Establishing a thousand-year family from the nobles of the Western Han Dynasty

Chapter 38 The Rise of the Huns
Nearly 200,000 Donghu troops had just withdrawn from Yan and returned to the grassland when they were ambushed by the Xiongnu leader Chanyu. This time the Xiongnu dispatched more than 200,000 cavalry, which was all they had.

The Xiongnu's old Chanyu completely defeated the Dayuezhi and basically controlled the countries in the Western Regions. His strength increased very rapidly. Now both his population and livestock have surpassed his arch-rival Donghu.

It's just that the gap between the two sides was not that big, so the Huns could not completely swallow them up.

After Junchen inherited the position of Chanyu, he adopted the strategy of the Han advisers and made the tribe of Manzhuo, which had already secretly belonged to them, defect to the Donghu. He then took advantage of the situation to give up a large tract of territory and created military exploits for the undercover agent in order to gain his trust.

Facts have proved that the plan is very successful. Hu Duo, who is ambitious and tough, soon completely trusts the undercover Manzhuo and becomes his confidant.

Junchen was the one who planned the Donghu invasion to the south, and now it is time for him to reap the fruits of his labor.

The Donghu people had just withdrawn from the State of Yan, and their men and horses were exhausted. In addition, their morale was low because their Chanyu had died in battle. Naturally, they were unable to resist the elite Xiongnu who suddenly appeared.

Junchen personally led the army to charge. Without Huduo's command, Wuwei was no match at all and was quickly defeated. The Huns surrounded them.

The soldier in animal skins brought Uwe over and pressed him roughly to the ground.

"Junchen, you are taking advantage of someone's misfortune!" Wuwei's expression was very ferocious. He never thought that the Huns would set an ambush here. How did these guys know?
They were the only ones who knew about the Chanyu's death in battle. Even if there was a traitor among them, it couldn't have happened so quickly. Besides, none of them were missing...

No, that guy Manzhuo had been following Huduo Chanyu, but suddenly he disappeared. His whereabouts are now self-evident.

"Junchen, you shall die a horrible death! You actually used such despicable means! It's just... just exactly the same as Maodun!" Wu Wei started to yell and curse. He didn't think he could survive. Rather than dying in frustration, he might as well vent his anger.

"Hahahaha... my grandfather used a trick to destroy you back then. Today, I will use the same method to lead my Huns to sit on the throne of grassland overlord again!" The military official laughed.

"Uwe, I'll spare your life first. Take him away."

After dealing with Wu Wei's issue, Junchen began to think about the sudden sign in Taiyuan. Although his army could not accomplish anything, it was after all more than 100,000 people, so it still needed to be properly resolved, preferably once and for all!
.........

Changan.

Xu Zhao's troops had been pursuing a harassment strategy, but because they were too small in number, Liu Ruyi found a way to deal with it. His own troops were also severely damaged, and Chang'an was also in danger.

It seemed that the change of dynasties and the world's descent into war were inevitable.

"General, we can't hold on any longer!"

A general defending the city rushed in covered in blood. Now all the Zhao troops had crossed the Hongnong River, passed the Hangu Pass and arrived at the city of Chang'an.

In other words, they needed to rely on just a few thousand people to fight against Liu Ruyi's nearly 300,000 troops! The rebels' siege equipment was very complete, and the defenders could not stop them at all, and the losses were getting bigger and bigger.

Even temporary conscription from Chang'an could hardly form combat effectiveness, as most of them were cannon fodder. Only some trained sons of military families could be used as soldiers, but they lacked actual combat experience and had never seen blood.

Those truly battle-hardened young men of military merit had been mostly led by Emperor Wen, and only those of this level were left in Chang'an.

"We must defend it even if we cannot. Remember, the safety of the Han Dynasty depends on you and me. If we let the rebels occupy Chang'an, there will be no peace in the world forever!"

Zhou Yafu was very excited. He originally thought that it would not be difficult to hold out for three months, but the combat effectiveness of Liu Ruyi's troops was far beyond his imagination. In just over half a month, their troops were almost exhausted.

Now the number of defenders in Chang'an is only 3,000, and they can't hold out for a few more days. The fall of the city is a foregone conclusion.

"Yes, sir. I will give the order immediately!" the general said solemnly, and then withdrew.

"We really can't hold it? Your Majesty, what should I do..." After the other party left, Zhou Yafu finally couldn't hold on any longer and collapsed on the spot.

The pressure he had been under these days was unimaginable. If the city fell, how would he face his father, the Grand Master, Emperor Gao and Emperor Hui? "Is General Zhou okay?"

Just as Zhou Yafu was blaming himself, a deep voice was heard, which made him quickly get up as if he was responding to a stress.

"I will join the prince, please forgive me for making you laugh."

Liu Qi smiled and said, "General, why worry? Since we can't change it, just do our best."

"But I am not here to comfort you. The Donghu army of Yan has been repelled, and the rebellion has been put down."

"Prince, are you deceiving me?" Zhou Yafu was a little surprised. He didn't expect that Yan would win first.

"That's right, but unfortunately General Xu Zheng has died in the battle. It was Xu Gong, the eighth son of Grand Tutor Xu, who defeated the Hu people. He killed Hu Duo and repelled the enemy in one fell swoop."

Zhou Yafu was even more surprised: "Does Xu Gong have this ability?"

Liu Qi restrained his smile: "The most urgent task now is to hold on until my father arrives. The rebels will soon be able to..."

"General, something terrible has happened. Something terrible has happened!"

The captain guarding the city rushed in with blood stains on his face.

"Why are you so impatient?"

The captain panted twice and shouted: "The city gate is about to be breached! The rebels have already attacked..."

"What!?"

The two were very surprised. It seemed that they could hold out for a while. How come the city was suddenly breached?

"Prince, I will go and take a look first."

Zhou Yafu put on his helmet and walked out of the palace.

.........

Liu Ruyi bribed the guards with a large sum of money and high-ranking officials, and tricked the city gates into opening. Now Chang'an is in danger.

After learning that the city had fallen, Xu Zhao immediately abandoned the roundabout strategy which was no longer effective and led his army straight to Chang'an. He now had basically no choice but to fight to the death!
"Brother, what should we do?" Xu Gong followed.

Xu Zhao kept his eyes fixed on the front: "We have no choice, we must attack with all our strength! Even if our entire army is annihilated, we must buy time for the crown prince."

"Okay, I'll listen to you, big brother." Xu Gong nodded, and the army marched faster.

At this time, many Zhao troops rushed into Chang'an. Zhou Yafu remained calm and quickly ordered people to close the city gates. The Zhao troops used battering rams to resist, determined to break into the city in one go!
"All the generals, listen to my orders. Kill them! We must stop the rebels."

Arriving at the rear of the Zhao army, Xu Zhao took out his weapon, gave the order to attack, and then led his troops into the enemy camp to fight.

The other Han troops were also fearless and fought desperately to kill the enemy. Immediately, the Zhao army reacted and began to deal with the reinforcements.

"Brother be careful!"

(End of this chapter)