In late October of the first year of Yuanting, heavy snow fell in the north of the Tianshan Mountains, and the vast plains north of the tall mountains were all plain white.In Jinghe County, Bortala Prefecture, Xinjiang, 1,500 miles northeast of Atami, the Xiongnu army was facing the cold outside, and their hearts were also extremely cold.Because Tu Qitang, the right sage king, learned from King Yiwu, who fled from the east, a few days ago, that the Han army had stabbed the old nest of the kings in the vast right land north of Baishan.King Pu, King Yiwu, King Yi Zhizi, King Lu Tu, King You, at least five Xiao Wang's subordinates were attacked by the Han army.Ding Zhuang was slaughtered, the people were scattered, and a large number of livestock were taken away by the Han army.This made the kings heartbroken, the Huns were rushing to plunder in the war, and now the gains from Wusun are far less than the losses, and the family may have died, how can they not feel distressed?
For a time, there were Huns who beat their chests and feet, and some people were even so sad that they were able to carve their faces with knives, and they were drenched in blood.And when he learned that it was "Mr.
Wu" who provided information to the Han army and led them to find the location of the various departments, even the Youxian King, who was safe and sound north of Jinshan, couldn't sit still."
This Wu Zongnian is really an unfed wolf!
He betrayed me. ”Tu Qitang felt the suspicious gaze of Xing Weiyang and the kings, and hurriedly scolded: "If I catch him, I will definitely cut off his hands and feet, and let the vultures peck at his flesh little by little!"
”Tu Qitang was also disappointed and angry in his heart, thinking that he treated Wu Zongnian like a national soldier and regarded him as a cronie, but he didn't want him to live up to himself like this.At this point, the right land of the Xiongnu has been turned upside down by the Han army, and the accumulation and operation of the past hundred years have almost been in vain.They have detected that the Han army has burned all the Xiongnu garrisons that can be destroyed at the northern foot of the Tianshan Mountains, and the main force has arrived to the west of Wusu City, Xinjiang, the land of the evil division, and is still marching westward, but the speed is not fast, and the two sides are still separated by more than 100 miles, and the forward scouts distributed on the front line have begun to fight.At this time, the kings of the Xiongnu began to dispute whether to fight this battle or not.The side that supported the fight was mainly Xing Weiyang, who represented Da Dan Yu, and the five little kings who lost their subordinates, and they also hoped to drive away the Han army as soon as possible, collect the subordinates and reduce losses, and the Xiongnu army had 80,000 horsemen, twice the number of the Han army, and had the strength to fight.And the right Xian Wang and Xian Xian Shan proposed not to fight first, anyway, the people are too late to save, you might as well return to Wusun to spend the winter, and wait for the mad king to destroy Yuan Gui Mi and capture the Han princess, and then join the Wusun army after the beginning of spring, and attack the old and tired Han army with three times the army Anyway, the right Xian Wang's troops are north of the Altai Mountains in Jinshan, and the Xianxian Shan also thought that his own Ri Zhu Wang Court was safe and sound, of course they were not in a hurry.But then there was news from a thousand cavalry commanders who stayed in Ileshui, which made the situation of the Huns even worse."
The mud is dead, and Xi'an Hou Renhong led a Han army suddenly appeared behind him" Xianxian Shan thought carefully, his heart was cold, so to speak, Ren Hong's marching route happened to be his own nest in Kaidushui, just when they were hesitating in the dispute, the Han army suddenly accelerated, crossed the Aier Lake between the two armies, and arrived at the east bank of the Shiqi River Jing River.There is no way to retreat, there are blockades in front, there are mountains in the south, north and west of this plain, and the northeast is a vast desert, it is really not easy for 80,000 horsemen to withdraw from other roads, only to the east, this big battle, they are difficult to avoid.Fortunately, Qilian God is biased towards the Huns, and heavy snow has fallen at the northern foot of the Tianshan Mountains, which makes the Right Xian King and Xianxian Shan also have some luck from their hearts.The Xiongnu often said: "The Han is very big, but you can't be hungry and thirsty, lose a wolf, and walk a thousand sheep.""
The Xiongnu were born in the land of the north and can tolerate the cold, while the Han army came from the south and was less adapted to the climate, which may be their chance.But when the two armies gradually approached on both sides of the Shiqi River, and the scouts were already competing fiercely within fifty Han miles, the Xiongnu also learned the name of the commander of the Han army, and it was a person who made them fear and have a headache: "Zhao Chongguo!"
”According to the report of the scouts, the Xiongnu army had 80,000 or 90,000 horsemen, and each felt bag was inhabited by ten Huns.But Zhao Chongguo only cares about one thing: "Are the horses of the Huns thin?"
”The answer is that it is as thin as the Han army's!
Now Zhao Chongguo was relieved, it seems that after the Huns left Yileshui, life was not satisfactory.General Pu, who waved his army westward, could see from the pre-war deployment of the Huns, they were hesitant in their hearts, they really advanced and did not advance, retreat and did not retreat.Want to rely on frost and snow and hunger to weaken the Han army?
