Chapter 43 Ping Mo Nan returns to Chang'an
"Order, all arms for battle, and open a gap with the west side to escort the baggage battalion into the camp." After speaking, Ouyang Xuan drew his sword in his hand and stood in front of the team. Jian Feng pointed out, "All the soldiers will follow me to cover up and kill."
Ouyang Xuan rushed to the front with his sword, followed by his own soldiers, and behind him was the baggage battalion escorted by cavalry. As soon as Ouyang Xuan came into contact with the enemy army, he was like a god helping, slashing left and right, as if entering a no-man's land, blocking either death or injury in front, leading the army straight to the west camp gate, although the besieged Hun army formation was very thick, but it could not withstand Ouyang Xuan's slashing and killing, and it was too late to sprint the horse, which was no different from the infantry. In less than a quarter of an hour, Ouyang Xuan had already rushed to the front of the camp, and when the guards saw that it was their own people, they hurriedly pulled the winch and fell off the bridge to open the door. Ouyang Xuan and his own soldiers stood in front of the drawbridge and watched the large group of men and horses enter the camp, and reflexively killed back to the Hun army that came to the rescue, smashing left and right, turning the Hun army formation in front of the West Gate upside down. These pro-soldiers have all gone through five years of hard training, and their skills are not much different from Ouyang Xuan's. The Huns, who were originally going to attack the city, could not withstand the impact of such a group of people, and they retreated to the north side in a moment. After the baggage battalion entered the camp, 20,000 cavalry did not enter the camp, and Han Liang ordered the foot soldiers to close the gate of the village. Together with Huo Xin, he led the cavalry to rush behind Ouyang Xuan and slash and slash. They are all pawns of a hundred refinements, and they cooperate with each other very tacitly, and the offense and defense are orderly. Although it is not as outstanding as the individual ability of the pro-soldiers, the teamwork makes up for the shortcomings. The Xiongnu on the west side retreated under this more ruthless fighting style. After killing the west side, Ouyang Xuan turned his horse and went straight to the south side, here the Hun soldiers were already vulnerable under the attack of the bow and crossbow of the foot soldiers in the village, but a round of impact was dispersed, and then rushed to the east gate, here are two foot soldiers and captains with two teams of foot soldiers in front of the gate of the village, with knives, guns and shields to attack slowly, the ground has been covered with Hun soldiers and horse corpses. As soon as Ouyang Xuan's army and horses rushed over, the Huns did not like to fight, and retreated directly to the north. Ouyang Xuan beat his horse and walked to the middle of the two formations, "Zhou Zhong, Ma Tang stepped forward to obey orders." The two captains who were commanding in the formation hurriedly ran out of the military formation and stood in front of Ouyang Xuan's horse: "You have done a very good job, attack is the best defense, and you have won a certain essence." Zhou Zhong is now appointed as the left deputy general of the foot pawn, and Ma Tang is the right deputy general of the foot pawn." "General Xie, we live up to the general's trust."
"Hurry back to the camp and gather the foot soldiers at the north gate. Listen to the general's orders and go out to meet the enemy". "No!".
After giving the order, Ouyang Xuan led the cavalry from the outside straight to the north gate, this is the place where the Huns attacked, under the attack of the bow and crossbow in the camp, there was still a raging fire in the deep ditch in front of the wall, so that the Huns had nothing to do, the ground was full of Huns who fell to the ground with arrows, when Ouyang Xuan appeared with cavalry, the Huns had begun to retreat backwards, and there were 20,000 people here. There are not many ways to besiege the Huns, that is, to cover with bows and arrows, and then take ladders to go up the wall, but if the opponent's bow and crossbow are stronger and more, they will be suppressed.
At this time, the sky is bright and the temperature is still very low. But now the fire in the heart of the Yulin army is strong, 50,000 against 250,000, the Huns who fought have no temper at all, and they have begun to retreat by taking advantage of the light of day. All the captains were waiting for Ouyang Xuan's order, and naturally Ouyang Xuan would not disappoint them. Leaving 10,000 foot soldiers on duty to guard the camp, the others brought equipment and attacked the whole army.
