Chapter 225: The First Battle of the Wise
Dongfang Shuo was the first to leave Fuping with 20,000 cavalry and rush to Longdi Pass. Then the second one to leave was Huo Guang, Huo Guang with the last 5,000 cavalry still rode lightly, but the direction they ran to was the direction of Wuwei County in Hexi. It's just that in Huo Guang's team, a knight wrapped in iron armor, carrying a pitch-black iron box behind his back, rode in the center of the team, as if the entire team of five thousand people was protecting this person.
Finally, on the third day, Lu Shu transported the winter clothes and bedding needed by Li Ling's troops to Fuping City as scheduled, and finally Li Ling's team also left the small city, and Fuping City returned to its former peace.
Huo Tang, Lu Shu and Zhuo Junchen returned to Chang'an under the escort of the guards, but Huo Tang looked like he was not giving up on the way.
When Huo Guang's arrangements were being carried out in a tense and orderly manner, the 150,000 troops of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, far away in the depths of Mobei, were still confronting the main force of the Xiongnu Uwei Shan Yu, and there would be several wars of tens of thousands of people going on on this grassland every day. So far, however, both sides have deliberately exercised restraint, and neither side has committed more than 50,000 troops.
The camp of the Chinese army is busy, and it is also the palace of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty. In this more than ten days of confrontation and fighting, many people have gradually become accustomed to this kind of daily fighting, and Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty has also changed back to a regular suit from the armor at the beginning.
"Grandpa Huang...... An Yanghou's letter arrived. Liu Jin, the eldest grandson of the emperor, walked quickly into the big tent in a strong suit and respectfully presented a letter that had not yet been opened to Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty.
As soon as he heard that it was Huo Guang's letter, Emperor Wu of Han hurriedly stood up from the soft couch, took a few steps forward and eagerly took the envelope from his grandson's hand.
Now that Liu Jin is serving Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, some confidential information has gradually been taken over by Li Jin, and on this battlefield related to the fortunes of the country, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty has also shown full trust in his eldest grandson. It's just that in this way, Jiang Chong and Su Wen, the original celebrities of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, have gradually been marginalized, and the two of them have been secretly dissatisfied with this.
Emperor Wu of Han eagerly took out the letterhead, and his gaze quickly swept over the contents on it. He saw that this was not Huo Guang's handwritten letter, the font on the letterhead was beautiful, although it had the style of everyone, it should be from a woman's hand, but the tone of the letter was the same as Huo Guang's.
"Huo Tang?" Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty whispered out the name, and he also had a trace of curiosity about this girl who had already moved the world.
Curiosity is curiosity, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty is still more concerned about the content of the letter. Soon he read the letter at a glance and ten lines, and also knew Huo Guang's three-way deployment. Although the letter did not mention what the 5,000 people led by Huo Guang were doing, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty could feel that perhaps this huge conspiracy that would put the Han into a life-and-death crisis was breaking through where Huo Guang was.
"Tai Shi Ling, take it and take a look, write it down........" Emperor Wu of Han raised his hand to the letterhead he had finished reading, and said to Sima Qian, who was kneeling in the corner of the big tent.
This time Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty not only brought a large number of painters with him, but also brought Taishi Ling, who was responsible for recording historical facts. The previous Taishi Ling Sima Tan was already old, and now it was Sima Tan's son Sima Qian who succeeded him as Taishi Ling.
"No." Sima Qian is now in his early thirties, in the prime of life. This emperor's northern tour had already made Sima Qian look forward to it, and no one expected that it would turn into a battle of national fortunes between the Han Dynasty and the two foreign races. These days, Sima Qian has been non-stop, and many major news needs to be recorded by him.
Sima Qian took the letterhead in the hand of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, understood the content after a quick glance, and then spread a piece of paper on his desk, and then picked up a brush and wrote on the paper:
"In the summer of the third year of Yuan Ding, Shang fought with the Xiongnu in Mobei. 100,000 Qiang people rode to knock on Longxi, broke the road within 10 days, even under the five cities, Dalun Du Song Ruozan dug Wei water flooded, within 100 miles of Zeguo, more than 300,000 soldiers and civilians were killed and wounded, and Gongsun Ao killed himself. He ordered Hou Guang of Anyang to lead 30,000 cavalry back to aid Longxi, Hanoi Taishou Dongfang Shuo divided 20,000 troops into Longdi to reject the capital Song Ruozan, Hanoi Governor Li Ling 5,000 light cavalry detoured to the hinterland of the Qiang people to find the Qiang King City, and the Marquis of Anyang led 5,000 horses into the West Sea ......"
