Chapter 103: Great Victory
Just when the Xiongnu Shan Yu Yuvro fell off his horse, the goshawk hovering in the sky let out several mournful chirps, as if singing an elegy for the leader of the Hu people.
Seeing that the Great Khan was suddenly shot off his horse, more than 40,000 Hun knights were almost stunned. How could their souls, their bones, their souls, and their spirits be shot off their horses with an arrow? Isn't the Dahu nation blessed by God? How could an ordinary Han man hurt the Great Khan?
Just when the Hu people were stunned, a fast horse in the Han army had already come out of the formation to kill him; It was the pair who came, and Yuan Mai had already instructed him to prepare for the charge before releasing the arrows.
With Yuan Mai's arrow, a hiss of "red in the snow" swept out of the formation, its speed was like the wind, galloping like lightning, like a red light, straight into the Hun array, and in an instant it had been killed in front of the Huns.
"Save Father Khan!"
Ah Hegui was the first to react, and when he saw that Han was menacing, he knew that he was coming at his father who was shot off the horse, and hurriedly shouted, and the command headquarters would come forward to rob people.
It's just that Wang Shuang's mount was too fast, and rushed out of the formation in advance, and the two Hun soldiers just dismounted and lifted Yu Fuluo up, and Wang Shuang rushed to it. The tiger roared with a big knife in his hand, and cut off two heads when he landed; The ape's arms stretched, grabbed Yu Fuluo's body at once, and snatched the horse, only to find that the invincible Xiongnu Shan Yu had actually lost his breath!
An arrow pierced through the chest and through the heart, and when Juvro fell off his horse, he had already gone to another world! Even death does not understand, such a long distance. How did this ghostly arrow come about?
Robbed Yu Fuluo's corpse, Wang Shuang didn't dare to fight, turned his horse and galloped back, looking up to the sky and laughing as he walked: "Wahaha...... The Great Khan of the Huns barbarians was shot to death, so don't hurry up and get off your horse and surrender! β
Seeing his father being snatched away by the Han Chinese, Ah He's eyes were almost dripping blood, and he shouted: "Soldiers, follow me to snatch my father Khan back!" β
Ah He rushed out of the battle first, followed by one hundred and ten dead henchmen, but more Hun soldiers were already in chaos. Panic. This battle has not been fought yet, Shan Yu was captured by the Han people, I don't know whether he is alive or dead, how can this battle be fought?
The change in the situation was really beyond Gao Gan's expectations. Unexpectedly, the Hun Khan was answering with himself. was shot off the horse for some reason. Such a distance. Which marksman's masterpiece is it? I will definitely reward you when you come back!
But the battle situation did not allow him to think too much, and with a wave of the horsewhip in his hand, he ordered: "The barbarian is dead." Beat the drum and charge, the whole army forward, kill the Hun Hugou! β
With Gao Gan's order, nearly 60,000 Han troops charged forward and fought with the Huns. In the wilderness, the sound of killing was everywhere, the sword light and blood shadows, the heads of people were flying, the sound of people shouting and neighing was endless, and more than 100,000 people were killed until the sky was dark, and the sun and moon were dark.
The Xiongnu died in Yufuluo, and many small groups of Xiongnu tribes lost their fighting spirit, and they did not know who would succeed them in the future; Besides, once the son of heaven and a courtier, after changing the order, will the promise made by Yu Fuluo before no longer exist? Moreover, the Huns were originally nomadic people, mainly engaged in guerrilla warfare, and naturally lacked military discipline. At this moment, the army was already discouraged, and many Huns began to turn their horses and flee for their lives to the west......
At first, it was dozens of people, and gradually became hundreds of people, and then it developed to several thousand people, and finally tens of thousands of Hun cavalry turned their horses' heads and fled westward, in all directions, all over the mountains, and it was really a defeat like a mountain!
