Chapter 207 Carrying 100,000 soldiers, just to save one person
The desert grassland, the eastern part of the place is called Chaha, the northeast is the Xianbei tribe, the southeast is the Wuhuan tribe, and the vast grassland in the west of the desert is about 3,000 miles in circumference, including the royal court of the Huns, it is called Gumeng by the Huns, and the southernmost part of Gumeng is Henan.
The alliance army led by Qin Cheng will seize the territory this time is the Chaha land with a radius of thousands of miles.
When Qin Cheng gave an order and the 120,000 troops marched out of the camp in an orderly manner, Qin Cheng, who was standing on the sentry tower and watching, was still quite proud in his heart.
Anyway, buddy is also carrying 100,000 male soldiers today, crisscrossing the desert, isn't it? Although this 120,000 army is just a "miscellaneous army", its combat effectiveness is not weak, at least, the Huns who have been arrogant for decades during this period of time have no confidence to find his bad luck.
The desert territory is large, and there are many good pastures, but the distribution of tribes is extremely scattered, and the grassland people are looking for water and grass to live, which means that the size of the grassland directly limits the size of the tribe. A giant like Zuo Xianwang occupies a grassland that is undoubtedly fertile and vast. But good pastures are always limited, so most of the steppe tribes are not that large.
To fight for this situation in the grassland, Qin Cheng and others formulated a battle plan is also very clear, 120,000 people drove out of the barracks, and then divided into multiple roads, each of which was composed of grassland cavalry and Han cavalry, and then one tribe after another. It's just that unlike the previous devastating blows of the Han army, the current coalition forces are mainly fighting to make these tribes submit, so they don't plan to kill too many people. As for why the Han army should participate in every army, Mingli Qincheng said that it was to cooperate with the grassland cavalry, and in fact, it was also to strengthen the Han army's leadership consciousness over the grassland cavalry. Don't you see, Han Anguo, Li Guangwei, Qing Gong, Sun He, are all separate and leading the army? As the initiator of this operation, he gave such a big bargain to the Wuhuan Xianbei Amid tribe, so in exchange, how the army acted was naturally up to the Han army generals.
Qincheng is also for the future, after all, after a few years, the grassland people will live under the leadership of the Han people, and the importance of instilling this subconscious of being led by the Han people as soon as possible is self-evident.
The 120,000 army was a large number, but fortunately, they were all cavalry, and the speed of leaving the camp was still very fast, and it didn't take long for everyone to leave except for the 6,000 elite horsemen of the hussar battalion who were still assembled in the barracks and did not move.
The barracks that emptied in an instant, the 6,000 hussar battalions lined up neatly and stood in the wind.
At that time, the last team of the army, the Wei Qing Division, had already left the camp.
A Han soldier rode alone from outside the camp, stopped at the gate, and after asking where Qincheng was, he went directly to the guard tower.
"General, the latest news." The sergeant climbed up to the watchtower and bowed down.
"Say." Qincheng Road.
"According to the traces left by President Nangong, we have tracked down Jincheng." Zhang Da said.
Nangong Shang, since the beginning of this war, he was led by Yi Xue'er to make dumplings in the stronghold, and he himself was also arrested, and there has been no news, although Qin Cheng is anxious, he is helpless. It wasn't until some time ago that when Ri Le Yi led people to raid a Xiongnu tribe, he found the mark left by Nangong Shang.
It turned out that after Yi Xue'er caught Nangong Shang, she didn't kill him, but took him with her, and she didn't know what her intentions were, but the guards were indeed quite strict. Nangong Shang couldn't escape, so he could only leave some marks in the places where he passed by that only Qin Cheng and Le Yi could understand, so as to report to the two of them.
It's not that the intelligence team of the Chamber of Commerce didn't exchange codes, it's just that the strongholds of the intelligence team in the grassland have been ended, and Nangong Shang naturally can't use the code of the intelligence team anymore, and he has no other way to think about it, so he has to leave his hope on Qin Cheng and Le Yi.
At that time, Qin Cheng and Le Yi learned the news that Nangong Shang was not dead, so they sent a large number of rangers, and with the cooperation of the elite soldiers of the Amid clan, they searched along the way, but in the end they found that Nangong Shang was simply with the military minister Shan Yu Dajun, which made Qin Cheng, who had broken through the military minister Shan Yu camp and passed by Nangong Shang, annoyed for a long time.
"Jincheng ......," Qin Cheng thought for a moment, "That's the direction of the Xiongnu Royal Court." ”
Qin Qingzhi, who was standing beside Qin Cheng, answered: "It seems that this Xiongnu princess is going to bring President Nangong to the Xiongnu royal court, if this is the case, things will be a little troublesome." ”
"What's the trouble? Isn't it just a thousand miles to attack the court of the Huns? Qin Cheng said lightly, and glanced at Qin Qing, "What, don't you want to go to the Xiongnu Royal Court?" The women there are the best on the prairie. ”
"Forehead......" Qin Qingzhi couldn't help but sweat when he heard Qin Cheng mention the grassland woman, Qin Cheng's previous sentence that the grassland woman would bite off your life when you warm the bed was still in Qin Qingzhi's heart, but at this time, his expression was slightly unnatural, and he said: "Forget about women." I'm more interested in the military minister Shan Yu than the prairie woman. Hehe! ”
Qin Cheng glanced at Qin Qing meaningfully, and said with a smile: "Then your taste is really heavy enough." ”
"......" Qin Qingzhi.
