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The Wind Rises in Chang'an Chapter 209: Happy Lin'er

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    In Jianwei in Sichuan, 130,000 Yelang barbarian soldiers were in trouble, and Yelang King Jinzhu circled around the big tent in worry.  Ten days ago, three groups of barbarians totaling 100,000 Yelang troops were sent to attack Jianwei, but failed.  Seven days ago, the reorganized Yelang barbarian army raised 100,000 troops. They changed their strategy and attacked Jianwei all the way, but still failed.  Four days ago, Jin Zhu personally led an army of 120,000 to attack for two days and was defeated without even breaking the Jianwei city wall.  The eight-day high-intensity war did not gain any advantage. Instead, it cost more than 8,000 lives. It can be called the most costly war since the founding of the Yelang Kingdom.  The severely wounded Yelang barbarians withdrew to the camp on the north bank of the Yangtze River and did not move for two days. The Yelang nobles who were initially fanatically pursuing the colorful world in Sichuan also completely sobered up. They were awakened by the huge losses, their illusions were shattered, and they were left with the cold reality.  in front of you.  The Han army was so tenacious. The small city of Jianwei was initially guarded by 1,500 county soldiers, but three armies were unable to attack it. It was simply an incredible miracle!  It is undeniable that barbarians are not good at attacking cities, and their bronze weapons are not very powerful, but there are so many Yelang barbarians!  Logically speaking, Yelang's hundreds of thousands of barbarians should have marched around and frightened the Han army in the city so hard that they couldn't take care of themselves. But the actual situation is that lining up to scare people has no effect at all. The Han army was said to be cowards at first.  All the weaklings shut up.  "What did you say at the beginning? The Han people are despicable and weak. Tell me how you are so weak!" The noble Yelang drooped his head like a defeated rooster, and secretly slandered King Yelang to blame him and shirk responsibility. The most active person in the war was Yelang.  Prince Lang, he only went to the territory of the Dian King to persuade the alliance to send troops. He tricked left and right and actually attracted 5,000 barbarian soldiers from the Southwest Yi coalition. The chiefs of the Southwest Yi were sending some troops symbolically to see which way the wind was blowing.  If you win, you can also drink soup with King Yelang.  If you lose the battle, you won't suffer much loss by turning around and running away.  The war was already unsustainable after only ten days. At this point, not even the small city of Qianwei could be conquered, unless an incredible miracle happened.  For example, King Yelang suddenly used his face to hit the city of Chengdu, which was high and deep, so that he could have a chance to capture the Shuzhong Basin.  That¡¯s a dream.  The thickness difference between King Yelang's face and the city gate was more than hundreds of times. If he hit the city gate with his face, his face would definitely be destroyed.  Yesterday, when the southwestern Yi coalition forces saw that the situation was not going well, they packed up their gear and prepared to run away, because in recent days, a larger flag was changed at the top of the Jianwei city. It is said that it was a large banner that was only used by the main force of the Han army. The main force of the Han army had countless  Yes, the Northern and Southern armies.  The name is about to be called out, and reinforcements from the Confederate Army have arrived.  Before, he declared war to scare away Weiwei Zhuang Qingzhai.  Now people have called fresh troops from Chang'an to support the battlefield. Not to mention the terrifying figure of 100,000 Confederate troops. Only 10,000 Confederate troops are enough to drink a pot. Don't you see, 130,000 Yelang barbarians cannot defeat the 1,500 defenders of Jianwei City.  , Jin Zhu was very worried that his few troops were not enough to feed the Southern Army.  "I'm really in trouble! Why did I mistakenly believe what you said! 130,000 people came out, and only 120,000 people went back. How can I explain to everyone?" Noble Yelang lowered his head and refused to speak, looking like this.  It seems like I don¡¯t know how it will end. Logically speaking, it should be King Yelang who went to Shuzhong¡¯s prefect to talk for a few words, saying something like, ¡°Actually, I don¡¯t want to be like this either.