Chapter 22: The General's Eight-Sided Majesty (II)

In June of the first year of Yongyuan, Dou Xian and Geng Bing set out from Beijing and assembled at Shuofang Jilu.

Empress Dowager Dou personally went out of the palace to see her off. At the right time, three cannons were heard in the Liyang camp, and a group of soldiers went out of the palace in order with spears, and deployed along the post road, followed by the cavalry and infantry. There is a military attache in every ten teams, and he pushes the horse forward with his sword. The chariots, the guards, and the guards each took their weapons and put up their flags. The halberd guards marched in order, and the pedestrians on the street coughed and did not smell the phlegm, only opened their eyes wide and watched the team move forward in turn. Since Guangwu, it has rarely been seen such a big scene.

The corners rang out in unison, five hundred captains walked out with swords, and then eighty dragon flags were neatly carried by eighty strong men. A car, built very wide, the four corners of the car stand four guards generals, look ahead, majestic, the flagpole in the car is more than two zhang high, the red gold wire border flag is full of two zhang long, the black background is red, it is written: "the general of the car rides Dou", shining in the bright sunshine. Then one hundred and twenty sergeants held back with lying melons, standing melons, and large swords.

Dou Xian was wearing a silver jacket, which was made of more than 2,000 fish scales and armor, wearing a large crown of martial arts, and a red tassel on his helmet, and the gold and silver diamond-shaped pieces on the silver jacket were shining. He was arrogant, his eyes were shining, and he came to the Empress Dowager Dou and Liu Zhao with his hands crossed.

Liu Zhao had already sacrificed to heaven according to the custom, sat in a car drawn by a red mane and white horse, personally shot an elk on the road outside the car gate, and sent the elk to Taimiao for sacrifice with Dou Xian. He also gave the silk to Dou Xian, and watched the art of war array presided over by Dou Xian.

said that it was a big array, Dou Xian himself didn't know much about the art of war, but just casually put a few arrays for the emperor and the queen mother to see, and complete the etiquette before the expedition.

At this time, the ceremony was about to be completed, Liu Zhao left the throne and asked Fu Jielang to award the "festival" and "Yue" to Dou Xian on his behalf. Seeing that the ceremony was completed, Empress Dowager Dou also stood up and walked in front of Dou Xian and said: "Brother is here to take care of his body, return victoriously as soon as possible, and protect the country with the prestige of my Dou family." ”

Dou Xian bowed his head slightly, and said loudly: "Your Majesty the Queen Mother is at ease, the minister will definitely return to the dynasty victoriously when he goes, and raise my prestige." Then he stepped onto his mount and shouted "Go!"

The Taile waiter on the side shouted, "Licheng!" This grand departure ceremony has officially come to an end. And General Dou also began his journey of the Northern Expedition against the Xiongnu.

Dou Xian doesn't know how to use troops, but he understands a truth, that is, to concentrate troops, the main force against the main force, and the king division against the king division. From the very beginning, he made up his mind that he would never divide his troops into three ways.

The Southern Xiongnu Shan Yu set out from the Manyi Valley, and the Duliao general Deng Hong set out from Yangsai, echoing Dou Xian's army and threatening the Northern Xiongnu.

When he arrived at Zhuo Evil Mountain, Dou Xian asked the three-way army to meet and then decide the direction of the battle. After the army camped, Dou Xian sent a large number of sergeants to inquire about the location of the cavalry of the Northern Xiongnu, and demanded that without his order, no one was allowed to make any claim and attack the Northern Xiongnu.

The results of the investigation made Dou Xian very satisfied, and he shrewdly realized that the Northern Xiongnu were at the end of their crossbow power, and they did not send cavalry to attack the Han army head-on, so they must be in their base camp.

Based on this accurate judgment, Dou Xian sent deputy lieutenants Yan Pan, Sima Gengkui, and Geng Tan respectively to lead the Southern Xiongnu Zuogu Liwang Shizi, the right Huyan King and more than 10,000 elite cavalry, to the north of the area around Jiluo Mountain, where the court is located. Dou Xian ordered that the main force of the Xiongnu army must be found and fought a decisive battle with it.

Dou Xian was right, the Northern Xiongnu Shan Yu rested in the area of Jiluo Mountain.

Geng Kui is Geng Bing's younger brother, and this battle was originally Dou Xian and Geng Bing as the commanders, but Geng Bing was selfish and brought his younger brother Geng Kui with him to make contributions.

Geng Kui is not a gentleman, he was very bold when he was young, and like his brother, Geng Kui also admired his uncle Geng Yi, and he was determined to become a big hero like Geng Yi.

Geng Bing was very confident in his younger brother, so he strongly recommended Geng Kui in front of Dou Xian. Although Geng Kui had ambitions, it was the first time he participated in the war.

He led the team on the way to Jiluo Mountain, and the vast grassland stretched endlessly ahead, as if it had reached the edge of the sky. Occasionally, a few goshawks flew by in the sky, and the sharp hiss often tore through his eardrums, making him trance.

On the way, the sentry caught a Xiongnu captive, and Geng Kui immediately had him taken to the horse, and this man confessed, and the unit was in front.

This news made Yan Pan, Geng Kui and Geng Tan overjoyed, and immediately led the cavalry to attack. The horses galloped wildly on the grassland, and the dust brought up by the horses' hooves brought up the sky full of smoke and dust. The battle flag makes a hula sound in the wind, heralding the coming of a great war.

Attacking, attacking, the Han army rampaged like a wild horse, invincible, and completely broke the Xiongnu Shan Yu's team. But the Huns still shouted and rode on their horses, and finally adjusted, and according to the direction of the Han army's attack, they began to counterattack, trying to repel the Han army's attack.