When the army marched to the Xiongnu camp on the north side, it was greeted by nearly 70,000 Xiongnu iron cavalry phalanx. Less than a thousand steps apart. Ouyang Xuan ordered his own soldiers, set up artillery in front of the formation, two thermite bombs, two high-explosive bombs, five medicine packs, and the target was the Hun Iron Cavalry formation in front. With the explosion of the shells, the chaos of the Huns can be imagined, not to see the large number of people, but also dense. After the four rounds of artillery shells were fired, the soldiers put away their cannons and sent them back to the rear baggage camp. Standing beside Ouyang Xuan with the others and watching the chaotic Hun army formation, there were sparks everywhere, corpses everywhere, horses neighing, trampling on each other, miserable. Ouyang Xuan's sword pointed forward: "The foot soldiers form a formation to cover and kill, and the cavalry soldiers shoot crossbow arrows in front of the formation." "No!" The generals received the order and arranged it separately.
A moment later, the phalanx of foot soldiers was activated, followed by the baggage battalion, and more than 200 trebuchets that were still in use. The cavalry and Ouyang Xuan's cavalry naturally didn't want to be left behind, so they fought their horses and went out on the left and right wings, and began to fire alternate salves of crossbow arrows before turning the formation one stone's throw away from the enemy's formation. Ouyang Xuan's own soldiers were rifle shots, and there was no need for a very troublesome winding process to repeat five rounds of shooting, and the infantry phalanx had already resisted the enemy's formation five hundred paces away, and the cavalry returned to the two wings to protect the infantry. The trebuchet had already begun to throw yellow dynamite packs, and as the explosive packs exploded, the Huns became even more confused, and the loud noise made at least half of them lose their hearing and mobility. Some were blown away, and the severed limbs and arms flew like snowflakes. When there were still 300 steps left in the enemy repulsion formation, Ouyang Xuan ordered to stop the march. He didn't want the burning thermite to burn his own people.
By this time, the sun had risen, and the chaotic Huns had gradually restored order, but there were less than 20,000 people left. The burning of thermite had stopped, and the surviving Huns were regrouping behind the line, ready to charge. As the saber of an old man in the Hun formation fell, the Huns' iron horses accelerated and went straight to the military formation. Ouyang Xuan was happy to see such a charge, leading his own soldiers in the middle, and the cavalry on both wings on the side, attacking the enemy's cavalry formation head-on in three ways. The reason why Ouyang Xuan didn't use ammunition to kill and injure anymore was because he was afraid that he would not have enough reserves to return to Middle-earth, so he would keep it for those filthy villains.
There was no suspense, and the result of the hedging between a cavalry and a new force that had been blinded by artillery fire can be imagined. Coupled with the collision with the mountain-like infantry phalanx, the result can be imagined. An hour later, calm returned to the battlefield, and the infantry men unloaded their equipment and put them on their wagons. began to clean up the battlefield, and according to Ouyang Xuan's orders, buried the dead Huns. Because there were too many people, they could only be buried together. King Zuo Xian was captured by Ouyang Xuan, Ouyang Xuan did not participate in the cleaning of the battlefield, but took King Zuo Xian and several other captured Hun kings back to the camp.
In the hall of the Chinese army, several Hun kings knelt in the hall. "Don't you know you're here? How dare you attack with heavy troops".
"The gods have made the army here, we didn't dare to face the battle, and the gods made the army abolish the royal court and sweep the north and east of the desert. We are very afraid, but the Han family sent envoys to Shan Yu, and talked about lobbying Shan Yu in the middle of the matter, and gathered the full strength of the Huns to fight here. Counting on the gods who are without food and clothing, the army will surrender without a fight." Before a frightened Hun king could finish speaking, Ouyang Xuan interrupted him and asked, "Wait, you said that the Han family had sent an envoy to Shan Yu?" ”。
"Exactly, the messenger is Zhao Juan, a guest of the Han Prince. On the condition of cutting off the military rations and warm clothes of the divine envoys, and returning the eastern land occupied by the divine envoys, please send troops to kill the divine envoys."
"Do you all know why?" , Ouyang Xuan asked the kings of the Huns through an interpreter.
