Chapter Thirty-Eight: Unsuccessful
"The order went down, and the whole army shouted to capture the Hun king alive."
Huangfu Song ordered loudly after killing a Hun soldier.
"No!" The adjutant general on the side said loudly.
Immediately, I heard the Han army shouting: "Capture the Hun King alive!" ”
"Capture the Hun King alive!"
"Capture the Hun King alive!"
Every time it was shouted, the morale of the Han army was a little higher.
Zhou Tai shouted when he heard this, "Brothers, the Huns are going to be defeated, kill!" ”
"Kill!"
The only remaining iron cavalry of the Han army was shocked when they heard this, as if their strength had recovered a little, and they shouted and killed the king of the northern Huns.
Seeing this, the general of Heita hurriedly retreated, and the Hun army that he came to resist this retreat completely retreated.
Seeing this, the Northern Huns gritted their teeth and said, "Bastard, what a good situation!" What a situation! ”
Seeing this, the deputy general on the side hurriedly said, "King, quickly withdraw!" If we don't withdraw, all the sons of our clan will be explained here. ”
The king of the Northern Huns sighed unwillingly, gritted his teeth and said, "Withdraw!" ”
"Withdraw!" The adjutant general shouted when he heard this.
With the order of the Northern Xiongnu King, the Huns hurriedly retreated, regardless of the formation and the people behind the palace.
Seeing this, Zu Mao shouted with joy, "Brothers, you can ride a horse, come with so-and-so!" ”
After speaking, he rode his horse and chased after the Hun army, and the soldiers who could ride horses under his command grabbed an ownerless horse from the side, and then stepped on and followed Zu Mao.
Yan Yan, Han Dang, and Cheng Pu also shouted when they saw this, "If you can ride a horse, come with so!" ”
The soldiers of the Han army all knew that this was the beginning of the competition for merit and spoils, so those who could ride horses rode away one after another.
These four people actually took away nearly 5,000 cavalry, Huangfu Song's eyes widened when he saw this, you must know that he did not give the order to pursue, but Huangfu Song knew that blocking people's money was like killing his parents, even if he wanted to settle accounts, he had to wait for them to come back.
Huangfu Song didn't think that the Huns could still come to a counterattack, although the Huns still had thirty or forty thousand soldiers and horses at this time, but without the fighting spirit, what threat did the soldiers and horses who were bent on fleeing have?
Seeing this, Huang Gai also wanted to follow suit, and Huangfu Song said in advance, "Huang Gai, lead the soldiers under your command to collect the prisoners and clean up the battlefield." ”
"No" Huang Gai unwillingly agreed.
Huangfu Song saw that there were only three or four thousand prisoners on the battlefield, and many of them were wounded soldiers, so he ordered, "Cheng Pu, Han Dang, Yan Yan, come with so!" After speaking, Huangfu Song also led his troops away.
"No!"
The three soldiers and horses who heard Huangfu Song's order immediately burst into laughter, and after sorting out the team, they followed.
This road can be described as a one-sided massacre, but the Han army knows that the merit of the prisoners is better than the merit of killing the enemy, so there is a scene on the grassland where a Han army presses more than a dozen Huns.
Although the king of the Northern Xiongnu had the intention to organize a counterattack, the morale of the soldiers was completely lost, and it was not only the 5,000 cavalry who were chasing, but Huangfu Song followed with more than 10,000 people.
In this way, the king of the Northern Huns had to hurry, and the Hun soldiers were even more so.
The war in the west was over, and the war in the north was even more one-sided, and under the offensive of the two major armies, the Xianbei army only fled more than 10,000 people.
However, Zhang Chunbu, the Third Army in the East, was caught in a bitter battle.
"Ahem!" Zhang Chun coughed up a mouthful of blood, looking at the stalemate, no, it should be the Han army who fell into the disadvantage, and felt powerless in his heart.
Seeing Zhang Chun vomiting blood, the adjutant general hurriedly said, "General! ”
Zhang Chun said with difficulty: "How is the left wing? ”
"General, the 20,000-strong army on the left flank is almost collapsing, if it weren't for the staff officers of the various tribes who have been holding on, I'm afraid it would have collapsed long ago."
