Chapter 113: The Second Battle of Hexi
Outside the Xiaoyue clan.
The 20,000 Han cavalry covered the entire wilderness, staring at the tiny, and most of them were trembling on the opposite side.
The end of the First Battle of Hexi gave the Han army countless confidences, and there were only four words in everyone's hearts.
Sure to win!
Huo Qubing drove the war horse back and forth in front of the Haoran army array, looking at the elite soldiers and strong generals under his command, looking at Zhao Ponu, Qian Mingguang, many servants, Gao Buzhi, Zhou Xing, Huo Quzhi's handsome facial features climbed with a thick smile.
"Are you all ready?"
"Cangchangchang." Qian Mingguang was the first to pull out the long sword on his waist, stared at Huo Quai, and licked the corners of his mouth eagerly, "General, give the order." ”
The servants looked at each other without knowing each other, and they all chuckled: "General, please give the order!" ”
Zhao Ponu, who was on horseback, reached out and rubbed the saber on his waist, and smiled slightly, "General, I can't hold the long sword in my hand anymore." ”
"Cangchangchang!" At this moment, the sound of long knives unsheathed sounded one after another, and the 20,000 Han soldiers all pulled out their sharp blades and pointed at the sky.
The dragon roars and the tiger roars, and the mighty military power resounded through the world.
"Please give the general an order!"
"Good!" Huo Quzhi laughed loudly, pulled out his horse and faced the Xiaoyue cavalry in front of him.
Champion Hou's eyes burned with scorching battle intent, and the sword at his waist was slowly withdrawn, pointing forward, excitement, expectation, and eagerness were all displayed on Huo Quzhi's face.
The general's horizontal sword is light in his mouth.
"Brother Li, I'm back again, you must be looking at me at this moment, well, it must be yes, Brother Li, you must keep your eyes open in the sky, because today is the moment when I Huo Qu is sick and fulfills his promise!"
Looking at the scorching sun in the sky that was covered by a touch of white clouds, Huo Quzhi bowed slightly, and in the next moment, Huo Quzhi's left hand was gently placed on his chest, and four words slowly came out of his mouth.
"Han Erlang!"
"Brush, brush, brush." At the same moment, the 20,000 Han soldiers straightened their waists at the same time, their left hands on their chests, and each of them was so solemn.
The deep voices of 20,000 people sounded in an instant.
"No regrets even if you die!"
This is the military soul of Huo Jun, and it is also the four words that Huo Jun will say and remember every time a big war comes.
"Attack!" The words must fall, Huo Quai's illness urged his crotch to chase the wind and the horse, and went straight to the Xiaoyue cavalry.
"Kill!" The servant didn't know how high Zhao Ponu was, the tiger roared, and the three of them held long swords and led their elite horsemen, like a tiger descending the mountain, riding a horse and rushing wildly!
General Li, Brother Sun, Grandpa Wang, I, Qian Mingguang, have come to avenge you! I, Qian Mingguang, have come to bear your lifelong beliefs!
Huo Quai's military order, Qian Mingguang's eyes turned blood-red in an instant, and his left hand pulled out the golden sword he had captured the Evil King, and Li Tian's saber was raised high from his right hand.
I saw Qian Mingguang holding a sword in his right hand, waving a knife in his left hand, turning his head to his own soldiers behind him, and roaring: "Charge!" ”
"Kill!" The roars of the soldiers went straight to the thunder, and 20,000 galloping war horses, carrying the 20,000 Han soldiers, rushed into the 3,000 Xiaoyue cavalry at high speed, and the two armies fought together in an instant.
In the midst of the chaos, I saw Qian Mingguang wielding the sword of his left and right hands, fighting with the front line, and the sword in his hand took off, bringing up countless blood.
Strands of blood sprinkled on Qian Mingguang's resolute and heroic face, and his blood-red eyes let out a roar that made Jiutian tremble.
"Kill!"
An hour later, Satsuki was defeated!
