Chapter 644 The victory and defeat have been divided
When it was almost dark that afternoon, Gao Shuncai Mingjin withdrew his troops, although he did not rescue the besieged nobles and others, but caused serious casualties to the Xiongnu and other barbarians.
The Han army collected its troops, and the Huns and Xianbei people couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief; They believed that in order to rescue the besieged Han army outside the city, the Han people in the city had become red-eyed, and the more this happened, the more they insisted, and they must not let the Han people's idea succeed.
The next day, Gao Shun sent infantry to take the lead in attacking the Huns; Their cavalry, densely packed next to each other, had no speed advantage, and were simply live targets for infantry arrows, with countless casualties.
The Huns and Xianbei people, with the goal of annihilating the Han people, fought to the death and did not retreat.
Ma Gui also attacked from the inside out, making a gesture to break through.
The Hun cavalry in the south of the city withstood the attacks of the Han army on the north and south sides, and suffered huge casualties and unspeakable suffering.
The more fierce the Han counterattack, the more the Xiongnu Shan Yu and the Xianbei kings thought that the Han army in the encirclement had reached the end of the road, and their victory was imminent, so that their cavalry would stop the Han army from breaking through at all costs.
With so many casualties, the people of the Otsutsuki clan are about to collapse; Even the Huns and Xianbei people were also very distressed, and the casualties were too great, but in order to achieve their tactical goals, they had to persevere, otherwise their previous achievements would be wasted.
The war lasted for three days, and Ma Gui's counterattack became weaker and weaker; After heavy casualties, the Huns and Xianbei people regained some confidence.
But the barbarians are very tired.
Gao Shun has been thinking about a strategy to deal with the barbarians, and if this continues, the barbarians' patience will soon be exhausted, and they will definitely withdraw.
In the end, he decided to attack the barbarian camp, losing the logistical baggage, and even if these barbarian cavalry scattered and fled, if there was no help from outsiders, they would starve to death on the grassland.
So, on the morning of the fourth day, before dawn, Gao Shun quietly went out of the city from the north wall, spared a large circle, and reached the south of the barbarian camp.
Then release 15,000 high-ranking infantry, divide them into three teams, and let them raid the Xiongnu camp, the Xianbei camp and the Dayue clan's camp respectively.
The high-ranking infantry suddenly entered the barbarian camp, shouting and fighting everywhere, and the first thing that burned was their pile of horse feed, and even in the spring, in order to cope with the war, they still used the hay they had harvested last year as horse feed.
The hay pile is very flammable, and huge flames rise into the air, lighting up the night sky.
These barbarians didn't expect that the Han army still had the strength to sneak attack them, and they were unprepared and were succeeded by Gao Shun.
Even nearby tents were set on fire, as were some stables.
The barbarian officers and soldiers were frightened and hurriedly got up to prepare for battle.
However, the stables were also the main target of the Han army's offensive; A huge number of horses were driven out of the stable, and they fled from the camp in droves, galloping in all directions; At the slightest carelessness, the panicked barbarians were buried under the horse's hooves.
The barbarians were unable to organize an effective counterattack in their panic, and were killed by a group of high-ranking infantry who cooperated tacitly with each other.
Gao Shun released 30,000 senior cavalry, under the command of Jun Sima, 2,500 people per unit, respectively, into the barbarian camp, the sound of killing shook the sky, and the barbarians did not know that most of the Han officers and soldiers came, and they did not know which way was the main force of the Han army, but they felt that there were Han troops everywhere.
In the panic, many barbarians fled the camp.
The infantry in the city who had been prepared for a long time came out of the city according to the plan.
When Ma Gui saw the fire in the southern barbarian camp, he guessed that it was Gao Shun, and that the huge shouting must have been Gao Shun who released a large number of officers and soldiers, so he ordered the troops to attack separately.
The infantry dealt with the cavalry of the Otsuki clan on the western side and those of the affiliated tribes.
Ma Gui personally led some people to fight against the Huns on the north side, while Xiang Rong and others fought against the Xianbei people on the east side.
