Chapter 233 Shiling Village
After the battle, after the count, the Wu'an army lost a total of 587 soldiers, all cavalry troops, and another 324 soldiers were wounded. The Huns were killed 1,877 and surrendered 953.
Although the number of casualties of the Xiongnu army was more than three times that of the Wu'an army, more than half of the results were achieved with absolute superiority after the plateau led reinforcements up. You must know how many people were lost in the battle of the Wu'an army against the Yan army, and in this battle against the Xiongnu army alone, nearly 600 people were killed. It can also be seen that the combat effectiveness of the Xiongnu is equally strong, and it cannot be changed throughout the two Han Dynasty for more than 400 years, and the Xiongnu have always been the confidants of the Central Plains Dynasty.
At this time, Yun Yao also caught up to treat the injured soldiers, and now Yun Yao is also very experienced, first of all, to treat the wounded soldiers who are the most seriously injured and their lives are in danger. Others, with less serious injuries, were treated by military doctors. In addition, other soldiers were also cleaning up the battlefield, collecting horses, guarding prisoners, and so on.
When everyone was busy, they saw Yuan Xuan leading more than a dozen villagers to the plateau, Yuan Xuan pointed to the plateau and said, "You guys have come and seen the lord." ”
When everyone came to the plateau, they all knelt on the ground and said in unison: "I have seen the lord." ”
Gao Yuan took two steps forward, stretched out his hand, and said, "Don't be polite, get up quickly." ”
The villagers were led by an old man over fifty years old, and after getting up, he said: "If the lord didn't come to the rescue this time, my village would have been ransacked by the Huns, so the lord saved the lives of our whole village, and the people of our village will not forget the kindness of the lord." ”
Gao Yuan said: "My father-in-law's surname is noble." ”
The old man said: "The little old man's surname is Wei, and he is famous and is the head of this village. ”
Gao Yuan nodded and said, "Village Chief Wei, since I am the official in charge of this place, it is my responsibility to protect the territory and the people, and this time I came to patrol Yanmen County to check the safety of the Yanmen area." ”
At this time, Yuan Xuan said on the side: "Don't worry, the lord is the son-in-law of the general, and he, like the general, will protect you." ”
When Wei Zhao heard this, his expression was also quite excited, and he said: "When the general was stationed in Yanmen, Xiao Lao'er was still under the general for a few days, and he also went out with the general, and killed two Hun soldiers?" ”
Gao Yuan also smiled: "In this way, the old man is still an old man." Then he called Li Yinghong and introduced him to Wei Zhao.
Wei Zhao and the others knew that it was Li Mu's daughter, and hurriedly saluted Li Yinghong, and Li Yinghong also said a few words to everyone.
This village is called Shiling Village, with a total of more than 800 households and a population of about 5,000 people, which is a large village in the Yanmen area. When Li Mu was stationed in Yanmen and Daijun, he was very popular, so everyone heard that it was Li Mu's daughter and son-in-law, and they were emotionally closer, and Wei Zhao also invited Gao Yuan and others to rest in the village. Gao Yuan did not refuse, but just ordered Du Yi to continue to clean up the battlefield, rest in place, and take Li Yinghong, Yuan Xuan and others into the village together.
At this time, the traces of the battle were also being cleaned up in Shiling Village, and the villagers moved the corpses out one by one and placed them, and Gao Yuan also noticed that the corpses of the villagers were significantly more than the corpses of the Hun soldiers, and the sound of crying could be heard everywhere. It seems that the number of villagers who died was not small.
Gao Yuan said: "Village Chief Wei, how many villagers have died in the village this time. ”
Wei Zhao smiled bitterly and said: "Let's say that there are two or three hundred people, but compared to other villages, it is good to restore, two days ago, Yangjia Dawan, twenty miles northwest of the city, was attacked by the Huns, and there were more than 3,000 people in the whole village, but there were less than a hundred left, and even the entire village was burned down." Thanks to the lord who came to save us, otherwise we would have ended up much better than the Yang family's Dawan. ”
Gao Yuan said: "How long has it been since the Huns went south again." ”
Wei Zhao said: "That's early, when the general broke the Huns, in fact, it was guaranteed for three or four years, and then although there was no large Hun invasion, but hundreds of Huns have a team every year, but to a village like ours, of course hundreds of Huns can't be broken, they can only rob some small villages, the danger is not big, so it is also peaceful for more than ten years, that is, the year before last, the Hun army in the south has increased, since last year, the Hun army is thousands of thousands of south, And this is just the beginning of this year? There are still two or three months to go until winter. ”
Gao Yuan also nodded and said, "Okay, this year, we will never let the Xiongnu endanger the area in this area again." ”
Wei Wei said: "As long as we can fight the Huns and protect our village homeland, if there is anything we need to do, even if the lord commands, the whole village will obey the lord's command." ”
Gao Yuan smiled slightly and said, "Let's think about it in the long run." Subsequently, Gao Yuan, accompanied by Wei Zhao, walked around the village, and the families who lost their relatives gave them condolences and gave them some money, and then left the village and returned to the camp to rest. This move also greatly moved Wei Zhao and other villagers, to be honest, they had never seen such an army before, even if it was Li Mu's army in the past, they couldn't do this, although Li Mu's army was already quite good in military discipline.
