Chapter 166, The Huns' Method, The Three Lights Policy
In October of the fourth year of Zhongping (187), Taiyuan County!
When the Huns rebelled, Dong Zhuo was scared to death, fearing that the Huns and the Tengjia Army would attack Taiyuan County together.
But in a twist of events, the Huns unexpectedly attacked the Tengjia Army in Mayi!
"I divined a fortune a few days ago and said it was a good omen. I thought it was a mistake, but I didn't expect it to be a good omen!" Dong Zhuo laughed.
"Congratulations, general. Congratulations, general. Now the Huns and Lei Gong are fighting. It is said that they have also contacted the Xianbei people, and there are hundreds of thousands of them. Even if this battle cannot destroy Lei Gong, it will greatly hurt Lei Gong! The general can rest easy from now on.
Yes!" Li Ru laughed at the side.
Niu Fu also laughed and said: "General, should we also take the opportunity to send troops to attack Lei Gong? Not to mention destroying Lei Gong, it would be good to capture Yanmen Pass. At least we can block Lei Gong outside the pass again!"
"Yes, General, this is a rare opportunity!" Other generals also suggested to Dong Zhuo.
Dong Zhuo also had this idea. Yanmen Pass was occupied by Xu Wei, and the entire Bingzhou gate was wide open. It can be seen that Dong Zhuo has slept with one eye open since he came to Taiyuan County, for fear that Lei Gong would lead an army of 100,000 people to rush out of Yanmen Pass!
Dong Zhuo looked at his counselor and asked, "What do Wen You think of this proposal?"
Li Ru thought for a while and shook his head and said: "Yanmen Pass is too important to Mayi. Not to mention that Lei Gong stationed 5,000 elite soldiers here. It is difficult to break through with our strength. Even if we can break through, we can't help the Huns and the Huns."
After taking the grain, the general can think about it. For Lei Gong, which one is more important, Shuofang County, Wuyuan County, Yunzhong County, or Yanmen Pass?"
Dong Zhuo only reacted when he heard this and said helplessly: "Of course Yanmen Pass is important!"
The foundation of the Tengjia Army is in Mayi, and the main tribes are also in Mayi. Even if Shuofang County, Wuyuan County, and Yunzhong County are all lost, Mayi's vitality will not be hurt, but if Mayi is lost, Tengjia Army will not be harmed.
Army A is about to become a rootless apple!
Li Ru continued: "If we attack Yanmen Pass now, Lei Gong will abandon the three counties of Heshuo to defend Yanmen Pass. Then the general will have to face Lei Gong's 100,000 troops!"
At this time, Dong Zhuo's men came to report that they were envoys from the Huns asking to see him!
Dong Zhuo was puzzled for a while. Xubu Guduhou had killed Qiang Qu, the Shanyu appointed by the Emperor of Han Dynasty, and now he dared to photograph the envoys coming to Taiyuan County! Especially since Qiang Qu was his relative and friend, since he came to Taiyuan County, Qiang Qu
The gifts he gave were all worth 5 million yuan. The one Xubu Guduhou killed was the Chanyu of the Huns, but the one he killed was Dong Zhuo's financial sponsor!
Li Ru said clearly: "General, the Huns want you to help them take grains from the fire."
Dong Zhuo said angrily: "The Huns also dared to plot against me. Someone chopped off the Huns' envoy and threw his head to Marquis Xubu Gudu!"
At this time, Li Ru made Dong Zhuo say: "General Xubu Guduhou wants to use the general, and the general can also use these Huns to help us weaken Lei Gong!"
Dong Zhuo asked: "Wen You, what are your plans?"
Li Ru smiled and said: "General, don't look at the fierce momentum of the Huns and Xianbei coalition forces, but if Lei Gong cannot defend, the Huns and Xianbei coalition forces will definitely be defeated! So we must help the Huns and Xianbei people to make them stronger.
At the very least, the siege power will be stronger, so that we can consume more of Lei Gong’s strength!”
Dong Zhuo immediately said: "Crowbar!"
What is the most famous weapon in the Han Dynasty in recent years? It must be the crowbar. Before the crowbar appeared, a fort defended by a thousand people was enough to leave tens of thousands of people helpless.
Zhang Jiao claimed to have a million Yellow Turban troops, but he failed to conquer a few forts. When Zhang Niujiao started to cause trouble, he used crowbars to conquer hundreds of forts at once.
