Chapter 10: Let's go
"Great Khan!" In the faint light of the night, a Xianbei head directly under the royal court suddenly looked back at his main backbone.
"What?" Tanshi Huai asked indifferently after retracting his gaze.
"We ......" The Xianbei nobleman seemed to be a little distracted by his Great Khan's rhetorical question, but he still couldn't hold back after all. Great Khan, the royal court is in such a situation, it must have been broken by the Han people, what should we do? ”
"What do you think we should do?" Tanshi Huai continued to ask unhurriedly.
"I, I don't know......" The man swallowed timidly.
"What's not to know about this?" Sandalwood chuckled. "Say what you think you need to do."
"Great Khan, I think I should go back." Another middle-aged Xianbei nobleman couldn't help but muster up the courage to step forward and reply. "For we have a great deal of livestock, tents, grain, grass, and goods, and all that we have accumulated over the decades before. You said, if you rush over as soon as possible, can you still save some? ”
"Perhaps." Tanshi Huai bowed slightly, but was noncommittal.
"And." Seeing that the Great Khan did not refute, the man's words became smoother. "After all, it is your royal court, King Khan, if you ignore it and let the fire continue to burn, I am afraid it will affect people's hearts. Even some herdsmen who don't know anything will spread some rumors because of this, and some small marginal tribes have poor information, and I am afraid that they will think that you have lost the protection of the sun, moon and stars, so you will be shaken......"
Tanshi Huai continued to bow his head: "You still have to say these things to the point, and you really have to guard against it." ”
"Great Khan!" At this moment, a young Xianbei warrior who was following behind Tanshi Huai couldn't bear it, and directly ignored his identity, interrupting the middle-aged nobleman's words with a worried face. "We can't listen to him, we can't just go back!"
"Really?" Tanshi Huai was still not in a hurry or angry, but just turned his head slightly to look at the speaker behind him. "Why is that?"
"Great Khan!" The young samurai hurriedly replied. "It was not easy for us to stick the Han army along the way, and if we withdrew at this time, wouldn't it be a waste of hard work? As for the royal court behind him, no matter how he thought about it, he understood that it was a small Han army of two or three thousand people at most who took advantage of the situation and lost some goods, but it had no impact on the battle situation. Besides, as long as you defeat the main force of the Han army in front of you, and then take advantage of the situation to enter the side wall of the Han people, how many good things will you have? ”
"That makes sense." Tanshi Huai glanced at this person with a little appreciation. "But since you all have a point, what should I do?"
"It's all up to the Khan of your heart!"
"Do what the Great Khan says!"
"We just suggest that the Great Khan is the only Khan King of the steppe!"
Rao is the previous word that everyone insisted on, and at this time it couldn't help but become a common word.
"My personal mind?" Tanshi Huai said with a slight sigh. "From my original intention, I want to continue chasing, and I don't want to go to Daijun to loot after destroying this Han army...... If you think about it carefully, since the battle in the clouds, I haven't been to the Han Realm to loot in person for many years...... Actually, I would like to turn around and go to the west, eat the Han army in the clouds, and organize an alliance with the leaders in the west by the way. In this way, for ten years, the border wall of the Han people will always be weak and weak, but we Xianbei people will maintain unity for ten years. ”
Hearing King Khan's statement, the young warrior from behind Tan Shihuai smiled at the Xianbei nobleman without hesitation, causing the latter to secretly clench his horsewhip...... But it's just a matter of holding the whip.
"In that case." The Xianbei nobleman holding his horsewhip forcibly did not look at the young warrior's face, but immediately bowed his head to his Khan King. "Please, the Great Khan give the order, and we will continue the pursuit! After killing the main force of the Han army, turn around and go to the west, as long as you raise the whip of the Great Khan, the warriors of our Ke Scorn Department will definitely move forward! ”
"That's good," Tan Shihuai continued to smile and nodded, but immediately put away his smile, and raised his horsewhip to point to the black hole and messy scene in front of him. "But how can I order it now? You say...... How do I order this situation? ”
The Xianbei nobles and elite warriors gathered around Tanshi Huai were all stunned when they heard this, and then they quickly became speechless, because as Tanshi Huai said, at this moment, even if the Xianbei Great Khan in front of him had ideas, prestige, and determination, he couldn't pass on the order at all!
In the middle of the night, tens of thousands of horses, while fleeing, were chasing, and then the old nest behind him suddenly had a firelight, and although the firelight dozens of miles away was conspicuous, it was impossible to pierce the night, but it added a bit of chaos and psychedelic feeling to the night. It's the same up close, there's fighting, there are roars, there's flaming vehicles, there's scattered torches, and everything is getting more and more overwhelming......
How should this be ordered? By raising the flag or by shouting loudly? Even if you forcibly send out the elite samurai around you, will you be able to find the leaders of the various tribes?
