rain.

The range of the Huns' hard bow made of beef tendon and poplar wood was greatly reduced. It was nearly half shorter than the normal shooting range. At the same time, its accuracy was also greatly reduced. This is because the beef tendon was originally shortened after being dried in the sun after being damp.

The length will become longer, thus affecting its tension and elasticity.

In order to ensure a fatal blow, the Hun centurion slowly lurked in the middle of the team, trying to use the cover of the surrounding soldiers to get closer to the target, and then even closer.

The tip of the halberd broke the throat.

Xiang Yu's strong arm strength allowed the tip of the short halberd to pierce the throat of a Hun centurion. It continued unabated and hit a Hun soldier heavily on the chest.

Unwilling to be reconciled, the Huns captain covered his throat, shook his body a few times, and then fell into the muddy water with a "bang". At this moment, all his beautiful dreams left him.

His failure was not only due to underestimating Xiang Yu's counterattack power, but also due to the force majeure of nature. Although the beef tendon Populus euphratica bow could be fired on rainy days in summer, its power was greatly reduced. It was this fatal limitation that made the Huns

People lost their lives.

The black-cone horse neighed loudly.

The master's bravery made him feel extremely proud. His flying front hooves heavily trampled over the corpse of the loser, breaking the bones and making every opponent who dared to offend shrink back in fear.

Xiang Yu galloped on his horse. After passing through this blockage, the shadow of Xiangzhuang's front army was not far away. As long as the two armies met, the Chu army would be like Sun Xingzhe who got into the belly of the Huns, no matter which direction he came from.

The charge and killing was enough to make the Xiongnu barbarians feel comfortable, not to mention that there were two friendly armies of Xue Gong and Zhou Yin on the periphery supporting them.

With their bravery, the Chu army gained the upper hand in the first round of the battlefield. After losing many generals in succession, the Huns began to flee.

On the bank of the Hun River, Mao Dun, who sensed that the war was going badly, had already set up a large tent with a dome at a high place in Hebei. Under his severe rebuke, the Xiongnu soldiers risked being swept up by the rapids and continued to send troops to the south bank of the Hun River.

"General Right, your troops continue to entangle the Chu people. Send two more captains of ten thousand men to the rear army across the river. Tell them that if the tribe is wiped out, I will make up for it. If they are found to be cowering and running away, they will be exterminated."

With a gloomy face scarred by whiplash, Modu shouted loudly at the people around him.

No need to say more?

In the past few years, Modu has become a well-known man on the grassland, and his prestige is unmatched. People around him know what kind of temper he has, including the chiefs and generals of the tribes.

After a while, the Huns woke up from the chaos, reorganized encirclements one after another, and tried to exhaust the Chu army's vigor before annihilating the enemy in one fell swoop.

One party sets up a dragnet.

One party brandished a sharp spear.

The competition is who can persist longer, who is more patient and determined to make the opponent's resistance disappear invisible.

I have to admit that in terms of battlefield smell, both Xiang Yu and Mao Dun have a natural sensitivity. At this point, Li Yuan's ability is more comprehensive.

In terms of overall political outlook, economic development, etc., Qin is the leader of the three heroes. The Huns have an innate advantage in military strength. As for Chu, they are not outstanding in several aspects, but there is a fierce man like Xiang Yu.

, coupled with the fact that Chu State is located in the rich east, the Chu army is not weaker than the other two opponents on the battlefield.

As night approached, the fierce battle that lasted for a whole day came to an end. The results of the fierce battle between Chu and Hungary made both sides dissatisfied.

No matter who wins or loses.

Although Xiang Yu fought hard and charged all the way, killing the Huns' formation into chaos, the subsequent changes in the weather were beyond his control.

In the afternoon, the thunderstorm gradually subsided, and the rainbow appeared after the rain, which made the Huns feel better. As long as it didn't rain, the Huns' bows and arrows could exert greater power.

When the Chu army was about to run out of energy, Xiang Yu saw that the battle was gradually weakening, so he used his right and left to join up with Xue Gong's troops from the left. The Xiongnu troops were unable to cope with the situation and could only watch helplessly as most of the Chu army escaped from the encirclement.

out.

Heavy rain poured down.

All the dirt on the ground was washed away, leaving only white washed corpses piled up in a disorderly manner at the bend of the Hun River.

The yellow mud color is the corpse of the Huns.

The bright red ones are the bodies of Chu army soldiers.

At this moment, these former enemies hugged each other and intertwined, just like pairs of twin brothers.

The Hun River encounter.

In the calculation between the two sides, no one took advantage. In the battle, the Chu army lost more than 5,000 people. On the Xiongnu side, the number of tribesmen killed in the battle reached 11,000. As for the injured, they were not counted.

Its number.

Although Mao Dun was dissatisfied with such a battle situation, he could still bear it, because in terms of total military strength, the Huns were twice as many as the Chu army, but the Chu army was not. They traveled a long way north, and they only had more than 50,000 people in one battle.

