[Vol. 1] Verse 171: Sealing the Wolf Juxu 4

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When Commander Wei learned that his nephew had gone to Mobei (now Outer Mongolia), he was worried that Huo Bu's lone army would go deep into the army, so he gathered his generals and prepared to give the order to march into the desert.

Coming out of Commander Wei's tent, all the generals exchanged heads and ears in groups of three or five, but they could not hide their excited and nervous looks, and they had been drinking with Commander Wei for a while, and now they finally waited for the opportunity to make contributions, and they inevitably had some expectations.

Among them, he saw an old general with white hair and vigorous steps, whose face was solemn, and sometimes sighed in front of the general's tent, and sometimes wandered back and forth, unwilling to leave for a long time, and when he saw everyone come out, he only took three steps and made two steps and turned into the general's tent.

When he saw Wei Qing, he asked, "General, this is not fair!" ”

Wei Qing raised his eyes from the map on the desk, he saw that it was Li Guang, and he didn't say anything, just his sword eyebrows condensed together, waiting for Li Guang's words.

Li Guang knew that Commander Wei was silent, and he didn't care, and continued, "The emperor ordered the old man to be the former general, but the army was about to march, but the general ordered my department to go east, the old man fought with the Huns since he was young, and finally fought with the Huns Shan Yu, but he called the old man to go east, the general, why not let the old man be the front army and kill Shan Yu." ”

After listening to Li Guang's words, Wei Qing's sword eyebrows tightened, yes, Li Guang is a brave general who is famous and famous, and he has fought a lot of big battles, but he has a fatal shortcoming, once he goes to the battlefield, he will be carried away by blood, improper command, improper command, and even defeat is not a new thing.

Therefore, before this expedition, the emperor warned Wei Qing that Li Guang was old and liked to fight alone, so he should not be ordered to fight alone.

Commander Wei temporarily decided that Li Guang and the Right Army would go east together, and everyone knew that the detour to the east would not only be a circuitous and difficult journey, but also that there would be fewer water and grass, which was almost equivalent to being sent out to fight soy sauce. However, Commander Wei didn't look down on Li Guang's intentions, he was carrying out the holy will, and considering that this battle was related to the country, if he didn't win, he would die, so he had to personally lead the battle, of course, it can't be said that Commander Wei had no selfish intentions, he moved the position of the former general to his good brother Gongsun Ao, Gongsun Ao lost the marquis due to an accident, and Commander Wei wanted Gongsun Ao to mix up some military merits on the front line and make up for the merits.

Commander Wei didn't explain, Li Guang only saw Commander Wei's selfishness, and didn't see Commander Wei's other considerations, but he didn't know that if Commander Wei moved out of the emperor's dictation, Li Guang's old face would not be able to hang up.

Therefore, Commander Wei didn't say much, only said that the military order had been issued and could not be changed, he was not a person who was good at explaining, and considering Li Guang's face, he could only bear this black pot himself.

Li Guang saw that he couldn't get Commander Wei to take back his fate, he was so angry that he snorted, and even ignored the etiquette of his superiors and subordinates, turned his head and left the camp.

Seeing Li Guang go out in a huff, Commander Wei sighed, shook his head, and immediately set his eyes on the map of Mobei, the big battle is imminent, winning the battle is the top priority, and he can't care about other people's emotions.

From the south of the desert to the north of the desert, thousands of miles, the desert area in the middle, flying sand and stones, there are not a few easy roads to walk, before Zhang Qian came back, this is an unknown death zone for them, but then it is different, under the guidance of Zhang Qian, there have been many messengers and soldiers through this desert.

Therefore, the march was difficult, but it was relatively smooth.

Commander Wei wanted to pass through this death zone as fast as possible, he didn't care about the lack of people and horses, and successively issued an order to the army to march quickly, he was worried that Huo Quai's troops would not be answered, and they were in trouble, and he was even more worried about the arrival of bad weather, and the men and horses of his headquarters were also trapped in the desert.

A few years ago, the battle of Monan, the scale is very huge, but it is only in the desert, except for the early years when he rushed to Longcheng, deep into the desert, at that time the meritorious service, not many troops, convenient marching, but did not pay attention to the desert environment, in addition, the Han-Hun battle is mostly wandering on the edge of the Gobi beach. Now that he has gone deep into the desert again, Commander Wei is still shocked by such a harsh environment, except for sand or sand, the sky is full of yellow sand, there is no end in sight, the day is very hot, the night is cold, and there is no sign of life.