The casualties were heavy, and even the powerful nobles of Wei County were almost wiped out by Lei Gong.
Then there were several rebellions by the Han Dynasty, and crowbars appeared frequently. Zhang Yan used crowbars to attack the city of Jizhou, and Zhang Chun used crowbars to attack the city of Youzhou. It can be said that the city walls with thousands of years of fortifications were vulnerable to crowbars.
One blow, now all the generals in the world are thinking of new defense methods and want to come up with new shields!
Although there was no war going on here, Dong Zhuo still prepared hundreds of crowbars just in case! He even ordered the generals around him to think of ways to deal with the crowbars!
Li Ru smiled and said: "Don't you need to replace the general's crowbar with a new one? Just sell these hundreds of old crowbars to the Huns!"
Dong Zhuo laughed and said: "We want to sell it to the Huns, and we have to sell it to the Huns at a high price. Qiangqu gave me a lot of money at the beginning, and Xubu Guduhou killed all my friends. I don't want to sell it to the Huns at a high price."
How can I be worthy of the dead Qiangqu! Wenyou, I leave this matter to you!"
Li Ru smiled and said: "I promise to satisfy the general!"
So the Huns' envoy, deceived by Li Ru, spent 1 million money to buy Dong Zhuo's so-called siege weapon. At the same time, he also assured the envoy that he would attack Mayi after they attacked Tengjia Army. In this way, the Huns
The envoy was tricked away by Li Ru.
In early October of the fourth year of Zhongping (187), Mayi!
Huang Long led 10,000 fine cavalry, one person and three horses, and marched at a speed of 200 miles a day, across the entire Yunzhong County and headed towards the Xianbei pasture!
At the same time, Xu Wei's 30,000 standing army expanded rapidly. The small soldiers became corps commanders, the commanders became team leaders, the camp commanders expanded to army commanders, and the 30,000 standing army expanded to 150,000, of which 30,000 were stationed in the army.
Various passes in Mayi.
The remaining 120,000 troops were divided into two groups. One was led by Xu Wei with an army of 60,000 to support Luo County, and the other was led by Wang Yong in Shanwucheng with 60,000 soldiers heading towards Jiling County! Mayi is a war machine.
Officially fully opened.
Behind the two armies, there are one hundred thousand civilians transporting grain, grass and baggage to the two armies day and night. This means that the transportation network of counties and counties around Mayi is convenient. Outside Yanmen County, there is no rail track for Mayi.
There will be more and more logistics staff!
Therefore, Zhang Baiqi and Wang Laohan most hope that Huanglong can repel the Hungarian Xianbei attack, because then the Tengjia Army will not have to attack for 2,000 miles. Such a long journey will be a huge drain on the Tengjia Army!
At the same time, 80,000 Huns from Hexi County crossed the Yellow River and came to the north bank of the Yellow River. They also divided into two groups and attacked Luo County and Jiling County of Tengjia Army. Among them, Luo County was the first target to be attacked.
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Luo County was originally a territory occupied by the Huns, but when Xu Wei began to fight chiefs on the grassland and the news of dividing cattle and sheep reached the Huns, the Huns were also affected, and the lower-level herdsmen also killed their leaders and took refuge.
Xu Wei, so all the territory of the Huns from the Yellow River to the Yellow River was annexed by Xu Wei. The defense line of the Tengjia Army was originally in Wuzhou, and then expanded to Luo County.
Because Luo County was at the edge of the Tengjia Army, Xu Wei also built a Wubao, defended by 3,000 troops. The captain of the Wubao was named He Feng, and the supervisor was named Lu Liang, both of whom were old men around Xu Wei.
Xu Wei followed Xu Wei from the beginning when he attacked Zhao Yi's Wubao, and then followed Xu Wei all the way from Jizhou to Mayi.
It's just that they were unlucky. The captains in other directions had gone through wars and made many military exploits. They were the only ones guarding Wuzhou. The Huns did not dare to invade Mayi, so he could only stay in a daze every day.
So He Feng thought of a way to provoke the lower-level herdsmen of the Huns, but what he didn't expect was that the Qiang Qu was so cowardly, not only losing the entire pasture on the north bank of the Yellow River, but also annexing 100,000 tribesmen, but the Qiang Qu
He would rather spend money to hire Dong Zhuo for protection than dare to launch troops in the direction of Wuzhou!
