Qin Cheng rescued Li Kang, which also had some influence in the army. Before, many soldiers felt that Qincheng was weak, and let the army shrink in Xiaohua City, not daring to fight with the Huns. Now seeing that Qin Cheng dared to break into the Xiongnu camp just by leading a team of pro-soldiers, and successfully rescued Li Kang, this mood has faded a lot. And Qin Cheng personally went to the rescue Li Kang's words before also had a lot of repercussions in the army, and many sergeants now believe that even if they are surrounded by the Huns, Qin Cheng, a hussar captain, will lead the army to rescue. Although Qin Cheng still did not give the order to go to war, all the sergeants were able to wait patiently and no longer complain secretly.

Originally, most of the reason for risking to save Li Kang was to stabilize the morale of the army, but now that the goal has been achieved, Qin Cheng can also breathe a sigh of relief.

This time he returned to the barracks, rested for a long time, and when he got up in the afternoon, he asked about the military situation, but found that there was no news that the villages and towns near and far were attacked by the Huns today.

Because it had been expected that the Hun cavalry would not come to attack Xiaohua City, the resettlement work in Xiaohua City has been going on in the past few days, and the disposal of crops and houses has begun to be built. Although the imperial court will assist in reconstruction after the war, it is now almost Chinese New Year's Eve, and the people of Xiaohua City are also looking forward to building a few houses before Chinese New Year's Eve, which is somewhat comforting. Thanks to the help of the sergeants, the reconstruction went smoothly and quickly.

The sergeants who want to march and fight to help the people carry out construction are basically not something before, but Qin Cheng's opinion is very resolute, and seeing Xiaohuacheng's appearance, the sergeants have no big opinions to oppose.

……

It is said that since the attack on Qincheng and the rescue of Li Dang, the Huns have not moved for several days, and the sentinels sent out to inquire about the news also reported that no trace of the Huns was found, and the Huns seemed to have disappeared out of thin air.

"Could it be that the Huns have withdrawn?"

When the generals gathered again to discuss, some people couldn't help but speculate.

"It's okay now, how can this battle be fought, the shadows of the Huns have not seen a few, in vain they have been arrogant for so many days, and they have attacked countless villages and towns, and now people should burn and burn, and they should be destroyed, and they will go back satisfied!" Ma Dashan's face was gloomy, and he couldn't help but complain.

"After all, the Huns are so small with two thousand people, of course they are not our opponents in a head-to-head confrontation, and the previous sneak attack could not succeed, and their purpose of invading Shanggu has been achieved, so it is a matter of course to withdraw it." Ji Zhu followed Ma Dashan's words and said, after being aggrieved for several days, he couldn't be without resentment, so he was also a little dissatisfied with this.

"If you want me to say that I should divide my troops and kill a few days ago, even if the traces of the Huns are difficult to find, it is not impossible to find the possibility, and now let these Huns run away in vain, it is really angry with me!" Ma Dashan saw that Ji Zhu had the same thoughts as himself, and shouted more directly.

Li Guang and Qin Cheng did not speak from beginning to end.

"The Huns are gone, there's no point in me staying here any longer, general, when will I leave for the camp?" Someone asked tentatively.

Li Guang straightened his body and said: "Wait for another three days, and at the same time the number of sentry horses will be doubled, if there is no news of the Huns, I can go back." ”

After a pause, Li Guang said again: "This expedition, although it did not hit the Huns hard, but we also have a lot of achievements, moreover, with our army in Xiaohua City, the Huns' actions are not too presumptuous, this is also effective, the generals should not be angry." ”

The generals walked out of the big tent of the Chinese army, and Ma Dashan couldn't help but say indignantly: "What kind of battle is this?" The cavalry of 3,000 people did not dare to attack, and they shrank in this ghost place all day long to repair houses, and now they have run away from those Huns in vain, which is really hateful! ”

"Ma Junhou, can't you be quieter? What did the sergeants below think when they saw this? Ji Zhu followed Ma Dashan and warned.

