Chapter 170 Bloody Battle in the Nameless Valley
Meng Tian and Han Xin were the two generals who led the troops to Yunzhong County this time. With Meng Tian as the leader and Han Xin as the deputy, they led an army of 50,000 people. Of these 50,000 soldiers, 30,000 horses already rushed to Yunzhong in batches in advance.
The commander and Meng Tian rushed there quickly with only 20,000 horses. Han Xin understood that Meng Tian was the general who had followed Fusu the longest, and he could be said to be loyal to Fusu. Fusu also trusted him very much, so he also treated Meng Tiante.
He was very respectful. Meng Tian was the only one who obeyed him along the way. He said that he could go and stay wherever he wanted. Meng Tian was not an unreasonable person. In addition, he could see that Fu Su valued Han Xin very much, so he often discussed things with Han Xin.
, the two of them can be said to complement each other. It was a smooth journey.
After a period of march, 20,000 horses finally arrived at the city of Yunzhong County, and the 30,000 horses who were advancing had just arrived here. Meng Tian did not rest, and immediately summoned the generals and announced Fusu
According to the order, the villages and towns outside Yunzhong County began to evacuate people into the city. At this time, it was the season when the crops were about to ripen. The soldiers and the people worked together to cut off the wheat and put it into the city, and then put the cut wheat into the city.
Half of the grain was stored in a small valley outside Yunzhong County, and troops were sent to guard it, waiting for the Huns to attack after learning the news.
"The soldiers are ordered to be prepared at any time. Once they hear the news that the Huns are attacking the valley, they must attack the valley as soon as possible. This battle is a good opportunity to completely eliminate these Huns. If someone does not listen to the order,
"Don't blame this general for being ruthless." After arranging everything, Meng Tian gave the death order to the generals, and then ordered them to go down and rest.
This was Han Xin's first real battle with the Huns. The last time he raided Xianyang and had an encounter with the Huns cavalry, Han Xin really didn't feel much because the incident happened so suddenly. But this time he really wanted to force the Huns. In his heart
He was quite nervous. So he asked Meng Tian: "General Meng once led a large army to defeat the Huns. I wonder if I can tell the last general about the characteristics of the Huns' warfare?"
Meng Tian laughed, motioned Han Xin to sit down, and then said: "I think General Han has never fought against the Huns when he lived in Chu, so he is afraid of them?"
Han Xin said with some embarrassment: "Exactly, when we were in Chu, there were rumors that the Huns were uncivilized savages who ate human flesh raw, had great strength, and came and went like the wind. So many soldiers in Chu treated the Huns like the wind.
I was very scared, but that day when I fought with the Huns on the edge of the Great Wall, I found that they were not as scary as the rumors said. I wonder if the people we encountered were real Huns."
Meng Tian smiled and said: "When I first led troops to fight against the Huns, I was a little afraid of them, but when we actually fought with them, I realized that they are just like us. The only difference is that their riding skills are better than mine.
The people from the Central Plains are much taller and their archery skills are better than ours. In addition, they make a living by hunting and herding, so their bodies are stronger than the average people from the Central Plains. However, at the same time, they don’t understand strategy as well as the people from the Central Plains.
Therefore, when we are unable to fight with them head-on, we mostly use tricks to trick the Huns into traps and get rid of them. Just like this time, we can use food to lure the Huns into attacking, and then arrange our troops to annihilate them.
So the Huns are actually not difficult to deal with, so General Han can rest assured."
"Han Xin has learned a lesson!" Han Xin said hurriedly, cupping his hands.
Fusu is well prepared and is just waiting for the Huns to invade. What about the Huns?
By a stream nearly fifty miles away from Yunzhong County, there were countless war horses and tents made of leather. There were also many naked men lying outside the tents. They were all lying listlessly on the ground.
They were either sleeping or looking up at the sky. The tents looked very shabby. From this, it could be seen that the situation of this group of people was very bad. At this time, a fast horse ran from a distance, and the rider on the horse suddenly
When he reached the stream, he jumped off his horse and plunged into the water. After a while, he pulled his head out. Then he shook off his long wet hair and walked towards the most intact tent among the tents.
Legang sat on the ground, holding in his hand a stoneware bowl snatched from the people of the Central Plains, which contained wine used by the people to worship the gods. He felt very regretful. He regretted that he should not have fought with the unknown cavalry that day.
, otherwise he will have 10,000 more warriors who can mount up and fight, then he can unify the tribes who ran to the south because they were defeated by Mao Dun, and maybe then he can fight back to the grassland.
, at least I can live a better life here instead of living a life of hunger and hunger. But now, although I still have an advantage in numbers compared to them, it is impossible to fight smoothly.