But the Han army seized a large number of felt clothes for warmth in the right place, and unceremoniously killed many Huns along the way to eat meat, and dragging it down will only be detrimental to the Huns, which I believe you can understand."
The art of war, the harm of using soldiers, the greatest hesitation, the disaster of the three armies, born in solitude, although the number of our army is small in this battle, it can fight!"
It was not until the Han army rapidly advanced westward that the Huns made a posture to meet the battle."
After a long delay, have the Huns finally made up their minds to fight?"
The crossbow general Han Zeng was overjoyed: "The other generation saw that it was too late to rescue the troops, but they did not return to Wusun, since this is the case, it proves that the strange soldiers of Daoyuan have arrived in Atami, rescued Wusun, and cut off the retreat of the Huns." ”Although Han Zeng was born in Jiangmen, his ancestors were the bow marquis Han Jundang, who made great contributions in the rebellion of the Seven Kingdoms.And although their family has a Han Yan who went out with a charm, Han Zeng's father Han Shuo is also a general with outstanding military achievements in the era of Emperor Xiaowu.After the beginning of the three major battles against the Xiongnu, Han said that he participated in two, the war in the fourth year of the Tianhan Dynasty, Han Zeng also entered the army for the first time, and worked under his father, which was also regarded as inheriting the ancestral industry.It's a pity that his father died in the witch curse and was killed by Prince Wei.Han Zeng relied on standing in line with the rebellion of Sang Hongyang and King Yan, and became the No. 3 person in the court.Although he also participated in the wars of Pingnanyi and Wudu in the Xiaozhao Dynasty, he was a deputy general and commanded the army alone for the first time.Therefore, he was very cautious after leaving the fortress, and the march was extremely slow, and Zhao Chongguo, who made a long detour, often had to wait for him for several days.Han Zeng also has self-knowledge, although he has more troops after joining forces at the northern foot of the Tianshan Mountains, according to the ranking of the court, the former general must be greater than the rear general, he is still a dignified prince, and Zhao Chongguo is only the marquis of Guannei, but he is very wise to hand over the command to Lao Zhao.In the second year of the Tianhan Dynasty, Weng Sun followed the second division to fight the battle of Tianshan, and more than 100 strong men broke the siege of Chen, and summoned and encouraged Emperor Xiaowu.During the Xiaozhao Dynasty, he once attacked the Huns, won the king of Xiqi, and made great contributions repeatedly, and was the first general in the court, and this battle should be commanded by you. ”After Zhao Chongguo resigned repeatedly, he also took over the banner of command, the two armies were united, and took the lead in crossing the Shiqi River when the Huns did not advance or retreat, so as to avoid being attacked by the half-crossing.At noon the next day, both sides had entered the battlefield, which was a vast plain south of Lake Abbey and west of the Shiqi River, and the majestic Tianshan Mountains could be seen to the south, and hundreds of miles away in the north: Mount Alatau.When more than 40,000 cavalry Han troops marched under the order of Zhao Chongguo and marched towards the boundless Xiongnu army in the snow in the distance, Han Zeng was still a little anxious about the current enemy.Because this is a region where the Han army has never been, four or five thousand miles out of the fortress, far beyond Huo Guang's requirements, it is good to win, if he loses, at least half of these more than 40,000 sons will not be able to return home, and may even be wiped out!
He even wanted to persuade Zhao Chongguo to retreat before, but in the end he dispelled, and only when he went to the front under his command, he asked Zhao Chongguo for the last time: "Weng Sun, our army is outnumbered in this battle, what are your chances of winning?"
”More than ten miles apart, Han Zeng seemed to be able to feel the rumbling sound of eighty or ninety thousand Hun cavalry marching, and where they were concentrated, the snow all over the ground was directly trampled into black mud, "I'm not humble either. ”Zhao Chongguo smiled, but did not directly answer Han Zeng's question, only looked south at the majestic Tianshan Mountain that stretched for thousands of miles, and mentioned the past events it had witnessed: "Twenty years ago, in the battle of the East Tianshan Mountain, the Second Division was defeated by the Youxian Wang's troops and was surrounded. ”Zhao Chongguo looked back at the army that was full of morale, even if it was Xin Wuxian's department, after robbing the Xiongnu tribes.Squinted again, looking at the right virtuous king in front of him, it was really a familiar thing, but this right virtuous king was a man with great ambitions and talents, and he was no longer the bold and careful male lord of the year.And the morale of the Huns is also completely different from that year, not to mention that this time the main force of the Han army is more than 10,000 horsemen, but it is nailed to the horseshoe.Twenty years ago, although the second division relied on Zhao Chongguo to break through, the soldiers died six or seven, and the names and shouts of those robes were as clear as the more than 20 wounds left on Zhao Chongguo's body in that battle, and they were faintly painful in the dead of night!"
So in this battle, don't say that I am working with the former general."
Zhao Chongguo was not polite to his old boss at all: "Even if you let the second master command, you can win!"
”"Weng Sun, Weng Sun."
