Zhang Liao's surprise attack cannot be said to be ineffective. At least it succeeded in delaying the Xiongnu army's offensive for another day. King Xiutu Huliba ordered the miscellaneous barbarians to dig a two-foot-deep horse trap in front of the camp, and also asked the Han craftsmen attached to the Xiongnu to seize the time and rush to manufacture siege equipment.
So two days later the Huns marched again. King Xiutu learned the lesson from his previous rash charge. This time, he temporarily stopped his elite soldiers and ordered all the miscreants to push the wooden poles that were like a mountain wall. They moved forward step by step as the vanguard. Among the tribes who were good at shooting, they The warriors stayed behind and exchanged fire with the Han troops behind the fence.
Then arrows flew randomly from both sides, as if a black iron wind was blowing, sweeping through the two soldiers. The arrows of the Han army were sharper, but the wooden frames were thick and thick, the arrows were nailed between the wooden boards, and the arrow feathers were like the tails of fish struggling ashore, so the effect was very little.
The same was true for the Huns' arrows. In the past two days, the Han army took the time to cover the fence with a layer of cowhide. In addition, there were wooden posts blocking the view. The Huns lost their accuracy and could only throw the arrows into the sky, scratching the cowhide. A trail of white marks.
For three moments like this, the Han army saw the Xiongnu army advancing the battle line step by step to the fence, and then the bastards swarmed out from between the wooden posts, while the Han army fought back with long cannons between the fences. Compared with the skilled martial arts of the Han army, Zahu was just a low-level slave of the Xiongnu. He was thin and weak. He was driven by the Huns and lacked courage. He would inevitably shrink on the battlefield of this deadly battle. After a while, some corpses would be left behind. He wanted to go back behind the wooden frame.
The Huns in the rear immediately shot to death several Zahu who tried to escape. They were arrogant and shouted loudly at the Zahu. The Huns had no choice but to take their weapons and rush back to the fence, facing the cold thorns and continuing. Trying to cut down the fence.
At the same time, King Xiutu led all the Gudu lords and his subordinates to gallop up to Bailing on the east side, surveying the battlefield from a high position, and saw a cavalry group on the wooden road of Quyu City getting ready to go. It is obviously intended to flank the Muzhen forward. If the forward can be caused to retreat, it will be even more difficult to organize an offensive.
King Xiutu ordered Helianguduhou to lead his troops to intercept. Chihou, Helianguduhou, was the leader of the Tiefu Xiongnu. She was close relatives of the Chanyu and Xiutu tribes. They had lived in the upper county for generations and were called Chanyu Xiping. Because most of the Tiefu tribe lived together with the Qiang and Hu, they were not only good at riding and shooting, but also good at Qiang fighting, and were praised as the most brave of the Xiongnu.
Chi Hou waited for someone to find some vines, wrapped them around his armor and weapons, used the juice to draw green waves on his face, and then led the cavalry forward slowly. When the Han army's cavalry began to speed down the slope, the Red Queen roared strangely, like a ghostly mandrill, and then quickly chased after the Han army.
The Han cavalry was panicked. Only then did they realize that a group of cavalry suddenly appeared from behind, and they were riding down the slope of the ridge. In a hurry, they could not turn to meet the enemy. The morale of the army was in chaos for a while. The leader of the team was none other than Yang Chou. He immediately ordered: "Go south! Go south!" Before he could finish his words, a spear flew past him and hit the back of one of his followers. Before the cry could be heard, he rolled off the horse and fell to the ground. Yang Chou felt awe-inspiring and hurriedly lowered himself to the horse's back, driving the horse to turn.
You cannot turn to meet the enemy on the hillside. If you continue to maintain the followed formation and charge into the enemy's army, you will find yourself in a dead end. Yang Chou was determined to go south, so he ran back along the hillside and back to the city wall, relying on the bows and arrows in the fence and on the watchtower to push back the pursuers. He thought well and acted quickly. He had almost completed the turn before he came into contact with the Red Queen. It was just that he turned reluctantly on the battlefield. There were some knights behind who did not listen to the military orders. They stationed their horses and tried to engage in a field battle with Hu Jun, but the opponent was condescending. When he rushed, few people could stop him. Most of them killed the horses in one encounter. Down.
The Tiefu people shouted again and again that they had the upper hand. They brandished blood-stained spears on their horses. The strong ones even picked up a corpse, chopped off the Han army's corpse with a knife, and hung it on the saddle as a trophy. There was only the white of his eyes, which made the Tiefu man dressed in weird clothes look even more terrifying.
Upon seeing this, Han Xian suggested that Chen Chong take out the crossbow again and intercept the Tiefu people behind Yang Chou. Chen Chong shook his head and replied: "The bed crossbow is precious, and it is difficult to make a heavy arrow. It can deter the enemy, but it needs to be used at more critical moments." So he ordered Zhang Yang and his troops to continue the rescue from behind the broken wooden road, just to avoid a break. King Tu expected to repeat his attack, so the two sides engaged in a fueling tactic. He formed a foot formation diagonally behind Zhang Yang's cavalry, occupying a high position to ensure that Zhang Yang's charge would be worry-free.
Upon seeing this, King Xiutu sent out another group of cavalry to try to repeat the same trick. However, when sprinting along the ridge, the Tiefu people were not as good as the wind on the plains, and the Han army's infantry formation appeared to be as solid as a mountain. The leader of the army was named Wei Ping. He held a nine-foot-long spear in his hand and stood at the front of the soldiers. He ordered the front row to hold their shields high, the second row to stab horses, and the back row to draw bows and shoot people.
