Chapter 62: Thunderous

"Get it!"

The sound of chaotic hooves sounded, splashing a piece of smoke and dust.

It was the military minister Shanyu, a group of ministers, and the Hun soldiers who rushed to the scene. The place they were about to go was where the fire was burning.

This was too shocking. Junchen Shan ran a long distance and then remembered that he should have sent troops to come, first to see if he could save some cattle and sheep, and second to prepare to attack the Han army.

At this moment, for the military minister Shanyu, the most important thing is cattle and sheep, and how much can be saved. As for the herdsmen, he doesn't care much about them. Although the herdsmen are important, most of them are women, children, elderly and weak, and the Huns are noble and powerful, and they are not very concerned about these elderly, weak women and children. Whether they die or live, they are insignificant.

Cattle and sheep are different. This is the food of his 500,000 army, which is more important than herders. Therefore, the military minister Shanyu decided to put the rescue of cattle and sheep first, while saving herders was second.

Before I could run for a long time, the burnt smell mixed in the air became stronger and stronger. At first, the meat smell was so fragrant that it made people drool when they smelled, but later, it was so burnt that it made people feel uncomfortable.

The Huns fed with cattle and sheep. They didn’t know how many cattle and sheep they had eaten, and they could smell the smell of beef and mutton at a glance. With their skill in discerning, they quickly identified that among these burnt smells, besides the beef and mutton smell, there was also a disgusting meat smell. Although the Huns fed with meat, they had never smelled this kind of meat smell. Many people muttered secretly, what kind of meat smell was, and it smelled a little fragrant, but they couldn’t raise their appetite.

Junchen Shanyu was smart, and in a flash, he realized that this was the taste of human flesh. Needless to think about it, it was definitely the herdsmen who were performing big roasted human flesh.

On the prairie, once the fire starts, the speed is very amazing. It is impossible to run fast with your legs. Since the Han army is here to kill, how can we let go of the herdsmen? Either kill the herdsmen or take the horses away. Can the herdsmen without horses escape?

Although herders are not as important as cattle and sheep, it is as many as hundreds of thousands. If they are killed by the Han army, the losses will be very heavy. There are many women among them, many boys. Women will give birth to children and boys will grow up. Once the losses are lost, the Huns will reduce their popularity.

Speaking of the crowd, this is the eternal pain of the Huns. Although the Huns are powerful, their population is only one-tenth of that of the Han Dynasty, which is incomparable. If the Han Dynasty lost hundreds of thousands of people, it would not have much impact on the overall situation, and it would be unstoppable for the Huns.

The Han army's move was so cruel that it made people unable to even scold them. Junchen Shan bit his teeth for a long time, and a few of them broke, but he didn't even scold him. He could only hold his anger in his heart, and his face turned blue.

The further forward, the more intense the mixed meat in the air smelled, and many people couldn't bear it and began to retching.

Junchen Shanyu tightly suppressed his teeth, but not long after, he couldn't help it. He leaned on the horse's back and vomited loudly.

He fought for his whole life, and he had killed countless people. The chopped heads could pile up a mountain of heads. The bloody rivers he waded over were more than the lakes on the grasslands. To him, the bloody smell was just like fine wine. However, the burnt smell in the air was far beyond their ability to bear, and he had to vomit.

Junchen Shanyu not only vomited, but even vomited yellow gallbladder. He vomited so much that he was crying, as if he was a wronged child who was beaten unreasonably.

The sound of Dede's hooves mixed with the sound of vomiting, forming a strange scene. It is an unprecedented wonder in the history of the Huns. Even if the Touman Shanyu was defeated in Hetao, Maodun Shanyu surrounded Liu Bang, the Emperor Gaozu of Han, and the Huns set another precedent!

The fire is shining in the sky, the flames are blazing, and the heat waves are coming from afar, making people unable to open their eyes.

The war horse under his crotch stopped involuntarily. Junchen Shanyu wanted to get closer, so he whipped the horse's butt with a whip. The war horse screamed sorrow that he didn't rush forward, but just turned around in place.

Junchen Shanyu refused to give up, so he whipped it hard, but the war horse still refused to move forward and had to give up.

This is a huge fire scene, which is hundreds of miles in a radius. In such a fire scene, even ants cannot live out, let alone people and cattle and sheep. Junchen Shanyu had to accept that the cattle and sheep here would not have a cruel fact that the herdsmen would not have survived.

