It happened to be a cloudy day, but the Cheshi Basin was still very hot, and there seemed to be hot gas flowing on the sandstone of the Flaming Mountain, and the color was like a blazing flame, and the tongue of fire was stirring up the sky."
It's a pity that I don't have a banana fan, otherwise" Ren Hong was located in front of the Flame Mountain, standing on the drum cart, the sweat on his forehead couldn't help but flow down, and behind him was the army of the kings of the Western Regions, which was driving out from behind the Flame Mountain one after another, merging into the team of Ren Duhu.What is the King of Shanshan, the King of Cheshi, the King of Yanqi, the King of Weixu, the King of Yuli, the King of Gumo, the Three Kings of Qiuzi, the King of Shache, etc., not counting Wusun, the whole army of the Seventeen Kingdoms, more than 20,000 people, it seems that there are many people, but Ren Hong knows their essence very well."
Paper tigers only!"
In this war, the Xiongnu conquered Beiting alone, and the strength of the Xiongnu was naturally stronger than that of the Han army in the Western Regions.Under the strength of the enemy and my weakness, the attack is not enough to rule, Ren Hong is also gambling, he put the main force in the east and Mi and Daban City, blocking the army of Shan Yu, and personally sitting in the chariot division, so as to order the kings of the Western Regions to help.Although King Shanshan, King Shache and others are indeed dedicated to the Han, but the strength of the Chengguo soldiers is there, and they can only fight a good battle, and what they can really rely on in their hands are still 3,000 Wusun soldiers, as well as 1,000 Xiliang Tu cavalry left by Ren Hong's side.This is the only remaining descendant troops at his hand, all of them are veterans of the Xiliang Army who participated in the last war, and they are recruited again, and the war horses are covered with tiger striped leather vests, but the soldiers are not wearing iron armor today, because the weather is too hot, and the armor is afraid that they will be burned.Yaoguang and the 3,000 Wusun cavalry who came to help were located on the north side of the battlefield, and the Wusun people were a little unaccustomed to this hot climate, and frequently wiped their sweat or poured water into their mouths.Fortunately, the Huns on the opposite side came from the northern cold land, and they were also very unaccustomed to this hot weather, and they had eight or nine thousand people, and after advancing three or four miles away, they began to hesitate to enter.Half of the people have lost their horses in the long journey, and the cavalry's mounts are also quite thin, which is the evil result of the march in the sand sea, and the war horses of the Han army that have been chewing alfalfa and eating beans for half a year in the chariot division are completely incomparable.As the two sides gradually approached, whether to retreat or leave, there was not much time left for the other party to consider.Ren Hong hoped that the Huns would be frightened away so that they could fight a tailwind pursuit battle, and that their seemingly crowds were actually paper tigers.But I don't know if it's out of honor, after several hesitations, the right king still confiscated the sword, he may also understand that the Huns have no way out.With the sound of the horn, the Hun cavalry was divided into two, four thousand cavalry led by Hu Han Evil, going northward, was used to guard against the attack of Wusun light cavalry, and five thousand cavalry followed the right Ao Gong King straight forward, probably to see that there are not many real Han troops, as long as they are defeated in one fell swoop, the soldiers of the Western Regions City are naturally invincible."
It seems that this tough battle is inevitable."
Ren Hong shook his head, waved the command flag, and let the Wusun soldiers move first to contain half of the Huns' troops, just like he said to Yaoguang before the battle: "Madam, don't worry about leading the army to kill the enemy, I will personally hold the drum and help you!"
”As the Wusun soldiers roared with Yaoguang, Ren Hong's second order was given to Gan Yanshou.Gan Yanshou still remembered that at the beginning of the second year of Benshi, it was his seventeenth birthday, and after Ren Duhu learned about it, he gave him a weapon as a gift.It is called "Fang Tian Painting Halberd" instrument ornamental weapon, different from the Han Army's standard of divination iron halberd, this halberd has crescent-shaped ears, one zhang long, weighs twenty-four pounds, requires height and arm strength, and is by no means an ordinary person can play with it casually.But it is very suitable for Gan Yanshou, a good son of the northern land who is infinitely angry, and it is like playing with it, but this thing is too fancy and difficult to use in actual combat, and it is only used as a personal guard to patrol the countries of the Western Regions, which is daunting."
