Chapter 178: Living and Dying Together (Fifth Update)
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Gongsun He's meaning is obvious, we have already won the victory, let's accept it when we see it!
"This question, General Gongsun should stay and ask General Wei and General Li, or, you can ask these more than 30,000 soldiers!" Qin Cheng raised his finger and pointed to the neat array, and the soldiers who had been fighting for half a day and had not had time to rest were all in a loud voice.
Gongsun He bowed his head and was silent.
In all fairness, he is not a general with lofty ambitions and great courage, he does not have the courage of Li Guangweiqing and others who do not kill the Huns and do not return home, he thinks more about how to have a broader space for development in his career. However, Gongsun He is not a timid and fearful person, let alone a useless general, otherwise, Liu Che would not have ordered his generals to fight against Hungary this time! Therefore, even if Gongsun He thought in his heart that such a major matter should be reported to His Majesty as the master, how could it be decided by the soldiers? But it was not spoken.
Half of it was caused by temperament, and half of it was when he was about to leave Chang'an, Liu Che finally explained: let go and fight, you will be outside, and the king's order will not be affected!
Qin Cheng saw that Gongsun He was silent, and he could probably guess his thoughts, so he said: "Every time the Xiongnu enter, they burned, killed, looted, and did all kinds of evil, and hundreds of people and soldiers were in different places because of this. If we use the money and food of the Han people to support them at this time, how can we be worthy of those wronged souls? Besides, if it is us who loses today, will the Huns show mercy to our subordinates? β
Gongsun He and his forces were an indispensable part of Qin Cheng's implementation of the next strategy, and Qin Cheng naturally wouldn't let him have any other thoughts, so he would persuade him like this.
Gongsun Ao didn't come to join the army, it was already a big loss, and Qin Cheng didn't want to have any more forces that couldn't play a role!
"But Dahan is a state of etiquette after all......" Gongsun He's voice was much quieter, and his confidence was not so sufficient.
Qin Cheng knew that Gongsun He had been moved by his own words, so he continued: "The gentleman repays his grievances directly. Since Your Majesty has decided to let me wait to go on the expedition, it is not for me to wait to become a saint. Killing the enemy and making meritorious contributions is what His Majesty wants to see, and General Gongsun won't understand this, right? β
Qin Cheng means that he wants to be promoted? Want a future? Do what Liu Che wants, go kill the enemy!
Sure enough, as soon as Qin Cheng said this, Gongsun He immediately hugged his fists and said: "General Qin is reasonable, everything is based on His Majesty's will. β
Qin Cheng smiled imperceptibly, ordered to start killing the captives, and then put away the ring head knife with an indifferent look in his eyes.
Of course, he would not tell Gongsun He that since he started fighting with the Huns, he had never thought of implementing a policy of softness towards the Huns. Huairou, probation? No, that's not what Qin Cheng wants. Qin Cheng, who came from later generations, naturally knew that this battle between Han and Hungary had been fought for more than a hundred years before it came to an end. And for the northern nomads, gratitude is the most ethereal thing for them. In this steppe, strength is everything!
If this were not the case, in the next thousand years, the tribes living in this grassland would not always think of going south to invade the Central Plains, or even enter the Central Plains! And speaking of which, these are the precedents set by their ancestors - the Huns!
In order to give the Central Plains a long-term tranquility, it is necessary to firmly control this huge grassland in the hands of the Central Plains people! The policy towards them cannot be probation, but - assimilation!
This, a certain party in later generations has provided the best example for the people of Qincheng's era!
Killing the Huns, for Li Guangweiqing, may be just a dream that sounds blood-boiling and is actually a little distant, but for Qin Cheng, this is the only criterion for him to act against the Huns!
Moreover, Qin Cheng will try to fight for it with his best efforts!
Whether you can do it or you can't do it, always do your best to do it!
"Brother Qin, the captives are already being packed, and there are still more than 10,000 Hun cavalry over there, should I go and kill them for a while?" Wei Qing rubbed his shoulders and said.
Fang Cai's half-loud battle with Yi Xue'er was unwinnable, which had already made Wei Qing's heart fanatical.
Qin Cheng was just about to say something, when he suddenly felt the earth tremble!
"Report!" A horse galloped from the north, went straight to Qincheng, and reported to him: "Report to the general, a large number of Hun cavalry have been found ten miles away in the north, and the number of them is around 30,000!" β
"30,000 Huns?" As soon as the ranger said this, everyone around him was shocked.
What does 30,000 Hun cavalry mean?
After a long period of tragic fighting, nearly half of the 30,000 Han cavalry with combat strength were injured! And now the Han army soldiers are more or less tired, at this time, if you face the charge of 30,000, oh, no, 40,000 Hun cavalry, not to mention whether you can win, a tragic battle to the extreme, but it is inevitable!
If so, what will be the casualties of the Han army after this big battle?
This question is a bit cruel.
Qin Cheng stood in the wind, and beside him were the leading generals of the 30,000 Han army: Li Guang, Wei Qing, and Gongsun He. After these three people, it was Liu Mu, the deputy general of the Shanggu Tun Army, and Qin Qingzhi, the pro-soldier team of Qin Cheng.
Everyone turned their eyes to Qin Cheng, waiting for him to make an idea.
Is it retreat, or is it war?
Qin Cheng had already commanded a battle, so there was nothing wrong with the next battle being commanded by him.
Although, he is just a county guard of a border county.
However, with the support of Li Guang and Wei Qing, as well as the acquiescence of Gongsun He, Qin Cheng, the temporary commander, had no objections.