He pressed his left hand on the hilt of the knife and held it tightly. His eyes were wide open. He used too much force, and the corners of his eyes cracked and oozed out. He opened his mouth, and a mouthful of blood spurted out. He pointed to the fire and made a poisonous oath: "Zhou Yang, you are so cruel! You actually attacked Ben Shanyu's cattle and sheep and herdsmen with fire! Ben Shanyu swears to the Kunlun God here: I swear to you in this life! Either you die, or I die!"

Draw out the scimitar, cut the fingers, and let the blood drip on the ground.

At this moment, the military minister Shanyu was so angry that he might lose control at any time. None of the ministers dared to speak, no one dared to persuade him, and he dared not get close and stayed away.

After a while, Junchen Shanyu forced himself to calm down, lead the army, and rush to the next fire, hoping to save some cattle and sheep.

The opposite of Junchen Shanyu, who was so angry that he vomited blood and even had the idea of ​​suicide, Zhou Yang and the others were extremely happy and happy, and everyone had a smile on their faces and a happy smile!

"rumble!"

The sound of hooves sounded like thunder, and the splashed smoke and dust obscured the moon in the sky.

These were the horses seized by Zhou Yang and the others. The herdsmen locked the horses in the tent, circled by circle, at least several horses, at most dozens or hundreds of horses, and killed the herdsmen, and they just needed to drive them away. They drove a large group. Not long after, Zhou Yang and the others had thousands of horses.

The moon is hanging high tonight. Although it is not a murderous night with dark and windy moons, it is also suitable for killing people.

As for killing people, you have to decide according to your needs. There is no need for the weather to take control. Zhou Yang decided to kill people tonight, so he naturally wanted to kill them. Zhou Yang and the others attacked one camp after another. After a night, they didn’t know how many herdsman camps they visited.

The Huns were immersed in their dream of victory, singing and dancing in the camp, and were extremely happy. They didn't expect that tonight was their night of death. When Zhou Yang and the others arrived, many Huns were singing and dancing, and some even regarded them as the Huns' army, holding horse breasts and mutton, and came to greet them.

However, at this time, Zhou Yang and his friends were full of wine and food, so they could not eat any more. They cut off their heads with the Han sword, drove away the horses, and turned the camp into ashes with a torch.

When the camp attacked the first midnight, they would most likely meet the welcome from the Huns. In the second midnight, the Huns were tired from jumping, thirsty, and had fun in the carnival, and slept soundly in the tent. In their sleep, the hooves were like thunder. They were confused and didn't understand what was going on, so they killed the Han army.

This night was a massacre night that had never been seen in the history of the Huns. Overnight, hundreds of thousands of herders were either killed or burned. Millions of cattle and sheep were killed with them, and tens of thousands of horses were also stolen.

Such heavy losses overnight have never been seen in the history of the Huns, and even Meng Tian’s Battle of Hetao was not achieved. Although the Huns lost more than 400,000 troops in the Hetao Battle, it was achieved after fighting for many days.

And what happened in front of me was just one night, how amazing it was!

Even those famous wars in Chinese history cannot compare with those of the most famous wars, such as the Changping War and the Hetao War, are far inferior in terms of the number of killings.

Of course, this is just a herdsman, not an army. If so many troops are wiped out overnight, it would be unprecedented.

The more camps I visited, the more horses I got. At night, I couldn’t count them. Zhou Yang only knew a lot, but there was no way to know how many of them were.

At dawn, Zhou Yang looked around and was shocked and almost fell off the horse's back. There were so many horses that were so numerous that it was unimaginable. At first glance, there was no end to see. Roughly estimated that there was no 100,000, and there were always 60,000 or 70,000.

The Han army won several consecutive victories, and the total number of war horses seized was only 100,000. Zhou Yang got as many as 60,000 to 70,000 in one night. In addition, Li Guang, Cheng Bushi, Gongsun He, Gongsun Jian, Qin Wuhui and others, how many horses would be? Without 200,000, it would not be too far away.

War horses were the most urgent thing in the Han Dynasty. Once so many horses fell into the hands of the Han Dynasty, the strength of the Han Dynasty would double. It could not only be used to form large-scale cavalry, but also to improve horse breeds. In a few years, the Han Dynasty would be more frighteningly numerous horses, as many as they would have.

The prospect is very wonderful, so wonderful that people will wake up when they fall asleep.

The problem is, it came too suddenly, which was beyond Zhou Yang's expectations.

