Great Han Empire

Chapter 490
In June, Wuyuan County.

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After Baimatong was besieged, he immediately lost news of Xubugudu Hou, but he was very confident that since Xubuguduhou had led his army to cut off the Han army's grain and grass transportation, the Han army's grain and grass supply would appear immediately At this time, Xu Rong has only two ways to deal with it, either to divide his troops and return to aid or to seize the time to attack, otherwise it will be difficult for the Han army to persevere.However, the development of the battle situation was different from what he had imagined. Xu Rong, who was standing in front of him, neither sent troops back to aid Jiuyuan City nor reorganized his troops to continue the onslaught, but confronted him on Daqingyuan.The leopard blocking behind him also seemed to be very tired, showing no signs of attacking.

The Great Qingyuan was quiet for three days.

At this time, the morale of the Hu coalition forces was getting lower and lower, rumors were flying all over the sky, and they seemed to be collapsing at the touch of a button.Baimatong couldn't sit still.On the fourth day, he commanded the army to launch a tentative attack on Xu Rong's army, hoping to see the reaction of the Han army.The Han army defended very resolutely and did not give the Hu allied forces any chance to break through.

After careful discussion, Baima Tong, Tuoba Wei and Xu Kui gave up the illusion that the Han people would retreat because of the shortage of food and grass.Leopard also has a supporting army on hand, and that is Yu Fuluo's cavalry.If Yu Fuluo led his army northward to support after Xubuguduhou occupied Jiuyuan City, Xubuguduhou would be very dangerous.The three of them immediately decided to tear open the Han army's defense line from the front, break through as soon as possible and rush to the Yinshan pass.

On the fifth day, Baimatong commanded the army to launch a mad attack on Xu Rongquyi's tribes on the frontal battlefield, while Tuobayuan and Xukui each led their troops to block Li Hong's army behind the Hu allied forces.

On the grassland of more than ten miles in Fangyuan, 21 troops fought together with great momentum.The sound of war drums, the sound of horns, the neighing of galloping horses, and the earth-shattering sounds of fighting all rushed straight to Xiaohan.

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Baima Tong focused his attack on the left flank of the Han army.

The left wing is Qu Yi's iron cavalry. He commanded the three battalions under his command to attack the flank of the Hu coalition army in turn to support and help Xu Rong and Yang Feng's frontal defense.At noon, Baima Tong personally led the army to launch a violent storm-like attack on the infantry phalanx of the Han army.The phalanx formed by Hua Xiong and Duan Xuan suffered a devastating blow from the Hu allied forces, and more than half of the soldiers were lost.At the moment when they were about to collapse, Xu Rong arrived with reinforcements, and Qu Yi led Hengji and Kuangfengsha's cavalry battalions into the attacking army of Baimatong from the left like sharp swords.

When the two sides were fighting fiercely, Titus, who had been hiding behind the white horse copper, suddenly came up with ten thousand cavalry. They walked along the gap between the Han army's middle road and the left wing, like a long arrow screaming fiercely. Nailed into the last line of defense on the left flank.Captain Yang Ming, Du Wei Yuanyin, and Li Qing were caught off guard, and they were hit head-on by the army of Lituo, and retreated step by step.

If Tituo's army penetrated Yang Ming's line of defense, the entire defense of the Han army would be torn open by the Hu allied forces. The result would be a complete collapse of the frontal blocking, and there would be no possibility of blocking it.

Qu Yi was the first to discover the enemy's intentions, and hastily ordered Heng Ji's iron cavalry to turn back to support and attack Tito from behind.How could Baimatong let him go? He kept yelling and ordered all the cavalry to entangle Qu Yi's two battalions of cavalry and prevent the Han army from returning to aid at all costs.

At this time, the sound of the drums calling for help from the rear of the left wing became more and more intense, and the rapid sound of the drums almost suffocated Qu Yi.Qu Yi's face was ferocious, with the spear in his hand criss-crossing, roaring like thunder, "Kill, kill me...".Since he couldn't return to help, he simply didn't return to help. As long as he blocked the powerful main attacking enemy army in the front, even if the left wing fell, so what if thousands of enemies escaped?
Yuan Yin and Li Qing led their respective parts to resist desperately, and tenaciously blocked Tituo's sharp attack, but Yang Ming took advantage of this short time to gather [-] cavalry behind the army to launch a counterattack, and the enemy's irresistible The momentum of the attack continued.

