Chapter 53: Annihilation
What did he see?!
He saw that there were about five hundred more troops that were no different from the Han army on the grassy hills! The armor, the spear, the bow, the saber!
The middle-aged Han man on the side also changed color, and said in a panic: "Your Highness, quickly withdraw!" โ
Two thousand five hundred elite horsemen have not been able to take down a mere five hundred people on the grass knoll until now, and with the advantage of numbers, they can remain deadlocked.
But now there are 500 Han troops coming, and there are only 500 horsemen left around them!
It's not equal at all!
"Shut up!"
The Hun youth stared at the middle-aged Han man coldly, and shouted, "Get out of the way!" โ
After reprimanding, the Hun youth calmed down instead, and while letting the five hundred elite horsemen on the side of the attendant turn their horses' heads and set up a formation, they let people blow the horn!
Li Zheng galloped uncontrollably, and the spear in his hand was already dripping with blood. One by one, the sturdy Hun warriors died under his spear, a puff of blood sprinkled on his face, and the whole person was as hideous as a demon.
The blue-armored warriors who followed him were like him, as if they had come out of a sea of blood.
Suddenly, the melodious sound of the horn came, and the rest of the Hun elite horsemen breathed a sigh of relief, and then, like a low tide, pulled out their horses' heads and quickly retreated under the grassy hills. Li Zheng was slightly stunned and couldn't help but raise his head!
"Soldiers, reinforcements have arrived!"
The joy on his face bloomed violently!
Whew
All the warriors let out a sigh of relief. Many of the wounded were exhausted by the struggle, and they were able to hold on to the critical situation earlier, but now that the Huns retreated, they immediately could not stand and fell down in pieces!
Seeing this, Li Zheng hurriedly asked the injured to bandage their wounds and rest on the grassy knoll. He immediately made a decision, and immediately led the Qingjia cavalry and the foot soldiers who still had combat power rushed down the grassy hill!
The so-called one blow, then decline, three and exhaustion.
Since the Huns sounded the horn of retreat, their spirit immediately dropped by more than one grade! Seeing that Li Zheng was still leading a bloodied warrior to chase him down, they were all surprised. When he saw the five hundred elite Han troops rushing from afar, he immediately panicked.
"Assemble, assemble, retreat north!"
The Hun youth led by him was also very frightened, but he still calmly commanded and wanted to lead his cavalry to the north.
At this time, the 500 fresh troops who had returned from the camp in the hilly area charged to the front against the rain of arrows from the 500 Hun elite cavalry who also did not join the battle!
At this time, the remnants of the Huns who retreated from the grassy knoll had just gathered beside the Hun youth!
"Kill, kill, kill!"
The shouting of killing suddenly sounded!
The 500 fresh forces and the more than 100 fighters led by Li Zheng formed a two-sided attack at this time.
In an instant, the Huns, who had just assembled, had to enter a combat state in the face of the active and frantic attack of the infantry under Li Zheng.
The cavalry, which did not charge, immediately fell into a bitter battle in the face of the fierce attack of the elite infantry under Li Zheng's command.
After a period of scuffle, the Hun youth had to accept the fact that he was completely inferior! Therefore, the horn of escape was sounded again.
The defeat is like a mountain, and the scene in front of you is nothing more than that!
Although the elite soldiers of the Huns were strong and could fight hard with Li Zheng for an hour without falling behind, however, after the commander's command made a mistake and his morale plummeted, he also fell to the point of frantically fleeing for his life!
At this time, Li Zheng and more than 100 other soldiers who had been fighting for an hour were already exhausted and out of breath, and they could no longer lift their feet.
The heavy task of pursuing the remnants of the Xiongnu fell on the head of the 500 new troops who had just arrived.
It is extremely stupid to chase the cavalry with foot soldiers. But Li Zheng did just that.
Looking at the remnants of the Huns in the distance and the five hundred foot soldiers who followed the pursuit, Li Zheng took the same wolf bรจi, but the spirit was up to a level, and began to clean up the battlefield.
Touch-up is a must.
Then it's time to gather the horses.
The Huns rode three horses for one man, and three thousand men brought nine thousand horses. And most of these war horses were lost on the battlefield. At this time, when I put it away and counted it carefully, there were more than 4,000 horses!
That's quite a windfall.
Then there were the weapons and armor on the corpses of the Huns. Although Li Zheng can't look at these things, they can be put away and used as raw materials for the forging center.
Two hours later, almost in the afternoon, the battlefield was finally cleared.
More than 1,000 corpses of the Huns were all beheaded and built into a Jingguan. The headless corpses were all piled up, ready to be burned down.
At the same time, Li Zheng also counted the damage of the army under his command.
Of the five hundred elite foot soldiers, there are still less than one hundred and fifty people left who can still stand up. It has been confirmed that there are more than 200 dead. The rest were all slightly or seriously injured. Those who are seriously injured and have lost their limbs and injured their internal organs will either not be able to hold on and die in pain for a while, or they will be crippled.
