After winter comes, the wind is so cold in the north that the dripping water turns into ice.
It is even colder in places like Beidi County. The wind blows on the face like a knife across the face, causing pain. Such cold weather is also a big test for the Shu army. On the one hand, the Shu army soldiers need countless winter clothes.
Food, on the other hand, the Shu army soldiers had to adapt to such weather, so it had a certain impact on the army.
The army set off from Fuping County and headed straight for Niyang County.
The 100,000-strong army marched out in a mighty manner, which can be said to be majestic and quite spectacular.
Halfway through, Gan Ning suddenly thought of a question in his mind and asked: "Mr. Li, we are rushing to Niyang County now. Will Huchuquan lead his army to attack us?"
Li Ru shook his head and said: "Huchuquan has divided his troops, he won't come."
Gan Ning thought about it for a while and then stopped talking.
The army continued to advance, away from Fuping County, and gradually approached Niyang County.
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Hu Chuquan led his troops into Beidi County. He did not massacre the people, but only robbed food and women. When Niyang County was captured, he only took away the food stored in Niyang County and robbed some women by the way. There was no unscrupulous behavior.
Massacre the people. In this way, although the people of Beidi County hated the Huns, they did not resist desperately.
Outside the county seat of Niyang County, there is a Chinese army tent.
Huchuquan sat in the tent, looked at the scouts below, and asked: "How far is the Shu army from Niyang County?"
Obviously, Huchuquan knew the news of the Shu army's attack.
The scout loudly replied: "Reporting to the Great Chanyu, the Shu army is still one hundred and twenty miles away from Niyang County. It is roughly estimated that the Shu army will be able to reach Niyang County in another day and a half."
After Huchuquan heard this, he waved his hand for the scout to leave.
Turning his eyes, Hu Chuquan looked at a middle-aged scribe in the big tent.
This man has prominent cheekbones, a flat nose, small eyes, two mustaches on his lips, and three strands of beard under his chin. He is thin and short in stature. He wears the clothes of the Central Plains people and is not a Huns.
This man's name is Fang Ming, a military advisor from Huchuquan.
Hu Chuquan looked serious and said in a deep voice: "Fang Ming, you proposed a plan to let Liu Bao and Qu Bei attack Feng Yi County and Fufeng County respectively, with the intention of dividing the Shu army and weakening the Shu army. But the Shu army remained unmoved until
When you came to Niyang County, your plan failed. Now there are only more than 30,000 elite cavalry in the army, and it is difficult to defeat the Han army. What do you think?"
Fang Ming said seriously: "The Great Chanyu, King Zuo Xian and King You Xian each lead ten thousand fine cavalry. They come and go like the wind. They can attack and return at any time. Beidi County and Feng Yi are not far apart from Fufeng.
If King Zuo Xian and King You Xian travel day and night, they can rush back to Niyang County within two days. At that time, the three armies will join together and they can also outflank the Shu army. Wouldn't it be better?"
"Ha ha……"
Hu Chuquan laughed and said, "Well said, the Han people are indeed cunning!"
After a pause, Huchuquan ordered: "Go and send a message to Qubei and Liu Bao, asking them to lead their troops back to Niyang County immediately. This time we attack the Shu army from a pinch, we can only win, not lose. We must defeat the Shu army."
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Fang Mingdao: "Da Shan Yu Yingming!"
After finishing speaking, Fang Ming stood up and left the tent to carry out Hu Chuquan's order.
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One day later, Zhang Liao and Gan Ning led their armies to approach the county seat of Niyang County, which was only twenty miles away from the Xiongnu camp. The army temporarily set up camp while Li Ru, Pang Tong, Zhang Liao and Huang Xu discussed matters in the tent. Before that, Gan
Ning and Tai Shici each led 20,000 elite troops and left the army to carry out their missions.
Zhang Liao looked at Li Ru and asked: "Mr. Li, this matter is important, are you ready?"
Li Ru said: "General, don't worry, everything is ready."
Huang Xu shrugged his shoulders and said without interest: "It's so boring to stay in the camp. It would be great if I could fight with Governor Gan or General Taishi."
Zhang Liao and Huang Xu stayed to hold back Huchuquan.
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Huns camp, in the big tent.
Fang Ming hurried to the Chinese army's tent and said excitedly: "Da Shanyu, the opportunity has come. The Shu army actually divided its troops to intercept King Zuo Xian and King You Xian halfway along the road, hoping to defeat our army one by one. Shu army
Our strength has weakened. We have nearly 40,000 elite cavalry, and we have a chance to defeat the Shu army. When the time comes, we can attack the rest of the Shu army separately to determine the outcome of this battle."
