Straight man of steel

Chapter 445 Huge Battle Damage

King Hunxie and King Xiutu were very concerned about the number of battle casualties.

The two of them were still together until midnight.

Because most of the corpses in the narrow border area of ​​Fuyangju Mountain were Hun cavalry.

There is a cliff next to it. Standing on a high place and looking at the battlefield, you can tell it at a glance.

Those lying on the ground wearing black fish scale armor are all Han soldiers, and the rest of the corpses needless to say are all Hun cavalry.

The method of counting heads was very slow, and it took until the middle of the night to get a result.

Wu Tugu, who was sent to count, rushed to King Hunxie's tent as soon as he got the news.

"Your Majesty."

Wu Tu Gu also didn't expect that King Xiutu was still here.

"But the battle damage figure came out?"

"Although our army won this battle, Your Majesty, it was a miserable victory.

The current number of our army is just over [-]. "

"what?"

Since the war between the Han and the Huns, there has never been an example of losing [-] soldiers in World War I, neither the Han nor the Huns.

"How much did the Han cavalry lose?"

"Only [-] corpses of the Han army were left in Fuyangju Mountain, and the rest are missing."

King Hunxie suddenly felt a tightness in his chest.

"Three to one!

And still under the absolute advantage!

When have we ever suffered such a loss!
Zhang Yuan, I swear by the Xiutu clan, if I don’t kill you in this life, the Xiutu clan will not be king in the desert! "

The first one to be angry was King Hunxie, but in the end it was King Xiutu who couldn't hold back his anger.

King Xiutu's hatred for the big man became even stronger.

But neither King Hunxie nor King Xiutu could accept this result.

At first, King Aries and King Lou Fan were destroyed because the big man dispatched an absolutely superior force.

In the case of a disadvantaged number, it is not surprising that King Aries and King Lou Fan were wiped out.

But now King Xiutu and King Hunxie were facing Zhang Yuan's 20 army with [-] troops, of which there were [-] infantry, so they only pulled the rope.

"The narrow terrain of Fuyangju Mountain is not good for us, we shouldn't fight with the Han people here!"

King Hunxie said angrily.

The 20 troops were squeezed into the narrow mountain and couldn't get out, and the number of people couldn't spread out. The tens of thousands of people who fought with the Han army in the front had always been those tens of thousands.

Although it has always been a wheel battle, the Han army is extremely patient, and when it is about to be defeated, it immediately chooses a strong man to cut his wrist and retreat.

If the fight continues, the Huns will never consume more than [-] troops, and they will be able to wipe out the entire Han army.

And at the beginning of the battle in the narrow mountains, when the Xiongnu army was entangled by the vanguard army led by Zhang Cigong, they had already lost nearly [-] troops.

Although they lost later, the battle loss ratio was only two to one.

"Is there any point in saying this now?"

"Then what do you say now?
The Han Dynasty must have a back move. Zhang Yuan repeatedly mentioned the reinforcements of the surrendered city in his letters. I don't think it can be fake. "

"Whether it's true or not, I don't care.

I will send an envoy to Da Shanyu, saying that he has encountered the full resistance of the Han army.

Ask him to support us. "

"How can he support us in this situation?"

"So, I sent envoys there just to pretend.

In the early morning of tomorrow, I will withdraw the troops with Xiutu to recuperate.

I believe that General Zhang Yuan of the Han Dynasty will not be willing to be lonely.

If he appears in Hexi, I will take his head and make a wine cup! "

King Hunxie didn't expect King Xiutu to run away, but after thinking about it, it was in line with his temperament.

Uncertainty lies ahead, and the dangers outweigh the benefits.

But King Hunxie thought about it again, why don't you leave me here if you run away.

If you want to ask King Hunxie if he dares to use 5 people to deal with Zhang Yuan's 5000 people, he will definitely not dare.

"Don't wait another day to see what's going on.

If there is really nothing to do, I won't stop you, how about going back with you? "

As soon as King Hunxie rolled his eyes, he made up a plan in his heart.

"it is good.

Then wait another day. "

King Xiutu had already made a decision in his heart, and now he only stayed for one more day because of the love between the two tribes.

After King Xiutu and Wutu Gu left the king's tent, King Hunxie immediately summoned his cronies.

"I will write a letter to you later, and then you immediately go to the city of surrender, find General Wei Zhang Yuan of the Han Kingdom, and give the letter to him!"

King Hunxie almost gritted his teeth and said Zhang Yuan's name.

