That night.
Daliang City Defense Mansion.
Long Lie and Zhang Baiye prepared a welcoming banquet for the newcomer Ding Hu.
After three rounds of wine, five flavors of food.
There was no hint of drunkenness on the faces of the three of them, which showed that the three of them had good drinking capacity.
Long Lie and Zhang Baiye looked at each other. Originally, they were planning to get this guy tipsy, but now it seemed impossible. Long Liejiu immediately said:
"Brother Ding, we are in wartime now, the conditions are simple, and these are the only things we can entertain Brother Ding. Please don't be disgusted by Brother Ding, don't be offended!"
Ding Hu silently drank a glass of wine and then shook his head and said: "It doesn't matter, this is already very good. People in the army can't afford to eat delicacies from mountains and seas, so long as they can fill their stomachs."
The two people immediately gave Ding Hu a thumbs up and praised him: "High! Brother Ding, this is the style a soldier should have. He has high consciousness! High!"
The three of them smiled, and then Long Lie started talking about business.
"Brother Ding, I would like to know what entrustment Captain Ding has when you come here this time?"
Ding Hu raised his head and glanced at him, then slowly shook his head: "The head of the family didn't say anything. The Tiger Hunting Army only came to assist this time. For anything that requires the assistance of the Tiger Hunting Army, Commander Long can just ask, there is no need to test. Down below."
Long Lie smiled slightly awkwardly, and then said: "Oh, Brother Ding is joking. This is not about fighting side by side in the future. If we both have any objections, problems will easily arise later. Why don't we make everything clear to everyone now?" Let’s discuss it and try to reduce some hidden dangers that may arise in the future.”
Ding Hu nodded slowly.
Seeing this, Long Lie rolled his eyes and said immediately: "In this case, since Captain Ding has no plans for the Tiger Hunting Army, I won't be polite.
Brother Ding, our biggest problem now is that two of the three cities near Daliang City are in the hands of the Huns. This gives the Huns a basis for advance and retreat, so that they can wreak havoc everywhere in Hedong County without restraint.
Therefore, our top priority is to take back the two cities of Hetong and Suyun first. We could still handle the two defenders alone, but the Xiongnu sent an additional 100,000 people. Now the number of soldiers in the two cities alone has exceeded 140,000.
In addition, they have the advantage of defending the city.
We can't defeat the number of people in the field, and it's even harder to attack the city when we're defending it.
Only then did they reach a stalemate with the Huns.
Now, Brother Ding, you came just in time with the Fierce Tiger Army. We have more people than them, and you are coming from the grassland, so they don't know about you yet.
We can use this information gap to surprise them.
Ding Zhong, I plan to do this..."
At the subsequent dinner table, the three of them discussed the plan to take back the two cities, but it was Long Lie and Ding Hu who listened.
But in the end, the three of them had no objections to the plan, so they settled on it.
After the discussion was completed, it was already late at night, and the three of them went back to their rooms to rest.
The next day!
Early in the morning, the entire Daliang City was in motion.
At dawn, the Xiongnu soldiers were still confused. Long Lie and Zhang Baiye led 5,000 Dragon Guard cavalry and 5,000 Divine Guard cavalry to the two cities and began to attack them!
At first, they were not prepared and suffered a big loss, but they quickly reacted and blocked the attacks of the two armies.
However, what they didn't expect was that the Dragon Guards and Divine Guards didn't pay much attention. They withdrew immediately after seeing them react.
Then not long after, he came back and killed someone with a retaliate!
The Huns soldiers, who had just gone back and wanted to rest for a while, woke up urgently again.
Then the two armies withdrew again, and for the third time, as soon as the Dragon Guard Army and the Divine Guard Army arrived at the city, an overwhelming wave of arrows hit the ground in front of the general's formation.
Looking up, a group of Huns soldiers were looking at them with gnashing teeth. It was obvious that they did not go back to sleep just now, but continued to stay and wait for their third raid.
Sure enough, they actually came!
The Huns' anger was immediately aroused.
Even without sleeping, they were led by Hu Xiezhi, the Right Xian King of the Xiongnu. Liangcheng formed an army of 120,000 people, and only a few thousand people were left to guard the two cities. The rest all pursued these Song troops who dared to disturb their rest!
The battles in the previous few days had allowed them to figure out the strength and quantity of this Song army. They could not match them in terms of numbers, and they could not match them in terms of immediate combat skills.
The only thing these Song people are commendable for is their skills in defending the city. When the number of people they defend is about the same, they really can't break it.
But now they have taken the provocation to the extreme and left the city. If they can still endure it, are they still Huns? In this way, Hu Xiezhi led 140,000 people and chased them all the way to a hilly area less than five miles away from Daliang City.
Taking advantage of the large number of people, Hu Xiezhi continued to follow without hesitation.
In his opinion, those timid Song people would never dare to face them head-on in such an area, and in terms of their numbers, they were definitely no match for him.
However, everything is unpredictable.
Just when the two groups of people were about to rush out of the hilly area, there were sudden vibrations from behind the hills on both sides.
The Huns, who have lived on horseback since birth, are naturally familiar with where this sound comes from.
This is clearly a sign that a large number of war horses are about to appear.
But it is obvious that the Song Dynasty army in front does not have many horses. The horses in front are probably more than half of the Song Dynasty army!
Here comes another large-scale cavalry unit. Where did it come from?
While he was still wondering, a black flag with a scarred tiger face quickly appeared from behind the hillside. The next moment, large swaths of black armored cavalry suddenly rushed out from the left and right sides of the Huns army!
With great speed, he launched a charge towards the flank of the Huns army!
"Tiger Hunting Army! Kill!!!"
Ding Hu took the lead, wielding a broadsword with a ring-shaped sword, Huhu Shengfeng. As soon as he rushed to the side of the Huns, he cut a Huns in half before he had time to turn, and then rushed in with the soldiers of the Tiger Hunting Army. Among the Huns’ large army!
"Damn! Cunning Song people! We were ambushed!"
Hu Xiezhi cursed angrily and glanced hatefully at Song Qi who was still running away not far away. Then he looked back at the Black Cavalry who rushed into the army formation from the flank and killed them, and immediately ordered: " The front and rear armies were separated, the rear army was stationed, and the front army quickly opened the distance and made a half-circle to charge back!"
This is already the fastest and most effective method at present. Since the opponent has already rushed in, you cannot turn back directly. The combat effectiveness of the cavalry lies in charging. The distance to turn back directly is not enough to charge forward. For an enemy with high morale, Said it was due to disadvantage.
Quickly let the rear troops garrison to reduce casualties, and the front troops quickly distance themselves and rush back to engage the opponent. Only in this way can the rear troops be rescued.
Hu Xiezhi gave the order, and the Xiongnu army immediately began to execute it. The originally unified army quickly divided into two armies at the front and rear from the place where the Tiger Hunting Army inserted. The front army quickly rushed forward, turned around in a big roundabout, and launched back. Charge!
"Hongnu warriors, kill all these despicable Song people. The Immortal God will bless you! Kill them!"
Hu Xiezhi shouted and rushed back using himself as an arrow!
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(End of chapter)
