Hanbo

Chapter 300: The Enemy Stations Ourselves! (4.1K)

After arranging the edict, Huo Shan dismissed Tian Qianqiu and waved to Zhang Anshi. When he came over, Huo Shan asked with a smile:

"The next battle, how do you think it will be fought?"

The Xiongnu came with [-] cavalry, and there were nearly [-] soldiers and horses on their own side.

Although the soldiers and horses are at a disadvantage, they can't play any strategies on the terrain, so they can only fight head-to-head.

He can't play strategy, but he can play tactics, not to mention the strength of the two armies of Habayashi and Tiger Ben, so Huo Shan is still very confident in this battle.

Ask Zhang Anshi just to see if he has any other ideas.

Zhang Anshi just smiled faintly:
"With the two armies of Habayashi and Tiger Ben, this battle can be said to be a certain victory. I don't think there is any need for any strategy."

Huo Shan nodded, looked into the distance and was silent for a while, then said:
"Then let's disrupt the war first, and see if the Xiongnu soldiers will not be fooled immediately. If they are not fooled, let them enter Dongqiemi directly, and enclose them with the army. If they are not fooled and don't rush forward, then let's make a surprise attack at night. What do you think? "

Zhang Anshi sat on the back of the horse and arched his hands, with the feathered forest and tiger in his hands, things would be very simple, and [-] soldiers and horses were just a trivial matter.

Huo Shan turned around and went back to the army, summoning the battalion commanders of the Yulin Huben army and the two school lieutenants of Huangzhong.

They are basically old people, the two school lieutenants in Huangzhong, Huo Shan had many contacts when he was in Qiang.

And Huben was trained by himself, and they all know each other.

On Yulin's side, there are still those people, Pu Tu, Fu Yu, Zhao Guan, Wei Jun and others, but their positions have all been promoted.

Huo Tan raised his horsewhip and began to speak:
"Let's talk about Huangzhong first. You don't need to go into battle first. The second captain led four thousand soldiers and horses to the north fifty miles to wait for orders, and dispatched a thousand soldiers and horses to wait for orders."

"The last general takes orders!"

Huo Shan arranged for them for two reasons. The first one was to let them block the rear and to charge large-scale cavalry.

If the Xiongnu soldiers were immediately fooled and fell into a chaotic battle, the Habayashi Huben had a high killing efficiency, and the Huns would retreat in a short time, so someone needed to block the retreat.

And when they were retreating, as long as the commander of the [-] Huns had no problem with his mind, he would definitely gather his troops before retreating, or retreat while keeping distance.

Because if you don't gather, it's easier to kill than sheep for Habayashi Huben.

So when they gathered and retreated and their foothold was not stable, they could let Huangzhong charge and kill a wave.

And the second reason, of course, is to send them farther away, so as not to drag down Habayashi Huben.

They don't know the tactics of Habayashi Huben, and rashly participating in it will only add to the chaos.

Don't look at the five thousand more soldiers and horses after they joined, it's better not to join.

And you can save your energy for other uses!
"At Huben's side, Shangguan Jie is the captain, and the commander of the fifth battalion leads the soldiers and horses of the fifth battalion, lined up with the battalion as a unit."

Huo Shan raised his horsewhip and pointed to the side of the guide:
"Let's just line up on the south side."

"I personally lead the Yulin side, and the north side is the same as Huben, lined up in a row, the sound of shooting is the Chinese army, and the guards are on my side.

If the Xiongnu came and pursued them, they would use guerrilla tactics first to separate the battlefield, and the battalion commanders would use their own judgment on which tactics to use. Do you understand? "

The generals immediately saluted and shouted:

"The last general takes orders!"

"Snapped!"

Huo Shan whipped his horsewhip, took two steps back and shouted:
"Then get ready and get ready!"

After the generals left, Huo Shan turned to look at Zhang Anshi:

"The thousand soldiers and horses will be given to you. Take them back fifty miles to the west. You choose a place and take care of our horses."

"The minister takes orders!"

Huo Shan looked to the east, everything was arranged, and the next step was to quietly wait for the arrival of the Xiongnu soldiers.

He doesn't need to arrange the specific things. The two armies of Yulin Huben are different. Just talk about how to fight. Others don't need to be arranged, they will do it themselves!
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At three o'clock in the evening.

That is, around 45:[-] in the evening, it is not dark yet, and there is still light in the mountains far to the west.

It's getting dark here, around 10:30 and [-] o'clock, and it will almost be really dark.

And at this moment, the scouts came to report.

