Chapter 1016 Although Victory Still Defeat
This is a beautiful victory.
But Hou Junji's face couldn't find any joy that should be there. Trumpets blared, drums thundered, and Shanshan's late-arriving Guanlong infantry army attacked. They jumped off their exhausted mounts, held their spears, Bulong, holding a strong bow and crossbow, stepped on the muddy snow and rushed towards the Tuyuhun people.
Hou Junji was surrounded by a thousand cavalry soldiers, majestic and heavily armored.
Tuyuhun's defeated army, which had already been defeated by the prince, was completely disintegrated under the impact of these sturdy Guanlong infantry, like being crushed by Mount Tai, or like an egg being hit by a sledgehammer.
Hou Junji hurried to the field medical camp at the foot of the mountain, he was not in the mood to participate in the final massacre.
Along the way, there were dead bodies and wounded soldiers everywhere. Many Guanlong knights were pulled out from the pile of dead people. One knight fell into a pool of blood. The blood and snow under his body condensed into ice and froze together. One of his arms was completely missing, and he didn't know how violently the knight in armor had been attacked. The mount beside him also fell to the ground, freezing into ice.
A few steps away, a knight fell to the ground covered in arrows, still holding a spear in his hand...
When he came to the entrance of the medical tent, he saw Xi Junmai, whose blood was full of blood. This guy had many arrows stuck in his body. After throwing away the officer who was drawing the arrow, he rushed over directly.
Before Hou Junji could react, Xi Jun bought a huge fist and slammed it down. He quickly blocked it, and just as he blocked one punch, he swung another punch.
"what are you doing?"
Hou Junji shouted angrily, but Xi Junmai attacked like crazy, and within a few blows, Hou Junji received a hard fist on the cheek, knocking out two of his teeth.
"Stop him for me!" Hou Junji was also a very tough and brave general, but he never expected that this gentleman would dare to attack Shangguan, especially with such desperate madness.
"You surnamed Hou are f*ckingly delaying the military situation. If something happens to His Royal Highness, I will be the first to kill you!" Xi Junmai cursed, while continuing to attack Hou Junji desperately.
Hou Junji retreated again and again in embarrassment, and finally drew his sword out of its sheath angrily, "Stop being presumptuous!"
At this time Gao Kan came out from the tent, "His Royal Highness is still recovering from his wounds, don't make any noise." When he said this, he was facing Hou Junji, and he stepped forward to pull him Lived in Xi Junmai, "Don't disturb His Royal Highness!"
Xi Junmai then stopped, and still said coldly to Hou Junji, "Your surname is Hou, you must give us an explanation today!"
Hou Jun gathered his energy and threw the sword to the ground, going to the tent.
Gao Kan blocked his way.
"The prince is still recovering, please don't disturb him."
"Get out of the way!" Hou Junji was annoyed.
Gao Kan refused to budge.
Xi Junmai also stepped forward again, Hou Junji hastily stepped back cautiously.
"What do you want to do?"
"Hou Shuai, why did you delay until now? According to the plan, you should have arrived yesterday afternoon at the latest."
"Does this handsome need to explain to you?"
"So many people died, they didn't deserve to die, especially His Royal Highness was seriously injured because of this, do you want to give an explanation?" Xi Junmai glared at him angrily.
At this time, one of the generals beside Hou Junji was Sagu Wu Ren, governor of Kuozhou, who came forward to persuade the fight. He helped to explain, "We gathered troops in Haiyan Castle, because the various ministries were stationed scattered and they were all infantry. , coupled with the wind and snow, it took some time to gather the troops. After dispatching the troops, there was another blizzard on the road and a landslide on the way, so we had to detour. Zhituyuhun troops, they were coming towards you at that time, we encountered them in a panic, so we started a fierce battle, fought for half a day, defeated them and then rectified the troops, hurried over..."
According to him, because they are basically infantry, although 50,000 horses march on mules and horses, they are not as good as cavalry horses, and cavalry at least ride two horses, while infantry only have one horse, and There is also a lot of infantry equipment.
The marching speed was not fast in the windy and snowy day, and a lot of time was delayed due to detours and encounters in the middle.
This explanation makes perfect sense.
Ke Xi Junmai and others are not completely convinced, but they can't find any doubtful evidence for a while.
"Hmph, the imperial court will investigate clearly."
"How is His Royal Highness?" Sa Gu Wu Ren asked.
Although Wu Ren, Sagu of Shuofang County, was under the command of Hou Junji, he was originally the governor of Kuozhou in Longyou. He had guarded the border in Longyou with Gao Kan and Xi Junmai for many years. General Hu, who was born in Xianbei, but like the Changsun family, his family has been Sinicized since the Northern Wei Dynasty. Except for the somewhat silly name and appearance, he is no different from the Han people in other respects.
In addition, this Sagu governor, who was named the Duke of Shuofang and also had the title of General Youwuwei, was much older than Gao Kan and others. The family name of the Yanmen noble family, who served as a general under Li Yuan's command very early on, followed the east and west expeditions, and was the commander of the Taiyuan Yuan Cong forbidden army. His qualifications are very old, although he is not as high as Qian Jiulong, Fan Xing, and Yang Mao. But after all, I have the qualifications to put it on.
