Chapter 41: Return and Change
Chu Tianshu and his entourage of more than 50,000 people marched towards the Hetao area. Because Gaoque was cleaned up by Wei Qing, the news of the Hetao area did not reach the Xiongnu royal court.
Therefore, the military minister Shan Yu did not make any moves, in his opinion, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty let Wei Qing enter the grassland, and after a few small victories, he could be satisfied, and all that remained was to wait for the next confrontation between the two sides.
It's a pity that the ideal is beautiful, but the reality is very skinny.
The Aries King and the Lou Fu King are now in a bad mental state, and the Hetao area, as the logistics support area of the Xiongnu, although the troops are sufficient, they are not soldiers in a hundred battles, and the main task is only to graze and escort materials.
Because the Xiongnu had a great reputation for the Han Dynasty, the Han Dynasty army did not dare to touch the tiger's whiskers when they saw so many Xiongnu soldiers.
It's a pity that Wei Qing has gone through many guerrilla trials and has found that the Xiongnu soldiers in the Hetao area, although the number has reached 20,000, it is a pity that they are all paper tigers, and their combat effectiveness is very weak, similar to the Han soldiers.
The only one who followed Wei Qing was Ju Shura, a military formation division in the same vein.
The cultivation of the military formation division is very weird, and it needs to constantly use its own abilities before it can become strong. Now that Ju Shura can summon the array spirits to help.
If you can summon the formation spirit, then it means that the military formation division has become a high-level military formation division, and the power of the formation is greatly enhanced, especially the formation spirit can become a combat power according to the type.
The Crane Wing Array, the array spirit is a crane the size of a calf, this is only a primary form, as the strength of the sentence Shura increases, the array spirit will also become huge.
Today's Crane Array Spirit can only carry two people into the air, and the increase in the formation has increased by one percent. The range of increase was only one mile, but now it can be extended by thirty zhang more, covering a wider area, and for the battle between the two armies, the improvement of strength is not a star and a half.
Every time he flew, Ju Shura would take advantage of the crane array spirit to check, as long as the Huns did not ambush, Wei Qing would swagger and kill it, or ambush it, and give the Huns a fatal blow, so the credit for this time is indispensable to the existence of Ju Shura.
A month later, Chu Tianshu came to the designated place that he had agreed with Wei Qing, where the Aries King and the Loufu King were located for a hundred miles outside the residence.
Not long after, a small dot appeared in the air, and gradually the small dot enlarged, it was a crane.
They weren't surprised by the Array Spirit soldiers, because as long as they were fighting, they had basically seen it.
Chu Tianshu knew that Ju Shura was here with Wei Qing. Since communication was not developed during this period, there was no way to check the situation, and every day Ju Shura would go to the air to act as a scout. The line of sight in the air is the best, and unless you go deep underground, you can't escape his eyes.
After getting off the crane, Wei Qing was very happy when he saw the cavalry team of 30,000 people.
"Very good, this time let the Aries King and the Lou Fu King stay in the Han Realm forever! Let the Huns lose their supplies! Wei Qing said. Tactics were then arranged.
The combat meeting is qualified to participate, that is, Chu Tianshu, Li Xi, and some deputy generals. Others are just waiting for the results from afar.
Li Xi's three personal guards were on guard outside the tent.
These three people are the second envoy of Haoyue and Chu Xinyu. However, Chu Xinyu was obviously bored.
"It's really boring to fight, especially when you come to this grassland where birds don't, and it's boring to eat every day!" Chu Xinyu muttered in a low voice.
Now Chu Xinyu's image is a burly strong man with a beard, and he is very fierce.
The image of the two people on the side was similar, and one of them opened his mouth and whispered:
"Your Highness, war is like this, even if there is no war situation, as long as you come to the border, you will be nervous every day, and only when you leave the border, these soldiers will be relaxed! The environment here is harsh, although the impact is not great, but the impact on the mood is not good! After a long stay, people will become nervous, so when these expeditionary soldiers return to a safe environment, they will look out of place with their surroundings! "The voice that spoke was a deep male voice. Even Chu Xinyu's image and the words he uttered were the same. This is actually a skill, ventriloquism, unique to the Yin and Yang family, or unique to the Moon God Temple.
"I don't know how long I'll have to stay this time, if it weren't for my brother's safety, I wouldn't want to come here!" Speaking of this, Chu Xinyu looked at the tent.
It's a pity that nothing can be seen, everything is closed.
"Your Highness, our sisters won't let the little master have trouble, so don't worry!"
"Thank you, sisters! After this battle, I will recognize my brother in person and go back to the Moon Temple! There are a lot of things that my brother still doesn't understand, and I don't want to tell him, telling him now will only increase the pressure! Let him concentrate on developing the power of the Mo family, which will be a very good help in the future! Speaking of which, Chu Xinyu was not talking,
Instead, he looked at the gloomy sky.
