Chapter 41 One Pot End
On the night of the fifth day when Huo Qu was sick and crossed Yanzhi Mountain.
Hugh Tu, Zhelan, Lu Hu, and the three kings did not continue to lead the army to pursue, in fact, they could not catch up, at this time, Huo Qu's illness was less than 100 miles away from Xicheng, and it was already a sure thing that Xicheng was broken, so there was no way for Xicheng to rescue, and all they could do was to catch him off guard on the way back to the division after Huo Qu's illness, and take advantage of the number of people to completely eliminate this group of Han troops who had given them a headache for countless days.
Since Huo Qubing led the army into Hexi, the four kings of Hexi have not had a good night's sleep, and they either marched on horseback all day, or hid in the snowy mountains, preparing to fight Huo Quai's ambush, but one of them was careless and let the family run away....... Then he started chasing again, and then he ....... There is no more.......
Huo Quai's battle in Hexi can be described in a very simple sentence.
Rushing into your house to kill people and set fire to steal food, you still can't catch him...... One accidentally made him beat up......
Although he was taught a miserable lesson by Huo Qubing this time, the four kings of Hexi were slightly relieved that this powerful Han general would eventually die under their scimitars.
In Gaolan Mountain, the three kings of Xiutu now led their troops to camp in the wilderness at the foot of the mountain, and at the same time sent people to guard any small roads and roads that might leave nearby.
This will be the place where the four kings of Hexi will lead their troops to annihilate Huo Quai.
The reason is very simple, after Huo Qubing breaks through Xicheng, he will definitely appear at the foot of Gaolan Mountain, because this is the only place to leave Hexi.
Chasing, why can't they catch up, since this is the case, then wait for the arrival of the Han army on this necessary road, cough cough, although the nest was served by others, although the wife and children are estimated to have become hostages of the Han army, although the materials and wealth accumulated over the years are probably surnamed Huo, or burned by fire, it doesn't matter, as long as this group of Han troops can be annihilated, then all the humiliation will be washed away.
Alas....... The four kings of Hexi are also quite helpless, if possible, they decided not to sit idly by and watch Huo Qubing break through Xicheng and ignore it, but as I said just now, they really can't catch up, even if there are still a lot of Hun cavalry near Xicheng, but ....... They have long understood the combat effectiveness of the Han army under Huo Quai's command.
Let's put it this way, those who can fight can't catch up, and those who can catch up can't beat ...... How hard it is to be pressed, how hard it is.
At present, near Gaolan Mountain, more than 15,000 Hun cavalry originally in the southeast of Xicheng have all rushed to Gaolan Mountain, and with the original 10,000 elites under the command of the three kings of Hutu and others, the strength has reached 25,000.
Not only that, when the Hun Evil King found out that Huo Qubing was not going to fight a roundabout battle with him, he immediately took the five thousand most elite Hun cavalry under his command and rushed back to Xicheng to support, but he received the news that King Hutu did not need to support him and came to Gaolan Mountain halfway......
At present, the Evil King of Hun is still leading the iron cavalry to arrive like Gaolan Mountain, and it is expected that it will take less than a day to arrive.
And when the Hun Evil King arrived, the Hun cavalry under Gaolan Mountain reached a terrifying 30,000 people!
These 30,000 are not the ordinary cavalry of the Huns, but the real elite, especially the 15,000 cavalry under the command of the Four Kings of Hexi, which is the elite of the elite.
The biggest challenge is coming.
At the foot of Gaolan Mountain, the champion Hou of the class returning to the dynasty, is about to start a real bloody battle with the Hun cavalry who are three times his enemy, this battle has no way out, nor any skills, some are just tough in strength.
.......
Xicheng, the lair of the Hun Evil King and the Hutu King, almost all the materials they have accumulated in this half of their lives are pushed here, including their families, and their Wenchen Baiguan, that is to say, the entire net worth of the Hun Evil King and the Hutu King is here.
On the sixth day of Huo Quai's crossing of Yanzhi Mountain, the Xiongnu defenders of Xicheng finally received the news that they would be attacked by the Han army in the near future, and suddenly, the entire Xicheng fell into a panic, and the soldiers defending the city began to carry the belongings of the evil king, and the wife and son of the evil king Hutu also began to pack up and prepare to escape.
Well, it's not bad, at least they didn't think to run until Huo Qu's illness brought someone to them before they remembered to run.......
But they were already destined to not be able to run away, because there was no Hun cavalry chasing behind them, Huo Qubing did not have to go around in circles with the pursuers, and quickly whipped along the front and advanced all the way.
On the evening of the 6th, Huo Quzhi rushed to Xicheng with people.
The night was quiet, the tall and majestic city in front of him stood quietly in the wilderness, at this time the west city was already empty of people, and the family of the evil king and the king of Hutu had run away six hours ago, with two thousand defenders and countless goods, plus tens of thousands of people.
At present, Xicheng is almost an empty city, and there is only a small number of people in it who are unwilling to leave the Xiongnu, and the population is only a little more than 20,000.
Under the West City, 10,000 Han soldiers stood neatly behind Huo Quai, who was riding a white horse, Huo Quai, who was dressed in battle armor, looked up at the majestic city in front of him, and the empty city wall, and on the wilderness in the north of Xicheng, a bundle of extremely significant rut marks fell into Huo Quai's eyes.
