At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty

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He can probably guess the fate of being an enemy of Guo Peng, so he will not do such a stupid thing.

Another powerful leader emerged among the Han Chinese.

Chapter 488 This is what you asked for

On September 27, the troops of Zhao Yun and Cao Xiu, the pioneers of the Wei army, encountered more than [-] cavalry from the troops of the Southern Huns thirty miles south of Meiji County.

The two armies met head-on, and neither would retreat, so they confronted each other face to face and fought for a while.

In the end, the Wei army won and defeated the vanguard of the Southern Huns. The vanguard of the Southern Huns would be stabbed to death by Zhao Yun's spear, and the Southern Huns' cavalry quickly collapsed.

The Wei army won the first battle, Zhao Yun and Cao Xiu did not stay, but covered up the killing all the way, and the Southern Huns were defeated, directly threatening the safety of Meiji County.

Shan Yuting of the Southern Huns was shocked.

In the absence of reinforcements, Guiyi Shanyu thought about it and felt that the Wei army under Guo Peng's command was no match for the field battle, so he simply decided to abandon Meiji County and retreat towards Wuyuan County, leaving [-] troops in the United States. Ji County played a defensive battle to delay time.

The Huns began to defend the city because the cavalry could not beat the Han people, but the Han people were more willing to use cavalry to fight.

Such a scene happened at this time and this place, which seemed a bit out of harmony, but Guo Peng knew that it was normal.

It's not that the Huns have degenerated too much, they are still a nation on horseback, fierce and fierce, bloodthirsty and bloodthirsty, and when it is time to rob, they still rob, and they are not merciless at all.

But more or less, the Han people have evolved.

The weapons, armor, diet, and training that Guo Peng gave to the army surpassed the Huns in all aspects, especially the cavalry.

The Huns have superb riding skills, and Guo Peng's starting team drawn up ten years ago is the cavalry, the Changshui cavalry who are best at riding and shooting, and have superb riding skills.

There has never been a lack of cavalry components in the blood of the Wei army.

Whether it is horses, soldiers, training, or weapons, they will not lose to the Huns, so how could they be easily defeated?

Zhao Yun was very fierce in battle, Cao Xiu was eager to make contributions, and killed many enemies. The Huns were suppressed and beaten by the Wei army at the beginning of the war. Whether it was sprinting or riding and shooting, there was no one more fierce than the Wei army cavalry. It would be unreasonable not to lose the battle.

Seeing that he couldn't fight face to face, and his housekeeping skills were all exposed, after a short period of ignorance, Guiyi Shanyu was still smart, and he made a decision.

Quickly backed away, abandoned Meiji County, and chose to retreat to Wuyuan County. With his own tribe, he planned to learn from the Han people and exhausted Guo Peng's food and logistics by defending the city and resisting steadily, so as to force Guo Peng to retreat. Peng.

Needless to say, in the past, the housekeeping skills of the Han people were learned by the Huns, and the housekeeping skills of the Huns were also learned by the Han people.

Now the two sides use their own housekeeping skills to deal with each other, and this battle is still a bit of magical realism.

So when Guo Peng marched to Meiji County and found that the Huns in Meiji County were looking like they were guarding the city, they couldn't help but look at each other with Guo Jia and Xun You beside them.

Then Guo Peng and Guo Jia laughed out loud, while Xun You barely controlled his expression.

"The world has changed, and the Huns began to defend the city, because the cavalry can't beat us."

Guo Peng laughed loudly and said: "Then it's time for us to tell the Huns that attacking and defending cities is our housekeeping skill, and we haven't lost a bit in these years!"

Guo Peng gave an order, and the trebuchet team began to assemble the trebuchets that had been disassembled into parts. In less than half a day, twenty trebuchets were assembled and began to attack.

Huge boulders flew in the air, drew a beautiful arc, and smashed towards the city wall of Meiji County, which looked small and dilapidated compared with the giant city in the Central Plains.

The Xiongnu had never seen such a posture before. They were frightened by the large stones that were thrown over them, and Guo Peng ordered to deter them with thunder.

