Huchuquan could no longer control so much.
He ordered all the injured horses in his clan to be slaughtered and the meat was given to the clansmen for consumption.
The Huns who ate the meat recovered some of their physical strength, but Qubei and Luan Tibao could only endure it.
I spent the whole night hungry.
The subordinates of Qubei and Luan Tibao were demoralized after not eating or drinking for a day.
Early the next morning, when the subordinates of Huchuquan woke up and were in high spirits, the subordinates of Qubei and Luan Tibao all felt as if they were The eggplants beaten by frost were all weak.
Huchuquan found Qubei and Luan Tibao and said, "It's still half a day's journey from Huguan.
If the Han army is still hanging behind us, we won't have much time left.
We must set off immediately, otherwise it will happen again."
Being overtaken” Qubei said tiredly, "Let's go then.
We'll find ways to get food after we pass Hu Pass."
At this time, a Hun knight galloped over, jumped off his horse, came to Huchuquan and whispered a few words in his ear.
After hearing this, Huchuquan's face changed drastically, and various expressions continued to appear on his face. flash.
Qubei asked: "Huchuquan, what happened?
Are the Han people catching up again?"
Huchuquan was thinking about how to get rid of Qubei and Luan Tibao.
When he heard Qubei ask this, he immediately followed the trend and said, "Yes, the Han army is catching up with us.
They are only thirty miles away.
We must go, otherwise it will be too late." " "Then what are you waiting for?
Get all the clan members and leave immediately."
Qubei said and stood up.
But Hu Chuquan said: "You go, I won't leave, someone must stay to stop the Han army from pursuing.
You didn't eat all day yesterday.
My tribe and I have already eaten horse meat.
With some strength, my tribe and I will stay to stop the Han army.
You leave immediately.
I can only give you a cup of tea at most.
Leave quickly.
It will be safe after passing the Hu Pass."
Qubei and Luan Tibao looked at each other.
At this time, they felt a little moved in their hearts.
They did not expect Huchuquan to have such a righteous side.
The two of them saluted Huchuquan and then gritted their teeth and led their subordinates. left.
When Qubei and Luan Tibao disappeared at the end of the road with their respective troops, a leader asked Huchuquan: "King Zuoguli, do we really want to stay here to stop the Han army from pursuing them?"
Hu Chuquan sneered: "Do you think this king is really that stupid?
Huguan has been breached by the Han army.
Going to Huguan now means you will die."
"Then why did you let the wise kings of the left and right take their subordinates to Huguan?"
Hu Chuquan said: "If everyone changes direction, the Han army behind will still be chasing after them.
Someone must lead the pursuers behind to Huguan, so that we can be safe.
We can all mount up. , let’s transfer to Linli County to find Yang Feng to replenish food and water.”
The faces of the surrounding leaders changed drastically when they heard this, and their eyes were full of fear and awe when they looked at Huchuquan.
Half an hour after Huchuquan took nearly two thousand Huns under his command and diverted to Linli County, Liu Cheng led the Han cavalry to catch up here.
The army slowly stopped because there were signs of camping here.
After careful investigation, the spy reported to Liu Cheng: "General Qi, we are sure that the Huns camped here last night and left some horse bones at the site.
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They should have killed a batch of horses for meat to solve the hunger problem, but they The number of horses killed was not enough to feed them all, which was strange.
Besides, they divided their forces here, and some went to Huguan.
The other part turned to the north.
Although the Huns clearly saw the traces of the march along this way, the traces they removed were too obvious and there were obvious human actions.
The villains searched for about ten miles along the north and found out.
There are a lot of horse hoof prints and fresh horse dung, so it can be concluded that they divided their forces here.
The strength of the two groups is about the same, both have more than 2,000 riders."
After listening to the spies' report, Liu Cheng thought for a moment and said: "Why did they divide their troops?
Is it to reduce the risk?
If they didn't know that Huguan was in our hands, they would definitely go to Huguan, but half of them diverted to the north.
Okay, this is very strange.
The only place for the Huns who went north was Linli County.
Without supplies, they would all freeze to death, starve to death, and die of exhaustion in the mountains and forests if they crossed the mountains without supplies.
Therefore, they could only go to Linli County to find them.
Yang Feng added food and water” No one could answer Liu Cheng's question.
Liu Cheng couldn't understand why the Huns divided their troops.
He quickly put aside this question, but he discovered a new question.
The Huns did not carry food and grass.
How could their war horses be returned?
Do you have the strength to travel a long distance?
You must know that it is winter now, and the weeds on the ground have long since withered and frozen to death.
War horses simply do not eat this kind of grass.
So what do they eat to maintain such strong physical strength and run so far, and can they continue to march?
This question must be clarified.
Liu Chengneng felt that this must be a very important secret of the Huns.
He immediately shouted: "Come here, bring some Huns prisoners."
"Yes, General" After a while, three Hun prisoners were brought over and stood side by side in front of Liu Cheng.
Liu Cheng glanced at the three men and asked: "General, I have a question for you.
If any of you can give me an answer?"
Only if the general is satisfied can you live, otherwise you will die.
And only one of you has a chance, that is, the one who answers my entire question correctly first will live.
