Chapter Ninety-Nine: A Fight to the Death

After the Xiongnu commander captured Chang Hui, he was very proud for a while, and was planning to use Chang Hui to blackmail Weng Gui into submission, and bring a few tribes without spending a single soldier. In this way, he could go back to the court and report to the court, so as not to suffer in this wilderness.

But he never thought that the Han army stationed in Dawan had already sent troops, and rushed to meet Weng Guimi's Wusun army in the early morning, and he didn't take Chang Hui's disappearance to heart at all, and made it clear that he wanted to fight to the death with the Huns. This is quite unexpected, I heard that the king of Wusun, Weng Gui, is famous for his affection, indecision is his label, how can a person like this disregard the safety of General Wusun, and say that he will counterattack!

It is said that Chang Hui married with the princess of the Han Dynasty, and they have experienced life and death together, and have experienced many trials to get to where they are today. Now that Princess Xie Wu is the queen of Wusun, and Chang Hui is the general of Wusun, even if Weng Guimi doesn't care about Chang Hui's life, he must save some face for Queen Wusun.

The Xiongnu commander was puzzled, and received a report from the border that there were at least tens of thousands of Han troops coming to support, and he couldn't sit still any longer, so he hurriedly ran to the dungeon to test Chang Hui's meaning, hoping to hear any useful information from his mouth.

The dimly lit dungeon does not see the light of day, and even if the sun shines outside, it cannot shine into this hell on earth. The cell door opened, casting a faint light in, the dust swirling and flying, and the smell of rot made people vomit all the night's food.

The Hun commander frowned, raised his sleeves to cover his nose, originally it was impossible for him to wade through the muddy water all over the ground to see a prisoner, but now that the situation was urgent, he didn't have time to delay any longer, and he was not in the mood to sit outside basking in the sun and sipping tea to interrogate the prisoner.

This battle of the Xiongnu royal family is bound to win, brewing for many years to be able to successfully send troops, during this period of secret training cavalry, to the surrounding small countries to seek material assistance, the price paid by the imperial court is difficult to estimate, if not for the increasingly strong Wusun, other small countries are jealous, I wish the Xiongnu seized several tribes in Wusun, from which a piece of the pie at the same time, can also weaken the power of Wusun.

It's just that these small countries don't dare to openly fight against Wusun, they are not only afraid of the increasingly powerful Wusun court, but also afraid of the big man behind Wusun, unless they really want to follow in the footsteps of the fallen country, it still takes great courage to confront Wusun head-on. So, the Xiongnu took over this hot potato, the Xiongnu were never afraid of Wusun and the Han, and claimed to be the real overlord of the Western Regions. The Xiongnu just needed time to recuperate and recuperate, and they needed a lot of material support.

The Xiongnu and other small countries with bad intentions reached a consensus, and the small countries contributed money to the Xiongnu, and the notoriety in the future will also be borne by the Xiongnu. If you succeed, the benefits will be shared equally, and if you fail, all the consequences will be borne by the Huns. This kind of bold guarantee dispelled the concerns of other small countries, all they need to do is to come up with some money, it is a gamble, and if they win, they can recover several times the chips, in case they lose, they just tighten their belts and be wronged for a while, anyway, Wusun's revenge can't find their heads, what is there to be afraid of!

In this way, they plotted this war to capture Wusun, the Western Regions is a world of the weak and the strong, even the big Han who is thousands of miles away want to come and get involved, the fat water does not flow into the fields of outsiders, rather than being remembered by the big Han all day long, it is better for them to make a reasonable distribution of the Western Regions.

The reason why the Xiongnu authorities led by the king of Yougu Li, the reason why they dared to block it so big was that they must have the certainty of victory to do so, and there were enough reasons to force them to do so. Seeing that Wusun is getting stronger day by day, if they still sit idly by and let him develop into a powerful country in the Western Regions, I am afraid that they will not be qualified to ask in the future. Wusun married the Han Dynasty, Weng Guimi obeyed Liu Ye's words, and let her sit on the throne of Queen Wusun.

The ambition of the Han is obvious to all, Liu Ye has become the queen of Wusun, how can she let go and hand over Wusun to Xu Qige's son. Fools know that Xu Qige is a Huns, as long as her son becomes the king of Wusun, it is inevitable that Wusun will become the bag of the Huns.

