Three Kingdoms

  Chapter 997 Yinshan Road with Thorns

Three or four hundred miles away from Yinshan Mountain, there is a meadow with a freshwater lake in the middle, which is called Tuoruo Lake. This lake seems to be connected to the center of the earth. It is suitable for grazing, and it is also a large gathering place for Xianbei.

  In the north of Tuoruo Lake, there is a forest that just blocks the cold wind from the north, so most Xianbei people set up their tents here.

  There are some animals in the forest, and some fish in the lake, so the Xianbei people living around this Tuoruo Lake can be regarded as comfortable and comfortable.

  But now, the area around Tuoruo Lake is crowded with Xianbei people from various places who came from afar. They are Xianbei warriors mobilized by Budugen, the king of Xianbei.

  The Xianbei tribes are relatively far apart, so they need to be gathered together a little bit. However, no matter the distance or the environment from Yinshan Mountain, only Tuoruo Lake is more suitable.

   This time the leader is still Bi Xiaowang Tuoba Guoluo.

  Tuoba Guoluo was the first group of people to arrive here, and naturally brought the two tribes of Linyinqin and Alanyi as the vanguard.

  Tuoba Guo fell here, and sent out many scouts in the direction of Yinshan Mountain. Almost every hour or two every day, some scouts came back to report the movements of the Han people in Yinshan Mountain.

  However, the scouts should not get too close, otherwise they will be easily spotted by the Han defenders in Yinshan Mountain.

  In the past few days, the scouts have gradually collected the detected news one after another, and gradually allowed Tuoba Guoluo to outline the overall military strength of Yinshan.

For the Huns, Tuoba Guoluo didn't pay much attention to them. Although he seemed to be smiling towards Lin Yinqin and Alan Yi, he didn't seem to have any grudges or discrimination, but in fact Tuoba Guoluo thought that the Huns People are cowards, a shame among Hu people...

  So although Linyinqin and Alanyi also have scouts, Tuoba Guoluo doesn't use them at all, and Yu Fuluo is close at hand. If these two people have something on their minds again, no one would dare to guarantee it, right?

Tuoba Guoluo actually aspired to be the king of Xianbei like Budugen, but Tuoba Guoluo concealed such ambition very well, and he was respectful to Budugen, but in places that others couldn't see, Tuoba Guoluo Ba Guoluo didn't take Budugen seriously.

Budugen has neither enough courage nor superman's bravery. The only thing that can be regarded as commendable is Budugen's blood. I can't see any shadow of sandalwood locust tree on the root...

To fight against the Han people, one must fully mobilize the various tribes like King Tanshihuai, and then must mobilize the Han army, and then take advantage of the vacancy. It was the Han people who built the fortress in Yinshan this time, which was indeed too fast.

Normally, as long as it is not a temporary camp, it is necessary to ram the earth as the wall, layer by layer, and only when the bottom is firm can it be accumulated upwards, and this way back and forth to build a shelf, build a model, transport earth, tamp The entire process of the earth wall, without a year or two, it is impossible to build a fortress with sufficient defense.

   Now, according to the news that the scouts came back, the Han Chinese fortress is almost ready to take shape, only the female wall and turrets on the earthen wall are missing...

  In this way, maybe when the assembly is completed and the march is completed, the Han people have already completed the work!

   Attacking a fortress that is under construction and a fortress that has been completed and equipped are completely different things...

  And if you want to attack now, you don't have enough combat power at hand.

The Huns on Yufulo’s side should be handed over to Lin Yinqin and Alan Yi to deal with them. At most, two more thousand people would be enough, but as far as the Han people are concerned, there are already nearly 3,000 people. If there are more than 2,000 Han Chinese cavalry, then at least 4,000 to 5,000 Xianbei soldiers are needed here to compete. In addition to defending and attacking the fortress, there are about 2,000 Xianbei soldiers. This adds up to at least 7,000. Fortunately, it costs 10,000, but the number collected now is only a little over 5,000, and this is still adding those Hun soldiers...

Now is the season when livestock are preparing to breed, and many clansmen have to get busy preparing a good environment for these big guys, and even provide more nutritious meals for those pregnant livestock, so that these big guys can give birth to healthy babies. little baby.

