Two days of fierce battles and the tension of hanging on by a thread made Han Du extremely exhausted. After falling asleep, he would go up to three poles in the morning.
The noisy military camp early in the morning could not wake Han Du up.
Han Du, who was lying on the bed, heard the noise outside, as if he heard the Meng Yuan cavalry approaching. He suddenly opened his eyes, turned over and got up from the ground, nervously holding the revolver on his waist.
As his consciousness slowly recovered, Han Du recalled that the Meng Yuan people had been defeated and he was safe.
"Huh~" Han Du let out a long breath, took three steps in succession, then opened the curtain and went out.
As soon as he came out, Han Du felt relieved when he saw the busy Ming army soldiers all around.
Tang Ding saw Han Du at a glance and walked over quickly.
"You're finally awake? You've almost cleaned up this morning. I originally thought I had to call you to get up. Now it's just right. We'll set off in a while."
Han Du pursed his lips and nodded slightly.
This is a place of right and wrong. If you stay a moment longer, you will be in more danger. It is better to leave as soon as possible.
When Tang Ding saw it, he turned around and shouted to some soldiers who were cleaning out the dirt from the carriage: "Clean up quickly. When you're done, load up the cannon and let's set off."
When Han Du heard this, he quickly stepped forward and pulled the soup cauldron, and asked in confusion: "Wait, what did you say? You want to take the cannon away?"
At this time, Han Du looked back to where the cannon originally stood, and sure enough he saw someone struggling to move the heavy cannon onto the carriage.
Han Du didn't bother to talk to Tang Ding in detail. He stepped forward and waved his hands to stop him: "Stop, everyone stop."
When the soldiers saw that it was Han Du's order, although they were very puzzled, they still stopped what they were doing in confusion.
Tang Ding followed Han Du forward and asked in confusion: "Han Du, what are you doing?"
Han Du suddenly looked up at Tang Ding and asked, "I would like to ask you what you are doing?"
He pointed at the cannon and said: "Now we have no gunpowder or cannonballs. These cannons are no better than burning fire sticks. They are just a bunch of burdens. What we need now is to go into battle lightly and retreat south as quickly as possible. Bring it with you." What are these burdens for? Do you think the Mongolian and Yuan cavalry can’t catch up with us?”
"This... the nearby Mengyuan tribe has been wiped out by us. There shouldn't be anyone who dares to chase us, right?" Tang Ding couldn't find a reason to refute Han Du's words, so he could only smile and deal with the two casually. sentence.
Suddenly a reason came to mind, and Tang Ding looked at Han Du and said: "These fifty cannons are not a small sum, they are worth a lot. If you just throw them away like this, I will be so heartbroken that I can't sleep. Besides, If you throw so many cannons on the grassland and the Mongolian people get rid of them, are you still suspected of sympathizing with the enemy?"
Han Du originally thought about throwing away these cannons, but after hearing what Tang Ding said, he couldn't help but nod. The value of fifty cannons is small, but the nature of the enemy's assets is big. If you just throw the cannon on the grassland like this, I'm sure someone will take advantage of this pigtail after you return to Beijing.
And rubbing his temples, Han Du pointed at a group of soldiers and said: "In this way, put all these cannons together with the soldiers who died in the battle, and bury them! They buried their bones in a foreign land, and they didn't even have any burial objects. Just use them." These cannons are for company
Buried. "
Bury cannons with soldiers who died in battle!
As soon as the surrounding soldiers heard Han Du's words, they immediately no longer wanted to move the cannons away, and they all looked at Tang Ding with excitement.
Although most of the burial objects were gold, silver, and copper coins, some were buried with weapons. However, many of those who were buried with weapons were generals and the like, and the weapons buried with them must have been the general's favorite things.
Although the cannon did not belong to any of these fallen soldiers, they were honored to be buried with such a magical weapon.
These living soldiers also very much hope to have the opportunity to let their fallen comrades receive this honor.
Tang Ding saw that Han Du had said everything. Besides, he couldn't refuse the soldiers' expectations, so he could only nod: "Okay."
"On behalf of my dead brother, I would like to thank the Marquis and the Young Master!" Several captains' eyes were red and they bowed to Han Du and Tang Ding with tears in their eyes.
"Thank you, Lord Marquis! Thank you, young master..."
After receiving Han Du's order, the soldiers carefully lowered the cannon they had just loaded. Deep pits were dug and the cannons were buried next to the dead soldiers.
As the soil hoeed after hoeing covered the bodies of the deceased soldiers and cannons, the deep sadness of the living people was also buried.
"Put the rest of the food and grass on the horses and destroy all the carriages. Let's go home!" Han Du waved his hand and didn't even want the carriage. In Han Du's eyes, the carriage is now a burden.
