Chapter 98: Removal of the Southern Huns ([-])
The rising sun means the arrival of a new day, but Guluo City has been burned beyond recognition, and so has the valley behind the city. Once, the green hillside was covered with dense trees, and the streams in the valley were gurgling, with birds chirping and flowers fragrant. A place full of life.
However, with the fire burning all night, [-] southern Huns were buried in the sea of fire, and no one valley was in a mess. The fire burned away all the trees. The fire made half of the sky red, leaving only black tree stumps, charred earth and corpses all over the say it was corpses was putting it mildly. It should be said that it was charred flesh all over the ground, but it was all human flesh.
The originally green hillside is now covered with black and gray marks, as if covered by endless pain and streams in the valley, although still flowing, are no longer clear but carry the dirt and impurities left by the fire.
The air was filled with the scorched smell of fire, mixed with the smell of soil, trees and burnt human flesh, which was heart-stopping and recruits felt their stomachs churn because of the nauseating smell. The sun shone on the scorched land, reflecting the dazzling light, as if to reveal the cruelty of the fire.
In the valley, the birds have left and the animals have disappeared without a the wind was still blowing lonely through the ruins, bringing with it the smell of charred trees and blackened entire valley was filled with the smell of death. The once vitality and beauty had disappeared in the sea of fire.
awful! That's horrible! It is not an exaggeration to say that it is hell on earth.
Xi Zhicai ordered the army to rest where they were. It wasn't that he didn't want to send people down to clean it up, but because he couldn't get down. There were still residual flames burning in the valley. The most important thing was that the valley was hot to the feet and people couldn't get down at all. This fire The heat wave has not dissipated yet.
"Ugh!"
Looking at the tragic situation in front of him, Xi Zhicai couldn't help but feel hurt for Tianhe. When the Southern Huns came in, they didn't count them in detail, but they roughly estimated that they were no less than [-]. They were destroyed by a sudden fire. .
"The flying pigeon sent a message to my lord that all the Huns in the south of Guluo City have been wiped out. The army will rest for a day until the battlefield is finally cleared.
Zhong and his [-]-strong army reunited with their lord in Meiji three days later. "
"Here!"
Xu Rong also issued the same order as Xi Zhicai. Duan Jiong's 3000 men were already exhausted after several hours of retreat. Therefore, the Han army blocking the Zhenlin Valley Road was Xu Rong's army.
"Old General Duan, after this battle, the strength of the Southern Xiongnu has been greatly weakened. Xihe County will have no worries for ten years, but such poisonous tactics will harm Tianhe."
"Ziyi, you haven't seen the long term enough. What my lord wants is not to severely inflict heavy damage on the Southern Huns, but to defeat them in a battle. So what if it hurts Tianhe? It's not me, the son of the Han family, who died.
Since you are on the battlefield, there is no such thing as mercy. As a general, the first thing you have to consider is how to achieve the greatest victory with the least casualties.
If God is really angry, just punish me. After all, I came up with this plan to destroy my family. I know that I only have a few years to live, and I am no longer afraid of life and death.
The most important thing is you. You must grow up as soon as possible, not only to be able to lead soldiers, but also to be generals! "
This is Duan Yan's expectation for Xu Rong. Xu Rong already has a commanding attitude, but he is not mature enough yet and needs more training and precipitation.
Xu Rong didn't expect Duan Juan to have such high expectations for him, "Old General. Me."
"There are some things that you can just keep in mind. Now," Duan Yan looked at the valley, "This battle is not over yet. The entire army is recuperating and will start a gradual clearing tomorrow!"
"Here."
"General Xu, you can lead 3000 of our troops to set off and follow my lord in case anything unexpected happens."
"But."
"I also believe in my lord, so you have one more thing to do. If you have the chance, seize the Meiji Castle Tower."
"I will obey your orders."
# Time goes back to midnight.
Shan Yuting of the Southern Xiongnu.
Tonight, Qiangqu Shanyu was in a restless mood and could not sleep for a long time. He could only walk back and forth in the room. Next to him, Yan (zhī) was also worried. After all, it was already late at night and his child had not come back yet. "Is there no news about Yu Fuluo and Huchuquan yet?"
Qiang Qu eagerly asked Tan Ma, who had just returned, but the spy didn't say a word, and it was obvious that there was no result.
"Get out!"
Qiangqu came to the map again, frowning, "Guluo City"
The last information that Tanma detected was here. After Yu Fulo and Huchuquan pursued this place, they lost contact. "What danger can there be in an ancient city that has long been ruined?"
Qiang Qu couldn't understand why an army twenty times larger than the enemy's army suddenly disappeared. "Where have they gone?"
Qiang Qu looked at the map and muttered to himself, and the Yan family next to him comforted him: "Chanyu, is it possible that the mountain road is difficult to travel at night, and we lost contact for a while. Maybe there will be news tomorrow morning."
"hope so"
Qiang Qu's inner uneasiness told him that this incident was full of weirdness, but he still kept telling himself that everything was fine and he was just a false alarm.
At midnight, the elderly Qiang Qu couldn't help feeling sleepy anymore and fell into a deep sleep.
Suddenly, there were loud shouts of murder outside! Fires were burning everywhere in the camp where the southern Huns gathered.
"What happened again?"
Fen Qiangqu, who was already irritable, walked out of the king's tent and asked, but the people guarding here looked at each other and didn't know how to answer, "Go and check!"
"Here!"
Compared with the irritability in his heart, Qiang Qu's eyelids were twitching wildly at this moment, and he felt that everything was out of control.
During a cup of tea, a soldier came to report: "Chanyu, the Han army is attacking the camp!"
"Han army? Where did the Han army come from?"
Qiang Qu was even more puzzled. Duan Jiong obviously only had 5000 troops, but now he was severely bitten by his own army of [-]. Where did this Han army come from?Heavenly soldiers and generals? Following the firelight, Qiang Qu vaguely saw the figure of the general who was attacking the camp. He was wearing iron armor, a steel helmet on his head, a sword at his waist, a hard bow on his back, and a phoenix-billed sword in his hand. He was leading thousands of elite cavalry in the camp. He went back and forth to kill, and no one of the Southern Xiongnu generals or junior generals could stop his offensive, and they were killed and their positions were in chaos.
"Huang Zhong!"
Qiang Qu opened his mouth in disbelief and said that in his impression, only Huang Zhong, the general under the King of Hejian, was dressed like this, "Why is he here?"
Why did Huang Zhong appear here?Aren’t others in the cloud?
Also, when did the Han army have heavy cavalry? This is not something that ordinary light cavalry can compare to. This is a group of cavalry armed to the teeth. Wherever they go, people will fall on their backs. Especially this kind of night attack, the destructive power is even more amazing!
Now, there is no time to think about why Huang Zhong suddenly appeared in Meiji. Since Huang Zhong has appeared, it means that Liu Han must have come to Xihe County.
Sneak attacks at night and massacres of tribes are just like sending people to attack and kill Han villages. Are the Han people bound to retaliate now? Moreover, it was Huang Zhong who made the raid this time. Why is this fighting style the same as when the Han army faced Xianbei last year? That's wrong!
Only then did Qiang Qu react, "The sixty thousand army is in danger!"
If Huang Zhong dared to attack the camp at this time, he must have received Liu Han's order. Then Liu Han must have led an army to trap his [-] troops. This is why the detective horses could not find any trace of them.
"Little Liu Han, you are bullying me too much!"
(End of this chapter)