Chapter 144: A Great Victory
It is said that the Wuhuan cavalry who was surrounded in front of the fort was engaged in a more or less inexplicable confrontation with the two thousand cavalry of the Han army, and then it didn't take much time for these Wuhuan cavalry to hear that the battlefield behind them was in chaos, and when these Wuhuan cavalry couldn't help but look back, their faces immediately became wonderful.
The Wuhuan Hun cavalry, which attacked the Han army at night, was already fleeing.
The leader of the commander's face changed, and he still remembered the military order of Cha Mu Cuo before leaving: "But if there is a disadvantage, return to the army immediately." ”
Wuhuan King Cha Mu Co was also a little scared after losing nearly 7,000 cavalry in two consecutive stops, probably thinking that he couldn't let his army suffer any more casualties, he knew very well in his heart, Wuhuan, he really couldn't withstand the loss.
Not only did the commander who blockaded the fort receive the military order of Cha Mu Tso, but the commander who was preparing to attack the Yangpo camp of the Han army at night with Yi Xue'er also received the military order of Cha Mu Tso, which is one of the reasons why the 1,000 Wuhuan cavalry would be defeated so simply.
The commander glanced back at the chaotic battlefield not far behind the formation, and felt a slight tremor in his body, he glanced at the Han army in front of him, and knew that if he didn't retreat, if the Wuhuan cavalry on the battlefield behind him was completely defeated and fled back, his three thousand people might not be able to go if they wanted to, but now that the Han army had gone out of the city, they were lined up in a formation in front of him, and even if they wanted to, they might not be so easy to retreat.
"Commander, if you keep interrupting, you will be in chaos! You lead people to retreat first, and your subordinates are cut off! A centurion beside the commander saw that he was hesitant and couldn't help but persuade urgently.
The chaotic sound behind the formation came into the formation, and many cavalry began to review frequently, showing anxious and panicked looks. The centurion was conflicted, but he also knew that it was not a way to drag it out, so he said to the centurion beside him: "Just block the Han army for a while, and retreat when you have time, don't love to fight!" ”
"Don't worry, the commander, your subordinates can save it!" The centurion answered, but said in his heart: What am I going to do in this situation?
The two were talking, and the Han army on the opposite side suddenly moved, and the roaring hooves of the horses sounded first, and then two thousand Han horsemen rushed over together.
The Han cavalry actually took the lead in attacking!
"Commander, go!" The centurion shouted urgently, and immediately beckoned to the sergeant under his command, saying, "The headquarters listens to the order, follow me to the enemy!" "After that, he stepped forward and took the lead in facing the Han army.
"You, you, you, you, after breaking together, the others will withdraw with me!" The commander ordered a few centurions, arranged the aftermath, and led the army to retreat.
The centurion who was ordered looked bitter, but there was nothing they could do, so they had to go up with their own deployment.
It was Li Guang who led the two thousand Han cavalry to attack, he saw the opportunity, and took the initiative to launch a surprise attack to seize the initiative.
After the break, the five hundred Wuhuan cavalry had no fighting spirit, but they just stubbornly put it on their heads, five hundred against two thousand, and they couldn't bear the many arrows of the Han army, and when the two armies changed their long knives and rushed into battle, they had already suffered a lot of losses. At this time, the Han army saw that the Qin Cheng army had won a big victory, and their morale was booming, even if someone around them fell off their horses, they rushed over without any impact.
As soon as Wu touched, where could the Wuhuan cavalry resist, and they were defeated in a moment, and several centurions saw that the momentum was not right, except for the first one who took the initiative to ask for battle, the others all pulled their horses and turned back, and went away in defeat.
In this way, the morale of the Han army was even greater, and they followed behind the Wuhuan cavalry and chased after them. Soon they converged with the Qincheng Mountain Jia. Li Guang also ordered the cavalry in the rear to widen the distance and raise more torches.
At this time, 5,000 Han cavalry three-way divisions, morale reached its peak for a while, chasing more than 4,000 routs, like driving cattle and sheep, every few steps, the strong bow pulled and shot for a while, and there were Wuhuan cavalry that ran slowly or were blocked by the rout in front of them fell down a layer.
As a result, the defeated Wuhuan cavalry was even more defeated, and I heard the Han army behind him shouting: "Pull out the Wuhuan battalion, kill all the Wuhuan thieves, and drive them back to the grassland!" ", and even more collapsed.
Cha Mu Co personally led reinforcements to rescue, and when he saw the defeat of the Wuhuan army, he didn't care about being annoyed by Yi Xue'er, and raised his knife and shouted: "The Wuhuan warriors retreat, go back with me, and defeat the Han army!" ”
Cha Mu Cuo drank the order, naturally had his own soldiers, and the voice was not small for a while, but compared to the overwhelming shouts of the Han army, it was insufficient, and the rout had completely lost their fighting spirit at this time, even if Cha Mu Co personally led the reinforcements to the rescue, he couldn't stop the pace of rout.
"The Han army is only a few thousand people, I have an army of 30,000, all the soldiers will retire, and then retreat and will not be forgiven!" Seeing that he came to the rescue had little effect, only some scattered sergeants reined in the war horses, intending to fight again, and couldn't help but say in a hurry.
"The king, the Han army...... The reinforcements of the Han army came, I don't know how many people there were, dense, I can't see it really, I'm afraid of ...... I'm afraid there are no less than 10,000 people! "A commander of a thousand soldiers arrived in front of Taka Mucuo, a little inarticulate, and his expression was flustered.
