Chapter 118: Seizure
When Zhang Lang heard Zhang Liao's words, he became curious, and waited for him to continue.
Zhang Liao said: "The specific number has not yet been counted. Among them, there were seventy-three chests of gold, silver and jewels of all kinds stored in the storehouse of the cottage, and a great deal of gold and silver treasures were found in all the tents, making a total of one hundred and sixteen chests.
There were also a great deal of cloth, silk, and other goods, a staggering amount. It will probably take another day to complete the statistics. ……”
Zhang Lang pondered: "After defeating the Huns before, a large amount of property was seized from them, and the two together may have one hundred and fifty or sixty boxes of gold and silver treasures. ”
Then he frowned and said, "But these gold and silver treasures are definitely not from the Huns, they must have been obtained by ransacking our cities and villages along the way." ”
Zhang Liao thought of this at this time, and most of his excitement suddenly subsided, and he only felt that since these treasures were plundered from the people, he took them like this, which seemed a little inappropriate!
Zhang Lang saw Zhang Liao's thoughts, patted him on the shoulder, and smiled: "Wenyuan doesn't have to worry. These goods are used to restore and rebuild and resettle the people, and they are returned to their rightful owners. ”
Zhang Liao looked at Zhang Lang in surprise, and then bowed excitedly: "General, wise!" ”
Zhang Lang looked at the officers and soldiers who were busy and asked, "In addition to these belongings, what else do you gain?" ”
Zhang Liao hugged his fists and said: "In addition, there are at least more than 400,000 quintals of grain and grass, as well as more than 7,000 war horses, which should be left here by the Huns as a backup!" ”
Zhang Langxi said: "A total of 8,000 war horses were captured before, plus these 7,000, a total of 15,000 war horses!" Haha, this is the real loot that belongs to us! The Huns have nothing else, and only these war horses are good! ”
Zhang Liao nodded sympathetically, and said excitedly: "With these war horses, we can raise at least 10,000 cavalry!" ”
Zhang Lang shook his head and said with a smile: "Most of these war horses must be handed in, so let's keep six thousand for ourselves." ”
Zhang Liao was stunned for a moment, then understood and nodded. After all, Zhang Lang is only the lieutenant general of the Yulin Army, and there is his father above, and when he is the prime minister, most of the captured proceeds must naturally be handed over to him.
Suddenly remembered another thing, and hugged his fist at Zhang Lang and said: "General, thousands of women who have been captured by the Huns have been found in the cottage, how to deal with it?" ”
Zhang Lang frowned, sighed, and said, "Send someone to send them back to the Hyun County to be placed by Moon Shadow." ”
Zhang Liao clenched his fists and promised.
Zhang Lang thought for a while, and then said: "Send someone to bring the captured nine thousand war horses and the heads and prisoners of the Huns, and return to Luoyang to offer victory!" ”
Luoyang.
Yuan Shao finally led the army to set off, and the 100,000-strong army drove out of Luoyang, crossed the Yellow River and headed straight for Bingzhou. The huge procession is like a long dragon, winding between the mountains and rivers, and the scene is magnificent.
When the people along the way saw this scene, they all ran to both sides of the official road to cheer, especially those who fled from Bingzhou, and everyone was full of tears and excitement.
The 100,000-strong army and a large number of heavy supplies marched very slowly, and it took about three days to cross the Yellow River.
At this moment, Wang Kuang, the Taishou of Hanoi, who had been standing still, led 40,000 horses under his command to converge. Yuan Shao saw that Wang Kuang had only sent troops at this time, and although he was unhappy in his heart, he still encouraged Wang Kuang.
Immediately, the army marched north, preparing to go to Shangdang first, and then march to Dingxiang.
Now the main battlefield has been transferred to Dingxiang, in addition to the Xiongnu Youxian King, there are several other Xiongnu princes gathered in Dingxiang, obviously intending to concentrate all their efforts to break through Dingxiang first and then continue south.
Therefore, the strategy formulated by Yuan Shao now is to rush to Dingxiang as soon as possible, and fight a decisive battle with the Xiongnu army before the fall of Dingxiang.
On this day, when the army arrived at the small town of Yixian County, dozens of miles away on the north bank of the Yellow River, it was getting late, and the army rested on the spot.
This county is more than 300 miles away from Shangdang City, and at the current rate of marching 50 miles a day, it will take at least a week to reach it.
Countless bonfires were lit up in the huge camp, and the officers and soldiers sat around the bonfires eating, drinking, and chatting, and the atmosphere was calm.
In the big tent, Yuan Shao and others were discussing military affairs in front of the map, and the atmosphere was a little dignified.
Xu You frowned and said, "According to the news I just received, a total of 160,000 Xiongnu troops are besieging Dingxiang. Dingxiang is in danger, if it weren't for the fact that the Huns were all cavalry and lacked siege equipment, Dingxiang was afraid that it had already been breached! ……”
Yuan Xi couldn't help but swallow his saliva and said: "I didn't expect that the Huns would have 160,000 people, and the total strength of our army is only 140,000, how can this battle be fought!" Wang Kuang on the side also showed a cowering expression and was silent.
General Yan Liang said angrily: "What if there are 160,000? The fourth prince can annihilate the 20,000 Huns army with only 8,000 people, and we will never be worse than the army of the fourth prince, are 140,000 people afraid that they can't defeat the Huns?! ”
Yuan Xi was unconvinced, and couldn't help but say, "I'm afraid the fourth brother is just lucky!" ”
Yan Liang was greatly displeased, and said loudly: "The second son's words are not right!" The four sons have made many military exploits and are famous all over the world, is it all due to luck? Why didn't you see the second son have such luck?! ”
Yuan Xi was speechless, his face was flushed, and although he hated Zhang Lang in his heart, he also felt resentful of Yan Liang. However, for this general who was extremely heavy in front of his father, Yuan Xi didn't dare to say anything.
Yan Liang hugged his fists at Yuan Shao and said: "Prime Minister, as the saying goes, the brave wins when you meet on a narrow road!" Now that the army has been dispatched, how can it be fearful? It is time to go north with all your strength to fight a decisive battle with the Huns to show the might of the Han Dynasty! ”
Yuan Shao couldn't help but feel a sense of pride in his heart, and said categorically: "What Yan Liang said is very right! How can the army be afraid to go out, it should be indomitable! ”
glanced at everyone present, and said coldly: "If anyone dares to make such words that disturb the morale of the army again, they will be punished as collaborating with the enemy, and they will not be forgiven!" ”
Everyone's hearts sank, and they all hugged their fists and promised. Yuan Xi's heart was extremely depressed, and he felt that his father seemed to have a faint tendency to favor that.
There was the sound of hurried footsteps at the door, and everyone's eyes looked at the door. I saw an officer running excitedly and reported urgently: "Prime Minister Qi, the fourth prince sent someone to offer victory, bringing a large number of captured war horses!" ”
Everyone's eyes lit up, and Yuan Shaoxi said: "It's worthy of buying!" Let's go, follow me! Then he hurried out of the big tent. The crowd hurriedly followed.
Yuan Xi looked at the back of his father who was rushing to the sky, and muttered with a sneer: "That scumbag must have just sent someone to send dozens of war horses, and he actually wants to be in the limelight!" ”
Yuan Xi didn't think that Zhang Lang had the ability to capture a large number of war horses, in his feeling, even if the Huns were defeated, wouldn't they be able to escape?
The Huns came and went like the wind, and they couldn't catch up with the infantry at all, so he thought that Zhang Lang was lucky to capture dozens of war horses at most.
But even so, his heart is very unbalanced.