Established a thousand-year family from the end of Qin Dynasty

Chapter 88

again a few months later
After the assembly of the Han army, the two commanders, General Wei Qing and Hussar General Huo Qubing, each led [-] cavalry.

Wei Qing was in charge of attacking Zuo Xian Wang Wang Ting, and by the way conquered many small countries and tribes that were attached to the Huns, such as Wuhuan and Xianbei.

Huo Qubing was responsible for taking the Mobei Shanyu court directly and fighting the Xiongnu Shanyu.

But there was news from the Huns leading the way that the Xiongnu Shanyu went east to change routes with Zuo Xianwang, so Wei Qing and Huo Qubing also changed routes, letting Huo Qubing, who prefers super-long-distance raids, attack Shanyu to prevent Shanyu from escaping.

However, the Xiongnu Chanyu repented halfway and did not change paths with King Zuoxian.

Hearing this news, Wei Qing thought that the speed of soldiers was the most important, so he didn't wait to change his way back, and directly marched towards Mobei Shanyuting.

Originally, this task was assigned to Huo Qubing, but now that the military situation is urgent, the Han army can only do so.

When Wei Qing went straight to Mobei Shanyuting, Huo Qubing also rushed to Zuo Xianwang Wangting with his [-] elite cavalry.

At the same time, Emperor Liu Che recruited [-] new cavalry, temporarily appointed Liaodong prefect Wang Changzhi as the cavalry general, and commanded the [-] new cavalry to assist Wei Qing and Huo Qubing. The affairs were dumped by Wang Changzhi to Zhang Shou, the prefect of the county.

And Gongsun He commanded [-] infantry to transport logistics supplies.

The emperor also appointed Wang Changyu of Yilang as the Xiaoqi school captain to follow Huo Qubing on the expedition.

The Han army in the Northern Expedition was thus divided into four major parts, namely the Wei Qing Department, Huo Qubing Department, Wang Changzhi Department, and Gongsun He Department.

【Wei Qingbu
Troop strength: [-] ordinary cavalry

Target: Shan Yuting
Subordinates: Former General Li Guang, School Lieutenant Gongsun Ao, Right General Zhao Shiqi, and Later General Cao Xiang]

[Huo Qubing Department

Troop strength: [-] elite cavalry

Targets: Zuo Xian Wang Wang Ting, Xianbei Wuhuan

Subordinates: Captain Xiaoqi Wang Changyu, Captain Li Gan, Governor of Youbeiping County Lu Bode]

【Wang Changzhi Department

Forces: [-] recruits cavalry

Goal: Support Wei Qing or Huo Qubing

Subordinates: Lieutenant Guo Cheng of Qingqi School, Li Yao Li Yao, Lieutenant of Liaodong County, Shangguan Jie, Prefect of Liaoxi County]
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漠南
Wei Qing Army Tent
"Why did the General ask me to go east? Isn't the Xiongnu Shanyuting in the north?" In the General's camp, Li Guang, the former general, was indignant at Wei Qing's dispatch. He felt that he was being targeted by Wei Qing.

When Wei Qing's troops marched to Monan for a rest, Wei Qing asked Li Guang and Zhao Shiqi to take 1 people to detour eastward. The trend of bread sandwiches.

But Li Guang refused. He was old, but he hadn't been named a marquis for a long time. Even his younger brother Li Cai, who was of average talent, was made a marquis.

The reason for this is that every time the Han army goes out of the fortress, he will get lost, especially in the last battle of Monan, Wei Qing asked him and Wang Changzhi to attack the side and rear of the main force of the Huns from both sides. As a result, Wang Changzhi arrived, but However, Li Guang got lost. After the 30 Hun army had fled and the battle was over, Li Guang hadn't found his way yet. After wandering around the grassland for many days, he accidentally bumped into Wei Qing, who was returning to the imperial court.

Li Guang felt very ashamed of this, so no matter what he wanted to be the main force to attack Mobei Shanyuting this time, he was named a marquis by the emperor relying on a huge military exploit.

