There was a small modification to the previous chapter of the arrangement: "Ahem, cough, cough." ”Even on the decisive battlefield, Zhang Qianqiu was still listless, and he didn't stop coughing, I don't know if he was choked by the smoke screen released to block the enemy's vision or the horse manure was too smelly, he almost coughed every time he gave an order, and the herald was afraid that Zhang Taishou would suddenly cough up his heart and die on the spot.As the son of the Marquis Zhang of Fuping, who is famous for his wisdom, Zhang Qianqiu knows very well the reason why General Ren put the Jizhou soldiers with the lowest quality in the Eastern Route Army into the Chinese army, and nearly 10,000 people have fallen behind along the way, which is more than the two armies combined, but isn't it the lowest quality.Most of the more than 10,000 Jizhou soldiers who came here could not fight on horseback, but only acted as foot soldiers, and the front of the Chinese army was not lined up in a straight line, but crookedly, and some of them were still sitting or standing because of exhaustion."
I want to lure Hu Lu to cross the river to attack the front of our Chinese army, and attack it with two wings."
General Ren gave Zhang Qianqiu the bottom, this is a ploy to make the enemy feel free, tempting Shan Yu to send elite troops to attack the Chinese army, which looks the best fight.But in fact, the Jizhou soldiers had sufficient bows and crossbows, and the spear Changge hidden behind him pushed forward, more than enough to protect himself, and the Huns who rashly attacked would hit a hard stone.When the battle line is extended, the Youhe cavalry on both flanks of the Han army can attack forward and surround the Huns!
The Han army arrived on the battlefield with only more than 40,000, while the Xiongnu had 70,000 or 80,000.But this is also every time the Han army and the Xiongnu fight in Mobei favorite thing to do, the original battle of Mobei, Wei Qing first to Wugang car around the camp, steady position to attract the Huns to attack, the battle to the twilight, the wind suddenly rose, the sand and gravel in the face, only to take advantage of the situation to command the cavalry from both wings to surround Shan Yu, almost succeeded.Today, Ren Hong's old skills were repeated, first set up the Glaive Array, in order to prevent the Huns from breaking through or bypassing the rear, giving him a center to flower, and ordering Fu Chang to divide the Tiger Camp into two, in front of the banner of the Chinese army, and behind each with more than 100 cars to set up two also crescent-shaped arrays, but contrary to the Glaive Array protruding in the middle at both ends.They are called "but the moon array" by Ren Hong, this is the infantry vehicle training, in the clouds Dingxiang for a few months is not in vain.In this way, the Han army's platoon was a large formation and a small formation, and Ren Hong pursued a group of people who seemed to be adventurous for hundreds of miles, but were stable when facing the enemy.As soon as the two sides fought, Zhang Qianqiu let the Chinese army put on a posture to lure the enemy, so that the Jizhou soldiers did it at will, did not pay attention to the neatness of the array, sat when they should sit, squatted when they should squat, but no matter how they made a gesture, the Huns on the other side of the Lenge River looked at the Han infantry and were indifferent.Fu Jiezi's battle at the Yanran Mountain Pass was considered to have scared the Huns, but the Han army's already chaotic array was "neat" in their eyes, for fear that when they crossed the river halfway, they were hit by dense crossbow arrows, and they were blocked by long spears, and finally killed a group of iron men, which was unbearable.In contrast, the Hu people would rather touch the Han cavalry, since the last battle of the evil Wuyanran Mountain, the Xiongnu have not fought with the Han cavalry for more than 20 years.The people without words are always easy to forget, and the kings of Shan Yuting and Zuo, who rarely collide with the Han army in the Western Regions, are confident in the Hun cavalry, thinking that they are galloping and shooting on the grassland, and China's riding is also with it.The veteran Hao Su Wang Xingweiyang noticed the stirrups of the Han cavalry on the left and right flanks, and reminded Shan Yu of the awakening."
Maybe the Han army is not good at riding, and you have to step on the rope to sit firmly."
