Straight man of steel

Chapter 213 The Xiongnu retreats
Under the suicidal attack of the Han soldiers, although the number of the Xiongnu cavalry far exceeded the Han army, the losses they suffered all at once were immeasurable.

The Xiongnu Da Shanyu said that the time limit was one hour, and it has just passed half an hour, but there are very few existences who can maintain a standing posture on the battlefield.

Shortly after Wang Hui committed suicide, his lieutenant was also killed by several Huns cavalry.

Yu Dan and his men were still reaping the lives of the Han soldiers, and in a short while there were no more standing Han soldiers on the kung fu field.

The military officials saw that all the soldiers of the Han army were slaughtered, and most of the resentment caused by being ambushed by the Han army because of the trick earlier dissipated.

"Clean the battlefield and take away all the weapons of the Han people."

The Han army's habit of harvesting heads in exchange for military exploits was inherited from the Qin people, who in turn learned from the Huns.

So when the Huns cleaned the battlefield, they also harvested the heads of these Han soldiers.

Except for the Hun cavalry who died in battle, the rest of the corpses were all headless.

The military minister held a ring-headed sword used by Han soldiers in his hand, and slashed hard at the bronze scimitar in his other hand.

The two weapons collided, and the bronze scimitar was cut off by the ring head knife.

Seeing that the weapons of the Han army have reached such a level, the military officials have already made up their minds to launch a new round of plundering war against the big Han.

The Huns did not know how to smelt or cast iron, so they had to rely on plunder to update their equipment.

"Father, the battlefield has been cleaned up.

Where do you see us going next? "

"Go to Dragon City and send envoys to inform the Xiongnu tribes and ask them to take their people to Dragon City.

I want to summon all the Xiongnu army to launch a retaliatory war against Han. "

The military official said it easily, but a raging fire ignited in Yu Dan's heart.

This time was a great opportunity for him to become famous among all the Xiongnu tribes.

"Father, it will take at least four months for all the tribes to arrive in Dragon City. It will not be easy to launch a war against Han after the summer."

The military minister smiled, as if he already had a plan in his heart.

"It doesn't matter, even if the war starts next year, it's okay. What I need is not the Huns, but the troops of those tribes."

There were 16 Huns cavalry when they came, but after returning, there were only less than [-] Huns left.

The loss this time has never happened to the Huns in the past hundred years.

The Xiongnu had no inheritance, and the cultural history can only be passed down to four generations at most, and all the above are myths and legends.

The military officials only know what happened within a hundred years. Such a big loss happened when he was in power. If he can't take revenge on the big man, he may die with peace.

The mighty Hun cavalry turned around and headed towards Dragon City in the northeast, but they left a sumptuous meal for the night predators in the wilderness.

The strong smell of blood attracted countless beasts and birds.

As the sky gradually brightened, when Han Anguo, Li Xi, and Gongsun He led the army to arrive here, they could only see vultures pecking at these miserable bodies.

"We're late."

Li Xi said with a pale face.

"We came too late."

Gongsun He also said the same.

Han Anguo gave orders to the soldiers on one side.

"Go and see if there is any trace of General Wang Hui."

"Here."

Thousands of soldiers broke away from the army and searched for traces of Wang Hui among the dead.

About a quarter of an hour later, a group of soldiers walked up to Han Anguo carrying a headless corpse.

"General, this corpse is wearing the general's armor. We found General Jiangtun's tiger talisman and mark inside his robe."

After speaking, the chief of the team handed the bloody tiger charm and the general's seal to Han Anguo.

Seeing Wang Hui's death, Han Anguo felt happy for some reason, but his face was full of sadness.

"Find someone to use good wood, carve a human head and put it on the corpse, and then use a good coffin to pack it back to Chang'an for good luck."

"Here."

Han Anguo didn't want to clean up the corpses in this place, so he wanted to go back to Mayi City and summarize the results of this battle.

"Two generals, it is useless to be sad now that things have come to this. We should return to Mayi City early and think about how to explain to His Majesty."

Han Anguo already had the heart to retreat, and Li Xi and Gongsun He didn't want to stay here for long. The longer they stayed, the more guilt they felt.

"What General Huguo said is that even if we win this battle, it will be a miserable victory. Let's go back and think about the next thing."

More than 20 troops came in mighty force, but finally returned without success.

When the sun was about to set, the Han army rushed back to Mayi County.

At this time, Li Guang and Gongsun Ao had already been waiting for news in Mayi City.

Seeing the three arriving outside the city, the two quickly went up to meet them.

"Three generals, why didn't you see General Jiangtun coming back with you?"

Li Guang asked first.

Han Anguo and the others looked at each other, but did not speak, but stepped aside to reveal a coffin behind them.

"Is this General Jiangtun?"

Li Guang asked with a trembling voice.

Gongsun He sighed, then nodded.

"It's only because we didn't block the Huns' army in the valley that General Jiangtun died.

Go back to the city first and summarize the battle damage, and then write a letter to His Majesty together. "

Gongsun Ao didn't speak but kept looking around, and finally found that no one mentioned Qimen Army, so he still couldn't hold back his mouth to ask.

"Generals, do you know the whereabouts of the Qimen army?"

Han Anguo snorted coldly.

"Hmph, this general saw that Wei Qing was afraid that he would not be able to complete what the military order said, so he fled with the army.

Lu Zhan has never seen Wei Qing and Zhang Yuan in one day. I will definitely request them to be killed in front of His Majesty. "

Gongsun He touched his nose and did not argue with Han Anguo, but the remaining 500 men of the Qimen Army had indeed disappeared, but in comparison, the annihilation of the [-] army led by Wang Hui was more important.

Gongsun Ao was also stunned by Han Anguo's words. He has the lowest official rank here, and he really has no part to speak.

However, Han Anguo suddenly realized one thing, a perfect opportunity to shift the focus.

"We'll talk about Wei Qing later, let's go into the city."

After saying that, a few people left more than [-] troops outside the city, and filed into Mayi County with their own soldiers.

Nie Yi and Mayicheng county magistrate had already arranged a banquet and were waiting for Han Anguo and others to enter the city.

But when Nie Yi saw that the faces of the people were not very good-looking, he immediately ordered people to remove all the food and wine.

(End of this chapter)