"Your Majesty, the general is here to give orders."
Amidst the clanking sound of armor plates, Che Ganqian, dressed in military uniform, stepped into the tent. On the bronze armor, large areas of dried blood, dark brown, could be seen everywhere, which made people fascinated just by looking at it. A chill. A thick smell of blood hits the person's nose all over his body. The whole person looks like a peerless ferocious beast that has been killed from the sea of blood in hell!
Uwetuo seemed not to be affected by the fierce evil spirit at all, but looked at the fierce Che Ganqian with a soft look, with a peaceful smile on his face, "Thank you for your hard work!" This is Uwetuo. It's a rare expression. It seems that only one person who can often see it is the leader of the Golden Wolf Cavalry. "Let's take a rest first."
All the news from Huixinkou had already been sent back to Uwetuo's big tent, so Uweituo no longer needed to ask his beloved general.
Nodding solemnly, Che Ganqian was not relaxed at all. The pressure brought by this battle was too heavy. "Thank you, Your Majesty." He clasped his fists, bowed and exited the tent.
"Brother Che, how is my father--" Wu Qi, who was waiting outside, saw Che Gangan exiting and immediately asked with a little eagerness. On the side were Cihu, Luhu, Chishan, two golden wolves, and Qianqi Zhang. The cavalry commanders in the standing cavalry army also had a look of anxiety on their faces.
The losses in this battle were too great!
Even the losses suffered when attacking Yunzheng's headquarters were far less than the amount in the Battle of Huixinkou. Half of the three thousand golden wolf cavalry led by Wu Qi were lost, leaving less than two thousand of the five thousand standing cavalry. If not When Wu Qi retreated, he sent people to drive the extra war horses back to the pier to rush the Han army. They blocked Zhu Biao's front for a short time, and it was difficult for them to really escape. When they were at the Gyeonggi border, Zhu Biao led the Han cavalry to catch up. If not, Che Gangan led ten thousand golden wolf cavalry to meet him at the right time. They might not even be able to return to the camp!
Of the 50,000 barbarians who entered Hexi, only 40,000 remained after this battle...
His solemn expression softened slightly. Looking at the eager Wu Qi, Che Ganqian showed a helpless expression on his face, "The king didn't ask me at all, not even the slightest detail." This situation is quite embarrassing. It was surprising. But it also made it clear that Uwetuo wanted to "settle the accounts openly"!
Wu Qi forced a smile, and no one expected that this was the preserve of superiors. His father... this was a sign that he was about to lose his temper. He was not optimistic, he was not optimistic at all!
"Alas -" Wu Qi slumped his shoulders in despair. He said nothing. He looked back at Cihu and the other three. Their eyes met and they could see the uneasiness in each other's hearts.
"Let's go!" Wu Qi said softly, and Chishan naturally nodded and followed. Cihu and Luhu were not qualified to enter the tent. Although they and Chishan were both at the Golden Circle level, the status of Wanqi Commander was different after all. Generally speaking, the thousand cavalry commanders of the Golden Wolf Cavalry are one level below them.
"The worst that can happen is that I will be punished!" Wu Qi said in his heart. He even thought of the other royal family members who suffered huge defeats in the past. It was not without precedent! It's just a pity that this defeat happened at the wrong time.
The two of them stepped outside the tent. Wu Qi nodded to the guard guarding the tent, "Come in, Prince and Chishan Wanqi Commander, please see my father."
"Come in -" A deep voice came from the tent. It was Uwe Tuo's. After he left Che Ganqian, he kept paying attention to the movement outside the tent with his eyes and ears. As soon as Wu Qi blurted out, He had already heard it.
The voice was smooth and deep, without any waves. There was no hint of joy or anger.
Wu Qi and Chishan couldn't help but take a deep breath at the same time, and then took steps at the same time after their eyes met.
"Wu Qi (Chishan) has met his father (the king)."
The two looked solemn. After receiving the money, they looked straight at each other. They walked three steps to where Uwetuo sat down and knelt down on the ground. Everything was so orderly!
Uweituo narrowed his eyes slightly, his deep eyes shone with light. He did not look at the embarrassing attire of Wu Qi and Chishan, but stared directly at their faces and expressions.
"Wu Qi, do you know your guilt?"
"Even if we lose our troops at Huixinkou, our army may be completely wiped out from the Han territory!"
"Wu Qi is guilty." Thinking of the thousands of soldiers and horses who died, Wu Qi couldn't help but feel a pain in his heart. Waves of sadness flashed through his eyes, and he was extremely depressed. Except for the Hexi group in front, he was the only one to lead the troops in Huixinkou.
