Konohamaru escorted Qiu Liju towards the west gate with five hundred cavalry. The other three gates were filled with flames, and the Wuhuan people fled in panic. When the fire started, some Wuhuan people were still sleeping.
In the middle, because he could not escape, he was swallowed up by the fire.
The Han army carried out a cover-up attack near the three city gates, but they did not force each other. The reason is very simple. When a person is trapped in a desperate situation, the strong desire to survive will make the person exert several times more strength than usual.
, this is called putting people to death and living later. Xun You knew very well the fighting power of the Wuhuan people, so he ordered the entire army not to press hard, but to drive them out of Yangle City.
The fire in Yangle City lit up the night sky. The Wuhuan people continued to escape towards the west gate in the chaos. When they left, they tried to go to the stables to get their horses. Unfortunately, the three stables had already been controlled by the Han army. In desperation,
You can only run forward on foot.
After about half an hour, basically all the Wuhuan people in Yangle City retreated, and the Han army occupied Yangle City without any effort. But the matter did not end there. The Han army that had just occupied Yangle City began to invest
When it came to putting out the fire, it took a full hour to put out the three barracks and the area where the fire had spread.
When the fire was extinguished, it was already dawn. Xun You called Hua Xiong and Pang De over and said to them: "You two select five thousand elite soldiers and go to the barracks near the east gate to rest now. At ten o'clock at noon
, after having a meal, take dry food and water and start chasing the Wuhuan people along the way."
Hua Xiong and Pound immediately replied: "No!"
After Xun You finished his instructions, he directed the remaining 10,000 people to clean up the battlefield and carry out the bodies of the Wuhuan people who died in this passionless siege battle outside the city and burn them.
Time passed little by little, and soon it was noon. Xun You asked people to count the casualties on both sides. Five thousand Wuhuan people were killed, three thousand people were burned to death by fire, and the Han army had zero casualties. This battle
The siege war is indeed a very representative example. On the other hand, Xun You began to count the spoils of war. In Yangle City, he got 20,000 horses, 2,000 catties of gold, 5 million coins, 200 pieces of cloth, and 50,000 shi of grain.
, 150,000 arrows, which is indeed a big harvest.
At the same time, Hua Xiong and Pang De began to lead five thousand fine cavalry to the west to pursue the Wuhuan people, while Yangle City was governed by Xun You with full power to carry out post-war pacification work.
There was no cloud in the sky, and the heat increased with the sun. The dust rose up one after another following the steps of the Wuhuan people, like a yellow mist, like a long smoke screen.
In the vast wilderness, Qiu Liju led the cavalry at the front under the protection of Konohamaru, followed by a large number of scattered Wuhuan people, cavalry, and infantry all mixed together, breathing heavily.
It gets hotter and hotter as we walk, and the sun hangs in the sky like fire step by step, burning the earth. Sweat flows from the head of every Wuhuan person, and big beans fall to the ground. The ground is also hot.
If you step on it, it will be a bit stinging and unbearable if you don't lift it up quickly. The flying dust is getting thicker and thicker, clinging to people's sweaty faces, suffocating you and having to open your mouth.
Relax.
Qiu Liju's panda eyes became more and more serious. As he was riding on horseback, he weakly asked: "Are there any pursuers behind you?"
Konohamaru immediately replied: "The Han army does not seem to be pursuing it. Your Majesty, we'd better leave quickly."
Qiu Liju shook his head, licked his dry lips, and said loudly: "Have a rest... take a rest and ask someone to bring you water. I want to drink water!"
Turning over and dismounting, Qiu Liju walked to the side of the road, sat down on a wooden stake on the side of the road, panted heavily, and said to Konohamaru: "Bring me water quickly, I'm dying of thirst!"
Konohamaru had a look of embarrassment on his face. He walked to Qiu Liju and saluted: "King Kai, everyone left suddenly. No one had time to prepare dry food and water. Now... now we can only drink horse blood."
Already."
"Horse blood is too dry. I am already thirsty. Do you want me to drink horse blood? Do you want me to die of thirst? No! You can order the whole army to ask if anyone has brought a water bag. Let him
Present it, and I will be rewarded heavily when I return to Pinggang." Qiu Liju said angrily.
Konohamaru said "Promise" and immediately ordered the soldiers to go to the troops behind to inquire. When he turned around again, he said to Qiu Liju: "Your Majesty, it is almost two days' journey from here to Liucheng, but our army is in a hurry
They fled without food and water. My subordinates thought that they could send some cavalry to attack Han villages within dozens of miles around, snatch some food, and replenish necessary water sources. We still have 20,000 cavalry in Liucheng. After arriving in Liucheng
, Your Majesty, you can rest for a while and then return to Pinggang via Bailang Mountain."
Qiu Liju said: "Well, well... I'll do as you wish. I don't have to worry about so much now, as long as I can return to Pinggang."
"promise!"
Not long after, Qiu Liju's relatives collected more than a dozen water bags from the soldiers and presented them to Qiu Liju.
