Chapter 2432 Life and death between truth and falsehood
In the grassland and desert, the herdsmen of the Jiankun Kingdom were not the only ones who were hit by the white disaster and the black disaster. The Dingling people who accepted the Xianbei inheritance also faced difficulties.
"Han Dog, Han Dog is not a good thing!" Leader Ding Ling roared fiercely, "I told the king a long time ago that we should not have anything to do with Han Dog at all! We must isolate ourselves from Han Dog and stay away from them.
Stay away from these greedy guys, so that we, Ding Ling people, can have a future! Peace talks... haha... bullshit peace talks..."
"Even if you stay away from here and reach the end of the world, it's better than dealing with Han dogs!"
Although it is said that many nomadic tribes have moved to the areas of Zhao Yun and Xinpi for one reason or another, there are still some people who are unwilling to deal with the Han people from the beginning to the end. With resentment towards the Han people, they propagandize
Hateful remarks against Han people.
In fact, this is not all a problem of nomads. During the Qin and Han Dynasties, many nomads defected to the Han Dynasty in the south, but the Han Dynasty people never regarded these people as their own, or considered civilizing them.
The problem is restriction and enslavement at every turn, coupled with different languages and rude attitudes. Even in times of great disasters, the difficulties were overcome through the relief of the Han people, but then the Han people continued to mobilize and enslave, dispatched brave warriors, and
Those Huns, Qiang people, Wuhuan people or Xianbei people who refused to surrender fought. As more people died, the originally unstable relationship naturally collapsed.
Not to mention, during the Xiping period, in the battle against Xianbei Tanshihuai, 10,000 Hu army cavalry were recruited to accompany the Xiongnu Zhonglang general. As a result, the grasslands and deserts were stained with blood, and nine out of ten people were defeated and killed...
Did anyone say sorry to these Hu people who surrendered, or give some pensions to these Hu people’s families? No. Maybe some people would say that the Han Dynasty did not even provide pensions to its own Han people, so how could they do so?
To appease these surrendered Hu people?
But this is the problem.
It is precisely because of this incident that leader Ding Ling does not trust the Han people at all. When King Ding Ling decided not to have any contact with the Han people, he was very happy, but now why do some people suddenly appear to have contact with the Han people?
Ashina, the leader of Ding Ling, is tall and tall. Although the weather in the desert is not very cold yet, he has already taken off half of his leather robe, revealing half of his strong body with scars.
"Leader, let's stop here... If this Huyan comes to see us, I'm afraid there will be trouble..." A confidant rode up to him and asked.
According to the original arrangement of King Ding Ling, he was going to go south with another Ding Ling tribe to find peace with the Han people.
And Ashina doesn't want peace talks at all.
Ashina casually touched the black solid in the gap between her nails. She didn't know if it was black mud or dried blood. Hearing this, he smiled and said, "It's okay, I'm just waiting for him to come..."
The confidants on the side were a little puzzled.
After a while, the leader of another tribe, Hu Yan, came angrily with some men and horses...
"Aha, it's Huyan!" Ding Lingtou clapped his horse and rushed forward, shouting, "Why did you suddenly come to me? There was a military order from the king. The situation has changed. I was about to go find you!"
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Hu Yan, the leader of another tribe, was originally full of anger. When Ashina shouted at him, he couldn't help but froze for a moment, "What? What military order? Why didn't I receive the military order?"
Ashina's expression suddenly became a little anxious. He waved to Hu Yan to come closer, and then whispered: "Your Majesty, I'm afraid...I heard someone said that your Majesty was accidentally beating the Liaodong dog."
He fell off his horse and was seriously injured. Before he fell into coma, he said he wanted you..."
Ashina's voice became lower and lower, and Huyan's neck couldn't help but stretch longer and longer.
Something happened to the king?
Hu Yan couldn't help but be horrified and inexplicable..
After Ding Ling suddenly ate most of the remaining Xianbei meat, he did not complete a good digestion.
Maybe given King Ding Ling, well, now that Ding Ling is king, with some more time, or a better environment, maybe Ding Ling will become another powerful grassland overlord who succeeds Xianbei.
This time King Ding Ling attacked Liaodong for many reasons, one of which was that he hoped to take this opportunity to train his team...
But just like the expression in later movies, when the team gets bigger, people's hearts disperse. Not all Ding Ling tribes are affected by the disaster, and this kind of inherently loose political system makes it difficult to achieve unity at the level of consciousness. Many people
At that time, these people each thought about the interests of their own tribes, so it was common for them to have differences and even conflicts, just like the rice-reducing country in later generations.
Huyan supported King Dingling, and King Dingling also admired Atta. He once publicly expressed his approval of Huyan, and seemed to have some intention of promoting Huyan. This time, he went south to talk to the Han people and seek cooperation.
King Ding Ling also made a subtle statement that if he succeeds, he will give credit to Hu Yan. When the time comes, it is not impossible to promote Hu Yan to a general or a higher position.
Therefore, under such circumstances, Huyan was naturally more willing to reach some alliances with the Han people in Sanse, so that King Ding Ling could safely invest in the attack on Liaodong Gongsun and the internal integration.