On the other side, Wei Qing had already said his deployment. There is no objection, Chu Tianshu is still not good at leading troops in battle, but there is no problem in carrying out orders.
There is a specialization in the art industry, marching and fighting, and the military has the greatest advantage.
The deployment is very simple, that is, the troops are divided into three ways to encircle the Aries King and the Lou Fu King.
Wei Qing led 15,000 cavalry to leave, marched in a roundabout way, and joined up with the more than 3,000 cavalry he left, and after a long period of guerrilla fighting, the original 5,000 cavalry had lost more than 1,000 people.
The rest of the men and horses, there are still 40,000 people, in order not to affect mobility, Li Xi led the remaining 15,000 cavalry, to the left side of the Aries King and others station.
Chu Tianshu led the remaining more than 20,000 foot soldiers to slowly advance and blockade the south.
After half a month, the momentum of the encirclement was formed, and then it was orderly advancing.
The actions of Wei Qing and the others were discovered by the Aries King and the Lou Fu King, but it was too late, especially since he had been harassed by Wei Qing for a long time, so his spirit was very bad.
This time, it was found that it was because Wei Qing didn't move, and when they were very unaccustomed to it, they sent someone to investigate, only to find that they had fallen into the encirclement.
The Aries King and the Lou Fu King knew the strength of their manpower, and the number of the Han army exceeded them by several times, so they didn't want to think about it, so they quickly broke through and fought a tough battle. You can only perish, or be captured.
Both of them were shrewd and life-saving people, and they did not have the pure fighting spirit of the Huns, because they managed logistics and had worn out their fighting spirit, and so did their subordinates.
So taking advantage of the fact that the encirclement was not completely gathered, he led two thousand elite cavalry and ran directly through the gap in the northwest corner, and in order not to let the Han army find out, neither of them said anything to the other soldiers.
Therefore, the final result was that after the siege was completed, Wei Qing only killed thousands of Huns who resisted violently, captured thousands of people, and a large number of cattle and sheep, no less than 600,000 heads, all of which were stocked in a valley.
Seeing the harvest this time, Wei Qing was very satisfied, and did not give the order to pursue the two of the Aries King and the Lou Fu King.
Subsequently, 10,000 soldiers were left to garrison here, and they drove the cattle and sheep back to Chang'an.
More than three months later, the people of Chang'an saw a piece of white flowers outside the east city, and they kept rushing towards Chang'an City, and they were very curious one by one.
In the palace, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty and hundreds of officials had already left the city to welcome the triumph of Wei Qing and others.
This time, Wei Qing was named the Marquis of Changping by virtue of his merits, and he had 3,800 households. At the same time, there were two cronies under Wei Qing, Su Jian and Zhang Cigong, who were the Marquis of Pingling and the Marquis of Antou, respectively, with 1,100 households.
And Ju Shura, Chu Tianshu, and Li Xi only got some financial rewards.
Li Xi didn't have any thoughts about this, because he didn't care at all, and although Chu Tianshu was unhappy in his heart, he didn't think much about it. Shu Luo's words were resentful in his heart, Wei Qing could achieve such a contribution, if it weren't for his investigation, how could he have such a result.
Afterwards, Wei Qing found him and told him that he had already told His Majesty about his merits, but he didn't understand why.
In fact, everything is very simple, that is, Ju Shura is a member of the Zongheng family, and the person who speaks of the Zongheng family, the master father Yan has now made a big deal.
Because of the denunciation of the master's father, Liu Cichang, the king of Qi, committed suicide in shame because he was afraid of the leakage of chaos and incest, so the master's father was imprisoned. So for the vertical and horizontal lineage, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty didn't like it very much. What does Liu Cichang say, he is also a member of the royal family, and there is no need to make a big deal about ugly things, which not only wiped the face of King Qi, but also wiped the face of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty.
Chu Tianshu did not get the title of marquis, this is all Gongsun Hong's meaning, Gongsun Hong didn't want Chu Tianshu to go too deep into the officialdom, his main purpose was to train Chu Tianshu to become his successor.
Gongsun Hong is now not only the master of the Taixue Holy Mansion, but also the imperial historian, one of the three princes, and a high and powerful position. Fortunately, Chu Tianshu was not here, otherwise if it were someone else, the master and apprentice would have broken up long ago.
Li Xi's words, because Li Xi is relatively low-key in dealing with people and things, and does not please the sacred heart, so he ignored it.
Gongsun Hong is not idle in Chang'an, for the sake of Confucianism in his own lineage, Gongsun Hong has already begun to move, the first is to ask Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty to kill the master father Yan, in order to set an example.
Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty had agreed, because 'depose the hundred schools of thought and respect Confucianism alone' was not empty talk.