"General Pi will be loyal to me and destroy the six tribes of the Huns."
"One thousand, three hundred and twenty-five Huns were captured, and two thousand three hundred and ninety-six cattle, sheep and other livestock were seized."
"This meritorious deeds should be remembered and encouraged by all of you."
With the scorching sun in the sky, a general wearing bright armor stood on the left side of the Chinese army's tent.
Holding a merit book in one hand and a wolf-hair pen in the other, facing the more than ten generals in the tent, he recited Xiang Benzhong's achievements aloud.
Beside him, a middle-aged man wearing a purple jade crown and bright silver mountain armor sat at the top.
With a smile on his face, he looked down at Xiang Benzhong, who was standing with his fists clasped, and slowly said, "You guys have gained a lot this time."
Upon hearing this, Xiang Benzhong quickly bent down to salute and replied with a smile on his face: "Thanks to the great general."
"You kid." General Li Guangli smiled and pointed at Ben Zhong, and then encouraged him: "Don't be proud and keep up your efforts."
Hearing this, Xiang Benzhong nodded repeatedly and said, "I will always remember the general's teachings."
Li Guangli waved his hand slightly and said: "Okay, let's return to the team. When today's business is over, I will celebrate your collective success."
"Thank you, General." Xiang Benzhong saluted with clasped fists again, then silently stepped aside.
Li Guangli turned his head slightly and looked at the general wearing Mingguang armor next to him, gesturing for him to continue.
The general wearing Mingguang armor nodded understandingly, and then turned his head slightly to look at the soldier beside him.
The soldier quietly moved the rice paper with a few lines of writing in his hand closer to Mingguang Armor.
"Shocked??" The general in bright light armor opened his eyes immediately after seeing the writing clearly, and his eyes were filled with complex expressions.
After a few breaths.
Li Guangli tilted his head slightly again and urged in a calm voice: "Wei Guogong."
When Wei Guogong Gu Zhanying heard this, he immediately came back to his senses, grabbed the rice paper in the hands of the soldiers beside him, and then quickly walked towards Li Guangli.
"General, please take a look." Gu Zhanying presented the rice paper in his hands to Li Guangli.
Li Guangli reached out and took the rice paper from Gu Zhanying.
Just one glance, and his complexion changed slightly.
At the same time, the dozen or so generals who noticed something was wrong all looked at each other in confusion.
But soon.
More than half of the generals looked at General Zheng Xuanjing with doubts on their faces.
According to the military rules of the Zhou Dynasty.
When a general's military merit is assessed, he should be in charge of three troops.
The first step is self-reporting by generals. After each battle, regardless of victory or defeat, the leading general must immediately assess the gains and losses of his unit and report them to the chief general.
The second general will make a ruling. After receiving the written report, the leading general will immediately order the inspection team to check.
The third column is for the court to determine the merits. After the military leader has verified that there are no errors, he will record the merits truthfully in the merit book. After the commander returns to the court, the merit book will be handed over to the Ministry of War, and the Ministry of War and the court will discuss the final merit.
In the event of a great victory or great defeat, the general leading the army should immediately write the true story in a memorial and rush it 800 miles to Chang'an, the capital.
Of course.
It cannot be said that there are no generals who can truly act in accordance with the military laws of the Great Zhou Dynasty, it can only be said that they are too rare.
It is so rare that it is no exaggeration to describe it as rare.
In order to save trouble, most generals often travel in parallel.
Looking at the sequence, the rice paper in Li Guangli's hand must have come from Zheng Xuanjing.
Zheng Xuanjing stood on one side of the Chinese army's tent.
He helplessly spread his hands towards many colleagues, and then fell silent with his eyes, nose, nose, and heart in mind.
For a time, most of the generals gradually had some bad premonitions in their hearts.
After a while.
Li Guangli expressionlessly handed the rice paper to Gu Zhanying beside him.
Then he said in a deep voice: "Sing the skills truthfully."
"Follow the order!" Gu Zhanying responded with clasped fists.
Then walk slowly to the left side of the upper head.
After picking up the credit book and the Langhao pen again.
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More than ten generals in front of him said loudly: "General Zheng Xuanjing destroyed the three tribes of the Xiongnu."
"Killed 972 enemies and captured 625 enemies."
"More than a thousand cattle and sheep, and more than 1,500 war horses~!"
"In this battle, General Zheng Xuanjing has promoted the power of our Zhou army. He should be remembered as a great meritorious service, and all the kings should encourage him!"
The words are over.
The entire Chinese army tent instantly fell into a dead silence.
This news may be good news for Zheng Xuanjing.
But for other generals, it is undoubtedly a big day of bad news.
As soon as this news comes out, it means that the real war has begun quietly.
Let me ask, if you bully the old, weak, sick and disabled every day, you can get military merit.
There are a few people who are truly willing to risk their lives to fight.
