Under the cover of darkness, the Niuhan tribe, which had been short of food and grass for days, finally had a full meal with the support of the Han army.
Wang Mengjun's spies around the battlefield were not unaware of the strangeness of the battlefield, but it was too dark and they were too far away, so they could not see clearly what was going on inside the battlefield.
Some brave spies approached the battlefield on horseback, but before they could get close, they were shot to the ground by Niu Han's arrow formation.
It was so dark and the battle was so fierce. Who knew whether the approaching troops were friendly or enemy troops? For the sake of safety, I would rather kill them by mistake than let them go.
After the two spies were shot into hedgehogs by arrows, Wang Mengjun's spies were even more afraid to approach the battlefield. They all hid in the distance and watched. However, in the night, except for the sound of shouting to kill, they could not see anything else.
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But when they returned to their camp and reported to Wang Meng, of course they couldn't say that. The spies unanimously said that the two sides were fighting fiercely and it was difficult to tell the winner.
The Han army and the Long army struggled all night. The next morning, Niu Han felt that he was almost ready and ordered a retreat.
The Long army, which fought for a day and a night, left behind a large number of corpses and wounded soldiers on the battlefield. The remaining tens of thousands of soldiers and horses followed Niuhan and routed towards Jitou Road.
The Han army refused to give up and left some soldiers and horses to clean the battlefield. The rest then pursued and killed the Long army. The officers and soldiers of the Long army, led by Niu Han, were chased by the Han army until they left their helmets and armor and were in a miserable state.
People ran one way and died one after another. The army of 150,000 people collapsed. Along the route of the rout, the 'corpses' and 'wounded soldiers' of the Long Army could be seen everywhere.
In the end, the Long army that followed Niu Han to Jitou Road did not even number 50,000 people.
Wang Meng's face turned gloomy after hearing the tragic situation of the Niuhan tribe.
He expected that Niu Han would be defeated, but he did not expect that Niu Han would be defeated so miserably.
That was an army of 150,000 people. In the end, less than 50,000 people came back. A total of 100,000 soldiers and horses were defeated. Wang Meng said angrily: "Even if a fool leads the army, he will not be defeated so miserably."
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No matter how angry Wang Meng was, he finally led his troops out of the Jitou Road to meet Niu Han's remaining defeated generals. When he saw Niu Han, Wang Meng almost didn't recognize him.
At this time, Niuhan's helmet had come off, his hair was disheveled, and his original color could no longer be seen. There were black lines and red lines on his face, and his face was stained with blood. His body was also stained with blood.
Looking at the soldiers around him, every one of them had crooked helmets and bloodstains all over their bodies, and each one looked more embarrassed than the last.
When Niu Han turned over and dismounted, he couldn't even stand firmly. He tilted his body and staggered sideways, almost falling to the ground. Fortunately, the subordinates next to him had quick hands and eyes, and hurriedly reached out to help Niu Han.
Niu Han panted heavily, calmed down for a while, pushed his subordinates away, and walked towards Wang Meng in front.
Wang Meng stood with his hands behind his back, looking at Niu Han who was walking forward, and asked expressionlessly: "General Niu, where are your 150,000 troops and horses now?"
Upon hearing this, Niu Han almost cried and said with a choked voice: "I...I am defeated. It's over. Everything is over. The pavilion is gone. One hundred thousand soldiers are also... gone!"
"You are really capable!" Wang Meng was so angry that he thought he could take over Niu Han's one hundred thousand troops, but Niu Han fled back with tens of thousands of defeated soldiers.
"General Niu should think about it now. How are you going to explain to the king how you lost an army of 100,000 men in one day?"
Niu Han's body shook, and he almost collapsed to the ground. The guards on both sides hurriedly held him up with his arms. Niu Han looked like he was lost, with his head lowered, dumbfounded.
Seeing this, Wang Meng snorted coldly in his heart and cursed secretly: Niu Han, you are here too! Where is your pride and arrogance? Where has it gone now?
