PS: I suddenly felt that I should change my writing style, for example, the narrative of an event should be shorter, and use small stories to string together a big era...... Well, that's the essence of writing a web novel, right?! A writer like me, who has to talk about several chapters of a thing, is actually more suitable for writing old-style novels...... Oh, without further ado, today's chapter is presented. Watch me change slowly!

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Regarding the battle on the night of May 2, 1003, Hou Jian's report to the Privy Council was written afterwards.

“…… Our army was prepared in Japan and China, but immediately after the day (Note 1), I first heard that the rebels of the Yue clan were actually besieged by the Seventh Army...... At the end of the day, the enemy's position was in chaos. Before the fall of the battle, the division of Leng Yun, in response to the enemy's changes, led the crowd to attack, and defeated more than 20,000 enemies...... However, when the day came, the front division pursued the enemy very deeply, and was trapped on the way, and the whole army lost its voice and could not be transmitted.

Hurry down to reach, only save the ear! I ordered the middle division to go out of the east to change the way and go to help. The fully organized Special Editorial Department and our Guard Brigade also went to their aid...... And that's it...... The soldiers do not know the generals, the generals cannot command the troops, and the enemy is the same!

The northern frontier is cracked, and since then, I dare not recite (deny) it.

Fortunately, God bless the Han, Lai Your Majesty Shenwei, at the beginning of the people's determination, our army's special department broke out of the formation, brought back the front division of more than 6,000 people, and then there were the second town and the third town of the middle division, at the end of the people's determination, came to converge. At this time, the enemy prince's army was coming, and I had gathered more than 10,000 troops, which was worthy of a battle. Then he led his troops straight forward, broke 3,000 enemies, passed through the formation, and arrived at Feiyun Castle......

I don't dare to carry the mistakes of this battle. There are three under it, and the enemy is unknown. Causing the enemy to be outnumbered, this crime is one; There is no anger in the battle, so that there will be no clarity, and the battle is on the way, this crime is two; Losing troops and losing weight, resulting in difficulties in the future war, this crime is three. ”

According to post-war statistics, the number of Han soldiers killed in this night battle was as high as more than 11,000, plus the previous battle casualties, and those who could not be counted. The number of dead in the Third Legion has exceeded the 20,000 mark! And the loss of heavy grain and grass is even more incalculable. However, Hu Gong gave Hou Jian the "right to dispose of the battle", so it was not a big deal.

As for the number of enemies destroyed, Hou Jian's summary of the figures of officers at all levels was reported to the Privy Council as "about 42,000 to 35,000 men."

According to the data handed down by the Yueshi people later, this figure is roughly accurate. On the other hand, look at the Yue's people's recital. There's a lot more water.

In 1120 of the Han Dynasty, it was discovered when the Imperial University History Department was researching materials. At that time, the commander of the Yueshi army was Rovinis of Rome. And the person who reported to Zhang Sheng, the emperor of the Pseudo-Yue Clan, was Gong Kun, the prince of the Pseudo-Yue Clan? Abbas, whose figure is "more than 30,000 enemies killed, destroyed most of the Third Army of the Han Northern Frontier Front, and captured countless baggage, which can be used by the army for a month...... With more than 37,900 self-inflicted soldiers, the Eighth Army was overwhelmed. The Seventh Legion is broken! The only ones who can fight are the sixth, fourth, ninth, and tenth legions, as well as the new fifth and new third legions! ”

However, when studying Roman historical sources later, researchers found that Rovinis was much more honest in his report to the Roman emperor. That's what he wrote.

"Honorable Augustus. As for the battle on the night of May 2, 1003, all I can tell you is that the strategic intention of besieging the northern frontier front of the Han Dynasty has been initially realized. If Your Majesty can quickly hand over the command of the army of the provinces of Asia Minor to His Excellency the Governor of Mano without division and inhibition, and enter the battlefield before July, I can tell you with certainty that the northern frontier army of the Great Han will be annihilated......

