Chapter 41: Fight and Retreat

Suddenly, the sky cracked: "Boom click^......"

The whole earth shook. The three of them were unsteady on their feet and bumped into each other. Mei Ga hugged Su Wu and the old man, "Let's go!"

As the earth shook, a large crack opened in the glacier not far from the shore, which was a foot wide and bottomless, and the naked eye could not see the end.

After the earth calmed down, Su Wu looked at it and sighed: "My God, this ice is at least a few zhang thick, and it has such a big crack." I can't even get the water out of the sea!"

Old man Yu Yiba said: "I'm afraid this is the Baikal Sea is about to open the sea!"

"Open the sea, is the ice about to start melting?" asked Su Wu.

"yes!"

Is this glacial cracking happening every year?'

"I haven't heard much of it before. ”

"That said, we're lucky to have come across this today!" said Mega.

"Yes, we're lucky!" Su Wu was afraid of any danger here, so he said to them, "Let's go home and come back to see the Baikal Sea where the ice has melted later!"

Li Ling's troops fought and retreated, and beheaded more than 3,000 enemy cavalry, so that the enemy was confused and did not dare to boldly offend, and small forces of harassment continued to exist, and the troops were constantly attrition.

With no support for this lone army, he decided to lead his troops out of the mountain. As he walked, he cheered for the soldiers below: Let's refuel and retreat, lift our spirits, we will definitely win, we will definitely be able to go home......

They walked along the old road of Longcheng for four or five days, and entered the boundary of the surrendered city, with a large area of reeds in front of them. Li Ling looked at the low-lying area in front of him, and the city was trapped in barren grass, which was extremely desolate.

This reminded him of the lesson of General Yi here that year:

In the winter of many years ago, the Xiongnu suffered a natural disaster, and after the heavy snowfall, countless livestock died of hunger and cold, and people panicked for a while. At this time, Uwei Shan Yu was dead, and his son was not alone

Although this kid is young, he is good at killing, which makes the superstitious Huns deeply uneasy.

The Xiongnu Zuo Dadu Lieutenant wanted to kill Ershan Yu, and sent an envoy to tell the Han Dynasty: I want to kill Ershan Yu and surrender to the Han, but the Han land is far away, please send troops to meet it. Once the soldiers arrived, I would kill Ershan and return to Han.

Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty was also very happy when he heard the news, and immediately sent Gongsun Ao to build a surrendered city outside the fortress to meet the Zuo Dadu Lieutenant. However, after the surrendered city was built, Captain Zuo was still too far away.

The emperor made a quick decision, and in the spring of the following year, he sent Zhao Ponu, the Marquis of Xunye, to lead more than 20,000 cavalry, out of Shuofang, and traveled 2,000 miles northwest to meet Captain Zuo. However, just when Captain Zuo was about to kill Er Shan Yu, the matter was revealed and he was killed by Er Shan Yu.

After a fierce battle with the Huns, Zhao Ponu retreated south to the place where he was surrendered, and was surrounded by 80,000 Hun cavalry. In the end, Zhao Ponu was captured, and more than 20,000 cavalry surrendered.

Thinking of this, Li Ling was afraid that there would be an enemy ambush ahead, so he ordered the team to stop advancing. Seeing that the Hun cavalry was about to catch up, he had no choice but to build a city in the reeds in front of him.

Seeing this, Shan Yu ordered the troops to set fire on all sides.

Li Ling saw that the enemy army set fire, and immediately commanded the soldiers of the whole army: "All departments and separate heads use fire to burn a vacant land, and the fire of the Huns spreads, and it will not burn us!"

Under his leadership and deployment, everyone acted in an orderly manner, overcame obstacles, and burned a large piece of the station.

Because this place is relatively close to the Han land and Juyan, the enemy did not dare to stay and flee after setting fire. As soon as the enemy fled, Li Ling led his troops out unharmed. They retreated to the foot of a mountain, and the Hun sentinels found it, and reported to the Shan Yu.

