Straight man of steel

Chapter 406
"It's really alive!"

There are also many uncertainties in Zhang Yuan's words.

Being able to kill Yu Dan, Zhang Yuan felt that the possibility was extremely high, but now that he was captured alive, this was a really big surprise.

"Yes, he was captured alive, and the one surrounded here is Yu Dan, the prince of the Xiongnu.

The brothers let go of the shields, and they are all here, and even if he grows wings, he can't run away. "

After all, the group of soldiers who had been tugging on the steel cable let go of the steel cable with a bang, and the shields had no strength to support them and they all fell to the ground.

Yu Dan in the middle stared at everyone with a ferocious look.

"I advise you to send me back, otherwise my father-in-law will not let you go!"

Zhang Yuan smiled contemptuously.

"Ha ha!"

Zhang Yuan didn't know that there were so many people in the Huns, but Yu Dan's temper?Zhang Yuan understood clearly.

The official history records that he died within a few months after he surrendered to the big man, and it is said that he died of illness.

In fact, the energy and spirit were wiped out, and then the whole person became a walking dead.

At this point, he is still reluctant to commit suicide and chooses to live in humiliation until the last day. This person's character is far less ruthless than what everyone thinks now.

"Gongsun Ao, tie him up and treat him well."

"I will understand at the end."

"Send someone to find a head of a Hun who is more similar to him, and put it on my military flag."

"Here."

The soldiers below quickly found a head of a Hun with a hairstyle and hair color very similar to that of Yu Shan.

After Zhang Yuan had someone stick it on the military flag, he made people start shouting.

The content of the propaganda is that your Xiongnu Zuoxian King Yu Dan has been killed by the Han cavalry general, and if you don't retreat, the cavalry general will kill you all.

Over there, in the king's tent of the Xiongnu Da Shan Yu's military officials, everyone just learned about Yu Shan's arrest, and they were discussing how to rescue Yu Shan, but the news came that Yu Shan had been killed by Zhang Yuan.

The military minister's heart almost stopped beating, and this wave after wave was hard for anyone to accept.

"Tell me, what should we do now?"

"Da Chanyu, we should withdraw our troops now. The warriors of the Xiongnu have no intention of fighting because King Zuo Xian was arrested, and the Han army is at the top of the line. They are going up and down. Letting them stay on the battlefield may just kill them in vain. !"

The person who made this suggestion was Chu Da, who was in the Huns, and occasionally had to make a few correct suggestions, so as to gain the trust of the military officials of the Great Chanyu.

"Da Chanyu, what Chu Da said is right, King Zuoxian is dead and cannot be brought back to life, we should withdraw our troops first and discuss how to take revenge."

Yi Zhixie is also on Chu Da's side now, Yu Dan is dead, and these Hun troops will belong to him in the future, he doesn't want the Hun army to sacrifice in vain.

"Okay, then withdraw the troops."

After being hit like this, the military minister became even older.

The pain of losing a child in old age is really difficult to accept.

The call to withdraw troops sounded on the battlefield.

The Xiongnu cavalry began to retreat, but Zhang Yuan did not order to pursue them. Today, the Han army lost more than 2 people, and the Xiongnu cavalry also lost more than 2 people, but Yu Dan was captured.

So Gongsun Ao's luck is really good. If he wants to follow Wei Qing to attack the Aries King, the credit will definitely not belong to him.

Although Gongsun Ao can't monopolize the credit for catching Yu Shan alive now, it has already allowed him to achieve his goal of playing this trip.

By the way, he also looked at Zhang Yuan with softer eyes. If Zhang Yuan really didn't let him go, Yu Shan guessed it might be this fate in the end, and it had nothing to do with him at that time.

"Let people clean up the battlefield, especially the arrows of the three-bow bed crossbow must be collected!"

"Here."

Zhang Yuan and the others did not have supplies to supplement their defense here, and consumables such as arrows could not be used sparingly, as there was no way to suppress the pressure the Huns cavalry brought on the Han army.

After the war, it was very important for the Han army to gain the initiative to clean up the battlefield.

Everyone on the side of the Han army was very excited, wishing to end the war immediately and bring Yu Dan back to Chang'an City.

But even the smoke from cooking on the side of the Xiongnu seemed a bit sad and desolate.

Tonight is destined to be a sleepless night.

The Hun's head was still hanging on Zhang Yuan's military flag, but the blood had already been drained.