Tens of thousands of troops have already been scattered early, unless Tanshi Huai is a god, they can take it back in the middle of the night and act in unison!
"So what are we going to do?" Someone couldn't help but ask.
"Let's take a look," Tan Shi Huai raised his head again and stared at the fire coming from the direction of his royal court, and his tone couldn't help but become low. "Let's just watch here, and see what the heads of the various departments will think and do when they make their own decisions. Let's also take a look at what our Xianbei people have been in existence for 20 years, what is it like? ”
"General!" In a place seven or eight miles away, a military official holding a talisman couldn't help but drag Xia Yu, who was distracted.
"What?" Xia Yu was sweating profusely and looked back in shock.
"Shouldn't we go back to the division and rush for a wave?" The officer's expression was agitated, and his words were hurried. "In such a situation, it must be that Gongsun Sima is desperate to survive and break through the Xianbei royal court, and those Xianbei people in the dark night will inevitably be caught off guard to help, shouldn't we take the opportunity to turn around and rush back?"
"Yes, General!" Someone next to him immediately chimed in. "Even if it is for a smooth retreat, you should take the opportunity to counterattack in order to contain the position! Otherwise, if we keep going like this, the losses will be too heavy! ”
"Am I an immortal?" Xia Yu finally came to his senses, but he couldn't help but be furious. "In such a situation, how do you ask me to gather the troops? Even if Bai Qi and the Marquis of Huaiyin came together, it would be impossible to fight back! ”
Several military officials were stunned at first when they heard this, but they immediately became helpless.
"Let's go!" Xia Yuyi reined in his horse and reacted simply. "Take advantage of the enemy's loss of ground, let's go! Otherwise, when the day comes, Tanshi Huai will gather the troops first, and we will really be helpless! ”
After that, this general, who was famous for his courage and first appearance in the past, actually hit his horse and walked away, and disappeared into the night in an instant.
The officers were speechless, but they could only try to keep up.
However, the reprimanded officer paused for a moment, and then threw the scepter in his hand to the ground, and then lowered his head to chase after him.
Time slowly climbed forward, and Tanshi Huai took dozens of cronies to stand on the slope of the black hole cave, and did not make a sound, just looked at the situation under the hillside seriously. During this time, they witnessed more and more Xianbei people stopping their pursuit, and then directly returning to the army under the leadership of the leaders of various departments...... First, there were sporadic single horses, several horses, then a dozen or hundreds of small troops, and in the end, it was a large group of men and horses that could not be stopped!
Obviously, at this moment of all personal consciousness, once someone opens their mouths, then most Xianbei people do not have any political consciousness, and they only have their own private belongings in the royal court in their hearts.
And the most ironic thing is that everyone even 'saw' the youngest son of the Great Khan of Tanshi Huai, Helian, according to custom, this should be the future Khan King of the Xianbei people, and at that time, this Xianbei prince was leading an elite army directly under the royal court, shouting and passing down the hillside to the north...... As if to say, when you go back, you have to save his things first?
The sandalwood locust on the hillside still had an indifferent expression, making people unable to see joy and anger, while the young samurai and middle-aged nobles before were all bloodless at this time...... The former was afraid of these retreating nobles, and he was afraid that his advice today would be spread and then remembered by these people; As for the latter, it is afraid of the reaction of the sandalwood locust!
In other words, from the perspective of the latter, as a person who has followed Tanshi Huai for decades and knows a lot about this Great Khan, the middle-aged nobleman has just figured out one thing, that is, Tanshi Huai is not without an order...... On the contrary, the other party had already given an order to the entire Xianbei royal court army in the daytime - the whole army pursued, not in a hurry or slowly, and must completely annihilate the main force of the Han army.
And then what? Then these leaders dared to ignore the military orders of the Great Khan and return to the army in a daze, no wonder the Great Khan reacted like this.
Moreover, if these people can still find a reason, it can be said that they saw everyone else in the dark and returned to the division, thinking that it was the military order of the Great Khan...... And what about yourself?
"Great Khan!" As soon as he thought of this, the Xianbei nobleman couldn't stand it anymore, and directly dismounted and knelt beside Tanshi Huai. "I'm guilty! I shouldn't have suggested returning to the army for selfish reasons, what I just said was actually just worried about the damage to the treasures and goods in my account, not for the sake of the royal court's gains and losses...... Please! ”
Tanshi Huai didn't look at the people on the ground, but shook his head slightly: "Get up!" It's not you who is at fault, it's me! ”
"Great Khan!" The middle-aged nobleman grew more and more frightened. "I ......"
