A thousand-year-old family that began with the Battle of Makino

Chapter 210: Temptation, explosion

Han six years

February
The Xiongnu military minister Chanyu died, and his son Yudan succeeded to the throne. However, his younger brother Zuoguli King Yizhixie believed that Yudan was incapable of leading the Xiongnu country to prosperity, so he established himself as Chanyu, and the two sides began to fight. The battle for the Golden Eagle Crown of the Huns.

Taking advantage of the gap in the fighting between the two sides, the Han envoy Zhang Qian, who was imprisoned by the Huns, seized the opportunity. With the help of Tang Yifu, he successfully escaped by seizing his horse, successfully evading the Huns cavalry, and entered the Western Regions. The Huns were engaged in a great battle. People have no time to pay attention to them.

end of february

Wei Qing, who was in Yanmen County, was also keenly aware of the Huns' movements. After going out to the fortress and conquering a small Xiongnu tribe, he learned about the situation of the Huns and immediately wrote to the Han Emperor, urging him to launch a campaign against the Xiongnu now. A series of offensives were tested, and their own strategies were attached.

After receiving Wei Qing's letter, the Han Emperor immediately realized that his opportunity had come, so he immediately agreed to his plan and ordered General Zhenbei to fully cooperate with Wei Qing's actions.

Because the more than a thousand soldiers and horses of Wei Qing's headquarters could not achieve much, Bai Fang, who was already a little sick, asked his grandson Bai Li to lead the troops to cooperate with Wei Qing's actions.

March 10
At the headquarters of the Eastern Duwei Mansion, Bai Li came with three thousand cavalry to join them.

"Captain Wei, I'm here to help on the orders of General Zhenbei!" Bai Li dismounted and saluted Wei Qing.

"Young General, there is no need to be polite. I haven't thanked General Bai for being so generous in supporting my plan?" Wei Qing said in return to Bai Li.

Bai Li was in his twenties this year. When he was feeling energetic, he showed two rows of white teeth and said with a smile: "I heard my grandfather praise the captain many times in the house, saying that the captain's military talent is really a gift from heaven. I want more." What about learning from you?"

Wei Qing said humbly: "General, this is a wonderful compliment!"

Bai Li introduced the generals and troops he brought to Wei Qing and said: "This army is the elite cavalry trained by the Zhenbei Army for many years. Among them are Han people, Huns, Xianbei people, and Wuhuan people. Their equestrian skills, mounted shooting, and Huns' The people are no different, and they have armor, weapons, and military discipline that the Huns don't have.

I can say that it can be compared with the bodyguard cavalry of the Xiongnu Chanyu. Our entire Zhenbei Army has only trained 5,000 cavalrymen over the past few decades. Today, my grandfather has transferred 3,000 of them to you, which shows how much he values ​​you! "

Wei Qing looked at this group of elite troops and felt inexplicably proud. He felt that victory was within reach and quickly expressed his gratitude to Bai Fang to Bai Li.

Bai Li then introduced the officers of the three thousand cavalry to Wei Qing. When introducing a person, "This person, Luqiu He, is from the Huns. He is the third son of your predecessor, Captain Luqiu, and is also a good player in the army." "

Wei Qing looked at Lu Qiuhe, who was in his thirties and looked like a Huns, but his every move was no different from that of a Han officer. He didn't say anything, just patted him on the shoulder, and everything was clear.

After having a basic understanding of Zhenbei's three thousand cavalry, Wei Qing took Bai Li as his deputy and led them to practice with his own one thousand cavalry for seven days. When he felt that they were almost ready, he began to implement his plan.

It was the first time in the Han Dynasty that more than 4,000 horsemen went deep into the grassland.

March 21

Deep in the grassland, at a Han-Hungarian mutual market more than 300 miles away from the Han-Hungarian border, the Han and Huns continued to deliver goods.

Soon, a group of hundreds of carts, protected by five hundred cavalry, marched towards the Han border.

The mutual market is fifty miles south.

Three to four thousand Huns cavalry stood quietly behind a hill.

"An Yan, are you sure those Han people will pass through here?"

"Danghu, I'm sure, this road is the closest to the border of the Han Dynasty. Besides, they have hundreds of vehicles. If they don't take this road, they have no way to go."

