Chapter 250: Old Friends Meet
Huo Guang and Xutuo met with the lower reaches of Yilishui, but did not immediately march to Chigu City, and on the second day when Huo Guang arrived here, another cavalry team of nearly 10,000 people from the south approached the Yilishui camp. Le Wen Novel|
This is naturally the 10,000-strong Hexi Army led by Zhao Ponu and Shangguan Ji, and they also wiped out several small countries such as Weixu, Yanqi, and Qiuzi in about the same time.
However, when he saw the return of this army, although Huo Guang found that Zhao Ponu and Shangguan Ji were still there, but this army obviously exceeded the normal attrition, it stands to reason that with the ability of Zhao Ponu and Shangguan Ji, to destroy these small countries, there will hardly be much war damage, but Huo Guang found at a cursory glance that this army of 10,000 people has lost at least nearly 1,000 people.
"The Grand Governor, the last general is here to restore his life!" Approaching the camp, Zhao Ponu and Shangguan Jian both dismounted and knelt down in front of Huo Guang.
"What's going on?" Huo Guang asked with a slight frown. He had already found that although Zhao Ponu and Shangguan Ji seemed to be fine, they had obviously gone through a fierce battle, and there were also many minor wounds on their bodies.
To destroy a few small countries, the two generals under his command need to play in person, and it seems that it is not easy to win, is there any powerful figure in these small countries in the Western Regions?
"Bring it on." Zhao Ponu and Shangguan Ji did not answer directly, but shouted behind them.
Huo Guang looked up at the back of the team, and saw a team of Hexi Army escorting twenty or thirty prisoners, these prisoners were tied with their hands behind their backs, and when Huo Guang's eyes fell on the faces of these prisoners, he couldn't help but show a trace of surprise.
Because these more than 20 captives turned out to be Han faces!
"Governor Dadu, after we broke through Qiuci, we planned to come to join the Governor, but we learned that there is another place called Wu'an City forty miles west of Qiuci. I discussed with Shangguan Jiyi and felt that it was quite close anyway, so I went to destroy it by the way. Behold...... Who knows that the population in this Wu'an city is not large, but there are more than 100 horsemen are extremely fierce, they are not only well-armed, but the two guys who take the lead are also extremely difficult, we paid four or five hundred brothers to kill them to only more than 20 people, but we found that these guys turned out to be Han Chinese, so we brought them, and asked the governor to fall. Shangguan Ji is an acute person, but he also briefly explained the cause and effect.
"Damn..... Kill so many of my men! Who are you? Huo Guang was angry in his heart, but he was also a little surprised. More than 100 people were able to kill four or five hundred people under the siege of 10,000 Hexi cavalry, and this combat power was about to catch up with Huo Guang's own personal guards.
Such a group of people are still Han Chinese, Huo Guang is very curious about their identities? And I have never heard of a place called Wu'an City in the countries of the Western Regions.
"You are Huo Guang?" The first of the more than 20 captives looked at Huo Guang and asked with some curiosity, this person was only in his thirties, although he was captured, he still looked calm.
"Do you know the Governor of Pontus?" Huo Guang saw many complicated expressions in this person's eyes, as if this person had many entanglements with himself, but Huo Guang really didn't know this person.
"Haha....... It seems that I am destined to die at your hands in this life! In the past few years, I have also enjoyed the wealth of the world, and I can die under your hands, this life is enough! The leader suddenly looked up to the sky and laughed, but he was a little free.
Huo Guang was even more puzzled, looked at this person carefully, and then suddenly said with a smile on his face: "Since Your Excellency has been bent on death, why didn't you kill yourself at that time and be captured by my two generals?" Since Your Excellency still has the heart to survive, you might as well tell me the origin! ”
"You...... Anyang Hou is really wise, can't he guess the origin of the following? The word Wu'an, Anyang Hou, should be no stranger, right? This person seemed to be understood by Huo Guang, and he was a little speechless for a while, but then returned to normal.
"Wu An..... Are you the descendants of Wu Anjun Baiqi? Huo Guang thought of Wu'an Jun Bai a hundred years ago from the word Wu An, and if Bai Qi's descendants fled to the Western Regions, it would barely make sense.
"An Yangjun, if you are called like this, you should be able to remember me, right?" The man suddenly changed his title, and he actually called Huo Guang's former knighthood.
Huo Guang's expression changed slightly, as if he remembered something, and then stared at this person and asked, "Are you the Hanoi Bai brother?" Are you a white politician or a white soldier? ”
Huo Guang finally remembered that when he was still An Yangjun, he went to Hanoi to quell the turmoil, and the most tricky thing he encountered was the Bai brothers, but later because of the sudden appearance of the previous generation of the Mo family, Huo Guang's plan was completely disrupted, and finally let the Bai brothers leave Hanoi with their henchmen, and this Bai Zheng also left a letter to Huo Guang back then.
"In Xia Baizheng, I've seen the Metropolitan Governor!" Bai Zheng bowed slightly, but because his body was tied, he looked a little awkward.
"Haha..... Ha ha...... An Yangjun saw the letter like a meeting...... Okay, you're a white politician, after all these years, you're still caught by the governor of Pontus! Huo Guang also looked up to the sky and laughed, but there was no murderous spirit in his words, but it was like seeing an old friend who he hadn't seen for many years.
"Come on, untie them!" Huo Guang immediately ordered, but everyone was stunned. However, Huo Guang's order was quickly executed, and more than twenty of them were loosened.
