The first day of battle ended with a complete victory for the Han army. Whether it was the initial defense or the subsequent counterattack, they all weighed heavily on the enemy and achieved brilliant results. After the war, the Hu people
Naturally, his liver and gallbladder were broken, and the morale of the rebels under Zhang Chun was also low.
They attacked with an absolutely superior force. As a result, the general was killed and nearly half of the cavalry were killed. The results they achieved were less than half of what they achieved. If the military law had not been harsh and they knew they had no place to escape, maybe someone would have escaped that day. The rebels
The army had no place to escape, but the barbarians had somewhere to escape.
After the battle, the battlefield was in a mess. Many small tribes took advantage of the chaos and ran away. Those bastards ran very fast for fear of being annexed. Some small Wuhuan tribes also took the opportunity to run away under the leadership of their leader. They ran away wildly.
People don't care much about death and are cruel to their enemies and their own people, but there's no need to sacrifice in vain here, right? There's no benefit in winning, but it's even worse if you lose. Don't run away and wait to be stabbed!
After Qiu Liju returned to the temporary camp on the west bank, he heard that thousands of people had fled, and he was furious. He only had more than 50,000 people, and he lost several thousand during the day, and thousands more escaped.
He didn't even catch a hair, but lost so many people, which made him feel like his heart was bleeding.
But what can he do? Zhang Chun is so cruel, and Gongsun Zan is even more cruel. He neither wants to let Gongsun Zan go back, nor dares to resist Zhang Chun's power, so he can only grit his teeth and persist. He walked out of the tent and looked at Zhang Chun's camp in the distance.
, thinking that Zhang Chun's losses were not small, even one of his generals was killed in a battle, he actually felt happy in his heart.
I told you to spit on me! Qiu Liju thought ferociously, he must have been shot to death!
Because the generals sent by the rebels to supervise the battle were all killed, naturally no one took responsibility for his failure to win today. For a moment, Qiu Liju was in a good mood. But then, he thought of the sharpshooter in the Han army, and his mood
It's getting worse again.
In Guanzi City, Gongsun Zan went to the top of the city early in the morning and watched the battle taking place on the west side of the river. Although he could not see clearly from nearly twenty miles away, he was a veteran who had been fighting for more than ten years.
By looking at the smoke and the movement of troops in the distance, one can roughly judge the development of the war situation.
Except when he emptied his body, he stayed at the top of the city. After the day's battle was over, his mood improved a lot, and his face no longer looked like he was afraid of strangers.
When Qiu Liju's heart was bleeding, Tian Yu also felt that his heart was about to bleed. The battle during the day was brilliant, but the losses of the Han army were not small. The infantrymen in the front row suffered five casualties in hand-to-hand combat.
There were sixty men, and the attacking cavalry suffered similar injuries. The shooters suffered more than a dozen casualties, half of which were caused by the bowstring being broken due to too frequent shooting.
Although most of them were only injured, and only a few were seriously injured, and they would recover after a period of time, but within a short period of time, those people would not be able to go to the battlefield. Moreover, a lot of ordnance was damaged, and the crossbow alone was damaged.
One-fifth. It is conceivable that the battle will become more difficult tomorrow.
Tian Yu couldn't help but start to doubt, if the fight continued like this, could they really last until the fifth day? Even if they persisted until the agreed time, how much fighting power would they have left here?
Chen Cheng opened the door curtain and walked in. He saw that Tian Yu had a troubled expression on his face and asked, "What's wrong with the captain?"
Seeing that there was no one around him, Tian Yu was not afraid of speaking out to hurt his morale. He smiled bitterly and said: "Wenzheng has also seen the situation of today's battle. Isn't it not difficult?"
Chen Cheng said: "This is exactly why I came."
"Oh," Tian Yu raised his head and asked, "If you have any ideas, tell me quickly."
Chen Cheng then said: "Our army captured a lot of prisoners of war today and released all the wounded soldiers among the prisoners. Let them tell the rebels: God is kind and let them send people to carry away the wounded soldiers on the battlefield.
The dead should also be buried."
Tian Yu thought for a moment and said, "But you want to use this to lower the enemy's morale?"
Chen Cheng smiled and said: "That's exactly it."
Tian Yu's brows widened and he said: "This is a great plan, let's do it like this!"
In the evening, Qiu Liju heard that some tribesmen had been released back, and he couldn't help but have some doubts in his heart. After listening to the words relayed by the wounded soldiers who were released, he couldn't help but despise the generals on the opposite side. Whether it was him or Zhang Chun,
, or Gongsun Zan who was trapped in the city, would not have such kindness as a woman.
Huh, how can such a mother-in-law be a good general? Let the opponent be proud for a while today, and then charge directly with the cavalry tomorrow!
At night, many fires were lit up and down the mountain. Under the light of the fire, the Hu people carried back all the slightly injured tribesmen and cremated the nobles among the dead, while the others were hastily buried. Because
There were so many dead and wounded that they were busy until the middle of the moon to finish the count.
After burying and burning so many corpses, the morale of the Wuhuan people became even lower. This was something Qiu Liju did not expect. Although he was a chief with both courage and cunning, he was a prince at birth. How could he
Want those many twists and turns?