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Yang Ming sat motionless on his horse with a spear in his hand, his murderous eyes stared at the battlefield ahead, full of fighting spirit.The North Army has been invincible since it left the fortress. Even if we can't win this battle today, we still have to let the enemy walk over by stepping on our dead bodies.I, Yang Ming, can't afford to lose this person, and the Duliao Camp, which is so powerful in the world, can't bear this shame even more.

"My lord, the eight hundred cavalry have assembled."

With a long roar, Yang Ming kicked his horse and sat down.The war horse raised its hooves with a long hiss in pain and stood upright.Yang Ming grasped the reins tightly with one hand, pointed his spear at the sky with the other, and roared loudly in front of the eight hundred cavalry: "Brothers, today we shall swear to the death for a bloody battle, and praise my great man Tianwei..."

Eight hundred soldiers raised their weapons and shouted at the same time: "Blood battle..."

Yang Ming rode his horse forward, raised his head and roared again: "Until death..."

The iron cavalry surged, the war horses galloped, and the blood of the soldiers immediately boiled, and they all shouted wildly with all their strength: "Kill..."

Yang Ming opened his eyes angrily, pointed his spear forward, and shouted hoarsely, "Kill... go up... go..."

Like a group of mad bison or a bloodthirsty beast with teeth and claws, the [-]-baid Liaoying cavalry roared and slammed into the unstoppable enemy amidst deafening killing sounds. "Boom..." There was a loud noise, and the entire battlefield seemed to tremble from the impact.The unstoppable enemy formation trembled involuntarily with the violent impact, and then the trembling turned into fluctuations, and the fluctuations turned into shaking. The powerful attack momentum of the enemy formation was suddenly contained by the counterattack of the Han army and smashed to pieces.

Yuan Yin on the left, and Li Qing on the right roared up with his troops, "Brothers of the Duliao Camp, kill... kill..."

Seeing that the army's attack was blocked, Titus personally led his men to attack.The two high-speed cavalry collided again, killing blood and blood.Yang Ming's spear was invincible, and all the enemy cavalry who came to him were picked up into the air by him, and the blood stained the spear and Yang Ming's battle robe.Tituo came galloping forward, pointed the spear in his hand at Yang Ming, who was covered in blood, and stabbed viciously.Yang Ming had sharp eyes and quick hands, and at the moment Tituo's spear was about to pierce his body, he suddenly fell back on the horse's back.When the two horses crossed each other, Yang Ming roared, and the sharp spear rushed into Tituo's waist at an unimaginable speed, piercing Tituo's body.Tituo let out a long, tragic howl, and flew down to the horse with Yang Ming's bloody spear.

Titus died. At the time when the two armies were fighting fiercely, when the Huns were about to break through the siege of the Han army, Titus, who was in charge of commanding the cavalry to tear through the Han army's defense line, died. This dealt a heavy blow to the Huns .

Yang Ming didn't know that he had killed Titus himself, and he was still leading the soldiers of the Duliao battalion roaring all the way into the depths of the Huns.

Yuan Yin didn't know that Tituo was dead, and he was still fighting tenaciously with a small number of iron knights, regardless of life and death, firmly guarding the last line of defense.

Li Qing saw the crooked Titu battle flag swaying on the battlefield not far from him, and immediately commanded his men to rush forward.Soldiers from both sides started a bloody fight for this battle flag.Li Qing was so red-eyed, he just took the lead and rushed forward, only one thought in his mind, to cut down Tito's banner, to cut it down.Li Qing held a saber in one hand and a short halberd in the other. He drank like thunder and was extremely brave. ...surround it and cut it down..."

The bannerman of the Huns was finally exposed before Li Qing's eyes. Before he could utter a scream, Li Qing chopped off his hands and the battle flag, and his throat was pierced by the bloody iron halberd.

Tito's battle flag disappeared on the battlefield, and at the same time, the Huns' mournful retreat horn sounded at the moment when the army was about to collapse.