When you're eighteen years old, I'll give you another weapon that can be used on the battlefield."
At that time, Ren Duhu said so.It is Gan Yanshou standing in front of the battle, holding the handle in his hand, a wooden pole up to one zhang long, made of hard and tough poplar wood, coated with lacquer and rattan leather and other layers, the head of the pole is embedded with a blade tip that resembles a long sword, but there are obvious edges, not simple two edges.When Gan Yanshou first took this thing, he looked familiar, as if he had seen some old people play with it in his hometown: "Is this long beryllium?"
”Beryllium is an old weapon that existed in the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, and the Kansai called it "Gong", which is a combination of a sword and a spear, or used for chariots, and also held by infantry.Under Emperor Gao, the Marquis of Longxi, Zhou Zao, was the "Long Beryllium Captain", with an infantry that fought purely with beryllium.But in the Xiaowu era, the Bronze Age had long ended, and tactics were also based on cavalry, and beryllium gradually withdrew from the battlefield."
It's not bronze beryllium, but an iron horse lance, which is much more expensive and stronger than beryllium gold, and doesn't it often say that there is no horse weapon in your hand?
Let's give it a try!
”After trying it, Gan Yanshou couldn't put it down, this is obviously a weapon specially created by Ren Duhu craftsmen for his elite assault horse, and the production cycle may exceed a year.Although poplar wood is tough, its quality is lighter than that of birch, and the old poplar wood is as hard as gold and iron, and it will not decay if it is placed in the desert for a thousand years, and it will not be easily broken during the confrontation.Although it is easy to use, it is still not easy to master, Gan Yanshou used a few months to master this horse lance, but today it is the first time to use it in actual combat, which made him find that there was a little sweat left on the pole he was holding."
It's good to be able to sweat."
It was not the battle that put pressure on Gan Yanshou, after the tempering of the last war, he was accustomed to this kind of life, and even indulged in it.What made him feel heavy on his shoulders was the high expectations from Ren Duhu and the pressure of his duties.When Gan Yanshou was appointed as the chief of Qu before the war, Ren Hong told him: "The situation of the king, although I have few enemies in this battle, the Han army is waiting for work and the Huns are tired from afar, but the kings of the Western Regions are often at both ends of the rats, and the soldiers of the city are also weak, if you want to defeat Hulu, you still have to rely on the Han army's old soldiers and three thousand Wusun soldiers. ”Gan Yanshou was a little hesitant: "Du Hu, I only served as a tun chief before, and I am not good at commanding. ”Ren Duhu said: "In the seven battles in the first year of Yuan Ting, you were all absent, not to mention, husband battle, courage also!"
What I want is your momentum, the indomitable courage when you broke into the mud army outside Akiti Castle!
The veterans didn't disagree with Gan Yanshou because he was young: after all, no one could beat this young man, and what Gan Yanshou had to pass was his own level.Gan Yanshou tried to remind himself of the battle, because he wanted to save the injured Pao Zeluo Yanshou, he gave up the pursuit of Nimi, and in the battle of the right Gu Liwang, because of luck, he missed the credit, and finally could only watch Xin Qingji, who was the same age as himself, be crowned as a marquis.When Ren Duhu sent someone to his hometown in the north to recruit him to come to the Western Regions as an official, Gan Yanshou picked up the ring knife again and traveled west without the slightest hesitation, for what?
For the grace of the capital protection, and also for the ability to stand in the front hall of Weiyang Palace, the Han Emperor personally dissected the talisman!
Ren Duhu had already beaten the rumbling war drum on the drum cart, and the horses under his crotch were neighing uneasily, not knowing whether he smelled the smell of friendly camels or saw the smoke and dust that was getting closer and closer on the opposite side.Gan Yanshou opened his eyes, and without hesitation, he raised the horse lance high, and the red tassel hanging under the blade was more bright red than the color of the Flame Mountain!"