In fact, when the Huns went south this time, there were not a million horses, and there were six or seven hundred thousand horses. Zhou Yang and the others did not get all of them. After all, the main task this time was to burn the Xiongnu's supplies. Time was tight, so it was impossible for every camp to visit. Even more impossible, no horse was left behind in the camp. All those who fell were burned to death.

"Oh my God! So many!" Zhao Ponu screamed, his eyes almost falling off.

Zhou Yang took a breath and calmed down his excitement: "Zhao Ponu, where are General Fei and the others? Have you found it?"

Zhao Ponu felt a little embarrassed: "Master, I'm just urging myself to kill people. This matter is not done too carefully."

Such a big killing may not be encountered in a lifetime. Everyone will be excited, and it is normal for them to forget other things. Zhou Yang waved his hand and said, "It's okay. Send the order and go left."

"Master, why do you want to go left?" Zhao Ponu was a little surprised.

"Our people are here, but I don't know which way it is." Zhou Yang pulled his horse's head and faced the left.

"How can the Grand Marshal know?" Zhao Ponu was very surprised and looked disbelief.

"I heard it! Listen, the sound of hooves is so loud, it must be our people who are coming with the horses." Zhou Yang was very sure.

A word reminded Zhao Ponu, and after listening carefully, he heard the sound of thunder from afar, and without any sound, he knew that countless horses were galloping. In this situation, if there were so many horses galloping, it must be the Han army, and it was impossible for the Huns.

Zhao Ponu was surprised by Zhou Yang's good hearing. The distance was so far that he wouldn't have heard it at all. If it weren't for Zhou Yang's reminder, he wouldn't know when he would have discovered it.

He drove the horse to the left, and not long after he walked, he saw a huge dark cloud appearing in front of him, which was the smoke and dust splashing on the horse's hooves.

Under the dark clouds, a handsome flag flutters in the wind, rolling like a painting, and is particularly beautiful. It contains a big character "Cheng". A tiger general under the handsome flag is tall, different from ordinary people, majestic, like a god. Who else can it be if it is Cheng Bushi?

Cheng Bushi saw Zhou's big flag, and he rode away with a horse's back. Before the person arrived, he roared from afar, with an excited look on his face, as if a child who had been away for a long time was happy to see his relatives.

It’s a pity that the sound of hooves was like thunder, drowning his voice, and no one could hear clearly what he was saying.

It doesn't matter if you can't hear it clearly, you can still gesture. Cheng Buzhi's two thumbs were almost broken. That was to praise Zhou Yang and this wonderful plan.

When Cheng didn't know that the Huns had used the blood oath, he knew very well, and Li Guang and others knew very well what the blood oath of the Huns meant, and were extremely worried. Zhou Yang proposed to go deep into the desert again. He and Li Guang were very worried, and in the end he couldn't resist Zhou Yang, so he agreed. Later, he learned that Zhou Yang was going to attack the Huns' herdsmen with fire, and then he understood.

From then on, he knew that this attack would have been a great harvest, and the number of horses would exceed his imagination. However, when the horse was obtained, he realized that it was far beyond his best ideas.

His best idea was that it would be good to have a 100,000 horses seized. The horses he got were almost the same. In addition, Li Guang, Zhou Yang, Gongsun He, Gongsun Jian, Qin Wuhui and others, these horses were more than 100,000.

Cheng Bushi was rushing through the way, not by rushing, but by flying, as if he had grown wings.

"Masterman..." Cheng Buzhichi approached and wanted to praise him, but he could not find any words of praise, so he could only give him a thumbs up again.

He killed so many herders, burned cattle and sheep, cut off the Xiongnu's supplies, and seized so many horses, no words could be praised.

The two teams were together, and the momentum was even stronger. Cheng Bushi then talked about the experience. It was similar to Zhou Yang's experience. The Huns warmly welcomed such things, and I don't know how many of them encountered.

Of course, the conclusion of this matter is very obvious: that is, the Han Dynasty did not raise its head in front of the Huns for decades, which caused this result. If the Han Dynasty was like this now, they would not dare to do such a thing again.

Not long after, Gongsun He arrived. Their harvest was not small. The three teams together, and the horses had already exceeded 100,000.

By the time Gongsun Jian, Qin Wuhui and the others came to meet with the sound of hooves. The majestic momentum was far beyond the description of the pen and ink. At this time, the horses were nearly 200,000.

