My father is Emperor Wu of Han, how can I be different from him?

Chapter 118 Battle
"Not good, we seem to be lost!"

Although it is already deep spring, in this thousand-mile desert north of the Yin Mountains and south of the Gobi Desert, once you are away from the water source, there is not a single trace of green.

At this time, in the basin between two low mountains, the right general Zhao Shiqi rode hurriedly in and said in a panic: "General Li, we can't find the north!"

"I know!"

Li Guang spoke with impatience. He turned his horse frequently and looked around, gritting his teeth in hatred. All around him was either endless sand or barren mountains with no grass.

There is obviously a reference.

But as I walked, I lost my sense of direction.

The two of them were responsible for detouring from the east, but the general direction was to go north. Who could have imagined that by detouring from the east, they would confuse the directions of east, south, west and north!
The lost situation did not just occur. Several hours ago, when Li Guang noticed that the front army was running left and right, he sent out the Hun scouts under his command.

however.

The Xiongnu people in the Longxi border area all migrated from Hexi. When did they cross the desert north of the Yinshan Mountains?
After a long period of exploration without any clear direction, and seeing that the front army was becoming more and more hesitant and confused, Li Guang simply called a halt to the army, "No further marching until the direction is determined!"

Zhao Shiqi sat on his horse, and as he swung the reins nervously, the warhorse under him also wandered back and forth. "The general is about to fight the main force of the Xiongnu. If we stop here, we will be killed if we miss the deadline!"

Upon hearing this, Li Guang glared at him angrily.

"We should be beheaded?" He pointed his whip at the thousands of soldiers behind him. "It is a small matter for us to be beheaded, but it is a big matter for us to lead the soldiers into a desperate situation!"

"If we continue walking, we will have no idea where to go and where to go. When our food and water sources run out, we will just wait to die in the desert!"

Li Guang ignored Zhao Shiqi's angry expression and shook the reins, "Stop making noise. If we miss the deadline, I will take the responsibility!"

When Zhao Shiqi heard this, he opened his mouth several times and his expression changed several times.

But it changes.

He didn't say a word the whole time, and finally just snorted coldly and rode his horse back to his headquarters.

Li Guang didn't look at him, but ordered the lieutenant beside him, "Let those Xiongnu light cavalry explore again, and send all the scouts out!"

"I don't believe it anymore. I can really get lost!"

The prince was sincerely advising Li Guang at the time, worried that he would get lost, but Li Guang also sincerely thought, how could he get lost?
Notice.

So far, please note, so far, Li Guang has never lost his way!

The impression of later generations that Li Guang "always" got lost mostly came from the fact that he committed suicide because of being lost and that he often suffered defeat in battle.

But the correlation between the two is not strong. There are many reasons for defeat. Getting lost is the first time...

……

To the northwest, I don’t know how many miles away.

"Report~"

Under the central army's flag, a messenger came riding up, "Reporting to the general, Li Guang and Zhao Shiqi's troops are still missing!"

Wei Qing, who was standing on the chariot, frowned upon hearing this. He looked at the billowing dust from the army ahead and asked in a serious tone, "How far are we from the enemy?"

"Less than fifteen miles!" replied a general beside him.

Wei Qing paused and decisively ordered, "Stop marching, form a camp with the Wugang chariots, and then explore Li Guang and Zhao Shiqi's troops!"

"Here!"

After the military order was issued, the rapidly marching army slowly stopped, the captains and military officers of each unit began to urge loudly, the chariots were quickly adjusted, and the archers on them turned around and faced outward.

When the chariot formation was formed, soldiers and horses from the front team also rushed over.

"General!"

General Gongsun He hurriedly reined in his horse and asked anxiously, "The Xiongnu have discovered our army and are about to charge forward. Why are they stopping?"

At this time, General Cao Xiang also ran over, his eyes showing concern. Before he could ask, Wei Qing uttered one word steadily:

"Wait!"

The two troops that took the detour to the east took away 16,000 cavalrymen. The armored soldiers that came with the chariots were still unable to make up the huge gap in the number of Hun cavalry.

It would be unwise to engage in war rashly.

At first, Cao Xiang and Gongsun He did not know why the general acted like this, but the generals around them whispered a few words to them, and their expressions changed immediately.

Cao Xiang's face was gloomy and his eyes kept looking towards the east.

He was able to control himself.

Gongsun He's wrists were shaking with anger, and he whipped his horse whip violently: "Millions of soldiers and civilians have been working day and night just for this day. If they do bad things..."

"It is not a pity that Li and Zhao died!"

Wei Qing glanced at the other party and said calmly and forcefully: "The war has just begun, how can we talk about success or failure? If you disrupt our army's morale again, I will kill you without mercy. You all return to your headquarters and wait for orders."

"Follow military orders."

Gongsun He, the brother-in-law, looked a little stern, and he and Cao Xiang bowed together, "Yes!"

Even as they were talking, a black line appeared on the horizon, which was originally dominated by yellow. It was approaching step by step, depressing, vast, and boundless.

"Woo~~~"

"Woo~~"

The desolate and deep sound of the horn resounded throughout heaven and earth, as if it was about to come crashing down with a tremendous force.

Seeing this, Wei Qing gave the order in a deep voice: "Beat the drums!"