The Huns can't sit back and wait for this kind of thing to happen, they have been thinking about it for many years, and they must not be disturbed by a princess of the Han Dynasty, and they must also give Weng Guimi, who is bent on the Han Dynasty, a little bit of color. Let everyone in Wusun know what the end of disobedience to the Huns is, and there is only one way to die if you want to tie up with the Han.

The war of the Xiongnu was fought at the right time, and it was only allowed to succeed and not to fail, and it was not over until the Wusun was seriously injured. In short, we must use this war to fight Wusun, at least let Wusun stop the pace of development, or even set back a few more years, leaving other countries in the Western Regions a chance to breathe.

The Xiongnu commander was born in a royal family and was pampered since he was a child, but he grew up tall and mighty, and he was more talented than others in martial arts. So he was trained as a coach, and now he is only twenty years old and has been sent to the battlefield. Although his own ability is outstanding, he may not be able to beat Chang Hui if he moves his true character, but he is not the material of a fierce general on the battlefield by nature, and he has no determination to sacrifice his life for the Huns, because he is greedy for life and afraid of death, so he can't go all out.

When Chang Hui came in, he was determined to die, just from the momentum, the Hun coach lost a lot, and he was definitely not his opponent when he fought. Now that Dahan and Wusun are jointly attacking, this battle will be much more difficult, and he has already sent a message to the King of Yougu Li, drawing out a team of men and horses to disturb Dawan and cause panic among them.

But this was far from enough, he had to take advantage of the fact that the two armies of Han and Wusun had not yet discussed, and he had to take them by surprise. He has lost face in front of Chang Hui, and he must not let his subordinates look down on him again.

The Xiongnu commander rushed into the dungeon, swept his contemptuous eyes over the captured Wusun soldiers in the cell, and under the leadership of the guards, found Chang Hui. Chang Hui's arms were hoisted high, his feet were soaked in sewage, his breathing was very weak, he heard that he had refused to eat for several days, and the broken hair stained with blood and stains stuck to his face, he bowed his head deeply, not at all like the arrogant momentum before.

"Hmph, Chang Hui, Chang Hui, this is the fate of your refusal to surrender." The Hun boss kicked open the cell door, strode in, pointed to his head and said: "Aren't you a very majestic guy, I haven't seen you for a few days, how did you become this bear bag!" ”

Chang Hui didn't respond, and the Hun boss was even more fearless, grabbing his collar, pulling off the strip of cloth from his mouth, patting his cheek, and forcing him to raise his head and look at himself: "Hey, are you choking, this is your backbone, would rather die on a hunger strike than surrender?" Cut, you are Yuzhong, Yuzhong Dahan and Wusun, Ben Shuai told you that they have long left you out of the clouds, and they don't remember who you are for a long time, and they don't care if you are dead or alive......"

Suddenly, Chang Hui roared like a mad lion, biting the wrist of the Hun commander, and shaking his head back and forth fiercely, as if he wanted to bite his hand off.

"Ah, ah, you madman, I'm going to kill you......" The Hun boss screamed in pain, kicked him hard in the stomach, but Chang Hui refused to let go, biting his mouth full of blood, biting until he saw the white bones.

Seeing this, the two guards beside the Hun boss pulled out their knives and were about to cut Chang Hui, but the Hun boss hurriedly stopped it, grabbed the knife and hit Chang Hui's head with the hilt. After dozens of blows in succession, Chang Hui's back of the head was bleeding, and he finally let go of his mouth.

The Hun commander shook his hand, saw the wrist that vaguely exposed the white bones, gritted his teeth with hatred, raised his hand and hit Chang Hui's face with the handle of the knife, and scolded while beating: "Do you want to die? I can't fulfill you, I want you to watch how the Huns defeated Wusun, and let you wait to be reunited with your wife and children, hahaha......"

"Plug his mouth in me, and if he refuses to eat, he will pour it directly into his stomach, and I will let him live, and let him see with his own eyes that I have taken the king and queen of Wusun together, and let him see his wife being insulted, and his son being tortured alive." The Xiongnu boss looked at Chang Hui's fire-breathing eyes, took a few steps back with a weak heart, and sneered, "Are you still counting on Weng Guimi to send troops to save you?" Oh, don't dream, he doesn't care if you're alive or not, and he hasn't thought about what to exchange for your life, tell you, the reinforcements of the Han Dynasty have arrived, and Weng Guimi is also going to go on the expedition, he forgot about his former love when he saw the reinforcements, it seems that in his mind, you are just a vicious dog that will bite people, there is no superfluous use value, and you deserve to be killed if you are caught, he will not mobilize the people to save you. ”

The more the Hun boss spoke, the more angry he became, but Chang Hui laughed vaguely, as if laughing at his ignorance, this arrogant attitude of disapproval stimulated the coach even more, raised his foot and kicked his lower abdomen a few times, kicking him to spit blood.

