The sun is rising, the wind is howling on the grassland, and the earth in the north is burning.
Against the backdrop of the dazzling firelight and smoke in the distance, two cavalrymen stood facing each other on the grassland, with an air of chilling tension filling the air between them.
The two sides were in opposition, but the nomadic people seemed a little timid.
These Huns, who had traveled dozens of miles away, swallowed involuntarily. The horses that sat down were exhaling white air and pacing anxiously.
Opposite them was an unmoving, mountain-like cavalry phalanx.
"Qin Jun!"
Touman Chanyu took a deep breath of hot air.
He guessed it right!
This grassland fire was indeed set by the Qin army!
Zhao Tuo took advantage of the Huns' night attack on the Qin camp, secretly sent Qin cavalry to attack the depths of the grassland, and set fire to the prairie. Everything was as he had guessed.
The only difference is that Touman Chanyu miscalculated the number of Qin troops.
I thought that the number of cavalrymen who set fire was no more than a hundred, a thousand, or at most ten thousand cavalry.
But the Qin Army cavalry in front of them was huge in number. They were arranged in a neat formation. Looking from a distance, there was a huge sense of oppression.
Touman Chanyu was a little confused.
He looked at the cavalry square on the opposite side. Although the cavalry at the rear was blocked by the people in front, he could only see a crowd of people and could not see the specific number and appearance. But based on his past experience, the opponent had at least twenty-five thousand, or even It’s more than 30,000 riders!
Touman Shanyu couldn't figure out this problem. Where did the Qin people get so many cavalry?
"Da Shanyu, what should we do now?"
The right general Yi Hanxie rode his horse to Touman's side. He had been following Shanyu since he was defeated by the Qin army by the river.
"what to do?"
Touman Shanyu also asked himself a question. He looked back and saw a mess behind him.
Although the Xiongnu and the Yueshi had 80,000 horsemen, they were running wildly in the night and could not maintain their formation.
The entire team stretched into a long line, with the royal court elite and King Youguli's tribe running at the front, King Zuoguli and other minor nobles' tribes in the middle, and at the back were 20,000 Yueshi cavalry, from the front to It stretches for ten or twenty miles.
And because of the long-distance attack, both men and horses were panting from exhaustion. One can imagine the combat effectiveness in this state.
After the Qin army set fire, they formed a huge cavalry phalanx in the middle of the road, as if they were waiting for their arrival. What they were thinking was even more obvious.
There are two choices before Touman Shanyu.
Fighting, with the Huns cavalry currently in a state of exhaustion and lack of concentration, they do not have an advantage in military strength and the probability of victory is not high.
Escape, once Touman Shanyu leads his people to escape, the Qin army will definitely cover up and follow them. In the current state of the Huns, as long as they start to escape, they will have no chance to fight and resist. They will only be like a flock of sheep being chased by wolves, and will be chased by the Qin army all the way. People kill.
"No, I still have a choice."
Touman Shanyu gritted his teeth and pointed to the gorgeous commander's flag flying on a small mound behind the Qin army's cavalry, as well as several figures riding horses under the commander's flag.
"Even if the commander of this cavalry is not Zhao Tuo, he must be his general. Send someone over to tell them that as long as the Qin army promises not to kill anyone, we are willing to dismount and surrender!"
Yihanxie and Xubutang, who had just rode over, were all shocked.
What's going on? The Qin army just set fire to your hometown of Touman. But when you saw that the Qin army's cavalry didn't want to take revenge, you just surrendered on the spot?
Touman Chanyu growled: "This is stalling for time. Whether they believe it or not, at least the envoys can gain some rest time for our warriors and horses while waiting for the army from the rear to arrive."
"The Qin army only has 30,000 cavalry at most. When I arrive with 80,000 cavalry, even if the warriors on the grassland are tired, if I use 80,000 to defeat 30,000 on this grassland, will they still lose?"
Upon hearing this, Xu Bu's eyes lit up.
What a great Chanyu, indeed cunning and treacherous!
However, the reality was that the Huns had not yet sent envoys to pretend to surrender again.
The Qin army's cavalry formation moved, giving them no chance at all.
Amid the shouts, the Qin cavalry in the middle separated to both sides, revealing a passage.
The rumble of horse hooves sounded, and a group of heavily armored cavalry, all covered in armor, slowly stepped out of the formation.
The direction it was heading was exactly where Shanyu's eagle flag was.
At the same time, the Qin army's cavalry formation began to disperse, and the drums of attack had already sounded.
