Chapter 342 Han Jia Company Hu Bing

Author: Gongsun Wujiu

Chapter 342 Han Jia Company Hu Bing

Even after fleeing all the way, King Zuogu Li still had more than 40,000 cavalry in his hands.

Facing the pursuing Han army, they still had the strength to fight.

Seeing that he couldn't escape, King Zuo Guli simply stopped running.

While he ordered the ordinary herdsmen to continue to be evacuated, he assembled his troops to prepare for a decisive battle with the pursuing Han army.

More than 70,000 cavalrymen from both sides met on an unknown grassland.

When they meet on a narrow road, the brave will win. Neither side used any fancy tactics, nor did they have time to develop any fancy tactics.

Compared with Luo Rong, King Zuo Guli is stronger in all aspects.

King Zuogu Li did not engage in a head-on confrontation with the Han army as soon as he came up. Instead, he made full use of his own advantages to engage in guerrilla warfare with the Han army.

Such guerrilla killings are sometimes more bloody and cruel than head-on confrontations.

The Han army suffered a small loss at first because they were not adaptable to this method of warfare.

Fan Mingyou is worthy of being a famous general in history. He quickly adjusted his tactics, "If you attack the enemy, you must save it!"

Fan Mingyou simply ignored the harassment of King Zuogu Li's cavalry and directly seized the enemy's key points to attack.

After discovering the gathering place of King Li's tribe in Zuogu, the Han army attacked the enemy's gathering place.

This approach of the Han army forced King Zuo Guli to fight the Han army in advance in order to protect the safety of his tribe.

In a frontal decisive battle, the Han army, which has better equipment and training, just "uses its own strengths to attack the enemy's weaknesses!"

The Hun cavalry, which lacked formation training in a frontal decisive battle, was no match for the Han army.

The Han army and Wu Huan Yi Cong defeated King Zuogu Li's rabble with only a loss of more than a thousand cavalry. The real loss of the Han army was only more than 200 cavalry.

Compared with the Han army, the defeated Zuogu Li King's troops suffered much heavier losses, with the number of direct casualties exceeding 6,000 cavalry.

More than ten thousand horses surrendered to the Han, and countless soldiers fled.

When King Zuo Guli got rid of the Han army's pursuit and stopped, there were less than a thousand cavalry left around him.

King Zuo Guli, who was still frightened, took a short rest and immediately ordered to gather the defeated troops.

After the war, the soldiers who finally gathered back were no more than ten thousand cavalry.

This battle also completely demoralized King Zuogu Li. King Zuogu Li became decadent because of this battle.

Although the Han army suffered few casualties, it did not carry much food and supplies, and the Han soldiers had reached their limit after three consecutive battles.

Therefore, after Fan Mingyou drove away the remnants of King Zuogu Li, he did not continue the pursuit, but was forced to stop and rest.

Three days later, Fan Mingyou retreated to the Xianbei Mountains with more than 100,000 captured cattle and horses, and more than 30,000 prisoners.

"What does General Fan think should be done with this prisoner of war?"

Han Feng directly asked the question to Fan Mingyou.

Fan Mingyou pondered for a moment and said: "Two percent of these cattle and horses will be taken away, and the rest will be returned to Hanhou. What should I do with it?"

Han Fengdao: "Twenty percent is too little, take at least 30% back. The general also needs these things now!"

Fan Mingyou thought for a while and said, "Thank you so much, Marquis Han!"

Han Feng said with a smile: "You are all working for the Han Dynasty, so why talk about thanking you!"

Fan Mingyou cupped his hands and said: "I will remember the kindness of Marquis Han in my heart, and I will repay you in the future..."

After the two discussed the ownership of the prisoners, Fan Mingyou did not stay long and led his troops back to Chang'an the next day.

After Fan Mingyou left, Han Feng first handed over the construction of the city to the Deputy Envoy of Liaodong Jiedu.

Later, he took the captured Wuhuan people to move south. Han Feng planned to place these captured Wuhuan people in Lintun and Zhenfan counties.

Han Feng killed three birds with one stone by doing this. In addition to weakening the strength of the Wuhuan people, he could also strengthen his rule over North Korea.

Finally, there is another point. Han Feng has taken a liking to Sanhan. He plans to start war against Sanhan after completing the construction of the two cities of Xianbei and Wuhuan, and turn the Sanhan at the southernmost tip of the peninsula into Dahan counties.

If everything goes well, he plans to lead his troops to sea to see the Japanese slave country mentioned by Zhang Yue in his lifetime!

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About a month after leaving the fortress, Lu Bode and Zhao Chongguo retreated and returned to their starting point.

The Han army in the Western Regions was just the opposite. Under Zhang Yue's order, Geng Shu's troops did not retreat but instead set up camp in the Yanran Mountain area.

