Chapter 8 Shanyu in Shanxi (Part 2) (Happy New Year!)
The battle to recapture Shanwucheng in Dingxiang was fought swiftly and swiftly, and it felt like a small test for the Youzhou Army... This was not only because Shanwucheng was defeated in one battle, but more importantly, the results of the Youzhou Army's victory
Surprisingly, they actually blocked thousands of Xiutu's Xiongnu soldiers and horses who had no time to disperse and flee under the Great Wall to the west of Shanwu City and to the south of Shahukou, and thus beheaded thousands and captured thousands more.
To be fair, this is completely different from the previously worried conjecture that the Huns would be defeated in one battle, and then dispersed, making it impossible for people to start.
"Junhou."
In the afternoon, in the wilderness west of Shanwu City, under the banner of a white horse, looking at the Huns prisoners being escorted back, Lou Gui suddenly turned back and looked at Gongsun Xun. "I have a plan that may be able to break the current power of the Huns."
"General!"
Before Gongsun Xun could reply, he was far away. Tian Feng, who had returned from personal reconnaissance on the battlefield ahead, shouted from afar on his horse. "I just thought of a strategy to defeat the enemy. If successful, it will definitely cause pain to the Huns. No matter how hard it is, the Huns will suffer."
Dare to cross the river easily again and invade Shanxi."
Gongsun Xun, who was under the umbrella, laughed for a moment: "What a coincidence! I just thought of a plan... Do you think the three of us should each write a word on the palm of our hand to reflect each other?"
As soon as these words came out, Gao Shun, Zhao Yun and other more stable people were fine, but Wei Yue, Tian Yu, Jingze and other unconventional people couldn't help but join in the fun:
"Your Majesty is in such a good mood!"
"In my opinion, the two lieutenants must have the same views as the princes and heroes."
"Your Majesty, you should have paper, pen and ink pouch with you, right?"
"General, why do you need to be so mysterious?" At this moment, Tian Yuanhao stepped up to his banner and became a little impatient. "Isn't it just to imitate Ma Yi's plan and lure the enemy deeper? The war is changing rapidly. At this time, we should plan and implement it as soon as possible.
, in case you miss your plane, where is the time to do these things?”
There were many generals and officers in the Chinese army, as well as many scribes, and they couldn't help but chat with each other.
"Yuan Hao must be blamed for seeking perfection." Gongsun Xun laughed again and again when he saw this, but didn't take it seriously. "The army is in a hurry and the war is serious. Because of this, there should be some games after the war in order to relax... You think so?
no?"
Tian Feng actually couldn't refute.
"But since the strategy is the same and has been stated, there is no need to play games." Lou Gui stepped forward to smooth things over. "Why don't we go back to Shanwu City immediately and make arrangements."
Gongsun Xun nodded slightly at first, then smiled and shook his head, but before reining in his horse and turning around, he ordered Jingze: "Send the order, today is the first victory in Shanxi, don't bother, take away the few heads that Pingcheng father sent before
Kill the pig, along with the war horse that died today, and find some clean okra to make dumplings for dinner tonight!"
Jingze naturally agreed, and the surrounding sergeants cheered loudly, but Tian Feng, who had followed Lou Gui around, couldn't help but shake his head.
By the way, many years ago, Aunt Gongsun tried hard to promote her transformation of wheat rice into pasta, and dumplings were even 'invented' long ago, but the results have always been poor.
There are naturally many reasons, but one of the most important problems is that it is difficult to heat traditional pottery quickly and cook it completely. However, with the emergence of iron pots, this situation was almost immediately reversed, and a large amount of pasta was quickly spread.
and were invented, and dumplings, as one of the main forces of pasta, quickly became a common food in the northern region and even the Central Plains... It is indeed a universal food. Dumplings filled with pure wild vegetables are always very popular.
It's common, but the ones stuffed with pork are hard to find.
Of course, when Gongsun Xun wanted to make dumplings this time, it was just out of boredom that he had a sense of humor, because his plan with Lou Gui and Tian Feng was very simple, which was to 'make dumplings'.
Before the Shanwu battle, the three of them came to the conclusion that it was easy to defeat the enemy but difficult to annihilate them, and then difficult to defeat the Huns due to the characteristics of the Huns' cavalry. However, when they personally fought with the Huns on the edge of the Datong Basin in the northernmost part of Shanxi,
After a battle, after witnessing some extra things on the battlefield, I came to the opposite conclusion - that is, the Youzhou Army may not be able to cause large-scale destruction to the Huns, thus deterring the Huns.
