Chapter 13 4. Beheading Shan Yu

In extraordinary times, with extraordinary strength, to do extraordinary things, this is called an extraordinary person.Such people, we call Junjie.There is no doubt that Chen Tang is a fierce man among heroes. Chen Tang hijacked Gan Yanshou and assembled troops from various countries in the Western Regions to form a coalition with a total of more than 40,000 troops.However, before the army set off, Chen Tang left a way out for himself. The road ahead is: Shangzuo.The above memorial is only for one thing, which means that the general will be outside, and the king's order will not be accepted.The situation is critical, and the emperor can't wait for the performance, so I had to cut it first and then play it.

Then, the coalition forces divided into six columns and marched from two roads respectively.Chen Tang led three columns to take the southern road, crossed Congling, and passed through Dawan Kingdom; Gan Yanshou led the other three columns to take the northern road, crossed Wusun Kingdom, and entered the border of Kangju Kingdom. From the map, Chen Tang took a detour, he had to go around along the Taklimakan Desert.The road was a bit far, but the facts proved that Chen Tang's road was not in vain. However, Gan Yanshou was very unlucky, he had an accident on the way.The situation is as follows: the vice king of Kang Ju State led thousands of cavalry to attack other parts of Wusun State and is returning triumphantly.On the way back to the city, I saw a group of people marching in front of us.The Kangju scouts told the vice king that those who were on the way ahead were not our people, but the Han army.This news seemed to be favored by the heavens, which made the deputy king happy all of a sudden.Therefore, Vice King Kang Jun attacked Gan Yanshou from behind.

Before, the reason why Chen Tang and Gan Yanshou split into two paths was actually intentional.Chen Tang detoured a long way, and his task was to play the vanguard, trying to kill the Xiongnu by surprise.Gan Yanshou took a shortcut, and his task was to deliver food and manage logistics.The two of them made an appointment, and Yu Shan gathered under the city. Chen Tang Qingqi was on his way, and when he was about to reach his destination, bad news suddenly came.It is said that Gan Yanshou, the governor of the Western Regions, was attacked on the way and suffered heavy losses. Vice King Kangju robbed most of the food.

Before or after?Of course, it is important to save the brothers.Chen Tang returned to the army and went after the vice king to settle accounts.In fact, there is no need to chase at all, because the deputy king is also going back to the city, but he is just fighting along the way, and he is rushing towards Chen Tang. Even if you eat it, spit it out.As soon as Chen Tang saw Vice King Kangju, the two hit it off.Vice King Kang Juguo fought for several rounds, and suddenly found that he had met his opponent. Fighting, and suddenly found that Kang Jun was killed by the Han army, crying and howling, without seeing his parents.If you continue to fight, it will be a dead end.Ever since, he oiled the soles of his feet and slipped away.

The Han army won a complete victory.After the fight, Chen Tang called the number of people and beheaded 460 people.Everything can be careless, but beheading the head of the enemy must not be careless.It's very simple, if you want to claim credit and become a marquis, you have to have a head. The army continued to move forward, and soon reached the territory of Kangju State.Chen Tang ordered the army to rest in place.At the same time, he made a general mobilization report before the war, which can be summed up in less than ten words: strictly observe military discipline, and no burning, killing and looting are allowed.

After the report meeting, Chen Tang then held a reception.This drink is very important and necessary, without delay. The Kangju Kingdom led wolves into the house, Zhizhi Shanyu Jiu occupied the magpie's nest, the Kangju Kingdom's nobles were divided, and there were not a few people who were in Qin Muchu.Therefore, before attacking the city, Chen Tang decided to meet with the opposition leaders of Kangju State for a while, and by the way, make a thorough investigation of the internal situation of Kangju State. The reception was very successful, Chen Tang let go, the other party was very satisfied, the two sides reached a tacit understanding, and the meeting was adjourned.Then, the Han army continued to move forward. At a distance of 60 kilometers from Shanyu City, Chen Tang found a prisoner from Kangju State as a guide. The guide told him that he could move forward 30 kilometers.

The next day, Chen Tang really traveled 30 kilometers, and then set up camp.At this time, Zhizhi Shanyu sent someone to question him. When Zhizhi Shanyu's envoy saw the Han army, he pretended to be stupid and asked, "Excuse me, brother, what's your business in coming all the way to the Western Regions?" If there is nothing to do, why don't you come to drink the northwest wind?Chen Tang's envoy also pretended to be stupid, and returned to the Xiongnu envoy's words: "Earlier, Zhizhi Shanyu told our emperor that your environment is harsh and you can't stay with people, so you really want to surrender to the Han Dynasty. Our Han Dynasty emperor heard that Zhizhi Shanyu was wronged because he couldn’t live in the Western Regions, so we specially sent us to meet him from a long distance. He could have driven directly to the city of Shanyu, but he was afraid that Shanyu would be frightened, so he specially stationed troops here and prepared to send someone to inform you , I didn’t expect you to come first.”

