Volume 1 Chapter 102 Bai Qi's Plan
While receiving supplies and prisoners, the Second Khan's Dragon Court guards were still keeping a close eye on Bai Qi's men, fearing that they might launch a surprise attack on them.
After all, Bai Qi was not under the command of the Second Khan.
At this moment, Yang Paifeng thought that Bai Qi was going to launch an attack. His hand holding the scimitar began to tremble with excitement, and he was ready to rush up and chop off the head of the leader of the Longting Guards at any time.
But after waiting for a long time, Bai Qi did not give the order to attack. Instead, he waved his hand and shouted in Xiongnu language: "The whole army retreat!"
Yang Paifeng thought he had heard it wrong.
Wouldn't it be to paralyze the other side by giving them gold, silver, treasures and prisoners?
This is really given!
Just when she was puzzled, Bai Qi coughed lightly to remind Yang Paifeng to issue the military order.
After all, Bai Qi didn’t understand many of the Yang family’s secret sign languages, and he couldn’t communicate in the language of the Central Plains at this time.
Yang Paifeng finally came to his senses after being reminded by Bai Qi, and then made a sign language.
The 10,000 soldiers under Bai Qi's command immediately turned their horses around and retreated rapidly the same way they came.
This movement made the guards of the Xiongnu Dragon Court feel relieved.
They all looked at the gold, silver, and treasures on the ground, as well as the captured noble women nearby, with shining eyes.
Some Huns simply couldn't help themselves and grinned with their yellow teeth showing so much that their eyebrows and eyes were not visible.
Some people even pounced on women and tried to snatch them away.
"What are you doing? Don't move!"
The leader of the Xiongnu Dragon Court Guard kicked all those people down one by one.
"You can't just take these captives back with you. They are all nobles under the command of the Fifth Khan."
"Until the Second Khan comes back, we can't move anything."
"Damn it, all I do is think about women all day long."
The leader of the guards drew his scimitar and scared away the guys who wanted to rob the woman.
Then he immediately ordered his men to take the captives into the Xiongnu Dragon Court.
When the leader of the Dragon Court Guards untied the cloth strip on the Fifth Khan's mouth, the Fifth Khan's Yanzhi screamed:
"The group of people just now were not the Third Khan's men at all."
"What he just told us is that he is the Second Khan's man!"
What?
The leader of the Dragon Court Guards was stunned at that time.
He immediately realized that he had fallen into a trap.
There is huge suspicion about the other party's identity.
But he didn't know what to do at the moment, so he could only go to discuss with Yanzhi, the second Khan of the Xiongnu.
In the Xiongnu, Yanzhi's power was second only to that of the Xiongnu Khan.
They also have the power to govern.
When Yanzhi, the second Khan of the Xiongnu, heard this information, his face changed drastically and he immediately ordered:
"Send someone to inform our Khan right away and tell him the whole story."
"Also, be kind to the rouge of the Fifth Khan of the Xiongnu and the women of the nobles."
"There must be no mistakes."
"Do you understand?"
She felt something terrible was about to happen.
But with her intelligence, she couldn't guess Bai Qi's intention, so she could only let the Second Khan make the decision!
The face of the Xiongnu Dragon Court Guard leader also changed drastically. He quickly accepted the order and turned around to leave the tent.
Then he sent out 100 elite cavalrymen in two groups, rushing madly to the front line of Honghua City, wanting to report this information to their own Khan.
But after they had run for just one day, they ran into Bai Qi's army head-on. Bai Qi had been waiting for them halfway.
As soon as he saw these people rushing towards him, Bai Qi gave an order: "Kill!"
In an instant, thousands of arrows were fired, directly shooting the 100 people and their horses into hedgehogs.
Bai Qi looked at the corpses of the Xiongnu cavalry and sneered:
"You react now? It's too late!"
"Come here, leave 2,000 men to patrol nearby, and do not allow any spies in the Dragon Court of the Second Xiongnu Khan to escape the encirclement."
"We must not let them run to Honghua City to report the news."
Bai Qi turned around and looked at Da Zhuang who had been following him, "Da Zhuang, I'll leave this matter to you!"
At this time, Da Zhuang had become Bai Qi's adjutant, and his military rank was rising rapidly, and he had become a general of a thousand men.
"I obey your orders!"
Da Zhuang dismounted and saluted Bai Qi, swearing: "If I let anyone run back to Honghua City to report the news, I will be willing to die!"
Bai Qi promoted him to this position, which was a favor to him, so of course he would do his best to do it well.
What's more important is that he has not made much contribution but holds a high position, which will make many people dissatisfied.
If he could accomplish this task successfully this time, then he would be entitled to wear the general's armor.
"good!"
Bai Qi patted Da Zhuang's shoulder heavily, then assigned him 2,000 soldiers and asked him to stay here and intercept the Hun messengers.
He himself took the remaining 8,000 soldiers and turned to attack the Dragon Court of the Fourth Khan of the Xiongnu.
At this time, Yang Paifeng was very puzzled, "Should we still attack the Dragon Court of the Fourth Khan of the Xiongnu?"
"Yes!" Bai Qi nodded without comment.