Xiliang Army!""
Send this group of Hulu who came to send them to death, go to Beique!"
The third order issued by Ren Hong was for Liu Wannian, the king of Shache, and Tu Qi, the king of Shanshan.These two stand out among the Seventeen-Nation Alliance, not only because they and their soldiers are wearing Han-style equipment, but also because they are qualified to fly the red and yellow Han flag.This made the two extremely proud, as early as when Fu Jiezi was the protector, he was very kind to "help" the countries to count the household registration, and calculated the number of victorious soldiers, such as 3,49 victorious soldiers in Shache and 2,902 victorious soldiers in Shanshan Country, and Lao Fu was serious in his work, and they were all accurate to single digits, which saved Ren Hong a lot of trouble.Two months ago, after detecting the news of the Huns assembling on the right, Ren Duhu issued a conscription order to the countries, after all, he had just gone to Chang'an to meet the Son of Heaven the year before last, and Ren Duhu had inspected the Western Regions last year, so that all countries could benefit from the Silk Road, which was much stronger than the Huns who only knew how to extort gold.The prestige of the Han Dynasty is flourishing, as long as the countries are not affected by disasters and famines, naturally there are people who have contributed their strength, and the rest of the countries have at most brought one-third or one-quarter of the soldiers in the country to help, but Shanshan and Shache are almost the soldiers of the country!
After arriving at the Cheshi, Ren Duhu also praised King Shanshan and King Shache, and praised them in front of the kings: "The two are not the soldiers of the king of foreign domains. ”"It's the Han army that brought its own dry food and traveled thousands of miles to help the robes!"
Self-Han Army?
In Shanshan's ears, at least with a Chinese character, it is much better than Guiyi Hu Bing and Guo Bing in the Western Regions, so he thinks so.Then Ren Hong also personally awarded two Han flags and let them lead the army of the kings.At present, Yaoguang has taken the Wusun soldiers and the 4,000 Huns of Huhan Evil into battle, and the two sides are cruising in the traditional combat mode of nomadic light cavalry, bows and arrows, you come and go, but there are not many casualties.And Gan Yanshou led a thousand Han troops and launched a charge against the oncoming Right Ao Gong King!
Liu Wannian and King Shanshan were very anxious, until Ren Duhu put down the third order flag, and the two immediately urged their subordinates Shanshan and Shache to attack Hu Hou and lead people to attack.To the south of the battlefield was a vast desert, with quicksand moving with the wind, and the Huns also tried to walk around as much as possible, for fear that the horses' hooves would sink into it.But there is an army that can walk on top of it.With Shanshan and Shache people as the main force, the other more than ten countries also contributed to the formation of a camel army of three or four thousand horsemen, waiting for orders far away in the desert, because the horses could not stand the strong smell of so many camels crowded together, don't scare the friendly army into collapse first.But now they got on their camels, sat on the saddle between the two humps, and struck them with small sticks to urge the thick-skinned beasts to rise.The camels shook the yellow sand on their bodies, still chewing in their big mouths, and walked towards the northern edge of the desert with unhurried steps with only their long legs.Ren Hong thought about it carefully: Under what circumstances can the soldiers of the Western Regions defeat the Xiongnu?
Under normal circumstances, it is absolutely impossible unless the sun comes out in the west, except for unless, a few conditions can be met.First, in the desert.Second, under the leadership of the Han army.Thirdly, the time of the scuffle!"
If the battle is not good, then the enemy will be completely disrupted and beaten to death!"
In order to make up these three elements, Ren Hong took great pains to choose the battlefield.The movement of three or four thousand camels was very imposing, not to mention that the riders above were all armed with simple slingshots, and the baskets were round and slippery stones, and their heads would be broken and bleeding after a moment.The camel cavalry walked out of the desert, and with the violent drumbeat of Ren Duhu's beating, they gradually accelerated, and the monster screamed, rushing towards the banner of the right king of O's, who was fighting with Gan Yanshou!
PS: It's a little late to come back, it seems to be night.Fog