Chapter 53 2. Huo Qubing: Battle of God of War

As soon as Zhang Qian's troops arrived, King Zuo Xian of the Huns saw that the situation was not good, and immediately led his troops to flee.How to put it, Li Guang's luck is not the worst.After all, he made it to the end, and more importantly, he won a disastrous victory at a heavy price.The Huns fell more than Li Guang's brothers. Although Zhang Qian saved Li Guang's life, he was late, so he was wronged anyway.However, what I didn't expect was that the other person couldn't find his own person at this time.This person is Gongsun Ao. Huo Qubing and Gongsun Ao made an appointment to rendezvous, but no one came.Therefore, Huo Qubing concluded that Gongsun Ao must have lost his way.

So what to do?Huo Qubing made a prompt decision, and without waiting for Gongsun Ao, he led his army deep into the enemy's territory alone. The target, Qilian Mountains. If you compare Huo Qubing and Li Guang, the situation of the two is roughly as follows: they both have the same temper and dare to fight.However, Huo Qubing is different from Li Guang in that he not only dares to fight, but also can fight.Another difference is that Huo Qubing's luck is always better than Li Guang's. In addition, Huo Qubing also has a piece of hardware that Li Guang cannot keep up with.That is, what Huo Qubing led was a special force whose combat effectiveness was much higher than other armies.

If we compare it further, I think there is one thing Li Guang can't keep up with Huo Qubing, and that is the sense of war.Huo Qubing is like a rattlesnake in the desert, born with the instinct to sense infrared rays.This instinct is actually something that other species cannot possess.And Huo Qubing, relying on this keen instinctive sense of smell, always found his opponent as he wished. Why did Huo Qubing target Qilian Mountain?In his opinion, fighting a war is like fishing in the sea. The real big fish will always be hidden in the depths of the sea. Therefore, he believed that there must be a big fish hidden behind Qilian Mountain.From Longxi County to Qilian Mountain, the distance is not too short, but it is not too far either.However, Huo Qubing suddenly turned around and chose an unusual route.

Honestly, it's a detour.It turned out to be a detour worth the risk. Human beings have a problem, that is, they suffer from inertial thinking, which is more or less serious.The Huns believed that if the Han army rushed to attack, they had to take a shortcut.Therefore, as long as the shortcuts are blocked and the alarm is set up, forgive him for not getting any benefits. Didn't realize they were wrong.Huo Qubing actually adopted a roundabout tactic, making a big circle and attacking them from behind. The route Huo Qubing took was roughly as follows: crossing the Yellow River to the west, crossing the Helan Mountains, going straight to the northwest, bypassing Jutingze (east of today’s Ejina Banner in Gansu Province), and then turning southwest, passing through the Xiaoyuezhi Tribe (now Qilian Mountains in Gansu Province) South foot), and then cast iron nets on the Qilian Mountains.

When the Huns looked back at the iron net above their heads, they were already slow.Huo Qubing's sharp sword was stabbing towards their hearts.This time, Huo Qubing's battle results were extremely brilliant: he captured 2,500 people including King Shanhuan of the Huns and the captain of Xiangguo, beheaded 32,000 prisoners, and captured more than 70 Xiaowangs. So far, in less than a year, Huo Qubing won two battles in a row.With the smallest cost, he won the greatest war victory and created a rare miracle in the history of Chinese wars.For the results of this battle alone, Huo Qubing was granted another 5,000 households, and his subordinate generals, just like Wei Qing's subordinates in those days, were granted the title of marquis one after another.

In my opinion, fighting for the feudal lord has never been a real hero.A true hero, he will always fight for the honor of his country. The Xiongnu is not destroyed, why should the family do it?This is Huo Qubing's lifelong pursuit.This voice resounded through the sky of the Han Dynasty, stirring through the ages and going on forever. During Huo Qubing's long-distance raid, less than three-tenths of the Xiongnu in Hexi remained.The dead are buried deep in the ground, and the living are still trembling.In autumn, news spread to Chang'an that King Hunxie of the Huns was going to surrender with tens of thousands of people.How many tens of thousands?It is said that at least 40,000, with a cap of 100,000.