There are two reasons for this change.
One is the Great Wall, specifically the Inner Great Wall.
The so-called Inner Great Wall, as the name suggests, is the Great Wall inland, which has lost its border defense function, such as those built by the Seven Heroes during the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, the Great Wall built by Qi State in the Taishan area, and the Great Wall built by Zhao State in Handan.
The Great Wall on the border between Korea and Chu... This kind of Great Wall is famous in history, but it was immediately abandoned after the unification, and even became a traffic obstruction and had to be demolished.
It is precisely because of this that Gongsun Xun and others ignored this issue before.
However, in the so-called Shanxi area from Taihang Shanxi to the Yellow River, its inner Great Wall is not only well-preserved, but its length and scale are far greater than elsewhere. Even because of the terrain, it still plays a role in delaying the Hu cavalry...
In particular, the Great Wall built along the Luliang Mountains in western Shanxi stretches for hundreds of miles and is built along the mountains. It is a "hodgepodge" that has been continuously built and connected for thousands of years since the Warring States Period.
There is no way, this has been the dividing line between Hu and Han since ancient times. If nothing else, when Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty had not captured the Hetao area before, how could he not build the Great Wall here to defend the Huns?
In fact, the famous Yanmen Pass is not located to the north of Pingcheng... there is a defense system with Gaoliusei as the core. Yanmen Pass is located in the southernmost part of Yanmen County. The complexity of the Great Wall in Shanxi Province is evident.
Today, it is precisely this inner Great Wall in the Luliang Mountains where no one is stationed, which seriously hindered the Huns' escape on the battlefield.
Gongsun Xun and others also took advantage of the opportunity to realize the value of this abandoned Great Wall - if they can fight on the east side of the Great Wall like today's Shanwuyi battle, then the Huns will not be able to escape so easily!
As for another reason, the Huns who were slaughtering various tribes in front of them were really too poor!
In the blink of an eye, the time came to evening, and Shanwu City, which was empty due to the war, had long been turned into a large military camp. However, due to the existence of the city, it was more spacious and casual than the military camp. Moreover, the battle was finally won today, and no matter how poor the Huns were,
They also contributed a lot of war horses and military exploits, and the aroma of dumplings filled the air, which filled Shanwu City with a lot of laughter and laughter. The atmosphere was really good.
At this time, in the lobby of the former county official temple, General Wei Gongsun Xun, who had already eaten a bowl of dumplings, was staring at a middle-aged Huns with a dark face and a thin body eating opposite him... Under the light of the lights, the latter was covered in
It was dirty, even stained with blood, and he didn't know how to use chopsticks, so he was actually picking up the dumplings and eating them with his hands.
This is already his fourth bowl of dumplings.
"Is it delicious?" Gongsun Xun looked at it for a while and then suddenly spoke.
The Huns heard the words and wanted to reply, but they were choked by the dumplings in their throats, and were in a state of embarrassment for a moment.
"It doesn't matter, drink some hot soup." Gongsun Xun had some free time and took his time.
Someone immediately brought soup to him. The Huns drank several sips before finally regaining their composure. Then they hurriedly left the table and tried to kneel down to reply.
"Just sit back, don't be in a hurry." Gongsun Xun still didn't care. "Is it delicious?"
"It's delicious!" The Huns had greasy hands and looked cautious, but when he heard the question again, he immediately replied loudly without hesitation.
"As long as it's delicious." Gongsun Xun chuckled. "I can see it too... What's your name? Who are you?"
"My name is Xu Bu Qi, and I am the leader of the Xiutu tribe. I have two to three thousand people under my command... My grandfather was the Guduhou of the previous Xiutu tribe."
"You are actually a noble Xiongnu?" Gongsun Xun wanted to laugh even more. "I just wanted to ask you. You speak Chinese so well and your kneeling posture is not bad, but why can't you use chopsticks? And it seems that you can't use chopsticks.
Have you never eaten dumplings?"
"Report to the general." The middle-aged Xiongnu leader held the wooden bowl in front of him and replied cautiously. "We are here to slaughter all the tribes..."
"I know." Gongsun Xun didn't take it seriously. "Xiutu Gege, in Chinese terms, is the Earth Goddess Division. It is the most powerful division on the right side of the Xiongnu, and its leader has always held the position of Guduhou...
I have been stationed in Yanmen Village for several years, how come I don’t know about you? Aren’t you the leader of this rebellion? Your leader, Xubu Guduhou, was even promoted to be the chanyu... But with such a large group, you are the leader of the group.
