The bloodiness of the Han people: the battle to save the soldier Geng Gong during the Eastern Han Dynasty

In the Eastern Han Dynasty, in the first year of Emperor Zhang, Guan Pet, the commander of Wuji Colonel, the capital of the Western Han Regions stationed in Liuzhong City, sent an urgent request for help to Emperor Zhang of the Han Dynasty, who had just succeeded to the throne.

The situation is urgent: in March of this year, the Xiongnu Shan Yu sent Zuo Lu Liwang (Li Yinli) to lead 20,000 troops to compete with the Han Empire for the Western Regions, the Xiongnu army was like a bamboo, broke through the Cheshi Houguo that belonged to the Han Empire, and surrendered the small countries such as Yanqi in the northern part of the Western Regions, the Han Empire had just taken office in the Western Regions, and Chen Mu was killed in battle, and the Guan Pet Department stationed in Liuzhong City and the Geng Gong Department stationed in Jinpucheng were surrounded, and these two troops were only a few hundred people!! Once these two forces were wiped out, the Xiongnu army drove straight into Shannan, and the entire Western Regions would fall into the hands of the Xiongnu.

However, when I received this letter for help, it was already October! More than half a year ago, no one knew what the current situation was in the Western Regions, more than 1,000 troops against 20,000, did the armies of these empires still exist?

The ministers shook their heads, it seems that the loss of the Western Regions is inevitable, and they can only look for opportunities in the future, and those warriors are already destined to sacrifice for the country!

However, the minister represented by Situ Baoyu still decisively advocated the rescue, and his words deeply touched the heart of the young emperor: the Han Empire has never cooled the blood of heroes, even if this rescue is doomed to failure, it is necessary to announce to the world that the Han Empire will never give up the warriors who fought for him!

The Han army went west out of Yumen Pass in the wind and snow to find the hope that was less than one percent!

Let's take a look at the situation in the Western Regions: after Geng Gong's troops were besieged in Jinpucheng, Geng Gong took advantage of the heavy rain and led his troops to launch a surprise attack on the enemy. In May, Geng Gong led his troops to Shule City because of water problems. At the same time, Shule City is the main road between the south and north of the mountain, which can prevent the Xiongnu from attacking the small countries in the western regions in the south of the mountain.

The Huns soon discovered the intentions of Geng Gong's troops, and once again surrounded Geng Gong's troops in Shule City, and the reinforcements sent by Shannan countries collapsed without a fight.

The brutal siege has begun!

The Huns blocked the upper reaches of the stream and wanted to die of thirst for the Han army. The climate in this area is arid and the terrain is high, Geng Gong arranged for the Han army to defend the city while ordering the digging of wells. However, after digging 15 zhang (about 40 meters now), there is no water! This is a very serious matter, and if there is no drinking water, there are only two ways to die or fall. Thirsty soldiers, squeeze the juice of horse dung out of a cloth and drink it! In such a situation, if God does not bless you, then no matter how heroic you are, it will not help. Geng Gong dressed himself to worship the heavens, and miraculously, a sweet spring gushed out of the well dug earlier. The Han army summoned joy up and down, thanked God for help, and shouted long live. (The reason for this is that after the river is blocked and diverted, the groundwater still exists, and it takes a while to be gradually affected by the action of underground pressure...

The Huns blocked the upper reaches of the stream and wanted to die of thirst for the Han army. The climate in this area is arid and the terrain is high, Geng Gong arranged for the Han army to defend the city while ordering the digging of wells. However, after digging 15 zhang (about 40 meters now), there is no water! This is a very serious matter, and if there is no drinking water, there are only two ways to die or fall. Thirsty soldiers, squeeze the juice of horse dung out of a cloth and drink it! In such a situation, if God does not bless you, then no matter how heroic you are, it will not help. Geng Gong dressed himself to worship the heavens, and miraculously, a sweet spring gushed out of the well dug earlier. The Han army summoned joy up and down, thanked God for help, and shouted long live. (The reason for this is that after the river was blocked and diverted, the groundwater still existed, and it took a while for it to gradually flow into the well under the action of underground pressure. Geng Gong deliberately used a sergeant to pour water on the city to show that the water was sufficient. When the Huns saw this, they were shocked, and they thought that the Han army was protected by God, so they retreated. But he still did not give up, and continued to graze while encircling from a distance, wanting to trap the Han army to death.

In advance, the nearby countries had already surrendered to the Xiongnu, and the situation was very evil. Fortunately, the wife of the queen of the Cheshi was a Han Chinese, and when she saw that the Han army had been surrounded for a long time, she was anxious in her heart, and tried her best to send people to secretly send them food, and repeatedly informed Geng Gong of the movements of the Hun soldiers. As a result, the Han army was able to support itself for a few more days (now I know why the Han Empire wanted to make peace!).

In this way, after a few months, the Han army in the city continued to die of battle, disease, and starvation, and as a result, only a few dozen people remained, and no one wanted to surrender to the Xiongnu.

The soldiers were so hungry that they had to put the leather armor on their bodies into a pot, boil it softly, and then cut it into pieces and chew it to satisfy their hunger. After that, even the leather armor was eaten, and as a last resort, he dismantled the crossbow and boiled the leather strips on it and the tendons used as the bowstrings. Armor and weapons are undoubtedly the second life of a warrior, and they can't be taken care of in order to fill their stomachs a little.

At this time, the Xiongnu Shan Yu came to the city in person, knowing that the Han army in the city was extremely exhausted, but they did not surrender. Although the Huns were ferocious, they were upright and respected heroes, so he was respectful, so he surrendered Geng Gong and promised to crown him king.

At this time, a shocking scene happened -- Geng Gong promised to surrender, tricked the Xiongnu envoy into the city, killed him with his own hands, and then cut the flesh of the corpse and roasted it in front of the Xiongnu army in the city! Geng Gong used this action to completely cut off the back road of surrender. It's not so much that you are hungry and trick a "food" out, but that you have a heart and swear to die.

This is the origin of Yue Fei's "ambition to eat Hulu meat, laughing and thirsty for Hun blood"!

In the first month of the second year, the rescue army of the Han Empire finally arrived in Liuzhong City, and the Guan Pet army had been wiped out, and in such a cold weather, the rescue army thought that the more arduous Geng Gong Department could not exist, so the generals Qin Peng, Wang Meng, and Huangfu Yuan who commanded the army decided to return, after all, they could not risk putting the whole army in danger. However, Fan Qiang wept blood and asked to go to Shule City to have a look, although everyone thought it was impossible, but still gave him 2,000 troops.

Fan Qiang led his troops to brave the snow and marched along the north of the mountain, and finally reached the city after many hardships. There is not much Han army left in the city, and those who are still alive have no combat ability, and in the middle of the night they noticed that an army was coming, and they thought that the Hun army was taking advantage of the snow to fight, and they were shocked and desperate.

Fan Qiang shouted from afar: "I am Fan Qiang! Not an enemy, it is the Han Dynasty that sent troops to greet Captain Geng and save you from returning to China!"

There's nothing more exciting than a call like this!!

At this time, there were only twenty-six people in the city!!

On the way back, they were pursued by the Hun cavalry, and fought and walked, and in March, the army retreated to Yumen, and Geng Gong's army had only thirteen survivors who did not look like humans.

These people have received the supreme respect of their comrades-in-arms, and the generals of Yumen Pass personally bathed and changed the clothes of the survivors, and they deserved it!

This is the soul of the Han army!

The warriors who sacrificed their lives for the Han Empire, the Han Empire will never forget!