It was late at night when faint cries came from the camp, and he was frightened and asked: "Who is crying?"
The guards on the left and right shed tears and said: "Because there are too many casualties among the clan members, I am crying."
The barbarians are also human beings. Even animals know that "things harm their own kind", let alone the barbarians?
Qiu Liju was silent. After a while, he galloped into Zhang Chun's camp. Zhang Chun stayed in the camp on the east bank for a day. Fortunately, Gongsun Zan did not rush out from the city. However, he attacked the officers and soldiers coming from the west.
He failed, which made him irritable again.
When he heard the soldiers coming to report Qiu Liju's arrival, he let him in.
After Qiu Liju entered the tent, he saw Zhang Chungao sitting on the tiger skin couch, looking at him coldly. Looking at those eyes full of murderous intent, he felt a sudden shock in his heart and his body suddenly tensed up.
.
"Qiu Liju, if you don't prepare well to attack the officers and soldiers tomorrow, why did you come here to me?"
Qiu Liju suppressed the fear in his heart, returned the wounded soldiers to the Han army, and asked them to bury the dead, and told them everything in detail.
"what do you want to say in the end?"
Zhang Chun said coldly: "You came here at night just to talk nonsense? Aren't you afraid of another night attack by officers and soldiers?"
Qiu Liju swallowed his saliva, put on a flattering smile on his face, and said: "Marshal, we Wuhuan people are not good at infantry fighting, but for the sake of the overall situation, I am going to prepare for a day and send elite cavalry the day after tomorrow to charge directly into the mountain!
"
Using cavalry to rob the mountain? Zhang Chun's cold face showed a mocking smile. He grinned and said: "The Great Chanyu is so brave! Okay, as long as you succeed in rob the mountain, I will give you another batch."
ordnance."
Qiu Liju bent over and said: "This is naturally good, but I'm worried..."
"worry about what?"
"If those officers and soldiers had laid an ambush in the mountains, I'm afraid they wouldn't be able to knock down that hilltop even if they tried their best with cavalry."
Zhang Chun squinted at Qiu Liju and said, "So what?"
Qiu Liju endured the humiliation and said: "Why don't the marshal send some infantry to go around the edge? When they come to us to grab the mountain, the marshal's people will come to them!"
He made a gesture and said: "That will definitely lead to a complete victory!"
This idea is really bad. Not only Zhang Chun thinks this tactic is stupid, but Qiu Liju also thinks so. But, who says there is no gain in losing the battle?
Although Zhang Chun did not care about the lives of the Wuhuan people, he was not willing to let them die in vain. After all, he was the Wuhuan marshal now, and the Wuhuan people were also an integral part of his fighting force. He rubbed his hands
He twitched his fingers, thought for a while, and said: "I appreciate Shanyu's determination, but there is no need to use elite cavalry to rob the mountain. As for sending troops into the mountain..."
He subconsciously rubbed his thumb and said, "I'll think about it first and come back tomorrow night."
"Yes, I'll come over tomorrow night."
After walking out of Zhang Chun's tent, Qiu Liju looked back, his eyelids jumped up, he grinned, and then led his soldiers to his camp.
However, what no one expected was that strong winds blew in the early morning, and during the day, the sun was obscured
Amidst the thick dark clouds, there was heavy rain, and everyone lost the desire to fight. Whether it was the Han army, the rebels, or the besieged Gongsun Zan army, they were all huddled in tents or rooms, waiting.
The arrival of heavy rain.
Facing the irresistible force of nature, all humans can do is wait and... pray.
In the Han army camp on the mountain, Tian Yu looked worried and said to Chen Cheng beside him: "Everyone has misfortune and good fortune, and the sky has unforeseen circumstances. If it rains heavily for several days in a row, the time agreed with General Zhonglang will be missed.
what to do?"
Chen Cheng was extremely relaxed and said: "Rain is a bad thing for us and the rebels. But for General Zhonglang, it is a good thing. We are suffering from the cold and cold in the field, and it is very sad. Although inside the city
It’s uncomfortable, but it’s much better than us. If it rains heavily for ten days in a row, many of the rebels will get sick, and there may even be epidemics. At that time, the enemy will collapse without us taking action.”
Only then did Tian Yu turn from worry to joy.
Of course, the real situation is not so good. The Hu people are used to living in the wild, so how can they collapse because of heavy rain? The probability of this happening is too small. In addition, although Gongsun Zan’s tribe in the city has houses to live in, there is a shortage of soldiers in the army.
Without enough medicine, if an epidemic breaks out, they will not be much better.
While the two were talking, thunder shook in the sky. Amidst the sound of thunder, heavy rain poured down.
The rain lasted for two days and two nights, and it didn't start to get lighter until the third day. With Chen Cheng here, no one in the camp got sick due to the rain, which made everyone feel very magical. So, gradually, there were
Some rumors started to spread.
When Tian Yu was patrolling the camp wearing a raincoat, he occasionally heard rumors, but just ignored them.
Confucius said: Respect ghosts and gods and stay away from them, which can be said to be knowledge.