Of course, I must admit that many of the tactical ideas of this night's battle were not fully realized. First of all, in my tactical concept, this battle will destroy 30,000 enemies and completely destroy the Third Army of Han. But in fact, more than 10,000 people of the Third Army of Han still fled the battlefield. With regard to this mistake, I must admit that I was guilty of the consciousness of underestimating the enemy...... The second is that the information given by the Yueshi people is not reliable, and there are serious errors about the number of horses in the Han army. This largely interfered with my prediction of the Han army's ability to transport troops...... Finally, regarding the generals of the Han army, I hope that the death scythe of the Hades Palace will personally deliver the news to me, otherwise it will be very unreliable according to the intelligence of the Yue people. At least in the psychological estimation of the Han general Hou Jian, I had a deviation, I didn't expect that he, a general named after 'rabbit' in the intelligence of the Yue people, would be an elephant in the end, stopping in front of the Sixth Legion......

Finally, I have to remind Your Majesty that the overall combat effectiveness of the Yue people is not on the same level as the Han army. If you want to win the Asian Raiders, make sure to make a decision early and use the regular Roman legions to face off against the Han army! ”

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As mentioned earlier, Rovinis made two mistakes, the first being ignoring the will of the Han army to fight. The second is to miscalculate the number of horses of the Han army. These two points are mostly regretful in the eyes of future generations, but in the eyes of Shen Yun on the battlefield at that time, he was extremely fortunate - he was glad that he was able to make a decision at that time and make this decision!

After the special division broke through the front line of the Eighth Army Corps, it quickly rushed into the defensive circle of the front division. However, at this time, the combat radius around the front division was less than 400 paces, and the cavalry on both flanks of the infantry formation suffered heavy casualties. And because it was dark, the Yueshi people could not catch the erratic Han army cavalry, and could only outflank the fixed Han army infantry in a swarm. In addition, the attire of the Han army was almost the same as that of the Yueshi people, and many Han soldiers even stayed in the Yue's crowd for almost a quarter of an hour before they were recognized......

At the same time, the Yueshi people began to blow trumpets indiscriminately, which greatly interfered with the command of the former division Leng Yun.

In the chaotic collision of men and horses, Shen Yun saw a soldier who fell to the ground, so he flew and copied him to the preparation horse. This move made Fang Cheng, Zhou Hui and others sober up one after another, so the act of falling off the horse or pulling the Han army on the back of the horse along the way became the norm.

Until this time, all the Han troops realized that if they continued to hold on, there was only one way to die. Breaking through and being able to run one has become the consensus of everyone, including Xu Dong.

Shen Yun found the fifth company and told him: "We all have three horses, and even the pack horses are made of war horses, so it is completely possible for the soldiers to ride on horses to break through." ”

There are no earth-shattering rhetoric, and sometimes the advice is so straightforward and straightforward.

Of course, the fifth company agreed with this suggestion, but it was Xu Dong who finally took the idea. But Xu Dong was worried that once he gave up the reserve horse and pack horse to the people of the former division to ride. The mobility of the special editorial department will drop to an extremely low state, so I hesitate for a while.

The fifth company was a dead man, and he resolutely refused to do it if the commander did not give the order. He ordered that those who had brought the soldiers of the former division must send them to the circle of the former division. Horses in the Special Department are not allowed to carry others.

This order simply made Shen Yun feel inexplicable. But quarrels are to no avail. Shen Yun could only take his company and bring the wounded, fallen horses, and fallen soldiers that could be seen on the battlefield back to the circle as much as possible.

It was also because of the arrival of the special preparation department that the encirclement of the Eighth Army and the Seventh Army of the Yue Clan was expanded a lot. And as the battle progressed, whether it was the Yueshi or the Han people, their physical strength was a little exhausted. The intensity of the encirclement and counter-encirclement has also weakened accordingly. But both sides know that this is only a temporary phenomenon.

Taking advantage of this gap, Shen Yun rushed with people all over the field and brought the wounded back to the circle.

At the end of the day, the entire battlefield was in a strange state. At least within a mile of the circle formation of the front division. The shouts of killing became quieter. But on the periphery, there seems to be more fiery battles going on......

When Shen Yun sent another wounded soldier back to the round formation. I saw Leng Yun, the former division commander standing behind the shield and inspecting.

This veteran in his fifties who is still fighting for his country. looked at Shen Yun very gratefully and nodded, but he didn't say anything, only ordered left and right: "Give the cavalry brothers saliva to drink." ”

Shen Yun found that the veteran didn't know when he was actually injured, with four or five arrows with broken feathers stuck in his armor, and obvious gauze tied to his thighs. But his back was still straight. The voice when he inspected the surroundings was still loud - although this chaotic battle was caused by one of his decisions, no matter what later generations said that he misled the country and the army, he was indeed worthy of this military uniform, worthy of the name of the Han people!

