Surprise appeared on the faces of every Hun cavalry who were rushing towards Jiuyuan City. They really didn't expect that not only was the city fortified, but there were actually a large number of men and horses several times their own. Then surprise appeared on their faces.

The expression was replaced by fear. Although the cavalry of the Die La tribe can be considered elite soldiers of the Huns, they have traveled for several days to get here, and their physical strength has been almost exhausted. If

There are indeed only Wan Xu defenders in Jiuyuan City, and there is no defense at all. They may be able to take it down in one go. But now they know that they have obviously fallen into an ambush by the Qin people and have completely lost it.

Confidence in the First World War. If the horses had not been urged to run forward, I am afraid they would have turned around and ran back. But the situation now is even worse, because they are rushing towards the Qin army that is several times their size.

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The men and horses on both sides finally collided together. Due to various factors, the combat effectiveness of the invading Hun cavalry from the Die La tribe was only 30% of its original value. As a result, their ability to resist was already very low.

Weak, the Qin army seized this golden opportunity to continuously attack these Huns, completely breaking up their originally unorganized formation, and turning the Huns' cavalry into individuals fighting alone.

As the Huns were scattered and separated by the Qin people, they could only fight alone. Their flexible, ferocious and domineering killing methods on horseback lost their due effect. Although it was a wide and flat place with an unobstructed view

On the plain, although the Huns cavalry were all on horseback, they were the ones being attacked. This was something they had never thought of before.

Gu Ke, who was in the middle of the cavalry and protected by hundreds of people, showed a look of despair. Seeing that his people continued to fall under the sword of the Qin people, he felt that his hope had been shattered. At this time, the contempt came to him.

He said to his side: "Headman, now we can no longer take the Jiuyuan. The only way we can retreat is to escape from the Qin people's attack."

"What's the use? Without the food supply in this city, why should we go back to the grassland? If we don't go back to the grassland, Maodun will definitely use this incident as an excuse to do harm to us." Gu Ke said with a tone in his tone.

Deep despair.

"Touman, as long as we leave here, the grassland may be ours. Seeing that there are so many Qin people coming to attack our army, they must be Qin people's reinforcements. Since they are here, I'm afraid Maodun and the others will not

It will succeed, so we still have a chance, leader." Mi Qi advised. His words gave Gu Ke a glimmer of hope, and he also thought that these tribesmen were his bargaining chips in the future, and they could not be wiped out by the Qin people like this.

, so he immediately gave the order to retreat.

The Huns wanted to retreat, but the Qin people didn't want them to leave so easily, so they followed them closely, killing the lone Huns to the ground. They chased all the way, and the ground was full of abuses.

The bodies of the Huns. More than thirty people were chased and escaped.

After entering the field, these Huns relied on their superiority in riding skills to throw away the pursuing Qin army and ran deep into the grassland to the north. In this battle, the Qin army suffered no more than a thousand casualties, but they killed nearly 1,000 people.

The eight thousand Huns were really a great victory.

When the Qin army returned to Jiuyuan City, Meng Tian, ​​dressed in golden armor, was standing at the gate to welcome them. Zhang Han, dressed as an ordinary soldier, strode out from the Qin army and repeatedly raised his hands to Meng Tian: "General Meng is indeed him.

Xiongnu

The nemesis of mankind, he killed so many enemies in one battle, and also made the Huns cavalry who came this way retreat far into the depths of the grassland, and did not dare to come out again. In this way, the pressure from the other side of Yun Zhong

It will definitely be reduced a lot."

Meng Tian's face was still pale as if he had just recovered from his illness, but he laughed loudly a few times, and then said: "I, Meng Tian, ​​only informed you of the strategy. The real meritorious service was made by the officers and soldiers. Especially you, General Zhang.

, and even fought with the Huns at the risk of their lives, I really admire you." After the two praised each other for a few words, they led the troops into Jiuyuan City.

It turns out that everything was such a coincidence. When Yunzhong brought the news of the Huns' attack on Jiuyuan here by carrier pigeon, Meng Tian and his two men just happened to arrive here with reinforcements. In fact, this is also easy to explain. They set out from Xianyang.

Along the way to save the northern counties, the army received news that the Huns were surrounding Yunzhong. Meng Tian quickly judged that this was because the Huns wanted to use the city of Yunzhong to conquer the rest of the country.

The Qin army was transferred there to fight them on the plain. Thinking of this, Meng Tian came up with the idea of ​​placing the reinforcements in a city near Yunzhong, so that the army would have something to rely on.

So that the opportunity would not be completely lost. There are two cities near Yunzhong, Yanmen and Jiuyuan. The former has fallen into the hands of the Huns, so Meng Tian had no choice but to bring his troops to Jiuyuan.

