Chapter 820: The Despair of the Huns and the Happiness of the Han Army
At dawn, the east is not yet clear, and the crescent moon and stars are still hanging on the sky.
One after another, the Huns cavalry lined up nervously, looking at Mayi City in the distance.
Many people have doubts and confusion in their eyes.
They didn't quite understand why the general and the nobles suddenly decided to take advantage of this early morning to sneak attack on Mayi.
Even many nobles did not understand the above decision.
But since a military order is issued, it must be carried out even if it is not carried out.
Fortunately, they are not charging immediately, so there is still time to adjust slowly.
At this moment, under the city of Mayi, hundreds of sneaky figures sneaked under the foot of the city wall of Mayi.
Then, they secretly took out a handful of rakes, hammers and other agricultural tools stolen from the previous Han village, and quietly dug up the foundations of the wall.
This was also one of the few effective ways for the Huns to deal with the fortified cities of the Han Dynasty.
As long as the base of the city wall can be dug down, the entire city's defense will collapse immediately.
Although Mayi City looks impregnable, it is not a fortress like Yanmen or Yunzhong.
Most importantly - it has no moat.
This gave the Huns the best opportunity to poach.
But the Han people are not fools either.
Naturally, we knew that the Huns would come to dig corners, so every once in a while, there would be special people with torches to patrol and inspect every corner of the city wall.
Once an abnormality is discovered, the defenders will immediately beat the gongs and drums, and then smash all kinds of bricks, tiles, wood, and boiling water at the abnormal point.
So, these guys knew they had to speed up.
They must complete their mission before the next Han patrol and inspection arrives.
Unfortunately, they don't know.
The garrison in the city will not only have dedicated personnel patrolling and inspecting.
Water urns were also placed one after another in various places within the city that might have been poached by the Huns.
At twelve o'clock every day, there are dedicated people taking turns watching and listening.
In this way, no matter whether the enemy wants to dig a hole in the ground or dig a wall.
Everyone will be noticed by this simple tactic.
At this moment, when the Huns are just starting to work.
Next to a water urn inside Mayi City, a Han soldier who put his ear against the water urn immediately raised his head, then picked up a gong and drum placed next to the water urn and started beating it.
Then, the sleeping Han soldiers and civilians in the streets near the water urn immediately woke up, picked up their weapons, and put on their armor.
At the same time, the patrol soldiers on the city wall immediately held torches and came to the unusual area.
An officer first held a torch and observed the corner of his own city wall in the hazy night.
Then, he threw down the torch in his hand.
The torch fell to the ground. The moment it was extinguished, the officer saw a human figure.
"The Huns have stolen the city!" the officer shouted loudly, and then all the soldiers on duty gathered along the entire city wall.
Although it is said that the Han Dynasty's crossbows are not very good for those who want to undermine themselves.
However, Mr. Kai Shui, Mr. Rolling Stone, Mr. Samu and Mr. Jintang all said - this is what we are good at!
Although in the rush, there was no time to prepare boiling water and golden soup.
But the city wall was already covered with piles of wood and rolling stones.
So, with the efforts of dozens of soldiers, pieces of rolling stones were pushed down the city head, and strips of wood were smashed down.
No need to aim. No need to know how many enemies there are.
If you throw something down with your eyes closed, you will always hit someone!
Suddenly, wailing was heard all over the city wall.
At the same time, the entire city wall defenders of Mayi City were mobilized urgently.
The torches were lit one by one, and the soldiers and civilians, holding long bows, stood on the city wall, ready to inflict heavy damage on the incoming Huns.
The magistrate and captain of Mayi County also immediately led their soldiers and retainers respectively to the city wall.
At the same time, more than a thousand elite Han troops who had just entered Mayi City from Huang Shiting's Juzhu Army Camp yesterday to assist in the defense also followed them to the city, and opened the four beacon towers on the top of Mayi City.
Add firewood.
If the Huns dared to attack, they would immediately light the beacon fire and notify the Feihu Army and Juzhu Army behind Mayi for support.
As long as it can last for an hour, the reinforcements from Huang Shiting can enter the battlefield.
After daybreak, the main forces of Juzhu Army and Feihu Army will also outflank them from both wings.
By that time, it may be too late for the Huns to withdraw!
Despite this, the soldiers and civilians of Mayi still did not dare to be careless.
The moment the police gong sounded, the citizens of the city had already pushed countless debris and various types of wood and completely locked the four city gates.
Mayi City has suffered too many losses from traitors in history!
Of the four recorded falls, three of them were the inner city gates that should be opened.
Even the remaining time, it was because Han Wangxin failed to live up to expectations and surrendered.
