Chapter 197: Striking the West
Originally, this year was supposed to be the sixth year of Yuanguang.
But Liu Che changed the era name before winter came.
The era name Yuanshuo appeared in front of people's eyes a year in advance.
Zhang Yuan estimated that this should be regarded as the biggest change that has occurred since he crossed over.
In the early days, those things that did not develop in accordance with the direction of history were more or less Zhang Yuan's participation.
can change the year name, and this kind of thing can't be compared with Zhang Yuan's eight poles.
No matter what, Liu Che still changed the era name.
Zhang Yuan didn't understand what it meant, but Zhang Yuan knew that war was coming.
On the first spring day after changing the year name, Liu Che held a grand military parade outside Chang'an City.
After the incident, Wei Qing led the army to the north.
In addition to leaving some people to stay in Qiuzi City and wait for Li Guang and them, Zhang Yuan himself led a group of Taixue students to the northeast to Yanmen County to wait for Wei Qing.
Liu Che gave the surviving Taixue students all official positions, and there was nothing particularly high or bad.
In short, the official position of 1,000 stone that Zhang Yuan promised to the students was not realized, but the official position of 600 stone was quite a lot.
There are no surprises and no disappointments, so that's fine.
In fact, the long history Sima who gave them a thousand stones or something, and the voices of dissatisfaction in the army were everywhere.
Yan Yi and Wang Qing were directly taken by Zhang Yuan's side.
Zhang Yuan is now also a well-known general.
Ranger General.
It sounds like a hussar general or something, but the status is very different.
However, it still made the students very excited, in this era when generals are not constant, it is enough to have a miscellaneous name that makes these young people's blood boil.
Wei Qing led the cavalry to the northernmost part of Yanmen County.
It is said that the north side is actually the location of the western governor of Yanmen County.
It's outside the Great Wall, and it's also relatively close to Yinshan.
The name of this western capital city is Woyang City.
Usually suffered from the invasion of the Huns, Zhuang Bufan's troubles are not here at all.
There is also a strange phenomenon.
The county guards could lead their troops out of the city to pursue the Huns, but these commanders did not have this power.
In this way, it seems that the officials who are both two thousand stones, the civil officials are more reassuring to the emperor than the military ones.
Wei Qing and they set off in spring, and Zhang Yuan also set off in spring, arriving a full seven days earlier than Wei Qing and them.
The agreed date of the war was the first day of the second month of spring.
About seven days in advance of this day, the team of envoys who used as bait would set off from Qiuzi City first.
At this time, the 50,000 foot soldiers, mainly Li Guang and Gongsun He, had not yet set foot in Shangjun.
They had to go straight out of the Great Wall without any rest time in between, just to keep the news from leaking out.
On the first day of February, Wei Qing led the cavalry out of Yanmen County to the west and rushed to Gaoque in the shortest time, breaking the connection between the king of Loufu and the Xiongnu Shan Yu.
Around this time, Li Guang and the others also exchanged fire with the Huns.
By the time the Huns realized that they could not defeat the Han army, they fled north, but by this time there was no way back.
An encirclement has been formed.
There were no accidents, and Zhang Yuan's plan was perfect.
After waiting for many days, I finally looked forward to Wei Qing.
Zhang Yuan was still a little excited.
Because Wei Qing also brought Zhang Yuan a pair of armor.
As the armor of the Ranger General.
This row is very good.
"Brother Qing, I think it's a little interesting for me to wear this armor."
"Haha, brother Yuan, you wear this armor and walk with the wind."
"You mean to say Tiger Tiger?"
"Yes, yes, that's what it means!"
"The big war is coming, do we have to do something?"
Zhang Yuan made almost all the plans by himself, and he was most worried now.
"Attract the attention of the Huns Da Danyu, distract the attention of the King of Lou Fu and the King of Aries, and lower their vigilance!"
"That's what I want to say, now that you're a former general, and we're out of constraints, what do you want to do?"
"Do you want us to go north for a while?"
Wei Qing rarely used this word, indicating that he didn't want to fight with the Huns at all, but just wanted to lower the vigilance of King Lou Fu and King Aries.
"Send a cavalry to find a Hun tribe in the north or northeast, and we will kill them all, so that the military ministers will know that we are coming!"
Zhang Yuan felt that since he had to send troops for so long, wouldn't it be a waste of grain and grass to shake a shot.
"Yes, it's just that Brother Yuan thinks who is suitable to lead a cavalry to the battle?"
This is a problem that cannot be overcome.
Wei Qing asked this question, and Zhang Yuan's head began to hurt.
Why don't you have a person under your hand who can use it?
"I don't know what the strength of those generals is, otherwise Brother Qing will lead 10,000 cavalry north with the banner of the former general.