So one after another, thunderstorms exploded at the top of Meiji County. The Huns thought it was a ghostly method used by the Wei army, and they didn't know how much they were frightened.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, Guo Peng waved his hand, and Cao Ren and Le Jin led the infantry regiments to launch a battle to seize the city. The fierce Wei army infantry stepped forward with their big shields on their backs. Only then did the chaotic Huns think of resisting, but Scattered resistance is not Wei Jun's opponent at all.

Wei Jun quickly went up to the city wall and fought hand-to-hand with the Huns on the city wall. An hour later, the city wall was broken and the city gate was opened. Xia Houyuan immediately led his cavalry to kill in.

Meiji County was easily captured by Guo Peng. Five thousand Xiongnu defenders died and surrendered. Guo Peng ordered all the Xiongnu soldiers to be tied up, escorted back to Taiyuan County, and handed over to Guo Yi to serve as coolies. Bingzhou's restoration and reconstruction contributed its meager strength.

Kill if you don't agree.

Simple and crude.

That night in the city, Guo Peng held Nanlou's hand and danced with him. He was very happy. While dancing, he asked Nanlou questions such as "whether the lonely army is good at fighting?" Nanlou smiled awkwardly and praised Wei Gong repeatedly The army is unparalleled in the world.

Looking at that ferocious appearance, Nanlou's scalp tingles.

Fortunately, fortunately, I am Guo Peng's person, not Guo Peng's enemy.

This man is terrible.

Early the next morning, Guo Peng led his army to continue to advance towards Manbo County in Wuyuan County.

This was originally the residence of General Du Liao. It was the army led by the generals set up by the Eastern Han government to isolate the connection between the Southern Huns and Xianbei. The task was to ensure the loyalty of the Southern Huns.

In name it was protection, but in reality it was surveillance. The emperor of the Eastern Han Dynasty still thought clearly.

It's a pity that the execution is always insufficient, and the vigilance against these "refugees" is not enough, and the bloodthirsty nature of these guys has not been fully understood.

So after the Eastern Han government became weaker and weaker, it was naturally impossible to control this ferocious wild wolf.

But Guo Peng is not afraid, because Guo Peng is more bloodthirsty than them.

More than 2000 heads were cut off in Meiji County during the First World War and carried with the army, and more than 2000 heads were cut off in Manbo County during the First World War, and they continued to be carried with the army, and continued to Linwo County in Wuyuan County.

After capturing Manbo County, Guo Peng ordered Cao Ren to lead Zhang He, Gao Lan, Jiang Qi, Xia Zhao and other generals to divide [-] troops to take Yanmen County and Dingxiang County, and ordered Xia Houyuan and Guo Jia to lead [-] troops to take Yunzhong County. , I led the remaining [-] troops to go to Guiyi Shanyu to settle accounts.

The troops marched in three directions, and wiped out the Southern Huns and various Huns in an all-round way. No matter which tribe they belonged to, as long as they dared to resist, they would be wiped out on the spot without holding back.

Do you still need to care about this kind of thing in your own country?

Marching all the way to Linwo County, Guo Peng took Linwo County three times, five times and two times. He killed three thousand Xiongnu soldiers and captured more than one thousand soldiers. The soldiers pointed directly at Jiuyuan County.

Maybe it was hurt by Guo Peng's beating, and he became angry from embarrassment. Guiyi Shanyu was nailed to Jiuyuan County and did not retreat. He wrote to Guo Peng and asked him tearfully what he had done wrong. Guo Peng actually wanted to attack him. And slaughtered his followers.

In doing so, aren't you afraid of being held accountable by the court?

Is Guo Peng afraid?

What should be feared is the imperial court.

However, Guo Peng is a civilized person, and he pays attention to not beheading the envoy when the two armies are fighting, so he cut off one of the envoy's ears in a civilized manner, and wrote a reply letter for him to take back.

Returning to Guiyi Shanyu in a frenzy, he handed in Guo Peng's reply letter. Guiyi Shanyu read the reply in shock and anger, and suddenly realized that he was going to die.

