Qin Official

It was mid-June, the hottest season in northern Saibei, and the war horses were impatiently wagging their tails and slapping their bodies to drive away mosquitoes and flies, and chewing on some wilting vegetation with their heads down. The Huns could no longer wear their furs, so they all took off their furs and tied them around their waists, leaving them bare-chested. While drinking water from the oil river, they cursed and looked at the tightly besieged Baiyang Mountain in the distance. It was a trial. The sexual attack had just ended, and the Qin army once again fired a thousand crossbows. The Huns could not bear the losses and retreated...

"Horses, cattle and sheep will become weak if they don't drink water for six days. Are these Qin people all camels?" The Huns were very surprised by this.

Camels are camels. They are the most thirsty animals that the Huns have ever seen. Once they drink enough, they will be fine without water for ten and a half days.

The siege of Baiyang Mountain has entered the sixth day. According to Dangdanghu, there is no drinking water on the mountain. Even though the more than ten thousand Qin troops still have food rations, in this hot summer, the final result is that they lose their fighting power due to thirst and are easily defeated by the Xiongnu. .

The Huns are all calculating hunters. They like to win without paying any price. Wait, they have a lot of patience, just like the hunting wolves, bite hard, hang far behind and tail, wait until they completely lose their strength, and then Pounce on it and tear the flesh and blood into pieces.

However, this group of Shangjun Qin troops were more determined than Touman Shanyu imagined. The Xiongnu's siege of the exhausted enemy did not seem to have a very good effect.

"The people of Qin have the ability to dig out the ground and create a spring out of nowhere."

Ulan, a vulture archer who was blind in one eye, was making his own bow and arrows. He didn't like this kind of siege battle that was tiring, and he didn't have many opportunities to shoot Qin people. But he and a group of knights went to the old camp of the Qin army on the orders of Shan Yu and saw a rare thing called a "well". The grassland people have not yet mastered this technology.

The Huns were very curious about the well, but before Ulan could elaborate, Xubu Sheng, the great householder, came over with a gloomy face and called his name.

"Ulan! Mount your horse quickly and follow me to send troops!"

Indeed, the Qin army on Aries Mountain was not as immune to water as the Huns imagined. There were no rivers and streams, so they asked the craftsmen and soldiers to dig wells to get springs. Although the quantity was not large, each soldier was given only a small sip a day. The most important crossbowman guarding the camp could drink half a ladle a day. Most people's lips were so thirsty that they would get up every morning and suck the dew on the grass and trees, and there were even fights over it.

But after all, Shangjun soldiers were the most elite troops of the Qin Dynasty. The soldiers were all from Guanzhong. Many of them had experienced battles across the six kingdoms. Although they suffered setbacks, the military law and discipline were still there and they were still able to organize a decent defense.

But as for breaking out of the encirclement, Feng Jie did not have the courage to do so. Once he left the hills and forests, without the advantage of the crossbow chariots, the Qin army of more than ten thousand could easily be divided and annihilated by tens of thousands of Huns...

Now, he can only stand on the top of Baiyang Mountain with a grimace every day, desperately hoping that the northern and southern armies will detect the Huns' intention to concentrate their forces, find that their own side is in danger, and send troops to rescue...

The great achievement was in vain. What Feng Jie hopes now is not to suffer a huge defeat and lose his troops and humiliate his army.

But at this time, his captain sent extremely bad news.

"General, our crossbows are about to run out!"

Feng Jie suddenly became excited and asked: "How many days are left?"

"At most four days, if the arrows shot by the enemy are reused, and then people are sent to pick up the arrows a hundred steps away, it may take six or seven days..."

According to the rules of the Qin army, each crossbow is equipped with 100 arrows. The entire army has 3,000 crossbow soldiers and 300,000 arrows. But 100 arrows weigh almost twenty or thirty kilograms. It is impossible to carry so many arrows on the body, so there is a special carriage to transport arrows during the march.

Fortunately, Feng Jie did not throw away all the baggage when he encountered the Huns.

But problems ensued. In order to prevent the Xiongnu's continuous attacks, they fired a large number of arrows, tens of thousands per day. At night, the Huns would let half-grown children walk about a hundred paces and collect crossbow arrows all over the ground. The crossbow arrows were short, and it was difficult to match the Huns' compound bows or single bows, so they took them back, knocked off the cluster heads, and attached them to the Huns' arrows.

Therefore, as the siege continued, Feng Jie was shocked to find that the proportion of copper and iron in the Huns' arrows had increased a lot. When the Huns approached and fired thousands of arrows, the Qin army's casualties also increased.

They were able to hold on to their position solely by long-range firepower. If they were broken into a melee, the Qin army would be outnumbered and the situation might not be good.

"Sigh, will heaven destroy me?"

Feng Jie looked haggard and sighed. He had never suffered such a defeat since he entered the army.

Fortunately, the sentry watching the Huns' movements reported another strange thing.

"General, a group of Huns suddenly split up and headed north!"

The Huns had at least 10,000 cavalry. Feng Jie was overjoyed. The Huns relied on concentrating their forces to organize continuous attacks and disperse the 10,000 cavalry. This meant that before they came back, the Huns could only slow down their attack speed.

However, the Huns were cunning and cunning, and Feng Jie was not sure whether this was their plan and wanted to tempt his side to break out.

"But if not, why did the Xiongnu divide their troops and flee? Is it because there is a gap between the tribal leader and the Shanyu, or..."

