Chapter 561
Fifty miles away, although Ting sat upright on the horse's back, his body was up and down with the war horse, and his mood also rose and fell.●⌒,
After chasing for five days, he became less confident the more he pursued.
As the owner of the grassland, the Huns have lived on horseback since childhood, and it is normal to pursue or escape continuously during combat. However, fighting with the Han army, there are not many opportunities to encounter such a situation. In terms of experience, it was the first time in his life to meet the Han army, which was all cavalry. After chasing for five days and traveling for more than a thousand miles, the Han army has not collapsed, which is even more of a thing he had never thought about.
Although he participated in the last battle in Henan, he was careless and burned the camp by Liang Xiao, which directly led to the defeat of the Huns. Since then, he left a psychological shadow. Whenever he fought with the Han army, his first reaction was to ask if the other party was Liang Xiao. Some people even made fun of him for this, saying that he had Liang's fear of Liang.
Every time he heard such remarks, he was very annoyed and even furious. But in private, he himself felt that he had an indescribable fear of Liang Xiao. When the Right King gathered a large army to attack Dayuan, Liang Xiao led more than a thousand people to fight thousands of miles. In the north of Yanzhi Mountain, Liang Xiao formed a formation with more than a hundred veterans, killing him, and then took his tribe into a betrayal dog.
Every time he meets Liang Xiao, he will defeat the battle, and the defeat is ugly. He thinks that Liang Xiao is the nemesis of his fate, so how can he not be afraid?
This time, he repeatedly confirmed that he learned that the Han army's general was not Liang Xiao, so he mustered up the courage to pursue him. Otherwise, even if the Right Xian King ordered, he would not have pursued him for so long.
The scout said that the Han army was about 10,000 people, one person and three horses, and was well equipped. They headed west, and seemed to be aiming at the logistics supplies of the Huns. Although they were the left wing of the army, their mission was to protect the flanks of the army and prevent the Han army from breaking into the rear. They should not be taken lightly when encountering this situation. First, their responsibilities were lies, and second, the Han army's horses and equipment also made him jealous. If they could get the equipment and war horses of the Han army, their strength would be greatly improved, and no one would dare to say in front of him that he was just flattering the Right Xianwang.
Although Dian did not launch an attack directly, he just wanted to drag down the Han army. Well-equipped, it does not guarantee that the Han army will not encounter danger. On the grassland, the most dangerous thing is not the enemy, but the environment. Dian hopes that the vast grassland can trap the Han army and create opportunities for him. Once the Han army gets lost and cannot find the water source in time, and if they are thirsty for a few days, they will soon lose their combat effectiveness.
However, although the situation was expected, the Han army seemed to be very familiar with the grassland, and actually drove straight into it without a trace of the road to reach the Xiongnu River.
When he heard the scout's reward, his heart was very cold. When the Han army found the water source, there would be no threat of hunger. Both sides had equal strength, and his advantage was not obvious. Even if he could win, he would probably have a miserable victory.
Although hesitated for a while, he decided to launch an attack, at least to delay these Han troops. If they were allowed to continue traveling west, the baggage troops behind Youxian King were likely to be attacked, and the war that had been prepared for several years would be destroyed. The last time Youxian King spared him, and this time he made another mistake, Youxian King would definitely cut off his head.
I hope that the equipment of the Han army can compensate for my losses. Although I secretly prayed in my heart, I ordered to accelerate my progress and prepare to launch an attack.
Two hours later, although the diligent arrived near the Xiongnu River.
The Han army did not walk. On the hillside, the battle flag was flying. There was a big flag in the middle, and there were more than a dozen war horses standing under the flag. It seemed to be observing the battlefield. It was too far away, and although it was not clear who it was, it could not recognize the emblem on the flag.
So far, the generals of the two sides have not met, and only small-scale conflicts have occurred between the scouts. The stirrups have made up for the shortcomings of the Han army's knights. The Huns scouts have no advantage. After several conflicts, they not only did not gain any advantage, but instead lost a lot of manpower. The most direct consequence is that although they still don't know who the chief general of the Han army is, they only know that it is not Liang Xiao.
Seeing that the Han army was waiting for work, Ding frowned. He was now facing an unfavorable situation. He would suffer a loss when the opponent chose the battlefield and the opponent's choice of the opponent's choice of fighting. Even so, Ding still ordered the array, but it was far away from the Han army, and it was a thousand steps away.
This is his trick. With such a long distance, the Han army can avoid accelerating with the slope, and there is no need to charge against the trend. If the Han army takes the initiative to attack, then this thousand steps can give him enough reaction time.
