Chapter 61: Zhang Yijun on the Path to Defeat
"Boy, you're good! What is it called? Which one is it?" Under a steep peak on the west side of the Luliang Mountain Range, more than 100 guards and knights slowly moved forward, and the centurion said to the leader who had fought hard to survive.
Although they are both centurions, their status is far from that of the guards. dragging his tired body after the war, he said respectfully: "The villain Longjie is under the command of Lord Lanli of the Central Huns, thank you Centurion for saving your life!"
"Do you want to join the Guards?" The centurion asked playfully.
"Yes!" When Longjie heard this, his spirit perked up, and the exhaustion of his body seemed to dissipate, and his eyes looked eagerly at the centurion, listening to him quietly. To be able to enter the guard army, no Hun warrior will refuse, that is the embodiment of status, strength, and wealth.
The centurion smiled faintly, his rough face was ugly, but to Long Jie, it was an "angelic" smile. Patting Long Jie on the shoulder, the centurion said in a deep voice: "I can recommend you to the Commander, as for whether you can enter, it depends on your luck!"
"Thank you, centurion!" Long Jie was very happy, dancing with his hands, and inadvertently touched the wound, and the severe pain could not hide the excitement in his heart.
"Good! Very good! The meritorious soldiers under the command of Sun Sima will be rewarded. It seems that this Huns are just like this, take my army out of the mountains, and you will definitely be able to break the enemy in one fell swoop! In the mountains of Luliang, Zhang Yi personally listened to Sima's report and was a little excited.
At this time, Zhang Yi was dressed in armor, but after marching in the mountains for a few days, he could no longer maintain the demeanor of a celebrity. Since the army entered the Luliang Mountains, Zhang Yi realized that the road was difficult, the mountain roads were rugged and difficult, and the transportation of grain, grass and ordnance was troublesome.
During this time, small groups of Xiongnu troops came to attack from time to time. At the beginning, Zhang Yi was still a little nervous, who expected that this group of Huns was also stupid, on this tortuous mountain road, the cavalry was not as good as the foot soldiers, several battles, defeated and annihilated several waves of enemy cavalry.
Nearly 1,000 enemy soldiers were killed and wounded, and even hundreds of horses were captured, which made Zhang Yi happy and added a lot of confidence in defeating the Xiongnu. When Sima returned from victory, he did not doubt him, and the combat strength of the Huns was like this.
"The Huns have attacked many times in recent days, trying in vain to influence the advance of our army, but they are just hitting stones with eggs. It seems that they are not ready to deal with our Han army, send orders to the three armies, speed up the march, and after leaving the mountain, let the sons and daughters have a good rest, and then run to defeat the Hun thieves! ”
Zhang Yi was a little high-spirited, and then ordered: "The mountains are treacherous, and scouts must be widely distributed to prevent the Huns from setting up ambushes!" "Be careful, even if the Huns are ambushed, it doesn't matter," Zhang Yi thought to himself. When he got out of the mountains, when the time came, he would not be afraid of the sneak attack of the Huns, Zhang Yi took it for granted.
Under Zhang Yi's constant urging, the 30,000 Han troops began to continue to move along the mountain road, and there were still small groups of Xiongnu troops coming to harass them, which made the Han army not very annoying. Fortunately, they were quickly repelled by the Han army and captured a lot, which gave Zhang Yi a clearer understanding of the "weak" combat strength of the Huns.
Along the way, a number of temporary garrisons of the Huns were discovered. After sweeping away the remnants left by the Hun cavalry, Zhang Yi, whose patience was almost exhausted, asked, "How long is it before I can get out of the mountain?" ”
Seeing the vicious Zhang Yi, the guide hurriedly pointed to the two mountain walls in the distance ahead: "General, as long as you cross the canyon in front, you will go out of the mountain, and there is an open land outside, thirty miles away from Zhongyang County." ”
When Zhang Yi heard this, he raised his eyes and saw that two towering mountain peaks in the distance were straight into the clouds, and the surrounding ancient trees were forested, and the cliffs were sinister, like an evil dragon opening its mouth, ready to devour people at any time, and it was extremely dangerous.
"Send someone to me to explore the canyon ahead, so that the Huns will not be ambushed and taken advantage of!" The road ahead was steep, as if it had woken up Zhang Yi, and he didn't dare to urge the Han army to walk in a hurry. Unexpectedly, the two peaks were almost turned over, and no trace of the Huns was found. Pressing the uneasiness in his heart, Zhang Yi led the army and carefully and slowly entered the canyon.
The canyon is deeper, deeper and longer than what you see from the outside, and it feels more dangerous. Along the way, he was apprehensive and trembling across the valley, and even ordinary soldiers felt great pressure. Zhang Yiju was in the middle of the army, walking all the way, and couldn't help but break out in a cold sweat, and his face was stained with a few mud stains that he had rubbed out of nowhere. At this time, he couldn't take care of it, and the surrounding weeds, gravel, and convex rocks seemed to have become poisonous snakes that chose people to devour.
The winding valley road stretches for more than ten miles, several dangerous sections of the road on the way, there is no trace of the Huns, and after two hours, 30,000 Han soldiers all came out of the valley.
Seeing that the army had safely left the valley, Zhang Yi breathed a sigh of relief. By this time, after the difficult Luliang trek, he had already regretted his rash advance, the risk was too great, but fortunately he was able to cross the mountain range smoothly.
"Hahaha!" Zhang Yi suddenly laughed: "Such a sinister location, the Huns did not take advantage of it. I did those harassing actions before, but it was useless, and I sent my Han army sons and daughters to their military exploits. Sure enough, it is a barbarian Hu tribe, who does not know the art of war, and should be annihilated by our army!"
"Immediately send out the sentinels, find out the movements of the Huns for me, let the army set up camp, and recuperate here for a night!" Commanded the lieutenant beside him. After a few days of hard work, Zhang Yi now just wants to wash up, and the original bright armor makes him really uncomfortable.
The soldiers of the Han army were also exhausted, but they still had to build a camp with strong spirits, and they were afraid that they would have to consume all their energy before they could have free time.
At this time, in the reckless mountains more than 100 miles away from the north, a simple and cruel battle had just ended. Staring at the corpses of the Huns in front of him, there were more than 200 corpses, Zang Min was in a heavy mood, and asked Zang Hong beside him: "How many waves of attacks have the Huns attacked?"
"For the eighth time! There were only more than 2,000 Huns, and it was difficult for my army to move an inch. Attacking the strong with the weak, replacing the defense with the attack, the combat power of the Huns is really not weak, and the Hun generals are also brave and crazy enough, and many sergeants have been killed by him!" Zang Hong replied calmly.
Zang Min clenched his fists and said hatefully: "The Huns are working so hard to contain our army, I am afraid that they will really take Zhang Yi's side as a target!" I am very worried about my father, with Zhang Yi's previous character of being eager for quick success, I am afraid that I will fall into the trap of the Huns, Ji Lou Yuan is not easy to follow!"
Zang Hong was silent, couldn't help but look at the south, and comforted Zang Min softly: "Father, there is still Dong Taishou's Hedong Army in the south, if it goes north in time, it can also be coordinated by Zhang Yuanjun." Before the matter is at its most critical, my father doesn't need to be too anxious, and Zhang Yuanjun's situation is also speculated for us!"
"I hope so!" Zang Min sighed lightly, but the worry in his eyes was not reduced at all.