Sir, why can’t you even use chopsticks?”
Xubu Juci became more and more cautious after hearing the words, and seemed to be quite shy, but his face was dark and could not be seen: "Reporting to the general, we are not slaughtering each tribe. Although there are many people and many noble species, we live in the royal court.
In the gaps between the bad desert soil on the right, it is extremely difficult to raise cattle, sheep and horses, so they have always been the poorest. In addition to the rewards from the royal court, there are only some salt lakes where you can make a living..."
"So that's it. Then the rebellion is not only because you are dissatisfied with the imperial court's arbitrary decision after taking office, but also because of poverty?" Gongsun Xun suddenly realized. "Let me just say... this Shanwu City
The city has been empty for a long time, and there is not much wealth, but when you fled today, you actually carried wooden utensils and pottery utensils and refused to let go, which shows that you are extremely poor."
"That's exactly what I mean." Xubu Juci hurriedly added. "In fact, that day, when the general who was protecting the Xiongnu was good at killing and setting up Shanyu, and the court also punished him for his crime, why would we care and be dissatisfied? If
It was really because of this dissatisfaction, then why didn’t we rebel that day and only rebelled after so many years? In fact, in the past few years, the Shanyu Qiang Canal not only cut off the rewards from our right side, but also collected the lake salt with hard work and handed it over.
He, he didn't help us sell it either... We were so poor on the right side that we really couldn't survive! Just at this time, the imperial court summoned us to go south to suppress the rebellion. The royal court and the left side were just fine.
But on the right side of us, everyone was worried that if they left their hometown, all the women and children would starve to death, so they felt angry and killed Qiang Qu in one fell swoop, and established the Marquis of my family's capital as Shanyu."
"Then you kept doing nothing, and then joined forces with Zuobu and others to cross the river to snatch my Yanmen?" Gongsun Xun smiled half-heartedly. "I know the origins of your massacre of various tribes, and I also know why you rebelled...
…Then do you know my origin?”
"I know!" Xubu Juci became more and more nervous. "We knew the reputation of General Baima more than ten years ago when Shan Yu and General Zang went out to the fortress. I was also in the army at that time, and my father was there at that time.
Damn it, later on the name of General White Horse came from the east, then from the north, and then from the west, how could you not know?"
"But you don't know that Yanmen is my place?" Gongsun Xun suddenly interrupted, and his expression became cold.
Subu Juci immediately didn't dare to speak and just nodded with all his strength.
"Do you know now?" Gongsun Xunfu asked coldly.
"I know." Subu Juci was frightened.
"It's not strange for those who don't know, and you did have a reason for it." Gongsun Xunfu smiled again. "And I don't want to fight with poor soldiers and poor people like you... Although victory is certain, victory is inevitable.
It will only take a few horses, and there will inevitably be some casualties."
Xubujuci realized something in his daze, but he couldn't help but get excited.
"I will release the more than a thousand people captured this time, as well as your war horses." Gongsun Xun continued. "You go to the west to find your Shanyu and tell him that I have no intention of quarreling with him, but he
You cannot continue to cross the river to harass my territory..."
"I will definitely bear in mind the great general's kindness." Xubu Juci suppressed his excitement and asked carefully. "It's just that I really don't know what the general's territories are?"
"Do you know about Huangganshui in Yunzhong County?" Gongsun Xun asked impatiently.
"I know." Subu Juci had completely understood what the other party meant.
"Although I have a heart, I have no power to go further west. With Yunzhong County Huangganshui as the boundary, Yunzhong, Dingxiang, Yanmen to the east, Taiyuan, Shangdang, Hedong to the south... none of them can be interfered with by you.
! Even in the west, Han people are not allowed to plunder, and if they want to come to the east, you are not allowed to stop them!"
"I will listen to the general."
"It's not that you listen to me, I want you Shanyu to listen to me..." Gongsun Xun thought for a moment, but gave a deadline. "I know you are scattered everywhere and it is difficult to deal with. I tell you Shanyu, I will give you a deadline."
If you don't clear up your territory within a month, I will have no choice but to kill on the west side of Taihang Mountain and the east side of the river."
Xubu Juci hurriedly agreed.
"Then let's go!" Gongsun Xun couldn't help but feel bored when he saw this. "In the next month, I will gather the officials, soldiers and horses, and wealthy people from Yanmen, Dingxiang, and Yunzhong counties in Pingcheng... If you look for me again, I will go
The city has been leveled."
