The great man will live forever

Chapter 45 Battle of Hexi (Narrow Escape)

The journey is difficult, the journey is difficult, this body is only heading higher.

Climbing to the sky and grasping the moon is not enough to boast.

It took about eleven days for the remnant army led by Liu Han to reach the Dunpu headquarters. King Xiutu sent people to harass them all the time, but there was no sign of a large-scale attack. Although the Han army only had 3000 people left, they could fight in a bloody battle. He has 6 elites, maybe more.

When they arrived at the location of the Chu Pu tribe, King Xiutu hesitated for a moment. He did not stop like King Hunxie to recruit the tribe of the Chu Pu tribe and other tribes. Instead, he led his troops to continue to follow the Han army.

There is a secret to hunting on the grassland, and that is patience. After they often injure a large prey, they will continue to chase it until the prey is exhausted, bleeding, and its resistance is greatly reduced, and then kills it.

Hunting the biggest prey at the smallest cost is what they want to do.

Of course King Xiutu wanted to annihilate all 3000 Han troops, but he didn't want to lose too much.

Because, once his own losses are too great, King Hunxie might pounce on him and bite him, and maybe his tribe will also rebel. Wouldn't it be nice to be the king himself?

So, he kept following, like a poisonous snake or a wolf, ready to pounce and bite at any time. He was just waiting for an opportunity.

It took Liu Han another three days to cross mountains and ridges from Gulangshui to Zhuanglangshui, and then he could reach the Yellow River by going down the river.

Now they were only one step away from success, but the Han army was pursued by King Xiutu's nearly [-] cavalry. What was even more frightening was that he actually sent thousands of cavalry to the front of the Han army.

The purpose was to attack the Han army from both front and back when it was weak, and destroy it in one fell swoop.

What's even more frightening is that almost all the cavalry sentries sent by the Han army were intercepted and killed. Li Xi, who was responding on the other side of the Yellow River, could not receive any news from Huo Qubing.

"Brother Huo, what should we do now?"

Liu Han looked at Huo Qubing, whose face was gradually turning rosier, with a solemn look on his face.

"We can only fight, they may not be able to eat us."

"alright."

Liu Han's eyes were full of worry. He was really exhausted now. Only Huo Qubing seemed not afraid of anything.

What kind of person is he? He just stands there without doing anything, and you feel as if he is as high as the sky and has no fear.

There is another thing they don't know, that is, King Xiutu sent a sentry to contact the Qiang people in the Hehuang Valley to be sure, hoping to join forces to destroy the Han army.

However, what King Xiutu didn't expect was that the Qiang people who usually formed an alliance with Xiutu were unwilling to intervene at this moment.

From the perspective of the Qiang people, they do not believe that either the Xiongnu or the Han Dynasty has the ability to march into the plateau and mountains. If the Han army and the Xiongnu fought in the Hexi Corridor, both of them would be injured twice as hard. The Qiang people would march eastward to herd horses. There is no need to look at King Xiutu’s face, this is not a bad thing.

As the saying goes, the snipe and the clam compete for the fisherman's profit. This is the Qiang people's plan.

King Xiutu said bitterly: "Sooner or later I will destroy these Qiang people."

Of course, he can only talk about it. Maybe it will be possible for him to unify the land west of Hexi that day, but he will definitely not be able to do it now.

"Keep chasing."

"Yes!"

King Xiutu still led his army in pursuit and sent troops to harass. He was constantly consuming the arrows and physical energy of the Han army. Seeing that the Han army had run out of arrows and food and was exhausted, the Huns tried their best to encircle and annihilate them.

Liu Han and Huo Qubing were already hungry. They marched in the narrow valley, with cavalry in front and infantry in the middle. They finally arrived at the Yellow River on the other side of Jincheng four days later.

For the Han army, which had almost run out of arrows and was suffering from hunger and cold, it was really a long road to escape from the gate of hell.

Arriving on the other side of the Yellow River, I saw that the pontoon bridge on the river was still there.

"God helps those who help themselves!" Liu Han laughed loudly. If the Xiutu people sent people to destroy the pontoon bridge when they came over, they would be completely wiped out.

"I think King Xiutu is too self-aware. He wants more and fought to the other side of the Yellow River. That's why he didn't destroy the pontoon bridge. This is also our opportunity."

Huo Qubing also breathed a sigh of relief, and the Han soldiers were all hopeful.

It stands to reason that the forward troops sent by King Xiutu should destroy the pontoon bridge and strive to eliminate the Han army on the other side of Jincheng to complete the final blow of this hunt. This is also their last chance.