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After defeating the Xiaoyue clan, Huo Qubing did not stop, led the army to attack all the way, and it took less than a day to enter the central territory of Qilian Mountain, under the leadership of Huo Quzhi, the Han soldiers seemed to turn into a sharp sword, and the entire Hexi land was divided into two halves.
The tribes of the five kings of Hexi were all reduced to cattle and sheep under Huo Qu's knife.
In this battle of Hexi, Gongsun Ao led the army to attack from the front, and it was precisely because of his attack that he attracted all the attention of the new five kings of Hexi, who believed that the Han army was attacking from the front, so most of the main force of the Xiongnu in Hexi drove to the direction of Gongsun Ao's army.
Rear...... Only some old, weak, sick and disabled people were left, including the families of the five kings of Hexi.
The Five Kings of Hexi didn't feel that there was anything wrong with them doing this, in fact, any normal person would do it, but ....... Their opponents are not normal people, and his tactics and tactics have long been far ahead of the forefront of this era.
Just when the five kings of Hexi and Gongsun Ao's army were fighting on the Hexi front, when the two armies were inseparable, their rear, their tribes, their base camps, and the places where their parents, wives and children existed.......
It turned out to be an army of Huo Quai!
On the third day of defeating the Xiaoyue clan, Huo Qubing led an army of 20,000 to the Chieftain Tu Wang's domain, stayed in the rear, and transported grain and grass for the Xiongnu army on the front line.
The two sides fought fiercely for a day, and Huo Qubing broke the elite cavalry under the command of the chief Tu Wang.
The chieftain King himself was defeated and captured, and the whole family became prisoners of the Han army, which killed more than 2,000 Hun cavalry and captured 3,000.
The new five kings of Hexi, the king of the chieftain Tu, defeated!
After that, Huo Qubing led the army to continue to advance, re-taking the road of turning to the five countries within six days, a few days, Huo Qubing passed through the Hunu Water, crossed the Wusheling Ridge, and attacked and killed the Xiongnu tribes along the way, and swept the rest of the four kings of Hexi in a row.
The four kings of Hexi, who were inseparable from Gongsun Ao's army on the front line, and their relatives and dependents became prisoners because of Huo Quai's surprise attack.
When Huo Qubing led the army to attack their base camp, the newly promoted Four Kings of Hexi and King Xiu Tu led their troops to fight against Gongsun Ao's army on the front line, but who would have thought that Huo Qubing would actually kill them from the rear, and rely on the accurate topographic map in his hand, and wiped out all of their lair in one fell swoop.
All of this is thanks to the excellent intelligence work of the Han Dynasty and the topographic map of Hexi that the old leader of the Zi tribe sent to Huo Quai.
Through the information, Huo Qubing easily knew who the new five kings of Hexi were, and according to the map, Huo Qubing found the location of their tribe very accurately, and with such a strong help, it was normal for Huo Qubing to achieve this series of results.
After attacking and killing the lair of the new five kings of Hexi, Huo Qu was sick and immediately led the army to the northern mountain range of Qilian Mountain, where was also his ultimate goal, and it was also the place where he had the final decisive battle with the main force of Hexi.
The northern mountain range of Qilian Mountain, this is the end of Huo Quai's trip, and it is also the top priority of whether he can completely subdue Hexi, as long as he can take away the control of Qilian Mountain from the hands of the Huns, then Hexi will completely become the Hexi of the Han Dynasty.
Huo Quzhi's previous battles had dealt an extremely heavy blow to the Hexi Xiongnu, and even in these days, Huo Qubing had also received letters of surrender from various ethnic minorities in Hexi and Xiongnu vassal states, and they were all willing to surrender to the Han Dynasty.
The Xiongnu vassal states and ethnic minorities who were unwilling to surrender to the Han Dynasty were also like the evil king, and fled to the back of Qilian Mountain with tens of thousands of people.
In this way, we can know the importance of Qilian Mountain.