But Qin Cheng just looked at the north, looked at the more than 10,000 Hun cavalry in the north, and was silent.
From beginning to end, after hearing the report of the rangers, Qin Cheng only said one sentence, which was also a military order: "Suspend the pit killing of Xiongnu prisoners." β
Qin Cheng looked up at the sky, and said a little unintelligibly: "The sky is going to be dark." β
Everyone looked up at the sky.
There is no sun today, so there is no sunset on the battlefield at this time to set off its magnificence, only the gloomy sky and some chilling west wind, which add a bit of gloomy color to this battlefield where tens of thousands of people have died.
The battlefield is scorching, and at the same time, it is also cold.
At this time, no one would have thought that in fact, Qin Cheng was thinking about a question that was a little marginal no matter how you look at it: why did the Huns send so many troops this time? This is not the case in history, this time in the first war between the Han and the Hungarians in history, the number of troops dispatched by the Huns will definitely not exceed 50,000, where did the extra 30,000 troops come from?
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The general who led the 30,000 Hun reinforcements this time was none other than the military minister Shan Yu.
Prince Yu Dan, Zuo Xian Wang, Zuo Da Danghu, and Zuo Gu Du Hou have all been sent, and now there are no more available generals around the military minister Shan Yu, and he can only bring these 30,000 people in person.
Besides, this is also the elite soldier of his royal court headquarters, who else can bring it besides him?
After the military minister Shan Yu joined up with Yi Xueer and others, he did not rush to attack.
Because he's depressed!
Nearly 40,000 troops! Coupled with the 10,000-strong army of Yi Xue'er, there should have been nearly 50,000 troops, but now there are less than 20,000 people in front of them, which is how can the military minister Shan Yu not be depressed!
So he held back his anger and grievances, and decided to find out about the situation with Yi Xueer and others first.
Anyway, the Han army is standing a few miles away, and I don't worry about them running away!
"Big Order!" Seeing the military minister Shan Yu, Yi Xue'er, the prince of Zuoxian, Yu Shan Zuo, the big house, and the left bone of the family, these people all greeted them, except for Yi Xue'er's face as usual and slightly cold, everyone else was a little ashamed and frightened.
Seeing these people under his command, the first thing the military minister said was: "Are you still alive?" β
Just when everyone thought that the military minister Shan Yu was expressing concern and greetings to them, and was about to shout in unison, "Hongfu who dragged the big Shan Yu", the second sentence of the military minister Shan Yu came coldly, and directly beat everyone's words back into their stomachs.
The military minister Shan Yu said: "You still have the face to live?" β
The difference between the two words is tens of millions of miles.
The prince Yu Shan Zuo Xian, Wang Zuo Da, the left bone of the household, was deflated one by one, his face was red, his ears were red, and he hung his head and didn't know what to say.
Do you want them to say: It's not that our army is too incompetent, but that the enemy is too cruel!
Yi Xue'er exhaled coldly from her nostrils, don't look over, don't look at the prince Yu Dan's group, and don't look at the military minister Shan Yu.
Yi Zhixian didn't come, and Yi Xueer knew what was going on with her knees. Therefore, in his opinion, the failure of this battle is not to be blamed on King Zuo Xian's group, but on the military ministers Shan Yu!
Originally, today's big victory could have been the Hun army! However, because of some thoughts of the military ministers, the Great Huns had to suffer the humiliation of defeat after losing tens of thousands of warriors!
In Cher's opinion, this is a tolerable and unbearable thing!
But she couldn't say anything.
Because she has no power and no status! She only has 10,000 snow wolves, and this is the only way for her to be blamed! And if there are other non-centrificents, she doesn't have that capital yet!
"Today's defeat, what else do you have to say?" The military minister didn't know what Yi Xue'er was thinking, and even if he knew, he wouldn't pay attention to it, so he continued to ask King Zuo Xian and the others for their guilt.
"It's because I'm incompetent and have lost the dignity of the Great Huns, and I'm willing to accept the punishment!" Zuo Xianwang and the others naturally had nothing else to say at this time.
"Pull it down, give each fifty lashes, and strip him of his title! Others, wait for this single to defeat the Han army, and then go back and settle accounts with you! The military minister said coldly, looking extremely fair and strict.
When Prince Yu Shan heard this, his whole body trembled, and he broke out in a cold sweat.
Fifty lashes and deprivation of titlesβany of these punishments were not something he could afford. The former is the pain of flesh and skin, and he doesn't think that his body can withstand fifty lashes! The latter is a major setback in political life, and at this juncture, he cannot afford it, even if it is temporarily for the needs of the military!
Da Danyu, I'm just here to mix qualifications, so don't be so cruel to me, right?
Yi Xue'er glanced at the military minister, but there was not much content in her eyes.
Sure enough, Da Shan Yu fully understood the plight of Prince Yu Dan, and he continued: "Prince Yu Dan went out in the army for the first time, and he did not flee in the face of defeat, and lived and died with all the warriors, he should be rewarded!" Now I have made you the lieutenant general of the march, and I will obey the orders of this single by your side! β
Icher almost fell off the horse when she heard this, such an excuse is okay?
When the prince Yu Shan heard this, he was shocked, and he immediately became more energetic, and hurriedly thanked the military minister Shan Yu: "Yu Shan received the order!" β
He said in his heart: It's not that the buddies don't want to escape, it's that the Han army is too cunning, and the buddies can't escape!
Speaking of this, the crown prince Yu Shan thought again: Han army brothers, should this prince thank you?