"Hmph, the Han people are really rich. They were able to swallow so much of our tribe's goods. Not only that, but also half of the goods of several other medium-sized tribes were swallowed by them, and they only had five hundred riders to protect them. Could it be that Don’t they know that big, fat animals without horns are the favorite things of wild beasts on the grassland?”

"Danghu, do we really have no problem? No other tribe will take advantage of the fight between us and the Han people to cut off the Hu again!"

"Don't worry, I have investigated clearly. Several large tribes around have been mobilized by Yi Zhixie to attack Shan Yuting. There are only some old, weak, sick and disabled people left in the tribe. They are not prepared for us to go there. Just attack them. How dare you come and snatch food from us?
As for the other middle tribes, they don’t even dare to go against us. It would have taken another year or two for us to become a big tribe. Now it seems that as long as we get these Han people’s goods, it will only take a year or two. This month, we will be able to become a big tribe. We will have the resources to absorb the lone wolves who have lost their shelter and promote them to a big tribe.

In the future, when I go to Shan Yu Ting as an errand, you all will enjoy the treatment of being a master. "

Hearing the rich people say this, these Huns were all excited, as if they would be able to move to Shan Yuting tomorrow to enjoy the blessings.

"Danghu, those Han people are coming!" A Hun sentry came to report the news.

The Xiongnu leader, who was also the leader of this tribe, immediately climbed up the mountain, with only one head exposed, and looked at the long convoy of Han people that was slowly approaching.

"Oh my god, Immortal! These many goods can equal our tribe's income for ten years!" The tribe's top brass said in surprise.

The Huns in charge also looked at it with greedy eyes. Then they calmed down and said to the Huns on the side: "Go and tell the boys to get ready. Dinner is about to begin. Don't fall off your horse!"

When the Han people arrived at the predetermined location, the Xiongnu Danghu appeared on the mountain with four thousand Xiongnu cavalry, forming a semicircle surrounding the Han convoy.

"Enemy attack! Enemy attack!" The Han cavalry immediately spotted the Huns and blew their whistles.

"Form up, vehicles form a group!"

The Han driver quickly formed several large circles with his vehicles. Everyone distributed weapons and hid in the circle, but only the five hundred cavalry were able to fight.

At the same time, the Huns began to march down the mountain. Due to the downhill slope, the speed became faster and faster, and the horse speed quickly increased.

"Woooooo~"

The Huns kept roaring around several large circular car formations, looking for weaknesses in the car formations.

Seeing that they could not find a weak point, the Xiongnu ordered the arrows to be fired.

Four thousand Huns surrounded several car formations and continuously fired bows and arrows into them. The several car formations were soon bathed in the rain of arrows.

Two of the convoys suffered heavy losses due to poor command and lack of preparation. The Huns were very keen to find out and sent a thousand people to attack those two.

First, they fired arrows to concentrate the fire, making it impossible for the two car formations to redeploy. Then dozens of cavalry roared forward and used lasso to hitch a cart. Finally, dozens of cavalry slapped the horses hard and used their horse power to pull them off. It flew away, and instantly a gap appeared in the vehicle formation, revealing the Han people hiding from the arrows inside. Due to the lack of command and the fierce attack of the Huns, these two vehicle formations were quickly defeated by the Huns.

The remaining few, because they were well prepared, repelled the Huns' attacks many times, but a few have wavered. If things go on like this, they will definitely be annihilated by the Huns.

Just when the Huns broke through the fourth car formation, there were still five car formations left.

A "rumbling" sound came from the south and north.

It was the four thousand cavalry led by Wei Qing and Bai Li. They each led two thousand cavalry and attacked from both the north and the south.

The Huns knew they had been fooled, and immediately ordered them to give up their belongings and retreat to the west.

However, some Xiongnu soldiers were still reluctant to part with their property, and the entire Xiongnu team was slowed down. As a result, the Han cavalry rushed in before their horses could speed up.

When using cavalry to attack cavalry, the party without mentioning the speed of the horse will inevitably fall into a huge disadvantage. At this time, without the advantages of mounted archery and equestrian skills, the Huns fell into a one-sided massacre.

It was difficult for the Huns' swords to cut into the Han army's stomach, but the sharp Han army's sabers could easily make a hole in the Huns' animal skin armor.

