Chapter 110 The Huns invaded

Author: Gongsun Wujiu

Chapter 110 The Huns invaded

Mani said, "Woman?"

Zhang Yue said: "Exactly!"

Mani's eyes lit up, "Master wants to use women to calm the army..."

Zhang Yue smiled, neither denying nor affirming. His purpose did not end with this.

"Mani, can you do it?"

Mani calculated for a moment, "How much does the master want?"

"Of course the more the merrier..."

Zhang Yue was discussing with Mani the introduction of female slaves on a large scale.

King Sun Zhu of the Xiongnu was leading an elite cavalry of as many as six thousand across the Tianshan Mountains towards Luntai.

In order to conceal the news, they killed all the living people they met along the way.

At the same time, a group of Scythian mercenaries hired by the Yanqi people had also secretly arrived in the Kingdom of Qiuci.

Led by Qiuchi's largest lord, Xihou Liju, they crossed an inaccessible road and bypassed the Han army's reconnaissance to reach Luntai.

The eighth day of the tenth month of the third year of Tianhan.

While Zhang Yue was inspecting water conservancy construction, he suddenly received news from Chang'an that his wife was pregnant.

"I'm going to be an adult?" Zhang Yue felt a little at a loss in his heart.

He walked up to the wall alone in a complicated mood, watching the stars in the sky.

He looked up at the sky and realized for the first time that the sky was so beautiful.

Suddenly a shooting star pierced the night sky. Although it was only for a moment, it was so brilliant and beautiful.

When they heard that Zhang Yue's wife was pregnant, everyone in the Han army in Luntai was overjoyed.

All the officers came to congratulate him with smiles on their faces.

"Congratulations, Your Majesty..."

"When will the monarch hold a wine ceremony to celebrate..."

While everyone was laughing, suddenly a warning horn sounded.

"Woooooooo..."

The sound of the horn broke the calm of the night sky and awakened the entire platform.

"Where's the police?"

Everyone looked in the direction where the horn sounded, but a beacon was burning in the north.

Zhang Yue led the people and walked quickly towards the north city wall.

Yang You looked at the beacon and said, "There are more than 5,000 enemy troops!"

"Your Majesty, my subordinates are not doing well in their affairs. Please punish me, Your Majesty!"

Zhang Yue waved his hand, "Get up and go get ten lashes yourself!"

"Thank you, Lord!"

Zhang Yue quietly looked at the bright beacon in the dark night, without a trace of emotion in his heart.

As early as a month ago, when the first snow fell in Luntai, he had predicted that the Huns might invade.

But I didn't expect that the Huns did not enter through the iron gate, but came from the north.

Everyone looked at Zhang Yue at this time, waiting for his order.

Zhang Yue looked around at the crowd and said in a deep voice: "From today on, the entire city is under martial law and the entire territory is closed. Anyone who dares to act without authorization will be killed without mercy!"

"Gentlemen, the Hunu army is pressing down on the territory now. I hope you will work together to attack the Hunu!"

"Kill Hu, kill Hu!"

After Zhang Yue finished speaking, Zhao Guanghan was the first to shout.

Under his leadership, the entire Luntai City shouted "Kill Hu".

Zhang Yue calmly issued a series of orders, and soon war horses and messengers rushed out of the city, delivering the orders to various forts and walled cities.

On the morning of the next day, Han Jiang sent someone to deliver precise information.

The Xiongnu King Ri Zhu led an 8,000-strong army to attack, and they were now less than a day's journey from Tiannan City.

On the ninth day of the tenth month of the third year of Tianhan, King Ri Zhu's troops arrived at Tiannan City.

Han Jiang strengthened the walls and cleared the fields, and defended Tiannan City.

The Japanese king attacked but failed, leaving more than a thousand cavalry to besiege the city. He led his main force to bypass Tiannan City and attack Luntai.

On the tenth day of the lunar month, the Huns captured Badai Fort and killed 27 Han soldiers.

On the 12th, the Xiongnu vanguard arrived at Luntai City.

Zhang Yue ordered Guo Kai to attack, beheaded 37 Xiongnu, and captured 7 people before returning.

The Xiongnu were unsuccessful in the first battle, and the vanguard retreated to camp ten miles away.

On the 13th, the main force of King Sun Zhu arrived at the foot of Luntai City and surrounded Luntai from the north and east.

"It's so reckless!"

Zhang Yue stood at the top of Luntai City and looked at King Sun Zhu's large banner and said disdainfully.

In daily training, Zhang Yue has practiced urban offensive and defensive battles many times.

Each city wall and crenellation requires multiple soldiers, and it has been clearly calculated which types of troops will be deployed.

Therefore, there was no panic on and off the platform, and preparations for the battle were carried out in an orderly manner.

In addition to the thunder stones and rolling logs prepared at the top of the city, a lot of gold juice and fire oil were also prepared.

On the city wall, there is an instrument similar to a small trebuchet erected at intervals, which can be used to throw stones down the city to hit the enemy who climbs the city.

At some of the crenellations, there are also some horses that are covered with sharp iron barbs, which are used to hinder the enemy's subsequent actions after climbing up the city wall.

There are also some resisting horses placed at regular intervals on the city wall, also to hinder the enemy's movement after they board the city.

At the city gate and on the outside of the moat, there are also objects such as horses, antler trees, and iron caltrops.

Not only that, more than ten improved counterweight trebuchets were erected in the city.

Luntai City's defensive equipment was quite complete, and Zhang Yue was confident that even if the Huns came with 50,000 troops, they would not be able to break through Luntai City.

"Woo."

The horn sounded.

"The Huns are coming!"

Zhang Yue shouted, "Second and third sons, prepare to meet the enemy!"

As the order was issued, Luntai City also became commotion.

The horns sounded in the city, and the soldiers from various villages who defended the city gathered together, took out their weapons in an orderly manner, and climbed up the city wall in units, preparing for battle.

Zhang Yue stood on the city tower and looked far to the north. On the horizon, he saw groups of Hun soldiers coming towards Luntai City like waves. Their horseshoes clanked and the ground seemed to shake.

Zhang Yue initially estimated that the number of people should be more than five thousand.

The Huns came rolling in and soon reached three miles north of the city.

At this time the Huns stopped, and after a commotion, an army in strange costumes came out.

Unlike ordinary Huns, they actually dismounted and formed a formation. This turned out to be an infantry force.

"infantry!"

Zhang Yue was shocked at first, and then returned to normal.

He looked carefully and saw that these soldiers were actually wearing bronze armor.

The weapons they held were also different from those of the Huns.

"Which country's army is this?" Zhang Yue asked Yang You.

"Your Majesty, those under the city should be heavy infantry composed of Scythians!"

Zhang Yue heard this and said disdainfully, "Haha, these people are so brave, they dare to help the Xiongnu to make an enemy of our great Han!"

The Scythians were actually very powerful at one time. In the 7th century BC, they launched a massive invasion of the Caucasus, Asia Minor, Armenia, Media and the Assyrian Empire.

Having threatened Western Asia for nearly seventy years, its cavalry galloped from Cappadocia to Media, and from the Caucasus to Syria, looking for plunder.

But at this time, the Scythians had long since declined, and their once powerful cavalry had also faded into the dust of history.
To be continued...