Chapter 22: King Donghu
The besieged life is suffocated and happy. Every day, Yun Xiao stood on the ruined city wall, looking into the distance, hoping to see the reinforcements of King Donghu.
The grassland after the snow is vast, and the excessive white snow reflects the sun's rays unusually dazzling. The snow was heavy, and only a few dead grasses were struggling to show their heads. A few eagles easily carried them away and went back to decorate their love nest.
The little rabbit looked around looking around for something to eat. Probably so hungry that they couldn't even care about the Huns who were galloping on Pegasus. A sharp arrow pierced the rabbit's body accurately, and the Hun men ran over to pick up their prey with a smile.
A thick spear flew from the head of the city and pierced the body of the Hun man. Nailed him to the snow, Yun Xiao ruthlessly killed the rabbit guys.
Several Huns rushed to save their companions, but they were all pinned to the ground one by one, and none of them ran away. The three-bow bed crossbow has a longer range with the advantage of height. The Huns were horrified by the Han Chinese weapons that could shoot a thousand paces.
King Huqiang looked at the cloud-shaped banner waving in the wind at the head of the city, grinding his teeth with hatred. The gap in science and technology cannot be filled casually, and King Huqiang is very envious of the Han people having such weapons. Those Han people can always make strange things, and I heard that in Lingwu City, they even made some gadgets that can pierce horses' hooves.
Da Shan Yu confessed a lot of imitations, although not as delicate as the original. But it can still be used, and now there are a lot of them buried in the snow outside Wuwei City. As long as Yun Xiao leads people to break through, Guan Bao makes him feel good.
Yun Xiao had no intention of breaking through. Due to the rush of a large amount of firewood into the city. Now his small life is quite nourishing, and the food he brings with him is enough to consume for more than a month. Coupled with Wuwei's grain stockpile, Yun Xiao was confident that he would drag the Huns down when they ran out of food.
King Huqiang was also very patient, and he could order his men to hunt to replenish his army. Although there is a lack of prey on the grassland in winter, in addition to prey, there are also herdsmen from Donghu who can loot on the grassland.
What Yun Xiao didn't know was that in the past ten days, King Huqiang had already plundered all the tribes within fifty miles of Wuwei City. The captured cattle and sheep were enough for them to eat for a winter, and they could pack some to take away.
Another ten days passed, and neither side was in a hurry. The Huns strictly adhered to the rule of not approaching the city wall for two steps, and in any case the three-bow bed crossbow would not shoot so far. Neither can the tailwind.
Yun Xiao and King Hu Qiang are separated by a separation zone of two thousand steps every day, and they all hope that the other party will collapse first. They were all disappointed. No one showed signs of collapse. Just as the generals on both sides were patiently preparing to continue looking at each other the next day. King Donghu is here.
King Donghu was angry, and he had reason to be angry. sent envoys to talk about it, and sent countless gold, silver and jewelry to easily get a wife. But he was surrounded by the damned Qiang people in his own territory, which is not a slap in the face. This is Chi Guoguo's face.
The messenger said that 30,000 Qiang people surrounded the princess of the Han Dynasty. They had a great deal of trouble to escape into Wuwei City.
30,000 Qiang people. King Donghu is still not in his eyes. Since you have 30,000 people. Then he will bring 50,000 men himself. There are more people than people, are you still afraid that you can't do it? King Donghu brought 50,000 younger brothers and personally came to Wuwei to greet his wife. By the way, kill a few Qiangs. Find the king of Qiang and ask for an explanation.
On a warm winter afternoon, King Donghu saw the so-called Qiang people besieging the city. Maybe the boss was used to it, and he didn't carefully observe the other party's situation. He ordered his younger brothers to attack.
King Huqiang was a very shrewd general, second only to Yun Xiao in cunning. His scouts were also sent far away, but he didn't have anything like a two-kick or a drill monkey in his hand.
When he learned that his opponent had 50,000 men, he gave up the idea of resisting. The Donghu people are also masters who can ride and shoot well, in fact, the Huns do not have much advantage to fight with them. What's more, it is 20,000 against 50,000, and the advantage of doubling the number of people with a turn is still obvious.
King Huqiang decided to retreat, but he really couldn't take much for two hours. I could only clean up the softness, and then withdrew with my subordinates.
The Donghu people rushed into the empty camp with a shout, and the king of Donghu was very proud. The Qiang people were so vulnerable, but when his men pointed to the wolf-headed banner flying above the tent, King Donghu's face turned into chrysanthemums.
The Huns, the other party is actually the Huns.
King Donghu regretted his attack without seeing the banner clearly. He still hasn't figured out why the Qiang people suddenly became Huns. These two are not opponents of the same magnitude.
"Why should the king worry, my Donghu soldiers are strong and strong. Even the Huns had to retreat when they saw it, don't you see that when they see the king, your banner runs away like rabbits? ”
The general of Donghu, Sabulehei, shook his horsewhip and chuckled.
