Chapter 65: The Old Horse Knows the Way
The moment the emissary's head was thrown out, the eyes of Yi Zhixian and Zhongxing Yue narrowed into pinnoses. Because the owner of that head is none other than Tian Rong.
Bank of China was trembling in distress, he didn't agree with Tian Rong to go. However, Tian Rong repeatedly asked, saying that he was proficient in the Chinese language and the character of the Han people. tried his best to say Xiang in front of Da Shan Yu, so he was sent. I never thought that a first-class spy would die here.
"Kill, kill them all, don't take prisoners, don't want any of them, kill all these Han people in front of you." Yi Zhi's hand trembled uncertainly, and he regretted it to death. Now that the blade has passed and the head has been broken, the only way to use the enemy's blood is to let Tian Rong have peace underground!
"Kill!" According to the old rules, the daring were the first to kill out. And under the bow and crossbow of the Han army, there were heavy losses. I rushed twice in a row, but I didn't rush down. This made Yi Zhixian even more angry, 100,000 people attacked 10,000 people and couldn't beat them, which was a shame for the Great Huns.
"Amu! Your turn! When the daredevil's legs came down again, the enraged Izhi leaned at Amu and gave orders.
Gongsun He's luck was very bad, or very good. He just wandered around the grassland with 10,000 people, strangely. Now the steppe is full of scouts, both Han and Huns. There was no team of scouts who discovered the whereabouts of the 10,000 Han army.
After a seven-day tour of the grassland, Gongsun He, who was free, had to return to Dahan with his own Dahan sightseeing group due to the exhaustion of supplies.
Today, there is only one Han army on the steppe. It is not someone else who leads the team, it is Wei Qing who intends to establish a great cause and shake the past and the present.
He didn't know the news of the defeat of Li Guang and Gongsun Ao, and he didn't know the news of Gongsun He's return to Dahan. At this time, he was out by day. He had already reached the target ten miles away, and his target was Dragon City, the place where the Great Huns sacrificed to the sky.
The defenders of Dragon City were only two hundred men. No one could have guessed that the Han people could actually get out of the encirclement and suppression of Dadan Yu 100,000 elites. Besides, there are not many people here on weekdays, except for the festival. Even on the days of the sacrifice, the Huns themselves forgot about the existence of this place.
When a large group of men and horses appeared outside Dragon City, they thought it was Da Shan Yu's army passing by. Many shepherds cheered as they stood outside the walls.
Wei Qing glanced at the jumping seizures, and a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth. It seems that what those Hun defectors said was true. There is indeed a place of sacrifice for the Huns here. The ridiculous walls. It's just a fence made of wood, and looking at the soldiers with crooked armor scattered on it, Wei Qing will know. In this battle, the rest of the matter is how to escape back to Dahan. After all, it is someone else's territory, and it killed the land of the Great Huns. Yi Zhixian must have gone crazy with anger.
Wei Qing had to draw his long sword and shouted at the soldiers behind him: "Brothers, some of you are from the forbidden army, and some are from the northern army. Some are from Yulinwei, but today you are all Han soldiers. The army of the Great Han! All the time. It was the Huns who invaded our Han territory. In our Chinese land, there are few killings, fornications, and plunder, and the crimes committed are too numerous to mention.
This time, finally our Han army can come to the grassland. You can attack the tribes of the Huns, and in front of you is the place where the Huns worship their ancestors. Thinking that he was still my big man, he rushed forward with General Ben and destroyed their ancestral worship place. Come on! ”
After Wei Qing finished speaking, the standard-bearers in the team opened the Chinese character banner with black characters on a red background against the wind. The scarlet fangs were blown in the wind, and along the way they were afraid of exposing their targets. Wei Qingdu asked the flag bearer to roll up the flag. Never open your mouth.
Today can be regarded as a time for a long face, and it is better to wait if you don't put out the flag at this time. Under the Han flag. 10,000 cavalry swept towards Dragon City like the wind.
Before the Huns guarding the gate could understand more, they were shot into a sieve by crossbow arrows. The worst thing is that the wooden gate is still open. Wei Qing is facing a city that is basically undefended.
Before many Huns could get on their horses, they were slashed and killed by the Han cavalry who rushed up. Those herdsmen were slaughtered as if they were chopping melons and vegetables, and Wei Qing's orders to the sergeants were also killed and burned. This command encompasses the Dragon City. All two-legged walking animals, even cattle and sheep and other livestock.