Losing one-tenth of his troops was something Xiang Yu couldn't bear.

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Ji County.

The capital of Gu Yan.

This city that would become the capital in later generations is now just a border town in the north. Even if it has been reinforced by Yan State, one of the Seven Heroes of the Warring States Period, its city walls cannot be compared with Handan, Daliang, Linyang and other large cities in the Central Plains.

Chu general Zhou Lan was ordered to garrison here.

Inside the Palace of Prince Yan.

Zhou Lan lay lazily on the brocade couch covered with tiger skin, drinking the strong wine from the North in sips. The few wine stains on his front showed that he was already 70-80% drunk.

At the military meeting to attack the Xiongnu, Zhou Lan's cautious suggestions were not adopted, and he was immediately placed in the rearguard position by Xiang Yu. This change was a big blow to Zhou Lan, who was determined to achieve meritorious service.

And when the Chu army and the Huns cavalry encountered each other on a rainy night, and the news of the fierce battle spread back to Jixian, Zhou Lan panicked. Group after group of wounded soldiers were transported back from the front. They were among the lucky ones to be able to come back, and

More soldiers are sleeping among the white mountains and black waters in the north.

"The Overlord is too stubborn. If he had followed my advice, this result would not have happened." Zhou Lan was disheartened and sighed to her subordinates again and again.

The mood of the general also directly affected the morale of the Chu army in Jixian. While the main force of the Chu army in front was fighting bloody battles, danger began to approach behind it.

In fact, when he set off to the north, Zhou Lan's mood was just as high, he was as confident, and he had the same sense of honor to defeat the foreign invaders and Guangzong Yaozong.

But Huan Chu's death seemed to pour cold water on Zhou Lan's enthusiastic emotions, making him feel frightened and worried. In case of misfortune on the battlefield, the bride at home had only been married for less than a year. It was your love for me.

When it was thick, Zhou Lan did not dare to guess and guess what would happen to the survivors if one day they were killed in battle.

Chu State.

It does not have a relatively complete system of support like the Qin State. It relies more on power and blood relationships to maintain the operation of the country. The disadvantage of this method is that once the person at the top of the family appears.

problem, then the entire family's security system will collapse.

"General, something bad has happened. Huns' cavalry was found twenty miles outside the city?" Just when Zhou Lan was drowsy, the Chu army captain who was guarding the city rushed in to report.

"What Huns, where are they?" Zhou Lan shook his head, and it took him a long time to react.

"Near Yanshan, twenty miles south of the city, a heavy convoy of our army transporting weapons and grain was looted by the Huns, and five hundred young men were killed."

"They are all dead. Are you sure they are Huns, not Qin people?" Zhou Lan's face turned pale, and a trace of fear flashed in his eyes. Although the Qin army was an old rival, after Li Yuan took charge of the army, he abolished the first

With the system of ranking military merit, although the Qin army was as brave as before, it was not as barbaric as before.

But the Huns are not like that. What these northern barbarians like most is to use the heads of their enemies as drowning devices. Whenever she thinks of the dead Huan Chu's head being filled with yellow and smelly urine, Zhou Lan feels that

The whole person will be trembling with fear.

"They are Xiongnu barbarians. Afterwards, we went to check. In addition to the headless corpses on the ground, there were scattered arrows. The marks on these arrow branches looked like the bone arrows of the Huns." The answer of the Chu military captain made

Zhou Lan became even more desperate.

"I understand, go down and don't spread this matter in the army. All soldiers who know about it will be under strict supervision by me." Zhou Lan ordered in a cold voice.

Taking advantage of the advantage of fighting immediately, the Huns could unexpectedly cut off the Chu army's logistics supply line time and time again. As for the Chu army, they could only take care of this end but not the other end. If they wanted to maintain the front line of 40,000 to 50,000 troops,

The difficulty of supplies can be imagined.

Zhou Lan tried to use concealment methods to maintain the low morale of the Chu army, but this method of deception is actually the most likely to cause problems. It may be possible to hide it once and twice, but it will happen the next three and four times.

After such an attack, when one team after another of their companions did not return, the people within the Chu army were panicked and the morale of the army was extremely turbulent.

The Huns who attacked the Chu army were none other than Xubuhun, King of Zuoguli, who was ordered to detour from the Liaodong County area to the rear of the Chu army. This Xiongnu partial army actually had a small number of people, only about 6,000, but

What's so powerful about it is that all 6,000 Huns cavalry are composed of one man, two horses, or even three horses.

Such horrific equipment made it impossible for the Chu army's baggage infantry, which lacked war horses, to catch up. The Huns relied on the speed advantage of their strong horses to attack back and forth in the vast area from Qi to Yan, but the Chu army could only blindly attack

Being beaten passively, there is no way to defend yourself.

Originally, the Qin Army's standard machine crossbow was the most suitable weapon for dealing with the Huns' cavalry. However, these second-line troops of the Chu Army obviously could not afford such weapons that required exquisite craftsmanship. The wooden spears in their hands could only be used as weapons.
Chapter completed!