In order to match the cavalry of the Han army, the central minister of craftsman led the world's famous craftsmen and Mohist masters to imitate the Xiongnu's straight sword and created a saber suitable for the Han people, which was called the Han straight sword.

Now they have Han straight knives.

As the Han army slaughtered them, the Huns quickly collapsed and fled in all directions.

Wei Qing captured a Hun noble and asked him to interrogate him about the location of the tribe. After getting the answer, Wei Qing left a thousand cavalry to escort the caravan back home. He led Bai Li and three thousand cavalry towards the tribe of the Hun cavalry.

This is called coming back but not reciprocating.

A swaying Huns covered in blood walked into a Huns tribe. Judging from the size, it was between the large tribe and the medium tribe.

"An Yan, why did you come back alone? Where is the household?" the clan elder asked.

The Huns named Anyan took a few sips of the water handed to him and replied: "I don't know, we encountered an ambush by the Han army. The Han people were too fierce and we were scattered. My horse is fast and we will come back first." One step, they should be here soon!"

The clan elder nodded and didn't care. After all, in war, victory and defeat are the norm, and he was still fighting the Han people, so he was not worried. After all, in his life, he had never seen the Han people take the initiative to fight the Xiongnu tribe. Have you ever seen sheep? Are you actively looking for wolves? What's more, with a few thousand people, I am close to reaching the middle tribe of a large tribe.

"Boom!" The herdsmen who live on the grassland all year round hear the sound of a large number of cavalry advancing.

"Have they come back?" The tribesmen talked to each other and came to the door, ready to welcome them and comfort them.

At this time, the sky had turned dark and gray, making it difficult to see clearly.

"wrong!"

An old Xiongnu man who had dealt with the Han army and followed the army to invade the Han territory suddenly said.

"This is not the sound of horse hooves from us Huns, they are too neat. It is the Han people, yes, it is the Han people!!!"

It was getting closer, the sound of horse hooves was getting closer, and the people on the horses were also getting closer, and they could see clearly. The moonlight that happened to appear shone on the smooth armor and stomach of the Han army, reflecting a luster, like the eyes of the god of death rushing down from the moon. The sickle makes people unable to have the courage to resist.

"Han Army!!!"

Wei Qing raised his spear.

"mighty!!!"

The cavalry behind him said in unison.

"Follow me, break through the enemy camp, and head toward the sky! Kill!!!"

"Kill! Kill! Kill!"

The humiliation and anger of the Han people that had accumulated for decades completely exploded at this moment, like a volcano erupting from the sky or a river rushing into the sea.

Three thousand well-equipped Han cavalry broke into the undefended sheepfold, and the result was predictable.

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After a battle, almost everyone in the three thousand Han army was stained with blood. Among the thousands of old, weak, women and children, there was still resistance, which resulted in the loss of dozens of people. However, the consequence was that all these resisters disappeared and disappeared from this world. disappeared.

"Captain, Major General, what to do with these prisoners?" A military lord with bloodstained face came forward and asked Wei Qing and Bai Li about their treatment of the thousands of women and children left.

Bai Li looked at Wei Qing, and Wei Qing looked at the gathered Hun women and children. The firelight hit these people's faces, and he saw that among these people, there were even many Hun children with hatred in their eyes.

Wei Qing said with a cold face: "Except for the captured Han people, kill everyone else! We are going deep into enemy territory this time, speed is the key, there is no time to take away the prisoners!"

The military lord looked at Bai Li hesitantly, and Bai Li said coldly: "What do you want me to do? Listen to the captain of the guard. Anyway, they are just wolf cubs on the left and right, and they are not well-fed, so kill them all to avoid future troubles."

"Here!"

Soon, the noisy Hun camp fell into silence.

The tribe with piles of corpses was no longer habitable. After briefly cleaning the battlefield, everyone took some belongings that did not affect their speed and rested for a night next to the tribe's station. The next day, when the sky was slightly bright and they could see, the Han army With the rescued Han people and a large number of captured war horses, one person, two horses or even three horses, galloped towards the national border.

Subsequently, a raging fire burned the Xiongnu garrison to a white ground and destroyed all the crimes.

As for asking the survivors who were dispersed and returned to their tribes how they felt, Wei Qing would only answer them, how the Han people who had been invaded felt, how these people felt. After all, Human emotions are interconnected, aren’t they?

(End of this chapter)