Behind the cavalry square formation, the Qin army specially selected a small mound where they could look into the distance.
The commander-in-chief's flag was flapping in the strong wind.
Zhao Tuo held up his telescope and stared at the expression of the man wearing an eagle crown in the distance.
"Hehe, Touman must be surprised now. I didn't expect that our Great Qin cavalry is here waiting for him to fall into his trap. This guy is really a stupid wolf. Now that our army is waiting for work, we can defeat the enemy with one strike!" Chen Ping He rubbed his hands excitedly and kept mumbling.
This was the largest cavalry battle he had ever participated in, even surpassing the previous Battle of Qinyue, so he was naturally very excited.
Zhao Tuo put down his telescope and looked at the battle situation in the distance with his naked eyes.
The Qin army's cavalry began to change their formations amidst the sound of drums. Using 500 heavy cavalry as arrows, followed by 10,000 Qin army's light cavalry, they launched an attack from the front.
The 20,000 Yuezhi cavalry hidden behind the phalanx received the order, rushed out from the rear, divided into two wings, 10,000 cavalry in one direction, and outflanked the Huns from the left and right sides.
Zhao Tuo looked at the gorgeous eagle flag in the Xiongnu formation and chuckled: "Touman was too anxious. He was worried about Mancheng and his people's livestock, so he rushed to the front. This way he allowed me to capture the thief first." The king's opportunity. As long as he breaks through his royal army first and captures him, the other Huns will be nothing but a piece of loose sand."
As he spoke, he turned to look at the red-hot sky in the north.
This fire was his trap to lure the Wolf King back.
Attacking the enemy must save it, which is the secret of the art of war.
At the same time, facing the sudden attack by the Qin army, Touman Chanyu, Yihanxie, Xubutang and others were stunned.
Not only because there was a problem with their plan, but also because they clearly saw the cavalry running out from behind the Qin army's cavalry, running to the left and right, trying to outflank their cavalry.
They were clearly a group of grassland herdsmen wearing furs and felt hats.
Yi Hanxie was stunned: "People from Yuezhi!"
Xu Budang shouted: "The Qin army has incorporated the Yueshi!"
The doubts were answered, and they finally knew why the Qin people had such a large number of cavalry.
But at the same time, new worries also climbed into Touman Shanyu's heart.
There are a large number of Yuezhi people serving in the Qin army, so there will be a question mark about Sugasha and her 20,000 Yuezhi cavalry who defected to the Huns.
Touman Shanyu's face was as black as coal, and he felt his heart tingling.
There is something wrong with his Dalan clan!
However, this idea only existed in his mind for a moment, and then he threw it away.
Facing the attack launched by the Qin army, survive first!
"Xubudang, if you want to survive, lead people to charge forward for me. The cavalry of the Qin army is no match for my warriors on the grassland. Defeat the cavalry of the Qin army from the front and capture or kill the people under the Qin flag. If we die, we can live!”
Touman Shanyu shouted sharply and pointed at the rear of the Qin army's cavalry.
Xu Budang, the king of Youguli, looked gloomy.
He and Touman Chanyu's men were running at the front of the team. Facing the attack launched by the Qin army at this moment, they were naturally the first to bear the brunt. They had no place to escape. If they want to survive now, they really have to rush forward. .
In Xu Budang's view, although the Qin cavalry looked astonishingly powerful and were waiting for work, they still had a fatal weakness.
Equestrian!
In front of the Huns who have been riding sheep and shooting rats since they were young, and chasing foxes with their horses when they grew up, the Qin army's cavalry are essentially mounted infantry. In head-on horseback confrontation, they are no match for the Huns warriors!
He took a deep breath, raised his hands and shouted: "Warriors of the Xubu tribe, charge with me! Defeat the Qin army and capture the enemy general!"
"Kill!"
Seeing that they were outflanked by the Qin army, the Huns became bloody and began to charge with their horses following Xu Budang, and faced the Qin army's cavalry.
They, the people on horseback, want to defeat the Qin army in a majestic horse battle on the grassland and teach the Qin people what it means to be a real cavalry!
…
About ten miles south from where the Qin army fought with the Xiongnu forward, 20,000 Yuezhi cavalry were advancing.
They were hanging at the rear of Zuogu Li King Wu Luxu's team, running slowly, not very fast, so their horse power was slightly conserved.
They were waiting for a signal.
After a while, several fast horses came running from the front.
These are the sentries sent by the noble lady Sugatha to the front to investigate, and they bring the most important news.
"My lady, the fight is about to begin!"
