As night gradually approached, the night was dark. The Huns who had fought fiercely for a day finally withdrew their troops. Looking at the Huns' army retreating like a tide, the Han soldiers on the city were suddenly filled with joy, but Zhang Ren's face was grim and his eyes showed a look of worry. The tragic siege this time exceeded his imagination. Although the Huns paid nearly 1,500 casualties, the defenders also lost nearly 1,500 people. This was an unbearable price for them who had only 5,000 defenders.

If you conduct two more such sieges, Gaonu City will be broken. Zhang Ren couldn't help but sigh in his heart. At this time, Wu Lan walked to him and whispered: "I have a sense that the Huns will not have such a great battle like today in the future."

"Why do you have such intuition?" Zhang Ren asked as he stared at him.

"It's very simple. They can't afford it. Their goal is Guanzhong and Chang'an. They want to defeat the main force of the Han army, not our small city."

Zhang Ren nodded, "You are right. They are fighting hard to attack us, just to put pressure on the Han army and force the main force to send troops to rescue. If they want to capture us, they have to pay at least another 10,000 troops. To capture Gaonu County, they will pay 20,000 people. No coach with a little wise mind will make such a stupid decision."

Wu Lan laughed in a low voice and said, "Since the purpose of the Huns was to put pressure on the Han army, we might as well put a few more faith eagles so that the Huns thought that they had achieved their goal, and at least they would not continue to attack the city. I think they would see our faith eagles rise up in the air."

Zhang Ren also laughed, "This method is good, just satisfy their vanity."

In the tent of the Huns, dozens of Hun generals bowed their heads and silently endured the storm of Huchuquan, "A bunch of rice buckets, incompetent generals, commanders of thousands of horses, commanders of ten thousand cavalry, bullshit! You are not worthy, you can't even capture a small county town, and you still lose 10,000 troops. Is this the Huns army? It will make people laugh at it when it is spread, and you even claim to be a grassland eagle. How can you look like an eagle? I think you are all pheasants!"

Hu Chuquan was furious and furious, waving his fists, staring at dozens of generals fiercely, his eyes almost spitting out of fire. He walked back and forth with his hands in his arms, and his full anger almost exploded his chest. He could not bear such shame. The 50,000 army could not capture a city with only a few thousand people guarding, and lost nearly ten thousand troops.

The Huns generals were also angry and shouted, "Let us attack the city tomorrow. If we can't conquer, we will offer our heads to the Shanyu!"

"Tomorrow! Do you want me to lose another 10,000 people? I will send out 100,000 troops to the south. Is it just to capture a small county town?" Hu Chuquan roared.

The generals were speechless when they were yelled, and they all lowered their heads in shame, Hu Chuquan waved his hand, "Get out all of them, get out!"

The generals withdrew from the tent of the king, and only Hu Chuquan and Liu Qubei were left. Hu Chuquan breathed a long sigh and said angrily to Liu Qubei: "I have fought a war for my whole life, and I have not been as cowardly as I am today."

Liu Qubei sighed and said, "In fact, it's not that our army is not sharp enough, nor that the soldiers are not working hard. The key is that we are not good at siege. I can see clearly today that many soldiers are afraid of heights. They can't stand firmly on the ladder. When they fight with the Han soldiers, they fall off the ladder by themselves, so the losses are heavy. This is like people are not used to riding boats. We should train in advance to make the soldiers get used to climbing highs. Unfortunately, we didn't think of this, otherwise the result would not be as heavy as today."

Hu Chuquan sighed for a long time, "Maybe you are right, but there will be no next time. I can't afford to lose 20,000 people for a small county town. I hope today's siege can put enough pressure on the Han army and let Liu Jing lead the main force to help Gaonu County as soon as possible. It is mid-September now. If I don't come out in another month, I can only withdraw my troops."

At this moment, a soldier rushed to the door of the tent to report: "Qi Shanyu, our sentry found that three letter eagles were placed on the top of the city and headed south."

Hu Chuquan was overjoyed. This must be because Gao Nu could not bear the huge pressure of siege. He asked Guanzhong for help. He stood up and smiled at Liu Qubei and said, "It seems that today's battle is not without effect!"

Liu Qubei smiled bitterly in his heart. He did not expect Hu Chuquan to be so stubborn and he was determined to expect the main force of the Han army to come to aid Gaonu County. It is already late autumn. Doesn’t the Han army know that the Hun army must withdraw its troops before the first snow comes? The main force of the Han army has been persisting until now, so why do we still come to aid?

Although he despised Hu Chuquan's stubbornness, Liu Qubei responded: "The Shanyu was right. The Han army in the city could not bear the pressure anymore and began to ask for help from Guanzhong. In addition, my aide, Mr. Li, had a strategy to increase the crisis of the Han army and force them to come out for a decisive battle."

Hu Chuquan knew that Li Ling was resourceful and that the last time he broke through the water defense in the district was his suggestion. He immediately ordered the guards to say, "Go and invite Mr. Li!"

Soon, Li Ling hurried over and bowed to Huchuquan, "See Shanyu!"

"Mr. Li, don't be polite. Just now, the Youxian King said that Mr. has a good plan to put pressure on the Han army. Can you teach me?"

