Hanhou

Four thousand barbarian cavalry fled in a panic, and the supervising cavalry sent by the Xiongnu headquarters were quickly dispersed.

"Don't retreat!" The Xiongnu cavalry roared loudly, raising their arms and shooting several other hundred chiefs and Qiqu.

With the fall of another centurion, the supervising team not only failed to stabilize the situation, but had the opposite effect.Driven by fear and anger, the barbarian cavalry from other divisions suddenly erupted, roaring loudly with red eyes, and charged the cavalry of the headquarters by virtue of their numerical superiority.

Weapons are not as good as people, tactics are not as good as people, relying on numbers and the madness of dying, four thousand barbarian cavalry surrounded five hundred cavalry of the headquarters.The latter realized that something was wrong, shot an arrow in the air, picked up a dagger, and started a hedge against the wild rider.

In just one face-to-face meeting, no less than forty wild riders fell off their horses, and nearly a hundred people were injured.The Huns died no more than a dozen people, and less than half of the Huns were injured, which shows how powerful the fighting power is.

Wei Yue led the cavalry to chase for several miles. He could clearly see the smoke and dust rising in front of him, and he could clearly hear the neighing of horses, the collision of weapons, and the roars of the two warring parties.

"stop!"

Wei Yue pulled the reins abruptly, and the horseman stood up, raising his right arm at the same time to stop the pursuing team.

"Infighting?"

Wei Wuce immediately stepped forward, seeing the Huns' other divisions and headquarters in a mess, he grinned and said, "My lord, why don't you go up and take them all!"

Wei Yue shook his head and rejected the proposal.

Poison chimneys are mainly used for deterrence, causing confusion to the enemy.Used in open areas, the casualties caused to the barbarians are not large.

Fleeing all the way from the frontier fortress, this group of savage riders was on the verge of madness—or even fell into madness.In order to survive, they can swing their knives at the headquarters of the Xiongnu, and they will go crazy when they encounter the Han army.Rushing up at this time may not be able to take advantage of it.

If they were to be chased by the tail, Wei Yue was sure to keep at least half of them.

In the current situation, there is no benefit in rushing forward, and it may also prompt the other party to join forces against the enemy.It's better to suspend the pursuit and wait for the barbarians to tear up the Hundu team.

The cavalry sent by Wei Shang caught up with the large army, and when they saw the scene in front of them, they also froze on the spot.

It was supposed to be Manqi running in front, and the Han army chasing behind. If the former had someone who knew the soldiers, they might set up an ambush to intercept them.Fortunately, the Han army chased them all the way, and the Xiongnu did not turn around and did not set up an ambush, but instead fought on their own.

Confused, the cavalry conveyed Wei Shang's order to Wei Yue.

"Young master, the prefect has an order to return within ten miles!"

Ten miles?

Glancing at the battlefield in front of him, and confirming that the victory and defeat had been decided, Wei Yue whistled, and the cavalry gathered quickly, followed by the sound of horns.

"kill!"

The war horse began to gallop and rushed straight towards the enemy.

Fighting all the way to destroy the supervising team, Manqi himself also lost a lot.Hearing the sound of the horn, he realized that destroying the headquarters was not the end, and he was still being hunted down by the Han army!

Some barbarians showed fierceness and wanted to turn around and charge the pursuers; some were frightened by the weapons of the Han army, and they didn't want to fight the opponent at all, so they waved the reins and wanted to continue north.

Due to the inconsistency of opinions, there was a problem with the wild ride scheduling, and it was even more chaotic than before.

Five hundred steps away from the barbarian army, the Han army suddenly separated. Wei Yue and Wei Wu were the leaders respectively. The team threw two large arcs while galloping. Ride and swallow.

"Fire arrows!"

The Han army clamped the horse's belly with both legs, and drew the bow while galloping.

The bowstring was fully drawn, and arrows flew down like rain with the ear-piercing sound of breaking wind.The wild riders on the outside seemed to have been grated by a grate, and fell off the horse's back one after another.

