Chapter 20: Wei Qing Begins to Rise
The sky gradually darkened, and thick clouds obscured the sky for a short time, but the wind blowing from the steppe did not feel wet, it was not going to rain, it was just a simple cloudy day.
But the dark sky, so that the war horse is a little anxious, keep pacing in place, the Huns are divided to attack, the war horse roars past, with the earth-shaking sound of stepping on the ground, the Huns on the horse shouted loudly, giving the Han army a huge mental pressure.
King Zuo Xian shouted loudly and said: "Sons of Great Xia, kill the Han people, and this king will personally come to Shan Yu to ask for a reward for you, and reward you with the most fertile pastures, cattle and sheep, and the most beautiful women. ”
The Huns screamed.
The horse's hooves resounded throughout the grassland, and the flying arrows continued to harvest the lives of the soldiers on both sides.
The army led by the Marquis of Ruyin has completely become a lonely army, and the grain route has naturally been cut off, and now it can only fight while breaking through.
In such a desperate situation, the morale of the army must be ensured first, and the Marquis of Ruyin is also cheering loudly.
"Hold on, the general will definitely lead the army to help!
As long as the general arrives, we can all live.
Think about the family that is still in the country, only a bloody battle with the Huns is the highest glory. ”
Then there was the sound of the drums, stimulated by the drumbeat, the Han army skillfully used various weapons to prevent the impact of the Huns.
King Zuo Xian led the army to fight with the Marquis of Ruyin, countless blood clots and limbs that rose to the sky, and the sound of tragic wails gradually fell down after a while, and there was bright red blood rushing everywhere, and the soldiers on both sides were like weeds in the field, cut off one by one, and fell to the ground one by one.
It's just a contest of willpower, and it's up to who can't hold it first.
The Han army was not advantageous at this point, because the Huns were the attacking side, and they were able to rotate constantly, and the psychological pressure was much less, while the Han army could see the corpses of the robes who died in battle all the time, fortunately this was not an encounter, otherwise the two sides would have collapsed a long time ago.
The two sides were in the middle of the battle, suddenly a gust of wind blew, rolling up the dust on the ground, on the already dark grassland, all of a sudden I couldn't even open my eyes, what was even more terrible was that this wind was blowing straight in the direction of the Han army, such a scene suddenly made the Han army's formation chaotic, and King Zuoxian, who had his back to the wind, was overjoyed when he saw this, and immediately sent people to charge.
The Marquis of Ruyin only felt that his liver and gallbladder were split, and he suddenly spit out a mouthful of blood under the depression of his heart, and couldn't help but roar: "Is this the heavens who want to kill me?" led the troops out of the fortress but was defeated and died, disappointed by the emperor's grace, how to explain when he saw his grandfather. ”
Although he was desperate in his heart, he still tried his best to control the elites beside him, these elites had forbidden troops, as well as the private army of the Marquis of Ruyin, who were all first-class warriors in armor, and the casualties of the armor soldiers were not large until now.
Because the voices of the warring parties were too loud, no one noticed that a huge army was coming from behind both armies, and Qi Lian Shan Yu and his people originally wanted to form an encirclement from the rear of the Marquis of Ruyin and the Zuoxian Wang's department, but in the face of this sudden wind and sand, they had to stop the army and reorganize.
Qi Lian Shan Yu knew that the more people there were, the easier it was to be chaotic, so he sent someone to the battlefield with the most elite part of the cavalry, while he stayed here and waited for the wind and sand to disperse before setting off.
There is nothing wrong with his thoughts, but there is nothing in this world that is perfect!
The so-called general's game is a gamble again and again, look at the other party's layers, those famous surprise attacks in history, are all bets that stand at the top, and then win, and get extremely high results.
In the face of the sudden strong wind and sand, Zhou Yafu, who came from the rear of Zuo Xianwang's department, was overjoyed, and even laughed wildly: "King Su is above, the sky blesses you!"
Ordered the whole army, throw away all the baggage, and carry three days' dry rations. ”
When the adjutant general heard this, he immediately said urgently: "General, in order to speed up, we have already thrown away a lot of baggage, and now we have to lose all baggage, once there is a change, I am afraid it will be the end of the annihilation of the whole army, please think twice." ”
Hearing this, Zhou Yafu roared directly: "Execute the order!"
Everyone abandoned their baggage, carried three days' dry rations, the infantry marched with all their might, the cavalry and charioteers all wore armor, and charged with the general, and the victory or defeat was at this time! ”
Zhou Yafu is too decisive, you must know that although the wind and sand are blowing from behind, the visibility is also very low, at most, there is no need to fight against the wind, and the eyes can be opened, which is also unfavorable to the battle, but Zhou Yafu knows that although he can't see people, the Xiongnu Shan Yu must be on the opposite side, and there is a high probability that he will stop rectifying, because the Xiongnu Shan is an excellent general, and he will not take the elite of the Xiongnu royal court to take this risk, and the Xiongnu Shan never imagined that the Han army would dare to lose a lot of baggage, just to improve the speed of the march, I would never have imagined that the Han army could come so quickly, so this gap was the only fleeting fighter!