"Ah, go quickly, don't fight! Go back and figure it out! β
Seeing that even King Youxian went to Beidu to lead his troops to retreat, King Zuoxian called Chuquan to fight with his henchmen and guards, and beckoned his nephew to retreat.
"Father Khan is still in the hands of the Han people, I want to snatch back Father Khan!"
Ah He's eyes were red, and he fought to the death, and he was fighting with a Han lieutenant, and the big knife in his hand was as heavy as Mount Tai, and he slashed it fiercely. The Han lieutenant waved the long ge in his hand to block, but unexpectedly, Ahe had a strong crutch, and the knife was slapped down, with a force of more than a thousand jun, only to hear a "click", the spear was broken, and the captain was slapped with brains splashed everywhere, and fell off the horse......
Gao Gan was supervising the battle in the rear, and saw a Hun leader wearing a royal robe who was extremely powerful, and killed his captain with a knife, so he ordered loudly: "Surround the Hun leader with a big sword, and the leader of the Huns will be rewarded with a thousand gold, and the general will be sealed!" β
With the order of Gao Gan, countless Han soldiers suddenly pointed their spearheads at Ahe Kui, and swarmed up, bent on killing the leader of the Huns, making great achievements, hunting fame, and asking for a thousand gold rewards!
"Ah, go! If you fight to the death again, even you will fall into it, and today's defeat is irretrievable, so go back and make a plan. Seeing that the situation was critical, Hu Chuquan jumped on his horse and raised his gun, and while fighting the Han people, he shouted to his nephew again.
"But is Father Khan still in the hands of the Han Chinese?" Ah Hegui roared while fighting to the death, his face full of unwillingness.
Hu Chuquan was a little angry and scolded: "Stupid, more than half of our men and horses have escaped, do you think you can still get it back?" In the future, we will use gold and silver wealth, horses and women to exchange them for the Han people; If you are obsessed with it again, even you can't get out, what will you exchange it for then? Besides, Qubei has led his troops to retreat, and this guy's soldiers and horses have not lost much, but I am afraid that he is here to compete for the throne of Khan, if he succeeds, our people, our horses, and our women all belong to him, can you do it to Brother Khan? β
After listening to his uncle's reprimand, Ah He woke up like a dream, and suddenly realized, he could only look up to the sky and shout "Father Khan" with unwillingness, and then turned his horse and retreated, and the dead soldiers around him bravely guarded him, opened a bloody road, and met with Zuoxian King Hu Chuquan, and led four or five thousand defeated Xiongnu troops who lost their souls to flee to the west......
After a bloody battle, the Han army killed more than 2,000 Hun soldiers and captured more than 1,000 horses. The vast majority of the remaining Hun soldiers fled, their horses were fast, and the Han army was eighty percent infantry, with only seven or eight thousand cavalry, so it was impossible to catch up. However, being able to shoot the Hun Shan Yu is the biggest gain, and this battle is enough to shock the world.
The Xiongnu Youxian King went to Bei to see that Shan Yu Khan Yufuluo was shot off his horse and was snatched away by the Han people, and it was estimated that he would not survive nine times out of ten, so he led his troops to retreat and fled for his life towards Xihe. When passing through a hillside, suddenly a drum sounded, and an ambush was killed from the hillside, and the Huns killed were in chaos.
The name of this slope is called "pit Zhao slope", because in the last years of the Warring States period, the general of the Qin army Bai Qi had killed part of the Zhao army in this pit, only on this barren slope, there are more than 30,000 Zhao soldiers' remains, so the wild grass all over the mountains grows extraordinarily long, which is suitable for ambush soldiers to cover up.
Hao Zhao has led his troops to wait here for a long time, has already laid a trap, a horse pistol, a hook and sickle, watching the Hun defeated army come, then a drum to kill out, the Huns who killed directly once again lost their armor, fled in embarrassment, Hao Zhao led a chase, captured nearly a thousand horses, shot more than a thousand Huns, is a great victory.
