It was the sixth day of winter in the sixth month of Han Yuan Dynasty (the sixth day of the lunar month).
Zhidu stood on a simple arrow tower that had just been molded, looking into the distance.
At this time, the grassland ahead was in a mess, with blood stains, discarded weapons, and discarded arrows everywhere.
There were even several dead horse carcasses lying in the messy mud, and the horse carcasses were already covered with a thin layer of ice.
"Where is the cavalry general?" Zhidu turned around and asked the officer who ran up to him panting.
"Reporting to the general, the general of the chariot and cavalry has just sent a message to our army with flying pigeons. The army has passed through Xinxianyang and will arrive in Jinyang about tomorrow!" The officer said, holding a report.
"Si Yang..." Zhi Du raised his head and looked at the sky.
The origin of Xianyang is very clear to Zhi.
In the early and middle periods of the Warring States Period, the extremely powerful Wei State dominated the world and dominated the world.
Wei's hegemony reached its peak in the early period of King Wei Hui's reign.
He punched Qi and kicked Han and Zhao. At that time, Qin was nothing?
The Shang lords were still hard at work fighting and gambling with the old aristocrats of Qin.
It was also at that time that King Hui of Wei sent troops to build Xiyang City in the land between the rivers.
Zhidu still has a connection with Siyang City, and some of its ancestors once served as the commander of Siyang.
But unfortunately, history played a big joke on the Wei people.
After the construction of Siyang City, Wei's hegemony quickly melted away like ice and snow exposed to the sun.
When the city of Siyang was built, the powerful Wei soldiers were defeated by Sun Bin. Wei State not only failed to realize its strategy of destroying Zhao, but also caught up with the hegemony of Marquis Wen and Marquis Wu.
Since then, the state of Wei has been in decline.
They were defeated by Qi and Qin one after another.
Naturally, Jinyang could not be defended and became a city of Zhao State.
After that, Xianyang fell into the hands of Qin Ting.
Thinking of these past events, Zhidu sighed. The place where his ancestors had been serving as officials two hundred years ago had been buried deep in the grass.
It is said that there are only two ruins left in Xiyang City...
As for the city of Siyang, as its name suggests, it is located to the south of the river.
After passing Jinyang and continuing forward, you will reach Linwo. Only after passing Linwo can you see the ruins of Qin and Zhao Jiuyuan City.
At the marching speed of Yi Zong's troops, it would take at least four days before they could reach the Jiuyuan Old City, respond to each other's troops, and relieve themselves from the siege.
But the problem is
"Can I last another four days?" Zhidu murmured to himself, looking at the scene in the telescope, he felt a little creepy.
In the telescope, in the depths of the grassland in the distance, all the shadowy figures are human figures.
There are so many figures that you can't even see them all at a glance.
Zhidu noticed this situation yesterday.
They also sent light cavalry to investigate. In order to obtain information, more than a hundred cavalry were lost in the process of investigation.
But their sacrifice is worth it.
Because, according to the investigation, the Huns drove a large number of slaves.
According to reports, at least 20,000 to 30,000 slaves were driven together by the Huns with whips.
What do the Huns plan to do?
It's already ready to come out.
Drive out unarmed civilians and use them as cannon fodder to fill the enemy's trenches and moats.
During the war in the late Qin Dynasty, similar scenes happened more than once.
The irony is that this trick is usually very effective.
The unarmed people are in front and the army is behind them. Once the people in front break through the enemy's formation, the army immediately rushes in.
Even if these common people cannot break through the enemy's formation.
That's not a big deal for the attacker.
The left and right are just a bunch of dead cannon fodder!
But for the Huns, this didn't matter even more.
The Huns' cannon fodder is currently very sufficient.
According to intelligence, they conquered Dawan last year and captured hundreds of thousands of slaves.
Even if one-tenth of them were put on the battlefield as a vanguard, Zhi would still feel a lot of pressure!
Not to mention that the Huns themselves also had a large number of herders and vassal servants.
If the Huns were given time, it would be easy to mobilize more than 100,000 cannon fodder to serve as human shields.
In fact, there is no need for 100,000 cannon fodder. Even if it is 20,000 or 30,000 cannon fodder, Zhi feels that it is too much.
After all, even if 20,000 pigs were driven over by someone.
In theory, it is also possible to rush into the Han army's camp.
And if tens of thousands of cannon fodder can be used, the Huns can eat their own army.
Then, Zhidu believed that the Huns would never feel sorry for him!
Therefore, Zhi knew that he must not let the Huns see any possibility of success in using cannon fodder to charge forward.
Otherwise, countless cannon fodder will rush over one after another.
Thinking of this, Zhidu asked Han Ze, the captain of the Zhongyong Army beside him: "How long will it take for the reinforcements from Shangjun and Taiyuan to reinforce our army?"
Now, Zhidu was deeply aware of the problems caused by his own lack of military strength.
After all, his journey was originally just a partial force, just to attract the attention of the Xiongnu, so that the main force of the Han army in Yunzhong could successfully capture Ziling, and the surprise troops came out from the high gate.
But now, Qibing has become the main force in the front.
All original plans were scrapped.
The Huns gathered a main force of at least 40,000 to 50,000 men in Heyin and Yiliang behind Heyin.
Originally, these Huns should be fighting the main force of the Han army at Honghu Fortress.
But now, they all surrounded Zhidu's headquarters like madmen.
Even if Zhidu had three heads and six arms, it would be difficult to use them in such a situation.
Therefore, he is now extremely looking forward to the rapid arrival of reinforcements from Taiyuan and Shangjun.
In these two areas, there may not be many cavalry coming.
But if you put together 10,000 or 20,000 archers and military officers, it won't be a problem.
As long as these reinforcements can arrive at Zengshan Pass, the Zhongyong Army can be liberated.
Although those county soldiers may not be as capable as the elite commander Zhidu in being able to fight the Huns head-on one to two, they are more than enough to maintain the supply line and protect the safety of the Han army's retreat.
"General, there are more than 6,000 reinforcements from Shangjun. They will arrive at Zengshan Pass this afternoon at the latest and can leave the fortress tomorrow..." Han Ze lowered his head and said: "But the reinforcements from Taiyuan will take at least three days...
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After hearing this, Zhi sighed deeply.
He knew that in the short term, he could only count on reinforcements from Shangjun and Taiyuan.
As for the main force of Yi Zong?
Let’s talk about it after we pass Linwo!
The Huns will definitely try their best to intercept Yi Zong's army in the Linwo area!
In other words, Yi Zong's army is actually very far away from his army.
Thinking of this, Zhidu raised his telescope again and looked at the small forest in the northwest.
He has been eyeing it for a long, long time.
Through these few days of observation, Zhi Du found out that there was a trap.
However, Zhidu is even more certain that he must win this place!
Nowadays, the Huns may use cannon fodder to charge into the battle at any time.
But the Han army could only huddle in this corner of the river, which was very disadvantageous from a strategic perspective.
Zhi knows that if he wants to see the day when reinforcements arrive and the day of victory, he must win more living space and land for himself and his men at all costs! (To be continued.)