"But we've been exposed!"
Yang Paifeng was very puzzled. Before, in order to make the nobles of the Fifth Khan of the Xiongnu believe that they were sent by the Second Khan of the Xiongnu, they reported the title of the Second Khan of the Xiongnu.
Now that the guards of the Xiongnu's second Khan Long Ting have set out, it means that they have obtained accurate information from the Xiongnu's fifth Khan Yanzhi.
There is already great doubt about their identity.
At this time, if we try to rob the Dragon Palace of the Fourth Khan of the Xiongnu and then give it to the Second Khan of the Xiongnu, will it still be effective?
Bai Qi said confidently: "Let's grab it first! You will know when the time comes!"
He didn't explain either. It didn't matter whether the people of the second Khan of the Xiongnu were capable or not.
As long as other people believe it, that's enough.
......
Bai Qi led 8,000 cavalrymen and, under the guidance of a guide, marched for five days.
Finally, they found the Dragon Palace of the Fourth Khan of the Xiongnu on a high slope of the grassland, and then they repeated the method they used to rob the Fifth Khan of the Xiongnu.
They killed more than half of the guards of Long Ting, the fourth Khan of the Xiongnu, and released the remaining half.
They also captured Yanzhi, the fourth Khan of the Xiongnu, and the women of his nobles.
And packed up all their gold, silver and treasures and took them away.
"asshole!"
"We must kill you!"
"We are irreconcilable with the Second Hun Khan."
"When our Lord Khan comes back, we will definitely send troops to wipe you out!"
The escaped Fourth Khan Xiongnu Dragon Court guards swore secretly in their hearts.
They watched helplessly as their accumulated gold, silver and treasures were taken away, and their women were carried away, and they could only rage helplessly.
At this moment, they thought of the people of the Great Zhou Dynasty and how they had once plundered the Central Plains civilization, and that the other party was in as much pain as they were.
No matter how they planned to kill Bai Qi and others, they wanted to die together with the second Khan of the Xiongnu.
But Bai Qi and others ignored it and brought captives and gold, silver and treasures to the Dragon Court of the Second Khan of the Xiongnu.
This time, before Bai Qi and his companions got close, the other side had already formed their battle formation, and it looked as if they were eager to rush up and fight Bai Qi to the death.
But there were too few guards of the Xiongnu Dragon Court, so they could only watch helplessly.
They looked at Bai Qi warily and roared:
"What are you guys doing here?"
"Who are you anyway?"
The leader of the Xiongnu Dragon Court Guard was so angry that he jumped on the spot and questioned Bai Qi frantically. He really didn't understand what Bai Qi was trying to do.
But his intuition told him that this was not a good thing!
"Of course we are sending you treasure and prisoners."
Bai Qi curled up a smile and waved his hand, asking his men to throw all the packages containing gold, silver and treasures in front.
Then he said to Yanzhi, who had captured the fourth Hun Khan, "You can run now!"
Yanzhi, the fourth Khan of the Xiongnu, looked at Bai Qi and then at the Longting Guards of the second Khan of the Xiongnu. Finally, he gritted his teeth and ran towards the Longting Guards.
When she ran, the women of the Xiongnu nobles who followed her also ran.
They all ran to the Dragon Court of the Second Khan of the Xiongnu.
Only then did I feel relieved.
Seeing that the mission was completed, Bai Qi smiled and said, "I have already delivered the person. You can do whatever you want with him. See you later!"
Bai Qi did not stop, nor did he waste time talking to the other side. He directly ordered the entire army to retreat.
A group of people came quickly and left even faster, disappearing from everyone's sight in an instant.
The leader of the Xiongnu Dragon Court Guard was almost mentally collapsed at this moment.
He just wanted to say, I don’t want prisoners, and I don’t want gold, silver or treasures.
These are all hot potatoes.
Now he finally understood that Bai Qi was trying to put the blame on them.
But they had no solution.
………………
Just when Bai Qi was looting the grassland.
The situation in Honghua City is quite tense.
Honghua City had been out of food for two days. In order to survive for a few more days, Yang Wudi ordered all the war horses to be killed.
It was used as food and distributed to the soldiers and civilians in the city.
Fortunately, we have these war horses, otherwise, there would be a real mess.
But the problem is that after losing the war horses, Honghua City had no chance of counterattacking.
But with the support of so many war horses, Honghua City has barely survived to this day.
But everyone is starving. They only eat one meal a day now, and can only eat half full, for fear that there will be nothing to eat tomorrow.
When they were hungry they could only drink water. All the leaves in the trees in the city had been eaten and all the bark had been stripped off.
There wasn't even a blade of grass left on the ground.
Some people even remove the hair from fur coats and cook the skin to eat.
Hungry, very hungry!
If it weren't for Yang Wudi's prestige, the entire Honghua City might be in disarray.
But even though they were so hungry, no one in Honghua City dared to rebel.
They all listened to Yang Wudi's command obediently.
"Marshal, we can't hold on any longer!"
"Many people have already starved to death. Tomorrow, more people will starve to death. The day after tomorrow, even if we have a large army here, there is a high probability that a rebellion will occur."
