Chapter 42: The Han Court's Conspiracy and Counterattack

Seeing Lord Father Hong, who was covered in blood, Ouyang Xuan had no reason not to know what was going on. "Can something happen to the fief? Come soon". Ouyang Xuan's voice was hurried. "Back to the lord, the nobles of the court and the central government, led by Tian Wei, jointly impeached the lord for lawlessness, raised demons, and performed demon magic. Gain ill-gotten gains. The Queen Mother personally issued an edict and ordered Tingwei to investigate. Tian Wei, Wang Zang and others took the opportunity to besiege the mansion and kill several guards. His subordinates fought to the death and transferred all the people and property in the house to the secret passage deep in the mountains. The students of the annex and the craftsmen of the workshop are all hidden in the base in the mountains. Without any other example, his subordinates risked their lives in the courtyard to fight their way out of the encirclement, and transferred to Tianshui and Qiang to enter the Xiongnu land. There were many people on the way. There were countless casualties in the nursing home, and only two people remained." "Your Majesty is involved?" Ouyang Xuan asked with a hard grip on the hilt of the sword.

"Back to the lord, Your Majesty and Prime Minister Zhou were confined in the palace when they were besieging the mansion. When his subordinates escaped from the siege, they heard that King Liang was marching into Chang'an."

"King Liang marches into Chang'an? Is the message reliable? ”

"Back to the lord, the news is conclusive, the leader is Zhang Yu, and his subordinates learned it from the captain of the forbidden army."

"Damn, it's too much of a deception." After speaking, he turned to the surrounding generals and said, "You and the others have all known the changes in the DPRK and China, do you have any ideas?" ”

"Return to Chang'an, kill and kill. Get justice with the generals". These generals have followed Ouyang Xuan since the Rebellion of the Seven Kingdoms, and in addition to the long drive in the past few months, they have extremely admired Ouyang Xuan, and they are loyal to Ouyang Xuan, and the whole army is also the same. Now these 50,000 people are not an exaggeration to say that they are pro-army.

"Someone, invite the master book to the Chinese army." "No!" The deacon's own soldiers around him took the order. "Lord, father and brother, first retreat and change your clothes and rest."

After a while, Dou Pengzu, the chief bookkeeper, walked into the hall with square steps, and saw the angry Ouyang Xuan and the tiger-eyed lieutenant, a look of surprise flashed on his face. immediately regained his composure and said, "The general asked Peng Zu to have military affairs in the Chinese army?" ”。

"It's also a military affair, dare to ask how is the current situation in Nanpi Houzhong? Why is the cold material delayed? The grain and grass have been cut off, why don't you see a grain of rice delivered? ”。

When Dou Pengzu heard this, he was a little flustered, and immediately regained his composure and said: "I don't know about this matter, because I have heard that there is a difference between the court and the court."

Ouyang Xuan held on to the hilt of the sword, slowly paced to Dou Pengzu's side, and said slowly: "Ben Hou's family has just escaped from the pile of dead people in Chang'an, and today Fang went to the camp to tell Ben Hou some things, so that he couldn't understand it. Please also explain to Nam Pihou."

"I really don't know about China, and I have been fighting with the general, and I know the same as the general."

"Haha, your fast horse is in a hurry every day, how can you not know about the affairs of the DPRK and China? Are you fooling the doll? ”。

"I really don't know, I don't know why the general came here to ask?" When Dou Pengzu said this, he was a little vibrato, of course, he couldn't escape Ouyang Xuan's ears. Just as he was about to continue, the horse outside the door hurriedly shouted: "Report".

Ouyang Xuan returned to his seat and looked at Dou Pengzu, "Is there any urgent situation?" "General, the Xiongnu coalition army is less than 200 miles according to this. The Korean Wei army was encamped for 50 miles." "Probe and report again, and closely investigate the Xiongnu coalition army." "No!"

"If someone comes, take the main book and all the officers and subordinates accompanying the army into custody and keep them closely guarded." "What does that mean? Is it impossible to rebel? ”。“ Hmph, and the face asked, I was waiting for the expedition to deceive my family. For my mansion, kill my home. Thou sayest, Is this a matter of bearability? Take it for me, and there will be no forgiveness for those who resist", Ouyang Xuan almost gritted his teeth and ordered. Without saying a word, the soldiers stepped forward and dragged Dou Pengzu out of the hall like a chicken.

"General, we swear to follow the prince. If this oath is violated, the heavens will strike with thunder." All the generals knelt down on one knee in unison and bowed their hands and chanted loudly.