Xubu Juci hurriedly wanted to get up and kowtow, but regardless of the fact that there were many warriors in the hall, he lowered his head first and grabbed the two cold dumplings in the bowl, then kowtowed and said goodbye... and escorted this person away.
Yuwen Black Otter has a strange look in his eyes.
Gongsun Xun also shook his head for a moment when he saw this.
"The Lord is so sincere." As soon as this person left, several scribes entered the side door at the back of the hall. Among them, Xi Zhong couldn't help laughing. "I heard from outside that the Lord was sincere. This plan
It must be done.”
"Zhicai overthinks, I am indeed sincere." Gongsun Xun sighed for a moment. "Looking at this man's dress, he looks like a Huns savage. But by listening to his accent and looking at his behavior, he is clearly an authentic Han from northern Shaanxi, and
I'm afraid what he said is mostly true... The Huns have always been rich on the left and poor on the right, and then they were in chaos on all sides. They couldn't sell the lake salt, and they cut off the central reward. In all likelihood, they were really forced to rebel this time."
"But after all, there are differences between Hu and Han, and officials and bandits are distinct." Xi Zhong rarely admonished seriously. "No matter how poor that generation was, they are still barbarian bandits crossing the river to cause trouble... The princes must not have extra benevolence."
Gongsun Xun shook his head more and more: "Of course I understand this truth, and what I say is sincere... I mean if they can really control their greed and follow my words and return to Hexi, wouldn't they get the best of both worlds? They are all trying to survive in troubled times. If they really use the Han Dynasty to survive,
When the feudal vassals came to see them, how could it be that the people's livelihood was very difficult?"
"They are so poor, and the general has left special gaps for them to exploit. How can they resist their greed?" Tian Feng said coldly from the side. "It is obviously the general's plan to make more money."
How can we lament how difficult people's livelihood is despite the killings?"
There was silence in the hall, and General Gongsun Xun was unable to answer for a moment.
After a long while, he just managed to laugh dryly: "What Yuan Hao said is true, not to mention the difference between Hu and Han, who made the other generation the Huns and we are the Han people? It's just that even when I was here, they were afraid of the
I abide by the agreement, but once I lead my troops south, how can the Lord Xubu Gudu restrain his men from continuing to plunder across the border? I am just being sentimental."
Everyone in the tent breathed a sigh of relief.
On October 13, knowing that he was defeated by the Han army, Xubu Guduhou, the pseudo-chanyu of the Xiongnu, accepted the conditions brought by his distant cousin Xubu Juci. He immediately led the troops and horses of the headquarters in Dingxiang to follow the Yellow River.
The Huns marched southward and gathered their troops along the way. The Huns who were scattered and looting were also afraid of the sudden appearance of tens of thousands of elite Han troops, so they hurriedly gathered at the bank of the Yellow River.
On October 15th, after hearing that General Gongsun Xun of the Wei Dynasty had defeated the Xiongnu in Shanwu and drove them out of the country, Han Zhuo, the prefect of Yanmen, led most of the officials, soldiers and horses from the county north to Pingcheng to pay a visit to the Grand Sima Liu Yu and the Wei.
General Gongsun Xun.
In late October, as the weather turned colder, Xubu Guduhou, who had gathered most of his troops on the Yellow River, was preparing to cross the river. Suddenly, an uninvited guest came to his tent.
"You want to cross the river and escape with us?" Xubu Guduhou is in his forties this year, but he looks as old as a sixty-year-old man. Not to mention his gray beard and hair, his dark and wrinkled face wrinkled for a moment when he heard this.
."why?"
"Da Chanyu." The visitor sat on a small pony in the tent and said simply. "Although you are Huns and we are Han, our two families have been neighbors for hundreds of years across the river, and we already know the basics.
We might as well have a good time... Do you want to avoid General White Horse in Pingcheng in the north when you cross west?"
"Everyone in Yanmen knows about this." A tribal leader nearby said casually.
"To tell you the truth, we, the Zhang family in Mayi, also want to avoid General White Horse." The speaker was Cao Yu, a former Yanmen soldier, the patriarch of the Zhang family in Mayi, Zhang Ze, who is already over fifty years old. However, he is a pampered person.
, but he looks younger than the Xiongnu Chanyu opposite him.
"Why?" Xubu Guduhou was immediately curious. "You are all Han, right? I still remember that your family used to have a good relationship with him, and the Amway business was not led by you to buy leather and salt from us.
?"