Five thousand Hun cavalry formed a formation, and although four thousand elite cavalry were commanded, they were in the center, with three or four thousand cavalry on both sides. They were responsible for the camel and horse supplies to stay behind, and at the same time remained vigilant to avoid enemies behind them.
Li Guang saw the formation of the Huns in Qianli's eyes and couldn't help but sneer. This is the formation most commonly used by the Huns. If it were the past, he had no choice but to think about it because he did not have enough strength to fight against the Huns. But today is different, he is full of confidence and has the confidence to win.
He turned his head and conducted his last pre-war communication with Wang Hui, who was hiding behind the hill through his cliff eyes. Soon, Wang Hui asked the messenger to sing the flag and agreed to Li Guang's tactical arrangement.
Li Guang put away his eyes and smiled. He believed that Wang Hui would agree to his arrangement. Because he had undertaken the arduous task of head-on charge, he gave up the opportunity of the flanking raid to Wang Hui, how could Wang Hui not agree?
However, who will be the final result depends on each person's actual ability and who can seize the opportunity.
Li Guang called Li Gan. "Go and try the quality of the Huns."
Without thinking, Li Gan bowed his hand and fisted, and ran towards the mountain. More than ten rangers urged the war horses to follow closely.
Li Guang called Li Jiao again. Li Jiao was appointed as the prefect of Wuwei for more than two years. The wind and sand on the block blew his face black and sharpened his will. This time he went on the expedition, he led three thousand elite cavalry to lead an army alone. Although he did not have the name of a deputy general, he actually had the same status as Wang Hui.
"Your brother has long been named a marquis, and your younger brother is also a marquis of Guannei. My father and son are four, but you don't have a title yet."
Li Jiao remained silent, but his eyes were very warm. Of course, he knew this fact and had been holding on for a long time. Li Guang called him here, naturally not to whip him, but to give him a chance.
"I will directly attack the main formation of the Huns' central army later, and Wang Hui will attack the right wing. Don't move, just wait here, waiting for the opportunity to seal the throat with one arrow. Do you understand?"
Li Jiao's eyes shrank slightly. "General, what if your war is unfavorable?"
"Impossible." Li Guang sneered: "I have planned for so long, just for such an opportunity, how can it be disadvantageous? Listen, if there is no chance to cut the throat with one arrow, just wait, don't act rashly, even if I die in the battle, you can't attack at will, do you understand?"
"General..."
"Shut up, this is an order." Li Guang shouted. He looked at Li Jiao for a moment and slowed down his tone again. "There are four marquises in the family, and they all rely on military achievements to get marquis. I dare not say that there are no ones in the future, at least unprecedented. Boy, don't ruin my big affairs."
Li Jiao's eyes were moist. Of course he knew Li Guang's intention. Four marquises in one family sounded nice, but the most fundamental intention was to give him a chance to make meritorious deeds. It is not easy to be a marquis. If he did not have outstanding military achievements, he would still have no hope of being a marquis this time. However, if he attacked as a winner and even killed one or two little Huns in the face of battle, he would be much closer to being a marquis.
"Here."
"Go." Li Guang waved his hand and signaled Li Jiao to return to his position. Li Jiao got on the horse and ran away lightly.
At this time, Li Gan brought more than ten cavalry to the front of the Huns. Not only did they slow down, they instead urged the war horses to accelerate forward, and rushed straight to the Huns' battle formation.
The Huns were shocked. Seeing more than ten cavalry Han soldiers coming to the front, they thought they were shouting and scolding, or fighting alone to boost morale. They never expected that these Han soldiers were coming to fight.
More than ten cavalry dared to attack the 10,000-person formation, and no one with normal thinking could do it.
However, Li Guang issued such an order, and Li Gan and the Rangers around him accepted the order without hesitation. It has to be said that they were indeed a little crazy. It was this kind of madness that created opportunities for them. The Huns did not expect this situation at all. When they found that the situation was wrong, Li Gan had already rushed to them.
Li Gan tapped the bow and shot three arrows in one breath.
The arrow left the string and instantly leaped thirty or forty steps. The three Hun knights were caught before they could react.
Li Gan and others rode their horses to kill. Two rangers holding spears and swords kicked the war horses hard, grabbed Li Gan's front, shouted angrily, crashed into the Xiongnu formation, raised their swords and cut down the two stunned Xiongnu people.
They rode their horses wildly and wedged into the depths of the battle formation as fast as possible. The sword spear was in front and the full force was advanced. The archers were behind, and their hands kept waving, shooting out sharp arrows after sharp arrows, shooting the Hun knights who reacted first.