¡±  "I have great admiration for the emperor of the Han Dynasty" and other completely perfunctory words are just a formality to achieve formal submission in exchange for the opportunity to retreat decently.  But who dares to say this?  Jin Zhu's intention is obvious, please hurry up and teach me how to end this.  If any fool stands up and says this, he will be the one to take the blame.  The scapegoat is ultimately a tragedy. Whether he is killed on the spot or returned to Yelang Kingdom, he must not escape death. It doesn't matter if he dies. He will have to bear the blame for eternity. Only a fool takes the blame.  Xia.  Jin Zhu waited and waited, but no brave scapegoat came forward.  So I named a few great craftsmen to answer.  As a result, everyone was talking about him, or pretending to be stupid and determined not to give any chance.  Jinzhu thought for a while.  Guessing that he had been seen through, he changed his strategy and asked, "Tell me, what should I do now?" He asked the question in everyone's mind, whether to continue the attack or to retreat decisively.  The cost of attacking is high. Eight thousand people died in ten days, and more will die in the next ten days. If the attack cannot be defeated for a long time, morale will decline, and the Yelang barbarians will fall into fatigue. There are still no known tens of thousands of Southern troops in Qianwei City.  Jinzhu could only cry when he saw that the exhausted army had the opportunity to go out of the city and be brutally attacked by Yelang's barbarians.  After asking around, I couldn't find the right person to shirk the responsibility. Yelang Wang Jinzhu was so anxious that he felt angry: "Hey! I am also confused. If everyone can't do anything" "Report!" A man came from outside the tent.  A messenger, respectfully holding a letter in his handHe came up and said, "Your Majesty, please read the handwritten letter sent by Han Chaoqi General and Pingyang Hou Cao Shi." Jinzhu asked doubtfully: "Aren't you the messenger from the royal city? Why did you send me the letter from the Han general?"  " The messenger passed with blank eyes and glanced quietly at King Yelang who was reading the letter. From opening the letter to reading it, it only took a moment for his mind to open. Jin Zhu's expression suddenly changed: "The royal city has been destroyed, and the queen is a prisoner, ah ah ah  " "Abba!" Xiao Jinzhu, the crown prince, jumped up.  He rushed over to help his unconscious old father, grabbed the letter and looked at it until his eyes turned black. His princess was also kidnapped and made a prisoner. The newlyweds, who had just been married for just two years, were inseparable. Suddenly, his wife  Being taken as a prisoner, Xiao Jinzhu almost went crazy.  The letter fell, and the few nobles in the country who knew Chinese characters saw a few lines: "General Chariot and Cavalry of the Han Dynasty, Marquis Cao of Pingyang greets Yelang Wang Jinzhu, the queen, the crown princess, ministers, national advisors, wives, children and other family members of great craftsmen.  In my hands, please immediately disarm and surrender to the Southern Army in Shu when you receive the letter. Give this letter to the Southern Army Captain and he will be properly dealt with. If you do not cooperate, the lives of the family members in the city will be in danger. Please  Think about it more." "Ah!" Noble Yelang was stunned.  "My family worked hard to send troops to attack Shuzhong, but they failed to reap the benefits and lost soldiers and generals. They were defeated and suffered a series of blows before they could catch their breath. My wife and children were all in the hands of the Han army. Isn't it like losing my wife and losing soldiers?"  "No! The Han army has launched an attack!" The Yelang nobles were frightened. They quickly walked out of the tent and found that the camp was in chaos. The Yelang barbarians were unprepared for the Han army's attack. Suddenly they heard the Han army's attack.  The sound of the army's war drums frightened everyone to no end.  Two experienced national commanders stood up and yelled: "Calm down! We have strength in numbers. The Han army is small and weak, and the two armies are still capable of fighting. Now they are panicking. Everyone will die!"  The eight ministers woke up in time and gave orders for the whole army to go to war.  In the tent.  Yelang Wang Jinzhu slowly woke up.  "Your Majesty, the Han army has launched an attack." Jin Zhu's eyes widened angrily: "Impossible, why did the Han army attack?" "Abba, the general of the Han army must have tipped off the governor of Sichuan. What should we do?"  Xiao Jinzhu asked anxiously.  The Imperial Preceptor comforted him and said: "Prince, please don't panic. The Han people often say that when soldiers come, they will block the water and cover it with earth. Our Yelang barbarians are brave and tough, and the Han army in Sichuan may not be able to defeat them. Please be at ease, Your Majesty."  Boom!  There was a sound of drums outside the camp. Jin Zhu walked out of the camp with the support of the imperial counselor and the crown prince. He looked around and saw the four gates of the camp wide open. More than 100,000 Yelang barbarians filed out in neat formation.  Forty thousand Han troops spread out along the plain, with ten thousand soldiers from Shuzhong County as the two wings, thirty thousand Southern troops as the center, chariots as the vanguard, infantry as the rearguard, cavalry deployed on both wings, and chariots with crossbowmen ready to go.  This is a typical Han army formation.  Seeing the Han army's formation, Jin Zhu felt a thump in his heart and felt a chill in his heart.  Jinzhu has been king for thirty years.  Although he had never experienced the majesty of the Han army, his grandfather Lao Jinzhu often told him about the ferocity of the Qin army. The Qin people fought in roughly the same way as before, except that the Qin people wore black armor and black robes, while the Han people fought in red.  The red-armored robe is easily associated with the red-armored Chu army that destroyed Qielan and forced Yelang to surrender.  The sound of the drum suddenly stopped, and Jin Zhu was shocked: "Oops, there is danger!" He saw the conch blowing in the Han army.  Immediately, tens of thousands of crossbows fired like rain in the chariot formation, and the ultra-long-range attacks nearly two hundred meters apart severely damaged the morale of the barbarian soldiers.  The barbarian soldiers had never seen a weapon with a range of 200 meters in their lives, and the Yelang people who had been away from the battle for a long time were busy lowering their heads to avoid arrows.  "Put your chest up and your head up. Don't hunched your back. The Han people's arrow rain has not hit anyone. What are you afraid of?" Master Yelang turned his head and laughed: "I stand in front of the formation and don't move. I don't believe that the Han army can shoot me to death."  The Yelang barbarians looked over from a distance, and saw a black spot in the distance approaching very quickly, penetrating the master's body with incredible force. The huge force passed through the body and plunged into the barbarian formation, killing five people instantly.  The barbarian soldiers were very frightened, because what penetrated the bodies of the six people was a long cast iron crossbow.  The formation of chariots and soldiers immediately dispersed. The large chariot in the center of the formation was hung with a large yellow crossbow. This crossbow uses a crossbow as its arrow. One shot can pierce six or seven people, making it a sharp weapon against the enemy in the field.  "Charge!" "Retreat quickly!" "Stabilize the position!" Minister Yelang who was guarding the formation simultaneously issued opposite orders. The left-wing barbarians rushed forward, the right-wing barbarian soldiers retreated, and the Chinese army remained motionless.  Like a long snake swaying its body like a wave, the plain is an excellent place for cavalry to gallop freely.Early in the morning, the Han army's halberd-carrying cavalry knocked down waves of barbarians like mowing grass. The brave Yelang barbarians raised their bronze daggers and charged at the Han army. In an instant, the bronze sword broke into two pieces, and the iron halberd  The bronze weapon cut open his head without any hindrance, and blood immediately spilled onto the banks of the Yangtze River.  "Wind! Strong wind!" The halberd-wielding cavalry suddenly dispersed. The Yelang barbarians discovered in horror that the chariot formation advanced a hundred steps in a short period of time. The crossbows roared and plunged into the barbarian formation. In an instant, blood and flesh flew everywhere and screamed.  Continuously, military morale tends to collapse.  The speed of collapse was beyond imagination, and the chain reaction instantly pushed from both wings to the central army. The undulating long snake formation shook into a plate of disorganized gravel, and the Yelang barbarians were retreating.  "Oops, we're going to collapse, retreat!" The Imperial Preceptor said in horror: "We can't fight anymore, the whole army retreats!" "It's too late." Jin Zhu's face was ashen and he slumped, and said with the last bit of strength: "  Everyone obeyed the order and immediately laid down their weapons and surrendered to the Han army!" When the Yelang barbarians suffered a disastrous defeat and entered central Guizhou, the last hope of the Yelang people was shattered.  The Yelang people hiding in the deep mountains and old forests came out one after another. Their king became a prisoner of the Han army, and they lost the reason to continue to resist.  In the royal capital of Yelang, 15,000 Han-Barbarian coalition forces defended the camp and withstood more than a dozen waves of desperate counterattacks. The resilience of the Yelang people was beyond imagination. Even under the situation of comprehensive disadvantages in equipment, quality, and morale, they still organized  After more than a dozen attacks, several times he almost sneaked into the city to carry out the assassination plan because of his familiarity with the environment. Fortunately, all the plots were completely shattered. The death of Yelang who was hanged outside the city shocked people's hearts.  "Congratulations to General Chariot and Cavalry!" "Same joy!" Cao Shi and Chief Hongteng saluted each other. Five leaders of the nine barbarian tribes in Gouding came. They brought five thousand barbarians to help.  Those who came were no longer old and weak soldiers, but brave and strong young warriors.  The old woman also came. She didn't expect that this tall and strong young man was actually a cavalry general from the Han Dynasty. Five thousand Han troops attacked Yelang King City with 50,000 people at night. It may not be worth mentioning in the eyes of the Han people, but  In the eyes of Southwest Yi, it is simply terrifying.  Yelang King City is one of the largest cities within a thousand miles. Although it is not as majestic and majestic as Chengdu in the Sichuan Basin, it can at least destroy a bunch of barbarian kings in Tulou cottages. It was captured by the Han army overnight, which only shows that the fighting power of the Han people is beyond compare.  The imagination is strong.  Chief Hongteng gave up his contempt. The Juding Nine Barbarians, who were known for their small number of people and good fighting skills, most admired warriors who were good at fighting. The population of the Juding Nine Barbarians was only one-fifth of the Yelang people.  But they can firmly block the invasion of Yelang people, and their combat effectiveness can be ranked at the forefront of the southwestern Yi.  The appearance of the five chiefs of the Gouding Barbarians, especially the arrival of Chief Hongteng, means that the Gouding Barbarians accept the command of the Han army. The strong have the power to dominate the weak. When the Huns are strong, all the barbarians on the grassland are called Xiongnu.  The Gouding barbarians did not think it was a shame to belong to the Han army, but were proud of it.  Ten days later, the main force of the Southern Army in Sichuan entered the capital of Yelang King, followed closely by the Southern Army stationed on the border of Changsha Kingdom.  "Oh! General Chariot and Cavalry, your Majesty is in such a hurry! It's great to see you safe and sound! Please follow me and return to Chang'an City as soon as possible." Assistant Zhuang, the middle doctor, came with the emperor's scepter and rushed eight hundred miles away.  After sending the news that Cao Shi was safe and sound to Chang'an, he went to Shuzhong to welcome Cao Shi back on the emperor's order.  "There is no rush to go back now. Let's sort out the Yelang Kingdom first! Where is Jinzhu? Where are the barbarian captives?" "The barbarian captives were taken to Shu. Jinzhu, the crown prince Xiao Jinzhu, and a group of nobles were sent  Going to Chang'an, the capital, to offer prisoners to the emperor. This is the emperor's first great victory since he took the throne. It would be inappropriate for General Chariot and Cavalry not to go back. Besides" Cao Shi asked curiously: "What else can you say?" "General Chariot and Cavalry is so happy?  Lin'er, Princess Yangxin has extended the Princess's number, why don't you go back and see the child?" Zhuangsuke said with a smile.  (To be continued)  
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