Chapter 498: The Huns Are Coming
After thinking about it over and over again, Bi Shu decided to hide the truth.
On the battlefield, even if he killed millions of soldiers from the enemy country, Bi Shu would never frown. However, he could not do it if he ordered him to kill more than 200,000 unarmed old, young, women and children. No matter what, Bi Shu was a human, not a beast, and he could not do such a crazy thing.
If you cannot kill people, and you cannot leave women and children to the Huns, you can only take risks.
"General Meng, let's divide the troops here." Bi Shu tied his mount and turned around to look at Meng Shu.
Behind Bishu, more than 200,000 women and children in the Central Plains were driving millions of cattle, sheep and livestock, winding east along the Lugong River, extending from near to the end of the view.
Meng Fenglu bowed on the horse's back and said solemnly: "Precaution, General."
Bi Shu nodded slightly, Meng Shu suddenly turned his horse's head and galloped towards the south. Meng Keng, Meng Yuan, Meng Liao also caught up with him. Behind him, there were three thousand Chu army cavalry. In less than a moment, Meng Shu Shu took the three thousand cavalry across the shallow Lu Gong River and disappeared on the distant horizon in the south.
According to Bishu's plan, Meng Shu led 3,000 cavalry to go south with great fanfare to attract the attention of the Huns as much as possible. Bishu brought more than 10,000 cavalry and more than 20,000 Central Plains craftsmen Qiao Zhun's army, while more than 200,000 women and children were Qiao Zhun's women and children, bluffing all the way deep into the Donghu territory, and then turned south.
This is what Sun Tzu said in the Art of War that hides the truth.
This was even more of an adventure. Bishu bet that the Donghu people were already afraid of being beaten by the Huns. When he heard that the "Hun army" arrived, the Donghu tribes would be invincible. In this way, Bishu had the opportunity to bring more than 200,000 women and children back to Liaodong. However, if the Donghu tribes were not afraid of the power of the Huns and sent troops to intercept them, then...
Thinking of this, Bi Shu's expression was slightly depressed and he was no longer willing to think about it.
Hu Yan saw Bi Shu's concern. He immediately urged him to step forward and said with satisfaction: "General, don't worry, the Donghu people were afraid of being beaten by the Du General. Thinking back then, the Du general rode alone into the Donghu army and slashed the head of the Donghu King with one sword. It was not the Du general who boasted. As long as the title of the Du general was revealed, the Donghu people would not be able to escape in all directions?"
Bi Shuheng glanced at Hu Yan and said, "I hope everything goes well."
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After several days of rapid march, the Huns finally arrived at Xiu Tuze. However, what appeared before the Huns was a tragic scene that was as tragic as Juyanze. Thousands of Xiu Tuze women and children were slaughtered. The lake of Xiu Tuze was also filled with corpses of humans and animals. A dozen miles away, you could almost smell the choking stench.
Seeing the scene in front of him, King Xiu Tu was stunned and could not believe his eyes. Then a cold that penetrated his bones completely enveloped him. King Xiu Tu knew that the Xiu Tu tribe was over. Although he was still alive, the 30,000 strong men from the Xiu Tu tribe were still there, but without the flock of sheep, how could they survive?
Also, if women and children are lost, who will they rely on to reproduce their descendants?
King Xiu Tu was full of blood-red eyes. He instinctively thought of plundering, and robbing if he had no food, and robbing if he had no women. But who could he rob? The Yuezhi people and the Huns could not rob, and the small tribes in Hexi had been slaughtered. It seemed that they could only rob the women and children of the Han people in Guanzhong.
"Liu Heng, Bai Mo!" King Xiu Tu gritted his teeth, and the sound of frozen bone marrow almost seeped out from the cracks of his teeth, "I, Xiu Tu tribe, vowed not to be with you, vow not to be with you..."
Uncle Gong said that he was also secretly shocked, all this was beyond his expectations.
In fact, Gongshu said that he would lobby Gu Nuoyan and the King of Zuo Guli combined his troops to rob Guanzhong was just a frightened shot. His real intention was to rob Xiu Tu tribe and Hunxie tribe. After robbing Xiu Tu and Hunxie tribes, he returned to the Shanyu court to the north, and then took the opportunity to pick Gu Nuoyan and Liu Guli king Yan, and finally the general minister helped the Shanyu throne.
Gongshu said it very clearly that although the Han Dynasty had just experienced the defeat of the Mianshui River and its national strength was greatly damaged, it was not at the end of its reach. The Huns' army might not be able to get a bargain if they entered Guanzhong at this time. But now, there seems to be no other choice. The Han people have forced the Huns into a desperate situation, so they can only go to Guanzhong!
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At this time, Bai Mo and Zhou Guanfu had already retreated to Lingwuyi with 30,000 cavalrymen. Shusun Ying and Shusun Shang brothers also rushed to Lingwu to meet with Bai Mo. While inspecting the beacon tower facilities on the east bank of the river, Bai Mo asked Shusun brothers: "Two generals, have all the beacon towers along the east bank of the river been built?"
Shusun Ying said, "Prime Minister, don't worry, everything is built. If the Huns army comes, within half an hour, the warning will spread throughout Guanzhong, and the cavalry and infantry troops stationed in various counties will be able to rush to help quickly. This time, the Huns will not want to cross the river!"
"That's good, that's good." Bai Mo felt a little relieved and said, "Guanzhong can no longer withstand the tossing."
Behind Zhou Guanfu, Zhou Yafu, who has been studying military books recently, couldn't help but say to Bai Mo: "Prime Minister, there is a saying that I don't know whether to say it or not."
Bai Mo said casually: "But it's okay to say it."
Zhou Yafu said: "The last general really doesn't understand why Xiu Tu, Hunxie and Hexi tribes were massacred? If the Hexi tribes were kept, the Huns might point their finger at the Hexi tribes. But now all the Hexi tribes were massacred by me, but they also forced the Huns into a desperate situation. Isn't this forcing them to invade Guanzhong?"
Uncle Sun Ying and Uncle Sun Shang were shocked when he heard this. It seemed that this was the case.
Zhou Guanfu was also a little surprised and couldn't help but look at his younger brother a few times.
Bai Mo nodded happily. Zhou Yafu's ability to understand the situation made him look at him with some admiration, but Zhou Yafu was still a little tender after all. He explained: "Yafu, you only know one, but you don't know the other. If you leave the women, children, cattle and sheep from various tribes in Hexi to the Huns at this time, you can temporarily avoid the disaster in Guanzhong, but it is inevitable that you will raise a tiger and cause trouble."
"But if the cattle, sheep, women and children of Hexi tribes were left to the Huns, Guanzhong would be afraid that the disaster would come immediately." Zhou Yafu obviously would not admit defeat easily, and then retorted, "Although the Prime Minister has condemned people to build beacon towers on the east bank of the river, it will inevitably be a long time to go. If the Huns are in love with each other, they will always find a gap to cross the river."
Bai Mo smiled slightly and said, "Yes, I guess the defense strength of the river water will last at most half a month, and it will inevitably reveal flaws after half a month. However, it will take less than half a month for the Huns to withdraw their troops."
"The Prime Minister is so sure?" Zhou Yafu said disbelief, "You can kill horses and fill your hunger for half a month, right?"
Bai Mo smiled slightly and said confidently: "Yafu, why not bet on us? The original bet on the Huns will definitely return to Mobei within half a month."
"Okay." Zhou Yafu said, "If the Prime Minister loses, he needs to borrow Guiguzi's manuscript to read."
Zhou Guanfu's face changed slightly, and he scolded anxiously: "Yafu won't mess around, how could the Prime Minister lose to you?"
"Hey, why are you anxious about Shengzhi?" Bai Mo glared at Zhou Guanfu in displeasure, and said to Zhou Yafu, "Okay, if the original situation loses, I will pass on Guiguzi's manuscript to you, but what if you lose?"
Zhou Yafu said: "If the last general loses, let the Prime Minister deal with it."
"A gentleman's words." Bai Mo smiled and stretched out his hand, thinking that many famous generals in the Han Dynasty were dead. It was the time when the young and old were in trouble. If Zhou Yafu could hone this, he would be a rare talent for a general. It would be better to use this bet to put him in Tongguan. Zhou Guanfu had nothing to say.
"It is hard to chase after four horses." Zhou Yafu also stretched out his hand and fought with Bai Mo.
Zhou Guanfu couldn't help frowning, but he didn't say much after all. Naturally, he could see that Cheng valued his brother quite seriously, but his second brother was young after all, so he didn't know whether this was a blessing or a disaster for him?
While speaking, a striking wolf smoke suddenly rose from a mountain not far away.
"Look at the Prime Minister, there's a smoke!" Uncle Sun Shang suddenly shouted, "The Huns are here!"
Bai Mo narrowed his eyes slightly, and immediately put on a tent and looked at the opposite bank of the river. Sure enough, he saw a faint smoke and dust rising from the end of the horizon in the northwest. Although the distance was far apart, Bai Mo could imagine that there must be thousands of Hun cavalry among the rolling smoke and dust. The Huns finally arrived.
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Gu Nuoyan gently pulled the reins and the horse under his crotch rushed onto a small earth bun.
Standing on the small landslide, looking down, hundreds of thousands of Hun cavalry rushed forward from his feet, like a vast ocean of cavalry, boundless. Looking around, all the way to the sky and the earth were filled with horse heads and clamoring crowds, and rolling smoke and dust rose up, covering half of the sky.
Looking at the vast and rushing forward cavalry army, Gu Nuoyan was in a very heavy mood.
Amid the chaotic sound of horse hooves, Gao Aduo, King Zuo Guli, and Kayitu, King Youguli, also brought his personal guards to the small mountain bag. Under what Gongshu said, and the situation forced him to reach a settlement, Gu Nuoyan finally reached a reconciliation with King Zuo Guli. The three decided to temporarily put aside the struggle for the clan and work together to wash Guanzhong.
"Did you see it? Wolf smoke?" Gu Nuoyan turned around and glanced at King Gu Li, then pointed to the front and said lightly, "It seems that the Han army has been prepared for our arrival."
Gao Aduo and Kayitu looked in the direction of Gu Nuoyan's finger. Sure enough, they saw a wolf smoke soaring into the sky. The two of them felt a slump. The Han army was prepared for a long time, which was not very good. The military rations carried by the Huns' army had been exhausted, and they could only rely on killing horses to satisfy their hunger. The Huns' army could not afford to drag it down.
"Military advisor, what do you think?" Gu Nuoyan's eyes finally fell on Uncle Gongshu.
Gongshu said, "Youxian King, Zuo Guli, and You Guli King, now we will go back to Mobei, and at least more than 300,000 people will starve to death. If we can cross the river and break into Guanzhong, we will still have a chance to escape unscathed. There is a saying that we have no turning back. Now we can only bite the bullet and go forward." (To be continued.
Chapter completed!