This was the first "state letter" between Qin and the Xiongnu. Although Mao Dun could not understand the words on it and could only understand its contents through translation, he read it over and over many times, touched it and told himself that it was true.
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Putting down the wooden slip, Mao Dun sneered and said, "When I asked Chen Ping's suicide note to alienate Touman and I, I'm afraid Heifu wouldn't have thought that one day he would use the tone of a weakling to beg for mercy from the Huns he wanted to exterminate."
The long-cherished wish of many years is finally rewarded. Watching the old enemy beg for mercy is the happiest thing in life...
"I wish to end the war, put aside the past, and make an alliance to bring peace to the people on the border and live in peace and happiness forever..."
The above content is nothing more than a hope that the two masters will not be trapped in each other, and both sides will suffer. As long as the Xiongnu is willing to retreat, Qin is also willing to withdraw to the south, retain the Dai State, and let it serve as a vassal of the Xiongnu and a buffer zone between the two empires...
And the more interesting thing is yet to come. After Pingcheng failed to attack and relieve the siege, they actually sent an envoy. Not only did they leave a suicide note to Maodun, but they even brought gifts to the Yan family that he accepted.
"Wear embroidered silk clothes, one long jacket, one brocade robe, one sparse one, one gold ornament belt, one gold rhinoceros belt, ten pieces of embroidery, twenty pieces of brocade, forty pieces of red silk, and forty pieces of border silk, and rouge
Five boxes…”
These fabrics from the Central Plains were very beautiful, and the Yan family from the Lan family was so excited that they actually whispered in Mao Dun's ear: "The two masters are not trapped in each other. Now we have the Han Dynasty, but Chan Yu will never be able to live there."
.And Xia Gong also has a spirit, so it is not easy to attack him. It is just a matter of inspection..."
Mao Dun nodded.
Then he waved his hand and gave this young woman who didn't know her position a big-eared melon seed!
Is he afraid that his judgment will be affected by a woman's words?
"Really ignorant."
Modu drove the crying young Yanshi out, and began to miss his first two "sensible" Yanshi.
I don’t know how they are doing in Beihai. It seems that it is time to send the third Yan family to accompany them.
But this incident made Mao Dun even more convinced that he had the advantage:
"It has actually reached the point where I hope that the Yan family will lobby me and hope that I can rescue the siege. It seems that the Qin people are really afraid of Heifuguo on Baishan Mountain!"
So Maodun sent people to inquire repeatedly about Zhao Yao, the Qin envoy who came to deliver the message, especially about Xia Gong's diet.
From Zhao Yao's mouth, it was confirmed again that Hei Fu was indeed on the mountain, and now that the Qin army had run out of food on Baishan Mountain, and the Qin soldiers were cold and hungry, Zhao Yao came down the mountain on an empty stomach, let alone ordinary soldiers.
Mao Dun very kindly let Zhao Yao eat a big meal of mutton and asked someone to write a reply for him.
The wooden tablets used were two inches wide, and the seals were both large and long. The words were arrogant and said: "The great Dan of the Xiongnu, who is born in the month of heaven and earth, wishes to ask if Duke Xia is okay."
In the letter, Mao Dun said that he was forced to fight back against Qin. After all, King Dai recognized him as his father. How could he just sit back and watch his son being bullied? If Qin was willing to withdraw from Dai Bei and no longer invade, the two countries could
As Heifu said, we become a nation of brothers.
"If Duke Xia agrees with the letter and takes blood, then the Xiongnu can relieve a corner of the siege and order Duke Xia to return south. Afterwards, he will clearly inform all the officials and counties to make sure that the agreement is fulfilled, and each will send hostages. If they have faith, they will respect it as if it were written by Duke Xia..."
Not only that, they also sent people to Baideng with a dozen cattle and sheep as a return gift from the Huns.
But after asking around, Dairen has never seen Heifu. He only knows that there are rumors that he is very dark and should be very conspicuous in the snow...
Finally, Maodun chose Zhao Li, a descendant of King Zhao, as his special envoy to climb the mountain.
This incident made Han Guang, the Xiongnu's ally and acting king, very uneasy. On the fourth day of the Baideng siege, he asked Mao Dun overnight: "Does the Great Shanyu really want to make peace with Qin?"
Mao Dun drank the mare's milk wine from a drinking vessel made from the head of King Dong Hu, and said with a smile:
"No, Hei Fu, you will die here!"
Kuai Che commented on Heifu and Fusu in front of Mao Dun.
"Heifu is a man who will achieve his goal by any means necessary!"
"Fusu pays attention to the process. He believes that using the wrong method will not get the correct result. Of course, as far as I know, he has become like Heifu now..."
Kuai Che's summary was very subtle, so Maodun concluded that although Heifu was in trouble for a while and said soft words to him, once he got out of trouble, he would tear up the so-called "covenant"!
"Therefore it cannot be trusted!"
What's more, this is not just a battle between Moton and Heifu to settle old scores.
It is also a decisive battle between two empires, nomads and farmers!
"You can tell from his relentless pursuit of the Huns when he was in the north. At that time, he knew that I, and the Huns, would become the most terrifying natural enemies in the Central Plains!"