He now understands the viciousness of Yi Zhixian and Zhao Xin, they have always been beaten without fear, isn't it just contempt that the Han army has never crossed the desert? They wanted to use the harsh environment to wear off the sharpness of the Han army, so as to defeat the Han army.

However, Commander Wei is not an ordinary person, since he has the courage to come, he has a way to win. During the march, he shared weal and woe with the soldiers, greeted the soldiers with warmth, constantly boosted their morale, and painted a wonderful scene for them to return to Chang'an after victory.

These details really worked, not only did the morale of the Han army not become low, but as they got closer and closer to Mobei, the morale of the soldiers approached high.

Everyone knows that after walking out of the desert, they will have to face the most elite troops of the Huns, and if they defeat them, they can obtain supreme glory and become a national hero.

After a journey of thousands of miles, finally, out of the desert.

The commander of Wei did not have time to give orders to the army and take some rest, when he saw the fast horses of the scouts coming directly to meet them, and they came to report that the Hun army was several miles away and was waiting for it.

Commander Wei is really Commander Wei, he only nodded slightly, and did not show a panicked look, to be honest, he had already expected this situation, if he was Yi Zhixian, maybe when the Han army did not gain a firm foothold, he would rush over and kill him.

He knew that the reason why Yi Zhixian was like this was nothing more than that he didn't understand our situation, and he was afraid of himself, so he just waited for it and didn't send troops over to harass him.

Although the Huns are belligerent, but in the war, they are also very concerned about face, they said before that the Han army did not dare to cross the desert to fight with it, now the Han army is coming, if they still come to sneak attack, even if they win, there is a suspicion of victory.

Yi Zhixian didn't want to win such a victory, what he wanted was the reputation of defeating Commander Wei hard, but Yi Zhixian was not a fool, he did everything possible to provoke the Han army with the method of agitation, not to invite guests to dinner and let them play soy sauce.

Therefore, as Commander Wei expected, when the Han army took a breather, the Huns' cavalry would roar.

Of course, Commander Wei could not stand still, and he decisively ordered all the Wugang chariots (chariots with towel covers) to line up around the camp, so as not to suffer the impact of the Hun cavalry.

After the camp was firmly established, Commander Wei issued a second military order, and he ordered 5,000 cavalry to be the vanguard to resist the first wave of Xiongnu attacks.

As expected, Yi Zhixian was not idle, and his 10,000 cavalry had already rushed out of the formation and came straight to the camp of the Han army.

Under the rush of the iron hooves of the two armies, the earth began to tremble.

The two armies soon became entangled, and although the Xiongnu vanguard army was twice as large as the Han army, the Wei commander sent an elite army, and the Hun cavalry did not necessarily have the advantage.

Yi Zhi held his breath, he let these 10,000 elite cavalry take the lead, the purpose was to hope that they would win the battle, frustrate the spirit of the Han army, and if they could be eliminated cleanly, the battle behind would be easy to fight.

Commander Wei had a slightly different idea, of course he knew that the cavalry sent by Yi Zhixian to take the lead would go all out to win and overwhelm the Han army under the momentum, and he also hoped that the first formation would win, but he thought that it was understandable that he would not win, after all, Yi Zhixian had been waiting here for several months, and the Han army was sleepy and lacking horses, and his foothold was not stable, and his formation was not completely opened. He only hoped that the vanguard troops could try their best to entangle the opponent and delay time, and when he had lined up his troops and arranged his formation, then he would have the certainty of victory.

The vanguard of the two armies fought happily, Yi Zhixian continued to supervise the battle in the back, the war drums of the Xiongnu never stopped, and the war drums of the Han army did not show weakness, and the battlefield has reached a white heat.

Even if the Huns fought two people and one person, but, under the training of Commander Wei, this forward force, superb tactics, skilled formations, they knew that the number was not superior, and quickly changed the formation to a less-to-many, back-to-back group confrontation, such an ingenious arrangement is like a person with three heads and six arms, front and back long eyes, although surrounded, but can withstand the impact from all directions, and the small teams are each other's horns, and each other responds to each other.

Another guerrant walked through the formation, and when he found out which piece was going to be eaten by the enemy, he immediately added it and joined the battle.

