Chapter Twenty-Six: The End of the Road
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King Zuo Xian walked out of the main hall and glanced at Brother Xiao Ma deeply, a trace of surprise flashed in his eyes, and then he said to the left and right with a lonely expression: "Surrender all of you!" The matter has come to this, why give up your surname in vain? It's just that I didn't expect that my Hun army of more than 100,000 would be defeated at the hands of a yellow-mouthed child? It's a great irony. ”
"The prince can't! I will wait to follow the prince to the death, and I would rather die than surrender! ”
"I'd rather die than surrender! Swear to live and die with the prince! ”
The remaining more than 100 people are King Zuoxian's personal troops, and they are definitely fanatical diehards. Seeing that he couldn't do anything, he had already given up his surname and vowed to fight with the Han army to the end, but no one was willing to put down his arms.
King Zuo Xian sighed and said: "This king is defeated and cannot escape death, what is the difference between dying early and dying late?" You are all the bravest warriors of my Huns, why don't you keep your useful body and kill all these Han dogs in the future to avenge our dead Huns! ”
Brother Xiao Ma was furious, and said in his heart that this guy is really stubborn, he originally planned to leave you with a surname and Xu Bugu to take care of the Southern Xiongnu together, but I didn't expect this guy to be so hostile to the Han people, since this is the case, there is no need to live, thinking of this, the killing intent in his heart has increased greatly, and he shouted: "Archer prepare!" Shoot these recalcitrant rebels into hedgehogs, behead their families, and use their heads to commemorate our fallen soldiers! ”
"Obey!"
Pang De, Ma Tie, and Ma Xiu immediately commanded the soldiers of the Shenwei Battalion to surround the more than 100 people, and they could fire ten thousand arrows at the same time as soon as they gave the order.
"Wait!" King Zuo Xian could no longer remain calm, turned around and said helplessly: "Why do you want to give this king a funeral?" Han dog is just a momentary bravery, although my Huns are defeated, but the Han people have been in turmoil, and there may not be no chance to kill the Central Plains in the future. ”
More than 100 pro-soldiers still did not lay down their arms, but surrounded King Zuo Xian in the middle, thinking that in this way they could save King Zuo Xian's surname.
King Zuo Xian's eyes were slightly red, and he was extremely moved in his heart, and said with a little choked up: "Okay, it is worthy of being a good brother who was born and died with this king, since you have made up your mind, what can this prince say?" There is only one death! After that, he suddenly turned around and shouted: "Huangkou Xiaoer, you kill my people, rob my livestock, and don't even let go of the old and weak women and children, and you will be tired of doing such an unkind thing, and you will not die well sooner or later, so this king will take the first step and do it!" ”
Ma Chao sneered: "If the general is not good to die, you Huns will not be able to die well, the Southern Huns are my courtiers on the surface, but every year they have to invade the border of our Han Dynasty, burn and kill silver and plunder all kinds of evil." For more than 100 years, the Han Dynasty does not know how many people have died under the butcher's knife of you Hulu, and now it is said that what the general has done is just to give back to him in his own way, why is the sky disgusted? ”
King Zuo Xian snorted coldly and did not answer, only closed his eyes and waited for death, without the slightest fear on his face.
In this way, Brother Xiao Ma became interested, and even admired this person's courage in his heart. In history, the Southern Xiongnu Zuoxian King not only married Cai Wenji and had two sons with him, but even the entire Southern Xiongnu was taken care of by him. You must know that Xu Bugu became a puppet Shan died of a violent illness in the second year, and Yu Fuluo has not been able to return to the Xiongnu, so he can only mix with the Black Mountain thieves in the territory of the Han Dynasty, and the so-called Shan Yu is just self-styled, and the Huns do not admit it at all. It can be seen that this Zuo Xianwang still has some talent and political skills.
