Chapter 231: Mentoring Xilin Gol
The sound of hooves was like thunder, and the Han army on the right ran towards the right side of the Xiongnu army.
On the left, when Tong Haoran attacked the Hun army with the third platoon, he also met the enemy.
But this "engagement" is not "contact".
Because the rain of arrows of the god locomotive did not allow the Hun army to approach at all.
Repeating crossbows, flying spears, flying out in batches, on the opposite side, the Huns fell one by one, and the god locomotives moved forward slowly and non-stop, but no Huns rushed over.
Because the Hun soldiers who wanted to rush over had already fallen, or their bodies were full of crossbow arrows, and they fell like hedgehogs, or their chests were pierced by flying spears, and they fell in the sun from the front chest to the back.
The Huns on the left actually lost before the Huns on the right.
Because all their high-ranking generals and middle-ranking generals, from the commander of ten thousand to the commander of a thousand, to the centurion, were not spared.
Most of the centurions were killed by the repeater, the small half was killed by the flying spear, the small half of the centurion was killed by the repeater, most of them were killed by the flying spear, and the captain was hit by the flying spear, although it only scratched a little skin, but the great poison of the wolf's teeth made him fall quickly.
As a result, when Tong Haoran had not yet passed through the formation, the Hun army on the left had already been defeated.
At least 6,000 Huns fell under the divine power of the divine locomotive.
Li Yajiang smiled.
His Shenji Battalion suffered few casualties, but it paid the price of more than 200 casualties.
"To the right," he ordered, "attack the left side of the central Huns!" ”
In the middle, the Han army was facing the Xiongnu army with difficulty.
Due to the priority of the supply of crossbows to Tong Haoran's heavy cavalry, only 10,000 people in the middle route army had repeaters, and the other 10,000 only had bows and arrows. 500,000 crossbows and 20,000 arrows were fired, killing nearly 10,000 Hun cavalry, but the Hun cavalry was still 20,000, and the Han army collided with the cavalry of the Xiongnu army.
For a time, people on the battlefield shouted and neighed, and horses continued to fall, and the screams of soldiers resounded throughout the wilderness.
Wei Changfeng looked at the battlefield coldly.
In fact, he was quite satisfied in his heart.
Although it is now 20,000 against 20,000 people, the Han army did not fail to resist, but mixed up with the Hun cavalry, so to speak, the two sides are evenly matched.
That's a big change.
Only half a month ago, the Han army encountered the Xiongnu army, unless it had a great advantage in numbers, it was still extremely passive, and now, one-on-one, the Han army can completely withstand the Xiongnu army, if time, the Han army will be stronger.
He raised his eyes, searching in the midst of the chaos.
He's looking for Maudun.
This man killed one of his subordinates, Chang General, with an invulnerable armor, the ordinary Han army could not stop him, only he could restrain him with the Tai'a sword in his hand.
However, he did not find Maudun.
Apparently, Maudon did not risk rushing up, but took command behind the Chinese army. However, this time, Mao Dun was afraid that he would not succeed.
On the left side, the chariot rumbled, and the god locomotive had begun to approach, and on the right side, the sound of horses' hooves was loud, and Tong Haoran's heavy armored cavalry was also approaching.
Wei Changfeng smiled.
This is the power of the Great Han. Hard, blood for blood, tooth for tooth!
"Drumming, general attack!" Wei Changfeng ordered.
Almost at the same time as the Han army gave the order for a general attack, a short horn sounded in the Xiongnu army, which was the order to retreat.
Maudon retreated.
He knew that he had been defeated. He could not wait until the entire army was annihilated before admitting defeat.
Nearly 20,000 Xiongnu troops fought and retreated, and continued to break under the pursuit of the Han army.
The Han army pressed forward step by step, without relaxation.
There was fire in Maudun's eyes.
What's going on? Why don't the Han people let go? It's not the same as it used to be.
In the past, once the Han army won, it will not pursue, because they can't chase either, and people's feet can't outrun horses, but now......
He turned his head sharply and glared viciously at one of the commanders beside him.
There was a clear difference between the commander and the other Huns: he had almost no beard.
Of course, in fact, he is obviously different from other Huns, for example, he is originally Han, for example, he is called Wang Laoba.
But now, the most important difference is that Maudon is glaring at him, and not someone else.
"Didn't you say that the Han people have the habit of chasing after the poor?" Mao Dun stared at the prince fiercely, "Why have they been chasing now?" ”
The princess opened his mouth in embarrassment.
He said, the problem is, he didn't say that the Han army would not chase after the Huns as soon as they saw the defeat of the Huns, and besides, Mao Dun had angered the Han army so much before, how could it be possible for people to "chase after the poor"? The Han people still have a saying that "the way of heaven is good".
But now he had no way to argue, so he could only answer: "This, Wei Changfeng has the name of General Zuo Xian, who hates the sky, and King Zuo Xian knows it, and this person is going against the sky, and there is really no way." ”
Mao Dun snorted and ignored the princess.
The Hun army continued to retreat, and Wei Changfeng ordered the Han cavalry to divide into three teams and take turns to chase, not seeking defeat, only entanglement. Once the Han army forward and the Hun army are entangled in the defeated army, the Han army behind can catch up, and then ...... The Huns will have no then.
Mao Dun naturally knew Wei Changfeng's thoughts, and under the pursuit of the Han army, he had to repeatedly order to speed up the retreat.
The Xiongnu army retreated to the camp, and the Han army had already rushed in.
The Huns retreated again and passed through the camp.
The Huns retreated to a large tent in Xilin Gol.