In a hurry, the barbarians could not stop the offensive of the Han people at all.
And the entire barbarian camp has been lost, and the barbarians are terrified in their hearts, and they have no intention of fighting, so that the army is defeated like a mountain.
Hundreds of thousands of people were killing, there were battlefields everywhere, barbarians were like headless flies scurrying around, and there were also people who broke away from the battlefield and fled south under the leadership of officers.
The infantry, who had completed the task of setting fire, was blocking there.
Even the Xiongnu Shan Yu and Xianbei kings couldn't take care of the army under this chaos, and it was important to save their lives.
The officers and soldiers of Gao Shunxin's release system are full of energy, while Ma Gui and others have not had much physical exertion in the past few days; However, the barbarians had to take turns on duty and fighting, and their physical strength was very exertional, and they were already in extreme fatigue.
In the opposite comparison, the barbarians suffered heavy casualties, and they were not the opponents of the Han army at all, and they could not assemble, and they were divided, surrounded and eliminated.
By the afternoon, the war was coming to an end, with more than 100,000 barbarians surrendering, more than 100,000 killed, and less than 50,000 escaping.
Gao Shun was very satisfied with the results obtained, the barbarians could not recover their strength in a short time after this blow, and they had no escape now, the only chance was to surrender, otherwise, they could only be exterminated.
At the same time, he was also very saddened by the casualties, which were close to 20,000 officers and soldiers. He released nearly 1,000 medical craftsmen and medical workers to rescue the wounded.
For those warriors who died in battle, Gao Shun had their bodies cleaned, put them in new military uniforms, put them in rings, and prepare to give them a grand funeral when they returned to China, so that they could be buried in peace.
As for the captured barbarians, they were now kept in centralized custody, and all of them were required to sit or lie on the frozen ground outside the city, and were not allowed to stand without orders.
Now no one bothered to cook for them, no one cared to treat their wounded, and the camp filled the camp with the groans of the wounded.
Gao Shun ordered that from then on, they only had one bowl of porridge a day, and they should not starve to death, otherwise they would make trouble, run away, and resist when they were full.
The next morning, Gao Shun sent Ma Gui, Sun Cheng, and Cao Shan with 10,000 cavalry each to patrol the area and eliminate the scattered fish that slipped through the net.
The rest of the personnel had to clean up the battlefield, the dead war horses were collected, the seriously injured war horses were slaughtered, and Gao Shun packed them all into the space ring; Arrows, crossbows, spears, broadswords, etc. were also gathered.
The bodies of the barbarians, who were scattered everywhere, were searched and the captives gathered them together, and the prisoners of war cut down trees and cremated by the brigadier general.
At noon, Gao Shun had the wounded among the captives singled out, ending their lives, relieving their suffering, and avoiding wasting food.
There are more than 80,000 people left in the remaining strong bodies, which is a very large number, which is really difficult to manage, and it can't be killed all at once, it's really troublesome.
Around the battlefield, there were scouts arranged by Jiankun and Ding Lingren, who transmitted information back to the battlefield every day.
At the beginning, the Han army had been in a passive state, and the Han people suddenly exerted their strength, defeating the Huns and Xianbei people, and less than half of the people fled.
The Jiankun and Ding Ling people analyzed the battlefield situation and exchanged intelligence.
What they were most puzzled by was that there were so many Han officers and soldiers stationed in a small city, and they didn't know when they arrived, and the Han people became more mysterious and great in their hearts.
They were glad that they did not make enemies of the Han Chinese, and made overtures to the Han before the war.
However, it was not enough to show goodwill, and after discussion, they decided to send reinforcements to support them in completely exterminating the Xiongnu and Xianbei people, which was also for their own benefit, and to avoid the eternal threat of their tribe.
In the end, Ding Ling and Jiankun each sent 20,000 cavalry to support the Han army.
Gao Shun understood their gestures of goodwill and accepted their kindness, so he sent them to follow Ma Gui and others to patrol outside, and constantly expand the patrol range.