Traveling through time and space and becoming a deposed prince, he just wants to survive!

The cavalry cleared the way, passing through both sides of Apocalypse Town and surrounding the place. The Huns' war horses trampled on the place wantonly, and the whole town was filled with the roar of despair and desire, scaring the town's watchdogs into fleeing.

"Hahaha……"

Erhan Chanyu saw that things were going smoothly, and that they launched the raid in the afternoon, which was the time when the Daijun scouts returned.

As the Huns stepped into this land, every rider instantly turned into a ghost, like a bloodthirsty demon.

houses!

food!

people! brute!

They are all their targets!

They did not plan to destroy what they could not take away, but left it for the next group of people to come, waiting for the opportunity to plunder again.

The town is really small.

The army hardly stayed here, like a swarm of locusts passing through, and the town lost its vitality in an instant after leaving.

It is impossible for the 300,000-strong Hun army to only go through this one place. The Great Khan led 150,000 barbarian troops just to let the people of Dai County smell the scent and take precautions against it.

The other team was led by the Nalan tribe and the Huyan tribe. They set out from Yi Yu and marched along the east side of Wenshan, attacking Yangshan at the scheduled time.

It only took a few hours. When Yangshan County discovered that the Huns were attacking, enemies also appeared on the retreat route.

The county magistrate had no choice but to send ten intelligence teams to Dai County, Changshan County and Weizhou to report the news and ask for help.

Perhaps due to the weather, or perhaps because the Hun army was eager to capture Yangshan County, the armies on both sides did not communicate with each other and started to attack independently.

Yangshan was a small county with a permanent population of no more than 2,000. The combined forces of the government and various other branches numbered no more than 1,000, most of whom were prisoners. A temporary conscription of 1,000 men brought together a force of 2,000 to defend the city, and the battle was over in less than an hour.

Facing an army of hundreds of thousands, they didn't dare fire a single arrow due to the sheer number of their opponents. The county officials spent some time negotiating with the Xiongnu, but a real fight would have probably taken only thirty minutes.

Because they entered the city through negotiations, the county officials directly gave their concubines and prisoners as gifts to the incoming Hun army, and the government soldiers were also incorporated into the enemy's ranks.

Of the ten teams that went out to deliver the letter, except for those who were captured, killed, or lost, only two people in one team reported the situation to Changshan County. The garrison commander of Changshan County then sent people to pass the information to Dai County and other places.

After receiving the intelligence, Weizhou organized people to escape, crossing mountains and rivers to the neighboring Guangchang County.

The population of Guangchang County is even smaller than that of Weizhou, but fortunately, there is the army of Dingzhou behind it. The distance is only more than 200 miles, and it can be reached in three days at the latest by a forced march.

When fleeing from Weizhou, the granaries were opened, allowing all the people to flee with food on their backs. Otherwise, even if they reached Guangchang County, they would inevitably cause trouble to others and might even starve.

I have to say that the actions of these border officials are very wise. Those who have livestock at home can carry more food and supplies.

The Xiongnu captured Yangshan County, but the food there was not enough to sustain the army for a day. They had to adjust their targets, with some attacking Weizhou and others cutting off reinforcements from Changshan County.

However, the team heading to Weizhou never expected that almost all the people here had been evacuated, and the food had been taken away. The food that was not taken away was probably hidden somewhere.

In anger, Hu Yanyan and the people of the Nalan tribe headed towards Guangchang County. After all, when the people evacuated, they left many traces behind, which were discovered by the scouts of the Xiongnu army.

The county magistrate of Guangchang County is called Sun Jiping. Weizhou is actually also a county, but it is called Weizhou. The county magistrate of the same level as him is called Zhang Chun. The two have one thing in common in appearance: they are both middle-aged skinny uncles!

The total population of the two counties and surrounding towns exceeded 10,000 people, with more than 3,000 enlisted soldiers, 3,000 young and strong men who could organize defense, 2,000 civilians involved in logistics, and the rest of the people were of little use.

In previous years, when these northern barbarians invaded, children and young men would be captured.

However, women are often held down in houses or other places, have their clothes torn off and are humiliated.

Children are the most delicious food for them.

Young men who were willing to be slaves would at least get a wooden stick as a weapon and charge forward. Their only goal was to live a few more days and serve as human shields for the Hun army.

Every time these "two-legged beasts" were tied up with ropes and driven forward like animals, the lucky ones became slaves, while the unlucky ones became food for the next meal.

At the end of the defense, it was often the elderly who jumped from the tower holding the enemy. The more people wanted to survive, the more miserable their death would be.

In every battle in the city, almost no one was willing to surrender unless they ran out of ammunition and food.

Every time the barbarians captured a city, they would not see any food, so they would probably cut a piece of fresh meat from the surrendered people, roast it over a fire with the wood from the dilapidated houses, and eat it.

You can only watch your thigh being grilled and eaten in front of you, regretting why you surrendered. Since you were going to die anyway, why not fight to the death?

The Guangchang County messenger team sent out four teams in two days to deliver the intelligence from Guangchang County to the Dingzhou camp.

When the old general Cheng Jushu received the intelligence, he knew that the matter was extremely urgent, so he immediately sent someone to deliver a letter to the prince, instructing him to gather 50,000 troops and five days of food for war, and prepare to set off.

General Cheng and the prince have been partners for many years. He knew very well how the prince would make decisions, so after gathering his men and horses, he planned to set off before receiving a reply from the prince.

The generals of the Dingzhou camp usually act according to military orders, but Cheng Jushu is the only one who can mobilize half of the troops without a military order. This is what the prince once said to the generals.

The army slowly marched towards Guangchang County, followed by a small team of several hundred people.

"Old buddy, you are always so impatient. You don't even think about your old brothers when you go out to fight."

The person who came was Li Xin. After reading Cheng Jushu's letter, he always felt uneasy. The enemy might have 100,000 troops coming. How could he rescue them with only 50,000?

Due to the time difference between the two places, the two armies may basically arrive at the same time. If the Hun army sets out early, it is very likely that Cheng Jushu will be blocked outside the city, and it will be a life-and-death fight.

"Time is running out. If I don't go ahead, I'm afraid the Xiongnu barbarians will arrive first, and we'll be in a passive position."

The difference in the strength of the troops between the attacking and defending sides is usually geometric. If Cheng Jushu's troops arrive first, they can defend Guangchang County and then wait for reinforcements or fight a war of attrition.

"Old friend, if you go there and find that the enemy has already surrounded the city, you can only harass it from outside. My people will arrive in three days at most."

General Cheng understood that it would not be a problem for Dingzhou to gather another 100,000 troops now. The key was time.

"Okay, I'll give you three days." Cheng Jushu believed in the prince, and things that were agreed upon would generally not change.

Li Xin handed over the military token, tears almost falling, and tightly grasped Cheng Jushu's hand and said, "Take care on your journey!"

The team moved further and further away, speeding up until they disappeared from sight. Li Xin said, "Immediately notify all counties to prepare for war. This time, the military reserves will be mobilized for a month."

The attendant was Li Xin's personal guard chief, named Yuchi Baowei.

He was originally the leader of a small tribe in the north. When he was suppressed by other tribes during the war, he defected to Li Xin in anger. Unexpectedly, his loyalty to Li Xin has never changed over the years.