Chapter 44: The Decisive Battle of the Xiongnu (5)
When the sun climbs above the horizon and the sun shines on the earth again, a new day begins.
But when that light appeared, it was the beginning of death for the Han army.
The howling of wolves and dogs on the grassland all night made all the soldiers of the Han army unable to sleep well. In particular, listening to the sound of chewing bones after midnight made the soldiers who were still fearless during the day unable to sleep, and everyone present knew what the sound meant.
In yesterday's battle between the Han and Hu armies, the Huns suffered heavy casualties, and after two fierce battles, thousands of men and horses were lost. Hundreds of paces in front of the formation can be described as corpses all over the place, rivers of blood, and the strong smell of blood can be heard for miles for a while.
The blood stain was intense, and then it also attracted the presence of countless scavengers, and for one night, the soldiers of the Han army looked at a pair of green eyes and wandered around.
Now that the sun was rising, the battle was unrecognizable, and even the bravest warrior couldn't help but vomit.
I saw that the corpses of the Huns and war horses that were killed in battle yesterday and were not taken away are now only stumps and broken arms, and bone frames with hollowed out internal organs can be seen everywhere.
In the midst of the white bones, you can often see jackals wandering slowly with big bellies.
Seeing this scene, Jiang Qi, who was pretentious and murderous, couldn't bear to order to deploy a small stock of fire oil and burn the purgatory in front of the battle.
As wisps of green smoke rose into the sky, a new round of fighting began, and the Huns, who had suffered a big loss yesterday and found some ways to find out the doorway, slowly marched towards the front of the formation that was almost broken yesterday under the encouragement of Xu Bu.
Although the Huns had just seen the corpses of their fellow citizens, and the bones of the jackals of the steppe were gone, the brutality in their blood could resist any cowardice.
With their horses ready and their scimitars unsheathed, and the Huns began to prove their mettle.
Although the Xiongnu tribes suffered heavy losses in yesterday's battle, it did not make the warriors of the tribes lose confidence.
There is no other reason, all the tribesmen know that almost all the old and weak soldiers sent by the various tribes yesterday were reduced to dead soldiers, and the real tribal warriors were still recuperating, and today is the real contest between the Huns and the Han army.
After the early meal, as the flames in front of the Han army disappeared, in the sound of the earth-shattering horn, the warriors of the three thousand Subu appeared.
Looking at the bright scimitar and tough leather armor of the Subu Division, the leaders of the rest of the departments cheered up, they all knew that now Subu sent his elite as the striker, just for the appearance of a determination, an attitude, if yesterday their various departments could still preserve their strength, today they must show their housekeeping skills.
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Today, at the beginning of the battle to test the strength of the Jiang family's army, Guangyan City, which was dozens of miles away, was a different scene. Since the Han army rushed into the city last night, there has been no peace in the city.
As soon as the Han army entered the city at midnight yesterday, it immediately sounded the alarm bell in the city, and immediately began to call door-to-door.
Since the Southern Xiongnu often went south in recent years, and Guangyan was close to the Xiongnu Wang Tingmeiji, there were not many Han people living in this city.
When they heard about the recruitment of the Han army, the Han people who had just escaped the shackles of fate were not disgusted, and they actively cooperated after hearing the requirements of the Han army.
As the sky brightened, the children of the Han family began to migrate with their children and daughters, and their destination was not far away, in Shangjun Zhenlin, which was more than ten miles away.
Although they didn't know the purpose of this trip, they had fallen to the iron hooves of the Xiongnu for a long time, and they had no opinions, and it didn't make a difference where they went, not to mention that when they arrived in a new place, the Han army would prepare new housing for them and give compensation, so why not.
With the rich promise of the Han army, thousands of people in Guangyan, who were already poor and white, all moved in just three or two hours.
Later, Guangyan, who was taken over by thousands of Han troops, became a military fortress, settled in Guangyan, and Xun Yu, who temporarily became the county commander, issued Jiang Qi's order in the county government.
In fact, Jiang Qi's orders to Zhao Yun and Zhang Fei were also very simple, one prepared more things to ignite the fire, and the other sought an ambush outside the city and waited for the opportunity to attack.
However, although the order was simple, after listening to the order, Zhao Yun and Zhang Fei couldn't help but shiver, as if a sea of fire appeared in front of them, as if they were outside the Changshe.
Of course, not only Zhao Yun and Zhang Fei were surprised, but even Xun Yu gasped after hearing Jiang Qi's strategy.
When he was in Yingchuan before, he had heard of Jiang Qi's great achievements in burning the Changshe, but he didn't think that now he would personally accompany Jiang Qi to exchange a city for the lives of tens of thousands of Huns.
Although the military order Rushan couldn't bear it, when the order was issued, Xun Yu had to hurry up with Zhao Yun and Zhang Fei to start the division of labor, Xun Yu knew that Jiang Qi was surrounded by the Huns with tens of thousands of comrades, and there was no time to give him hypocrisy.
The division of labor was completed, and as Zhao Yun and Zhang Fei acted separately, Xun Yu still had something to worry about. Coincidentally, everything went smoothly in the evacuation of the people in the city, but who would have thought that there would be a disturbance in the end.
Of course, it is not a disturbance, because the appearance of this Lord did not affect the evacuation of the people, but was still assisting from the side. But he also said that he made trouble, not for anything else, and the people in the city were gone, but he took dozens of his brothers to stay in the city and not leave, to help the Han army resist the enemy.
Wang Yan, a native of Puyang, Dongjun, has a bold personality, a strong body, and is good at teaching people in the rivers and lakes.
Since he was a child, he was determined to make a name for himself immediately, but he didn't want the court to be corrupt and the discipline of the sergeants was lax in recent years.
