Withdrawal of troops, without a doubt, is the most technical military operation!

In particular, after penetrating deep into enemy territory, the enemy still has the ability to counterattack.

In order to ensure a smooth disengagement from the enemy.

On the second day after the ceremony of sealing the wolf, Zhang Yue personally led four thousand elite horsemen to the west from the wolf's house, making an attack posture, and even making the appearance of crossing the river.

Frightened, the Hun cavalry on the other side of Yuwu River had to retreat immediately, and it was more than 100 miles away, and they withdrew to the protection of Zhao Xincheng.

It's almost like a frightened bird!

There was no way, after the battle of Wolf Yuan, Wei Lu and others, who fled back to Mobei, exaggerated the strength of the Han army in order to shirk their responsibilities as much as possible.

In the description of Wei Lu and others, almost every cavalry of the Han army was stronger than the Xiongnu condor archers.

has the archery skills of a hundred steps through the yang, and the strength to tear the tiger and leopard.

In order to deepen this impression, some nobles who fled back even began to exaggerate the saying that 'the Han cavalry is less than 10,000, and the 10,000 are invincible'.

At first, few people believed this claim.

In the twenty-seven years since the decisive battle of Mobei, although the Xiongnu were strategically suppressed by the Han army, they were often able to achieve local victories.

The fear of Han also faded.

At the very least, in the past twenty years, as long as the Huns stretched the battle line, then they could at least force the Han army back in the end!

So most people take this statement as a joke.

However, in the first battle of Hequ, the main force of Youxian Wang Haoli was almost wiped out, and only a few people escaped.

And the extravagant detachment is the last mobile corps and elite left by the Huns in Mobei.

This made the original ridicule and disdain of 'the Han army is not more than 10,000, and it is invincible', and immediately swept all the departments in Mobei.

For a time, the people were panicked, especially the Huns, who had always had a tradition of deifying the enemy who defeated and especially crushed them.

In the past hundred years, just the examples that the Han family clearly knew were the Han Yanmen County Taishou Zhidu, the Yunzhong County Taishou Wei Shang, the Fei General Li Guang, the Great General Wei Qing, the Great Sima Huo Quai, and the contemporary Second Division General Li Guangli.

Especially Wei Qinghuo's illness, even now, he is still a man whose name the Huns dare not mention.

Now, once again, they face an enemy that seems invincible.

So the ignorant herdsmen and slaves once again deified this enemy.

In particular, some pro-Han nobles privately spread the legend of 'Zhang Chiyou'.

The Mobei tribes were full of fear for Zhang Yue's battle flag.

As a result, Zhang Yue almost did not exert much effort to complete the strategic goal of expelling the Hun cavalry.

After forcing the Xiongnu cavalry back to the vicinity of Zhao Xincheng, the Han cavalry immediately began to cover alternately and retreated in the direction of Guyan Mountain.

At noon on the eighth day of the fifth month of the summer of the second year of Yanhe, that is, the time agreed between Zhang Yue and the so-called 'Tu Lu Shaman' Peng Feng.

The cavalry of the Han army completely broke away from the area of Wolf Juxu Mountain.

By the afternoon of the 10th, it withdrew from the Guyan Mountain area and entered the area of Qiyu Mountain.

At this time, the baggage troops and troops in front had basically crossed the Gonglu River and withdrew into the Nanhou Mountain area.

And this also means that unless the main army of the Xiongnu crosses the Hanhai Sea and reaches the upper reaches of the Gonglu River valley now, there is no force to stop the Han army from withdrawing to Monan.

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Turn the hour hand back two days.

On the morning of the eighth day of the fifth month of the summer of the second year of Yanhe.

Just when the troops behind the palace of the Han cavalry began to withdraw from Wolf Juxu Mountain in an orderly manner and advanced towards Guyan Mountain.

It is on the grassland north of Wolf Residence Mountain, south of Heishui River, and west of Yanran Mountain.

