Chapter 213: The Xiongnu are trapped in Qilian Mountain
The patriarch of the Qiang tribe and the son of the Qiang tribe fled all the way to the east and west, and the tribesmen were shot and killed by the Xiongnu countless times, and there were only more than 2,000 Qiang people left who escaped, hiding in the mountains and not daring to have other ideas of going south. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info
Since then, the Qiang people have not recovered for decades, and it was not until the time of Emperor Wenjing that the Han Dynasty adopted the peace system, which enabled the Qiang people to be active in the northwest frontier area of Shu County.
The leader of the Xiongnu brought 20,000 soldiers, but he plundered a lot of property of the Qiang people, and Yingbu heard that the leader of the Xiongnu had returned, so he immediately set up a banquet with wine to comfort the soldiers of the two armies.
Chen Ping also repeatedly instructed in the letter not to let Yingbu play tricks and ambush and kill the Xiongnu leaders, because then the 20,000 Xiongnu soldiers would be difficult to control and it would be difficult to gather a crowd to kill.
Yingbu acted according to the strategy, and behaved very cautiously, and the Xiongnu leader stayed near Yanzhi Mountain for two days, divided the Qiang baggage with the Qin army in five parts, and prepared to lead the army to withdraw.
When the sentries sent by Lu Yan heard that the Xiongnu had evacuated Yanzhi Mountain, they immediately joined forces with Chen Pingli and occupied a lot of grain and grass for the Xiongnu, and all the Xiongnu, old, young, sick and disabled were killed, totaling more than 5,000 people.
Many of the remaining soldiers did not expect the Qin army to be so fast, they did not dare to report to the leader, and led the rest of the people to flee towards the north of Gaoque, which was the base camp of the Xiongnu.
In the Xiongnu land, Chen Ping and Lu Yan sat opposite each other, "Thanks to Mr. Lao's hard work, things have finally come to fruition." There was some relief in his words.
"It's still a short time for the leader of the Huns to succeed, but I don't know what happened to Wang Li's general." Chen Ping said indifferently, Lu Yan didn't answer, just took a sip of warm tea.
"Let's not mention this matter for the time being, the key is to solve the current Huns first, rest for one night today, and go to intercept the Huns tomorrow." Lu Yan said with confidence.
Chen Ping waved his hand beside him, "Master Hou, you should send troops as soon as possible now, don't delay this matter, in case the leader of the Huns learns the news, the first to be attacked at that time must be Yingbu." ”
After thinking about it, Lu Yan also felt reasonable, and immediately ordered to go down to the platform to make food, and after resting for half an hour, he rushed directly to Yanzhi Mountain, which was only a few dozen miles away from the location of the Xiongnu.
Yanzhi Shandong, Yingbu specially set up a banquet for the Hun leader to practice, the two got along for a few days, the Hun leader for Yingbu more and more trust, completely with the brother's courtesy to see Yingbu.
After the banquet, Yingbu immediately got up, "Chief, there will be a period in the future, this is not far away, take care all the way." The words were very caring, and the Hun leader was also grateful.
"Brother can come to my grassland tribe at any time in the future, don't shirk." The leader of the Huns took Yingbu's hand and said, Yingbu also thanked him.
The two said a lot, after all, they said goodbye, the leader of the Huns rushed towards the tribe with 20,000 soldiers, Yingbu's face was still reluctant just now, and when he saw the leader of the Huns walking away, his expression was instantly indifferent.
"Tell me to go down, rest the soldiers and horses, and follow closely behind, so as not to be discovered by the Huns." Yingbu turned to the soldier and commanded.
"But just now the general was still calling them brothers, why should he follow?" The soldier next to him was very puzzled and asked with some doubts.
Yingbu looked at him coldly, "Those are the Xiongnu, the hidden dangers of the empire!" Where does brotherly love come from? ”
Hearing Yingbu say this, where did the soldiers below dare to talk nonsense, they had to obey Yingbu's arrangement, go down to integrate the people, and dare not slack off at all.