I asked Yan Yi and Wang Qing to follow you, the two of them can already easily distinguish the direction, and you won't get lost when you get to the grassland. ”
Wei Qing didn't want to go, it was his duty to be the coach and sit on the side.
This time, Zhang Yuan's plan positioned Wei Qing as a surprise soldier rather than the main force, so that Li Guang's veterans would be obedient, and Wei Qing and Liu Che would be able to accept it.
can let Wei Qing ignore the other 40,000 cavalry, and take 10,000 cavalry into the grassland himself, this is not something that Wei Qing's character can do.
Li Guang often takes this kind of risk with this kind of character, but the rest of his subordinates are uncomfortable.
You must know that there are no flying pigeons, no radio and mobile phones, and when you get to the grassland, you really cut off contact.
The manager has lost contact? Isn't that just kidding!
"Brother Yuan, otherwise, you will take Su Jian and Zhang Cigong to go on the expedition together.
We don't want to force the results of the war, as long as we make the military minister feel that our goal is him.
In this way, you don't have to take too many risks, brother. ”
Zhang Yuan knew that Wei Qing's suggestion was the most reasonable, but the fact that the risk was not big did not mean that there was no risk.
"If there's no way, that's the way it is!
I'm willing to lead the troops! ”
Wei Qing is a former general, and Zhang Yuan can't always teach Wei Qing to do things.
Sometimes I have to support Wei Qing, because Wei Qing has been supporting Zhang Yuan, and this unconditional support allows Zhang Yuan to take the risk and come forward at this time.
"Brother Yuan, if you don't want to, in fact, you can send Su Jianyi or Zhang Cigong."
"I can, don't forget my armor, and I'm a general now!"
Zhang Yuan didn't want Wei Qing to have too much psychological burden.
So put on a very relaxed posture.
Just do it.
Let the army be repaired for a day, and the next day Zhang Yuan led 10,000 troops, and took Yan Yi, Wang Qing, Su Jian, and Zhang Cigong out of Woyang City to the north.
In fact, north of Yanmen County, there is a place where the Huns gathered.
It is said that it is the Huns, but in fact, there are more ghost slaves.
Han Wangxin's men built a city on the grassland, called Decadence City.
Zhang Yuan's goal is here, close enough to Yanmen County, and it is also the settlement of the Xiongnu.
After the fight, run quickly, and be able to return to Woyang City in one day.
"Teacher, you said that we only brought 10,000 cavalry, what if we ran into the main force of the Huns?"
Wang Qing immediately turned on the 10,000 why mode with nothing to do.
"How did you learn in the first place? Yan Yi, you explain to Wang Qing! ”
Even this has to be asked, Zhang Yuan directly doubted whether Wang Qing had been fishing during class.
"The tribe of the Xiongnu Dadanyu still has a large army at the foot of the Wolf Juxu Mountain.
The Huns would not graze in winter, so the main army of the Huns would definitely be around their Shan Yu royal court in winter.
When winter passes and spring comes, they will graze first around the Wolf Juxu Mountain, and then choose to either go south to raid or slowly graze north.
At this time, it was impossible for the Xiongnu army to appear around the borders of our Great Han. ”
Once the habits of the nomads are understood, it becomes quite easy to find out what they are all about.
"Oh, I just didn't think about it that much."
Zhang Yuan let Yan Yi chat with Wang Qing, and he went to find Su Jian and Zhang Cigong.
Later, if you encounter ghost slaves and Huns, the battle will still depend on these two generals.
Zhang Yuan used a bow and crossbow to release cold arrows in the back.
As long as the 10,000 cavalry does not encounter the main army of the Huns, no matter who they encounter in this grassland, they will not be afraid, and if they can't beat it, they can still run.
"General, the Hun tribe has been found ahead!"
The scouts that Zhang Yuansa had gone out had finally brought back useful news.
"What is the approximate size?"
"About 10,000 people, the villain ran around far away, mostly women and children!"
"Are there any other Xiongnu tribes around?"
This sentence was not asked by Zhang Yuan, but by Su Jian.
Zhang Yuan waved his hand directly.
"No way, the pasture is so big, there can't be other tribes.
Unexpectedly, we met the Xiongnu tribe before we arrived in the city of Decadence.
It is rumored that I will march at full speed to try to eliminate this Hun tribe before nightfall! ”
"Whoa!"
The cavalry let go of their speed, aimed at the target, and rushed forward vigorously, which was quite fast.
About an hour passed, and Zhang Yuan saw the Hun tribe that the scout said.
It is indeed a large tribe, and it is not impossible to claim the throne on a larger scale.
In recent years, the development of the Xiongnu has been too good, and the number of many tribes has increased.
To put it bluntly, it was the Han Dynasty and those countries in the Western Regions who fattened the Huns.
The exchange of customs markets is certainly beneficial to aggressive countries or nations, because he is strong and unreasonable, and the trade between the two sides is definitely unreasonable and takes advantage of it.