King Zuo Xian was a little old, and said slowly: "I heard that God made it mighty, and I thought it was exaggerated by everyone, but now I know that God makes it unreachable. Poor King Zuo Gu Li, he still regards himself as extremely talented. A certain defeat is lost, the Kunlun God will not forgive the liar, you might as well tell the divine envoy that the troops sent to Shanggu Yuyang this spring were all invited by the Han family. Not only willingly, the Han family sent an envoy to the king of Zuogu Li, saying that he sent troops to the valley, and ordered a certain to send troops to Yuyang. The Han envoy once said that if there is no capable general in the DPRK, this trip will be fruitful. In addition, the Han family has been calm for too long, and the army is lazy if there is no war, and the soldiers are not enough to fight. ”。
"Oh, I see. Thinking of you and others is also considered a hero, give you a good time. Someone came, pushed the kings of the Huns out of the gate and beheaded them, and buried them according to the rites. It is said that its head is the same as that of the Huns". "No!" The soldiers on both sides stepped forward and dragged out the Hun kings who were shaking like chaff. When King Zuo Xian went out again, he said, "Thank God for making it perfect!" The god of Kunlun will not forgive the unscrupulous." After a while, several nitrated human heads were presented, "Come on, find a few living Hun officers to send the heads to the Shan Yu royal court, and the rest will be beheaded and buried." "No!"
A few days later, the weather was getting colder and the first snow had fallen. In this counterattack, the Yulin army lost 100 people and wounded 5,000 people. He ordered the dead to be put into coffins and brought back to their hometowns for burial. Since King Zuo Xian is dead, now King Zuo Xian's territory is equivalent to being undefended, and Ouyang Xuan is not in a hurry to go back. Instead, he led a large army to carry baggage across the Hulunbuir grassland, attacking and sweeping everywhere. turned the territory of King Zuo Xian upside down. Basically, all the cattle and sheep of the nobles in the territory suffered. Through the guidance of Lushi, he found the royal court of Zuoxian Wang (in the valley on the east side of today's Hulunbuir City), because all the soldiers were withdrawn, for the undefended royal court, where could Ouyang Xuan let go, and washed the royal court in a valley in the Great Xing'an Mountains in later generations. It is said that it is a bloodbath, but it is only for the nobles and the leaders of the big tribes, they found some slaves who know how to make fur, cooked more than 100,000 cow and sheep skins, and made a set of cold-proof clothes for each person with the method of wool-to-wool mixed with reeds. Without logistical supplies, they had to spare, and later simply taught the soldiers to be self-sufficient.
He stayed in the court of King Zuoxian for three months, and it was not until February when the snow melted that he returned with a large number of self-made supplies. The generals originally suggested that they directly take the Xiongnu Shan Yu Wangting, but Ouyang Xuan categorically denied it. It is not possible to go there in winter, and where the soldiers who are accustomed to life in the south go without cotton and down jackets, the non-combat attrition must reach half.
The return journey was unusually smooth, thanks to Ouyang Xuan's policy. Before the herdsmen change season, every time they pass through a winter pasture, there are poor herdsmen worshipping on the side of the road, chanting loudly, and through interpretation, we know that they are all songs praising the merits of God's envoys in rescuing the poor herdsmen. Because of the order, the Yulin soldiers also strictly enforced, and the non-nobles were not allowed to intrude on the herdsmen's life. Sometimes he camped with the herdsmen's winter nest at night, and led the generals and herdsmen to a bonfire dinner at night, singing and dancing with them. It has won the great trust of the Xiongnu civilians, and also laid a mass foundation for the future sweep of the Xiongnu.