Even with the victory, the Han army still did not relax their vigilance at night.

Sure enough, the Huns sent people to grab the head, but they were discovered by the scouts of the Han army in advance.

None of the 1000 people who came to visit the camp went back.

The next day soon came, and the corpses of the Huns who attacked the Han army camp last night had not been cleaned up. As long as the wind blew across the valley, it was not the smell of grass, but a strong smell of blood.

The blood that flowed yesterday looked frozen this morning.

Places that have not been baptized by war are also covered with a layer of hoarfrost.

The fog on Yangshan Mountain drifts through the birch forest and the green pines can change the color of these trees.

Zhang Yuan really didn't want to wear cold and heavy armor in this ghostly prison weather.

However, he had no choice but to put on the armor obediently, but lit a brazier in the military tent to keep warm.

Gongsun He rushed over a long time ago, and the temperature suddenly dropped, and there was no movement from the Huns, and they probably didn't want to start a war in this weather.

This cold air obviously came from the north, separated by a mountain range, the army minister's side was more difficult than the south of Yin Mountain.

"The general can't fight in this kind of weather. I set up scouts in the north, always on guard against the Huns."

Zhang Yuan put his hands together and rubbed them together, then let out a big breath.

"Didn't you have the head of the king of Lou, hang it up too.

The Xiongnu wear thicker clothes than us, and the weather is not good for us. Tell them that King Loufan's tribe has been wiped out by us.

The King of Aries has also been lingering on the run, and the former general Wei Qing has been chasing them.

Li Guang is heading north with an army of tens of thousands, and will arrive at Gaoque soon. He asked the military officials if they plan to fight us here. If so, we can't fight in this weather, but I, Zhang Yuan, can stay here Build a fortress.

Just spend it here with his military ministers! "

"Are you trying to threaten the military minister to retreat? I guess the military minister will not retreat just like that, at least he will wait until the head of the Aries King appears before his eyes."

"If he doesn't retreat, he will really build a fortress.

In this kind of weather, just use yellow mud to make me a city wall, and it will be as hard as a stone when the wind blows.

Pass on my order and let the peasants start building a fortress in Gaoque.

Tomorrow I will see a two-meter-high city wall sealing Gao Que. "

"Here."

In the early days, the temperature was relatively suitable, and the city wall built with yellow mud mixed with straw would not be too strong in a short time, and it had to be burned with fire, and it had to be rebuilt if it cracked.

But now it is at least ten degrees below zero, and the yellow mud will harden immediately when it is pasted on it.

In one or two months, Zhang Yuan can build a stone city wall behind the loess city wall.

Moreover, building such a city wall now can also play a role in keeping warm.

Why not do something that kills two birds with one stone.

It may be hard for these peasants and slaves now, but after it is built, they will not be frozen to death at night.

Nearly 10 people built the city wall at a very fast speed. Many slave soldiers were craftsmen in the first place, and they were very handy in doing these jobs.

At a speed visible to the naked eye, a yellow mud city wall five miles long, two meters wide and two meters high rose up.

The military minister couldn't believe it after seeing it. Earlier he thought that the envoy sent by Zhang Yuan was here to threaten him, but Zhang Yuan really built such a city wall.

This city wall happened to give the military officials an opportunity to retreat, and Zhang Yuan did not expect that he had given the military officials a step forward.

Fortresses are a fortress for any cavalry to face.

When Zhang Yuan's men were still perfecting the city wall, the Huns' cavalry retreated just like that.

As for where they are going, it is not something Zhang Yuan needs to consider.

"General Ranger, the Huns have retreated, do we still need to build this city wall?"

"Xiu, to build a fortress, the walls must be one foot high.

From now on, we must send heavy troops to guard this place, so that Hetao and Henan will never be attacked by the Huns again. "

"Then shall we still head to Manchester City?"

"Wait for the return of the former general, and we will discuss again."

Gongsun He nodded, he was afraid that Zhang Yuan would insist on going north in this weather.

The supplies of King Lou Fan seized by Gongsun He and the prisoners have all been escorted back to Chang'an.

Now going north, the demand for animal fur will increase, and they don't have these things now, so it's better to wait for the weather to warm up before adjusting from other places.

Calculated according to the time, if Wei Qing met Li Guang, then Li Guang should have arrived at Gaoque long ago, but he has never seen the Han army coming from the south.