If he defeated him, he would suffer great losses and be annexed by other tribes, so he had no choice but to give up. Thinking of this, he drank the wine in the bowl bitterly, as if he drank the wine that day.
wrong decision.
The curtain of the tent was lifted, and a person walked in. Legon looked happy when he saw the person coming in, wiped his tangled beard that was soaked in wine with his hand, and asked: "Tiger, how are you? Have you found anyone?"
Are we allowed to rob the Central Plains people’s lair last time?”
The man named Tiger also sat on the ground like Legang and said: "Chief, I ran for hundreds of miles before I finally found a place with food, and other places where there were villages are already empty.
When we came down, there wasn’t even any food left.”
"As long as there is food somewhere, we will go and grab it right away. Now we don't have much food. If this continues, these warriors of mine will starve to death."
"But I'm afraid that this is a trap set by the defenders of the Central Plains. Since they can take away the people and food from other places, why leave that place where there is still food? So chief, I think we'd better take a look.
, it won’t be too late for us to take action after other tribes try it.” Tiger said carefully.
Legan thought for a moment and shook his head: "We are almost out of food. If other tribes grab the food, do you think they will leave some for us? So I think we'd better go first. By the way,
Where is that place?”
"That's a valley only half a day's ride away from Yunzhong County. There are less than a thousand guards inside, so I'm afraid it's a trick by the Central Plains people."
"What you said makes some sense, but I think that although those Central Plains people are cunning and cunning, they still underestimated us. You must know that we are Hun warriors who come and go like the wind. In the city, our people may still be afraid
They, but once they go outside, they are our world. Do they have the same riding skills as us? Are their arrows as accurate as ours? Are they as brave as our warriors? So I decided to take the warriors there today.
That valley!" Legon became more and more excited as he talked, as if the food had already arrived in front of him. Seeing Legon's appearance, Tiger knew that he could not persuade him, so he had to take orders to pick up the people lying outside.
They all shouted.
Legon put on the leather armor that symbolized the supreme leader of his tribe, stood on a stone and shouted to many soldiers: "Now there is a valley to the south of us, with countless grains in it, and now I will take you there
Grab them all. But this may also be a trap by the Central Plains people. Are you willing to follow me to grab those grains and kill those Central Plains people?"
"Yes! Yes! Yes!" When all the Huns warriors heard that the food they needed most was there, they immediately threw away their lazy expressions and shouted excitedly.
"Okay, let's set off! Get there before dark, and launch an attack on the valley as soon as it gets dark!" Legon said, pointing to the south with the sword in his hand.
More than 10,000 people in Legan roared and rushed south with murderous intent.
The sky was getting dark, and the soldiers guarding the valley had already eaten and were lying in their tents to rest. Suddenly they felt the earth began to shake. The leader here immediately knew that the Huns were invading, and hurriedly ordered:
"Go and light the beacon fire at the back. All the crossbowmen go to the mouth of the valley and get ready. This time we must let these cruel Huns know how powerful we are!"
As soon as the Huns cavalry arrived three miles away from the valley, they began to increase their horse speed. They wanted to rush into the valley in one fell swoop, kill those Central Plains people, and then move away the grain. But when they rushed less than 3 miles away from the valley
When they were within an arrow's reach, there was the sound of arrows piercing the air, and dozens of cavalrymen rushing in front were hit.
Dozens of arrows fell off the horse like a hedgehog. But this did not stop the Huns' attack. They had already been prepared to be blocked, so the cavalry behind them did not pause for a moment and continued to charge forward.
, at the same time, the cavalry behind them had begun to take out their bows and arrows and launched a counterattack against the defenders in the valley.
The speed of the Huns was so fast that the crossbowmen only had time to fire three arrows, and those people were already approaching. The soldiers guarding here were all elite soldiers carefully selected by Meng Tian, so they did not panic in the face of this situation.
They retreated in sequence, with the crossbowmen retreating first and firing arrows forward to block the enemy's attack. The other soldiers held long spears and guns, preparing to counterattack the Huns when they rushed in front of them.
However, the speed of the Huns' cavalry was still beyond everyone's expectations. Before they had retreated much distance, the Huns' cavalry was already in front of them. Although some of the Huns' cavalry were stabbed to death by spears and spears, more of them were killed by the Huns.
The scimitar cut into the body of the defender. At this time, more cavalry had rushed into the valley, and the defender had already
They were completely reduced to a passive side. The Huns had also seen the piles of grain piled in the valley, and they were very excited. Legang ordered his men to attack the soldiers guarding the valley, and at the same time ordered his men to carry the grain.
Chapter completed!