"Report to the governor, the Huns cavalry scouts have arrived at our army 35 miles away, and most of the Xiongnu soldiers and horses have set up camp about [-] miles away from our army."

Huo Shan made a decisive decision when he heard the news:
"Order Yulin Huben's personal guard camp to advance twenty li."

The two armies have the same establishment and have never been changed. The guard battalion is the fifth battalion.

Huo Shan is in the center, with Habayashi on the left and Huben on the right, with Huo Shan as the starting point on both sides, arranged in five, four, three, two and one.

After making arrangements, Huo Shan walked out of the big tent and made a gesture. Sun Shang took out his whistle and blew it immediately, and the shots quickly began to gather.

Huo Shan got on his horse and came to the east side to wait quietly. While waiting, he made arrangements:
"The herald sent an order to Zhang Anshi to send Shesheng and Yulin Huben's personal guard battalions to transfer horses."

"promise."

"Sun Shang, take two dozen soldiers to get two boxes of horns."

Sun Shang replied, bringing 22 soldiers, and after a while carrying two boxes, forty small horns were released.

After all the shots were assembled, Huo Shan lifted the cloth bag hanging on the champion, opened it and quickly assembled the parts, saying:

"Where is the shooting sound?"

"exist!"

"Assemble the god arm crossbow, and welcome the guests as I am."

"promise!"

Huo Shan assembled the crossbow, hung the belt and carried it behind his back. After waiting for a while, he looked back and saw that everyone had finished assembling, so he went straight forward:

"set off!"

Huo Shan and the others walked relatively slowly. After half an hour, they arrived five miles away from the Xiongnu camp, and then encountered a group of soldiers and horses coming out.

Huo Shan's army had scouts, as did the Huns.

Not long after Huo Shan discovered them, the Xiongnu also discovered Huo Shan's soldiers.

And Huo Shan led Shesheng along the way, and also killed a few scouts, but the most important thing for scouts is to investigate the situation, so naturally someone went back to report.

So the army that came out was the one that came out to stop them after knowing that Huo Shan was coming with the sound of shooting.

Huo Shan was sure that not only did he send troops to stop them, but the rest of the Xiongnu's army was probably also being treated seriously.

"Order, Habayashi Huben's personal guard battalion will do the No. [-] harassing tactics."

As soon as Huo Shan finished giving the order, the herald blew the horn, but there was no response yet.

No. [-]'s harassing tactics are naturally used to harass the enemy, but this No. [-] is more complicated to act than No. [-], so it needs to be prepared.

As for the specific function, let the horn, whistle, and drum sound to make it louder, and use it to bluff.

Huo Shan then ordered:

"Shoot the sound to listen to the order, wind the magic arm, don't fight with the enemy, use Shi as a unit, spread out, and do the No. [-] harassing enemy tactics."

Huo Shan picked up the horn, watched the Xiongnu blocking soldiers and horses who were less than two miles away, and waited quietly. Within half a minute, the sound of grand war drums and horns sounded behind him.

Huo Shan immediately shouted loudly:

"start to act."

Then he drove the champion, took Sun Shang and Yishi soldiers, and went to the left side of the Xiongnu blocking troops.

The sound of shooting behind him was divided into two parts, spread out on both sides, bypassing the Xiongnu blocking soldiers and horses, and went straight to most of the Xiongnu.

The reason why night raids are so legendary is because night raids are one of the best options for a comeback, but there are also reasons for the high difficulty.

Not to mention anything else, but the most important and crucial point, you can't see it at night!
Not only the enemy can't see it, but you can't see it either!
This was a normal phenomenon in ancient times. Ye Mingyan, if there is one in ten thousand people, it is enough to see the enemy of proportion.

And this ancient blindfolded bird is not the same as the modern one, it is even more serious.

Now, as long as there is a little light, even if there is a bird blindfolded, you can still see a little.

But in ancient times, even if you held a torch, it was not very effective.

And if there is no light source, you can't see anything beyond three steps. In some serious cases, you may not be able to see when you walk up to your eyes. It's no different from being blind.

Compared with the big Han, the situation of the Huns is actually better.

You know, eating offal can solve the problem of blindfolded sparrows. Although the Huns don’t eat much meat, the cattle and sheep they raise are not for food, but for paying taxes, saving their lives, and keeping themselves alive. eat.

But after all, the soldiers of the big man are better off.

There is still some moonlight tonight, and at this time, it is not completely dark yet, so they can still see some things nearby.

And one torch is not very effective, but thousands of torches gathered together have a great effect.

But the range around them is only about fifty paces, no more.

