Chapter 242: Spectating the Battle
Because he still doesn't understand why General Wei gave that series of strange orders, and what he doesn't understand is why this series of strange orders led to the retreat of the Hun army.
The only thing he understands is: the Huns have really fallen for it. Because at least he still knew that there were 80,000 Han troops in ambush in the north.
So he's becoming very cautious now, because he's finding that what he sometimes thinks of as "this should be done" is actually "shouldn't be done," and what he thinks "should never be done" is actually "absolutely should."
Therefore, now he decided that some things that seemed to be taken for granted, it would be better to ask General Xia Wei more. Now, he came to Wei Changfeng's side and asked: "General Wei, the last general wants to hurry up and repair the city wall of Sunit in case of emergency, especially the city gate that was blown open is now just hastily blocked, and it is difficult to resist the enemy's attack, please General Wei to show it." ”
Wei Changfeng smiled and replied, "This is not necessary. Wait and see, if General Bai loses the attack, then make sense, if the attack succeeds...... You and General Chiang will immediately mobilize the whole army, dismantle Sunit, and if it is too troublesome, simply set it on fire. ”
Feng Enzhong agreed, turned around and left.
He was now determined not to think about why. Anyway, General Wei gave the order, just follow the order, he believes that he plus Jiang Zhengyi, and the two heads are afraid that they can't understand the truth of this matter.
Wei Changfeng saw Feng Enzhong's confused expression, and he could only sigh in his heart.
It seems that people are not the same.
Feng Enzhong and Jiang Zhengyi, their abilities have reached the level of General Chang. If you go any further, I'm afraid it will exceed their capabilities.
Where is Sunit? In the grassland of Mobei, it is impossible for the Han army to fortify here for a long time, if it is built strong, is it not to build a strong fortress for the grassland tribes who may occupy this city in the future?
For the Han army, this city could not help the supply of the Han army, because as long as Sunit was opened, the Han army's grain route could come from the south, while the Han army was heading west, and the city in the east was not important, on the contrary, if there was a city, it would be necessary to divide the troops and stay behind.
Even for the current Han army, Sunit does not have to repair. Of course, the Han army lacked siege equipment, but wasn't the Xiongnu army even more lacking? Whether the Han army is good or not, there is still experience and skills to use in siege, the Hun army does not even have this, although the city of Sunit is not solid, it is enough to defend against the Huns. As for the city gate that was blown open, as long as three or five god locomotives, or one hundred and ten crossbowmen were enough to resist, not to mention that the 100,000 troops of the Han army could not all enter the city, so what was the use of strengthening the city defense? Is it possible to throw all the Han troops who can't enter the city to the enemy and kill them?
So no matter from which point of view, Sunit should only be demolished, not repaired.
It's just that not everyone has this kind of vision.
Wei Changfeng sighed secretly in his heart as he listened to Feng Enzhong walk away, but he didn't look away, still staring at the north.
In the darkness of the north, there seemed to be a fire.
Immediately afterwards, there was a faint shouting of killing, but it was far away, and there seemed to be nothing for a while.
The light of the fire began to be evident, and the light of the fire was first dotted, then connected, and then spread in all directions, gathering in clusters in some places, scattering in other places, scattering in scattered places, and in other places in rows and patches.
Two large flares of fire kept approaching, then stirred together. I think it was the place where the main force of the Han army and the main force of the Xiongnu army met.
After a while, the firelight on the east side was divided into several pieces, but these pieces were very untidy and uncoordinated, just divided into several pieces and impulsed in all directions, while the firelight on the west side spread horizontally, like a wall of fire, and several small fire balls protruded from the east side of the fire wall, the shape was very neat and clear.
After a while, the fire on the east side dispersed even more, like ashes after burning firewood, and there were stars everywhere, while the fire wall on the west side became several arc-shaped fire rings, constantly surrounding the scattered fire balls on the east side, and every few moments, there was a fire ball on the east side surrounded by the fire ring on the west side, and then merged together.
There were fewer and fewer large fires on the east side, and the larger ones on the west side, until finally, the fires on the east side basically disappeared, and the fires on the west side were reconnected. Immediately afterward, several lines of fire stretched out from the fire on the west side and moved rapidly to the west.
Wei Changfeng breathed a sigh of relief, and then he felt that he had been standing for a long time, and his legs were a little sore.
It seems that Bai Qi has not only won, but has already begun to pursue, and the Xiongnu army's troops who have narrowly broken through are fleeing westward, while the Han army is pursuing with all its might.
He turned and went down to the city, and when he came to the city, the sky was already beginning to light.
After the fifth watch, the main force of the Han army returned to Sunit. The sun shone on the faces and bodies of the soldiers, all of whom were elated, although their eyes were red from the night's sleeplessness.
The first thing Bai Qi did after entering the city was to report to Wei Changfeng.
This battle was another big victory.