Xulu Quanqu Shan Yu only thought that this was a sign of the weak riding skills of the Han army, so he was not too relieved, and still let Xing Weiyang act according to the plan.With the sound of the horn of the main formation, countless Hun cavalry jumping on the horizon began to cross the wide but shallow Zhiju water in hundreds, and launched an attack on the right flank of the Han army's Youzhou cavalry, wanting to interrupt their rest.The main commander of the right wing is Dingxiang Taishou, a veteran general who has participated in many wars, Wang Ping, he is not as wise as Zhang Qianqiu, and he is more realistic, and the Hun army came to attack, without the slightest intention of showing weakness, and simply faced the battle.The two armies came and went on the south bank of Zhiju Shui, the Huns threw arrows like a light rain on this side, and the Han army shot crossbows over there, and there was no direct collision for the time being, only when the Huns got too close, they suddenly rushed out of a team of assault horses, and the Huns of the two hundred-man teams were crushed and eaten.This temptation, let Xulu Quanqu Shan Yu understand, although the Han army is tired but still has combat strength, he seems to regret it, as the banner shook and the Hu Ji sounded, the more than 1,000 Hun troops responsible for attacking the right flank began to retreat, wanting to retreat to Zhiju Shuibei.Wang Ping was anxious: "Could it be that he has changed his mind, not wanting to attack, but wanting to delay?"
”He informed Ren Hong of this information, and Ren Hong had learned from Sun 100,000 and others earlier that a few days ago, the Xiongnu had 40,000 or 50,000 horsemen chasing the Wusun people through the Yanran Mountain Pass, and they were likely to come here to join Shan Yu, and he was full of confidence in fighting 70,000 or 80,000 Huns, but if it became more than 100,000, the difficulty would increase a lot.The two armies confronted each other here, time was on the side of the Huns, Ren Hong frowned, since the enemy did not take the initiative to attack, his glaive array was set up in vain.The plan was used to break it, and when the left-wing Gan Yanshou sent someone to ask for the initiative to attack, Ren Hong agreed after a little thought, and asked him to send 5,000 horsemen to cross the water to pursue.The left wing and the state rode the horse to cross the Zhiju water, the horse's hooves stepped on the soft shore, bringing up pieces of soil, Gan Yanshou also made people shout "The Huns are defeated", but unfortunately the Hu people could not understand the Chinese language.But just when the Han army was halfway crossing, the Huns, who had just retreated, suddenly turned their horses' heads and rushed back!
Tens of thousands of horsemen gathered at the water's edge to stand on horseback and shoot at foot, and the dense arrow curtain flew towards the merger in the center of the river!
Although the Huns did not know the mantra of the art of war of "half-crossing and attacking", they understood this truth, the Zhiju water is wide and shallow, although they can wade through, but the bottom of the river is muddy, and they fall into a pit when they take a step.The Huns, as the landlord, of course knew the situation of the river, Da Dan learned from the right Xian King that the Han army in recent years addicted to cavalry, and shorter than cavalry, although the Huns suffered a loss on the armor, but in the Zhizhi water battle, because of the water blockage, the Han cavalry could not charge!