Lu Yan's army had just set off from the Xiongnu tribe, and the Xiongnu leaders really didn't know that the tribe land had been lost, and they were very elated along the way, just waiting for the opportunity to move to the north of the Qilian Mountains.
To the east of the old city of Zhao, the distance between the two armies was only ten miles, and the sentinels who went to explore the road suddenly turned back, but said that the Qin army of more than 20,000 was about ten miles ahead, which also made the Xiongnu leaders a little surprised.
However, having come here, it doesn't hurt to go to the meeting, the two armies met in less than a moment when the old city of Zhao was due east, and the leader of the Huns frowned slightly when he saw Chen Ping in the Qin army.
"Why did the gentleman show up here with his troops?" The leader of the Huns rode his horse and asked.
Chen Ping bowed down on his horse, "Why didn't the leader retreat after settling north of Qilian Mountain, so I can't help but be a little panicked." ”
"The Qiang tribe has been wiped out, wait for me to go back and arrange everything, and then discuss the affairs of the Qiang tribe." The leader of the Huns said slowly, and his performance was quite polite.
Lu Yan in the back glanced at the crossbowmen of the Qin army, and when Chen Ping retreated, the archers were ready to shoot at the leader of the Huns, and they were bound to cut off the leaders of the Huns.
Chen Ping also nodded when he heard the leader of the Huns say this, "It doesn't hurt that the leader makes such an arrangement, we will go back to the north of Qilian Mountain first to wait for news." With that, he immediately patted the horse back to the team.
Seeing the situation, the archer immediately drew his bow and shot arrows, and the Hun leader reacted very quickly, and immediately raised his hand to block with a scimitar, but despite this, his right arm was still hit by an arrow, and blood flowed.
Without waiting for the Hun leader to return to the team, Lu Yan gave an order, and 20,000 soldiers immediately rushed over, and the Hun leader was a little dazed, but instinctively reacted back.
"The remnants of the Huns are here, and the time has come for you to kill the enemy and make meritorious contributions!" Lu Yan shouted behind him.
20,000 soldiers were full of food and drink, and it was the right time to kill the enemy, and the Hun soldiers only ate a little food and hurried with the leader, and although Yingbu practiced, it was with a few generals after all, and the rest of the soldiers were prepared by themselves.
The Huns were surprised to see that their leader was wounded before the battle, and the Hun leader actually took the lead in running towards the rear, and many Hun soldiers also turned around and fled, regardless of others.
In ancient wars, generals were like weather vanes, anyone could fall, the banner in the army could not fall, anyone could be injured, and the commander in the army could not be injured, otherwise morale would plummet.
When the leader of the Huns saw the soldiers like this, and his arm was wounded, he also ran backwards, as the so-called wounded soldiers fled, and the soldiers fled away.
Lu Yan was overjoyed when he saw this, many soldiers moved forward bravely, and the Hun soldiers died and fled, with 20,000 soldiers, and the casualties were not the same.
At this moment, Yingbu also came from behind, seeing the chaos of the Hun army, naturally did not want to miss the good opportunity, and rushed up with his subordinates, the leader of the Huns was already disheartened, and when he saw the Yingbu army killing, he was really discouraged.
"Brother, why are you like this!" The leader of the Huns shouted loudly.
Yingbu heard the word brother, but he just sneered, "Hun thief, how dare you call me a brother and brother, you will fight with me, and you will be rewarded after the war!" ”
Seeing Yingbu's fierce and vicious spirit, the leader of the Huns knew that there was no hope, and endured severe pain and pulled out the arrow of his right arm, with a trace of flesh and blood, which was very painful.
"Assemble here and retreat north!" The leader of the Huns shouted with some reluctance.
Yingbu and Lu Yan's army were combined, and Lu Yan saw Yingbu so brave, and he also admired it in his heart, "Master Hou, do you want to catch up quickly!" Chen Ping said as he looked at the deserters in the north.
"Chasing, of course, but chasing slowly." Lu Yan said in a low voice.