The great man will live forever

Chapter 173

The sound stirred up the merchants, and the sound followed the gurgling Long River, spread far beyond the border fortress, and reached high into the cold world...

Snowflakes danced in the silent night sky and settled quietly. The cold winter days were softened by the snow cover.Falling gently on the ground, each snowflake is as unique as a work of art. They gather into a thin white veil, making everything appear pure and tranquil.

It was only October, and it had already begun to snow in Junji Mountain. Looking at the snow-covered mountains, Li Ling felt hot in his heart.

Jin Rongfan annotated "Yi Tong Zhi": "The Junji Mountain of Khalkha is directly connected to the Mobei of Jiancheng City, and its mountain should be between the present-day Tula River and the Orkhon River."

"General, we have discovered that the main force of the Xiongnu is fighting against the Chanyu Dagu, with no less than 3 troops, and they are approaching us to encircle us."

Not long after Li Ling was stationed at Junji Mountain, he encountered the main force of Shanyu and was surrounded by more than 3 Xiongnu cavalry.

Li Ling didn't seem to be afraid, but was still excited. "Ordered the entire army to retreat and station itself between the two mountains, using carts as a camp."

"promise!"

Li Ling led the troops out of the camp and formed a team. The front row held halberds and shields, and the back row held bows and crossbows. He ordered: "Attack when you hear the drums beating, and retreat when you hear the gold ring."

Seeing that the Han army was few, the Xiongnu rushed straight towards the Han army camp.

"kill!"

A fierce battle began. There were no unnecessary words, only the sounds of killing, the sound of arrows, and screams.

"kill!"

Li Ling mobilized his troops to fight and fired thousands of crossbows. The Xiongnu soldiers fell down in response to the bowstring. The Xiongnu army was defeated and retreated up the mountain. The Han army pursued and killed thousands of Xiongnu soldiers.

Good guy, this is too fierce. An army of [-] people can't defeat this guy. It's really not an exaggeration to say that this guy is a five-horseman.

Shanyu, the Marquis of Qi, was shocked, "Who is the general on the opposite side? What kind of soldiers are they leading? Why are they so strong? His archery hits every target, and he is even more powerful than my Huns warriors."

Wei Lu and his men took a closer look, and then came back and said, "The Great Chanyu is Li Ling, Li Guang's grandson, and he leads the Danyang Army."

"Come here, quickly summon King Zuo Xian and King You Xian to support you." Shanyu, the Marquis of Qie, was not a fool. Seeing that he could not win, he quickly summoned the troops of King Zuo Xian and King You Xian, and a total of more than 8 cavalry besieged Li Ling.

"promise!"

Li Ling was not stupid. He could still fight with 3 people, but he really couldn't fight with 8 people. He fought and walked south, and after a few days, he was trapped in a valley.

After days of hard fighting, many soldiers were injured by arrows. The three wounded used vehicles, the second wounded drove, and the first wounded persisted in fighting.

Li Ling checked and found that the morale was not as good as before, so he asked several generals: "Our army's morale is not as good as before, and it cannot be inspired. What is the reason? Could it be that there are women in the army?"

"Yes." Several generals couldn't hide it, so they confessed honestly.

It turned out that when the army set off, some of the wives and daughters of Kanto thieves who were exiled to the frontier fortresses came with the army and became the wives of the soldiers, and most of them were hidden in the cars.

"Come on, follow me to search."

"what!"

Li Ling led people to search, and sure enough he saw hundreds of women in the military camp, some shivering in the car.

"Kill them all."

"all?"

"Otherwise, what should I do? It's all your fault. Let them go. They won't be able to go back, and they will become slaves of the Huns. It will increase their population in vain. If you don't let them go, let's see if our soldiers are still motivated to fight to the death?"

Li Ling was cold-hearted and ruthless. He knew that kindness does not control soldiers, nor does justice control wealth. He was not his grandfather. He knew that one of the reasons for his grandfather's failure was that he was too kind to the soldiers, so he ordered them all to be killed. Second The next day they fought, they beheaded more than 3000 Huns. The war was so cruel.

They broke through to the southeast and retreated along the Gulong City Road. After walking for four or five days, they were blocked by large swamp reeds. They hid in the reeds, and the Huns suddenly lost track of them.

Chanyu, the Marquis of Qitan, looked at the white reeds and ordered: "Set fire and burn them to death."

"Yes!"

So the Huns set fires downwind. The fires burned bigger and bigger, and the smoke was so thick that people couldn't open their eyes.

