Xian Sun of the Ning Mansion of the Red Chamber

Chapter 182 Tasortaiji
By the time Jia Ying arrived at Mahekou with the Hunan army camp, the northern border of Shanxi was in complete chaos, with smoke rising everywhere.

Daqing Mountain was originally a natural barrier for the Xiongnu in the north of Shanxi Province, but the Xiongnu's iron cavalry bypassed Daqing Mountain, passed through the Shanxi-Shaanxi Gorge, broke through the Piantou Pass, and opened the door to the south, allowing Datong and Yanmen Ningwu two The first line of defense instantly lost the role that the fortress should have.Even the cavalry who rushed into Shanxi had begun to surround the three passes of Yanmen and Ningwu in Datong in reverse, trying to relieve the pressure on the Zuoguli King's tribe who was still attacking the city.

It was actually a helpless move for the Huns to slow down the pace of plundering southward, because the terrain of Shanxi was too complicated, and the towering mountains made the Huns lose their advantage. The three large mountains of Luliang, Yunzhong, and Hengshan were like It is a natural moat, and the Huns will not rashly go south without completely solving the threat of the Datong defenders behind them.

Mahekou is located at the foothills of the northwest side of the Luliang Mountains. To the north are Hequ and Kelan counties, to the west is Xing County, and to the west is Mengjiayu on the edge of the Yellow River, where Jia Ying's army crossed the Yellow River. place.

Now the two counties of Hequ and Kelan have been completely occupied, and less than ten people have fled south, because most of the people were killed by the butcher's knives of the Huns.

Men, old people and children were directly executed, while young, strong and fertile women were regarded as their own trophies by the Huns, and these women would become tools for them to vent their fire and give birth to the next generation.

When nomads face disasters and lack of food, the first thing they give up is women and the elderly. Under extremely bad circumstances, even newborn boys will be thrown into the wild by them and sacrificed to the Longevity Heaven.

And the Changshengtian they mentioned actually refers to the wild beasts on the grassland to some extent.

So after plundering enough food and grass, their second goal is women, because if they want the tribes that have been hit hard by natural disasters to continue to pass on, they need women to give birth to the next generation for them.

The encounter between King Beijing's border patrol team and the Huns was purely accidental, because after passing through the Mahekou and crossing the Yellow River from Mengjiayu, it was the boundary of Yansui Town.

The sudden appearance of the Xiang army camp naturally aroused the vigilance of the Huns scattered around. The Huns who were besieging Xingxian County had to give up the city that was about to be captured, and retreated slowly to the north.

There were tens of thousands of Huns cavalry who poured into Shanxi from Piantouguan, and the follow-up troops were still coming in a steady stream, led by a big household named Shu Wudu.It's just that Shuwudu is currently mobilizing troops to attack Ningwu. As for the Xiongnu cavalry attacking Xingxian County, they are responsible for raising food and grass for Shuwudu's army.

Looking at the valueless Hun cavalry in front of him, Jia Ying waved his hand lightly, and when someone dragged him down, there was a pitiful howl like a pig being slaughtered.

Hearing the miserable howling of the Huns soldiers, Jia Ying frowned slightly, then turned to Xi'er beside her and said, "Tell them, next time you play this kind of game, remember to cover your mouth first."

On the open ground not far away, a large cavalryman was dragging a long "rope" and galloping. The other end of the "rope" was the soldiers of the Huns. The "rope" was worn from the belly of the Hun soldiers.

Because this "rope" itself is the intestines of a Hun soldier.

Pumping intestines is the return of the Hunan army camp for burning, killing and looting the Huns cavalry. This is not the first time.The soldiers only wanted to survive. Jia Ying didn't want to use this cruel method to treat the captives at the beginning. Even if he cut off his head and built a Beijing temple, it would make people feel happier than having their intestines pumped.

But Jia Ying didn't stop it in the end. There is no humanity in war.He needs the wrath of the soldiers under his command. Facing the brutal Huns, he can only be more brutal than them.

So he not only acquiesced to the wanton behavior of his subordinates, but also made other Huns soldiers line up to watch a wonderful circus performance, let them die in suffering and pain, and finally left one or two Huns soldiers on purpose, Give them horses and food, and set them back.

"There are only a thousand people on the other side, do you want to eat them?" Mu Enci asked Jia Ying.

Jia Ying stood on the back of the horse, looked into the distance, and asked, "Have the people sent to Mahekou returned?"

Mu Enci shook his head and said, "Not yet, but according to what our captured Huns rangers said, the war there ended two days ago, will it be?"

