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The sound of war drums of the Huns' army was ringing, and the ten thousand army, led by a commander of ten thousand cavalry, began to attack Wuting Pass.

Since a large part of the straight road was carved halfway up the mountain, there were steep mountains on one side of the mountain road and bottomless gullies on the other side. Although the terrain of the pass was slightly wider, it could not be set up on the battlefield. At most, thousands of people could only be allowed to attack in turn, which brought a favorable side to the defense of the Han army.

However, the defense of the Han army also has an unfavorable side, that is, the defense of Wuting Pass is mainly aimed at the north, and the terrain is important to be conspicuous. When attacking Wuting Pass from the north, you need to look up and face a very passive terrain disadvantage. The south is the rear, which requires convenient transportation, so the Guancheng in the south is parallel to the straight road, without the conspicuous terrain advantage.

Four thousand Han troops were deployed on a city wall less than two miles long, without a moat or a horse-faced wall. If the Huns had strong troops, they could even use attacking rams to directly knock the city gate. In short, the defense of the Han army would face severe tests, which was a contest of will and strength.

The four thousand Han troops were on high alert. The city wall was not wide and could not place large defensive weapons such as catapults and stone cannons. The Han army built more than 20 stone piers on the north and south sides of the city to install large weapons such as catapults. The Han army installed twenty medium-sized catapults on the stone piers. This was installed overnight after the Han army seized the pass.

Four thousand Han soldiers were holding military crossbows on the city wall waiting for the Huns to approach. The sound of war drums became denser and denser, mixed with the sound of sobbing horns. The Huns' army, like a tide, gradually rushed into the range of the catapult. Twenty catapults creaked away. Two soldiers carefully placed a pumpkin-sized fireball in the iron bag, and another soldier lit the fireball.

"shoot"

With a shout, the command officer waved the red flag, and twenty catapults shot out at the same time, throwing twenty burning fireballs at the dense enemy groups. There are two types of fireballs in the Han army. One is a bouncing fireball against the camp tent. The large round balls wrapped in a fire cloth are mainly used to ignite in the camp tent, and the lethality is not great.

Another type of fireball is a round, closed thin-skinned pot, filled with tincture oil and wrapped in a layer of flammable fire cloth on the outside. It will not ignite the tincture oil in the pot when thrown. However, once it falls to the ground, the pot breaks and the tincture oil pours out, it will be ignited by the burning fire cloth, forming a sea of ​​fire of about one meter, which will pose a great threat to both cavalry and infantry.

Burning fireballs roared and smashed towards the dense enemy groups. The Hun soldiers dodged in fear. The fireballs fell to the ground, the pottery jars shattered, and a large amount of tinder oil poured out. They were immediately ignited by the burning fire, quickly forming a sea of ​​fire. Many soldiers could not dodge and instantly turned into firemen. They screamed and ran, and soon fell to the ground, gradually being burned into a ball.

The fireballs shot by the Han army triggered the most terrifying memories of the Hun soldiers, which happened yesterday. Everyone's heart was filled with fear, their fighting spirit faded, and their morale collapsed quickly. It started with dozens of people, but soon triggered the shelter effect, which turned into several people, and then thousands of soldiers turned around and fled.

With more than a step away from the city wall, the Huns soldiers began to retreat. At this time, the second round of fireballs roared and smashed into the crowd, igniting more soldiers. The burning soldiers cried and ran, causing great panic among the Huns. Many people fell while running. The soldiers trampled on each other, scrambling for life, and cried and wailed throughout the straight road. Although Liu Qubei led the sword and axe driver to supervise the battle behind and killed dozens of people, they could not stop the panic of the Huns. Many sword and axe drivers were even knocked down by the chaotic crowd and trampled to death by the chaotic army.

This scene surprised all the soldiers on the city. The Han army had used tinea oil for many years and had never seen such serious consequences. In just two rounds of throwing, nearly 10,000 Huns soldiers collapsed. Even the chief general Wei Yan couldn't figure it out. He could not have imagined that just yesterday, the veteran Yan Yan left a terrifying memory for all Huns soldiers at Pinghu Pass.

However, Wei Yan was also excited. He found the most effective method to deal with the Hun soldiers, which was tinder oil. They also had nearly a thousand bags of tinder oil, which was enough to deal with the impact of the Huns.

Compared to Liu Qubei's eagerness to enter Guanzhong, the Huns Chanyu Huchuquan was a little cautious. According to the plan, Liu Qubei attacked the straight road, Huchuquan led an army of 50,000 to the Luochuan Road. Luochuan Road was a river valley with a wide terrain and dense forests. It was early October, and the north was in early winter. The Luochuan Valley was also full of bleakness, withering the cold wind, and the trees withered, and the Luoshui turned into a trickle, revealing a large riverbed.

At this time, the 50,000 Huns army was marching south along the riverbed. Huchuquan rode on war horses, with a large number of desolate early winter scenery on both sides. His heart was heavy. Although he admitted that going to Guanzhong was a correct decision, the time was already a little late, and they had been delayed in Gaonu County.

This made Hu Chuquan hesitate a little. He was reluctant to attack Guanzhong at this time. It would be fine if he succeeded, but once he failed, they would encounter a cold winter. If they encountered heavy snow on their way back north, they would suffer heavy losses. Especially in recent years, winter has become colder and snow has become heavier, which makes Hu Chuquan's heart full of worries.

