Chapter 68: Shooting Hu Yue (1)

Three thousand cavalry galloped non-stop in the starry night, the black rumbling world flew past in front of their eyes, the wind whistled in their ears, when the morning dawn first appeared, when Zhang Huan saw the first faint golden light, they had gone deep into the territory of Hui for more than 3,000 miles.

The pace of the march slowed down, and a large river in front of it blocked the way, and the wide, calm river was like a golden jade belt, winding northward, and at the end of the river, a rising morning sun was rising.

A guide pointed to the faint mountains in the west and said, "General, this is the upper reaches of the Dule River, and from here it is three hundred miles west to return to the capital city of Han'erbali." ”

It is about 2,400 miles from Dai County to the capital of Hui Hui, but Zhang Huan specially detoured to Yunzhou County in order to avoid the Hui patrol post, and circled a large arc to get here, and has traveled more than 4,000 miles.

The guide is a merchant from Daijun, surnamed Gao, who has traveled between Hui and Datang all the year round, and is extremely familiar with the situation along the way, and it is precisely because of his guidance that the 3,000 Tang troops can find some supply points along the way, ensuring a high-intensity march.

"It's May, and most of the Hui herdsmen went to Xiaohai (now Lake Baikal), where the pastures were more abundant, but from here to the west is the core area of the Hui, and there are many patrols and patrols, so the general should be extremely careful."

"Thank you Mr. Gao for your guidance, I am going back to the capital city, there are still many troubles with Mr. Gao, after the matter is completed, I will definitely thank Mr. again."

Zhang Huan pointed to the river and ordered: "Everyone rest on the spot for two hours." ”

The three thousand cavalry dispersed, some of them went to the surrounding area to serve as guards, while others led their horses to the river to drink water and rest, the river suddenly became lively, some people were busy combing the horses, and some people took out dry food and munched on the sweet river water, Zhang Huan also jumped off his horse and came to the river to find an open space to sit down, and the two guards ran to fetch a few glasses of water.

Zhang Huan stretched, he casually took out a dry bun from his backpack, took a bite, and 'Goo'! Goo! After drinking a few large mouthfuls of water, the river water was so cold that Zhang Huan let out a long breath.

"Huh! Zhang Langjiang is really not afraid of the cold, I almost froze my intestines after taking a sip. ”

Zhang Huan's deputy general Liu Yuanqing strode with a smile, he has been in the army for more than ten years, and he is considered an old qualification in the army, Zhang Potian specially sent him to assist Zhang Huan, although he is only a deputy general, but Liu Yuanqing knows that as long as he follows Jian Huan, the future is limitless.

"General Liu, come! Sit here. ”

Zhang Huan hurriedly asked Liu Yuanqing to sit down, took out a dry bun from his backpack and threw it to him with a smile: "Eat!" Only when you have enough to eat and fight can you have the strength to fight. ”

Liu Yuanqing took the water handed by his own soldiers, drank it slowly, the smile on his face slowly disappeared, and he said frankly after a deep sigh: "I think that although your plan to surround Wei and save Zhao is bold, it is really a bit risky. ”

Zhang Huan smiled and broke the dried bun and put it in the water cup, not immediately objecting, Liu Yuanqing glanced at him, and continued with a sigh: "First of all, we don't know about the enemy's situation, we only heard some businessmen say that Hui Hui came to besiege Xishou City with the whole country's troops, but what about the facts? Is it true that the capital of the Hui people is only guarded by a few thousand old and weak soldiers? I think we should be cautious when we get sick. ”

Zhang Huan shook his head and said: "It is precisely because Dengli can't imagine that someone dares to sneak attack his capital, this is the key to our victory, if you don't enter the tiger's den, you can get the tiger, if you don't have a surprise army, how can we solve the siege of the surrendered city in the west, and we are all cavalry, if the Hui people are well defended, we will withdraw our troops." ”

"That's it! I can't talk about you. Liu Yuanqing stood up with a smile, he patted the crumbs on his body and said: "You are the boss, naturally I have to listen to you, it's a big deal that I will sell you this old life." ”

"Hah! I can't afford General Liu's life. Zhang Huan also stood up, and looked into the distance, the blue sky in the distance was like a wash, he had never seen such a complete sky, it was not blocked at all, as if a full celestial sphere was tightly enveloping the earth.

At this time, a few small black dots suddenly appeared in the distance, getting closer and closer, Zhang Huan saw clearly, it was the scouts he sent out, and it could be judged from the speed of their galloping that something was happening.

Zhang Huan immediately turned over and said to Liu Yuanqing: "Go and tell the brothers to get ready!" ”

Liu Yuanqing also found out about the situation, and he immediately ordered: "Get on the horse!" ”

The order quickly spread throughout the army, and the three thousand troops gathered their belongings with great vigour, and by the time the scouts approached, the cavalry had been reorganized.

"Report to the general, thirty miles ahead, I found the grain convoy of Hui Hui, which is heading this way, and there are hundreds of guards."