"I heard that the Huns suffered a defeat in Lingwu City of the Han people last year, and tens of thousands of people died. Judging from today's situation, the Huns are indeed wounded, and now they don't even have the courage to fight. ”
After listening to the compliments of his subordinates, King Donghu calmed down a lot, and rumors on the grassland were flying all over the sky. In the past, the king of Donghu did not believe that the Han people could defeat the Huns, thinking that this was nothing more than an exaggerated legend. Today, when I saw that the Huns took the initiative to retreat, I believed the rumors a little.
"Let's go into town. This king really wants to see the princess of the Han Dynasty as soon as possible, and I heard that the princesses of the Han family are all Tianxiang country. I can't wait. ”
King Donghu urged his horse to the city of Wuwei, but he soon saw the magnificent frozen gate. The Huns inside opened their mouths wide, as if they were about to pounce and bite at any moment.
All the Donghu generals are already, and it looks like this place has experienced a large-scale siege battle. It also turned out that the Huns did not take advantage of anything.
"Listen, the people of the city, the great lord of the Qilian Mountains, the king of the grasslands. King Dadong Hu ......"
Before the envoy could finish the full title of the king of Donghu, a fluttering word was thrown down from the castle tower.
"If the king of Donghu wants to enter the city, he should take a detour to the south gate. We can't open the north gate. ”
King Donghu reluctantly ordered the army to make a detour, which was also a matter of no choice. The entire city gate was frozen with frozen corpses, and it was really very difficult to get in. The facts are in front of him, and King Donghu did not feel uncomfortable with himself.
Around Wuwei City, there was a circle of Hun heads, and the frozen heads were blown by the wind and hit the city wall.
All the Donghu knights looked at the terrifying scene in front of them, and they didn't expect the Han army to be so cruel. Looking at the grinning appearance of these heads, everyone felt a little chill in their hearts.
Yun Xiao and Arnold were already waiting under the South Gate, and Arnold saw King Donghu leaning down and bowing. Yun Xiao just bowed slightly, "The Han sent his relatives to Lintong Marquis Yunxiao, and he has seen King Donghu." ”
When Yun Xiao saw this King of Donghu, he immediately felt that Yin Yin was not worth it. A girl who is like a flower and jade actually wants to marry this old man in his last years. The king of Donghu, who looks at the money, looks like he is not seventy but sixty. Let him ...... with Yin Yin Yun Xiao was very suspicious that this old gang had the heart and the strength.
"It turned out to be an envoy of the Great Han, huh. Why didn't the city lord Haidar come out to greet him, who gave him the courage to dare not greet him. ”
King Donghu glanced through the crowd and didn't find Haidar, the lord of Wuwei City.
"The lord of Qi, the city lord Haidar because of collusion with the Qiang people. refused to allow the Han princess to enter the city, causing the Qiang people to almost plunder the princess. So the Han envoy killed him. ”
Arnold knelt on the ground and said 1510.
"Bastard, he's the city lord of my Donghu. Where is the Han envoy to kill ......?"
Zabul immediately jumped out and pointed at Yun Xiao and cursed. Although the two sides do not understand each other's language, this expression is the best note. When the guards saw that Yun Xiao was being pointed at, they immediately drew their sabers.
Zabule's guards also drew their swords at the same time, and the two sides were about to move as soon as they met.
"Bastard, I'm up to me here. Give me the blade down. Seeing this, the king of Donghu hurriedly rebuked Sabulhei.
The princess of Dahan, who was finally invited, plans to rely on this princess to ask for benefits from Dahan in the future. I heard that Dahan is very rich, if he gets the help of Dahan. He will definitely be able to conquer the Western Regions and become the new overlord of the Western Regions after the Huns. Zabelhei, a fool, if he kills the Han envoy as soon as they meet, how can he ask for benefits in the future.
The young man's blood is just ringing, and the middle-aged man's blood is surging and the ring is fighting. The old man was in abstinence from blood and gas exhaustion, and it was obvious that the king of Donghu did not know the teachings of Confucius. At an old age, he still dreams of dominating the Western Regions.
"Didn't the Han envoy give this king an explanation?"
Naturally, King Donghu would not be indifferent to the killing of his subordinates.
"This Wuwei City Lord still refuses to allow us to enter the city even though we are two of us, and it is useless for Lord Arnold to persuade him. At that time, we were being hunted down by tens of thousands of Qiang people. In desperation, he had no choice but to break the city and kill this Haidar. Please also ask for the understanding of King Donghu. ”
Yun Xiao said neither humbly nor arrogantly, his eyes were not aimed at Sabelhei.
"Arnold, is what the Han envoy said true?"
"Back to the king, what the Han envoy said is true. Both I and my servants can be witnesses. ”
King Donghu nodded, and Sabel was anxious when he saw that King Donghu wanted to let go of Yun Xiao. This Haidar was one of his distant nephews, who had spent a lot of money bribing Zabul to get the position of lord of the city. Wuwei City is on the throat road to the Western Regions, and merchants from all walks of life will rest here. The revenue of the city tax alone is soft, and now that the financial route is cut off, how can Zabulhei agree.
"Your Majesty, you are the master of Qilian Mountain, the king of the grassland. In this grassland, only you have the right to kill and plunder, how can you let a Han man show off his might here. If this continues, people will forget that you are the king of the steppe. Please think again. ”
"And what do you say?" King Donghu turned around and asked. (To be continued......)