Chapter 183: Famous in the World
Dozens of miles away from the Wild Bull City.
Zhang Haoran received the message from Zhao Qian, and a mouthful of old blood accumulated in his chest, almost spurting out.
Three days of marching.
I'm going to rush to the Wild Bull City.
His mood was about to adjust.
Zhao Qianlai came out of this?
"General Zhang, please make a decision as soon as possible, just when I set off, the army had already begun to retreat!"
The messenger sent by Zhao Qian bowed his hand and saluted.
"Poof!"
Finally, Zhang Haoran couldn't help it, and a mouthful of old blood spurted out.
He is also a top master, and he was so angry that he was like this, which shows how ruthless he is.
"General!"
"General!"
Some of the guards were shocked and stepped forward.
"I'm fine...... Let's retreat......"
Zhang Haoran waved his hand and said with a lonely expression.
The last glimmer of hope for revenge is gone.
However, hearing the message from this messenger, Zhang Haoran was also shocked in his heart.
A weapon suspected of gunpowder, like thunder at night, killed and injured countless soldiers, the whole army bombed the camp, lost more than 20,000 soldiers in one night, and half of the grain and grass were destroyed again!
This loss is too great!
It's no wonder that Zhao Qian didn't dare to march anymore!
If it were him, he wouldn't dare to march any further!
It's just that he was a little annoyed, he had already persuaded Zhao Qian, but Zhao Qian hadn't made such a decision earlier, if he had done this earlier, the army might not have such losses!
Now, they have been marching for three days, and it will take almost three days to return to their original place!
Once and again, they spend more than five days in Baiyue!
For them who have problems with food and grass, it is likely to be the difference between heaven and earth, the distance between life and death!
"The Great Shang Expedition Army has retreated?"
"Thunder and lightning strike? Overnight, the army suffered more than 20,000 casualties? ”
Qinglongzhai also sent spies near the army of the Great Shang Expedition, and after receiving the information from his subordinates, the high-level leaders of Qinglongzhai were also shocked.
In the past few days, when they found out that more than 100,000 merchants were rushing towards Manniucheng, and there were 10,000 Zhenxi troops as the vanguard and might rush to Manniucheng at any time, they were also very nervous, and discussed with Li Yi several times how to do it.
After Li Yi and his men destroyed the Thousand Divine Horse Battalion, they had already put the Black Wind Village in a very equal position, and they did not underestimate it in the slightest.
Li Yi has always said that he is not in a hurry, he has already taken action.
They also know that Li Yi has taken action.
Every night, the big merchants invaded the army and camp, and the flames soared into the sky, and their intelligence officers naturally saw it.
Unexpectedly, Li Yi suddenly did such a big thing.
In one night, the enemy lost more than 20,000 soldiers!
The army of more than 100,000 merchants was repulsed!
It is conceivable that if this matter spreads, Li Yi will be famous all over the world!
"The wolf god is above...... Is this true......"
"More than 100,000 merchant troops have withdrawn?"
"Eagle God...... Thor...... Luna shot ......"
Not only the high-level leaders of Qinglongzhai were shocked, but also the high-level leaders of many Baiyue tribes were also shocked.
There are many other tribes who are concerned about this war.
More than 100,000 troops of Dashang entered Baiyue, including 30,000 elite soldiers of the Zhenxi Army and 1,000 Shenju battalions, and Dashang has not entered Baiyue with such a big effort for a long time.
They were very nervous.
That night, the camp of the Great Shang army roared, and many soldiers fled in all directions, and it was not difficult for their spies to catch some people and obtain some information.
Many Baiyue tribes didn't know how much the Great Shang army had lost, but they could imagine that it must have been huge.
For a time, many Baiyue tribes were afraid of Qinglong Village and Heifeng Village, which had just settled in Baiyue.
Originally, some Baiyue tribes found out that there were some good horses in Qinglong Village and Heifeng Village, and even divine horses, and they thought that if the Great Shang army did not wipe out all Qinglong Village and Heifeng Village this time, the remaining people and horses, they could help.
By the way, let's see if you can ask the Great Shang Court for some "support", if you can, then it will be the best of both worlds.
Now, this kind of thinking has been dispelled by many Baiyue tribes.
Hundreds of thousands of merchant troops are all embarrassed to this point, can they really do anything to each other?
Don't get any benefits, and then plant yourself in it, it will be a big loss.
In particular, the rumored god of eagles, the god of thunder, and the god of the moon...... Let them be vaguely taboo, many Baiyue races are more faithful to various totems, and the god of carving, the god of thunder, and the god of the moon are one of them.
Although, Li Yi has already sent eight top-level golden eagles to watch the news of the Great Shang Conquest Army, and cut off the information exchange between this army and the outside world.
However, the Great Shang has been established for a hundred years and suppressed the Quartet, so naturally it is not only this way to obtain information about the army, especially since this matter has made such a big fuss.
The fifth day of December.
Big business.
Capital.
Heavy snow fell from the sky.
Emperor Dashang, Emperor Hongwu received the battle report from Baiyue, kicked over the imperial case in front of him, and said angrily: "Waste! It's all a bunch of rubbish! An army of more than 100,000 people, 30,000 Zhenxi troops, and a thousand Shenju battalions were defeated by two groups of green forest forces! How ridiculous! What a shame!! ”
"Immediately write the holy decree, and when the army returns to Dashang, immediately remove Zhang Haoran from his position as a general in the Shenju Battalion, remove Zhao Qian from his position as the commander of the Western Expedition, and send them all to prison!" Then, Emperor Hongwu turned his head to look at the attendant on the side and said angrily.
