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Chapter 193 Eighty Thousand Xianbei Wai Five Plains

One hundred miles north of Wuyuan City, the surrendered city was stationed here at 80,000 Xianbei cavalry.

Speaking of this Suijiang City (later known as Xinhure City), it was built in the first year of Emperor Wu of Han (104 BC) and was built by Gongsun Ao, the "General Yu" of Emperor Wu. In the second year of Taichu, the left command of the Xiongnu Daduwei wanted to kill the Shanyu and initiated the cause and surrendered to the Han Dynasty. However, the Shanyu discovered it and killed it. The mutiny failed. However, since then, the name of "Suijiang City" was left in history, and in fact he had never received any surrender.

The location of the Suijiang City was at a critical moment of transportation. It used to be a hub for interaction between the Han and the Huns. Later, the Huns moved westward, and the city fell into the hands of the Xianbei people. The city could stockpile grain and garrison troops, becoming a bridgehead for the Xianbei people to invade south.

According to Zhao Xing's military deployment, Bingzhou troops voluntarily withdrew from Xi'anyang, Chengyihe Yiliang several cities, and heavily guarded Wuyuan County City, which is Wuyuan City. Now there are 5,000 Flying Tiger Army, 5,000 Flying Tiger Army, 10,000 Pioneer Army, and 10,000 Flying Tiger New Army. The city was recruited by Cui Yan to strengthen and increase the city. There are a large amount of arrows and food reserves in the city, which cannot be lost.

"I reported to the Great Shanyu and searched everywhere through sentry probes. Now, there are no Han troops stationed in Chengyiheyiliang and other places in Xi'anyang. All the Han people have been moved to the Great Wall, leaving only a few empty cities, which is useless to take them." The leader of a vanguard army under Helian reported to him.

"Can the Han army be stationed in Wuyuan City?" He Lian asked.

"There are tens of thousands of Han troops stationed in defense, intending to seize the city and defend it, and they will fight with me for a long time!" The leader of the tribe replied.

"The Han people's city block is extremely strong. If there is no assistance for siege equipment and only rely on cavalry to attack, the tribe's people will suffer heavy casualties, which is not what I wish!" He Lian said with a frown.

"Since the Han people want to seize the city and defend it, our clan might as well pass around the city and take Linwo and Heyin, dozens of miles south of Wuyuan City. If the Han people go out to rescue, they will fight in the wild. If the Han people don't leave, we will follow the Yellow River to the east and go to Wudu and Manber. Then we can defeat Shanan, Tong and Luo County, and then head south along the Yellow River and head straight to the Xihe River. At this time, if the Han people have thousands of troops, how can we do what our clan will come and go like the wind!" A tribe leader who was familiar with the terrain of Bingzhou in the south and once followed his father to invade Bingzhou.

"Taoba's words are reasonable. This time we go to the expedition, our clan must not be entangled with the Han people in a city and a pool. Instead, we should look to the south, use war to support the war, and destroy the Han people's arable land and villages, which will greatly damage their vitality!"

"Will we ignore the Wuyuan City occupied by the Han people? What if the Han people block the road to return to the north after we head south, wouldn't our clan be in danger?" An old leader with a bit of strategic vision asked a question.

"Of course, we should not sit idly by and ignore the Han people in Wuyuan City. We only need to leave 20,000 troops to pretend outside the city. Han generals are timid and afraid of death. When we see our army moving outside the city, we will definitely not dare to go out of the city to fight rashly!" He Lian said.

"Divide the division of troops in this way will not violate the three-way strategy that the Great Shanyu had originally decided?" said the leader of the Murong Xianbei tribe.

"The Han people said: 'The army has no constant momentum, and the water has no constant shape'. When the situation changes, how can we stick to the initial strategy? The primary goal of our army's battle in this time is to destroy the foundation of Bingzhou and recover large tracts of land outside the Great Wall. As for how many Han troops can be killed, it depends on the situation and should not be too forced!" He Lian said.

"I will send an order to rest on site for a day. The Japanese soldiers will be sent to Wuyuan City to let the Han army see the majesty of our clan army!" He Company issued an order.