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Li Hong commanded the army to quickly advance towards the center of the battlefield from the east and south directions, forcing Tuoba Liang and Xu Kui to fight with their lives.If the Han army is not blocked, the Hu coalition army will be squeezed into a narrow battlefield, and the defense of the army will become very difficult.

It was Yan Liang who attacked from the east, and his left and right flanks were Yan Rou's cavalry.The Hu nationality coalition army commanded by Tuobawei fell into Yan Liang's infantry battle formation for a time.He originally thought that the Han infantry was advancing too fast and did not form a strong defensive phalanx, so he ordered the cavalry to form a formation to charge and kill the infantry. Unexpectedly, the Han infantry used chariots to cooperate with the horse-repelling battle formation. Trapped, the loss is relatively large .One of his thousand-man troops rushed into the battle formation of Gao Shun and Li Yun. As a result, the infantry of the Han army, led by Gao Shun and Li Yun, fought fiercely and fought bravely. One bit devoured the thousand-man team whole.

It was Yushi who attacked from the south, and his left and right flanks were Pound's Black Panther Yi Congying and Lou Lu's Karasuma Cavalry.Xu Kui had already suffered from the Black Panther Yi Cong Battalion at the shore of Shaling Lake, so he only entangled the Black Panther Yi Cong Battalion with a part of his troops, and used the main force to attack the Karasuma cavalry at Loulu, and constantly attacked Yushi's infantry from the flanks. .Yushi's army came all the way in a bloody battle, and the loss was extremely serious, so he didn't dare to fight back and could only focus on defense. The soldiers were very aggrieved because of this, especially He Feng, who ran to Yushi several times and yelled I can't wait to leap up and raise my sword to rush up and kill.

The embarrassment of the infantry of the Han army fueled the arrogance of the Hu coalition forces. Xu Kui's subordinate Xiaoshuai Yingfeng assembled [-] cavalry and rushed in from the flank of the Han army under the cover of Xu Kui.He Feng was ordered to lure the enemy, retreated for a mile, and finally joined Yanzhao's ballista battalion to hold their ground.Hu Qi was shot wildly by [-] ballistas, causing heavy casualties, and hurriedly retreated. At this time, Yu Shi and Lei Zi, who had been scattered by Hu Qi, led the army to kill from the left, and Xu Huang and Tie Yue led the army to kill from the right. After he came out, He Feng led the army back to fight again, and the infantry of the third battalion split the panicked Hu Qi into three parts with lightning speed.

Xu Huang's roar was like thunder, and layers of blood waves were rolled up as the long ax whizzed, and the enemy cavalry were blown away by the bloody hurricane like fallen leaves.Yingfeng and a group of personal guards desperately broke through, but they were killed by the brave and invincible Xu Huang, crying and howling, his liver and gallbladder were torn, and a dozen of his martial arts subordinates were slashed by him, but none of them rushed out ten steps away from him. It was even split in two by him with an axe.

Seeing that his army was in a hard fight, Xu Kui was shocked, and hurriedly commanded the iron cavalry to rescue them, but they hadn't retreated for a mile. His left and right wings attacked at the same time.Xu Kui's soul flew into the sky, running wildly.At this time, Baima Tong had withdrawn from the frontal battlefield. After receiving Xu Kui's request for help, he hurriedly led the exhausted army back to the rear, and only then forced Li Hong and Pang De, who were chasing after them, to retreat.

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After this battle, Baima Tong became more determined to break through the siege. He organized a large army to break through several times, but they were all repelled by the Han army. The breath enveloped the entire camp of the Hu coalition army.

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Youxian King of the Southern Huns went to Beibei and led his army to besiege Jiuyuan City.

According to Li Hong's request, Shan Yuting's cavalry was mainly used to besiege the city, not to attack it.Li Hong meant that he wanted to wait until the army wiped out the allied forces of the Hu people who were besieged on the Daqingyuan, and then work together to take Jiuyuan City, so as to extend the time for ending the war in northern Xinjiang, but the result was beyond Li Hong's surprise. Bei captured Jiuyuan City in a short time.

