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

Chapter 212 A fierce offensive and defensive battle

That night
Twenty miles to the north from the heavily guarded Xiongnu camp, an unknown valley emitted bursts of "thumping" sounds.

"Be careful and follow closely!" the officer kept reminding the marching soldiers in a low voice.

I saw all the Han cavalry dismounted and walking, holding their horses in one hand. The horses' mouths were tied with cloth, and the horses' hooves were also wrapped in cloth bags. They were no more than half a step apart, and they were walking towards the north close to each other.

This is Wei Qing's 10,000 cavalry. In order to get rid of the Huns' detection overnight, Wei Qing arranged hundreds of soldiers with strong night vision to lead the way, and the rest stayed close behind, preparing to use this to carry out the night march.

After a night of silence, Wei Qing's troops walked about thirty miles in one night.

Seeing that it was almost done, Wei Qing ordered the entire army to take off their horseshoes and horseshoe cloths, mount their horses, and gallop north with more than 10,000 people.

The high-intensity siege lasted for half a month, and both the Han and Huns suffered heavy losses. The Han army lost more than a thousand people, while the Huns lost nearly 3,000 corpses under the city wall.

Yi Zhixie saw that the enemy forces had almost suffered losses and the powerful ones had been weakened a lot, so he ordered the army to disperse and attack the border cities of the Han Dynasty separately with 10,000 people as one group.

Bai Zheng was very confused when he saw the gate of the Xiongnu camp wide open and tens of thousands of cavalry scattered in all directions. Li Xi next to him hesitated and said: "The Huns won't divide their troops, will they?"

Bai Zheng slapped the city battlements, stirring up a cloud of yellow sand, and then quickly threw down the city wall.

"Father, the Huns have divided their forces!"

Bai Fang immediately became energetic, walked to the map, and kept sliding his fingers back and forth along the line of the Great Wall.

"Quickly send messengers to report to Chang'an to request support for other border towns. In addition, we send orders to border towns along the route to guard and defend them. Reinforcements will arrive in a few days. We must hold on. The victory or defeat between the Han and the Huns depends on this corner.

He also sent a letter to the prefect of Shanggu, the prefect of Yanmen, and Daiguo Xiang, asking them to send a certain number of county soldiers to support the front line. "

"Order!"

Soon, dozens of cavalrymen came out of Ning County, each going their own way.

A few days later, war broke out in almost every part of the hundreds of miles long Han-Hungarian border, and the most critical battle between the Han people and the Huns, the farming people and the nomadic peoples began.

Thousands of Xiongnu troops attacked the small town where hundreds of Han troops were stationed. However, the Han troops in the small town used all means to fight for every inch of land. The two sides staged bloody exchanges on the city walls, in the streets, and in the wasteland. .

After receiving the order from Bai Fang, the Han Emperor decisively sent Su Wu, promoted him to Zhonglang General, and took Chang'an's remaining 10,000 infantrymen to the front line for support. He also ordered the counties behind the defense line to provide full support and not to act half-heartedly.

Mid-June
The war has lasted for a month, and the Han and Hungarian sides have started to fight. Yi Zhixie continued to send troops to attack the Han army's border cities, and the Han Emperor also continued to send reinforcements based on the existing evil armies.

There was even a city that changed hands repeatedly throughout the day. It was occupied by a few hundred Han troops in the morning, and was captured by nearly 10,000 Xiongnu troops with an absolute advantage at noon. By the time the large Xiongnu troops went to support other nearby places, at night , under internal and external attacks from reinforcements outside the city and the remaining Han troops hidden in the city, it was recaptured by the Han troops.

On the second day, the Huns army came back again, but at this moment the Han army had reached more than a thousand people. The Huns were repulsed after many attacks, so they had to go to other places to see if there were any weak persimmons.

The Han army relied on the geographical advantage in the city and the continuous support from the counties behind them to fight with the Xiongnu army. Then there were 10,000 central troops led by Su Wu who went around to put out the fire. Only then did they reach a stalemate with the Xiongnu army.

But at this time, Ning County was already in danger.

After a month of continuous attacks by the Huns, there were only more than 2,000 people in Ning County, and many of them went into battle with injuries. Even Bai Zheng and Li Xi each had one arm hanging, and they looked injured.

"It seems that the Huns are anxious. Their offensive has become more and more fierce in the past few days!" Li Xi said while looking at the Huns who had just retreated.

Bai Zheng vomited blood and replied, "Who says it's not the case? It's been a month, and if we don't get any results, will he still be able to hold his position as a great chanyu?"

"Tell me, where is General Wei now? There are also General Li and General Bai."

Bai Zheng looked at the colorful clouds on the horizon and said: "Who knows? The grassland is too big and there are no marks. It is easy to get lost in it. I heard from my fellow Huns in the army that there is a desert deep in the grassland, stretching as far as the eye can see. If the army is trapped inside, it’s hard to say!”

Li Xi also sighed repeatedly: "Forget it, never mind, the top priority is to defend the city and live up to His Majesty's grace. By the way, old general, do you have any plans?"

Bai Zheng smiled bitterly and said: "Father general has no choice. We have reached this point now. Our troops are stretched thin, so we can only fight hard."

Li Xi looked at the city and said nothing.

Deep in the grassland, five groups of Han cavalry were walking slowly among them.

"General! We can't go any further inside. We don't have enough water. If we don't encounter an oasis, we will be destroyed here." A general begged Li Guang.