He Feng made some moves, and changed from the captain of Wuzhou to the captain of Luo County, and also built a new dock.
So when He Feng heard that the Huns led an army of 40,000 to attack Luo County, he was excited. It was finally his turn to make a contribution!
He immediately asked his men to lead the herdsmen of Luo County to retreat towards Wucheng County, completely clearing the surrounding solid walls and preventing the Huns from gaining anything. At the same time, his soldiers were ready to go, waiting for the arrival of the Huns!
It's just that his mission to clear the country was not smooth! When his men came to report, the herdsmen in Luo County were unwilling to leave!
"What's going on? Why don't these herdsmen retreat to the rear!" He Feng said angrily. This will not affect his achievements!
The subordinates said helplessly: "They said they also want to join the army to defend their homeland! We can't persuade them at all!"
He Feng was surprised and said: "They also want to participate in the battle against the Huns?"
There is a militia system in the Tengjia Army, and members are trained every winter, and Luo County is no exception.
But He Feng did not plan to recruit these people for this war, because this was the territory of the Huns. After Xu Wei occupied this place, although he also moved some tribes here, most of the people in Luo County were Huns.
, He Feng was worried that Baima Tong and the others would incite rebellion against these Huns tribes, so he simply did not recruit these people.
Anyway, relying on the Wubao in Luo County, he did not think that the Huns could break through his defenses, not to mention that Mayi is very close to Luo County, about 400 miles, and half of the distance is connected by wooden tracks. Even if it is
It only takes six days at most for the large army to march and the reinforcements can reach Luo County, so he simply did not recruit militiamen. Because he recruited Huns soldiers, he had to be careful that the Huns cooperated with others and cheated him!
But He Feng never expected that his behavior would anger the Huns in Luo County! He was worried about the Huns' rebellion, but he didn't know that class conflicts are greater than ethnic conflicts. For the Huns in Luo County now, they all
The nobles who wanted to kill all the Huns naturally refused to retreat when they were asked to do so.
Moreover, they have joined the Tengjia Army for more than a year. Naturally, they know that the Tengjia Army attaches great importance to military merit, and Commander Lei Gong is a rare hero in the world. He can treat all departments equally and will not discriminate against them.
The Huns have helped the Han Dynasty fight for hundreds of years, but no Huns in the Han Dynasty have become high-ranking officials worth 2,000 shi. However, Lei Gong came to Mayi for only 3 years, but he was able to make an unknown Xianbei soldier become a captain worth 2,000 shi.
He was also entrusted with important responsibilities, which reminded many Huns of Jin Rixi.
Jin Rixi also paid his allegiance to the Han Dynasty in exchange for the wealth and honor of his descendants for generations. Now Xu Wei naturally cannot compare with the prestige of the Han Dynasty, but Lei Gong is willing to give these Huns a chance and is willing to promote the Huns.
The Han Dynasty has a higher prestige, but it has begun to be conservative. The Huns have been loyal to successive Han emperors for hundreds of years, but they have not received any trust. Therefore, the Huns are more willing to seek refuge with Lei Gong who gives them a chance, and become the 'Jin Rixi' beside Lei Gong. And now
The opportunity to make great achievements has come. Even if the enemy is one of their own people, these Huns will not let it go!
By the time He Feng came over, tens of thousands of Huns had already arrived at Wubao in Luo County riding on war horses and holding sabers!
When these people saw He Feng, they shouted: "Captain He, why don't you recruit us? When our Tengjia Army fights, we always recruit people to defend our homeland! You are violating Commander Qu's order."
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"We have deep hatred against those tribal leaders. Why are we not allowed to take revenge? If you dare to drive us away, we will go to Qu Shuai to end it!"
"If you don't accept us, we will fight alone. Now Baima Tong and the others occupy our home. We must defend our homeland and drive away Baima Tong and the others!"
He Feng heard this and said angrily: "Nonsense, what kind of equipment do you have? You are not going to die to fight Baima Tong. They have 40,000 people. Even if my soldiers are fully armed, they dare not take the initiative to attack!"
"Then you accept us! We will guard Luo County with you and the captain! We won't leave anyway!"
