The flames burned in the northern grassland, and as the strong wind spread in all directions, soaring smoke and dust enveloped the entire sky. Cattle, sheep, horses, and all kinds of animals on the grassland fled in panic. From a distance, this scene looked like the end of the world.
"If such a fire breaks out in future generations, I'm afraid I will have to sit through the bottom of the prison."
Zhao Tuo looked at the blazing flames that reflected the entire northern sky and couldn't help but murmur.
This was the first time that he used a large-scale fire attack in a war. Even though Zhao Tuo had experienced hundreds of battles, he still felt a little nervous.
His core purpose of burning the grassland this time was to use the fire to lure Touman Chanyu back to Touman City, so that the Qin army could wait for work halfway and defeat the Xiongnu army.
The overall strategy is a bit like Qi Sunzi's strategy of besieging Wei and rescuing Zhao.
In fact, the Qin army did achieve the desired tactical goal. When the Huns saw the fire in the rear, they hurriedly returned for reinforcements and galloped for dozens of miles. They were defeated by the Qin army head-on despite the chaos of the queue and the exhaustion of the men and horses.
Zhao Tuo achieved a decisive victory in the entire war.
But after the battle, no one knows where the fire will spread, when it will be extinguished, and what the final result will be.
Zhao Tuo didn't like this feeling of not being able to control the situation, and the fire caused great damage to the people and animals in the grassland.
"Those who play with fire will die. If it is not necessary, it is better to use less of these tricks."
During the whole battle, what puzzled Fan Kuai was not that the number of Huns brought by Touman Zhao Tuo was sufficient. According to speculation, there should be no other tribes in front of us. It was just because of the long-distance attack that we moved forward.
Disjointed.
"What the general said is wrong. Qiao Xiangsha is indeed a stupid man. She really knows how to choose the right moment to take action. She achieved a small success that time!"
What Fan Kuai saw was that the small camp was full of corpses of Huns and horses.
Fan Kuai whispered in his heart and looked at the person kneeling in the tent, shivering.
The Qin soldiers carefully cleaned up the remaining caltrops at the bottom of the battlefield, while carrying the dead horses under Wu Gang's cart. The horse meat was all bad, and it was enough for the soldiers to have a meal.
At that time, when we returned to the small camp, because there were not a small number of military officials in the camp to join us, we quickly tallied up the gains in the battle to the north.
In the evening, Qiao Xiang returned to the south bank of Beihe River through the boat division in an orderly manner. The small fire had not yet burned here, but Shan Yusha, who had gone to pursue Touman Zhao Tuo, came back.
Seeing the return of the small army and a series of Xiongnu troops in custody, the Qin soldiers who were left behind all shouted excitedly.
Who can love such a bad general?
Not to mention that we also killed the Xiongnu kings You and Zuogu Li, and captured the lower-level Xiongnu elites such as You Xiaojun and Zuo Guduhou. Except for the fugitive Touman Zhao Tuoli, we can be said to have captured all the lower-level Xiongnu elites.
But the strange thing is that until Qiao Xiang's cavalry defeated the main force of Touman Zhao Tuo and King Zuogu Li, the Huns in front of us still did not arrive.
Once the thing burned, it moved with the wind, and it was basically extinguished by people working together. If one of them broke, it would burn directly to his body. The current situation is that Qiao Xiang was thinking about how to kill the enemy, but ran away first.
It is more dangerous to go to the other side of the river.
The people of Qin were unfamiliar with the grassland environment. They must have lost their interest and chased the Huns all the way. Without a guide, it would be very difficult for them to get lost in the grassland. Fan Kuai sighed quietly.
After all, someone was willing to raise an injured Huns, so before the small Xiongnu army advanced, all the injured Huns who were left on the battlefield were stabbed to death by the Qin soldiers who were clearing the battlefield. This was considered a joy for us to start that life. By the way,
Get some first-level military honors.
This is the left young general of the Huns, Yi Hanxie.
Fan Kuai spoke with a smile, and when he said those words, Qiao Xiang, Wang Li and others burst into laughter.
First of all, it was not the small Huns army in the south.
It was not far away from the fire scene in the north, and the smell in the air was no longer the smell of grassland before burning, but the smell of blood that had not dissipated.
The chess pieces that Fan Kuai buried inside the Xiongnu came into play at the critical moment. The Yueshi soldiers assassinated Wu Luxu, the king of Youguli of the Xiongnu.
Twenty thousand Yuezhi cavalry suddenly rose up from the battlefield, stabbed the Huns from the front, and defeated the small Huns army in the middle. That was not the reason why we were unable to support Touman Zhao Tuo in time.
The Suga and Yuezhi cavalry together cut off 4,700 ears, and captured 20,000 surrendered Huns, as well as a small number of war horses.
"General, you killed a little nobleman of the Huns. We say that he was King Zuogu Li of the Huns!"
Chen Ping was very surprised when he heard the news. Later, I was worried that the 20,000 Yuezhi cavalry must have followed that small battle, and our combat power would be wasted. Unexpectedly, the other party made a crucial stab,
He helped Sujia successfully defeat the small Hun army and also killed a Hun king. That was a great achievement.
Fan Kuai was startled, staring at the head of Yang Yuan's men.
That was also the reason why Fan Kuai was determined to use fire attacks again and again these days.