When he knew that the Huns would have a force to attack Jiuyuan City, Zhang Han guessed that the Huns did not have enough food and wanted to come here to rob the food. At the same time, he also proposed to send troops to sneak attack the Huns halfway. Although Meng Tian agreed with his judgment,

But I don’t think it’s a sneak attack on the Huns.

A good idea was to order the army to wait in the city until the Huns came here before giving them a head-on attack. Zhang Han understood that he was now guilty and felt that Meng Tian's method was safer, so he agreed to his idea.

So there was a great victory just now.

When the Qin army was celebrating its victory, Meng Tian and Zhang Han were already discussing the next move. Zhang Han said: "I think we should first inform General Han and others in Yunzhong of the news of the victory here.

, so that they can fight with the Huns there with confidence, and then march steadily towards Yunzhong, and attack the Huns army together with the defenders there."

Meng Tian agreed: "You are right. I will have people send the news to them through carrier pigeons. After a day's rest, we will take the men and horses to the clouds the next day. But we also have to tell the soldiers

As mentioned above, although we have won today, it does not mean that our enemies are easy to deal with, so they should not underestimate these invading Huns."

"That's right, I will let people publicize this matter in the army later..." Zhang Han agreed, feeling deeply disheartened by the demeanor of a famous general like Meng Tian who was victorious but not arrogant. In the past, he only regarded Meng Tian as

It was just good luck that he had followed Qin Shihuang and Fusu for a long time, but after this year of contact, he had become convinced of Meng Tian. Whether in terms of demeanor or military use, Zhang Han knew that there was still a big gap between him and Meng Tian.

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Just when Zhang Han was about to ask Meng Tian for some advice on military use, a man from outside the lobby had already come over and reported: "Two generals, when we were cleaning the battlefield, we found that the horses of the Huns cavalry were equipped with this thing. I

If you dare not hide it, I came here to report it." As he said that, the man raised the wooden stirrup and leather saddle in his hand.

Meng Tian and the two men were already very familiar with this thing, and they recognized it at a glance. Their expressions froze. Zhang Han hurriedly went up to take the stirrup, and then said to the man: "Tell me, these two things are among all the Xiongnu things."

Are all horses equipped with them or only some horses are equipped with them?”

The man said: "These wooden stirrups are all there, but these saddles are only found on a few horses. The other horses are still naked." After saying this, the man retreated after seeing Zhang Han motioning for him to leave.

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Meng Tian took the stirrup and looked at it carefully. Although this thing was not as sophisticated as the ones equipped by the Qin army and looked a little out of shape, Meng Tian was still sure that this was the stirrup that the Qin army relied on to fight the Huns cavalry.

His expression became more solemn and he said to Zhang Han: "It seems that the Huns have learned how to make stirrups. As a result, their cavalry will probably be even more powerful than before. We must be more careful in this battle."

Unexpectedly, the sharp weapons we relied on were obtained by the Huns without our knowledge, and our future battles with the Huns may be even more difficult."

Although Zhang Han was a little worried, because he also knew how much these stirrups and saddles improved the combat effectiveness of the cavalry. Once the Huns cavalry were equipped with these things, they would be as powerful as a tiger, but he didn't think things would be much different.

, so he comforted: "Is General Meng worrying too much? Although this stirrup can increase the damage of the cavalry, it will not play a decisive role in the war. After all, combat relies on people and proper command.

ah."

After listening to his explanation, Meng Tian calmed down a little. He smiled and said: "What you said is very reasonable, just because I thought that this stirrup was thought up by the emperor to deal with the Huns who were better than us in riding.

Human, that's why we are like this, forgetting that the war cannot be decided by such a small thing. But in this way, the possibility that our army could compete with the Huns in cavalry is gone.

, so we have to think of another way. Although we already have more troops than the Huns, they are all cavalry, and we may not be able to severely damage these people who come and go freely."

Zhang Han said: "I think this is God helping us. If the Huns hadn't invaded today, and they happened to be equipped with stirrups, I'm afraid we wouldn't have discovered this until the actual war started. By then our

All deployments will be useless, and this battle may not really be won. But now we still have time to reconsider the method of dealing with the enemy."

"What method?" Meng Tian asked.

"Now that the Huns have stirrups and other things, let's go one step further and use the chain horses that were used to defeat the Chu army a few days ago. I don't think the Huns have ever seen this thing. Even if their riding skills have improved greatly by then

, under the impact of my serial horses, they will become fish on the chopping board." Zhang Han said with confidence.
Chapter completed!