Two hundred Hun soldiers, under the impact of 10,000 Han troops, disappeared without even a bubble. What the Han army is doing now is naked slaughter.
"General, don't do that. If it is known by those imperial histories in the court. They will say that we slaughtered the city. The deputy general said to Wei Qing carefully. This bearded lieutenant general was born in the Northern Army, and he was not very convinced by this young general. always felt that he relied on the identity of the emperor's brother-in-law to ascend to the throne. In war, it's good to be able to pee your pants on the battlefield.
What he didn't expect was that this little guy actually took the soldiers to touch the place where the Huns sacrificed to the sky. It was also expected that there were not too many Hun soldiers in it, and now it really looks like a fortune teller, as if he can pinch and calculate.
Now he is convinced by Wei Qing, but whether this killing was too cruel. Even the baby in swaddling clothes slashed and pierced with a spear, which seemed a bit excessive.
"Humph! When they were in Han land, did they let go of those women and children? Do we have enough to give them? How dare they in the Han land, we will do it in the grassland.
I remember that Yunhou said that it would take ten years to fight. The Xiongnu can be consumed into a tribe. It's a pity that there were no cavalry in my Han before. Well, now Ma Zheng has an effect. You see, we also have horses to ride.
Besides, keep those guys. When we're gone, they'll ride their horses and report to Yi Zhi'er. We only have 10,000 men, and this general will have to bring you back with all your beards. Don't kill people here, take the head of military merit. But on the way back, he encountered the Huns and suffered heavy losses.
They've all made a lot of money in this battle, if that's the case. Maybe, it will collapse soon. Wei Qing knew that the army actually looked down on money the most, and they all became crazy people when they grabbed money. Under the full load, who wants to stay behind and die. In exchange, his companion rode a horse and fled calmly, and then returned to Chang'an to spend time drinking. On a lonely afternoon, sit on a recliner and quietly bless yourself.
"Alright! Oh, general, those people can't be killed. That was the priest of the Huns, who was not only powerful but also held divine power, and was one of the more powerful figures in the Great Huns. The last general seems. Why don't you take them back and offer them to your majesty? When the time comes, let the people of Chang'an see the living Hun priests. to boost the morale of our Han army. ”
The adjutant pointed to the six or seven hundred people in the distance, although there were people begging for mercy. But this big man is still being shot mercilessly, and the Han soldiers are also wonderful. Shoot people without shooting the body, but actually shoot the legs.
The sacrifices of the arrows lay on the ground and wailed. But it was soon overwhelmed by countless pairs of big feet. I don't know how he died, anyway, when Wei Qing checked it in the end, he must have been covered with footprints.
Wei Qing looked at it and felt that the deputy general had a point. When the prisoners were sacrificed, it was ugly if there were only a few kittens. These fat-headed, big-eared priests were the best candidates and had a position among the Huns. Now the Xiongnu Dragon City has been hit hard, estimated for decades. The Huns would not have had these powerful forces hidden behind religion.
Wei Qing watched boredly as his subordinates kept killing, and the corpses on the ground were accumulating higher and higher.
"Pick the horses and retreat with these captives." Wei Qing glanced at it. From the beginning of the entry into the city to the end of the slaughter. It's only about four hours. The inside and outside of Dragon City had been destroyed, with burning felt bags everywhere and patches of corpses on the ground. The wild wolves also seemed to ask about the taste, standing on the ground of the slope where Wei Qing had stayed, quietly smelling the smell of blood. And with a long and short call, more wolves joined. As soon as the Han army withdrew, they had a gluttonous feast.
There are many vultures hovering in the sky, and food is hard to find in winter. The smell of blood has long since been carried by the wind. Scraped the entire steppe. As for the crows, they have taken advantage of their bodies and have fallen all over the ground. The eyes of many dead men have been turned into two bloody holes. It's all the work of the crows.
The scene of the entire Dragon City, what a tragic word. It seems that God also thinks that Wei Qing has gone too far, and the goose-feathered university fell down when the last scream came to an abrupt end.
When the crystal clear snowflakes fall to the ground, they become a strange and bewitching red. The hooves of human feet and horses trampled on it, staining more of the snow into red bloody mud. White snow, red blood. This moment is snow-white and blood-red. It's more and more shocking to see.
