Sima Shuming is really hard, this is the feeling of everyone after seeing him again.The last time I returned to Yumen with Xi Chongguo to report the news, I was chased by Hu Lu, except for Lao Xi, only this guy who was full of meat jokes survived, and after jumping off the horse, he drilled around in the devil's city and played hide and seek with the Huns, so he was spared.It's the same this time, where was he seriously injured and fainted, obviously hungry and fainted, after waking up, he devoured a piece of horse meat, drank a large pot of water, and his words were like a cannon, telling Ren Hong what happened to the canal plow."
That's the way it is, a few days ago, the Huns chased the king day by day, and approached the Iron Gate Pass with thousands of troops and Yanqi, Yuli, and Weisu.""
Xi Sima took three hundred people to Tiemen Pass to support, but he didn't expect that two or three thousand more Hulu would come from the lower reaches of the Peacock River in the Beihe River and surround the canal plow!""
I was ordered to come to Luntai to inform Captain Lai Dan of the enemy situation before his generation besieged the city, and I was lucky to get out, but I didn't expect that near Luntai, there were also Hulu and Qiuzi people besieging the city, what is going on?"
After listening, the officials looked at each other, and Han Dangdang said in surprise: "Didn't Fu Gong say that if the iron gate is blocked, the Huns will have no way to enter the north and south roads?"
How could there be Hu Lu coming from the south of the Beihe, it could be that something happened to Loulan. ”"It's not Loulan."
Ren Hong guessed what was wrong: "The Huns may have come from the mountain country!"
He found a poplar tree, squatted on the ground, and walked the dragon and snake on the sand stick, Yaoguang glanced at it from a distance, but saw that Ren Hong skillfully drew a map of the Western Regions.Like the cochlear Lop Nur and the green ribbon of the Peacock River, the source of the Peacock River is Bosten Lake and Yanqi Basin, which are surrounded by mountains.In the east of the basin, there is a giant arm, thousands of miles long, across the eastern part of the Western Regions: Kuruktag Mountain, which is surrounded by deserts, which is difficult to cross, and it also protects Loulan from the invasion of strong enemies in the north.But to the west of Kuruktag Mountain, there is a gap.It is said that it is a gap, but it is only a little lower than the mountains on the left and right, the roads are rugged and full of forests, and there is also a small state in the Western Regions: the mountain country."
The population of the mountain country is about four or five thousand, most of them are scattered in the mountains to hunt for a living, its capital is Moshan City, west to Yanqi one hundred and sixty miles, the required grain is dependent on Weisu and Yanqi, and also supplies iron to the Xiongnu, which is regarded as a forging slave by the Huns."
As early as last winter, after seizing the canal plow, Ren Hong proposed to Fu Jiezi not to take Luntai, but to attack the mountain country first, completely blocking the way out for the Huns to go south.However, once the mountain country lives in the mountain, it is easy to defend and difficult to attack, and it is difficult for the local area to be tuntian after the battle, and the Han army cannot stand.Second, the decision-making level of the imperial court is obviously more interested in Luntai City, which has strong political significance.Ren Hongdao: "Since the king of Rizhu is attacking Tiemen Pass, the Huns who raided the canal plough from the south are probably from the eastern part of the Western Regions, first to Turpan, the Cheshi, and then to the south Yanqi and the mountain country to take the dangerous road. ”As for whether it is the relatively weak King Yiwu and the King of Dongpu, or the most powerful in the Western Regions, with 40,000 troops and nearly 10,000 control strings, it is unknown.But Ren Hong also felt strange, it stands to reason that the Xiongnu would not react so much, and the King Hu of the entire Western Regions was almost alarmed, and there was no record of this in the history books.Then, everyone saw Ren Hong patting his head and suddenly realized."
Could it be because of me, who built the iron gate hundreds of years in advance, which caused a chain reaction?"
Ren Hong muttered secretly.He went to Tiemenguan City to play in later generations, and knew that this pass was built in the Jin Dynasty, and Ren Hong would come out in advance and block the most convenient mouse hole for the Xiongnu to enter the north and south of the Western Regions.The source of gold and enslavement has been cut off, like a fish in the throat, can the kings of the right land of the Xiongnu not be in a hurry?
The right virtuous king of the Huns did not go out in person, and he was already very face-saving.The Huns are very mobile, so they like to give full play to the strengths of cavalry and catch you off guard.But the Han army played the tactics of pillboxes, step by step.The ditch plough and wheel platform are not easy to attack, let alone the iron gate, which Ren Hong personally participated in and made suggestions and designs.He left a lot of "surprises" for the Huns, and he was not afraid of being flanked on both sides.The siege ability of the Huns is a joke, they are afraid of death and injury, and the way of fighting is like a wolf, and there are often tens of thousands of horsemen surrounding the city of hundreds of people, and they do not attack, they will surround you to the death, and surround you until you run out of ammunition and food, and then carefully step forward and bite your neck.Therefore, a few guanyi should not be lost in the short term, but they can't survive the long-term siege.The officials and soldiers had already discussed in a low voice behind them: "With Xi Jun here, there are 400 people guarding the Iron Gate, guarding it for two or three months, and the soldiers and food are sufficient, so it should be no problem." ”"There are still about 300 people left in the ditch plow, but there is enough food, about a month and a half.""