However, when the Xiongnu sentries crossed the Yellow River, they found that the Han army on the other side, Li Xi's troops, only had about [-] horses. They were organizing tens of thousands of people to flee to Gaolan Mountain in the south, dragging their baggage.

At this time, the Golden City had not yet been repaired, and there were gaps everywhere in the city wall, so it was naturally impossible to defend the city.The Xiongnu sentry leader suspected that the Han army was deceitful, so he sent people deep into Gaolan Mountain in the south of Jincheng to conduct a rapid investigation within a radius of dozens of miles.

As a result, all the riding posts returned safely, and no trace of other Han troops was found.

As a result, King Xiutu's appetite expanded. He wanted to capture more than 1 people and bring them back. The men would be slaves and the women would increase the population of the tribe.

"God Kunlun helps me. This time I will not only annihilate the Han army, but also capture these Han slaves to make up for the tribe's losses."

King Xiutu was very happy. He felt that he had a chance to win this time.

There were both men and women serving in the Han army, but most of them were men. Some of them had their entire families imprisoned for committing crimes. They generally did not know how to ride a horse and had no military training. In front of the army, they were like cattle and sheep being slaughtered.

In order to fear that Huo Qubing's remnant army would destroy the pontoon bridge and prevent their pursuit after crossing the Yellow River, King Xiutu decided to annihilate Huo Qubing's remnant army on the north bank of the Yellow River.

So, he placed the final blow on his prey on the plain between Gaolan Mountain and the Yellow River on the south bank.

Li Xi's [-] elite cavalry drove away the Xiongnu sentries, and at the same time met Huo Qu's sick and disabled troops, and quickly moved the wounded to the south bank.

Li Xi is a Marquis of Guannei. He has accompanied Wei Qing on many expeditions and made great achievements. Now he is guarding the frontier. He originally had four to five thousand cavalry. However, under the plan of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, the Han army general Gongsun Ao planned to attack the Hexi Corridor from the direction of Helan Mountain. In response to Huo Qubing's army, most of the cavalry were transferred to the Xitao Plain in Helan Mountain.

Huo Qubing and Liu Han lined up at the foot of Gaolan Mountain to stop the attack.

King Xiutu left 2000 men and horses to guard the north end of the pontoon bridge, and led 1 horsemen, intending to capture the injured prey in one fell swoop and take away more than [-] civilians.

Huo Qubing and Liu Han chose to set up their formation at the base of Gaolan Mountain. The mountain was surrounded by mountains on three sides and only the north was plain.

In this way, the Han army only needs to face the enemy side by side.

King Xiutu was hesitating whether to besiege the Han army in this mountain and wait ten days and a half. When the enemy had even eaten their horses, the only outcome would be to kneel down and surrender or be slaughtered.

At this time, a riding sentry rushed over, jumped off his horse in front of King Xiutu and said: "Report to your Majesty, a large number of Han cavalry were found on the other side, at least several thousand people. They have defeated our two thousand cavalry guarding the pontoon bridge. They are on the way." Come here."

"what?"

King Xiutu was horrified, "Didn't we send a sentry to check? Are there only three hundred cavalry on the other side? Could it be a trick of the Han people?"

"retreat!"

King Xiutu gritted his teeth and retreated. He had been fooled by the Han people too many times.

"kill."

Huo Qubing made a decisive decision and led his men to hunt down King Xiutu.

Liu Han stopped him and said, "You are still injured, I will go."

So Liu Han led his men and horses to pursue him.

A ridiculous scene appeared. Liu Han led more than 2000 cavalry and chased the nearly [-] Xiongnu army, but could not catch up. After barely killing hundreds of cavalry, he stopped. He could not catch up and was tired, so he stopped. Can stop.

Not long after, Li Xi came after him with thousands of cavalry, followed by tens of thousands of infantry. The big man had no shortage of infantry, but there were not many cavalry.

Liu Han quickly thanked him, "General Li, thank you very much."

"It's okay. We're back. We don't have many troops. I saw a Xiongnu sentry and concluded that you are probably coming back. I quickly went to Anding City to move reinforcements. Fortunately, I was in time."

Only then did Liu Han let out a long sigh of relief, and the battle was over.

In the first battle of the Hexi Corridor, the Han army captured the Huns who offered sacrifices to the Heavenly Jinmen, killed King Pu, King Zhelan, and King Luhou, beheaded and captured Level 10342, and captured the Xiongnu Shanyu’s younger brother Ri Meng and Hunxie Prince Su. , Xiangguo, Duwei, etc.

The Han army lost about 7000 men and more than 1000 horses.

Compared with history, it is basically the same, but there are more beheadings and less time.

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　　The journey is difficult, the journey is difficult, this body is only heading higher.

　　Climbing to the sky and grasping the moon is not enough to boast.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)