Huan Wen immediately showed his composure and calmness when facing the fierce Nanman army on the opposite side.
"My Han army is sworn not to retreat. All the officers and soldiers obey the order and follow me to kill the enemy!" Huan Wen shouted and drew out the sword in his hand.
Tens of thousands of soldiers behind them raised their weapons at the same time and shouted: "Kill the enemy! Kill the enemy! Kill the enemy!"
When the Southern Barbarians saw that the Daxia Dynasty's army dared to be so arrogant, they suddenly became angry and immediately rushed into the Northern Barbarian camp brandishing swords and guns. The two sides instantly fought together.
While the two sides were fighting, countless cavalry suddenly poured out from the north gate and rushed directly into the middle of the Southern Barbarian army. Then they immediately leapt up, cutting down dozens of Southern Barbarian soldiers, and then fell back to the ground, taking away dozens of Southern Barbarian soldiers. The soldiers' lives were disrupted in the blink of an eye, and the formation of the southern barbarian army was disrupted, putting the originally dominant southern barbarian army into a dangerous situation.
Huan Wen took the opportunity to command his soldiers to attack fiercely, pushing the Nanman army back all the way. The cavalry who made the surprise attack continued their pursuit until they finally wiped out the entire Northern Barbarian army.
This was a victory, but it was only a tragic victory. The Northern Barbarian army was slaughtered, but Huan Wen also lost nearly 5,000 elite soldiers. The rest of the casualties were nothing more than the loss of food and grass.
In this case, Huan Wen must quickly find a way to replenish food, otherwise they will only be hungry.
Huan Wen led the remaining remnant soldiers and ran all the way, and finally arrived at the county government office in a nearby city at dusk, asking for temporary accommodation.
"Sir... who are you?" The county government guard recognized the bright red emblems on the clothes of this group of people and knew that they must be soldiers of the Great Xia Dynasty, but he did not let them go.
"I am Huan Wen, the general under the command of the Marquis of Jin Yang!" Huan Wen said in a deep voice, "I want to borrow the warehouse in the city. Please inform the chief register on my behalf."
"Okay...ok..." The guard was startled and quickly nodded in agreement.
Soon, Lord Bo personally ran over to greet Huan Wen.
"Why are you here, Lord Marquis?" Zhu Bo greeted respectfully. Although his official position was lower than that of Huan Wen, who said he was conferred a title by His Majesty the Emperor?
Huan Wen briefly described the current situation and finally said: "I hope your county can send enough food and grass to help our army tide over the difficulties."
The chief clerk's face changed several times when he heard this.
He naturally knows how much money this kind of transportation of grain and grass costs.
"I wonder how much food and grass the Marquis needs?" Zhu Bo asked.
"The more, the better." Huan Wen said unceremoniously. After all, there were no material transactions in this era, and we could only rely on gold and silver. These money and grains were all real things.
Zhu Bo frowned slightly and said: "If there is really enough food and grass, I will naturally be willing to help the Marquis, but..."
"I understand, and I am willing to pay you accordingly. I just ask that you can send enough food and grass as soon as possible. Our army is in urgent need of rescue." Huan Wen knew what the chief secretary was worried about, but he had no choice.
"In that case, I would rather be respectful than obey your orders." The chief clerk cupped his hands and said with a smile, "Then please wait a moment, Lord Marquis, and I will order people to prepare."
Huan Wen nodded slightly, then sat aside and closed his eyes to rest. The chief clerk did not disturb him and turned around to order people to collect food and grass.
After Huan Zhen on the other side heard his father's message, he immediately summoned all the generals to discuss countermeasures.
"Everyone, our Han army is fighting with the Southern Barbarian bandits. We have consumed a huge amount of food and grass, and we are about to be unable to hold on. If we cannot resolve this matter as soon as possible, I am afraid our situation will be dire." Huan Zhen said, "Therefore a certain I think we should send troops quickly to seize the food and fodder of the Southern Barbarian army, which may be able to turn the tide."
"But if we want to send troops, we must first replenish the reserves of food and grass." A lieutenant general said hesitantly, "If we send troops rashly, if we are ambushed by the enemy, won't all our efforts be in vain?"
"If according to the plan, our army only has 500 cavalry to participate in the battle, even if it encounters an enemy ambush, it may not be able to benefit." Another lieutenant general retorted.
"Hmph!" Huan Zhen glanced at the soldiers with dissatisfaction, "If we hadn't been eager to find reinforcements, how could we be in such a mess? And without the help of reinforcements, it would be difficult to take over the southern barbarian land with our strength alone. When the time comes for the Great Xia court to blame me, can you afford it?"
This sentence really hit the weak point of the soldiers present.
"In that case, let's act according to the Marquis' proposal!" Finally, the group of soldiers reached a consensus and agreed to send troops.
Huan Zhen nodded with satisfaction, and then immediately led the five hundred elites southward.
