Chapter Ninety-Six: Young Heroes
In less than an hour, 30,000 Qiang soldiers were wiped out!
Only 2,000 Qiang people who were left to transport the baggage were late, and when they saw the fire in front of them, they threw down the grain and grass and fled on the way they came. Half an hour after the battle, Feng Ta caught up with a group of people and others, and brought back all the prisoners.
It wasn't until dawn the next day that the Qin army began to clean up the battlefield.
Wu Jian glanced around and said, "There are no fish that have slipped through the net, right?" ”
The general bowed and said, "No! All of them were slaughtered! The former general had already gone after their baggage troops. ”
As soon as the words fell, I saw Feng Ta slowly coming with a group of people and dozens of truckloads of grain and grass.
When he met, Feng Taxi said: "General, this time the Qiang people were completely wiped out, our army killed 25,000 people, captured 5,000 people, and none of them escaped alive!" ”
Wu Jian frowned and said, "How many casualties do we have?" ”
Feng Ta restrained his smile and said solemnly: "Seven hundred wounded, three hundred seriously injured, and two hundred dead!" ”
Wu Jian nodded and breathed a sigh of relief: "It's not easy!" Daqin's cavalry fought against the cavalry of the Qiang people, killing and wounding 500 people. If it weren't for His Majesty's wisdom and martial arts, we probably wouldn't have dreamed of it! ”
Feng Tao smiled and said: "Yes, Your Majesty is really a god in the world!" ”
Wu Jian suddenly remembered something, turned around and asked, "What about Huermu?" ”
The general clasped his fists and said: "That Huermu probably wanted to cross the river and escape, but I didn't expect that we set up an ambush on the east bank, so he wanted to turn around and flee north." Unexpectedly, the Qiang soldiers were already red-eyed, and they actually squeezed him into the river, and was trampled to death by countless horses' hooves! ”
Wu Jian sneered: "Self-inflicted!" ”
Then he commanded, "Three things." First, this great victory, ordered someone to immediately report to His Majesty and send Huermu's head to Xianyang together;
Second, he ordered the corpses of the Qiang people to be recovered from the river and buried with the other corpses 200 paces away from the valley. Our brothers who died in battle were buried on the southern slope of Red Cliff Mountain. At the same time, people were sent to inform the downstream of the valley that people and animals should not be allowed to drink the river water in the near future;
Third, with Huermu's grain and grass, we don't have to go to Yongzhou to get grain. After clearing the battlefield, they immediately set out, and set up camp two hundred miles to the west, waiting for the caravan. ”
Three days later, in the Xianyang Hall of Xianyang Palace.
"Yu He has finished the affairs of Lingnan, and now he will start to investigate the officials, starting from Lingnan. Minister of the DPRK and China......"
I heard Feng Zai report on the investigation of corruption over there, but I was not in the mood to listen to his chatter.
In the past few days, I have been a little absent-minded, without him, I am worried about the cavalry led by Wu Jian.
As for the caravan led by Zhang Wei, if there is no conscience, even if they are all wiped out, it is a big deal to change a group of people and go again. But if the 30,000 cavalry is gone......
When Feng Zheng was chattering endlessly and I was wandering in the world, I suddenly shouted from outside, but it was far away, and I didn't hear what I was shouting clearly.
Xianyang Palace has strict rules, and no one will dare to make such noise on weekdays, except for ...... Military newspaper!
I immediately got up, ignoring Feng Zai's surprised gaze, and walked quickly down the first seat and walked outside the hall.
Feng Zheng looked confused, looked at his friend Meng Yi, Meng Yi shook his head slightly, saying that he didn't know what the situation was.
When the people in the temple saw me hurrying to the door, they heard someone shouting.
After a while, the sound gradually became clearer.
"Great victory in the valley! Valley water victory! ”
The steps of Xianyang Palace are too high, and you can only listen to the sound and see no people. I hurriedly walked two steps, and when I reached the edge of the steps, I saw a soldier carrying a corner flag with the word "army" running up from the bottom, shouting incessantly: "Great victory in Gushui!" ”
Li Si and others also followed out of the palace gate, most of the ministers didn't know where to win the battle when they saw the soldiers running over, and only a few people knew about Wu Jian's expedition Li Si, Feng Zai, and Zhang Han.
