Chapter 22 The Huns are defeated
"Order the whole army to retreat, we are defeated......" Although King Zuo Xian is high and powerful in the Xiongnu, he is by no means a pampered lord, and he sees the situation more thoroughly than anyone else, and now the general trend of the Xiongnu has gone,.
"Woo ......" A sound of horns came from outside the camp, and the high-level Huns in the big tent of King Zuo Xian were all pale to the side, and the sound of the horn was followed by the sound of thousands of horses galloping.
"Soldiers, King Zuoxian's camp is in front, rush in and capture King Zuoxian!" Huo Qubing shouted first, and finally Huo Qubing took 30,000 horses down from another mountain road, and there were thousands of cavalry guarding at the original intersection, but because of the battle situation at each intersection, and Huo Quai's elite was exhausted, the Hun defenders at this intersection were defeated without forming an effective resistance.
And Huo Qubing was deployed according to Huo Guang's suspicious strategy, and now the Hun army is all concentrated on other roads, and Huo Qubing led the 30,000 troops to kill outside the Hun camp unimpeded.
In this final decisive battle, Huo Guang was not in the army, but he clearly watched everything that happened on the Wolf Juxu Mountain, and at this moment he paid all his attention to the Hun camp. Because Huo Guang's suspicious tactics completely disrupted the layout of the Huns, the Hun army was completely chaotic at this moment. Although the number was nearly twice as large as that of the Han army, he was still chased and killed by the Han army.
Huo Quai's army broke through the Hun camp like a torrent in an instant, and in an instant, the entire camp burst into flames, and the sound of shouting and killing and horse roaring shook the heavens and the earth. Huo Guang looked at the chaotic battlefield that stretched for more than ten miles, and began to be curious in his heart, I don't know if this different history will have a different ending, for example, although the battle of Mobei in history ended with the victory of the Han army, but King Zuo Xian escaped in the chaos, and now he will be captured by the Han army?
Capturing the Xiongnu Zuoxian King, thinking about this great achievement makes people's hearts excited. If it was an ordinary soldier who captured King Zuoxian, it is estimated that this person would be able to rise to prominence and be directly named a liehou, but if Huo Qubing captured King Zuoxian, I don't know how Emperor Wu of Han would seal him?
"Seal 10,000 households again? In that case, the elder brother's feudal household will be more than 20,000 households, that is, the land of two counties, and such a marquis has never existed...... Is this good or bad? Huo Guang knew that the Han army had laid the foundation for victory after the anti-guest, and unconsciously he had considered the reward for Huo Quai's return to the dynasty, but Huo Guang found that Huo Quai's illness was difficult to seal again, if he really captured King Zuoxian, it would undoubtedly be a problem for Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty!
"I wonder what my brother thinks? With my brother's political wisdom and vision, I should be able to solve the contradiction in this matter very well, right? Huo Guang is still very confident in Huo Quai, he believes that for such an immortal feat as capturing King Zuoxian, .
With the deduction of time, Huo Guang saw that the Hun cavalry who were still fighting in several mountain roads also began to retreat towards the camp, so there was a strange scene on the battlefield, around the Wolf Juxu Mountain, tens of thousands of Hun cavalry were chased by thousands of Han cavalry behind them.
"It seems that I should go down too......" Huo Guang saw that the Xiongnu camp had been completely covered by the firelight, and many cavalry behind the camp also began to flee towards the north in confusion. Huo Guang knew that the overall situation was really decided, and at this time, the Hun army only knew that it was fleeing to the north, and he could go down to take a look. To be honest, Huo Guang still wants to experience the battlefield up close, although he also experienced the Battle of Mobei and played a decisive role in it, but he was in the rear from beginning to end.
"Let's go, let's go to the Hun camp to have a look." Huo Guang turned over and said to the old seven and eight behind him, but this time it was not only the seventh and eighth who were guarding Huo Guang's side, there was also a team of no less than 100 people behind them, which Huo Qubing specially left to protect Huo Guang.
At that moment, Huo Guang took these more than 100 people and rode to the Hun camp. Along the way, Huo Guang saw many corpses lying on the ground, some of them were not even completely dead, and these were basically Huns, it seems that in this final decisive battle, the Han army will have fewer casualties than in history.
Passing through the Xiongnu camp, Huo Guang saw that it was already a mess, and there were still many Xiongnu prisoners surrounded by the Han army in the open space around the camp. Huo Guang curiously beat his horse and walked to one of them, he saw hundreds of Han troops besieging the city in a circle, and there were at least four or five hundred Hun soldiers in the circle, but these Hun soldiers had already surrendered and squatted on the ground honestly.
"Hey, isn't this the big left?" Huo Guang recognized at a glance that one of the Hun captives turned out to be Zuo Dadang, whom he had only met not long ago.
It seemed that Zuo Dadanghu also realized that Huo Guang was talking about himself, and a pair of leopard eyes glared at Huo Guang. However, when he saw Huo Guang's appearance, he was slightly stunned at first, and then his arms were slightly opened, protecting the two Hun teenagers beside him.
Huo Guang looked at Zuo Da Danghu's eyes, saw his expression and movements change, looked down at himself again, and finally fell on the two Hun teenagers behind Zuo Da Danghu.