Therefore, the soldiers and civilians of Mayi simply blocked the city gate, making it impossible for anyone inside to easily open the city gate.
This is also a bloody lesson learned by the Mayi people in decades of war.
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When Mayi City suddenly became filled with flames, Yin Zhixie lowered his head and sighed: "Order all ministries to disband..."
"It is impossible to capture Mayi City!" He lowered his head and covered his face in despair.
Once the plan for a surprise attack is discovered, it turns from a surprise attack into a forceful attack, and the surprise attack is unlikely to succeed.
What's more, behind Ma Yi, there are two ace main force of the Han army.
Even their furthest troops can reach Mayi before noon tomorrow.
As for the Han army that was directly stuck in Huang Shiting...
I'm afraid it won't take more than an hour for them to arrive at the battlefield.
Under such circumstances, Yin Zhixie felt that unless the gods came down to earth and used mighty power to knock down the city wall of Mayi.
Otherwise, the plan to capture Mayi would not be successful.
Now, every bit of his strength is precious and cannot be wasted casually.
However, Ma Yi cannot be captured and the plan goes bankrupt. Yin Zhixie knows what this means.
At noon tomorrow at the latest, the whole army will hear the news of Zhelan's defeat.
Once that happens, Yin Zhixie has no doubt that his army will panic and its morale will fall to the bottom.
At this time, Yin Zhixie regretted very much and regretted sending the troops of the Zhelan tribe to Wuzhou rashly.
"If I had asked King Zhelan to seize Huang's Pavilion at that time, maybe there would still be a chance of survival now!" Yin Zhixie thought reproachfully.
If the main force of the Zhelan tribe had gone to seize Huang Shiting, at this moment, he would still have more than 40,000 riders, and he would also have Zhelan's trump card.
No matter how desperate it is, if we stick together and defend, we can still last for a month. After one month, Shan Yuting's reinforcements will inevitably come to rescue.
such a pity……
Yin Zhixie shook her head in despair.
But at that time, how could he have imagined that the Zhelan tribe, an invincible and powerful army that dominated the entire known world, would be wiped out in just two or three days?
"Tu She, what should we do now?" Wang Loufan lowered his head and asked, standing next to Yin Zhi.
"Leave this place first and go to the mountainous area thirty miles southwest. Just wait for reinforcements..." Yin Zhi lowered his head and said listlessly: "I hope we can hold out Shan Yuting's reinforcements!"
He suddenly thought of something, and his whole body became energetic instantly.
He raised his head, looked at King Loufan and King Aries excitedly, and said, "By the way, I remembered that the tribe in Nanchi, according to the agreement, should send a light cavalry to deliver supplies to us every five days.
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He beat his thigh hard and said: "Now, seven or eight days have passed since the last supply. Nanchi must have heard the news that we are being surrounded!"
When King Aries and King Lou Fan heard this, they were also shocked!
Everyone was trembling.
As long as the tribe in Nanchi discovered that they were surrounded, then Shan Yuting might also know about it at this moment.
Perhaps, now the Chanyu has ordered to mobilize the elites of the Chanyu Ting headquarters, including the four major clans, as well as the ace tribes in the west, such as Luhou, Hujie, Jinyang and other large tribes with thousands of horses.
One hundred thousand or even two hundred thousand cavalrymen are already on their way to rescue.
Just stick to it for ten days, or even five days!
Shan Yuting's reinforcements are about to march to the Great Wall to rescue them.
By that time, the Han Dynasty would probably have to let them out of the fortress!
As for Shan Yu not being saved?
it's out of the question!
Although everyone now knows Zhelan's fate, Shan Yuting doesn't.
In order to rescue the Zhelan tribe, the whip of Shan Yu was rescued from the siege.
Shan Yuting can pay any price!
What's more, there are them here!
Aries, Loufan, Zhelan, plus King Youxian's main force, total more than 40,000 horses, equivalent to one-tenth of the Xiongnu Empire's effective strength.
It is impossible not to save Shan Yuting!
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However, Yin Zhixie would never have imagined it.
The reinforcements he counted on would never come.
At this moment, Nanchi, the headquarters of King Youxian of the Xiongnu in the past and the pearl of the grassland, had completely fallen into the hands of the Han army.
The commander of Xiliu Camp, former general Wei Chi, has experienced two sleepless nights.
The reason for his insomnia is simple - he is too... too happy!
"One and a half million cattle and sheep, 150,000 horses..." Now, these two numbers kept jumping back and forth in Wei Chi's mind.
Dawn two days ago.
The Xiliu Camp led by him raided the Xiongnu tribe here.
