When the Han army, mainly infantry, was stationed in the city and walled city, it could knock out all the teeth of the attacking Huns.
But when it comes to field battles, once the battlefield environment is an open space and the Han army lacks strong cavalry, it will fall into a disadvantage.
The coalition forces of Wu Gao and Wu Yao were experiencing this painful battle at this time.
The Huns used the grassland guerrilla warfare to great perfection, and the harassing Han army was miserable.
The sky was getting dark, a hazy darkness enveloped the earth, and everything around was dim.
The Han army, who had been exhausted all day, lit many torches and fires in the camp, using the light of the fire to dispel some of the darkness.
They did not remove their armor and gathered around the fire with their weapons, looking exhausted and uncontrollably nervous.
No one can sleep peacefully because every once in a while, the Huns will make all kinds of annoying noises outside.
If we ignore it, a large number of rockets will come in at any time.
It's a little better at night, but worse during the day.
Relying on the mobility of their horses, the Huns came in batches to constantly harass the Han troops, making them unable to live in peace.
Facing the harassment of the Huns' cavalry, the various units of the Han army moved closer together to cover each other's advance.
It's just that this tense state of war cannot last long, and marching in armor is also very energy-consuming, and they can only cover ten or twenty miles in one day.
There was no way, they didn't have strong cavalry to provide cover, and they had no choice in the face of the Huns who came and roared away.
After all, two-legged ones can’t keep up with four-legged ones.
As for the Huns, they could use their mobility to set up a camp not far away. The men and horses would take turns returning to the camp to repair and sleep, and feed the horses to recharge their batteries.
Just wait until the Han army can't hold it anymore and collapse, and then pursue them again.
For so many years, the Huns had done this in field battles with the Han army, and the Han army could not find a way to solve it anyway.
"Ten days!"
Han Fu, the captain of Wugao, had an angry face: "It has been ten days since we sent out troops, but we have only traveled two hundred miles. Let alone Chengle, we can't even reach Wujin before the military period!"
Lieutenant Chen Xin, who was sitting next to the fire, responded with a dark face, "What I'm worried about is that we may not even be able to be executed if we miss the deadline. After a while, the morale of the harassed troops will collapse." You have to be buried here!”
There are only a few days left for the agreed time to rendezvous with the troops. If you fail to meet the deadline, your head will be cut off.
However, based on the current situation, it is more likely that they will die in the battle after the army collapses, and it will not be their turn to be beheaded.
Hanfu drew his sword in his hand and waved it vigorously into the darkness in the distance. "Thief! If you dare, come and fight face to face. What's the point of being constantly harassed!"
As if in response to Hanbok's words, a large ball of fire suddenly appeared in the direction he pointed with his sword, more than ten miles away.
Immediately, more and more firelights rose up, like dots of brilliance dotting the earth.
Hanfu was stunned and stared blankly at the fire in the distance. He actually had such ability?
Amidst the clanging sound of armor, Chen Xin hurried over and looked around. "It seems that the camp was attacked at night."
After coming back to his senses, Hanbok looked at Chen Xin and asked uncertainly, "Besides us, are there any other soldiers nearby?"
"impossible."
Chen Xin shook his head repeatedly, "All soldiers and horses within a radius of two hundred miles are guarding the city and gates, and I am the only one waiting in the wild."
The two looked at each other and said, "Hun camp?!"
More than ten miles away, Li Yunze, holding a short spear more than two meters long, swept past with the momentum of the horse's impact. The short spear directly pierced a Huns who was holding a bow and arrow. The huge impact directly Pick it up and push it away.
Theoretically, this counter-shock force would cause Li Yunze to break his wrist. The usual approach is to let go of his hand at the moment of the stabbing.
But his physical fitness was abnormal. Not only did he have no effect at all, but he could also push the Huns forward for more than ten steps like a candied haws on a stick, and then shake him off with a flick of his wrist.
Then he galloped his horse through the Huns' simple camp, attacking anyone he saw.
There are only a hundred or so cavalrymen who can ride horses like Li Yunze in the camp. These are all Zhongshan Cavalrymen who have been trained for many years.
The rest of the Han army sergeants could only dismount and fight on foot, setting fires everywhere to create greater chaos while fighting.
There is no doubt that Li Yunze has made another night attack.
After learning that the Han army was being harassed and besieged more than a hundred miles away, Li Yunze immediately lit the village on fire and drove prisoners, captured cattle, sheep, horses, carts, etc. straight to the rescue.
In fact, there were not many Huns who attacked the Han army, only two to three thousand people.
It's just that they are not a vassal tribe, but the direct warriors of the Aries tribe. They are also wealthy on the grassland and are supported by slaves. They have time and energy to train. They are semi-full-time cavalry. Their elite The level is naturally not comparable to that of the herdsmen who are busy working all day long.
Among the Xiongnu in Nuoda, the only ones who can truly be called full-time professional soldiers are the palace troops led by Shanyu himself.
Even a large tribe like the Aries tribe cannot afford to support a large number of retired soldiers.
There is nothing we can do about this, productivity is too low.
The support of this Xiongnu cavalry relies on the provision of Da Zhuo's tribe, which was stolen by Li Yunze before. They didn't know that Da Zhuo's tribe was finished, let alone that a Han army appeared behind them.
They focused all their energy on the Wu Gaowu coalition forces in front of them, but Li Yunze took advantage of the night to sneak into the camp and were beaten on the spot.
Even when Li Yunze led the Han army soldiers into the camp, most of the Huns cavalry were sleeping in their tents, waiting for dawn tomorrow to continue to harass the Han army.
Because their temporary camp would be abandoned soon, it was built in a very crude manner. Even the secret posts and outposts were arranged in the face of Wu Gaowu's request for the coalition forces.
In the final analysis, the organization is still insufficient.