Shen Yun's eyes were hot. suddenly shouted at Leng Yun's back: "Senior Shuai, do you want to give these thousands of sons a chance to go home?" ”

Leng Yun's back paused, suddenly turned around, looked at Shen Yun on the horse, and said in a deep voice: "Soldier, what did you say?" ”

Shen Yun hurriedly turned over and dismounted, put forward his suggestion to Xu Dong to Leng Yun again, and said: "Master Shuai, for the sake of today, the only way to do this is to let these foot soldiers get on our horses, and then break through to the west with all our might, and by the night, maybe most of us can survive." But if you continue to stick to it like this, you will just drag so many people to the funeral. Please put the lives of the soldiers first! As he spoke, Shen Yun paused heavily and made a solemn chest salute.

Leng Yun's eyes flickered, and he said after a while: "Soldier, what is your name?" ”

Shen Yun raised his head with his chest straight, and replied: "Hui Shi Shuai, the commander of the first company of the first song of the special compilation department of the Third Army Corps, and the school soldier Shen Yun." ”

"Shen Yun?" Leng Yun laughed, "It's actually the same name as the old man." Then he suddenly opened his eyes widen again, took a step forward after looking carefully, and whispered to Shen Yun's ear: "You, but Bohai Shen Yun?" ”

Shen Yun was stunned, he didn't expect that he was just reporting a name, which can also be guessed?

Seeing that Shen Yun was stunned, Leng Yun already had a judgment in his heart, patted Shen Yun's shoulder with a smile, and said in a low voice: "Hehe, yes, you have grown so big!" When I was a kid, I hugged you! ”

After speaking, Leng Yun ignored the little stunned Bohai Hou, and said loudly to the left and right: "Go, call Xu Dong from the special editorial department to the old man." ”

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Faced with Leng Yun's request, Xu Dong still didn't agree. However, he didn't dare to disobey the military order of the division commander in person, so he just bargained: "Division commander, my department is a cavalry and needs mobility, can you only bring one soldier and leave a reserve horse?" ”

"Ministry marshal, one less horse is equivalent to one less robe, that's a human life!" Shen Yun said on the side.

Xu Dong glanced at the talkative Shen Yun strangely and irritably, if it weren't for the fact that Shen Yun had captured the flag and made meritorious contributions, and appeared in the palace marshal's tent, Xu Dong would have scolded him on the spot. However, he still held back, just glared at him fiercely, signaled him to shut up, and then smiled at Leng Yun: "Senior commander, non-subordinates don't listen to military orders, it's just this, this ......"

Leng Yun was also slightly silent. What Xu Dong said is not unreasonable, in case the enemy pursues, one more horse is also one more guarantee, if all the horses are seated, the speed and mobility will be greatly reduced, but it is easy to be caught up by the enemy and encircled. Furthermore, Leng Yun was the commander of the former division and was appointed by Hou Jian as the commander of the rest of the former division and the rear division. Of course, there is no difference between the front division and the rear division, but the special department is directly under the big tent of the legion, and Xu Dong can of course discount the fatal military order.

Just when Leng Yun was thinking about it, the entire battlefield set off a climax. The Yue's side was the first to shout and kill. And it is concentrated in the northwest. After a while, I saw a small-scale chaos in the Yue's formation in the northwest, and then dozens of horsemen broke out of the formation and rushed to the side of the Han army.

"Master Marshal, it's the military order of the palace marshal that has arrived!" The cavalry who responded picked up the Han cavalry that rushed out of the Yueshi array at the risk of death and immediately rushed to report the news.

Hou Jian's military order was simple. It is to fight separately, and any Han soldier is respected by the person with the highest rank around him, and does not have to stick to a fixed establishment system. This is also the most suitable command system in a chaotic war.

With this military order, Xu Dong's face suddenly became extremely exciting.

Leng Yun laughed and didn't look at Xu Dong. Instead, he waved his hand and directly ordered: "The whole army listens to the order." Find a horse to ride. Prepare for a breakout. The marshal was waiting for us in the woods fifteen miles away. ”

For a while, there was thunderous laughter. It seems that man's desire for life still overrides everything.

