On the hill on the right side of Mangshan Avenue, Ran Liang was looking at the Hulu military formation in front of him in a daze.
The Hulu army formation in the distance was like a huge snake, stretching from west to east in Ran Liang's eyes.
Ran Liang, who was condescending, could clearly see the entire Huru deployment. He made a rough visual inspection and found that there were as many as 60,000 to 70,000 Huru on the opposite side, while the Han army had less than 20,000 soldiers. As far as I'm concerned, it's already surrounded on three sides.
However, the Han army on the hills on both flanks would also cause huge casualties to the Huns who dared to charge the battle line by virtue of their geographical advantages.
As the Xiongnu army slowly approaches, the sound of horns and whistles can be heard in the Han army array. As a defensive battle, the Han army already has the best geographical advantage.
"Guard, look!"
Suddenly, a young Yulin soldier next to Ran Liang pointed to the southwest and said.
Ran Liang followed the gesture and saw a group of soldiers and horses separated from the Hulu's left wing, heading further north from under the hill on the Han army's right wing.
"The Hu Lu are trying to attack us from both sides." Ran Liang easily saw through the intentions of these Hu Lu.
"Supervisor, our army is already small. If we let the barbarians surround us, it will be in danger." Another young Yulin soldier said.
As one of the six governors of the Yulin Army, Ran Liang, although he is the youngest, has the most battlefield experience among them.
So the young Yulin soldiers around him were staring at Ran Liang closely.
"What will happen after the Hulu circle around? There are rugged mountains to the north behind this mountain. It is impossible to ride on horseback. You have to dismount. By the time the Hulu rushes to the mountainside, they will probably be too tired to breathe. At that time, we will rush in and kill them all, and the rest is to harvest the heads." Ran Liang said very relaxedly.
When everyone heard this, they all felt that it made sense. After all, as the reserve team of the Han army's right wing, the role of the Yulin Youth Army was to cover the flanks and rear, and then launch a fatal blow at the most critical moment.
After a while, Ran Liang saw that the Hulu cavalry who were trying to get around had dismounted and walked on the hillside, and several of them were holding torches in broad daylight, as if to light up the road.
"Why are you lighting a torch in broad daylight?" Ran Liangliang felt confused.
However, he soon learned the intentions of these Hulu.
I saw the Hulu at the foot of the hillside using the torches in their hands to ignite weeds on the ground, and clouds of black smoke slowly rose up.
"These barbarians want to burn the mountain!?" A Yulin young sergeant next to him said in surprise.
Both wings of the Han army occupied the geographical advantage of the hillside, so they were naturally not afraid of the Hulu attacks from above.
But if the Hulu set fire to the mountain below, the Han army's already prepared defensive array would no longer be able to hold on.
However, Hulu's attempt to burn the mountain quickly failed.
Although the snowfall in the past few days was not very heavy, the snow on the shady slopes had not melted. After these Hulu ignited some weeds, they could not successfully ignite the moist weeds all over the mountain.
"These stupid thieves!" Ran Liang scolded disdainfully.
The rest of the Yulin sergeants burst into laughter.
At this time, bursts of horn sounds came from the front.
Everyone withdrew their gaze and looked towards the south.
I saw that the Hulu army had reached a place less than 200 steps away from the Han army.
At this time, the Hulu had paused slightly and were reorganizing their military formation again.
"Haha, these barbarians are nothing more than that. They have already reorganized their formation three times after walking so far." A Yulin sergeant mocked disdainfully.
Among the Han army, especially the Yulin army, marching in formation on such flat terrain would require at most one rearrangement of the array along the way. If any brigade or corps wanted to rearrange its array three times, then But definitely want to take the whip.
"laugh!"
"laugh!"
A crisp sound of arrows came from the west, and Ran Liang and others turned their heads to look again.
The skirmishers on the right wing of the Han army had also discovered the stupid Hulu who were trying to set fire to the mountain. After a few shots of arrows, the nearby skirmishers gathered around and chased down the Hulu with arrows from a high position.
After a Hulu fell to the ground after being hit by an arrow, his companions paid no attention to him. They all ran backwards without even the intention of fighting back.
These Hulu were not depressed at all because one person died, because their array had been deployed on the west side of the hillside.
"I'm afraid there must be as many as 5,000 Hulu!"
"It would be dangerous if they were allowed to rush up the hillside from behind and then use height to flank them."
