novelAbuy Chapter 103 Post-War Reactions
Chapter 103 Post-War Reactions
Chapter 103 Post-War Reactions
The outermost layer.
Surrounded by heavy Xianbei cavalry.
Gongsun Yu, who had originally relied on two thousand Han cavalry to command over ten thousand mixed Hu cavalry to delay the tens of thousands of Xianbei cavalry, was now somewhat exhausted.
Of the two thousand Han cavalry, only a few hundred remained; of the six thousand Wuhuan elite cavalry, only two thousand remained; and of the several thousand mixed Hu cavalry, whose fighting strength was already weak, only a few hundred remained!
The rest either died or scattered.
Watching.
The seven or eight thousand Xianbei cavalrymen who had been entangled with him for a long time, led by the Eastern Xianbei leader, slowly retreated, seemingly to adjust their state and prepare for the final wave to charge towards him.
The less than three thousand cavalrymen remaining beside him were clearly no match for the enemy's charge.
Gongsun Yu, the leader of the army, was prepared to die. He slowly straightened his back, reached out, adjusted his helmet, and tidied his armor.
After everything is done.
He gripped his long sword tightly, slowly spurred his horse, and prepared to lead the last few hundred Han cavalry and two thousand elite Wuhuan cavalry in a final struggle.
For Lü Ping at Xiaoqiu, let's entangle him a little more.
only...
To his surprise, the Xianbei cavalrymen who were slowly retreating ahead were actually actually retreating, and not just adjusting their position.
The Xianbei cavalry retreated slowly, like a receding tide.
"What happened?"
Gongsun Yu murmured something to himself, a guess had already formed in his mind, but he wasn't sure.
Could it be...?
Just as he was pondering this.
His ear.
The resounding calls of the Han army finally arrived.
"The sandalwood tree is dead!"
Those who surrender will not be killed!
Hearing these calls rising and falling, growing louder and louder.
Gongsun Yu, who was already in his fifties or sixties and whose hair and beard were long white, was stunned for a moment.
"The sandalwood tree is dead?!"
He looked around blankly.
Of the elite cavalry who had come with him from the Youji region, most of them had already been killed or wounded. Only about a hundred Han cavalrymen remained standing intact.
It was just a big battle, and all the villagers and old friends were killed or wounded!
Almost the instant I realized it.
As he grew older, Gongsun Yu became quite sentimental, and his eyes immediately reddened, but he forced himself to hold back his tears.
He looked intently at the young man beside him, a man who looked nothing like him.
"My son."
"We owe Lü Zizhi a life for what we've done."
"I don't have many days left to live, but you, when you see that Lü Zizhi in the future, you must show him some respect."
"If that person hadn't risked his life to kill Tan Shihuai," Gongsun Yu whispered a warning.
"I'm afraid few of us from Youzhou will survive!"
The young general looked around, feeling a lingering fear in his heart. He nodded heavily, his expression equally solemn.
"Yes, I understand!"
There was a pause.
After raising the banner and beginning to gather his scattered soldiers, the young general who called himself Gongsun Du spoke again.
"Father."
"What a great achievement it is that Lü Zizhi led his troops to kill Tan Shihuai!"
He asked the question cautiously.
"Can he be granted a title of nobility?"
The moment the words "bestowing a title of nobility" were uttered...
The young generals Gongsun Du and Gongsun Yu both felt a slight tremor in their hearts.
after all.
Being granted a title of nobility was the lifelong ambition of the vast majority of northern warriors, and it was also the ultimate goal of these generals with salaries of two thousand piculs when they marched north to attack the Xianbei.
Faced with questions from his own adopted son.
Gongsun Yu's lips parted slightly, as if he had thought of something. He gave a bitter smile but could not utter a word.
Outside the hill.
The cries of Tan Shihuai, now dead, still linger in the air.
As the Xianbei cavalry retreated rapidly.
Countless Han soldiers who had survived the ordeal collapsed to the ground, panting heavily and shouting.
Simultaneously.
Almost simultaneously, they looked with extreme admiration at Lü Ping, who had replaced Tan Shihuai and was now standing on the small hill.
The name of Lü Ping.
The same story spread among the Han soldiers in this land.
That same Han army formation, which was also responsible for advancing inwards and blocking the vast majority of Xianbei cavalry, thus creating a glimmer of hope for Lü Ping.
The most central.
"You son of a bitch!"
"Damn it! I knew Lü Zizhi could do it!"
Tian Yan abruptly ripped off his helmet and slammed it to the ground. His hair was disheveled, his face contorted with agitation, and he shouted and cursed loudly.
The helmet bounced on the ground.
"We've won! That Tan Shihuai is dead!"
"You are about to be ennobled!"
As he spoke, Tian Yan even excitedly and frantically pounded his chest with his fists, making a loud thud, which frightened some of his confidants who thought he had gone mad.
They wanted to step forward and stop them, but they were too afraid to.
Gao Lan, standing to one side, stepped forward and bowed.
"Congratulations, General!"
This statement came out.
The rest of the soldiers then realized what was happening and also cupped their hands in congratulations.
Tian Yan snapped out of his daze, stepped forward and hugged Xia Yu, who was standing to the side, protected by the soldiers and unresponsive. He shouted excitedly again.
"Xia Yu! Did you hear me?!"
"Damn it! We've won! Of the three routes we launched, two were completely defeated! In this desperate situation, only our route achieved a great victory, and we even killed that Tan Shihuai!"
"You are about to be ennobled!"
Xia Yu glanced at him expressionlessly, then his expression finally changed. He cupped his hands and chuckled softly.
"Congratulations to General Tanaka."
Xia Yu had just suffered a defeat, so his words had a somewhat sarcastic tone.
Apart from Tian Yan, who was still in a state of excitement and did not react at all, all the other generals couldn't help but glance at Xia Yu, then lowered their heads and dared not speak.
The fighting had been over for a long time.
On the hill.
Lu Ping, who had just led his men up the mountain, was sitting on the ground, calling over several military doctors to bandage him and the other generals.
.
to be frank.
This battle was the most dangerous and closest he had ever come to death in his life.
If there had been even the slightest deviation, or if Cheng Lian and Han Dang hadn't fought so hard to break through the shield, or if the timing of the final arrow shot had been slightly off, the outcome might have been completely different.
Even though they won this battle by a narrow margin, Lü Ping's troops suffered heavy losses.
The two thousand cavalry and one thousand infantrymen he led now amount to no more than seven or eight hundred men. Even if he were to gather the routed soldiers later, he would have at most a little over a thousand men.
Two-thirds of them were killed or injured.
During this campaign, all the fierce generals led by Lü Ping were wounded.
Guang Lüping himself was hit by three arrows, two in his body and one in his shoulder. Fortunately, he was protected by his armor, so his life was not in danger.
Wei Xu and Liu Bei disappeared into the army formation and have not been found to this day.
Cheng Lian suffered a penetrating wound to the abdomen, and it would take at least six months to fully recover! Song Xian lost an arm and would be unable to continue fighting, so he could only work in logistics!
As for the other generals, they all had several wounds, more or less, and needed to rest and recuperate.
As the healer bandaged his wounds, Lü Ping looked up and examined the sandalwood tree on the throne and the head placed to one side.
His face was full of emotion.
"Is this the sandalwood tree?"
"Such a lavish and extravagant person, when he was alive, had an extremely imposing presence, as if a god had descended to earth, which frightened the Han people so much that they could not help but feel fear when they heard his name."
"After death, he looked no different from an ordinary Xianbei person."
Say so.
A hint of anticipation flickered in Lü Ping's eyes.
"I wonder... what merits I will be awarded after this battle?"