Chapter 482: On the eve of the decisive battle
Wei Qing brought grain and grass ordnance to the Han Eastern Expeditionary Army, is undoubtedly a great news, two months of conquest, the army will Shuofang City several years of heavy ordnance accumulation exhausted, the whole army is the time of lack of materials, especially important, this time to the supply of Gaoque Pass there are a large number of precious medicinal materials and a lot of doctors, the Eastern Expeditionary Army through this supply, and then will be fearless with the Hun cavalry decisive battle, and will occupy a great advantage in equipment, after all, compared to the Qin Cheng to build a later security and medical system, The Huns were much inferior.
"This batch of supplies is all that Your Majesty can raise now, and if you want to replenish it later, you don't know when it will have to wait, so Your Majesty means that if you have the opportunity to fight a decisive battle with the Xiongnu, you should try to decide the victory or defeat in one battle. The Han Dynasty has been on fire on all sides, and since the beginning of the two months, the new law has been implemented in these years, and the materials have accumulated a lot, but they have also been exhausted at this time, and it is difficult to raise much baggage in a short period of time. When Wei Qing spoke to Qin Cheng, his expression was solemn and slightly worried, in fact, the whole country of the Han Dynasty was already tightening their belts to support this war, and the tight strings were already reaching the limit.
And Qin Cheng knows that compared to the Han in his memory in his previous life, the situation of the Han today is much better, not to mention others, the population alone is much more, and the disabled retired soldiers are too few, because at this time, the Han has only been fighting against the Huns for six or seven years, and the Han has been fighting with the Huns for decades, so today's Han, although the current predicament is really difficult, but if you want to restore your national strength after the war, it will not take a few years to have the support of the new law.
But everything has a premise, that is, this war against Hungary must be completely won, otherwise, if the war continues, history will repeat itself, and all previous efforts will be in vain.
After Wei Qing arrived at Gaoque Pass, the main force of the Han Eastern Expeditionary Army received supplies from Gaoque Pass nearby, and when the Wuhuan three clans saw the continuous transportation into the barracks and the piles of grain, grass and ordnance, they were all speechless, and silently sighed at the strength of the Han Dynasty.
At this time, Qin Cheng's heart was covered with a lingering haze, four days had passed since Huo Qubing pursued the Huns, but he had not returned, not only that, but even the news had not been sent back. The lone army went deep, Huo Qubing himself didn't bring much food and grass, and Qin Cheng couldn't help but worry.
On the fifth day, because of a military information from the west, Qin Cheng's worries about Huo Qu's illness reached an extreme, and the military information was transmitted by Li Guang, and the content was simple and shocking: The Xiongnu were secondary
Wang Zhaoxin and tens of thousands of troops under his command suddenly disappeared in Hexi the night before yesterday and disappeared without a trace.
"Tens of thousands of troops under Zhao Xin's command suddenly withdrew from the Hexi battlefield, will they already join forces with Yi Zhixi? If Huo Qubing was killed by Yi Zhi at this time, with only his thousands of people, the situation might not be good. Wei Qing, Qin Cheng and others stood at the head of Gaoque Pass, looking at the grassland, and he analyzed.
"That's what I'm worried about, too." Qin Cheng sighed, his expression complicated. On the one hand, Qin Cheng didn't believe that Huo Qubing would have an accident, but on the other hand, the situation was hitting Qin Cheng's confidence in the future Han God of War.
"Yi Zhi led the army to retreat, of course Zhao Xin also had to cooperate with the retreat, this is normal, it doesn't mean anything, let's not speculate on it, it's just to increase worry." Liu Mu frowned, "How the army should act at the moment must be determined as soon as possible, so that we can also support General Huo." ”
"That's right." Qin Cheng and Wei Qing nodded in agreement, and then Qin Cheng and Wei Qing discussed it and made a decision: "The army marches to the northwest and pursues Yizhi Xian. At the same time, Li Guang was ordered to lead the Western Expeditionary Army of the Great Han Dynasty to the north and join the Eastern Expeditionary Army as soon as possible. ”
The 100,000 army immediately set off from outside Gaoque Pass and went straight to Mobei.
At noon after two days of marching, the sentinel cavalry reported that Qin Cheng and Wei Qing had found thousands of Han troops in front of them, coming opposite each other.
When Qin Cheng and Wei Qing heard the news, they were both shocked at the same time, and they both thought of each other's identities at the same time.
Sure enough, the second wave of sentinels reported that the previous thousands of Han troops had been confirmed to be Huo Quai's department, and now Huo Qubing was leading his troops to arrive.
"This kid is still alive after all!" The generals breathed a sigh of relief.
Huo Qubing brought six or seven thousand cavalry, basically all of them were brought back, these cavalry looked quite miserable, and could even be described as ragged, with blood stains on their robes, but every sergeant was in good spirits and had bright eyes. And the bloody heads that shook with the gallop of the war horses demonstrated the good achievements of this army.
"The last general has seen General Sima Qin and General Wei!" Huo Qu got off his horse and hugged his fists, with a smile on his face, quite a little radiant.