A Xiongnu cavalry, led by dozens of shamans, surrounded the Xiongnu's mother, marched towards Wolf Juxu Mountain.

Along the way, although many people are apprehensive.

Worried about the attack of the Han cavalry.

But fanatical religious sentiments dominate their behavior.

The shamans and priests kept cheering in their ears: "The great Tu Hao Shaman communicates with the spirit of all things in heaven and earth, and the spirit of all things informs the great Tu Hao Shaman that the Han people have retreated to the south!" Now, it's time for us, for the gods of heaven and the spirits of the sun and the moon, to recover the holy mountain and retake the dragon city! ”

The female concubine of the Zhuqu clan also swore to encourage her nobles: "I, the wife of the great Marquis Shan Yu and the mother of the fox deer Gu Shan Yu, assure you that the gods have enlightened us through the slaughter shaman, and this operation will be successful!" ”

As a result, these thousands of people trembled along the way, and they were full of confidence to approach the Wolf Juxu area.

When they approached the area of Wolf Juxu at noon.

They found that everything was exactly as they had been prophesied by the 'Tu Shaman' they believed in and revered a few days earlier.

Around the holy mountain, there is no longer the shadow of the Han people.

There are even people who have found some strange places in some places.

For example, in the north of the Wolf Juxu Mountain, on the road they marched, the pastures in some places grew huge shapes similar to footprints.

These grass footprints are dozens of steps long and several steps wide.

It's like a giant who fell from the sky and walked towards Wolf Juxu Mountain.

The herdsmen and slaves were immediately overwhelmed by this miracle.

The aristocracy was no better.

Everybody's crazy.

When they came to the foot of Wolf Juxu Mountain and did not see any trace of the Han army, this mood immediately climbed to the peak.

"Long live the gods!"

"Long live the spirits of the sun and the moon!"

"Long live the great shaman!"

Countless people frantically kowtowed in the direction of Yanran Mountain, extremely pious.

When two days later, the 'Slaughtering Shaman' Peng Feng, with the support of tens of thousands of believers and followers, arrived at the foot of Wolf Juxu Mountain, this sentiment climbed to the peak!

Immediately, under the witness of the Mu Yan clan and hundreds of high-ranking Xiongnu nobles and nearly 20,000 people, he climbed to the top of Wolf Juxu Mountain.

And officially accepted the worship and dedication of everyone.

As a result, the fate of the Xiongnu Empire went astray and merged into another river.

From this day on, everything has changed beyond recognition.

Because on this day, the primitive shamanism of the Huns finally evolved from scattered and disorderly to a true religion.

For the first time, they had a religious leader who was widely supported and admired.

For the first time, they believed in one person's words so devoutly and thoroughly.

Since then, the divine power has descended from the ethereal legends and stories to the earth.

And standing on the Wolf Juxu Mountain, watching the tsunami-like cheers and worship from the mountain.

Peng Bong finally showed a smile that he hadn't seen for a long time.

He closed his eyes slightly, shook it forward, and said softly, "I am a god!" ”

Immediately, he issued an order for his followers and followers to publicize his identity as the Shaman of the Huns, the surrogate of the gods, the patron of the spirits of the sun and the moon, and the blessing of the spirits of all things, so that all the Huns should know about him.

His shamans and followers instilled all his followers with stories and legends about him that he had long concocted.

Now, after witnessing the great cause of recovering the Holy Mountain and Dragon City under his leadership and guidance, and witnessing many miracles and miracles, the simple herdsmen and slaves are of course convinced, and even automatically make up many more legendary and mythical stories.

And through these people, these tap water.

The legends and stories of the Tu Hao shaman quickly spread throughout the Mobei region.

By this time, the cavalry led by the Xiongnu Zuo General had just arrived in Zhao Xincheng.

He didn't even have time to start deploying troops before he was caught up in the political turmoil in Zhao Xincheng!