As the saying goes, it is easy to go from frugality to luxury, but it is difficult to go from luxury to frugality.
At this time, the more than ten generals in the Chinese army's tent undoubtedly fit this saying very well.
Li Guangli slowly stood up from his upper position.
Eyes as sharp as knives slowly traveled across the faces of every general in the Chinese army's tent.
The funny thing is.
The entire Chinese army tent was filled with more than a dozen generals.
But no one dared to look at him.
The dead silence gradually solidified invisibly.
Just as the atmosphere in the Chinese army's tent became increasingly depressing.
Li Guangli suddenly stepped out of the top position.
"Hahaha." Li Guangli laughed heartily and said, "You guys, are you so disdainful of General Zheng's meritorious service? Or are you so envious that you can't even say a word of congratulations?"
The hearty laughter circled inside the Chinese army's tent for a few breaths and then drifted straight out of the tent.
The originally oppressive atmosphere was instantly dispersed by the hearty laughter.
"General Zheng, congratulations."
"General Zheng, I'll have to get drunk at your house no matter what I say after my master returns to court."
"It's just that, among us, you are the most lucky. If you don't invite me to drink, it would be a little unreasonable."
"Oh, it doesn't matter if you treat me to a drink. If I were General Zheng, I would have a three-day banquet after returning to the court."
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For a time, there were countless happy voices.
The Chinese army's tent, which had been so silent that it was so oppressive, suddenly regained its vitality.
Li Guangli waved his hands with a smile on his face and said: "Okay, okay, you don't have to wait until the master returns to the court, just have it at the celebration banquet today."
The words are over.
Li Guangli slowly turned around and returned to the top position.
Then he waved his hand and said: "The celebration banquet will not start until You're here. You have been running around for several days, so you should go back and recuperate first."
As he spoke, Li Guangli slowly pointed at the generals in the Chinese army's tent.
Then he smiled and said: "During the celebration banquet, if anyone refuses to drink because he is tired from traveling, then don't blame me for being rude."
As soon as he finished speaking, the laughter and laughter in the Chinese army's tent became more intense.
It is even so strong that it gives people an extremely unreal feeling.
After a while.
The generals in the Chinese army's tent slowly dispersed.
Only three people, Li Guangli, Gu Zhanying and Zheng Xuanjing, were left.
The corner of Gu Zhanying's eye flashed over the silent Li Guangli.
Then he looked down at Zheng Xuanjing, who was standing upright, and asked: "Where did General Zheng come from to engage with the Huns?"
Zheng Xuanjing clasped his fists and saluted, saying, "I'll ask the Duke of Wei if he will be able to meet the Huns from a hundred and sixty miles away from the main camp."
"The general's soldiers chased and fought with him for about two hours."
"In the end, 972 enemy soldiers were killed and more than 1,500 war horses were captured."
Gu Zhanying nodded slightly, and then continued to ask: "Have any Huns escaped?"
Zheng Xuanjing did not hesitate at all, and directly answered with clasped fists: "Go back to the Duke of Wei and ask if I can make sure that no Xiongnu escapes."
Gu Zhanying asked again: "Will anyone be left alive in this battle?"
Zheng Xuanjing's face paused for a moment, and then he replied: "There are no survivors. The Duke of Wei does not know. The Huns who are fighting against the general this time are extremely fierce."
"Anyone who fell off his horse and lost the battle would immediately draw his sword and kill himself."
As soon as these words came out, Li Guangli and Gu Zhanying couldn't help but frown.
If Zheng Xuanjing had not lied, the enemy his troops encountered this time should be the wolf guard of King Zuo Guli.
In the entire Xiongnu royal court, who has the most ruthless subordinates who are not afraid of death?
Except for the subordinates of the Xiongnu Chanyu.
It must be the Wolf Guard under King Zuo Guli.
He was so brave that even the subordinates of the wise kings above him were willing to be inferior to him.
Thinking about this.
Li Guangli and Gu Zhanying had new doubts in their minds.
Although King Zuo Guli's wolf guard was completely disabled by Zhao Qing in the decisive battle in Mobei.
But King Zuo Guli is still alive after all.
After careful calculation, King Zuo Guli is probably not yet old enough to know his destiny.
With its ability, the new Wolf Guards, who spent more than ten years re-training, would not be able to annihilate nearly a thousand people by Zheng Xuanjing at the cost of more than 700 soldiers.
It's not that Li Guangli and Gu Zhan's battalion commanders destroyed other people's ambitions and destroyed their own prestige.
But because of his special understanding of King Zuogu Li.
Both of them had fought against King Zuo Guli.
It's a pity that in the end, we lost more than we won.
Li Guangli calmed down and stopped using the excuse of Gu Zhanying.
He asked in person: "General Zheng, did you send any scouts after the war?"