During this period of time, it was the same as when Wei Qing and Zhang Yuan first arrived in Gaoque. People from other races bumped into Gaoque like headless chickens every day.

Seeing that it was already late February, Zhang Yuan was impatient, so he sent someone to the south of Qiucha City.

Zhang Yuan needs to know something about Li Guang or Wei Qing.

It is really uncomfortable that the news of ancient wars is not smooth, but the results of the battle cannot be maximized without dividing troops.

Dilemma.

As a result, the people sent by Zhang Yuan hadn't left for a day when there was a roar from the south.

It's cavalry!
It was Wei Qing who came back.

Zhang Yuan has never looked forward to one thing so much.

Maybe what I hope deep down in my heart is that I hope that the war can end early.

Wei Qing led the cavalry back to Gaoque and was also stupid.

Only about ten days after leaving, a city wall suddenly appeared.

The weather in Yangshan has turned warm, so Wei Qing didn't know about the sudden drop in temperature a few days ago, and he didn't even know about the fact that the military officials of the Huns came and left.

The traces of the war have been kept out by this city wall.

"Congratulations to the former general on his return from victory!"

Zhang Yuan was sincerely happy for Wei Qing.

"Haha, that Aries King is too cunning, I played hide-and-seek with him in the desert, and finally forced him to the edge of a lake.

How are you doing here? "

"Shortly after you left, the Xiongnu Grand Chancellor Yudan came with 20 cavalry, and the next day they underestimated the enemy, and we captured the Xiongnu Prince Yudan alive.

Then God stood on our side, the weather quickly cooled down, and the war could not continue, so I asked the soldiers to build a fort here.

The military minister probably felt that the breakthrough was hopeless, so he left with the army. "

Wei Qing didn't expect Gao Que's victory here to be so impressive.

I was a little surprised at first and then there was a smile on my face.

"Okay, I really didn't expect to have such an unexpected harvest."

"By the way, as for Li Guang and the others, the battle is almost over, and I haven't seen those generals yet."

Zhang Yuan was really curious about what happened so that Li Guang and the others were never seen along the way.

"General Li Guang and the others lost supplies, food and grass in the desert, so they retreated to Kucha City for supplies, and they should be able to arrive here tomorrow."

Zhang Yuan was really speechless, this time he gained so much, but it is absolutely impossible for Li Guang and his names to be included in the military merit list.

From the beginning to the end of the game, you didn't make any achievements, and you brought more than [-] people to play Desert Adventures?
"Okay, when General Li Guang and the others arrive, let's discuss about marching into Manchester City."

"Well, yes. Just do as you say."

The tents of Wei Qing and the others had been damaged before, so now there is a shortage of tents, so everyone can only squeeze together.

But fortunately, the joy of victory dilutes everything.

Zhang Yuan discussed with Wei Qing overnight to build a city north of Touman City.

The reason was naturally to move the front line to the south. Zhang Yuan couldn't find a reason before, so Wei Qing didn't agree.

Now that there was such a legitimate reason, Wei Qing also felt that the war should not be allowed to take place in the territory of the Han Dynasty, so he agreed with this opinion.

The two of them wrote a document overnight to apply for building a city north of Yinshan Mountain and had them sent back to Chang'an City.

At this time, in Li Guang's department stationed fifty miles south of Gaoque, some people also had ideas similar to Zhang Yuan's.

This person is the master father Yan.

However, although the content of his idea is similar to Zhang Yuan's, the intention is different.

The master father Yan already knew that the battle was over, but because he followed Li Guang, he didn't gain any military merits. If he went back to Chang'an City like this, he might be punished.

So Zhu Fuyan thought of an idea to turn the tide.

It is recommended that Liu Che set up Shuofang County in the Hetao area, and restore Jiuyuan County, Yunzhong County and other counties in Qin Dynasty.

If this suggestion is adopted, at least Zhu Fuyan has another suggestion.

It has to be said that Zhu Fuyan still has some political sensitivity.

His suggestion did not have the help of others, and he came up with it one step ahead of others.

Of course, if Zhu Fuyan didn't suggest it, someone would mention it when the results of the battle reached Chang'an.

The generals don't care about these, so the father Yan can make a time difference.

This gap can provide an opportunity.

In almost no time, a man with Zhu Fuyan's documents also went out of the barracks and rushed to Chang'an City.

No one doubted, after all, there were countless messengers sent to Chang'an City during this period.

(End of this chapter)