Chapter 483: The Decisive Battle (1)
Through the information transmitted by Li Guang, Qin Cheng, Wei Qing and the others discussed, and it was not difficult to conclude that Zhao Xin might have fought with Yi Zhi and then prepared to jointly deal with the Eastern Expeditionary Army of the Great Han Dynasty. Although everything is based on speculation based on intelligence at the moment, Qin Cheng doesn't believe that Yi Zhi is willing to retreat to the grassland, the reason is very simple, because Yi Zhi Xian still has the strength to fight. Having dealt with the grassland for so long, Qin Cheng also knew that as long as the wolves on the grassland were still with their claws and fangs, it was impossible for them to return empty-handed. And Huo Qu's experience also faintly corroborates this.
"Since this battle is going to be fought, it can't be a small fight, for two months, Yi Zhi has been working hard but basically has no place to show it, resentment has been accumulated for a long time, if he turns back to deal with me and others this time, he will definitely toss to death, in a word, the next battle is a decisive battle, everyone has to be psychologically prepared." During the deliberation of the big tent, Qin Cheng analyzed the current situation and warned the generals.
"Yi Zhixian wants a decisive battle, why don't we wait?" Le Yi said in a deep voice, looking at the map drawn by Nangong Shang hanging in front of him, his eyes were full of heat, "Now I am waiting for 100,000 troops in hand, I am afraid that he will be a bird, just fight him back!" ”
"General Le, this battle is not just a matter of winning, but it is necessary to wipe out the existing forces of the Huns, and it is best to capture Yi Zhixian alive and completely destroy the country of the Huns! Therefore, this battle is destined to be not easy, how to act, many details, and you have to plan carefully. Wei Qingdao said.
"Now that the two great generals of the Han Dynasty are here, the hussars and the Shuofang Tiger are strictly organized, and the Wuhuan clan is helping each other, the Eastern Expeditionary Army has never formed such a joint force as it is today, what reason is there to be invincible?" Liu Mu glanced at Qin Cheng with a smile, confident and confident.
"If the Western Expeditionary Army can come and join us as soon as possible, then our strength will be greater, and the decisive victory will be more certain." Huo Quzhi added.
"How can things be as good as they should be, don't think about perfect things, without the Western Expeditionary Army, the Eastern Expeditionary Army can still destroy the Huns." Qin Cheng said this, and a sentry in the middle presented a military report.
"Are you really not waiting for the Western Expeditionary Army to arrive?" Yanagi wondered.
"It's not that I don't want to wait, it's that Yi Zhixian won't give us this opportunity." Qin Cheng raised the military report in his hand, and his finger clicked on the hanging map, "I just received the scout report, and the Yizhi army suddenly turned back to the vicinity of the Dom River, which is only more than two hundred miles away from us, even if our army does not move, it can be encountered in two or three days, and if the Western Expeditionary Army wants to come over and join us, it will be at least five days later." Now it seems that this decisive battle is inevitable! ”
"Dom River, Wolf's Head Mountain, this is the place where our army will fight the Yizhi army this time!" Wei Qing nodded at a place below the Dom River, "The terrain of Wolf's Head Mountain is dangerous, whoever controls Wolf's Head Mountain first will be able to occupy the favorable terrain and launch a charge, so seizing Wolf's Head Mountain is the goal of the next action!" ”
"The terrain of Wolf's Head Mountain looks a little strange on the grassland, but this is not important, neither our army nor the Huns can avoid this location, so we must control Wolf's Head Mountain first!" Qin Cheng said awe-inspiringly.
"No!" The generals hugged their fists.
"Then don't wait for the Western Expeditionary Army?" Yanagi asked.