If Manqi hadn't been frightened by the poisonous chimney, galloped all the way, and fought with the supervising team halfway, the attack of the Han army might not have been so smooth.

But if God doesn't help, it's doomed to be unlucky for this other branch of Manqi.

Han riders galloped past on both sides, and more and more barbarians fell off their horses.Even if they are not shot in the heart, they will be buried under the hooves of chaos.

The Han army kept shooting empty arrow pots, and began to distance themselves from the barbarians.

The wild rider panicked, unaware that his opponent was out of arrows.Seeing the hope of escape, they hit their horses and galloped at the same time, like a rabbit being chased by a pack of wolves, without looking back, they ran away without a trace.

Seeing this scene, more than one Han soldier touched the quiver, but it was empty.From Wei Yue down, most of the Han army felt not the joy of victory, but the indescribable aggrieved.

If there is one more pot of arrows, they can keep all these wild knights!

If they could ride horses like the Xiongnu and fight for death and injury, they would dare to go straight to the camp of Mr. Xubu and capture this old opponent and hang them on the flagpole to dry the bacon!

Biebu Manqi ran farther and farther, and it was impossible to catch up.Wei Yue hung the longbow back on the horse's back, and Wei Wu blew the horn again to guide the pawns following.

woo-

The desolate sound of the horn resounded through the grassland, and an eagle flew across the sky, with its wings spread, as if responding to the horn, it uttered a loud and clear cry.

The dead Xiongnu and barbarian cavalry overlapped in a pool of blood, and the wounded horse struggled to stand up. After struggling several times, it could only lie down on the ground in despair.

"Clean up the battlefield."

After the pawns arrived, Wei Yue dismounted from his horse, drew out his short knife, grabbed a Hun commander, and chopped off his head with the knife.

"How many rewards can you get for three hundred chiefs?" Wei Wu bit the back of the dagger and tied the rope on the horse's back tightly.

"What is a hundred chiefs? Anyone who can wear this must be a thousand chiefs!" A pawn came over, holding a helmet made of cow bones in his hand.

The Huns lacked armor, and the lower class Qiqu and Xiaodanghu didn't even have a decent leather armor.To distinguish them from ordinary cavalry, apart from weapons, they can only rely on this kind of "decoration" made of bones.

The infantry and cavalry fought together, and the battlefield was quickly cleared.

The "war exploits" were all hung on horseback, and the corpses of the Huns and Manqi were stacked together, ready to be set on fire.

The weather has warmed up. If so many corpses are left alone, once an epidemic occurs, it is likely to endanger the border residents.Digging a hole and burying it is too troublesome, so it is better to burn it with a fire, simply and neatly.

The dead war horses could not be taken back, they were also piled up and burned.Those who are still alive, as long as they don't run far, will be brought back by the Han army.

A man from the nearby county can fight the Huns desperately if he gives a horse and a bow.In the same way, as long as the hands are not too raw, three or five frontier soldiers can pick up the rope and cooperate to trap a war horse.

Everything was handled almost, Wei Yue gathered everyone and returned to the frontier with the spoils.

Behind them, raging flames had already ignited, and black smoke billowed straight into the sky.

Some beasts, attracted by the smell of blood, did not dare to approach easily when they were blocked by the flames.When the team was far away and the flames were extinguished, they stepped forward vigilantly and searched from the edge to see if they could find some bones and pieces of meat.

To the south of the fortress, the frontier residents did not know that the prefect had repelled the incoming enemy, and the counties and townships were still tightly guarded.The young and strong gathered in the village patrolled day and night, and when they encountered suspicious people, as long as they could not speak Chinese, they would shoot a few arrows before speaking.

In Zhao's village, Zhao Jia basically had nothing to do except make daily inspections and feed some fodder to the cattle and sheep.Not wanting to waste time, he simply asked Ji Bao to make a sand table, gathered all Douding at home, and began to teach them how to read and write.

The three heads sat in a row, and Gongsun Ao and Wei Qing were also in the row.

Zhao Jia coughed, picked up a wooden stick, and wrote the three characters "Yunzhong County" on the sand table.