Li Ling glanced at Liu Qubei, and Liu Qubei nodded to him, meaning that he would say frankly. Li Ling said calmly: "Actually, Bei Zhi feels that the main force of the Han army has been reluctant to go north. In addition to the fact that they are mainly southern troops and are not good at cavalry warfare, there is another reason that Gaonu County has little influence on them. Although Zhang Ren is an important general, they believe that Gaonu's strategic position is not important. Losing it will not have much impact on the Han army."

"You mean that the location of Gaonu County is not important?" Hu Chuquan was stunned. It was because Gaonu County's strategic position was extremely important that he had launched heavy troops to siege him.

Li Ling shook his head, "I'm not saying that the location of Gaonu County is not important. Its strategic location is of course very important. The Han army also knows it well, but we have not shown its importance. Although we have not occupied Gaonu County, whether to seize Gaonu County is no longer a problem. There are only a few thousand Han troops in the city. As long as they dare to leave the city, our three thousand cavalry can wipe out them all. Therefore, the Shanyu needs to change his thinking and regard it as if we have occupied Gaonu County. Don't care whether to seize the county."

Hu Chuquan finally understood what Li Ling meant. He couldn't help but nodded. He really cared too much about whether to seize the county town. In fact, the Han army could only hide in the city and dared not fight. From the perspective of seizing the county town, it was meaningless.

"So according to the sir, how can we show the importance of Gaonu County?"

Li Ling walked to the map and pointed to Gaonu County on the map: "The reason why Gaonu is important is that it blocks Luochuan Road."

Li Ling pointed to the Luoshui below again, "If we use Gaonu County as the logistics center and an army headed south along the Luoshui River Valley, we could directly enter Zuofengyi County, that is, we entered Guanzhong. Especially in winter, the river water freezes, and entering Guanzhong will be more convenient. Please think about it. Under such a huge threat, could Liu Jing still be indifferent to Gaonu County?"

Hu Chuquan paced back and forth with his hands behind his back, pondering for a long time, and finally realized it and stepped forward to salute Li Ling and said, "Mr. Li's plan is indeed a good word. I have received the teachings!"

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Guanzhong has been the realm of the rise of emperors and dragons since ancient times. The key is that Guanzhong has a fertile field of thousands of miles, surrounded by mountains, easy to defend and difficult to attack. The north is the Loess Plateau. The north and south edges of the plateau are surrounded by huge Hengshan and deserts, which is a natural and dangerous situation. In particular, Hengshan’s strategic position in Guanzhong is like the Yanshan Mountains for Hebei.

Hengshan is a general term for Liupan Mountain and Beishan. If Hengshan is obtained in Guanzhong, it is enough to control the northwest nomadic cavalry, while the nomadic forces are obtained in Hengshan, it is enough to form a great strategic offensive against the Central Plains dynasty. For example, the Northern Song Dynasty's 100-year battle against Western Xia was all centered on the battle between Hengshan, and Western Xia had the advantage of attack. The Northern Song Dynasty took back Hengshan after a hundred-year battle, and Western Xia was facing a desperate situation.

There are three channels outside the Frontier-Hengshan-Guanzhong. From west to east, the Qingshui River-Jing River, Malian River Basin and Yanzhou Road are all important transportation routes. Therefore, in the Song Dynasty, these three lines were set up as Jingyuan Road, Huanqing Road and Fuyan Road, respectively, namely, each route is responsible for the offense and defense of a traffic line.

But in the Han Dynasty, in addition to these three roads, there was also an extremely sensitive throat road - Qin Zhidao.

The importance of Gaonu County’s status as Li Ling refers to Luochuan Road and Qinzhi Road, from these two important roads, you can enter Guanzhong.

Gao Nu is in Guanzhong, just like Chang'an is in Guanzhong. Gao Nu is the key to the north and south of the Loess Plateau. It is surrounded by mountains, shielding Guanzhong and bringing the Yellow River. It is the so-called "close and close to the border, controlling Qin and Jin" and becoming a victorious place.

When Gaonu fell, he could invade the three servants in the south, just like a downward step. In general, the opportunity for national power to decline and military and political destruction can be used by the enemy. Therefore, when Gaonu was in charge of affairs, there was a "trickle stream, and it would become a river", which became the birthplace of peasant uprisings in the late Ming Dynasty and the holy place for modern revolution.

At this time, Gaonu County was surrounded by the Huns' army. In addition to defending the city, its military advantage had been seized by the Huns. Li Ling believed that the Han army in Gaonu County was no longer a concern. He only needed to send thousands of cavalry to keep an eye on the county town, and the Huns' army could use Gaonu as a base and enter Guanzhong from Luochuan Road.

In fact, Liu Qubei lived in Guanzhong for a long time and knew the weaknesses of Guanzhong. He had already had this intention. He sent a scout to the Maling River and Luochuan Road to explore it in order to change the strategic plan of the Huns.

After experiencing heavy losses in the siege, Hu Chuquan finally accepted Li Ling's suggestion. In fact, it was Liu Qubei's plan. He gave up besieging Gao Nu and went south directly to Guanzhong. The Xiongnu's strategy of moving south began to undergo tremendous changes.

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Chapter completed!