At the same time, in the royal court of Nanman, the third prince of Nanman was having a banquet.
The Southern Barbarian royal family has rules and holds a banquet to celebrate every ten years. This period of time is the carnival ceremony of the Southern Barbarian royal family.
During the banquet, the third prince of Nanman announced to everyone present that the Nanman royal family had decided to dedicate the Nanman land to the Daxia court and from then on included it in the territory of the Daxia court.
The Nanman King also stated that he would lead the Nanman army to break through the Daxia court's defenses in Nanzhou within three months and completely expel the Daxia court from the Nanman.
"Haha, I have been looking forward to this day for so long!" The third prince of Nanman stood up excitedly and said, "I have finally waited for this day."
"The prince is wise." All the surrounding Nanman soldiers applauded, looking very excited.
The third Nanman prince's eyes fell on the Nanman Princess who was sitting at the table: "Mother, our plan has succeeded after all. Let's see how the Daxia court resists. After our father takes Jingzhou, we can break through it." Chang'an, and then attack Luoyang, by then we, the Southern Barbarians, will be the most powerful country in this era!"
The Nanman Princess gently shook the wine glass in her hand and smiled charmingly: "Son, you did a good job with your plan this time. You are worthy of being a child educated by your mother."
"Hehe, my mother taught me a lesson." The third prince of Nanman said with a smile, and then raised the wine glass in his hand.
At this time, more than ten miles away from the Nanman stronghold, a group of cavalry was quietly approaching.
"Master Marquis, is this the Nanman's coaching tent?" a scout reported to Huan Zhen.
"Yes, this is the commander-in-chief of the Southern Barbarians, named Aqian. He is the most brave and skilled general in the Southern Barbarians." Huan Zhen said slowly, "We must kill him in this battle and cannot let him escape, otherwise he will be killed." It will arouse the anger of the southern barbarians."
"My subordinate understands. Please rest assured, Lord Marquis, we will fulfill our mission."
"good."
This cavalry was Huan Zhen's private army, numbering five hundred in total. Since they were wearing armor and carrying heavy crossbows on their horses, they looked like a well-equipped army, so they were not afraid of being suspected at all.
Huan Zhen and his men quietly approached the coach's camp, and then began to sneak attack in the dark night.
"Enemy attack!" When the first alarm bell rang, the coach A Gan, who had been sleeping lightly, suddenly woke up. Just as he was about to shout the slogan, he saw fire shooting into the sky and thick smoke billowing in the distance.
"Enemy attack!"
"Quick, protect my wife." Coach Agan yelled.
Unfortunately, his wife had fainted and passed away. This made the coach furious and wanted to chop off his wife's head now. But at this time, the enemy had already reached him. He could only endure the murderous intention in his heart and drew out his scimitar to meet the enemy.
"kill!"
There are archers in the Nanman army, but they dare not shoot arrows. After all, arrows are too precious. So at this time, the Nanman army came forward with spears.
"Kill!" Huan Zhen shouted, then drew his sword and rushed forward.
In front of him were densely packed Southern barbarian soldiers, and beside him were rows of heavy shield bearers and archers, who blocked the charge of the Southern barbarian soldiers with their shields.
The Nanman soldiers rushed forward regardless.
"Dang Dang Dang~"
"Bang~"
The two sides collided instantly, and then the Nanman army retreated steadily.
Beside Huan Zhen, a great halberd was waving across the sky, like a death sickle harvesting life, constantly harvesting the lives of the Southern Barbarian army.
"Pfft——"
"Pfft——"
"Pfft——"
Blood splattered everywhere.
"Kill!" Huan Zhen spat out a cold monosyllable coldly.
Behind him, a large black flag fluttered, and the black flag buzzed, as if to indicate his identity.
"Wei Clan Wei Zhongdao is here!" Huan Zhen shouted, "The Southern Barbarian Army is listening to the order. Whoever can kill A Gan will be rewarded with a thousand taels of gold."
Huan Zhen took the lead and rushed out, followed closely by the others.
Although A Gan, the commander of the Southern Barbarian King's Army, was powerful, he did not notice that a small arrow suddenly flew towards A Gan's throat.
A Gan's eyes widened and he fell down.
"The enemy general is dead!" Huan Zhen cut off A Gan's head with a sword, and then shouted loudly, "Brothers, follow me and kill all these beasts!"
Huan Zhen and his cavalry were like hungry tigers attacking sheep, frantically slaughtering the Southern Barbarian soldiers.
These southern barbarian soldiers were usually cruel and bloodthirsty and did not even treat the Han people as human beings, so Huan Zhen led his cavalry to kill them with great pleasure.
I don't know how long it took, but the entire Nanman army collapsed and fled in all directions.
Huan Zhen took advantage of the situation to pursue him, killing the Nanman troops crying for their fathers and mothers, and their corpses covered the entire valley.