The Han army rushed again.
The Huns passed through the large tents, ignoring the panicked shouts of the Hun civilians, and retreated all the way.
The Han army continued the pursuit.
The slow-marching Shenji battalion was ordered to occupy Xilin Gol, while the Han cavalry continued forward, passing through the Huns' tents and continuing the pursuit.
In this battle, the Han army pursued for a full 200 miles.
When Wei Changfeng led the soldiers back to Xilin Gol, Fang Zhenhai's banner had been erected in Xilin Gol for a full day and a night.
Fang Zhenhai learned that Wei Changfeng led the team back to the camp, and immediately led a team of people to greet him, and he was ten miles out of the camp gate.
Wei Changfeng looked at Fang Zhenhai from a distance, and suddenly felt a little embarrassed.
Along the way, he won successive battles and made continuous achievements, and even Xilin Gol did not wait for the Southern Route Army, but directly won it with his own strength, and what about the Southern Route Army? Although he was constantly harassed by a small group of Hun cavalry along the way, except for the tens of thousands of Hun troops he gave to the Southern Route Army, there was really no more combat exploits.
If the previous battle mainly took place on the North Road, so there is no way to do it without the merits of the South Road, but Xilin Gol said that the two armies would attack together, but in the face of Mao Dun's provocation, the North Route Army directly took Xilin Gol in one go, defeated Mao Dun, and even chased out of 200 miles, which is in fact robbing the South Route Army.
Fang Zhenhai saw Wei Changfeng approaching, rode forward, stretched out his hand from a distance and laughed: "General Wei, what a powerful hating general!" ”
Wei Changfeng and Fang Zhenhai shook hands, and apologized to Fang Zhenhai first: "General Fang, I'm sorry, I was angry for a while, and I didn't wait for General Fang to come and join the siege." ”
Fang Zhenhai laughed heartily: "If I were you, I might have raised troops overnight." These gang of Hun mongrels, if you don't kill them, you don't leave a piece of armor, it's really unrelievable! ”
Wei Changfeng listened to Fang Zhenhai's words, knowing that Fang Zhenhai had already known everything about the previous events, and General Fang didn't mind that he was useless at all, on the contrary, he admired Wei Changfeng's battle very much, so he put his mind at ease.
The two rode side by side and made their way back to the camp.
After entering the camp, it was naturally a celebration, and after congratulating each other, Fang Zhenhai took out an official document from the military department and a private letter from his arms.
He looked at Wei Changfeng and said with a smile: "General Wei, I really don't know how you did it, Zhu Shangshu from the Ministry of War came to a private message, saying that Tong Shangshu had been released from prison, but Tong Shangshu was old and weak, and refused to be an official anymore, so he resolutely resigned and started a public service in Chang'an." ”
Wei Changfeng and Tong Haoran breathed a sigh of relief at the same time.
It seems that Bai Qi's estimate is correct, Zhu Ling did not dare to break his promise this time, not only did he not dare to break his promise, but also calculated from the time of time, he was afraid that he would immediately rescue Tong Shangshu as soon as he returned to Beijing, and in order to prevent delaying the return time, he simply sent someone to send the letter to Fang Zhenhai. Naturally, there is also the meaning of reporting to Fang Zhenhai here, although he did not receive a letter from Fang Zhenhai that he wanted to raise troops and rebel with Wei Changfeng, but what Fang Zhenhai would do, Zhu Lingchai could also guess, so sending this letter was also a meaning to appease Fang Zhenhai.
Fang Zhenhai looked at Tong Haoran and said, "General Tong, I sent a special express horse back to Beijing, and found out that Tong Shangshu was indeed the one who insisted on resigning from the post of Shangshu, Tong Shangshu is now safe and sound, but he is no longer a Shangshu." General Tong is relieved. ”
Tong Haoran smiled and nodded in thanks.
In fact, everyone understands that since Zhu Ling has been promoted to the secretary of the military department, how can Tong Yun be a secretary again? Unless the emperor withdraws Zhu Ling, but judging from the current situation, the emperor is afraid that he has not planned to do so, so Tong Yun can only choose to resign.
Still, that's fine. The so-called companion is like a companion tiger, now Tong Yunguan has reached the extreme, there is more but no increase, taking this opportunity to retire in time, it can be regarded as a retreat.
Speaking of personal matters, Fang Zhenhai then read the official documents of the Ministry of War.
This official document can be said to be beyond everyone's expectations.
In order to quell the rebellion as soon as possible, the hussar general Fang Zhenhai was specially dispatched to the interior to quell the rebellion, and as for the battle against the Xiongnu, he was given full authority to the general Wei Changfeng of Fenwei to deal with it.
When the people heard this, they stared at each other for a while.
Transferring the general to quell the rebellion? Is this kind of thing worth someone like General Fang? One Chang general is enough, fair to hussar generals to go?
Wei Changfeng and Bai Qi glanced at each other.
Wei Changfeng already understood the meaning of Zhu Ling's official document in his heart.
At this time, Wei Changfeng and Fang Zhenhai were hussar generals and Fenwei generals, and they cooperated handy, and the personal relationship between the two was also extremely good, Zhu Ling's desire to move either of the two would cause the two to fight back together, so Zhu Ling's idea was to transfer the two of them first.
This official letter went to Fang Zhenhai's left arm and divided Wei Changfeng's right arm, and Fang Zhenhai went to quell the rebellion, and if he won, he personally pacified the grass with the hussar general, and there was no merit at all, and if he was defeated, he could naturally be punished greatly.