Qin Shizhi's Confucian junior master

Chapter 270, The Xiongnu Infighting

As the sun rose, the battlefield also came to a more tragic situation.

Facing the rain of arrows, these Xiongnu soldiers also developed fear. The fear of death made them forget the fear of being oppressed by the Huns, and they retreated one after another. Seeing that the attacking army ahead had the idea of ​​retreating, Zuo Xianwang immediately stood up and said
"Let the supervisors and guards come on, and anyone who dares to retreat will be killed on the spot!"

Seeing the orders issued by King Zuoxian, King Youxian didn't feel the slightest bit. These soldiers who attacked the city were slaves, not their knights. He didn't care about the life and death of these slaves. If there were no more slaves, there would be more if they went to capture them.Moreover, he and the slaves of King Zuoxian's tribe are not among the slaves attacking the city.But the tribal leader who was also assigned to attack the city stood up.

"His Royal Highness King Zuoxian, the Qin army's bows and crossbows are too powerful. Let our soldiers withdraw. If we continue to fight like this, our losses will be too great." A tribal leader bowed and said.

The leaders of other tribes also joined in. The siege battle lasted for nearly half a day. The people who attacked the city were all their subordinates. King Zuoxian and King Youxian could ignore the lives of these people, but they couldn't. Their tribe was not as good as King Zuoxian and King Youxian.

If the siege suffered heavy losses, even if they succeeded in going south, they would not be able to grab other tribes.

"Don't forget the promise you made in front of Da Shanyu, saying that you will take this city." King Youxian said, looking at the tribal leaders.

Thinking of the oath made to Da Shanyu in the king's tent yesterday, the faces of the few people became ugly, Zuo Xianwang stood up and said after seeing this scene
"Uncle, don't blame them. Our army has suffered heavy losses in the half-day siege, and the soldiers are all tired. It's time to eat soon. Let them go back to rest and think about it. How about going to the siege after the rest?"

The leaders of these tribes watched Zuo Xianwang say something good for them, and they all agreed that it was not that they were worried about losses, but that they didn't want to make unnecessary losses, so that the soldiers would be able to attack the city better if they had enough to eat.

"Da Shanyu has given you the power to attack the city, and you can decide." King Youxian said.

"In that case, order to withdraw troops." King Zuo Xian said.

The messenger at the side blew the retreating horn, and the Xiongnu soldiers who had eaten countless arrows breathed a sigh of relief and retreated towards the Huns' camp. The defenders on the top of the city looked at the retreating Huns soldiers and breathed a sigh of relief.Some archers rubbed their sore shoulders. They didn't know how many times they drew their bows today. At this time, nearly half of the arrows piled up on the top of the city had been consumed.

The guard looked at the soldiers leaning against the city wall, and wiped the sweat off his face.

"Send the order to send the wounded and dead soldiers down, replenish the arrows on the top of the city, roll wood and rocks, and the siege in the afternoon will be more difficult." The guard said.The offensive in the morning looked very fierce, but it was all a test. Although the Huns suffered a lot of casualties, they did not waver at all. What is really difficult is the onslaught after the test.

"promise!"

"How is the situation in other cities?" The guard continued to ask.

"Only our side has been attacked, and the other cities have not yet been attacked." The lieutenant general said.

"Let them also be more prepared. No one can say what happened in the afternoon. How about our casualties?" said the guard.

"It hasn't been counted yet, but our remaining manpower is enough to deal with it. General Wang Ben's support should be here soon."

As soon as the deputy general's voice fell, a soldier hurried up to the top of the city and said to the guard
"General, General Wang Ben is here with reinforcements."

"Are you watching?" the guard asked excitedly.

"Yes, it's the soldiers of my Qin army, the black black bird flag, the king character banner." The soldier said.

"Quickly open the rear city gate and welcome General Wang Ben with me," said the guard.

At this time, Wang Ben outside the border city was riding a horse, looking at the closed city gate and waiting for the guard.With the opening of the city gate, Wang Ben led the army towards the city, and the guard led a team of personal guards to wait for Wang Ben in the city.

Wang Ben walked into the city and saw the waiting guard dismounted from his horse, and the guard also saluted Wang Ben and said
"The last general pays his respects to the general."

Although he also has the title of general, there is a big gap between him and Wang Ben, who is in charge of an army in a county. In terms of position, he is at most the rank of military marquis, while Wang Ben is a real general.

"Please, General Chen, I heard on the way here that the Huns attacked the city. What's the situation?" Wang Ben asked.

"General, this is not a place to talk, please follow me to the government office." General Chen said.

"Okay, Dunruo cooperates with General Chen's lieutenant general to arrange the soldiers." Wang Ben said to Dunruo.

"promise!"