The Huns played a clever trick, and the state cavalry could not go ashore, retreated slightly, and returned to the south.The Huns on the north bank shouted triumphantly, but gradually stopped, because they saw that the Han army had pushed more than a dozen wagons to the river, and the leather cloth on them was removed, revealing the big yellow crossbows that gave them headaches.Directly with the broken spear as a crossbow arrow, the wrestler held a sledgehammer high and smashed it, the broken spear flew out more than 200 steps, crossed the river, and shot a Hun with a man and a horse to death, forcing the Huns to disperse slightly.Horses can be thrown and people can be thrown, but this thing can't be pulled down, with it, the Han army has an absolute advantage in firepower and range.The horses who had just retreated in the mud and dejected in the water also followed Gan Yanshou to give up their war horses, took off the shield hanging on the horse, and gathered by the river with a halberd or ring knife in one hand.The art of war clouds, there are brave, dare to die, and happy to be wounded in the army, gathered as a pawn, and the name is a man who takes the blade; Those who are sharp, brave, and violent gather into a group of people who are called Chen Zhi.These people are the elite dead soldiers of the counties in the state of cavalry, and they may not be the best in riding, but after arriving at the battlefield on horseback, they are experts in dismounting and foot fighting.With Gan Yanshou's order, the people who braved the blade and trapped Chen followed him into the river again, flowing with the muddy water, and marched towards the north bank step by step.The cavalry suddenly turned into infantry, and the Huns were caught off guard, and the bows in their hands began to speed up the rate of fire, and the arrows were like flying locusts, nailed to the Han army's blades and trapped Chen's soldiers.The river was knee-high, the bottom of the river was muddy, and the Han army's body was heavy, and it was very laborious to lift one's feet one step down, so the speed was extremely slow.Holding Wu Kui's shield hand to hold the shield first, these originally ordinary shields were improved by General Ren Hong let the craftsman, there is a certain arc on both sides, but also inlaid with iron sheets, the defense is better, and the arrows are often bounced away.Occasionally, powerful arrows pierced the defenses, nailing the palms of the shieldmen to the wooden shields, dripping with blood, but still blocking most of the arrows that came straight through.The projectile was inexhaustible, Gan Yanshou was shot by an arrow that fell from the sky, and the huge force that hit his shoulder made him stagger, and he fell to his knees in the water on one knee, but he gritted his teeth and stood up, relying on the thick armor of Mingguang, only shielding his face with a shield, and breaking the shaft of the arrow with his other hand to continue to move forward.In this way, they moved to the north bank step by step, and when they approached, the heavy armor officer behind them could even copy the crossbow to counterattack, and with each arrow, they took away a few Hun crossbows, and shot the Hu soldiers without shield armor into the river, and the water splashed for a while.The Huns saw that the Han soldiers in front of them were about to become hedgehogs and were still moving, especially like the heavenly man descending into the world, the god was awe-inspiring, and they couldn't help but be horrified, thinking of the "iron beast" of the camel city, and their footsteps couldn't help but start moving backwards.As the forward arrived in the river, more than 5,000 armorers abandoned their horses and walked behind, followed Gan Yanshou and walked on the waves.At this time, the arrows of the Xiongnu could not stop the Han army, so they began to retreat, replaced by a group of Hu people with spears, this is a hand recruited from the forest, they are best at not riding and shooting, but walking spears, can attack the Han army as a beast to pierce.However, the Huns' melee experience was obviously not as rich as that of the Han army, and as soon as the Huns' spear was sent forward, it was hooked by the iron halberd in the hands of the soldiers of Bingzhou, and they pulled it back, either the Hu people's weapons were taken off, or they were dragged down the river with people, and they were killed by a knife.Gan Yanshou was even more terrifying, directly with his arms wearing thick leather gloves to pull the spear shaft stabbed out by the Huns, exerted great force, like pulling weeds down the Hulu one by one, dragged five or six people without panting, and finally stepped on the shore, waved the halberd, swept out a little clearing, and shouted: "Go first!"
”The sound shook the Huns and retreated, and the people around Gan Yanshou also saw the opportunity, climbed the river bank, several people were stabbed and kicked back into the river, but several others successfully landed on the shore, they were crazy, waving the steel blade ring knife in their hands to fight beside Gan Yanshou, forcing back a circle of Huns, making room for the back of the robe, and sending the flag to the shore.From Ren Hong's point of view, after a long battle, the north bank of Zhiju Water finally plugged in the first white yu!