We should be lucky that the official script was used in the Han Dynasty. If there is a big seal script, there can be seven or eight ways to write a character, and there can be more than 20 ways to write a character.

The children picked up wooden sticks and drew earnestly on the sand table. Zhao Jia got up and walked to the door, looking at the blue sky, thinking of the farming season that Uncle Xiong talked about, he couldn't help frowning.

Once the spring plowing is delayed, the land will not be productive, and it will take time for the cattle and sheep to be slaughtered, and the family's cash will be used to pay taxes, and many plans will be postponed.

"Field tax, oral tax, counting tax, corvee..."

Zhao Jia sat by the door and began to calculate one by one.

Not counting Gongsun Ao, Wei Qing and the eight Santoshen's verbal Fu had to be handed in by him.The family's poll tax, grain tax, the money that Uncle Xiong and others need to save, and the wages for the servants add up to not a small amount.

Zhao Jia originally thought that he had [-] mu of land, as long as he managed it carefully, he could eat and drink without worrying about it.Reality gave him a slap in the face.It doesn't matter how much land you have, or how many cattle and sheep you raise. When encountering natural disasters and man-made disasters, or the Huns committing crimes, no matter how much effort you put in, it will be useless.

"If the Huns don't retreat, Chungeng will really be in trouble." Zhao Jia leaned his back against the door frame and let out a long sigh.

When I was worrying, there was a sudden knock on the door in my ear.

Zhao Jia hurriedly walked to the corridor, and saw Uncle Hu open the courtyard door, and Ji Bao rushed in with a happy face, carrying a rattan basket of fodder on his back.

Seeing Zhao Jia with a surprised face, Ji Bao didn't care to put down the rattan basket, and immediately took a few steps forward and said loudly, "Mr. Lord, the flying cavalry sent a good news. The envoy Wei defeated the Xiongnu and beheaded more than [-] levels!"

"really?"

Hearing the movement, the boys in the room also stopped writing and came together.

"The Huns lost?"

After receiving the water from the maid, Ji Bao gulped it down, wiped his mouth with his sleeve, and said with a smile: "The news is unmistakable, the flying cavalry is heading south, delivering good news along the way."

"The Xiongnu are defeated, and they will be able to return to the livestock farm in a short time. As long as everyone is diligent, they will not miss the spring plowing!" Hu Bo laughed.

Zhao Jia was overjoyed, picked up the three-headed body that was close to him, threw it twice, and said with a smile: "Ji Bao, go to the sheep pen to choose two fat sheep. Wife, stew more sheep soup, grind it well Add the tofu in it, add more sauce and bean sprouts!"

"promise!"

Flying riders delivered good news, news of the Huns' retreat spread throughout Yunzhong County, and most of the dark clouds weighing on the frontier residents dissipated.

Even though it was the end of February, there were cattle on loan from the county and new farm tools. As long as we worked hard, the crop of millet would never be missed.

When there is production in the field, the livelihood of the family will be assured.

Dare to be lazy at this time - for example, Atao's elder brother, 100% will usher in another mixed doubles match, and he has no need to recuperate after the match, so he will go directly to work in the field!

When the soldiers and civilians in Bianjun were celebrating their victory, the defeated barbarians ran north without stopping.

Killing the Superintendent's team would not do well for returning to the tribe, so everyone decided to find another tribe that was going south at the same time, taking advantage of the opponent's unpreparedness, stormed into the camp in one fell swoop, grabbed weapons and horses, and continued to flee north.

They were originally a tribe in Mobei, who were conquered by the Huns and brought into Monan.In name, they are other tribes of the Huns, but in fact they are slaves.Even among other tribes, his status is far lower than Wuhuan, Dingling, Di, Qiang and other tribes.

Without doing anything, the accumulated anger and dissatisfaction erupted at the same time, completely arousing the ferocity of this group of barbarians.Relying on the poor news of the tribes going south to plunder, they began to wander around on the grassland, robbing other tribes left behind.

If they can't get enough food, cattle and sheep, they will kill the horses; if the number of horses is limited, they will capture the women and children of the tribe.After a few times, they became a group of cannibals and public enemies on the grassland, almost everyone shouted and beat them.

