The chase did not take place in a very short period of time, but the two sides pursued and fled for seven consecutive days, and the distance traveled was definitely more than 1,000 miles.
Li Hong is leading the army to move, and Xie Ai himself is not idle.
With so many Praetorian Guards in his hands, Xie Ai originally wanted to set a trap, but later realized that the fighting in the grassland was different from that in other regions.
The vast grassland, where most of the terrain is a flat river, only a few special places can be ambushed, and if you want to fight a siege battle, you need at least ten times more troops than the enemy, but if you have ten times the number of troops, you can push it directly.
Historically, the fighting on the grasslands has been face-to-face contact warfare, and ambushes are not absent, but they are very rare.
There is also a very disgusting thing about fighting on the grassland, one side feels defeated, as long as it is willing to pay enough to break its tail to survive, it can basically escape a part of the army.
This is also the reason why the time period of the war in the steppe is generally very long, whether it is a war between nomads, or a war between agricultural people and nomads, there is no case of a battle that determines the final victory or defeat without a confrontation.
After Xie Ai woke up to the rules of engagement in the grassland, he sent his army to the southwest, trying to clear the Hulu in the southwest, leaving a way back for himself.
The Praetorian Guards followed the route they had taken earlier, and defeated seventeen tribes in the vicinity of Rouran Mountain alone, with the largest number of tribes in the northern part of the Strait of the Secret Canal.
It took Xie Ai five days to sweep away the tribes around Rouran Mountain, and only six of the seventeen tribes were wiped out, and the remaining eleven tribes fled.
He led a lone army into the grassland, and for the sake of safety, he did not leave prisoners, and he dug pits and killed men, women, and children.
The number of Hu people killed is because there are statistics on the calculation of military merits, and the number of Hu people killed in the pit could have been counted but was deliberately ignored, and the number of Hu people killed by the Praetorian Guard in seven days definitely exceeded 30,000.
The tribes around Rouran Mountain were swept away, but Xie Ai did not send troops to the rest of the area, he cleaned Rouran Mountain in order to open up a good enough environment for combat, and the main combat target was the Hu army that had been gathered.
When Li Hong led his troops to retreat to within 30 miles of Xie Ai's location, the main force of the Han army was already in a state of standby as a whole army, and a large army camp was built 20 miles east of Rouran Mountain.
The construction of the army camp was not completely stable during the period, there were Hu people who fled earlier to attack and disturb, and there were Hu tribes in the distance who were late, which was equivalent to building a camp while coping.
There are Hu people in the big camp to attack, indicating that the existence of this Han army is no longer a secret, Xie Ai actually did not intend to keep it a secret, but used practical actions to announce that the Han army's war knives have long been hungry and thirsty.
Coupled with the 55,000 Praetorian Guards, the strength of Xie Ai's command is more than 60,000, but the Hu people around them are no less than 300,000, and the number of Hu people will gather more and more over time, there is no need to worry that the increase in the number of Han troops will scare the Hu people into not daring to fight, on the contrary, the increase in the number of Han troops to 60,000 will make Hu Chieftain want to eliminate it even more.
Naturally, Xie Ai wanted to reserve a back road, and he found that the Praetorian Guard could indeed be replenished, and he also made some arrangements on the side of Rouran Mountain, setting aside some necessary defense forces, which were built by the system farmers on a large scale, and it took a small scale in just seven days.
With confidence in his heart, Xie Ai did not hesitate to lead the army to personally meet Li Hong's department, and with all the cavalry at hand, the cavalry covered a wide area, and after pulling it out, it stretched for nearly twenty miles, giving people an overwhelming visual stimulation.
The black line on the horizon made it impossible for the Hu people to ignore, and after urgent consultations, the kings gave up continuing to pursue and kill the remnants of Li Hong, and many Hu cavalry converged according to their own camp.
"General" Li Hong did not leave his horse's back for seven consecutive days, and he looked extremely haggard and embarrassed.
He rode to Xie Ai's surroundings, made a movement of turning over and dismounting but planted it directly, and only after a while did he slow down, but he couldn't stand up: "Fortunately, I didn't disgrace my life" The chase and escape were staged for seven days, and the spirit was in a state of high tension at all times, and the people eating, drinking, pulling, scattering, and sleeping were all completed on horseback, and in the end, there were only less than 2,000 Han soldiers who were able to safely complete the rendezvous with the main force of the headquarters.
The generals are all like this, the situation of the soldiers can be imagined, Xie Ai can see that many cavalry stopped their horses and fell headlong, he knew that it was a phenomenon of fatigue after his heart was relaxed, so he ordered the attacking troops to take a detour to the military camp to rest.
