At nightfall, when Meng Yi arrived at the battlefield with more than ten thousand civilians walking slowly, the wind and sand blowing from the nearby desert had stopped, and the fighting between Qin and the Xiongnu had long since ended.
General Li Xin led his cavalry to pursue the remnants of the enemy, while General Heifu counted the gains and losses in the camp and wrote a victory report. Meng Yi had visited him and learned that the young master Fusu was still on the battlefield...
"Young Master is kind and virtuous. After the war, he personally went to care for the dead and wounded."
Heifu stopped writing, raised his hands to Meng Yi, his superior when he was Lang Wei, and said with a smile: "It is the great fortune of the Qin Dynasty to have such an eldest son. Your Majesty will be delighted to see this."
Meng Yi is older than Heifu. He has always been upright, but in his heart, he has some preference for Fusu, the young master who taught the law. Heifu's words were very helpful to him, but he still had a solemn expression on his face.
Looking for Fusu.
Vultures and crows were circling overhead, and the entire mouth of the river was littered with corpses, mostly Huns and their war horses, and occasionally Qin soldiers in black armor. The heads of the Huns were chopped off by Qin soldiers and hung around their waists.
, the corpses of the Qin people were carried to the side and placed neatly by the civilians responsible for cleaning up the battlefield.
Young Master Fusu was kneeling on one knee beside the corpses of the soldiers who died in the battle and remained silent. He was waiting for the military judge to check the identities of these soldiers and register them in the dead list.
"Son."
Seeing Meng Yi coming over, Fusu said to him: "Meng Jianjun, I just know today how many lives of soldiers need to be sacrificed to achieve the success of a general. Many people can't even identify the corpses. Fortunately, everyone carries their own body with them."
It is said that the soldiers from the North even had a military card made by General Wei, which was hidden on the inside of the armor. Even if it was trampled beyond recognition by the hooves of the Huns' horses, a famous tombstone could still be set up for him!"
It was late summer, the weather was hot, and the bodies could not be taken back, so a "Loyal Cemetery" could only be set up for them on this battlefield.
"Not only the soldiers who died in today's battle, but also the hundreds of good family members who were killed by the Huns' arrows in order to deliver the news, and even the dead cavalrymen who were attacked by the Huns' army in Shangjun. I hope they can all be buried here."
Meng Yi nodded: "Longxi, the people of the Northland will do a good job in this matter. Has Commander Feng of Baiyang Mountain sent someone to contact him?"
Fusu said: "After defeating the Xiongnu Chanyu, General Wei immediately sent people to contact him. The Chanyu left thousands of cavalry at the foot of Baiyang Mountain to monitor him. However, the troops from Shangjun thought it was a trick of the Huns and still stayed on the mountain. They only sent people
Go to the river to draw water..."
"Feng Jie is going to be in bad luck this time."
Meng Yiran, as the second generation, the relationship between the Meng family and the Feng family can only be considered average. In this battle in Saibei, Feng Jie lost two battles in a row. If Beidi and Longxi hadn't rushed to the rescue in time, they would have been completely wiped out.
The end. Although Feng Jie has been saved for now, he has completely become a foil for the achievements of Li Xin and Heifu.
Speaking of the command and cooperation between the two generals in this battle, Fusu still had some unfinished ideas.
After looking at the whole battle, he also understood that almost all the Huns were cavalry, and cavalry fighting requires a wider battlefield. This is why they come and go like the wind. It is difficult for the Central Plains soldiers to fight on the flat land outside the fortress.
Because of the enemy.
The battlefield chosen by Heifu to defend the enemy was surrounded by rivers on the left and right. The Huns could only break in from the front yard. If they tried to outflank the enemy, the river would be muddy and difficult to move, and the speed of the horses would be greatly affected. Therefore, the Huns used to "chirp and rush".
The "shooting" tactic could not be implemented at all, and they could only be forced to engage in close combat with the Qin army's sudden cavalry. Because of the generation difference in equipment, how could they be an opponent of the well-equipped Qin cavalry?
After the strategy of the right-wing Hun cavalry to kill Li Xin failed, they began to retreat. Li Xin, supported by two thousand infantry sent by Hei Fu, actually drove more than ten thousand Huns down the river...
