At the end of Qin, I became a son of the plane

Chapter 276: Dimensionality reduction strike and capturing two kings in one battle
King Donghu had a premonition that the war situation was not good, but at this time, the situation on the battlefield no longer allowed King Donghu to think too much. The two armies eventually collided.

Cui Yan directly knocked the Donghu soldiers off their horses with a spear. The advantages brought by weapons and equipment were too great. The first three rows of Han cavalry killed the enemies opposite them with one blow with sharp spears. A large number of Donghu cavalry was killed.

The soldiers of the Xiaoqi Battalion fiercely charged into the Donghu army formation, causing the Donghu people to turn upside down. A burst of blood and flesh flew everywhere, and the war horses neighed.

The Han soldiers who charged in the wild goose formation, led by Cui Yan, moved forward bravely and fought bravely to kill the enemy. They directly penetrated the Donghu army formation. A large number of Donghu tribesmen fell off their horses and kept wailing. Their formation was as fragile as paper and unbearable. one strike.

"Continue to charge and kill through the enemy's formation." Cui Yan shouted.

As they expected, these Huns were completely vulnerable. Now Cui Yan was very ambitious and wanted to annihilate this large army.

King Donghu, who was at the rear of the army, looked at the enemy in shock, like a sharp arrow piercing his own warrior.

The Han people were so powerful that no Donghu warrior was their enemy. He could only hear his own warriors wailing under the slaughter of the Han army.

"How did they wield their spears on their war horses? How could the Han people be so strong? This is impossible. Even the original Qin State was not so strong." King Donghu said with a look of disbelief.

Because technology spread extremely slowly in this era, stirrups, high-bridge saddles and horseshoes, which were already very popular in the Central Plains, have not yet spread to the Huns.

Cui Yan fought with all his strength, with a sword on his left and a spear on his right, slashing left and stabbing right, like a deserted place, killing the Donghu people with fear. The soldiers of Xiaoqi battalion also followed behind him. They formed a cone formation and kept killing King Donghu. Handsome flag.

So King Donghu was shocked when he saw that there were thousands of cavalrymen in the Han army who could wield spears of eight feet. Everyone who could wield such spears was a fierce general, and the number of fierce generals in the Han army was so incredible. .

Seeing how brave the Han people were, King Donghu never dared to fight the Han army head-on. He turned his horse's head and wanted to retreat to a safe position in the rear.

"How could there be such a powerful army?" King Zhelan felt that his three views were about to be shattered.

But Cui Yan didn't give him this chance at all. He led the soldiers around him and didn't care about the Donghu people around him. He just found him and wanted to behead him.

If the Han cavalry is so powerful, as long as there are 20,000 such cavalry, all the Xiongnu warriors cannot defeat the Han people, then how will the Huns survive? You must know that the Han people in the Central Plains are a hundred times more than the Huns, and their cavalry is still If one can equal ten, it would be a disaster for the Huns.

Although he had expected the strength of the Han army, the strength of the Han army now exceeded his understanding. He had fought against the Qin army before. Although he lost less and won more, he was still capable of fighting. But now the strength of the two sides is not at the same level at all.

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King Donghu, who had already reacted, was horrified to find that the Han generals were already attacking him, and the distance between the two sides was less than a hundred steps.

"King Donghu is dying, he is going to run away." King Zhelan looked at the Donghu tribe in shock, being beaten back by enemies who were three times smaller than him.

At this time, a general next to King Zhelan said bitterly: "Your Majesty, it's not that the Han people are too strong, but that their equipment is too strong. The general will see that the armors of these cavalrymen have silver light, which is the unique light of iron armor. , the Han people actually formed thousands of armored cavalry.”

The retreat of King Donghu led to the retreat of Shuai Qi, and the movement of the flag caused the formation of the entire Donghu soldiers to be in chaos and their morale was greatly reduced. This made it even more difficult for the Donghu people to resist the fierce attack of the Han army.

On the battlefield, Cui Yan stabbed a Donghu soldier to death with a spear, and another Donghu soldier took the opportunity to chop him.

The combat effectiveness of the Xiaoqi camp not only shocked King Donghu, but also King Zhelan. Although the combat effectiveness of the Donghu tribe was not as good as that of their Zhelan tribe, the gap between the two sides was not very big. When Mao Dun defeated the Donghu people, he relied on surprise tactics. The advantage is not that the strength of the Huns' cavalry is overall higher than that of the Donghu people, so even if they are warriors of his Zhelan tribe on the battlefield, the gap will not be too big.

Soon Cui Yan saw the handsome flag of the Donghu people, and he shouted excitedly: "Kill him, don't let King Donghu escape."

Although this Zhelan general didn't see everything, he still saw a lot of things.

Although Mao Dun recruited many Han counselors, they were all scholars and knew little about technical matters. A knowledgeable person like Zang Tu still did not know the power of the three-piece cavalry suit. Those who really knew the power were The generals of Da Qin, but most of them died in the battle with the Han army.

King Donghu shouted in horror: "Stand up and stop the enemy. Don't let them continue to kill."

"Dang." But his slash was blocked by Cui Yan's armor. Under the shocked eyes of the Donghu soldiers, Cui Yan pulled out his sword with his backhand and split half of the Donghu soldiers' bodies. The blood that spattered out immediately It dyed his body red.

Although King Donghu ordered this, Donghu's warriors also tried their best to block Cui Yan and the others' progress, but they were powerless. The soldiers of the Xiaoqi camp were too strong. They could only watch Cui Yan and the others approaching them step by step. Tribal leader.

