It is the ninth day of the eleventh month of the Guiyou year.
Henan County, at the foot of Mang Mountain in the north of Luoyang City.
When the winter sun just rose, the rays of light shone on Mang Mountain, casting a layer of golden color on the Han troops already arrayed at the foot of the mountain, and the armor light spread toward the sun like golden scales.
In the midst of the continuous military formation, a huge red-bottomed dragon flag fluttered in the wind, and its powerful words really flew like a dragon.
Liu Yu stood on horseback in front of the Chinese army's formation, looking solemnly at the Xiongnu army slowly moving forward.
At this time, a Han cavalry galloped up to Liu Yu.
"Your Majesty, there is a group of Hulu cavalry that just went along the Qili Stream towards Shouyang Mountain in the east."
"How many people are there?" Liu Yu asked.
Shouyang Mountain is located to the east of Mang Mountain. If you bypass Shouyang Mountain, you can turn to the northeast to attack Mengjin, or you can go northwest to the north of Mang Mountain and threaten the back of the Han army.
"There are too many Hulu cavalry, and the men have not seen them clearly. There are at least 10,000 people, and there may be more." The Han cavalry sergeant said very cautiously.
Liu Yu frowned slightly after hearing this. Now the Han army's array was just on the road from Mang Mountain to the north to Ping County. Although it was covered by mountains on both sides, it was enough to prevent the Han army from being attacked by cavalry on both sides. But if the back was attacked, If attacked by tens of thousands of Hulu cavalry, it is very likely that they will not be able to retreat smoothly when the war goes unfavorably.
In that case, they would not be able to successfully return to Pingxian City.
"Your Majesty, by dividing so many troops and heading east, the Hu Lu must be trying to bypass our army's back. It would be better to allocate more troops to Xiaoping." Xi Jian next to him suggested.
After Liu Yu thought for a moment, he rejected the suggestion.
"There are three thousand elite troops of Li Feng guarding it. Even if the Huru have ten thousand cavalry, they will definitely not be able to shake Li Feng."
Liu Yu had arranged in advance for Li Feng to guard the road behind him. Although Li Feng did not have any great general skills, this kind of desperate task was the most suitable.
What's more, Liu Yu didn't take the 10,000 Hulu cavalry seriously.
Just now, the cavalry of both sides had some exchanges on the periphery. The Huns cavalry were still light cavalry with light bows and sharp swords. They were not a big threat to the three thousand elite armored soldiers at all.
"Now that the Hulu have come in full force, as long as we can defeat the Huru in front, the 10,000 Huru behind us will have no bearing on the overall situation."
Liu Yu said with great certainty that as long as the main force of the Hulu forces in the front was defeated, the Huns cavalry that circled back might face the main force of the Han army who turned around, and their offensive would naturally have to retreat on its own.
After hearing this, Xi Jian also felt that it made sense, and then said no more.
At this time, the vast plain to the south of the Han army was completely controlled by the Xiongnu army.
In such clear weather, Liu Yu could basically see the Huns' formation clearly.
Most of the Hun army on the opposite side were Hun cavalry, and only a few were infantry without horses.
Among the Hun troops directly opposite Liu Yu, there was a group of Hun cavalry that were particularly sophisticated, because Liu Yu had already seen the light reflected from their shining armor.
"These barbarians can be called elites!" Liu Yu pointed the horsewhip in his hand straight ahead and said.
Xi Jian, Zhao Kun and others next to them all looked up.
"Your Majesty, that should be Hu Chief Liu Cong's central army." Xi Jian also saw the sophisticated equipment of those Hu barbarians.
"Hey, these Huns look quite bluffing, but I don't know if they can be used." Zhao Kun felt that there was nothing strange about the Huns.
"However, that big umbrella is very ostentatious. When the war begins, I will snatch it for Your Majesty!" Zhao Kun pointed forward with his hand and said loudly.
After hearing what Zhao Kun said about 'big umbrella', Liu Yu and others burst into laughter.
"That is a twelve-layered colorful canopy. Even if it is not Hu Chief Liu Cong, it should belong to his son Shanyu Liu Can. Where is the big umbrella." Liu Yu said with a smile.
"Hey, the general knows that it is a canopy, but I think it is just a big umbrella in Hu Lu's hand, but it doesn't feel like a canopy." Zhao Kun said with a deliberate giggle.
After Zhao Kun made such a joke, everyone was no longer overly serious.
After a while, almost all the Han cavalry on the periphery were forced back into the formation by the Huns cavalry.
