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

Chapter 213 Dragon City, the end

Chan Yu Ting is a very large tribe, with felt bags scattered throughout the interior. Surrounding the entire Chan Yu Ting is only a very short city wall, about half a person high?

The Huns called it Dragon City.

When the Han army had reached a position very close to the city wall, the city defense soldiers, who had been neglected in training for many years, realized that they were in a hurry and prepared to close the city gate in an unorganized manner. However, because there was no one to command, the gate that could have been closed in a few minutes took half a day to close. Can't close.

Wei Qing, who was running quickly, saw the figures at the city gate and immediately shouted: "Get ready to launch!!!"

Behind him, many soldiers who could projectile raised their bows and arrows, while those who could not project took out their mounted crossbows.

"Target! City gate!"

After waiting for a while.

"put!"

"Shhhhhh!"

The dense rain of arrows pierced all living creatures five hundred meters around the city gate.

Seeing this, the surviving Xiongnu city guards yelled, dropped what they were doing, and ran towards the city as hard as they could.

Seeing that the gate of the city was clear, Wei Qing drew out the bronze sword given by the Han Emperor himself, pointed upwards at Dragon City and said:
"Gentlemen! Follow me and march to Dragon City!!!"

"Treading Dragon City!!!"

The billowing smoke then filed in from one side of the city gate, then spread out from the other side, and continued to spread to the entire Xiongnu Chan Yuting.

Some smart Huns saw that the Han people were coming in from the west, but there was no movement on the other three sides, so they grabbed their horses from the north, south, and east, jumped up, and fled.

Ignoring the east side for now, those in the north and south who escaped quickly had already escaped, while those who escaped slowly were killed. The nearby Han army blocked the city gate, and some people put up planks on the city wall and rode directly. He jumped off his horse and ran away.

No matter how quickly Wei Qing came, Shan Yuting's low wall still let most of the people out.

After the sky darkened, the Han army only captured about one-fifth of the people, probably several thousand people.

"General, we found the princess!"

"What princess!" Wei Qing asked confused.

The officer said awkwardly: "After we signed an alliance with the Huns, we married the princess of the Huns!"

Wei Qing thought for a moment and said: "Go and ask her immediately. If the princess is willing to go with us, we can take her with us, but you have to explain to her clearly the hardships on the road. If she is not willing, ask her to go out immediately. Don't Tell people they’ve seen us.”

"Here!"

In the end, the married princess decided to stay for the sake of her children. When Wei Qing found out, he also sighed.

After sending out the sentries, Wei Qing ordered the entire army to take a good rest and set off back home early tomorrow morning.

The next day, after taking care of the captives and bringing along the Han slaves who were willing to go with them, Wei Qing directly activated his old skills and burned them with fire.

Wei Qing, who was in the distance, looked at Shan Yuting's sky-high fire and said to the general next to him: "From now on, the offensive and defensive postures between Han and Huns will change!!!"

The soldiers also looked at the fire in the distance with excitement, feeling as if they were different and no longer afraid of anything.

"Let's go! Go home!!!" Wei Qing turned his horse's head and galloped towards the south, followed by more than ten thousand cavalry and tens of thousands of horses.

And every soldier has a bulge on his body, which is carrying some gold and silver jewelry. Not only that, it is conceivable that after returning home, the Han Emperor will reward them. This battle directly changed their lives. Looking at the people galloping in front of them, Wei Qing, they all felt a "real man, this is how he was born!"

Because there were a large number of captured war horses, Wei Qing's cavalry, with one man and many horses, was very fast. Except for finding a place to rest at night, there was almost no stop along the way.

The news that Shan Yuting was breached and burned down by fire soon became known to Yi Zhixie.

He is well aware of the seriousness of this matter, which will cause a great blow to his prestige, and his originally stable position will also be shaken due to this.

"Pass this Shanyu's military order! The whole army retreats!!!"

"Da Chanyu, wait one more day, just one day, and we will capture it soon!" A Xiongnu general said unwillingly.

Yi Zhixie didn't say anything and killed him with one knife.
"Why, no one listens to what I say?"

The other Xiongnu generals quickly lowered their heads, not daring to look directly at Yi Zhixie.

"Yes!"

