Chapter 336 The Battle of Mobei (10)(1/2)
The battle between Wei Qing and Yi Zhixie Shanyu's main force continued until the next day. The soldiers and horses on both sides were tired, and more than 200,000 Hun cavalry either died in battle or fled. There was no trace of the Huns in the Great Gobi Desert.
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All the Han soldiers were red-eyed and swept the battlefield on the Gobi Desert, where corpses were everywhere, and they repeatedly tried to prevent the Hun cavalry from pretending to be dead. The flags of the Han Empire were damaged, and the yellow sand was worn with golden armor. Many soldiers even ignored etiquette and sat on the ground and gasped, exhausted.
More than 200,000 Hun cavalry could not be cut and killed for a day and night. Just killing tens of thousands of Hun cavalry was enough to curl the weapons.
When 200,000 cavalry fled from all directions, the Han army could not stop it. However, according to Wei Qing's speculation, the battle lasted for a day and night. The Han army invested more than 100,000 troops, and at least 80,000 to 90,000 Hun cavalry were killed in battle. Many of the surviving cavalry were injured and lost their combat effectiveness.
More importantly, the Xiongnu headquarters was not many young and strong. Killing 80,000 to 90,000 Xiongnu in one battle was a huge loss for the Xiongnu headquarters. In addition, Chu Tian defeated tens of thousands of soldiers and horses all the way, and the Xiongnu died and injured 100,000 people.
Huo Qubing's side is probably more successful.
The loss of more than one-third of the young and strong will have an incalculable impact on the power. The Huns will be afraid of the Han Empire and dare not go south for a short time, but only dare to stay in the north of the desert, resulting in "no royal court in the south of the desert". Secondly, the prestige of the Huns' Khan will be ruined, and the internal turmoil and coups will be prone to occur. This is not the first time the Han Empire has done this by using the Huns' civil strife to control and curb the Huns.
Li Guang, Gongsun Ao, Cao Xiang and other Han generals were excited when they witnessed the battlefield where corpses were everywhere. They fought two battles together, killing 100,000 Xiongnu, and shaking the northern part of the Mo. When they returned to Chang'an, they would definitely be granted a marquis!
Back then, I sought a title of marquis from thousands of miles away and guarded Liangzhou with horses!
Seeing that Li Guang and others were very excited, Chu Tian could have helped Li Guang and others complete a thought. Although it was not real history, it could make up for the regret that Li Guang was difficult to seal, but it was also good.
Chu Tian couldn't help feeling a little tired. In order to rush to the main battlefield, after defeating the Youxian King, he abandoned the baggage cart and the captured cattle and sheep, and ran for two hundred miles. He encountered a sandstorm on the way and had no time to rest and went into battle.
From top to bottom, everyone was exhausted.
Cao Cao dragged his long sword and walked on the battlefield. He saw a wounded Hun cavalry. He stabbed his sword with a sword, and blood stained his sword red. Cao Cao rushed forward in this battle and killed four Hun cavalry himself. Dian Wei was like a human-shaped giant beast, killing hundreds of people, and becoming more and more brave as he fought.
Before Cao Cao became the real monarch, Cao Cao liked to rush in front of every battle. Cao Cao was also one of the few kings who were not worried about the betrayal of generals. In any war, Cao Cao would take charge of the command and make great achievements. As long as the king's military merits surpassed the generals, the army would trust the king more.
Sun Quan was not good at fighting, but he had to take charge of the battle himself. Most of the considerations were also given in this regard. Once all his military achievements were monopolized by one or several generals, the king in the rear would easily be undermined by the army.
When Zhou Yafu suppressed the rebellion of the seven kingdoms, the Emperor of Han was worried that his achievements would shock the Lord and tried to suppress Zhou Yafu.
There are also Zu Ti, Yue Fei and others, all of them are as good as this.
Chu Tian often personally urged the troops to go to war, and the same was true for consideration.
"Master..."
Zhang Liao, covered in blood, appeared in front of Cao Cao. He killed several Hun generals in one battle, and was covered with scars and was hit by several arrows.
"Why did Wen Yuan come here! Doctor, Doctor!"
