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Chapter 161 Soldiers approaching the city

The next day, news of the Aries being ambushed in the Wild Wolf River Valley reached Jiuyuan.

King Lou Fan didn't believe it at first, but in the evening, more and more Aries soldiers fled into the Lou Fan camp. All of these Aries soldiers brought back the same news. King Aries was shot and killed. More than 12,000 Aries tribes were riding in the Wild Wolf River Valley and were ambushed by the old Qin people. They were almost destroyed. King Lou Fan believed it.

King Lou Fan quickly summoned his uncle to the big account to discuss countermeasures.

"Military advisor, what do you think about this?" asked King Lou Fan.

Uncle Gong said after pondering for a moment, he said, "The news that King Aries was shot and killed, and the Aries tribe was almost exterminated. However, I think the person who ambushed the Aries King's army must not be the old Qin people from Jiuyuan." The matter is obvious. The total number of old Qin people in Jiuyuan is only 30,000, and the number of strong men is only 5,000. They have to station in Jiuyuan City and divide their troops to ambush. How could they be busy?

"Isn't the old Qin people from Jiuyuan? Could it be the old Qin people from Guanzhong?"

King Lou Fan's face suddenly changed. Guanzhong was originally the territory of the Great Qin Empire, and there were at least millions of old Qin people there. Once the Central Plains Empire sent troops to rescue Jiuyuan, then their Lou Fan tribe would be in danger. King Lou Fan had experienced the power of the Great Qin Empire, and that was definitely not something that the Lou Fan tribe could compete with.

Uncle Gong nodded, shook his head and said, "It may also be the Huns."

"Huns?!" King Lou Fan couldn't help but breathe a breath of air. King Lou Fan was not unfamiliar with the Xiongnu, the northern neighbor of the Huns. Since Wang Li took the 200,000 main army of the Great Wall Legion, every autumn, the Xiongnu cavalry would go south to Hetao to grab cattle and sheep. Last autumn, 40,000 Hun cavalry rushed in!

The reason why King Loufan urgently wanted to annex the old Qin people in Jiuyuan was to deal with the threat from the Huns.

Because the Huns were showing more and more aggressiveness, in time, they would definitely return to Hetao.

If they were really Huns, the situation would be very dangerous. This means that the Huns had solved the problem of Donghu people and were preparing to go south to Hetao. Whether it was the old Qin people, Linhu people, Aries people or Louan, they would probably not escape the conquest. Including King Louan, all men, women, elderly people and children would become slaves of the Huns.

Gongshu said again: "No matter whether the people from Central Plains or the Huns come, they cannot be friends of our Loufan, but only enemies of our Loufan. Therefore, the king should make arrangements early."

King Lou Fan said in dismay: "What do you think of the arrangement?"

Gongshu said in a deep voice: "Don't divide the troops to siege the city anymore. Hurry up all the tribe members to the camp in the north of the city, and there are 15,000 cavalry of the Linhu tribe. You should also gather with us! Then send people to cut down enough poplar trees, build solid fences around the camp, and erect deer forts to prevent sneak attacks by the people of the Central Plains or the Huns."

King Lou Fan said in surprise: "Just set up camp outside Jiuyuan City to defend, don't you go back to the old camp?"

Uncle Gong shook his head and said, "If the king returns to the Northern Old Camp, King Hu will definitely return to the Yunzhong Old Camp. In this way, our Loufan tribe will have to face the Central Plains or the Huns alone, which is very bad. Therefore, it is better to set up a camp outside Jiuyuan City and gather the Lin Hu people to fight the enemy together."

King Lou Fan suddenly realized and shouted, "Come."

Shi Wei had already stepped into the tent and said loudly: "What are the instructions of the king?"

King Lou Fan waved his hand and shouted loudly: "Tell me the command, the leader of the left and right cavalry will lead his troops back to the north of the city quickly, and then send someone to notify King Lin Hu, asking him to bring his army to the north of the city to camp!"

Jiuyuan, the general's headquarters.

Méng Wang had just napped when his personal soldiers came in to report: "General, the Hu people seem to be withdrawing the siege!"

"Well, the Hu people are going to withdraw from the siege?" Méng frowned, then put on his eyebrows, and hurried to the enemy building in the east gate with dozens of personal soldiers. Standing on the enemy building and looking out, the Hu people who were originally blocked outside the city were indeed gone.

Soon, there was also news of the Hu people withdrawing the siege from the south gate and the west gate, but there was no news at the north gate.

When Méng and his personal soldiers climbed the enemy tower in the north gate, they soon realized what was going on. The Hu people did not withdraw their siege, but concentrated all their troops to the camp in the north of the city. The Hu people suddenly made this move, which made Méng and Méng feel extremely trapped. Could there be any other plan in between?

The Hu people wanted to lead the old Qin people out of the city to attack, or for some other reason?

Just when Méng was puzzled, another personal soldier hurried to report: "General, an unidentified army was found outside the south gate, and at least tens of thousands of people!"

"Hmm? Tens of thousands of troops?!" Méng took a breath of air, and did not care about the Hu people in the north of the city. He immediately hurriedly climbed the enemy building in the South Gate with more than a hundred personal soldiers. Standing on the enemy building and looking out, he saw dust flying on the straight road, and a huge army was indeed slowly approaching Jiuyuan.