These Yulin sergeants, who were condescending and in charge of the overall situation, had already guessed all Hu Lu's intentions.
Almost at the same time, the right wing of the Han army also changed its formation.
The array that originally faced only the south, almost in a very short time, part of it turned to the west to guard against the Hulu who were surrounding them.
The change of formation on the right wing of the Han army was not only seen by Ran Liang and others on the hillside, but also by the Hun Emperor Liu Cong who was facing them.
"Your Majesty, the right wing of the thieves has been divided. As a result, its array is even thinner!" Jin Zhun, the rear general, pointed forward and said.
The purpose was naturally to show how wise the Hun Emperor Liu Cong had just done by sending troops to bypass the enemy.
However, the face of the Xiongnu Emperor Liu Cong did not have the proud look that Jin Zhun expected. Instead, his face added a bit of worry.
According to Liu Cong's intention, the Qingzhou Han army in front of them occupies a geographical advantage. In addition to using superior forces to attack the front, it is a normal move to use surprise troops to attack behind.
Even if the Qingzhou Han Army discovered his intention, it would not matter at all, because in that case, if the Qingzhou Han Army wanted to deal with the "surprise soldiers", they would have to deal with the "regular soldiers" in small numbers.
As a result, the Qingzhou Han army, which was already at a disadvantage in terms of military strength, would face an even greater disadvantage.
This is the conspiracy of the dignified formation, and they are not afraid of the Qingzhou Han army seeing through it.
Moreover, the Xiongnu Emperor Liu Cong not only had this unique force, but the Xiongnu cavalry led by Liu Yao, who detoured from Shouyang Mountain and went directly to Ping County, was also another more powerful cavalry.
However, regarding the role of these two 'surprise soldiers', the Huns Emperor Liu Cong was a little uneasy at this time.
Because the right wing of the Qingzhou Han army changed their formation just now so fast.
In the formation of thousands of people, the formation changes were completed almost at the same time with the sound of drums and whistles, without any confusion or disorder.
When he thought of this, the Xiongnu Emperor Liu Cong turned his head again and looked at the advancing Xiongnu army.
Even under the leadership of the generals, these Huns troops who had just reorganized their ranks were already in chaos again.
"The strength of Qingzhou's bandits is indeed due to their pawns!"
The Xiongnu Emperor Liu Cong couldn't help but think about it.
After another moment, a huge sound of 'Woo-Woo' suddenly came from the front.
Liu Cong and other Xiongnu generals looked up.
In the Han army array in front of them, there were suddenly several huge 'rockets' emitting black smoke flying towards the direction of the Huns army.
Everyone is confused about this weird thing that was born in daylight.
But only one person let out a cry of panic.
"This again!"
Liu Cong turned around and saw that it was General Wang Zhang who said these words.
"General Wang, what is this?" Liu Cong immediately asked Wang Zhang.
Wang Zhang was about to answer when he heard this, but there were bursts of exclamations among the people around him.
Liu Cong followed the sound and saw those huge arrows dragging the black smoke flying into the air, then turned around and smashed down.
The momentum was so terrifying that the soldiers in the Xiongnu army evaded one after another, and the entire army was in chaos.
"What is this?" Liu Cong asked again.
"Your Majesty, this is the monster of the Qingzhou thieves. It drags flames and flies for more than a hundred steps. When it lands, it makes a thunderous sound. Everyone who is close to it will be turned into charred objects!"
Wang Zhang said quickly.
Although several years had passed, Wang Zhang still remembered the fear when he saw the 'rockets' crashing into the camp.
"It's like thunder?" The Xiongnu Emperor Liu Cong didn't believe it.
"Bang!"
"boom!"
Suddenly, two huge sounds came from the front.
Liu Cong's horse was also frightened and neighed. If Liu Cong's equestrian skills were not good, he would have been almost thrown off the horse.
The rest of the Hun cavalry horses were also frightened, and some of the bad-tempered horses even ran around randomly in the military formation, causing chaos in the entire military formation.
"A creature from heaven?!"
"Thunder comes to the world!"
Some Huns generals who were accustomed to fearing ghosts and gods were frightened by these two 'explosions' and even began to pray to heaven.
"It's not a ghost, it must be some kind of angry thing created by the Qingzhou thieves." Wang Zhang shook his head and said with a wry smile.