"Don't let people fight this battle, and don't let people say anything?" Ma Dashan was unconvinced, "What does it mean to have a small record, and what does it mean to have an effect?" This is clearly a suffocated death, Lao Ma has never fought such an aggrieved battle in his life, and he is more aggrieved than defeating a battle! ”

Ji Zhu pulled Ma Dashan aside, sighed, and said, "Do you think you are the only one in the army who thinks so?" We think the same way, but this is a military order, what can we do? ”

"What kind of bird order is this? No way! I've got to talk to the general, or I'll not be able to hold my breath!" Ma Dashan said that he was going to return to the big tent of the Chinese army.

Ji Zhu pulled him back, scolded him stupidly, and said, "I didn't say it a long time ago, what's the use of saying it now?" The Huns have all fled! Could it be that you still want to chase out of the Great Wall and into the desert? ”

The two of them complained for a while, but they didn't make any outrageous moves, and after half a ring, they went back to their camps.

"It seems that the temperament of the generals in this army has to be sharpened." After the generals left, Qin Cheng touched his chin and said.

Li Guang smiled, "Everyone is also used to going straight, I really haven't encountered a battle like this one, and it's normal to be uncomfortable." ”

"For generals, wisdom, faith, benevolence, bravery, and strictness, without one of them can not become a general, and it will also miss a major event, and the ordinary sergeants below are just impetuous, how can a general be the same? In the future, the cavalry will have to rely more on thousands of miles to attack, and it is common to get lost, and if the generals cannot stabilize the morale of the army, then there will be a danger of defeat. Qin Cheng rarely sang against Li Guang, and the tone of his speech was unquestionable, and he seemed very tough.

Li Guang pondered for a moment, nodded and said, "Qin Lang is reasonable, but Ben will not see as far as you." It seems that in the future, it is necessary to sharpen the temperament of the generals. ”

Three days later, it was the twenty-fourth day of the lunar month, Chinese New Year's Eve, and it was only six days before Chinese New Year's Eve. The Han army, which had been stationed in Xiaohua City for more than ten days, finally pulled out the village and began to retreat.

In the past ten days, with the help of thousands of soldiers, the people of Xiaohua City have built many houses, and the people of Xiaohua City no longer have to live in simple sheds that are ventilated on all sides on Chinese New Year's Eve.

On this expedition, there were two small battles, but there were no big battles, and the important thing was to hold back his breath, so when he retreated, although the people of Xiaohua City saw him off, the faces of all the soldiers were still gloomy.

The team of 3,000 people came at a gallop, and the first battle was extremely majestic and domineering, but when they went back at this time, it was quite slow, and the whole team was gloomy and gloomy, without the slightest fighting spirit, and it was really anticlimactic.

Along the way, almost no one spoke, not even the grumbling was gone.

After converging the light cavalry at Lao Ma Yuan, the army did not stop and continued to march to the Shanggu military camp.

After a day of unhurried travel, he finally arrived at Qiansang before dusk, and after all the sergeants had eaten, it was dark, and they all went to rest.

Li Guang did not return to the county town, and also rested in the Qiansang military camp.

They fell asleep in a dull mood until midnight......

"Urgent! Urgent! Urgent! ”

The sound of horses' hooves sounded in the army, and they went straight to the big tent of the Chinese army, waking up the sleeping sergeant of the barracks.

After a while, the drums sounded.

The middle and senior generals of the army hurried to the big tent of the Chinese army, but saw that Qin Cheng and Li Guang were already standing in the tent in armor.

Li Guangyang raised the military report in his hand, and said in a deep voice: "Yang Zigou is in a hurry, and the situation is critical because he was attacked by nearly two thousand Hun cavalry at dusk. ”

As soon as Li Guang's words came out, the pot suddenly exploded in the military tent.

"--!"

"Let's go on the march, General!"

"Go on the expedition and slaughter these dogs!"

"Destroy these Hun thieves, just two thousand Huns, really I'm afraid of them?!"

"Isn't it just two thousand Hun cavalry, all of them are cut down!"