In other words, those who get the Qilian Mountains get the west of the river, and the future Qilian Mountains have also made countless contributions to the famous overseas Silk Road.
Before the army set out, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty told Huo Qubing by name.
"Qilian Mountain, it will be in the hands of my big man!"
Finally, the entire military operation to recover Hexi was also carried out around the Qilian Mountains as the central point.
The plan of the Han army was as follows, Gongsun Ao led half of the men and horses to attract the attention of the main force of the Xiongnu, and Huo Qubing was responsible for leading the army back to the rear of the land of Hexi, breaking through from the rear, and first destroying the lair of the kings of Hexi.
But it is certain that they will never lead the army back to their tribe, and the four kings of Hexi will definitely lead their soldiers and horses to Qilian Mountain to ensure the safety of Qilian Mountain!
Because they all understand the importance of Qilian Mountain, and they also understand that even if they are the last, Qi Lianshan must not lose!
As the saying goes, those who have Qilian Mountain have Hexi!
The kings of Hexi led their troops to Qilian Mountain, which just fell into the hands of the Han army, because they wanted to be in Qilian Mountain, that is, to completely eliminate the living force of the Xiongnu in Hexi under Qilian Mountain!
Huo Qubing and Gongsun Ao had already led their troops to Qilian Mountain at this time, where they wanted to fight with the five kings of Hexi.
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After several days of continuous battles, Huo Quai's soldiers also suffered more than 2,000 casualties, after all, these people were not as good as the first batch of soldiers who went to Hexi with Huo Quai.
Although the vast majority of the 20,000 people who followed Huo Qubing were veterans, they ...... It is impossible for Rao is Han to lose more than 8,000 veterans not long ago, and once again select 20,000 soldiers from the army, all composed of tun commanders, and hand them over to Huo Qubing to fight the Huns again.
It's probably not right, it's not that it's impossible for the big man to find out, but there's no way to find out.
As we all know, in the army during the war years, the most rare and valuable were the veterans who had fought for several years and did not die, because they had the most combat experience, their understanding of the enemy was also extremely terrifying, and their combat effectiveness far exceeded that of ordinary soldiers.
But what is the current situation, 8,000 veterans of the Tun Chang level who have fought with the Xiongnu for many years have just been lost due to the battle of Gaolan Mountain, and these 8,000 people are almost the most Tun Chang level veterans that Liu Che can draw, so this time on the expedition to Hexi, the soldiers and horses obtained by Huo Quai's illness are destined to be as strong as they were in the first battle of Hexi.
This does not mean that Dahan does not have 20,000 tun chiefs, but Liu Che can no longer give it.
Just imagine, if Huo Qubing led the 20,000 soldiers on the expedition this time, they would still be veterans composed of low-level generals like Tun Chang...... So where should Li Guang and Zhang Qian be? Where should Gongsun Ao be? What about the border army that was tasked with defending against the attack of Izhiche?
There are only so many veterans at the level of the commander in total, and they can even be called the mainstay of an army, if they are all pulled out and hit together, indeed, the combat effectiveness of this army will be very strong, just like the first battle of Hexi, 10,000 people killed 30,000 people in the wilderness and lost their armor.
But this kind of thing can only be done once, otherwise...... If we concentrate all our forces one after another, an extremely terrifying consequence will inevitably occur.
Totally devastated.
There are so many veterans at the level of the commander of the tun, no matter how brave and good Gongsun Ao and Li Guang are, they are afraid that they will not be able to resist the attack of those Hun warriors.
Because the veterans are not only strong in combat, they also have the ability to command the soldiers next to them, so Liu Che only reluctantly gathered about a few thousand tun commanders for Huo Qubing this time as a weapon for Huo Quzhi to win the victory, in addition to some low-level generals below the tun commander, of course, more are ordinary soldiers.
Among them, there are about 3,000 people who can be called recruits.
Note that secondary recruits are different from other recruits in that they are not new to the army, nor have they just joined the army, but they are ...... First time on the battlefield.