Gao Kan was very polite to him, "His Royal Highness was seriously injured. He fell off his horse during the battle and killed the enemy. His right leg was broken, and the military doctor is still trying to save him."
Sa Gu Wu Ren was also stunned when he heard this.
Hou Junji's heart skipped a beat.
"How is it now, are you continuing?"
Gao Kan shook his head.
The best military doctors in the army have already been found, but the crown prince's leg injury is indeed too serious, and the leg bone was broken immediately. Although the military doctor was called at the first time, after some first aid, the leg bone was temporarily connected. However, the prince was unconscious and had a high fever.
The situation is critical.
If the fever cannot be relieved in time, the prince may be in danger of life. Even if the fever can be relieved in time, the prince’s broken leg will be difficult to connect. The best result is that the prince can immediately reduce the fever, save his life, and recover from the broken leg. It's better, but it will definitely leave a disability. In the future, this right leg will be lame.
And the bad result may be that the right leg cannot be saved and has to be amputated, and even life is lost.
Hou Junji panicked.
His face started to turn pale. He originally thought that the injury was not serious. After all, a military general like him has survived a hundred battles. He has suffered countless injuries. Who goes to the battlefield without being injured?
When the saints led the army to fight, they often went to the front line in person and were often injured.
If the crown prince really has three ups and two downs, then he is really finished.
"It's all because of you!" Xi Junmai was still glaring angrily. In this battle, half of the 10,000 elite riders who followed the prince were killed, and the rest were mostly injured.
Hou Junji was scolded, but he no longer had the desire to refute. Now he is panicked, and his mind is full of all kinds of terrible consequences.
He knew very well in his heart that he was responsible for delaying the military situation, but the main responsibility did not lie with him. On the battlefield, there will be various situations, and there will be many accidents, so it is necessary to consider the ability of the generals to make decisions on the fly. Under normal circumstances, they would attack with hundreds of thousands of horses. Cheng Qian should not be in a hurry to fight alone when the large force did not arrive in time.
In the first battle, he directly entered the 100,000 Tuyuhun camp with 5,000 cavalry as a striker. Fortunately, Gao Kan and others arrived in time with 15,000 cavalry.
But he followed up with only 10,000 cavalry, and came to hunt down Murong Cheng again.
Ten thousand against more than one hundred thousand, it is not a surprise attack but a hard attack. Knowing that they will not arrive in time, it is reckless to fight like this.
Therefore, if there are heavy casualties, or serious injuries to the coach, then Cheng Qian should be mainly responsible, but whoever called Cheng Qian the crown prince, and Cheng Qian was seriously injured, then he has to bear all the blame , he can pull Kan Xijun to buy a few generals to put his back on, but what's the use, he can't escape the responsibility.
Hou Junji was in a state of confusion.
"Get out of the way, I'm going to see His Royal Highness the Crown Prince."
Gao Kan patted Xi Junmai on the shoulder, motioning for Hou Junji to come in.
Hou Junji entered the tent with red eyes, and sure enough, he saw Prince Chengqian lying on the blanket, with a fire burning in the tent, making it very warm.
More than a dozen military doctors crowded into the tent.
He went straight to Chengqian. The prince's armor had already been removed and wiped, but his hair was still sticky with blood and sweat. The prince's eyes were closed tightly, and his forehead was covered with sweat.
He gritted his teeth and looked at the prince's leg. The imperial doctor had already treated it. The wound was cleaned, sutured, bandaged, splinted, and fixed with thick gauze.
Looking at that leg, Hou Junji felt chills in his heart.
"Your Highness, wake up, the minister is one step late!"
Xi Junmai stared at him, and said coldly, "I've seen it, and now I'm asking Hou Shuai to go out, so don't disturb His Highness the Crown Prince."
Hou Junji ignored him, turned to look at the military doctors, with the expression of a drowning man fishing for straw, "How can His Royal Highness wake up? How can I keep this leg?"
"Hou Shuai, we are all doing our best!"
Hou Junji grabbed the military doctor by the collar, and growled at him viciously, "I don't want to listen to such nonsense, I want you to promise that you will immediately wake up His Highness the Crown Prince and heal His leg!"
"Enough!" Xi Junmai pulled Hou Junji's hand away, "If you want to fight, go outside and I'll accompany you. You won't be allowed to behave wildly here!"
Hou Junji glanced at the crown prince, gritted his teeth, and took two steps back.
"The conditions here are poor, should we immediately send His Highness the Crown Prince back to Chang'an for treatment?"
The military doctor shook his head, "Your Highness is still in a high fever and comatose. This is a world of ice and snow, and I can't bear the pain of long-distance bumps. It's best to be treated here. At least you have to wake up and stabilize your right leg before you consider returning to the hospital." Go to the nearest Haiyan Fort to recuperate, Chang'an is too far away."
"Hou Shuai, generals, you should go outside to deal with the war, leave this place to us military doctors, don't argue here. If there is any situation, we will report to you immediately."
(end of this chapter)