"Laugh? Laugh while you can laugh, no one will come to save you anyway, you are destined to be my captive. But you can rest assured that Ben Shuai is very satisfied with you as a captive and is willing to keep you as a dog. You don't have to be too complacent, even if Wusun joins the Han reinforcements, he may not be able to win, you Han people are too underestimated by our Huns, since we decided to provoke this war, we must be twelve points sure. ”

The Xiongnu commander showed off to Chang Hui: "Wusun's vulnerable little infantry, Ben Shuai never put it in his eyes, Ben Shuai likes to play cat and mouse games very much, the reason why he hasn't exterminated Wusun for a long time, just want to play a little more, play you around, you see, you will be played in, if the Han is not much to do, Weng Guimi will be a prisoner of Ben Shuai sooner or later." And your Han princess, Queen Wusun, is the highest on the bounty list of the Xiongnu court, and I also plan to capture her alive, waiting for the big fish to take the bait, how can I do it without patience. ”

"But the Han reinforcements have arrived, and it is necessary for the commander to change the way of playing, so that they can see the power of the Hun cavalry, those Han reinforcements scare a horse bandit and bandits, and if they want to compare with my Hun tens of thousands of cavalry, they just throw themselves to death. You waste, your king doesn't plan to save you, and Ben Shuai is not in the mood to rub shoulders with you, Ben Shuai will go to catch them off guard now, and let them know the fate of going against the Huns. ”

The Hun boss walked out of the cell and looked back at Chang Hui with a sneer: "I heard that Mrs. Chang is very beautiful, in fact, Ben Shuai doesn't have much interest in women, but for your sake, you might as well be attached to this Mrs. Chang!" ”

Saying that, the Hun boss laughed and left, Chang Hui stomped his feet again and again, originally he didn't want to live to face the faces of the Huns, but now he doesn't want to die like this, he wants to survive, live to reunite with Feng Yan, and live to see the day when the Huns perished.

As soon as Weng Guimi and the leader of the Han army met, they received the news of the Xiongnu raid, and they didn't have time to make more arrangements, so they hurriedly commanded the army to meet the battle. Although the leader of the Han army was not as experienced as Chang Hui, he was not afraid of the Hun cavalry, and immediately said that he would cooperate with Weng Guimi to enter the Hun enemy camp and make a quick decision.

Chang Hui and the soldiers were captured, Weng Guimi was not in a hurry, he agreed to the proposal of the Han army leader, he wanted to buy time to rescue them all, no matter whether it was too reckless to do so, he was determined to defeat the enemy camp of the Xiongnu. Even if a roundabout battle is inevitable in the future, there can be no more hesitation at this time.

Liu Ye was rushing to the barracks, and when he heard the horn blowing not far away, he couldn't help but be stunned, but he didn't expect that as soon as the Han reinforcements arrived, the Huns launched an attack. The Xiongnu had already prepared for a showdown with Wusun, otherwise they would not have acted so quickly. The Xiongnu must not have wanted to see Wusun and Dahan truly unite, so they fought brutally while the two sides were not fully prepared now.

Weng Guimi and the leader of the Han army hurriedly faced the battle, even if they were not defeated by the Xiongnu, they might not be able to achieve a complete victory, but now they really can't care so much, and it is better to not be able to win a complete victory than to be defeated.

Liu Ye quickened his pace, wanting to come to Weng Guimi and Chang Hui and fight side by side with them. Unexpectedly, there was a sudden rain of arrows from the sky, and many soldiers who rushed to the front line fell to the ground, and the later ones stepped on their corpses and continued to advance, the arrow rain became more and more violent, and an arrow slashed through Liu Ye's shoulder and pierced straight into the trunk of the tree behind her.

"Ah......" Liu Ye exclaimed, stunned, looking at the fierce battle at the foot of the mountain, he could only run to the rear of the Wusun military camp.