How earth-shaking was it that 200,000 horses galloping in the desert? Not to mention anything else, the sound of hooves alone made people's ears buzz and their eardrums were vaguely painful.

Except for Li Guang, everyone else gathered together, and everyone couldn't help but worry about Li Guang.

With the talent of Li Guang's famous generals, it is unlikely to be defeated by the Huns. Although Zhou Yang and the others were worried, they were not too worried. Li Guang's delay in meeting up shows that he has gained a lot.

Zhou Yang and the others' guess was completely correct. When Li Guang came to meet, there were more than 80,000 horses coming, which was the largest among these Han troops.

Adding up all the horses is not 300,000, and the difference is not big. You can only wait until you go back and count them. This can only be a rough estimate.

In addition to Zhou Yang's good plan and the rapid action of the Han army, there is another very important reason for the great gains. That is, the Hun herders concentrated south on tribes, often one or even several tribes, and more than a dozen tribes were concentrated together, which greatly facilitated the actions of the Han army.

If they wait until they encircle the water and grassland, they will spread wildly on the thousand-mile grassland like beans, and it will be difficult to clean up.

When Cheng Buzhi saw Li Guang's face, he complained: "General Fei, why are you not returning yet? Are we worried about you?"

"You have all invited passers-by for the Huns?" Li Guang asked with some dissatisfaction.

"Yes! What's wrong with this?" Gongsun He asked back strangely.

"As soon as I said that, I was angry. The Huns wanted to invite me to drink and eat meat several times. When the wine was handed to their hands, they realized that we were the Han army." Li Guang muttered with regret: "The Huns are enthusiastic about you, but to me... Humph! If they don't invite me to eat, I can't kill them, eat by myself?"

Killing the Huns to eat by themselves, and then killing them after they are invited to eat and drink. This feels really different. Li Guang is the only general who has not received such treatment. Who said he is the flying general, and his reputation is so great that the Huns can recognize him?

"So, you're so angry that you can kill hard and come back in the end?" Cheng Buzhi knew Li Guang the most and told Li Guang's intentions in one sentence.

"That's not true!" Li Guang muttered, which made everyone laugh.

Everyone gathered together, drove the horses and headed south. They were talking and laughing at the horses, and were very happy.

"Master, Master!" While the front line, Zhao Ponu rushed over, panting and reported: "Master, the Huns' army was found in front of him."

"The Huns are here?" Li Guang's quick-talking man shouted: "It's too late to come now!" He stretched out his right hand and pressed it on the big yellow bow, with light flashing in his eyes: "My big yellow bow can drink the blood of the Xiongnu again!"

"How many people are there?" Zhou Yang began to ask about military information.

"The general has a lot of people, about 100,000." Zhao Ponu was a little scared: "The Shanyu is also there. They are chasing us, and the smoke and dust splashing like a dark cloud, and the Hun army is overwhelming."

"Hundreds of thousands?" Cheng Buzhi was a little surprised: "It came so fast."

I had long expected that the Huns would chase after him, but I didn't expect that it would be an army of 100,000. The military minister Shanyu was a smart man. Although he was very angry, he finally calmed down and thought about it and concluded that the number of Han army people coming to the desert this time would not be too many, and they must be cavalry of the Han Dynasty.

Speaking of cavalry, the courage of the military minister Shanyu was stronger again. That was the Xiongnu's talent. The Han Dynasty's cavalry was not large. He transferred a hundred thousand troops and would definitely be able to deal with the Han Dynasty's cavalry.

If the cavalry of the Han Dynasty was removed, even if so many herdsmen were lost, it would be worth it. You should know how rare the cavalry of the Han Dynasty was. Each of them was a treasure. Unlike the Huns, the cavalry was not valuable. Any one of them was taken out was a cavalry. Without cavalry, the Han army would be a wolf without sharp claws and no lethality.

The joy on Li Guang's face disappeared, and he looked solemn: "It's hard to deal with the 100,000 Xiongnu pressed him. While we have to fight with the Xiongnu, we also have to protect the horses. These horses, but treasures, cannot be lost."

Horses were too important to the Han Dynasty. If these 300,000 war horses were brought back to the Han Dynasty, it would be a huge victory.

"Master, what should I do? Should I fight or withdraw?" Gongsun He frowned: "Although we thought that the Huns would chase after us and we were going to strike head-on, we didn't expect that there were so many."
Chapter completed!