Wuqiang, Jimo, Xiaowan, Jingjue, Humi, Ronglu, Qule, Khotan, all of the above states are in the southern part of the Western Regions, from east to west, like a string of pearls strung together by the Silk Road, several of which are also neighbors, and Loulan has close contacts.When Fu Jiezi happily asked the chief translator to announce to the Loulan people in the city that all the above countries had obeyed the orders of the Han Dynasty and sent troops to support Loulan one after another, with the Wuqiang cavalry as the vanguard, the Loulan people, who were still worried, were suddenly overjoyed.There is nothing wrong with thinking about it, since the Han general Li Guangli attacked Dawan, the Western Regions were frightened, and sent more envoys to the Han Dynasty to contribute, and they became Han vassal states.In particular, the southern road of the Western Regions, where the Xiongnu cavalry was less frequented, from Wuqiang to Khotan, Shache, and Shule, were all subordinate to the Han Dynasty.Now it is logical that the Han envoys have returned to the Western Regions, restored the former tributary relationship, and recruited their soldiers to support Loulan.When they learned that there were foreign aid fighting side by side, the originally cowardly Loulan people suddenly became a lot more courageous, didn't they just defend for more than ten days, the Huns were not good at attacking cities, and there were foreign aid on the side, as long as they couldn't hold on, there was really nothing to be afraid of.Of course, there are also a few smart people who are not very convinced, and Zuo and Qu Libaye secretly muttered: "That Ren Hong has only been away for more than ten days, can he really go to Khotan, which is more than 2,000 miles away, to move to rescue the soldiers?"
”But what happened in the next few days made Li Beyer have to believe it.First of all, Fu Jiezi used the reason that "Wuqiang entering Loulan may cause conflicts", so that the Wuqiang outside the city and the Loulan soldiers from Haitou City were not allowed to enter the city, but instead set up a camp centered on a small beacon in the west of Loulan.By the early morning of the next day, dozens of felt tents had been formed, and the Loulan people on the city wall saw with their own eyes that another group of three or four hundred foot riders slowly arrived from the south.They were a little far away, and they walked with smoke and dust, and they couldn't see their clothes clearly, but they entered the camp in droves with yellow flags representing the big men.Later, Ren Hong entered the city with a happy face and reported to Fu Jiezi: "Fu Gong."
And the end, Xiaowan's soldiers have arrived!
”On the third day, there was a similar situation, and three or four hundred people came with great fanfare, and Ren Hong entered the city again to report: "The soldiers of Qule and Ronglu have arrived!"
”These four are all small countries in the south of the province, the population is only about the same as Loulan City, and the winning soldiers are only three or five hundred, looking at this number, it is half of the soldiers of the country to help Loulan, seeing the heartwarming actions of the neighbors, the people of Loulan are a little moved.The fourth, fifth, and sixth days were the same, and the soldiers of Jingjue, Humi, and Khotan arrived respectively!
These three city-states are relatively large, especially Khotan, which is the largest country in the southern province, and is famous for producing beautiful jade, but it only sent three or four hundred troops.After Ren Hong came to report the news every day, the Han envoys drove the chariots and horses to transport the wheat noodles out of the Loulan warehouse.On the first day, there were only about 10 bars of smoke, which doubled on the second day, and then increased by 10 bars per day.Whenever the rice is cooking, the smoke column obscures a large area of blue sky.After dark, the bonfire also lit up the night sky west of Loulan City, and people neighed and roared, so it was not lively, which made the Loulan people even more convinced that there were at least two or three thousand people in the camp, and Loulan City had sent out all the felt tents in the city, and it was said that they still couldn't live.The scale of the camp was expanding day by day, and he didn't even need the help of the people in the city, so the lord of Haitou who was stranded in the camp took more than 50 people, under the command of the Han envoys, to dig ravines around the area and erect sharp wooden stakes.The people of Loulan only didn't know that every day when they fell asleep in the city, and even the people guarding the city began to doze off, the Han envoys would replace the sentry on the west wall and shake the torch a few times as a signal.In the camp in the west of the city, there will be a group of black shadows tiptoeing, leading the horses out of the camp and leaving, they are tied to the horses, and the movements are very light, for fear of waking up the Loulan people.Under the leadership of Zhao Han'er and Han Dangdang, these people will go to the south for a walk, let the early morning sun dry the dew on their bodies, and then turn back and swagger into the camp as "reinforcements" from afar.And the real situation in the camp is how many people were a few days ago, and how many people are now, there are no "multinational reinforcements" at all, and most of the felt tents are empty.Only Ren Hong commanded Zheng Ji and the others to start a fire and smoke in the open fire pit where no one was eating, while Lu Jiuyu was responsible for teasing the horses, leading them around the camp, raising dust, and smoking twice from time to time, making the appearance of the horses roaring.This was Fu Jiezi's inspiration, in order to make the people of Loulan really think that there were reinforcements, he taught Ren Hong to use Sun Bin's reduction plan in reverse, bluffing.Ren Hong also moved out two hundred years later, Dong Zhuo's strategy to enter Luoyang.On the morning of the seventh day, after returning to the camp with the second batch of reinforcements pretending to be "Khotanese", he threw his horse whip and scolded: "Han envoy, you let us go out to walk our horses every night, and you have to be quiet, is it not deliberately playing the Qiang people?"
”"When I came, I said that it was right to let you wait for the horses."
