Of course, it was the cavalry led by Zhang Hao.

Since he knew that he was going around the road, the cavalry that was pursuing him would arrive later than the time of the Uhuan pursuit. So, Zhang Hao ordered that in addition to sleeping at night, no matter what he eats and drinks during the day, it will be solved immediately. Everything was done to save time, to arrive as soon as possible before the Wuhuan cavalry found Qin Wen's team.

Fortunately, Zhang Hao's war horse Xiaobai is extraordinary, and he can be given a chance to stop temporarily.

The cavalry ran for two days and one night, and finally found a large herd of cattle by the river to the north, and engaged them not far away.

Zhang Hao immediately rushed to the battlefield without stopping, just in time to see the scene where Qin Wen's Han army was standing still like wooden chickens, and the Wuhuan cavalry was charging past like hungry wolves. Fortunately, he arrived just in time, otherwise his soldiers would have been finished.

The sudden reversal of the situation caught Mu Lihu by surprise, and also made the Wuhuan cavalry panic. The battle had been going on for a long time, everyone was exhausted, and they were certainly not opponents in the face of the Han army that suddenly appeared.

And the Han army, which originally wanted to escape, suddenly broke out with a very strong momentum, and directly responded to the Wuhuan cavalry that had rushed over and had no time to stop in a static state. Now that the reinforcements have arrived, it is to drag the Wuhuan people in front of them, and they will inevitably win a complete victory under the attack from both sides.

Mu Lihu naturally knew this truth, even if the blow in front of him caused great damage, he no longer entangled with the Han army, and directly led people to rush out of the Han army formation, and Tao Zhi died.

Just as Zhang Hao rushed to Qin Wen and stopped. Seeing that the Wuhuan cavalry fled, Qin Wen wanted to chase after him, but was stopped by Zhang Hao.

"General Qin, don't chase after the poor, let them go." Zhang Hao said.

Qin Wen was a little unwilling: "General, now is a good time to counterattack......"

"I drove the cavalry company for two days, and even if the people could still hold on, the horses were exhausted." Zhang Hao interrupted Qin Wen's words and narrowed his eyes, "It was just a bluff just now, scaring them away." Could it be that General Qin still has the energy to pursue now? ”

In order to corroborate Zhang Hao's words, dozens of cavalry behind him foamed at the mouth of the war horses under their crotches and fell to the ground and died. Fortunately, those cavalry were agile and did not fall down by the horses.

Qin Wen smiled awkwardly, he heard what Zhang Hao meant, Zhang Hao was asking if he still wanted to disobey his orders again.

He suddenly dismounted, knelt on the ground, buried his head on the ground, and said sincerely: "The subordinates disobeyed the military order, resulting in the loss of the army, and asked the general to punish the crime." ”

As soon as he said this, Zhang Hao was angry, the bastard in front of him was indeed guilty. The action that was supposed to be foolproof was almost messed up by him. If he hadn't appeared in time, he would not only have lost his troops, but he would have lost even the livestock he had.

This is the result that still makes Zhang Hao dissatisfied. He looked around the battlefield and looked at the Han soldiers lying around, he really wanted to kill this shameless Qin Wen with a sword, these people didn't have to die here in the first place.

Zhang Hao didn't look at Qin Wen's coy attitude, he knew that this bastard felt that he had made a great contribution, even if he had made up for it, and he would not be asked, so he performed here to show himself, so as to give himself a step down.

He looked at the soldiers in front of him with some trepidation in their eyes, and knew that if he really asked, he would wipe out all their credit.

Zhang Hao kept watching, and after a long time, it was not until Qin Wen began to tremble because of the pain in his knees that he said: "General Qin is too worried, not only did you lead the troops to capture so many livestock, but also repelled the Wuhuan cavalry who came to pursue. I will report to the imperial court, you are the first to merit in this battle, and the soldiers have their own rewards. ”

Qin Wen bowed to Zhang Hao and said, "Thank you, General." ”

All the soldiers also knelt down on one knee and shouted in unison: "Thank you, General!" ”

At this moment, Zhang Hao had already decided that Qin Wen must be the first merit in this battle, and then recommend him to the imperial court and transfer him from Pingzhou, the farther away the better, he didn't want to see him anymore.

"Later, General Qin will cross the river with his cavalry to the other side, and I will be here to guard, while the livestock cross the river, we can rest first." Zhang Hao said.

Qin Wen immediately responded: "No." ”

"These Wuhuan cavalry are about to run out of food, we will first escort the livestock for a day, and then General Qin will escort the livestock south, and I will lead the troops back to Wangping."

And when Zhang Hao arranged the next thing, the Wuhuan cavalry, who had run for more than ten miles, found that there were no pursuers behind him, and finally breathed a sigh of relief and stopped to rest.

Mu Lihu dismounted and sat on the ground, the guard brought the kettle and dried meat and handed it to him, and when he was tired of running, he ate something to recover his strength.

"My lord, what should we do next?" The guard didn't walk away, but asked Mu Lihu.