"Let the Western Expeditionary Army detour behind the Huns, so that it can not only provide support for our army, but also wipe it out when the Huns are defeated and fled. It's just that in this way, the task of the decisive battle falls completely on the Eastern Expeditionary Army! Qin Cheng looked around at the generals, "The brave wins when they meet on the narrow road, and the big victory is achieved in the big danger, and the victory or defeat is successful or lost, in one fell swoop!" ”
"You can only win, you can't lose!" Wei Qing added, with a solemn expression, "Whether the Han world is long-term peace and stability, or the lives are ruined, all in this battle, all in your hands!" When he was about to leave this time, His Majesty once said that he would wait for good news in Chang'an, and hoped that the soldiers would live up to their trust! ”
"Live up to Your Majesty's expectations!" All the generals will say the same.
Qin Cheng nodded, and began to arrange the next action: "To capture Wolf's Head Mountain, you need a strong army, the first speed, if the Hun army is killed after capturing Wolf's Head Mountain, you must also be able to hold Wolf's Head Mountain and wait for the army to arrive." Because it can be said that the key to this victory or defeat is that this strong team can seize the mountain and be able to hold the mountain. If necessary, fight to the last man, and don't take half a step back......"
"General, hussars and light riders are willing to go!"
"General, Shuo Fang Tiger is willing to go!"
Without waiting for Qin Cheng to finish speaking, Qin Qingzhi and Le Yi asked for their lives at the same time. After the two finished speaking, they glanced at each other, and they were not convinced, Qin Qingzhi said first: "Since the hussars formed the army, every battle must be the first, and whenever there is a vicious battle, it is the first to take the lead, and there is no reason not to go first in this decision!" ”
"General Qin, the hussars have been fighting fiercely for days, and they have suffered a lot of injuries, and they need to rest and recuperate, and it is better to let Shuofang Tiger Ben come in this battle!" Le Yi didn't give an inch.
"Speaking of losses, there are less than 5,000 of the 8,000 tigers left, so you should rest! Hussars have never been left behind! "Qin Qingzhi is unrelenting.
Qin Cheng and Wei Qing glanced at each other with a smile, and finally Wei Qing spoke: "Okay, let's let the hussars go to this battle, as for Shuofang Huben, there is still a heavy task ahead, don't rush this time!" ”
"Thank you, General Wei!" Qin Qingzhi hugged his fist excitedly.
"Hussars and light riders, those who can rush, and now there are only 8,000 people, they will all be allocated to you, Qingzhi, this battle is dangerous, but you will not be allowed to miss half a point, otherwise, come and see you!" Qin Cheng said solemnly.
"No! Please rest assured, General! Qin Qingzhi happily accepted the order.
"Gear up and go!"
"No!"
After Qin Qingzhi received the order and left, Qin Cheng said: "Although there are 100,000 troops in the Eastern Expeditionary Army now, nearly half of them are soldiers of the Wuhuan three clans, these people can only fight with the wind, if the situation is not good, they will definitely be the first to be defeated, and the Western Expeditionary Army can only support from afar, not near help." Therefore, Le Yi, the order that I will give you is to serve as the vanguard of the army, and when the war begins, use the Shuofang Tiger Ben, cooperate with the hussars and heavy horses, play with momentum, and invigorate the morale of the army! ”
"The last general understands!" Le Yi commanded.
"Order the whole army, immediately disengage!"
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After Qin Qingzhi left the camp with 8,000 hussars and light horses, he marched all the way at great speed, and finally arrived at the foot of Wolf's Head Mountain at dawn the next day.
All night, under the faint red glow of the morning light, the eight thousand hussars and light riders breathed a sigh of relief when they saw the empty summit of Wolf's Head Mountain. Fortunately, after running all night, there was no mistake, Qin Qingzhi wiped the sweat from his forehead, and he was a little happy in his heart.
The Wolf's Head is not a high mountain, it is not more than a hundred feet high, the mountain is also very flat, the Dom River flows through the foot of the mountain, and the river is surrounded by a forest, and the importance of the geographical position is obvious. By controlling the top of the mountain, the cavalry will be able to charge down the mountain, and it will be as powerful as a bamboo, and the top of the mountain will have a wider field of vision, and whether there are ambushes in the woods can be seen at a glance.
"Where has the army gone?" Qin Qingzhi turned around and asked the generals beside him.
