After Parthia occupied Dayuezhi, it accumulated a large number of troops and defended its entire territory with Lanshi City as the core.
Tutach was a famous Parthian general and the leader of one of the eight armored armies.
The Parthian army that entered Da Yuezhi had 10,000 heavy armored cavalry as the core, 20,000 light cavalry, and 20,000 infantry, forming the main force in total.
These soldiers and horses entered Dayuezhi and deployed defenses from west to east within its territory.
Afternoon.
In the southeast corner of Dayuezhi, where the two places meet Shendu and Dahan, on a low hill under the scorching sun, Tutah stood with a riding whip.
The Iron Armored Army has very high requirements on the physical fitness of its soldiers.
The tribesmen under its jurisdiction are generally stronger than other branches of the army, and the horses are also extremely thick and tall horses.
As the leader of one of them, Tutah is no exception, with a tall figure.
He wore a dark silver armor with some mottled marks. The bottom edge of the helmet was semi-curved, and there was a soft armored shawl underneath, which even protected his neck.
His powerful spiritual practice allowed him to wear heavy armor in midsummer without any burden.
The armor above his head is decorated with a red tassel standing upright, which is very bright.
Tutah looked at the terrain in the distance and frowned slightly:
"The land of Han going east is full of desert, which is not conducive to the march of the Iron Armored Army. The horses will sink into the yellow sand. However, it forms a natural barrier for the Han people to protect them from the attack of our Parthian Iron Army. .”
Tutah has dark brown cheeks and short beard, dark brown pupils, extremely thick eyebrows, and a high nose, which is the kind of nose that looks square and straight, with a cold and hard feeling like wood plastic.
Tutah was also a famous warrior in Parthia due to his personal martial arts, and was known as a warrior who even the gods looked at.
There were several people standing next to him, with different appearances.
One of them was from the Kushan tribe among the five branches of the Dayue clan.
There were scars on his face and neck when he was chased and attacked by Han Poguo, and he narrowly escaped death.
Dayuezhi was defeated by the Han and was unable to retaliate. The few remaining defeated troops had no choice but to adopt the method of combining vertical and horizontal forces, marching westward and joining Parthia as a vassal, struggling to survive in order to borrow troops to retaliate against the Han.
The leader of the remaining troops of the Dayue clan is the thirty-three-year-old Wanruo, the son of the former Guishang Xiumihou.
He only has a human form and wears a blue short robe common to nomads: "General Tutah, the Han people are fighting against their old enemy the Huns.
Why didn't the general take advantage of the opportunity to send troops to defeat his country and achieve great success? "
Tutah said solemnly: "The fact that the Han can defeat your Great Yueshi shows that the army is not weak, so after we entered the Great Yueshi, we continued to increase our troops for garrison.
But there will not be an all-out war with it in the short term. "
Wan Ruodao: "The general will take back the land of the Yuezhi from the Han people. During this period, he will expel the Han army here and fight with them several times, and he will win. Don't you want to achieve a greater victory?"
Tutah looked at Wanruo with a compelling gaze and said:
"Our Majesty has reformed our Parthian military system twice in just three years, and single-handedly created an invincible armored army.
I also know that Han will not be our opponent.
But there were countless battles against the Han people before. They were at war with the Xiongnu, and there were less than 20,000 people left behind in Dayuezhi, and they were not elite.
When my Parthian soldiers and horses came over, they took the order to retreat and did not engage us in a head-on battle.
Some of them were chased and expelled by us, but only more than a thousand people were killed and injured, and they withdrew from the territory of Dayuezhi. "
He added: "Our king is very kind and accepted the surrender of the remnants of your Dayue clan.
You want to use our troops to avenge the great Yuezhi, I know it very well.
But if you want to deceive me into sending troops, it is absolutely impossible.
Once again, severe punishment. "
The expression on Wan Ruo's slender face darkened, and he lowered his head and said, "General, please forgive my eagerness. I will never forget the hatred of genocide."
Tutah looked far ahead: "You are right about one thing, that is, the Han Dynasty is fighting a war, which is a good opportunity. I also have plans to test their reality and see how strong their defenses are. The soldiers and horses are comparable. war."
Wan Ruo is overjoyed.
He looked back at the line of soldiers and horses, which stretched out to tens of thousands of people and filled with murderous intent.
It was when he saw Tutah leading his troops that he came up with the idea of persuading him to invade the Han territory.