Of course, the process of breaking through was not smooth, but in the end they broke through. There is still some credit for the Yue people, because of the confusion of drums and military trumpets, although the Han army is a little inexplicable, and those who have not received military orders are also confused. In addition to the besieging Yue's army in person, there is still some order. Many of the Yue's troops on the periphery were in a state of being at a loss.

In this breakthrough, the only tragic ones were the personal guard brigade and guard brigade around Hou Jian.

In order to convey the military order to the hands of the Han troops who were besieged and in chaos, the former simply attacked the enemy position as if he were not killed. They took the battalion as a unit to find the enemy, and when they encountered the brigade, they dodged away. If you encounter a team, you will gather and annihilate, and if you really can't dodge, you will use a sharp arrow formation to advance...... It's dark and the road is blind, and the Guards Brigade is simply opening the way with their lives. Many of the horsemen suddenly crooked as they ran and disappeared into the ranks - either by cold arrows or by their horses stumbling. However, it was precisely because of the desperate efforts of the pro-guard brigade that Hou Jian's military orders were passed to the hands of various Han army generals, but after the war, more than 3,000 pro-guard brigades, only more than 20 people survived in the end, and more than 2,000 people died here in this battle, and they didn't even have time to leave their identity plates.

And the Guard Brigade was surrounded by the Seventh Army of the Yue Clan only four hundred steps away from the Front Division in order to rescue the former division, and the military order of the Guards Brigade was not conveyed there - after all, there were not many people, and it was difficult for the Guards Brigade to find the Guards Brigade besieged in a small corner in the dark. As a result, the Guards Brigade was completely wiped out, and no one survived. After the war, the Yueshi people also sighed that everyone in the guard brigade died in battle, and some even bent their bows after falling off their horses and died of exhaustion!

It was the Guard Brigade's preference to die rather than surrender that made the former division suffer countless pressures, and finally was able to escape on horseback...... It can be said that without the guard brigade, the front division and the special division would never have broken through the formation so easily.

However, the key role of the guard brigade in this night battle was only discovered ten years later, when the Yue clan was completely destroyed, "The emperor has mercy on his loyalty, said that he is brave, and specially gives the soldiers of the whole brigade a suburban sacrifice, promoted to two levels, and rewards the grace of his descendants!" ”

However, the Sixth Legion, the most critical of the Yueshi in this battle, got lost because it was dark, and went straight from the west to the south, and had a hard encounter with the middle division that was heading straight to the rear of the Yue's Seventh Legion. Fortunately, the Sixth Legion took the wrong path, otherwise the strong middle division almost crushed the rear of the Seventh Legion of the Yue Clan - you know, Rovinis's command tent is located here!

Later, the middle division received the military order, so it abandoned the rear of the Seventh Army Corps, and broke through to the west, and only broke out after paying the price of nearly half of the casualties. When the lieutenant division almost caught Rovinis - this was also the only chance for the Han army to turn the tables at that time - when this matter was dug up ten years later, all the lieutenant divisions and soldiers who had participated in the breakout battle that year beat their chests and regretted it!

Especially Luo Ming, the commander of the middle division at that time and the later commander of the corps, was so hateful that he vomited three liters of blood on the spot and died with hatred!

The most critical reason why the middle division is so remorseful is that Rovinis brought heavy casualties to the Han Empire and the Han army later.

Of course, history cannot be assumed. There are no assumptions either. According to the strength and situation of Rome and the Han Dynasty at that time, even if there was no Rovinis, there would be other Roman generals to fight against the Han army. It's just that maybe the casualties and the course of the war will be much less exciting - maybe more - in short, history has no assumptions!

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Note 1: The twelve hours were used before the Western Zhou Dynasty. In the official style of the Han Dynasty, it can also be used: midnight (sub-time), rooster (ugly time), Pingdan (Yin time), sunrise (Mao time), food time (Chenshi), Yuzhong (巳时), Rizhong (noon), Riyu (Weishi), 晡时 (Shen time), Rijin (unitary time), dusk (戌时), Rending (Hai time) to represent the twelve hours.

Of course, if you need to calculate accurately, you can also use the 24-hour system introduced by Han Shengzu to explain it. Here, Hou Jian used vague words such as sunrise and sunset in the recital to cover up some responsibilities - human nature is like this, and it is understandable. (To be continued......)