Both sides of the engagement felt victorious, on the battlefield yet it was not a strange thing.
The Huns felt that they were outnumbered and fought so proactively, as well as forcing out the Qin cavalry elite, which was certainly a victory.
The Qin army felt that they answered the battle with a tired army out of the Great Wall, still mostly new troops, and fought the other side to a draw, which is of course also a victory.
Both sides’ morale was still holding up well.
When the Huns retreated, the battlefield was not just quiet.
A part of the Qin army was set aside for defence, while everyone else began to fly to the rescue!
“What are you waiting for, don’t save them yet!”
“You can’t draw arrows! Go call for a stretcher! Who the hell taught you first aid?”
“Pressure! Stop the bleeding! Physician! Doctor!”
“Mend the Huns that aren’t dead, take no prisoners! Don’t hurt your own brothers!”
The entire battlefield was still filled with wailing everywhere, but everyone was not desperate, because they knew and could see that their army had not given up on them!
Even those with missing arms, these people were still saving!
“Let the officers at all levels do the statistics, all the soldiers who died in battle, the pension that should be there are not allowed to have any deductions, once found, copy the family and destroy the clan!”
“And then have Han Xin come to meet me inside the centre army tent after he’s finished his work.”
Zhao Lang said coldly at this time.
In his place, it was impossible to let his own people shed blood and tears!
The messenger soldier gave Zhao Lang a reverent look before leading the order to leave.
He was also a junior soldier, who wouldn’t want to have such a great general who protected his soldiers?
Soon, Zhao Lang left the Great Wall and, together with Meng Tian, returned to the tent of the centre army.
“Your Highness the Crown Prince, this time the battle was ours to win, this Han Xin is truly a great talent.”
Back in the tent, Meng Ten said with a few emotions at this time.
“No wonder Your Highness the Crown Prince holds this person in such high regard, the old minister is indeed still old.”
“If after that, Han Xin can be sure and maintain such a battle record, the old minister is willing to give up the position of the commander-in-chief!”
In this great battle, Han Xin was bringing his soldiers who had already been marching for a long time out of the Great Wall to answer the battle.
In terms of the results of the battle, he also roughly estimated on the Great Wall that the casualties of Great Qin just now were around six thousand people, and with such a perfect relief, the number of wounded recovering was still very objective.
While the Hun’s is a three thousand people cavalry, completely wiped out!
The results of the battle on the other side hadn’t been transmitted yet, but it shouldn’t be too different.
Although the ratio came down to two to one, but to say a word of extermination.
Meng Tian felt that it was completely acceptable!
Most of the Qin army’s dead and wounded were new troops of slave origin, and their equipment was the simplest.
Two for one Hun cavalryman for such a man, it was too much of a profit!
Just hearing Meng Tian’s words, Zhao Lang did not look happy.
Although he had fought with the Xiongnu before, he only realised today that fighting with the Xiongnu’s great legions, Great Qin’s losses would be so severe.
Of course, if one didn’t go out to fight, then those losses would expand countless times and then befall the people of the northern counties of Great Qin.
It’s that cruel.
Soon enough, the sound of a report came from outside the centre army tent, and
“Great General! General Han Xin has arrived! ”
“Come in.”
Han Xin then appeared in the army tent in full armour and
“Greetings, Great General, greetings, Your Highness the Crown Prince.”
In a large army, Han Xin would still change his address.
Zhao Lang didn’t care about these details and asked directly that
“How is the situation?”
Han Xin was not ambiguous and quickly explained the situation, which was similar to what Meng Tian had projected.
Just waiting for the battle report from the other side.
Zhao Lang nodded at this time, then asked Han Xin that
“Do you have a plan against the enemy now?”
“I want to wipe these people out in one fell swoop!”
Looking at Zhao Lang’s ruthless appearance, Han Xin could only reveal a bitter smile at this time, and replied that
“Your Highness the Crown Prince, I’ve been thinking about this journey for a long time as well, and today’s countermeasure is the result.”
“The Xiong Nu’s cavalry is really hard to restrain.”
He has implemented the war strategy of cover plus encirclement from both the small and large battlefields this time though, and the results are not bad.
But that was as far as it went.
The advantage of cavalry was too great.
Firstly, there was the opposing reconnaissance advantage, where cavalry could be completely outflanked by ten, fifty, or even a hundred miles!
But what about infantry, ten miles is already the limit.
Even then, the other side only needs to send a cavalry to block it.
How can this be fought?
Han Xin paused, then continued.
“Against the Xiong Nu, I’m afraid it can also be a frontal stall and then a surprise attack.”
“Just now I saw my Da Qin’s elite cavalry, it should come in handy.”
Hanson spoke slightly of his thoughts at this point.
Meng Tian on the side heard his eyes light up and said.
“General Han is truly extraordinary!”