The other two will die even if they answer correctly.
Understand.
Is it done?”
The three Huns looked at each other and said nothing.
Liu Cheng knew that these Huns could understand Chinese.
The southern Huns had many and frequent contacts with the Han Dynasty, and they all understood some Chinese.
These Huns had entered the Central Plains for two or three years, and they were better than those who still stayed in the Monan area.
The Huns knew better.
He asked: "You have no food or water.
I am surprised that you have escaped for so long.
People will not die if they don't eat or drink for two days a day, but horses can't.
Horses have to run, and they can't run without eating."
It can move, and you did not bring horse materials with you when you escaped.
Who can tell me, General, why your horses can run for so long and still continue to march rapidly?"
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The three Hun prisoners closed their mouths tightly and made no sound.
Liu Cheng's eyes turned cold, and he suddenly cut off the right arm of the prisoner on the left with a knife.
The Hun prisoner screamed in pain: "Ah" Blood gurgled continuously from the severed arm and fell to the ground.
The prisoner was also so stiff that it hurt so much that there were beads of sweat on his forehead, but he still refused to let go.
With a flash of sword light, Liu Cheng cut off the left arms of the prisoner in an instant.
The two severed arms fell to the ground.
The screams sounded again.
The man's body continued to tremble, and his legs began to tremble.
Due to the large amount of He lost blood and turned extremely pale.
"Before I tell you, I will let you understand that the most painful thing in the world is not living or dying, but the inability to live or die."
Liu Cheng said, swiping the sword in his hand again, and the legs of the prisoner on the left were instantly cut off, and the entire The man turned into a stick and fell to the ground.
"Ah!"
This kind of pain and blow was too destructive to a person.
The prisoner was in so much pain that he couldn't move even if he wanted to.
The more he moved, the more blood flowed out.
Liu Cheng waved to the military doctor: "Come, give him a bandage to stop the bleeding.
Don't let him bleed to death."
"Yes, General."
The doctor came over with a pale face and carried the medicine box.
He quickly tied the upper part of the severed limb to prevent the blood from flowing out.
Then he quickly sprinkled some medicinal powder on the wound of the severed limb, and finally used a cloth to Piece package.
Liu Cheng looked at the two remaining prisoners, one in the middle and the other on the right, "You two are going to be as tough as him, aren't you going to say it?
Since you don't want to say it, which one of you will cut off the limb first?"
The remaining two prisoners looked at their companions who had been cut into human sticks on the ground.
They felt chills all over their bodies.
Their bodies were constantly trembling with fear.
Liu Cheng observed the expressions and eyes of the two men, and suddenly pointed a knife at the prisoner on the right and said, "Then it's you."
The prisoner on the right was so frightened that he knelt on the ground and shouted: "No, no, no, I said, I said, don't kill me, I will say anything."
Although the prisoner in the middle was frightened, he still shouted to the prisoner on the right: "Don't reveal the secrets that our great Huns have guarded for generations, otherwise you will be punished by the gods."
Liu Cheng's eyes flashed and he waved to his guards: "Take him aside, I will interrogate him later."
"Yes" the two guards agreed and took the prisoner in the middle aside.
Liu Cheng then said to the prisoners kneeling on the ground: "General, I'd better remind you that there are not just a few of you Huns captured by our army, there are many more.
Can you guarantee that all the Huns captured by our army would rather die?"
Will you keep it secret?
This is your only chance to survive, otherwise you will suffer the same fate as him.
Tell it, and you can get food and water."
The prisoner kneeling on the ground turned to look at his companion who had been cut into a human stick.
He swallowed and stammered: "Okay, let me tell you, let me tell you, the secret is that we horses don't need feed at all.
You can make a living by eating wild grass in any cold place and maintain strong marching ability.
Strength is their first advantage; they also have a second advantage.
Although they are not very tall and even a little short, they are full of endurance.
They do not dislike the weeds on the ground at all.
If it is a female Horses can even eat these wild grasses to produce milk for their riders to drink.”
"Hiss" Liu Cheng gasped.
In his previous life, he had read a report saying that during the Mongol Empire, Genghis Khan's cavalry rode a kind of Mobei pony horse that was not picky about food, resistant to cold and heat, and full of endurance.
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Genghis Khan didn't need any logistical supplies for this kind of pony.
His army often carried out long-distance raids, leaving the enemy unable to guard against them.
They were killed by the Mongolian army before they were ready.
Liu Cheng immediately ordered the man to be taken away, and the prisoner who had been taken away was brought back for interrogation.
When the prisoner heard that the prisoner had confessed just now, he immediately gave up and had no choice but to tell the truth.
Liu Cheng took the two After comparing what the prisoners said, there was no discrepancy, and then I believed that what they said was true.
"Mobei Pony" Liu Cheng took a deep breath.
This kind of pony is simply a natural light cavalry horse.
If they are all mares, as long as they prepare enough arrows, the cavalry can run for a long time without any logistics. .
"Come here, send someone back to tell Jia Xu to gather all the Mobei ponies we captured, and send someone to take strict care of them.
There is no need to feed them.
Enclose a piece of land for them to graze."
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