The second formation suffered such a disastrous defeat. Moreover, the loss was not only more than a thousand Golden Wolf Cavalry, but also more than 3,000 standing cavalry, accounting for more than one-tenth of the military strength going south. Now we are not in
Outside the Great Wall, the army is now in the belly of Han. At the critical moment, victory or defeat may depend on these four to five thousand troops. As a result, they were defeated by themselves, and only gained one-third of the victory!
"The defeated general spoiled the king's plan, and Chishan was willing to be punished." Chishan bowed his head and knelt on the ground.
Uwetuo saw the look of the two of them clearly in his eyes and felt relieved. When his power reached his level, when he did something bad, what he cared about was no longer the consequences of the bad thing but his attitude of admitting guilt. Especially this.
This is even more true for those close friends, and for a son who is valued like Wu Qi.
Attitude determines everything. Those in power value more than this!
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"Uu, uh..." Forty miles east of Beiping City, on the banks of the Luoming River, Zhu Biao reined in his horse. It would definitely be a great benefit to have a navy accompanying him in the river and camp by the river. But seeing the city of Peiping in sight, he could only
Are thousands of troops attacking from the head?
In the battle of Huixinkou, all the 200 guards who crossed the river were wiped out. Nearly 200 of the 800 soldiers who fell into the camp were killed in the battle, and the smaller 300 soldiers were left with minor and serious injuries. Only 300 troops are still in the middle! Before and after the charge.
The loss of more than 2,000 cavalry was not great, but there were also casualties of 500 cavalry. After deducting the soldiers killed and injured in battle, Zhu Biao only had 8,800 cavalry! Opposite, there were 40,000 Hu cavalry.
Sharp!
"Where is Yunzheng?"
Zhu Biao has seen the new edict issued by Beiping City. He has gained a count and a bullshit King Qin, the commander of the army. However, the Pingzhou army in the east has been severely weakened. They have gathered six to seven thousand troops to help, but they are weak.
As soon as they entered the border of Anzhou, they were attacked by Uwei's cavalry, and they retreated dozens of miles to the border between Ping'an and Ping'an states. The soldiers and horses of Anzhou in the south could not be seen, and the soldiers and horses in the west could not be seen.
Linzhou's army is also far away from each other. All Zhu Biao can hope for is Yunzheng's more than 20,000 infantry troops. With this army and the forbidden army in Beiping City, Hexi and Luozhou's army will return. Zhu Biao can
Under the walls of Peking City, 40,000 barbarians were killed while a rat scurried away with its head in its arms!
"Commander, Yunzheng is still in South Gyeonggi Province, only twenty miles away from the capital. His army still has 20,000 soldiers."
"Tomorrow we will enter Beiping along the river, gather the imperial troops guarding the city, and then go south to join the Yunzheng army, and finally fight to the death with Uwetuo!"
The sun is shining in the east, and it is not long before dawn. Normally, the city of Peiping would have been busy early, and both residents and merchants were preparing for a new day. But today, it is a beautiful spring day, and the people in the capital are very busy.
Sixty-seven people gathered in the east and northeast of the city, especially in the water gate area of the north city. There was not even a place to plug in. The crowds were crowded, and the noise has not stopped since late at night. Tens of thousands of people gathered here, all night long!
Just to wait for Zhu Biao who is about to come!
Since the beginning of the war between Hu and Han, the country has suffered constant disasters. The king of Tang and Zhongshan betrayed their alliance and attacked, and the three southern states were in chaos. Finally, they overcame this hurdle, and the country regained a third of its vitality. Fifty thousand Hu cavalry marched southward and then...
People are in ruins and smoke is everywhere. Even the country of Peiping is threatened. Now, although Peiping is still safe and peaceful, the Han Dynasty is not really on the verge of death! But the national calamity misses good generals. The people and officials in Peiping City have been interested in Zhu Biao for more than a year.
The forgotten Optimus Jade Pillar is filled with extreme longing.
The throne has been set up on the water gate tower. Although Ji Yun's eyes were red, he was not tired at all. He got up from the throne from time to time and looked up from the tower, anxiously waiting for news about Zhu Biao. Behind him, the three ministers, six ministers and nine ministers
, more than half way there!
Gao Shouxun, Cai Jueshen, Yun Han, and the other three officials from the imperial court were all present and sat together. From the beginning to the end, they only had eye contact and not a single word. Compared with the whispers from time to time by colleagues around them, they seemed to be very calm.
Ji Yun looked eastward on the city, feeling both hopeful and uneasy in his heart. Wuwei rode southward with flying cavalry and defeated the imperial army. However, the military strength of Beiping City was not weak at that time. There were more than 30,000 people, together with Anzhou,
Soldiers and horses, and 40,000 to 50,000 people were gathered to fight Uwetuo in the field.