And the Marquis was so angry that he gritted his teeth, personally pressed the formation, and ordered the troops to condescendingly raid Li Ling's troops. Li Ling found that there was a large forest in front of the mountain, and immediately ordered the troops: "Hurry up and enter the forest in front!"

The ministries carried out the order and immediately went into the woods and dispersed. The Hun cavalry rushed into the woods. The Han army gave full play to the advantages of infantry in the forest, and the crossbowmen fought flexibly, breaking the Xiongnu troops and beheading thousands of soldiers and cavalry.

Shan Yu was once again under the heavy pressure of Li Ling's army, and turned around and fled with his cavalry.

Li Ling encouraged the soldiers, saying: "Not far ahead is the border of our Han Dynasty, which is our hometown, and we must be full of confidence!

Everyone shouted in unison: "Go home with a hundred times confidence! Go home with a hundred times more confidence!" The shouts reverberated in the air. At the same time, it also shook the interior of the Huns.

At the beginning of this time, Shan Yu led 30,000 cavalry to meet Li Ling, lost thousands, and transferred 80,000 cavalry to surround Li Ling, but he was still defeated in successive battles. The cavalry lost almost 20,000 horsemen.

Wei Lu said to Shan Yu: "Shan Yu, this doesn't work, we have to change our way of playing!"

"How?"

"This is the main force of the big man, dragging us farther and farther away from the border. We've got to find a way to ambush him so that they don't come back!"

"How can we set up an ambush here? This place is very close to the border of the Han Dynasty, and if they come with reinforcements, we will suffer. I think it's better to continue chasing them, take the opportunity to pack up one by one, chase them out of the mountain, and if you can't catch up, you will immediately retreat!" Shan Yu said.

Li Ling's troops were marching south in front, chasing after him with cavalry, and both sides were fighting and fighting, neither of them were in love with the war.

On this day, when the sun was setting in the west, the soldiers of Li Ling's troops were armed with bows and crossbows, and vigilantly just walked out of the Dongjunji Pass and entered the barren hill area. Suddenly, a small group of cavalry rushed out from the side. Li Ling shouted loudly: "Release the arrow!"

The sergeants fired a thousand arrows, the enemy cavalry in front fell in response to the arrows, and the rear cavalry turned around and fled.

Li Ling shouted, "Catch it alive!" and the soldier switched to shooting the body and legs of the horse. The horses fell to the ground, and the rebels were beheaded, and only one prisoner was captured.

After interrogating the prisoners, it was learned that the enemy had lost more than 30,000 cavalry in many battles, and they were afraid that we would have reinforcements, so they did not dare to make a desperate bet, and now their morale is not high. This further boosted the morale of Li Ling and the soldiers.

In addition, Li Ling led his troops, and immediately retreated to the realm of the Han Dynasty, and the enemy did not dare to chase after him. Shan Yu means: chase to a place fifty miles away from the Han border, and if you can't catch up, you will immediately withdraw.

At night, under the starlight, the two sides camped more than a mile apart, and both sent troops to stand guard on a high place and be vigilant in defense. After midnight, General Han Yannian of Li Ling's department patrolled the post and found that a soldier standing guard fell asleep with an arrow in his arms.

He whipped him up angrily and reprimanded: "How can you fall asleep while standing guard?" The soldier hurriedly knelt down and begged for mercy: "My lord, I am really too tired!" General Han snorted and scolded unrelentingly, and the soldier was beaten and cried incessantly.

In the silence of the night, the sound of General Han's scolding and the cries of the soldiers spread far and wide. The Hun sentry heard it, noted down the location, and quietly called the two people to change into Han military uniforms and dive

entered the sentry post, saying that he was replacing him to stand sentry, and robbed the soldiers who had been trained and beaten to the Hu camp.

After being coerced and lured, the soldiers surrendered to the Hu army, saying that Li Ling's military headquarters was alone

There was no backup for the army, there were many casualties among the soldiers, there were only more than 800 people with combat capability, and there was news that arrows and crossbows and other weapons were almost exhausted.