As for Luntai, there are three hundred people, but you and I both know that the city that has just been received has not much food, and there is no food for a month, Lai Dan, is it okay?"
Lu Jiuyu had a good relationship with Sun Million, and he was a little anxious: "What about Lao Sun?"
He's still in Luntai City!
”At this time, Sima Shu spoke: "The meat cheese carried by Hu Lu is not endless, and it is not convenient to supply it across the mountain country, and it can't last for a month under the canal plough city." ”"The people of Qiuzi can bring grain to the canal plows."
Zhao Han'er mended the knife and reminded them of this matter, providing people and food, which was the biggest benefit provided by Qiuzi after joining the Xiongnu.A few people couldn't think of any good way, so they could only look at Ren Hong, this year, no matter what happened, Ren Hong could solve it with wisdom, and everyone had unconsciously relied on him and had great trust.Ren Hong asked Sima Shu: "Before you set off, the ditch plough should be sent out to the post riders of Loulan and Yumen, right?"
”Sima Shu bowed: "The people were sent out, but I don't know if they will be intercepted by the Xiongnu in Beihe." ”"If it is sent out smoothly, the urgent report is almost to Loulan at this moment, Ren Jun, will Loulan be" Before he finished speaking, Sima Shu slapped himself and scolded: "I am also suffering from hysteria, and I actually count on the people of Loulan!"
”Indeed, even if Yi Xianghan and King Shanshan are really dedicated to Han, but let the Loulan people fight against the Xiongnu?
It's about the same as giving it away for nothing.So how many reinforcements can the Han army send west out of Yumen?
Ren Hong was the chief of the Hou Sui in Dunhuang, and he couldn't be clearer: "The four governor's mansions in Dunhuang add up to only more than 5,000 garrisons. ”It seems like a lot, but the biggest problem is that the food that the Han army can rely on in the Western Regions can only be provided by Loulan Shanshan, even if every grain of grain in the entire Shanshan and Loulan is requisitioned, it can only supply 2,000 people.This also means that two thousand is the limit of the army that Fu Jiezi can bring to the Western Regions.Unfortunately, the wheat of Shanshan and Yidun was not yet ripe, and the millet seeds from the ditch plough had only been sown.If it is a few months later, once there is a bumper harvest in Tuntian, the garrison of the Han army in the Western Regions will slowly increase, and slowly change the away field to the home field, and change the external battle to the inner battle, and the Xiongnu will undoubtedly be defeated!
The Xiongnu also have powerful figures, pick this node to send troops, sooner rather than later, this should be their last chance to recapture the Western Regions.Once the Xiongnu won this battle, the operation of the Han in the Western Regions would return to half a year ago, confined to a corner of Loulan and Nandao, and take advantage of a big defeat, more than 1,000 soldiers were buried in foreign lands, and the doves in the court may have to raise their heads again.This battle can't be lost by the big man.But how long will it take for the yellow flag of the Yumen reinforcements to reach the canal plow?"
Light riding from the canal plough to Yumen to report the news, three thousand miles of road, but also to cross the Bailongdui natural danger, even if you travel a hundred miles a day, at least a month.""
And if the Han army reinforcements want to reach the canal plow, it will take a month and a half to calculate it as soon as possible."
After Ren Hong understood this account, everyone was silent.Two and a half months, by that time, the ditch plough and the wheel platform may have been lost, and it is unknown whether even the iron gate can hold up.Sima Shu proposed: "Do we want to go to the plough of the Luntai Canal to block Qiuzi from sending grain to the Xiongnu, maybe we can "drop in the bucket, and it will not affect the overall situation at all." ”Ren Hong vetoed this, the war of tens of thousands of people is no longer something that fifty people can shake the scales, and this kind of senseless death is meaningless.What's more, they are now unable to protect themselves: the road ahead has been cut off, and if you look around, there are all enemies!
Where will the lonely envoys go?
This "easy" mission, the test is really more and more difficult every time, or is it that he is destined to experience ninety-nine eighty-one difficulties in the Western Regions?
Ren Hong closed his eyes and calmed himself down."
Xi Chongguo, Sun Million, go to a foreign land with me, kill Loulan, brothers who share weal and woe, must not be ignored!
Otherwise I will regret it for the rest of my life. ”"In the past year, how many robes have shed blood and sacrificed their lives in the Western Regions, and the cities that have been exchanged for each other, and the acres of fertile land reclaimed by sweat cannot be discarded!""
But at the same time, I must also escort the Wusun Mission to complete our most important mission."
Is there a way to turn things around in one fell swoop and hit two shots at the same time?
There are two laws for peace in the world, and there are two laws for peace in the world?
Ren Hong opened his eyes suddenly: "Yes!"
”PS: The second chapter is in the afternoon.