The resistance here is very weak.
When Xiliu Camp's entire army of 15,000 cavalry launched an attack, the number of Huns who hurriedly rose up to resist was only 2,000 cavalry at most.
Then, these Huns were easily eliminated by Xiliu Camp.
Although many Huns escaped, it is estimated that at least several thousand Huns escaped.
But the results were still brilliant.
He beheaded more than 400 people, captured more than 2,000 people, and gave birth to two Xiongnu officials and three Guduhou.
But, these are not the point.
The point is that in the hundreds of miles of pasture near Nanchi, the Han army captured countless livestock and horses.
According to the military judge's count and calculation, there were at least more than 1.5 million cattle and sheep and 150,000 war horses...
This is a fortune that makes Xiliuying's breathing quicken, heartbeat speed up, and even sleepless nights!
Its value is likely to exceed two years of the Han Dynasty's annual income!
Maybe even more!
In other words, after 30% of the seizures from this battle were handed over to the national treasury, everyone in Xiliu Camp became rich overnight.
Even if he is a pawn, even if he is a groom, he will be able to live a happy life like a rich man.
Although Wei Chi, as the head coach, cannot participate in the distribution of spoils according to the system. His reward will be decided by the court meeting.
However, because of this, he was so excited that he couldn't sleep.
He is the bastard in the family, and his mother is just a maid. Although the Wei family has never discriminated against or abused him.
The contemporary Leping Hou has even had a very close relationship with him since he was a child.
However, the flaws of his origin always lingered in his mind.
When his mother passed away, she couldn't even be buried in the Wei family's ancestral grave, and the Shenzhupai wasn't even qualified to enter the ancestral hall!
A person who has served his mother extremely filially since childhood feels very guilty.
He swore that one day, his mother's coffin would be buried beside his father's mausoleum in a glorious manner, so that the words "Leping, Madam Zhang" could be written openly and honestly on her tablet.
Now, the dream is finally coming true!
This huge capture alone is enough to make people be granted the title of Jiuqing!
And at least 5,000 households in the feudal lords have already reserved food!
In this way, as the founder of the country, Jiuqing, his biological mother can be equal to her son, upright and upright, and look at her father's mausoleum in the name of Mrs. Leping's waiting wife!
The god's main tablet can even be welcomed into the ancestral hall by the people of the Wei clan, where they can share blood and food with their ancestors.
Of course, everything has pros and cons.
After capturing such a large herd of livestock, Xiliu Camp's operations became clumsy.
Nanchi is more than three hundred miles away from the nearest Great Wall.
Wanting to send so much loot into the Great Wall, everyone at Xiliu Camp lacked experience.
Wei Chi estimated that he would not be able to send this wealth back to the country in less than half a month.
Moreover, he and his Xiliu Camp also have a mission.
According to the agreement, he must go to Wuzhou Fortress and join the hussar army commanded by Yi Zong within five days after taking over the Huns' logistics and transportation base.
This is a military order!
Military law is like a mountain!
The Han army was very disciplined and had stricter requirements on time and date.
The order says when you arrive at the designated area, you must arrive at the designated area at that time.
Those who cannot do so, regardless of any reason or excuse, will be subject to military law.
As a close confidant of Prime Minister Zhou Yafu, Wei Chi knew very well the attitude of the Han Dynasty on this issue.
If he fails to arrive at Wuzhou Fortress as scheduled and meet up with Yi Zong.
No matter how great his merits are and no matter how much he captures, it is still a capital crime!
If he delays the military plane, causes damage to the hussar army, and even causes the war situation to collapse, then his crime will be greater than the sky and thicker than the earth, and he will definitely be punished by his clan!
However, these seizures cannot be discarded like this.
If you do this, not only will he not agree, but the more than 15,000 soldiers of Xiliu Camp will also not agree.
The Hussars Army, Juzhu Army, and Feihu Army in Wuzhou Fortress will not agree even more!
This wealth belongs to everyone!
If you, Wei Chi, just give up like this, are you still a human being?
It is conceivable that once he did this, the Hussars, Feihu Army, and Juzhu Army would all jump to their feet.
Even the civilian men, young men, and other auxiliary troops who participated in the war who were transporting supplies from the rear would curse.
He, Wei Chi, cannot afford to be criticized by thousands of people.
Therefore, Wei Chi could not sleep peacefully all night long amid happiness and worries.
But, he knew that it was time to make a decision! (To be continued.)
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But then I thought about it.
If I want to do this, would it be too unruly?
The book review section might explode.
Countless people will swipe the screen - you can't be too divorced as a human being.
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