Jia Ying knew what Mu Enci was worried about. He shook his head and said, "For the Huns, a powerful king of Beijing is far more important than Ningwuguan. Shuwudu's army didn't go south to Mahekou. Instead, they still attacked Ningwuguan, indicating that they didn't know that Wang Jia was right under their noses. If it was just a small group of Huns cavalry, the army of guards around King Beijing would be enough to deal with it.

What's more, there are more than [-] embroidered guards. It's hard to say who is stronger in battle between the embroidered guards and the frontier army, but their loyalty is definitely much higher than that of the frontier army. As long as the [-] embroidered guards As long as the morale is not broken, Wang Jia is safe. "

"Report!"

A soldier reported: "My lord, the county magistrate of Xing County and the squires of the county government came to pay a visit. They also brought a lot of wine and meat, saying that they wanted to work for the army."

Jia Ying smiled lightly and said, "I have more than ten thousand soldiers and horses, and the daily rations cost more than two hundred shi. How much food does his small Xing County have to feed my army."

Mu Enci also echoed: "This county magistrate probably wants us to help him defend the city, but a small Xing County with a population of only [-] to [-] people, it is really difficult to support an army of tens of thousands of people. .But this county magistrate is much better than the county magistrate Kelan who abandoned the city and fled, so we should see him."

Jia Ying nodded and said, "Bring him here."

At the same time when Jia Ying received the county magistrate of Xingxian County, a Huns army of more than 5000 people also came to Piantou Pass, led by a young Huns general in luxurious clothes, because not every Huns Those who are qualified to wear silk clothes.

This young general of the Huns does not seem to be quite the same as other Huns. He does not have the majestic figure of the Huns, and his appearance seems to be closer to that of the Han people.

Accompanied by a left-behind commander-in-chief, he swaggered into the remote military and political office, looked at the surrounding environment with great interest, and asked at the same time: "Where is Shuwudu?"

The commander at the side replied: "Taiji, Da Danghu is leading my sons of the Huns to besiege Ningwu at this moment, preparing to receive King Zuoguli's army."

Taiji is the Huns' name for the children of prominent families. This young general is obviously of noble origin.

Hearing this, the young Taiji smiled coldly and said, "He is so impatient to attack Ningwu, is he afraid that I will take his credit? When did Angqin, the most heroic of Zhazhibu, become like this?" Cowardly, not even the courage to compete fairly with me."

The commander does not seem to be afraid of the aristocratic status of the man in front of him. He is a member of the Zhaji tribe, and Shuwu is the leader he is loyal to. The dignity of the entire tribe will not be lost because of one Taiji.

"Tasul Taiji, Shuwu are all eagles on the grasslands. It is Angqin, the best of the Zhazi tribe, who led us to win the big pass. You shouldn't insult the Zhaji tribe like this Batur in people's heart."

Hearing this, Tasul looked at the commander in front of him with dark eyes, and said in a cold voice, "Who gave you the courage to talk to me like this? Even the Batur of Zhazibu in your mouth is just Servant of the Borzigit family, do you want to test whether my blade is sharp?"

The commander's eyes were full of stubbornness, but in the end he didn't make any further rebuttals. Facing Tasur's wolf-like eyes, he slowly lowered his head.

Borzigit is the king of the grassland, the son of Changshengtian, and any tribe on the grassland is their servant.And the person in front of him is the blood of the Golden Family.

Seeing the other party lowered his head, Tasul Taiji restrained the coldness in his eyes and said, "Tell me, how is the progress of the Shuwudu army?"

The commander replied: "Our army does not have enough food and grass. After the big households captured Pianguan, they had to allocate half of their soldiers and horses to search for food and grass. There are seven to eight thousand people defending Ningwuguan. Of the 8000 people who fled from the Pianguan Pass, only the remaining troops of the Zhazhi Ministry could not take down an important town where tens of thousands of people were stationed. Da Danghu hopes that you can lead troops to help as soon as possible, and he is willing to take Ningwuguan with you. "

Hearing this, Tasul suddenly laughed and said, "Is he begging me? Hahaha!"

After a burst of wild laughter, Tasur just said: "I can help him win Ningwu, but Shubu must give me half of the raised food and women!"

I only heard the commander say: "The big pawnbroker said that women can give you, but not grain."

"There is no food, does he want my warriors to fight hungry?" Tasur's words were full of anger and dissatisfaction.

The commander shook his head and said, "It's not that the big households don't want to give you food and grass, it's just that the grain in the side pass is only enough to support an army of [-] people, and our food and grass are also not enough."