Below, a group of officials were submissive and did not dare to speak.
This is a defeat that Dashang has not had in at least twenty years, and the Holy Lord is extremely angry, how dare they speak for Zhang Haoran and Zhao Qian?
Meanwhile.
Baiyue.
The entire expeditionary army is facing an even greater crisis.
The food and grass are gone.
Some of the soldiers who had lost contact with each other were collected one after another, and the number of soldiers in the entire army once again reached 110,000.
How terrible is it for an army of 110,000 to have no food and grass?
As long as the number of people sent out to search for food is less than 1,000, almost all of them will not come back!
The enemy, not only the people and horses of Qinglong Village and Black Wind Village!
There are also the major tribes of Baiyue!
The equipment of the Great Shang Army is a very precious thing in Baiyue, just stripping away the equipment of the Great Shang soldiers is a big harvest!
It's a feast!
After sending eight grain search teams in a row and never coming back, this expeditionary army no longer dared to send grain search teams out!
The sixth day of December.
This expeditionary army began to kill a large number of war horses.
The marching speed of the Great Army began to decrease.
On this day, the army marched only about one hundred and thirty miles.
The seventh day of December.
This expeditionary army once again killed a large number of war horses, and there were more problems in the entire expeditionary army, such as wounded numbers, sick numbers, etc.
On this day, the army only marched about 120 miles.
salt, beginning to be severely deficient.
On this day, many people eat horse meat that is bland and tasteless.
Every night, Qinglong Village and Black Wind Village will send top golden eagles to harass, fire, and explosive...... The mood of the officers and men of the entire army was very broken.
The ninth day of December.
The whole army completely collapsed.
100,000 soldiers scattered and fled.
The major Baiyue tribes, hearing the wind, excitedly chased and killed the scattered troops of the Great Shang Army, and it really became a feast!
Twenty days later.
Dashang and Baiyue borders.
Of the 130,000 expeditionary troops, only more than 30,000 fled miserably back to the border of the Great Shang, and many soldiers couldn't help but shed tears when they looked at the long-lost territory of the Great Shang.
Zhang Haoran, the head of the Shenju battalion, and Zhao Qian, the commander-in-chief of the Western Expedition, committed suicide on the spot.
The information of the entire Western Expedition also quickly spread throughout the territory of Dashang with the return of this army.
The whole country was in an uproar, and all forces were in an uproar.
The world is restless.
There are faint signs of instability in the entire Dashang country.
Qinglong Village, Qinglong Country, Qinyang.
Heifeng Village, Daqian Dynasty, Li Yi.
It also became famous all over the world.
Qinglong Kingdom, the emperor name of Qinyang, is very clear, it is the Qinglong Emperor.
Li Yi's emperor name is not clear to many forces, and he is faintly rumored to be the "Black Emperor".
The first day of the first month.
Li Yi and his father Li Yu stood in front of a well-dressed mound, silent.
On the eighth day of December, he received a message.
On the fifth day of December, Huo Ling did not want the Huo family to force her to marry the King of Jin, and committed suicide by taking poison in the big tent of the Zhenxi Army.
When Li Yi received the information, he was also moved.
He personally rode several golden eagles to the Zhenxi Army to determine the information, and soon determined that the information was true, and Huo Ling was really dead.
Before he died, Huo Ling left a line of handwriting.
"May the next life not be born again, the Hou family".
It made Li Yi's heart touch, and he faintly regretted it, he knew that this woman was so strong, and he had already taken the other party away.
After Li Yu knew this information, he didn't react too strongly, but a trace of sadness flashed in his eyes, and then he built this clothed mound.
Subsequently, Li Yu told Li Yi about him and Huo Ling.
It turned out that Li Yu once went to Beijing to catch the exam, and was plundered by bandits on the mountain, and it happened that Huo Ling trained his troops and led his troops up the mountain to suppress bandits, so the two got acquainted.
For a series of reasons, Li Yu followed the Zhenxi Army for a period of time, and coincidentally showed a not weak talent as a military teacher, which made Huo Ling appreciate it very much.
In the end, Huo Ling confessed to Li Yu, however, Li Yu did not agree.
"Twenty years ago, I got acquainted with your mother and met in Baitou, however, because your grandfather's family was not optimistic about me and did not agree to this marriage, your mother eloped with me and was expelled from the family. Li Yu sighed.
Li Yi was silent.
He didn't ask him where his grandfather's family came from.
Since childhood, "he" has no memory of that side, and now, his mother has been dead for many years, and there is no point in asking again.
Perhaps, Li Yu is really affectionate to his mother and is reluctant to marry again.
Or perhaps, Li Yu saw the shadow of his former wife in Huo Ling's family background, and he didn't want to repeat the road.
Or perhaps, Huo Ling committed suicide by taking poison and leaving handwriting, which is also a kind of ambition and confession, she wants to leave a deep shadow in Li Yu's heart.
In short, this feeling made Li Yi a little unhappy.
Subsequently, when he attacked the army of Baiyue's great merchants, he was even more ruthless.
In the blink of an eye, more than 20 days passed, and the entire Great Shang Westward Expedition was completely over.
Li Yi and Li Yu also came to Huo Ling's mound again, from then on, the great cadres and the big merchants will be completely enemies, one side will not destroy the endless, the big cadres and the Zhenbei army, and the Huo family, there should also be an inevitable battle.