"Cough cough!"

"General, the fire is getting bigger and bigger, what should we do?" The Han army in the reeds was shocked.

"Cut down this patch of reeds and set fire to create a clearing."

Li Ling also had experience in this. He ordered the soldiers to cut down a piece of reed, clear an open space, set fire to it, and build a firewall. Only then did they survive and not be burned to death.

The fire burned for a long time, and all the reeds were gone. When the Huns saw the Han army, tens of thousands of pairs of eyes met, and the Han army began to flee again.

They fought and fled, and retreated to the foot of a mountain. Tanhou Shanyu was already on the top of the mountain in the south, and ordered his son to lead the cavalry to attack Li Ling.

"kill!"

Li Ling's infantry fought with the Hun cavalry in the woods, killing thousands of Hun soldiers, "Charge!"

For a moment, Li Ling looked at the banner of the Xiongnu Chanyu, rushed towards the banner, and fired a series of arrows at the Xiongnu Chanyu.

"what!"

Several Shanyu's soldiers were shot to death on the spot.

"Chanyu, hurry up."

Moreover, the Danhou Shanyu was protected by others and retreated down the mountain, away from the battlefield.

Li Ling watched Shan Yu go away and wanted to pursue him, but more and more Huns soldiers were surrounding him, so he had no choice but to retreat.

At night, in the big tent of Shanyu, Qi Tuan Hou, he said with some worry: "These are the elite soldiers of the Han Dynasty. They cannot be captured after a long attack, but they retreat southward day and night to lead us to the fortress. Will there be an ambush?" Woolen cloth?"

In fact, at this time, Shanyu, the Marquis of Qie, was already hesitating whether to continue the pursuit. If there was an ambush in front of the army, he would be wiped out. Moreover, Li Ling was too fierce. He had 8 people to fight 5000 people, and now the casualties are increasing. All in all, the other side didn't collapse.Many officials and rulers said: "If you personally lead tens of thousands of cavalry to attack thousands of Han Dynasty people, but cannot destroy them, then you will no longer be able to dispatch troops and generals, and it will make the Han Dynasty despise the Xiongnu even more."

Therefore, Chanyu, we must attack fiercely again in the valley. We still have forty or fifty miles to reach the level ground. Even if we cannot defeat the enemy, we will still have time to return by then. "

"Okay, let's try a few more attacks." Shanyu, the Marquis of Qi, was also a little bit stuck. If he couldn't win, it would be a huge blow to his prestige later.

"kill!"

"Come on."

"Hold it!"

At this time, Li Ling's army was in a more dangerous situation. There were many Huns cavalry. The battle lasted for dozens of rounds all day long, and more than [-] Huns soldiers were killed or wounded.

The Xiongnu army could not win, and the Hou Shanyu had no choice but to prepare to withdraw.

There are now less than 3000 people left in Li Ling's military camp, and less than half of them are injured. There are not many bows and arrows left, and they are almost exhausted.

"Guan Gan, why are you so greedy for life and afraid of death during today's hundred-day battle? Do you want to die?" A school lieutenant cursed at a military prince named Guan Gan.

"Captain Luo, I have tried my best."

"Pah!" The captain slapped him directly, "I said yes, yes. What, you are not convinced?"

"Don't dare!"

"Humph!"

……

Afterwards, the military prince named Guan Gan was furious, and he was afraid of death. Looking at the Huns army outside the mountain, he ran to the Huns camp overnight.

"What? Someone from the Han army surrendered and brought important news?" The Xiongnu Chanyu was shocked.

"Quickly, bring him to see Ben Khan."

The Xiongnu Chanyu immediately summoned Guan Gan and said, "If you have any important news, it is a good idea to abandon the secret and turn to the light. If the news is good, I will reward you greatly."

"Yes, thank you Shanyu. Li Ling's army has no backup and has run out of arrows. Only 800 people each under General Li Ling and Han Yannian, the Marquis of Cheng'an, are in the front of the formation, with yellow and white flags respectively. Shanyu only needs to send elite soldiers to shoot Kill the flag bearer to break the formation."

Chanyu was overjoyed when he got the news about Guan Gan, and patted his shoulder excitedly, "Okay, okay, okay, I will make you a householder, and reward you with a thousand cattle and sheep, and 500 slaves."

Therefore, the Xiongnu Qie Tuanhou Chanyu ordered his cavalry to attack the Han army together. While fighting, he shouted: "Li Ling and Han Yannian will surrender soon!" Then he sent troops to block the way and violently attacked Li Ling.