After King Hunxie finished speaking, he took out a pen and paper from the box he was carrying, and began to write a letter to Zhang Yuan on the paper.

He thought it over carefully, and after making sure that there was nothing wrong with what he wrote, he put it in a bamboo tube and handed it to his cronies.

"Remember to hand it over to Zhang Yuan yourself. Don't let anyone know about it. Do you understand?"

"clear."

Although these cronies of King Hunxie didn't know why their king did this, they still did it.

In the middle of the night, several Hun cavalry rode towards the southeast.

They were originally going to Shoujiang City, but they didn't know that the Zhang Yuan they were looking for led an army to block the road.

Because there were many soldiers who ran to the surrendered city, Zhang Yuan ordered the whole army to rest directly on this road, so that the soldiers who escaped from the Huns on the side of Fuyangju Mountain and did not know where the large army was would definitely flee to Surrender the city.

It just so happened that Zhang Yuan led the army to block here and could receive the remnants.

What Zhang Yuan wants to know most is definitely the news about Li Ju, but it has been a while since Zhang Yuan came from the east with his army.

Only then would he send people to Shoujiang City to see what was going on.

King Hunxie's cronies rushed southeast for thirty miles, and crashed headlong into the Han army's alert range.

The scout team that Li Jian sent out to guard immediately caught these Huns.

If they hadn't clamored that they had something to give Zhang Yuan from the very beginning, they would have been killed on the spot.

When these Huns were brought to Zhang Yuan's tent, Zhang Yuan was a little dazed.

The reason for being stupefied is of course because it was uncomfortable to be woken up in the middle of the night, plus the letter from these Huns.

"General, this is what our king asked us to hand over to you."

As Zhang Yuan was the opponent of the Huns, they must know who they were fighting against on this day.

"Your great king? King Xiutu or King Hunxie?"

"King Hunxie."

"Did he ask you to say anything else?"

"Your Majesty only asked us to personally deliver this letter to you."

"Do you know how many men and horses you lost in the battle today?"

If the Xiongnu hadn't suffered heavy losses, it would be absolutely impossible for King Hunxie to send someone to deliver the letter.

Several Huns shook their heads.

"This matter is a secret, when King Xiutu and King Hunxie were discussing, there were only three generals in the king's tent plus the notification.

But today our number one warrior, Thugu, captured a Han general. "

They may have noticed something, so they almost answered Zhang Yuan's questions, and I have to tell you if you don't ask.

"Do you know his name?"

"It is said that his name is Li Shuo."

Zhang Yuan was very surprised by the news that Li Shuo was not dead.

"Is the other person still with you now?"

"We don't know that."

"Let's go on."

Zhang Yuan waved his hand to signal for the scouts to take the Huns down, and then directly opened the letter.

After reading the letter, Zhang Yuan was a little confused.

God gave him a big gift, and he couldn't bear it all of a sudden.

King Hunxie said that he intends to surrender to the great Han, and is willing to cooperate with the Han army. King Xiutu and his [-] army are the meeting gifts that King Hunxie gave to Zhang Yuan, but Zhang Yuan has to lead the army to fetch it.

Others would only think it was a trap, a big trap.

But Zhang Yuan believed it directly.

With the personality of King Hunxie, he was able to do such a thing.

And within the Xiongnu, the Xiongnu Shanyu had long been dissatisfied with the two kings of Hexi.

As the saying goes, the mountains are high and the emperor is far away, the Xiongnu Da Shanyu is the emperor, and Hunxie King and Xiutu King are the princes and kings of the frontier.

It is good to be able to listen to the command of the Xiongnu Da Shanyu, but it is basically impossible to make them spend their hearts and souls.

Those princes and kings of the big man are also pretending to be dissidents.

King Hunxie probably really felt that the Xiongnu had no chance, so he thought about joining the big man earlier so that he could live a comfortable life in the future.

But this matter, Zhang Yuan can't decide.

There is no one who can call the shots in the entire Northern Xinjiang.

The only thing he can decide is to wipe out King Xiutu's 5 people first. As for whether King Hunxie accepts his surrender, Liu Che can only decide.

After Zhang Yuan thought about it, he immediately started writing letters. He wanted to write two letters, one to King Hunxie and one to Liu Che.

If you are in a hurry, you can only cut first and play later.

After finishing writing, Zhang Yuan yelled to the outside account.

"Bring in those three Huns."

"Here."

After the three Huns came in, Zhang Yuan said to them kindly.

"This letter is for your Hunxie King.