He took a deep breath and said loudly: "Incorporate all General Niu's men into our army, and prepare the entire army to face the enemy!"
"Here!" The surrounding Wang Meng generals responded in unison. Wang Meng looked at Niu Han, who was still in a daze, and asked: "General Niu, do you have any objection to me temporarily taking over your subordinates?"
Niu Han slowly raised his head and looked at the domineering and condescending Wang Meng. He immediately lowered his head and whispered: "I...I have no objection..."
"Humph!" Wang Meng sneered, even if you have an opinion, you have to bear with me now! He said in a deep voice: "General Niu is tired, someone, take General Niu to the camp to rest! Oh, by the way, remember
Let General Niu have a full meal again!"
What he said was a pun. The first was to satirize Niu Han for being short of food in Wating, and the second was to imply that Niu Han would be in trouble after seeing Wei Xiao. After all, Niu Han lost a hundred thousand soldiers and horses in one fell swoop.
The sin is not small.
Niu Han seemed to have come to his senses. He glared at Wang Meng angrily and said through his teeth: "General Wang, don't bully others too much!"
"Haha!" Wang Meng sneered and said, "Niu Han, now I can give you a tent and a full meal, which is already a great favor. Don't you understand?"
Niu Han gritted his teeth and said, "Why do you want to incorporate my subordinates into your army?"
Wang Meng said in a loud voice: "Just because I am the leader of Jitou Road! Just because this is Jitou Road! Niu Han, if you have any dissatisfaction with me, you can go to the king and file a lawsuit against me. I want to see it."
Look, will the king help you or me?"
Niu Han and Wang Meng looked at each other. After a long time, Niu Han's momentum weakened obviously. He lowered his head and walked forward silently.
Wang Meng glanced at him, chuckled, and said to the generals around him: "Split up Niu Han's subordinates, and assign some people to the top of the mountain on both sides to do menial and heavy work like carrying rolling logs and rocks.
Just leave it to them!"
The generals smiled tacitly, nodded and said, "Understood! General!"
Wang Meng wanted to absorb Niu Han's subordinates, but of course he could not let these people form a group. Under his order, all of Niu Han's more than 40,000 soldiers were split up and assigned to various battalions, ministries, and songs of Wang Meng's army.
Niu Han was led to a tent by Wang Meng's men. This general, like Wang Meng, also had an arrogant look on his face. He pursed his lips towards the tent and said, "General Niu, you can live in this tent!"
This tent is just like an ordinary general's tent. It looks small from the outside, but when you go inside, the space is even smaller.
There were many guards around Niu Han. When people saw this, they asked angrily: "You just let our general live here?"
The general shrugged and said: "The valley is so big, and there are only so many tents in the camp. It is not easy to allocate a tent to General Niu. What are you not satisfied with?"
"you……"
Niu Han waved his hand and interrupted his guards. He asked: "I am not alone. My guards and subordinates all live here?"
The general looked around naturally and said: "There are so many open spaces around here, isn't it enough for them to live in?" The implication is that they can sleep directly on the ground!
"You are so courageous!" Niu Han was highly regarded by Kuai Xiao. Niu Han's guards were usually too arrogant. When had they ever been humiliated like this?
One of the guards roared and grabbed the general by the collar. His face turned red with anger and his hair and beard were bulging.
The general did not resist, and allowed the other party to grab his collar, and said with a sneer: "What, you want to do something in our army camp? Okay, you try to move me, see if I can kill you!"
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The guard was furious and raised his arm as if to punch. Niu Han grabbed the guard's wrist, shook his head at him and said, "Forget it, we will stay here tonight!"
"General——"
Niu Han shook his head and walked into the camp dejectedly. Seeing this, the guards could only loosen the general's collar. The latter snorted coldly and said, "You think it's a compliment!" After saying this, he shook it off.
