Chapter 900: Iron Triangle
Gu Jian naturally couldn't escape death, Shu Jun's sharp spear pierced through the back of his heart, and Gu Jian's body was picked on the tip of the gun. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info
Until he felt the coldness of his heart, Gu Jian was still running desperately, but after losing his horse, the strong Huns were no different from the fish belly, and the 3,000 people who escaped from the quagmire were all chased and killed by the Shu army without exception, 30,000 cavalry, and the whole army was exhausted.
The first battle was successful, the momentum of the Shu army soared, Luo Xian also broke the Xiongnu army on the eastern front, conquered Guangchuan and Wuyi, and the outer defense line that Liu Yuan painstakingly managed collapsed after just one round, and the situation of the defensive battle of Xindu suddenly became severe.
At this time, Yanghu was not idle, led his troops from Yecheng to the east, conquered Jingxian, and took the last train to break the outer defense line of the Huns, and approached Nangong, the second line of defense of the Huns.
Liu Yin's army continued to move south, and after annihilating the 30,000 cavalry of the Xiongnu on the mainland, he crossed the Zhanghe River, took the two cities of Fucheng and Tangyang, and pressed towards Fuliu.
The Luo Xian army in the east also surrounded it, and the target of the attack was Zaoqiang.
Nangong, Fuliu, Zaoqiang these three constitute a triangular defense zone, known as the "iron triangle" of Gongwei Xindu, compared with the situation of the outer defense line is relatively loose, the defense of the iron triangle is much tighter, Liu Yuan gathered an army of more than 100,000 here, and built a rock-solid defense line.
This line of defense is naturally not a fortified iron wall, Liu Yuan knows very well that for the Shu army with the power of firearms, no matter how strong the city wall is, it is useless, not to mention that defending the city has never been the strength of the Huns.
Therefore, like the outer defense line, Liu Yuan did not pay attention to the defense of the city, all the cavalry troops he deployed in this iron triangle were cavalry troops, as for the three cities of Nangong, Fuliu and Zaoqiang, they only played the role of liaising with the Xiongnu armies, and the Huns did not send a large army to garrison them.
The fiasco of the outer defense line made Liu Yuan feel heartbroken, but the leading generals Gu Jian and Ma Fei were both killed, and Liu Yuan had no way to deal with them even if he wanted to deal with them and vent his anger. The 30,000 cavalry lost by Gu Jian Ma Fei, although it only accounted for a part of the Hun army, but this battle was wiped out by the whole army, which was too demoralizing, after this battle, the morale of the Hun army was very low, and the pessimistic and disappointed mood spread in the army.
For Liu Yuan, this is a dangerous signal, such a key war as Xindu can be said to be impossible to encounter several times in a lifetime, the pressure of victory is life, defeat is death, so that the Huns have a step of heaven and hell, this battle is fought well, the Huns will have the opportunity to dominate the world, if they do not fight well, they will even have the risk of extinction.
In order to motivate the army, Liu Yuan did not hesitate to give his harvest over the years to his generals, these gold, silver and jewelry, money, silk and countless beauties taken from the hands of the Han people, Liu Yuan brought them all out, to inspire the soldiers.
Liu Yuan personally promised the Xiongnu soldiers that those who killed one of the Jin soldiers and Shu soldiers would be rewarded with a silk and a sheep, and those who killed ten people in a row would be rewarded with a silk and a cow, and those who killed the Shu generals would be rewarded with thousands of acres of land and promoted to three levels.
Although the Huns have been in the Central Plains for decades, most of these soldiers who are fighting now are also born after the Huns moved south to Jinyang, but in their bones, they still have the temperament of their ancestors, barbaric, rough, keen on killing and plundering, and have a strong desire for that kind of unearned life.
Liu Yuan's rebellion can be regarded as stimulating the bestial side of the Huns, although the Huns did not feed on people as fun as the Qianren, but they did not do less in the act of plundering, killing people and setting fires, at least in the past few years in Bingzhou and Jizhou, I don't know how many Han families have died, and the Huns have made a lot of money.
Liu Yuan's reward plays a key role, although the pockets of these Hun generals are quite bulging, but no one seems to refuse more gold and silver treasures, not to mention that those beauties collected by Liu Yuan are all stunning beauties in a thousand, usually they don't have the opportunity to take a few more looks, this time Liu Yuan took out these beauties very generously and gave them to these henchmen around him.
Whether it is money or beautiful women, for Liu Yuan, they are all things outside the body, naturally there is nothing worth falling in love with, taking out these things to buy people's hearts, the effect is also immediate, which undoubtedly makes Liu Yuan's confidence improve, no matter what, this battle cannot be lost.
Liu Yuan has always been a person with lofty ambitions, when he was a hostage in Luoyang, he had already seen through the corruption and incompetence of the Jin court, in order to compete for the throne, Sima Yan's brothers fought against the wall, and the entire Luoyang was full of blood, how many ministers of the imperial court died unexpectedly, and the banner of the Jin State was already empty.
So since then, Liu Yuan's ambition has begun to swell, and he can take his place, which has become a clear goal for Liu Yuan.
But God did not favor Liu Yuan, gave him a chance, but gave him a biggest opponent, Liu Yin's birth, which disrupted Liu Yuan's hegemony.
Perhaps, he is really Liu Yuan's fateful opponent. Liu Yuan still remembers that when he was in Luoyang, Liu Yin sent his subordinates to snipe him at all costs, and at that time Liu Yuan wondered, this guy was born to have an enmity with him?
To this day, Liu Yuan has not given up this idea, maybe Liu Yin at that time had already judged that they would be undying opponents, this is really too amazing, right?
No matter what, this big battle is already inevitable, who will have the last laugh, Liu Yuan doesn't dare to be 100% sure now, and now he can only take one step at a time.
In view of the fact that Gu Jian Ma Fei easily pursued and fell into the ambush of the Shu army, Liu Yuan had already made clear the combat requirements for Liu Xuan, the commander of the Iron Triangle, that is, the Hun cavalry must not cross the ten-mile line when fighting, no matter whether the Shu army or the Jin army is really defeated or falsely defeated, the same poor Kou Mo chases, no matter what way and method is used, it is necessary to hold the Iron Triangle, the last line of defense on the periphery of the Xindu.
The Huns have already lost for a while, and then, they have no capital to export anymore, and if they want to hold Xindu, they must go all out. (To be continued.) )