Chapter 9: The Battle of Hexi
Huo Qubing only had 10,000 cavalry, while the Xiongnu Hexi tribes had a total of more than 100,000 troops, but he was fearless. In addition to the two largest kings, the Hun Evil King and the Hutu King, there are also many Hun kings scattered in the Hexi Corridor.
It may not be accurate to say that the dragons have no leader, because Yi Zhixian sent his son here to supervise the Xiongnu tribes before moving north, but it is not too much to say that they are scattered, because they lack a unified command and order, and they usually fight separately, which gives Huo Quzhi a chance to break through.
After Huo Quai's army set out from Longxi County, he flew all the way, crossed the Wuer Mountain, crossed the Yellow River, cut down the Supu Department, waded through the Hunu Water, and fought for more than 1,000 miles in six days, breaking through the five kingdoms of the Xiongnu, and defeating the small kings of Hexi one after another.
These tribes were originally the "peripheral organizations" and "coercion elements" of the Xiongnu, so after Huo Qubing interspersed and divided and surrounded these tribes, he easily forced them to land, and promised not to plunder their property and people after returning to obedience.
In order to lighten the burden, they were lightly armed in the following battles in order to advance at high speed, so that the other recalcitrant Xiongnu regular troops could never make an organized and planned counterattack. The second is to isolate the son of the "Minister of Chincha" Yi Zhixian.
It seems that Huo Quzhi is not only a military genius, but also quite politically minded. In order to divide and disintegrate the Xiongnu Hexi tribes, he was willing to give up the number of prisoners, which was an important certificate of military exploits, which was really not like what a nineteen-year-old general did.
As a result, in a blink of an eye, Yi Zhixian's son became the commander of the light pole, he saw that the big thing was not good, so he quickly pulled out his legs and slipped away, fortunately he ran fast, just a little bit short, Huo Quai's cavalry captured him, what a pity.
Then, Huo Qubing continued to crisscross the west of the river, went north and then turned back to the south, thousands of miles longitudinal, killed a whole back and forth in the north and south of Yanzhi Mountain, chased the two kings of Hun Xiu Tu everywhere, and finally arrived at the place of Gaolan Mountain.
The Huns had nowhere to escape, because then they ran southeast to the Yellow River, and on the other side of the river was the border of Longxi County of the Han Dynasty.
This is what Huo Quzhi wants, he is tired of picking rabbits. The so-called deep into the enemy's territory is conducive to a quick battle, and he now urgently needs a hand-to-hand encounter to deal the heaviest blow to the recalcitrant Huns!
Huo Qubing was full of confidence in this fierce battle, he had 10,000 cavalry, and there were more than 13,000 remnants of the Huns' Hun Evil King and Hutu King, as well as his dead friends Zhelan King and Luhou Wang.
And the soldiers of the Han army were also very excited, along the way, the Huns were defeated without a fight, only to escape, the number of captives captured and beheaded was far lower than their expectations, it was really too boring and disappointing.
In this battle, the Han army killed all the elites of the Xiongnu army, beheaded 8,960 ranks, and captured a large number of prisoners and baggage. King Zhelan was killed, King Luhou was beheaded, and the son of the evil king, his Xiangguo and Duwei, were all captured.
In addition, there are mountains of armor and baggage, and even the holy relics of the Hugh Slaughter Department, "Sacrifice to Heaven and Gold", have become the trophies of the Han army. Only the two bosses of the evil king, Hugh and Tu Wang, led the remnants to collapse without a trace.
However, the Han army also lost seventy percent, and only 3,000 of the 10,000 soldiers remained.
Huo Quai's second expedition won a phased victory for the Hexi Campaign, and these days, I disguised myself as a man and served as his entourage by his side.
After a day of fierce fighting, the four fields were quiet, and the remnant sun was reflected at the foot of Gaolan Mountain, and there were Hun corpses everywhere. Huo Quzhi put the blood-dripping sword into its sheath and gave me a thrilling smile. He, another miracle. Since then, the nineteen-year-old Huo Qubing has become the god of war that terrifies the Huns.
Tomorrow Huo Qu is sick and the class teacher will return to the court, just now he and the generals discussed, I was inconvenient to be around, so I walked out of the camp alone. Another big victory, the soldiers are about to return to their hometowns, and everyone's hearts are full of enthusiasm. A bonfire was lit not far away, and a group of people were chatting and drinking.
"See, a lot of leftover rice and meat was discarded on the baggage cart."
"Of course I did! It was given to General Huo by His Majesty, and there are dozens of cars! ”
"With so much food, there are still so many people who are hungry and can't eat enough, and General Huo also demarcated the court to kick the ju."
"What does it matter, as long as you can win the battle with General Huo, which general can achieve such an achievement at such a young age like our general?"
"When I go back to Chang'an this time, I must find a few chicks to have fun."
"Haha"
“……”
The latter words made me blush, and I couldn't help frowning, and the courier left. After staying outside the camp for a long time, it was estimated that Huo Qu's illness should be over, so I returned to the camp.
I still live with him as I did in Huo Mansion, and I serve his daily life as I did when I was at home.
When I got back to the camp, he was sitting at the desk with a stack of bamboo slips.
When he saw me walk in, he beckoned to me and motioned for me to come closer. When I got closer and sat down next to him, he looked at me and said, "You follow me, you've been tanned for the past two months." ”
I touched my face, and during the day I had tried to hide from the scorching sun with a cloth, but it was still somewhat dark.
"It's okay, it's more heroic to look at it this way, I don't like that kind of writhing official girl." He reassured.
I smiled lightly, and suddenly remembered what I had just seen and heard, so I told him.
