Chapter 11: A Thousand Miles to Kill
Three days later, in the early morning, before dawn, Tang Hua and Zhang Liao led 2,000 Flying Snake Iron Horsemen to set off. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info
Tang Hua decided to rename his cavalry the Flying Snake Army, and the infantry in the future will be called the Python Army, and the navy will be called the Sea Dragon Army.
Tang Hua and his soldiers used three war horses to rotate and rode rapidly, at a speed of about eighty or ninety miles per hour, towards the attacking target.
When it was dusk, there were still more than two hundred miles away from the Murong clan's base camp, so they found a forest, hid it in the forest, and rested on the spot for two hours, so that the soldiers could rest, eat something, and replenish their strength. Otherwise, the soldiers would definitely not be able to stand it, even Tang Hua himself felt as if his whole body was about to fall apart, his muscles were sore, his limbs were weak, and he was very tired, not to mention ordinary soldiers.
The soldiers immediately ate, watered, and rested after dismounting, and Zhang Liao sent sentinels in time to closely observe the surroundings.
Nearly two days later, Li Jin returned to find Tang Hua, and reported that the Murong clan's Tanma along the way was basically wiped out, and Tang Hua's entire operation did not allow the Murong Clan's Tanma to detect it, and the battle has been going very smoothly so far.
At this time, Zhang Liao said to Tang Hua: "Lord, it is already the second watch, we must set off quickly, otherwise when we reach the destination, the sky will be bright, then our army will lose the opportunity to sneak attack." ”
Tang Hua nodded to Zhang Liao, expressed his approval, and asked him to immediately call the soldiers up and prepare to leave.
Around the fifth watch, Tang Huajun arrived at a place three or four miles away from the Murong clan's base camp.
Tang Hua took out his glasses and observed the Murong clan's base camp and surroundings, and found nothing inappropriate.
Zhang Liao saw Tang Hua's glasses and asked, "Lord, what are you holding in your hand?" ”
Tang Hua smiled and said, "It's looking glasses, also called clairvoyance." ”
Zhang Liao took it and looked at it, and said excitedly: "Where did the lord get it, this is a good thing, how can you even see it clearly at night." ”
Tang Hua replied: "This is a gift from my friend after he came back from overseas, and I only have this payment, but when we have land, I promise that each of you will have one in your hand." ”
Zhang Liao and Li You said in unison: "Really, my lord." ”
Tang Hua said: "Of course it's true, I'll talk nonsense to you." ”
Zhang Liao and Li Jin said: "Thank you." ”
Tang Hua thought for a while and said, "Wen Yuan, you now lead a thousand flying snake iron horsemen back to the opposite side of the Murong clan's base camp, so that we can flank them from two directions." In this way, it will also confuse them, and they will not know how many men and horses our army has come, and it can also completely damage their morale. ”
Zhang Liao said: "It's the lord, I'll set off right now." ”
After a while, Tang Hua saw in his glasses that the Flying Snake Iron Cavalry led by Zhang Liao had reached the designated position and began to charge towards the Murong clan's base camp.
Tang Hua also immediately rushed towards the target with the remaining Thousand Flying Snake Iron Horse.
Tang Hua said to the soldiers behind him while beating his horse: "Accelerate, accelerate, accelerate." ”
When Tang Huajun arrived next to the Murong clan's base camp, the speed of their war horses was estimated to have reached about one hundred and fifty miles per hour, and the lethality of this speed to the enemy was very huge.
When Tang Huajun just launched a charge, although the shaking of the earth woke up the sentry of the Murong clan, and the sentry also issued a siren of an enemy attack, but this could not have a big effect, because for the cavalry, such a short distance was only killed in an instant, and the cavalry of the Xianbei clan could not have time to prepare, it is estimated that they could not even wear clothes, and Tang Huajun was killed.
Although the soldiers of the Tang Hua army were very tired, in the face of the cavalry of the Xianbei tribe, they were really like stimulants, and everyone became like ferocious beasts, slashing the swords in their hands into the bodies of the Xianbei people, they were all crazy, and when they saw anything, they were all stabbed or dropped the torches in their hands.
Under the command of the leader of the Murong clan, the resistance of the Xianbei cavalry gradually became stronger.
The soldiers of the Tang Huajun came for revenge and came to fight hard. Under the attack of Tang Huajun on both sides, they lost confidence in their resistance, and some Xianbei soldiers began to escape, which would lead to the escape of more Xianbei soldiers, they all knew that if they wanted to survive, the only chance was to escape from the pursuit range of Tang Huajun's soldiers, otherwise what awaited them would be death.
An hour later, Tang Hua's army was victorious, and Murong Kang, the great leader of the Murong clan, was beheaded by Zhang Liao and killed by his gun.
After the other Xianbei soldiers saw Murong's death, the entire resistance was basically over.
Through the investigation, more than 4,300 Xianbei people were killed, more than 600 young women were captured, and more than 13,000 large and small war horses, countless skins and a large amount of gold and jewelry were captured.
As for the captured Siwan sheep, Tang Huajun had no way to take them away, Tang Hua asked the soldiers to kill all the sheep, and never leave anything for the Xianbei people; Tang Hua's army suffered more than 1,500 casualties, of which 524 soldiers were seriously wounded and killed.