Thousands of people will be extremely anxious.
And everyone's stomach was growling like crazy.
They feel that they can eat anything a cow can eat, and even if they see a pig, they want to just lie down and take a bite.
Because I was so hungry.
If even their well-trained soldiers were like this, it would be even more unbearable for the common people.
"Wait, keep waiting!"
"We must wait until Bai Qi comes back."
Although Yang Wudi was so hungry that his eyes were dizzy, he still forced himself to persuade everyone.
"Bai Qi Bai Qi, why does the Marshal trust him so much?"
"If we hadn't adopted Bai Qi's war strategy, we wouldn't be so passive!"
"If we send out a large army to fight the Xiongnu, we may not necessarily win, but at least we can check the problem of the logistics supply line."
"But what about now?"
"We are trapped in Honghua City and can't do anything!"
"All my horses were eaten."
“You can only wait to die!
Many generals are complaining madly.
They are unwilling to accept it.
I feel that the decision made by Yang Wudi this time is too crazy and not wise at all, especially pinning all hopes on Bai Qi.
This is simply playing with fire and getting burned.
What’s more, there is no hope at all, which is the most terrifying thing. You can’t even take a bite of the enemy’s flesh before you die.
It's so frustrating.
Yang Wudi was so anxious that blisters appeared on his mouth, but he still clenched his fists tightly.
He said in a hoarse voice: "We must believe in Bai Qi. Now we can only believe in Bai Qi!"
"It is impossible for the imperial court to send reinforcements. Even the logistic supply lines have been cut off. The imperial court can't even deliver food."
"The only hope now is Bai Qi."
Yang Wudi had no other choice but to trust Bai Qi.
A general with ten thousand men threw his helmet to the ground and angrily punched the city wall with his fists.
If Yang Wudi wasn't his immediate superior, he really wanted to curse, calling Yang Wudi an old fool!
...........
At this moment, in the palace.
The Emperor of the Great Zhou was so worried that he couldn't sleep. In his eyes, those once charming beauties were now nothing more than a group of deadly skeletons.
When I see it I want to kick it away.
He now felt that eunuchs like the Third Lord were the cutest.
The Emperor of the Great Zhou now stays by the side of the three priests 24 hours a day, and the only thing missing is tying the two of them together with a belt.
"I say, Third Lord, is there any news from the front?"
"What happened to Honghua City?"
"Just give me a hint!"
The Emperor of the Great Zhou kept on talking, and the three priests were not tired of listening to him.
He originally didn't want to tell these things to the Emperor of Zhou, but now seeing that the Emperor of Zhou was so anxious, he didn't want to endure it anymore.
He directly told the Emperor of Zhou the information from the front line:
"According to the information obtained by the Fourteenth Priest, our logistics supply line has indeed been cut off, and Honghua City has now been surrounded."
"We have been out of food for several days."
"Even the war horses were slaughtered."
"The only hope now is to wait for the 10,000 troops led by Bai Qi to return as the king."
When the third worshipper said this, his brows were furrowed and he sighed repeatedly in his heart. Does this mean he should believe in miracles?
Yang Wudi, you've gone too far this time.
"What!?"
"Has the situation deteriorated to this point?"
The Emperor of the Great Zhou sat down on the ground with a pale face.
“It’s over!
"The Great Zhou is about to fall."
"What can Bai Qi do?"
"And he only brought 10,000 troops, but they have 500,000!"
"Third Lord, let's escape and find a small island. At least we can live a few more years!"
The Emperor of the Great Zhou wants to escape now, he is completely desperate.
Can this win?
Absolutely impossible!
The three priests remained silent, and they had the same idea in their minds. Since the Great Zhou was going to be destroyed, they couldn't be buried with it.
Of course he wouldn't bring the Emperor of Zhou with him. Throwing this idiot out could attract everyone's attention so that he could have a chance of survival.
But in the future they will become the rats that everyone will shout and beat.
Moreover, he has to give up the cultivation resources of the entire Great Zhou Dynasty. When will he be able to become an immortal god and repair his broken body?
The third priest looked towards the north with a dim gaze, muttering, "Bai Qi, do you really have no other solution?" '
"Your Majesty, then you should arrange for a ship to escape overseas!"
Finally, the three priests sighed.
He also needs to prepare a retreat now.
………………
Day 2.
Honghua City.
The Huns sounded the attack horn again, but they did not rush to attack the city. Instead, they shot rounds of arrows towards Honghua City.
But the other party did not fight back.
The Second Khan instantly understood the situation in the city and was immediately delighted. It seemed that the situation in Honghua City was worse than he had imagined!
This is so great, I've finally been waiting for this day.
The Second Khan waved his hand and ordered the entire army to stop the attack, then shouted loudly: "Yang Wudi, surrender!"
"Are you so hungry that you don't even have the strength to stand up?"
He was right. Many soldiers were so hungry that they could only hold on to the wall. Without the support of the city wall, they would have to lie on the ground. ”
Although Yang Wudi was also starving, he still managed to reach the entrance of the city wall and said to the Xiongnu Khan below:
"You want me to surrender? You're dreaming!"
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