"No need to be polite." Qin Cheng waved his hand, and said that "seeing that your face is full of red light, I think you have gained a lot from this trip?" ”
Huo Quzhi smiled, "I chased all the way and killed more than 3,000 heads, the Huns only cared about running away, and we only cared about collecting heads." In the end, it was estimated that it annoyed Yi Zhixi, and wanted to turn back and ambush us, but the general saw through it and retreated as soon as possible! ”
More than 3,000 heads, Huo Qubing said it easily, but it caused a lot of waves among the generals, these generals couldn't help but look at these sergeants under Huo Quai, and those who had a heart silently counted the number of people, but found that more than 6,000 people were still more than 6,000 people!
"You kid is a fast runner!" Wei Qing scolded with a smile, "If the lone army is deep, thousands of people dare to chase and kill an army of 100,000, and it is also thanks to your newborn calf that you are not afraid of tigers, so you can do this kind of thing!" ”
"The fat meat on the side of the mouth, how can there be any reason to ignore it?" Huo Quzhi said with a smile.
Qin Cheng thought for a while, and said to Huo Quai: "In the entire Han army, your department is the closest to the remnants of the Yizhi Oblique Army, that is to say, now your department should know the specific movements of the Yizhi Oblique Army best." This is a matter of the march of the great army, and now I want you to tell you in detail what you know, so that the great army may catch up with the Izhisan as soon as possible and prepare for a decisive battle. ”
"No!" Huo Qu's illness heard the words and promised to do so.
Next, Huo Quzhi explained the route of the pursuit of Yizhixian this time, the state of the Xiongnu army, and various observations to Qin Cheng, Wei Qing and others, and this question and answer lasted for half a day.
After the army camped that day and night, the senior generals of the army, as well as the king of Wuhuan, the king of Xianbei, and the king of Amide, gathered in the big tent of the Chinese army and discussed in detail the next military action.
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At this time, hundreds of miles away, the Xiongnu from the second king Zhao Xin led the army to successfully meet with Yi Zhixie, Zhao Xin brought an army of 70,000 or 80,000, enriched Yi Zhixie's army, so that its combat effectiveness once again reached a peak.
As soon as Zhao Xin saw Yi Zhixian, he knelt down on one knee and pleaded: "The minister failed to defeat Li Guang and break through the Han army's Hexi defense line, please punish Da Danyu!" ”
"The second king doesn't have to blame himself, get up!" Yi Zhi obliquely helped Zhao Xin up, the rush of the past few days made Yi Zhi Xian's spirit not particularly good, his eyes were deeply sunken, his eyeballs were bloodshot, and he looked a little hideous, but when he saw Zhao Xin, Yi Zhixian's spirit was obviously much better, "The main task of this single Yu for you is to drag the Han army in Hexi, not to be able to defeat Li Guang, Li Guang has been operating in Hexi for several years, the soldiers are strong and strong, and it is not easy to break through, and now you come in time to meet with this single Yu, it is enough." ”
Zhao Xin opened his mouth to say something, but Yi Zhi waved his hand to stop it, and continued: "There is no need to mention the previous matter, now that the army is in charge, we have to consider the next action." ”
"Didn't Da Danyu say that he wanted to return to Mobei, has the situation changed?" Zhao Xin was surprised.
"Return to Mobei?" Yi Zhixian sneered, his eyes full of unwillingness, "How can the wolves on the grassland retreat in embarrassment without tearing apart the enemy?" The army retreated north, firstly to confuse the Han army, and secondly, to supply the army. Now that the time is ripe, this is to let you rush back quickly, just to take a step ahead, take advantage of Li Guangwei's convergence with Qin Cheng and others, and defeat Qin Cheng in one fell swoop, so it is just a gesture to turn back and deal with Li Guang! Now, you say, can we retreat? ”
"Da Shan Yu wants to fight a decisive battle with Qin Cheng?" Zhao Xin understood the purpose of Yi Zhixi, and immediately said: "Please allow Da Dan Yu to be the pioneer!" ”
"Okay, it's worthy of being the second king of Ben Danyu!" Yi Zhi patted Zhao Xin's shoulder hard, "In this battle, the Great Huns will win!" ”
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In Hexi, after Li Guang received a message from Qincheng's Spear Falcon, he immediately summoned the Han army and part of the Northern Army in Hexi, and rushed to join Qincheng in the starry night. Then, all the way to the march, Li Guang did not go well, on the way always encountered an unknown number of Hun cavalry attack, especially at night, these Hun cavalry haunted, attacked the camp, but always disappeared after Li Guang's whole army met the enemy, although it did not cause any damage to the army, but seriously hindered the pace of the army's march.
"General, could it be that Zhao Xin's gang did not lead the army to retreat, but was ambushed on the road, wanting to give us a fatal blow when our army was tired or our defense was lax?" The subordinate general Li Xi analyzed Li Guang more than once.
At first, Li Guang was indeed so suspicious, and he also used a spear falcon to send a message to Qin Cheng, explaining this concern.
Then, Qin Cheng's reply made Li Guang embarrassed for a while, so he was not ashamed, Li Guang muttered: "What is the general, I can see at a glance that this is Zhao Xin's suspicious plan, the purpose is to slow down the pace of our meeting with the general." Hey, why didn't the old man think of it? Is it really old? ”
From that day on, Li Guang ordered the whole army to march at full speed, ignoring the Hun cavalry on the way.
However, what Li Guang didn't know was how much shock his military information caused in front of Qin Cheng and others after it was transmitted to Qin Cheng. It was precisely because of this information that Qin Cheng and the others adjusted their marching plans.