At that time, the troops led by Wuqi from the Uwetuo tribe were still in Hexi, and part of the army was restrained by the Yunzheng tribe. The number of troops that reached the gates of Beiping was only about 30,000 cavalry.
Fifty thousand Han troops fighting against 30,000 Hu cavalry is not a clear-cut comparison of strength and weakness. In frontier fortresses, there are countless examples of 30,000 Han troops with infantry fighting in the field and withstanding the siege of 50,000 Hu cavalry.
What's more, among the 50,000 Han troops, there were nearly 10,000 imperial cavalry and 6,000 armored cavalry in the Huben camp. But this time the Han army was defeated, and defeated miserably. When they returned to Beiping City, only nearly 50,000 troops were left in the battle.
Thirty thousand people were killed. Six thousand people charged under Zhu Biao and fell into an unstoppable formation. Among the hundreds of thousands of barbarian cavalry, they all charged forward and smashed into the armored cavalry, stopping three times and one after another!
Since that war, the suburbs of Gyeonggi Province have become a place for horseback riding.
Yunzheng could reach twenty miles south of Beiping, but he could not go any further as he looked at the city of Beiping. To a certain extent, he also blocked Hu Qi's southbound horseshoes, but if Uwetuo really wanted to go south, he would have to rely on Yunzheng's
The infantry could not catch up.
In the end, we still have to rely on cavalry to deal with Uweituo. The troops from Hexi and Luozhou have not arrived, so all Ji Yun can hope for now is Zhu Biao! "A tree as beautiful as the forest wind will be destroyed, but whoever expected it will be more."
The more you destroy, the stronger!"
Turning around and returning to the throne, Ji Yun closed his eyes and seemed to be resting his mind. In fact, his mind was thinking about Zhu Biao's actions in the past few years. At first, this was the loyal and good general left by his grandfather, Optimus Jade Pillar, and now...
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Don’t regret the past, thinking about it hurts your soul!
After a while, the chamberlain hurried to Gao Shouxun and whispered a few words. Cai Jueshen, Yun Han and others looked at him sideways, but saw Gao Shouxun's face was joyful, he nodded to everyone with a smile, stood up, and rushed to Ji Yun's side. "Prince Wang"
Come on, I wish the handsome cavalry has arrived in the east of the city!"
As he spoke, loud cheers sounded from the east of the city. The tens of thousands of people at Shuimen knew why the cheers from the east city came without being told. They also cheered in unison, and the sound shook the sky!
"I hope that Zhu Qing can perform extraordinary feats again! Crush the thieves -" Ji Yun murmured to himself as he looked at the joy in the city.
Thousands of cavalry came galloping in the darkness. Beside Zhu Biao, Dou Bing looked to the south in confusion, "Commander, why didn't you Wuweituo intercept us? He was really not afraid that you would lead troops into Beiping City.
?”
Zhu Biao was silent. He couldn't understand Uweituo's behavior today. He had planned to go for a few laps with him outside the city of Peiping, and now he had prepared a table of dishes, but the guests didn't come!
"Uncle An Feng, General of the Army. Zhu Biao, Commander-in-Chief of the Army and Horses of King Qin, comes to see you!"
At the top of the North Gate City, Zhu Biao met Ji Yun. "I, Zhu Biao, have met the King!"
Next to Ji Yun stood Lu Liang. Zhu Biao and his eyes did not meet, but when Zhu Biao was still stepping on the tower, he felt a gaze looking at him as if from the sky. Zhu Biao was angry
The machine is locked.
"I wish you, sir, the soldiers in Peiping will be safe for the people. The lonely king is entrusted to the general!"
Ji Yun spoke dryly, because looking at Zhu Biao's face, he really couldn't spit out the words.
Ji Yun couldn't spit out the flowers, so how could Zhu Biao be so happy, "Your Majesty, don't worry. I will try my best to get rid of the Hulu to the death!"
The meeting between the monarch and his ministers on the tower in the north city was like a play performed in front of the people. As expected, hundreds of thousands of people below the city cheered when they saw the confrontation between the monarch and his ministers on the tower above the city gate.
The atmosphere was completely wiped out.
For the current North Korean court, this is Zhu Biao's greatest role - to calm people's hearts. It can also be the aura of talent of famous generals and commanders since ancient times.
"Drive, drive..."
Twelve thousand elite cavalry took the lead in running out of Beiping City. Later, three thousand armored cavalry, followed by many auxiliaries and pack horses, who were even lighter than the light cavalry, ran out of the south gate. Finally, fifteen thousand
Rumble of armor.
Zhu Biao took away 21,000 forbidden army infantry and cavalry from Beiping City. These soldiers and horses, all trained and run-in at 85 or even 90, are a guard force reorganized by the imperial court after several border troops were transferred in the past year.