The robe sleeves turned around and left.
Although Niu Han suffered a disastrous defeat at Wating and his 100,000-strong army was wiped out, there were still more than 40,000 soldiers and horses who fled to Jitou Valley. Wang Meng had only 60,000 soldiers in total. He had to absorb more than 40,000 people.
Not an easy task.
Just dividing the troops into each battalion, they were busy until late at night. It was not until midnight that Wang Mengjun managed to finish allocating Niu Han's men. After solving this matter, Wang Meng was relieved.
It wasn't until this moment that he suddenly remembered his clan brother Wang Zun. This clan brother of his was sent to Wating to mobilize troops on the order of the king. Now that Niuhan has been defeated and Wating has fallen, where is his clan brother?
Already?
He sent people to inquire, but after asking around, no one knew the whereabouts of Wang Zun. Niu Han frowned and went directly to Niu Han. On the way to Niu Han's camp, he asked his men: "On this day,
What are Niu Han doing?"
A guard replied respectfully: "General, Niu Han has been staying in the camp and has not come out."
Wang Meng smiled and said: "This time we suffered such a big defeat and made such a big ugliness. If I were Niu Han, I would be embarrassed to come out and see people!"
When everyone around heard this, they all burst into laughter.
When he arrived at Niu Han's camp, Wang Meng raised his eyes and took a look. He didn't even enter. He shouted loudly: "General Niu, come out and speak! General Niu?"
After a short time, the curtain of the camp was lifted, and Niu Han and several guards came out. He looked at Wang Meng in confusion, raised his hands and said, "General Wang, what can I teach you?"
"Don't take it seriously, Niu Han, my clan brother is in your Wating. I wonder where he is now?" Wang Meng asked straight to the point without any unnecessary nonsense.
Niu Han's expression changed obviously, he lowered his head and said, "I...I don't know."
Seeing that his expression was wrong, Wang Meng narrowed his eyes and said in a serious voice: "I don't know? My brother is on your land. Now, you tell me that you don't know where he is?"
"Maybe, maybe the general died in the rebellion, maybe the general was captured alive by the enemy..."
When Wang Meng heard this, he became furious and shouted: "Niu Han, my brother is in your Wating. As the general of Wating, you failed to protect my brother, causing my brother's whereabouts to be unknown. What crime should you do?"
He didn't really care about Wang Zun's life or death, but he would definitely not miss the opportunity to incriminate Niu Han.
Niu Han's expression changed uncertainly, he lowered his head and said nothing. Wang Meng raised his finger and pointed at Niu Han, and said: "Niu Han, if my brother is safe and sound, let's just leave it alone. If there is something wrong with my brother,
I, Wang Meng, will never spare you!"
After saying that, he glared at Niu Han again and walked away. On the way back to the central military tent, the generals asked cautiously: "General, will General Wang really... die in
Are the two armies in line?"
"If nothing had happened, I would have returned a long time ago, but there is still no trace of the general. I am worried that the general is in danger!"
Wang Meng's face was expressionless, and it was hard to tell whether he was happy or angry. It was not until he returned to the Zhongjun tent that he said: "Early tomorrow morning, I will send someone to look for him. If he is alive, he will see the person, and if he is dead, he will see the body!"
"Here!"
Let's talk about Niu Han. He returned to the tent and sat on the ground. The guards around him also knelt down.
He coughed heavily, and soon, the curtain of the tent was opened, and a guard poked his head in from the outside, slightly shaking his head to Niu Han, indicating that it was safe outside.
Niu Han nodded, the look of decadence on his face was wiped away, his eyes shot out two rays of light, and he said word by word: "Tomorrow morning at Yin time, we will take action. The target is Wang Mengzhi's sleeping tent, and we must capture him in one fell swoop.
Down!"
As the saying goes, to capture the thief first, capture the king. As long as Wang Meng is captured first, then the next actions will be done with twice the result with half the effort.
