Chapter 114: A Battle That Must Be Lost
Among the 20,000 people who followed Huo Quai, counting his 3,000 elites of Huo's army, there were 6,000 6,000 Tun elders that Liu Che barely gave him, and the remaining 11,000 people, most of them belonged to the ranks of ordinary soldiers, among them, there were probably more than 3,000 recruits who had never fought with the Huns.
To some extent, these 3,000 recruits are actually not recruits, each of them has been in the army for about two years, but because they have not been on the battlefield and have not fought with the Huns, they are called recruits, in fact, from the perspective of the local garrison troops, they are already considered very brave soldiers.
These 3,000 "veterans" who have just entered the battlefield have been honed very well in all aspects of martial arts, but they just lack the baptism of blood, but this problem has been solved, in the battle against the Xiaoyue clan not long ago, these 3,000 recruits have already seen the cruelty of the battlefield, not to mention the next big war.
In fact, among the 2,000 men and horses lost by Huo Quzhi, these new recruits who first entered the battlefield accounted for the general situation, but thanks to these few days of training, they quickly became a veteran who was really suitable for surviving the war years.
Three thousand recruits, there are still two thousand left, for those who are new to the battlefield, this survival rate is already very high, and all thanks to their captain, thanks to the cold-faced captain named Qian Mingguang.
When the two armies fought, if he hadn't been the first to lead those recruits who had just entered the battlefield and were scared by blood and corpses to rush forward, if he hadn't fought in the chaos of the army, while appeasing the morale of the army, and dozens of times from the Huns' scimitars, saving a new soldier, this death might not have been a thousand.
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In a few days, Huo Qubing led the soldiers of the Han army under his command, and once again staged a myth, capturing more than 6,500 people before and after, and beheading more than 10,000 people.
Capture the Chieftain King Tu, one of the five kings of Hexi.
Captured the biological mothers, wives, and princes of the five kings, including King Shan Heng, King Jifu, King Huyu Tu, and King Han of Han, a total of fifty-nine people.
Prisoners, Xiangguo, generals, captains, pawns, sixty-three people!
When the royal court of the last Han King was broken, Huo Quzhi's strategic goal was almost completed, and now only the last item remained, to capture Qilian Mountain and completely control the entire Hexi!
Without any hesitation, Huo Qubing immediately ordered the whole army to rush to the north of Qilian Mountain, vowing to capture Qilian Mountain and the entire land of Hexi in one fell swoop!
When Huo Qubing led the army to the northern mountains of Qilian Mountain, the new four kings of Hexi, including the five Hexi kings including King Hutu, also led a total of 40,000 troops under his command to give up the entanglement with Gongsun Ao's soldiers and horses, and instead went to support Qilian Mountain.
Three days later, the five kings of Hexi rushed to the north of Qilian Mountain, ready to meet the attack of 40,000 Han troops.
After another half a day, Huo Qubing led an army of 18,000 to arrive!
But when these Hun cavalry who rushed to the foot of Qilian Mountain saw the Huozi battle flag again, and once again saw those Han soldiers who came from the dust and sharpened their swords, these 40,000 Hun cavalry gave birth to a fear from the heart.
Huo Qu's disease...... Not again.
Those Han soldiers...... Again.
This fear has an academic name, called Huo's fear, well, the unique phobia of the Huns, is the fear that has been rooted in the hearts of all the Huns since the end of the first battle of Gaolan Mountain, and it is difficult to eliminate it for the rest of their lives.
Once this fear arises, an interesting phenomenon will happen to the Hun army.
The combat effectiveness of the soldiers decreased, the IQ of the generals decreased, and when the two armies faced each other, the three-dimensional side of the Xiongnu side would be completely suppressed by the Han army.
The so-called rout of the whole army is almost commonplace, and surrendering on the knees does not seem to be such an unbearable thing, and even surrendering to Huo Quai, these Huns will feel proud........
Everything was just because of the young man's too strong strength.
In the hearts of the Huns, Huo Qubing has long been crowned with the four characters of invincibility, especially his feat in the past few days, the whole family of the new five kings of Hexi has become his prisoners within a few days.
With such a god of war, how can the Huns not be afraid.
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Under the majestic and vast, snow-capped Qilian Mountain.
40,000 Hun cavalry and 18,000 Han soldiers opened their positions at the foot of Qilian Mountain, and both sides were ready for the final decisive battle.
Fortunately for the Huns, they received a secret report that Gongsun Ao's army was currently lost and was circling around the hinterland of Hexi, and could not arrive in a short time.
Knowing that Gongsun Ao's 20,000 Han troops could not come to help in the war, the five kings of Hexi were all lightly relieved.
Fortunately, fortunately, God finally gave them a chance to breathe for the Huns, and also gave them a chance to repel the Han army.
Look at the thoughts in the hearts of the five kings of Hexi, repel them, not annihilate them completely, you must know that their current number is more than twice as many as Huo Qu's illness, and these golden swords and iron horses, the king of Hexi, who is accustomed to seeing strong winds and waves, now they don't even dare to have the idea of completely annihilating Huo Quai.
If you can drive Huo Qu away from illness, it is estimated that you will have to burn high incense.
If you think about it carefully, what kind of mood are the five kings of Hexi in fighting against Huo Qubing now.
