Li Hong, the general of the expedition to the north, rushed to the Mayi camp in Yanmen County in mid-April, accompanied by four battalions of 20,000 horses. ∮ Yan Moxuan∮ no advertisements∮ Li Hong ordered Yan Liang to command these four battalions, and there were Wang Dang battalions, Chen Hao Wu Xiong battalions, Gao Shun Li Yun battalions, and Ding Bo's battlefield battalions. Zhang He was transferred to be the commander of the Tiger Battalion. The number of the large army that began the frontal attack from Yanmen County increased to 94,000 men.

At this time, there were only 20,000 horses within the Great Wall, and Xian Yufu and Zhang Yan each led 10,000 soldiers. Xian Yufu took a battalion of men and horses from Fan Li to garrison Jinyang, Zhang Yan with a battalion of men and horses from Sun Qin stationed in Taiyuan and Shangdang counties, and Yu Yigen and Peng Lie led their troops to garrison the fortress and were responsible for escorting grain and grass to the army. Xian Yuyin led a battalion of men and horses to Xihe County.

After Li Hong settled in the camp, he immediately issued an order to all his troops to attack north. Yan Rou and Yan Liang each led their armies from the east to attack the county of Dingxiang County. Jade traveled north along the Yellow River from the west, leading the army to attack the two cities of Luoxian and Tongguo. Pang De led the Black Panther Yi Battalion to follow closely behind the Jade Army to respond, and Zhang He led the Tiger Ben Battalion to follow closely behind Yan Liang's army to open the way for the general army of the Great Expedition.

In early April, Gao Ran and Lei Zhong rushed to Heyin City with 5,000 men and horses, and Wen Chou led 5,000 men and horses to Yudaiyuan, which was sixty miles west of Heyin City. The two armies set up a large camp on the south bank of the Yellow River for several miles, erected the battle flags of the five armies of Xu Rong, Liyi, Yang Feng, Zhao Yun, and Liu Bao.

The Xiongnu iron cavalry, who was originally stationed in Heyin City, quickly moved south under the leadership of Liu Bao and rushed to Duliaoshui to meet Xu Rong's army. In mid-April, Xu Rong marched with his army in the direction of Shanan City. (Shanan City is located at the eastern end of the Hetao area, where the Yellow River turns.) From here, the course of the Yellow River changes from north-south to east-west. He planned to lead his army across the river to attack Jiling City on the other bank after Jade's army took Tongguo City and continued northward, forming an east-west attack with Jade's northward army. After taking the city of Jiling, the army of the Northern Expedition was divided into two routes, east and west, and attacked Yunzhong together, and by that time, the Hu coalition army would face a fierce attack by a huge army of nearly 200,000.

The Hu had always thought that the Han army's attack time would be either May or August, and they did not expect that the Han army would advance the attack time to mid-April. Although attacked by the Han army in advance, the Hu coalition army did not panic, and their army had already launched an attack on the Han army as early as mid-March. The soldiers are always in a state of imminent battle, and all they have to do is change their combat strategy. They changed the use of small groups of troops to harass attacks to a combination of holding the city and fighting in the grasslands, striving to delay the Han army's attack speed as much as possible. The Hu people are not accustomed to defending the city, they like to roam around like wild wolves on the grassland, like to raid out of nowhere, like to lure the enemy deep and then surround and annihilate it with superior forces. But now they are facing an extremely large number of Han troops, and the methods of surprise attack and encirclement are ineffective, so they can only imitate the combat methods of the Han people, and hinder the progress of the Han army by holding on to the city, and strive to hold out until the rainy season in June, dragging the Han army alive.

At present, the situation in the country of the Han Dynasty is very severe, there are internal disputes for imperial unity, external disasters and rebellions, the treasury is empty, the people are displaced, and the material and expenses are scarce, so it is not suitable to fight out of the fortress at all. The reason why the emperor of the Great Han State forcibly launched the battle at this time was to gain absolute superiority in the battle for imperial unity. Once the imperial system is established, it is difficult to say whether the battle will continue.

In the end, no matter who wins the battle for imperial dominance and what method is used to win, without exception, it will cause a great loss of national strength. The powerful Huns caused a division between the north and the south in order to compete for the position of Da Dan Yu, and as a result, the Huns turned from strong to weak, and since then they have lost the strength to dominate the steppe. The Xianbei people fought for the throne last year, and their strength was reduced, and the country that Tanshi Huai had built for decades was about to fall apart in a blink of an eye. The Han people don't seem to be getting any better. After six years of war, the Great Han Kingdom has been blown away by wind and rain, and the edifice is about to collapse, but the Son of Heaven of the Great Han Kingdom has disregarded the safety of the country and launched a struggle for imperial unity when the country is crumbling, and the results are self-evident.

