"Don't worry. I'll do whatever I say. You go down and prepare first. Tomorrow will be a fierce battle!"
No matter what preparations he made in advance, the thought of facing hundreds of thousands of Hun cavalry tomorrow still made Liu Deng somewhat worried.
In fact, not only Liu Deng, but who of the people present is not worried?
Their dispatch of troops this time is more like a big gamble. If the gamble fails, I am afraid that the shape of the war between Han and Hungary will undergo huge changes in the next ten or even decades.
"promise!"
Fortunately, the generals accompanying him are all experienced in the military.
How should the specific deployment of troops and generals be done?
They themselves have been able to arrange it very well.
After receiving the letter of war, the Huns withdrew directly five miles to the west, while Liu Deng directly ordered the army to advance, and drove the army five miles east of Shuofang City.
The companies on both sides are like two giant dragons, and Shuofang City is their target.
In the evening, Liu Deng directly ordered the soldiers to set up the car formation outside. Except for the soldiers who were keeping watch at night, everyone else went to rest early after eating and drinking.
In the quiet night, only the snowflakes from the sky continued to fall.
The ground on the grassland gradually began to freeze solid, which caused great trouble for the Han army's defense.
After all, with the ground frozen like this, it would be almost impossible to dig a horse trap.
The best method used to deal with the Huns' cavalry was now half useless.
If they hadn't brought a large number of tanks with them, I'm afraid this time they would really have to face the Huns' iron hoofs with their bodies.
"Your Majesty, why aren't you asleep yet?"
It was now the third watch, and after Li Guang had inspected the entire military camp, he discovered that the lights in Liu Deng's tent were still on.
"Aren't you asleep too?"
Liu Deng smiled, but his eyes still stayed on the sand table in front of him.
His mind was constantly deducing various possible scenarios. If he lost this battle, I am afraid that even the inheritance of the Han Dynasty emperor would be affected.
"Is the king worried about tomorrow's war?"
Li Guang said softly.
"Even though there is a car formation, we still have enough defense and not enough offense!"
Now that there were only two of them in the tent, Liu Deng naturally didn't have so many scruples when speaking.
The car formation he set up was nothing more than a turtle shell.
Even the best-case scenario is nothing more than an invincible victory.
Of course, what is the criterion for victory or defeat? That is, the benevolent sees benevolence and the wise see wisdom.
History is full of accidents. His original plan was to quietly return the same way after the sneak attack on Dragon City. However, when he actually arrived at Dragon City and saw the empty situation behind the Huns, he suddenly took the risk to sneak attack on the royal court again. .
I originally thought that the enraged Huns would definitely attack Yanmen or Yunzhong.
But unexpectedly, these Huns actually chose to remove Shuo Fang, the thorn in their side.
What was even more unexpected was that the military minister Shanyu actually vomited blood and died directly because of this incident.
This series of accidents has created the current situation.
He wanted to fight these Huns at this wrong place and wrong time, a battle that did not exist in history.
Thinking back on what had happened in the past period, Liu Deng felt even more uneasy.
He actually has another risky move, which he hasn't told anyone, but whether this risky move will work depends on whether they can defend it tomorrow.
"Faced with an army of 300,000 Huns, we are lucky enough to be able to fight without victory. As long as we can send them out of the country as gifts, when we are free, we will naturally have time to deal with them slowly!"
Li Guang smiled bitterly and then said.
Sending gifts out of the country seems to be the best situation now. As for the reinforcements Liu Deng mentioned, Li Guang has no hope at all.
In Li Guang's view, it was impossible for the imperial court to send any more reinforcements, and even if there were any, they would never be large.
On this battlefield with units of 100,000, a mere 10,000 or 20,000 people cannot solve any problem at all.
He had automatically regarded Liu Deng's words as a means to boost morale.
"This may be our best chance to kill the Huns, but I don't know if His Majesty is determined to do so..."
It is indeed a good opportunity to win the battle once and for all, but it is also a battle with great risks.
The ultimate he can achieve is the so-called invincibility, defending Shuofang City, maintaining the current balance of power, and killing the Huns' effective strength to the maximum extent.
But when it comes to annihilating all these people, Liu Deng's military strength is far from enough.
After all, the Huns are all cavalry. If they can't defeat them, why can't they run away?
Fortunately, it was now November. As long as he delayed for half a month, if the Huns did not retreat, all the cattle and sheep they carried would freeze to death on the road.
The pressure from the Han army was indeed great, but the pressure from the Huns was also not small. Naturally, it was impossible to rely on plundering all the food and fodder for the hundreds of thousands of troops.
Therefore, they brought a large number of herdsmen with the army, and these herdsmen drove a large number of cattle and sheep.
These cattle and sheep were the Huns' food and logistics. As for the property and food they looted, they were completely a supplement to their logistics.
"His Majesty?"
Li Guang looked at Liu Deng with some confusion.
"Forget it, let's not talk about the ones that are available and those that are not, let's just consider our own problems. You are right. As long as we can ensure that they send gifts out of the country, it is already a victory for us!"
Liu Deng smiled and then said.
Although these Huns looted a lot of gold, silver and jewelry this time, if these gold, silver and jewelry were in the territory of the Han Dynasty, they could naturally purchase a large amount of food.
But on the grassland, this thing cannot be eaten or drunk. In many cases, it is really not as useful as a pile of scrap metal.
So on the surface it seems that the Huns took advantage this time, breaking into several cities in succession and seizing a large amount of gold, silver, jewelry, daily necessities and food supplies.
But if you really calculate the account carefully, they actually don't get much benefit.
Before they went south, a large-scale search for the Han Dynasty caravans had begun.
Although this ensured the suddenness of their military activities, it also completely swept the unreliable trust relationship they had finally established with those profiteers into the trash.
What's even better is that they have completely scared the people of the Western Regions before, and the already fragile business environment in the Western Regions has been completely destroyed by them.
As long as Liu Deng can ensure the balance of power, it will actually be a disaster for these Huns.
Without those profiteers, after they have exhausted the food and living materials they looted, they can only rely on robbery or their own production if they want to obtain enough living materials.
