Chapter 469 is homesick
Yi Zhixian led 50,000 elite Hun cavalry out of Yinshan, and their destination was near Shangjun.
It is estimated that there are only 30,000 defenders in Yunzhong County, and Yi Zhixian can lead 50,000 Huns to take it.
Yi Zhixian led the Xiongnu all the way south, and Liu Zhang's drone kept an eye on them.
Liu Zhang sent the captured Xiongnu to the border of the Han Dynasty and rested at the border for a while.
He led the Han army to meet the Xiongnu who went south, and he told Li Guang.
There will be tens of thousands of elite Hun cavalry coming over and asking Li Guang to increase his troops.
This battle was sure to be won, and it dealt a heavy blow to the Xiongnu again.
If necessary, then take Li Guang to fight the Huns together, he said that Yunzhong County must be defended.
It's not that he doesn't want to go with Liu Zhang, Yunzhong County has hoarded a lot of supplies.
It is intended to be used for winter, if it is robbed by the Huns.
The sin of the Yunzhong County guard is great, and the Huns will be able to survive this winter.
There are still more than four months to go before the arrival of winter, while the weather is still warm.
A few more fights with the Huns, so that the Huns will have a hard time this winter.
The defenders of Yunzhong County only had more than 30,000 troops, and it was impossible to transfer more troops to Liu Zhang.
If you tell Li Guang that a shoe will come in person, this is not easy to explain.
To be on the safe side, he brought Li Dang and Zhao Hao over.
On the way to the march, he happened to meet Cao Xiang, and Liu Zhang was overjoyed to have his help.
It's easier to deal with Yi Zhixian, even if you can't capture him alive.
It can also inflict heavy losses on the Hun cavalry he brought, and the Huns are about to spend the cold winter in sorrow.
The Han army has gained a lot, and it seems that Liu Zhang will not be able to go back to reunite with his family this year.
By October, he would lead the Han army back to Yunzhong County.
In order to defeat one of these, Liu Zhang carefully selected the war horse.
These horses were captured from the Xiongnu, and this time he led a Han army of 20,000.
"We are about to meet the most elite cavalry of the Huns, and this battle may be fierce."
"Well, we can take this opportunity to take the Huns. The elite cavalry was wiped out, and their arrogance was thwarted.
Cao Xiang has always wanted to find the main force of the Huns, if Liu Zhang's expectations are good.
It may be the cavalry of Yi Zhixi's descendant who is about to be encountered, but I don't know who led this cavalry to arrive.
If Huo Qubing came here, 20,000 Han cavalry would be able to wipe out 50,000 Hun cavalry.
Huo Quai's side was fighting fiercely with the Huns, and he couldn't take care of it for a while.
Liu Zhang's task was completed very well, dragging most of the Huns.
The 50,000 Han troops led by Gongsun Ao and Gongsun Zan blocked the Xiongnu cavalry from east to west in Beidi County.
Liu Zhang and they came to Shuofang County, if Gongsun Ao needed support.
Liu Zhang and the others hurried over, and they must ensure that Wei Qing and Huo Qubing successfully take the land west of the river.
It doesn't matter if the losses in the areas of Yunzhong County, Beidi County, and Shuofang County are larger, after all, the main task is to contain the Xiongnu in the east and support the Xiongnu in Hexi.
Due to the lack of Xiongnu troops, coupled with the fact that the armies of the Western Regions countries were not strong in combat.
It can be said that the road construction cannot take into account the east and the west, and Gongsun Ao and others cut off the Xiongnu's march route in the middle position.
There were Liu Zhang and others in the east, and the Xiongnu in the land west of the river fought very hard during this time.
Huo Quzhi led thousands of elite cavalry, and he fought really easily.
Thanks to Liu Zhang, they dragged most of the Xiongnu's troops, and Huo Quai's illness relieved their pressure.
The elite cavalry of the Huns led by Yi Zhixian was rushing to Shuofang County, and Liu Zhang and they had to quickly go over to support.
It is likely that Yi Zhixian will lead an army to attack Shangjun, and a small number of Xiongnu will feint to attack Shuofang County.
To create a false impression for the soldiers of the Han army, the main target of the Xiongnu was Shuofang.
There were also some Xiongnu who went to attack Yunzhong County, and Yi Zhixian learned that there were fewer troops on the upper part of the county.
He guessed that Liu Zhang would go over, and when the time came, he would lead Liu Zhang to Yinshan.
This was his true purpose, and his cavalry horses were fast.
As long as Liu Zhang and the others follow behind, it is impossible to give up easily if they can't catch up.
Yi Zhixian didn't know that his words and deeds were in Liu Zhang's control, and he also knew his plan.
Liu Zhang will make a plan, and it is not yet known who will have the last laugh when the time comes.