Qiu Liju immediately drank a lot to quench his thirst, and gave one of the water bags to Konohamaru, and distributed the rest to his followers. After drinking, he said to Konohamaru: "Go and do the counting.
, look at how many soldiers and horses we lost in Yangle City."
Konohamaru said "Promise" and immediately got on his horse with the others and galloped backwards.
Qiu Liju looked up at the sky, feeling uncomfortable in his heart, and said to himself: "God, why did I, Qiu Liju, end up like this? Has my plan to revive Wuhuan been in vain?"
After a long while, Konohamaru rode up from behind and came to Qiu Liju's side. He reported: "King Kai, my subordinates have made a rough calculation and found that eight thousand people were lost in Yangle City.
, twenty thousand war horses.”
Qiu Liju looked sad, sighed, and said, "So, we only have 20,000 cavalry and 12,000 infantry left?"
"Yes, my lord!"
Qiu Liju was cruel and ordered loudly: "Call up all the cavalry and send four thousand cavalry to the surrounding Han villages to plunder food and replenish water sources. The others will return to Liucheng with us. As for the twelve thousand infantry, let
They followed the road back. Anyway, there were no pursuers behind them. Let them walk slowly. I will wait for them in Liucheng. Then I will send people to Liucheng and ask the handsome man in Liucheng to send people to deliver food and water.
come over."
Konohamaru said "Promise" and immediately ordered his men to handle the matter.
Qiu Liju had almost rested, so he immediately jumped on his horse, watched the cavalry gather over, and waited for a while.
At this moment, the thunderous sound of horse hooves suddenly came from behind, a burst of flying dust was raised on the road, and the cavalry in Han army uniforms galloped over from the dust.
The Wuhuan people at the rear suddenly panicked and shouted "The Han army is coming". The infantry began to surge forward, trying to escape for their lives.
The sound soon spread to the front army. As soon as Qiu Liju heard that the Han army was coming, he immediately ordered to advance and began to gallop forward with Konohamaru and all the cavalry.
Hua Xiong and Pound quickly pursued him with five thousand cavalry. Seeing almost 12,000 infantrymen fleeing in panic, Pound said to Hua Xiong: "Outflank the left and right, and leave the cavalry aside for now. The military counselor ordered,
All of these infantry must be intercepted, and it will remain the same as before. Anyone who surrenders will not be killed."
Hua Xiong chuckled and said, "I know, I can have a big fight this time!"
As soon as the two of them finished speaking, they each led 2,500 cavalry into two columns, started from the edge of the road and galloped forward quickly. Soon they reached the section of road where the Wuhuan cavalry and infantry were separated.
They blocked the Wuhuan soldiers without horses who were about to escape, and at the same time shouted the slogan "surrender or die".
These Wuhuan soldiers without horses were tired, sleepy, hungry, and thirsty. Under these conditions, hundreds of them tried to rush over, but unfortunately they were killed before they could touch the Han soldiers' bodies.
The Han cavalry stabbed to death with long spears. The remaining Wuhuan soldiers were frightened and dragged their exhausted bodies. The desire for survival was revealed in everyone's eyes. So, after a stalemate for a period of time, the remaining ten thousand soldiers
More than a thousand Wuhuan soldiers put down their weapons one after another and began to surrender to the Han army.
Hua Xiong and Pang De drove these surrendered troops, confiscated their weapons, stopped chasing the fleeing cavalry, and began to lead these surrendered troops back to Yangle City.
Qiu Liju ran for a long distance with the remaining cavalry. When he saw that there were no pursuers coming from behind, he stopped again to rest. The horses under Wuhuan's seat had not been fed in the morning, and now they were carrying Wuhuan.
The men ran for almost seventy or eighty miles, and some of the horses were too tired to get up.
Qiu Liju dispatched cavalry to plunder the Han residents in the surrounding areas, but after waiting for two hours, he was tired and hungry and could not wait any longer. He simply killed horses to satisfy his hunger and fed the horses under him some random food.
Huangcao then continued on their way. The Wuhuan people who had lost their horses were left far behind by Qiu Liju, leaving them to walk on their own to Liucheng, which was still more than a hundred miles away.
After nightfall, Qiu Liju led the cavalry to kill horses again to satisfy their hunger, and spent a night in the barren mountains. When he woke up the next day, he found Konohamaru standing beside him with a solemn expression.
Next to him, he immediately asked: "What's the matter?"
Konohamaru immediately replied: "Your Majesty, almost a thousand people escaped last night..."
"Assholes! These damn wastes! I have always treated them well, but they actually dare to escape at this time?" Qiu Liju said angrily, and Konohamaru said: "The king kills horses to satisfy his hunger, but after killing the horses,
But they left those without horses at a distance. Some people were afraid that something like this would happen again, so they ran away."
Qiu Liju said helplessly: "I have no choice but to do this. If there was food and water, would I do this? Have the people sent to look for food not come back yet?"
Konohamaru said: "I'm back. I came back early this morning, but the food I robbed is very little. Plus the uneaten horse meat, it's probably only enough for two meals."
"How come the people sent to Liucheng still don't know how to bring food and water?" Qiu Liju said.