The great man will live forever

Chapter 80 The Inertia of History

In the middle of a large grassland in Mobei, the Xiongnu Chanyu Yizhixie was sitting next to a big tree enjoying the shade. At this time, Zhao Xin rode over.

"Reporting to the Great Chanyu, several reconnaissance cavalry found traces of a large-scale march of the Han army to the north of the desert. Within hundreds of miles, there was smoke and dust raised by the Han army as they marched."

The Xiongnu Chanyu Yi Zhixie sighed: "It seems that the Han army came here with bad intentions this time. Their main force is here."

At this time, he saw King Zuo Xian coming in a hurry with a few cavalry in the distance.

"It seems to be King Zuoxian."

"Why is he here at this time? Could it be that he lost my Lang Juxu Mountain?"

King Zuo Xian dismounted, extremely embarrassed, and limped towards Yizhi, the Xiongnu Chanyu.

"Meet the Great Chanyu!"

"King Zuoxian, why did you end up like this?"

Seeing his disgraced face, the Xiongnu Chanyu Yi Zhixie naturally knew that he had suffered a defeat.

"Aren't the main forces of the Han army on my side?"

"Da Chanyu, we have been fooled. The Han army is divided into two groups. Wei Qing is here, and the young Huo Qubing is over there. He leads an army of [-] on the western front. Liu Che believes that the Great Chanyu must be in the ancestral land. Juxu Mountain, so they attacked us. They were all the best among the best. We were not prepared at all and were caught off guard. They captured Langshan and erected a Han monument there..."

Good guy, there is no preparation at all. He is obviously trying to shirk. At the beginning, he was clamoring that King Hunxie was a waste. He wanted to completely annihilate the Han army, and it was [-] against [-]. The advantage was with me, but this is the result?
"You have an army of one hundred thousand, one hundred thousand."

"They have excellent weapons. They have a bow that can shoot arrows continuously. They have superb riding skills. They can even shoot arrows with both hands while galloping on horseback. And my army of [-] people is not an elite..."

The Xiongnu Chanyu Yi Zhixie quickly interrupted him and roared: "Okay, I don't want to hear your explanation, so where are they now? Will they come to join Wei Qing?"

"That's not true. He was looking for Shan Yuqian in Langshan but couldn't find him. He headed northwest, directly towards the vast sea."

"Then how many troops do you have now?"

"There are less than 7000 people."

"What, an army of [-], my army of [-], you were almost completely wiped out."

The Xiongnu Chanyu Yi Zhixie was so angry that his eyes turned white and he almost couldn't stand still. It doesn't matter if you lose, but it doesn't matter if you keep [-] or [-], but in the end, you can't even get [-].

"Da Shanyu!" Zhao Xin on the side quickly supported him.

"Da Shanyu, since all the Hussars are in the hands of Huo Qubing, then the Western Front is probably the main force of the Han Army. The Wei Qing Army in front of us will not be too strong. If we can annihilate them all, we can also severely damage the Han Army. It will be difficult for them to organize the Northern Expedition."

"Yes, you are right. This time, we must annihilate the Wei Qing Army. King Zuo Xian, according to the Huns' laws, you were defeated and lost Langshan Mountain and our Xiongnu's Holy Land for Heavenly Sacrifice. I should kill you The corpse was broken into thousands of pieces and thrown into the wilderness to feed the wolves..."

King Zuo Xian kowtowed quickly, "Please spare your life. I lost Langshan. I am extremely sad in my heart. The weapons of the Han army are elite and too powerful. Look, this kind of bow can shoot back several arrows in a row."

As he spoke, he showed the captured crossbow to Yizhi, the Xiongnu Chanyu, and looked at it sideways.

"Da Chanyu, this is a single-armed crossbow that can fire three arrows in a row, and there is also a large double-armed crossbow that can fire eight arrows in a row."

The Xiongnu Chanyu Yizhi looked at the crossbow carefully and was a little surprised.

After reading the crossbow, Zhao Xin on the side said: "I know this. It is said that the Han army also studied a large crossbow, which was tied to a chariot. It can fire hundreds of arrows at a time, as densely as locusts, charging at us." Cavalry is very lethal.”