The mood of the whole family is in the hands of others...... Rao is five kings of Hexi no matter how calm they are, but at this time, each of them still can't help but panic, and they can't help but be afraid, Gongsun Ao got lost and couldn't come here, which can only be said to give them a little comfort in their hearts.
After all, Huo Quzhi, the most terrifying enemy, is still in front of them.
The five kings of Hexi Rao are like this, not to mention the ordinary soldiers under them, especially many of these soldiers, all of whom are Hun cavalry who participated in the first battle of Hexi, and more than 100 Hun cavalry who were captured by the Han army and later released back.
For those Hun cavalry who participated in the First Battle of Hexi, the Han army was simply a god, and for those Hun cavalry who were captured by the Han army and released back, the Han army can also be called a benevolent god.
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At this moment, the two armies under Qilian Mountain confronted each other, one side had 40,000 troops, and the other side was only half less, but two completely different situations appeared on the soldiers of these two sides.
The Huns were demoralized and had no fighting spirit, because they were a group of tired teachers.
Three days ago, after suddenly learning that Huo Qubing had led the army to Qilian Mountain, the five kings of Hexi were so frightened that their eyes almost popped out!
Because they were worried that their speed was too slow, and they were worried that by the time they arrived at Qilian Mountain, Huo Qubing had already taken the lifeblood of Hexi, so the five kings desperately accelerated their speed, and only then did they lead the journey for half a day, and rushed to Qilian Mountain before Huo Quai.
And it also proves in disguise that the 40,000 Hun cavalry under the command of the five kings of Hexi carried out a three-day and three-night, non-stop march day and night, for the Huns who grew up on horseback, it is not difficult to persevere, but ...... This also tells everyone a fact.
When these Huns rushed to Qilian Mountain, each of them was almost tired and only half a life was left.
A true tired teacher.
As for the Han army, the morale is high, these days Huo Qubing led them to fight in the south and the north, and swept the lair of the five kings of Hexi in a row.
Especially those of their captives, hehe, the five kings of Hexi on the opposite side have all become lonely except for King Hutu, their old wives, wives and children are all eating prison meals in their Han army, what is there to fear about the Huns.
The war was doomed from the start.
Although the Hun cavalry on the opposite side was numerous, their morale was unusually low because of the successive defeats.
Yes, there are a lot of people, it's true, they are more numerous than the Han army, but can the number of people sometimes decide everything?
This time, they were only twice as many as the Han army, and in the last battle of Gaolan Mountain, the Xiongnu army was three times larger than the Han army, but the result was ...... Isn't it still defeated?
Looking at the opposite side, the battle flags were unfurled, and the 18,000 Han troops were in order, and then looked at the Hun cavalry around them who were languishing, and even many people were secretly trembling.
The five kings of Hexi felt deep despair, they all understood that in this battle, they had no possibility of winning, and Hexi would definitely be taken away by the Han.
The hot-tempered King of the Han Dynasty, standing at the forefront of the military formation, looking at the four kings around him who were extremely entangled and sentimental, the King of the Han Dynasty took out the golden knife on his waist and spat on it, which was quite heroic.
"The battle has been fought to such a point, either you die or I die, and if you fight with the Han army, even if you die, you can still get the name of a hero."
Hu Yu Tuwang, who was in his fifties, blinked his old eyes and said bitterly: "But our family members have all fallen into ......"
"Fart!" The king of Han scolded loudly, "Do you want to surrender to the Han army, don't you feel ashamed!" After all, they are all the kings of the Huns, if they surrender to the Han army, what face do we Huns have to face the people of the world. ”
"Lao Tzu told you today, if the family is gone, it will be gone, that is their fate, we, as the leader of the Huns in Hexi, must not be a prisoner of the Han army like the chieftain, and we must not surrender to the Han army!"
King Han is the most backbone among the new five kings of Hexi, just like he said, if you die, you can still get the name of a hero, what's not bad.
But he thought so, and the other four kings didn't think so, in fact, when they knew that their family members had become prisoners of the Han army, the hearts of these Hexi kings were ...... Some other ideas came to mind.
Ao was right, ordered the army to run all the way without any rest, this military order was issued by the king of Han, and the other four kings, including the king of Hutu, were only forced to carry out his military order.
It can be said that since Huo Qubing captured the royal court of the Five Kings, only the King of Han still insisted on fighting Huo Qubing and fighting Huo Quzhi.
As for the rest........ Hehe, if they could, they would have gone to find their wives and children to reunite.
It's not that they are spineless, it's that they all understand one thing.
Hexi is definitely going to be lost.
And the Huns ...... It's almost gone.
------------- dividing line, Xiaowei has something to say today.
Early yesterday morning, the wind was beautiful, and Xiaowei walked out of the house silently alone, walking the bend...... When I came to the street, an uncle in his forties with a stubly beard suddenly stretched out his hand to me and said loudly.
"Look at that man, he looks so ugly."
I smiled and dropped a sentence.
"What are you blind?"
Later, I found out that the uncle originally referred to another uncle in his thirties next to me, Oh yes, I know that person, it's in my fan base, what's it called....... Oops forgot, his title is more interesting anyway.
Solips....... Well, I forgot the last two words, oops, I won't tell you what the last two words are, cough cough, don't talk too much, I'm about to pack my bags and run away, oops, it's not that he's afraid of him, in fact, if I can beat him...... Ahem, goodbye