Because, after confirming the southward retreat of the Han army.

Without external pressure, Zhao Xincheng quickly fell into a fierce struggle.

Those who support Fox Deer Gu and those who oppose Fox Deer Gu are in a mess.

In fact, the nobles who originally supported Hulugu have fallen into a disadvantage.

But......

The opposition, but without a backbone.

Some people tend to support the ancestors, some people plan to go to Beihai to invite King Yu Jing to come back to preside over major affairs, and some people feel that they should wait for the return of the Mu Yan clan to make a decision.

And as soon as this Zuo general returned to Zhao Xincheng, he was inevitably approached by people from various factions to find out what he thought.

And what can he do?

Support Fox Lugu?

Fools know that it is impossible for Hulu Gudan to be in power for a long time.

The Western Expedition was undefeated and defeated, and the army withdrew in embarrassment.

He even shook hands with the original enemy in order to withdraw his troops, and canonized him as King Zuoxian.

This in itself has already made the nobles and tribes of the Western Expedition very dissatisfied!

There was a feeling of humiliation.

What's even more embarrassing is that the king of Rizhu was also canonized as King Zuoxian and became the legitimate heir of Xiongnu Shan Yu.

In the future, he will ascend to the throne of Shan Yu.

At that time, how should the person who had beaten him deal with himself?

The Huns don't have the story of Xiaobai and Guan Zhong, the tradition of the Huns has always been a winner-takes-all!

Just like Yin Zhi's accession to the throne, the supporters of the military minister Shan Yu either fled to the Han Dynasty or were killed.

After Erdanyu's death, the enthroned Juli Lake Shan Yu unceremoniously eliminated Erdanyu's supporters, and it didn't take long.

As a person who led the army to fight the ancestors, General Zuo certainly knew that the day the ancestors ascended the throne was the time when he died.

For the sake of his own life, he could not support the sages.

However, except for the sages, the rest of the choices don't seem to be so reliable.

Yu Jing Wang ......

The qualifications are enough, but this younger brother of Shan Yu is a complete music idiot.

If he wants to be Shan Yu, maybe he will run to Chang'an of the Han Dynasty because of chasing stars, and kneel and lick the emperor of the Han Dynasty.

And what about the Mu Yan?

It seems to have fallen into the hands of a so-called slaughtering shaman.

Therefore, contradictions and conflicts, divisions and quarrels immediately became the main theme in Zhao Xincheng.

And it's getting more and more intense!

As a result, the high-level leaders of Zhao Xincheng did not have time to pay attention to the missionaries who were constantly infiltrating the Yuwushui and Heishui basins from the direction of Guyan Mountain and Wolf Juxu Mountain.

As a result, the belief in the latter quickly blossomed throughout the hinterland of the Xiongnu.

When Hulugu led the army and returned to the Yuwu Water Basin.

The legends and stories of the shaman have been everywhere in the core area of the Xiongnu.

Even in some mountainous areas, there are believers.

The Huns, for the first time, had to face the power of religion.

This was unimaginable in the past!

…………………………

The disturbances of the Huns have nothing to do with Zhang Yue at all.

led the Han army, and it took half a month, Zhang Yue's general banner finally returned to Yayuan on May 21, the summer of the second year of Yanhe.

Looking at the cavalry of the Han army, like flowing water, from more than ten pontoon bridges, constantly passing.

Zhang Yue touched it, his chin that had grown a thick beard, looked at his reflection in the clear river water, and couldn't help laughing, and his face in the river water had become dark.

The wind, sand and exposure to the sun in Mobei and the violent temperature difference between day and night have left an indelible mark on everyone in the expeditionary force.

Not only him, but the entire Han army now has no white face.

Each of them became bearded men, full of beards, and their faces were dark and thick, in stark contrast to those before the expedition.

"Servant Zhonggong!" During the expedition, Guo Rong, who had been constantly training and growing up, walked up to Zhang Yue and said, "General Xu, General Sima, General Xin, the nobles of Wuheng, and the King of Guyan are already waiting for you......"