Li Ling was at the bottom of the valley. The Huns were shooting arrows from all directions on the hillside, and the arrows were raining down.The Han army insisted on marching south. Before they could reach Tuanhan Mountain, all 50 arrows were fired in one day, and then they abandoned their chariots and left.

At that time, there were more than 2 soldiers left. They cut off the spokes of wheels with their bare hands and used them as weapons. The military officers only had short swords.They were blocked by a large mountain and turned into a narrow valley, and the Danhou Chanyu cut off their retreat and laid down boulders at strategic points. Many soldiers were killed and could not move forward.

After dusk, Li Ling put on plain clothes and walked out of the camp alone. He stopped the people around him and said, "Don't follow me. Let me kill Shanyu alone!"

He rushed out for a while, but couldn't get into Shan Yu's camp at all. He had no choice but to turn back and sighed: "We are defeated like this. All we want is death!"

The military officer said: "General, your Majesty will not let you die. You can find other ways to go back. Although the Marquis of Zunye was captured by the Huns, he later escaped back. Da Sima and Your Majesty still treated each other with courtesy. What's more?" What about you, General?"

Li Ling said, "Stop talking. If I don't die in battle, I won't be a strong man."

So he asked his men to cut off all the flags and bury the treasures underground.

Then he said sadly: "With dozens more arrows, we can escape, but now we have no weapons to fight anymore, and we will have to wait for capture at dawn. It's better to disperse, and there may be people who escape back to report to His Majesty."

He ordered each of the soldiers to bring two liters of dry food and a large piece of ice, and agreed to meet at the frontier fortress Chaluzhang to beat drums to break out at midnight, but the drums did not sound.

In the middle of the night, Li Ling thought a lot, and he came up with a bold idea, that is, he would pretend to surrender, work as an undercover agent, and find a way to kill Shan Yu.

In addition to these, he was also a little reluctant to die. His grandfather Li Guang got lost and committed suicide, and his uncle Li Gan was seriously ill. The Li family relied on him as a general. If he died, would he be worthy of the family?

It can be said that the mission and rise and fall of the Li family have affected Li Ling's decisions and judgments many times. Otherwise, he would not have led [-] infantrymen to fight against the Huns in order to revive the family. Why would he not have done so? He knew the risk, but he had to do it.

Therefore, the drum did not sound.

At dawn, Li Ling and Han Yannian mounted their horses together, and more than a dozen strong men rushed out with them.

Thousands of Xiongnu cavalry pursued him, and Han Yannian died in the battle. Li Ling sighed: "I have no shame to see your Majesty!" So he dismounted and surrendered.His men fled for their lives, and only about [-] of them escaped back to the fortress...

It is a pity that Li Ling's defeat was only more than a hundred miles away from the frontier fortress. If Guan Gan had not surrendered, the Xiongnu Chanyu would have withdrawn, and his success was only one step away.

This time, no matter whether he wins or loses, as long as he can break through and come back, he will be reborn from blood and have the qualifications to be a famous general.

How many people could kill and injure tens of thousands of Huns with only [-] foot soldiers, and still break out of the encirclement after being surrounded by [-] Huns cavalry?Liu Han thinks he can't do it, maybe only Huo Qubing can do it!

But, Li Ling failed after all. Most history only looks at the results. Victory is a famous general, passed down through the ages, and defeat is just a defeat.

There is a difference between a little difference and a little difference, and the difference is huge.

Just like later generations raising money to save their relatives in the hospital, there is only a difference of 1 yuan, and there is a difference of only 1 yuan. For some people, the 1 yuan is a world of difference and insurmountable. chasm.

You have tried your best, but if you are just a little short, that may be the so-called fate. There are too many things in the world that cannot be changed by human power. This is why many people compromise on life again and again.

Try hard, fail, don’t admit fate, keep trying, fail again, don’t admit fate, try harder, still fail…

After repeating this process, I finally found that it seemed better to just lie down and accept my fate...

Most people in history are like this. It's not that they are not good enough or strong enough, it may be that they are just a bit unlucky, or it may be that the general trend is hard to change...

But there are many things that I know clearly cannot be done, but even though there are thousands of people, I will go ahead...

Countless people follow one after another, moths fly to the flame, day and night. In the end, a single spark can start a prairie fire...

Perhaps, this is history, the history that belongs exclusively to China, and the soul of the nation!
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