Mao Dun knew better than anyone else that the Central Plains would be strong if divided but weak if divided, and the same was true for the grasslands. When the two major political powers of the north and the south were unified together, the contest to determine the fate of the two nations would inevitably begin.
In the past ten years or so, the Yueshi were destroyed by the Qin Dynasty, and the remaining tribes took refuge with the Xiongnu. The Donghu were attacked by Maodun and scattered.
Just as the Great Wall was unified by a powerful empire for the first time, the grasslands stretching thousands of miles east and west from Liaoxi to Zhangye were unified for the first time in history.
But this unity is false. Not to mention the Donghu, the rest of the Yuezhi do not understand the language of the Xiongnu, and do not obey Maodun's orders very much. Several tribes along the North Sea have been plotting to resist. It is said that life in this vast land is
The people in the country are not as good as a county in the Central Plains. Mao Dun has summoned 50,000 cavalry to Daibei, which is half of the country's troops.
The struggle between nomads and farmers is ebb and flow. When the Qin Dynasty was strong, it could defeat the Huns. But now, by killing Heifu and causing the Central Plains to be divided and in chaos, Maodun can win at least one generation for the Huns!
Mao Dun did not think that he could quickly go south to the Central Plains, plunder the wealth of Guanzhong, and turn Hebei into a pasture, as Kuai Che described.
On the contrary, he felt that if they could win this battle, the Xiongnu would not have to rush southward, but should overdo it and digest the newly unified grassland.
"I must go north to tame the rebellious Hun Yu, Qu She, Ding Ling, Ge Kun, and the land of the plow, so that the Xiongnu will have no worries."
"Go east and conquer the Donghu tribe who retreated to Wuhuan Mountain and Xianbei Mountain, and asked them to donate their hostages and slaves."
"Then go west to seize the Hexi grassland between the Qilian Mountains and the Yanzhi Mountains, pick up the Xiaoyuezhi, Di, and Qiang, make them surrender, and use their manpower to continue westward to Dingloulan, Wusun, Hujie and the thirty surrounding areas.
The six countries all thought they were Xiongnu."
He touched the beard on his chin and narrowed his eyes: "Well, a Xinyan clan from the Western Region is quite good..."
"I will make all the bow-wielding people one family!"
This is Moton's ambition.
Only then can the Xiongnu truly become a steppe empire!
Then plunder the divided Central Plains, let the princes fight with each other, continue to plunder materials and people, and finally slowly move southward, expanding the nomads' territory to the muddy river...
Will the east wind overwhelm the west wind, or will the west wind overwhelm the east wind? It all depends on this battle!
Han Guang was overjoyed: "What does the Great Chanyu mean by surrounding three towers and taking advantage of Heifu and his men to attack when they leave Baideng?"
But Mao Dun shook his head: "Just like I won't believe Heifu, Heifu will not believe me either. He may be sending people to make peace, but at the same time he is preparing to break out. His main force is getting closer and closer.
There may only be three days to go, so we can’t wait any longer and launch a general attack tonight!”
Han Guang did not expect this and said in surprise: "But Zhao Li is still on the mountain..."
But Mao Dun laughed: "Isn't it just that Hei Fu was careless? As for Zhao Li..."
Although he is a good dog, he is dead when he dies.
Mao Dun also considered that all his traps were exhausted, but he didn't know that he was just fighting against the air...
"Tonight, we must go to Baideng! Use the blood of the Qin people to pay tribute to the hundreds of thousands of Huns who died in Helan more than ten years ago and died of cold and starvation on the way to Mobei!"
After finishing his drink, he walked out of the tent and threw the wine vessel made of King Donghu's skull into the snow. He was tired of using this trophy.
Looking at Baishan Mountain in the night, Maodun exhaled a white breath:
"This wine vessel is old, I want to replace it with a new one!"
"A new bone bowl covered in black human skin!"
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On the fourth night of the siege of Baideng, the Huns army, under the orders of Mao Dun, launched a continuous attack on Baideng!
Baishan Mountain is not too high, and there are no trenches or dangers. It is just a gentle slope, and the cavalry can walk on the flat ground. Although the Qin army has been on the mountain these days, they have tried to build some obstacles with rocks, but the ground is frozen hard and there is no way to do it.
Digging ditches, so we can only use the remaining carts to block key areas and form a four-armed charge.
The key to this formation lies in the vehicle fortification. First unload the cattle and horses, and use the vehicles to connect them into a circular or square fort as a temporary camp. Then have the warriors prepare strong crossbows on all sides. In this way, you can resist the enemy.
The cavalry attacked.
But that can only be used to resist small-scale cavalry troops. When tens of thousands of people attack together, among the vast enemy, the more than ten Siwu charge formations deployed on all sides of Baishan Mountain look like small rocks hit by the tide.
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Although small, it is still indestructible!
Maodun had his eagle flag planted in the south of the mountain, and ordered King Guli and others to command thousands of horses, and began a strong attack on all sides!
