The summer grassland is stunning, with endless views under the unfathomable blue sky, the soothing green grass grows wildly, emitting an intoxicating fragrance, and the blooming flowers swaying in the poetic clouds and skylight.

However, the Qiang cavalry, who were sleepy and short of horses, had no time to restrain their horses, enjoy the boundless beauty, and galloped away towards the winding mountains faintly visible in the distance without sparing their horsepower.

A few days ago, just when the Qiang cavalry led by the Beihe tribe was preparing to withdraw their troops, they suddenly found that tens of thousands of murderous Han elite horsemen appeared in the northwest rear, roaring and killing under the banner of the flying general Li Guang.

A large number of cavalry from the Xiqiang tribes who did not obey the order had already dispersed in all directions, plundering the nomadic tribes and Han villages on the grassland, and more than 30,000 Qiang cavalry outside the border of Beidi County, and they had already returned to their hearts and had no intention of fighting. In the face of the menacing Han army, there was a mess. The Beihe patriarch Wa Su tried to reorganize the army several times, but it was only in vain, and he could only gather the remaining less than 20,000 horsemen in the clan, discharge the battle array, and put on a posture of fighting to the death.

The Han army in the fortress received the summons early, and suddenly the city gate was opened, and the more than 10,000 cavalry who were recuperated rushed straight to the enemy formation, and the cavalry battalion of Li Guang's troops from the east flanked the head and tail, and scattered the battle formation of the Beihe tribe that was caught off guard. And then tens of thousands of foot soldiers who went out of the city went straight to the Qiang camp.

In a moment, the Qiang camp has changed hands, the Han army soldiers will empty the valuable items in the camp tent, set fire to many camp tents, billowing black smoke rises into the air, in this clear summer, more than ten miles away is fighting fiercely The two armies are clearly visible. The elite cavalry of the Han army couldn't help but thunder with joy, and their morale became higher and higher. And the Qiang cavalry, who was already demoralized, saw that the camp was broken, and he had no intention of fighting, and could no longer care about the general's military orders, and began to scatter and flee.

The rout spread rapidly like an epidemic, and the Qiang commander Vasuge saw that the defeat was decided, and he didn't even have time to grieve, so he broke through to the northwest with thousands of elites who were still capable of fighting under the protection of the generals of the clan.

In the vast grassland, the elite cavalry of the Han army launched a one-sided pursuit of the Qiang people, whose strength gap was not too large. However, it is simply impossible to encircle and annihilate the enemy's cavalry on the steppe, without several times the enemy's strength. Even if the Han army had an obvious advantage, at the beginning of the battle, it only captured more than 10,000 Qiang cavalry, and the remaining 20,000 Qiang cavalry scattered and fled. If they are allowed to scatter on the prairie, it will inevitably leave a huge problem for future clearance.

Li Guang, the commander of the Han army, did not sit in the Chinese army at this time, but took the lead, pursued with his own guard cavalry battalion, and even left the large army several miles away, but he did not have the slightest worry about going deep alone, and only thought about capturing and killing the Qiang commander.

Since the beginning of the war, there have been several large-scale marches, but there has never been a battle, and Shi Ti, the general of Anbei, has led more than 10,000 elite cavalry under his command, pursued at the tail of the tail, and wantonly slaughtered the defeated army of the Qiang people. In order not to slow down the pace of the march, no prisoners were left, not even the head was collected, but the nose of the Qiang people was cut off so that they could be used to calculate the military merits later.

However, the Hu cavalry general Gongsun Wei and his eight thousand Hu cavalry deliberately did not pursue most of the Qiang people in the west, but divided into several teams to clear the remnants of the Qiang people who fled in other directions. The Hu cavalry generals all know that now their military merits are enough to increase the number of officials and enter the knighthood, after the victory in Guancheng, the rewards of the Hu cavalry soldiers have also been extremely rich, if this time they are greedy for merit, not only will it cause the disgust of the Han generals, I am afraid that His Majesty the Emperor will also blame them for not being interesting.