The Xiongnu rebels in Jiuyuan City were in a desperate situation with no reinforcements outside and no food and grass inside. At this time, many leaders of the Xiongnu small tribes who were besieged in the city immediately decided to betray Xubu Guduhou. They were not willing to give Xubu Guduhou was buried with him.These people quickly contacted Youxian King Qubei, saying that they would sacrifice the city and surrender in order to pay off their crimes.Of course Qubei is willing to kill Hou Buguduhou, the chief culprit, which is a great achievement for him.So Qubei and the rebels in the city made an appointment to break the city, and led the army to rush in.Seeing that all the people had betrayed their relatives and left their relatives, Xu Buguduhou killed himself with a knife.

After Qubei entered Jiuyuan City, he ordered people to cut off the head of Hou Bugudu and send it to Daqingyuan to report victory to General Zhengbei.

Although Li Hong was very happy, he was also very helpless. He ordered his subordinates to hang Xubuguduhou's head outside the gate, and spread the news of Xubuguduhou's death to the besieged Hu allied forces, in order to shake the Hu allied forces' confidence. The morale of the Hu coalition forces was hit.

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Xubuguduhou's entire army was wiped out, and the news that his head was cut off by the Han army and hung on the gate immediately spread throughout the camp of the Hu allied forces.That night, some leaders of the Xiongnu tribe who got in touch with the great Shan Yu Fuluo fled and surrendered with their remnants of defeated soldiers.Baimatong was shocked when he heard the news, and hastily put the troops of the small tribes of the Huns in the middle of the camp, and ordered that if anyone escaped, they would be punished. Although this measure temporarily controlled the deserters, the situation of the Hu allied forces was gone, and there was no time left. too much.

Soon, the person who sent to secretly contact Xu Kui reported that Xu Kui was willing to surrender and was willing to be an internal response to break the camp of the Hu coalition forces.

After Li Hong received the news, he was not happy at all, but worried and frowning.He didn't want to end the war in northern Xinjiang so quickly, but the situation in northern Xinjiang was not swayed by his will, and he was still advancing rapidly towards victory.

"My lord, the war in Northern Xinjiang is coming to an end soon, what are your plans?" Li Wei asked.

Li Hong sat behind the desk, looked at the map, bowed his head and thought for a long time, then pointed to the prairie north of Yinshan Mountain on the map and said: "Continue to go north."

Li Wei smiled wryly: "My lord, the emperor has passed away, and all the conditions are gone. How can we continue to go north?"

"The first emperor promised me that as long as I can regain the border county before August, he will allow me to continue to attack the Xianbei people in the north." Li Hong said sadly, "Although the emperor is gone, but for the future of the Han Dynasty, for the sake of the northern border We should take advantage of Xianbei's domestic turmoil and go north to attack. Besides..." Li Hong hesitated and said, "Besides, this is also the best way to temporarily get rid of the crisis in northern Xinjiang. The emperor agreed with me to send troops This is also one of the main reasons for the Xianbei Kingdom. In addition, the current situation in Luoyang is unclear, and my request to go north to attack the Xianbei Kingdom at this time is the best way to solve all problems, both for me and the court."

Li Wei heard the meaning of his words, and asked a little uneasy: "My lord wants to end everything in this world again?"

Li Hong looked at him, suddenly smiled and said, "Death is death, why do you say it sounds so nice?"

Li Wei opened his mouth to say something, but when he saw Li Hong's smiling face, he shook his head angrily and swallowed the words back.

"To die in battle, to be shrouded in horse leather, and to achieve eternal fame is a great blessing for the general." Li Wei said, "But now, my lord, it seems that I don't have the qualifications."

Li Hong smiled and waved at him, signaling him to continue talking.

"The Great Han Kingdom is crumbling, and the building is about to collapse. Your lord should contribute, right? The northern border is plagued by refugees, and farming has not been completed. Your lord should reach out, right?" Li Wei glanced at him, and said cautiously, "My lord promised Mrs. Xiaoyu. , Are you ready? Your lord's wish to find your parents and relatives, have you fulfilled it?"

Li Hong smiled and said: "We don't care about personal matters for the time being. I don't have any ability to save the Han Dynasty. Let's talk about the northern border now."

Li Hong's smile gradually faded, and he said slowly: "The farming of Bingzhou has just started, and it will take three years if it is completed in five years, and it will take eight years if it is successful in ten years. But how can I ensure that I have been in northern Xinjiang for the past eight years? How can I ensure that I can be in charge of military power in northern Xinjiang for the past eight years? If the country is stable and there is no war, let me ask, is it possible for me? Will you continue to be in charge of the military affairs in northern Xinjiang? I'm afraid it won't work?"

