Chapter 44 What to fear
Under his nose, a village by the city was occupied by the Huns, and Li Guang thought it was a great humiliation.
The village formed by generations of wounded soldiers recuperating and marrying the people of the border has been standing on the edge of the city for fifty years. Almost everyone in this village is a soldier, and he is content with the guards of the border city. It still exists after decades of attacks by the Huns. But this time it is lost, what will the village be slaughtered like.
Li Guang felt that he could not wait for a moment. His heart was cut off these days, and the faith that the soldiers had a strong ambition could not be destroyed!
He can now only dispatch nearly a thousand soldiers, and more than 10,000 soldiers from the border cannot leave their posts without permission. He must protect the border defense. Although Li Guang's personal heroism is too great, he is not a fool.
Feng Tang is old and Li Guang is difficult to be granted. What he means is that although Li Guang can eat, live and share the same hardships as soldiers and generals, he is not strict in governing the army. Although he has the spirit of a general, he is not rigorous enough. A veteran can get lost on the grassland and miss the military opportunity. This shows that although Li Guang is brave, he is useless and has not been granted a marquis until his death.
On the contrary, Li Guang's son Li Gan made contributions under Wei Qing and was granted the title of Neihou.
Another thing is that Li Guanggong took revenge and killed Ba Lingwei. Although I don’t know if this matter is true, it must be groundless.
Bao Sang led dozens of cavalry and was chased by three Hun soldiers and attracted hundreds of enemy attacks. It was enough to illustrate the problem. Li Guang's reputation was too great to scare away the Huns, but Bao Sang only brought a few people back. This was undoubtedly because the generals were too weak and the army's freedom was too high.
Although Sima Qian's record of the grandfather praised Li Guang and mentioned Wei Qing's contributions in one fell swoop, the world can see it at a glance. Although Li Guang has high prestige, he has made very few contributions!
Of course, Li Guang is always a warrior to serve the country. He is not afraid of the danger. His personality is a flaw that only makes him unable to be a military officer, but it is obvious to all that he has been fighting for decades of external troubles.
At this time, Li Guang urgently summoned the generals and wanted to briefly discuss leading troops to repel the enemy. Both of them were his confidants. Both of them were tall and mighty, and they were as close as brothers as Li Guang. One was named Shi Tou and the other was named Qin Guangming. Shi Tou's beard should be longer and his face was square.
In the military tent, Li Guang and the two sat on the ground.
"General Li, when will we fight back? Our brothers are still in Canyong Village! If I don't go to help, I feel uncomfortable!" Shi Tou said anxiously.
Qin Guangming also urged, "If we save this time, the brothers will definitely complain. I am also afraid that there will be gossip in the brothers' army, which is not conducive to the general's military!"
Li Guang didn’t know these principles. Isn’t this meeting just to measure some plans?
After the two said this, Li Guang immediately stood up and shouted, "Since the two military marquises and the generals agree, we will set off immediately and ask the Huns to leave in panic!"
"Hahaha, if I had known the general's temperament, I would have just said it, and I knew it in my heart!" Shi Tou smiled.
"The Huns will not retreat. If you are in the mood to do something else, why are you waiting for? I will lead the troops here!"
"Two brothers, I will wait for you outside the city!" Li Guang took up a bowl of wine and drank it like water, and left.
The soldiers were slowly drawn from the border and formed an army with clean military discipline. A total of 1,000 people were orderly, but because of the lack of strict training, they were not strong enough.
With Li Guang's order, the soldiers were swept away and were full of energy and rushed straight out of the city. Li Guang was highly praised by the soldiers in the army, and the military order was like a mountain of fallen.
There were also their former comrades in the Canyong Village, but their lives and death were unknown. It was their wish that the army would drive there. Among the thousands of people present, who didn't know that the Huns were not left with a single penny, but only sadness kept circling.
The village is very close to the city gate. Li Guang asked the soldiers to fumble forward and let them discover it. He would definitely alarm the snake. Although he could launch a strong attack at that time, the people in the village may be brutally killed because the Huns could not take it away.
Dozens of people were stationed outside the village, and hundreds of people were sent to guard the village, while the rest were in the city for entertainment and destruction.
Resisting the impulse, Li Guang first let the troops surround the Huns' only way. After the arrangement was completed, Li Guang went out and launched an attack with gestures.
The cavalry took the lead in rushing over, and among the 1,000 soldiers, there were only 300 cavalry, because there were not enough horses or it was difficult to raise cavalry.
Relying on the cavalry's rushing force, the infantry advanced bravely, and the large troops advanced very quickly. As a general, Li Guang was able to calm down at the beginning, but when he saw that the cavalry had rushed in, he raised his long sword and drove straight into the infantry!
All the Huns were able to be cavalrymen. They had enough horses and were very good at equestrianism. After a brief period of surprise, they fought back.
Although the number of cavalry is the same, the Han cavalry is obviously weak, and often two or three can block one cavalry of the enemy.
At this time, Li Guang's role became active. His fierce appearance made all the infantry vibrate. The generals were so impatient that they were in danger. How could they retreat? By constantly harassing the other side's cavalry, the two sides were evenly matched.
The battlefield is the battlefield, with swords without eyes, broken limbs and bodies everywhere, roars and strong blood and energy mixed, as if it was a Shura battlefield.
Reducing the casualties to the minimum was Li Guang's idea at this time. He quickly drew out fifty infantrymen who were good at archery and took the lead in shooting. The reason why he didn't use a bow at the beginning was that the targets were too scattered, and it was inevitable that there would be waste.
Now that the Hun soldiers gathered together, even if they were on the horse, it would be much easier to deal with. The arrows were shot without any effort. In just a short period of time, Li Guang injured or killed more than a dozen people.
With 50 archers, the Hun soldiers lost nearly 100 people. At this time, the overall situation was decided and the rear was blocked by infantry. The Huns' cavalry could not escape at all. With the last shout, the last Hun soldiers were cut down.
The earth soaked in blood is extremely charming. The soldiers have long been accustomed to this. Every war comes with a determination to die, otherwise you will have no chance of survival.
"Murder all the soldiers who sacrificed their lives bravely in the Han Dynasty. They died gloriously!" Li Guang ordered.
"The young general knows!" Qin Guangming replied, and asked one or two hundred people to move the body.
"Wait, how many people have died in this battle?"
"Go back to the general, more than 400 people, alas!" Qin Guangming sighed.
At this time, the stone who went out to search was also back, with a smile on his face, and there was obviously good news.
"General, I just learned from the detained villagers that when something went wrong, they took the elderly, weak, women and children out, but they lost food, noodles, cattle, sheep and other items."
"How many casualties and injuries were found in the middle-aged villagers?"
The stone smile disappeared and the teeth were clenched.
"explain!"
"Eight out of ten!"
Li Guang sighed to the sky, "If you don't take revenge, Li Guang will not be a human being!"
On an official road not far from Shangjun, Guan Fu and Liu Che led 5,000 troops and marched forward at a constant speed.
"General Guan Fu, how long will it take to arrive?" Liu Che was a little impatient and rushed on his way all day long, feeling a little uncomfortable.
"Your Highness, you can arrive in half a day at most. Marines and wars are indispensable. Just get used to it." Guan Fu said without changing his face.
Chapter completed!