Chapter 830 The Last Mission of the Anvil
The military and political actions of the Han army were carried out in an orderly manner under the leadership of Xue Tu and Xue Qingyao. Just when the two of them were busy, the letter for help that Xue Tu had sent to Luo Chong finally arrived in Hanyang City.
The letter asked Luo Chong to mobilize the garrisons of the three counties of Honghu to assist them in blocking the hidden bridge from Zhudao to the mainland. Luo Chong saw this and slapped himself on the forehead.
How could he not have thought of such an important matter earlier? He only remembered to tow their ships to deliver them, but forgot that there was a road bridge between Zhudao and the mainland that could only be opened once a month.
But now that he knew it, he had to take remedial measures immediately, hoping that this blocking action would not be too late.
After careful consideration, Luo Chong finally decided to transfer troops from Kaiyuan County. Although Zhangwu and Binhai counties in the three counties of Honghu were closer to Zhudao, they were only built at the beginning of this year. In terms of defense capabilities, they certainly could not be compared with Kaiyuan County, which had been developed for two or three years.
Among the three counties, Kaiyuan County was the largest, with the largest number of garrisons, a very strong city wall, and the largest population. In terms of defense alone, even if all the 3,000 garrisons in Kaiyuan County were sent out, as long as the city walls were carefully guarded, the people in the city alone would be enough to complete the defense task of guarding the city.
Therefore, Luo Chong directly decided to send 2,000 cavalry from Kaiyuan County, led by Chai Duoduo, the commander of the Qianniu Guard, and 500 cavalry from Zhangwu and Binhai counties, for a total of 3,000 people, to the mainland end of the dark bridge to garrison and defend, blocking the only passage from Zhudao to the mainland. The action could begin, and a decision would be made until Zhudao was unified, and whether to end it.
The order was quickly sent out, first to Kaiyuan County, then to Zhangwu and Binhai counties, and finally to the order notice to Xue Tu, telling him that he had sent 3,000 people on the mainland to block him, and asked them to do it boldly on Zhudao, and not to let any of the Xin tribe leaders fall into the net.
Although the grassland army had not yet arrived, the Fubowei navy led by Shu Da had actually started to move since Xue Tu decided to blockade the entire Jiahai County.
They did not have any landing troops to use, but as long as they parked the gunboats next to the dark bridge, it would be a strong deterrent to the Xin tribe leaders in Jiahai County.
On the other side, the Xin tribe leaders were already worried about the huge pressure of the Han army. When Commander Xin heard that the two corps on the front line were annihilated, his hair turned white overnight from a 30-year-old man.
Several elders even clamored to gather all the remaining strength of the tribe to fight a decisive battle with the Han tribe. Commander Xin did not want to just give up and give up his ancestral territory to the Han tribe, so he had no choice but to agree with the elders' ideas.
The elders sent their trusted men to the two counties of Guanhai and Xianfeng, which were divided by the Han tribe, to create public opinion, discredit the Han army, create panic, and encourage them to move their entire tribe to the traditional territory of the Xin tribe. The people of the entire Xin tribe gathered together to fight a decisive battle with the Han tribe.
The people of the two places were horrified by the Han army's evil deeds of killing people on sight, and with the various interest guarantees and threats and intimidation from the top leaders of the Xin tribe, they finally achieved their goal and concentrated all the population of the two places around Qingquan Valley, the political and cultural center of the Xin tribe, ready to fight the Han army.
Without weapons, they simply picked up the farm tools in their hands as weapons. The steel farm tools that were exchanged from the Han tribe were transformed into sharp weapons against the Han army.
Without armor, they made more shields. Made of wood, bamboo, and rattan, all kinds of protective gear began to appear in the hands of the Xin army.
Bamboo bows and bamboo arrows were indispensable strategic materials, and the Xin tribe was also doing its best to prepare them.
Finally, before Xue Tu completed the blockade of Jiahai County, Commander Xin controlled the population of Xianfeng and Guanhai, and selected young and strong people, even teenagers in their teens, from these people to form an army of 10,000 people. Of course, these were all ragtag armies without any proper weapons, carrying hoes, axes, and other things in their hands.
In Commander Xin's hands, there were only 6,000 people left who had proper weapons and military training, and half of these 6,000 people were Maodun's old subordinates on the grassland.
The two forces are now facing the attack of the Han army at the same time. It can be said that they are grasshoppers on a rope, and no one can escape. Therefore, for the time being, the internal harmony of the Xin army is relatively good. At least now they all have this common goal, that is, to defeat the Han tribe, or to make the Han tribe agree to negotiate with them and withdraw from their sphere of influence .
Of course, this is impossible.
Among the high-level people in the Xin tribe, this kind of depression of being destroyed and the unwilling spirit of resistance formed an obvious spiritual collision. Everyone was very worried, but when it comes to surrendering to the Han tribe, they dare not.
Yes, they dare not, not that they have never thought about it. The more the elders contacted the Han tribe, the clearer it was that in the system of the Han tribe, the clan was not allowed to become bigger and stronger. This can be seen from the Han tribal officials they have contacted. All the officials in charge of power in the Han tribe are all outstanding in various fields and have their own skills. There has never been an official who was appointed as an official because of the strong clan.
As the highest power center of the Xin tribe, the elders certainly do not want to accept the same arrangement as ordinary people, so surrender is impossible.
However, there are exceptions, such as the pro-Han elder Zhu, but this guy has no real power now, so even if he wants to change his fate, he is powerless.
All of this was seen by Elder Jin Tiezhen, who was undercover in the upper echelons of the Xin tribe. He, the powerful elder Jin, was responsible for commanding one of the 2,000-man corps, but while this guy was commanding the corps on the surface, he was actually doing another thing, which was to keep a close eye on Commander Xin and several elders to prevent these guys from running away when they couldn't win.
Now that the war between Han and Xin has reached this point, he can no longer provide any intelligence to the Han tribe, and capturing the enemy's leader has become the last thing he can do for his tribe.
However, this idea changed again the moment Xue Qingyao found a way to contact him. Tiezhen understood that the Han army had completed the tactical siege against the upper echelons of the Xin tribe at this time, and how to disintegrate the enemy's last resistance without injury became his biggest task.
(End of this chapter)
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