Updated: 2013-03-31

The general of Jin State, Hu Fen, never dreamed that the defense line he arranged was so weak. In just two days, Juyang City had fallen, and another nearby stronghold, Wang Tao, also lost three or four thousand troops, and was unable to continue attacking.

The reinforcements secretly stationed eighty miles behind Juyang were no longer a secret at this time. Only Hu Fen knew about this group of people, and the guards in the cities ahead were not aware of it. This arrangement could have been able to successfully defeat the invading foreign troops, but he did not expect that the Huns' Great Chanyu Liu Yuan actually committed suicide in Yanmen County!

Hu Fen urged his men to leave Guangwu and go to Juyang. When he heard the military situation ahead, he couldn't help but be angry and scolded, "Wang Bochun, how dare he offer the city for a cowardly person!"

Ju Yang was just besieged by people from outside the Great Wall for two days, and there were reinforcements in the rear. Wang Yu was obviously still able to continue to hold on, but he chose to surrender to the Huns. This was a great shame for Hu Fen, who opposed the opposition and made Wang Yu serve as the guard!

The general of the guard, Chunyu Ding, turned over and got off the horse's whip, shaking off a few strokes of dust, reached out and handed it to Hu Fen, "God's anger, Ju Yang lost, Wang Tao, Yinguan and Mayi all fell into the control of the Huns. Now we should first rescue the siege and then make a decision to surrender to the enemy and offer the city."

After taking the horse whip, Hu Fen frowned slightly and said, "Liu Yuan's army is strong and we are more defending but not attacking. We are ordered to move slowly to investigate the movements of the Huns, and do not advance rashly when it comes to the opportunity. In addition, the Battle of Juyang will be passed back to Yedu, and everything will be decided by Your Majesty!"

This time, Hu Fen led 50,000 horses and horses all the way north, plus more than 10,000 defeated soldiers gathered along the way, a total of 60,000 people. This is already the most powerful army in Yanmen County. However, Liu Yuan, the leader of the Huns, led 150,000 people outside the border to station in the south of Juyang. The gap in strength between the two sides was obvious in comparison.

After a day, the territory was only seventy or eighty miles away from Juyang City. When he arrived here, the Jin army began to set up camp and refused to continue moving forward. Hu Fen knew very well that the Huns' Iron Cavalry had a very large range of combat. This place was about eighty miles away from Juyang and sixty miles away from the Xiongnu Liu Yuan's troops stationed.

With the speed and sharpness of the Huns' cavalry, continuing to advance would probably be constantly harassed or raided by cavalrymen of all races outside the Great Wall. It is not a good thing for the Jin army, which is at a disadvantage and is beneficial to defend and not conducive to attack. The troops stationed here guarded the important transportation routes in this area, so as to be able to help Wang Tao's Jin army at any time.

At this time, the military situation in front was frequently transmitted back, and the Huns' army remained unmoved, and even had no intention of Wang Tao, whose troops had lost 30 to 40%. This was beyond the expectations of the Jin army's generals, and they all felt suspicious of this, but they could not understand what the Huns wanted.

"Liu Yuan's army is to keep his troops in control. His army is there, and the border counties are in danger. We cannot advance here, and we cannot retreat. We may delay the military opportunity between advancing and retreating..." Hu Fen pondered for a long time and said slowly, his eyes lighted and seemed to have seen the Huns' strategy thoroughly.

When the generals heard this, they all talked about it and agreed with Hu Fen's view. 150,000 allied troops outside the Frontier were stationed near Juyang, and they had the ability to divide their troops to attack and plunder the other three cities at any time. However, they remained silent, and the three cities could only be on guard day and night and were cautious and did not dare to move. The main force of Jin State along the way, Hu Fen was unable to continue to advance due to his military disadvantages, but he did not dare to withdraw Guangwu easily.

Because once it is withdrawn, the soldiers and generals of the three cities who are defending and waiting for assistance will feel heartbroken and desperate, which means that they have given up the three cities in the border!!

Without a group of soldiers, Liu Yuan posed a problem for the Jin people based on strategic changes alone. If several nearby major counties learned that the situation in Yanmen County was so bad, even if they did not send reinforcements to help, they would not dare to easily divide their troops into other battlefields.

In this way, other teams outside the Great Wall will reduce considerable pressure as a result!