"We are already eighty miles away, and it will not take a day for the rapid march to catch up." The ministry general replied.
"Okay, occupy the mountain, defend the mountain for a day, and when the army arrives, victory will be in the hand!"
Qin Qingzhi was about to order the whole army to quickly capture the mountain, when suddenly the sentry cavalry hurriedly reported: "General Qin, thousands of Hun cavalry have been found on the north side of Wolf's Head Mountain, and they are about to climb the mountain!" ”
"What?!" Qin Qingzhi was shocked, pulled out the ring head knife, and shouted: "Chuan Ben general, kill the mountain!" ”
"Kill!" At the same time, on the other side of the mountain, Zhao Xin, who personally led the vanguard army of 10,000 Huns, also got the same news, so he ordered the whole army to climb the mountain.
If you look down from a high altitude, you can see the scene of the two cavalry on both sides of the mountain crazy mountaineering, the black pressure of the human head and the horse head, the white robe and red robe hunting in the wind, desperately rushing up to the mountain, and then on the top of the mountain unexpectedly, they rushed together in an instant.
Like Qin Qingzhi, Zhao Xin also asked for orders to bring the vanguard to capture Wolf's Head Mountain, but he never expected to meet Qin Qingzhi who arrived at the same time. Zhao Xin, who had no results in Hexi, had already made up his mind to regain face, but this time he met Qin Qingzhi, so he naturally made up his mind to kill people and make meritorious contributions.
"Hussars?" Zhao Xin saw the other party's flag clearly, and couldn't help sneering, "It's really not that enemies don't meet!" Thinking of this, Zhao Xin saw that the other party's main general, Qin Qingzhi, was a fresh face, not a few generals of the hussar army, so he shouted and killed Qin Qingzhi, "Who is the pawn on the other side, report your name!" ”
Zhao Xin didn't recognize Qin Qingzhi, but Qin Qingzhi recognized Zhao Xin, and when he heard Zhao Xin's arrogant shouting, Qin Qing's heart couldn't help but be angry, and he was not ambiguous at the moment, and greeted: "The Xiongnu general on the opposite side is the traitor Zhao Xin, everyone killed him!" ”
When the hussars and light cavalry soldiers heard Qin Qingzhi's words, they all became angry, and they all surrounded and killed Zhao Xin.
Zhao Xin originally wanted to fight with Qin Qingzhi alone, otherwise he would not have asked Qin Qingzhi's name, but Qin Qingzhi did not do what he wanted, but instead beckoned people to besiege him, and countless hussars rushed over, which suddenly made Zhao Xin's pressure double, and he couldn't help but say angrily: "Xiao'er, do you dare to fight to the death with your Grandpa Zhao?" ”
"You're not qualified!" Qin Qingzhi roared angrily, naturally he would not let Zhao Xin control his actions, and still led everyone to besiege him, intending to fight quickly.
Zhao Xin was furious, but he had no choice but to parry. As soon as this battle started, it lasted for an hour, and it was not possible to distinguish the winner or loser, after all, the mountain is limited, and both sides are their own elite soldiers, and their combat strength is not weak. An hour and a half later, Zhao Xin gradually felt powerless, and gradually fell behind, seeing that the hussars were about to completely control the mountain, Qin Qingzhi was suddenly told by his generals that a large number of Hun cavalry appeared in the north!
Qin Qingzhi looked to the north, but when he saw that the northern black pressure was overwhelming, the Hun cavalry rushing over like a tide turned out to be the main force of the Huns of Yi Zhixi, and it seemed that he had reached thirty miles away, and he was afraid that he would arrive at Wolf Head Mountain in two hours!
Yizhi itself is much closer to Wolf's Head Mountain, and after sending Zhao Xin to take the lead, the main force of the army followed up, and at this time it has already arrived nearby, and the Han Eastern Expeditionary Army is afraid that it will take at least half a day to arrive because of the long distance.
Thinking of this, Qin Qingzhi couldn't care much more, and rushed towards Zhao Xin desperately!