The armor worn by the Han army was all iron armor. The Tiefu people's arrows could not hurt people, and the javelins they carried were limited. They could only wander around for a while, unable to decide what to do in the face of the guards.
During the stalemate between the two sides, Zhang Yang had successfully charged to the flank of Helianchi's rear. Seeing that the reinforcements were blocked, the Tiefu people had no choice but to give up the idea of pursuing them and instead engage in hand-to-hand combat with Zhang Yang's new force. However, the situation was reversed at this time. Zhang Yang was at the top, and the Tiefu people were at the bottom, and there was no room for retreat between the two armies. The Tiefu people stopped screaming, and the Han army did not say a word. Both sides could only watch each other's faces getting closer and closer. Getting closer and closer, a silent barrier formed between the two sides.
Until Empress Helianchi and Zhang Yang could see each other's eyes clearly, the collision suddenly came, and the shouts came from every warrior fighting. Although they had different faces, different clothes, and different languages, the words in their eyes The clear murderous aura is so consistent.
Zhang Yang led his direct lineage to gallop towards the leading Queen Helianchi. Queen Helianchi was surrounded by his clansmen in the riding formation. Instead of advancing, he retreated, trying to open a small distance and thrust all the spears into his side. Among the earth and rocks, a small guardrail composed of soldiers was formed in just a moment. Zhang Yang couldn't help but hesitate when he saw this. He could only choose to slow down and fight with the cavalry behind Chi Hou.
The Tiefu people are indeed good at fighting. Not only are they not afraid of death, they are also particularly good at adapting to situations. Zhang Yang stabbed a Tiefu cavalryman in the chest and abdomen with a knife. The Tiefu man smiled at him. Before he died, he actually took out an arrow from his quiver and thrust it straight between Zhang Yang's eyebrows. , but after all, he lost his strength, and Zhang Yang reacted and turned his head to avoid it. Zhang Yang then smashed the Tiefu man's stomach and dragged out the intestines. The Tiefu knight also collapsed from his horse. The horse under him realized that no one was holding the reins. He was stunned and stood still on the spot, so that the Tiefu man never fell to the ground.
After fighting for this moment, they could only let He Lianchi go and leave safely. However, since then, Zhang Yang and Yang Chou had enough time to regroup and rush towards the Zahu in front of the fence as originally planned. At this moment, in front of Chen Chong and Huliba, they could see an iron wave carrying yellow dust and sand, violently colliding with the Hu troops who were fighting desperately in front of the fence.
The bastards were very concerned about the entanglement between the cavalry on the hillside, but they saw the Han knights swooping down from a distance, leading the sky full of smoke and dust. The setting sun shone on the armor, and it was like heavenly soldiers and divine blessings. . In an instant, morale collapsed. Even if there were still Huns behind them who kept shooting at deserters, the worst they could do was to flee in another direction.
The entire fighting front line fell into disorder. The Huns were killing, and the Han infantry between the fences were killing. Then the Han knights arrived and started killing. Only the Zahu were killed miserably. Surrounded on three sides, it seemed as if there was a force driving them all to move to the west, where there was only the rolling river.
The first Hu man to stand by the river looked horrified, and he had just woken up from a dream. He tried in vain to dissuade his colleagues behind him not to continue moving forward, but where was the other way to survive? Jumping into the river would be like being torn apart by swords and bows. I wonder if they had this idea in mind, so the bastards continued to march towards the river, crying and howling.
So a strange scene unfolded: the Yellow River had just thawed, the water was bone-chilling, and many half-clothed Hu people were holding knives and long bows in their hands, with expressions of sadness on their faces, but they jumped into the river without hesitation. The barbarians struggled on the water, but more barbarians could only wave their arms in the water without knowing their future, pulling many of our water-minded compatriots into the bottom of the water.
Zhang Yang's original intention was to drive the collapsed Zahu towards the Xiongnu's main formation, thereby causing the entire Xiongnu army to retreat. However, unexpectedly, the Huns did not treat Zahu as a human being, and bows and arrows were like rain, marking a clear horizontal path for Zahu's retreat. No less than 800 Zahu were crucified in front of the battle line. No matter how the Zahu reacted, the main force of the Xiongnu remained unmoved, which made the Han soldiers feel chilly in their hearts.
So after a pile of corpses were dropped in front of the fence, both sides stopped to rest. Chen Chong ordered all the boats in Quyu to enter the river to salvage the corpses floating in the river. Those who were still alive on the battlefield tried their best to save them, and there were still a few Chen Chong personally met some of those who surrendered and asked them about their relationship with the Huns. In detail, in today's battle, the Xiongnu lost more than 5,000 Zahu people.
It turned out that most of these slaves were slaves in the market of Meiji people, or domestic slaves abandoned by various princes. They were organized into a battalion by King Xiutu as the vanguard, and King Xiutu promised that if they performed great achievements on the battlefield, they could be eliminated. Slaves were rewarded with cattle and sheep. But I didn't expect that in the eyes of the Huns, they were worse than cattle and sheep, and they were shot and driven away on the spot. At this point, many Zahu couldn't stop sobbing and actually shed tears.
Chen Chong could only console him by saying that he would bury all the dead in the soil. If there are any of your relatives and friends inside, I hope you can identify them, and he will also engrave their names on the tombstones. The dead are gone, but the living are still worried about their bodies. Under my rule, I will cut off your slave status.
Zahu burst into tears of gratitude and kept praising him for ten thousand years, but how trustworthy they felt in their hearts was another matter.
Guo Da witnessed all the progress of the war on the other side, but still made no move.
The war is still at a stalemate.