After all, in King Ding Ling's vision, the Han people are like tribes on the grassland, each with its own subordinates. The previous disputes do not represent eternal enemies. The Han people in Liaodong and the Han people in Sanse are naturally two different people.
Partly, now that Ding Ling is going to attack the Han people in Liaodong, of course he cannot go to war with the Han people in Sanse. It would be best if peace talks can be made. Even if peace talks cannot be made, it would be good to maintain a relatively stable situation.
But unexpectedly, halfway through the journey, Ashina, as Hu Yan's deputy, suddenly stopped and refused to leave. This naturally made Hu Yan very puzzled and angry. He hurriedly came to ask for help, but he didn't.
Thinking of Ashina's words made Huyan feel a little frightened.
Could it be that the king is not going to live long?
What should we do now? Who will be the new king? Will he insist on negotiating peace with the Han people?
The most important thing is, can the benefits that the king promised before still count now?
In the midst of his chaotic thoughts, Huyan couldn't help but ask Ashina: "What else did the order say? Where is the order? Come quickly and let me take a look..."
"Oh..." Ashina took two steps forward, approached Huyan, then reached into the half-open leather robe, "Wait a minute..."
Hu Yan stepped forward, a little anxious, but he didn't expect that Ashina pulled out a bigger knife than him. Uh, wrong, he pulled out a shining dagger, then stepped forward and stabbed him directly.
Entered Huyan’s abdomen!
Under the severe pain, Hu Yan slapped Ashina away, but it also made his wound bigger and blood spurted out, "You...why?!"
Ashina chuckled, "I won't tell you...do it!"
Immediately, Ashina's soldiers who were standing aside shouted loudly and attacked Hu Yan and others.
Huyan never thought that Ashina would take action against him, so he didn't bring many people with him when he first came.
The guards tried to protect the seriously injured Hu Yan and retreat, but as the blood spurted out, Hu Yan felt that everything in the world was spinning, so he rode his horse and ran out not far, but couldn't hold the reins and fell down.
Under the horse, when Huyan regained some consciousness, he found that he was lying on his back on the ground, but his mind went blank. As the thick blood continued to gush out from the injury, a bone-chilling feeling gradually
Covered the whole body.
The clean and translucent blue sky, the vast and boundless land.
The goshawks soar and the clouds float.
Hu Yan suddenly felt that something looked familiar. Could this be a scene more than 20 years ago, when he was still in his early teens, following his father on a hunting trip, and then fell under the horse?
But this time, his father did not appear, and there was no pair of warm and rough hands to pull him up.
"Send the order!" Ashina ordered while wiping the blood on his sword, "Send out a thousand men and horses and go to the Huyan tribe immediately to take over all affairs! Just say that the Huyan leader was ambushed by a Han team just now.
Killed in action..."
Ashina's tone seemed so casual, as if he was describing a small incident, "Stop all actions to negotiate peace with the Han people, let's turn to the north!"
"What a bunch of idiots! The grassland is so big, why bother staring at the south?! I've already inquired, there are more herdsmen tribes in the west, wouldn't it be better than competing with the south?"
"Follow me! I will lead you to find a better future!"
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Liaodong.
King Ding Ling was not injured, let alone dead.
Of course, King Ding Ling did not know what happened behind him after he left the grassland desert. The focus of his attention now is this piece of land in Liaodong, and he believes that he is about to win the final victory.
Especially after the death of Gongsun Du, King of Liaodong.
The King of Liaodong, well, this king is also self-proclaimed. If he had not coveted western Liaoning before and thought of marching into Yuyang, he might not have suffered a major blow. Naturally, he would not have been defeated and fled back to Liaodong. He certainly would not have been affected by this.
Resentment developed into being bedridden...
This is always the case for older people. If they are healthy and optimistic, they will probably live a few more years than those who are depressed, regretful and sleepless. Coupled with the accumulated illnesses in the military, in the old age
It also gradually develops in old age. Once some hook is used as a trigger, it can easily turn from a small problem into a serious problem that threatens life.
After Gongsun Du's death, the Gongsun family fell into chaos. Although Gongsun Du's son Gongsun Kang said that he was the orthodox heir, he immediately issued an order for all Liaodong to obey his order, but other members of the Gongsun family
He supported Gongsun Gong, saying that Gongsun Kang was a hammer, and the defeated general had the nerve to be shy and ask for an inheritance?!
When the disputes between the Gongsun family continued, the Ding Ling people had no intention of standing aside and waiting for Gongsun to come to a conclusion. Instead, they stepped up their attacks, which also caused great harm to the people living in Liaodong, especially the Han people in Liaodong.
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Beyond the mountains that obscured the view, the light of the bonfire reflected in the sky.
When the Dinling people attack, they are naturally like most nomadic peoples, who bring their families with them.
Soldiers in the front, tribes in the back.
The territory of Liaodong itself is not large, and there is no strategic space. As the Ding Ling people broke through the pass and killed the generals guarding the pass, disaster befell this land.
Crying seems to have become the main color of this land.