After a comprehensive analysis of the information obtained from all sides, the Hu chieftains such as the Marquis of Xubu Gudu and Tuoba Feng unanimously agreed that the battle for the imperial dominance of the Great Han Kingdom had reached the point of tension, and the situation in Luoyang was on the verge of breaking out, and it was likely that a series of civil strife would break out. The political instability of the Han State will first affect the morale and military rations of the Han army who are fighting in the fortress, and then these Han soldiers will be forced to withdraw to the Great Wall due to the domestic situation. In this way, the crisis outside the Saiwai will disappear, and if the Han army wants to attack the Saiwai again, I am afraid it will take a long time.

The Hu leaders believed that if the rainy season on the steppe came as scheduled in mid-June, the war in the first half of the year would basically be over. In the nearly two-month confrontation, as long as the Hu coalition army resolutely blocked the Han army from Wuyuan County and firmly fixed the battlefield on the grassland of Yunzhong County, then after the rainy season came, the Han army could only retreat to Dingxiang County to hold on, and the goal of the Hu coalition army was completely achieved. As for how the situation will develop after the rainy season, they can't guess. In their opinion, the worst outcome is to temporarily avoid the edge of the Han army, completely abandon all the land south of Yinshan and withdraw to the prairie.

But after withdrawing from Yinshan, the Marquis of Xubu Gudu and Xu Kui had one of the biggest problems, that is, after the defeat of their tribes, would they continue to follow them and retreat to the north of Yinshan, or would they choose to surrender to the Han and stay south of Yinshan? This is an easy question to answer, and most of the people will choose to stay. Crossing Yinshan is the land of the Xianbei people, and sooner or later they will be swallowed by the fierce Xianbei people, become slaves of the Xianbei people, and live like livestock. And the surrender of the Han people, their life is countless times better. This has been proven for centuries by the fact that the noble chiefs could not deceive their people.

If the four counties in northern Xinjiang were recovered by the Han army, the Xiongnu and Dongqiang people would lose their living territory, although their clansmen could surrender to the Han State and continue to live in this grassland, but their noble leaders may not be pardoned by the Han Emperor, especially those Xiongnu rebels. The Marquis of the Beard Bone and Xu Kui are very clear in their hearts. If they only retreated across Yinshan with tens of thousands of iron cavalry, they would inevitably become Tuoba Feng's subordinates, and their soldiers would flee back to their homes as time went on, and the end waiting for them would be very tragic. Unless they fight back immediately, but after they fail, the property clan is lost, and they are no longer able to fight back.

Similarly, the four counties of northern Xinjiang were lost, the Xiongnu and the Dongqiang were defeated, and the Xianbei Tuoba Feng immediately lost the two allies of the Xiongnu and the Dongqiang, and he was finished. He now has a huge loss in strength, and he can't compete with the other tribes on the prairie at all. Therefore, now the situation outside the Saiwai is very obvious, the Huns, Dongqiang, Xianbei people can only hug each other tightly and fight to the death, otherwise everyone is finished.

In order to survive, the Hu coalition army must fight to the death with the Han army, keep the Han army out of the grassland, and seize the initiative on the battlefield, otherwise, even if there is a situation favorable to the Hu people outside the Great Han Kingdom in the future, they will not be able to continue to occupy the four counties in northern Xinjiang. Victory is not something that can be obtained by God's reward and luck, but by one's own efforts and struggles.

For this reason, after a long period of deliberation, the leaders of the Hu tribe such as the Marquis of Xubu Gudu decided to resolutely block the attack of the Han army and kill and injure a large number of Han troops. They planned to use the complex terrain and fortified cities of Dingxiang County to block the Han army's attack speed and wear down the Han army's strength at the beginning of the war, and when the Han army crossed Dingxiang County into the grassland, the Hu coalition army gathered forces, used the advantage of iron cavalry to find an opportunity to attack the Han army, and took the opportunity to attack the Han army's grain and grass transportation.

After the main strategy for confronting the Han army was decided, the Hu leaders engaged in a fierce debate over the deployment of troops. The main point of contention is the direction in which the 86,000-strong army of Xu Rong, Liyi, Yang Feng, Zhao Yun, and Liu Bao, which the Han army deployed in Henan, will attack.

One opinion is that the Han army led by Xu Rong will forcibly cross the river, directly attack Wuyuan in the north, occupy the key pass of Yinshan, cut off the retreat of the Hu coalition army, and form an east-west flank attack with the main force of the Han army attacking head-on, and encircle the Hu coalition army. This view was held by the Marquis of Subugu, so he insisted that several cities north of the Yellow River be garrisoned with heavy troops.

