Chapter 221 The Xiongnu will not be returned until it is broken
"Chang Gong, you didn't... break into the Xiongnu Palace once and bring a woman out!" After successfully running away from the Xiongnu Palace for several miles, Xia Houyuan and others' eyes widened when they noticed Cai Yan behind Gao Shun.
It's like a copper bell.
Although Cai Yan had suffered many years in the Xiongnu and her appearance looked much more haggard than when she was a girl, she was still a beauty after all. How could such a beauty not surprise everyone when she suddenly appeared on Gao Shun's horse?
Faced with this situation, everyone took it for granted that Gao Shun had "taken some time out of his busy schedule" to kidnap this woman from a certain tent in the royal court of the Huns.
Gao Shun didn't know how to explain to them. Could he tell them that this woman suddenly jumped on the horse when I was about to start running? Although this is true, it is too unconvincing, and who will believe it?
What? Forget it, they have all been brought out anyway, so they won’t have to rush back again. They can think whatever they want.
The assault went smoothly. Of our 3,000 cavalry, only over 200 were killed, and only over 100 were seriously injured and could no longer fight. In other words, the number of losses caused by this surprise attack on the Hun royal court
It has not yet reached 10% of the entire army.
According to preliminary estimates, this attack killed at least 4,000 Huns and seriously injured hundreds more.
Although the loss of more than 4,000 people was only a drop in the bucket compared to the 100,000 Huns in the royal court, the deterrent effect it played was self-evident. Three thousand Han cavalry suddenly broke in
The massive killings at the Xiongnu royal court were enough to make these Huns fearful for a long time in the future.
The fact that the Huns did not pursue them is the best proof. If they had not been frightened by this, they would have sent out a large number of troops to pursue them.
In fact, both the Xiongnu Chanyu Huchuquan and Zuoxian King Liu Bao advocated sending troops to pursue them, but the Xiongnu generals and soldiers had not yet completely calmed down. Although the generals followed the orders of the two adults to assemble their troops,
The preparations were made, but unfortunately the speed of the soldiers gathering was too slow. After a long time, the formation of the pursuing troops had not yet been formed, and these generals also turned a blind eye to this and did not urge them.
After a long time, Huchuquan estimated that the opponent had already fled far away, and there was no need to pursue him. He had no choice but to cancel the order to send troops.
In fact, Cao's cavalry did not run too far, but stopped and set up camp ten miles outside the royal court.
Three hundred casualties were exchanged for the loss of more than 4,000 people. The results seemed very brilliant, but neither Xia Houyuan, Gao Shun, Guan Yu and others were far from satisfied.
Although this attack was enough to scare the Huns for a while, Xia Houyuan wanted to leave an indelible mark on the hearts of all the Huns in the royal court.
What is served during the day are just appetizers, and the main meal will not be served until night.
In Cao's camp, Cai Yan also revealed his identity to Cao's generals.
After everyone heard this, they all showed dumbfounded expressions.
Everyone here has also heard about the fact that Cai Yong's daughter, Cai Yan and Cai Zhaoji, a generation of talented women, were kidnapped by the Huns, but they did not dare to guess that the woman in front of them was the talented woman who was famous in the imperial capital of Luoyang in the past.
But no one doubted Cai Yan's identity, because after Cai Yan escaped from the Huns, he couldn't help himself and sang "Eighteen Beats of Hujia" in front of everyone.
"Because God has eyes, why doesn't he see me drifting alone? Because God has spirit, why should I be in the north of the world? If I don't live up to the sky, how can the sky be worthy of me? If I don't live up to the gods, why should the gods kill me across the deserted state?
I composed this eight beats to relieve my worries, but I didn't know when the song was completed that my heart turned to worry."
The melody is sad and the tone is sad, which makes everyone who hears it feel sad and sad.
If this person is not Cai Yan, who can compose such lyrics and music?
Gao Shun was also stunned. He never thought that he would rescue the ever-talented Cai Wenji in the court of the Huns.
In the original history, when Wen Ji returned to the Han Dynasty, she had already given birth to children for Liu Bao. After returning to the Han Dynasty, out of motherly love, Cai Yan still cared about her children. But now because of Gao Shun's
Due to the butterfly effect, Cai Yan escaped from the Huns several years earlier and did not bear any children for Liu Bao. Therefore, she now only has hatred for the Huns and does not have the slightest concern for them.
However, now that the war is about to begin, the "Eighteen Beats of Hujia" played by Cai Yan is extremely sad and graceful, and when he played it, in addition to generals such as Xia Houyuan, many soldiers heard it. After listening to such sad lyrics and music,
, can easily have a negative impact on military morale.
"Chang Gong, your literary talents are known all over the world, why don't you write a poem to boost the morale of our army!" When morale dropped, it was natural to encourage him, so Xia Houyuan turned to Gao Shun.
Damn, you want me to write a poem even at this time. And not only do you want me to write a poem, but you also want me to write a poem that can boost morale? This is such a high request... Gao Shun cursed secretly in his heart.
Sure enough, once plagiarism starts, it is difficult to stop it. This can only be said to be Gao Shun's own fault.
After thinking for a while, a poem suddenly flashed into Gao Shun's mind. Reading it out might have some effect on stimulating military morale. So, Gao Shun was heard chanting:
"Qinghai has long clouds and dark snow-capped mountains, and the lonely city overlooks Yanmen Pass in the distance. The yellow sand wears golden armor in a hundred battles, and the Huns will never return them if they are not defeated!"
Gao Shun has been traveling for a long time, and some words in the poem cannot be remembered clearly. For example, the original sentence should be "The lonely city looks at Yumen Pass in the distance", but he said it was Yanmen Pass; the original sentence should be "Unless Loulan is broken, it will never be returned."
, but he called Loulan the Huns.
However, these changes are insignificant, and Xia Houyuan and his party also went out of Yanmen Pass to conquer the Huns, so his changes are more in line with the current situation.
"Okay! Good! What a yellow sand man who wears golden armor in a hundred battles. If he doesn't defeat the Huns, he will never return them!" Although Xia Houyuan can't write poems and doesn't know much about poetry appreciation, Gao Shun's poems, although short, can really make people laugh.
He felt a burning sensation.
Cai Yan on the side couldn't help but reveal a strange look in his eyes when he heard the poem written by Gao Shun. He didn't expect that this brave general who fought bravely had such outstanding literary talent.