Soon, the Huns abandoned their camp and quickly headed back north. However, they did not tell the Huns who were still attacking other border towns about the news of their withdrawal, nor did they give them orders to retreat. Instead, they retreated to their own destination. He set up camp a hundred miles away from the Han border and sent a large group of cavalry to intercept Wei Qing's troops. However, Wei Qing did not return the way he came. Instead, he marched southward for more than a hundred miles with great fanfare. During this period, he attacked and destroyed more than a dozen small tribes. After resting and recuperating, he ordered the entire army to suddenly head east and quietly march toward Xianbei. .

Because of their extremely fast speed, Wei Qing's troops had already arrived in Xianbei when Yi Zhixie sent a large group of cavalry to intercept them.

When the weak Xianbei people saw this army crossing the border, they did not dare to take any action. In addition, a large number of young and middle-aged Xianbei people were recruited to the front line by the Huns, leaving only the old, weak, sick and disabled in the country.

So instead they prayed that the Han army would not attack and kill them, so Wei Qing continued to receive gifts from the Xianbei tribe along the way, and hoped that the Han army would not harm his tribe. Wei Qing also happily accepted it, and said that the Han people are peace-loving, and as long as the Xianbei people Without becoming enemies of the Han people, the Han Dynasty could even help them escape from enslavement by the Xiongnu.

The Xianbei people were very moved when they heard this, but due to the strength of the Huns, they had to be vague. Wei Qing also knew their situation and did not say much. Instead, he ordered the entire army to maintain military discipline and not to kill at will.

So Wei Qing's troops swaggered south from Xianbei, passed through Wuhuan, and returned to Han. On the way, the Wuhuan people who were somewhat out of touch were shocked, forcing them to re-examine their relationship with the Han Dynasty.

On the other side, because Yi Zhixie retreated alone without telling other Xiongnu troops, Bai Zheng and others saw the opportunity. After seeking Bai Fang's advice, Bai Zheng, Li Xi, and Su Wu gathered the remaining six thousand The cavalry left the grassland from the north of Ning County, walked west along the border, and attacked the Huns who were attacking the fortress from behind.

The Xiongnu army did not expect that there would be another Han army coming from the back. They were not prepared and fled in all directions. Attacking all the way, no less than a dozen Xiongnu armies were defeated.

But after the Huns army behind got the news, they retreated decisively.

Originally, Yizhixie only led 100,000 cavalry to attack the Han Dynasty. However, as the war continued to escalate and the intensity continued to rise, Yizhixie continued to mobilize new troops from the country, including Wuhuan, Xianbei, Jiankun, Dingling, etc. Servant countries mobilized servant armies.

He also ordered other Xiongnu troops on the Han-Hungarian border to attack the Han border on the spot, holding back the Han troops in other places and preventing the Han troops from supporting them. The number of troops mobilized by the Huns before and after reached more than 300,000.

The Han Dynasty originally had 30,000 troops to defend the north to defend against the Xiongnu. However, under the pressure of the Xiongnu, the Han Dynasty continuously mobilized soldiers from surrounding counties and counties and the central army to support the most dangerous line from Shanggu County to Yanmen County, plus other border counties to resist. The Xiongnu's feint attack brought the number of Han troops on the border to more than 100,000 and nearly 200,000.

Therefore, the Han and Huns mobilized a total of more than 500,000 troops before and after this war, and the lost troops amounted to more than 10,000 casualties for the Han army and more than 20,000 casualties for the Huns.

Starting from Shanggu County and heading west to Longxi County, we can see the smoke everywhere. However, only the line from Shanggu to Yanmen is the main battlefield, the real Mopanchang, while the other border counties are just small battles.

Fortunately, the Han Dynasty was victorious this time. After receiving the news of the Huns' withdrawal, the Han Emperor in Chang'an also breathed a sigh of relief. He kept looking at the arrow representing Wei Qing's attack. After learning that the other four groups had failed, But if he returns or fails, he urgently needs to know what the situation is like on the only remaining road.

"Huh! How dare you escape at will without this Shanyu's order? If someone comes, drag him out and kill him!"

"Da Shanyu, please spare my life!"

Yi Zhixie killed the other tribal leaders who retreated near him on the pretext of retreating without hearing the order, and brought all their tribes under his command, in order to supplement his losses in Shan Yu Ting and Ning County. , allowing his strength to quickly recover and regaining control of the interpretation power of the Huns' words.