"Immediately ask someone to imitate this crossbow."

"I'm afraid it's too late."

"What should I do?"

Xin Zhao thought for a while and came up with a countermeasure that he thought was okay, "Let's switch from offense to defense, prepare more shields, and fight them closely, or go around behind and attack them sneakily."

"Okay, let's do it like this, fight steadily. This time, we must completely annihilate Wei Qing and King Zuo Xian. In this battle, I will make you guilty and meritorious."

"Yes, I will definitely live up to Shanyu's expectations."

"Call the generals immediately and we will discuss the battle plan."

"Yes!"

……

While the Xiongnu Chanyu Yizhi was preparing for the war intensively, Wei Qing also had good news. They had crossed the desert.

"Finally, we crossed the desert."

Wei Qing looked at the desert behind him and was filled with emotion. After crossing the desert, they lost 847 people and 1432 horses.

They only traveled more than 1000 miles, which was half less than Huo Qubing. It was so difficult. You can imagine the difficulty of Huo Qubing and Liu Han's march.

"Report to the general, my outpost found the Xiongnu Chanyu's army 160 miles ahead, about 7 people." Gongsun Ao came over excitedly.

"Okay, keep an eye on the main force of the Xiongnu Chanyu and wait for Li Guangbu to join us."

After Wei Qing led his army to travel for more than a thousand miles, he finally discovered the main army of the Xiongnu Chanyu Yi Zhixie.

At this time, the Han army came from thousands of miles away and was indeed exhausted, while the Xiongnu soldiers were in full formation, with high morale and ready to charge at any time.

The war was about to break out, but what troubled Wei Qing was that there was no news from the armies of former general Li Guang and right general Zhao Shiqi along the way, and he had no idea of ​​their movements.

After two days,

"Is there no news about former general Li Guang and right general Zhao Shiqi?" Wei Qing looked at rear general Cao Xiang.

"Not yet, General. We have been waiting for two days and cannot wait any longer."

"Oh, it's my fault. I should have known that I shouldn't have divided our troops in the first place. Liu Han actually advised me. Unfortunately, I insisted on going my own way, which resulted in this result." Wei Qing sighed, feeling distressed in his heart.

"General, has Shuichen Hou advised you?" "When he sent his personal guards last time, he specifically asked me not to divide my troops to prevent them from being defeated one by one by the Huns."

"They probably didn't encounter the Huns army. They probably got lost. After all, this is a desert. General Gongsun got lost last time."

"I hope so. This has reduced our army's strength by almost [-]% in vain. We don't have to wait for them. Give me the order to attack with the whole army tomorrow to decisively fight the Huns army and surround our army with steel chariots."

The war was about to begin, and they couldn't wait any longer.

Therefore, Wei Qing ordered the use of Wuhan Iron and Steel vehicles to form a strong position.

The so-called Wugang chariot is a chariot whose surroundings and roof are covered with thick leather to prevent arrows from penetrating.

After the Wugang chariots were surrounded, the Han army's soldiers and horses could lurk in the position, and the Huns' cavalry could not break through.

The next day, the war began.

"Kill it!"

"charge!"

Wei Qing first sent out 5000 men and horses to meet the enemy, and the Xiongnu also sent [-] cavalry to fight. Both sides went back and forth, hedging and killing.The fighting continued until dusk, with numerous soldiers on both sides suffering casualties...

Bloody and cruel, with broken limbs and limbs everywhere...

At this time, a strong wind suddenly blew up, and sand and rocks hit their faces. The two warring parties could not even open their eyes and could not clearly see each other's situation.But the war did not stop, they continued to kill indiscriminately.

"Pass my order, the Wuhan Iron and Steel chariots will evacuate, and the army will outflank the Xiongnu army from two directions." Wei Qing waved the military flag and commanded.

"promise!"

The Huns did not expect this to happen at all, and they did not organize an effective counterattack.