For the cavalry, arraying was just prepared for charge and was still a distance away from fighting. Unlike the Han army, the Huns had relatively strict battle formations. They were more free and loose. The cavalry and cavalry often kept a certain distance, enough to allow one or two cavalry to pass quickly. This was not only to facilitate charge, but also to make the formation bigger and strengthen the momentum.
However, today they encountered an unexpected situation. Without any preparation, more than ten Han knights actually came in. They ran wildly, galloped between the knights and the knights, shooting out feather arrows, and chopped down one Hun knight after another to the ground.
The Huns were in a mess, but only those who saw the Han knights knew what was going on, and others were not sure. When the Han army came to them, they were too late to react. The war horses did not accelerate. Facing the Han knights charging at full speed, the feather arrows that rushed towards them. The Huns didn't even have time to pull out the sword, and they were shot by the arrows, slashed by the sword, and screamed in horror.
Li Gan and others were as if they had entered a state of no one. The Hun Knights who sat upright on the war horses and had only time to show their surprised eyes were living targets, allowing them to kill. Behind them, one after another, the Hun Knights fell in pools of blood, and were in chaos.
Fear spreads rapidly.
Even when Tutu realized what was going on, Li Gan and others had already penetrated the Xiongnu battle formation for more than a hundred steps. Panic spread out behind them like water waves. More and more Huns shouted, and the horns also sounded. The Huns tried to adjust the battle formation and block these uninvited guests.
Li Gan put away his bow, pulled out his battle knife, and shouted loudly: "Brothers, are you happy?"
The rangers shouted in unison: "It's great!"
"Are you afraid?"
"I'm afraid of a bird." The rangers laughed, kicked the horses hard again, and accelerated.
"Happy!" Li Gan also laughed loudly. "Hu Gou is just like that. Brothers, let's kill you happily!"
"Here!"
Li Gance stepped forward and rushed to the front and back. While speaking, he waved his sword to the wheel and cut down several Hun knights one after another. Blood splattered, and soon dyed his face and armor red, and even the war horses were stained with a lot of blood.
The rangers followed closely, roaring in unison, killing freely, splashing blood all the way.
The Huns living in the middle of the formation were stunned when they saw the bloody man and horses in front of them suddenly appeared. The war started? But why did they not hear the sound of trumpets? These people were covered in blood, were they humans or ghosts? How could they appear here?
In a hurry, many Huns were confused and became ghosts without understanding what was going on.
The central army of the Huns had more than 4,000 cavalry, with a battle formation of about 400 steps wide and about two or three hundred steps deep. Li Gan and others made a concerted effort and cleanly rushed through the battle formation of the Huns and appeared behind the central army formation.
The knights in the back formation in the distance looked at this scene in surprise, not knowing what happened. The leader of the rear army ordered to be alert and whispered the trumpet to ask about the situation. For a moment, the sound of trumpets came one after another, and they were in chaos.
Li Gan wiped the blood on his face, turned his horse's head, and rushed towards the other side of the central army formation.
"Brothers, let's fight out!"
"Here!" The golfers were also extremely excited by the blood, with only killing left in their minds, and they had no time to consider whether Li Gan's order was reasonable. They only knew to follow Li Gan, and they would kill wherever Li Gan was.
Li Gan and others walked around the other side like a whirlwind and plunged in again.
This time, they came from behind the Huns. When the Huns heard the sound of horns, they knew that there was an accident, but they didn't know what the accident was. In a panic, the enemy came from behind, and their hands and feet were suddenly in chaos, and their fear was magnified exponentially. Many Huns heard the shouts of killing behind them, but their first reaction was not to fight, but to avoid.
Faced with the sudden unknown danger, this is the most instinctive reaction of people.
Li Gan's charge was even easier. They quickly killed the Xiongnu battle formation, carrying blood, and drifted away under the terrified eyes of the Huns, and went straight to the hillside and came to Li Guang.
Li Gan took out his left foot from the stirrup, put it horizontally on the saddle, wiped away the blood from the sword, and said carelessly: "Hu Gouyi and you."
The Han soldiers had already seen this scene, and when they heard this sentence, they were even more excited and their morale was high. They looked at Li Guang at the same time, hoping to start fighting immediately, just like Li Gan and the others, slaughtering Hu Gou.
Li Guang smiled slightly, pulled out his battle knife, and pointed forward gently. "Beat the drum and start charging!"
"Here!" The messenger danced his arms and beat the drum. The sound of the drums quickly spread throughout the battlefield. The Han army knights kicked the war horses lightly and began to trot and charge—
(To be continued.)
Chapter completed!