Sima Qian's record is concise and accurate, and when it is written that Huo Guang led 5,000 horses into the West Sea, Sima Qian stopped writing, because the later events were not mentioned in the letter. During this period, the West Sea refers to the area around Qinghai Lake in later generations, that is, the northeastern region of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, which is also the northernmost area of activity of the Qiang people.
"Dusong Ruozan? Qiang Wise Man....... Could it all be the work of this man? "Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty has known the existence of Du Song Ruozan from Huo Guang's letters, and Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty has always thought that the Qiang people are just the instructions of the Huns, and even he has thought about appeasing the Qiang people with generous benefits, but now it seems that if all this is dominated by the Qiang people, then the road to appease is completely unfeasible.
When Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty was still having a headache for the Qiang people, Sima Qian took out a book from his arms, which he carried with him, but it was not an official thing belonging to Taishi Ling, but a note for his own use. I saw Sima Qian open the book and continue to write on a half-written page in the middle, and most of the content he wrote was related to Huo Guang's actions this time. If you look at the place at the beginning of this page, you will find that there is a name called "Anyang Hou Shijia".
When Dongfang Shuo arrived at Longdi with 20,000 cavalry, the pass in front of him was already dilapidated. The pass was built in the pre-Qin period and has been abandoned for a hundred years, except for the tall city wall is still alive on the mountain, all other facilities no longer exist, and even the city wall is overgrown with weeds, and even the suspension bridge of the gate building has long been unusable.
"The order was issued to cut down all the trees within a radius of 300 zhang of the gate, and immediately repair the pass, first repair the city gate suspension bridge, and transport all the felled trees into the pass. In addition, all flags were removed and changed to the banner of Anyang Hou. Dongfang Shuo looked at everything in front of him and ordered in a hurry.
Dongfang Shuo's orders were quickly implemented, although some orders made his generals and non-commissioned officers very puzzled, but Dongfang Shuo was the chief general appointed by Huo Guang himself, and these 20,000 people were Huo Guang's descendants, no matter what orders could be faithfully and effectively implemented.
With 20,000 people working together, it was not difficult to cut down trees and simply repair the passes. Almost in a day, a pass that was barely useful had been erected in the Longdi Mountains, and all the flags on the Guanlou had become Huo characters except for a huge banner embroidered with Chinese characters.
Dongfang Shuo's gray robe was swaying in the wind, his eyes looked at the western sky, where there were endless mountains, when he saw countless birds in the sky scattered, Dongfang Shuo frowned slightly, and then propped one hand on the wall, and calmly instructed the captain beside him: "Put down the suspension bridge and open the gate." Ten thousand cavalry are ready, and the others are doing as I have commanded. ”
"No." The young lieutenant clenched his fists and took the order, and then quickly ran down the building.
Among the 30,000 people that Huo Guang brought back to help Longxi this time, there was no other person who could be called a general except Shangguan Ji, and Dongfang Shuo here only had about a dozen captains except for a few captains who led the troops. In other words, fighting alone on the battlefield, there is no one here in Dongfang Shuo who can compete with Mang Buluozhi.
At the same time as the young lieutenant gave the order, the sound of horses' hooves resounding through the world was also like a tsunami towards Longdi Pass, and the smoke and dust rolled up in the sky were overwhelming, and the sky to the west seemed to be covered with smoke and dust when standing on the gate tower.
The 100,000 cavalry of the Qiang people arrived at the Longdi Pass in just a moment. However, looking at the banner waving and closing the door of Longdi Pass, the Qiang people actually stopped one after another, and did not rush into the pass.
"Da Lun, what a chance. The Han people closed the door wide open, and our army could easily take this place by charging now. Mang Buluo Zhi said eagerly, in his opinion, as long as he crossed here, Chang'an City would be close at hand.
"Slow down, ......." Du Song Ruozan saw that there was no grass growing in the square radius of the Guanlou, and frowned slightly for the first time, and then looked at the open door of the cave, and his eyes became more and more solemn.
"Afraid of what? Now the Han people still have someone who can stop our 100,000 army? Da Lun ordered! Mangbroch said with some eagerness, he was a man who lived for war, and there was nothing more hearty than letting him fight a big battle.