Tutah indeed had plans to test the Han army's defense line, find loopholes in its defense, and prepare for future war.
Tutah focused on the Han territory to the east and said: "I have studied the march map many times recently and determined that this place is a vulnerable place for the Han army's defense. So I am going to send a group of troops in to test the strength of the Han army!"
Wan Ruo asked for his order: "I am willing to be the vanguard and fight the Han army."
Tutah said calmly: "Your Yuezhi tribe's good rangers are charging forward, but the fighting methods of my subordinates are not in line with each other. We will talk about it later when we have the opportunity."
Under the low hill, a group of 6,000 Parthian light cavalry rode forward and entered the southwest corner of the Western Region. The former small country of Congyuan was now the border of the Han Dynasty in Congyuan County.
Tutah turned around and walked towards the foot of the low hill, saying:
"Let's go back first. This is a vulnerable spot for the Han army's defenses. I don't think they are well prepared. If the soldiers and horses enter from here, it will be difficult for them to find them. Let's go back first and wait for news."
The Parthian cavalry below advanced rapidly, and the team went straight into the territory of Congyuan.
Tutah and his party came down from the hill and prepared to leave.
Half a quarter of an hour later, as they were turning back, Tutah suddenly heard a low horn sound coming from behind.
The lieutenant beside him said: "This is... a battle number. Why did the war start so soon?!"
Tutah stood on his horse, turned his head and looked behind him, showing a slightly surprised expression:
“The Han people’s defense speed is much faster than I expected.
We turned around and went back to take a look. It should be a Han army patrolling the border. They would soon be defeated by our troops. "
Tutah raised a gorgeous riding crop with a red gem hanging on it: "I just happened to capture a few prisoners, come and ask."
The group of people turned their horses' heads and headed towards the short hill just now.
The group of people had not walked far when they heard the sound of horns blaring continuously along the way, and gradually became more rapid.
Tutah's deputy general said in shock:
"This is... a call for help. General, the situation is not right, the Han people may have an ambush!"
Tutah lightly clamped the horse's belly and rode it quickly.
Soon they returned to the highest hill nearby and looked ahead.
At the end of the line of sight in the distance, the yellow sand undulates, the shadows of swords and swords are filled with the sounds of killing and the clash of weapons.
It has become a battlefield.
Judging from the position of Tutah and others, the Han army's light cavalry came out from both directions from the north and south, galloping against each other in a twisted formation, while the Parthian soldiers and horses were obviously insufficiently prepared.
They used to use the most common long snake formation to march forward.
This kind of array was weak laterally, and the two columns of men and horses rushed out by the Han army formed a cross shape, made a sudden ambush, and were quickly cut off in the middle.
So they were at a disadvantage from the moment they entered the battle.
Tutah looked at it for a moment, then the look on his face turned into shock and anger, and his eyes widened.
It wasn't the sharpness of the Han army's soldiers that scared him.
But thinking that the Han army could ambush here so accurately, it was obvious that the Parthian soldiers and horses had already predicted that they would use this place as a breakthrough and wait here in advance.
Tutah's thoughts changed quickly and he quickly went through the various intelligence information on the Han army's border defense mobilization that he had recently collected.
Based on these signs of mobilization, he deduced that this direction of the Han army was a defensive gap and there was a chance to break into it.
However, the reality before us is that the Han army was waiting here to ambush them in advance.
This shows that the information he collected and judged before was probably the other party deliberately passing on false information, using mobilization to create the illusion of a weak defense and inducing him to attack.
And the process of inducing him to send troops is very subtle, so that he can rush in without even realizing it.
Tutah's expression was ugly, and he probably had the feeling that he was being manipulated to the point of being prejudged.
Who was the general of the Han army on the opposite side? He judged the battle situation so accurately that he sent him to fight him.
Tutah's expression changed continuously, and he was about to order the four thousand troops behind him to press forward, attack the enemy formation, and rescue the ambushed troops, when suddenly something happened in his heart:
“If the other party had already planned it, the ambush would never be so simple.
If my troops and horses continue to press forward, the other party may have follow-up measures, causing me to suffer even greater losses. "
Tutah took a slight breath and decisively ordered: "Immediately send a message to withdraw the troops, and the rear troops will form a formation to guard against the opponent's attack!"
The horn sounded.
After hearing the news, the Parthian soldiers and horses who were surrounded by the Han army tried to withdraw from the battlefield.
