Chapter 399 The Hetao Battle (4)
Wang Li died in battle.
The last flag of the border army bid farewell to this turbulent era in such a tragic way.
In the future, young generals belonging to the new Qin generation, and those who cannot adapt to the new situation will eventually be eliminated. Wang Li’s personal tragedy is proving to the world that the continuation of the Jiang family gradually declined in the new Qin Dynasty, and replaced by a new Qin State that did not care about its background, proved its own achievements and abilities.
South bank of the river.
Qin army camp.
Fifty thousand Qin soldiers built a series of defensive firewood rocks. In order to ensure the smooth flow of food and fodder in the rear, Li Yuan also ordered the reinforcement of the two sides of the galloping road from Gaonu to Jiuyuan. The trees cut down from the plateau were blocked by the baggage soldiers in the form of fences. The height of the railing was very special. With the jumping height of the Huns' war horses, even if they tried their best, they could not jump past.
The corridor.
If you are familiar with the Qin army's defense situation during the Battle of Julu, I believe you will be surprised by the current layout of the Qin army. Li Yuan actually put forward a nearly identical formation as when he was defeated that year.
In that battle, the Chu army used Yingbu and General Pu to attack the corridor, which interrupted the communication between Wang Li Bian Army Group and Zhang Han Group in Jiyuan, and finally created conditions for Xiang Yu to break the Qin army. Now, Li Yuan knew that he would be defeated, but he still had to do this. What medicine was sold in the gourd?
In Jiuyuan City.
Maodun, the King of the Huns who had just broken into the city, sat upright in the hall of the border county magistrate of Wang Li's former border army. Perhaps because he was used to living in tents, Maodun did not like the roofed house built by the Qin people. In order to make himself feel at ease at night, Maodun ordered his servants to set up a tent at the door of the border army hall.
There is no living room.
I would rather live in a tent with air-covered sides on the cold days. The behavior of the Huns made the prisoners who had saved their lives incredible. However, their surprise was soon overwhelmed by the heavy physical work. Under the whip of the traitor Zang Yan, the miserable shouts of the prisoners of the border army were very far away.
In the tent of the king.
Two beautiful border girls were hugged in their arms by Mao Dun for fear. Although the cold weather outside forced to wear furs, the two women were naked, and their breasts were exposed to the Hun generals without any restrictions.
Mao Dun hugged left and right, holding a girl's chest soft, and his other hand reached the bottom of the broken skirt, searching for the source of the stream. In the tent, the leaders of the Hun tribes stared at strange eyes one by one, blushing and red, pretending to lower their heads and think seriously.
"Warriors, we have broken through the last Qin city on the Hetao Plain. Our sharp cavalry made the Qin people feel scared. Our little brothers are conquering the women of Qin. Do you understand?" Maodun laughed loudly and raised the girl in his arms high.
Woman screams.
The naked white body and the hidden secrets that appeared and appeared all made the strong Huns' men burst into blood.
Maodun has always been disliked by the Qin woman in the south. At the beginning, he insisted on taking a fancy to Wang Jinxi, the witch of the Aries tribe. Although it was a political marriage, it was also in Jinxi's bloodline. It had the genes of the Qin people. Last night, Maodun was excited and fought with two phoenixes. It was not until the sky was getting brighter. The two girls had already lost their beauty and could not bear the humiliation under Maodun's destruction.
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These two border women were plundered from Jiuyuan City by Zang Yan and presented them to Maodun. As a confidant, Zang Yan knew very well that he was just a dog in the eyes of the Huns. Only when the master Maodun was satisfied could he get the opportunity to get promoted and make a fortune.
"Shi Prime Minister Zang, you have worked so hard. This woman will give you. Remember to find two uninformed children tomorrow." Maodun laughed and pushed the mourning woman into Zang Yan's arms.
"I will do the same thing until I can ensure that the Great Shanyu is satisfied." Zang Yan rubbed his hands excitedly, touched the woman's darkness hard, and then quickly shrank back.
The women that the Great Shanyu had enjoyed were not immediately available to him at this level. After the discussion was over, the hungry leaders of the Hun tribe asked Zang Yan for women without saying anything. What Zang Yan could do was to offer them immediately without condition. If he was hesitant, what was waiting for him was the thunder and anger of the Huns.
"Okay, there are women. As long as the leaders are cheering up and use all their strength to defeat our enemy - Li Yuan, the King of Wu, who is known as the unbeaten of Qin, have you heard it clearly?" Amid the laughter of everyone, Maodun's laughter suddenly stopped, his face suddenly sank, and there was a burst of murderous aura in his voice.
"Please give orders from the Great Shanyu." The leaders of the tribes bowed their heads and responded.