Chunyu Ding thought for a long time before saying, "It is not a complete solution to garrison troops here. If the Huns fight here, the fortifications are far inferior to Guangwu."

Hu Fen raised his eyes and said in a deep voice: "General Chunyu's intention is to give up the three border cities?"

Chunyu Ding smiled bitterly and said, "Even if you stay here, you cannot solve the current predicament. Only a hero can take the initiative back if he cuts his arm! He just gave up the three cities, I'm afraid that Your Majesty will not be allowed..."

There are Mayi, Yinguan, and Wang Tao, all the time, in the range of destruction by the Huns, so the main Jin army of Yanmen County did not dare to withdraw easily. The main force of the Jin army did not retreat, and was always facing the frontal impact of the powerful alliance forces outside the Great Wall. With a force of 150,000, and even whether there will be other people to support it in the future, it is unknown. How can the 60,000 Jin army under Hu Fen resist in the wilderness, under simple fortifications?

Although this place guards the main roads nearby, it is a world of difference compared to the naturally formed pass in Guangwu and the city that has been operated for a long time.

In other words, the 60,000 Jin army guarded Guangwu, which was enough to resist the Hun army several times more than it could give it a try! But in this wilderness, the 60,000 Jin army could not exert its combat power far beyond its own abilities, and invisibly it voluntarily gave up its superior defense line.

Hu Fen was not unaware of this, but the premise of ensuring that the 60,000 Jin troops could return to Guangwu was to give up the three border cities. What he gave up was not only the troops of the three border cities, but the people of these three cities. Once the Jin army took such actions, it would indeed have a strategic advantage, but it would cause a huge shock to the Jin country in public opinion!

It is unreasonable to give up dozens of watts of people in the court and in the opposition.

Hu Fen pondered: "It is not difficult to withdraw troops from the three cities, but your Majesty may be difficult to explain. However, we should continue to suffer the chaos. I will report this to the emperor."

When the generals heard this, they nodded and said that for these generals in the army, everyone knew very well how dangerous it was to garrison troops here. As the commander of the three armies, Hu Fen was able to put the overall situation first and make decisive decisions, which was obviously something that everyone was happy to see.

It’s just that I don’t know whether the so-called overall situation of the generals in the army is the real overall situation in the eyes of Emperor Jin Sima You.

At this moment, a general outside the camp quickly walked into a strange look, holding a volume of list texts and other things in his hand and looked at Hu Fen.

"What are you holding in your hands??" Hu Fen's heart moved, and he had never guessed that he was already angry.

The general was Cao Wu, the general in the army. He looked even more strange when he heard this: "This is a manifesto passed down by the Huns. A quarter of an hour ago, the Huns scout shot him into our range."

"Oh? Take it a look!" Hu Fen's face darkened, and no one could see clearly the displeasure. The main force of the Jin army was actually allowed to escape by the Huns scouts. It was really embarrassing. However, Cao Wu should not have such a strange performance just because of this.

The manifesto was full of thousands of words, including all the evils of the Jin Dynasty, the resentment of the people, the justice of the Huns, etc. Hu Fen suppressed his temper and said angrily: "Who did this article? It's simply nonsense!"

Everyone present knew Hu Fen's temperament. Seeing that Hu Fen was so angry, he couldn't help but secretly guess what was written in the manifesto, and then he started circulating it one by one. Cao Wu stood in the tent and whispered: "It is said that it was written by Wang Bochun..."

"What!!" Hu Fen suddenly felt dark before his eyes and almost fainted. He held the table with both hands for a while before he recovered and said word by word: "Is your words true!"

Cao Wu smiled bitterly and said, "The Huns scouts shouted everywhere, I believe that most of the troops in the army know about it..."

The Huns naturally issued a large number of manifestos, and Cao Wu was just holding a piece of it. Since there was a manifesto in the army, it was probably impossible to escape in the entire Yanmen County at this time. Once the Huns conquered Juyang, Hu Fen's original strategy of resisting the enemy was equally ineffective, so the Huns could contact the detailed information lurking in Yanmen County.

"How dare you betray the country so much!! I will kill you!" Hu Fen roared almost roaring, angry at the betrayal of the general he trusted, and even more powerless at the dilemma in front of the Jin army. Even though he knew the situation under his feet, how could Hu Fen not know the most likely decision in the court?