Guo Peng listed in detail the repeated rebellions in the past 100 years since the Southern Huns surrendered to the Eastern Han Dynasty for asylum.

How many people were killed each time, how many people and property were looted, who they cooperated with, what serious consequences were caused, and how they were let go afterwards.

I have surrendered and rebelled many times, and I have no trust in the Southern Huns. No matter how much you beg for mercy or swear, I will annihilate and expel you. This is what you asked for.

It's time to settle the bill!

After reading the examples listed by Guo Peng in detail, Guiyi Shanyu's eyes darkened and he almost fainted.

PS: Damn this is unscientific!Why do you still say fa♂? !

Chapter 489. 480 There are so many talents in the ninth world, how can they not be used by me

What Guo Peng wanted to express was very clear.

I'm going to kill you all.

There is no other way to say it.

Guiyi Shanyu's scalp was numb and his brain was befuddled.

Before he could clear his mind, Guo Peng had already cast the severed head of the Huns outside Jiuyuan County into Jingguan, showing off his force to the Huns in the city.

And warn them that resistance will only lead to more merciless killings, surrender, and a chance of survival.

How could Guiyi Shanyu dare to surrender?

On the sixth day of October, Guiyi Shanyu made a desperate move and sent troops out of the city to attack Guo Peng, and fought Guo Peng decisively.

Guo Peng had prepared for a long time and ordered Zhao Yun, Guo Dong, Cao Xiu, Cao Hong, and Cao Chun to lead his troops to counterattack. After a fierce field battle, he defeated the Huns army, beheaded more than [-] people and captured more than [-].

On the eighth day of October, Guo Peng sent his troops to attack Jiuyuan County.

After the disastrous defeat, Guiyi Shanyu could only bite the bullet and defend the city, mobilizing the army to defend the city to resist Guo Peng's attack.

Guo Peng intended to try Xun You's ability, so he asked Xun You to command the siege battle that was sure to win.

Xun You was also unambiguous, and stepped forward with a calm face, directly lined up forty trebuchets, and bombarded them for two days, knocking the Huns down.

On October [-]th, at three quarters of the hour, Xun You ordered the army to launch a full-scale attack after they had eaten their fill.

All the Wusuma people in the army were ordered by Xun You to dismount from their horses and fight on foot. First, the morale of the Huns was crushed with a thunderbolt, making them feel that the Wei army was like a god, and then the whole army attacked and climbed up the city wall along the ladder to start a fierce battle with the Huns. Hand to hand combat.

The Wei army in excellent battle armor and most of the Huns wearing ordinary fur clothing launched an extremely fierce battle at the top of the city.

Sword against sword and shield against shield, the equipment of the Xiongnu defenders is quite similar to that of the Wei army. There are also swords and shields, but the quality is much different from that used by the Wei army. The knife is easily cut off.

The battle lasted from morning to dusk, and the Huns did their best. They did their best to resist the Wei army's attack.

In order to win, Guo Peng allowed Xun You to mobilize the Tiger Guards, and Xun Yong ordered Xu Chu and Dian Wei to be put into battle, and the Tiger Guards contributed two-thirds.

Two big men as strong as cattle joined the battlefield with thousands of tiger guards, and those killed were bloody rivers and corpses piled up like mountains.

Finally, in the afternoon, the Huns collapsed, and the Wei army expanded the results in one go, and entered the stage of harvesting human lives. The resistance of the Huns completely failed, and Jiuyuan County was restored.

It was Xun You's first time commanding a battle, and he was a little awkward at first, but he quickly adjusted.

He has a big heart, calm in times of crisis, calm and composed, and is a rare military talent.

Guo Peng has to admit that in this era, the top talents often appear in the top giants, and their existence and power have their own abilities.

There are not many such people, but there are definitely many, and Xun You is one of them.

With Guo Peng's support, Xun You dispatched tens of thousands of troops calmly and calmly, and issued different instructions to the generals of each army, specifying the time, what tasks to accomplish, where to attack after breaking into the city, what key to occupy, and how to capture the enemy etc.