The third prince of the Nanman saw that his troops suffered heavy losses, and he could also see that these Han people were definitely not ordinary soldiers, otherwise they would not be so ruthless and ruthless during the war, as if they were desperate.
"Retreat!" The third Nanman prince knew that staying here would definitely be a dead end, so he decisively ordered a retreat, hoping to use the terrain to delay time and wait for other reinforcements.
However, Huan Zhen and others were unwilling to give up. After chasing for half an hour, the logistics supplies of the Nanman army had been burned, and more than half of the personal guards of the third Nanman prince had been destroyed. The remaining ones were almost all There are wounded.
"Let's go!" Seeing this, the third Nanman prince could only choose to avoid the limelight temporarily, and then ordered the troops to flee north.
Unfortunately, Huan Zhen and others had expected that they would run away, so they kept staring at this place. After they ran north for a while, Huan Zhen immediately ordered: "Pursue!"
"kill!"
One hundred and eighty cavalrymen, under the command of Huan Zhen, have been following the Nanman cavalry. The Nanman cavalry killed along the way lost their helmets and armor and were in a miserable state.
By daybreak, more than 30% of the Nanman army had been lost, with only six to seven thousand men and horses left struggling.
"Report... to report to the Marquis, we have pursued them into the southern barbarian territory."
"Okay, here's the order for the entire army to speed up their march and make sure to arrive at Nanman City before dark." Huan Zhen issued the order, and then asked, "Where's the eldest brother? Why didn't you see him?"
"The eldest son was ordered to lead the cavalry to the hinterland of the Southern Barbarians. It should take about a day to return. We can arrive at the Southern Barbarians City before night." The adjutant said hurriedly.
The Nanman army now only has a few thousand people. These few thousand people may be able to barely hold on to the Nanman city, but if they encounter Wei Qing's army, they may have no choice but to surrender.
"Okay, then we will rush into Nanman City at night, seize the capital of Nanman in one fell swoop, and kill all the Nanman royal family without leaving any one behind." Huan Zhen laughed.
As soon as these words came out, all the cavalrymen were excited. They followed Huan Zhen and rushed directly into the Nanman Royal Court.
At this time, the Nanman royal court had already fallen into chaos, because a large number of Nanman soldiers were killed, and the Nanman King's son Agan was also killed. Other members of the Nanman royal family were also killed. The Nanman King's heirs died and escaped. Escape, nothing left can escape.
"Your Majesty, Your Majesty!"
A Gan's wives and concubines cried and knelt in front of A Gan, pleading: "Please save us, please save us!"
"You..." Agan had a sad look on his face.
"Father, mother, concubine, I am unfilial!" A young man knelt on the ground and howled loudly, "My son is useless, and he has actually harmed you. My sin is so serious!"
"Son, just be okay, just be okay!" A Gan's wife hurriedly comforted her son, "Stop crying, you must not have anything happen to you."
"Hahaha..." Agan looked up to the sky and laughed, "Okay, very good, in that case, I will abandon this royal court and go to hell with you."
A Gan suddenly pulled out the spear from his waist, and then shouted at his wife and children: "Come on, you will die with me too!" After that, he rode towards his wife and children.
"Ah!" A woman screamed and fell down.
"Ah!"
"Ah!" The Nanman soldiers on the side screamed.
Their wives and children also fell down one after another, and their blood stained the grass.
A pungent smell of blood filled the grassland.
"Hahaha..." Agan laughed crazily, and then his eyes fell on Huan Zhen who was standing aside, "Han people, come on, kill me, you guys kill me!"
Huan Zhen looked at the Nanman general in front of him and shook his head.
"Who are you?" Huan Zhen asked.
"The Third Prince of the Southern Barbarians." A Gan said, "Don't you Han people always want to dominate the Central Plains? I'm here today. If you kill me, then you Han people can become the emperor. This is much better than killing me. .”
"It's easy to kill you!" Huan Zhen said, "But how to deal with this matter is not that simple!"
A Gan breathed a sigh of relief after hearing this. He thought that Huan Zhen was afraid of the power behind him and did not dare to take action easily, so he smiled and said: "What's not simple about this? Anyway, I will die. I am willing to I will atone for my sins and help you conquer the Southern Barbarians. From now on, we, the Southern Barbarians, will never invade the country of your Han people."
"Oh!" Huan Zhen looked at the Nanman prince in front of him in surprise. He did not expect that Nanman would actually make such a request.
"Are you really willing to surrender to me, the Han people?" Huan Zhen asked, "Is this too simple?"
"Of course I do!" A Gan shouted loudly, "Can I still deceive you? Look at my appearance now. Even if I want to deceive you, I can't do it. I can't leave here at all. I Nor can we give up the southern barbarian lands.”
"Okay, you get up first!" Huan Zhen nodded and said.
"Okay, okay, I'll get up, I'll get up."