If you hesitate at the most critical time, you will never be able to become a good general!
If you can't catch this fighter, the Han army will be ready to escape from the grassland, if you can catch the fighter and hit Zuoxian's royal department, you can still hold on, even if you return to Chang'an City, you can explain to the emperor.
"Boom!"
The chariot naturally can't outrun the war horse on the grassland, and Zhou Yafu himself is also used for defense, but now it's different!
In such weather, the chariot is a big killer, Zuo Xianwang heard the sound of horses' hooves and the roar of the chariot behind him, and instantly the soul was gone, the Huns did not have a chariot, and now they must be behind the Han army.
He never imagined that he was glad about this gust of wind just now, but the next moment he would become the person who was made dumplings, he was a little incredulous, and muttered: "How can the Han army come faster than Shan Yu?" ”
But it's too late to say anything now, how fast the speed of war horses and chariots, the information of ancient wars is not smooth, plus such weather, it is basically all about feeling.
Although the Han army is not as good as the Huns, but in the war, there is no need to be accurate at all, the dense rain of arrows can always shoot people, and there is a strong wind to help, the arrows fly farther and more labor-saving, no matter how good the Huns' archery skills are, it is not enough to see in front of the wind, those who have no armor fall off their horses in an instant, even if they are wearing armor, many horses are also injured.
When the Han army approached the Huns and finally could be injured, they saw the Han army scattering to the left and right, and then saw the chariots rushing past, and in an instant many people were crushed into pulp, bright red blood and powdered meat mixed together, spread on the grassland, mixed with weeds, and those juices flowing from various organs of the body, all mixed together, with the wind blowing, falling on the bodies of many people, and then there were countless retching sounds.
The two sides fought fiercely for a while, and the infantry of the Han army finally caught up, and the rain of arrows on the battlefield suddenly increased, and these infantry were divided into small formations, because the current weather wanted to command on a large scale, it was impossible, and they could only fight in blocks.
King Zuo Xian knew that something was wrong, so he could only flee with the most elite soldiers, and when Zhou Yafu arrived from the infantry, he knew that this battle must be won, and he couldn't help laughing,
Wei Qing was conscripted into the army when Zhou Yafu was out of the fortress, because he was a good horseman, so he became a member of the cavalry, although he was a slave before, but he was born smart, this way followed Zhou Yafu, and saw many things with his own eyes, especially Zhou Yafu's decisive abandonment of baggage, directly hit the Huns' actions, so that his blood boiled.
He was born brave, a big knife rushed left and right, killed a lot of Huns, and then vaguely saw a group of more expensive Huns wanting to leave, at a glance it was the nobles of the Huns, and at this time the wind gradually began to stop, and the vision became much brighter than just now.
Wei Qing's eyes were full of blazing light, he knew that this was his hope of turning over, he took a deep breath, reached out and took out a strong bow, rode his horse, passed through the crowd, and directly filled the bow and arrow, "whoosh", the arrow flew out, this arrow completely pulled the bowstring, even Wei Qing even felt that his arm was a little sore, he stared at the arrow tightly, and then saw that the arrow avoided the armor and inserted it into the gap between the neck and body armor!
That's the disadvantage of not wearing full-body armor!
King Zuo Xian didn't expect that his vice king would be shot directly by his side, and the souls of the dead were all rising, so he hurriedly galloped away, Wei Qing rode straight and took the body of the vice king into his hand, but he didn't know that this scene happened to be seen by Zhou Yafu, who had already put his mind down, "What a warrior, that should be a vice king, call that warrior here, ask for a clear name, this general will make a good record of his military merits!" ”
As the wind and dust completely dissipated, the Marquis of Ruyin took the remnants of the soldiers to meet Zhou Yafu, rushed up directly, and couldn't help but burst into tears and said: "General, minister, minister......"
Zhou Yafu comforted: "It's good to be alive!" It's good to be alive! ”
If the Marquis of Ruyin really died here, Zhou Yafu didn't know how to face his relatives when he returned home, and reassured Wei Qing had already stepped forward, "Caomin Wei Qing, I've seen the general." ”
Zhou Yafu saw the tall and burly Wei Qing, who was full of energy, and couldn't help but admire: "What a warrior, this general wants to write down a book of military exploits for you, and personally kill the deputy king of the Hun Zuoxian Wang, this is a great achievement!" ”
Wei Qing was overjoyed when he heard this: "Thank you, General. ”
After a few more idle conversations, Zhou Yafu looked at the place where the smoke and dust rose with a solemn face, he knew that it must be the Xiongnu Shan Yu, and waved his sword and said loudly: "Sons, the Huns have just suffered a defeat, and now the Xiongnu's Shan Yu is coming, let us defeat him again and let him know the strength of the Han Dynasty!" ”
(End of chapter)