Chapter 36: The End of the War
Accompanied by the sound of hurried horses' hooves, the deafening shouts and killing sounds came, Huo Quzhi and Luo Wujian were riding a BMW, almost taking the lead, and the guards and daring soldiers were guarding on both sides, like arrows from the string.
The soul of the king of the right valley was shocked, and he was shocked: "Where did this group of Han troops come from? Meet the enemy! ”
But it's useless, in this era when communication basically relies on roaring, it is too common for people to mess up, especially the discipline of the Huns is relatively poor, in the face of Luo Wujian and Huo Quai, who suddenly rushed out from the flank, the Hun army instinctively met the enemy, and then was shot by a wave of arrows and hurriedly covered their faces and bowed their heads.
There are more than 10,000 people, and the sky is continuous, not to mention that the Huns' march is long and narrow, and it stretches for an extremely long distance, and the grassland is different from the plain.
The plains are flat, and you can see them clearly for tens of meters or even beyond.
The grassland is not flat, but undulating, and the slope may be very gentle, but after tens or hundreds of meters, there is still a drop of several meters, far exceeding the height of a man or a horse.
This caused a very terrible thing, the marching soldiers could not actually see the people in the distance, they did not know what was happening, they could only hear the sound of fierce shouts and fighting.
Luo Wuji and Huo Quzhi rushed out from both sides, although the number of soldiers was only one-third of that of the Huns, but in the absolute number of head-to-head battles, they were crushing level.
There is no such thing as a war in which the weak defeat the strong, victory is to force the weak, just like the most famous battle of the river, the army of hundreds of thousands of the former Qin is extremely strong on the surface, but at the same time it blesses the internal instability and the two negative gains of Fu Jian's command, and the final result is that the Eastern Jin Dynasty, which is united in defending the territory, is stronger.
The temple calculations of the two sides are to put themselves in a strong position in the war, for example, the current Luo Wujian and Huo Qubing have the advantage, the Hun army can not be stopped at all, the Hun nobles have a characteristic, that is, once they find that they can't beat it, they will decisively slip away, and the king of the right valley Li concluded in a short period of time that he couldn't stop this wave of Han army at all, and he guessed that this wave of Han army must be the wave that defeated the king of Aries before.
Almost did not do any resistance, the king of Yougu Li directly left here with his royal court Jin Wei, in order to let others cover, he did not even notify the retreat, this is obviously to let others die, can delay a little longer is a while.
The king of the right valley is naturally heartbroken, so many herdsmen and slaves died here, this is his private property, but if he doesn't run, he himself will die here.
After Luo Wujian saw it, he glanced at Huo Quzhi and said: "The king of the right valley is too fast to catch up, and he will defeat this Hun army!" ”
Huo Qubing also understood that the Hun King ran too decisively, and there were so many people in front of him that he couldn't catch up at all, but as soon as the King of the Right Valley Li ran, the Huns were completely leaderless, and then Huo Qubing and Luo Wujian made the Huns in the army shout: "The King of the Right Valley has run away, the King of the Right Valley has run away!" ”
The Huns, who were fighting fiercely with the Han army, looked at the location of the king of the right valley, but it was really gone, only the smoke and dust that were billowing away, and the heart of resistance disappeared in an instant.
In a tribal country like the Xiongnu, in addition to the herdsmen who are close to the royal court, most of the Huns are like semi-slaves, you expect such people to love the Huns and are willing to take the initiative to die, that is really thinking too much, not to mention the Huns, even if it is the Ming Dynasty that has been debated by Huayi for thousands of years, until the shaving order, the resistance of the people at the bottom is not fierce.
The Qing army did not enter the customs and was oppressed by those landlords and literati gentry, paying so many harsh taxes and miscellaneous taxes, they couldn't survive, and the Qing army entered the customs, although they still couldn't survive, but at least those dog-day landlords and old wealth and many literati and gentry also died under the knife of the Qing army, which was enough to make the people happy.
The Huns had no fighting spirit, but the fighting spirit of the Han army was very strong, Huo Qubing immediately said: "Brother Wuji, this is the elite of the Huns, a great opportunity!" ”
Luo Wujian immediately understood what Huo Qubing meant, the armor rate of these Huns was obviously higher than that of the army of the Aries King, and the equipment of war horses was also more, this was the army that the King of Yougu Li brought to support, and the proportion of temporarily recruited herdsmen was relatively low, and such an elite was now chaotic like this, it was simply cattle and sheep to be slaughtered.