"I have a hunch that the Hun lord we are about to meet has a very high status, maybe the Hun Shan Yu will come in person."
"If your foreboth is true, and we are fighting the Huns, then you will have done a great job."
Regardless of whether Liu Zhang's hunch is accurate or not, it will not affect the next battle plan.
Maybe there will be a huge harvest, and they will have to rush to Shuofang County in the shortest possible time.
Liu Zhang received news that Shuofang County, Beidi County, and Shangjun had all been invaded by the Xiongnu.
"This time we only brought 20,000 people, and the upper counties in the west were all harassed by the Xiongnu, do you want to go to the aid in three ways?"
Liu Zhang wanted to hear everyone's opinions, and they discussed while riding horses.
"If we rush to the aid separately, the three of us can only bring six or seven thousand people, and we may fall into an ambush by the Huns."
The Huns are not stupid, and the defenders of each army are at least more than 30,000.
The Huns have so many troops, can't they hold it?
"I don't think it's necessary to support other counties, we don't have enough troops on our side."
If the 20,000 Han troops were lost, it might affect the plan to contain the Xiongnu.
Before the onset of winter, the Xiongnu would launch a fierce attack on the Han army led by Wei Qing.
Wouldn't the previous efforts be in vain, in order to open up the land west of the river.
Liu Che took out one-third of the materials in the national treasury and mobilized half of the country's total troops.
To achieve the strategic goal at all costs, what is fighting with the Xiongnu is logistics supply.
The Xiongnu couldn't hold on, and Cao Xiang knew this very well.
"Everyone has worked hard during this time, everyone hold on a little longer, and we will return to the border counties to rest before October."
By then, they will have a few months off?
During this time, everyone was running back and forth, and everyone was very tired.
In order to defeat the powerful Xiongnu, many people did not return home to reunite with their families for several years.
"Zhang, you've been in the north for a few months, and you may not be able to reunite with your family for a long time."
Cao Xiang had experienced this, and he was stationed in the north and missed his family very much.
Some soldiers had been in the north for several years and looked young when they came.
In a few years, people are getting older, and they don't know when the war will end.
"Although I miss my family very much, this northern Xiongnu plague must also be eliminated."
Liu Zhang will not take the initiative to ask to go home, he can contact his family with a communication watch.
Other soldiers would write letters to their families every once in a while to express their thoughts about their families.
Liu Zhang: They rode and ran for a while, and they stopped to rest.
Long riders are also tired, and each person is equipped with two horses.
The Han army was not yet up to the level of at least three horses per person like the Xiongnu.
They had to rest for half an hour, and Liu Zhang felt a sore back.
During this time, I didn't sleep well, and sometimes the day and night were reversed to fight against the Huns.
Everyone was given beef jerky before departure, as well as some compressed biscuits.
These foods are high in calories and easy to carry, and they don't have time to make fires to cook on their marches.
"Let's rest in place, eat something, and have a casual chat."
Cao Xiang knew that everyone was working very hard, and the next battle with the Xiongnu would cause some people to suffer great casualties.
They are all warriors who defend their homeland and country, and they are not afraid of life and death.
"I don't know if my hunch is accurate? I am, the elite cavalry of the Xiongnu may go to Shangjun, and Shuofang County and Beidi County are just the targets of their feints. ”
Liu Zhang said his thoughts, everyone is a friend, and they will definitely believe his words.
"In the future, you try not to say such things, don't be harmed by people with intentions. I ask you if you miss home? ”
Cao Xiang asked if everyone was homesick? He misses his family at the moment.
Especially the eldest princess Liu Ru, they got married in October of the first year of Yuanzhen.
Due to the urgency of the war in the north, he asked Liu Che to come to the north to fight the Xiongnu.
"We are homesick, but the Xiongnu in the north have not been wiped out."
All the soldiers said in unison, they had been stationed in the north for several years.
They wrote to their families every month or two, and the families received their letters.
"Zhang, you're homesick too, aren't you? Your wives are waiting for you at home, and they miss you too. ”
"I miss them too, and I write to them a lot."
We wanted to go back to the Honghou Mansion to get a good night's sleep, and the Honghou Mansion made him feel at ease and comfortable.
It's wonderful to be able to sleep with my wife every night.
"The beacon fire lasted for three months, and the family letter was worth 10,000 gold."
Liu Zhang suddenly thought of one of the lines of a poem, and he felt the cruelty of war
Many Han soldiers buried their bones in the frontier, they defended their homes and the country, and they spilled their blood on the battlefield.
They may no longer be able to reunite with their families, and the bones of most Han soldiers will not be sent back to their hometowns for burial.
Unless there are dead generals with extremely high status, the bones can be sent back to their hometown for burial, Liu Zhang looked at these young Han soldiers.
He felt inexplicably sad in his heart, and he was also very sad, they were all warriors of the Han Dynasty.