One opinion is that if the Han army led by Xu Rong wanted to force the river crossing, it would have to pay a staggering price, and after he crossed the river, he would have to storm the city, at which time the Han army would have an unstable foothold, and would be quickly annihilated by the Hu coalition army on the north bank of the Yellow River, and it was very likely that the entire army would be annihilated. With Li Hong's habit of using soldiers, it was impossible for him to ignore the lives of his soldiers and make such a decision.

Bai Ma Tong believes that the reason why the Han army led by Xu Rong was assembled in the Duliao camp was because some of these troops were originally reorganized after the reorganization of the Duliao battalion stationed in the Duliao Shui and the Fengyun Iron Cavalry Battalion and the Wucai Battalion stationed in the Great Wall fortress, and some of them were adapted by the Yellow Turban Army stationed in the camp away from Shicheng, and they chose the Duliao battalion closest to the army to assemble, just to save physical strength and food and grass. Bai Ma Tong said that Xu Rong's main direction of attack should be to cross the river from the direction of Shanan City to Jiling, and then enter Yunzhong County from Jiling. With the cooperation of the Han army on the eastern route, he could cross the Yellow River without a single soldier, and then he and Li Hong's main army would join up, so that the Han army could gather at least 200,000 absolutely superior forces to attack us from the front. Therefore, Baima Tong resolutely demanded that 100,000 troops be deployed in the Yunzhong area to block the Han army.

After a period of arguing between the two sides, the opinion of the Marquis of Subu gradually gained the upper hand. The Han army had an army of 200,000, and the Hu coalition army managed to scrape together 150,000 by all means, occupying a significant disadvantage in terms of troops. If you divide your forces to block the enemy, you are very likely to lose the battle. But the Marquis of Subu Gu is a big single Yu, and his opinion cannot be disrespected. Tuoba Feng later came up with a compromise idea. Before Xu Rong crossed the Yellow River to join Li Hong's army, the Marquis of Xubu Gudu and Xu Kui led an army of 60,000 troops along several cities of the Yellow River and various key passes in Yinshan to set up heavy troops in case of accidents. Once the 200,000 Han army gathered in the Yunzhong area, the troops stationed in the cities of Wuyuan flew to the Yunzhong battlefield to assemble and meet the Han army with the strongest troops.

This plan was immediately agreed upon.

In order to ensure that nothing goes wrong, the Marquis of Subu Gudu sent a large number of Xiongnu scouts to the area of Heyin and Meiji. Soon, the information gathered from various sources fully proved that his judgment was wrong. Xu Rong's main force had already rushed to Shanan City to prepare to cross the river into Yunzhong County to meet Li Hong, and the Han army only had 5,000 soldiers in each of the two Han army camps built in Heyin City and Yudaiyuan, which was a bluff at all, and the grain and grass transported to the two camps was a scam. Some Xiongnu scouts pretended to be minmen and mixed into the grain transport procession, and were surprised to find that the minmen carried grain and grass into the camp tent in the morning, but pulled them out at night. The two large camps looked bustling with people from a distance, but in fact they were empty, and there was nothing but the people and 10,000 defenders.

The Han army's intention in doing this was obviously to deceive the Hu coalition army and induce them to garrison heavy troops in Wuyuan to reduce the resistance of the Han army on the frontal battlefield.

Yu Shi led the army from Wuzhou to Luoxian County, and took the lead in shooting the first arrow of the Northern Xinjiang War.

Tie Yue and Lei Zi each led their troops to launch a feint attack at the east and west gates, Xu Huang and Yan Zhao led their battalions to attack the south gate, and He Feng and Panta led their battalions to attack the north gate. After a day of attack, the army suffered heavy losses, but Jade ordered all the troops not to rest and attack again overnight.

He Feng's subordinate Sima was seriously injured and died, which gave He Feng great stimulation. He couldn't hold back his grief and indignation, and rushed to the wall with a murderous sound. Several of his guards did not stop him, so he had to rush after him. The soldiers who were besieging the city saw the captain personally go into battle, and their morale was greatly boosted, and they roared like thunder, and they marched forward bravely. He Feng jumped up the city tower along the ladder, killed seven people in a row, and tore through the defense of the Huns, nailing the city wall like a sharp arrow. "Brothers, kill it, kill it, take the city wall......"

The follow-up Han soldiers were inspired by He Feng's bravery, everyone forgot about life and death, roared forward, and the blockers were invincible, and the gap torn up became bigger and bigger, and more Han soldiers took advantage of the situation to rush onto the city wall. The Huns did not hesitate and immediately threw in reserve reinforcements, and both sides fought flesh and blood on the narrow walls.

Panta, who was commanding under the city, saw that the Han soldiers on the city wall were killed by the Huns and retreated step by step, and the bloody heads and stumps and broken arms fell like rain under the city, and couldn't help but be so angry that his eyes were about to split, he stomped his feet, roared angrily, and rushed to the city wall like a hurricane with a hundred personal guards, "Kill, kill these Hulu for me, kill them......