"Well, with your loyalty, Xuan is very relieved, get up." The generals and colonels stood up and stood beside Ouyang Xuan one by one, and an adjutant general came out and said: "The general has Korean soldiers in the east and Xiongnu soldiers in the northwest. With such a flanking attack, it is better for our army to withdraw to Middle-earth first and plan for something."

"Haha, it doesn't matter. A certain has not yet put these soldiers in his eyes, but he is just a pawn who swears to sacrifice the flag. Someone came to give the order, and the whole army assembled. Attack the soldiers and horses of the Wei clan in the east, and fight quickly". As the order was given, the lieutenants took the order. Ouyang Xuan called Shan, and ordered some more things.

In less than a quarter of an hour, the army was in full formation. With the wartime marching phalanx, the mighty eastward slaughter. They were all lightly armed with horses and carts, and the 50-mile road was reached in less than an hour. Outside the camp gate, a stone's throw away, in the middle of the array of spears and shields, the wings of the cavalry on both sides. Behind the formation, fifty 60 guns were lined up, each with four shells. Ouyang Xuan immediately joined the army and ordered a deputy general to step forward and shout. But no matter how you shout, the other party just can't go out, and if you attack it, it will be very damaged.

Seeing this, Ouyang Xuan didn't say much, and ordered someone to recall the deputy general who called the formation. "Gunner, four medicine packs are double-shot, and each point in the village is fired at will." The gunner was ordered to adjust the muzzle, and the ammunition hand tied the kit. As the green flag was raised, the sword in Ouyang Xuan's hand swung down. The sound of dong dong sounded, and there were loud noises in the camp for a while, and the smoke of gunpowder was filled, and the screams were endless. The camp was less than a mile in circumference, and a hundred shells covered almost all directions. After the two shells were over, Ouyang Xuan ordered: "Single medicine pack, target Zhaimen, single shot." put". How can the wooden walled gate withstand the bombardment of high-powered shells that are almost close to those of later generations. In a moment, with the light of fire and loud noise, the walled gate and the surrounding walled walls rose to the sky one after another, and the ravine in front of the walled gate had already exploded into a slope. When the smoke cleared, Ouyang Xuan pointed forward. The infantry marched in a phalanx. Ouyang Xuan and his own soldiers took the lead in rushing into the camp, and after two rounds of shelling, not many could stand, and many were stunned. The army took the camp with little effort, killing less than 5,000 Wei soldiers who could stand, and slaughtering the rest. In less than an hour, the camp was cleared, and 50,000 Wei soldiers were killed, and none of them survived. Wei Meng and his own soldiers hid at the back camp gate, and were captured without being bombarded. Ouyang Xuan sat in the makeshift Chinese military tent in the camp and looked at Wei Meng who was kneeling in the middle.

"It's a good robbery while it's hot, thinking it's good to bully, right? After you are a hero of the Han family, spare your life for the time being, go back, and tell your father, don't annoy Benhou, otherwise you will kill Wei's Korean chicken dog. The man who came left his entourage except for two people, and the rest were all beheaded, and the whole army returned to the camp." As the screams rang out, Ouyang Xuan led the army back to the camp, ready to meet the 200,000 army, this time Ouyang Xuan planned to deal with the Xiongnu coalition army in a more inhumane way.

After returning to the camp, the whole army, except for those on duty, all felled wood and rushed to make trebuchets overnight. For trebuchets, these soldiers are familiar with it, and there is no need for guidance. By the time the child was gone, a thousand bodies had been made. Half of them were eliminated after testing, leaving only six hundred. Ouyang Xuan and his soldiers were not idle, there were 500 catties of thermite ammunition in the ammunition sent by Nie Ping, all of which were produced by Ouyang Xuan in accordance with the standards of thermite ammunition in later generations. When the ammunition is in the air, the fuse is ignited, and then the body of the projectile bursts, and the particles of thermite that ignite the fuse are scattered in the air. There is also a more terrifying phosphorus incendiary bomb, this one was brought by Ouyang Xuan from the beginning, and it has been useless, just because he is too cruel. These thermite and incendiary bombs were post-processed and only half of them were used. Others should be considered for emergency use on the way back to Chang'an.