This also caused the population of the Xiongnu tribes close to the Han to become more and more numerous, and the Han people always felt that the Huns could not be killed.
In fact, as long as the Huns are not given a chance to develop, they will be destroyed in one wave, even if there are more Huns, they will be able to kill them all.
If they really can't finish killing, in the face of the all-out attack of the Han army, the Huns will not move north, giving up a large piece of warmer place.
"Attack directly, generals, they have already discovered us!"
Su Jian yelled at Zhang Yuan.
10,000 cavalry, a piece of black pressure, the collision of horses' hooves and the ground can make everyone's heart tremble, how can it not be discovered.
"All-out attack, what the brothers see in front of us are our military exploits, as long as the Huns kill all the old and young, women and children, and keep the cattle and sheep and bring them back to the Han Dynasty!
Kill! Kill! Kill! ”
"Kill! Kill! Kill! ”
The earth-shattering sound of killing soared into the sky!
In the face of aliens, Zhang Yuan will not be soft.
It's the same as when you slaughtered those Huns in Dragon City.
This Xiongnu tribe temporarily gathered nearly 5,000 Huns wielding weapons, and immediately fought with the Han cavalry.
Zhang Yuan didn't go down to participate in the battle, but still took a hundred people to find a hill to watch the changes in the battle situation.
And Yan Yi Wang Qing had already rushed to the deepest part of the Xiongnu tribe.
As Zhang Yuan said, what is in front of him is not human life but war exploits.
If all these Huns were killed by one or two people, one or two princes would be directly created.
How can one not go crazy? The ultimate dream is just around the corner.
Su Jian and Zhang Cigong have gone crazy!
The blood of the Huns on both of them can be bathed!
All the screams and shouts of killing floated in my ears!
The Xiongnu are more similar to the Han Dynasty in that they are strong and weak.
The Han Dynasty is rich and looks at Guanzhong, and the Xiongnu's force looks at the wolf Juxu Mountain.
As a result, the other small Xiongnu tribes were powerless when they encountered the regular army.
The one-sided slaughter makes people uninteresting and falls into deep desire.
Some people say that 10,000 pigs have to be killed for a day.
But 10,000 people, when facing 10,000 cavalry, if it is fast, each cavalry only needs to wield a knife to end 10,000 lives.
The screams became less and less, and Zhang Yuan also entered the Xiongnu tribe from the hills.
Killing women is to make the Xiongnu have more men and fewer women, and killing children is to prevent these children from growing up to use knives against the Han people.
Between hostile peoples, the more cruel they are to their enemies, the more merciful they are to their own people.
"Stop!"
Zhang Yuan saw that there were more than 100 Huns left in a tent, and immediately signaled for the surrounding Han troops to stop.
"Su Jian, take away everything that can be used, we can withdraw!"
"General, these people will let them go?"
Although these more than 100 heads are old, weak, sick and disabled, they can also be exchanged for a title that is less than a good one.
It's impossible to say that you don't feel distressed.
"Let them go, we need someone to deliver a message to the Hun Dadan Yu Junchen!"
"Whoa!"
Let Su Jian and them go to clean up the battlefield, Zhang Yuan shouted at the tent in a loud voice.
"I don't know if the people inside can understand what I have to say, and if they can understand, they will trouble sending a message to the Hun Dadan Yu Junchen.
The revenge of the Great Han began, and he had to carry it until he saw the iron hooves of the Great Han Iron Rider stepping into the Wolf Juxu Mountain!
Tell him that the person who slaughtered this tribe today was Zhang Yuan, the ranger general of the Great Han!
If he wants to live, my Han still lacks a few Hun talents, I heard that the Huns' dancing is very good-looking, and the emperor of the Han is very interested in this! ”
"Ahh
Three or four Huns with knives suddenly rushed out of the tent, probably stimulated by Zhang Yuan's words, so they rushed out regardless of their lives.
However, Zhang Yuan had more than 100 personal protections around him, and these Huns fell under the arrows as soon as they rushed out.
On the one hand, Zhang Yuan was pretending to be Bobby, and on the other hand, he was trying to anger the Xiongnu Dadan Yu Junchen, so that he could lose his mind.
"My words are put here anyway, it doesn't matter if you pass on the word or not, remember that you are only the first Xiongnu tribe to be wiped out by the Han army.
Oh no, it's the second one, the first one I destroyed in Dragon City a few years ago, but I'm sure there will be a third soon! ”
As soon as Zhang Yuan's voice fell, there were dozens of Huns who rushed out of the tent and did not want to die, it seems that Longcheng's status in their minds is higher than that of the Huns.
However, the dozens of people who rushed out also came out to give away their heads, and they did not pose a threat to Zhang Yuan at all.