Yulin's left servant, who had been following Li Guang's left and right, shot Qi Mountain, and this time he no longer followed him to pursue the Qiang people, but rushed to Saicheng to meet with Wang Kun, the Taishou of Beidi County. After a military handover, Qi Shan only left a few Harrier Eagle messengers in the city, and took the rest of the Yulin Guards out of the city without stopping, heading in the direction of Chang'an.

All these arrangements originated from the strict orders of the crown prince Liu Che, seeing that the victory was decided, Yu Linwei, who went out with the army, must withdraw to the capital as soon as possible, and there will be no record of them in the military merit book. Since the Han army came out of the fortress in April, Yu Linwei's mysterious figure has been running through the entire campaign, silently experiencing great achievements. However, the major generals in the Han army have been strictly ordered by Emperor Jing not to talk about all matters related to Yu Linwei.

Liu Che believes that this fashion is not a good opportunity for Yulin to make a grand announcement in front of people. After all, Yu Linwei's military exploits are too great, but the number of generals is insufficient, especially when he has just become an army and expanded a large number of times. In particular, the left servant shoots Qi Shan and the right servant shoots Cangsu, if they really count their military merits, it is enough for them to read the power to take charge of the army, or enter the court. However, in this way, not only will these young people who have not yet reached the crown face the dissatisfaction and even hostility of the old ministers, but also make the talent training of Yulin School disconnected, and the follow-up is weak.

Therefore, Yu Linwei's military exploits could only be calculated privately, and Liu Che had already prepared a large number of rewards for them, which were rich enough to make up for their lost rewards. As for the soldiers of Yu Linwei, they didn't care at all, even if His Royal Highness the Crown Prince had no reward, they would not complain in the slightest.

These orphans in the army were strictly screened at the beginning of entering the feather forest, and their loyalty went without saying. In Yulinwei, they are often brainwashed by Liu Che's strict political education, their sense of honor and values are very different from ordinary Han army soldiers, and it is better to be excited than to be praised by His Royal Highness the Prince. Of course, they also believe that His Royal Highness, who has always been bold and generous, will definitely not treat those who have meritorious service badly. Yu Linwei's secret treatment was even dozens of times that of ordinary forbidden soldiers, and they knew this, which could be regarded as Liu Che's way to enhance their pride.

The most important task for the Yu Lin guards to return to Beijing as soon as possible was to report to Emperor Jing and the crown prince, and submit battle records, and secretly submit an assessment report on the generals of the Han army to His Royal Highness the crown prince for reference. Of course, Liu Che will not accept the evaluation of the Han generals by the young Yulin people, but he can compare it with the history he has mastered and check and fill in the gaps. If some buried generals can be excavated, it will be even more unexpected.

Yulin's left servant shot Qi Shan sighed a little in his heart at this time, just because his assessment of Li Guang had already been determined, and it was not very good. "You can only be a general, not a handsome" is the conclusion of this report. Although Li Guang was brave in battle and proficient in the way of changing military formations, he rarely considered the overall situation. In particular, as the commander-in-chief, he only thinks about capturing the enemy chieftain, and the Qiang cavalry who scatters and flees without scruples will leave too much trouble for the future clean-up work. On the contrary, it is the general of Hu Cai, Gongsun Xiao, who knows the timing and current affairs, although he is a descendant of the Huns, but he may not be irreusable.

Qi Shan knew that this report would more or less become the criterion for His Royal Highness the Crown Prince to choose generals in the future. As the top-level general of Yulin today, Qi Shan naturally understood that the Battle of Heshuo was just a test of the waters of His Highness. When the tiger and the feather forest grow up, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince ascends to the throne, and the wider territory is still waiting for the Han Iron Army to conquer. At that time, I am afraid that the commander-in-chief of the army will inevitably have a major change, and the evaluation report accumulated before will play a key role. Perhaps General Li Guang will be excluded from the selection of commanders by His Royal Highness the Crown Prince because of this performance.