Ren Hong breathed a sigh of relief: "Great goodness, the monarch has made meritorious contributions." ”Gan Yanshou led the people to have a bridgehead on the bank of the river occupied by the Huns, and immediately squatted down to take the shield and formed the shape of the moon formation that had been trained in the past to resist the counterattack of the Huns.More and more Han soldiers on the left flank have crossed the river, and the space opened up is getting bigger and bigger, enough for more than 10,000 soldiers of the Bingzhou army to reach the opposite bank.According to local conditions, they gave up the already weak and tired horses, and all of them changed to dismount and fight, killing the Huns to abandon the line along the river, and only shoot arrows in the distance, but to no avail.They are like a red pawn crossing the river, being slapped by Ren Hong on the other side of the boundary river, nailed to the enemy formation, advancing and retreating!
This obviously broke Shan Yu's plan to fight in Zhiju Water and weaken the Han army's sudden cavalry, the Huns were a little panicked, Ren Hong saw that Shan Yu sent three or four thousand troops in a row to support the left flank, which was in his arms!
In addition to the plan A used by the big glaive to defend the enemy and outflank him, he also prepared plan B to storm the left flank and land at any cost, attracting the Xiongnu to increase troops on the left flank and vacate the right flank.With Ren Hong's flag wavering, Wang Ping, who had been holding back for a long time on the right flank, also dispatched, and the Youzhou soldiers also gave up their horses, killed on foot to the river bank, and forcibly broke through the Hun front, but did not stick to the spot, but continued to fight forward.This is to use a clockwise offensive to drive the Xiongnu army to the side of Yanran Mountain, compress their combat space, completely lose the advantage of Hulu cavalry and archery, and finally rely on the mountain range to supplement the disadvantage of their own less troops, and complete the encirclement and annihilation!
Shan Yu also realized this, stopped increasing troops to the left flank, and only sent a few Xiao Wang and Wan cavalry commanders in succession, and more than 30,000 people tried to block the onslaught of more than 10,000 Youzhou soldiers.Just when the left and right flanks of the Han army and the Xiongnu were fighting on the north bank of Zhiju Water, Zhao Han'er galloped over and reported to Ren Hongyu what the scouts had observed."
General, the Huns sent more than 10,000 horsemen to make a detour from behind the formation, and are moving to the right, wanting to cross the Zhiju water from a distance and attack my own formation!"
On the other side of the end of Yanran Mountain, the convoy of the Da Yan clan and the Zhuqu Yan clan unexpectedly encountered the army of the Zhi branch.Due to the serious lag, there was no number of people who left the Yanran Mountain Pass, but there were more than 40,000 horsemen, panting and resting on the grassland, they were originally chasing Wusun, after getting the news that Shan Yu was going north, Zhi Zhi was worried that Shan Yu would encounter the Han army on the middle and east roads, so he accelerated his speed, and it was also hundreds of miles to benefit from this."
Now that the eldest prince has arrived, then Da Shan Yu has reinforcements!"
As the biological mother of Hu Han Evil, the Da Yan clan thought of the son who was detained by the Han people, and was still reluctant to call Tu Wusi "Zuo Xian King", and even handed over the head of the Xiongnu to the Baoyue clan and Jin Liuli to him, he was also a little hesitant.But Zhi Zhi only took the knife Jin Liuqi and rejected the gold-plated head of the Yue Clan."
Please keep it."
The proud Zhizhi learned that Shan Yu was a hundred miles away, he laughed and finally caught up.Zhizhi urged the exhausted subordinates to get up, looked at the other side of Yanran Mountain, and couldn't wait.Before dark, he will be able to reach the battlefield and join the siege."
I will cut off Ren Hong's head, burn off his hair, peel off the skin, hollow out the brain marrow, and gild it with gold to make my own heirloom drinking vessel!"
Zhi Zhi licked his lips: "Then I will have a bowl of Chinese wine, cut his flesh with Jin Liu, taste it carefully, and see if Ren Hong is a tiger or a fox!"
”PS: Ahem, I'm late when I go home from an errand, and I'll start the three skills of today and tomorrow, and I'll finish writing this plot in one go tomorrow, and the eighth volume is almost over.