Feng Jie's eyes sparkled with hope: "To the north...could it be that the two generals Qiang and Mongolia have arrived in Henan from Beijia!?"

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Feng Jie made a mistake. It was not Meng Tian who forced the Huns to divide their troops and go north. It was Meng Tian who was bold and careful. He took advantage of the separation of the Huns' front army from their livestock and led a fleet of chariots and cavalry to rush dozens of miles north of Baiyang Mountain. Li Xin!

Tiger Mountain is the remnant of Helan Mountain to the east of the river. It is named after the presence of tigers on the mountain. This tiger is a branch of the North China tiger. The body color and markings are very light, but not white, which is very suitable for the grassland environment.

The grass at the foot of Laohu Mountain is luxuriant, making it a good pasture and guarding the mountain pass leading to the Hetao. Touman Shanyu asked a captain to graze more than 10,000 cattle and sheep here, as well as 10,000 spare horses. Just like people, if all the livestock are concentrated in one place, the local turf will not be enough to chew on.

The Huns originally wanted to encircle the enemy for reinforcements, but Li Xinxin liked to win by surprise, so he ignored his friendly troops and rushed straight to the rear of the Huns. This move really frightened Man Shanyu. The thousand scouts he arranged to the west were unable to stop him. They could only watch the Qin cavalry boats going downstream. After reporting back to Shan Yu, Shan Yu let Xu Bu Sheng led 15,000 horsemen to rescue...

At this time, the Huns' offensive on Baiyang Mountain could only be stopped. Li Xin's strategy of besieging Wei and rescuing Zhao was indeed effective.

Xu Bu Sheng was still slow for several hours. When he led his army to Tiger Mountain, there was only a mess. Thick smoke billowed from the felt tents. The Huns grazing were disemboweled and died on the ground. Their corpses and The killed livestock were mixed together, and the cattle, sheep and horses were missing, either dispersed or driven away by the Qin army.

When they searched for horse hoof prints and rushed to the river at the foot of Tiger Mountain, they saw an astonishing scene: wooden boats were connected into a pontoon bridge, and the last Qin army was driving the captured horses across the river. On the other side of the river, there was The huge flag is flapping in the wind...

Wulan stared at the symbols on the flag, his eyes almost bleeding!

Last autumn, when Ulan followed Dadanghu on the eastward expedition, an army of only a few hundred people brought nightmares and disasters to the tribes south of Qingshan Gorge. Thousands of Xiongnu herdsmen died unexpectedly, and the remaining hundreds had their eyes cut out. After being rescued with blood and tears, they dipped their blood and wrote down the flag symbols of the Qin people who attacked them...

That's the character "李" in seal script!

It was also the flag in front of Ulan. He knew that the enemy who slaughtered his tribe was on the other side of the river!

Under the operation of the Qin people, the pontoon bridge disintegrated and the ships gradually moved closer to the west bank. The river is not shallow. If the Huns cross the river at this time, they may be attacked head-on by the Qin army. Even if they get ashore, the west bank is a dense water area called Changliu Shui and Pucao Spring. Even if the cavalry rushes over, it will not be easy for the Qin army to attack them. In the army, in addition to light cavalry, there are also many fully armed infantry...

The general with white hair and red cloak seemed to understand this. He stood on the other side of the river and stared coldly at the belated Huns. He raised his hand and his soldiers led hundreds of captured Huns to the river. They were all captured. Pressed to the ground, her braids fell down.

As General Red Cloak waved his arm, the ax chopped off the heads of hundreds of people! A stream of blood rolled into the water together with the round head, dyeing the river pale red...

More than ten thousand Huns watched this scene. Ulan, the eagle shooter, was furious and wanted to rush over on horseback, but was held back by Danghu Xubu Sheng.

"Don't be fooled, he is deliberately provoking the Huns."

Xu Bu Sheng stared at the red-cloaked general and felt a sense of shock.

He is the person who has fought the most times with the Qin army among the Xiongnu. The generals of the soldiers from the northern counties of Qin that he encountered last year fought steadily but were timid. Take advantage of the situation.

Xu Bu Sheng originally thought that this was the fighting method of the Central Plains people, but today, the red-cloaked general on the other side refreshed his understanding.

He likes to use his cavalry to go deep alone. Instead of fighting head-on, he targets the Xiongnu's weak spots and slaughters his livestock. After winning, he immediately retreats so that he cannot catch his tail, but he dare not be careless because he doesn't know when he will come again. It will launch an unexpected attack on you, and its moves will be fatal...

Xu Bu Sheng was even more wary of the Qin people, and said to himself: "The light cavalry is soaring, and the advantage is that it can advance thousands of miles, but it is unfavorable and decisively escapes, and it is ruthless. The fighting style of this red-cloaked Qin general is not like a Qin general, but like a... Huns !”

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Li Xin, who was good at cavalry warfare, used the strategy of encircling Wei and rescuing Zhao, and restrained more than 10,000 Xiongnu cavalry to the river for defense. At the same time, General Heifu, who was considered by the Huns to be "stable but timid", also raised 20,000 infantry. I walked slowly to the mouth of the Dusitu River and camped on the spot. I was so surprised that the Huns scouts flew back to Man Shanyu again...

The knots of the Qin and Hungarian armies are about to be killed within a hundred miles, and a big battle is about to break out!