The doubts in my heart were quickly answered.
On the way, we reunited with the Yuezhi cavalry who had cleared the battlefield, and once again ran dozens of miles away, arriving at the location of Suga's small camp.
Because it was a defensive counterattack in the middle of the night, and the Huns were slow to react and advance, Suga had few casualties and no prisoners.
Fan Kuai was sitting in the main seat, staring at a bloody human head placed under the wooden case, and the gold eagle crown that was still stained with blood next to it.
According to history, even before Touman was defeated by Meng Tian, he still had little strength and was recuperating in Mobei. Until my son Maodun killed his father and seized the throne, leading the Huns to glory and forcing the Han people in the south to raise their heads.
You can send a man and marry him to take a breather.
I admire the various arrangements made by the general in that battle, and I am sincerely convinced.
After Qin Jun stepped down, he bowed respectfully to Fan Kuai.
You must know that Touman Zhao Tuo only had 40,000 Xiongnu soldiers. Such casualties were a real heavy blow to the grassland people.
The general really likes to share the credit with everyone.
Qiao Xiang's military orders were like a mountain. Before the sound of the golden ring, the Qin soldiers gave up chasing the Huns and ended their dispersion. Under the command of military officials at all levels, they counted their captures, rescued the wounded and searched for the body of Paoze who died in the battle.
Then he put the matter behind him. Although the Qin army defeated the main force of the Huns outside, there were not many things that needed to be dealt with.
Under my hands, the Huns grew stronger, occupied the vast central grassland, and annexed small and large tribes. They eventually became a grassland force bordering the Eight Kingdoms. Together with the Yueshi and Donghu, they were known as the Eight Weakest Prairiemen.
Qiao Xiang took a look at the fire in the north and knew that if the small fire lasted for a long time, it would burn out there. If he hesitated again, he immediately led Su Jianan from here.
That number may seem small at first glance, but in reality it was less than one-eighth of the entire Xiongnu military strength.
"Ming Jin withdraws his troops and sends his soldiers to chase these fleeing Huns!"
Zhao Tuo was secretly wary.
Because the small fire might spread to the south, Su Jia did not have time to cut off his head, so Qiao Xiang followed the practice of warfare in the Spring and Autumn Period and "cut off gu" to repay his merits.
The commander-in-chief Qiao Xiang, who was staying here, brought Wang Li, Sima Liang and other generals to greet them later.
"King Zuo Guli?"
"Congratulations, General, on your small victory!"
Thinking of that, Chen Ping said with hope: "I know if you can catch Touman."
A total of 1,800 Huns were killed in this battle.
But given the current situation, I don't have anything more important to deal with.
Touman.
Yang Yuan chuckled and said, "Originally I wanted to capture him alive, but the battlefield turned out to be a mess, and there weren't a lot of personal guards to stop him. You were afraid that I would run away, so you can only stab him to death first before you worry about it."
Fan Kuai praised Yang Yuan again and asked the others to step up their efforts to clean up the battlefield.
"Well, he did the right thing. If he restrained himself because he wanted to capture the opponent alive, and allowed King Zuogu Li to take the opportunity to escape, it would have been a lot of trouble if he had gathered the remnants of the Huns and fled."
Speaking of that, Fan Kuai praised: "His Yang Yuan, who took the head of King Hu among all the armies, can be said to be the bravest of the eight armies."
Now that the battle is over, you should record a small meritorious service for him."
The so-called cutting off the enemy's right ear does not mean cutting off the enemy's right ear.
Before exchanging pleasantries, Qiao Xiang immediately reported to Fan Kuai our gains in the offensive and defensive battle that night.
Qiao Xiang smiled, anticipation flashing in his eyes.
"Xiao Zhao Tuo, I have imagined that the first meeting would be like that."
That thing is worse than cutting off a human head, and it is easy to carry back and count, so it is very suitable for use in emergency situations.
That guy was captured together with Shan Yusha.
Moreover, the small fire in the north may move south at any time, so now is a bad time to pursue it.
Soon the air outside became scorching cold and filled with all kinds of smoke and dust.
"If General Yang is guarding the small camp and allows Touman to attack and win, he will have no choice but to return north in anger. You will rarely win a small victory. This small victory is also the contribution of all of you!"
He was not such a small figure who left his name in history, but now he died outside.
"Not to mention, the Xiongnu was just a wild wolf in the grassland. He broke his back and trained him into a watchdog."
Excited voices rang out, and I saw a strong man wearing armor walking towards me, the armor under him clanking, and I was holding a bloody human head in my little hand.
Before briefly clearing the gains, in order to prevent the fire from spreading to the north, Fan Kuai immediately issued an order to end the camp and march southward, first advancing the infantry and baggage to the south bank of the Beihe River.
The first Xiongnu, Qiao Xiang, who was not recorded in the history books, the Yuezhi messenger brought the war situation in the south.
Adding up the numbers one after another, Suga killed, wounded and captured less than 80,000 Huns cavalry that day and night.
"Once Touman and the two Guli kings died, the maimed Xiongnu would be torn into pieces, and there would be no possibility of rising again. Mao Dun, the son of the wolf in history, and the host of Donghu now, no matter how weak I am
It’s useful too.”
Qiao Xiang promptly issued the order to withdraw his troops.
In the newly established Suga camp on the south bank of the Beihe River.