Elite. It's a pity. No matter how good the soldiers are, if they are placed among the second- and third-rate bastards, they will be defeated.
In the previous battle on the outskirts of the city, this army was astonishingly powerful. In fact, the losses it caused to Hu Qi were worse than those of Yunzheng's army. The fighting will they showed was also inferior to being attacked at night, and the barracks were in chaos, but they still fought to the death.
The endless Yunzheng tribe.
As for the excuse that "the outskirts of the capital are flat and suitable for barbarian cavalry to charge and gallop", Zhu Biaoli ignored them. If he had led the army at that time and fought across the wilds, he would have been able to fight without Uweituo.
Broke a few of his ribs. I really thought that the 10,000 elite cavalry and 6,000 armored cavalry of the Forbidden Army were fake and just decoration. Or I was just incompetent!
"Report——"
"Report——"
"Report to the Commander-in-Chief, the Hu Camp Dazhai in the southwest of the city is empty, and there is not a single horse left."
Thirty thousand horsemen were arrayed outside the city, but Di Feng, who sent Hu Ying to investigate, reported such jaw-dropping news.
"Uwetuo didn't intercept and kill our troops on the way, but now he breaks camp and avoids fighting. Does he want to escape?" Zhu Biao frowned at the top of the mountain.
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Rumble, rumble...
More than 100,000 horses galloped across the land, and the sound of rolling hooves could be heard clearly from more than ten miles away.
Uweituo rode on the white jade lion and stared calmly into the distance - due west, Linzhou in the Northern Han Dynasty, where the 40,000 barbarians were heading for the next step.
He doesn't want to fight to the death with Zhu Biao under the walls of Peking City. What's the benefit? Can he kill Zhu Biao? Can he capture the city of Peking? If these two goals cannot be achieved, then it is necessary for his 40,000 elite cavalry to fight under the walls of Peking City.
Do you want to fight Zhu Biao?
Just because you are in Beiping City?
But the hundreds of thousands of people here have been killed and plundered by Hu Qi, and there is nothing left to cherish. The title of a mere capital of the Northern Han Dynasty is definitely not worthy of the great Hu Youxian King and his 40,000 elite soldiers.
Together with his eldest son, Hujietan, Hulu Luomen, Chegangan and a group of powerful confidants, as well as the masters on the grassland such as Zeng Dharma King, Nagarjuna, etc., they all died!
Die!
Yes, die.
In Uweituo's opinion, no matter whether he won or lost in the battle with Zhu Biao under the walls of Peiping, it would determine his final fate in the Northern Han Dynasty, and that fate was by no means good luck.
He knows how powerful Zhu Biao is. With his Hedong elite cavalry, the 20,000 to 30,000 Han troops in Beiping City, and his own 40,000 elites, even if they include less than half of the Golden Wolf Cavalry, he will definitely do his best to win Zhu Biao.
The price is extremely painful. You can’t even win!
It's not that Uwetuo is not confident in himself, but Zhu Biao's performance in the past was too abnormal. Zhu Biao also once visited the capital of a country. At that time, he only had 10,000 cavalry, but he killed him in the face of 120,000 enemy troops.
The enemy is pissed, and the enemy commander will be killed!
In terms of military use, Uweituo was very confident. He was confident that even Wu Hengfei could not defeat him. But he really felt inferior to Zhu Biao. He was afraid that in this situation, he would fight Zhu Biao in this fateful death battle. So
He chose to go west——
Moreover, even if you win the battle with Zhu Biao, you only defeat a Han army that may not have thirty or forty thousand men. It is absolutely not worth paying such a price.
And Uwetuo will not do a fight that is not worth it.
The world is so vast. In the open west, southwest, and due south, where can't we break through? The land is filled with Hu cavalry trampling and galloping everywhere! From the first day when he went south, Uwetuo never thought of attacking from the north again.
Return to the grassland.
Passing through Linzhou, passing through Zhao State, and reaching the territory of King Zuoxian is not a more comfortable road.
He does not need to consider logistics. The villages and towns scattered throughout the Northern Han Dynasty are their supply points. As long as they plunder with horses and swords, everything will not be a problem. Therefore, there is no need to consider the large and small cities along the way. The warriors of Changshengtian only need
Just bypass it.
If the Han army wanted to fight in the field, Hu Erlang's cavalry was not a vegetarian.
"This time I really want to thank Mr. Cao. An ear placed in the heart of a Han people is really a treasure that cannot be exchanged for anything. When he returns to the grassland, the king will send someone to thank him heavily."
"Xilulu..." As if feeling the turbulence and excitement of his master at this moment, the white jade lion that Uwetuo sat down raised his head and neighed!