Upon hearing this, the Hun envoy followed suit and said, "Oh, that's what happened! Then I'll go back and report the situation to Shan Yu." In fact, when Chen Tang's troops entered the territory of Kangju, Zhizhi Shanyu knew that something was wrong, and ran away without even thinking about it.However, when he ran out of Shanyu City, he suddenly realized, where should he run? Invest in health and live in the country?He killed so many people in Kangju country, people hated him long ago, and throwing him would be tantamount to death.You can't even go to Kang Juguo, let alone other places.Ever since, Zhizhi Shanyu discovered that fleeing is death, it is better to go back to the city and fight to the death with the Han army.

There is no other way but to fight hard.Zhizhi Shanyu had no choice but to return to the city.But he couldn't sit still, so he sent envoys to find out first.Listening to Han Shi's tone, it seemed to be very kind. At this moment, Zhizhi Shanyu thought of a coup. This coup is to procrastinate.Zhizhi Shanyu believed that Chen Tang Lao's expedition could not afford a protracted war.If you hold back Chen Tang and don't give him an excuse to go to war, see you on the battlefield when the Han army's food supply is exhausted! If it is delayed for a day, it is counted as a day; if it continues in this way, it only needs to be delayed for a year and a half, not to mention starting a war, and the Han army may not even need to start a war.At that time, maybe the Western Regions were their cemetery, and most of them died of starvation instead of thirst.

Wonderful, indeed wonderful. As for how to procrastinate, Zhizhi Shanyu naturally thought of a way.His method was to let the Xiongnu and the Han envoys run back and forth between the two places, talking about some insignificant details, and busying themselves.In this way, there was no actual progress after several negotiations.At this time, Chen Tang noticed Zhizhi Shanyu's exposed fox tail. What kind of person is Chen Tang?If Zhiyu Shanyu thinks that the IQ of each other is not on the same level, then it is game over for him.The most conservative estimate is that both of them are cunning foxes.Now that the two sides are competing, there is no most cunning, only more cunning.

