Chapter 42: Deterrence
Zhang Hao heard this and sneered at him: "Don't worry about him, continue to release arrows." ”
Don't use the opportunity to annihilate Wuhuan, go down and exchange the lives of the soldiers with the Wuhuan people, who will do such a loss-making thing.
Zheng Meng was a little eager to try, but after seeing Zhang Hao's warning eyes, he extinguished this thought.
Soon, the arrows of the soldiers on the roof were finished, and the lower third of the Wuhuan cavalry were killed, and the ground was covered with corpses, each with at least three arrows stuck in their bodies.
And those who are still alive are all wounded. The general still had an arrow stuck in his left shoulder, and now that the rain of arrows had stopped, he finally had time to break the arrow and pull it out.
Hmm, the huge pain made him can't help but snort, but his eyes are staring viciously at Zhang Hao on the roof. During this period of time, he had already recognized this somewhat weak man as the general of these Han Dynasty soldiers.
Zhang Hao ignored his eyes as if he was going to eat people: "The whole army listens to the order, these Hu people are all killed, and no one is left." ”
Nogi roared angrily: "You coward, if you are a man, come down and duel with me one-on-one, what kind of ability is standing on it!" ”
scolded all the scolding words he could think of. It's just that he shouted this sentence in Wuhuan language, Zhang Hao couldn't understand it at all, and now he has been carried away by anger and forgotten about it.
"What the hell is that guy called?" Zhang Hao didn't understand, so he just thought he was the wailing of a lost dog. But in this situation, he can still guess that what this guy said is not a good thing.
"Cousin, go and take off that fellow's head, and I will use him to honor the people who died in the city."
"No." Zheng Meng jumped directly from the roof in excitement, the big knife in his hand was already hungry and thirsty.
Only in the open field can the cavalry show its true power, and only when it runs, can it use various tactics.
The current Wuhuan cavalry is surrounded by narrow streets, surrounded by houses, and it is impossible to use it at all, plus now everyone is wounded and morale is low, and it is not at all an opponent of the officers and soldiers with high morale.
The Wuhuan cavalry was surrounded by officers and soldiers, and they were held against it with their spears. With the sabers in their hands, they couldn't touch the officers and soldiers at all, but every time the officers and soldiers stabbed, they would stab the Wuhuan people on the horses, and hundreds of people were killed and wounded several times.
"Bastard, asshole, asshole!"
Nogi kept waving the saber in his hand, swinging the spear that stabbed again and again, watching his men continue to fall off the horse, anxious, but to no avail, he could only keep scolding.
At this time, Zheng Meng held a long knife, squeezed from the crowd to the front, and shouted: "This Hu Dog is mine!" ”
So the others stopped coming forward, and he rushed towards Nogiga, who was on his horse.
"Give me death!" Nogi didn't care why this man was looking for himself to fight alone, but these hateful guys can kill one by one.
Because he was riding on a horse, Nogi was much taller than Zheng Meng, and he took advantage of his height to raise his knife and slash downward, but was blocked by Zheng Meng's horizontal knife.
Zheng Meng immediately counterattacked, the momentum sank vigorously, and with a knife, Nogi He and the war horse under his crotch slashed back a few steps, which shocked Nogi He's right hand numb, and the tiger's mouth burst.
"You dog thief still have some ability, then eat me again!" Zheng Meng will not give him a chance, and he doesn't need to talk about morality to the Hu people who brutalized his Han compatriots, and he took advantage of his illness to kill him.
Noki He is worthy of being a famous warrior in the tribe, and he actually caught Zheng Meng's three swords in a row. It's just that he was injured after all, otherwise he could have lasted a little longer. When Zheng Meng attacked again, he could no longer hold the saber in his hand, and was slashed by Zheng Meng, and he himself was in a different place.
The leader of the general died, and the remaining Wuhuan people couldn't hold on anymore, and the battle ended quickly.
"This can be regarded as avenging the people who died in Liangxiang."
Qin Wen also calmed the anger in his heart, and turned elated: "General, we have made great contributions this time." Not only did they completely annihilate these 3,000 people, but they also captured more than 2,000 living war horses! Although many of them were injured, they could still continue to fight after they recovered. ”
Looking at Qin Wen, who was happy like a child, Zhang Hao was also a little excited, these war horses are the biggest harvest at present.
"Order the soldiers to take good care of their lives, and those horses that are dead and seriously wounded will be used as military rations." Although horse meat is not delicious, especially the meat of war horses, it is also meat and can satisfy hunger.
Cleaning the battlefield, Zhang Hao ordered the ashes of all the people in the city to be put in a large jar, and cut off the heads of the Wuhuan people, and made a huge Jingguan ten miles south of the city.
The corpses were piled up at the bottom, and the heads were placed on top of them, and the surface was covered with earth to make the shape of a mound. He ordered someone to erect a stone tablet next to it, on which were written eight big characters: "Committing a Han and a Hulu, Ten Thousand Deaths Will Not Be Forgiven".