It's a pity that this hint of admiration can't make him dispel the killing intent in his heart, because compared with the Su Bu Gu, this person is too difficult to control, it is better to take the opportunity to kill to get rid of the trouble, thinking of this, he turned back to the Xu Bu Gu behind him and said: "Shan Yu Wang, now that the rebel King Zuo Xian is under the control of the thief, what do you think should be done?" ”
Xu Bugu didn't want to get involved in this matter, but Brother Xiao Ma didn't plan to let him stay out of the matter, and in desperation, Xu Bugu could only come forward, and said with a complicated expression: "King Zuo Xian is the head of the traitors, and the crime should be punished by the Nine Clans, and the general should capture him alive and hand him over to the Son of Heaven to deal with!" His immediate family members are all beheaded, and the rest are slaves! ”
"Su Bugu, you are so ruthless! How can I say that it is also your uncle, you didn't even let go of my family, I knew that you had surrendered to the enemy, and this king should have slaughtered your family first! "King Zuo Xian only found out at this moment that Xu Bu Gu was not dead, and it seemed that he had surrendered to Ma Chao.
Su Bugu sneered: "Uncle? From the moment you and your gang suddenly shouted, Bai Ma Tong and others attacked and killed my father, you are no longer my uncle, don't forget how you threatened me before this king sent his army? ”
The Right Virtuous King was immediately furious, pointed at the Xu Bu bone and scolded: "You know what a fart? This king is also for the sake of my Huns, the Han will be in chaos in a few years, then it will be the time for our Hun cavalry to enter the Central Plains, if it is not for a moment of negligence to let this little thief take advantage of the void, why is this so? ”
Xu Bugu also said angrily: "Just with our hundreds of thousands of cavalry, we want to enter the Central Plains? It's ridiculous that now General Ma killed us with less than 10,000 cavalry, and you, an arrogant man, are still dreaming until death, if it weren't for your rebellion, how could my Huns die in battle and cause great injuries, all of this is caused by you, you are the sinner of the Huns, this king can't wait to cut off your head with his own hands, in order to comfort his father's spirit in the sky and those dead people! ”
King Zuoxian's face turned pale when he heard this, and he still said stubbornly: "If you become a king or lose a king, this king has nothing to say, if you want to kill or chop, listen to it!" ”
Brother Xiao Ma sneered and said, "Since you are bent on seeking kindness, I will fulfill you now, so that you don't have to waste food if you live a few more days!" With that, he waved his hand and commanded, "Shoot the arrows to death!" The head of the owl was kept, and he went to Luoyang just to borrow his head to ask the Son of Heaven for credit! Their family members were all beheaded, and none of them remained! ”
"Obey!" Pang De and the others couldn't wait for a long time, and with an order, ten thousand arrows were fired, and only one hundred and ten people died in just a few breaths, and the head of King Zuo Xian's big eyes was also cut down and saved with lime. Subsequently, under the identification of Su Bugu's cronies, most of the families of King Zuoxian's family and more than 100 pro-soldiers were beheaded, and the rest were used as slaves.
Killed King Zuoxian, the battle of the Huns finally came to an end, so far only the last cavalry of Baima Tong remained, but this rebel brother did not take it to heart, not to mention that Wang Shuang and Meng Da had already set off, and Ding Yuan's wolf riding alone was enough for Baima Tong to drink a pot.
After the Han army completely controlled Wangting Dazhai, it was time for the third watch, and the soldiers were already exhausted after a fierce battle in the middle of the night, and Xiao Ma Ge also felt a little tired. It has been nearly ten days since the expedition against the Huns, and in order to maintain a very high mobile surname, the Shenwei battalion did not even bring a tent, and when the soldiers set up camp, they directly spread a fur on the grass, and then covered the door and clothes with linen cloth and lay down. When eating, there is very little fire, and most of the food is dry food and cow, horse and goat milk. Only such unconventional tactics can lightning break the Huns.
Considering that it was impossible for the Baima Copper and the Bingzhou Army to come so quickly, Xiao Ma Ge sent a large number of scouts to inquire about the news, and at the same time let the sergeants take turns to rest and recuperate, and at the same time slaughtered cattle and sheep to reward the three armies.