However, the Han army pressed forward step by step and firmly dragged the Parthian soldiers involved in the battle on the battlefield.
Opposite, east of the battlefield.
Behind the Han army, Wei Qing, dressed in military uniform, calmly observed the situation of the enemy and our troops: "The opponent was quite cautious and did not attack all the troops.
In this case, the people in Xingshan were ordered not to lie dormant, but to rush forward and eat the intruding soldiers and horses. Of the six thousand Qingqi, eating half of them would be enough to make them feel distressed. "
The soldiers immediately conveyed the military order.
Yao Zhao, who had been in the Western Regions during this period, was also among the generals behind Wei Qing.
He focused on the battlefield, but thought of the difference between Wei Qing and Huo Qubing.
If Huo Qubing came to fight this battle, he would most likely split the formation and attack Tutah's lair, or he might see through loopholes in the use of troops that others could not discover and hit the vital points directly.
After achieving decisive results in the first battle, Huo Qubing turned his head and attacked other Parthian troops.
Wei Qing, on the other hand, is good at layout. He first eats everything his opponent can eat to gain an advantage for himself, and then finally kills his opponent completely.
Huo Qubing started from the end point and played backwards, while Wei Qing started from the starting point and advanced to the end step by step.
It's hard to say who is superior, but Huo Qubing's style of play is more radical, and he often defeats the enemy in a single battle, which makes people feel happy from head to toe.
Wei Qing used the method of accumulating small successes in the art of war to create a large force and defeat the enemy, leaving the opponent with no chance to take advantage of, and the more he fought, the more desperate he became.
The Xiongnu's collapse was also related to the foundation laid by Wei Qing in the previous few years.
He continued to weaken the Huns.
Huo Qubing succeeded in the battle and beheaded the Huns.
…
Ulaanbaatar.
In the afternoon, a group of generals came to the commander's tent.
Huo Qubing took out four groups of essence refined from the bones of the shaman god, and looked around at his capable generals:
"The Xiongnu destroyed the country and used troops against Da Yueshi, the Western Regions and other places. You and others have made a lot of achievements. Your Majesty has given you rewards. Let me convey them on your behalf."
After the Battle of Mobei in history, Huo Qubing's generals all received large rewards.
He captured Fuluzhi alive by Juqu, the right virtuous king of the Xiongnu, and Yi Jiqian, who made the greatest contribution to breaking the Hulun Mountain Pass. Zhao Anji, who defeated the enemy's stronghold in many surprise attacks and beheaded the enemy chieftain, was awarded the title of Marquis of the Army.
Li Gan fought all the way north from the Western Regions and attacked various Xiongnu tribes along the way. He killed the most enemies and was granted the title of Marquis within the Pass.
The current rewards basically coincide with the historical line.
Chen Qing, who was beyond the historical line, was also granted the rank of Fuchong General, greatly increasing his military power.
This is a time when merit is rewarded and everyone is overjoyed.
Huo Qubing said: "In addition to your Majesty's reward, here is the essence extracted from the body of the shaman god, which is of great benefit to practice.
Zhao Ponu, you are currently at the highest level of cultivation. The military luck gained in this battle will allow you to enter the realm of heaven and human after a period of time. This essence has relatively little effect on you, so it doesn’t have yours.
Among the others, Chen Qing, Fu Luzhi, Zhao Anji, and Yi Jiqing each had a share.
There are only four items. I’ll get it this time. I’ll use others next time.
In addition, Yi Jiqian asked you to stay with the Xiongnu. After I return to Chang'an tomorrow, you can raise your troops and go north to garrison at the camp by the Cold Lake for a period of six months, rotating once. "
All the generals accepted the order in unison, and those who had gained something retreated.
The next day, Huo Qubing packed his bags and set off for Chang'an, where he had been away for more than two months after the Battle of Mobei.
By the time he returned to Chang'an with a full load and the achievements of conquering the country, it was already midsummer at the end of June.
As usual, there was a huge crowd at the city gate. People from all over the world came to Chang'an to watch the champion return home.
The acting prime ministers Li Cai and Zhang Tang were the leaders, and many people from the clan came out to welcome him.
Li Cai read out the emperor's latest appointment.
The rank of Grand Sima was added, and Huo Qubing was granted the title of Grand Sima Hussar General.
At the same time, a decree was made to make the salary of the hussar generals equal to that of the generals, echoing history.
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