Chapter 231: The former Xian Wang died on the festival
Meng Tian led the cavalry to come, thinking that the Xiongnu would hear the news and retreat north, but he didn't expect the barbarians to behave so bravely, both armies were elite, although the former Xianwang was already in his fifties, he was still in high spirits. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info
"Even if this battle is a failure, it will make the Qin army suffer a lot!" Qianxian Wang shouted in a low tone, and Donghu Hanxie next to him was very excited, and immediately came to Qianxianwang's side with a halberd.
"King Xian, we died here in battle, and it is not in vain to follow King Xian." Donghu Hanxie said a little desolately, it can be seen that he is not optimistic about the Hun soldiers.
"Don't say that, you will lead the troops to retreat in a while, and I will break off here." The former Xian King stabbed a Qin soldier to death, and said with some difficulty.
"But how did King Xian get out?" Donghu Hanxie said, tears flowed a little inadvertently, trying to kill the Qin army next to him, on the battlefield, no matter whether it is good or bad, the winner is king, and the loser is the villain, it's that simple.
"What will happen when I go back, I think no one knows better than me, you and the leader are like-minded, I have already formed a bond with the leader, if the army is defeated, what face will I have to go back, and I will be humiliated at that time." The former sage king shook off the scimitar and said.
When Donghu Hanxie heard the former Xian King say this, he didn't know how to answer for a while, so he had to try his best to get rid of the Qin army beside the former Xian Wang to prevent the former Xian King from being harmed.
General Meng Tian rode a war horse, bravely killing the enemy, and when he saw the two Hun generals maneuvering back and forth in front of him, he only sneered on his face, and immediately flew towards them.
When King Qianxian saw the commander of the Qin army coming, both of them retreated, "There are more than so many soldiers in the Qin army, and in a few moments, you will lead the troops to leave, report to the leader, and say that King Qianxian died in battle." ”
Before Donghu Hanxie could answer after hearing this, General Meng Tian's war horse scattered the two, and from time to time on the battlefield some people fell down and wailed, or slashed around, killing one is not a loss, killing two is earning.
The two armies fought for half an hour, Lu Yan quickly led troops from the rear to support, and when King Qianxian saw this, he knew that it was the enemy's reinforcements, and immediately ordered the withdrawal of the army.
Donghu Hanxie had to obey the order of the former Xianwang and ran to the north with 10,000 soldiers, and at this moment there were 5,000 Hun soldiers on the grassland, all of whom were loyal soldiers of the former Xianwang.
When Meng Tian saw that Donghu Hanxie was fleeing with his troops, he no longer bothered with the former Xian King, and immediately led the army to chase after him, but the Qianxian King quickly put 5,000 soldiers away and stopped them all in front of Meng Tian's iron cavalry.
"The whole army obeys the order, don't stop, keep chasing me!" Meng Tian shouted very loudly.
And the soldiers of the former Xianwang are not battle-hardened, when they saw Meng Tian's cavalry coming, they immediately bowed down in an orderly manner and cut the horse's legs with a scimitar, how could the cavalry in front expect the former Xianwang to do this, but it was too late to turn back, and they all fell on the Hun soldiers, which can be described as a defeat for both sides.
At this moment, the army led by Lu Yan immediately rushed forward, and even though the five thousand soldiers cut off many horses, they still had no avail, so they had to fight and retreat.
Seeing this, Meng Tian was furious in his heart, and he was much less interested in chasing and killing Donghu Hanxie, but he was very angry with the former Xian King in front of him, and rode his horse straight to the Qianxian King.
In less than half an hour, all 5,000 soldiers were killed, and in order to prevent himself from being insulted, the former Xian King would rather die than give in and die on the battlefield, which made Meng Tian's face soothe slightly.
"General, why don't you chase the fleeing soldiers ahead?" Lu Yan walked up to Meng Tian and asked.