Seeing that Zhang Liao was dying, Cao Cao hurriedly called a military Chinese medicine practitioner and asked Dian Wei to support Zhang Liao.
Zhang Liao was a brave general. After he turned to Cao Cao from Lu Bu, he made many military achievements for Cao Cao. At this time, he fought bloody battles and was almost dead.
Cao Cao's senior doctor arrived, and faced with the seriously injured Zhang Liao, he was powerless: "With the ability of a villain, it is probably difficult to heal General Zhang. General Zhang's life... It will be long..."
"The quack doctor misleads people!"
Cao Cao raised his sword and wanted to kill the doctor.
Put one hand on Cao Cao's shoulder to stop Cao Cao's out of control: "Brother Meng De, why worry? I have a miraculous doctor who can bring him back to life."
Chu Tian arrived and looked at Zhang Liao who was caught in seven arrows.
Although Zhang Liao is currently a potential enemy, in Chu Tian’s opinion, Zhang Liao will sooner or later be his military general. He still wants to gather the achievements of the "Five Sons and Good Generals", how can he easily let Zhang Liao die?
Cao Cao was surprised: "Chu Zimou, we are the enemy!"
"We both served the Han Empire, and there was no distinction between friendly enemies at this time. The great figures of the Huns escaped, and many of the Hun cavalry also escaped. The war might not be over yet."
Chu Tian asked the miraculous doctor Hua Tuo to heal Zhang Liao's injuries and save Zhang Liao's life.
Hua Tuo took action and checked Zhang Liao's injuries. Finally, he said: "There is too much blood loss, but the general's fate is relatively hard, so he can still be saved."
Cao Cao's doctor was stunned. In his opinion, Zhang Liao was almost shot into a sieve. He never thought that Hua Tuo could even come back to life. What Xuzhou Mu said was not false, but there was really a miracle doctor.
Zhang Liao removed his armor and showed his strong body. Hua Tuo scraped his bones to heal his wounds, but Zhang Liao didn't say a word.
Cao Cao hesitated: "Chu Zimou, you saved Wenyuan, I don't want to owe you, how do you repay me?"
"If you can't survive in the future, you will surrender to me, help me support the Han Dynasty and conquer the world. This world is not just the thirteen states, but the world's hundreds of states."
Chu Tian did not hide his ambitions at all.
"There are only thirteen states in the world, where do hundreds of states come from?"
"The population of the Thirteen Prefectures and the Western Regions only accounts for one-fifth of the world. How can they be limited to the Thirteen Prefectures? Could it be that Meng De doesn't want to see the real world?"
Chu Tian encouraged Cao Cao to follow him to expand to the outside world.
In the era of cold weapons, population determines everything. With one-fifth of the population, conquering four-fifths of the population, the more military generals, the better.
"I have heard that outside the Han Dynasty, there are many tribes, kingdoms, and even empires like the Huns, Dayuan and other tribes."
Cao Cao, who had a large number of Yi Ren's subordinates, did not fail to notice the existence of other civilizations.
It is not easy to conquer other civilizations whose population is four times that of the Eastern Han Dynasty.
In "Lord", even Africa and America have a large population.
"You think about it again."
Chu Tian did not coerce Cao Cao to surrender to him. He believed that Cao Cao would know how to choose in the face of the absolute gap in strength. Will there be a future for following Yuan Shao?
With Chu Tian’s reinforcements coming, Wei Qing expanded the battle results to 80,000 or 90,000, and summoned Chu Tian to verbally praise him.
No rewards...
Although he received praise from General Wei Qing, Chu Tian couldn't help but mutter.
Only practical rewards will Chu Tian be satisfied. Li Shimin at least gave Chu Tian ten best-class Turkic war horses.
As a general, Wei Qing did not carry any treasures on his body at this time. No wonder Chu Tian muttered in a low voice.
The Han army rested near the battlefield, and the responsible for intercepting and killing the defeated Xiongnu soldiers, Yang Ye, Taishi Ci and Xiahou Yuan, who were in charge of intercepting the defeated Xiongnu soldiers, returned, killed thousands of defeated Xiongnu soldiers, and captured the right wise king of the Xiongnu.