"Well......" Zhang Yue turned around and said, "I know, please wait for a while, this is the way to go!" ”

"No!" Guo Rong took the order and left.

Zhang Yue looked back again, glanced at the mountains in the distance, and then raised his feet and walked forward.

In my heart, countless numbers flashed.

When he led the army out of Yanmen County, the total strength of the Han army was only about 4,000 cavalry of Captain Changshui, Captain Huwu Hengdu, and about 2,000 cavalry of the Saixia clan.

Along the way, more than 4,000 horsemen were requisitioned and dispatched from Nanchi and other departments.

It was also supported and supplemented by 4,000 foot soldiers and 2,000 light cavalry of the Flying Fox Army.

The total number of troops rose from 16,000.

In addition, there were more than 3,000 Hun cavalry of Guyan and other captured Xiongnu cavalry about 3,000 horsemen.

By the time of crossing the Gonglushui, the total strength of the Han army reached nearly 21,000 men (the Battle of Yayuan, the Battle of Luze, and the non-combat attrition along the way were about 2,000, of which Wuhengyi accounted for most of the losses, and the Han army only suffered about 500 to 600 losses).

In addition, it also carried about 130,000 cattle and sheep, about 50,000 war horses, pack horses, and about 10,000 heads.

Now, when the Han army returns to the cliff plain.

The total number of troops has exceeded 30,000!

Of these, at least 13,000 were Hun cavalry who returned after being captured.

In addition, there were more than 30,000 women and children in the army, and about 20,000 male herdsmen were captured.

Cattle, sheep and livestock, more than half a million heads!

There were more than 110,000 war horses, and more than 30,000 horses.

Nearly 80,000 pieces of gold, thousands of pieces of jade, gold and silver utensils, more than 20,000 pieces of silk, and tens of thousands of pieces of various colors of fur were seized!

These supplies alone filled all the cathars and the Bullocks.

There is even a need for Wuheng and Huns, shoulder-to-shoulder, to help transport.

In addition, nearly 800 captive, captive, and detained Han subjects were rescued.

It's really a full load and a good harvest!

However......

The losses and lessons are also very profound.

Of the more than 20,000 people before crossing the river, only more than 14,000 people were able to follow Zhang Yue back.

More than 6,000 people are forever buried in the wind, sand and river valleys of Mobei.

Among them, nearly half of the soldiers and generals from the Han army.

Moreover, a lot of it is non-combat attrition.

Wounded soldiers, missteps, colds and all kinds of other accidents take people's lives, and never show mercy!

Many soldiers, even the bodies of which could not be found.

They fell off a cliff and into a rapid.

Even the township party that followed Zhang Yue lost more than 20 people due to various accidents, injuries and illnesses during the expedition.

On the way back, a large number of prisoners of war, women and children, as well as captured gains, were lost in the narrow and dangerous valley of the Gonglushui River.

Thinking back to those who died, thinking about the voices and smiles of those people.

Zhang Yue couldn't help but sigh in his heart: "One will succeed and ten thousand bones will wither......"

His expedition was really quite good luck and timing, and the enemy was very cooperative.

Otherwise......

I'm afraid that there will be even fewer people who can finally return to this cliff plain.

This is the cruelty and cruelty of war.

Even top war gods like Wei Qing and Huo Quzhi, peerless generals, or Zhang Yue's open-minded people, can't avoid it.

"The only thing I can do is to win the status and compensation that belongs to you for the monarchs!"

"The only thing I can do is to fight for the resources of your wives, brothers, and parents to ensure their safe growth!"

"I swear: Who is in this matter, sneaking and tricking, disobeying the yang and the yin, and even transferring flowers and trees...... Punish one if you find one! No toleration! ”

In his heart, Zhang Yue whispered that this was a promise to himself and to those who had died.

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