In this way, the two sides were evenly matched, which was undoubtedly a great challenge for the Hun cavalry, which was extremely capable of individual soldiers.

They fought until the sun went down, and there was no winner or loser, and the casualties on both sides were equal, and seeing that they could not win for a while, Yi Zhixian seemed to be a little angry, and their war drums were beating more urgently.

Commander Wei noticed the change in the situation on the battlefield, and he expected that Yi Zhixian was about to give up his tentative attack and move in the nest.

Sure enough, the Xiongnu formation was greatly moved, and Yi Zhixian had already ordered all the troops to press forward.

Commander Wei knew that the real decisive moment had come, and although his blood was boiling, he was also very calm, and he had already observed the nearby terrain before issuing orders to the whole army.

The situation on the battlefield changed in an instant, and as the Hun cavalry poured into the nest, the morale of the Xiongnu vanguard army was greatly boosted and gradually gained the upper hand.

Seeing this situation, Commander Wei waved his hand back, the Han army galloped with thousands of horses, and the Wuhan Iron and Steel car was sandwiched between the cavalry, which seemed to be distributed everywhere, but in fact, they had their own levels, echoing each other from afar. The cavalry was followed by the infantry, who beat their shields, shouted neat orders, and quickly followed behind the cavalry. After the cavalry had run a few feet, they moved to the high ground, and when they saw the command flag waving, they stopped their march except for continuing to shout military orders. Commander Wei continued to order, and the crossbowmen lined up, ready to shoot the first wave of arrows.

According to the combat intention of the commander of the guard, the cavalry that rushed forward will soon be divided into two teams to attack the left and right flanks of the Xiongnu, and let the Xiongnu front army rush forward, and there are powerful Wuhan steel vehicles waiting for them in front, at this time the arrow rain can pour down.

The Han cavalry began to split and moved towards the two flanks of the Xiongnu. The Hun cavalry saw that the Han army was acting strangely, but they did not slow down, but continued to roll forward with a tsunami.

Both armies roared to kill each other, and if nothing else, it would have been a bloody battle.

As for who wins and who loses, only God knows.

Seeing that the two armies were about to clash, suddenly.

It was really sudden, suddenly the sky was dark, and suddenly the sand and rocks were flying, and even a few feet away, I couldn't see the figure clearly. The eyes of the soldiers on both sides were blown by the wind and sand, and it was difficult to open them.

In addition to the clanging of weapons, as well as the whirring sound of flying sand and rocks, the two sides seem to have lost the distinction between you and me.

The situation has changed, and Commander Wei has also made a change.

He ordered the cavalry to abandon the attack on both flanks and continue to move towards the rear of the Huns, making sure to encircle Yi Zhixian and his troops.

Yi Zhixian was really keen, he smelled danger, but by the time he was about to respond, it was already too late, and the Han army had already formed a situation of encirclement against them.

"How can Wei Qing have so many people? So it seems that their number is no less than a hundred thousand. Yi Zhi squinted his head and began to sweat on his forehead.

Judging from Wei Qing's use of troops, he knew that this person was indeed worthy of his reputation, and besides, there were a lot of people on the other side, and because of the flying sand and rocks, he was caught in an encirclement, and the situation was already very unfavorable for him.

Yi Zhixian has never been a tenacious person, and he knows that if he can't beat him, he won't risk his head.

So, he ordered his troops to retreat in an orderly manner, and he had already jumped into the chariot drawn by six mules, and took advantage of the dusk to fly sand and break through to the northwest.

Night gradually fell, the sound of swords and soldiers gradually became scarce, and the Xiongnu troops broke through one after another, and finally returned to silence.

Although the Han army completed the encirclement of the Xiongnu in this battle, but with the help of God, the Han army did not take much advantage, and the casualties of the two armies were roughly equal, and the most regrettable thing was to go Yizhi.

It wasn't until after the Great War that Commander Wei learned from the Hun captives that Yi Zhixian had withdrawn from the battlefield before dusk.

Without hesitation, he ordered the light cavalry to pursue the northwest overnight, and he led the army to annihilate the remnants of the Huns along the way.

At dawn, the army pursued 200 miles, killed 19,000 enemies, and reached the city of Zhaoxin in the Qiangyan Mountain (now south of Hangai Mountain on the Mongolian Plateau), annihilated the grain garrison in the city, took part of the grain, and a day later, burned the grain in the city and returned along the same road.