"Look, they are all covered with scales!

"There are also long halberds and chariots, they are old Qin people!"

"No, they are not Lao Qin people, but Guandong rebels!"

"Fuck, how do you know they are Kanto rebels?"

"The old Qin people's battle robes are black, but their battle robes are red!"

"I heard that the Han army's battle robe was red. Could it be that Liu Bang had defeated Xiang Yu?"

In an instant, more than a dozen generals under Méng Keng's command began to sing, some moved, some were nervous, but more complicated. Over the past five or six years, various princes have been fighting in the Central Plains, and Jiuyuan has almost become a forgotten corner. In addition, the Qin Empire has been destroyed, and the old Qin people have become a group of undescending remnants.

Now, the Central Plains army finally appeared in Jiuyuan again, but I don’t know if it was a blessing or a disaster?

The Central Plains Empire was able to send such a huge army to Jiuyuan County, obviously the melee between the princes had already achieved results, but I don’t know how the overlord who had just decided on the Central Plains would treat the old Qin people in Jiuyuan County? Should they kill all the things like Xiang Yu, or did they be as unscathed as Liu Bangfu had won Guanzhong?

The generals under his command said that they were talking about it, but Méng Feng seemed to understand it.

This army is probably the Chu army mentioned by Bailixian.

At that moment, the four generals of the troops ordered the four gates to guard the four gates, and then hurried back to the general's headquarters, and then took the personal captain to the sāo hall to invite Bailixian. Although he had already broken up with Bailixian, he was still paying attention to Bailixian's whereabouts, so he knew that Bailixian did not leave Jiuyuan, but stayed in the inn.

In the south of Jiuyuan City, 20,000 Chu troops were rolling forward along the straight road.

When he was five miles away from Jiuyuan City, Xiangzhuang, who was riding on the black horse, leisurely raised his right hand.

In an instant, the low and desolate sound of trumpets had already soared into the sky. Amid the endless sound of trumpets, the Chu army rolling forward stopped moving forward one after another.

Soon, the meteor scout sent back the news that no Hu people were found in the east and west of Jiuyuan City, but only Hu people were found in the north of the city. The Hu people outside Jiuyuan City had withdrawn and concentrated camps. It was somewhat unexpected. It seemed that there were also powerful figures among Jiuyuan Hu people. It was not only the Huns who had people like Maodun.

With the order from Xiang Zhuang, 20,000 Chu troops set up a camp in the south of Jiuyuan City.

There is a low mountain seven or eight miles away from Jiuyuan City. It is said to be a low mountain, but it is actually the highest mountain nearby.

In the sparse poplar forest on the top of the mountain, King Lou Fan and Uncle Gong said that he was surrounded by dozens of cavalry and looking at the movements of the Chu army from afar. For the sudden attack on the Central Plains army in the south, King Lou Fan was full of fear and fantasy. On the one hand, he was very afraid of this Central Plains army, but on the other hand, he fantasized about the ability to destroy this army.

Looking at the kung fu for half a stick of incense, King Lou Fu couldn't help but ask Uncle Gong and said, "Military advisor, have you seen the trick?"

Uncle Gong said that he had put on a tent and looked at it for a long time before he finally said confidently: "King, look at the battle robe, this should be the army of King Liu Bang of Han." After saying this, Uncle Gong said again, "The Han army suddenly appeared in Jiuyuan. It seems that the Chu-Han melee in the Central Plains has already achieved results. The Central Plains should be the world of King Liu Bang of Han."

"Liu Bang?" Lou Fan Wang said, "When the military advisor said, Liu Bang will recover Jiuyuan next?"

Uncle Gong sighed and said helplessly: "If the Central Plains are unified, it will be a matter of time to recover Hetao."

"What should we do if we are annoying?" King Lou frowned and said with some displeasure, "Do you have to surrender to the foot of the Central Plains Empire again like you did before?"

Uncle Gong shook his head and whispered: "The king can also choose the Huns."

King Lou Fan was silent. The meaning of Gong Shu was already very clear. Since the army of the Central Plains Empire had entered Hetao, King Lou Fan wanted to unify Hetao again, and then use Hetao as the foundation to fight against the Huns in the north, and the dream of resisting the Central Plains Empire in the south was shattered. Now, there are only two roads in front of Lou Fanren, either surrendering to the Huns or complying with the Central Plains Empire!

Suddenly, the sound of horse hooves like a tide suddenly came from the southeast direction. When King Lou Fan looked at it quickly, he saw dozens of cavalry and Central Plains cavalry approaching this side. When there were still a hundred steps away, two cavalry suddenly separated from the queue and turned back in the direction of the way they came. Obviously, the group of scouts had discovered the Hu cavalry on the top of the mountain and went back to bring the reinforcements.

"King, let's go, the scouts and cavalry of the Han army have discovered us." The uncle said at the moment and went forward to persuade him.

"Let's go back to the camp!" King Lou Fu groaned, immediately turned over and rushed down the top of the mountain with a sudden whip.
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