After waiting in the camp for three days, Tanma reported that the Xiongnu coalition army, which had been scattered and marching, was assembling fifty miles away and besieging it in three ways. To the north is the 80,000 allied army of the kings led by King Zuoxian, on the west side is the 100,000 Xiongnu headquarters led by the right captain, and on the east side is 20,000 people from Donghu. Therefore, there is a lack of some men and horses, and it also reduces the possibility of being besieged on all sides. The remaining three sides were besieged, and Ouyang Xuan planned to break them one by one. At night, Ouyang Xuan only brought his own soldiers and cavalry to carry explosives and incendiary bombs, pulled hundreds of trebuchets, and went straight to the camp of the East Lakers. Five hundred paces away, set up the trebuchet and the 60 cannon, which, according to the pre-plan, fired 100 packs of incendiary bombs, followed by three rounds of thermite shells. In the end, the trebuchet withdrew after 100 bombs and attacked the next target. The plan can't catch up with the change, when the trebuchet threw hundreds of incendiary bombs into the camp, the seeping screams just remembered, and before the second round of thermite attacks, the East Lake people actually ran away from the back door, which Ouyang Xuan couldn't accept, and ordered Huo Xin, the deputy general of the left, to lead 10,000 cavalry to chase and kill. In less than half an hour, the cavalry returned, and the Donghu generals fled with less than 5,000 men.

The brigade packed up the equipment and ammunition, returned to the camp to replenish, and rushed to the west side overnight, before the time came, the army had been arrayed and outside the camp, this time the Huns did not hide, but also lined up with a thousand steps in front of the front. For this situation, Ouyang Xuan had already prepared, "Each cannon, three rounds of thermite shells and five medicine packs, aimed at the Hun cavalry formation, and fired freely." With the sound of a bang, a brilliant white firework appeared above the Hun cavalry formation in a muffled bang, followed by sparks scattered like stars. Finally, light and smoke wrinkled in the formation. The horse screamed in amazement, and its condition was terrible. Two more rounds of artillery fire followed, and the enemy formation was like hell with sparks falling everywhere, and clothes and horses were on fire. Seeing this scene, the Yulin cavalry were a little afraid, Ouyang Xuan found the left deputy general Huo Xin and the right deputy general Han Liang, and ordered them to lead the cavalry to shoot crossbows and crossbows outside the formation, covering the trebuchet to move forward 500 steps. The two led the order to shoot their horses out, point out the men and horses, kill the already chaotic Hun army formation from both wings, and fire a volley of crossbow arrows outside the place of an arrow in front of the formation, making the already chaotic Hun cavalry army formation even more chaotic, and the two teams of men and horses staggered in front of the formation and continued to shoot. After several rounds of crossbow arrow attacks, Fang returned to the formation under Ouyang Xuan's order, at this time the thermite had burned almost, under the crossbow arrow strike, the 40,000 people who went out of the camp to meet the battle were less than 10,000 people, and after the Yulin cavalry returned to the battle, the Huns of the living people rushed towards Ouyang Xuan with a terrible scream. A sneer crossed Ouyang Xuan's face. "All bows and crossbows fired in a volley. Pro-soldiers, rifles are free fire". The horse team, which was less than 10,000 men, had not yet gained speed, and fell off their horses under the blows of bows and crossbows. Only less than 1,000 people in the rear army fled back to the camp, and Ouyang Xuan advanced the whole army to a position only 500 steps away from the camp, which was also the front of the original Hun formation. "Life, trebuchet, fuel ladle, three bombs, target Hun barracks, free fire". As the creaking trebuchet pulled the counterweight, packets of ceramic canned phosphorous incendiary bombs were placed into the slot, and the bracket was freely buckled. Molotov cocktails with flames flew like rain towards the Hun barracks. The viscous ointment in the ceramic jar was lit in the air and then burst into flames, and the phosphor powder flew everywhere with a blue flame. In just a moment, the soldiers and horses outside the battalion who had been roasted by the flames of the three rounds of incendiary bombs were a little unbearable, and hurriedly retreated to a safe distance.

The fire burned more and more, and it had burned to every corner of the barracks, and the screams accompanied by the miserable neighing of the war horses made people very uncomfortable to listen to. The pain of burning white phosphorus Ouyang Xuan knew, it was really like a maggot on the tarsal bone, the pain that penetrated deep into the bone marrow. Because the Huns believed in shamanism, they camped in accordance with the rules and did not leave a side door. So can only struggle in the fire. Ouyang Xuan did not wait for the fire to stop, but directly packed up the equipment and ammunition, and led the army back to the camp directly. Just to the periphery of the camp, the front to explore the Malay newspaper, the north side of the left Xianwang took advantage of the cavalry to sneak attack the west side of the military camp, led the army to surround the Yulin military camp.