   Therefore, it is only reasonable for Budugen's solicitation order to come slowly and procrastinate.

   It is obviously not enough to attack Yinshan with the cavalry on hand, but let it go, and when the troops are gathered, I am afraid that the Han fortress will also be built...

  Tuoba Guoluo hoped that the construction progress of the Han people would not be so fast, but what if?

Not only Tuoba Guoluo knows the difficulty of attacking Han Chinese fortresses, but even ordinary Xianbei soldiers are also aware of it, because these years, they have fought against Han Chinese many times, and it is okay to fight small cottages, Xiaowubao, etc. If they want to attack Dacheng, or the fortresses built by the Han people in Yinshan, are simply flesh and blood mills.

what to do?

Inside the big tent, Tuoba Guoluo leaned on the felt blanket, and next to him were placed some wine, meat, dried fruit, etc., he seemed to be asleep, half awake, and no one knew what he was doing. What are you thinking about, what to do next...

  Not far behind Tuoba Guoluo's large tent, Lin Yinqin, the general of the Xiongnu, sat with Alan Yi, with a grass stalk in his mouth, and it took him a long time to say a few words. They were chatting at first, but after a few words, they gradually fell silent, staring at each other speechlessly, and could only sit on their own.

   As the Huns, Lin Yinqin and Alanyi have regrets after surrendering to Xianbei. These two people are no longer willing to think about this question, because it is useless to think about it.

  In the days of Xianbei, it was not as the two of them originally imagined, they were discriminated against by many people, they were regarded as capricious villains, cowards, and even their own clansmen gradually had a lot of complaints...

Although the Xianbei people are also Hu people who chase after water and grass, their living habits are not much different from the Huns, but these Xianbei people also have unconcealed contempt for the Huns, just like Tuoba Guoluo, although they are Try not to show it on the face as much as possible, but Lin Yinqin and Alan Yi can clearly feel the arrogance that comes from the bones.

Regarding Tuoba Guoluo, in fact, Lin Yinqin and Alan Yi also look down on him a little bit, because in the minds of Lin Yinqin and Alan Yi, a king, or a person who wants to become a king, must start from blood and fire. Those who come out of it will only make people feel more and more unreliable.

Lin Yinqin chewed the grass roots, and still had some regrets in his heart. He shouldn't have surrendered to Xianbei in the first place. Even if he bowed his head to admit his mistake with Yu Fuluo and paid some people, cattle and horses, he still had a chance to stand up. Now , this chance of turning around seems to be getting slimmer...

  Looking at Xianbei going up and down, Lin Yinqin and Alan Yi are used as the vanguard. Although it is not wrong to say that this is also a common practice, you can't just know how to employ people and not give benefits. Now the tribe is forced to go to the battlefield again and again, but they have not been well replenished. The decline of the tribe seems to be in the not-too-distant future.

Such worries weighed on the hearts of Alanyi and Lin Yinqin, and also on the hearts of every Hun who surrendered, so they naturally gathered together when they had nothing to do, sitting in one place, even if they were It's the same if you don't have anything to say, but this will make you even more alienated from the Xianbei people, and you can't get along together.

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  On the Yinshan grassland, Zhang Ji slowly reined in his horse.

  The brigade of cavalry following Zhang Ji also stopped amidst the sound of horns.

  Zhang Xiu rode over from the middle of the queue and asked, "Captain, what are your orders?"

  Zhang Ji pointed to a meadow not far away, and said, "Repair in situ. The scouts spread out for sixty miles."

  Zhang Xiu immediately received the order loudly, then turned the horse and went to deliver the order. Zhang Xiu is Zhang Ji's son. He stayed in Xiliang before. He came to Guanzhong from Xiliang some time ago. Hearing that Zhang Ji was in Bingbei, he found this place from Guanzhong and became a military lord under Zhang Ji.

  Hearing Zhang Ji's order, the cavalry of the Han army dismounted one after another. Some led their horses to the puddles in the meadow to drink their horses, some tidied up their harnesses, and some lifted their horseshoes to check the wear and tear of the horseshoes...

  Zhang Ji and Ma Yue are training cavalry here, and they have almost finished training.