This battle strategy for the surprise attack was still something that Zhao Lang had come up with and he had come to take the trouble to perfect, but he didn’t expect Han Xin to come up with it all by himself.
The plan was also fairly sound.
It’s just that Zhao Lang still had a tight frown on his face and shook his head slightly, saying.
“This plan, for the Qiang people, the Yue Clan is still not bad.”
“But even if it succeeds, the main force of the Huns can still retreat when they receive the news, what are we going to stop them with?”
The Xiongnu would of course suffer some damage as a result, but it was also still far from enough to achieve his goal.
It could only be to use his own killer weapon, Zhao Lang said at this time with a few moments of coldness.
“Han Xin, still remember the heavenly thunderbolt that was used when we attacked the Chu army?”
Hearing this, Han Xin’s eyes snapped open!
“Remember! Of course I remember! Your Highness the Crown Prince! You really were able to master that heavenly thunder! My subordinate thought it was the help of the heavens!”
“If it can have that kind of power, this battle, our army will win!”
When Zhao Lang had used the Heavenly Thunder to break through the Chu army, everyone had watched.
That power was simply invincible!
It wasn’t something that could be countered by human power.
But the propaganda from top to bottom was that Zhao Lang was the son of Heaven’s destiny, so he had Heaven’s Thunder to help him!
Han Xin also asked privately, but Zhao Lang just smiled and didn’t say much.
Zhao Lang is nothing to be ashamed of, when it was to combat the morale of the Chu army, plus there was not much material in stock.
So the choice was to propagate the idea of heavenly destiny.
This effect is also good.
But now there’s no need for it.
“Well, that’s not any heavenly thunderbolt, but gunpowder, something produced by the Great Qin smithing supervisor, and there are a lot of stocks of it today!”
“It’s not as powerful as before, but it’s also about half as powerful as before, well, it can’t be fired with arrows either.”
The power of these crude black gunpowder could certainly not be compared to the ones that Su and the others had taken the trouble to craft.
The fuses couldn’t be supplied on such a large scale either.
It can only be made into bamboo gunpowder barrels and ignited with open fire or other gunpowder.
“I want to know if you can do it if it’s given to you to use, to cripple the main force of the Huns at once!”
Whether it was for the sake of avenging the people all over North County or for the sake of subsequent integration, the main force of the Huns had to be eradicated!
When Han Xin heard this, he also couldn’t help but fall into a moment of silence, and after contemplating for a while, he still said.
“Your Highness the Crown Prince, this day… Although black powder is strangely powerful and used head-on, the Xiongnu are certainly no match for our army!”
“Only, this thing also has a lot of limitations, the Huns ate a few losses is after, I’m afraid that will not be positive impact.”
“I have the certainty that the Huns will be driven back into the depths of the grassland, only, want to cripple these people at once, in the grassland, I’m afraid it’s not easy.”
Of course, Han Xin would like to cripple these people in one go, but the Huns are so mobile that even if these people suffered an initial injury, they would be able to escape in time.
This was why, back in the day, the three kingdoms of Yan, Zhao, and Qin had held the steppe peoples down and rubbed them against the ground for hundreds of years.
But then, the Huns were still around.
A break to recuperate and they would pop up again!
Hearing this, Zhao Lang also frowned, the Hun’s mobility was indeed a big trouble!
Looking at the map inside the tent, Zhao Lang could not help but fall into deep thought.
Meng Ten, who was on the side, revealed a smile at this time and said.
“Your Highness the Crown Prince, there is no need to be so hard on yourself, as long as the Xiong Nu is driven back into the depths of the steppe, I, Great Qin, will have a few more years of peace and stability ah.”
“By then, when Great Qin recuperates, the Xiongnu will no longer be a match for our army… ”
Meng Tian advised Zhao Lang, but Zhao Lang just looked at the map, suddenly a place he had seen before, once again came to his eyes, the
Mount Baideng!
Looking at the surrounding terrain again, this place was already within the Great Wall, as if it was a cage!
If we can trap the Huns here…
Zhao Lang’s eyes suddenly lit up slightly, thinking of something in his mind, and then said.
“Han Xin, if I give you a designated, still relatively closed battlefield where the enemy troops will gather together, can you manage to cripple the main force of the Huns at once?”
Hearing this, both Meng Tian and Han Xin froze slightly.
How could there be such a battlefield?
The Huns wouldn’t be so stupid as to rush up and gather together themselves.
Of course, Han Xin still answered back honestly that
“Your Highness the Crown Prince, if there really is such a battlefield, I can certainly do it.”
Using gunpowder, and knowing about the battlefield in advance, and the other side still gathering together, how could he not do it?
Zhao Lang nodded his head at this time.
“Alright, I know, after that I will try my best to give you such a battlefield.”
“You go ahead and arrange the generals.”
Han Xin didn’t quite understand how Zhao Lang was going to do it, but he could only take orders, and just as he was about to leave, a Qin soldier came in with a happy face and reported that
“Great General! The rear army reports a great victory over the Xiong Nu, and they even beheaded a great noble of the Xiong Nu!”