"What to do? What else can I do," Mu Lihu swallowed the jerky and took another sip of water, "Let's go back to the tribe." ”

"Back to the tribe? Let's not go to take the livestock anymore, or don't we go back to the Khan, there is not much food, and if we go back to the tribe, I am afraid we will not be able to survive. ”

Mu Lihu said angrily: "How can the Han army get it back now that it has reinforcements, and there is no food in Qiu Liju, should we go back and wait to be starved to death?" ”

As he spoke, he stood up and patted the guard's head vigorously, "Also, you are not allowed to call Qiuliju Khan in the future, he is no longer a Khan, a loser." ”

"No."

Mu Lihu sat down again, then ate and drank, and said as he ate: "If there is not enough food, then kill the horse, in short, you must return to the tribe first." The camp is running out of food, and this trip south has failed. I don't know about it in western Liaoning, but the tribes here in Liaodong have suffered heavy losses and their strength has greatly decreased.

If we can take the lead in returning to the tribe, gather the tribesmen, and wage war against these tribes in Liaodong, which are not as strong as before, then we can annex all the tribes in Liaodong without much effort. At that time, Wuhuan Khan will be my Muli Lake. ”

As he spoke, he burst out laughing. The guards on the side looked at their chief adoringly, and said flatteringly: "The Khan is wise and powerful, this is the fate of Wuhuan in the hands of the Khan." ”

His own guards were so good, Mu Lihu smiled even more happily and more unscrupulously.

……

In the Han army camp outside Wangping City, the Wuhuan people gave up their identity as cavalry and launched a fierce attack on the Han army camp as infantry.

For two days, Qiu Liju ordered his troops to take turns to attack the Han army camp day and night.

It's just that this kind of fatigue tactics doesn't work, and the Han army, as an expert in defense, will certainly not be defeated under this kind of small trick, and will also rotate the defensive team to fight.

The flawless defense made Qiu Liju feel a little desperate, two days have passed, and there is still no progress at all, and victory is out of the question.

He had ordered the rest of the food to be concentrated in the Chinese army, and the horses of the soldiers who had died in battle were all slaughtered to replenish the food.

Now the morale of the Wuhuan people is very low. Even the slaves knew what it meant for the barracks to start killing horses, not to mention that they hadn't eaten in two days.

If it could be explained that those nobles did not want to feed them, then now there is no food for them to eat, and the whole army has run out of food.

Qiu Liju walked in the camp, his ears filled with wails all the time. As he passed by a tent, he suddenly heard several familiar voices, it was the chiefs of those tribes who were meeting in secret.

He asked his guards to control the guards outside the tent, and he stood outside and listened.

"What qualifications does he have to be our Khan!"

"That's it, so many people attacked a small city, it took a few days to capture it, and he lost so many tribal warriors and slaves, and he actually boasted proudly about his exploits, he had a fart merit!"

"The dead are all warriors and slaves of our tribe, not his own, of course he is happy."

"Hmph, even if our situation has been so critical in the past two days, he said that he would attack with all his might, but he still sent people from our tribe to attack the Han army camp and let our people go to death."

"I see, this is the conspiracy of his Qiu Liju, he knows that he will definitely lose, so he will take the opportunity to weaken our strength so as to keep his position as Khan!"

"I don't think he's a khan, he's just a sinner who led Wuhuan to defeat."

"This must be the will of the gods, who know that Qiu Liju is not suitable to be the khan of Wuhuan, so he uses such a big defeat to warn us."

"Yes, yes, why don't we obey the will of heaven, lead the people of our headquarters to surround Qiu Liju's camp, kill him, and use his head to negotiate peace with the Han people?"

"Good idea, I have dealt with the Han people for so many years, and I know that they are extremely good-looking, as long as we have the head of Qiu Liju, we will lower our posture and admit our mistakes, and the Han people will definitely forgive us."

"Maybe when the time comes, because we know that we can change our mistakes, the Han people will send us something, hahahaha...... Belch! ”

The chief, who had been laughing loudly, suddenly stopped laughing. He looked down and saw that there was a golden knife on his chest that was stained with blood but still shining.

Everyone looked at the entrance of the tent, and even the chieftain, who had not yet breathed, turned his head to look, and Qiu Liju was looking at them calmly, but as if he were looking at a dead man.

At this time, more and more people rushed into the big tent and surrounded them.

The chieftain, who was afraid of death, knelt down directly at this moment and begged for mercy loudly: "Khan, Khan, we are just talking nonsense after drinking, there is no need to do this, everyone is their own people, wouldn't it be cheaper to kill each other." ”

And those who were not afraid of death saw that the matter had been revealed, and they were even more fearless: "Qiu Liju! Do you know what you're doing right now? We are all chieftains of a tribe, and all of us in the camp have more troops than you, and if you dare to touch us, it will provoke the soldiers of the whole battalion to resist! ”

Qiu Liju shook his head and said disdainfully: "You are really stupid, and you still want to kill me like this." Your words made me think that I shouldn't have kept you food-wasting livestock in the first place, and if I had annexed all the Wuhuan tribes, I wouldn't have done this today. ”

"It's obviously your own incompetence that caused the failure, and you dare to blame us!"

"I'm not going to talk nonsense with you," Qiu Liju turned and walked out of the tent and said one last word, "Kill them." ”