"As long as the horses are warned, the foals are also killed. Except for the priestly captives, all of them were killed. We can't take that many people with us. Wei Qing was like a butcher at the moment, and orders that were colder than the weather spurted out of his mouth, if it weren't for a trace of white gas. Everyone will think that the general has become a demon.
Wei Qing did not become a demon, but remembered Weijiazhuang twenty years ago. A Zhuangzi with only women and children, those bloody and broken corpses. If it is fair, it is fair to spoil the land where the Huns sacrifice to heaven like this today.
Or say, 'How can you repay your grievances with virtue?' Zi said: How to repay virtue? Repay grievances with straightforwardness, repay virtue with virtue! Wei Qing recited the famous words of Confucius aloud, and the kindness to these people is the cruelty to the dead relatives.
"General, just set the fire on fire." Seeing this, the Chinese military officer was a little disgusted. It is also customary to burn corpses after the war. Allowing wild beasts to gnaw at it seems to be a bit against the peace of nature.
"No, if we light the fire at this time, we can see the fireworks dozens of miles away. Isn't this showing the Huns the way? Tell them clearly that we have attacked Dragon City. Let them stop our army when it returns, or even eat our army? Wei Qing was a little annoyed, how could he pick such a 255th Chinese army.
"What the general said is extremely true, the villain suddenly asked the general to forgive his sins." This Chinese army is good at this, no matter what, as long as Wei Qing is right, this thing will immediately confess. But next time, I will still make two mistakes on the same issue.
The heavy snow has made the sky and the earth blank, and it is impossible to tell whether it is dark or day. Wei Qing took 10,000 soldiers and galloped out of Dragon City with these priests. The wild wolves who couldn't wait swarmed in, and the entire Dragon City was instantly filled with the sound of whimpering. Those who are not dead or pretend to be dead are even more miserable at the moment.
A terrible howl rang out, and seven or eight wolves scattered and fled with a part of their bodies in their mouths. Only the bloody body was left rolling on the ground and wailing, but soon a steppe wolf, who likes to eat live food, rushed over and continued to bite at the bloody mass of the warband.
Wei Qing led the people to carefully avoid the Hun search team, and the heavy snow covered their footprints well. As long as the wind and snow don't stop, they want to find their team on the grassland. Nature is also impossible.
However, at this time, Wei Qing encountered another problem, that is, they were lost. The compass that Yun Xiao gave him kept spinning, and Wei Qing didn't know where it was north when he saw it.
Heavy snow buried the footprints, and the vision was also very blurred. Wei Qing was so anxious that he was covered in sweat, and the Huns were looking for him all over the grassland. Once you find out that Dragon City has been destroyed, you will definitely follow the trail. Heavy snow can only bury some appearances, and once examined by careful people, they will reveal flaws.
Wei Qing was a little helpless, looking at the compass that was constantly spinning and helpless. I really hope that Yun Xiao is here, and he must know what to do.
"General, are you lost?" The adjutant general rushed to the Chinese army and asked.
"Yes! I'm lost, and I can't even use the compass. Perhaps there is a natural magnetic field here that interferes with the compass. If you don't get out in a hurry, once the snow stops. We will be surrounded by the Huns, and we will not be able to leave if we want to. Wei Qing let out a breath of white air, he was a little anxious at this time, although the official worshiped the general of the chariot, but after all, he was only a doll in his twenties.
"Hahaha! So that's the case, the general and look at the old man. The bearded general smiled slightly, and ordered several of the guys in the camp to come out, all of them riding a horse and leading a horse. Obviously, the horses that were led were all horses originally ridden by the Han army.
The Han horses were nervous, and many old horses were conscripted into the army. This time, Liu Che conquered forty or fifty thousand horses at once, and naturally there were many old horses.
I saw these soldiers let go of the reins of the old horses, and the old horses walked up with a stride.
"Please give the order of the general, and the whole army will follow these old horses. He will definitely return to the Han realm, although it is better to be slower than to be surrounded by the Huns. The lieutenant said confidently.
"Oh, these old horses will take us back to the Han realm?" Wei Qing said with some surprise.
"This is what we have summed up in the Northern Army, and old horses are usually able to find their way home. No matter how bad the road conditions are. They are also going back to their hometowns, which we call old horses. General, please rest assured, this strategy is very useful in the Northern Army. The general still gives the order! Don't delay! (To be continued......)