"Let them go for the time being, release 10,000, I want to see what they are capable of, pass the order, withdraw all the troops, and return to the Hetao." Meng Tian shouted as he looked at the grassland in the distance.
Lu Yan was speechless, just arrived here, and ordered the withdrawal of the army before killing anyone, the Qin army lost 20,000 in this battle, and the Xiongnu lost more than 30,000, it was really a death battle.
Meng Tian withdrew his troops for the time being, and said that Donghu Hanxie led 10,000 Xiongnu soldiers to rush to the north day and night, and it took two full days to meet with the previous Xiongnu people.
When Que and Tou Manshan heard that a Hun soldier had returned, they hurriedly went out of the tent to greet them, and when they saw the somewhat embarrassed Donghu Hanxi, they couldn't help frowning.
"Why hasn't King Xian returned?" Que asked with some panic, as if he already knew the result.
Donghu Hanxie wiped his face, his eyes were very melancholy, "King Xian retreated to protect us and died on the battlefield. Que almost fell down after hearing this, but fortunately, Tou Manshan Yu was behind him.
"You go and change your clothes, and report the specific things to my account seriously." Que said in a hurry, and walked towards his tent.
Donghu Hanxie arranged the soldiers, then changed his clothes, and came to the camp of the Que family, at this time the Que family was lying on the bed a little old.
Seeing the cold evil coming, he immediately took the head man next to him away, and the Que family started from the bed with some difficulty, signaling that the cold evil did not need to be so formal.
"What King Xian thinks in his heart, you can tell me." Que asked indifferently.
"Empress Qiyu, King Xian led 50,000 troops to fight with the Qin army, was invincible, sent 10,000 soldiers and horses, and fought to the death with the Qin army alone, so that we could survive." Donghu Hanxie said vaguely.
Que Shi was a little angry, and slapped the bed suddenly, "Tell the truth! ”
Donghu Hanxie knew that the Que clan was smart, and he couldn't hide it if he thought about it, so he said seriously: "King Xian knew that he was at odds with the leader, and this time he led 50,000 troops, and he knew that he was not defeated by the Qin army, just to let the clan move away, and King Xian knew in his heart that he would be scolded by the leader after returning to the camp, which would make the clan discordant, so he asked me to say that I would die in battle and protect his name, so that the tribe could be stable, so that there would be no more discord between my uncle and nephew." ”
When the Que clan heard Donghu Hanxie say this, his heart was instantly very melancholy, and he immediately hid his face and cried bitterly, "King Xian is really a loyal minister in the world!" ”
"Is this explained to the chief?" Donghu Hanxie asked in a low voice.
"That's it, my son doesn't know what to do, tell the patriarchs, and say that King Xian died in battle to protect the whole clan, and he is the savior of the Huns." Que said with a slight soothing mood.
This time the Xiongnu can be said to be a big injury, two years have been living in northern Mongolia, the head of the man alone in the war is not good, but the contact tribes, the management of the steppe is still a set, a few years, many tribes will be obedient again.
The Qin army returned to the south of the Yellow River in three days, and the whole army was stationed in Jiuyuan County, and immediately ordered someone to count the casualties of the Qin army.
At the end of the summer of 214 B.C., the Xiongnu side in the north came to an end, in which as many as 150,000 barbarians were killed, and 70,000 were injured by the Qin army, many of whom froze to death and died in ineffective rescue.
Meng Tian rectified for ten days, personally sent a letter to Xianyang, informing Ying Zheng that Lu Yan would return to the court in the near future, Ying Zheng was very happy, and ordered Lu Yan to bring back 30,000 soldiers and horses, and the rest were all left in the north to build the Great Wall.
At that time, the Great Wall was only partially repaired, and the Shima would be a court, who knew that the King of Qin had a whim, and actually ordered the Xiongnu to be set in the north, and the other Shijian, Sujiao, and Meng Tian all stayed in the frontier, and King Lu Yan left to return to the dynasty to discuss matters.