And just when Wang Yan was disheartened, when the Taiping Road uprising was in turmoil, in order to protect the old and young in the family, Wang Yan led nearly 100 young people in the township to gather in the mountains and forests and fall into the grass. Wang Yan, who thought that he would be with the green forest in this life, did not expect that he had not been addicted to the king of the mountain, so he listened to the war in Dongjun to peace.
While learning that his hometown was peaceful, Wang Yan also heard the news of the Long Live Army, and when he heard about the Long Live Army, Wang Yan's cold heart was resurrected again.
However, when Wang Yan was about to join the army, he found that the Long Live Army had very high requirements for soldiers, especially in terms of age, and he was over thirty years old, and he could not enter Jiang Qi's Long Live Army at all.
There was no hope of joining the army, Wang Yan only complained that his life was not at the right time, but he wanted to spend the rest of his life here, but he was once again pitied by God. A notice from the state a month ago gave him hope again.
An order to kill Hu aroused his unprecedented desire to serve the country, and so far, with a longbow on his back and a big knife in his hand, he embarked on the northwest road with dozens of like-minded fellow villagers in the township.
Along the way, there have been frequent good news, everywhere is listening to the heroic deeds of the Qilin general Jiang Boxiao, listening to the rumors, watching the spoils that are constantly sent south Wang Yan's blood is boiling, and now he finally arrived in Guangyan and met the legendary Jiang Jiajun, how could Wang Yan let go of the opportunity to perform, and then took the village to help evacuate the people.
While helping, Wang Yan learned that the miraculous Qilin general was fighting with tens of thousands of horses and horses of the Huns dozens of miles away.
As soon as he heard the news, he was immediately excited, and when he thought that he was about to fight with Hu Ren, Wang Yan couldn't stop his excitement. But who knew that when he was excited, he was poured cold water, and just when he was thinking about killing a few Hu people, he was told that he must leave the city immediately with Xiang Yong.
Faced with a hard-won opportunity, how could Wang Yan miss it and see the other party decided. When he was desperate, Wang Yan simply showed the style of the king of the mountain, and the word 'Lai' appeared in Wang Yan's mind, and then took the township Yonglai at the gate of the county government and did not leave.
Wang Yan's plan may be useless to the generals of other armies, but for Jiang Jiajun, it is unpleasant, to deal with the enemy army and the Hu people, Jiang Jiajun can kill decisively, but when he meets his own people, he is embarrassed. In the end, seeing that he couldn't beat and scold, the soldiers left this problem to Xun Yu, who temporarily served as the county commander, to worry.
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"Wowγγγ Brother Yan, if only I could be as tall as the two generals in the future, with many followers, it would be good." Outside the gate of the county government, looking at Zhao Yun and Zhang Fei, who were surrounded by the guards, a tall man wearing a green scarf at the gate of the mansion shouted exaggeratedly.
As soon as he heard the sound, another bearded man with an iron sword on his waist and a bearded face responded with a laugh: "Ah Zhuang! Just you? If you want to say that our big brother Yan is okay, it would be good if we could follow the big brother to be a pro-soldier in the future, Brother Yan, right? β
Asked by his companions, Wang Yan withdrew his tiger eyes and then looked around at the brothers around him, and said with a smile: "Ah Kuan doesn't need to laugh at Zhuangzi, it's good for people to have great ambitions, and now General Qilin is employing people, and the water of Zhuangzi's dance with a cooked copper stick can't be splashed, maybe Zhuangzi will really be crowned a marquis and worship the general that day." β
"Hehehe, Brother Yan praised him, and he will be satisfied if he can be a team leader in the future, if you want to talk about the general, Brother Yan is about the same." The big man who was called a strong man smiled honestly, scratched the back of his head and said honestly.
"By the way, what should we do now, Brother Yan, or we should go directly to General Qilin! Didn't we find out that General Jiang was fighting against the Xiongnu? Maybe we can make a meritorious contribution or something, as long as there are enough Hu heads, I don't believe that General Jiang will not let us join the army. After laughing, the bearded man who had just been called Ah Kuan by Wang Yan said.
When asked, Wang Yan replied after thinking for a while: "It's too late, didn't I just inquire about it, are the commanders of the Jiang family's army who entered the city this time General Zhao and General Zhang!" If you guessed correctly, they should be General Zhao Zilong and General Zhang Yide, two of the five tiger generals of the Jiang family's army. Since General Qilin has returned here, it can only mean that this place is about to become a battlefield, and this place is a battlefield, so why should we go far and near! β
"But Brother Yan, shouldn't we stay like this all the time?" Although he felt that what Wang Yan said was reasonable, the honest Zhuangzi looked at the heavily guarded yamen and said boringly.
"What are you afraid of, we didn't make trouble, and we don't believe they dare to use force against us." As soon as he heard Zhuangzi's words, Ah Kuan immediately responded slightly fiercely.
"It's not enough to use force, I heard that the Jiang family's army is strictly disciplined, although we are a bit scoundrel now, but how to say it, we also want to serve the country, don't worry! Brothers, as long as we show the perseverance to rob the road, we will definitely impress Jiang Jiajunγγγ"
"Really? If I had heard your words in the Taiping Rebellion before, you would have been the target of my Jiang family's army. β
Wang Yan was talking to the brothers with a beam, and a voice interrupted his words, and when he heard the voice, he left, a weak-crowned man wearing the armor of the forbidden army. This person is none other than Jiang Renhe, who was sent by Jiang Qi to protect Xun Yu, and the gate of the mansion that came out at this moment was to pass Xun Yu's order and call a kind strong man to enter the mansion to discuss matters.
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Grandly introduced, the book friend 'Brother Goes to the Demon for a Life' brother, who has always been very supportive of "The End of the Scarlet Han", made a cameo appearanceγγγγγ