After returning to the camp, the battlefield was basically cleaned up, and the dead Hun soldiers were buried on the spot, while the soldiers of the Wu'an Army were wrapped in cloth and ready to be transported back to Yanmen Pass.
The injured soldiers were also well treated, but Yun Yao almost ran out of energy in order to treat the injured soldiers, and she looked tired, and Gao Yuan was also very distressed when she saw it, so she hurriedly asked Yun Yao to go back to the tent to rest, and asked Geng Yanyu to take care of her.
At this time, Jiang Huanwu and Ling Feng came to find the plateau and told the plateau that the Xiongnu army that came to Yanmen County to plunder this time had a total of more than 10,000 people, divided into three teams, and what they encountered today was only one of the three teams of Xiongnu.
It turned out that Jiang Huanwu and Ling Feng had lived in the area north of Yanmen Mountain for a long time, and this area was originally an area where Hu and Han lived together, and they often interacted with Xiongnu merchants, so they could also speak Xiongnu language.
More than ten years ago, after the Xiongnu were defeated by Li Mu, they suffered heavy losses, and other countries in the steppe took the opportunity to attack the Xiongnu. It turned out that at this time, there were not only the Xiongnu who lived on the grassland, but also dozens of tribes of various sizes such as Yueshi, Loulan, Wusun, Hujie, Shanrong, Qiyun, Guirong, Yiqu, Yuwu, Loufu, and Dali. However, in the past hundred years, the Xiongnu have gradually become stronger, defeating several large tribes in succession, forcibly occupying a large number of people and pastures, and becoming the most powerful nomadic tribe in the northern grasslands.
But the other tribes were naturally unwilling to be suppressed by the Xiongnu, and it happened that the Xiongnu were defeated by Li Mu, so they did not take the opportunity to launch an attack on the Xiongnu and seize the pastures and population of the Xiongnu. Therefore, in the past ten years, the Xiongnu have been fighting fiercely with other tribes on the grassland, and they have gone south to raid without flaws.
And won six years ago, the Xiongnu tribe produced an outstanding leader, named Touman, brave, brave and good at fighting, and quite eloquent, he set "Shan Yu" as the name of the leader of the Xiongnu, and rectified the internal of the Xiongnu, formulated the official name of the Xiongnu, made the Xiongnu unprecedentedly strong, and successively defeated the Yueshi, Loulan, Wusun, Dali and other tribes, not only the previous loss of pastures all recaptured, but also seized a lot of other tribes of pastures and population, but also greatly increased the population of the Xiongnu, Completely restored to the strength before being defeated by Li Mu.
At this time, Tou Manshan Yu learned from the Xiongnu merchants that Li Mu had led the border army south, and the guards around Yanmen were very empty, so Tou Manshan Yu also moved south to plunder again, after all, robbing the Central Plains people, even if it was robbing a village, it would be greater than the harvest of destroying a grassland tribe.
However, Tou Mandan participated in the battle with Li Mu back then, and he has always had lingering palpitations about Li Mu, and if he encounters another big defeat like the previous battle, the Huns may be devastated, so Tou Mandan did not dare to go south on a large scale, but only sent a small army to the south to plunder, for two years, the small Hun army in the south almost all returned with a full load, and did not encounter any obstacles. Tou Mandan was relieved at this time, and ordered the right Xian Wang Tou Xu to lead more than 100,000 people south to camp in the Yinshan area, and prepare for himself to lead the Xiongnu army south.
In June of this year, Tousu led the Xiongnu population to camp in Yinshan, and in September, he sent more than 10,000 troops to the south to plunder. This Xiongnu army has plundered several villages, plundered thousands of people, and a large number of cattle, sheep, livestock, food and property, and now the looted people, livestock and other goods are gathered in the temporary camp of Zhujianze. Originally, he was going to turn back to Zhumaze after finishing this ticket, but he was unlucky, and he encountered the people of the plateau, and almost the whole army was wiped out.
After listening to Jiang Huanwu and Ling Feng's speech, Gao Yuan also nodded, and immediately called Yuan Xuan and asked him where Zhu Jianze was?
Yuan Xuan said: "Zhujianze is a big lake about three hundred miles in the northwest, but I don't know the place of the body. ”
Gao Yuan listened, but also a little embarrassed, his original intention was to concentrate the forces of Yanmen County, launch a surprise attack on the Xiongnu, rescue the population plundered by the Xiongnu, and give the Xiongnu a lesson. But if you don't know the location of the body of Morumazawa, of course, you can't complete the assault.
Yuan Xuan said: "Lord, do you want to find a few Hun captives to lead the way?" They must know the way. ”
When the plateau was sinking, suddenly the guards came to report that Wei Zhao brought some wine, food and livestock, and asked to see the plateau at the gate of the camp, saying that he wanted to reward the soldiers of the plateau and the Wu'an army.