Luo Wujian immediately raised his horse lance high and shouted, "Kill! ”
The two didn't need to communicate at all to know that there could be no prisoners in this battle, after all, they had to run hundreds of miles later, and it was impossible to take the time bomb of the Hun captives.
In ancient wars, the army with a complete formation to disrupt the army, can only be described by the word indiscriminate killing, the rebellious army is only concerned with escaping, there is no heart to resist at all, the two lieutenants of the sergeant department into a goose shape directly scrape people layer by layer.
The battle ended quickly, half of the Huns fled in the direction they came, and those who tried to flee to the east were all caught up and killed, and there were many corpses on the ground, basically everyone had an ear and left.
In this kind of downwind battle, the casualties of the Han army were not high, and everyone was jubilant.
The most precious thing is that a large number of horses were left at the scene, just after this fierce battle, many horses ridden by the Han army were injured, and the hooves of the horses had begun to swell, and it was impossible to bear the heavy responsibility of running hundreds of miles, so they could only stay here and let them fend for themselves.
Huo Quzhi rode over and asked loudly: "Brother Wuji, the general inventory of the harvest has been completed, do you need to rest?" ”
Luo Wujian replied loudly: "No need, it's too dangerous to stay here, and it's a big deal, don't let the general wait longer, march immediately." ”
With the departure of the Han army, only corpses were left all over the ground, proving that this place had just experienced a tragic battle, which was tragic for the Huns.
After this battle, the Han army had become one man and five horses, and the marching speed that had been slightly delayed because of the consideration of horsepower immediately increased.
March, rest, eat, regain strength, march again, rest again, eat again, regain strength.
The life of running around on the grassland is so unpretentious, and the long-term running requirements for the generals are very high, after all, the running is not only to arrive at the location, but also to ensure combat effectiveness, which is a great test of the general's understanding of the physical condition of the soldiers, and to rest at the right time.
After marching for hundreds of miles, the two of them stopped in unison, listening to the faint noise in the distance.
"It's time for the soldiers to rest and wait for the early hours of the morning."
"Let's prepare for war, beyond this hill and further south is the Loufu Wangbu."
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King Lou Fu was drinking in the tent, and the fierce battle with the Han army in the past few days made him feel at ease, and boasted loudly to everyone: "The Han army is nothing more than this, tens of thousands of troops are blocked by this king and cannot advance, and the Aries King is defeated in the hands of thousands of Han troops, which is really a waste." ”
After speaking, he laughed, if the Aries King knew that King Lou Fu arranged himself like this under Jiuquan, I am afraid that he would be angry and fight with King Lou Fu.
After the banquet, the entire Loufu King tribe fell into silence, only the scouts of the night vigil were guarding against the surprise attack of the Wei Qing army, and piles of bonfires were burning, providing a vision for this group of night blind patients.
But at the same time, these bonfires also completely exposed the whereabouts of the Huns, Luo Wuji and Huo Qubing took advantage of the faint moonlight, changed the previous raid, and slowly brought the army to the distance of the Hun camp, and it was unrealistic for the army of thousands of people to directly approach the night attack.
When Gan Ning rode on the enemy camp with hundreds of horses, it was only a hundred people, so Luo Wuji and Huo Qubing came to the camp with a few people to search for attack targets.
Luo Wujian said in a low voice: "Go to the disease, I can see the night as day, do you see the few bonfires?" There is the royal court golden tent of King Lou Fu, but I don't know if King Lou Fu will be the same as King Aries, but there should not be many strange things like King Aries.
The ground on which we are now standing is relatively high, and the soldiers can charge from the left side, and the right side is a little steeper, and there seems to be some gravel washed by the river, which will hurt the horses, and I do not recommend walking from that side. ”
Huo Qubing muttered when he heard this: "When the time comes, we will rush down from the left side, and then put the poorer quality of the remaining war horses down from other directions, and together we will attack the camp of the Huns, and we will be able to confuse them." ”
The two discussed and decided on a strategy for attacking, and then quietly waited for the most sleepy time, and the Han army had already rested before, which happened to be the most energetic time.
Time passed in a hurry, and soon it was the darkest time before dawn, with the sound of the sword coming out of its sheath, Luo Wuji and Huo Quzhi stepped onto the war horse and said, "After this battle, go back to Chang'an to celebrate!" ”
The war horse began to slowly trot up along the gentle slope, and then the speed became faster and faster, and even the horse's hooves could not hide the sounds, especially as the war horse ran closer and closer, the Huns reacted, this must be the Han army came to rob the camp.