“……”

Li Guang motioned to the generals to silence and said, "In the next military deployment, listen to General Qin's arrangement!" ”

The generals then set their eyes on Qin Cheng, and said in their hearts, don't say you want to wait at this time!

"The heavy cavalry is led by the general, and the light cavalry is commanded by the general, and the whole army will gather immediately and set off immediately!" Qin Cheng shouted.

The generals clasped their fists together and said loudly: "No! ”

Subsequently, the cavalry of the Shanggu Barracks, which had returned to the barracks for less than half a day, set out again, and this time, the cavalry of the Shanggu Barracks, who had been angry to the extreme, were dressed in fresh clothes and angry horses, holding torches high, and the momentum was more majestic than ten days ago, and they went directly to Yangzigou!

When passing through Lao Ma Yuan, Qin Cheng did not order the light cavalry to stay behind the mountain pass.

The angry cavalry of the Han army vowed to crush the 2,000 Huns into powder, and the momentum of never returning to the camp without killing the enemy is self-evident.

When the army rushed to Yangzigou, it was not surprising that there was no shadow of the Huns.

The scene of Yangzigou is better than the scene of Xiaohua City at the beginning, the fire is soaring, the houses are completely destroyed, but fortunately, the soldiers and people of Yangzigou have no major losses.

After the army arrived at Yangzigou, the tun commander of Yangzigou reported to the army that the Huns had only gone north not long ago, and it was probably their rangers who heard the momentum of the Han army's rush and reported that the Xiongnu brigade besieging Yangzigou had retreated.

Hearing this, the generals asked for a pursuit.

At this moment, Qin Cheng's personal soldiers, who had gone to Xiaohua City earlier to find Shanjia, rode horses together with Shanjia. In the contact with Shanjia a few days ago, Qin Cheng learned that Shanjia was very familiar with the terrain of the border, and even went to the Xiongnu Curtain, and he was also looking for him to be a guide for the army at this time.

"The army is in full pursuit!" Qin Cheng simply ordered.

Is it tolerable or unbearable!

This group of Huns is so hateful that they dare to play with 3,000 Han troops with only 2,000 cavalry, and they don't take the Han army in their eyes at all.

If the generals were worried that there was still a large army hidden behind the Huns, at this time they had already denied this redundant speculation, and all kinds of signs showed that the Huns were attacking south with five cavalry this time!

This also means that the previous caution of the Han army is completely unnecessary!

Coupled with the unbearable anger, the Han army no longer had any worries, and launched a frantic pursuit against the two thousand Huns, which was a kind of revenge that was annoyed and angry, and it had been tolerated for a long time!

The army made a quick pursuit all the way north, and after running for more than half an hour, the leading carapace pointed to the distance ahead and shouted, "Look, firelight! ”

The people who were running at the front fixed their eyes, and sure enough, they saw a faint fire in the distance ahead, although the fire was very weak, and it was estimated that the Huns were afraid of exposing their tracks and did not dare to shoot too many torches, but they could not help but shoot torches at the moment of escape, so they could faintly see it at this time!

"Catch up, don't let them run!" Qin Cheng and Li Guang shouted.

This chase lasted until dawn.

After dawn, the Han cavalry can clearly see the Hun cavalry running in front, with the familiarity of the mountain armor with the terrain and roads, although the heavy horse is slower, but the distance between the two sides is constantly shrinking, although the reduction of this distance is not too big, but finally did not get rid of it.

Nearly 2,000 Hun cavalry fled frantically in front, and 3,000 Han troops followed closely.

Both sides are completely competing for speed!

Three thousand?

Look at the momentum, and the marching formation, that's it.

The mountain beetle that led the way disappeared before dawn.

After running wildly, it was almost noon.

Both armies have already changed into spare horses.

Li Guang led the people to run to a small hill, but saw that the hill was only grass and stones and not trees, said that it was a small mountain, but in fact it was not small, the strange rocks were craggy, and the size was not big, and when he rushed here, the army was getting closer and closer to the Huns, and it seemed that he would be able to enter the range of bow and arrow attacks after catching up for half an hour.