At this time, the Hun Emperor Liu Cong no longer cared about Wang Zhang's words. Because of these two explosions, the Hun army that originally advanced in an orderly manner had turned into chaos, and some people even began to run away to both sides.
If this chaotic situation is not rectified quickly, it is very likely to turn into a rout if the Qingzhou bandit army takes advantage of the situation.
Just when the Xiongnu Hulu's progress was interrupted, Liu Yu, who had just taken in everything, felt a pity.
"It's such a pity that only two flying rockets exploded!"
This time, with 20,000 troops facing the Huns' nearly 100,000 troops, Liu Yu was naturally well prepared.
"Your Majesty, these divine fire arrows are still too unreliable. Whether they can be ignited and sent out is still unclear. Whether they can explode after landing is not sure at all." Zhao Kun, the guard general, couldn't help complaining.
"However, if there are more things like this that steal the power of ghosts and gods, I'm afraid Hulu will collapse without a fight."
Xi Jian had just recovered. After the two divine fire arrows landed, although they did not hurt even a single Hun, they caused chaos in the entire Hun formation.
If this was when the two armies were fighting against each other and these two divine fire arrows were released, victory would be achieved instantly.
At this time, several more whistling sounds were heard, and several more rockets were launched towards Hulu in front of the formation.
But even at such a close distance of a hundred steps, the hit rate of these divine fire arrows was still very impressive, and almost all of them failed again.
In addition to making the originally chaotic Hulu formation even more chaotic, Liu Yu did not see any direct effect.
"If the chance of the artillery exploding was less, I would bring the artillery directly this time. After two rounds of shotguns, how could these Huns still have the courage to fight!"
Liu Yu couldn't help but think in his heart.
During last year's training, two bombing accidents gave Liu Yu a lot of worries.
In a dense array of cold weapons, once the chamber is exploded, the loss to oneself is still controllable, but the loss to morale is unbearable.
After a while, the Huns army quickly recovered from the panic.
After all, although the few thunder blasts just now were bluffing, they did not cause any casualties.
"The thief Liu Yu is simply a fool!"
The Hun Emperor Liu Cong, who had just personally restored the order of the array, was speaking loudly to the guards beside him.
"Just now our army has been in a panic and almost lost its formation. If I want to change places with the thieves on the opposite side, I will attack them with cavalry immediately. I will win a big victory easily!"
The Hun generals and guards on the side all echoed.
It's nothing more than 'God saves the emperor', 'Thieves don't know soldiers', and 'This battle will definitely be a blessing from heaven'.
Gou Xi, who was next to the attendant, heard the words of the Huns Emperor Liu Cong, but he didn't take it seriously.
Although he also felt that the Huns' army was in chaos just now, which was indeed a good opportunity to launch a surprise attack.
However, everyone knows that there is a lack of cavalry among the Qingzhou thieves. If there is no cavalry at this distance of more than a hundred steps, it is simply unrealistic to launch an infantry charge.
"If I had such a magic weapon, I would definitely let the enemy get closer to twenty steps, or use it to surprise the enemy's rear formation after they have already reached close combat. This way, I will surely win quickly."
After Gou Xi thought of this, he couldn't help but wonder what kind of 'monster' the Qingzhou thieves were using.
He saw that the 'monster' that had not exploded just after landing had been packed up and kept in the rear army by the Huns Emperor Liu Cong.
"The Qingzhou thieves have already taken the lead. I'm afraid today's engagement with the enemy will end in a tailspin."
Gou Xi couldn't help but think about it, because he had seen that after the Xiongnu Emperor Liu Cong made a mockery of the Qingzhou bandits, waves of personal guards went around conveying orders with the intention of closing the formation.
Gou Xi guessed that this must be because the Huns were afraid that the Qingzhou soldiers would still have follow-up means and were unwilling to continue the attack.
'Today's battle will probably be about just shooting each other a few rounds. '
The fact is just as Gou Xi guessed. Although the Xiongnu Emperor Liu Cong showed no fear at all, he was no longer willing to continue the attack. He wanted to send sharpshooters forward to deal with it for two rounds, and then he would stop and set up camp today. Stabilize the military morale a little.
However, suddenly bursts of shouts of men and horses came from the northwest.
When the Xiongnu Emperor Liu Cong heard this, he thought that Liu Yang, the general on the left wing of the Xiongnu, had launched an attack despite his orders.
Liu Cong was furious immediately.
"The Taibao is old and ignorant, how dare he ignore my military orders!"
