Chapter 26 The Helplessness of the Huns
There were more than 3,200 Han slaves who were rescued. According to Gao Shun's intention, they were to return their personal property to them, and then give them some food and money to get wherever they came from.
But these people were afraid of being beaten by the Huns, and they were worried that the Huns would not know when they would go south, so they refused to leave. The strong men even hoped to join this army, and it wouldn't matter if they were not the army of the Han Dynasty.
When the family is destroyed, where is the great man?
Everyone has a thumbs up in their hearts and knows who they should choose at this time.
Anyway, he had to transport the spoils back, so Gao Shun simply acted as a good man and took them back. As for whether to accept them, it was up to Liu Ming to decide.
At the same time, on the grasslands in the north.
The ten thousand men fled in a panic, and came to his senses and only more than 700 cavalry were following him. The rest were either separated or they did not intend to continue to follow the ten thousand men.
The strong people on the grassland are respected, and anyone can see that the tribe where the ten thousand men are located will soon be annexed by others.
"Damn Han people..." Captain Wan also knew his fate, so he made a decision.
"My sons, go with me to join King Guli!" Captain Wan refused to go back and defected directly.
Go back directly, get nothing and lose more than 4,000 soldiers. In this case, no matter how good the excuse is, the ten thousand men will definitely be destroyed by the leader of their tribe.
But at this moment he also knew that their tribe had only more than 3,000 troops left. Unless the leader could gain a lot, he could not escape the annexation of other tribes. Instead of being forced to surrender or be killed at that time, it would be better to join King Guli now, and at least be able to become a centurion.
The cavalry almost had this idea. They felt that as long as they defect to King Guli, they could still bring their families with them with King Guli's appeal.
So they quickly marched towards the place of the big tent, hoping that the war horse under their crotch would grow six legs.
In the distance, a force was approaching quickly.
Under the yellow sand all over the sky, the commander of the ten thousand men only knew that there were troops approaching, but they didn’t know where it was. Then he thought, what other troops could there be on this grassland besides the Xiongnu troops?
Since it was a friendly army, it was nothing to say hello to the past, so he signaled to slow down.
When the speed decreased and was infinitely close to walking, the captain saw the other person through the sand and dust. All of them were dressed in Han people, and the rifle made of iron shone brightly under the reflection of the sun.
He is a Han! Only Han people dress up in this way and use a rifle instead of a sabre!
Damn it, why do you see the Han army on the grassland?!
It has been many years, maybe several years, or more than ten years. Anyway, they have not seen the Han army on the grasslands in Youzhou for a long time.
At this time, the other party began to speed up, and the Huns already knew that the other party was going to attack him!
"Quickly open the distance and prepare for the battle!" The head of the Wanfu pulled the reins and began to turn the horse's head.
The Hun cavalry also turned their horses one after another, preparing to run and accumulate speed.
"Put the gun!" The leader of the cavalry opposite suddenly screamed.
The Han cavalry took the order and threw the cavalry out as a spear. Even if there were no stirrups or one-handed spears, these mature cavalry could still do it.
More than 500 cavalry rifles quickly turned into a rain of guns, falling directly into the area where the Huns were located. For the Huns who were only wearing leather armor, these guns were definitely fatal.
But in a moment, more than 400 Huns were killed by gunfire, and the rest were basically injured.
"Get out your saber and kill the enemy!" The cavalry captain shouted here.
The Han cavalry quickly pulled out the sabers from their waists and began to kill the Huns.
With one round of chopping, the remaining three hundred cavalry also turned into unjust souls under the sword.
As for the ten thousand men, he was stabbed to death by the strange spear of the cavalry leader. Yes, it was a spear with a serpent pointed to the spear, called the "Zhangba Snake Spear". The user was naturally Zhang Fei Hou!
"Military Hou, this group of Huns did not bring any spoils, and it seemed that they were defeated." The soldiers who checked the spoils reported.
"Do you know who you are fighting with?" Zhang Fei asked unhappily.