"General White Horse is coming from Bingzhou this time to fight in the south against Dong Zhuo, another great general in the DPRK." Zhang Ze said concisely and concisely. "He was the governor of Bingzhou... Shan Yu, do you remember? These two people are with you and Yu.
Just like Fuluo, he is vying for the position of Shanyu in the Han Dynasty! They are not at odds with each other! I have a young clan brother who first followed General Baima, but later voted for that surnamed Dong... You should also remember the Shanyu, right? That boy Zhang Liao
, and even came to our place to recruit soldiers...This time it really angered General Baima, we just want to run far away and don't dare to go to Pingcheng at all."
Marquis Xubu Gudu and many leaders in the tent looked at each other and nodded again and again. They were not all deaf. They also knew Gongsun Xun's strategy and Zhang Liao's affairs in the south.
Of course, it wasn't that no one shook their heads. For example, Xu Bu, who had escaped back, said that General White Horse was magnanimous, so he was not necessarily angry... but everyone was talking lightly and no one paid attention to him.
But soon, the pseudo-chanyu also shook his head.
"What does Da Danyu mean by this?" Zhang Ze couldn't help but sneer when he saw this. "You can't still remember the grudges of your ancestors hundreds of years ago, right?"
"That's not the case." Xubu Guduhou sighed. "The world is not good, and every family has difficulties. We are all in the same boat. But Lao Zhang, it's not that I don't want to take you into your family, but I don't want to accept you."
You dare to offend General White Horse, otherwise why would we all gather here to prepare to cross the river and go back to escape?"
"I also know that I have put the Great Chanyu in a difficult situation. General White Horse is so aggressive that he has come with a large army. What should I do if I offend him?" Zhang Ze lowered his head and thought. "But the risk of confiscating the family and annihilating the clan is here, so I still hope that the Chanyu will
Show some kindness."
Shanyu, the Marquis of Xubu Gudu, still shook his head.
"If Dadanyu allows us to take refuge together... my family has quite a lot of assets, so what if I give you more than half of it according to the rules?" Zhang Ze said reluctantly.
There was a moment of commotion among the people in the tent.
However, Xubu Guduhou Shanyu still shook his head.
"What if I open the city gate and dedicate the entire city of Mayi to the great Chanyu?" Zhang Ze lowered his head for a long time, but suddenly raised his head and asked.
However, many Xiongnu nobles in the tent changed their colors one after another.
"Is Patriarch Zhang joking?" After a long time, Shan Yucai, the Marquis of Xubu Gudu, gasped and laughed. "I still want to imitate your ancestors and set up an ambush for me."
"Back then, when my ancestors conquered Mayi, the Han army used hundreds of thousands of troops. How can I use it now to plan for the great Chanyu?" Zhang Ze replied with a sneer. "However, back then, my ancestors' plan to conquer Mayi could be done with just one horse.
The Xiongnu Great Chanyu, who dominated the grasslands and Hetao at that time, attracted a hundred thousand people to pass by. Now that you are so poor, don't say you can't be tempted! Great Chanyu, this opportunity cannot be missed, and it will never come back!"
The commotion in the tent became even worse.
"Clan Chief Zhang, please go out and wait while we discuss a way at home." Upon seeing this, Shanyu, the Marquis of Xubu Gudu, waved his hand quickly.
Zhang Ze sneered, stood up and walked away.
——————I am the dividing line between eating dumplings during the Chinese New Year————
"Taizu attacked Dong and passed through Yanmen. The Xiongnu tribe made chaos. Although they won, they attacked and harassed, and it was hard to control. It was difficult for everyone. When Taizu was fighting, he saw the border wall. He wanted to seduce him, but he was relieved and returned. He personally ordered the army to prepare a dumpling feast.
The officials were surprised and had no idea what was being said. Only Jingze ordered the tents to be well-dressed. The people were surprised and asked Ze: "What do you mean by this?" Ze said: "My husband, wrap them up and surround them. To compare with the Xiongnu, we should go south to encircle and annihilate them. The consequences will be
Just as it says." - "Shishuo Xinyu", Jie Enlightenment Chapter
PS: Thank you to the 31st Meng Yuzhuang’s father, the 32nd Meng has no intention and no determination, the 33rd Meng True Dragon’s Explosive Flame... Thank you all for the rewards in the New Year, and I wish you all a happy New Year. I am obviously asking for leave during the New Year.
Not a word has been updated...Also, Uncle Baoyan has been married for three years, right? It's like a dream.