"See those flags? That word is called 'Huo'...... Presumably, a Han man named Huo Guang has already arrived here. I have carefully studied this Han man, this man is interlocking, intrigue is unguardable, he swept away the three kingdoms of South Vietnam, East Vietnam and Lan in one year, this is a very difficult opponent, among the Han people he can be said to be our biggest henchman. Du Song Ruozan raised his hand to stop Mangburozhi's invitation to fight, and Huo Guang's name even this alien wise man had to be taken seriously.
Looking at the Qiang people who had not moved for a long time downstairs, Dongfang Shuo exhaled softly. His palm was withdrawn from the battlement, and a sweat stain on the battlement was clearly visible.......
"See those stumps? The pass has been abandoned for nearly a hundred years, but the stumps were apparently cut down in the last two days. Originally, there were these weeds and trees in the passes, and we could make the Han people scramble with a fire, but now there is no grass in the building, and it is not easy for a character with such insight to act. The Han people pay attention to the virtual and the real with the soldiers, and now the door is wide open, if we rush to the pass, we will just fall into Huo Guang's trap. Du Song Ruozan showed a smile of expectation on his face, he had already regarded Dongfang Shuo as Huo Guang.
Mangbro shrunk his head, he had no doubt that Du Song Ruozan's words were a long-established trust. Mangbrozhi will never forget that when they followed Cangyang Liangyuan, their tribe could be said to be the weakest and poorest of the Qiang people, but it was such a weak and poor tribe, under the planning of Dusong Ruozan, defeated one powerful enemy after another, and reversed the tide of countless defeats.
Just as Mangbrozhi was waiting for Du Song Ruozan's next order, a neat sound of horses' hooves sounded in the Longdi Pass, and then a group of cavalry rushed out of the pass in an orderly manner, and then these cavalry set up a charging formation outside the gate as if they had been trained countless times.
Whether it is Mangbrozhi or Dusong Ruozan, they are people who have been in battle for a long time, and it can be seen at a glance that the cavalry of the Han army is about 10,000 people. These cavalry queues were orderly, without a trace of panic, and the 10,000 men seemed to be in one body, which was completely different from the Han army they had encountered before.
Elite......
Du Song Ruozan also had to admit that the 10,000 cavalry of the Han people was the real elite, which made him even more convinced that the one in Longdi Pass was the famous Hou Huoguang of Anyang.
"Order, 10,000 cavalry of the Goshawk Department will fight." Du Song Ruozan's solemn voice sounded, and at the same time he stretched out his hand and pointed forward, this was the first time he had behaved so solemnly since entering Longxi.
Then in the ranks of the Qiang people, a cavalry of about 10,000 people was also violent, straddled the horse and began to charge towards the Han army, this cavalry force of 10,000 people, the banner painted a mighty plateau goshawk.
"Knock..... Knock ......" The war drums above the Guan Tower suddenly sounded, and the 10,000 Han cavalry under the Guan Tower, at the moment when the drums sounded, the entire cavalry charging phalanx suddenly accelerated and began to sprint.
There was no shouting of killing, only the roar of horses' hooves trampling the earth, and the two cavalry teams seemed to collide silently, and then the neighing of countless war horses, the clashing of weapons, and the sound of bodies falling off their horses resounded throughout the world, but there was no sound of wailing or screaming.
It seems that these horsebacks are war machines that can't speak, can't shout. Whether it was Dongfang Shuo on Longdi Pass, or Du Song Ruozan in the Qiang army, they all stared at the battlering station regiment, as if the two of them wanted to remember the details of each soldier's battle in their minds.
At this moment, the two top wise men who were rare in the world were engaged in the first tentative confrontation, and both of them held their breath, as if it was not the 20,000 cavalry under Guan Lou who were fighting at this moment, but the two people who were looking at each other from afar.
One by one, the soldiers fell silently, and those who were not injured were all killed in one blow. The battle group of 20,000 people seemed chaotic, but it contained small formations one after another. There was no retreat, no roundabout evasion, only constant onslaught, and the 20,000 cavalry seemed to fight like this until they were all dead.......
I don't know how long it took, but I saw that Guan Lou was full of corpses. Almost at the same time, Dongfang Shuo and Du Song Ruozan raised their hands at the same time, and said in a low tone: "Mingjin (blowing the trumpet)..... Collect ......."
When the two of them finished speaking, the sound of striking cymbals sounded on the Guan Tower, and at the same time, the melodious sound of bull horns sounded in the Qiang army. Although the two sounds are different, they both represent the meaning of collecting troops.
On the warbands that were fighting, the originally chaotic and anxious men and horses instantly retreated like two tides, leaving corpses all over the ground.......