Not only that, Zhang Yue also personally led 30,000 Han cavalry and 20,000 cavalry officers and chariot soldiers, a total of more than 50,000 people, out of Yiwu to reinforce Geng Shu.

"What are the Han troops going to do?"

Xulu Quanqu Chanyu was puzzled by Geng Shu's action of not retreating like Lu Bode and Zhao Chongguo, but instead stationed at Yanran Mountain.

"Could it be that Shan Yu Han's army did this to lure me to force Hu to fight with him!"

King Youguli could only think of this.

King Yi Zhizi also couldn't understand why the Han army was stationed in Yanran Mountain.

At this moment Captain Zuo muttered, "Don't the Han people want to build a city on Yanran Mountain?"

As soon as this statement came out, everyone in the tent was shocked.

The general on the right said: "That's not the case. Yanran Mountain hangs alone outside. How could the Han people build a city here if they are not crazy!"

King Yougu Li raised his brows and said: "This is not necessarily true. If we were strong in the past and Hu was strong, the Han army would naturally not dare to build a city. Building a city here is just sending a sheep into the tiger's mouth.

Having said this, King Youguli couldn't help but sigh, "But today is different from the past. If the Han army builds a city here, it will be like a nail driven into Qiang Hu's chest..."

When everyone heard this, they all felt that it made sense. If the Han army built a strong city in Yanran Mountain and equipped it with three to five thousand elite officers, the Xiongnu today would be unable to deal with it.

In fact, it was not that the city could not be taken, it was just that the price required to take the city was unbearable for the Xiongnu.

But if this city is not taken, the Han army can use this city as a base to continuously send troops to strangle the Xiongnu and continue to bleed the Xiongnu. In this way, the Xiongnu will not be able to hold on for long.

The more Xulu Quanqu Chanyu thought about it, the more he felt that the Han army probably wanted to build a city on Yanran Mountain.

"Zuo Danghu, you will immediately send more scouts to find out for me what the Han people are doing in Yanran Mountain!"

"Yes, Da Chanyu!"

After receiving the order, Zuo Danghu was about to leave when the latest information was sent over.

"In response to the great Chanyu, the great Han hussar general Zhang Yue personally led 50,000 infantrymen out of Yiwu and headed for Yanran Mountain!"

"What, fifty thousand horsemen!"

Everyone was shocked when they heard this information, and Zuo Danghu also stopped.

At this time, everyone in the tent turned their attention to Xulu Quanqu Chanyu.

The name Zhang Yue is now no less popular among the Xiongnu than Wei Huo, and Zhang Yue's shrine is even enshrined in many Xiongnu tents.

Some shamans even publicly claimed that Zhang Yue was the reincarnation of Chi You and Huo Qubing.

When they heard that Zhang Yue was coming with 50,000 cavalry, all the Xiongnu kings and nobles felt a chill rising from their backs.

"Shan Yu, what should we do now?"

King Youguli couldn't help but ask Chanyu Quanqu of Xulu.

Xulu Quanqu Chanyu didn't know what to do at this time. After the defeats at Beihai and Wuhuan Mountains, the number of cavalry that the Xiongnu Chanyu Ting could dispatch had dropped to less than 130,000.

Of course, this does not include the right part of the Huns. If the right part is added, the strength of the Huns is still very strong.

However, the right arm of the Xiongnu has now moved westward, and the royal court of King Youxian has reached thousands of miles away, and is actually in an independent state.

Although there are still 130,000 Shan Yuting left in Mobei, there are not many real elites left.

Although Xulu Quanqu Chanyu wanted to have another decisive battle with the Han army, his reason told him that he could not do this.

The Han army was defeated, and with the strength of the Han Dynasty, they could make a comeback soon.

However, the Xiongnu could no longer afford to be defeated. If they were defeated again, the Xiongnu would be in danger of extinction.

At this moment, the newly appointed King Rizhuo said: "If King Zuo Guli can return, I, Qiang Hu, may be able to fight the Han army!"

General Zuo looked at Xulu Quanqu and Shanyu stood up and yelled: "King Sun Zhuo, what nonsense are you talking about!"

At this time, King Rizhuo also realized that he had made a mistake, and immediately changed his words: "That traitor King Zuo Guli..."

King Rizhuo was scolding King Zuogu Li, but Xulu Quanqu Chanyu waved his hand and said:

"The matter of King Zuo Guli was indeed handled improperly by this Shanyu..."

Just when everyone thought that Xulu Quanqu Shanyu was speaking sarcastically.

The Chanyu of Ququan in Xulu said to You Danghu: "I heard that King Zuo Guli has now arrived on the east coast of Beihai..."

"You, Danghu of the right, go and tell King Zuo Guli that we, Qianghu, are all one family after all... If he is willing to return, this Chanyu can apologize to him..."

"Great Chanyu!" "Great Chanyu!"...
To be continued...