Chapter 25: The Pursuit
The fiery red sun rises on the horizon, turning the snow orange-red. As far as the eye can see, there is nothing on the horizon that obstructs his vision. The sun jumped higher and higher, and slowly it seemed that the weather was getting warmer.
The winter in the Western Regions was very cold, and the air exhaled by Yun Xiao instantly turned into a white mist. At their feet is the army of the King of Donghu, who is gathering under the leadership of the King of Donghu.
King Donghu, who was disgraced yesterday, thought that the Huns had offended his dignity, and this old fellow was allowed to settle accounts with those who tried to rob his wife.
"Your Majesty, the Huns left automatically. Although they suffered a small loss in Wuwei, their vitality was not injured. The king must not pursue, and be careful of the ambush of the Huns. ”
Arnold painstakingly persuaded King Donghu.
"Get out of the way, if you hadn't reminded the king in time yesterday. Where would this king be humiliated like this, you are embarrassed to say. Not cutting off your head is already considered the mercy of the king. ”
King Donghu scolded Arnold, brandished a horsewhip and whipped Arnold a few times.
Zabl looked at Arnold with a rather unkind look, and secretly hated this guy in his heart. I completely forgot that it was myself who started the trouble.
Arnold received a few whips and didn't dare to speak again, so he could only endure silently. However, he made up his mind not to go out with the king of Donghu to pursue the Huns. Who knows what will happen to the king of Donghu, who is possessed by the god of decay.
Yun Xiao watched as tens of thousands of troops gathered at his feet, and then at the endless grassland.
"Master Hou, there shouldn't be anything wrong. You can see more than ten miles at a glance on this grassland, and the snow is heavy. There should be no ambush for cavalry with limited mobility. 50,000 people fighting 20,000 people, King Donghu should have a great chance of winning this time. Why don't we go along? ”
Canghu looked at the Donghu army who were neighing and asked Yun Xiao carefully.
"Itchy hands? Remember, there is only one reason to start a war, and that is money, money more. The Huns are poor and scum, what good is it for us to fight them. Besides, if there are more people, you must win?
If there are more people, we will win, and on the banks of the Yellow River, we have long been crushed into meat residue. Are you still allowed to shout here? The Huns left on their own initiative, despite the heavy losses in the battle with us. But the main force was not damaged, and the king of Huqiang was good at using soldiers, and the king of Donghu rashly chased out. I'm afraid I won't be able to get anything good.
You remember. There is one thing to remember at all times. That is, the poor Kou Mo chases, and the rabbit will bite when he is in a hurry. What's more, the Huns claimed to be the descendants of wolves. ”
Yun Xiao looked at the rising red sun and folded his hands in his sleeves. Donghu's army has set off, and the team under the sun is long and black. Hopefully these guys will all come back alive. After all, the enemy of an enemy is a friend. Yun Xiao also did not want the king of Donghu to suffer heavy losses.
King Donghu sat in Yun Xiao's luxurious carriage. Holding the stove given by Yun Xiao in his hand. The carriage was very smooth and comfortable. There are such good things as charcoal stoves in the carriage, which smokes the whole carriage warm. It is a stark contrast to the outside of the ice and snow.
Yun Xiao was generous, and a baggage carriage followed behind King Donghu's carriage. It was filled with the Yun family's steamed wine, as well as all kinds of canned food. King Donghu sat in a wide carriage. Eating canned beef. Drinking the delicious Yun family steamed wine, he felt that this was the most comfortable march in his life.
The Han people's stuff is good, and the transparent bottle contains delicious food. There is still fruit to eat in winter, and this meat is not bad, I heard that it is beef. Beef Donghu Wang has eaten all his life, and he has never eaten such delicious beef. Especially this kind of fine wine, it is simply the best in the world, and it is warm when you drink it. Compared with this wine, Donghu's wine is as light as water. King Donghu felt that this life was in vain, and now he can live a little taste.
I just don't know how the princess of the Han family is, and the Han envoy adheres to the tradition that they are not allowed to meet until they are married. stubbornly prevented himself from meeting the princess of the Han family, but looking at those maids, he knew that the princess of the Han family would not let him down.
With the princess of the Han family, you can ask for assistance from the wealthy Han Dynasty. With the supplies of the Han Dynasty, plus the warriors of Donghu. Not afraid that the countries of the Western Regions would no longer tremble under the hooves of Donghu, the king of Donghu seemed to see himself sweeping across the Western Regions and becoming another generation of overlords of the Western Regions. The kings of all countries came to pay their respects to him, prostrate at his feet.
If Yun Xiao could have seen it here, the old king had drunk too much.
Zabuleh was the main instigator of this pursuit, for the elderly cousin. Zabul still had a great deal of influence, and the flight of the Huns led him to believe that the Xiongnu had fallen. Even if it is as powerful as the Huns, losing 100,000 warriors in one winter is a catastrophe. This time is a great opportunity to weaken the strength of the Huns, and we must grasp it well.
Glancing enviously at the luxurious carriage, he had been in once in the morning. It was really a wonderful treat, if it weren't for being kicked out by my cousin to direct the march. He didn't even want to come out, damn it was dry. The howling cold wind took away a trace of body temperature, and the gloves did not dare to take them off at all. Even if the face touches the iron piece of the helmet, a layer of skin will be stained off.
The snow on the ground was so thick that it was almost up to the belly of the horse, and the continuous strong winds had blown the traces of the Huns' withdrawal very faint.
The snow particles from the cold wind hit his face with a burning pain, and the impact on the armor crackled. Both men and horses breathed white air and marched hard in the snow. There were some whispers of complaints in the morning, but no one complained anymore. Because the difficult march had already consumed everyone's body, no one now had the strength to speak loudly. It's just that the white mist that erupts from his mouth is getting faster and faster.
Canghu is right, the grassland after the snow is really endless. There are no mountains on the grassland, and they are flat as far as the eye can see. But this is a visual illusion, in fact, the grassland is also undulating. There are naturally no high mountains, but there are many gentle soil slopes at an altitude of more than ten meters.
The army of the king of Donghu walked into one of these slopes, although the slope was very soothing. But the uphill road was still difficult, and both men and horses were extremely tired. Many of the horses had stopped, and the soldiers wanted to rest for a while.
"You can't rest here when you get up, and you will get sick if you sweat and rest here." Zabulhei, as a general with troops, is not exactly a straw bale. He brandished his whip and drove away his men.
"Whoosh" a powerful arrow landed accurately at the neck of Zabel's horse. The horse's front hooves rose high in pain, and the unprepared Sabul was thrown to the ground.
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