Of course, Li Hong was extremely tired, but he begged to stay where he was, and some generals and colonels also begged to stay.
They paid at least 4,000 robes whose life and death were unknown before they could be considered to have completed their mission, and they really didn't want to leave the next battle.
"The number of 4,000 Paoze battle dead is unknown, and it is known that most of them are scattered."
Li Hong had just drunk a large bag of water, his face just darkened, and he quickly adjusted: "The last general has observed, and one of those Hu chiefs has come." ” In fact, the Han army scattered in the grassland is basically not far from death.
After all, the grassland is still the grassland of the Hu people, and the chance of being besieged is infinite, and there are definitely only a few who can come over and join the army in the end.
This is the price of fighting deep into the grasslands.
Six thousand battled and less than two thousand returned, it is absolutely false to say that Xie Ai, who is the main general, does not feel heavy.
But he couldn't show his bad mood, and he should have said more uplifting words.
The Han army stopped advancing, and the Hu army stagnated early in the morning, gathering men and horses, and the two sides looked at each other more than five miles apart.
Looking down from a bird's-eye view from the sky, the armies of both camps are a large area of black pressure, but the number of Hu people must far exceed that of the Han army, and the two sides occupy one side, leaving a turquoise buffer belt in the middle.
From the Han army's side, it was a square formation composed of one, and the degree of neatness was like a knife cut, and the flags of the poles were waving in the wind.
The armies of Rouran, Tuoba Xianbei, Murong Xianbei, Zhang's Liangjun, Donggaoche, and Fu's Diren are divided into several groups, and they are gathered together on which strength they belong to, only Zhang's Liangjun and Murong Xianbei's side can still see that they are in a position, and the rest are all messed up.
The neighing of horses appeared very frequently in the two stopped armies, and only the neighing of horses was heard by the Han army, and the noise of "buzzing" was under the conversation of the soldiers of the multinational coalition army.
The rulers of several factions were engaged in urgent consultations, and the topic was inseparable from the discussion of the number of Han troops, during which there were also disputes, mainly the Rouran Khan Bati asking why so many Han troops could quietly penetrate the steppe.
The alliance between the Han State and the Rouran tribe was far apart, but the Liang Kingdom of the Zhang Family, the Tuoba Dynasty Kingdom, and the Murong Yan Kingdom were all connected to the Han army.
"Ben Khan has not yet made a formal alliance with you and others" Bati's face was full of unhappiness: "You must give an explanation" The kings knew one thing in their hearts, the Han army had appeared directly in the territory of Rouran, and Bati's attitude was to gain the initiative, and he must still want to seek some benefits from various forces.
"Alright, alright."
Murong Jun looked impatient: "If you write a letter to your father, you will definitely bring some goods." ” That is, Murong Jun, the crown prince of Murong Yan Kingdom, has such confidence to show impatience, Murong Yan Kingdom may be weaker than Han Kingdom, but it is definitely stronger than other countries or forces.
It's not that Murong Yanjun hasn't fought with the Rouran people, without exception, Murong Yanjun can always press the Rouran people to the ground and rub them when they fight with the Rouran people.
If the country is strong, you dare to speak loudly, especially when you fight, you can teach the other party to be a man in minutes.
Tolerance and humility are done to people of equal status or better than themselves, and it will be very tiring to live like this for everyone, especially for those who rub their noses and faces.
Murong Jun felt that he had the qualifications to live freely, especially for some Hu people who were not in the stream.
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Bati was really a little frightened by Murong Yanguo, and seeing that Murong Jun had compromised very insincerely, he didn't care, and immediately looked at the rest of the people.
At that moment, I don't know how many people will think in their hearts how much is the boss of a tribe, and they will be shameless, but they have to smile with contempt in their hearts, and they promise benefits one after another.
Although the things didn't arrive, and he didn't know if he could get them, Bati, who had been promised, finally stopped being entangled, he looked at Fu Hong, who had just opened his mouth twice to blackmail, and said arrogantly: "Your strength is the weakest here, and you should go into battle first." ” Fu Hong actually felt very indifferent to being blackmailed, saying that how many things he wanted to send was a matter of moving his mouth, and if he didn't send them later, would the Rouran people still have to chase them to Longxi to ask for it Hearing that his side went to fight with the Han army first, Fu Hong had a different attitude, the Di people had fought with the Han army more than once, and they knew very well that the Han army's ability to fight was really not in vain, and the Han army on the opposite side looked at the Praetorian Guard, but he had the intention to refuse but saw that people who could speak were staring at him.