Capturing Juyang and holding the remaining three cities hostage to force the Jin army to give up the Guangwu defense line and take the initiative to attack. This is the strategy of the Xiongnu Liu Yuan. He calculated the reaction of the Jin army, and at the same time made up the idea of ​​breaking the city as soon as possible. He also understood the detailed information between the government and the opposition in Jin. With such a plan, Wang Yu's greed for life and fear of death has achieved the current absolute advantage of the Xiongnu in Yanmen County!

The manifesto quickly spread in Yanmen County and even spread throughout Hebei.

When Emperor Sima You of Jin was in charge of Yedu, he was furious when he heard the news! He summoned civil and military officials to discuss the proclamation, and even discussed the way Hu Fen proposed to give up the three border cities and retreat to Guangwu to defend the key points against the Hun army.

"The Huns attacked the east and west, and only Yanmen was attacked everywhere in the border. Now Hu Xuanwei believes that fighting in the wild is not conducive to the army, so he must withdraw the three cities of Mayi, Yinguan, and Wang Tao. What do you think?" Emperor Jin Sima You looked at the civil and military officials in the hall with a faint face and said.

Whether it is Hu Fen’s proposal or the act of the manifesto, the civil and military officials of the court have actually learned about the situation in the past few days and have long had a firm view in their hearts.

He Shao stepped forward and said, "Hu Xuanwei's proposal is quite consistent with the way of using troops, but the three cities were all hostage by the Huns, and it is very difficult for all the soldiers and civilians to withdraw."

Wei Guan also went on duty and said, "Hundreds of thousands of households in the three cities were handed over to the tiger's mouth. The scholars and people in Hebei would inevitably be in chaos when they heard about it."

The two of them spoke differently, but they all understood the meaning inside and outside. It’s not that they couldn’t bear to let go of the hundreds of thousands of people, but once the court voluntarily gave up these people, the entire Hebei would cause huge waves! Not only were the government and the country turbulent, but the soldiers and generals in the army were probably thinking.

Whose family is not a commoner, and he is fighting outside, but the court gave up three cities with hundreds of thousands of people at the command of the emperor. How can these people fall into the control of the Huns? Today, they can give up the three border cities and tomorrow they can give up other cities. This influence and public opinion are currently incapable of controlling by the Jin State.

Whoever dared to stand up and support Hu Fen at this time would be equivalent to opposing the vast majority of bureaucrats and the people, and his reputation suddenly plummeted. Even Emperor Jin Sima You himself dared to make this decision. He had not had a moment of peace since the founding of the country. Now that Jin State has encountered the land, the land can be cedeed to avoid being attacked from being attacked from both sides, and he also had to give up the city and the people to the Huns. Not to mention others, Sima You himself was still difficult to say.

However, it is obviously difficult for 60,000 Jin infantry and cavalry to compete with 150,000 or even more outside the border on the ground. Even Hu Fen, even though he was a general of Jin, he probably did not have such ability. After all, the difference in military strength between the two sides was too great. He was willing to mobilize troops from other areas, but the Huns all emerged outside the border, appeared to restrain themselves, did not take the initiative to attack, nor did he provoke, but made the Jin people know that they did not dare to act easily.

Under the stalemate situation, the advantages occupied by the Huns will gradually expand as time goes by, and Hu Fen also made it clear.

If we continue according to this form, the Huns threatened to flatten Hebei in one month, which is not a false statement!

Whether it was Hu Fen, the last general in the court, Ma Long and Meng Guan, the hero who was selected by the moment, was placed under the command of Liu Yuan, the leader of the Huns, as soon as he fought in strategy. This is the gap in strength and the gap in power between the two sides. How should Jin State respond under such circumstances?

The court was reluctant to make a decision, but one thing was done simply and neatly. The little nine tribes of the Wang Yu family who sold the country and sought honor were all killed on the spot. It was a pity that Xu Zizhang strongly supported Wang Yu, gave him money and knowledge and even his daughter. In the end, the family was destroyed by the unfaithful person. People who thought about this could not help but shake their heads and sigh, and gritted their teeth at Wang Yu.

This is exactly the result that Liu Yuan, the leader of the Huns, wanted. A talent like Wang Yu is indeed talented, but he is greedy for life and fear of death. He can betray Jin today, and he can betray the Huns in the future. If he wants to firmly control it, he will make such a person only have one way to be loyal to the Huns, and there is no other way to live.