Cavalry, like infantry, needs to master the banner, know the orders and prohibitions, and know how to advance and retreat. Eat and sleep with the horse, so that you can be regarded as a qualified cavalry.

  The grassland is so big that only the cavalry can control it, and the rest of the arms are only auxiliary. This situation has not been until the birth of machinery, and the war horse has withdrawn from the king of this kind of battlefield.

"Uncle, I haven't seen the Huns recently..." After Zhang Xiu gave the order, he walked to Zhang Ji's side again, got off his horse, patted the horse's neck, and then his own guards took Zhang Xiu's horse away to take care of him. .

  Zhang Ji gave a "hmm" and asked, "What do you think?"

  Zhang Xiu said: "I'm afraid this group of guys also sensed that something is wrong...Xianbei is coming soon..."

"These Hun dogs are probably afraid of being dragged to the front by us... Bah, don't look at what seems to be good on the surface, in fact, these guys are smart..." Zhang Ji looked to the west of Yinshan Mountain, and then He turned his head and glanced at Zhang Xiu and said, "Well, what, there is going to be a war, are you afraid?"

   "Haha..." Zhang Xiu laughed loudly, clattering his nails as he patted his chest, "I'm afraid the Xianbei slaves won't come!"

   "Okay!" Zhang Ji patted Zhang Xiu on the shoulder and said, "Then get the name right away... Anyway, practice hard, and you will make achievements!"

  In the fortress of Manyi Valley Road in Yinshan Mountain, Jia Xu sipped tea soup slowly, and said to Xu Huang: "Gongming, I guess Xianbei will come soon..."

  Xu Huang looked at Jia Xu's appearance, then silently looked back, but didn't say anything.

   "... Those little thieves are probably going to do it soon..." Jia Xu continued to speak in that slow tone, adding some tea soup to Xu Huang, and stretched out his hand with half of his sleeves in motion.

  Xu Huang was not used to Jia Xu’s seeming slowness in everything, and was not too surprised at the conclusion that the Xianbei people were going to attack, but Xu Huang frowned at what Jia Xu said afterwards...

   It is almost a well-known fact that Xianbei wants to counterattack.

   Everyone is not a fool. If a fool really can't be the king of the Xianbei people, it must be the most cost-effective to do it when the fortress is not fully completed.

  But who did Jia Xu refer to by "those little thieves"?

Although now that Jia Xu has come to Yinshan and took over civil affairs, Xu Huang's most important duty is to guard Yinshan, the fortress of Manyi Valley. There was also a "little thief" at the peeper's place, which naturally made Xu Huang feel a little surprised, and at the same time sensed a slight crisis.

  After all, the previous preparations were basically set up for the Xianbei people...

  Thinking of this, Xu Huang didn't care about drinking any tea, and cupped his hands to Jia Xu and said, "Please tell me, Master Jia, who is this 'little thief' referring to?"

"Thieves, those who hold Ge Tubei..." Jia Xu put the tea bowl down and said, "The river is criss-crossing and meandering here, so you can get acres of good fields in the Yinshan Mountains, where the grass is flourishing and the grass is flourishing. This is really a treasure land. Naturally, there are people. salivating to peep..."

  Jia Xu didn't drop too many bookbags, turned to Xu Huang and said, "There are a lot of fights in Yinshan these days, I wonder if Captain Xu has noticed?"

Xu Huang frowned and nodded and said, "Fighting? Someone knew about it, but soldiers were punished on the spot when they patrolled. The light ones were whipped, and the severe ones were beheaded. Caused by trivial matters such as residence, fishing and hunting, or quarrels, there is nothing unusual..."

As long as no one is killed in a fight, even in later generations with more perfect laws, it basically falls under the category of civil affairs. In most cases, the police educate both parties to settle the matter. Those who lose money lose money, those who should be detained, but there are very few beheads who are directly beheaded because of a fight. Logically speaking, Xu Huang's treatment is already in place, not only dealing with both parties in the fight, but also investigating the cause of the fight , everything is fine.

  Jia Xu smiled and said: "Xu Xiaowei, you look at things from things, and you look at people from things..."

  (end of this chapter)