The soldier came to the foot of my stairs, bowed, and held a dark yellow military newspaper in his hand.
I snatched the newspaper and couldn't wait to read it.
The soldiers played a briefing at the bottom of the stairs: "Your Majesty, the valley water is a great victory!" Our army fought against the Xiongnu vanguard Qiang soldiers, beheaded 25,000 enemies, captured 5,000 enemies, killed the leader of the forward, Huermu, and 10,000 cavalry commanders, and got 40 carts of grain! Our army suffered only 300 serious wounds and 200 dead! ”
The ministers behind him were suddenly surprised and discussed.
"What? Our army killed more than 20,000 Qiang people? Only two hundred killed? Is there something wrong with my ears? ”
"Incredible! Incredible! Since the Great Qin unified the world, how could he have defeated the Qiang people with such an advantage? Or the vanguard of the Huns? ”
"Could it be that the border army is all dispatched? That's impossible, not to mention who will guard the Great Wall, Rong Di's cavalry has come and gone without a trace, even if the whole border army is dispatched, it is impossible to achieve such results! ”
When everyone was talking, I suddenly heard me say hello three times in succession!
"Good! Good! Good! Hahahaha, my Great Qin Iron Cavalry finally fought a decent battle with the Huns! Good! ”
With that, I turned around and went back to the temple, and everyone hurriedly followed.
Then Qi Juan read the content of the military report to everyone, and everyone knew that Daqin actually had such a fine horse.
30,000 against 30,000 people, not to mention the total annihilation of the enemy army, he only suffered less than a fraction of his casualties.
Li Si took the lead and said loudly: "Congratulations to Your Majesty, congratulations to Your Majesty." My Great Qin has this iron horse, and there are two young heroes, and the victory over the Huns is just around the corner! ”
Everyone was excited, and said in unison: "Your Majesty ten thousand years, Great Qin ten thousand years!" ”
The smile on my face never faded.
"Good! Li Xiang is right, young Yingjie! Hahaha. ”
I waved my hand: "Spread the edict!" All the soldiers who participated in the battle of Gushui were all promoted to the first rank on the basis of meritorious deeds; Wu Jian was promoted to the third rank, with a reward of 100 gold, and 20 pieces of cloth; Rank two levels of knighthood, 50 gold, and 10 pieces of cloth! The soldiers who died in the war were given 20 acres of fertile land and 10 gold rewards! ”
"In addition, the news related to the victory of Gushui and the Qin army will be erased, and the world will be announced, and the salty envoy will hear it! Notice Xianyang Qianshou, today's curfew is not good, and the market is not closed! ”
After the notice was posted to the four city gates of Xianyang and the gate of Miyagi, the whole Xianyang was boiling!
The people of Xianyang rushed to tell each other.
Forty years! How could Great Qin have such a great victory against the Huns! Since the Great Wall was built, the people of the world thought that the emperor had forgotten the land of Yongzhou.
Yongzhou, for these Qin people whose ancestors lived in Guanzhong, is a place that cannot be forgotten. It is the origin of the Qin State, and it is also the place where the ancestors of these Qin people lived.
Since the world fell into the strife of the nations, Yiqu once occupied Longxi and approached Yongcheng. Yongcheng is called Yongcheng, but it is 1,500 miles away from Yongzhou, the ancestral land of Qin.
Although the Empress Dowager Xuan of Great Qin drove Yiqu to Qilian Mountain and became the Beiqiang clan, she could not ignore the threat of the Six Kingdoms and then divide her troops to take back Yongzhou. After the first emperor ruled the world, in the face of Baiyue, Xiongnu, and the remnants of the Six Kingdoms, he was unable to conquer the grasslands again, so he had to build the Great Wall as a defense.
Now that His Majesty has achieved a great victory in Gushui, where is Gushui? The end is in Yongzhou!
The return of the place where the ancestors lived to Great Qin is of great significance to the Qin people!