The Battle of Hanhu, which lasted for nearly a month in Shangdang, finally came to an end and ended with a complete victory for the Han army. The Huns not only lost tens of thousands of people, but more importantly, their Shan Yu was shot.
Gao Gan didn't believe that it was Yu Fuluo who was shot by Yuan Mai at first, he really couldn't believe that this weak cousin, this cousin who was sick all day, had such clever archery skills? At such a distance, he can shoot the Hun Shan Yu with one arrow, I am afraid that only the best archers in the world, who can shoot three-stone bows, have such powerful archery skills, right?
However, when he saw that the arrow inserted in Yu Fuluo's chest was the same as the arrow in Yuan Mai's quiver, the facts could not allow him not to believe it. All the military officers and soldiers, even Zhang He and Lu Yi were impressed, and the soldiers of the three armies were all shocked by Gongzi's archery skills, and even more surprised by Gongzi's bow, such a small bow has such a powerful range? It's incredible!
When the good news reached Yecheng, Yuan Shao was full of joy and sorrow, and he was happy that his son was able to make such a great achievement against the sky, and shot the Huns Shan Yu with an arrow, how could there have been since ancient times? I'm afraid that it must be the one who has never been seen before or after him, and it can be regarded as earning enough face for the Yuan family, so that the Yuan family, which has always been handed down in literature, suddenly has the momentum of a warrior, and from now on, the people of the Yuan family will be both civil and military, who dares to laugh at the people of the Yuan family for not having force?
What worries Yuan Shao is that this son's recent performance is too strong, first at his birthday banquet, he impressed many literati and writers with a masterpiece, and then there was a scandal about shooting Yuan Xi. Although Yuan Shao hoped from the bottom of his heart that Yuan Xi was not killed by Yuan Mai, there were many doubts that made people suspicious, even if the Huns later claimed that Yuan Xi was ambushed by them, but still could not make Yuan Shao completely dispel his suspicion of Yuan Mai.
Another important point is that Yuan Shao wanted his third son Yuan Shang to inherit his title in his heart, but there were many staff members who opposed it, and the eldest son Yuan Tan had a heavy army, so Yuan Shao couldn't make a decision for a long time. And now it seems that this young son, who was riddled with illness at the beginning, is also gradually rising, and it is very likely to become Yuan Shang's opponent in the future. This made Yuan Shao even more worried about Yuan Shang, and originally hoped that Yuan Mai could assist Yuan Shang to succeed to the throne, but now it seems that it may be diametrically opposed to his original expectations.
Yuan Shao thought about it again and again, and decided not to buy a reward for Yuan this time, nor to give him an official rank, and treat this son in a cold way, let him know his attitude, he is not so easy to deceive, Lao Tzu is the overlord of the north, before I die, you all give me honesty, don't think about it!
Yuan Shao sent a piece of paper to Shangdang, ordering the Yanmen soldiers to be divided into two, half of which was handed over to Zhang He, and he still went to Liyang to camp in the vicinity to prevent Cao's army from entering. The other half was still led by Liyi and Yuan Mai, who led their troops north, joined Han Meng and Gao Lan, and prepared to encircle and suppress Yi Jing, and when he personally led the army to go out, he would destroy Gongsun Zan in one fell swoop.
Just when Yuan Maiwei was hesitating about whether to go on a northern expedition to Yijing, something happened in Hanoi. Hanoi Taishou Zhang Yang sent troops to Dongshi, Yao for LΓΌ Bu reinforcements, but was killed by the general Yang Chou, Yang Chou occupied the city and surrendered to Cao Cao, the general Cao Ren stationed in Chenliu led his troops to prepare to occupy Hanoi, and had sent the vanguard Shi Jian to lead 5,000 people to march towards Hanoi.
Yuan Mai was overjoyed, so he sent Lu Yi, Hao Zhao, and Wang Shuang to march in parallel, leading 20,000 horses to attack Hanoi, and he must take Hanoi before Cao's army, as a foothold, after having territory, he no longer has to rely on people. (To be continued......)