths of the snowflakes in the direction of Mayi in the south, and countless torches rushed towards the direction of Bantianling. Hurriedly dispatched to intercept, the Han army sentry post on the top of the mountain also hurriedly reported the news to Li Zuoche. Li Zuoche didn't dare to neglect after hearing the report, so he hurriedly wrapped his clothes and rushed to the south to check the situation.

Immediately afterwards, Xiang Guan, the deputy, of course rushed to the side of Li Zuoche, and checked the situation down the mountain with Li Zuoche, only to see the torches scattered in the snow in the south. Are reinforcements coming?"

"Impossible!" Li Zuoche immediately shook his head in denial, and said, "Today is only December [-]th. It is impossible for the reinforcements led by His Majesty to arrive here so soon."

"Whose army is that?" Xiang Guan was stunned for a moment, then exclaimed, "Could it be Nie Zheng's army? That Erlangzi forgot his agreement with Mr. Guangwu, and worried about our safety." , really send troops to rescue us?"

"Impossible." Li Zuoche shook his head again, and said, "Let's not say that Nie Zheng is cautious and will not take risks easily. When I set off, I told him again and again that no matter what happened, he should not take risks. Send troops northward from the important town of Mayi."

"It's not Nie Zheng? It's not the army commanded by His Majesty himself. Whose army is that?" Xiang Guan asked suspiciously.

"It is very likely that the Xiongnu pretended to be our army." Li Zuoche concluded, and said: "The Xiongnu arranged for the army to mark our Han army banner, pretending to be our Han army, and deliberately rushed to meet us in the middle of the night to break through. Go up and down the mountain, and you will be immediately surrounded by the Huns."

"The barbarians of the Xiongnu are so cunning?" Xiang Guan said with some difficulty.

"Forgot how that barbarian Maodun tricked the Donghu people into taking it lightly?" Li Zuoche sneered and said, "The Donghu people wanted a BMW, and he gave it to him. After being taken lightly, he suddenly sent troops to attack and wiped out Donghu in one fell swoop. With his ability, it is not difficult to come up with such a strategy."

"Then we can't be fooled." Xiang Guan said hastily: "Just stand still on the mountain and let those fake Han troops play tricks down the mountain."

Li Zuoche did not say a word this time. After careful consideration for a moment, Li Zuoche suddenly said to Xiang Guan: "General Xiang Guan, I have a very risky task for you. I want you to lead the cavalry down the mountain now and rush to the Go to the south to meet those fake big Han troops, then pretend to recognize them as fakes quickly, and immediately lead the cavalry back to the mountain."

"Why did you do this?" Xiang Guan asked in amazement: "If the Xiongnu had prepared for it, even if the last general turned around and came back immediately, our cavalry would definitely suffer heavy casualties?"

"Because the Xiongnu did this not only to trick us down the mountain, but also to test our reality." Li Zuoche said with a serious expression: "If we don't fall for it on purpose, with the shrewdness of pretending to be a barbarian, we will definitely Immediately guessed that we knew that there would be no reinforcements arriving, and then guessed that we were surrounded by him on purpose, to buy time for our main force of the Han Dynasty to go north to decide the war, and escape to the north in advance. So for our Majesty's plan for the decisive battle, you must have Venture down the mountain with the cavalry and pretend to be tricked! Got it?"

After all, he is Xiang Kang's cousin. Even though he knew it was extremely dangerous to do so, and he was very likely to die, Xiang Guan still cupped his hands immediately and said loudly: "The general understands, please don't worry, Mr. Guangwu, the general will come soon!" Take the cavalry down the mountain."

Li Zuoche nodded, and said: "Remember, even if it is really our army that came down the mountain, it is really the rescuers that Nie Zheng took the risk to dispatch, you have to pretend to misunderstand that they are fake, and immediately lead the cavalry to turn around and kill them." Go back to the mountain. If there are no accidents, within three to five days, our main force will be able to cross Juzhu Mountain and go north to the vicinity of Mayi. There is no need for us to rush to break through."

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