The Xiongnu army was in a hurry to retreat, and sure enough, it entered the ambush circle of the Han army, the Han army first attacked from all directions with crossbows and magic locomotives, and then scattered the dizzy Xiongnu army with heavy cavalry, and then charged quickly with light cavalry, beating the Xiongnu army into an organization, and finally the Han infantry attacked, completely crushing the formation of the Xiongnu army.
In this battle, the Han army suffered only about 5,000 casualties, but the Xiongnu army paid the price of nearly 40,000 casualties. Fortunately, Mao Dun had already lost his experience at this time, and continuously organized troops to break through, although he was hit again, but the kung fu of breaking through and escaping was very skillful, and in the end 60,000 people escaped.
Seeing that the Huns had fled, Bai Qi ordered a pursuit, pursued for a while, and saw that the Huns were retreating, so he cleaned up the battlefield and returned with loot.
Wei Changfeng listened to Bai Qi's report, nodded again and again, he realized that Bai Qi's tactics were an effective way to fight the Huns: first attack with chariots and crossbows, then heavy cavalry breakthrough, light cavalry division, and finally infantry melee combat. This method should be an excellent method in the face of the Huns' large corps, and he secretly wrote down this method in his heart, and decided to use this method in the face of the Huns' large corps in the future.
Of course, this method was not suitable for all situations, and if the Huns were quick to maneuver, this method was ineffective, because the chariots and infantry moved slowly.
He listened to Bai Qi's report, saw that Bai Qi's face was full of fatigue, and said with a smile: "You go to sleep, this time I will handle the chores for you." ”
Bai Qi smiled, but did not move, but looked at the tent, and saw that there were only two people in the tent, he and Wei Changfeng, and said in a low voice: "There is one thing, I really have to deal with General Wei, and it will be more difficult to deal with this matter in the end." ”
Wei Changfeng was shocked.
Bai Qi actually said that he was embarrassed to deal with it! What's going on? You must know that Bai Qi is the deputy marshal in the army, and with Bai Qi's ability, how can he ever say that it is sad to deal with anything?
Bai Qi continued: "This matter involves General Tong. Our army captured some Hun prisoners of war during the battle, one of which was released by General Tong, and the last general asked the reason, but General Tong couldn't say why. This matter is not big, it is not small, and it is not easy to deal with the general, so please remind General Tong if it is convenient. ”
Wei Changfeng then understood.
This matter is really as Bai Qi said, it is not big, it is not small, but it is difficult to deal with.
It stands to reason that Tong Haoran's official military position is General Chang, and he was appointed as the temporary general of Dingyuan, and it is really not a big deal to decide to release prisoners of war, but the key to the problem is not whether to release prisoners of war, but the reason. If there is a legitimate reason, it is normal to let people go, but if there is no reason to release people indiscriminately, it will make the Han soldiers dissatisfied. They fought bloodily to defeat the enemy, but General Chang released people at will, how can this convince the public?
Listening to Bai Qi's meaning, this prisoner of war is only afraid that he is not a high-ranking general, otherwise Bai Qi will not only say that he is a prisoner of war, but will say that he is an "enemy general", and the private release of enemy generals is not a matter of "saying big or small", it is a big deal. But now although this matter is not big, it has not reached the point where violating military discipline needs to be punished, but it has obviously also aroused the dissatisfaction of the soldiers, otherwise how would Bai Qi know that Tong Haoran released the prisoner of war? Someone must have told Bai Qi about this.
If it were someone else, Bai Qi might have reprimanded him directly, but Tong Haoran was a woman, and Bai Qi and a woman quarreled openly, and her face was not good-looking; Second, she is not only the daughter of the former military department, but also the actual wife of Wei Changfeng, and she quarrels over these little things, and she is not good-looking on Wei Changfeng's face. But it is indeed against the morality of the generals to let it go, so Bai Qi had no choice but to submit the matter to Wei Changfeng for handling.
Wei Changfeng figured out the reason, nodded and said: "I'll deal with this matter, General Bai, you have worked hard, let's rest." ”
Bai Qi yawned and said with a smile: "I'm tired, but if I can keep being so tired, the last general is really happy." ”
Wei Changfeng smiled, knowing that Bai Qi was praising himself, which means: If you can win big every time you are so tired, you would rather be tired. is saying that Wei Changfeng is very strategic, and he has won another battle.
Farewell to Bai Qi, Wei Changfeng first dealt with some urgent military affairs, and then passed on Tong Haoran to come.
Tong Haoran yawned constantly when he entered the tent, and when he saw that there was no one else in the tent, he said to Wei Changfeng: "What's the matter, I'm sleepy." If you don't let me sleep during the day, don't sleep next to me at night. ”
Wei Changfeng smiled, feeling a warmth in his heart.
He has a woman now, and it is a woman who does not let her eyebrows go, at night, he can sleep with this woman from time to time, even if he is tired and can't do anything, the feeling of holding Nuan Yu in his arms is not the same.
However, now is not the time to flirt, he still has something to deal with, he said with a smile: "Now it is General Fenwei who called General Chang Tong Haoran to talk about military affairs." ”
Tong Haoran sat down on the side and asked, "Then General Fenwei, what is the name of General Benchang?" ”