When Han Du led his army, there were 13,000 men, but now there were less than 8,000 left, and there were more than 4,000 wounded, more than half of the total number. Fortunately, most of the more than 4,000 people were slightly injured, and more than 1,000 were seriously injured.
However, Han Du had a large number of horses. The original more than 5,000 horses were not lost, and more than 30,000 good horses were seized. Therefore, Han Du now has enough horses on hand, and there is no need for carriages to transport grain and grass. Besides, after such a tough battle, the baggage was greatly consumed. Except for the sufficient food, almost all other items were consumed, so there was no need for the carriage.
"Ouch~"
"Go home, go home..."
The voice of "go home" spread quickly throughout the entire military camp like a storm. The confusion of going deep into the grassland, the fear of being surrounded by the Mongolian Yuan people, the excitement after the victory over the Mongolian Yuan cavalry, and the death of the comrades beside me...
All of these are far inferior to the word "go home".
Everyone cheered up again, quickly packed up everything they needed, and at Han Du's order, rode towards the south.
...
Zhu Di changed his station again. This was not the first station he changed, but the tenth.
Since he quietly left Han Du alone, he had indeed traveled a distance to the west. However, he did not actually go to the west. Instead, he stationed himself two to three hundred miles away from Han Du and quietly observed Han Du's movements.
If Han Du had been timid and retreated south, then Zhu Di would definitely jump out and ask Han Du why he didn't obey the general's order.
Anyone who disobeys the general's orders will be killed!
This is no joke.
Despite Lao Zhu's instructions, Zhu Di did not dare to kill Han Du himself, but he was able to ignore Han Du and swallow up Han Du's Shanzi camp in one go.
Unfortunately, Han Du was more courageous than Zhu Di imagined. Instead of being deterred from retreating south, they chose to continue heading north.
Ever since Han Du went north, Zhu Di had been sending people to keep an eye on Han Du, while he led the army and fell behind Han Du unhurriedly.
Just when Zhu Di was in the commander's tent, reading a book by candlelight.
Daoyan, a monk in black clothes, opened the curtain with a splash, took a military report, and walked directly to Zhu Di.
Before Zhu Di could ask questions, Dao Yan said with a heavy face: "Your Majesty, it's broken."
"What's the matter?" When Zhu Di saw Dao Yan's expression, his heart suddenly moved, and he somewhat guessed what it was. It's just that Zhu Di's palace is too deep, so he can keep his expression calm.
"Handu turned defeat into victory and almost wiped out Lietuo." Daoyan handed the military report in his hand to Zhu Di.
"How is this possible?" Although Zhu Di had a guess in his mind, no matter how much he guessed, he would never have guessed such explosive news.
He grabbed the military newspaper in Dao Yan's hand and read it word by word with wide eyes.
Daoyan couldn't believe it when he got the news, but it was the truth.
"How is this possible? Lietuo has an army of 50,000, and Handu only has more than 10,000 people. How can it be possible to completely annihilate Lietuo?" After reading, the military report in Zhu Di's hand fell silently, and his eyes lost focus. , muttering to himself in a daze.
Fifty thousand Mongolian cavalry...
He, Zhu Di, claimed to be a famous general in the world, but it was impossible for him to annihilate all 50,000 Mongolian cavalry with more than 10,000 troops.
The Mongolian and Yuan cavalry are notoriously difficult to annihilate. Even if they cannot be defeated, they can still escape. Daming wants to pursue, it is simply unrealistic.
After all, a person who is running away can escape in all directions, so can a person who is pursuing someone pursue him in all directions? At most, a few cavalry units were sent to pursue a few important targets.
And let alone total annihilation, if Zhu Di faced such a situation, he would only die. Even if he just wanted to defeat these 50,000 cavalry, Zhu Di couldn't do it without 60,000 or 70,000 cavalry.
Zhu Di thought hard and couldn't imagine how Han Du managed to annihilate all 50,000 cavalry with 13,000 men. So much so that his brain was in a state of shutdown.
Zhu Di suddenly came to his senses, grabbed Dao Yan's arm, shook it violently and asked sternly: "What about Han Du? Where did Han Du go?"
Dao Yan felt uncomfortable being shaken by Zhu Di, but this was when Zhu Di was furious, and he did not dare to show the slightest resistance. Zhu Di could only follow Zhu Di's question and said: "I don't know. Because there is an army of Lie Tuo in front, our detective horses didn't dare to get too close. Even the news of Lie Tuo's defeat was still given by our detective horses. We accidentally learned about it after we caught the fleeing Meng Yuan people. By the time Tan Ma went to the battlefield, Han Du and others had disappeared. "
At this time, Zhu Di was much calmer and slowly let go of Dao Yan's arm.
"How did Handu completely annihilate Lietuo?" This has become Zhu Di's worry. If he can't figure it out, he can't feel at ease.