Huchuquan suddenly stood up and said with a smile: "Okay, let's march immediately."
At this time, Huchuquan was very motivated and excited.
Huchuquan did not get any news about Xianbei and Wuhuan. If he knew that Xianbei was destroyed and Wuhuan was wiped out, he probably would not have continued the fight. Unfortunately, Huchuquan was only thinking about getting ahead of Xianbei and Wuhuan.
He won the victory and displayed the majesty of the Huns. He walked out of the camp with high morale, ordered 40,000 cavalry, and went straight to the Shu army camp.
Thousands of horses came out in unison, and the sound of their hooves crushed the ice shards on the ground. They carried the broken ice shards and rushed forward.
Huchuquan led his army on the road and soon approached the Shu army camp.
When we were only a short distance away from the Shu army camp, we could already overlook the Shu army camp.
"Warriors of the Xiongnu, the Shu army is in front, follow me and kill them."
Huchuquan's heart was on fire, and he was extremely excited. He kept urging his horses to rush forward. The Huns soldiers did the same, charging on their horses. They raised the steel knives in their hands, grinned and shouted loudly, revealing their ferocious expressions.
smile. In the eyes of the Huns, the Shu army was their lambs and their prey. As long as they rushed over, they would win.
"ah!"
Suddenly, a Hun cavalryman running at the front screamed, and the horse fell down.
If you look carefully, you will see a big hole across the wide official road.
The pit is one foot wide and one foot deep, and there are sharpened branches stuck in it. The mouth of the big pit is covered with long sticks, covered with some weeds, and mixed with a little soil. Unless you look carefully,
None of them would be discovered. Obviously, the Shu army avoided the Hun cavalry scouts and deliberately dug them out to deal with the Hun cavalry.
"Pfft! Pfft!"
The war horse fell down, and several holes were immediately poked out by the branches in the pit.
The Huns cavalry fell and were stabbed to death.
Screams continued one after another, and countless large pits were soon exposed on the official road here. The Hun soldiers who were still charging rushed up and immediately fell inside. Even some Hun cavalry realized that something was wrong.
Son, but the inertia of the charge of the war horse was too great, and it could not stop for a while, so it could only continue to charge forward, and finally fell into a big pit and was stabbed to death by sharp branches.
"stop!!"
Huchuquan did not encounter a trap, so he quickly stopped the army and glanced at the surrounding situation.
As soon as I saw it, the surroundings were in chaos, and screams could be heard one after another from the front.
"Come here, go check out the front and see how many traps there are."
Huchuquan shouted loudly and ordered the soldiers beside him to inquire about the situation. He looked at the soldiers who turned over and dismounted and walked forward cautiously, and he had an unpleasant premonition in his heart. It seemed that the Shu army was already prepared.
It may not be easy to attack the Shu army.
After a while, the soldier who inquired about the news came back.
The soldier stood in front of Huchuquan and said loudly: "Dad Chanyu, the big hole dug in the ground is only ten feet away. As long as we go around from both sides of the road, we can continue on our way soon."
Huchuquan nodded and ordered: "Get on your horse, avoid the big pit, and walk on both sides of the road."
The army would not stop for a few dead and wounded soldiers and continued to move forward. Hu Chuquan turned his horse's head, quickly came to the right side of the road, and rode his horse forward slowly. After walking a few steps, he discovered that he was on the side of the road.
There were words written on the big stone. Huchuquan didn't know Chinese characters, so he immediately found a literate person to translate the words on the big stone.
After Hu Chuquan heard this, he felt even weirder.
"Is there a trap ahead?"
Hu Chuquan pondered the meaning of this sentence, suddenly laughed and said: "The Han people are very cunning. First they dug holes in the middle of the road to block our army's advance, forcing us to go on both sides of the road. Now they are on the side of the road.
He wrote a sentence on the big stone to scare me, it is so mysterious that it is not worth mentioning."
Huchuquan raised the whip in his hand and shouted: "Hurry up and fight towards the Shu army camp."
"Boom!"
The war horse continued to run forward, getting faster and faster. After running about twenty feet, it had passed the place where the big pit was dug, and Huchuquan's army began to run on the official road.
"Xi Yu Yu!!"
Suddenly, the sound of war horses neighing one after another came from the wide official road.
Countless standing horses raised their heads and screamed, roaring like crazy, scurrying around, and the hooves of the horses were shaking, which was very painful. When Huchuquan saw this, the feeling of uneasiness in his heart became more intense.