He Feng was in a dilemma when he arrived. You can't say that I just let you go to the rear because I didn't trust you!
At this time, Lu Liang followed him out. After seeing He Feng's dilemma, he immediately said: "Okay, as the supervisor of Luo County, I agree with you to join this battle. You wait here first, and we will distribute weapons and supplies to you right away."
equipment!"
The Huns around him cheered when they heard Lu Liang's words.
He Feng took Lu Liang's hand and came to a hidden place and said, "What if there are Huns spies among them?"
Lu Liang smiled and said: "In this way, I will bring 100 people to command these herdsmen and station them outside Luochengwu Fort. This way we can form a cornering force. Baima Tong even estimates that it will be difficult to attack the city with all our strength!"
He Feng said: "Then you are in danger!"
Lu Liang said calmly: "These Huns have taken refuge in the command of our Tengjia Army and their lives have been greatly improved. As long as they are not fools, they will not give up their current life and become a Huns herder. Baima Tong can bribe a small number of people, but not
It is possible to bribe all these people. If he really has such ability, our Luocheng tribe should lead him to surround our Wubao now!"
He Feng thought it made sense when he heard it, so he agreed with Lu Liang to lead people to command these cavalry.
Mayi was rich and learned the arsenal system of the Han Dynasty. Basically every county had an arsenal, especially those in the border areas. The weapons and armors in the arsenal were enough to arm all the young and strong, so that the whole people could fight against the invaders. Moreover, Xu
Wei is not worried about waste. He knows that there will be wars for hundreds of years, and there is only too little weapons and equipment, and there is never too much.
There are less than a million long arrows in Luocheng's arsenal, as well as more than 10,000 swords and armors! And these weapons are enough to arm all the cavalry present!
Soon a large number of sabers and armors were distributed by Lu Liang and others into the hands of the herdsmen.
When they lined up, they put on their hundred-refined swords, their cold light flickered, and they looked even more majestic when they put on their ceramic armors. The mob just now turned into an elite division in an instant!
Then Lu Liang took them to a high ground not far from Luocheng Wubao and began to set up camp, waiting for the arrival of Baima Tong and the others!
At the same time, the Huns' 40,000-strong army crossed the Yellow River and arrived at the land of Luo County with the help of sheepskin rafts.
The leader of the Huns who attacked Luo County was Baima Tong. He was a good friend of Xubu Guduhou. It was the two of them who conspired to kill Qiang Qu and contacted the Xianbei people to attack Tengjia Army. Unlike the weak Qiang Qu, Baima Tong was a Huns
There are rare hawks among them who advocate tough foreign policy, whether it is the Han people, the Xianbei people or the newly emerged Tengjia Army. Due to the oppression of Han officials and wealthy gentry over the years, the Huns' life was very difficult, making the white horse copper among the Huns.
There are many supporters in the tribe.
The Tengjia army killed the chief, divided the cattle and sheep, and touched the reverse scale of the white horse Tong. He suggested to Qiang Qu many times that he should unite with the Han people and the Xianbei people to wipe out the scourge of Lei Gong.
It’s just that Qiangqu saw that Lei Gong defeated 100,000 Tengjia Army and thought that the Huns were no match for the Tengjia Army. He should find a way to contact the Han people and rely on the power of the Han to frighten Lei Gong!
Baima Tong saw that Qiang Qu could not be tough internally and could not protect his clan members externally. He was already dissatisfied with Qiang Qu and began to rebel. Baima Tong began to contact other Xiongnu leaders, and the other Xiongnu leaders were originally
They hated Lei Gong's policy of dividing cattle and sheep, and found that Qiangqu could not protect themselves, so with the contact of Baima Tong, everyone gave up on Qiangqu as a chanyu. This is why Xubu Guduhou was able to gather 80,000 people as soon as he rebelled.
tribesmen.
Baima Tong had a class-instinct hatred for Lei Gong. Because of his hatred for Lei Gong, he was even willing to ally with the Xianbei people, the biggest enemies of the Huns, and also with the Han people who had always bullied them.
Because he knows that Lei Gong is the real enemy of the Huns. If Lei Gong is not dealt with, the Huns will definitely be destroyed by Lei Gong. Look at the Huns who went to Lei Gong's place and no longer recognize themselves as Huns. If Lei Gong's power is allowed to continue
After expansion, the Huns tribe in Meiji will disappear in less than 10 years.