The Han army was greatly excited. The Right Xianwang was the Xiongnu nobleman second only to the Xiongnu Shanyu and Zuoxianwang. If he could present it to Emperor Wu of Han, Emperor Wu of Han would definitely be very happy!
The Youxian King was captured by Taishi Ci, and Chu Tian, as the lord, received an additional 5,000 points!
Chu Tian asked someone to record Taishici's military achievements, which was the greatest contribution Taishici had obtained since joining the Xuzhou camp.
The Youxian King was given to the General Wei Qing by Chu Tian. Anyway, the Youxian King was kept, and it had no effect on Chu Tian. The prisoners in this battle could not surrender.
The Han army seized the right wise king of the Xiongnu and prepared to continue pursuing the Xiongnu Yizhixie Shanyu and Zici King Zhao Xin.
In the eyes of the Han army, the right wise king of the Xiongnu was less influential than that of Yizhixie Shanyu. Only by capturing the Shanyu alive could the Battle of Mobei be considered a complete victory.
The Han army rested on the spot for a day, and then drove the camp to pursue Shanyu north. Chu Tian's points returned to the top of the rankings because he participated in two major battles.
First place, I just want to farm well, with 38142 points.
The second place is Qianran Lao Qin, with 28633 points.
The third place is a small soldier at the border at the end of the Ming Dynasty, with 27921 points.
The fourth place is that if Huma does not teach him to cross Yinshan, he will have 23945 points.
Fifth place, Zhao Zilong, Shijiazhuang, points 22924.
Sixth place, Yuan Shao, points 18916.
The seventh place, said Tang, points 18911.
Eighth place, Cao Cao, points 17122.
Ninth place, Liu Bei, points 14122.
Tenth place, Xu Fengnian, with 13,001 points.
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The old Qin Dynasty was brave and a small soldier in the border area at the end of the Ming Dynasty suffered a lot of losses along the way. The princes under Huo Qubing had many powerful cavalry and their points were relatively balanced. As a result, four of the top five princes were under Huo Qubing's command, and only one of them was under Wei Qing's command. This also led to the dominance of Chu Tian's command.
There are still variables in the rankings, because after Wei Qing and Huo Qubing defeated the main forces of the Huns that they had to deal with, they continued to go north to chase and kill the Huns Shanyu and Zuo Xianwang, and suppress the Huns' forces as much as possible!
"The achievement of sealing the wolf Juxu requires arriving at Langjuxu Mountain to sacrifice to heaven. Langjuxu Mountain is nearly a thousand miles away from this place. Should I continue to follow Wei Qing's actions, or light cavalry advance and go to Langjuxu Mountain alone?"
After defeating the main force of the Xiongnu Shanyu, Chu Tian considered whether to go to Langjuxu Mountain alone.
In the end, he decided to resign from Wei Qing.
Wei Qing thought for a while and suggested, "Although you don't know why you want to take risks, you can follow our troops to attack Zhao Xincheng, then you can divide your troops to attack Longcheng, take a detour to Langjuxu Mountain, and meet with Huo Qubing."
After listening to Wei Qing's suggestion, Chu Tian made a gesture on the map, captured Zhao Xincheng, obtained supplies from the Xiongnu, and then went to Longcheng, the holy land of the Xiongnu. The second time he obtained supplies, he could sacrifice to the sky at Langjuxu Mountain near Longcheng, and follow the route when Huo Qubing came back to Daijun.
"I can leave the Right Xian King to you, and he will lead the way for you. If possible, bring it back to Dai County."
Wei Qing supported Chu Tian's approach of attacking the Huns' holy land, Dragon City, and sealing the wolf Juxu, and even allowed Chu Tian to take away the important captives of the Right King.
Isn't it just attacking Longcheng?
The first military general in history to break through the Huns Dragon City was Wei Qing. The incident happened ten years ago...
Therefore, Wei Qing believes that after Yizhi's main force was defeated, Chu Tian divided his troops alone to attack Longcheng and sealed Langjuxu, and there was no danger. The only thing to pay attention to was to get lost.
The right wise king of the Huns should be clear about the path.
"Thank you, General!"
Chu Tian's favorability towards Wei Qing was greatly improved. Wei Qing was born as a slave and became a general. He had the style of a general, which made people fascinated him.
To be continued...