As for the Huns retreating in other directions, Yi Zhixie didn't care, because there were too many tribesmen obtained by just relying on this method, which caused some indigestion.

Helpless, Yi Zhixie had no choice but to stop the annexation, pardoned the retreating Huns, and prepared to return to Shan Yuting with his barely integrated troops. As for the other Huns, he ordered them to be carefully disbanded.

In this war, the Xiongnu Kingdom suffered too serious losses and must restore its strength. Maybe in the next few years, he will not be planning to go south to invade the Han Dynasty, because after this time, the free pasture is enough to satisfy the appetite of the people.

"Report~"

The Han Emperor received the military report from Liaoxi County, read it carefully, and slapped the table. The eunuch next to him was frightened.

"Okay, what a chariot and cavalry general, hahahaha~" Emperor Han laughed excitedly.

After being happy, Emperor Han thought for a while and decisively ordered: "Pass the order, I will sleep at Mrs. Wei's house today."

"Here!" After hearing this, the eunuch next to him withdrew and prepared to inform Wei Zifu of the emperor's movements so that she could be prepared to welcome him.

July
After the war, statistics showed that the chaotic defense lines had been redistributed.

The Central Army who went out also had to return to Chang'an.

25th
When the new border guards took over the defense line, Wei Qing, Bai Ze, Gongsun Ao, Gongsun He, Li Guang, Bai Zheng, Li Xi and other meritorious generals, large and small, followed tens of thousands of Central Army troops back to Chang'an. Since he succeeded his father After taking the post of General Zhenbei, he never left Baifang at the border. This time he was recalled to Chang'an by the Han Emperor and returned with the army.

Thirty-one

After resting for a few days, the Han Emperor gathered his officials in Weiyang Palace and held a banquet for the generals who had made contributions to the war.

At the banquet, Emperor Han was very happy to praise Wei Qing's achievements. Anyone with a discerning eye could see that with his military exploits, his sister Wei Zifu gave birth to the only two daughters for Emperor Han. Wei Qing was about to take off. .

However, in the face of such a special situation, Wei Qing still maintained a humble attitude. He kept saying that this was all the result of Emperor Han's command and design, and that he was just the one who helped Emperor Han realize this idea. Without him, there were others. Nothing!
Emperor Han was very satisfied when he saw that Wei Qing did not show any arrogance because of his praise, and he was even more determined to use him more.

August
The Emperor of the Han Dynasty began to award meritorious officials. Wei Qing's first contribution in this battle was made by Wei Qing, so he was directly granted the title of Marquis of Guan Nei. He was promoted to lieutenant of the Northern Army and still served as a general of chariots and cavalry. He established a general's palace of chariots and cavalry to command the defense of Guanzhong;
Zhenbei General Bai Fang successfully defended against the Xiongnu army and did not let a single soldier enter the Han territory. He was promoted to Taiwei and given the post of General Guard. Zhenbei General's Mansion was disbanded, and the generals and civil servants were transferred to Chang'an. General Wei's Mansion;
Bai Zheng, the lieutenant general who protected the Xiongnu, was promoted to the prefect of Liaoxi County; Li Xi, the lieutenant of the Dai Kingdom, was promoted to the prefect of Yanmen County; the captain Baize was transferred to the captaincy of central Yanmen; the captain Gongsun Ao was transferred to the lieutenant of Daiguo; Li Guang, the governor of Shangjun, was transferred to the prefect of Yunzhong; Military Marquis Lu Qiuwu was transferred to Langzhong Mansion and served as Langzhong...

Later, the "Jianzhang Yingqi" in Zhang Palace was renamed "Yulinqi", which means "wings for the country, as prosperous as the forest". The number of soldiers was determined to recruit the children of fallen soldiers in this battle and future wars. This camp is raised and trained by Yu Linqi, and it belongs to the same Langzhong Mansion as "Qimen Qi".

In addition, the Langzhong Ling was changed to Guangluxun, and the Langzhongfu was Guangluxunfu, which commanded all the Langzhong, Shizhong, Zhonglang, and officials in the palace, as well as Yulinqi and Qimenqi.

(End of this chapter)