“What?”
Meng Ten and Han Xin both couldn’t help but be slightly surprised as they said.
“What’s going on?”
The rear army, which was the army that Han Xin had arranged to go to the other side to outflank the Xiong Nu, was supposed to be for deterrence.
When the Xiongnu sent their army over, Meng Tian was worried about the other side’s losses, but he didn’t expect that the rear army would actually defeat the Xiongnu in a big way!
The Qin army laughed at this point and
“The general of the rear army reported that it was a county magistrate named Liu Bang who offered a plan to first pretend to be routed, and then used a horse trap by the Great Wall to slow down the other side, and then counterattacked.”
“There are also two fierce warriors under this man’s command, one named Fan Kuai and the other Zhou Bo!”
“The two of them forcefully killed a big Xiong Nu noble leader, thus defeating the Xiong Nu!”
Meng Tian revealed a big smile when he heard that
“Well well well! My Great Qin is indeed full of talents! These people should be properly rewarded!”
This surprise came too suddenly, of course he was happy, suddenly thinking of something, Meng Tian quickly said to Zhao Lang that
“Your Highness the Crown Prince, wasn’t the old minister worried that there was a group of people who had no one to lead them?”
“I see that this Liu Bang is very resourceful and has such fierce generals under his command, why don’t we give this journey to him! ”
Hearing this, Zhao Lang and Han Xin’s faces couldn’t help but become a bit subtle.
To be honest, Zhao Lang didn’t expect that Han Xin had put Liu Bang in the rear army, and that the other party would actually come out on top!
Could it be that these Sons of Heavenly Destiny were really that strong?
And this was a tangible military achievement that no one could easily deny!
But to directly hand this all the way over to the other party, he was still a bit hesitant and could only say.
“General Meng, this matter is of great importance, why don’t we meet with them and talk about it.”
Meng Tian pressed down his excitement at this time and smiled back, saying.
“Your Highness the Crown Prince is right, it is the old minister who is in a hurry.”
“Just in time, in a few days we’ll gather all these meritorious soldiers and give them a good reward, as well as boost the morale of the soldiers.”
Zhao Lang naturally wouldn’t refuse.
“As General Meng said.”
Only after the three of them conferred did Zhao Lang leave with Han Xin.
At this time, it was already evening, and after leaving the centre army tent, Han Xin quickly said.
“Chief, subordinate will return to the military camp first.”
Zhao Lang nodded, in the army, the military was definitely the priority.
Only Han Xin hesitated and looked at Zhao Lang and said.
“Chief, that Liu Bang… ”
Without waiting for the other party to finish, Zhao Lang said blandly that
“Reward and punishment are clear.”
Han Xin then stopped hesitating and saluted to leave.
Only then did Zhao Lang return to his own tent, only that his heart was more or less uncomfortable, just at this time, Ji Wushuang, who was wearing Qin army clothes on the side, said.
“Ah Lang, you don’t seem to like that Liu Bang very much!”
Zhao Lang’s complexion changed slightly, and he said with a smile that
“How can you tell?”
Ji Wushuang returned with a few moments of curiosity, and
“I can feel it, but it’s rare for you to be so attached to others, is there something wrong with this person? Do you want me to help you kill him?”
Hearing this, Zhao Lang’s heart stirred, looking at the other party with such a tenacious will, to be honest, it would be a lie to say that he had no worries in his heart.
If Ji Wushuang was really…
Zhao Lang was still thinking about it when he suddenly saw the teasing in Ji Wushuang’s eyes, Zhao Lang instantly came back to his senses and said without a trace of anger,…
“When did you become an indiscriminate killer?”
Ji Wushuang smirked back at this time and said.
“I’m not, but you’re not either, but you really did have killing intent in your eyes just now Oh, if you really want to kill him, I’ll help you.”
“Hehehe, if you want to kill someone, you must have your reasons!”
Zhao Lang had come back to his senses by this time, and shook his head bashfully and said.
“No matter, I have my own plans.”
Ji Wushuang still wanted to tease Zhao Lang, but in the next instant, Zhao Lang picked her up in a horizontal hug.
Ji Wushuang’s small face turned red and said.
“What are you doing, this is a military camp!”
Zhao Lang said, cheekily.
“Then keep your voice down.”
And so it came to pass that a poem said.
Desolate autumn clouds rise, a slight night chill grows.
But I feel my clothes are wet, and there is no point or sound.
The next morning, Zhao Lang only refreshed up, the bed naturally no Ji Wushuang figure, is about to go to find each other.
Nu this time hurriedly walked in, said.
“Your Highness the Crown Prince, a letter came from Liaodong, the Hu people have invaded! There are deaths and injuries among the border troops and the people!”
Hearing this, Zhao Lang’s face immediately changed slightly.