Zhang Hao dug a pit with his own hands, buried the ashes altar, and set up a monument to write "the resting place of the dead people in Liangxiang". After mourning in front of the monument with the whole army, he marched to Zhuoxian again. The most important thing now is to assist the imperial court to quell the Yellow Turban Rebellion, and the affairs of the Wuhuan people can only be settled in the future.
However, the recorded invasion of Wuhuan was still three years later when Zhang Ju and Zhang Chun rebelled and contacted Qiu Liju, who had united the Wuhuan tribes at that time, resulting in the looting of Qing, Xu, You, and Hebei prefectures. In the end, it was Liu Yu who came out and surrendered the Wuhuan people before he calmed down.
Zhang Hao thought in his heart: His current ability is limited, and he can't take care of the two things of Yellow Turban and Wuhuan. Since the inertia of history is so strong, only a small number of Wuhuan people have gone south at most, and I believe that the magistrates of those border counties can handle it.
A day later, another group of Wuhuan cavalry arrived. The leader is a strong man with a face full of scars and a fierce man, named Eminem.
"Qiuliju Khan ordered all his troops to take advantage of the civil strife in the Han Dynasty to go south and plunder to make up for the losses caused by the natural disaster last year. Unexpectedly, they were in chaos inside, but the border was not chaotic, most of our men and horses were blocked out, and only a small force came out of the mountains. Eminem said to himself.
If Zhang Hao heard this sentence here, he would immediately realize that at this time, Qiu Liju had united the various Wuhuan tribes entrenched on the border of Youzhou. Because the leader of the tribe is called the Lord, the leader of the race is called the Khan.
However, he should be a self-appointed khan, and has not yet been recognized by the imperial court. After all, for the Han Dynasty, a divided Wuhuan is much better than a united Wuhuan one.
The subordinates on the side cautiously accosted: "It's just that I didn't expect that those cities were so tightly guarded, and there was no Han Dynasty outside the city." We didn't get anything. ”
"Dog, I want you to talk more!" Eminem whipped his hand directly. The subordinates covered their faces and wanted to cry without tears, but they didn't dare to make a sound, for fear of annoying their masters.
Eminem muttered to himself again: "There are too few people who come out with me, if I have as many soldiers and horses as Nogi and him, I will definitely be able to break through those cities and grab a lot of good things." ”
Then he was interrupted by one of his subordinates: "General, you see that the city in front of you is smoking. ”
Eminem was very upset and hit the subordinate again, and then looked over there, there was really smoke. He thought to himself that maybe there was a situation in the city, and in this case he might have a chance to take advantage of it. But when they approached, they didn't see anything, and that should have been over long ago.
At this time, the ranger in charge of the investigation ran back in a panic: "General, the villain discovered a situation when he was investigating. ”
"What scared you like this, huh?" Eminem, who ran away in vain, was very dissatisfied.
"You'll find out with me."
"Huh?" Eminem followed the ranger over, "If I see it and I see that it doesn't matter, I'll cut you." ”
As a result, as soon as he arrived at the place, he saw the tomb that was several feet high, Eminem was immediately startled, he recognized what it was, this was the work of the victor to show off his martial arts and intimidate others, he had done a lot of such things with the adults of the tribe, but it was not as huge as the one in front of him.
"This, this, this, this is Jingguan?! Why is it so huge? ”
When Eminem was terrified, some of his subordinates recognized the big characters on the stone tablet.
"General, these dead seem to be our people!"
"What?" Eminem was even more afraid, the Jingguan he had done before was only a few hundred people, a little taller than himself. There are at least a few thousand people in front of such a big one.
He suddenly remembered that among their small group of people, the largest number was Nogihe. They have united several groups of men and horses, adding up to more than 3,000 horses, can it be said that all these people have died here?
Eminem's face was already pale with fright, and he hurriedly said, "Quick, let's quickly retreat and go back to the grassland." ”
"General, we haven't grabbed anything yet, so let's go back?" One of his subordinates said.
"Bastard!" Eminem picked up the horsewhip and whipped it, "What is more important than life, these are the people who followed Nogihe, and now they are all dead, and they have been made into Kyokan." Coupled with the fact that we have come all the way, the people of the Han Dynasty have taken precautions, and there is no chance. If you don't go back now, will you wait here to die! ”
After saying that, he left directly, and his subordinates had to follow.
A few days later, Eminem returned to the tribe and conveyed the news to the tribe that Nogihe's entire army had been annihilated and that all 3,000 Wuhuan cavalry had been annihilated.
The tribesmen reported this matter to the Khan Qiu Liju, who believed that although the Han Dynasty was in civil strife, judging from the current situation, the Han Dynasty people were prepared, and it was not a good time to go south.
So he ordered the Wuhuan tribes in each border county to collect their troops, no longer plundering the Han Dynasty, and instead waged war against other ethnic minorities in the northeast.