In May, when summer came, the Yulin army, which had been away from Middle-earth for a year, finally saw the Yellow River. Ouyang Xuan did not choose to enter Middle-earth from the upper valley, but traveled westward along the grassland, in addition to making contact with the herdsmen along the way, and at the same time met the envoy sent by the monarch Shan Yu near the Zhongwang Court. He apologized for the Xiongnu's invasion of the territory, and agreed that the land occupied by Ouyang Xuan belonged to Ouyang Xuan, and the Xiongnu would not invade again. Ouyang Xuan was not interested in this, and asked Shan Yu's envoy to bring a message to the military minister Shan Yu, "If you want to return to Chang'an to quell the civil strife, please ask Shan Yu to take care of the place for a while, until the handover is sent, and you are not allowed to move out and disturb the herdsmen in the territory." The eastern land of Monan was renamed Zuo Xia, the territory of King Zuoxian, and the name was changed to Hou Xia. Ouyang Xuan's threat was still effective, at least for a short time, the military ministers did not dare to make a mistake, because there were no troops to send. Since he took over the territory from the Xiongnu, he naturally dismissed all the officials appointed by the imperial court, and the rebels were beheaded on the spot. The Hun general's fear of Ouyang Xuan was like a mouse seeing a cat, so he naturally obeyed his words. Ouyang Xuan, the place in Houxia, arranged two generals to take care of it. Zuo Xia still maintained the same, but the appointment of the imperial court became Ouyang Xuan's appointment, and as for the Han officials, they were all dismissed and detained, and those who resisted were beheaded. With such a threat, in the Zhongwang Court, Ouyang Xuan actually beheaded more than 300 officials.
Ouyang Xuan's army crossed the Yellow River from the vicinity of Baotou City in later generations, swept through the Hetao area, successively captured the territory of the King of Henan, the King of Lou Fu and the King of Aries, pacified the Hetao area, killed the King of Henan and the King of Lou Fu, the King of Aries led his troops to surrender, and Ouyang Xuan in the Hetao area was also handed over to him to take charge, and entrusted someone to bring a message to the military ministers Shan Yu, the Hetao area also belongs to me, named Zhongxia. In July, he finally arrived in Sanshui County, Beidi County, and met Wei Teng, the captain who led the army to fight against the Qiang people, and is still a captain. Ouyang Xuan thought that there would be a battle, after all, he was a master without an edict, and according to the law, it should be a rebellion. Contrary to Ouyang Xuan's expectations, although Wei Teng lined up with the bridge, when he saw Ouyang Xuan, he knelt down on one knee and saluted: "Captain Sanshui sees the general of the chariot cavalry, and all the sergeants of Sanshui are willing to follow the general to fight in the world." The soldiers behind also knelt down on one knee and said in unison: "We are willing to follow the general and fight on the battlefield." Ouyang Xuan hurriedly dismounted and helped Wei Teng up, "A certain person who has no edict to return to the division is regarded as an accomplice." Thou shalt not care? ”。“ Now that the women and relatives of the DPRK are in charge, we are already waiting here for the return of the general, and we will enter Beijing together to quell the chaos." "Okay, in that case, from now on, you and I are all brothers, please get up, and go to Beijing with one to quell the turmoil." The sergeants stood up, lined up on the sides, raised their halberds and shouted: "Wait for might!" Waiting for the mighty! ”。 Ouyang Xuan was also employing people, and he happened to lack a logistics deputy general, so he directly appointed Wei Teng as a Zhonglang and led the department to be responsible for logistics and guards. Due to the lack of city walls, the land of three waters can only be handed over to the Aries King for the time being.
Heading south along the valley and reaching Gaoping, it was Ling Dai, the Taishou of Beidi County, who greeted Ouyang Xuan, who also did not fight, and did not even resist. Ling Dai even provided a large amount of food and other materials, and sent 2,000 soldiers to accompany Ouyang Xuan into Beijing to take over the defense of Sanshui County. Ouyang Xuan asked him to take over all the areas of Hetao except for the territory of the Aries King, and Ling Dai gladly accepted the order. Out of Chen Ping began to march on the mountain road, the speed was not fast, and it was a few days later when he passed Chen Cang. General Chen Cang didn't give Ouyang Xuan face, and he defended the city, of course, if he didn't give face, then he would be a soldier. The city gate was bombarded and the city gate was bombarded, and the army drove straight in, occupying Chencang in less than half an hour. Chen Cang Taishou and Du Wei were beheaded and hung on the city wall. The Yulin Army rested for a day. Continue eastward and go straight to Chang'an. The rest of the road is a plain, the speed is naturally very fast, a hundred miles a day, there is a county seat, and those who do not descend are killed. Two days later, when the march at noon was still 100 miles away from Xianyang, the horse was returned, and there were 100,000 Han troops blocking the way 30 miles ahead, and the leader was the new general Zhang Yu. "Tell the whole army to turn around and return to the mansion." "No!" Han Liang took the order.