At the top of Wuyuan City, several veterans from Shangdang were responsible for the observation.

"Xie Laoliu, what tasks can our Crouching Tiger Army be assigned to fight against the Xianbei people this time?" A longbow soldier in his thirties poked the deputy company commander who was concentrating and looking into the distance with his elbow.

"Of course our mission is to stick to Wuyuan City! As long as there are three thousand brothers stationed in Wuyuan City, even if the Xianbei people come, thousands of troops will not be able to break into the city!" The deputy company commander, known as Xie Laoliu, said with great enthusiasm.

"That's right, our brothers from the Crouching Tiger Army all drank blood on the battlefield. No matter whether he came to the Xianbei or Qianghu, we will kill one, and two of us will kill one! My long bow, Guo Dahu, has not been eaten for some time, and his arms are itchy!"

Several rotating soldiers were surrounding their deputy company commander and talking nonsense. Suddenly, when the leader's face changed, Xie Laoliu said in a deep voice: "Light the beacon to warn, and report to the battalion commander quickly, the vanguard of the Xianbei people has arrived!"

After all, he was the first elite army in Zhenbei Legion. After hearing Xie Laoliu's order, several veterans of the Crouching Tiger Army did not feel panic at all. They immediately acted according to the division of tasks, lit the wolf smoke, and reported the military situation at the head of the city wall to leave quickly, which was no different from usual.

The military information of Xianbei people and horses arrived at Wuyuan City was immediately reported to Zhao Xing, the general of Zhenbei. Zhao Xing stopped the long spear that was waving, wiped the sweat from his forehead, and said in a deep voice, "Oh, Xianbei people are coming so fast, go, everyone go to the city to take a look!"

Afterwards, the commanders, military advisors, and division commanders followed Zhao Xing's footsteps to the top of Wuyuan City. They saw that the boundless areas outside the city were filled with Xianbei cavalry, gradually gathering and rushing towards the four gates, preparing to surround Wuyuan City.

"Looking at this situation, there are not 30,000 Xianbei people standing in front of them, but there are 20,000, right?" Zhao Xing muttered to Tian Feng beside him.

"From the number of smoke and dust in the distance, there should be 20,000 people." Tian Feng said.

"If these ignorant things are hiding in the depths of the grassland in peace and composure, I will have no idea how to start. Now I have gathered one place, which is just a convenient way for the Zhenbei Legion to show off my skills!" Zhao Xing looked at the distance with contempt, without any worries about the fewer people on his side than the Xianbei.

"If the Xianbei people surrounded but did not attack and went south, how should they deal with it?" Guo Jia raised a question.

"If this is true, I have to leave a group of troops to trap the lonely city, and the rest of the troops broke through and headed to Tong Pass. The Luo County area set up an ambush. The Xianbei people must not break through the Great Wall defense line."

By noon, the number of Xianbei people continued to increase. The number of Xianbei people was already spreading tents and camps outside the four gates. It seemed that they wanted to trap the defenders in Wuyuan City to death.

"Haha, this and Lian are also a wonderful person. They actually played the trick of "subjugating the soldiers without fighting", with the intention of using the large number of Xianbei people to disintegrate the fighting spirit of our Bingzhou soldiers!" Zhao Xing said to the generals with a smile.

"If the Zhenbei Legion is so easily frightened, we don't need to call the Xianbei people, let's just run away, why not stay here!" Guan Yu said with a relaxed look on his face, as if it was someone who was besieged, not himself.

"The Xianbei people learned their lesson this time and dared not rush forward with their heads. Until now, they have not even launched a tentative attack!" Xu Huang said with a frown.

"I'm afraid that the Xianbei people also know the power of Shangdang's longbow, so they dare not send people to attack the city easily, so as not to be futile." Chen Gong said.

"We prepared wine and food for Helian in Wuyuan City, but obviously they didn't plan to come to the banquet. It seems that we are in trouble!" Zhao Xing couldn't help but worry when he thought of the questions raised by Guo Jia.
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