But Wei Qing thought deeper and farther. He was worried that Li Guang was eager to make contributions, and he would go up without thinking when he encountered the main force of the Huns. This would destroy his battle plan and even wipe out the entire army, so he deliberately took Li Guangzhi away. Let Li Guang detour to the east and attack the Xiongnu Shanyu's defenseless side and rear.

In fact, before the army set off, Emperor Liu Che refused to let Li Guang go on the expedition. He was afraid that Li Guang would get lost again, so he used Li Guang's old age as an excuse to ask Li Guang to retire in Chang'an instead of going to Mobei.

But Li Guang kept begging to go to the army. He wanted too much to make contributions, and he wanted to be a marquis too much.

Emperor Liu Che had no choice but to agree to Li Guang and let him go with Wei Qing, but the emperor secretly ordered Wei Qing not to let Li Guang be the main force, so as to avoid accidents in the army.

"Hmph!" Seeing that Wei Qing didn't say a word, Li Guang snorted coldly, clenched his fists, and walked out of the military tent angrily. Although he was very unconvinced, he had to follow Wei Qing's deployment and led [-] cavalry to detour eastward.

"Ah..." When Li Guang had to follow the military order to turn eastward, Wei Qing shook his head. He never thought of targeting Li Guang. These were the emperor's orders, and the current Li Guang was indeed not suitable to be the main frontal force.
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Zuo Xian Wang Wang Ting

"kill!"

"Not good! It's Huo Qubing!"

Tens of thousands of elite cavalrymen of the Han army rushed into the royal court. King Zuo Xian was panicked and fled northward with the remnants of his defeated generals.

"The whole army pursues!" Huo Qubing issued a military order.

"General, our logistics is still behind." Captain Li Gan persuaded from the side.

"I, Huo Qubing, don't need logistics to fight. The enemy is my logistics." Huo Qubing replied indifferently, and then continued to order: "The whole army pursues, and those who do not advance will be killed!"

"No!" Wang Changyu couldn't wait for a long time, and was gearing up.

Li Gan and Lu Bode had no choice but to agree: "No!"
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Mobei
boom boom-

On the horizon, tens of thousands of Hun cavalry were charging towards the Han army under Wei Qing who had come all the way and hadn't had time to rest.

"Hahaha! Wei Qing came from a long way, and our army is waiting for work. In this battle, we, the Huns, will surely win!" Shanyu Yizhi, the Xiongnu sitting behind the guard, laughed obliquely. He had been waiting here for a long time, waiting for the Han army to be tired from marching. He attacked suddenly and caught the Han army by surprise.

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"Jie the chariot formation!"

Being suddenly attacked by the Huns, Wei Qing calmly put the chariot troops on the outermost side to form a circular defensive formation, stopped the Huns cavalry with chariots, and at the same time let some cavalry dismount. One part stands behind the chariot with a spear in hand, blocking the gap in the chariot formation, preventing the Huns cavalry from rushing in through the gap, and the other part draws a bow and shoots arrows to kill the rushing Huns cavalry.

At the same time, there were still five thousand cavalry who had not dismounted. Under the leadership of Gongsun Ao, they went out from the flanks and went around to the rear of the Huns cavalry army. The rear launched a fierce attack.

This is Wei Qing's self-created army formation, which has been trained for a long time. It is specially used to target the Huns, and it can be called a treasure against the Huns.

Because of training for a long time, the speed of formation of soldiers is so fast.

Wei Qing and Huo Qubing have different fighting styles.

Wei Qing is good at fighting steadily, killing the most enemies with the least casualties. He doesn't want to shock the world, as long as he can make the enemy suffer.

Huo Qubing likes to engage in super-long-distance forced marches to sneak around and attack the enemy unexpectedly and by surprise. This can often achieve incredible and amazing results, but it will also cause a large number of non-combat attrition during the forced march.

(End of this chapter)