At this time, the Xiongnu army had completely controlled the situation outside, but the Han army had the height advantage of Mang Mountain behind them, and most of the Hulu movements could not escape their eyes.
After the Han cavalry returned to the formation, the Han infantry had begun to arrange horses, roadblocks and other objects in front of the formation to prevent the Huns cavalry from attacking the flat road in the middle.
As for the low hills on both sides, the Han infantry has also made arrangements.
After Liu Yu glanced around, he felt that he was ready and was waiting for these barbarians to attack.
At this time, Liu Yu saw a tall and thin figure among the guards beside him.
"Ran Liang!" Liu Yu shouted to the figure.
After hearing this, Ran Liang, who had been staring closely at the Huns' formation in front, immediately rode his horse to Liu Yu's side.
"Ran Liang! Guess where Hulu will attack from?"
Ran Liang, who has almost fully grown into an adult, is eight feet tall. If it weren't for his childish face, he wouldn't be able to tell that he is a fourteen-year-old boy.
After hearing Liu Yu's inquiry, Ran Liang said without thinking.
"Your Majesty, the Hulu troops are several times larger than our army. Whether it is the hills on both sides or the Chinese army on this road, they are the main direction of the Hulu attack."
After hearing Ran Liang's words, Liu Yu smiled softly.
"Haha, you are right. You are the main attacker on three sides. Are you scary?"
After Ran Liang heard this, the expression on his face immediately became ferocious.
"Liang is not afraid. Half of the Nei Huangran clan died at the hands of Hu Lu. Now that Jie Hu has been defeated, these Tu Gehu are still rampant. If Liang is afraid, how can he avenge his clan!"
After hearing Ran Liang's words, Liu Yu nodded, patted his shoulder and encouraged him.
"In this battle, the Hulu will definitely underestimate the enemy because of the small number of our troops. When the Hulu are exhausted after three battles, it will be the time when your Yulin cavalry will rush to kill them. Then you can take revenge happily!"
In Liu Yu's plan, it was not simply a defensive formation. The more than a thousand Han cavalry accompanying them would serve as the final decisive counterattack force and launch a desperate counterattack when the Hulu offensive was blocked.
Liu Yu has full confidence in the effectiveness of counterattack.
You must know that each of the more than a thousand Han cavalry can support seven or eight infantry. If these expenditures cannot obtain seven or eight times the effect, Liu Yu will never be able to use these cavalry.
However, the premise for all this is that the Han infantry still needs to withstand several times the Hulu's early offensive.
After Liu expected this, he couldn't help but look at the bright Huongnu canopy in the distance.
At the same time, under this twelve-layered colorful canopy, the Huns Emperor Liu Cong also looked at the Qingzhou Han army array opposite with the same eyes.
"Although the bandit army is organized, it is nothing special. They are all arranged in the front."
The Xiongnu Emperor Liu Cong saw from a distance that the Qingzhou Han army used the hills on both sides to protect the Chinese army in the avenue. Although he could not see any flaws, there was nothing special about it.
"Liu Yu is just an ordinary person, but he is good at winning over the morale of the army. Whenever he marches, he eats and sleeps with the soldiers. He is especially good at training the soldiers. The soldiers under him are the most difficult to deal with." The Huns Emperor's Piao Cavalry General Gou Xi said.
"The formation of these Qingzhou thieves is neat. Even if there is nothing unusual about it, if you want to break through their formation, you will probably have to suffer a lot of casualties." Liu Yang, the Taibao of the Xiongnu and Han Kingdom, said, "Your Majesty, I think it is better not to be anxious. It is better to use the formation in an array." The confrontation, now that the river has begun to freeze, and there is no boat supply, how can these Qingzhou thieves last? It only takes three to five days to defeat them without attacking."
After hearing what Taibao Liu Yang said, the Huns Emperor Liu Cong became even more fed up with this old guy.
These Xiongnu clans, headed by Taibao Liu Yang, have lived in peace for too long and have completely lost their aggressive spirit.
Every time there is a war, these old guys will come out to advise them to 'act calmly' or 'plan long-term'. They are simply more verbose than those Confucian scholars.
"When I captured Guanzhong before, the Taibao also advised me to act calmly. What was the result?"
The Xiongnu Emperor Liu Cong sneered.
Before the capture of Guanzhong, Taibao Liu Yang and other clan kings tried to dissuade them. When the battle situation was unfavorable, these people spread negative remarks. When Liu Cong finally captured Guanzhong, Taibao Liu Yang and others jumped again. They came out and rushed to divide the farm slaves and women.