Although Qi Shan admired Li Guangren very much, he could only report it truthfully, because of his private abolition, he really did not tolerate Yulin, let alone His Royal Highness the Prince. When Qi Shan galloped wildly, he turned his head to look outside the northwest plug, and secretly said sorry, his eyes were full of determination.

At the pass of the Great Wall in the west, Taiwei Dou Ying was full of melancholy, sitting in the room with a gloomy face.

Just last night, the Qiang people outside the northern border sent envoys to the Great Wall Pass to try to persuade the Han army guards to open the city and let the Qiang people rout out of the pass. The guards of the city were shocked when they heard this, and their faces were all pale. A few days ago, Dou Ying, the chief lieutenant of the child, led tens of thousands of border troops to return to the Great Wall Pass in the west, and immediately put under house arrest dozens of guards who were originally stationed on the hundreds of miles of the Great Wall.

Now there are rumors in the army that some of these Han army guards have committed the great crime of fornicating with the Qiang people, and secretly let tens of thousands of Qiang horses enter the pass a few months ago. Collaborating with the enemy and treason is a major crime to wipe out the nine clans, and the guards who have been temporarily released from suspicion are also in danger for everyone, and try their best to avoid being involved. At this time, the guard general saw the arrival of the Qiang envoy, and arrogantly demanded that the city be opened, for fear of causing trouble, and immediately beat the envoy in anger, and then firmly guarded it, and quickly reported it to Taiwei Dou Ying.

When Dou Ying heard the news, he immediately ordered someone to arrest the Qiang people and take them to the big tent in the military camp and take care of them by his personal guards, but he did not have any intention of arraignment. Just because Dou Ying is the coach and his subordinates collaborate with the enemy, he can't drag it out. At this time, if you interrogate the Qiang envoy privately, I am afraid it will be difficult to block Youyou's mouth. When this matter is over, Dou Ying must personally escort this person, and return to Beijing for trial with more than ten Han army border generals who were suspected of collaborating with the enemy who had been detained in advance.

And the leader of the Beihe tribe, Vasuge, who was about to rush to the pass of the Great Wall, saw that Zang Suer, who was sent to persuade the guards of Guancheng, had not returned for a long time, while the Han army pursuers behind him were constantly approaching, and he knew that he could not do anything. He raised his eyes and looked around, and saw that the warriors who had been out of food for a long time were all haggard, and from time to time someone fell to the ground from their horses, and they did not know what to do.

Since Vasuge led thousands of guards to break through the siege, the elite cavalry of the Han army has never stopped chasing and killing. Due to the fact that the Xiqiang generals did not estimate that the rout would come so quickly, and the cavalry did not carry a large amount of dry food. After the start of the war, the Qiang camp quickly fell, resulting in the Qiang cavalry who broke out of the siege could only flee in a hurry, and they ran out of food. And the Han army chasing after them did not give them the slightest chance to hunt, even if it was a short moment of dismounting and drinking, they would be quickly shortened.

For many years, even if Vashuge's personal guards were all elite with extraordinary equestrian skills, and the war horses under his crotch were all good horses, they at most kept a distance of dozens of miles from the fine willow elite horses under Li Guang's command. Especially after the warriors ran out of food, they were even almost chased by the Han cavalry a few times, so they had to break their tails to survive, and sent a small number of warriors to stay behind to fight with them, so as to buy time for the large army to escape.

Now that he saw that he could not pass through the Great Wall Pass, he was so sad that he looked up to the sky and sighed, and said in a hoarse voice: "Pass the order, and the whole army will dismount and abandon their weapons." This king personally went to beg General Fei to surrender, hoping to leave a trace of blood for the Beihe tribe. ”

(After sleeping for more than ten hours, I woke up, I was in a good mood, huhu, I started tomorrow, resumed the two watches, and flyed, boy!) (To be continued.) )