Looking at himself, Huo Guang determined why Zuo Da Danghu was slightly stunned, because Huo Guang was wearing ordinary brocade clothes, not armor in the army. In addition to the Han army who is familiar with Huo Guang in such a dress, anyone who sees it on the battlefield will be stunned. And Huo Guang looked at the two Hun boys, and he found that these two boys were also very special, they were also not wearing Hun soldier leather armor or iron armor, but also a good quality of clothes.
"Who are the two of them?" Huo Guang pointed to the two Hun teenagers behind Zuo Dadanghu and asked.
"Back to Huo Shizhong, the two of them are the princes of King Zuoxian of the Huns." The officer in charge of guarding the Hun captives replied to Huo Guang.
"Oh? Son of King Zuoxian. How many sons does King Zuo Xian have? Huo Guang glanced at the two Hun teenagers again, and then continued to ask.
"This ...... There must be forty or fifty of them! The Han officer replied with some uncertainty.
"So much...... Then you have to take a good look at these two little princes. Huo Guang was also a little surprised, he didn't expect that this King Zuo Xian would have so many sons, which was indeed enough compared to the Emperor of the Han family. And the reason why Huo Guang said that he was optimistic about these two princes was because he judged that these two must be the most high-ranking of King Zuoxian's many sons.
Because Zuo Da Danghu himself is the magnate of the Huns, the little prince who is worthy of his great protection is definitely not an ordinary existence, and it is very likely that these two will be the most powerful heirs to inherit the throne of Zuo Xianwang in the future.
Groups of captives were escorted out of the Hun camp one after another, Huo Guang did not ask them one by one what their identities were, but Huo Guang also found that the clothes of these captives were very unusual, and they were not ordinary Hun soldiers at first glance, and they were probably all Hun magnates.
"Let's go north and have a look!" Huo Guang greeted, and then galloped away with more than 100 cavalry in the direction pursued by Huo Quai's army.
Galloping all the way, Huo Guang followed the traces of the battle along the way, and ran for another twenty or thirty miles before he found the traces of Huo Quai's army. At this time, Huo Quai's army had already ended the battle, but unlike the situation in the Hun camp, Huo Quai's army had less than 100 prisoners, and when Huo Guang arrived, many soldiers were cutting off the heads of the dead Hun soldiers with their blades.
Fortunately, it was not the first time Huo Guang had seen such a bloody scene, so he didn't feel uncomfortable because of the blood. He walked to Huo Quai's side for the first time, looking at the captives of nearly 100 people, Huo Guang tried hard to find it, but he didn't find a person like King Zuoxian of the Huns.
Of course, Huo Guang didn't know King Zuo Xian, but Huo Guang could judge the identity of this person from a person's temperament and clothing, as well as the eyes of the people around him. And a generation of heroes like Zuo Xianwang must be very easy to recognize.
"Brother, these people don't seem to have simple identities, what kind of people are they!" Huo Guang asked Huo Qubing curiously, and Huo Guang also found that although the soldiers were busy cutting off the heads of the Huns and counting the battlefield, the atmosphere between Huo Qubing and the surrounding generals was a little weird.
"Ah Guang, you are here, this is the king of the Huns Tuntou, this is the king of Han, this is the general of Zuo, and there are Xiangguo, Duwei and several other princes of King Zuo Xian behind him." Huo Qubing pointed at the Huns in the field with a horsewhip on horseback and said, except for the first three Huo Qubing introduced them one by one, the others were brought in a general sentence.
"Didn't catch King Zuoxian?" Huo Guang subconsciously asked, but when he saw that there was no King Zuo Xian among the Hun captives, he breathed a sigh of relief.
"Well, let him run." Huo Quzhi sighed slightly, as if he was also a little disappointed because he didn't catch King Zuoxian.
"Alas, at that time, I was less than two miles away from King Zuoxian, if Hou Ye ordered the troops to be collected a quarter of an hour later, the last general would have captured King Zuo Xian under Hou Ye's horse." As soon as Huo Quai's words fell, Li Dang shouted with a sigh, he was really depressed at this moment, and he was about to capture King Zuoxian, but this immortal achievement was close at hand but flew away.
Of course, Li Dang's situation at that time could also be disobedient and disrespectful to continue to pursue King Zuoxian, but compared with the merits, it was Huo Quzhi's prestige and military discipline that overcame his desire to disobey and capture King Zuoxian.
"Huh? Why, Captain Li is questioning Ben Hou's military order? Huo Quzhi snorted coldly without being angry, and as soon as he said this, Li Dang was immediately silent, and the generals around him also looked cautious.
Huo Guang has also been carefully observing the changes in the expressions of these people, and it can be seen that Huo Quzhi has indeed accumulated a deep prestige in the Han army. But at the same time, a bold guess also sprouted in Huo Guang's heart, could it be that the elder brother really intended it? As soon as this thought appeared, Huo Guang immediately shook his head, trying to get this thought out of his mind.
"Hou Ye is angry, the last general will make a mistake for a while, and he will never dare to have such a heart!" Li Dang hurriedly turned over and dismounted, kneeling on one knee with a look of sincere fear.
Huo Quzhi's sudden change of color, coupled with Li Dang's panicked appearance, the whole atmosphere suddenly became even more weird, and all the generals in the field were old men who had followed Huo Qubing for many years, and their faces were all difficult to look at for a while. In fact, Huo Guang could think of it, these people were all old people in the officialdom and army, how could they not think of it. For a while, the atmosphere became extremely awkward!