When the officials of Pingtao heard that Wang Yu and Du You had arrived, the county magistrate, magistrate, and lieutenant of Pingtao led all the officials out of the city to greet them!
After Wang Yu exchanged a few words with the county magistrate and others, he led more than a thousand knights into the city. However, Wang Yu had just arrived at the county government office and before he had time to enter, a burst of rapid horse hoofbeats came to everyone's ears. Following the sound, a knight
Come on horseback.
"咴lvlv!"
When the horse came close, its hooves flew up, and it stood upright. The rider clamped the horse's belly with his legs, stepped on the stirrups, and held the reins tightly with one hand. He remained motionless and as steady as a rock. This kind of riding skill could be matched by hundreds of Han soldiers.
They could be counted with one hand, and everyone cheered secretly in their hearts. However, before everyone could praise him, someone told him a piece of news that made people feel a little gloomy.
"Greetings to your lord, I am a soldier of Daling County. Xiongnu tribes suddenly attacked and besieged Daling. I hope your lord will rescue you quickly."
"this……"
The Pingtao County Magistrate had just taken office and had never experienced a Huns attack before. He seemed extremely panicked and quickly turned to Wang Yu for help. Hao Jian was even more panicked than him because his home was in Daling.
"How many troops have come from the Huns?" Wang Yu asked calmly. At the same time, he carefully looked at the young knight and found that he was about 20 years old. He was tall and strong, with a long and narrow face, and a nose like an eagle's beak.
The appearance is not similar to that of Han people.
The young knight didn't know Wang Yu, so he turned his attention to the Pingtao County Magistrate. The Pingtao County Magistrate said calmly: "This, this is Lord Wang of this county."
Although Wang Yu has great power, he does not have a big position after all, so he thought for a long time and only the title "sir" was suitable.
Although the young man didn't know how old Wang Yu was, he knew from the expression on the county magistrate's face that he was much older than him. Moreover, this person's surname was Wang, so he might be a member of the Wang family.
As soon as he thought of this, the young man's eyes lit up and he loudly replied: "Replying to your lord, there are six or seven thousand people."
"Are you sure?" Wang Yu frowned when he heard this, and the magistrate of Pingtao County on the side turned pale with fright. There were only 200 soldiers in his county. Once Daling County was defeated, he would be defeated.
Tao couldn't run away either.
The young man gritted his teeth and said, "At least five thousand."
"Five thousand?" Wang Yu asked again: "How long can Daling County hold on?"
"Since Shi Le, the new Chanyu of the Xiongnu, was born in Xiutuge, the combat power of the entire Xiutu tribe doubled. Under the leadership of the new Chanyu Shile, they successively captured several counties in Xihe County.
If it weren't for the unparalleled generals like General Lu Bu under the command of Governor Ding, Xihe County would probably have fallen. Although the one who attacked Daling this time was not Xiutuge's new clan leader, they came in large numbers, which is rare in recent years. I'm afraid.
I can’t hold on for two days.”
Wang Yu saw that this young man spoke clearly and clearly, and his riding skills were also high. He was a talented person, so he nodded to him.
I thought to myself: As expected of Shi Le, he has already caused so much trouble not long after he was born!
Wang Yu shook his head, adjusted his thoughts, turned to ask the Pingtao County Magistrate beside him, and said, "How many soldiers are there in the county?"
"Two, two hundred." Pingtao County Magistrate stammered.
"Horse and mule geometry?"
"Horses, horses and mules..." Pingtao County Magistrate was so anxious that he was sweating. How could he know how many horses and mules there were? The county magistrate answered on his behalf: "More than a hundred."
"How many hundred?" Wang Yu was very dissatisfied with his answer. He wanted a precise number, not an approximate number.
"Sir, the total of all public expenses is about one hundred and seventy." The county magistrate also had sweat on his forehead.
"That's enough. Gather them all and distribute them to the soldiers!" Wang Yu captured a hundred horses when he defeated the bandits. With these, there were two thousand horses.
As Wang Yu's words came out, everyone changed their minds. This was a way to die. But before they could stop him, Wang Yu continued: "Give me the order to recruit warriors who dare to fight immediately, open the arsenal, and forcibly recruit horses and mules.
Release the prisoners and order the Huns to be naturalized in the city. The evil young men and knights will come quickly. Anyone who violates this rule - be killed!"
As the word "kill" came out of his mouth, Wang Yu's face turned cold, and his murderous intent suddenly surged to the sky. The Pingtao County Magistrate swallowed his saliva. He believed that as long as he dared to raise any objections, Wang Yu would be the first to have him stabbed, so he quickly
He looked back and shouted: "What are you still doing? Do as the adults say!"
With a thousand cavalry as his support, things went smoothly. Within an hour, he had two thousand knights in front of him.
Of course, the real elites are the 300 guards and 1,000 cavalry he brought, and the 200 county soldiers who can barely fight. The rest are mostly a mob. They can wave the flag and shout, but it is impossible to let them charge into the battle.
Wang Yu was glad that he had brought 300 guards and 1,000 cavalry, otherwise the battle would have been dangerous.
After briefly checking the military appearance, Wang Yu immediately issued an order: "The whole army sets off."
Following Wang Yu's order, two thousand cavalry trooped out of the east city gate and galloped towards Daling County, leaving the nearby people with complicated looks.
They lined the streets to welcome the arrival of "Master Wang", but he rushed to the battlefield with their father, son and brothers.
A commoner next to them expressed their worries: "Are the Huns so easy to mess with? They are ferocious barbarians. Moreover, I heard that there are tens of thousands of them. What can more than a thousand people do if they go there?
It’s not enough to fill the gap between people’s teeth. After a battle, I’m afraid every family will have to wear sackcloth and show mourning. It’s miserable..."
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Daling City has a high terrain and is easy to defend but difficult to attack. The north gate has a narrow moat, which makes it even more inconvenient to attack the city. Feng hurriedly left two thousand cavalry at the north gate while he led five thousand cavalry around.
Walking towards the west gate of the city, looking at the tightly closed Daling County gate and the trembling Han soldiers on the city wall, I felt so happy that I wanted to look up to the sky and scream a few times.
Today will be a peak in his life.
Feng Mang is naturally a local figure, and both he and Shi Le, who was born in Check and Balance, were born slaves. According to their humble origins, they would not have achieved much, but he met Shi Le.
Both were slaves, but they were not of the same rank at all. Shi Le was brave, resourceful, and good at forbearance. Feng Mang saw the shadow of the original Maodun Shanyu in him, so Feng Mang chose to be loyal to Shi Le and swore loyalty to him to the death.
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In this way, the two people supported each other and worked together step by step. Shi Le relied on his outstanding commanding ability and martial arts to gradually become the leader of the tribes in Xiutu. He also used the hatred of some Xiongnu tribesmen against the Han people to attack and kill Shanyu Qiangqu.
, forcing Yuvrouo away.
Today, Xiutu's various tribes have become the first tribe of the Xiongnu. Through continuous annexation, they have a population of more than 400,000. The number of people who follow him has also increased, and they have become his trusted generals, in charge of 8,000 cavalry.
In order to open up the situation of merging the states this time, Shi Le personally led the army to capture Xihe County, while Feng Mang was responsible for attacking Taiyuan. As long as Daling was captured by him, the gate of Taiyuan would be opened, and by then, he would be able to pull it back in droves.
Slaves, women, goods, and cloth were used to expand one's own strength.