However, if you walk too much at night, you will always encounter ghosts. When they intercepted and killed a Wuhuan tribe, they encountered the cavalry led by Yizhixie, the king of Xiongnu Zuoguli.

Surrounded by nearly [-] Hun cavalry, this barbarian cavalry had no chance of escape.

"Kill, leave none!"

Yi Zhixie was the younger brother of Shan Yu, a military official, and his status was second only to the Left and Right Kings.The cavalry of the headquarters led by him can be called the most elite among the "Four Corners", and they are very famous among the various departments.

Meeting Yi Zhixie, this gang of wild riders roaming the grasslands is destined to have no end.Accompanied by the horn of charging, the Huns cavalry abandoned their bows and arrows, drew their short knives, and rushed over on horseback.

The horses collided, and a large cloud of blood fog swelled up.

Every time a cold light passes by, someone's head will fall to the ground.

Manqi's corpse was trampled under the horse's hooves, and soon turned into a meat paste.

In the end, more than 100 barbarians dismounted and begged for mercy on their knees, but Yi Zhixie ignored them at all. The Xiongnu cavalry put away their knives, yelled and drove their horses, and trampled these 100 people to death.

When the Xiongnu cavalry dispersed, the ground was full of bones and pieces of flesh, and they couldn't even put together a complete human figure.

The Wuhuan did not join the battle.

The fire illuminated the faces of all the people in the tribe. Fear, hatred, panic, all kinds of emotions were intertwined, and in the end they could only turn into awe and submission to the Huns.

This kind of submission will always exist until the army of the Han Empire sweeps across the grasslands, overruns the royal court of the Huns, and shovels the former great empire to pieces.At that time, the Wuhuan people will immediately turn around and bow to the feet of the Han Empire, just like when Donghu was defeated by Modun, they, as a branch of Donghu, were willing to lead horses for the Huns.

When the Huns were strong, they held the single in their thighs; when the Han Empire shoveled the Huns, they became pendants on the legs of the emperor of the Han Dynasty.The same rule can also be applied to the Di, Qiang, Ding Ling and other tribes.

After the battle, Yi Zhixie ordered to set fire to burn all the dead cavalry.Later, he sent someone to send a letter to King Youxian, proposing that this barbarian army should be completely wiped out, including the elderly, women and children, and it is best not to keep any of them!

"The seeds of woe must be crushed!"

The relationship between King Youxian and Yi Zhixie is not good, but they are highly consistent in dealing with the issues of other ministries.This branch is dangerous, they have broken too many rules and must be cleaned up!

The two fought one after another, abandoning the rules of the grassland. In the process of slaughtering the tribe, they didn't even keep the children who were lower than the wheel, and they really managed to leave no one behind.

With the massacre of this other tribe, another consequence was brought: the Jie people who participated in the Five Chaos China completely lost their living soil, and were annihilated under the iron hooves of the Huns before they became powerful, and withdrew from the stage of history several centuries in advance .

In March, the Xiongnu cavalry could no longer be seen near Yunzhong County, and the Huns in Dingxiang, Yanmen and Shangjun also retreated one after another.Obviously, to achieve the goal of downsizing, the Xiongnu headquarters was eager to go back to receive other cattle and sheep, and had no intention of continuing to fight the Han army.

Zhao Jia took the people back to the livestock farm and continued the unfinished spring plowing.

When he was busy, a healthy servant came rushing to him, passing the message from Wei Taishou that the method of taming cattle had been approved by the imperial court, and the imperial decree had arrived in Yunzhong City, and he was waiting for him to receive the reward.

"Lang Jun, get on your horse!"

Hearing Jianfu's words, Uncle Hu and Uncle Xiong were very excited.

Zhao Jia jumped on the horse, thinking silently: at his age, it is impossible to confer an official position, and the promotion is also a bit of a mystery, the biggest possibility is to pay money.

Pod money is a trap, but even pits are money.

For Zhao Jia now, it doesn't matter whether it is silk or pod money, in short, the more the better!