Emperor Jin Sima You frequently summoned important civil and military officials in Yedu to discuss solutions, but no one dared to stand up for the responsibility who would bear this responsibility. Even if there was a danger of beheading, no one dared to accept it. Emperor Jin Sima You did not dare to impose such a crime on others, otherwise it would be better to take the matter directly.

The military situation ahead was getting more and more tense. The Huns only entered Yanmen County for five or six days, but the entire Hebei area was filled with the Huns' manifesto. In addition, a famous Confucian scholar like Wang Yu also defected to the Huns, which did cause a stir and made people feel uneasy for a while.

The 150,000 Huns army stationed in Juyang without moving at all, but the pressure it brought increased day by day, and the invisible suffocation was heavy on everyone's heart. The government and the people of Jin would rather fight with the Huns than do nothing about the Huns' garrison as they are now, and they can only wait for the other party to take action.

The Rong State was forced to pressure from the pressure of the people of all ethnic groups outside the border from time to time, and did not dare to divide the troops or even move at all. The King of Yan Sima Ji, who was stationed in Liaodong, was also a method of Liu Yuan for a long time, and did not dare to cooperate with the Rong State with carelessness.

The state of the Jin army in Yanmen County is similar to that of the Jin and Rong countries in Liaodong. In fact, the northern defense line of the entire Jin State is in a very awkward posture. It takes a huge price to reverse such a situation, and it takes even more courage.

Hu Fen proposed a way to give up the three cities in exchange for strategic initiative, but this was even more politically implicated. In addition, he could not come up with other methods. While he was hesitating, the Hun army finally made some noise!!

The leader of the Huns Liu Yuan led the general Liu Qin as the vanguard to advance to the place where the princess of Yanmen, Jin State was located. The general Hu Fen of Jin led 60,000 Jin troops to resist, and the two sides had not yet decided a battle. However, the iron cavalry came from behind the Jin army!

It turned out that just a few days after Hu Fen was waiting for news from Yedu, the Hun general Liu Yao led more than 10,000 cavalry to penetrate the roads of Linjun to attack Guangwu!

The Guangwu Guardian had no preparation in advance and was invaded by the Huns' Iron Cavalry and lost the city after a melee.

Guangwu is the capital of Yanmen County. The nearby cities are full of mountains and rivers. In addition, the natural barriers are blocked by the barriers, which can be said to be an easy-to-defense and difficult to attack. After Hu Fen came to Guangwu, he worked hard to manage it. Now that Guangwu is in a state of decline, it is like the entire Yanmen County falling...

Under the attack between the two groups, the Jin army could only seize the road. In addition, the elite soldiers and generals under Liu Yuan divided their troops and chased them continuously. The Jin army suffered heavy losses and suffered heavy casualties!

The Jin army wanted to retreat to Guangwu, but the Huns' cavalry continued to rush to kill. The passes near Guangwu were all controlled by the Huns. Hu Fen was angry and rushed to the cap and fought to the death, but he was outnumbered and had to retreat. At this time, it was only seven days before the people outside the border attacked Juyang.

When Guangwu was lost, he hung alone in Mayi and Yinguan in front of him, and Wang Tao's three cities were immediately surrounded by the army outside the frontier. Although the soldiers and horses of all tribes outside the frontier had not yet attacked the city, anyone knew that after the Huns controlled the hub of Guangwu, the Yanmen County, the Jin army in these three cities had no vitality.

The news came back to Yedu and the whole country was shocked! Emperor Jin Sima You was shocked and hurriedly anxious to discuss countermeasures in the court. Hu Fen was the last general in the court and could be called a model of martial artists in Jin. However, in front of the strategy of the leader of the Huns, Liu Yuan, was so ineffective, which was really surprising!

In fact, Liu Yuan used not only strategies, but also a combination of strategic and political levels, and completely understood the mentality of the government and opposition of Jin State. The generals of Jin State seemed to be stationed in various places and commanded their own troops, but in fact they were divided into regions and guarded, and there were few connections between them.

The shock of the government and the country was expected, but what Emperor Sima You of Jin was worried about was that the Huns' dead soldiers lobbled for the wealthy families of Yedu on the eve of the war between the two countries. At that time, the Huns' dead soldiers boasted that they would destroy Jin in one month, and no one believed it. But now, even if they still don't believe it, who dares to deny this possibility in their hearts?
Chapter completed!