While Dao Minjun and Xiang Shanjun were happily directing the soldiers and civilians of the army to build the city wall, suddenly a high-pitched scream came from the distance.
Dao Minjun was startled and shouted:
"No, the Qin army is coming!"
Xiang Shanjun couldn't help but asked doubtfully:
"Isn't it just right that the Qin army is here? My master will no longer have to worry about the Huns!"
Dao Minjun said:
"The good Lord Xiang doesn't know something, and the Qin army is not a friendly person. How could they let me wait for my uncle so easily and sit here?"
Xiang Shanjun couldn't help but gasped when he heard this:
"What Mr. Dao Min means is that... the Qin army is coming to attack my aunt?"
Dao Minjun said with relief:
"But please don't worry too much, Mr. Xiangshan."
"The Qin army is hindering the general trend of the countries in the Western Regions, so it doesn't dare to mess around!"
When Dao Minjun said this, Xiang Shanjun felt a little relieved.
From this we can also know that Minjun has always been worried about the Qin army, or it can also be said to be Shen Bing.
But it's no wonder that Dao Minjun knew that Shen Bing was not happy to see his aunt unite and was unwilling to support the good king of the village. Two days ago, Shen Bing suddenly agreed and left all matters to his aunt's nobles to handle themselves... This was originally Unreasonable.
Along the way, Dao Minjun was wondering what Shen Bing's move was for, or what the consequences were.
But after much deliberation, I couldn't figure out why, so I had to give up.
However, Dao Minjun soon realized that he was wrong.
Soon, several scouts galloped into the city, then knelt down in front of Dao Minjun and reported:
"Your Majesty, the Huns are coming to attack!"
"The darkness is full of enemy cavalry, and I don't know how many people there are!"
Dao Minjun was shocked:
"What? It's actually the Huns?"
"Xiong... Didn't you say that the Huns have withdrawn?"
The spy looked confused. Does it have anything to do with retreating before and returning now?
If you evacuated before, you must not be able to return?
They are just spies, how can they ensure that the Huns will not kill them?
Xiang Shanjun was still able to maintain his composure. He pulled Dao Minjun aside and whispered:
"Master Daomin, how can we be the enemies of the Huns? Why don't we just surrender?"
Dao Minjun rejected this idea without thinking:
"If we were talking about surrender, I would have already surrendered to the Huns."
"But if the Xiongnu wants to use Gu Shi as a basis to stop the Qin army, they vow to kill Gu Shi."
"If we surrender to the Xiongnu, your Majesty, this will be the fate of us."
Dao Minjun is right.
The people and the army of Gu Shi can surrender, because the Xiongnu can only steal their property but not kill them.
This is not to say that the Huns were benevolent.
But the Huns will also consider two negative impacts:
First, I have signed an alliance with the Xiongnu and pay tribute to the Xiongnu every year. If the Xiongnu still kills them indiscriminately, which country in the Western Regions would dare to form an alliance with the Xiongnu?
Second, the Xiongnu also knew that for the countries in the Western Regions, chickens should not be killed to obtain their eggs, and they should be allowed to be raised for more benefits.
But this is not the case for the nobles.
Because as Dao Minjun said, due to changes in the situation, the Xiongnu needed to occupy Gushi to stop the Qin army, so they would have to offend or control the nobles of Gushi. Otherwise, how could the nobles of Gushi agree?
Therefore, even if the nobles surrender, there will be no good end.
When Xiang Shanjun arrived, he panicked and asked:
"Master Daomin, isn't it a dead end for us?"
Dao Minjun thought for a while and replied:
"For today's plan..."
"We can only ask for help from the Qin army."
"If we can wait until the Qin army arrives, we may still have a way to survive."
Xiang Shanjun responded and immediately organized troops to build fortifications.
The fortifications they built were simple, they just piled debris on the gaps to block them, and then placed archers on the walls.
Lord Daomin was giving instructions while praying that not too many people from the Xiongnu would come.
But the reality disappointed him. When the Huns arrived, it was already early in the morning and the sun was slowly rising from the east.
Lord Daomin stood on the beacon tower and looked down, only to see a dense darkness, with Hun cavalry everywhere he could see.
This made Dao Minjun a little confused. He didn't understand why the Xiongnu wanted to do this extra thing:
If you want to take Gushi City as your own, why do you want to withdraw?
Even if we come back and seize it by force, there is no need to send so many troops. Looking at the situation in front of us, there are at least 20,000!
After thinking about it, Dao Minjun seemed to understand.
The 20,000 Xiongnu troops should have come to deal with the Qin army, but they were just used as a shield by Shen Bing.
Thinking of Dao Minjun, he couldn't help but gnashed his teeth in hatred, but there was nothing he could do.
Even Dao Minjun could only knock out his teeth and swallow it in his belly... because once he said it out, wouldn't it look like he was incompetent?
So Dao Minjun simply pretended not to know anything.
Dao Minjun finally woke up, although it was too late.
But the Huns only thought that the Qin army was surrounded by Gu Shi.
Xun Hao laughed loudly at Gu Shi's city wall and said:
"The Qin army was indeed fooled. Let's see how they can escape from my uncle this time!"
"Gushi City is the burial place of the Qin Army!"
With that said, he waved his hand and ordered the troops to attack.
The horn of the horn sounded "woo hoo" outside Gushi City, and groups of Huns dismounted and gathered outside the city, and then rushed towards Gushi City with scimitars... The wall of Gushi City was not high to begin with, and the gap was opened in advance. Although it is blocked by debris, as long as you rush forward, tie it with a rope and drag it with horsepower, it won't take long to move it away.
The soldiers of Gushi were so frightened that they almost lost their souls. Most of them wanted to surrender, but under the orders and coercion of Dao Minjun and Xiang Shanjun, they could not take up their bows and arrows to resist.
Ge Yu, who was in charge of the attack, felt a little strange. The Qin army's resistance was too weak.
However, Ge Yu soon felt relieved. He believed that this was because the Qin army was insufficient in strength and concentrated in gaps or fighting in the streets with the Xiongnu in the city.
This time the Xiongnu came with 20,000 people, with Xunxi and Geyu each leading 10,000.
The reason why only 20,000 people came was firstly because of the shortage of supplies and water, and secondly because they were worried that if there were too many troops, the Qin army would find out and expose the enemy.
What's more, 20,000 troops were enough to besiege 8,000 poorly prepared Qin troops. Even if it was not enough, the Xiongnu could continue to mobilize troops.
After a while, the debris in the gap was dragged away.
The Xiongnu soldiers had been holding back their anger for a while. At this time, they finally got an opportunity to beat up the Qin army. Who was willing to give up this opportunity? With a shout, they rushed in from the gap and killed everyone they saw.
Ge Yu personally led his troops into the city wall, and then he realized that something was wrong... all he saw were Gu Shi's army and people, but not a single Qin army.
Ge Yu angrily dragged up a nobleman who was kneeling beside him and surrendered, and shouted:
"Where are the people of Qin? Where are the people of Qin?"
Ge Yu still held on to a glimmer of hope, hoping that the main force of the Qin army would be concentrated in the city.
However, the answer he received disappointed him.
"The people of Qin are crossing the river!"
"They didn't come, only...only us!"
Ge Yu threw the nobleman to the ground with a wave of his hand, and then spat at him.
After a second thought, I secretly said no.
If the Qin army attacks at this time, the Huns will have their backs to the Qin army, and half of their troops will still be inside the city and half outside the city...