Han Zeng understood, laughed and said goodbye to Zhao Chongguo, and returned to his own front.In a big battle with more than 100,000 people, the confrontation with more than 10,000 people was not a single volume at all, and the array should be clearly layered, and when it was put into the battlefield and which batch had to be temporarily withdrawn, there was a need to pay attention to it.But I saw that the Hun army was in a position of more than 20 Han miles, in the shape of a crescent, divided into eight large wings, each commanded by a small king, and there were thousands of horses and hundreds of horses under ten thousand horses.They chose the battlefield in advance, and the main force occupied a hilly plateau to the west, wanting to be condescending, galloping left and right flanks, looking boundless from afar, crowding the entire plain.Under the banner of the Eagle of the Right Hyun King, a large samurai puffed out his cheeks and blew a huge horn.It let out a low, loud whimper, and the wings around it began to echo, and a second horn followed, as long and high-pitched as the first.Immediately ten, hundred, until the Huns, all the horns of the hundred people began to play, like a wolf howling to the moon, a thousand horns at the same time to respond to the right king, respond to their head wolf, mixed with many beards, and there is a growing whistling and on the other side, although the army under the command of Zhao Chongguo is riding horses to this point, but in fact it is just a foot soldier on horseback, the horse is placed behind the formation, with the part as a unit, the foot soldier is in the forefront of several circles and phalanxes.Because they went too far, the special Wugang chariots of the Han army could not be brought at all, and the four martial chariot formations could not be lined up, so they could only rely on the soldiers to accumulate spears and go outward.He also asked Xin Wuxian to lead the cavalry on the left flank, his son Zhao Wei on the right, and Han Zengbu to arrange it behind, as a new force to join the battlefield at any time according to his orders.When Zhao Chongguo waved the order flag, as if he was personally manipulating, on the two flag cars on the side, there were also command flags erected by soldiers, which were passed to the flag cars and drum cars on the left and right.From right to left, after seeing the signal of the Chinese army, several Sima flags were also hung up one after another, and at the same time, with the continuous horns of the Huns, the Han army array, which had been silent for a long time, also sounded the battlefield before the start of the battle, as if it was a symphony of duets.The slow and heavy sound of the drums, as if beating on the heart, on the front line as wide as twenty Han miles, all Han soldiers stood tightly together with long spears in their hands, united as one.They ran thousands of miles, and finally caught the Huns, and everyone was eager to make meritorious contributions.But before the battle began, more than 100 horsemen on the opposite side came galloping, raising their swords and shouting: "Han people, fight!"
”"It's another trick."
Zhao Chongguo shook his head, the Hu people just like to send more than 100 warriors to challenge before the war, among which there are quite a few eagle archers, who want to rely on their strong cavalry and archery to weaken the morale of the Han army, which was the case in the battle of Tianshan back then.More than 20 years ago, Zhao Chongguo, who was strong in blood, was just a fake Sima under the command of the Second Division, so he asked for orders to fight against him.But now, he directly rejected Xin Wuxian's eager request to fight, there was no need.General Zhao raised his hand, and when the Huns' more than 100 horsemen approached and continued to provoke within a few hundred steps, he issued the same order as when Ren Hong was in Yanqi City: "Big yellow crossbow, prepare!"
”This battle of Shiqi River was the largest battle in 16 years after the Han and Hungarian self-conquest and the three-year battle of Yanran Mountain, with 120,000 participants.If Yang Yun is here, he will definitely be able to use other people's eyes and collections to record every detail of this war, and if he is not stingy with space, he can write it for a few days and nights.If Ren Hong is here, he will definitely be able to take the Xiliang Iron Horse to backstab the Huns with the Xiliang Iron Cavalry, as he threatened before going north, which will become the key to victory.It's a pity that the two sides of the war will not wait until he is about to arrive at the battlefield before starting the war, and Ren Hong has no ability to invent radio, and can communicate with Zhao Chongguo, who has been separated for two months, in real time for thousands of miles, to determine the location of the Huns and the army.In fact, he can't even determine his position now, which is embarrassing, when Zhao Chongguo and Youxian Wang started a war at Shiqi River, Ren Hong was still circling two or three hundred miles west of the battlefield, which was already the result of several days of rapid marching.Their horses are thinner than those under the command of the Huns and Pu generals, Ren Hong directly left the radish in Chigu City for the winter, this choice is right, the horse he temporarily rode has died and fallen ill here It snowed not long ago, the traces of the Huns' march were completely covered by ankle-deep snow, and the scenery looks similar everywhere on the vast plain sandwiched by the north and south mountain systems.Coupled with the extremely bad weather, even the Wusun guide sent to Ren Hong was a little confused, after all, after crossing the Sailimu Lake, this area already belonged to the junction of the Xiongnu and Wusun.Although the soldiers wore winter coats and furs that Princess Xie Wu had given them with all the inventory of Akaya Castle, deerskin gloves and warm boots, they were still very cold.He rode around in the snow for a long time with 4,000 Xiliang Tie, but he still couldn't find the river that the Huns had camped a few days ago said by the Hun deserters, and it was impossible to track the enemy's next location.Ren Hong raised his head, looked at the Tianshan Mountains in the south, touched his smart brain, and had to admit one thing."
We seem to be lost!"
PS: The second chapter is in the afternoon.