Chapter 343: The Storm and Clouds Rise High
(Although it didn't reach 10,000 red tickets yesterday, it reached today, and it's worth celebrating, and the second one is delivered.) Exams will continue tomorrow. )
Because Qin Cheng and Yi Xue'er were not in their respective armies, after leaving the Wuhuan royal court, the two of them galloped all the way south non-stop. Both of them knew in their hearts that they couldn't let the other party rush back to the army before them, otherwise the consequences would be unimaginable.
The two of them, who had just staged a battle of words in the Wuhuan King's tent, immediately started a horse speed competition.
Running wildly all the way, Qin Cheng and Yi Xue'er were almost the same when they arrived in their respective armies, it was already late at night.
When Qin Cheng returned to the camp, he ordered the army to be on standby in case of a sneak attack, and at the same time closely monitored the movements of the opponent's camp, and sent a large number of scouts to return to the rear of the camp of Yixueer, walking a hundred and ten miles, in case there were Xiongnu reinforcements coming.
After everything was arranged, Qin Cheng, who had not closed his eyes for two days and nights, fell asleep peacefully.
In the Hun camp, Icher also made similar arrangements.
Nothing was said all night.
At dawn the next day, Qin Cheng had not slept enough when he was woken up by the pro-soldier Wang Er.
"General Wei sent a report from the general!" Wang Er said to the sleepy-eyed Qin Cheng.
"Call someone in." Qin Cheng sat up in his clothes, and a sergeant sent by Wei Qing came in and handed Qin Cheng a "military newspaper", and Qin Cheng opened the "military newspaper" and immediately overjoyed.
"Go back and tell General Wei that Ben will arrive later!" Qin Cheng said to the sergeant.
The sergeant answered the promise and withdrew.
Qin Cheng stood up and ordered Wang Er: "Gather the generals, the big tent is discussed!" ”
"No!" When Wang Er went as promised, Liu Mu happened to come over, he entered the big tent, and said directly to Qin Cheng: "The Xiongnu army is pulling out the camp. ”
"Just right, gather the whole army and drive them back again." Qin Cheng said, there was some excitement in his words that was difficult to hide, but it was obvious that this excitement was not for the next pursuit action.
"Where are you going?" Liu Mu asked with some doubts, in his opinion, the purpose of this expedition has been achieved, and the poor Kou Mo chases, and if he goes further north, it may be dangerous. This time, the hussar battalion and the Icher army are almost the same in strength, and if Icher retreats to the grassland, he may gather some large and small tribes to attack the hussar camp at any time.
Qin Cheng didn't know what Liu Mu was thinking, or he didn't care about Liu Mu's concerns at all now, because that didn't exist at all, so he just smiled and said a place name: "Gao Que." ”
"Gao Que?"
As the two were talking, the generals of the army arrived one after another, lined up on both sides of the big tent. Qin Cheng stood behind the general's case and said to the generals: "The Hun army is out of camp, and our army is just pursuing!" ”
When the generals shouted that they wanted to do a big job in the desert, Qin Cheng waved his hand and said: "This pursuit does not seek to kill the enemy, as long as the Xiongnu army is driven far away." ”
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Yi Xueer led the army to pull out the camp, and then retreated all the way to the Xiongnu Dadan Yu royal court.
This invasion of the Han Realm has been unable to avoid a failure so far, and although Yi Xueer is unwilling, she can only retreat and make another plan. In addition, when I returned to the camp yesterday, I got news that a large force of Han troops was marching north from the direction of Yanmen, and none of the Xiongnu tribes in the places where the Han army passed could be intact. Yi Xue'er knew that it was Wei Qing's army, and Wei Qing originally wanted to fight against him in Yanmen County, but at that time, he thought that he would first join forces with the Beihai King Dan Wolf to defeat the hussar camp, and then turn back to deal with Wei Qing, so he didn't care about him. I never thought that Wei Qing would be so bold and directly lead the army to the north to kill.
When Yi Xue'er was distressed, she planned to lead the army back to help, block Wei Qing's retreat, and then join forces with the Xiongnu army in the desert to defeat it. If this is the case, this expedition will not be empty-handed.
Just when Yi Xueer made up her mind and led an army of more than 10,000 people to march quickly, she received a report from her subordinates: "The Han army is twenty miles away, and it has been waiting with me!" ”
When Ixher turned around to look on a high ground when she heard this, she saw the hussar battalion following them unhurriedly.
"Ignore them, just let them follow!" Icher descended from the high ground, commanded with a blank face, and continued to lead the army straight northwest.
Ethan, who was following Icher Il, looked worried, and couldn't help but look back and again, "Isn't the princess afraid that they will catch up?" ”
"Don't worry, they won't dare to catch up." Yi Xueer said lightly.
"Why?" Ethan was puzzled.
"Because it won't be long before they go back." Icher replied.
After that, he glanced at Ethan, saw that the doubt on her face was getting stronger and stronger, and knew that she was going to ask again again, so he hurriedly drove his horse to speed up and throw Ethan away.