"I'm really angry." Tanshi Huai looked at the flow of people all the way north down the hillside and sighed quietly. "But I'm not angry with you, I'm angry with myself...... In fact, I know very well in my heart that our Xianbei people are still the tribal alliance with incomplete systems and scattered sand, not a powerful country like the Han people! I also know better than anyone that if there is no restraint, the Han army's all-way division can continue to attack the royal court in that desperate situation, and we will only collectively disobey the military order because we are worried about our own private property. At this time, as the king of Khan, the best way to deal with it should have been eight points to follow everyone's wishes, and the remaining two points to be guided, but I expect everyone to abandon their selfishness and follow me...... Isn't this self-deception? ”
"Great Khan ......"
"I'll get you up." Tanshi Huai replied calmly. "There are too many things to do to make us Xianbei people live in this grassland for a long time like the Huns before us...... I need someone as discerning as you to help me! When I go back, you can help me find some witches and sacrifices, and let them tell the heads of the tribes what the king of Khan is appointed by the sun, moon and stars! ”
"Whoa!"
"Then pass me the order." At this point, Tanshi Huai was a little excited, and directly urged the horses to walk towards the north firelight. "No matter how you spread it, anyway, I have to tell every Xianbei person I meet, just say that the Great Khan knows that everyone is worried about the damage to the royal court's family and property, so he ordered to return to the royal court and set off immediately!"
"Whoa!" Behind him, a group of Xianbei nobles and guard warriors bowed their heads one after another.
"Wen Qi, it's time to go!" In the royal court, in the chaotic firelight, Lu Fan also rushed to Gongsun Xun's side. "The fire has already risen, and these frightened Xianbei people alone can't stop it, and we have done it to the extreme, and it's useless to stay."
Gongsun Xun pressed his arm, glanced at the surrounding situation, and after making sure that he couldn't gather the troops, he also gritted his teeth and gave the last military order: "All withdraw, according to what I said before, go downstream and southeast along this river, all the way down to Shanggu County, and meet again at the other place or dawn!" ”
After speaking, he slammed the horse's belly, but he took the lead in the direction of the revenge water behind him.
Seeing this, the surrounding Han troops no longer hesitated, but each beat their horses or looked for horses to quickly follow.
"Wen Qi, how are your injuries?" Lu Fan hit his horse and followed, and asked reluctantly in the night. "Really just a shoulder shot?"
"It's not a question of shoulders or shoulders!" Gongsun Xun reluctantly replied. "Ziheng doesn't understand this, in fact, it's a big trouble to get a toe...... Because there is really no place to dig out an arrow at night, we can only hope that this is not a dirty arrow! ”
Dirty arrows are a common practice of inserting arrows into feces before use in order to seek to increase damage...... In these years, there was no particularly violent plant poison and animal venom in the north and the Central Plains, and it was impossible for the most commonly used arsenic to really seal the throat with blood. Therefore, if you want to feed your arrows, manure is one of the easiest and most effective methods.
Of course, there is such an old lady, Gongsun Xun knows the doorway better than anyone else...... He knew, not to mention dirty arrows, even if they weren't dirty arrows, they were easily infected, because there were no dirty arrows these days! What I said before was purely to boost morale, and I couldn't do it at all.
And he and his wife don't need to know, even any old pawn understands that if the arrow enters the flesh, it is best to rip it out desperately at the beginning, otherwise as time goes by, under the flow of qi and blood, the dirt on the arrow will be polluted faster!
However, in this current situation, where can we manage too much?
Lu Fan, a scholar from Runan, didn't know anything about this, so after hearing this, he was frightened on the one hand, but he didn't know how to deal with it on the other hand.
"That's right, Ziheng." Gongsun Xun suddenly turned around and admonished with a crimson face. "You are a scribe, try to be careful on the road...... I didn't see the attack when it came, and I was waving my arms again, and I don't know if it was coming from the front or from behind! ”
Lu Fan's expression changed when he heard this, but he immediately kept silent, just hurriedly urged his unskilled riding skills and tried to follow behind the other party.
There is no need to say anything about the chaos of the night, but when he saw the dawn, Gongsun Xun felt more and more sore, and his forehead was hot. So, while secretly screaming badly, he hurriedly stopped his horse and shouted to Lu Fan on the side.
In any case, this arrow can't be dragged down, but fortunately, there is a henchman around, and there is no need to worry about anything else!
"Comment: The violence of the four razors is mutually reinforcing. The Xiongnu were blazing in Longhan, and Xiqiang was fierce in Zhongxing. And between the spirit and the offering, the humble is prosperous. The stone locust is fierce, and there is a single place! —Book of the Later Han Dynasty. Volume 90. Wuhuan Xianbei Liebiography. eightieth
PS: Sorry...... Falling asleep on the keyboard.,It's not the first time I've made this kind of mistake.,Fortunately, it's over...... I was so nervous that I didn't dare to look at the group.
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