If it was said that the King of the Huns led hundreds or even thousands of people to surrender, Liu Che would not take it seriously.However, when the Xiongnu reported so much data at once, people had to be more careful. Liu Che thought that the Xiongnu might be cheating. There may be fraud, but true surrender is not ruled out.After thinking about it, Liu Che decided to hand over the task of accepting the surrender to Huo Qubing.He has already made two-handed preparations. If the Xiongnu really surrendered, he would take it back; In fact, the Xiongnu surrendered for real, not falsely.This time, there are two kings.One is called King Hunxie, and the other is called King Xiutu.The reason why they surrendered was mainly because of Huo Qubing.

Huo Qubing killed more than 30,000 brothers in Qilian Mountains, and the Xiongnu Shanyu was so heartbroken that he couldn't speak.So, he prepared to call King Hunxie and King Xiutu back to kill them.Unexpectedly, the two kings under the Xiongnu were not fools.They inquired that Shan Yu was going to kill them, and after a calculation, the two decided to surrender to the Han Dynasty and save the head on their neck first. Since it is true, it is of course a good thing.However, good things took a long time. At this time, the Huns were on the way, and something happened. First of all, King Xiutu regretted it.I think the reason why he regretted it was not for anything else, but for the tens of thousands of troops in front of him.His mood at that time can be roughly described in this sentence: one can be useless, but one cannot be so useless.

I think back then, when we Maodun stood on the side of the iron cavalry and the broken man, Gaozu had to commit himself to being angry, and bribed many princesses and special products every year.How beautiful we were at that time. If you want to grab the east, you can grab the east, and if you want to grab the west, you can grab the west.Come when you want, leave when you want.Unexpectedly, this good day is like flying sand all over the sky, which turns yellow overnight.Now, it doesn't matter if you can't beat them, but it actually fell to leading tens of thousands of people to take the initiative to send them to Chang'an.

Incredible, really incredible. However, what made King Xiutu unbelievable was yet to come.When King Hunxie heard that he had repented, without further ado, he drew his sharp knife and beheaded him.Then, he merged all of King Xiutu's troops under his banner. At this time, Huo Qubing's army had already crossed the Yellow River.He saw King Hunxie's army moving towards him from a distance.The two armies moved to a certain distance, and both sides remained vigilant, looking at each other from a distance.At this moment, something went wrong again. The problem is that many generals in King Hunxie's army are afraid.

The reason why the generals of the Xiongnu were afraid was because Huo Qubing didn't look like he was approaching from a distance, but he looked aggressive and arrogant, as if he was here to beat people.So, the more they thought about it, the more afraid they became, and they simply flattered their horses and wanted to slip away. This time, it was a good thing, but it went bad all of a sudden. The Huns were in disarray, which was unexpected by Huo Qubing.It wasn't his fault that he was handsome.What's wrong is that the Huns were frightened by him.I believe that the generals of the Han Dynasty were also confused by all this.However, at this moment, Huo Qubing showed an astonishing decision: he personally led a team and rushed towards the Huns army. To capture the thief, first capture the king, Huo Qubing must find their heads before the Huns are in chaos.In the chaos, Huo Qubing found the leader of the Xiongnu extremely quickly, and this person was of course King Hunxie.However, King Hunxie told Huo Qubing that it had nothing to do with him and that the Hun generals had escaped by themselves. At this time, the Han army also came after Huo Qubing.Huo Qubing waved his sharp sword and gave an order: Be sure to stop all the fleeing Huns.So, the Han army attacked in all directions, chasing the Huns who were running back and slashing wildly.On this trip, the Han army chopped off 8,000 heads, which finally frightened the Huns. At this time, Huo Qubing said to King Hunxie, I will let someone send you to take a step first.Your brother, I will ask my brother to escort you across the river slowly. King Hunxie followed Huo Qubing.Huo Qubing's troops drove 40,000 Huns across the Yellow River like herding horses.