"General, when will I leave?" Qin Qingzhi changed the topic and asked.
"It's time to go." Qin Cheng said, and after speaking, he was about to walk down the sentry tower.
"General Wei is back." Qin Qingzhi's eyes were good, and at this time he pointed to a single riding path that had broken away from the brigade and turned back a few hundred zhang away from the barracks.
Qin Cheng glanced back and walked down the watchtower.
The last of the 120,000 troops to leave was Wei Qing, who ran out for a few hundred zhang, and then rode back alone, he dismounted in front of Qin Cheng, looked at Qin Cheng solemnly, and asked concisely: "Brother Qin, do you really want to do this?" ”
Qin Cheng smiled, his expression was still relaxed, but he said one word with great firmness: "Yes." ”
"Brother Qin!" Wei Qing wanted to say something, but after all, he wanted to say something, and finally sighed and said, "Brother Qin, I know that since you have already made a decision, you will not change it." But even if you don't think about yourself, you should think about the 6,000 soldiers behind you, right? This expedition, the credit is great, there has never been a Han Dynasty, and all this, Brother Qin, you have a great credit! Needless to say, as long as you return to the court, Your Majesty will definitely be greatly rewarded, and by then, there will be no war in Shanggu, and your 6,000 hussar battalion elite cavalry can be transformed into a central army! How much glory is that? And this time you left the brigade for one person to act on your own, which is useless to the big battle, and the victory or defeat cannot be estimated, it is really a matter of will! At that time, Your Majesty Long Yan will be furious, and it will be difficult for your hussar battalion to enter the northern and southern armies again! 6,000 people were abolished because of one person, Brother Qin, how do you say that you are good if you are called a brother? ”
"Six thousand for one man?" Qin Cheng repeated this sentence on one side, and did not directly answer Wei Qing's words, but turned to face the six thousand hussars, glanced around, and asked loudly: "Tell the general now, are you willing to join the Northern and Southern Army with General Wei's meritorious service, or are you willing to follow the general's will?!" ”
Qin Cheng's voice fell, and the six thousand hussar battalions were full of anger and shouted in unison: "I am willing to follow the general, and we will rest if we die in battle!" ”
Six thousand tigers and wolves, the sound shook the sky!
After receiving a response from the soldiers, Qin Cheng turned around and looked at Wei Qing with a complicated face, and said, "Brother Wei, I understand your kindness!" But so-and-so had to do it, and if I didn't do it, I wouldn't be worthy of being a hussar general. Drink water and think about the source, the reason why this battle can be won is not because of me Qin Cheng, not you Wei Qing, not General Han, General Li and General Gongsun, but intelligence! Without intelligence, there would be no initial victory, and there would be no today's general trend! Now that the general trend has been achieved, the Han army is victorious and undefeated, and a certain person who cannot give up the greatest credit for this war is ignored. If you ignore it, you will not be righteous, and you will be able to seal the marquis for thousands of miles and be in a high position, what use do I want it for? ”
Wei Qing smiled bitterly, slapped Qin Cheng on the shoulder with one hand, and sighed: "Brother Qin's words are deafening. It's just that this is thousands of miles to Gumeng, and the road is dangerous, do you know that this is a life of nine deaths? ”
"If there is love in the sky and righteousness in the earth, I will not be a villain in Qincheng, so that tens of millions of people will go to me!" After that, Qin Cheng looked directly at Wei Qing, and said with a straight face: "Brother Wei, you and I, as generals of the Han Dynasty, should know that the heart of the people to serve the country must not be hurt, and the righteous act of the husband cannot be destroyed!" Today, there is a cloth cloth Nangong merchant who is in prison for the Han Dynasty, if I hold 100,000 male soldiers and do not save him, who will throw his head and spill blood when the nation needs it?
Today, I have 6,000 soldiers in the hussar battalion of Qincheng who do not hesitate to live and die, looking for heroes for thousands of miles, and tomorrow there will be countless good men in the Han Dynasty! In this way, even if all my 6,000 soldiers are shrouded in horse leather, what regret is there? ”
After that, without waiting for Wei Qing to speak, Qin Cheng bowed and said awe-inspiring when Wei Qing was at a loss: "Brother Wei, if Qin Cheng can't return his whole body this time, please Brother Wei must agree to the next request!" ”
Wei Qing's body trembled slightly, and he said hoarsely: "Brother Qin, please speak!" ”
"The Huns must not be extinguished, otherwise, 'wildfires will not be burned out, and the spring breeze will blow and regenerate', if so, the Han border will be troubled for more than 100 years! After Qin Cheng fell, please Brother Wei must carry the male division in his hand and provoke the backbone of the Han soldiers! Please! ”
After that, Qin Cheng bowed deeply again.
"Brother Qin......" Wei Qing only hated that his words couldn't reach his intention at this time, so he had to nod heavily, "Brother Qin, don't worry!" ”
"Good!" Qin Cheng said, "Brother Wei, please go on the expedition!" ”
Wei Qing glanced at Qin Cheng deeply, said take care, turned over his horse, twisted the reins and rode his horse in a circle, solemnly glanced at the six thousand hussars with a strict appearance, cheered, and rode away!
After Wei Qing left, Qin Cheng turned on his horse, faced the northwest of the desert, raised his hand and shouted: "Hussar battalion, go on the expedition!" ”