Sure enough, Ishel had just run out a few steps when Ethan's shout came from behind her: "Princess, why? ”
"......" Icher has a black line.
Eccher wanted to get rid of Ethan, but Ethan's riding skills were not inferior to her, so she chased after her, tilted her head and asked, "Princess, why is this?" ”
Icher looked at Ethan's slightly dark face, and felt the urge to punch her. After a long silence, Icher found that the cost of not explaining was much higher than the cost of explaining, and finally had to make a compromise: "Because this is a desert, full of Xiongnu tribes, the hussar battalion following us may be killed by us and some tribes at any time." The Han army wouldn't be that stupid, so they just wanted to make a chase and let us go faster. ”
"Oh, I see!" Ethan suddenly realized, and just when Ethan quietly breathed a sigh of relief, Ethan's unique puzzled voice rang out again, "But does it mean that there is a Han army in the north?" Could the Han army behind them want to join up with those Han troops and attack us together? ”
"Shut up Princess Ben!" Yi Xue'er finally couldn't help it and burst into tears.
"......" Ethan looked at Icher pitifully.
For a long time, Yi Xue'er couldn't stand Ethan's pitiful and hateful appearance beside her, so she had to sigh and say, "If this is the case, the Han army will not let us see them." Most importantly, in the vast grassland, there is no way for them to guarantee that they will be able to meet the Han army while pursuing us. ”
"Oh."
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Twenty miles away, in the hussar camp.
"General, why do we have to chase these Huns?" Qin Qingzhi asked Qin Chengdao.
"If you don't chase them, how can you guarantee that they will keep heading northwest?" Qin Cheng said.
"Why do you want to make sure they keep going northwest?"
"Because we're going to Gaoque."
"Why are we going to Gaoque?"
“......”
“......”
"Because there is a war in Gaoque."
"Oh."
“......”
"Why is there a war in Gaoque?"
"Shut up Ben!"
“......”
"Because there are Huns in Gaoque."
"Oh."
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A day later, Icher received a report from the sergeant that the Han army following them had turned south.
Upon receiving this news, the army behind Icher breathed a sigh of relief. Being driven by nearly 10,000 people like sheep all day long, the taste is still uncomfortable, not that I'm afraid, but depressed, well, more importantly, I can't turn around and fight with them, it's very unpleasant to hold back.
Yi Xue'er continued to lead the army to the northwest, but the whereabouts of Wei Qing's army were never found. Icher had no choice but to slow down the march of the army, and at the same time could only send a large number of rangers to inquire about the tribes along the way, and at the same time search for the traces of the Weiqing army as much as possible.
Three days later, a piece of news reached the army, leaving Icher stunned for a moment.
"Gaoque was attacked by tens of thousands of Han troops?" Icher couldn't believe her ears.
"Order, the army marches at full speed towards Gaoque!" Immediately, Ixher ordered in a deep voice.
Gaoque, located in the belly of Heshuo, is the gateway to Heshuo, that is, Henan and the desert, if Gaoque is occupied by the Han army, then the desert will lose contact with the Xiongnu tribes in Henan! This also means that if the Han army wants to seize Henan, the Xiongnu will have no way to react for a while!
Icher looked south, hating it.
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A day ago, Gao Que.
Wei Qing stood on the Gaoque city wall, looking at the Hun soldiers who were kneeling in the city and had surrendered with a calm face.
Yesterday, he led an army of 30,000 to Gaoque, and with lightning speed, he easily took Gaoque by surprise.
It is said that some time ago, Wei Qing led the army all the way north, making a posture of turning the hinterland of the Huns upside down, but in fact, he used it to confuse the enemy, and then with a shot, he rushed to Gaoque and conquered it.
Conquer Gaoque, you can point to the south of the river.
"General, General Qin has already arrived ten miles away." A sergeant came to report to Wei Qing.
Wei Qing smiled when he heard this, and the god of war looked at the hussar battalion army that was already faintly visible in the northeast.
After a while, the hussar battalion army entered Gaoque.
"Brother Qin!" Wei Qing hugged his fists to greet Qin Cheng who was getting off the horse, and greeted happily.
"Brother Wei, what a quick stroke! Before I even arrived, you took the high que! Qin Cheng laughed, and was also extremely happy.
"Isn't that relying on Brother Qin to hold back the main force of the Hun army? Otherwise, I wouldn't have had it so easy. Wei Qing welcomed Qin Cheng into the house with a happy face.
"Brother Wei, don't buckle my hat, it's nothing to do with me." Qin Cheng said with a smile, "While the main force of the Hun army is still far away, you and I just wrapped dumplings in Henan and ate this piece of fat!" ”
"Slots?" Although Wei Qing didn't know what dumplings were, he also understood Qin Cheng's meaning, and said with a smile: "Isn't this all waiting for Brother Qin!" As soon as you come today, we can go south at any time! ”