Soon, the Xiongnu cavalry began to be defeated. Seeing that the defeat was determined, the Xiongnu Chanyu Yizhixie burst into tears.

"God will not protect me, the Huns. God Kunlun, are you going to abandon your people?"

Zhao Xin persuaded him, "Da Shanyu, let's leave the green hills and don't worry about having no firewood. Let's retreat. The Han army's crossbows are too sharp and their equestrian skills are too superb. I observed carefully. They have a horse on both sides." Iron stuff can work well.”

"withdraw!"

The Xiongnu Chanyu Yizhixie made a decisive decision and successfully broke through with only a few hundred people, and then fled towards the northwest.

However, the soldiers on both sides continued to fight to the death and fought until dark. Even though the Huns were more numerous, their death toll far exceeded that of the Han army.

"The Great Chanyu escaped."

"what?"

"retreat!"

"Quick, run!"

Later, when the Xiongnu soldiers learned about Shan Yu's escape, they lost interest in fighting and began to flee in all directions.

"rush!"

"kill!"

The Han army began to pursue. At this time, a school captain told Wei Qing that he learned from the captured prisoners that the Xiongnu Chanyu Yizhixie had escaped before dark.

"What, the Xiongnu Chan Yu Yi Zhixie actually retreated long ago? Isn't his big banner still there?"

Wei Qing was surprised because he had long seen that the Xiongnu Chanyu Yi's banner was still standing, with a white eagle embroidered on it. The flag was wide and extremely exquisite. There was a gold eagle hanging on the top of the flag, and various Various decorations flutter in the wind.

"Pursue, the whole army pursues!"

Wei Qing quickly sent out light cavalry to pursue them all night, and he himself led the main force to follow closely.

By the time it was almost dawn, the Han army had chased them for more than 200 miles and arrived at Zhiyan Mountain, which is now the Nazhut Mountain in Mongolia. However, they still failed to catch up with Yizhixie Shanyu and wiped out thousands of enemies along the way. The remaining people.

However, there is still good news. Da Shanyu did not catch up, but Wei Qing discovered Zhao Xincheng by mistake.

This city was built by Zhao Xin, so it was called Zhao Xin City. It is located in the middle reaches of the Hanui River, a tributary of the Selenge River.

"Report to the general that a large amount of supplies have been found in the city!"

"Okay." Wei Qing was worried about the lack of people and horses, and the shortage of supplies. He wanted to give him a pillow when he was drowsy.

Previously, the Xiongnu had stored all their grain, grass and baggage here.

So, after Wei Qing entered the city, he let the soldiers eat and drink well. After staying for a day, he burned the city and the remaining grain and grass, and then returned to the court.

In this battle, a total of 23567 Huns soldiers were killed or captured, and the results were rich.

Of course, its own losses were not small, with casualties as high as 17645. Of the more than 4 troops, only more than 2 were left, almost half of them were lost.

Wei Qing's battle has been fought, but there is still no news about the armies of former general Li Guang and right general Zhao Shiqi.

In fact, they were already lost.

It was not until Wei Qing led his army across the desert that news came that the armies of former general Li Guang and right general Zhao Shiqi had been found.

　Wei Qing did win this time in history, but it was extremely tragic. It is said that Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty did not reward him much after he returned, because the number of people he lost was basically the same as the number of people beheaded. Wei Qing cannot be blamed. First, he was prepared to go As auxiliary, Huo Qubing attacked the main force of the Xiongnu Chanyu, but history made a joke and switched their positions. Secondly, Wei Qing divided his troops, and his troops were reduced again.Of course, if we don’t change it, we may not be able to seal the wolf and live in Xu. Wei Qing’s character is not likely to sacrifice to heaven, and the number of prisoners he beheaded in history is only about 19. This time, due to the influence of the time traveler, I Naturally, I will write more and less about my losses.

　　Of course, Wei Qing is an absolutely famous general, but his fame and fans may be slightly less than Huo Qubing, but his heroes and deeds are also indelible.

　　Huo Qubing was in his twenties when he was granted the title of "Lang Juxu". At that time, we were still studying, playing games and reading novels.

　　
　
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