He didn't defend himself, but asked me lightly, "What do you think are the characteristics of my war?" ”
"Fast"
"Clever! In order to be fast, in order to be in the most unlikely place at the most unlikely time, it has to be fast, so I can't bring a lot of baggage. ”
"Then why do you have to kick Keju when you fight?"
Huo Quzhi put down the bamboo slip in his hand and said: "Give up the baggage and fight so far, break the five countries in six days, and most of them are in the arid and bitter cold land of the desert Gobi, there is always a time when there is a shortage of food, and many people will definitely panic at this time." Let them kick the juju in order to boost their morale and prevent them from slacking off due to panic and lack of food. ”
"I think you're doing the right thing." I said in the affirmative.
"Oh? Don't you think I'm a bad soldier? ”
I shook my head and said, "How so! Your barracks are home to some of the toughest men in the Han army, and there are plenty of Xiongnu generals who are difficult to manage. If you really don't have compassion for the soldiers, how can you restrain them? ”
I said lightly: "Since ancient times, the king is most afraid of the master, you will be the most dazzling general of the Han Dynasty, if you still have a good reputation among the soldiers, I am afraid that one day in the future you will ......"
Huo Quzhi's whole body was shocked, and he said, "Lan'er, what you said is the same as what I think in my heart." ”
"I know that everything you have done is unprecedented and unprecedented, whether it is in the past or in the future, there is no one who can match you."
"How do you know what is to come?"
I blinked and said, "What if I say I'm the Knower?" ”
Huo Quzhi said slowly: "Then you are a monster!" ”
I'm not a youkai, it's just that I'm from the realm of the world two thousand years later, so I know every one of your great battles, every one of your victories, and... Your worst ending.
I will watch over you, I will not let you die at a young age, I will see with my own eyes what happened after the worst of the worst, and I will do my best to prevent the tragedy from happening.
In the Battle of Hexi, Huo Qubing led 10,000 cavalry, flew thousands of miles in six days, broke five countries, and beheaded more than 8,000 people to achieve the greatest victory.
Although the Battle of Hexi achieved a phased victory, the final victory had not yet come.
The Hexi Corridor was still in the hands of the Huns, and although its elites were annihilated by Huo Quai, the remnants still totaled nearly 100,000 people.
Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty was very ambitious and let Huo Qu take a little rest, preparing to wait until the summer to send troops to Hexi again. And held a grand ceremony to worship the sky in Bailiangtai, announcing to the world, and since then with the Xiongnu attack and defense of the shape.
In the past two months, I followed Huo Qubing to fight against the Huns, although I did not go to the battlefield with him, but I also saw the grandeur of ancient wars.
In the era of cold weapons, Huo Quai's cavalry was like a German tank during World War II, sweeping across the desert and invincible, beating the Huns, the ancestors of the cavalry.
The fight against the Xiongnu was a foreign war of the Chinese nation, a war to defend the homeland and defend the country, and I dare not agree with this view that some people in later generations commented that Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty was reckless in military force and distorted this history into Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty's war of aggression against Vietnam to expand the territory of Western Xinjiang.
Since the Qin Dynasty, the Xiongnu, a nomadic people in the northern desert, almost regarded the Han Dynasty, which was mainly agrarian, as a logistical support for their own needs.
In the early days of the Han Dynasty, the frontier was unstable, and the Huns came to harass from time to time, burning, killing and looting.
As nomads, they did not need to carry extra grain and grass, they had bows and arrows on their bodies, and healthy horses under their feet.
He who flies in the sky and runs on the ground shoots when he draws his bow and chases after his horse. The cavalry came and went without a trace, and ran away after grabbing.
In the face of this situation, China within the Great Wall was powerless to fundamentally change, and there were very few times for victory. I had to rely on affinity and a large amount of dowry property to buy a relatively temporary peace.
After Emperor Wu of Han, who was extremely victorious in martial arts, boarded the plane, he decided to change the situation, and he saw Wei Qing, who was like-minded with him, that is, Huo Quai's uncle.
In the fifth year of Yuanguang, Wei Qing worshiped the general of the chariot cavalry, and the other three generals each led an army to set off.
The four-way army was out of the jam, and the other three were defeated. On the contrary, Wei Qing, who led his troops out of the fortress for the first time, went out of the upper valley and smashed Dragon City directly, killing 700 enemies.
There is a well-known poem in later generations that describes this battle, "But make the dragon city fly and do not teach Hu Ma to do Yin Mountain." Among them, Longcheng refers to Wei Qing.
Wei Qing's outstanding military talent impressed Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, and Wei Qing's nephew Huo Qubing was even better than the blue.
Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty attached no one to Huo Quai's illness in the court, which also caused dissatisfaction among some people, the most famous of which was Sima Qian.
Sima Qian's "Historical Records" is a passing mention of Huo Quzhi's outstanding military exploits, and only describes it through Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty's rich reward for Huo Quzhi. Sima Qian was dissatisfied with Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty in Bailiangtai's special expedition to Hexi for Huo Quai's sacrifice to the heavens.
★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★ hussar general laughed and passed on the ninth word, saying that the Xiongnu had two little kings in the Hexi Corridor, called the Hun Evil King and the Hutu King. On this day, the two heard that Huo Qubing was calling, so they discussed countermeasures together.
King Hugh Tu said: "You are afraid of wool, look at this!" After speaking, he took out a golden villain, "This is the mascot of our tribe, with it, it will definitely KO Huo Quai!" ”
The evil king said: "I heard that he always opens plug-ins!" The GM didn't dare to ban him. ”
King Hugh Tu gritted his teeth and said: "It's shameless to open a plug-in, but it doesn't matter, we have thousands more people than him, and when the time comes, we will beat him in groups!" ”
The evil king said: "We might as well find a woman to seduce him and let him cheat to death and commit treason!" ”
King Hugh Tu said disdainfully: "You have read too many Mary Sue novels! ”