"In this area, the ones who can make them escape in such a panic are either Gongsun Zan or the captain of the university." The soldiers answered directly without thinking.
"It should be Gao Shun and the others. I heard that Gongsun Zan is good at using cavalry. If it were him, there would be no reason not to catch up and kill all the remaining soldiers... I was just a little unhappy. We wandered here for so long, and in the end we picked up the leftovers of Gao Shun and the others!" Zhang Fei said unwillingly.
"The Huns have been looting the Han Dynasty these days, and the real large troops will not come back at least tomorrow. It is not certain that if they plan to continue looting, there may be a small group of Huns who will come back with spoils. Therefore, it can be said that our real battle should only start tomorrow." A subordinate of his troops reported.
"Forget it, let Gao Shun show off his power for a day!" Zhang Fei naturally knew this. He was a little unsatisfied before, so he complained a little.
More than 700 people were killed in one round, which was naturally the most unsatisfactory thing for the generals.
The next day, as the head of the Tun said, many small groups of Hun troops carrying slaves and jewelry began to return to the north. Under such circumstances, Zhang Fei fought eight times, almost all of which wiped out the opponent within three rounds, and then liberated the slaves.
He divided 100 soldiers and placed the spoils and slaves in the same area. At the same time, he temporarily recruited more than 30 civil servants to help guard the property. After repeated attacks, these things became more and more, and they all piled up like a hill.
"It's almost done, go back!" Zhang Fei calculated the day and signaled to withdraw his troops.
"General, the large army has not come back yet..." The general stepped forward.
"We are not regular soldiers, and with our 500 people, are you planning to fight tens of thousands of Huns?" Zhang Fei shook his head. He couldn't help at this point.
He had realized that the Huns would quickly gather in the past or two days, and then return to the gathering place with the second batch of spoils and slaves. And even their cavalry, even the most qualified and even the most elite cavalry, could not directly fight against the 30,000 to 40,000 Huns.
From the very beginning, their mission was to harass the Huns here, attack and kill the young sister-in-law of the North Return to the West to the greatest extent, and minimize the harvest of the Huns.
They fought for more than a day, and it was already the limit.
"Let's record today's account first, and I'll ask you to calculate the interest next time!" Zhang Fei and his men began to return south, turning back from time to time, complaining in the direction of the gathering place.
Sure enough, the next day, a large army returned to the gathering place with combat power. The place where there were only 5,000 people in its own troops soon had more than 40,000 people.
"Damn it, what about the spoils I brought back earlier?" Many people were complaining, many were angry.
They found that the spoils they had brought back from their subordinates were gone.
Two of the tribes were even more depressed. None of the thousands of warriors they sent out to loot came back.
"Send someone to investigate immediately and see what happened!" King Gu Li knew that the situation was wrong and immediately issued an order to investigate.
It was not until the fourth day that the defeated soldiers provided news: a Han group was fighting against them.
"Damn Han people! I'm so embarrassed to say that we won for nothing, but in the end they took the big head away!" King Gu Li slapped the female slave beside him and directly took a mark on her white skin.
"King, let's continue to go south and then snatch all the lost things from the Han people!" The leader of the tribe immediately came forward to propose.
"Don't expect it. If you don't go back, I'm afraid that your tribe will be annexed by the Right King. They are not good people. We can go south safely this time, which is also a blessing for them to be still recovering from their injuries.
Besides, the weather has been colder every day, and the surrounding villages and towns have been captured by us, and there is no more oil and water. In this case, it is not good to continue moving south, so it is better to go back!" King Guli also wanted to go south, but he felt helpless at this moment.
"It's a pity... it's hard to swallow this tone!" said the tribe leader with a depressed expression.
"If you can't swallow it, you have to swallow it! Remember this account first, let's come to them to have fun tomorrow in spring!" King Gu Li shook his head and said with great certainty.
As you already know, there is really no chance to go south this time.
Chapter completed!