But Brother Xiao Ma himself didn't have time to rest, and after arranging all this, he couldn't wait to check the materials in the royal court with Xu Bugu. Here the Wangting Dazhai is built by the Qiang Canal, decades of accumulation, the stored materials are extremely considerable, there are dozens of large boxes of gold jewelry alone, in addition to nearly 300,000 Hu grain and grass and a large number of fine iron, cloth, brocade silk and other materials.
These things are still theoretically necessary, but in fact, they are all at the disposal of Brother Xiaoma, who is unexpectedly generous this time, and he doesn't even want to get involved. Because in his opinion, these things are safer in Wangting Dazhai, as long as the Xu Bu bone is controlled, even the Huns can be collected for their own use, not to mention a small batch of materials.
This time, Brother Xiao Ma did not go on a killing spree, not only did the five thousand Huns in the Wangting Dazhai survive, but even the irrelevant old and weak women and children in the Dazhai did not violate in the slightest, and Xu Bugu finally breathed a sigh of relief when he saw this.
Soon after dawn, Ma Dai led a thousand cavalry with more than 3,000 Xiongnu troops to rush back to Wangting Dazhai, so that the Xiongnu troops in Dazhai had nearly 10,000 people. If the Han army does not count the indiscriminate number of slaves, there are only more than 8,000 people, but fortunately, these soldiers are completely frightened, and they are unarmed, and nothing happened for a while.
After a full meal, Xiao Ma sipped the mare's milk wine treasured in the royal court while thinking about his next move. Although this expedition was less than half a month, the harvest was undoubtedly huge, not only achieving the purpose of feeding the war with war, but also adding nearly 100,000 people to Xiliang, and more than 30,000 Xiongnu women of childbearing age. This is undoubtedly a huge fortune, and as long as it is used properly, it will definitely achieve unexpected results.
After the banquet was dismissed, Brother Xiao Ma invited Xu Bugu over alone, and asked straight to the point: "The king must be very curious to know why our army can break your army of 100,000 with less than 10,000 horses, right?" ”
Xu Bugu's expression was extremely complicated, and he sighed and said: "The Han army is brave and difficult, almost all of them are unparalleled masters of riding and shooting, Xiao Wang admires." ”
Brother Pony shook his head and smiled: "Actually, you Huns can also do this horse archery technique, even better than the Han people, I wonder if the king is interested in cooperating with Ben General?" ”
Su Bugu was shocked, frowned and asked, "I don't know what the general means?" This king is just a prisoner, even if the Son of Heaven can forgive the little king's great sins, but the Huns have been greatly injured, at least more than fifty percent of the strong men have died in battle, and the rest are some old and weak women and children, what qualifications do they have to cooperate with the general? ”
Brother Xiao Ma said: "Of course I am qualified, dare to ask the king, can the remaining strong men of the Huns form an army of 20,000?" Will the king be able to completely control the 20,000 army? ”
Xu Bugu pondered for a while: "Although the 20,000 cavalry is a little reluctant, but the problem is not big, now the rebellion of King Zuo Xian and others has been ambushed, and Yu Fuluo is in the territory of the Han Dynasty, as long as the general can capture the white horse copper, the little king of the Xiongnu land is under the control." ”
Ma Chao was overjoyed and said, "That's good, let's open the skylight and say something!" This general wants to leave a soldier and horse in the court of the Huns, and at the same time the prince will organize a fine cavalry, the general is responsible for letting this team learn superb riding and archery skills in a short period of time, and then send troops to Xianbei in the north and Wuheng in the northeast, robbing their livestock, money and food, and population, so that not only can you Xiongnu quickly recover their vitality, but also this general can also get benefits from it, isn't it a good thing to count in one fell swoop, mutual benefit? ”
"Is what the general said true?" Su Bugu was tempted at that time, and his eyes sparkled.