"Only a few hundred guards?" Zhang Huan and Liu Yuanqing glanced at each other and nodded in unison.

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A grain convoy composed of hundreds of ox carts slowly drove on the grassland, and in the front and rear of the convoy, there were large herds of cattle and sheep to follow, this was a supply team from the Hui capital city of Han Erba Li to the west of the surrender city, there were hundreds of Hui cavalry guards, and the commander of the army was called Sizha Modagan.

Due to the cattle and sheep following, the grain team marched slowly, and it took two days to travel more than 300 miles, and the sparkling Dule River was faintly seen in front.

"Go to the river and take a break!"

Sidza Modagan cursed helplessly, going on like this, when would he reach his destination.

Suddenly, he faintly heard a faint sound, like the drumbeat of the Hu Xuan dance he had heard in the wine shop, short and tight.

"General, look!"

A soldier was guiding the way from afar, and Sidza Modagan saw it, and a thin black line appeared on the steppe in the distance.

'It's cavalry!' Sidzamoda grinned, "These eight lambs, they came to know that I was carrying grain, dream!" ”

The cavalry was getting closer and closer, the black and heavy armor was like a huge piece of solemn ice, and the Hui soldiers had already seen a piece of starlight flickering on the ice, like the Milky Way across the grassland in the night sky, it was a sea of golden light formed by the sharp blades of the lance in the sun, the sound of the horse's hooves was like thunder, and the murderous aura swept in the sky.

"It's... Tang Jun! Sidzha Modagan finally saw clearly, it was nearly 2,000 cavalry of the Tang Army, he rushed to the front of the team, and shouted, "Don't be in a hurry, don't mess up!" ”

But his shouts did not have much effect, and the grain convoy was in chaos, and the driver of the grain cart jumped out of the ox cart and ran back desperately, and the sheep and cattle were frightened and fled in all directions.

The five hundred Hui cavalry did not panic, they quickly formed an iron bucket-like formation, drew their swords and shouted, and rushed towards the Tang army......

"Kill!"

The two armies collided violently together, like two huge waves crashing, and in an instant human heads rolled to the ground, broken bodies and broken arms scattered and scattered, blood mist rose up, and the air was filled with a strong bloody atmosphere.

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A Hui soldier slashed into the horse's head and could not pull it out, and then several long lances pierced through the body and lifted him high; A Tang soldier had his arm cut off, he screamed and fell off his horse, and the horses trampled on it, and in an instant his flesh and blood were blurred.....

The two wings of the Tang army were pulled out and began to surround the Hui cavalry, at this time there was also a shouting and screaming in the distance, and another thousand-strong Tang army killed from behind the Hui people, blocking the retreat, and the fleeing coachman was killed by the Tang army, crying and begging for mercy constantly.

Seeing that the situation in front of him was critical, he turned his horse's head and was about to flee from the spur, but at this moment, Zhang Huan in the Tang army had already seen him, he drew his bow like a full moon, only to hear the bowstring sound, and an armor-piercing arrow shot out like lightning, and an arrow shot through the back of Zamodagan's neck.

Sidza Modagan grabbed the shaft of the arrow that pierced his throat, and his throat 'Boom!' Yikes! After two sounds, he glanced back at Zhang Huan, and fell down with a bang, and a Tang army general galloped over, picked up his body high with a long lance, and roared loudly, "Chief Hu is dead!" Brothers, you have done meritorious service in killing the enemy! ”

The morale of the Tang army was greatly boosted, and they hugged it in a big way, and the long lance was cold, and the horizontal knife flew over, and in a moment they killed all the encircled Hui army.

The general pulled out his horizontal knife, chopped off the head of Sizha Modagan with a knife, and galloped back, he turned over and dismounted, knelt in front of Zhang Huan and offered his head, "General, this is what you shot, and the last general will not dare to steal the credit!" ”

Zhang Huan stretched out his hand to take the head, looked at the eyes of the enemy's dying, he smiled proudly, poked his head at the tip of the knife and raised it high, and the Tang army suddenly cheered.

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"General, in this battle, a total of 502 enemy soldiers were killed, 89 of our troops were killed, and more than 160 were wounded." After counting the battlefield, the marching Sima was reporting the battle situation to Zhang Huan.

"Merit book?"

"Take the head as the standard, and write them down one by one."

Zhang Huan nodded, and said to the deputy general Liu Yuanqing: "Remember the names of the brothers who died in the battle and bury them on the spot!" ”

"Yes!" Liu Yuanqing went to handle it himself.

At this time, another partial general stepped forward to report, and he pointed to the hundreds of captured Hui soldiers and horsemen and said, "General, may I ask what they should do?" ”

Zhang Huan glanced at these people and coldly ordered: "It's a burden to take it, kill them all after asking for a confession!" ”

He turned over and got on his horse, looked far away, and in the distance, he seemed to see the pearl on the grassland, and returned to the capital city of Han's ears.

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