"Where is the main force of the Empress Wu Hengdu, now?" Standing in front of the sand table, Zhang Yue asked Sima Xuan.

"Report to Shizhong Gong, I just received the military newspaper this afternoon. The main force of our department has arrived here..." Sima Xuan pointed at a place on the sand table and said.

Zhang Yue looked over and found that it was a grassland located in the southeast of Yanze, about 150 to 180 miles.

"Where is the Changshui Captain?" Zhang Yue asked Xu Xiangru again: "Where is the main force of the Changshui Captain?"

"Shizhong, the main force of our army has advanced here..." Xu Xiangru smiled and pointed a little on the sand table, next to a swamp about 120 miles west of the salt lake.

Zhang Yue nodded and looked at the sand table.

The two main forces of the Han family are like two iron fists, which are shooting left and right, attacking the Hun cavalry entering Munan.

If it weren't for the fact that the enemy had to be lured into the depths before, I'm afraid that I'd have already exchanged fire with the Huns.

"It's March 28th in the spring of the second year of Yanhe..." Zhang Yue looked at the two and said, "Before the first day of April, can the Captain Huwu Hengdu and the Captain Changshui complete the encirclement of Yanze?"

Xu Xiangru and Sima Xuan looked at each other, hesitating.

In terms of military strength, the current Han army does not have the ability to completely encircle the Xiongnu cavalry in the Yanze area.

According to military tactics, if ten is surrounded, five is attacked, if multiple is fought, if the enemy is divided.

The total strength of the Han army is worse than that of this Hun Guyan Wan Cavalry, which was alone and deeply rooted in the army.

Estimated based on scout investigations and reports these days.

The total strength of the 10,000 Hun cavalry entering Munan is at least 5,000.

Even if deducted, the Huns would usually carry slave soldiers who were used to serve and do odd jobs.

The combat force will not be less than 3,500.

This is already comparable to the Han army's total strength.

In such a battle situation, I want to encircle and annihilate this enemy.

It is necessary to use Wu Hengyi to participate in the attack, or wait for the reinforcements of the Feihu Army to join, and then fight an encirclement and annihilation battle.

Otherwise, if you attack rashly, you may pay a huge price for casualties, and you may not even be able to eat the other party in one bite.

These days of investigations have given Sima Xuan and Xu Xiangru a certain intuitive understanding of this Xiongnu cavalry.

The marching formation, advancement speed, organization, and order are not the Hun army encountered by the Han army in the past.

Apart from their height, clothing, and hairstyles, they were almost like a replica Han cavalry.

And it is a main cavalry that can be called an elite force even in the Juyan area - even the war horses of these Huns are all Wusun horses!

Shoulder heights are generally above six feet and seven inches.

There are even many top-quality products above seven feet!

On the other hand, the Han army, except for the war horses brought by the Changshui Captain, were Wusun horses, sweat-blooded BMWs, and wild horses collected from various places, and improved military horses after hybridization.

The military horses used by the cavalry of the Uhu Hengdu, even if they were ridden by officers, were only six feet three to six feet seven inches.

Sima Xuan’s mount is only six feet and five inches.

The disadvantages of horse breeds are already quite obvious.

In addition to military and horses, the Han army may not have the advantage in weapons and equipment.

The results of the scout's investigation and investigation were told to the senior management of the Han army.

This Hun cavalry has a heavy cavalry of at least 800 cavalry.

All are made of fish scale armor and heavy halberds as weapons.

In addition, the best Wusun horses they rode, which gave this heavy cavalry the ability to compete with the Han army.

At present, the only definite advantage that the Han army can do.

It is the flexibility and long-range firepower brought by horseshoes, stirrups and saddles.

However, the role that this advantage can play in the breakthrough will be greatly affected.

Based on these factors, Sima Xuan and Xu Xiangru no longer dared to guarantee that they could encircle and annihilate the Hun cavalry.

There is no way, war matters, if they are OK, if they are not OK, they are not OK.

For a general, one should not only consider victory or defeat.

You must also be responsible for the lives of your subordinates.

Although, Ci does not control the troops.

However, a general who ignores his subordinates' lives will be abandoned!

Therefore, after thinking for a long time, Sima Xuan and Xu Xiangru both bowed to Zhang Yue: "Report to Shizhong Gong, the last generals should be able to join the enemy of Yanze on time..."

"but……"

"It may be difficult to annihilate the besieged enemy in an anxious manner!"

This is a fact.

It is also an objective reality.

Even if he brought all the Wu Hengyi to his side, the Han army would attack the surrounded enemies at all costs.

I want to destroy this besieged enemy army within three to five days.

It's almost impossible.

Even if it is possible, the price the Han army has to pay will be unbearable!

Whether it is the Captain Huwu Hengdu or the Captain Changshui, they will probably completely lose their combat capabilities after this war.

As cannon fodder, Wu Hengyicong suffered most of the casualties!

This is still the most optimistic estimate.

"I understand!" Zhang Yue smiled and looked at the two of them, comforting him: "Don't worry, both generals, I will urge and force the two to attack!"

Zhang Yue was not so stupid that he could use brute force to attack an enemy army that was defending the dangerous situation.

Only fools do such things.

In any case, the essence of war is to eliminate the enemy's vitality as much as possible, and at the same time preserve the vitality of our army.

"The two generals only need to ensure that the encircled Hun cavalry cannot highlight the encirclement circle that our army has constructed for it..." Zhang Yue pulled out the sword from his waist and gently drew a circle on the sand table.

The center of the circle is Yanze.

"Please look, two generals, as long as our army can ensure that the main force of the Huns Guyan King cannot break through, drag them here..." Zhang Yue smiled and said, "It's summer soon..."

The temperature will get higher and higher in summer.

The food and water needed by the horse will also increase.

In Yanze, everything is good, it is lack of water and grass.

The local ecology is simply impossible to maintain an army of thousands of people and the tens of thousands of horses they carry, which will sway his daily consumption.

As long as you can trap them, hold them up.

The Han army even needed nothing to do.

You can wait for the enemy to die on its own.

Zhang Yue has some things like time.

But how many virtual zodiacs can be?

If nothing unexpected happens, the army of Xuyan will only be able to support Yanze for five days at most.

In five days, there will be shortage of water, grass and food.

When Xu Xiangru and Sima Xuan heard this, their eyes lit up.

But immediately, I began to worry again.

"What the Shizhong said is not without reason..." Sima Xuan asked: "But Wei Lu will definitely come to rescue him!"

This is unquestionable.

Xuyan is Shanyu's younger brother.

His Guyan Wanqi is the most elite cavalry of the Huns.

Once he was left in Munan and Wei Lu returned to Mobei, what would he explain to Hu Lugu?

Even if Hu Lu Gu was willing to forgive Wei Lu, the mother of the Huns who had a bad temper and had never liked Wei Lu and others would definitely make noise.

Therefore, Wei Lu is not possible.

But he will definitely rescue the troops of Xuyan at all costs.

Even if all his troops were destroyed, he would do this.

Zhang Yue smiled slightly and said, "I was the general who was the chief of Wu Hengyi from 5,000 people to snipe the Xiongnu cavalry from the source!"

He reached out and pointed it lightly on the sand table. It was the passage between Munan and Yayuan - a passage composed of sand and wilderness, with a depth of at least tens of miles and a width of at least one hundred miles.
To be continued...