"Okay" Fu Hong was extremely aggrieved, turned his head and ordered: "Jianye, you lead five thousand people to come forward to invite the battle." ” Fu Jian, the eldest son of Fu Hong, hugged his fists on horseback and responded: "No" It is "Nuo", judging from the words and orders, the Di people have actually absorbed a lot of Han culture, and they are worthy of being one of the deepest alien races after the continuation of Qiang.
"Five thousand" Bati yelled very unhappily: "You have brought tens of thousands, send five thousand to at least ten thousand" "That" Zhang Chonghua still attaches great importance to Fu Hong's ally at this stage, and said: "The leader of Fu Hong only has 10,000 troops here, and half of them can be dispatched." ” "Ten thousand, saying ten thousand is ten thousand."
Baticai didn't care so much, and said to Zhang Chonghua very shamelessly: "If it's not enough, you can make it up for him."
Zhang Chonghua showed a dumbfounded expression, whether they are all king-level people or not, it is not okay to save some face for each other for a while, his mood is like eating a fly, and he feels extremely disgusting.
"This king can help three thousand men."
Tuoba Shi Yijian desperately wanted to befriend the Liangguo of the Zhang family, and he also wanted to win over the force of the Fu family.
Zhang Chonghua first glanced at Tuoba Shi Yijian unexpectedly, probably guessing what the reason was, smiled kindly, and said, "That king will help two thousand people. ” This time Bati was satisfied, he felt that his authority was respected, so he didn't care how the 10,000 people who fought in Fu Hong came to be.
Murong Jun looked at Zhang Chonghua, Tuoba Shi Yijian and Fu Hong, who were beginning to frown, and after thinking about it, he said, "Gu is also willing to give a hundred people." ” In terms of Murong Yanguo's power, it doesn't matter how many people there are, what matters is the attitude that Murong Jun shows, which immediately made Fu Hong look at it with gratitude, and the smiles on Zhang Chonghua and Tuoba Shi Yijian's faces were also a little more.
Bati looked at everyone in confusion, and the head of the Rouran only noticed the strangeness, but he couldn't think more.
"It's really fighting, it's in Rouran's territory, how can Bati choose whether to start a war or not."
Zhang Chonghua waited for Bati to leave before speaking: "How do the widows feel that the people who are soft here", he nodded his head: "It's a little abnormal" Murong Jun immediately lost his smile and said with a smile: "Rouran, how can you say it, an uncivilized barbarian, he has no knowledge, and those who can do it are not willing to use their brains. ” "This is good, this is good."
Zhang Chonghua really had no experience of contact with the Rouran people before: "We need such allies. ” Tuoba Shiyi was smiling, and what he was thinking about was how to pull the Rouran Tribal Alliance into his chariot and not get off, this kind of ally with no brains but enough muscles was excellent.
The 10,000 and 100 cavalry that came out of the battle came out, and the Han army quickly reacted.
Xie Ai was still comfortable that the enemy army was obviously close to 1340,000 horses but not much pressed by the whole army, he was actually ready to fully press the enemy army, and the 30,000 Praetorian Guards brought by him were ready to fight with the enemy army until the whole army was annihilated, but what he didn't expect was that the enemy army turned out to be this choice.
The Praetorian Guard can be replenished again and again, and it doesn't matter how many are defeated, as long as they can achieve results.
Xie Ai touched his chin: First send two thousand to test the opponent's combat strength, and you can also seduce the enemy army to fight a refueling battle.
Xie Ai is countless times more free and easy than Liu Yan, which can be regarded as not caring for resources, and Xie Ai doesn't know that the Praetorian Guards are using resources to produce, so he thinks that Liu Yan can not spend any price.
The 2,000 Janissaries were made up of 1,500 Turquoise cavalry and 500 archers, and they marched straight into the line of 10,000 enemy troops, both of whom were open with arrows when they had approached a sufficient distance.
The bow of the Hu people is basically a horn bow, and the range of the horn bow is at most forty or fifty steps, and it is not lethal at a distance.
The Praetorian Guard archers are cavalry archers, and the range of the cavalry bow can exceed 100 paces at most, and the strongest lethality range is within 40 paces.
There was other movement in the roar of the horse's hooves, it was the scream or muffled of the person who was hit by the arrow, as long as he fell off the horse, there was absolutely no possibility of survival, after all, the cavalry behind would not change the line in order not to step on it, and if he really wanted to change the line, he would collide with the friendly army, and the cost would be higher.
After the arrows of both sides were fired, the Praetorian Guard's cavalry continued to move forward, and the archers made a detour to the left.
On the side of the multi-party coalition army, the Di people were responsible for the charge, the Zhang Liang army made a detour to the right, the Tuoba Dai army pursued to the left, and the one hundred Murong Yan army slowly followed last: