Xie Ai was genuinely confused, and it wasn't until the number of Praetorian Guards exceeded 30,000 that he could be considered to have recovered from the chaos.
The elite who appeared out of thin air, the magical thing was in front of him, Xie Ai, who consciously understood the highest core secret of the Han Kingdom, he only felt that he understood a lot of things he didn't understand at that moment.
At the last moment, Xie Ai was still worried about the enemies of the Han Kingdom, waiting for the discovery of shocking secrets, and understanding that those were not a matter at all.
Liu Yan has more than one enemy in the micro-end stage, and he has never given in and been weak in the face of anyone, isn't it because of such a background But Xie Ai was on patrol, and his mind was still a little confused: why would the king deliberately reduce the use of the Praetorian Guard From the second year of Yuan Shuo to 344 AD, Liu Yan did rarely put the Praetorian Guards into the battlefield, and the Janissaries could not be seen on all fronts unless there was a situation that was difficult to support.
Xie Ai only knew one, and the Praetorian Guards were still coming out of those buildings, and what he noticed was that the number of cavalry had not increased since it reached 30,000, and the new ones were mainly strong crossbowmen, crossbowmen, and heavy cavalry, with a small number of halberds.
The valley could no longer accommodate all the Han troops, and Xie Ai, who was trying to calm down his agitated mood, summoned the generals, the chief historian, and the counselor, and told him the plan he had just thought about.
In fact, it was not only Xie Ai who was stunned by the sudden appearance of the Praetorian Guard, it should be that one of the more than 8,000 people was confused, but because of the difference in identity and status, the more high-level they were, the more confused they were, on the contrary, the soldiers thought that the Praetorian Guards had been waiting in hiding in the surrounding area for a long time.
In the end, the number of the Praetorian Guard was 55,000, and before the building stopped coming out of the soldiers, Shay had already agreed on a battle strategy with his subordinates.
The valley where they are located is about one hundred and eighty miles away from the old site of Wolf Juxu Mountain, out of the valley to the east is the terrain of a flat river, and it is necessary to go all the way to the surrounding area of Wolf Juxu Mountain, but the so-called mountain is actually a kind of uplifted high slope.
There are naturally mountains in the grassland, but they are quite different from the mountains in the Central Plains.
The mountainous terrain of the Central Plains is very complex, and there are relatively many trees, bushes, stones, and so on.
The mountains of the steppe have very few trees, and even the number of stones seems to be very small, and most of them are mountains with steep slopes.
Areas with uncertain altitudes will have their own landforms, not only in terms of terrain, but also in terms of plant species, which are caused by altitude and climate.
Wolf Juxu Mountain is a high and uplifted slope, but the area of that slope is really too large, so that when it is close, it does not look like a mountain, but will show an obvious gentle slope.
If the distance of sight is enough, looking at the Wolf Juxu Mountain from a far, far away, you will find that the ground is actually in a state of inclination, which is the kind of northern horizon with a high inclination trend.
For example, the Western Han Dynasty fought with the Xiongnu for more than 100 years, and the Han army would encounter symptoms of hypoxia and discomfort when fighting in the grassland.
The Tang army in the back faced Tubo, whether it was in the Western Regions to lead Tuguhun or Shudi, the Tang army and the Tubo army were actually fine, but once they entered the plateau to fight, the Tang army was very easy to be defeated because they did not adapt to the plateau weather.
Because the Han State has Liu Yan, he may not be professional in geographical knowledge, but he can understand some basic common sense, such as not easily letting non-system troops enter the grassland on a large scale, and not letting non-system troops go to the plateau to find themselves uncomfortable.
The plan confirmed that Xie Ai was staying in the valley, and the deputy general Li Hong led 7,000 cavalry to move towards Wolf Juxu Mountain.
The number of Hulu there in Wolf Juxu Mountain will not be less than 200,000, and there are the armies brought by the kings to the alliance, and more of them are Rouran people.
What the Han side didn't know was that the chief of the Donggaoche behind him also sent people to join in the fun.
Li Hong was extremely excited about leading the army to Wolf Juxu Mountain, he was born in the beggar army, because of his young relationship, he did not experience the early struggle between the beggar army and the Hu people, it was the beggar army who joined at that stage when he served Shi Hu, and the most he did was to clean up and suppress.
The beggar army that served Shi Hu changed from an armed force resisting the Hu people to the executioner of the Hu people, Li Nong and Shi Le's friendship was not ordinary, and even Shi Hu could be regarded as a monarch and a minister, and he really did his best to do things for Shi Hu, resulting in the beggar army having their hands stained with the blood of their compatriots.