"According to the information found by the scouts, the Qin army was deploying defenses on the south bank of the river. They were currently building firewood rocks and fences, and building high platforms. Li Yuan wanted to build another city to threaten the various troops of our Great Huns who were grazing here. Therefore, in order to completely occupy Hetao and to firmly occupy the land of our ancestors, we must completely defeat the Qin people. We must drive them into the river, and then we will then head south to occupy Chang'an--!"
Maodun was in a high mood, with confidence and calm voice. This time he encouraged the tribes, he did not ask Zang Yan to analyze the enemy situation for him, but instead gave a speech himself, not for anything else, just because this time, the commander of the Qin army, Li Yuan, was the strong opponent he most longed for in the past few years.
The Qin army built a wooden city on the south bank of the Great River and built a corridor along the road, which made Maodun secretly happy. In his mind, Li Yuan probably thought that the Huns were in the distant north of the desert and did not know the war in the south, so he put forward such a formation that was almost the same as the Battle of Julu back then.
Xiang Yu is dead.
The Qin people must have thought that the miracle of burning boats would not happen again. But they forgot that on the Hetao Plain, the strength of the Qin army and the Hun army was 50,000 to 150,000, and the warriors of the Hun tribe had far superiority.
Maodun has a hundred times more confidence.
Under a little encouragement, Helianbi, who was gradually exiled by Maodun, took over the labour of leading his troops to attack the Qin army's corridor, and the people who cooperated and supervised the Helian tribe became Zang Yan's task. As a lackey, he naturally had to have the awareness of sharing his master's worries. Zang Yan knew Maodun's arrangement very well.
After the Helian tribe launched an attack on the Qin army corridor, Maodun led the army of various tribes to siege the Qin army camp on the south bank. With the Huns' field ability, Maodun finally defeated the main force of the Qin army and killed Li Yuan with confidence.
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The Huns' tribes responded in unison.
After receiving the order from the Great Shanyu royal court, the Huns, who had once contracted, shouted and waved their horses, and led the war horses tied with thick straw mats, and crossed the south again.
The war situation in the Hetao area was also turned into another killing because of the arrival of the main force of the Qin army. In contrast to the madness of the Huns, the Qin army was very calm.
Li Yuan’s Central Army Camp was built in a place called Bainijing on the edge of the river. The terrain here is slightly higher than the surrounding area. In the middle of the high hill, there are two wells left by Hu Rong, one of which is the salt well and the other is the sweet well. With these two wells, the drinking water source problem of the Qin army camp is guaranteed.
After planning the directions of each department, the infantry responsible for repairing the camp, under the command of Sima of all levels, set up fences and smashed the floating ice from the ice surface of the river, and then piled up one by one to form smooth and insurmountable ice walls.
The cold weather has just begun.
Even if the ice wall melts a little at noon, it will be formed again in the evening. This melted and formed ice surface is the most solid and difficult to break.
When the Qin army fought in the Hetao area in winter, it was definitely not as good as the Xiongnu who was used to the cold weather in terms of adaptability alone. In summer, the Qin people would be stronger than the many Xiongnus who were not used to the heat.
Fortunately, the Qin army was not completely unresponsive. This time, the Qin army went on an expedition, with the logistics and supplies, various carpenters, mud workers, and pure coolie green men. These supplies can be used as technical troops when defending. They can be used to repair ice walls, build corridors, high platforms, and build leeward nests to allow the Qin army soldiers to continue to maintain their ability to move in the cold climate.
Compared with the defense of the camp, the defense of the corridor looks much weaker. The Qin army just inserted wooden sticks as thick as arms into the soil along both sides of the road, and then divided the road from the outside world in the form of a horizontal bar.
At the same time, in order to prevent the sudden attack of the Huns' cavalry, the Qin army's baggage soldiers dragged a lot of sharp stones on the two wings of the road, which were chaotic on the roadside. These stones were fatal to the horseshoe. Once the war horse bleeds, the horse's running speed would drop greatly. For the Huns, who have always been famous for their speed, they would lose the possibility of victory without fast speed.
However, since the corridor is more than a hundred miles long, it is impossible for the Qin army to lay sharp stones on every place. As long as the Huns find out in advance, they can still launch an attack on the corridor in some unobstructed areas. As for whether that place was a trap set by the Qin army, only God can know.
The person in charge of the safety of the corridor was Li Zuoche, who was known for his wisdom and strategy. This descendant of Li Mu, a famous general of Zhao State, was worthy of his ancestors. This corridor's plan to pave stones and resist the enemy was made by him.
Instead of defending everywhere, it is better to just reveal flaws. Once there are many flaws, the Huns will doubt whether it is the trap of the Qin army. When they are determined to plot but not intent, the Qin army can also use the rapid maneuvering ability of Chidao to quickly launch a targeted strike against the Hun cavalry that is attacking.
Chapter completed!