At the same time, the Hun cavalry was also approaching, and the two sides were caught in a melee, Liu Ye looked at the sky from time to time, only to see dense arrows flying by, some into the bushes, some piercing into the soil at her feet, and some cutting through her clothes and arms.

Liu Ye couldn't stop, she ran barefoot in the mountains and forests, and she didn't realize that the soles of her feet were stabbed with blood marks. At this time, the figure that rushed towards her hugged her in Liu Ye's arms before she could react.

"Let's go, go up the hill." Wei Lu went and returned, holding Liu Ye back to the peak, "I can't go back now, it's indistinguishable from the fight below, it's too dangerous." ”

Liu Ye looked at the panting Wei Lu and was puzzled: "Why are you back again." ”

"I listened to you, and I was going to leave this place forever, and I was about to cross this mountain, and I was about to go to rest, when suddenly I heard the sound of a trumpet from this side. I thought to myself that there should be a fight, but you can't go back to the Wusun military camp at this time, so I'll come back and take a look. ”

Wei Lu bowed his head and blamed himself: "I shouldn't have left you in such a dangerous place, how could I go first by myself, I really damn ......"

"No, it's no wonder you, I let you go." Liu Ye smiled and shook his head, and then his eyes showed worry, "No one would have thought that the Xiongnu would send troops to fight so quickly, and the king has not had a chance to say a few words to the leader of the Han army, and they are still a little reluctant to meet the battle in a hurry." ”

"I swear that if I hadn't reported to the Xiongnu, the Wei family and the Xiongnu court would have been inseparable for a long time." Wei Lu explained seriously.

"I know that the Xiongnu offended Wusun many times, there are a lot of eyeliners on the border, and the slightest disturbance will be transmitted to the commander, and we have also seen the Han army in the mountains, how can they not see it. Besides, the Xiongnu's military camp is nearby, and they are always ready to fight Wusun, so it is not unusual to fight so quickly. Liu Ye sighed, "I can't do anything now, I can only stay here and wait for the result." ”

"You've done a lot, everybody understands it." Wei Lu comforted Liu Ye, and the two sat on the mountain and waited quietly.

Until the evening, when he finally couldn't hear the sound of the horn, Liu Ye looked at the bottom of the mountain from afar, and couldn't see the movement below.

"I'm going down to see what happened, and whether there was a winner." Liu Ye couldn't wait any longer, so he got up and ran down the mountain.

"I'll carry you." Wei Lu picked up Liu Ye on his back and ran down the mountain quickly, and after a while, they saw the tragic situation in front of them.

The battlefield was filled with gunsmoke and corpses all over the field, the flagpole broken into several sections, the bloody limbs, and the heavy smell of gagging blood spread, this is the scene of hell.

The Hun cavalry, Wusun soldiers, and Han reinforcements all suffered casualties, and the Wusun military camp not far away was terrifyingly silent, as if it was empty, Liu Ye couldn't see which side won, but he felt unprecedented fear. If Wusun's entire army is annihilated, what should she do next, but with the support of the Han army, it should not be this result, and it is impossible for Wusun and the Han army to be completely wiped out by the Xiongnu.

"I'm afraid it's a shift in the battlefield." After the shock, Wei Lu muttered to himself.

"Yes, it must be so." Liu Ye's voice sounded fragmented.

"I'm going to the barracks......" Liu Ye couldn't help but feel sad, and staggered towards the Wusun barracks, she didn't believe that the barracks were empty, whether the battlefield was transferred or not, at least Weng Guimi should still be there.

"Okay, I'll go with you." Wei Lu carried Liu Ye on his back and quietly sneaked into the Wusun military camp under the cover of night, there were several tents in the barracks with lights on, Liu Ye was happy, "It's the king, it must be the king......"

"Wait a minute, we can't rush in like this, in case it's not him!" Wei Lu's worries are not unreasonable, if the people in the tent are not Weng Guimi, but the people of the Huns, they will be tantamount to throwing themselves into the net, "If it is the king of Wusun, why is there no guard outside the tent, even if the army moves to the battlefield, it is impossible that no one will protect the king of a country." ”

Liu Ye calmed down, nodded, and watched intently to see if there was anyone moving around in the tent, and waited for a long time without seeing any movement.

Is there no one in the tent? Liu Ye was thinking like this when he suddenly felt a strong wind coming behind him.