"Huo Guang really doesn't kill us?" A young man in the crowd asked in disbelief, when Huo Guang ordered the loosening, these people guessed in their hearts that Huo Guang might not kill them.
"Presumptuous, how can you call the name of the Metropolitan Governor? Get down on my knees yet! Bai Zheng turned his head to the man who spoke just now and scolded, and he himself had already knelt down on one knee and said to Huo Guang: "The grass people are not strict in discipline, and please forgive the majority of the governors!" ”
"Please surrender to the Metropolitan Governor!" The person who called Huo Guang's name just now knelt down honestly, as if this person was obedient to Bai Zheng's words.
Huo Guang found that this person looked a little similar to Bai Zheng, but the fierce aura on his body was even worse, and it should be the white soldier.
"Your guilt really deserves to be killed, and your arrest documents are still hanging in the counties of Dahan. But here, it's up to the governor of Pontus to kill you or not. Give me a reason not to kill you!" Huo Guang's gaze fell back on Bai Zheng's face again and said.
Bai Zheng took a deep breath, then lowered his head and said: "The grass people and the others acted back then, and they were forced to be helpless because of that king Wen Shu, the grass people can swear to the sky that our brothers have never killed an innocent person." Grass Folk ...... In this life, he was a pawn of the Metropolitan Governor! ”
"Pawn...... Then let Pontus see what you are capable of, and if I am not satisfied, it will not be too late to kill you. Ordered the army to assemble and send troops to Chigu Castle ....." Huo Guang looked at Bai Zheng and said, and then suddenly turned around and ordered the army to pull out, but it temporarily spared Bai Zheng and the others.
Bai Zheng and the others were just a small episode, Huo Guang and the Wusun cavalry, a total of 50,000 cavalry, marched towards Chigu City.
"Report ...... Metropolitan Governor...... Fifty miles ahead of our army, we found an army of arrogant hunters. "There are still a hundred miles away from Chigu City, the scouts in front have returned to report the situation ahead to Huo Guang, and Hunt Jiaomi has already set up a large army to prepare for battle.
In this era, if the disparity in strength is not too large, it is generally like to open up a position and fight in a dignified manner, especially this kind of large-scale cavalry engagement.
"Your father would have chosen a place!" Huo Guang looked at the open plain in front of him, on a slightly undulating gentle slope more than ten miles away from him, tens of thousands of Wusun troops had already set up a charging shape, and the highest part of the gentle slope was a big tower, which must be where the hunting arrogance was.
"Father, he was stubborn..... Now there are Xiongnu in the north of Wusun, and there are branches in the west, if you don't surrender to the Han Dynasty, you will not be able to escape the disaster of extermination, and your subordinates are also learning from the righteousness of the Han Dynasty to destroy their relatives....... "Xu Tuomi followed Huo Guang's side, and he didn't know how true or false the words were.
"You have a long-term view....." Huo Guang glanced at Xutuomi, regardless of the truth or falsehood of his words, Wusun's position and a large number of horses doomed him to be annexed by several major empires sooner or later, and Hunting Jiaomi originally intended to surrender to the Han, but many conditions were proposed, but in order to compete for the throne, Xutuomi's determination to turn to the Han was more thorough.
"Li Ling listens to the order," Huo Guang suddenly shouted loudly.
"The end will be." Li Ling rode his horse to the front of Huo Guang and held his fists on horseback to receive his life.
"Order you to lead 20,000 troops and attack the arrogant Wusun army from the front."
"Nuo" Li Ling responded, and then rode forward, and the 20,000 Hexi troops behind Huo Guang also followed Li Ling slowly, and soon the 20,000 cavalry accelerated their charge on the open grassland.
When Li Ling led 20,000 cavalry to start a frontal attack, Huo Guang ordered again: "Xutuo obeys the order and orders you to lead 20,000 Wusun cavalry to outflank the arrogant army from the left and right flanks." ”
Huo Guang didn't plan to let them fight head-on, but these Wusun cavalry couldn't do without it, so they let them outflank the arrogant wings.
Huo Guang directly pressed 40,000 cavalry at the beginning. 40,000 against 60,000, it seems that the victory is inclined to the arrogant side, but in terms of the quality of the soldiers and the excellent equipment, the 20,000 Hexi army on the front is several levels higher than the arrogant Wusun army.
When the Hexi army began to accelerate its sprint, the Wusun army on the gentle slope also began to sprint downward. The two armies rushed towards each other like two rushing tides, and finally the two tides collided together, and the sound of shouting and killing filled the entire heaven and earth.
This is the first time Huo Guang has carried out a frontal battle of tens of thousands of cavalry, the thrilling momentum as if to tear the heavens and the earth apart makes Huo Guang moved, this is a dignified war, the competition is morale, soldier quality, weapons and equipment, and the result is also obvious, the well-equipped and high-morale Hexi Army, under the leadership of Li Ling, is like an indomitable spear, is nearly 40,000 Wusun cavalry composed of a frontal army chiseled through little by little.
Even if Wusun has a military advantage, it has shown a decline over time.
"Bai Zheng, now is the time to prove whether you are worth it or not...... Let's go....." Huo Guang was still staring at the arrogant Da Xuan, but the voice had already reached the ears of Bai Zheng beside him.
"The subordinates will not disappoint the Grand Governor...... Brothers, follow me! Bai Zheng is a smart person, he knew what Huo Guang meant, he just said a simple word, and then beckoned to more than two dozen subordinates behind him, and roared towards the location of the arrogant Da Xuan.