On the battlefield, flesh and blood flew everywhere, and the Han army in red clothes was moving like a maple forest, fiery and red. They were red-eyed, colliding with the Huns like a sea of mountains, circling, like a rumbling thunderous cry, resounding through the clouds, and slamming into the mountains like a thousand angry waves, and the dull shouts and short roars made the mountains and rivers tremble.

The Han army and the Southern Xiongnu troops soon gained the advantage again, and the Northern Xiongnu were once again in chaos and were trampled by the Han army at will.

The Han Dynasty is no longer the era of infantry fighting cavalry during the period of Gaozu Liu Bang. In front of the Northern Xiongnu was a war-torn and disciplined elite division. They were in high spirits and were the best of the Han army, and the number of Huns under their swords was tens of thousands, so that such an army could be said to be the strongest army, invincible and invincible. With their hideous faces, they used bloody swords, low howls, and smoke and dust to annihilate the Huns little by little.

It seems that the souls of Wei Qing and Huo Qubing are possessed at this moment, and the possessed person is not a person!

Their appearance is to solve the hundred-year troubles of the Huns and end the three-hundred-year grievances!

The loud screams and screams stimulated the heartstrings of the people, and the blood of the cavalry splattered like a deep rainbow, which made the Huns have great fear.

Northern Xiongnu Shan Yu finally realized the horror of the Han army, he knew that if he continued to fight like this, he was likely to become the soul of the Han army, he was afraid, and at this moment he thought of escaping.

At the end of the battle, the Han army won a complete victory and defeated the Northern Xiongnu army, while the Northern Xiongnu fled.

Geng Kui felt a fire of enthusiasm in his chest, and his eyes were red from the excitement of this bloody scene, making him wave the banner again, "Chase!" ”

Geng Kui's bravery made him truly a great achievement. He pursued the tribes of the Northern Xiongnu with all his might, and in the Beihai of the private canal, the Han army killed a total of 13,000 people below the king of the big tribes, captured many people, and captured more than 100,000 heads of various livestock.

The Northern Huns finally couldn't take it anymore and decided to surrender. Led by Vice Wang and Xiao Wang, there were 81 successively, and more than 200,000 people all surrendered to the Han army.

Dou Xian and Geng Bing led the main force out of the fortress for more than 3,000 miles and climbed Yanran Mountain.

Walking up this mountain, Dou Xian's heart was surging, he looked into the distance, saw the blue sky clear, the blue clouds were like washing, and he suddenly felt that his heart was extremely open. Not long ago, he was locked up in the palace, and he almost died as a murderer, and it seems that there is no trace left. Now he is a proud son standing between heaven and earth, such a great feat, how many people can there be in the world.

As a historian, he knew that hundreds of years ago the Xiongnu were still rampant and domineering, and the Han army was always at a disadvantage during the Wenjing period, although the Han Dynasty won many battles during the Han Dynasty, but the Huns were still there, and they were always a scourge in the north.

Now that the Northern Xiongnu are fleeing and the people have surrendered, what a great irony!

He walked up to Dou Xian, gave a deep salute, and said, "General, we have won such a great victory this time, and we have gained a lot, which is comparable to the exploits of the former Wei Qing Huo Ran to get sick. Why don't you build a monument in stone at this moment to commemorate the general's exploits? ”

Dou Xian was overjoyed when he heard this, carving a stone and building a monument, what a good thing, it can not only deter the Southern Xiongnu Shan Yu next to him, but also leave a name for himself in history, and increase his power. Why not?

So Dou Xian immediately ordered Ban Gu to write the inscription.

Ban Gu looked down the mountain, the Han army was neat, heroic and extraordinary, a little thought, in a moment, a wave, wrote an eternal article.

"Feng Yanran Mountain Inscription"

However, in the autumn and July of the first year of Yongyuan, there was the uncle of Han Yuan, who said that the general Dou Xian, Yin Liang Shengming, ascended the wings of the royal family, and was included in Dalu, and Weiqing was killed. It is with the ruling Jin Wu Geng Bing, reporting on the patrol. Manage the troops in Shuofang. The school of Eagle Yang, the man of the tiger, the sixth division, Jinan Danyu, Donghu Wuhuan, Xirong Diqiang, the group of waiting for the king and the king, 30,000 horses. Yuan Rong light martial arts, the long hub is four points, the cloud chariot covers the road, and there are more than 3,000 times. Le with eight formations, with the mighty gods, the armor is dazzling, and the Zhu flag is in the sky. Suiling Gaoque, under the chicken deer, through the moraine, the desert, behead Wen Yu to provoke the drum, the blood corpse to dye the scorpion. Then the four schools were horizontal, the stars were swept away, the depression was thousands of miles, and there was no wilderness. So the domain was wiped out, and the anti-rotation was reversed, and the map was examined, and the mountains and rivers were exhausted. Then he crossed the evil spirit, crossed the waiting, took Yanran, tiptoed to the district, and burned the dragon court of the old man. On the high and the old anger of the text, the mysterious spirit of the ancestors; The next is to stabilize the heirs, restore the realm, and revitalize the heavenly voice of the Han Dynasty. The so-called one-time and long-term rest, temporary expenses and eternal tranquility also, is to close the mountain and publish the stone, Zhaoming Shengde.

His words read:

The king of Shuo is a descendant of the wilderness,

Suppress the murderous and cruel interception of overseas.

Nestled in the boundaries of the land,

Fengshen Hill Xi built a long ridge.

Emperor Xi is inspiring all eternity!

Emperor Xi is inspiring all eternity!