Hearing this, Zheng Xuanjing hurriedly clasped his fists and replied, "I asked the general. After the war, the last general sent 300 scouts to investigate within a radius of twenty miles starting from the place of battle."
"The three hundred scouts we sent returned safely."
"On his way back to camp, he will order the three hundred scouts to monitor and investigate fifty miles behind the army."
"Send another cavalry to clear the marching traces behind the army."
Li Guangli pondered for a few breaths after hearing this.
During a normal march, the scope of scout investigation is usually within ten miles.
In times of war, the scout's detection range would often extend to about twenty miles.
But no matter how it expands, its detection range will rarely reach fifty miles.
And when Zheng Xuanjing returned to camp, he sent a group of 500 soldiers behind the army to clean up the marching traces.
In this way, the chance of being followed by the Huns will be greatly reduced.
Thinking of this, Li Guangli nodded slightly and praised: "General Zheng did an excellent job in this matter. You should maintain this caution in future marches."
Hearing this, Zheng Xuanjing once again clasped his fists and saluted, saying, "The last general will definitely remember the teachings of the great general."
Li Guangli waved his hand slightly and said: "General Zheng has been running around for several days. I guess he must be tired. He should return to camp to rest first. General Zheng is the protagonist of today's celebration banquet, so he must keep up his spirits."
Zheng Xuanjing clasped his fists and bent down to salute: "I will leave at the end."
"Go." Li Guangli waved his hands slightly.
After Zheng Xuanjing's figure completely disappeared behind the Chinese army's tent.
Li Guangli waved his hand slightly again to signal Gu Zhanying to take a seat.
Gu Zhanying quickly took his seat and asked, "General, today's celebration banquet will be held as usual?"
Although it was not certain at this time whether the enemy Zheng Xuanjing was fighting was the wolf guard of King Zuo Guli.
But one thing is beyond doubt.
That is, the Xiongnu had secretly mobilized their troops and made preparations.
All the generals who went on this expedition were mentally prepared for this outcome.
After all, if this were not the case, there would be no young people in the tribes along the way.
The only thing that exceeded the generals' expectations was time.
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They originally expected that it would take at least more than a month for the Huns to assemble their troops for the battle.
However, the Xiongnu's gathering was completely beyond their imagination.
It is precisely because of this that the generals find it difficult to adapt.
Li Guangli nodded slightly when he heard this and said: "The celebration banquet will be held as usual. The soldiers have been running around for several days and have gained a lot recently. If there is no reward, the soldiers may be dissatisfied."
The words are over.
Li Guangli pondered for a moment, then slowly spoke again: "Work hard for your troops tonight. Tomorrow, I, the general, will hold a grand celebration banquet for your troops."
Hearing this, Gu Zhanying spread his hands helplessly, and then said, "That's all it has to be now."
Li Guangli sighed helplessly, then slowly stood up and walked to the map.
He had his hands behind his back and his eyes slowly wandered around the map.
After a while.
Li Guangli slowly stretched out his hand from a river valley and tapped hard.
Then he said in a deep voice: "The army will set off tomorrow and arrive in the Mosin Valley three days later."
"Set up camp next to the Mosin River Valley and prepare to fight the main force of the Huns."
He knew very well that it would not be long before his troops would really engage in battle with the main force of the Huns.
In this case, why not choose a favorable position to meet the enemy.
After hearing this, Gu Zhanying slowly stood up and walked behind Li Guangli.
He looked at the map carefully for a moment.
The Mogan River Valley is more than eighty miles away from where the camp was set up at this time.
With the cavalry's marching speed, it can be reached in a day at most.
But nothing.
Although Zhou Dynasty sent 30,000 troops this time, all of them were cavalry.
However, the number of thirty thousand is only the number of soldiers.
In fact, there were a total of 60,000 people leaving the border this time.
Among them, the number of auxiliary soldiers and civilians accounted for fully half.
After all, just feeding 30,000 people every day is not a small amount.
You can't let 30,000 soldiers transport food and armor, medicine and other items by themselves.
And 60,000 people marched for up to 40 miles a day.
In order to prevent the Huns from raiding, they marched for three days over a distance of more than 80 miles, which just echoed the way of using troops.
After a while.
Gu Zhanying slowly said: "When the celebration banquet comes to an end tonight, our department will mobilize 600 scouts to rush to the Mogan Valley overnight to investigate."
Li Guangli nodded slightly and then chuckled: "The one who knows me is Brother Zhanying."
When Gu Zhanying heard this, he clasped his fists and saluted with a smile on his face: "It is a great honor for a general to be able to obey orders under the general."
After the two flattered each other for a few words, Gu Zhanying said goodbye with clasped fists, and then slowly exited the Chinese army's tent.
After there were no more two people in the Chinese army's tent.
Li Guangli once again set his sights on the Mogan River Valley, which was more than eighty miles away.