"What about the right wing?"
"General, the right flank is now also suppressed by the Xianbei army, and there are signs of defeat."
When Zhang Chunyan heard this, he looked at the Chinese army who was struggling to support him, and said with a wry smile: "When did Xianbei appear such a powerful person?" ”
Hearing this, the adjutant general looked at the young Xianbei general who was constantly killing the generals of the Han army, and was speechless for a while.
Originally, the war was going well, but when the young Xianbei general appeared, the Han army fell into a bitter battle.
That person specially selected the generals who gave orders, if it weren't for the Han army and the post of staff officer with the army, I am afraid that the Han army would have collapsed long ago.
Zhang Chun fought with that man, and was knocked off the horse in less than ten rounds, if it weren't for the timely rescue of the guards, I'm afraid that the Third Legion would only have to let the staff officers of the accompanying army give orders.
"General, it's really not good, let's withdraw!" The adjutant general said hesitantly.
When Zhang Chun heard this, he shouted: "If you dare to disturb the morale of the army again, you will not be forgiven." ”
"No!" The adjutant general replied loudly.
At this moment, the staff officer of the army said, "General, it's not good, the whole army on the left flank has retreated." ”
Seeing this, Zhang Chun hurriedly looked, only to see that there were still nearly 10,000 people on the left flank, and they had retreated.
"Bastard, I'm going to cut down a group of military horses on the left flank."
Hearing this, the staff officer of the army said silently: "General, all the officers above the commander of the left wing and the staff officer of the army were killed. ”
"What? Cough! As soon as Zhang Chun asked, he coughed up blood again.
The staff officer of the accompanying army said worriedly, "Just now, the Xianbei general went to the left flank and killed all the officers on the left flank, causing the left flank to be defeated!" ”
Zhang Chun was silent for a while when he heard this, it was the main elite cavalry of the Xianbei army that attacked the left flank, otherwise he would not have let that general kill the general of the Han army like entering a no-man's land, after all, a person's force is still limited on the battlefield.
The salt gang Liu was able to escape in the Praetorian Guard of several thousand people, but he could not escape from the tens of thousands of field troops, one is the number of people, and the other is that the combat troops have crossbow arrows.
At this time, there was a shouting sound in the distance, and Zhang Chun hurriedly said, "But the reinforcements have arrived?" ”
A scout came running quickly and said, "General, the Second Legion has come to reinforce by order of His Majesty. ”
"Good! Cough! ”
Zhang Chun only said this, and then vomited blood again and fainted.
The staff officer of the army hurriedly took over the command and shouted, "Brothers, reinforcements have arrived, kill!" ”
"Kill!"
When the Han army heard that reinforcements had arrived, their morale was immediately boosted, and the Korean army counterattacked.
The Xianbei general, who was slaughtering the Han army, muttered when he saw this, "My credit this time is big enough, well, since that's the case, then let's withdraw!" ”
Immediately, the young Xianbei general rode away, ignoring the Xianbei army that was fighting.
Liu Hong looked at the three-sided battle report in his hand and muttered, "Is this considered an unsuccessful success?" The Western Route Army killed more than 50,000 enemies, captured more than 30,000, and suffered more than 50,000 casualties. The Northern Route Army killed more than 30,000 enemies, captured more than 50,000 prisoners, and suffered more than 20,000 self-losses. The Eastern Route Army killed more than 40,000 enemies, captured more than 5,000 prisoners, and suffered more than 60,000 casualties. ”
"As soon as I arrived at the grassland, I lost nearly 150,000 troops, although I killed nearly 130,000 enemies, but there were 50,000 Huns, which means that this battle against Xianbei only lost less than 80,000 people, and how many of them are Xianbei elites?"
Although Liu Hong was very dissatisfied with this result, especially the battle of the Eastern Route Army, this battle can be said to be basically disabled by the Third Army, and even the commander of the corps, Zhang Chun, was seriously injured and did not wake up, but Liu Hong was more interested in the young Xianbei general who almost single-handedly defeated the Han army. (To be continued.) )