A captain, a captain, and two generals who are not afraid of death have led their troops to rush to the city wall, which greatly boosted the morale of the besieging soldiers. The Huns could not resist the fierce attacks of the Han army, and they were defeated and retreated, and then suffered heavy casualties, and the defense collapsed in an instant.

He Feng was covered in blood, his eyes were wide open, and he used all his strength to chop off the head of the Xiongnu Qianchang, and then flew up with one leg and kicked the blood-spurting headless body off the city wall, "Brothers, kill it, open the city gate, open the city gate......"

In the middle of the night, Luo County was recovered.

Surrounded by a group of guards, Jade strode into the city. He Feng and Panta hurriedly greeted him.

"Good fight." Jade Shi smiled, "The first credit for the first battle of this Stopper is your madman." ”

He Feng said with a gloomy expression: "My lord, we have lost too much. ”

"I know, but we need speed, and we want to get into the cloud at all costs." Jade waved his hand and said, "Take the troops out of the city immediately to rest, and set off tomorrow morning." ”

Tongguo City is located on the bank of the Yellow River, 80 miles away from Luo County.

Jade led his army to Tongguo Castle at dusk and began the attack at dawn the next day. This time, He Feng and Panta led their troops to feint from the north and south, and Tie Yue and Xu Huang led two battalions of men and horses to attack the east gate of Tongguo City. The two battalions took turns to attack the city, took turns to rest, and stayed all night, not for a moment. At noon on the third day, Xu Huang led his guards to the city tower and successfully captured Tongguo City.

After the 20,000 soldiers of Jade attacked Luoxian and Tongguo City, they had already beheaded 2,000 people and captured two cities, and the results were very large, but their losses were also very heavy, with nearly 5,000 dead and wounded.

Jade Shi commanded the army non-stop, along the Yellow River north for a hundred miles, and then attacked the Jiling of Yunzhong County. At this time, opposite Jiling, outside Shanan City, west of the Yellow River, Xu Rong had already led a large army to set up a large camp and was preparing to cross the river.

Jiling was heavily garrisoned by the Xiongnu. The Hu coalition army knew whether Jiling could be held and how long it could be held, which was directly related to whether the war could hold on until the rainy season, so they let Jiqu (a middle-level Xiongnu officer) Nong Gu lead 3,000 Hun soldiers to hold Jiling.

Jade said to the commander of the fourth battalion: "I will give you three days to take Jiling." ”

Tie Yue hesitated for a moment and said: "My lord, the army marched nearly three hundred miles in six days, attacked two battles in a row, and did not have time to rest at all, the soldiers are already exhausted, if we continue to fight like this, our losses will be very amazing." My lord, why are we in such a hurry to attack the city? Can't you wait a few days? A few days later, Lord Xu's army can come over at least 20,000 people under our cover, so that we will have an absolute superiority in forces to attack Jiling. ”

Xu Huang also persuaded: "My lord, there is still more than a month to go before the rainy season on the grassland, and our army of more than 100,000 people swept all the way over, and we can completely hit the foot of Yin Mountain, is it necessary for us to rush to attack a small city at such a big cost?" ”

Jade was silent. Zhao Yun's whereabouts are a secret, except for the generals of the Northern Army and the senior staff in the palace, no one knows that he is no longer in Xu Rong's camp. Although Zhao Yun's battle flag was still fluttering in the Han army camp across the river, it was only Heng Xi with thousands of cavalry pretending to be him. At this time, Zhao Yun had probably laid down Linrong, the county governor of Shuofang County, and plundered a large number of cattle and sheep from the hands of the Dongqiang people into the Gongxian Desert.

Time, what is needed now is time. Once Zhao Yun's whereabouts were discovered by the Huns, the consequences would be unimaginable. What's more, Xu Rong's army would not cross the river to the north at all, he and Yang Feng's infantry had secretly rushed to the camp in Heyin City, and when Zhao Yun's surprise attack was successful, he led the army to cross the river to the north, and the iron cavalry of Liyi and Liu Bao, who were currently camped on the other side of the river, would also gallop away.

The one who attacked Jiling was actually his own army. After conquering Jiling, he and the Black Panther Yi Battalion who came later took tens of thousands of soldiers and civilians to pretend to be Xu Rong's tens of thousands of troops and tens of thousands of troops to go north to Yunzhong. Jade Shi thought for a moment, explained the development of the battle situation to a few of his subordinates, and finally said, "Even if we finish the 20,000 men, we will take Jiling in three days." ”

On the seventh day of the battle, Jade faced the impregnable Keiling and commanded the army to launch the third siege battle.

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