After defeating the right-wing Xiongnu cavalry, Li Xin immediately asked the cavalry to put on new horses, and launched a flank attack towards the main force of the Xiongnu Shanyu, who was being pushed back by the Qin army's infantry.
"General Wei's analogy between hammer and anvil is very subtle."
Fusu recalled the scene at that time. First, Heifu ordered people to beat the war drum as loud as possible. The Qin army's steel chariots and infantry, which were advancing slowly, suddenly accelerated and rushed towards the Huns. The Xiongnu cavalry wanted to retreat, but were stopped by the Qin army.
The cavalry rushed in diagonally to block the retreat. Under the command of their respective cavalry commanders, the two counties' sudden cavalry cut vertically, horizontally, and surrounded tens of thousands of Xiongnu cavalry. They clashed in the center and galloped back and forth. They were really like a piece of iron.
Like a hammer, the tough-as-iron Huns were deformed bit by bit, and sparks flew everywhere!
At the same time, as the Huns could not retreat, the infantry also pressed forward, squeezing them together. The crossbow arrows harvested the lives of the Huns and horses, and the Qin soldiers armed with eight-foot-long spears came forward from the gap and pushed the Huns
The rider dismounted his horse. As soon as the Huns fell off their horses, countless heads would rise and fall, splashing with blood, and peck them to death. If the Huns were forced to dismount and fight on foot, they would face enemies holding swords and shields.
The soldiers of the Qin army could not take any advantage at all...
The whole process is indeed like a blacksmith constantly hammering the iron.
At this time, the Huns were somewhat in disarray and faced a disadvantage in the battle. The Huns tribes in the rear did not listen to Touman Shanyu's order to continue the attack, and instead crossed the river and fled north.
Touman Shanyu failed to give orders, so he had to order his troops to retreat. Li Xin ordered the Qin cavalry to pursue them. The two sides fought fiercely in the Dusitu River. Xubu Sheng, the Danghu who had been repelled by Li Xin before, tried to come back to save the defeat, but was defeated by crossbowmen.
Shot and killed, his tribe dispersed again...
But in this moment, Touman Chanyu was able to cross the river and escape. At sunset, the sandstorm blowing from the northern desert surged. Fearing that he would get lost in pursuit and be attacked, Li Xin ordered his cavalry to rest on the spot until the sandstorm blew up half an hour later.
Calm down and chase again.
This is the whole process of the entire battle. Standing at the command post, Fusu can have an overview of the overall situation. Heifu explains a few words from time to time. He enjoys watching it.
However, when I inspected the battlefield after the battle, I saw the Qin soldiers who were also seriously injured lying in the river, on the beach, and in the grass. The gentleman was in battle and could not return home. He could only be buried in this foreign sand and support them.
Sue felt sorry for them.
“How can there be no casualties if we open up new frontiers?”
Meng Yi advised: "After this battle, the Xiongnu will be discouraged and will no longer dare to be enemies with Qin!"
"I hope so." Fusu asked Meng Yi to go back to the main tent first. He would also make another inspection to visit the injured soldiers.
Meng Yi looked at this scene and thought to himself: "Heifu entrusted the matter of labor pensions to the young master, does he want him to be loved by the sergeants and soldiers of the army?"
The emperor has not appointed a prince for a long time, and now Fusu's voice is the loudest. Your Majesty asked him to be the supervisor of the army this time, and to go to the battlefield in person, which is not without experience. Fusu's benevolence was not liked by the emperor and the Legalist ministers in the court, but he was
In the army, he was close to the soldiers and civilians, treating them as if they were innocent, but he was easily supported.
"Could it be that Mr. Hei was also touched by the young master's kindness?" Meng Yi fell into thinking.
…
It was not easy to clean up the battlefield. In addition to restraining the Qin people who died in the battle, we also had to imprison the Huns who had time to escape. After some calculations, we found that their number was astonishing. The Qin army beheaded only 5,000 people, but the number of surrenderers reached six
More than a thousand people...
The next day, Fu Zhi, a good man from the north, came back and brought back a thousand prisoners tied with ropes behind the horses. The procession was very long and the scene was spectacular.