Remember not to leak the wind. "

"General, don't worry, King Hunxie has already told us."

"Well, you send the three of them out."

"Here."

After sending the three Huns away, Zhang Yuan fell on the bed again.

Although he didn't personally go to the battlefield to fight the Huns that day, he was no more relaxed than any other soldier.

The huge battle damage made Zhang Yuan feel a little sad.

The disappearance of Li Ju and the capture of Li Shuo actually did not surprise Zhang Yuan.

In war there can be undead.

The number of soldiers under his command has decreased by almost two-thirds, and it is not normal for a general to have no accidents.

The next morning, when Zhang Yuan woke up, the first thing he did was to call all the generals over to discuss matters.

Among this group of people, only Li Jian knew that there was a visit from the Huns last night.

Zhang Yuan glanced at the general who was not very interested, and shook his head silently.

In their current situation, if they go head-to-head with the Huns cavalry who still have an army of [-], they might fall into it themselves.

Zhang Yuan can't guarantee whether King Hunxie has the idea of ​​driving away tigers and wolves.

The only thing he can guarantee is that King Hunxie really intends to package and sell King Xiutu.

"Wake up, everyone, we are only thirty miles away from the Xiongnu. If they know where we are, they will be able to rush over in less than half an hour!"

Zhang Yuan yelled loudly, and the few people in the military tent became more awake.

"Last night, the envoy of King Hunxie came to me and said that he wanted peace.

It is estimated that the losses of the Huns must have far exceeded our imagination, so don't think that we lost yesterday.

Today I will teach you a new word, this is called strategic retreat, understand! "

Obviously, no one understood what Zhang Yuan meant by strategic retreat. To them, defeat was defeat.

Zhang Yuan knew it but couldn't understand it, so he unfolded the map with a big wave of his hand.

"Tomorrow morning, King Hunxie will block the east side of Fuyangju Mountain to prevent the [-] cavalry from King Xiutu from passing.

At that time, we will charge to the south and disperse the [-] cavalry of King Xiutu. It is best to capture King Xiutu alive or kill him. "

"General Wei, I think this move is too aggressive.

Aren't you worried that this is a trap designed by King Xiutu and King Hunxie to deal with us? "

Zhang Cigong felt that Zhang Yuan was a little rash.

"That's why I say charge from south to north.

Tomorrow morning, send people to the cliff to investigate first. The number of people in Fuyangju Mountain Narrows cannot be faked.

If it is really an ambush by the Huns, then we can just break through the encirclement and rush out. "

Li Shuo's capture has absolutely nothing to do with Zhang Cigong.

It was a fact that Zhang Yuan was unhappy with Li Shuo, but he didn't want anyone to have other ideas on the battlefield.

"General Wei is the commander-in-chief. If you think about it, the last general will have no objection."

"Xue Ren and Li Jian, how many troops are left in Qimen Army and Yulin Army?"

"Reporting to General Wei, the Qimen Army Habayashi Army has a complete system, and there are still 5000 people who can fight."

Hearing this number, Zhang Yuan felt relieved.

This is the trump card in his hand.

"At that time, the Qimen Army Habayashi Army will be the vanguard, and the rest of the soldiers will follow closely.

It's up to you to charge. If this is all designed by the Huns, as long as you can lead the army to break through the encirclement, we will not be at a loss. "

"I will understand at the end!"

"Han said he was here?"

"The end is here!"

"You take the wounded soldiers and withdraw directly to the surrendered city!"

"General Wei?"

Han said that there was a look of struggle on his face. If King Hunxie hadn't lied to Zhang Yuan, then tomorrow would be the day when all the generals will be named marquises.

At this time, returning to Shoujiang City, let alone eating meat, he didn't even have to drink soup.

"Follow my orders, and don't let the injured soldiers take part in the battle anymore!"

"Yes."

Not only did the generals not expect that Zhang Yuan would start the next battle at such a fast pace, but more importantly, the soldiers below could not relax.

On this day, King Hunxie's cronies came again twice.

Once, they brought news that Li Shuo was taken away by King Xiutu's men, and that he was going to be escorted to the Xiongnu Da Shanyu so that he could have an explanation.

Secondly, King Hunxie was finally willing to tell Zhang Yuan the loss of the Xiongnu in order to express his sincerity.

When Zhang Yuan knew that the Xiongnu cavalry had lost nearly [-], he suddenly felt that it was all worth it.

Such a victory is what the big man needs.

As long as King Xiutu can be taken again, this war can be brought to a perfect end.

(End of this chapter)