After hearing the sarcasm of the Hun Emperor Liu Cong, the gray beard on the face of Taibao Liu Yang trembled, obviously unwilling.
Liu Cong was not willing to save face for him at all, "The Taibao thinks that the Qingzhou thieves are short of food. Doesn't it mean that our army is not short of food?"
"Now the army's horse materials have been almost exhausted. If we don't rush into the battle before the horses are weak, and continue to use them up, there will be no cavalry left."
The Xiongnu and Han armies had been fighting fiercely in Guanzhong before, and most of the cavalry did not get a good rest at all. After arriving in Luoyang, they had difficulties in supplying, and they could only rely on grain and grass from Pingyang.
As a result, many of the Xiongnu and Han war horses had begun to lose weight.
"What's more, the Jin captives from Qinzhou and Liangzhou have always been eyeing Yongzhou. How can they waste time here with the Qingzhou bandits?"
"Wang Dun ran away before, which is already my greatest hatred!"
"Now that the Qingzhou thieves have arrived, if Liu Yu is allowed to run away because of his calm behavior, wouldn't it be adding to the mistakes?"
When the Xiongnu Emperor Liu Cong said this, he was already very angry.
Because he remembered the incident in which King Dun of Jin Dynasty escaped unscathed by "Hanging Sheep Beating Drums". The battle that was supposed to be victorious actually turned him into a joke.
"Your Majesty, I'm sorry, I just made a mistake." Upon hearing this, Liu Yang, the Taibao, immediately obeyed.
"After the three-way drum sounds, the Taibao will supervise the left wing for me. If a sergeant on the left wing dares to retreat before our center, the Taibao will deal with it according to military law!"
The Xiongnu Emperor Liu Cong ordered loudly.
"I obey your orders! I will definitely advance and retreat with your Majesty's army!"
Taibao Liu Yang said this respectfully, but he had already cursed Liu Cong in his heart. Most of the troops on the left wing of the Xiongnu were Taibao Liu Yang and others who massacred the elders. If it was against the strict military law, The people they killed were all their own confidants.
About half an hour later, when the last Xiongnu army crossed Qilijian and arrived at the designated position, the Xiongnu army had completed its final formation deployment.
The Xiongnu Emperor Liu Cong raised his eyes and looked east at this time. The army of Zhongshan King Liu Yao that he sent to encircle the rear was no longer visible.
Liu Cong calculated in his mind that the Huns cavalry who circled back would definitely not run too fast in order to maintain their horsepower.
He looked at the thin-looking array of the Qingzhou Han army on the opposite side and felt a little scared.
If the Xiongnu army attacked too early and the Qingzhou bandits collapsed too quickly, the Donglai bandit Liu Yu might have escaped before Liu Yao, the king of Zhongshan, had completed his detour.
That would not be good, so although Liu Cong had prepared his military formation, he did not want to start attacking immediately.
When the Xiongnu Emperor Liu Cong thought of this, his heart moved and he suddenly remembered something.
"Come here! Get some paper and pen!" Liu Cong ordered to the guard next to him.
The guard really didn't expect that the Hun Emperor Liu Cong would ask for paper and pen before the battle. Suddenly, none of the people around him had them with him.
Besides, these people are all rude sergeants who have never touched paper and pen on weekdays. Where can I find paper and pen now?
Finally, I got pen and paper from the clerk at the back.
The Xiongnu Emperor Liu Cong took the writing brush, spread the paper flat on his horse, and soon wrote a letter with flying colors.
"Haha, come here, tell Liu Yu on my behalf that if he surrenders, he will be crowned King of Guiyi!"
"Send this handwritten letter from me to the Qingzhou thief!"
The Xiongnu Emperor Liu Cong gave instructions to the guards beside him.
However, after hearing his words, some of the Hun soldiers nearby were frightened.
"Your Majesty, that Qingzhou thief Liu Yu is unreasonable and always kills messengers!"
"Yes, Your Majesty, people say that no matter what the Donglai thieves do, they will be beheaded and skinned once they fall into their hands."
The words of several Huns generals revealed fear.
Now that the war is coming, as long as this victory is achieved, the Huns and Han will become the leader in the world. Wouldn't it be an injustice if he died on such an aggrieved 'message delivery'?
"Idiot, then find a Jinnu to deliver the message!" Liu Cong, the Emperor of the Huns, immediately said dissatisfied.
Several Huns generals breathed a sigh of relief when they heard this, and then hurriedly found a 'scapegoat'.
However, the messenger was not killed by the Qingzhou thieves as everyone thought. Instead, he brought back a letter.
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