Boom!Boom!Boom!
As the drums sounded, the soldiers in the Han army's chariot formation tensed up their nerves visibly, holding sword handles, bow arms, and spear shafts, all ready to go.

"Gongsun Ao!"

Wei Qing's orders were still being issued. Gongsun Ao, who was accompanying the army as a lieutenant, responded loudly, "I am here!"

"I order you to lead 5,000 cavalrymen to fight and stop the Xiongnu outside the chariot formation. Do not retreat until you hear the sound of the gong!"

"Here!"

Gongsun Ao bowed and immediately rode his horse forward. Soon, a gap appeared in the left and right chariot formations, and cavalry poured out of it, rushing straight towards the Huns in the north.

Wei Qing undoubtedly cared for his savior, and letting him be the vanguard was an act of care.

But whether or not you can accept this promotion will ultimately depend on real actions.

"Five thousand people?"

On a higher ridge in the north, doubt flashed in Yizhixie's eyes, and the surrounding Xiongnu generals looked at each other in confusion.

"What does Wei Qing want to do? Is he trying to lure our army into advancing recklessly?" A big pawnshop owner pulled the reins and asked suspiciously.

"Not like."

Zuoguli King Wu Wei continued, "How can there be such an obvious strategy to lure the enemy?"

The Huns on the ridge were puzzled by Wei Qing's actions. They were cautious and suspicious, and could not explain it for a while. It was Yizhixie who made the final conclusion.

"Pass the order down, stop advancing!"

As he spoke, he pointed his whip forward and said, "Xubda, you lead 10,000 cavalrymen to fight against Wei Qing. Go and see what he wants to do. Be careful."

"Yes!"

After receiving the instructions, Xubuda did not dare to be negligent in the slightest. After a while, he separated a detachment from the main force of the Xiongnu and went to meet the 5,000 cavalry of the Han army without any delay.

If you look closely, you can find that these Hun cavalry are equipped with double-sided stirrups, but as for whether there are horseshoes under the horses' hooves... it is difficult to tell with the naked eye.

When nomadic peoples collide with agricultural peoples, it is a process of both mutual hostility and mutual promotion.

The Central Plains regime learned the horse riding and archery tactics from the grassland tribes, such as the Hu clothing and horse riding promoted by King Wuling of Zhao during the Warring States Period.

What the grassland tribes learned from the Central Plains was mostly focused on construction, which they were not good at.

such as.

The new horse harness of the Han army today.

When the emperor issued the order to "see the new harness made by the prince on every warhorse of the Han Dynasty", it already meant that it could no longer be kept secret...

But the real strong person does not care about the imitation of the weak. As long as he never stops moving forward, the strong will always be stronger than the weak!

"Oh!"

"Crack!"

"clang!"

The war horses collided at high speed, their bones shattered instantly, scimitars and ring-handled swords clashed, sparks flew, and there were the sounds of horse hooves, roars, fighting, and screams.

Together, they made a sudden sound between heaven and earth.

With tens of thousands of cavalrymen fighting, the role that individual bravery can play in the melee is infinitely reduced. It is difficult to think that one general can lead an army of one million.

But relying on one's own courage, it is still possible to kill several or even dozens of enemies.

"laugh!"

Gongsun Ao's blade scratched the neck of a strong Hun man, blood gushed out, and they fell into a fight. His horse slowed down, and just as he finished off one man, another came from the side.

Gongsun Ao swept the ring-handled sword to block the attack. He took advantage of the situation and held the hilt tightly with his right hand. He aimed at a certain spot and continuously exerted force. "Dang dang dang!"

"Clang!"

At the moment when the opponent's scimitar broke, the ring-handled sword, due to inertia, suddenly chopped off the opponent's shoulder, cutting off half of his neck, and killed him to death...

Gongsun Ao drew his sword and continued to charge forward. His chest heaved violently, beads of sweat stuck to his clothes, and the two arrowheads that pierced his armor kept rubbing against his flesh.

He was unaware of any discomfort.

The hot blood is flowing in my body, the fire is burning in my brain, and every minute and every second when the adrenaline surges, the only thing I can do and will do is -

"kill!"

"Kill all the Huns in sight!"

The fighting continued without a break.

The soldiers on the battlefield, whether they were Han or Xiongnu, had lost the concept of time at this moment, and the only thing left in their hearts was the eternal thought of killing.

People fall down all the time and never get up again.

But the Han army could not retreat until they heard the horn sound. The Xiongnu army had superior manpower, and if the other side did not retreat, it would be even less likely for them to retreat.

The war is intense...

"How could this be?" On the ridge, Wu Wei frowned at the fighting between the two sides. Ten thousand elite soldiers of the royal court were actually fighting back and forth with five thousand Han troops?
"Perhaps..." Someone nearby analyzed, "The 5,000 men sent by Wei Qing are also elite troops?"

Uwe obviously disagreed with this statement, his eyes still sharp.

Compared to their focus, Yizhixie was staring at the Han army's chariot formations at the back of the battlefield, always wondering, "What on earth does Wei Qing want to do?"

Wei Qing wants to wait for someone.

"Is there any news about Li Guang and Zhao Shiqi's troops?"

"……No!"

(End of this chapter)