In a short period of time, he has brought the art of conducting to the fullest like a fish in water, and he can be called a genius.

There are so many talents in the world, how can they not be used by me?

Seeing Xun You acting calmly, Guo Peng smiled with satisfaction.

The war was basically over, the Southern Huns were defeated, and the family members of the Huns who fled with Guiyi Shanyu's migration and escaped suffered bad luck.

Without the protection of the army, they all became spoils of war. They tried to escape together with the old and the young, but they were caught by the Wei army who came roaring on horseback. Most of them were captured, and they didn't even have time to escape.

The final result was that more than [-] Southern Huns soldiers were beheaded, more than [-] men and women were captured, more than [-] livestock were captured, tents, fur and bone products, gold and silver money and other things of the Southern Huns nobles were all seized.

Guiyi Shanyu fled to Yiliang County with only a few hundred remnants of soldiers. Guo Peng ordered Zhao Yun and Cao Xiu and Cao Chun to lead the troops to pursue, while he stayed and sorted out the results of the battle.

Except for Guiyi Shanyu, all the prominent figures in Shanyuting of the Southern Xiongnu were either killed by the Wei army or captured, and then killed by Guo Peng's order, leaving no one behind.

The troops were dispatched in mid-September, and now it is mid-October. In one month, Guo Peng successfully wiped out the Southern Huns entrenched in the northern part of Bingzhou, and the progress can be described as rapid.

The resisters were killed, and the rest of the troops were captured. The Southern Huns were practically wiped out, and there was only Guiyi Shanyu, a polished commander, who could no longer make any big waves.

Guo Peng ordered the captives captured by the Southern Huns to be processed in batches.

The old and the young who cannot be used immediately are killed, and the young and strong men are organized into coolies, while the young and strong women are organized into the Han nationality as a whole, and they are prepared to be given to poor bachelors who cannot afford wives as wives, so as to reproduce offspring and increase the population .

The population of the Han Dynasty is still suffering a lot. If there is not enough population in the future, it will be difficult for Guo Peng to develop and utilize the Jiangnan area.

Anyway, captives must always play the role of captives, otherwise the rations will be wasted.

At the same time, Guo Peng also selected a group of young and strong men and women to present to Nanlou as a reward for Nanlou sending troops to help in the battle, and asked Nanlou to take these men and women back to use as slaves.

Nanlou was very happy and accepted Guo Peng's reward, and then continued to follow Guo Peng along the Yellow River, recovering Wuyuan counties and counties along the way one by one.

The war time has passed, and the next is garbage time. The recovery of Wuyuan County and Shuofang County will take time. Along the way, you will meet Zahu living here, as well as a small number of Xianbei and Karasuma people. Same.

Those who surrender will be exempted from death and used as coolies, and those who do not surrender will be eliminated on the spot. March all the way, kill all the way, sweep away all the miscellaneous people encountered along the way, easily take down the counties and towns, and follow the Yellow River all the way to the middle of the Yellow River. Upstream advance.

Zhao Yun took Cao Chun and Cao Xiu to capture Guiyi Shanyu dozens of miles west of Xi'anyang, captured him alive, brought him back, and dedicated him to Guo Peng.

Guo Peng was overjoyed.

Faced with Guiyi Shanyu's begging for mercy, Guo Peng was not relentless at all, and directly ordered Guiyi Shanyu to be executed.

The purpose of fighting so hard for so long is to wipe out all of you and stop messing up the border. Unnecessary kindness is unnecessary, superfluous, and an extremely wrong policy.

Guo Peng wants to help those people correct their mistakes.

Bingzhou is the first step. Eliminate the miscellaneous barbarians in Bingzhou, re-establish rule in Bingzhou, strengthen management and garrison, and start large-scale horse breeding on a large scale by taking advantage of the grasslands in the north of Bingzhou. This is Guo Peng's established strategy.

The Southern Huns were like sacrifices. They were sacrificed by Guo Peng and summoned a bright future.