It's ridiculous that Qiangqu planned to rely on the Han court to gain power, but he didn't know that Lei Gong was a traitor to the Han court. How could he be afraid of the Han court!
Baima Tong stepped onto the territory of the Tengjia Army and shouted to his army: "Come to the territory of the Tengjia Army and take command. Kill all the men, rob all the women, and burn down all the tents and houses! I
When Thunder Lord comes, all you will see is a white field!"
When the Huns around heard this, they all cheered, "Kill them all, rob them all, burn them all!" This is what they like best! Especially the tribes on the north bank of the Yellow River have become very wealthy since they took refuge with Lei Gong, and robbed them all!
This wave can make you happy for a long time!
And Baima Tong did this intentionally. Didn't he know that most of the people in Luo County were Huns, and this was to make the Huns kill each other.
Of course he knows, he even knows that the Huns in the two places are now in contact and marry each other. Of course, most of the Huns women from the south bank marry the Huns from the north bank. The Huns on both sides of the bank have been separated by a thin strip of water for hundreds of years!
But he just wanted to split the two groups of Huns. When they killed, robbed, and burned all of Luo County, it was equivalent to cutting off the way for his subordinates to seek refuge with Lei Gong. He wanted to see how Lei Gong would confuse him.
His subordinates took refuge in him.
Compared with Lei Gong's 100,000 troops, Baima Tong was more afraid that Lei Gong would let hundreds of Huns hold iron trumpets and talk about killing the chief and dividing the cattle and sheep.
Baima Tong continued: "Warriors, go grab your trophies!"
"Oh, oh, oh!" The Huns waved their swords and screamed in the sky, then scattered and looted, leaving only the five thousand warriors of the White Horse Copper Headquarters!
Soon the village not far away began to burst into flames, and it was obvious that the Huns' plundering began very quickly.
Baima Tong was very satisfied when he saw this scene. He smiled and said to his soldiers: "Let's go and see how powerful Thunder Lord's Wubao is!"
Five thousand cavalrymen galloped for an hour, and they arrived in front of Wubao in Luo County!
Baima Tong smiled and said: "It's exactly what the Xianbei people said. It's in the shape of a star. No matter where you attack from, you will be attacked from two or even three sides. Such a Wubao cannot be attacked by force, otherwise Helian will be our end! Let's build it.
Siege equipment, prepare big shields and ladders, let's see if we can surprise Thunder Lord! Let's see if the Han people's new siege weapons are useful!"
"Commander, Tan Ma just came to report that there is a large camp not far from Luochengwu Fort, with about ten thousand cavalry. Should we let the men come back? Otherwise, Lei Gong's army will come out, and we may not be able to withstand it.
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White Horse Tong smiled and said: "I didn't expect that Thunder Lord was so strong in winning people's hearts. In just a short time, tens of thousands of people were willing to help Thunder Lord in the battle. Leave 3,000 cavalry on guard, while others build siege equipment and blow horns to mobilize others.
The troops must find a way to annihilate this cavalry! We will keep an eye on the Tengjia Army in Wubao, Luo County here!"
"Woo, woo, woo!" the Huns' horns sounded quickly.
When the Huns who were plundering around heard this sound, they dropped their loot and began to gather!
"Everyone gather, there are enemies around!" a Huns centurion shouted.
"Such a small village is so rich!" Some of the Huns were holding wheat, and some were holding cloth. In short, they had a huge harvest!
When the centurion saw this scene, he said angrily: "There is going to be a war soon. Leave these things here. It will be the same when you come back later!"
But not many people listened to the centurion. Who knows who these things thrown here will belong to!
However, these tribesmen still obeyed the order and began to gather. After all, such horns meant that there were large groups of enemies around!
At the same time, flames shot into the sky around Luo County, and all the thousands of tribesmen became commotion. The burned places were all the homes of these Huns.
The herdsmen of Mayi are different from the herdsmen of the Huns. The herdsmen of the Huns only have one tent and a dozen cattle and sheep, and they can run away with the cattle and sheep. But here in Mayi, there are settled herdsmen. Although they retreated early,
But the things that can be taken away are some valuable things, cattle and sheep, and there are a lot of belongings at home, which even account for most of their family property. Now that all of their property has been burned down, how can they not be excited!