Li Guang's chapped lips proved that he was not in a good condition at this time. He looked around and felt confused. Where should he go?

"Alas! Withdraw your troops! I, the general, will bear all the responsibility for Your Majesty's crimes!" Li Guang had no choice. In order to avoid the Huns, he chose a desert area. Unexpectedly, the desert turned into a desert and he was lost in it.

When the general heard that the troops could be withdrawn, he immediately said happily: "The general has an order, go back the way you came!!!"

When the soldiers who were already dry and impatient heard it, they immediately walked back excitedly. If an officer hadn't stopped them, they would have run away in a rush. The situation of the Han army in other directions is as follows:
Gongsun He's tribe, which came out of Yunzhong County, was discovered by the Huns before they had gone far. They had no choice but to withdraw to Yunzhong County and garrison under the pursuit of the Huns.

The same goes for Gongsun Ao's troops who came out of Daiguo. The first few days went well, but not long after, they were discovered by the Huns. Several large tribes of the Huns gathered tens of thousands of cavalry and chased and intercepted them. Fortunately, Gongsun Ao was brave and brave. He led the soldiers to break out of the siege, but also sacrificed two to three thousand riders.

The Baize tribe coming out of Liaoxi County, due to the small number of people, went smoothly. Under the leadership of Wuhuan guide, they successfully avoided the Huns' detection and arrived at the east of the Xiongnu country. However, they were preparing to attack and destroy them. When a tribe was replenishing food and military supplies, they happened to encounter the Xianbei tribe's servants who had been transferred to the front line by Yizhi.

Unsaid, five thousand versus tens of thousands, mounted their horses and ran away. After Bai Ze led the team to disperse Xianbei's pursuers several times, the Xianbei people also knew that this Han army was difficult to deal with and did not want to die in vain for the Huns, so He hung him far away and did not come forward. No matter how angry the Hun commander was, he still had no trouble at work and sent Baize's troops out of the country all the way.

In order to retaliate against the Wuhuan people for providing a road for the Han people, the Huns who commanded the Xianbei army also attacked and destroyed several Wuhuan tribes, causing the Wuhuan people to suddenly become alienated from the Han people. Bai Ze was extremely helpless about this.

Several hundred miles and nearly a thousand miles away from the Han border, more than ten thousand cavalry led by Wei Qing were walking slowly on the grass. They have been marching for nearly a month. In addition to constantly avoiding Xiongnu sentries and herdsmen, they are constantly heading north, because in Wei Qing's mind, the Xiongnu's Shan Yuting is in the north of Shanggu County. No matter what, as long as they go all the way north, they will always find it. of.

If it was a straight-line distance, it would naturally not take a month. However, if they needed to avoid the Huns and make a circuitous route, it would take a month.

In order to reduce exposure as much as possible, Wei Qing prepared dry food for half a month in advance. After eating, they slaughtered several small Xiongnu tribes in the periphery and burned their corpses with fire to cover up their traces. Escape quickly.

A deserted valley.

"Lu Qiuhe, where are we?" Wei Qing called an officer over.

"General, I don't know. Our Luqiu family has never been involved in this piece of grass." Lu Qiuhe scratched his head and said.

Wei Qing did not make things difficult for him: "It seems we need a new guide!"

Lu Qiuhe volunteered: "General, let me take a few soldiers born in the Xiongnu to catch a tongue and ask!"

Wei Qing thought for a while and had no choice but to say: "You must be careful not to expose the whereabouts of my army!"

Lu Qiuhe smiled and said: "General, don't worry!"

After speaking, he called a few people of the same clan to go out and catch their tongues. They put on Huns' clothes, but they always felt uncomfortable, but for the sake of the big man, they endured it.

About an hour later.

"Tattoo!"

Lu Qiu and a few others came back, with some blood stains on their bodies.

"General! General!" Lu Qiuhe excitedly rode his horse not far from Wei Qing, then quickly dismounted and ran to Wei Qing.

"Bless me, God of Immortality! General, we have arrived at Shan Yuting in the Xiongnu Kingdom!" Lu Qiuhe said with uncontrollable excitement.

"What? Really!" Wei Qing also said immediately.

"Yes, several colleagues and I grabbed a few tongues and asked them separately. They all said that it was not far from here, about ten miles to the east, and it was the Shan Yuting of the Huns. In order to prevent exposure, I killed those few It was buried and I didn’t dare to delay, so I came back immediately to report it.”

"Good fellow, Lu Qiuhe, you have made a great contribution this time!" Wei Qing suppressed the ecstasy in his heart.

Lu Qiuhe was also laughing stupidly.

"Give me the order. There is still an hour before dark, and the whole army will mount their horses and gallop away. Don't leave them any time to react."

"Here!"

As the sun sets, the red sun shines on the grassland, showing the unique scenery again, but all this will soon disappear.

"Moo~" "Mea~"

"Boom!"

"Thundering?" A herdsman looked at the clear sky and asked doubtfully.

Then, he listened carefully to the sound. The sound came from the west. Looking to the west, he saw a black line with dust all over the sky, heading straight towards him.

"Enemy, enemy?" His trembling lips revealed his turbulent state of mind.

He didn't want either the sheep or the cow. He pulled the reins and turned towards Shan Yuting.

"Enemy attack!" "Enemy attack!" the herdsmen shouted as they ran.

Before the people nearby could react, they saw the scene of thousands of troops and quickly turned around and ran home.

(End of this chapter)