Li Hong shook his head helplessly, and sighed: "I have thought a lot these days. I went to Bingzhou to appease the Yellow Turban Army, and I seemed to have made a mistake in resettling the refugees. In fact, I did not solve the problem of the Yellow Turban Army and the refugees. On the contrary, I I planted a bigger hidden danger for the Great Han Kingdom. I did something wrong, as you said at the beginning, I was indeed a little overwhelmed, so that now the northern border is full of dangers, hidden worries, and the situation is precarious."

Li Wei nodded, and said with a heavy heart: "Now that the emperor has passed away and the emperor has changed hands, this world is no longer what it used to be, everything has changed."

"It was right in the past, but it is wrong now." Li Hong smiled bitterly, "Maybe this is God's will? I don't want to end the war in northern Xinjiang so soon, but the war in northern Xinjiang is over in a blink of an eye. Once the war in Northern Xinjiang is over, Northern Xinjiang will become the focus of the Great Han Kingdom, and I will become the biggest scourge of the Great Han Kingdom. Therefore, I can only continue to attack the Xianbei Kingdom in the north. This is my only choice at present, and it is also what the court most wants to see the result of."

"Can you let go of everything in this world?" Li Wei looked down at his hands and asked disheartenedly.

"I can't let go." Li Hong said painfully, "So I want to go north, and I want to give myself a reason, a reason to go south."

Li Wei was startled, looked at him in surprise and said, "Have you figured it out?"

Li Hong nodded.

"How do you figure it out?"

"The last emperor's edict."

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In June, go to Bei led [-] cavalry to Daqingyuan.

The next day, Li Hong commanded the army to attack the Hu allied forces.This morning, Xukui's army on the left wing of the Hu coalition army surrendered to the Han army. The left wing of the Hu coalition army was immediately exposed to the attack of the Han army, and the Hu coalition army was defeated.

Tuobawei was killed by Black Panther Yicong during the breakout process, Baima Tong was killed by Jiang Wu in the melee, and about [-] Hun rebels and thousands of Xianbei were captured by the Han army.

From the encirclement of the Hu allied forces to the complete annihilation of the Hu allied forces, the Han army lost another [-] soldiers.

Three days later, the Xiongnu rebels guarding Que surrendered. At this point, the two-month Northern Xinjiang War ended, and the four counties of Shuofang, Wuyuan, Yunzhong, and Dingxiang in the north of Bingzhou were all recovered, and 12 captives were rescued. .

In the Northern Xinjiang War, the Han army sent 18 people out of the fortress, killed nearly 8 Hu allied forces, captured 7 people, captured 13 Hu tribes, millions of cattle and sheep, and self-injured [-] soldiers. , the record shines through.

On the same day, General Zheng Beida reported victory to the Son of Heaven with a fast ride of [-] miles.

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Li Hong ordered the army to station in Wuyuan City for a temporary rest.

Soon, Li Hong summoned Yu Fuluo, the great chan of the Xiongnu, Liu Bao, the virtuous king of the left, and Qubei, the virtuous king of the right, to discuss matters with a group of Shan Yuting nobles.

Li Hong ordered Zuo Xianwang Liu Bao to lead his troops to appease the captured Xiongnu rebels, Xiongnu You tribe, Tu various tribes and hundreds of tribes, large and small.Li Hong said to him, these troops, these Xiongnu tribes are all yours, and you took them to choose a place to live in the south of Yinshan Mountain.

The Great Shan Yu Fuluo and all the noble ministers of Shan Yuting were very unhappy.After more than a year of fighting, Liu Bao took all the benefits alone. Who wouldn't be angry?

Li Hong said, whoever of you is willing to move the tribe to the south of Yinshan Mountain, you will have a share of the spoils, otherwise you will not.Only then did the Huns understand what Li Hong meant. It turned out that he wanted to move all the Huns to the north of the Yellow River.It seems that this rebellion of the Huns has seriously hurt the Han people, and they are no longer willing to allocate the land of Henan with lush water and grass to the Huns to live in.

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(End of this chapter)