As for this distance, Huo Shan and the shooting soldiers controlled it very well, basically bypassing them within a hundred steps.

These are all questions that Huo Shan has studied. Although they are not very accurate, they still have a great effect. It is necessary to pay attention to the details.

So this 3000-man Xiongnu blocking soldiers and horses only heard the deafening sound of horseshoes around them, but they couldn't see a single person.

This situation made the Huns panic, but it was just ordinary soldiers, some generals and veterans, and the number of soldiers and horses could be judged by the sound of horseshoes.

According to their judgment, the number of soldiers and horses on the near side is definitely no more than a thousand.

Huo Shan didn't want to make a fuss about this, because it's impossible to cheat. Although you can bring more horses, it will affect your mobility.

Huo Shan looked at the slightly confused Hun soldiers and horses nearby, and when he felt that they were about the same, he picked up the horn and blew a long one:
"Woo~"

Then there was a pause of five breaths. During the five breaths, the shooting soldiers on both sides aimed at the Xiongnu soldiers and horses in the middle.

Then Huo Shan picked up the horn and blew a short sound, and the sound of bowstrings sounded instantly, and the flying feathers shot into the Xiongnu army.

Although the exact result of the battle could not be obtained, Huo Shan was sure that the number of Huns who died in this wave of arrow rain was at least [-] or more.

The distance is too close. As for why more than 400 arrows rained, only more than [-] people were killed. This is because the Huns did not stand together in groups, and there was a distance between them.

After all this last night, all the archers threw back the god arm crossbow, and then picked up the horn with the horn, and the whistle without the horn. They were all ready and went straight to the majority of the Huns.

At this time, most of the Xiongnu were also anxiously preparing, and suddenly an enemy attacked. Although they sent blocking troops to block the guns, the large troops had to act.

The blocking force is to block the guns, to give the large force time to prepare, otherwise they won't see anything, why send them out?
The firing speed was very fast, and when the distance from most of the Xiongnu was less than two miles away, Huo Shan blew the horn again.

But this time, it was no longer the sound of bowstrings that responded to the horn, but the sound of horns and whistles, and then the sound of horns began to disperse in all directions.

In this era, fighting at night is mainly to distinguish everything by sound, such as the enemy's whereabouts, the number of enemies, and the enemy's next move.

The main sounds are the sound of horns, drums, the shouts of soldiers, and the hooves of cavalry.

This is also the reason why Huo Shanrang brought so many horns. As for spreading out and surrounding the [-] Xiongnu soldiers and horses with such a small number of troops, it was also a bluff.

The more horns sounded, the more soldiers and horses. As for the Xiongnu, if the big men did not attack for a long time, it was naturally because the soldiers and horses from all sides needed to be in place!

The next step is to increase the distance, don't get too close, run and wander around one to two miles, and blow the horn from time to time.

Although the sound of horseshoes is too small, people who understand can tell that there are not many soldiers and horses in an instant.

But as I said before, there are not many veterans and generals who understand!

Huo Shan did not come here this time for a surprise attack, but mainly to harass the Xiongnu, so that the Xiongnu could not sleep well, and felt that they were always under the threat of the enemy, and the purpose was achieved.

This is called harassment by the enemy stationed in us, and it is very effective.

First of all, if you don't sleep all night, or it's a very stressful night, can your army still be energetic the next day?

Not only people, but horses too.

This high and one low, doesn't the gap between the enemy and ourselves come out?

And you harassed them all night, how can they be in a good mood?

As long as it can affect the mood of the enemy general, then Huo Shan's tactic will be considered a success.

It is possible that when he was not fooled, the general of the Xiongnu jumped into his trap as soon as his brain became hot.

And this situation needs to last all night.

After Huo Shan retreated with the shooting sound, it was the Yulin Guards Camp, then the Huben Guards Camp, and then the She Sheng again, working in three shifts, and continued to harass the Xiongnu all night.

Of course, you can't keep bluffing outside the Xiongnu soldiers and horses and don't attack at all. That's not a waste of a good opportunity.

When they feel that you are just bluffing and won't attack, and when you relax your vigilance, you give him another stab to refresh him. This is the correct way.

As for the Huns who couldn't bear it, it would be even better if they directly dispatched the army to prepare for the attack.

If you chase, then I will run, you will always be more tired when you run than if you stay quietly, not only mentally, but also physically.

If you can really chase thirty miles, then I will fight directly.

Fighting at night, in this case, can I be afraid of you?
This huge advantage in all aspects is the reason why Huo Shan is so confident that he can take down [-] troops when his troops are not as powerful as the Xiongnu's!
(End of this chapter)