"What?" Cha Mu was taken aback, and then said angrily: "Where did the Han army get reinforcements, don't bewitch the crowd!" ”
"Look, my lord!" The commander knew that it was useless for him to say more, so he hurriedly pointed behind him.
Cha Mu staggered his eyes and let go, but he saw countless torches, everywhere, and he couldn't distinguish many in the dark night, and the Han army shouted loudly, the momentum was not ordinary, and he was a little hesitant for a while.
"King Wuhuan, retire. The army has no fighting spirit, it is difficult to distinguish the truth of the Han army in the dark night, the Han army is chasing too closely, and if it goes on like this, the army will not become an army, and it will be too late if it does not retreat. When Yi Xue'er arrived in front of Cha Mu Cuo, her voice was a little weak, it was estimated that she was not lightly tired, and she was also angry with Qin Cheng, which showed that today's defeat hit her hard.
Even if Cha Mucuo was unwilling, seeing that the Han army was strong, he couldn't do anything more at this time, so he had to order the army to retreat with hatred.
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When Li Guang saw Qin Cheng, he laughed three times, walked side by side with Qin Cheng, and shouted to the surrounding soldiers: "The Wuhuan cavalry has collapsed, so you will go with the general and General Qin!" ”
"No!"
The 5,000 Han cavalry bit the tail of the Wuhuan rout, and those who got close swung their knives to slash and kill, and those who were a little farther away drew their bows and shot, and then those behind shouted and cheered, chasing all the way, and they didn't know how many good heads of the Wuhuan cavalry were killed.
Not long before arriving at the Wuhuan camp, the Wuhuan cavalry could not take care of the camp, and hurriedly took the road from the side of the camp and fled, the generals led the army to chase, Li Guang drank the generals, and said: "Poor Kou Mo chase, the road ahead is narrow, under the dark night, you can't be careful." ”
"General, at this time, the Wuhuan thieves are being defeated, if we take advantage of the victory to pursue, we will definitely be able to win a lot, how can we let go of such a good opportunity?" Ma Dashan rose up, Li Guang asked him to restrain his feet, he was a little unwilling.
"Although the Wuhuan thieves were defeated, but the troops are still there, if they fight back or ambush in the mountains, what should you do?" Li Guang did not force it, but said so.
"......" Ma Dashan was unwilling, thinking that at this time, where would the Wuhuan cavalry still have the heart to fight back, but Li Guang had an order, and he couldn't fail to obey it.
"General, but his subordinates think that the Wuhuan cavalry can't help but chase." Qin Cheng said at this time.
"Oh, why?"
"The reason why more than 20,000 Wuhuan cavalry were defeated in front of our Han 5,000 elite cavalry was of course due to the fact that our army behaved properly and defeated its night attack army, but more importantly, we set up a suspicious array. King Wuhuan was worried that we would have a large number of reinforcements after waiting, so he did not dare to fight again. But if we wait for such a good situation and don't pursue it, King Wuhuan will definitely be suspicious, and I am afraid that he will make a comeback, and then it will inevitably be troublesome. Therefore, we can't help but chase. Qin Cheng said.
Li Guang nodded, and muttered: "In this way, the pursuers only need to bluff, and the pursuers need to move forward carefully, but if there is anything unusual, they will withdraw immediately, and they must not be ambushed by the Wuhuan cavalry." ”
"What the general said is very true." Qin Cheng hugged his fist.
"Ji Zhu!" Li Guang called Ji Zhu, "You are cautious by nature, this pursuit, you take a thousand cavalry forward, don't be careless." ”
"Don't worry, general, subordinates should be careful." Ji Zhu got the military order, ordered a thousand cavalry, and chased the Wuhuan rout.
Li Guang thought about it, but he was still not at ease, so he said to Li Dare again: "I will give you another thousand cavalry, you follow Ji Junhou for five miles, once Ji Junhou is in trouble, you will go to the rescue." ”
"No!" Li Dare agreed to the promise and followed Ji Zhu.
After arranging these, Li Guang put his mind at ease, inspected the battlefield with Qin Cheng, and cleaned up the Wuhuan camp.
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The Han army packed up the Wuhuan marching camp, and although there were captures, there were not many of them. In fact, the biggest gain in fighting the steppe invading cavalry is the head. In the early morning of the next day, after counting the results of the battle, Li Guang and Qin Cheng learned that last night's battle had beheaded more than 2,000 people.
A big win, another big win.
This time against the Wuhuan army of 30,000, the Han army repelled the Wuhuan army with less than 10,000 people, but the beheading was more than 9,000.
The sky was bright, and Ji Zhu and Li Dang rushed back together. On the way, Ji Zhu beheaded more than two hundred again and chased him out for forty or fifty miles. In the end, he encountered the ambush of the broken rear arranged in a hurry by King Wuhuan, but fortunately, Ji Zhu noticed it early, and Li dared to rescue in time, so it did not cause many casualties to the Han army. The two of them withdrew from the encirclement together, so they stopped pursuing, and rode along the way, and took advantage of the situation to retreat.
On this day, the Han army cleaned up the battlefield, treated the wounded, buried the dead soldiers, and made a lot of noise for a whole day, and only stopped a little in the middle of the night.
On the occasion of this great victory, the momentum of the Han army in Shanggu went to a new level, and the soldiers who came in and out of the fort city walked with their heads held high, and they were very confident.
Li Guang saw the generals in such a demeanor, and once said to Qin Cheng: "Such morale is no less than when Qin defeated the army of the Six Kingdoms, and it should be majestic!" ”
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