Chen Tang immediately told him the facts, who is the more cunning fox on this battlefield.From Chen Tang's point of view, thanks to Zhizhi Shanyu's brilliant mind, he came up with a "drag" tactic.You must know that the 40,000 troops of the Han army came all the way, and they certainly did not come in vain.However, it’s okay to procrastinate, the key depends on whether Chen Tang is stupid or not, and whether he agrees or not.Chen Tang was too lazy to speak, he only answered with actions. At this time, Chen Tang saw that the Han envoys ran several times but did not see Zhizhi Shanyu in person, or sent a respectable person to meet them.This is clearly playing tricks.In this case, let's fool around together! On this day, Chen Tang summoned the Huns envoys to him and scolded loudly: "We have come all this way, we have waited for so long, and the food is almost gone, I am afraid there is not enough food for the return journey, and you Shanyu still haven't sent A person of sufficient level came to see us, what on earth does he want to do?!" Food is running out, this information is very important.Chen Tang deliberately told Shanyu that he had only one idea, and used it as bait to stabilize Zhizhi Shanyu and let him take the initiative to challenge.At that time, it was impossible to stop fighting. Why did Chen Tang come for this expedition?He didn't come out to blow the wind, he came to find a fight.If you don't fight or kill people, you can't make contributions and become famous through the ages.Therefore, he must lure Zhizhi Shanyu to take the bait. As Chen Tang expected, the big fish had already taken the bait. The day after Chen Tang spoke, the Han army advanced and stopped three kilometers away from Shanyu City.He looked towards Shanyu City from a distance, colorful flags were fluttering on the city, and heavily armed soldiers could be vaguely seen parading back and forth.Below the city, the cavalry is performing exercises, full of murderous aura.At the two corners of Shanyu City, the Huns had already set up their formations. Everything is ready, all that is needed is shouting and beating. The Huns attacked first.One hundred Huns cavalry were practicing under the city of Shanyu, and the Huns on the city shouted loudly to the Han army.Their tone was particularly arrogant, and they shouted: Let anyone who has the guts come here!Chen Tang looked deaf, squinting his eyes and smiling at them, like an excellent hunter watching the last madness of his prey. Seeing that Chen Tang stood still, the one hundred cavalry who had gathered under Shanyu's city for exercises suddenly rushed towards the Han army barracks. Chen Tang remained motionless.The Huns' No. 100 death squads continued to charge like crazy dogs.However, when they were about to rush in front of the Han army, they all reined in their horses in fright. It turned out that Chen Tang had already made preparations.The strong crossbowmen of the Han army have all set their arrows on the string and are aiming at them. bring it on!See if your saber is faster or our flying arrows are faster.The Xiongnu death squad was scared.They froze for a moment, then immediately turned around and withdrew. As soon as the Xiongnu soldiers withdrew, Chen Tang ordered the strong crossbow troops to go out of the camp with arrows in pursuit.They chased Shanyu to the city, and immediately shot arrows at the Xiongnu soldiers below the city.The Xiongnu soldiers had to withdraw to the city, and closed the city. At this time, Chen Tang and Gan Yanshou came out to talk. Chen Tang was about to issue an order for a general offensive, and he divided the coalition forces into three parts.One part dug caves and blocked the shooting holes on the city; the other part held shields in front to protect the strong crossbow troops; the last part was the strong crossbow troops to shoot and kill the defenders on the city. After arranging all this, Chen Tang shouted in front of the army: Everyone takes their positions, and everything uses the sound of drums as a message.As soon as the drum sounded, they rushed towards Shan Yucheng immediately! The general attack has begun.The strong crossbow troops of the Han army first took care of the defenders on the city.The Xiongnu in Shanyu City couldn't withstand the overwhelming arrows, and they all collapsed.However, it is not easy to attack Shanyu City.The cunning Zhizhi Shanyu set up two solid wooden walls outside the city.To go to the city, you must first cross the stubborn wooden wall. However, soon, Chen Tang solved this problem technically.Wooden walls, right?Can block arrows and stop horses, so may I ask, can you go too far? There is no need to answer this question at all.Chen Tang ordered a fire to be set, and the city was burned until night.At this time, the Huns who were burned by the fire were in a hurry. In the middle of the night, hundreds of Huns cavalry tried to break out of the encirclement by taking advantage of the darkness.However, none of the Huns who rushed out escaped with their lives.They didn't have eyes, but the Han army's flying arrows seemed to have eyes, and they all got rid of them. At this time, Zhizhi Shanyu was fighting for his life in the city.It is not false to say that he is risking his life.In order to resist to the end, he even dragged the queen, his wife and dozens of other female family members into the battlefield. Zhizhi Shanyu distributed bows and arrows to each of them to fight back.It's a pity that when it comes to archery, those women are no match for the Han army, and most of them died under the flying arrows of the Han army's crossbow troops. To make matters worse, Zhizhi Shanyu was shot with an arrow.The arrow was unbiased and hit right on his nose.So, Zhizhi Shanyu ran down the tower screaming, clutching the blood all over his face in pain. At midnight, the wooden city outside Shanyu was burned down.The Xiongnu soldiers guarding the wooden city had no choice but to retreat to the Tucheng.The stars twinkled in the sky, and the desperate cries of Shan Yu's city came and went, creating chaos. At this moment, Zhizhi Shanyu's rescuers came. The people who came to rescue Zhizhi Shanyu were Kangju cavalry, about 10,000 people.The more than 10,000 cavalry of the Kangju Kingdom made Zhizhi Shanyu such as a long drought and rain, and a desperate life.As a result, the desperate Xiongnu soldiers suddenly became excited, running and shouting on the city, emboldening themselves. Kangju Kingdom's rescuers suddenly rescued Zhizhi Shanyu, disrupting Chen Tang's offensive steps.What's even more frightening is that the Han army was in the front and Kang Ju's soldiers were in the rear. Their more than 10,000 soldiers were divided into ten columns, each column with more than 1,000 soldiers, forming an anti-encirclement to the Han army.As a result, the Han army became a sandwich biscuit, which was restrained back and forth. It was dark and the situation was critical.Chen Tang's attacking rhythm slowed down, but his fighting rhythm was not disrupted.Chen Tang issued an order to consolidate the battlefield and defend in place. The strong crossbow troops of the Han army immediately turned their heads and aimed at the Kangju cavalry.Facts have proved that Chen Tang's style of play is very reasonable.In the middle of the night, the Kangju cavalry attacked the Han army, but what greeted them were flying arrows. Until dawn, the Kangju cavalry did not rush into the Han army, but retreated slightly.There is no way, Chen Tang's crossbow troops are too powerful, and their flying arrows are all long-eyed. It was just dawn, and Chen Tang issued an order that Zhizhi Shanyu couldn't even think of.This order is that the Han army will fight on both sides and continue to attack the city. I've seen people risking their lives, but I've never seen Chen Tang risking his life like this.The drums beat, the earth burned, and there was a tragic cry of fighting.Chen Tang's infantry charged forward with their shields and climbed up the wall, unstoppable.The Kangju cavalry wanted to charge to save the formation in the rear, but they were chased and killed by crazy flying arrows, so they had to retreat all the way. Zhizhi Shanyu is finally coming to an end. At this time, Zhizhi Shanyu could no longer defend the city, and led a hundred soldiers to retreat to the palace.The Han army has gone completely crazy. They set fire all the way, scrambling to enter the palace.The reason why they are so crazy is only for one thing - personally beheading Zhi Zhi Shan Yu's head. As long as you get that head, you will be rewarded. It is estimated that several generations of the family will not be able to eat it all. After the Han army rushed into the palace, they beheaded 1,500 Xiongnu nobles, and more than 1,000 people surrendered.In the end, the jewels of Zhizhi Shanyu's palace were looted, and his head was beheaded by a lucky commander. Ashes to dust, dust to dust.Zhizhi Shanyu's dream of becoming the boss of the Western Regions has turned into a millennium bubble.