Before the war came, those who sensed something was wrong early and then left resolutely were lucky and wise, while those who hesitated and felt a little lucky, or felt that they were attached to their homeland and were reluctant to leave, were
I endured the greatest pain at the moment.
For ordinary people, they are in an environment where news is relatively lagging or even blocked. The information they can get is often unknown. Even with such a variety of news, there are still
The people above deliberately distorted, blocked, and tampered with it, just like the people in Liaodong. Even though the Ding Ling people had broken through the pass and invaded all the way, most of the people in Liaodong waited until the last moment, and some were directly killed by swords and guns.
When I bumped into my eyes, I realized that war was coming...
Originally, during the melee in the Central Plains, some people took refuge in Liaodong, but they did not expect that Liaodong would also suffer such a severe military disaster. These people were swept by a large number of refugees and fled further south, and some people fled to the more remote Goguryeo.
go.
The entire situation in Liaodong is rapidly sliding into disorder.
Refugees are flowing in, and food and drink have become the most basic needs of these refugees. Compared with these homeless refugees, in the city that has not been captured by the Dingling people for the time being, some people have begun to occupy the vacated areas after seeing some residents in the city fleeing.
houses, and some got into fights and killed people because of this behavior...
Perhaps for those who are calmer and more sober, it is difficult to understand that when the enemy is about to attack, they still waste time, energy and even their lives to occupy some houses. But the problem is that these people do just that.
By investing their limited lives into infinite houses, it seems that this is the fulfillment of these people's lifelong dreams and desires, even if these dreams and desires can only last for a short period of time.
Gongsun's army had no intention of regulating the behavior in the town. As long as there was no chaos, the death of a few people was not a big deal at all. For the convenience of defense, Gongsun's army demolished a large number of houses near the city wall and used them to make rolling stones and wood.
Once Xiangping is lost, Liaodong will basically be finished. Even if they flee to Lelang, they may not be able to continue.
Or fled to Goguryeo?
Let’s not talk about whether the former King of Liaodong had the dignity to become a sojourner. Let’s just say that when Gongsun Du was still alive, he had sex with Goguryeo several times and beat Goguryeo to howl. Now it’s the other way around, even if the Gongsun family
If anyone dares to go, Goguryeo may not welcome them with open arms...
Amid the chaos and tension, the first wave of Ding Ling people arrived at the foot of Xiangping City.
In front of these Ding Ling people, there were groups of Han people, as well as some captured Goguryeo and Buyeo people...
Looking out from Xiangping City, on the hillside, beside the woods, all over the mountains and fields, there are figures of Ding Ling people. There are also a large number of civilians gathered. From time to time, Ding Ling people who are responsible for guarding are riding war horses and passing through.
Roaring, waving whips at the crowd from time to time, and even waving swords, drawing out a lot of blood.
Whether it is a white-haired old man, a crying and helpless child, a woman in tattered clothes, or a young man covered in blood, they are basically all tied up in a row by long ropes, crying in the sky.
Among them, a large area of darkness was like a huge herd of cattle and sheep.
There are some queues where someone on the long rope has died, but the Ding Ling people don't care at all, they just wave their whips and swords. Any queue that stops will either be whipped or hacked to death, so that among these queues
The dead one was either caught in it and held up, or simply dragged on the ground...
Ding Lingren stood aside and laughed.
Those who dared to curse and resist have been shot to death or beheaded by Ding Ling. The rest are naturally some cowardly people who only think that crying can bring mercy and tears can be taken care of.
In this way, being urged and driven, we arrived at the foot of Xiangping City.
The defenders on the city wall could only watch all this silently, unable to even let out a fart.
The Ding Ling people's army and various civilians who were originally captured are constantly gathering...
According to the speed of the war horses, the Ding Ling people should have arrived at Xiangping long ago, and the reason why the Ding Ling people have slowed down now is that they appeared directly under the eyes of the Gongsun Army guarding the city. Perhaps it was when they were attacking the previous pass.
, many Ding Ling people were killed and injured. Now when they were preparing to attack Xiangping, the Ding Ling people gathered as many scapegoats as possible.
That night, the Ding Ling army outside the city did not even set up a large-scale camp. They prepared ladders to attack the city in the mountains behind the military formation, urging the captured craftsmen to work day and night until late at night.
Perhaps because he thought these craftsmen were of some use, he provided them with some leftover food from the Ding Ling people.
As for the life and death of those consumables, the Ding Ling people didn't care at all, as long as these consumables could survive until the moment before the siege.
The fire continued, and Ding Ling's troops gathered in batches that night without stopping from beginning to end. The cavalry scouts held torches and shuttled back and forth outside Xiangping City, simply guarding against night attacks by Gongsun's soldiers.
In the early morning of the second day after Ding Ling arrived in Xiangping, when there was still some mist in the air, King Ding Ling looked at the surrounding situation on the hillside, and then waved his hand.
"attack!"
The Ding Ling people blew their horns.
A ruthless war has descended on this land. Even if these people claim to be descendants of the universe, they cannot avoid the flow of blood...