The horns shook the sky. The first ones ordered to attack were the cavalry of the Lan tribe. The Xiongnu cavalry roared towards them. When they reached the front of the mountain a hundred steps away, the thousands of crossbows behind the Qin army's formation immediately sounded, and a sound like thunder rang out.
Dozens of horses fell down in response to the string.
At seventy or eighty steps, the crossbows on the foot, the crossbow on the arm, and the big yellow crossbow were mixed together, and arrows were shot out one after another. Hundreds of Huns were hit by arrows. For a while, arrows rained down like rain.
The Huns attacked from their backs. Coupled with the cold weather, many bows and arrows could not be used. Their thin leather shields were difficult to withstand, so it was difficult to climb the mountain and they retreated.
The Qin army did not pursue it, but on the west side of the mountain, tens of thousands of soldiers of Han Guang, the king of the generation, also formed a formation, broke through the ice and snow, and launched a strong attack on the Qin army on this side! The Qin people fought with three thousand people in the forest.
The fight was inextricable.
In the northern part of the relatively steep Baishan Mountain, there were also Huns holding scimitars in their mouths and climbing up the trail. As soon as they showed up, they were attacked head-on by the Qin army!
The battle situation was very tense, but no matter which side they were on, it was difficult for the Huns to easily break the line.
It seemed that the Qin people were well prepared for the Huns' attack, which made Mao Dun, who was watching the battle at the foot of the mountain, frown after hearing the situation.
"According to Zhao Yao, the Qin army has been on a hunger strike for two or three days, and the soldiers should be exhausted. Why do all the tribes say that when the Qin people fight in close combat, they are very powerful, and they can fire their bows as well as the Huns..."
Moreover, after a fierce battle all night, the Qin people's crossbows never stopped. Mao Dun calculated that at least hundreds of thousands of arrows were fired. In some places, wood caltrops (jili) were also scattered, and many Huns were hit.
trick.
"wrong."
Seeing that it was already dawn, 50,000 to 60,000 people attacked more than 10,000 people, but could not achieve success for a long time. The sensitive and suspicious Mao Dun felt a little panicked.
"How could the Qin army bring so many anti-cavalry weapons when they came to chase me? The number of arrows seems to have been well prepared, and it definitely doesn't look like they retreated in a hurry."
And after the body of a Qin man who fell down the mountain and was killed during a fight with the Huns was brought back, Mao Dun suddenly stood up from the bench!
In the arms of the Qin soldier under his armor, there was actually a piece of wheat cake that had been chewed twice!
Holding this pancake and letting someone cut open Qin Zu's abdomen, there would be a lot of food stuffed inside.
Looking at the clothes, this is just an ordinary pawn.
Maodun suddenly felt bad!
"The people of Qin have not fasted!"
Fasting is fake, but what about the flag of the black man on the mountain and the "Siege of Baideng"? Could it be that it is also fake!?
The Huns' temperament is that when they see an enemy, they pursue profit, like birds gathering together; when they are defeated, they disintegrate and disperse. This is also the case now. Maodun is greatly alert and has begun to intend to retreat.
But bad news is coming one after another under such circumstances!
First, Zuo Danghu, who was on alert in the southeast, sent someone to report that there were troops thirty miles to the southeast, numbering as many as 30,000 to 40,000, under the banner of Han Xin!
You Dadanghu immediately came to report that there were troops forty miles away in the direction of Yanmen County to the west, numbering tens of thousands, under the banner of Dongmen Leopard!
The princes from the left and right bone capitals in the north also came to report that there was also a cavalry force of more than 20,000 people at the Purple Gate of Zhao Great Wall! Under the banner of Guan Ying, they were attacking the Purple Gate!
In the south, the captains on the left and right also came to report that something was wrong in Pingcheng!
"All the soldiers from Pingcheng have been deployed outside the city. They are advancing towards Baishan Mountain and have raised three big flags!"
Qin flag bordered by black dragons.
The eagle of Ding Yi's army flies the flag.
And the Tengu flag that eats the stars and the moon!
Pingcheng was only more than ten miles away from Baishan Mountain, and Mao Dun could already see the Qin people's front slowly advancing towards this direction.
He understood everything immediately:
"We coveted the meat on our lips and fell into the hunter's trap!"
"Heifu is not in Baideng, he has been in Pingcheng!"
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Outside Pingcheng, Heifu was dressed in military uniform and was preparing to go on an expedition. Inside the slowly closing city gate, there were two thin dogs held by servants that kept barking, wanting to go with him.
Heifu has not been idle in Pingcheng these days. In addition to planning the siege of Maodun, he also asked people to find several famous local dogs to raise.
The animal husbandry industry was developed in this generation. The specialty horses and hounds are famous all over the world. The black puppies have a slender waist and are good hunters...
Climbing onto the chariot, Heifu looked at the battlefield where the Qin army was entangled with the Huns who were rushing down from the Baishan Mountain, and the fierce battle was going on, and said with a smile:
"Modun, ah, Modun, I heard that you like to use people's heads as drinking vessels."
"This time, I'm going to use your skull as a dog pot!"
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ps: It’s a bit late, the punctuation hasn’t been changed yet.