But at this time, the Huns made a fatal mistake, that is, they thought that it was the Weiqing Department that robbed the camp, so those Hun soldiers who were always ready to deal with the robbery of the camp went to the direction of the Weiqing Department under the leadership of the chief officer.
Wei Qing was also waiting for this opportunity, and said loudly to the generals of the Han army who had been waiting for a long time: "Order all battalions, the whole army to press, attack the king of Lou Fu tonight, and the victory or defeat is in one fell swoop." ”
The Han army, which had never attacked with all its strength before, lit all the torches under the command of Wei Qing, it was as bright as day, and the cavalry rushed forward directly, this was the first time Wei Qing used cavalry like this, and the cavalry would only be allowed to appear at a critical moment before.
This is actually to cover for Luo Wuji and Huo Quai, the Huns were really fooled, in the dark, people are extremely insensitive to the direction, and extremely sensitive to sound, until they react not only in the front There is the sound of horses' hooves, but also in the back, it is completely too late.
What Luo Wuji and Huo Qubing faced was a large Xiongnu camp that was completely undefended against the two of them, and the Xiongnu camp did not even reject horses or anything like that, after all, there were not so many trees on the grassland for them to make these siege and defensive equipment, highlighting a simple and unpretentious.
A full six or seven thousand cavalry rushed into the Huns' camp without hindrance, and no one cared about those endless tents, and Luo Wuji and Huo Qubing only had the king's tent in the eyes of King Loufu.
The two of them took hundreds of the most elite soldiers, and directly collided with the Jin Wei of the King of Lou Fu, almost instantly the person turned on his back, Luo Wujian held the horse lance in his hand and smashed it down, directly smashed the armor of the Hun soldiers out of a hole, although the armor has not been broken, but people can't live, Luo Wujian was shocked to the point that his hand hurt a little, he is not Xiang Yu's kind of fierce man who can directly break the armor of the ceiling.
"No problem, go on."
Huo Quzhi shouted, and then directly threw a heavy object, Luo Wujian stretched out his hand to catch it, it turned out to be a blunt sledgehammer, Huo Quzhi laughed and said: "To beat these armor-piercing soldiers, it has to be a sledgehammer." ”
As he spoke, he directly swiped it with one hand, and easily knocked to death a Hun soldier, these two sledgehammers were captured by the Huns before, after all, it was very heavy to travel far away with swords and horse lances and bows, crossbows, arrows, and armor, and generally no one would bring a sledgehammer.
"Thanks!"
Luo Wujian held the horse lance in his right hand, and carried a sledgehammer in his left hand to open it directly, the force value of both of them was above ninety, and Xiang Yu's fierce man was naturally incomparable, but it was really a hammer to beat these miscellaneous soldiers.
Under the beating of Luo Wuji and Huo Quzhi, two super fierce people, plus the guards of the brave warriors and the big Han, the two directly entered the king's tent, and then saw a Hun nobleman wearing feathers and a gray face.
"You're the King of Lou Fu?"
Huo Quzhi raised his horsewhip and asked sharply.
"I am."
At this time, it was useless to lie, and although King Lou was unwilling, he still admitted it happily.
Luo Wuji and Huo Quzhi laughed when they heard this, "It's the one who catches you, take him away, and go to meet your uncle!" ”
Outside the king's tent, the battle is in full swing, and the blood is all over the ground, but the overall situation has been decided!
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The battle of Monan-Moxi, from historical records, can be concluded that this was a pure battle of Henan, but the unexpected victory of the Han Dynasty made the Han Dynasty quickly change its strategic goals, and instead launched a super-large battle that affected Monan and Moxi.
The victory of this war completely lifted the threat of the Xiongnu to the border of the Han Dynasty, and the Henan Plain, that is, the Hetao Plain, returned to the hands of the Han Dynasty, which was a heavy blow to the economy of the Xiongnu Empire, and the Han Dynasty was supplemented by the most critical war resources, a large number of horses, which greatly enhanced the war potential of the Han Dynasty.
Huo Quzhi and Luo Wuji, the two talented cavalry commanders, stood out in this war and opened the history of the Han Dynasty's magnificent foreign offensive and development. ——"The History of the Rise and Fall of the Han Dynasty"
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