But now that he lost contact with Liu Qubei's army, he did not dare to withdraw his troops easily. He was the Shanyu. If his subordinates retreated alone, he would lose the support of other tribes, which means that his position as the Shanyu was over. Hu Chuquan knew the powerful relationship here better than anyone else, so despite his anxiety, he had to bite the bullet and move forward.

According to his and Liu Qubei's plan, after Liu Qubei seized Wuting Pass, he would send Li Ling to help him seize Luochuan Road. However, Li Ling has not arrived for a long time, which made Hu Chuquan feel a little strange. Could it be that Liu Qubei has not captured Wuting Pass yet? But even so, he should send someone to report the situation to him.

Luochuan Road where Hu Chuquan is located is two miles apart from the straight road where Liu Qubei is located. The traffic is inconvenient and the news cannot be heard. If Hu Chuquan knew that Liu Qubei's army had been trapped in the straight road, he would have withdrawn long ago and would never take another step forward.

Hu Chuquan is a realistic person. There is no hatred between him and Liu Jing. The reason why he decided to send troops was because Liu Jing was very tough towards the Hu people and seemed to take back the land within the pass. Therefore, as the lord of the grassland, Hu Chuquan decided to teach Liu Jing a lesson and let him restrain himself. However, if the one who was taught a lesson was himself, Hu Chuquan would never show off his courage again.

Just for a little dignity and no actual conflict of interest, Hu Chuquan would not trap himself deeply. This is why he refused to go south for a long time. He wanted Liu Qubei to take the lead. Wait for Liu Qubei to attack Guanzhong first, and then he would go into Guanzhong to fish in troubled waters and take some money and food back to the grassland, which would also make up for the manpower and material resources he had spent on sending troops this time.

"Shanyu"

Someone shouted in the distance, and saw a team of cavalry coming, and the vanguard was Mei Li. Hu Chuquan's face suddenly sank. Mei Li led 5,000 troops to attack Yiyun Fort, but lost more than half, but failed to capture the small fortress, which made Hu Chuquan unhappy.

If it weren't for the fact that Mei Li was Hu Yanzhi and his brother-in-law, he would have ordered Mei Li to be beheaded.

Hu Chuquan urged the horse to meet him. After a moment, Mei Li ran to his eyes, held the horse and bowed, "See Shanyu" and his soldiers bowed one after another.

Hu Chuquan resisted the unhappiness in his heart and waved his hand and said, "No need to be too polite, talk about the situation ahead."

Mei Li couldn't help but feel excited, "Reporting to Shanyu, something strange happened ahead."

"What a strange thing"

"Just this morning, my team of patrols went to explore Yiyun Castle, but unexpectedly found that all the Han troops had retreated south. Yiyun Castle was an empty fort and there was no defender."

Hu Chuquan was stunned. What was going on. He pondered for a while and asked again: "Is the food and food still there?"

"With the food is intact, many big flags, drums, and hundreds of thousands of arrows are there, they seem to be walking in a very hurry."

Food, flags, gongs and arrows are all consumed, with a large quantity and heavy weight, which is difficult to transport away. This shows that the Han army withdraws from the army without planning in advance, but a temporary change, and has to abandon the fort in a hurry. Hu Chuquan seems to have thought of something. Could it be that Liu Qubei has already attacked Guanzhong

Hu Chuquan quickly inferred in his heart that according to their previous plan, whether it was him or Liu Qubei, whoever attacked Guanzhong first, must rush to pick up the other side. That is, if Liu Qubei attacked Guanzhong first, he would not kill to Chang'an first, but instead detoured Luochuan, attacked the Han army from behind, and opened up the Luochuan Road.

Only in this way can we explain why the Han army retreated in such a hurry, and the food and military capital were too late to burn.

Thinking of this, Hu Chuquan's heart was also excited. However, he was far more cautious than Liu Qubei. He would not leave him behind. Hu Chuquan thought for a moment. At this time, his brother Daman bent and said, "I am willing to lead the troops south and take the lead for my brother."

Daman had just returned from Yedu's mission. He held the military power of the 10,000 troops of Yundan's army and followed Huchuquan.

Hu Chuquan was reluctant to let Daman lead his troops. He knew that Daman was unreliable. Last time he asked him to go to Lingzhou, he watched the Qiang King Ah Yan be killed, and there was an internal strife in Lingzhou. In the end, Liu Qubei was given a free advantage, causing Hu Chuquan to lose the opportunity to accept the Qiang people as subordinates.

This incident made Hu Chuquan always dissatisfied with Daman, but now he volunteered, and Hu Chuquan could not hinder the situation. After all, Daman also led 10,000 tribal troops to follow him on the war. Hu Chuquan had to reluctantly say: "You can lead 10,000 troops from our headquarters, and I will give you another 10,000 troops, a total of 20,000 people. You will lead the army south first. If you can meet with the Right Xianwang, or you can directly enter Guanzhong, you can send someone to notify me immediately, and I will lead the army south to respond."

Daman bowed and said, "Abide by the order."

The 50,000 Huns immediately divided the troops. The right Riju King Daman led 20,000 troops to the south and attacked Guanzhong, while Huchuquan led 10,000 troops to wait for news at Yiyun Castle.

The location of Yiyun Castle is parallel to Juyuan Pass to the west. Ten miles south of Yiyun Castle, there is a post road heading west. You can walk about two miles to reach Wuting Post north of Wuting Pass. It is an important post road connecting the straight road and Luochuan Road.
Chapter completed!