In this battle alone, Li Zheng's army was almost completely disabled, and the danger of it can be imagined! If it weren't for the timely arrival of the follow-up five hundred soldiers, Li Zheng didn't know how long he could hold out.
Sitting heavily on a pile of weeds, Li Zheng's face was a little pale.
The mood is low because of the loss of the fighters. He can be regarded as an elite, with a total of more than 1,000 people, and now there are no nearly 300 people in the next battle, and they immediately go to one-fifth or sixth!
Pale because he himself was injured.
Although Li Zheng is strong, he is not so strong as to be outrageously arrogant. It's still a mortal, and it will also hurt. In this battle, there were at least five wounds on his body. Fortunately, they are all in the limbs, and he is proficient in martial arts, so he can adjust his muscles to lock the wound immediately, otherwise he would have fainted from excessive blood loss.
Now that the battle is over, my strength has suddenly gone to the top ten.
After bandaging his body, he involuntarily lay on the grass and fell asleep in a daze.
A few uninjured Qingjia warriors cheered up and silently waited beside Li Zheng to protect his safety
The sound of horses' hooves woke Li Zheng up.
I rolled over and found that it was already dark.
Looking at the several blue-armored war horses beside him that were already crumbling, Li Zheng couldn't help but be moved. I looked up at the sound and saw nothing.
At night on the prairie, it was too dark.
The warriors on the grassy knoll, whether intact or wounded, as long as they could move, silently raised their weapons and assembled after hearing the sound of horses' hooves.
"My lord! The lord is here?! Is the lord okay?! โ
Zhang Shan's rough and familiar voice came from the darkness, and Li Zheng's tense muscles couldn't help but loosen, smiled, and shouted: "The captain of this school is here!" โ
"Great, lord!"
"It's good that the Lord is fine!"
As the sound of horses' hooves progressed, the first thing that caught my eye was the white wolf and Zhang Shan.
Behind them, there were neat arrays of war wolves and war horses and light horses.
The two followed the sound, climbed the grassy hill, looked up and saw Li Zheng covered in dried blood, and immediately bowed to the ground: "Lord (Lord)!" โ
"Hurry up!"
Li Zheng helped the two of them up and said with a smile: "How? Can you intercept this remnant of the Huns?! โ
"Fortunately, I didn't lose my life!"
"Good!"
Li Zheng smiled.
Before the battle, Li Zhengtong sent a message to Zhao Wu at the same time, as well as to the white wolf and Zhang Shan. Let them immediately get rid of the army of the people and move closer to Li Zheng's side.
There is the meaning of rescue, and there is also the meaning of interception.
If Li Zheng loses the war, they will be another rescue team. If Li Zheng is victorious, their task is to pursue the remnants.
At the last moment of the war, Li Zheng found that the Huns' escape direction turned out to be the north, and he immediately became happy.
To the north is where the White Wolf and Zhang Shan are located.
That's why Li Zheng sent 500 foot soldiers to chase after him, on the one hand, he didn't want to give the Huns time to rest, and on the other hand, he also had the idea of fighting the remnants of the Huns with the white wolf Zhang Shan.
Now when he heard the two of them say, 'Fortunately, not dishonoring their lives', Li Zheng immediately laughed.
"Tell me."
"Whoa!"
Zhang Shan and the white wolf glanced at each other, and Zhang Shan said: "Lord, I waited for the news of the lord, I didn't dare to delay, and immediately shook off the tracking of the army of the people with a speed advantage, and after a small circle, I came south." Halfway through, I just happened to hit it head-on. After some rushing and killing, the remnants of the Huns were defeated, and the brothers of the foot soldiers also arrived. After encirclement and interception, we wiped out all the Huns, and did not let any of them go! โ
"Good! Are there any captives?! โ
"There are more than a dozen!"
"Bring the leader up!"
With the sound of the white wolf, the two soldiers dragged the captive up.
Li Zheng fixed his eyes and saw that it was indeed the Hun youth who was the leader.
"Humph!"
The Hun youth snorted coldly, struggled to stand up, and faced Li Zheng without bowing his head.
Although he was in rags, he still had a bearing.
"General Han, His Royal Highness is defeated in your hands today, and I am convinced." The Hun youth was not an unreasonable person, he was defeated by Li Zheng with superior forces, but he had no complaints: "Do you dare to tell Your Highness your name?!" โ
Li Zheng stood up, smiled slightly, and said, "I am the captain of Liangzhou Huqiang, Li Zheng!" โ
"Captain Huqiang" The Hun youth frowned: "Since you are the captain of Huqiang, why did you go to the grassland?!" โ
"It's none of your business." Li Zheng restrained his smile and said, "I see that you are not an idle person, I hope that you will answer my next question truthfully, otherwise don't blame me for being ruthless!" โ
"Humph!" The Hun youth snorted coldly: "My Great Huns have never been a bad breed, in the same way, my Great Huns only recognize the strong, you are stronger than me, you ask, I will not hide it!" โ