Chapter 10 The Huns retreat
Under the suicidal attack of the Han soldiers, although the Hun cavalry far outnumbered the Han army, the losses suffered at once were immeasurable.
The Hun Dadan said before that the military minister had limited the time of one hour, and it had only been half an hour, but there were already very few people who could maintain a standing posture on the battlefield.
Shortly after Wang Hui's suicide, his lieutenant was also besieged and killed by several Hun cavalry.
Yu Shan and his men and horses were still harvesting the lives of the Han soldiers, and after a while, the Han soldiers and soldiers standing on the kung fu field would no longer be seen.
The military ministers saw that all the Han soldiers and soldiers had been slaughtered, and most of the resentment caused by the Han army's ambush earlier because of the plan dissipated.
"Clean up the battlefield and take away all the weapons of the Han people."
The Han army's habit of harvesting heads in exchange for military exploits was inherited from the Qin people, who in turn learned from the Huns.
Therefore, when the Huns cleaned up the battlefield, they also harvested the heads of these Han soldiers.
Except for the Hun cavalry who died in battle, the rest of the corpses were turned headless.
The military minister held a ring-headed knife used by a Han soldier in his hand, and slashed down the bronze scimitar in his other hand.
The two blades collided, and the bronze scimitar was directly cut off by the ring head knife.
Seeing that the weapons of the Han army had reached such a point, the military ministers had already made up their minds to carry out a new round of plundering war against the Han in the future.
The Huns could not smelt iron or cast, and had to rely on plundering to upgrade their equipment.
"Father, the battlefield has been completely cleaned.
Where do you think we go from here? ”
"Go to Longcheng and send messengers to inform the Xiongnu tribes and ask them to take their clansmen to Longcheng.
I will gather the entire Xiongnu army to wage a retaliatory war against the Han state. ”
The military minister said it easily, but a raging fire ignited in Yu Dan's heart.
This was a great opportunity for him to make a name for himself among all the Xiongnu tribes.
"Father, but it will take at least four months to wait for all the tribes to arrive in Dragon City, and it will not be easy to start a war against the Han Kingdom after the summer."
The military minister smiled, as if he already had a plan in his heart.
"It's okay, even if there is a war next year, what I need is not the Huns, but the armies of those tribes."
When he came, there were 160,000 Hun cavalry, and after he returned, there were only less than 90,000 Hun troops left.
This loss was something that had not happened to the Huns in nearly a hundred years.
The Xiongnu have no inheritance, and the cultural history can only be passed on to four generations at most, and then it is all myths and legends.
The military minister only knows what happened in a hundred years, such a big loss occurred during his reign, if he can't take revenge on the big man, he is afraid that he will not be blind to death.
The mighty Hun cavalry turned around and headed for the Dragon City to the northeast, but left a sumptuous feast for the night predators in the wilderness.
The strong smell of blood attracted countless beasts and birds.
The sky gradually brightened, and when Han Anguo, Li Xi and Gongsun He led the army here, they could only see vultures pecking at these miserable bodies.
"We're late."
Li Xi said with a pale face.
"We're too late."
Gongsun He also said the same.
Han Anguo ordered to the soldiers on the side.
"Go and see if there is any trace of General Wang Hui."
"Whoa."
Thousands of soldiers broke away from the army and searched for Wang Hui's traces in the pile of dead people.
About a quarter of an hour later, one of the soldiers walked up to Han Anguo carrying a headless corpse.
"General, this corpse is wearing the general's armor, and we found the tiger talisman and mark of General Jiangtun in the robe."
After finishing speaking, the commander of the squad handed the bloodstained tiger talisman and the general's seal letter to Han Anguo.
When Han Anguo saw Wang Hui die, he was somehow happy in his heart, but his face was full of sorrow.
"Find someone to use good wood, carve a human head and put it on the corpse, and then use a good coffin to load it and transport it back to Chang'an."
"Whoa."
Han Anguo didn't want to clean up the corpses in this place, so he wanted to return to Mayi City and summarize the results of this battle.
"Two generals, it's useless to grieve at this point, let's go back to Mayi City early and think about how to explain to Your Majesty."
Han Anguo already had the heart to retreat, and Li Xi and Gongsun He didn't want to stay here for a long time, and the longer they stayed, the more guilt they felt in their hearts.
"What the Protector General said is that even if we win this battle, it will be a miserable victory, so let's go back and think about the rest of it."
The army of more than 200,000 came in vain, but in the end it was a failure.
When the sun was about to set again, the Han army rushed back to the county town of Mayi.
At this time, Li Guang and Gongsun Ao had been waiting for news in Mayi City early.
Seeing the three of them arrive outside the city, the two hurriedly greeted them.
"Three generals, why don't you see General Tun returning with you?"
Li Guang asked first.
Han Anguo and the others each glanced at each other, did not speak, but made way of a way, revealing a coffin behind them.
"This is General Jiangtun?"
Li Guang asked with a trembling voice.
Gongsun He sighed, then nodded.
"It's only to blame that we didn't block the Hun army in the valley, which caused the death of General Tun.
Let's go back to the city first, summarize the battle damage, and then write to Your Majesty together. ”
Gongsun Ao didn't speak but kept looking around, and finally found that no one mentioned the period gate army, so he still couldn't help but open his mouth and ask.
"Generals, do you know the whereabouts of the Qimen Army?"
Han Anguo suddenly snorted coldly.
"Hmph, General Ben saw that Wei Qing was afraid that he would not be able to finish what the military order said, so he fled with the army.
Lu Zhan has never seen Wei Qing and Zhang Yuan for a day, and I will definitely ask them to be killed in front of Your Majesty. ”
Gongsun He touched his nose and didn't argue with Han Anguo, but now the remaining 2,500 people of the Qimen army are indeed missing, but compared to the fact that Wang Hui led the 30,000 army to be wiped out, it is more important.
Gongsun Ao was also suppressed by Han Anguo's words, his official rank here is the lowest, and he really has no place to speak.
However, Han Anguo suddenly realized one thing, which can be the perfect opportunity to shift the focus.
"We'll talk about Wei Qing later, let's go to the city."
After speaking, several people left more than 200,000 troops outside the city, and entered the county town of Mayi with their own soldiers one by one.
Nie Yi and Ma Yicheng had already arranged the banquet, and they were waiting for Han Anguo and a few people to enter the city.
But when Nie Yi saw that everyone's faces were not too good-looking, he immediately ordered people to remove all the wine and food.