Although the 150,000 Xiongnu and Di tribe troops who attacked Youzhou were defeated by Zhou Yi and An Pinbai, they could only retreat to Xiasha County, the last county they captured in Youzhou.
But at this moment, the Xiongnu and Di tribe still have more than 90,000 troops. In addition, Wuwan Chanyu and the Qiang tribe have come to join forces with a total of 140,000 troops. Now the Qiang, Di, and Xiongnu armies still have nearly 240,000 troops. .
On the other hand, on Chen Guo's side, Zhou Yi absorbed some logistics teams and added them to 80,000 horses. Wang Dachui had more than 60,000 horses in his hands. Together with An Pinbai's more than 20,000 horses, Zhou Yi had a total of more than 160,000 horses.
In terms of numbers, although the difference between the two is only more than 70,000, most of Zhou Yi's troops are infantry.
Moreover, Wang Dachui's infantry had a short training period. Although they won a battle, it was entirely based on the surprise of fireworks.
Fireworks are something that can only be used once and for all. Now that the Huns have suffered from fireworks twice in a row, the Hun general Attila has figured out a way to deal with fireworks that scare the horses.
According to Attila's observation and analysis, war horses are not afraid of the sound of fireworks exploding when charging, because the sound of the fireworks exploding has been covered up by the sound of horse hooves during the charge. The only thing war horses fear is the exploding firework of fireworks.
As long as the cavalry covers the eyes of the war horse when charging, it can be controlled by relying on the superb riding speed to charge forward.
Although Karasuma Chanyu had never been exposed to the fireworks mentioned by Zhanmu Tie, but based on Karasuma Chanyu's understanding of Zhanmu Tie, he would definitely not find such a lame reason for his defeat.
During the subsequent small-scale attack and defense with Zhou Yi's army, Karasuma Chanyu also saw the fireworks that Zhan Mutie and Attila mentioned.
Facts have also proved that the countermeasures proposed by Attila are indeed effective. As long as the horse's eyes are covered, the problem of frightened horses can be easily solved.
Although the problem of fireworks startling horses has been solved by Attila, Zhou Yi's Wuhan Iron and Steel Car Formation Attila still has not been solved.
When Attila and Zhou Yi clashed for the first time, Zhou Yi's army arranged four circular formations. But now, Zhou Yi and the others have set up six small circular arrays, with a square array in the middle.
The previous four large circular formations surrounded by Wugang chariots were difficult to deal with, but now Zhou Yibu's six small circular formations are even more difficult to deal with.
The four large circular formations of Zhouyi before could be said to be a turtle shell formation. They could only passively defend and wait for the enemy to attack, and then counterattack through the defense of Wugang Chariot.
But it's different now. Although Zhou Yi's six small circular formations are mainly defensive, they are more flexible.
This formation is the Liuhua formation that Zhou Yi learned through the book "Wu Bei Zhi".
The Six Flower Formation is a formation invented by Li Jing, the military god of the Tang Dynasty, based on the eight formations created by Zhuge Liang. In this formation, the central army is in a square formation in the center, and the six armies of the right front army, the right army, the right Yuhou army, the left Yuhou army, the left army and the left rear army are in a circular formation outside.
In the Liuhua Formation, the large formations are surrounded by small formations, and the large camps are surrounded by small camps. The camps are connected and the different arms cooperate with each other, making the formation characterized by concentration, mobility, coordination and cooperation.
However, what is different from the Liuhua Formation arranged by Li Jing is that the outermost part of Zhouyi's Six Flowers Formation is a round formation, while the center is a square formation. The Six Flowers Formation set up by Li Jing is square on the outside and round on the inside.
The square formation is the most basic offensive formation. The Liuhua formation deployed by Li Jing, the military god of the Tang Dynasty, is more offensive and less defensive.
Zhou Yi knew very well that his military command ability would not be as powerful as that of the military god Li Jing. In order to seek stability, Zhou Yi changed the outermost edge of the Liuhua Formation into a round formation. Although the defense was sufficient, the attack was slightly lacking.
Therefore, the more than 200,000 Xiongnu, Qiang, and Di troops formed a confrontation with Zhou Yi's 160,000 troops in Xiasha County, and this scene was exactly what Zhou Yi wanted to see.
Zhouyi has a plug-in system that provides unlimited food, and the Chen Kingdom dispatches from behind, and the continuous supply of food can ensure the food supply of his own people.
The Xiongnu's army of more than 200,000 people eats and chews horses every day, which is not a small amount every day. Wuwan Shanyu is not like Zhou Yi who opened a plug-in.
Zhou Yi intends to fight such an economic war with Karasuma Chanyu, and see which side's financial and material resources cannot support it first.
Zhou Yi has been so passively defensive for three reasons. First, he wanted the Huns to waste more food, thereby weakening the Huns' national power.
Secondly, it will consume the internal strength of the Chen court. After this battle, Zhou Yi and Wang Dachui will most likely be ordered by the court to serve elsewhere or return to the capital. Yongzhou is a place that Zhou Yi finally managed. Where is Zhou Yi? Be willing to leave.
If all the money within the imperial court is exhausted through this war, then even if he refuses to obey the decree and stays in Yongzhou in the future, the Dog Emperor will not be able to do anything about him for a while.
Third, Zhou Yi wanted to take the opportunity to train the troops Wang Dachui brought from Bingzhou. After these days of confrontation, those Bingzhou soldiers had grown and improved greatly in actual combat killings.
Karasuma Chanyu tried to break Zhouyi's Liuhua Formation three times. Unfortunately, Karasuma Chanyu's troops suffered heavier losses every time they broke the formation.
Also because of Karasuma Shanyu's sparring, Zhou Yi became more and more proficient in the use and command of the Liuhua Formation.
The third time Karasuma Shanyu personally led the crowd to break through the formation, he himself barely survived and was almost killed in the formation.
Fortunately, his generals such as Zhanmu Tie and Attila fought to the rescue, and Karasuma Chanyu escaped from Zhouyi's Liuhua Formation. From then on, Karasuma Shanyu, who had narrowly escaped death, no longer dared to attack easily and could only stick to Xiasha City.
In response to this, Zhou Yi only sent Wang Dachui to form a formation outside Xiasha City in a symbolic manner, and did not take the initiative to attack at all.
This operation made Youzhou military commander An Pinbai a little confused. Even if An Pinbai personally requested a battle to capture Xiasha County, Zhouyi refused.
He just pretended to be mysterious and said to An Pinbai that the time had not come yet. For this reason, An Pinbo could only suppress his restless fighting spirit and wait for the opportunity mentioned by Zhou Yi.
The Xiongnu army led by Wuwan Chanyu was in a stalemate with the army led by Zhou Yi in Xiasha County for more than a month. During this period, Emperor Chen Li Xuanji, who was eager for quick success and quick success, also repeatedly urged Zhou Yi to send troops to pacify Wuwan Chanyu as soon as possible.
However, Zhou Yi was not moved at all. He still only took the form of scolding the formation and did not actually attack the city.
Suddenly one day, a rider came from Yongzhou with an urgent letter. The paint was intact, but the letter contained a bunch of messy numbers.
Zhou Yi knew that this must be a battle report from Lin Zhenyuan's attack on the Huns, so he quickly asked someone to bring the "Jin Ping Mei" and compared it with the numbers on it, and translated a piece of information.