The deputy general took Dunwei to arrange the soldiers, and Wang Ben followed Chen Shoujiang to the government office. On the way, Chen Shoujiang explained the general situation of the border town to Wang Ben.

"The people in the border towns had already evacuated after receiving the information that the Huns were about to invade. Only the army and some people who voluntarily stayed to help the army resist the Huns remained in the border towns. Only a few villages and towns did not evacuate. Now the main target of the Huns is the border towns, and these places have not reported any attacks."

"What about the casualties this morning?"

"Roughly, there are about a hundred casualties. If it weren't for the fear of Zhao's attack and the walls of the border towns were raised, the number of casualties might have been even higher."

"In this way, our army is enough." Wang Ben said. After the first 5000 troops arrived at Fushi, they dispersed to support various border towns. Now the border town where they are located has [-] people, which is enough to wait until the army arrives.

"Yes, the general has received a letter from Xianyang. The 20 army led by the Taiwei is heading towards us. Counting the distance, the army can arrive after five or six days." Chen Shoujiang said.

"Let the soldiers get ready. The offensive may be stronger in the afternoon. The cold is not so severe in the afternoon, and the Huns can also launch it." Wang Ben said.

"I have already ordered that the arrows and logs on the top of the city have been replenished, and the Huotou army has already started cooking." Chen Shoujiang said.

At this time, in the tent of the Huns, King Zuoxian, King Youxian and the tribal leaders in charge of attacking the city were all called by Touman.

"Why did you stop attacking the city!?" Touman asked, holding a short knife in his hand and looking at the people below.

"Back to the Great Chanyu, the siege just now was just a test. When it's no longer so cold in the afternoon, it will be a brave attack by my son of the Huns." Zuo Xianwang said.

"I hereby wish King Zuo Xian, You Xian King and the leaders all victorious. When the city is captured, you can take all the money, food and prisoners." Touman said.

Before Zuoxian King and Youxian King could reply, the other tribal leaders rushed to say:
"Thank you, Shan Yu."

"Thank you, Great Chanyu!" King Zuoxian and King Youxian said helplessly.

"Let's go down and prepare for the next siege. Ben Chanyu is waiting for good news here." Da Chanyu said.

After King Zuoxian and King Youxian walked out of the king's tent, they did not leave with other tribal leaders, and they headed towards King Zuoxian's camp.

"Uncle, have you seen Touman's attitude? He no longer has the oath of brotherhood of our wolf clan in his eyes. Like those Central Plains people, he has started to attack his brothers and uncles for power, land and women." Zuo Xianwang said.

The brother oath of the wolf clan was established by the ancestors of the wolf clan in order to strengthen the wolf clan. Every generation of wolf clan leaders would let their children swear an oath in front of the wolf god when they were able to go out to fight.

Seeing the heartbroken King Zuo Xian, King You Xian kept sneering in his heart, how could he not know what his nephew was thinking, he just wanted to win him over to deal with Touman together.Originally, he was unwilling to participate. He was the loser of the previous generation of Shanyu, and he was destined to miss the position of Da Shanyu. No matter who he helped, it would be of no benefit to him.

But Touman's actions in the Huns' court made him feel a sense of crisis. The Xiongnu's court was composed of Touman's headquarters and two brother tribes. Facing his own brothers, Touman abolished them and let his generals take away their power. Moreover, Touman was eager to attack other tribes around him, which made King Youxian feel the danger.

Not only that, Touman's abolition of the power of his two brother tribes is very reasonable, so that other tribes are not aware of the danger, this is what makes him feel the most terrible.Unjust dead ghosts who don't want to die and don't understand, King Youxian knew that he had to unite with King Zuoxian.

"Yes, the two brothers were abolished. Although they were not killed, they also lost their dignity and were imprisoned. This time they want to force us to attack the city, isn't it just to consume our strength?" King Youxian said in a low voice.

"It's okay if we capture the city, but if we don't, I'm afraid we will be charged with the crime of delaying the battle and failing to attack the city. The Central Plains people are still interesting. In order to clear the enemy, they thought of so many crimes." King Zuoxian smiled self-deprecatingly.

After arriving at King Zuoxian's camp, King Youxian stopped and said to King Zuoxian

"I know what you think. Touman has already started to learn from the people of the Central Plains. You should stop learning. I can support you, but you can't split the Huns, let alone think about overthrowing Touman while he is alive. It is not easy for the Huns today. If there is civil strife within us, the Huns and the Central Plains will attack us."

"Of course, all I do is to protect myself. As for Shan Yu's position, if Touman doesn't continue to encroach on my King Zuo Xian's family, I will naturally not think about overthrowing him." King Zuo Xian said with a flash of light in his eyes.

"I believe you, prepare well for the siege. If it is not captured, Touman will not be so easy to talk about." Youxian King said.

(End of this chapter)