Then he immediately forced the captured Xianbei women to help Tang Huajun cook, they wanted to replenish their strength and rest, which was actually roast mutton.
Tang Hua was sitting on the ground and resting, and Xiao Heizi ran to Tang Hua's side and said to Lu Ning: "Lord, we found a few big horses. ”
Tang Hua laughed out loud after hearing this, looked at the sunspot and said, "Heizi, you have a problem with your head, what are you wondering, you haven't seen a big horse, aren't we riding a big horse?" ”
After listening to Tang Hua's words, Xiao Heizi was even more anxious, and stammered to Lu Ning: "The lord is not, those big horses are different from the ones we ride, and they are more than the ones we ride." ”
When Tang Hua heard Kuroko's words, he was also shocked, there are other breeds of Northland horses, right? Did Murong Kang get a few river meandering horses?
Tang Hua still got up and followed the sunspot.
When he arrived next to the horses that Kuroko said, when Tang Huachu saw it, he was also very surprised, how could there be such a tall horse! The horse's head is estimated to be about two meters five from the ground, the horse's body is fat, the horse's legs and tail are much thicker than ordinary horses, and the horse's bones are much larger than the horses they are riding now. Is it Abel's War Horse? Or Persema?
Tang Hua shook his head, knowing that he couldn't figure it out. "How many of these horses are there?"
The little black man replied, "My lord, there are six of them, and three of them are the same as the mares." ”
Tang Hua said: "Take it back, let someone raise it, and you can't let them mate with other horses, let them mate with each other first, that is, if the stallion wants to mate with other horses, it must also be registered and recorded, maybe what kind of hybrid good horses will come out, but we must protect the source of purebred horses, this is a baby." ”
After hearing this, Xiao Heizi said: "Lord, what is a good hybrid horse?" What other thoroughbreds? Why don't we know? ”
Tang Hua shook his head after hearing this, knowing that he was talking nonsense again, so he fooled them and said, "You will know in the future, I can only tell you that it is a good thing." ”
After Zhang Liao heard about it, he immediately ran over to take a look, and after hearing Tang Hua's words, he also said: "The lord is right, you can't let them mess around, mate, you must have a selective mating." ”
Tang Hua laughed, and said to Zhang Liao: "Wen Yuan wants that one to be your war horse, but the one with a pure snow-white color can't make an appointment, I am going to take the pure snow-white one to give away, it already has a new owner." ”
When Zhang Liao heard what Tang Hua said, he said with a smile: "Listen to the lord." ”
After burying the dead soldiers, Tang Hua led all the officers and soldiers to kowtow to the dead soldiers three times and said: "My warriors, rest in peace, you are all heroes of my Han nation, we will not forget you, the people of the Han Dynasty will not forget you, you have dedicated your lives to the elimination of the Waiyi barbarian Tartars, and your heroic deeds will definitely be recorded in history." You can rest assured that your parents and wives will be raised by our army, and your children will be raised as adults. ”
After listening to what I said, the soldiers behind Tang Hua were very excited, and many soldiers burst into tears, there is such a good lord in this world, that princes, high-ranking officials, and nobles will take the life and death of the soldiers seriously, Tang Hua's flip behavior has greatly improved the loyalty of the soldiers to Tang Hua, and in the future, Tang Hua will let them die, and the soldiers will choose without hesitation.
After Tang Hua and his soldiers had eaten and drunk enough, they took the booty and escorted the captured Xianbei women to return.
Zhang Liao led a thousand flying snake iron horsemen to clear several groups of horse thieves nearby.
Tang Hua led the remaining 500 soldiers, prisoners, and a large number of war horses to follow behind Zhang Liao's army.
Although Tang Hua and his soldiers were also very tired, they couldn't rest here, this place was too close to the iron cavalry of the Xianbei Tartars, and they would be attacked by them at any time.
Zhang Liaojun's purge of horse thieves did not receive any decent resistance, most of the horse thieves chose to surrender to this road, this may be due to the fact that the horse thieves saw that the Lu Ning Army was indeed fighting the Xianbei barbarians, and now the reputation of the Flying Bear Army on the northern prairie is too loud, and the combat power is really good, even the Xianbei Iron Cavalry, which has always been rampant, vicious, and brutal, has died in the hands of the Flying Bear Army, and the horse thieves also know that if they resist, there will definitely be no good end, plus most of their horse thieves are born in hard work, They were also forced to become horse thieves, and they also had a deep hatred for the Xianbei people, the Huns and other foreign Tartars, and they also wanted to eliminate those Waiyi Tartars in their hearts.
Zhang Liao's soldiers did not suffer any losses, but instead collected nearly 2,000 pony thieves.
On the way back, Li Jin said to Tang Hua: "Lord, Murong Kang's daughter has also been captured by us, although she is only twelve or thirteen years old, she is very smart, and she is very beautiful, if you don't let her go to the lord's side to serve you, there is not even a person to call the lord." ”
After hearing this, Tang Hua smiled and replied: "If she is really only twelve or thirteen years old, then it is okay, as for whether she is beautiful or not, it doesn't matter, let her be my maid, help me with the lock things in my life, I really can't be busy." ”
After listening to Lu Ning's words, Li Jin said: "It's the lord, I'll bring her to you when I live there." ”
Tang Hua thought for a while and said, "What's her name?" ”
Li Jin replied, "Her name is Murong Yan. ”