Tasul sneered and said, "Since when has Shuwudu become merciful? The people who have worked hard have plenty of food in their homes. Wouldn't there be food if we knocked down all the nearby villages and counties?"

The commander looked at Tasur, his eyes were full of helplessness, Taiji in front of him was too young, he knew nothing about Daqian.

"We have already done what you said, but this is not the most fertile land in Dagan. There are too few people. We have conquered two counties, but we still haven't raised enough food and grass. And there is still Dagan in the south. There are no traces of soldiers and horses, and we don't have enough troops to continue southward."

Hearing this, Tasur asked curiously: "Aren't Dagan's soldiers and horses distributed in several fortresses in Datong Town? Could it be Dagan's reinforcements? How many of them are there?"

The commander also frowned and said: "This large army suddenly appeared, with a number of about seven or eight thousand, and it is near Xing County not far to the south. And there should be more than one man. Three days ago, our army of one thousand At Mahekou near Xingxian County, the food search team encountered a team of more than a thousand people, and they were dressed like embroidered guards, and we lost two hundred of the most heroic sons."

"Embroidered clothes guard?"

A gleam of light suddenly flashed in Tasul's eyes. Dagan's embroidered clothes guards had a bad reputation, even on the grasslands, stories about them had been circulated.Moreover, Tasur's mother is an official woman of the Han family. He once heard from her mother that the Embroidered Guards were the personal army of the Emperor Dagan. , These people are often important ministers of the Dagan court.

Tasur suddenly had a premonition in his heart, he seemed to have encountered a big fish, and the army was most likely coming for this person.

Otherwise, why didn't they go north to support Ningwu, but stayed near Xing County instead.

"Where are those embroidered guards?" Tasur asked, suppressing the excitement among his brothers.

"They retreated in the direction of Lan County, and our people chased them all the way." The commander replied.

Tasul suddenly stood up and said to the commander: "Go and tell Shuwudu to wait for a few more days, and then go and attack Ningwu Yanmen together with him after I clear up the large army in the south. "

Hearing this, the commander hurriedly stopped him and said: "Tasul Taiji, our big family is still waiting for your reinforcements at Ningwu Pass, attack Ningwu Yanmen, and lead me Hun army, this is the order of King Zuoguli, the army in the south is not our primary target, and you only have 5000 people under your command, so we don't have the advantage."

Tasul stopped in his tracks, looked at the commander-in-chief and said, "Don't use King Zuoguli's order to oppress me. Don't forget that I am the son of King Zuotuqi of the Huns, and I have the blood of the Golden Family flowing through my body. What's more, Without food and grass, how can my warriors fight? As for the advantages, the iron hoofs of my Hun warriors are the biggest advantage. Any large army in front of them is nothing more than chickens and dogs."

A Hun cavalry is equivalent to the combat power of three to unknown Dagan soldiers, and [-] Hun cavalry is enough to crush any Dagan army with less than [-] people.

After finishing speaking, he pushed the commander away and strode out.

"Tasur Taiji, Tasur"

The commander was about to catch up and try to dissuade him, but he was stopped by Tasur's guards. No matter what he shouted, Tasur didn't look back.

"So the king of Beijing Jing and his party should want to retreat in the direction of Lan County."

Outside Xingxian County, Jia Ying did not respond to the county magistrate's request to let the army enter Xingxian County, but asked him about the surrounding situation.

The battle of Mahekou took place before the Huns cavalry attacked Xingxian County, and Xingxian County also received a call for help from Mahekou.According to a Qianhu officer stationed in Xingxian County under the Zhenxiwei, when they arrived, Wang Jia of King Beijing was no longer there, leaving only corpses all over the floor.

There were embroidered guards and Hun cavalry, and the Hun cavalry also paid hundreds of lives.

The fighting in the north was fierce, and it was impossible for them to evacuate northward. The most likely way was to fight and retreat in the direction of Taiyuan Prefecture, and Lan County was more than a hundred miles southwest of Mahekou.

"What should we do next? The Huns' cavalry didn't go far. As soon as the army left, they would continue to attack Xing County." Mu Enci asked.

Jia Ying looked at the cavalry of the Huns faintly visible in the distance and said, "Their horses are too fast. If we want to run, we can't catch up."

"Why don't you leave a team behind to help them defend the city?" Mu Enci said.

Jia Ying shook her head and said, "We can't divide the troops, go to Lan County first, and join up with the King of Beijing is the most important thing. Everything must wait until the King of Beijing is safe."

After a pause, Jia Ying continued: "An army of tens of thousands of people is far more threatening to the Huns than a small county town of Xingxian County. Let's just go our own way, and they will follow."

(End of this chapter)