Ren Hong looked innocent, but he, Party A, acted in strict accordance with the contract.Fu Jiezi agreed to the temporary price increase of the Qiang people, but since the money was added, the drama had to be added.In the past few days, Tang Mi, who has eaten, slept and eaten, has come to raise his body, and scolded his stupid son again: "You haven't understood yet?
Just like the white pheasant on the plateau, before a fight, it will spread its wings wide, straighten up, and the feathers on its neck will stand up to make itself look taller and bigger, intimidating the opponent, and maybe it will be able to win without a fight. ”He pointed around and said in Qiang words: "The effect of these tents, the smoke from the stoves, and the repeated entry of the Qiang into the camp every day is like the wings of a white pheasant spreading and the feathers erected.This should be the so-called art of war of the Han people. ”Tang Mi patted his son on the chest heavily: "You don't just want to be made by the little man to walk as a horse, you have to keep it in mind."
Maybe one day in the future, when you fight with other Qiangs, you will be able to use it!
”The old guy is really a good man, but what he doesn't know is that Ren Hong, who uses the art of war, was just a chef when he came to the team.On the other side, Lu Jiuyu also asked Ren Hong in a low voice: "Ren Jun, don't you need to send someone out of the camp tonight?"
Why don't you let Shache, Shule and other states also come to support?
Make a fifteen-nation coalition. ”Ren Hong shook his head: "The countries west of Khotan are too far away, and it is impossible to arrive in ten days, not to mention, if the acting is too much, it will seem fake."
I am a little worried about only seven or eight, what if there happens to be an envoy from the above states at the place of the king of the sun?
”He looked to the north: "Fortunately, we have survived seven days, and I just hope that our strategy can make the king hesitate for a few days!"
”The right day chased the king and the sages to Shan, and indeed arrived in Loulan.Xianxian Shan was born in a noble family, is a descendant of the Xiongnu royal family, and is a cousin of the now reigning Huyan Shan Shan is a cousin, as one of the "six horns" of the Xiongnu, the right day to chase the king, qualified to wear the golden eagle crown.At this moment, the sage Shan is also like an eagle that observes things, standing on a high place and looking at it, his eyes calm.Behind him were more than 1,000 Hun cavalry, and after joining forces with the servant captain, nearly 2,000 cavalry.This is already the majority of the people in the royal court, after all, the number of the entire tribe is only more than 10,000.The servant captain pointed to the camp in the west of Loulan City and said, "Please see the king of the sun, the smoke over there is the camp of the southern states!"
”The servant lieutenant has not had a good time these days, and it is bad enough to meet Wuqiang to help Loulan, and the information that the scouts have found is even more shocking: the Loulan people caught outside the city said that Wuqiang, Jimo, Xiaowan, Jingjue, Humi, Ronglu, Qule, and Khotan all sent troops to help Han!
This means that Nandao completely fell to the Han Dynasty, and the servant lieutenant suddenly lost a small half slave!
This shouldn't be, last year, among the above countries, although Xiaowan and Rong Lu did not pay tribute in the mountains, but the slightly larger oasis cities of Jingjue, Humi, and Khotan all obediently accepted the endowment, how could they all fall to the Han overnight, to the extent of directly sending troops to help.But what he saw with his own eyes in the past few days made the servant lieutenant accept the facts.Every morning, a group of men entered the camp with great fanfare, and the number of stoves and smoke was increasing day by day, and it was roughly estimated that there were as many as two or three thousand people in the camp.The countries of Nandao are far apart, and it is too late to send people to confirm it now, the Han Dynasty has been planning to assassinate the king of Loulan for a long time, and the Han army is about to arrive soon.The servant lieutenant knew that he had to make a choice: was it to keep Loulan and fight hard, or to give up Loulan and surrender the countries of the Northern Dao?
He leaned towards the latter.The servant captain is thinking about the king of the sun, every person in the tribe is precious, and only if they are alive can they help the king of the sun to deter the Western Regions and maintain the noble status of the hexagon.But after observing for a long time, Xianxian Shan sneered: "All the states in the southern province have listened to the order of the Han envoy to send troops to help, is this really the case?"
Servant Captain, do you know why I came a few days late?
”The servant lieutenant said: "The king of Rizhu is in the country of Cheshi, and he attended the wedding of the daughter of the leader of the Wuchan curtain and the king of Cheshi. ”Wuchan Curtain was originally a small country located between Wusun and Kangju, and was often invaded and violent, so the leader of Wuchan Curtain was bearded, and led thousands of people to surrender to the Xiongnu.Hulu Gushan placed the Wuchan curtain in the right place north of the Tianshan Mountains, and chased the wife of Wang Xianxianshan's sister by day.In this way, the king of the day became a relative of the Wuzen shogunate, and recently his niece married the king of the Cheshi, so he naturally had to be present, and he immediately went south after learning the news, so he was many days late."
It's also a coincidence that I was invited to the wedding banquet and a prince who was brought by me."
The sage clapped his hands, and his subordinates escorted a nobleman from the Western Regions who was on horseback and threw him to the ground roughly, his white silk clothes stained with ashes, and he was embarrassed."
Prince Yu Chi Zun."
The sage Shan was condescending and said with a smile: "The king of Khotan, regardless of your life, sent troops to help the Han envoy and Loulan, betrayed Da Shan Yu, I can only kill you!"
”Saying that, all the scimitars of the Hun knights around him were unsheathed, and the frightened prince of Khotan, Wei Chizun, begged for mercy in the Hun language again and again: "Impossible!
”He tried hard to deny: "Khotan is loyal to the king of the day, loyal to Da Danyu, and it is impossible to help the Han!"
”PS: The second chapter is in the evening.