When the Han army formed a unit of tun (50 people), there was no longer any suspense about victory or defeat.
The Huns who ran out of the tent had no weapons, bows, arrows, or armor, and their horses were concentrated outside. Facing the Han army's formation, they had no choice but to flee.
Hanging the short spear on the winning hook with his backhand, Li Yunze picked up the strong bow and started raining arrows down.
Even if the figure of the Huns just flashed by in the firelight, he could not escape his eagle-like eyes.
The Han troops forming an array pressed forward amidst the shouts of the officers. The sergeants in the front row who were equipped with spears and rifles stabbed anyone they saw. The crossbowmen in the back row kept firing arrows, and the sword and shield soldiers set fire everywhere. Light everything that can be ignited.
After defeating the Sangda tribe last time, Li Yunze seized tens of thousands of cattle, sheep and horses.
After being brought back, the oxen were pulled to be trained as farm oxen. Those that could not be trained were directly killed and given to the sergeants for extra meals.
The horses were trained into war horses and assigned to the mounted infantry for riding training.
As for the sheep, they were slaughtered and given to the sergeants. At least the mounted infantry in front of them could eat one meal of meat every day.
This is also the fundamental reason why they were able to launch night attacks. This group of Han infantry on horseback did not suffer from night blindness.
The sky was getting brighter, and the fire that had been burning for half the night was finally extinguished and turned into ashes.
Hanbok and Chen Xin, who were already impatient, rushed over with their troops.
The Hun cavalry, which had been harassing them like flies in the past few days, finally disappeared this time. The Han army also felt a rare sense of relief, and even the pace involuntarily accelerated a lot.
When they were several miles away, cavalry came quickly, and the Han army immediately became nervous and prepared to form an array.
But soon they saw clearly that the visitor was also dressed as a Han soldier.
When the two sides met and exchanged words, Hanbok and Chen Xin were both dumbfounded.
"You mean, the King of Zhongshan Kingdom is in front?"
The cavalry of the Zhongshan Kingdom responded, "Captain, our king learned that the troops were coming, and he specially ordered someone to come and invite them."
Hanbok and Chen Xin looked at each other and felt their scalps numb.
Not only did the king of Zhongshan Kingdom leave the country privately, but he also led his troops out. This matter will definitely cause an uproar in Chang'an.
They are just little captains, and they really don't want to get involved in this kind of political turmoil.
Let alone them, even if Li Guangcheng doesn't know this level, he will be unlucky if he gets involved.
At this moment, the two of them wanted to turn around and leave.
But I can't leave now.
There is no other way but to bite the bullet and go through.
When I arrived at the dilapidated camp of the Huns, I saw a large group of old and weak Huns digging a big hole.
The pit was dug not to push these old and weak people in, but to bury the corpses of the Huns who were killed last night.
Even though the autumn harvest is already over, the weather is still hot. If it is not dealt with, it may bring disastrous consequences to the local area.
Although they were not from the same tribe, when those corpses were thrown into the pit, the people of the Dazhuo tribe could not help crying.
Hanbok and Chen Xin looked at the mountain of heads piled up not far away. They roughly calculated that it could be as many as two thousand, and they were stunned by it.
In a battle with the Huns, being able to kill two thousand in one battle was already a great achievement, and it was also a wild battle!
When he saw Li Yunze, the king was sitting on a horse with a golden sword. Next to him was a burning bonfire with a sheep on it.
Li Yunze, who was holding a gold-encrusted short knife in his hand, was peeling the mutton and stuffing it into his mouth.
Hanfu and Chen Xin immediately stepped forward and saluted, "Your Majesty, Hanfu (Chen Xin), pays homage to your Majesty~~~"
The king of Zhongshan Kingdom is also the king of the Han Dynasty, and he is also the prince of the emperor. With his status here, the two of them must bow seriously.
"Thank you both for your hard work."
Li Yunze stretched out his hand and said, "Sit down and talk."
Hanbok and Chen Xin did not doubt Li Yunze's identity. If he pretended to be the king here in the Han Dynasty, it would not be a matter of death.
Moreover, with so many Han troops from the Zhongshan Kingdom around, it was impossible for all of them to want to accompany the whole family on the road.
After the two sat down, Li Yunze said directly without any courtesy, "How many troops and horses have you brought?"
"Three thousand soldiers, two thousand masters."
Chen Xin added, "My master is a native Tutuan countryman who has received training and can go into battle wearing armor and holding soldiers."
After all, he is a native of the border area. Facing the threat of invasion by the Huns, his fighting power must not be weak.
In ancient times, the scale of troops deployed in wars was huge, and it was not just soldiers. The masters responsible for logistics were also indispensable.
Li Yunze didn't bring his wife with him, that's because he came to the battlefield in the form of a caravan, and after defeating Da Zhuo's tribe, he also used the captured Dingkou as his wife.
Li Yunze nodded, cut off two lamb legs and handed them to the two of them, "How about the military order?"
This time the two hesitated, but still took the leg of lamb, and Chen Xin reported back, "Your Majesty, I will lead the army to Wujin and join forces with Captain Zhao of Wujin to rescue Cheng Le."
Chengle is a county in Dingxiang County, so it is natural to go to rescue if it is surrounded at this time.
Not only did their own county need to be rescued, but Dou Ying from Chang'an City was already a general, leading his army northward to defeat Lou Fan and other troops who had entered Kou Shang County first, and then Yunzhong and Dingxiang.
Li Yunze nodded, picked up the wine bottle at his feet and took a sip before asking, "Can you make it as scheduled?"
Hanfu and Xin Zhao looked at each other, shook their heads and responded, "If the Huns continue to harass, they may lose their army."
Li Yunze smiled, "I have a way to defeat the Huns!"
(End of chapter)