It seems that there should be nothing of value in this city, hehe, the run is quite fast, at least six or seven hours of walking.
Facing the empty West City, unexpectedly, Huo Qubing did not have any disappointment, on the contrary, there was a trace of disdain.
How could a group of people who dragged their families and carried a large amount of gold and silver faster than the soldiers behind him?
Not to mention letting you go six hours early, even if you are asked to leave a day early, I can catch up.
"Pass my general's order, the army will march along the rut print, and follow the general to capture the evil Hugh and slaughter the family!"
Huo Quai's order was given, and 10,000 Han troops waited for him, "No." ”
"Li Tian, you lead the headquarters into Xicheng, and at the same time prepare meals for our army, in addition, send scouts, if you find a large number of Hun chasing soldiers attacking, don't entangle with them, immediately withdraw from Xicheng, send someone to deliver a message to me, and at the same time lead the soldiers to join the army."
Li Tian held the whip and gently arched his hand on the horse's back, "No." ”
"Let's go, drive!" Huo Quai's horse whip was raised, and the soldiers behind him walked along the rut prints, Li Tian took the two thousand soldiers in his hands to crash open the gate of Xicheng, and soon, the remaining Xiongnu people in Xicheng were all driven out by the Han army, and the soldiers of the Han army began to bury the pot to cook and repair, and Li Tian took people to the palace of the evil king to see if there could be any unexpected gains
When the smoke of the cooking in the west city rises faintly in the night, the Han flags of the four gates are hung on the city wall of the four gates.
The evil king of Hun and the king of Hutu have painstakingly operated the nest for decades, and the Han army simply took it into the pocket without losing a single life, and soon after, it also brought the relatives and families of the evil king and the king of Hutu.
It was at seven o'clock in the evening when Huo Qubing led his army out of Xicheng to pursue the family of the two kings of Hun and his ministers, and it was at noon the next day when the Han army returned from afar escorting the captives and captured gold, silver and jade.
In this battle, Huo Qubing did not take much effort, although the family members of the two kings of Hun Evil fled in six hours, but most of them were old and weak women and children, and their travel speed was very slow, and it only took six hours to walk dozens of miles, and Huo Qubing caught up in a few hours.
When the night was dark, countless Han army horsemen brandished sabers and rushed to the front of the large team that was slowly advancing, the whole team was sixty or seventy thousand people, and more than half of the people in Xicheng fled with the family of the evil king, because in their eyes, the Han army was a group of people who killed people, set fire to and robbed food.......
The battle began, and as soon as the Han army appeared, the battle situation was almost one-sided, and the Han army captured prisoners one-sidedly.......
Since the appearance of the Han army, these fleeing Xiongnu people and Xiongnu nobles have become a group of headless flies, running and fleeing for their lives on the grassland, and 8,000 Han troops rushed up and began to capture prisoners and cut off people's heads.
It took a whole night.......
It's a pity that there were too many Xiongnu people here, and the night was too dark at that time, in this extremely chaotic situation, there were many big fish who ran away, but there were also many big fish who didn't have time to escape, and all of them became prisoners of the Han army.
When the dawn rose the next day, Huo Quzhi knew the results of his battle last night, which was very rich.
The son of the evil king, the daughter of the king of Hutu, and more than a dozen of their wives, along with the governor of Xiangguo and other officials, all became prisoners of Huo Quai, and the golden people used by the king of Hutu to sacrifice to the sky are now all played with in Zhang Taishu's hands.......
In addition, 40,000 Xiongnu civilians and more than 800 Xiongnu cavalry also became prisoners of Huo Quai.
and tens of thousands of loads of grain, and countless gold and silver treasures, all of which were accumulated by the Evil King and the King of Hutu over the years.
Faced with the mountains of grain, gold and silver treasures, Huo Quzhi gave an order without blinking.
"Burn, burn them all!"
Champion Hou is also helpless to do this, if possible, he also wants to bring this fruitful spoils back to the Han, but this idea is at most to think about it, the current situation Huo Qubing can be said to be very clear, anytime and anywhere may encounter the main force of the Huns, if he takes these grains and gold and silver treasures, then he is afraid that he will always be left in Hexi.
So I had to burn it, although it was more distressing....... But the Huns could not be allowed to take advantage.
In addition to burning those baggage, Huo Qubing also let go of all 40,000 Hun people, even the wives of the Hun Evil King and the King of Hutu, including the daughter of the King of Hun Tu.
This is not only to show the benevolence of the Han army, but also because Huo Qubing doesn't want to bring so much burden, plus although Huo Qubing captured the wives of the evil king and the king of Hutu, but those are all concubines, the wife has already fled, even with some children, the concubines are useless, and they are all women, and the soldiers of the Han army under their command will inevitably have some bad intentions for them, after all, they are all a group of old men who have been holding back for a long time, in case of doing that kind of thing, it will be too bad for the reputation of the Han army.
As for why even the daughter of King Hugh Tu was let go...... It's ridiculous to say that last night the Han army captured a total of four daughters of King Hugh Tu....... In the same way, they are useless, King Hutu will not be jealous of himself because of his daughters, and his daughters are just tools used to make peace in the eyes of people like King Hutu.
Relatively speaking, my son is much better.