Li Nong is doing things for Shi Qi because of his personal friendship, and although Ran Min is also with his hands stained with the blood of his compatriots, he is really reluctant in his heart.
If you want to calculate it seriously, in fact, Ran Min and Yang Jian are the same kind of people, they did not hesitate when they did things for the Hu people, they were both dormant waiting to restore the dominance of the Han people, the difference is that Yang Jian succeeded and Ran Min failed in history.
Li Hong is Ran Min's department, because Ran Min's needs were given to Liu Yan, in the early days, he was the role of helping Liu Yan train soldiers, and he was entrusted with an important task when he waited for Ran Min to establish a country and the whole country to be attached to Liu Yan.
If it is said that Ran Min is not in the Han Kingdom, Li Hong still seems somewhat embarrassed, waiting for Ran Min to also be loyal to Liu Yan, then there is no embarrassment.
It can even be said that Li Hong was born in the beggar army and was the first to work for Liu Yan, and he would still enjoy some additional benefits, otherwise he would not have become a partial general in a few years, and his current status is much higher than that of some of his previous bosses.
Li Hong, who was galloping on a horse, kept a smile on the corner of his mouth, he liked this kind of vast environment, and he was even more satisfied that one day he would lead the army to gallop wildly in the roaring sound of horses' hooves, especially the combat target was to go to the Wolf Juxu Mountain.
The name of Wolf Juxu Mountain has been changing, and the only thing that has not changed is that it has always seemed extremely sacred to the nomadic tribes on the grassland.
More than one strong nomadic people regard the Wolf Juxu Mountain as the core, or the core of the very religious status, and the general nomads will choose the Wolf Juxu Mountain for major or grand memorial ceremonies.
On the way out of the valley to the east, when Li Hong's team was still more than 120 miles away from the Wolf Juxu Mountain, the scouts on the periphery used wolf smoke to make a report, first warning in one place, and then wolf smoke appeared in several places.
There are at least 30,000 on the north side, the number on the northeast side is unknown, and there are thousands on the southeast side, Li Hong, as a general, must know how to identify what the wolf smoke means, in fact, what the wolf smoke is also needs to be agreed in advance: the number is unknown, and the northeast side is the direction of the wolf house To say that those Hu people found that the Han army was deep in the lone army, it must have been the most troops dispatched from Wolf Juxu Mountain, and it may even be that the Hu people suspended the alliance and pressed the whole army.
Xie Ai's battle plan was not complicated, and the kings of the Hu people definitely didn't know that there were 55,000 more Praetorian Guards on the Han army's side, and they would think that it was still those troops.
There were less than 10,000 Han troops in the depths of the grassland, and the Hu people would not pay attention to it no matter how much they paid attention to it, and even came with a kind of eagerness to annihilate it, so they gave Xie Ai the opportunity to lure the enemy army to the ideal battlefield.
The Praetorian Guard came out of the building, and Xie Ai had reason to believe that if he could make fifty thousand, there would be another fifty-thousand, but he couldn't guess why he stopped when it reached fifty-five thousand.
On the premise that there will be reinforcements from the Praetorian Guard, the Praetorian Guard is still elite enough, and he knows very well that this hard-fought battle will be fought.
Li Hong is responsible for attracting the kings and their troops to the preset battlefield, and now there are already Hu armies around him, and all that remains is to think about the last battle, or go directly to the preset battlefield.
With the mobility of the troops, we can fight a battle first, and Li Hong naturally thought: Eliminating Hu Lu all the way will definitely anger Chief Hu even more, and Chief Hu is more likely to lose his mind when he is angry The 7,000 Han troops marched southeast under the leadership of Li Hong, and the speed of the march was not too fast, and the scouts of the Hu people soon appeared in the surrounding area.
The scouts have their own names because of the different forces, the Han army is called scouts, and the Hu people are generally called scouts.
There are also other names, such as rangers or miniatures, whose responsibilities range from reconnaissance to reconnaissance and combat.
The topography of the grassland determines one point, except for some special valleys or basins, otherwise a single person may be able to hide, if there are many of them, when the other side can see the other side, the other party will definitely be able to see the other side, after all, the horizon is flat.
Li Hong's Han army marched some distance to the southeast and found the Hu cavalry in the distance, and the two sides spotted each other almost at the same time, and then both adjusted their direction of travel.
There were about 4,000 Li Hong riding on horseback, his body rising and falling rhythmically with the galloping of his mount, and he was holding a telescope in his hand to observe the enemy army To be honest, Li Hong didn't know what to say about the Rouran cavalry, after all, the Han army had never had the experience of fighting with Rouran.
If the Rouran Tribal Alliance is calculated according to the level of civilization, the culture and some creations will definitely lag behind the Han State in an all-round way, and even some Han forces such as Murong Yan Kingdom, Tuoba Dynasty Kingdom, Zhang Liang Kingdom and other Han States that have already fought are also better than the Rouran Tribal Alliance.
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The current Rouran tribal alliance should be in the Xianbei tribal group stage of the Western Han Dynasty, that is, purely wandering and grazing, wearing animal skins, with a small amount of iron tools, most of the guys in their hands are bronze, and even most herdsmen can only use primitive wooden guns.
"Change Formation" Li Hong shouted: "Sharp Arrow Formation" Some people will keep repeating Li Hong's orders, and the 7,000 Han cavalry galloping slowly will slowly change their sincerity, and to put it bluntly, the shape of the whole army has changed into the shape of an arrow.
Since the pre-Qin period of antiquity, formations have been created, each with a very strong target, and the sharp arrow formation is the formation used by the cavalry to charge the formation, which is generally used to sweep the enemy army that is difficult to resist, in order to quickly chisel through.
"Woo woo woo woo" The trumpets sounded, and the 7,000 Han troops that formed the front arrow formation began to accelerate as they approached the Rouran cavalry for about two miles.
The horn also sounded on the side of the Rouran cavalry, but it sounded like a bull's horn, they didn't know what formation, but after the horn was blown, they also began to accelerate, and when galloping, each cavalry had to shout "yo he, he, he", one of them would be a weapon in his hand that would continue to change his tricks.
The length of two miles was about sixty breaths for the two cavalry rushing at each other, and when they approached each other about one hundred and twenty paces, the sound of bowstrings rattling sounded on the side of the Han army.
The launch of the Han army's cavalry crossbow caused crossbow arrows to appear in mid-air, and they lost their kinetic energy after a distance of leap and fell, facing the Rouran cavalry galloping at high speed, the arrows broke through the animal skin, burrowed into the human body, and brought a muffled snort and scream.
Looking down from the sky, the Rouran cavalry that was originally galloping "yo he", the front part of the overall movement was breaking at a very fast speed, and then the triangular front of the Han army broke in, just like butter met the blade, the Han army cut and broke through without any difficulty, and the Rouran cavalry showed a tendency to spread out to both sides.
Bingqi is a very ordinary member of the cavalry of the Han army, he is in the front edge of the front of the arrow array, it is not easy to observe how many enemy soldiers are killed by firing a crossbow in the early stage, and then he killed one with a horse spear first, and after the weapon was converted into a horse chopping knife, he staggered and swung seven times to kill four, and he should have killed two by using the speed of the horse, and he seemed to have been attacked several times After the overall chisel penetration, there was no enemy in front of Bingqi, so he had the time to observe himself carefully, there were many scratches on the breastplate of the upper body, there were also scratches on the armor of the arms, and the left thigh of the lower body was bloody, and generally speaking, only the left thigh was slightly injured.
The cavalry of the Han army, the cavalry of the assault cavalry has been fully equipped with plate armor, which is a kind of armor with a smooth iron plate in the forerunner, and the rest of the branches and joints are still covered scale armor, after all, the scale armor is elastic, but the plate armor is not.
"Woo woo" The trumpet sounded again, and the knights holding the flags also danced the flags regularly.
"Roundabout, roundabout" "Light Cavalry and Ranger Detachment Chase" Of the 4,000 or so Rouran cavalry, they were only a hedge against the Han army, and more than half of the cavalry died on the spot, and the rest began to flee without any hesitation after they chiseled through each other.
In fact, the Rouran people at this moment were stunned, they didn't wave their weapons at the Han army when they rushed into battle with each other, but the weapon hit the Han army only left a scratch on the smooth metal, on the contrary, a blunt weapon attack played a role.
The blunt weapon is a heavy weapon such as a mace, which has enough strength and can sweep the Han army, and can knock the Han cavalry off the horse.
"Escape, escape" Since ancient times, when Ero saw the Han army scattering in pursuit, he didn't even think about shouting: "Scatter and flee" For the Rouran people, at least for this Rouran people who fought against the Han army, the Han army really impressed them enough
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