Fu Zhi reported to Heifu: "The total number of Touman and the evacuated Xiongnu tribes is 40,000. They should be evacuating north along the east bank of the river. General Li ordered me to go back first with the prisoners, while he took 4,000
Riding across the river, we continued our pursuit to the west bank of the river, while the boatmen on the river also carried thousands of people forward, hoping to intercept Shanyu's defeated army at the Woye Ferry south of the Hetao..."
That was also the place where Chen Ping crossed the river when he was exploring the Huns. The Huns had no big boats and could only swim across the river on sheepskin rafts. The water was deep in other places, except for Fertile Field, which was flat and shallow. Jiuyuan and Touman City should have been captured by Mengtian. The Huns
There is a high chance that they will have to retreat to Hetao first, and then continue to Mobei. I just hope that Li Xin can perform great feats again, but chasing the enemy's 40,000 cavalry with thousands of people is something that only Li Xin dares to do.
As a bad guy, he just wanted to steadily consolidate the results of the war and deliver a beautiful victory to Qin Shihuang.
"Since General Li cannot go back on his words for the time being, there is one matter that I will discuss with the two supervisors first."
Meng Yi and Fusu looked at Heifu, but heard him say: "The war is not over yet. We need to continue marching to occupy the entire Henan area, and we also need to rescue the Shangjun soldiers who have lost their baggage. In this battle, our army will die.
One thousand, more than 3,000 were injured, a total of 5,000 were beheaded, and more than 7,000 Huns were captured. Food supplies outside the Great Wall were difficult, and it would be very necessary to feed these 7,000 Huns captives, and if they rebelled and fled, it would be a troublesome matter...
"
Meng Yi had already guessed what Hei Fu wanted to say, and nodded and said: "The food that the civilians have worked hard to transport outside the Great Wall cannot be wasted on prisoners. What does General Wei want to do with these seven thousand Huns?"
"It's very simple. It's nothing more than releasing or killing!"
Heifu smiled and said: "Rong, Di, jackals and wolves are not amiable. If they are allowed to leave, I'm afraid they will gather under the banner of Shan Yu soon and attack the northern part of the Great Wall. Furthermore, the dead and wounded soldiers need to make first contributions. Military regulations, ten thousand people
If a captain can attack a city and besiege a city and behead more than 8,000 people, he will be considered a surplus; if he can kill more than 2,000 people in a field battle, he will be considered a surplus."
"According to the law, not only generals and officers will be promoted, but soldiers with meritorious service will also receive more rewards. Today in Longxi, there are more than 30,000 soldiers in the north, but only 5,000 are beheaded, and more than 1,000 more heads are needed.
Only when there are more than ten thousand heads can be divided among individuals, the soldiers who died in battle can be promoted to two levels, and the rest of the soldiers can also receive awards!"
As if discussing what to have for lunch, Heifu said calmly: "Therefore, I want to imitate Huayang and do Changping!"
Not to mention Changping, Bai Qi used the same reason to kill 400,000 Zhao soldiers. In that battle, everyone in the Qin army had merit, and almost all the land in Guanzhong of the Qin State was distributed.
In the Battle of Huayang, after Bai Qi defeated the Zhao and Wei coalition forces, he chopped off the heads of 20,000 Zhao prisoners and threw their bodies into the river. The river was red and kept flowing for several days.
The Qin army does not allow killing good people to take credit, but killing prisoners is a different matter. Although it is not explicitly encouraged in the law, it has always turned a blind eye to the generals doing this kind of thing...
Meng Yi was older and was not surprised, while Fusu was stunned. This was something he had never considered before.
Heifu cupped his hands and said: "This matter is of great importance. Now that General Li is away, Heifu cannot make arbitrary decisions. Therefore, the consent of the two supervisors is required before it can be implemented!"
"Meng Jianjun, Young Master, what do you two think?"
He seemed to be asking both of them at the same time, but his eyes were fixed on Fusu!
Heifu had received secret instructions from Qin Shihuang. Heifu understood the emperor's fatherly words to some extent after becoming a father before he left.
"I only hope that when Fusu returns, he will be less compassionate and hypocritical, and become a resolute and courageous young master!"