This scene did not appear in Cui Yan, but was everywhere on the battlefield. It was difficult for the Donghu soldiers to cause casualties to the Han army, but the sharp swords of the Han army could cut the Donghu soldiers with blood and flesh. . The powerful fighting power of the Xiaoqi battalion soldiers was like a hot knife shaving oil, and the Donghu cavalry was retreating steadily.

After King Zhelan was reminded, he was shocked to find that the armor of the Han cavalry was not leather armor as he thought, but iron armor.

"I see, it makes sense." But he was even more shocked and bitter in his heart. In the Xiongnu tribe, only a few leaders of large tribes like him had the financial resources to equip iron armor, while the Han people could even equip ordinary soldiers with iron armor. How to overcome the huge disparity?
"Your Majesty, the Donghu people can't resist for long. Should we find a way to surround this armored cavalry, or prepare to retreat and report the situation of the Han people to Shan Yu."

King Zhelan frowned and looked at Fan Kuai and the others and said, "The Han people still have an army. Let's take a look first."

If he had a choice, of course he wanted to destroy the Han armored cavalry, but Fan Kuai made him extremely worried. One Han cavalry was so powerful. If another cavalry also went to the battlefield, they would Zhi Xianfeng might not even be able to escape.

On the battlefield, King Donghu continued to command his men to block Cui Yan's attack, but Cui Yan led his men to defeat the Donghu people's formation time and time again, causing complete chaos on the defending side of the Donghu army. The battalion divided and surrounded the Donghu soldiers, devouring them piece by piece, while the resistance of the Donghu people became weaker and weaker.

Cui Yan once again led his soldiers to destroy a small military formation of Donghu. At this time, King Donghu was only one step away from him.

He shouted: "Form up a formation and kill the enemy."

Cui Yan was like a tiger at this time, and his roar made all Donghu people tremble with fear.

King Donghu found that he no longer had any troops to resist this brave enemy.

He was so frightened that he dropped his sword and said: "We surrender, don't kill, we surrender."

Cui Yan was stunned by the sound of King Donghu's surrender. He did not expect that the enemy would surrender so simply. However, the Donghu soldiers seemed to have received instructions and generally dropped their swords and surrendered to the Xiaoqi camp soldiers. Their morale had long collapsed. Now, King Donghu's order to surrender has directly become the straw that breaks the camel's back. On the battlefield, the Donghu people threw their swords, guns, swords and halberds on the ground.

Cui Yan rode his horse to King Donghu.

King Donghu immediately knelt down next to Cui Yan and said: "We surrender."

Cui Yan said: "The soldiers in the rear collected the prisoners, and the remaining soldiers formed formations and prepared to continue the attack."

Although Cui Yan's battle was fierce, there were not too many casualties, and it lasted only half an hour. The soldiers of the Xiaoqi Battalion still have the strength to fight, and he plans to continue attacking other Huns.

On the battlefield, Fan Kuai was overjoyed when he saw the Donghu people surrendering to the Xiaoqi battalion soldiers and said: "Kill the Aries tribe. At the same time, he ordered the Xiaoqi battalion soldiers to continue to kill the Zhelan tribe and not to let any Huns escape."

The messenger immediately conveyed Fan Kuai's instructions.

And Fan Kuai rode his horse to the front of the cavalry camp and shouted: "The right-wing army of the Huns has been defeated by our army. All the soldiers in the army will charge with me. Don't let any Huns escape. Kill!"

Fan Kuai began to charge towards the soldiers of the Tunqi camp.

"Kill!" 5000 soldiers from the Cavalry Battalion shouted excitedly.

On the battlefield, they watched how the soldiers of the Xiaoqi Battalion bravely defeated several times the enemy and forced the Donghu people to surrender on the battlefield. Their morale had been extremely high. Every soldier of the Tunqi Battalion was boiling with enthusiasm, thinking We must make contributions to the great Han Dynasty. At the same time, King Aries also saw Fan Kuai leading his soldiers towards him, and he was extremely frightened.

The Donghu people have been defeated, and the Han people are coming to kill them again. He wants to escape, but the territory of the Aries tribe is just outside Yanmen. They cannot defeat the Han this time. The Aries tribe can only escape from their homeland. Wandering in the desert.

This is almost a disaster for a tribe. Although the desert is vast, every piece of grassland has its own owner. The Aries tribe has been hit hard. If they flee their homeland, they may disappear like the endless small tribes on the grassland. without a trace.

King Aries gritted his teeth and said, "Send someone to ask King Zhelan whether we should fight or flee."

But King Aries has just sent his cronies out.

King Zhelan had already retreated with his troops.

What a joke, that terrifying Han cavalry has already prepared for war against his troops and may rush over at any time. He can't guarantee that he can block the powerful offensive of the Han cavalry.

His Zhelan tribe was in the northwest of the Xiongnu, close to the territory of the Dayue people, and he did not want to exhaust all his tribe in Yanmen.

So when Cui Yan was organizing the soldiers of the Xiaoqi battalion, the enemy Zhelan tribe opposite him had already begun to retreat towards the north.

At this time, Cui Yan began to think about whether to pursue the Zhelan tribe's cavalry, or to unite with the soldiers from the Tunqi battalion to surround the Aries tribe, and then stop as soon as possible.

"Kill to the enemy's left wing." Cui Yan quickly ordered.

The attack power of the Huns' cavalry was not as good as that of the Xiaoqi battalion soldiers, but they fled too fast. Cui Yan felt that the Xiaoqi battalion soldiers might not be able to catch up with the Zhelan tribe, so he simply surrounded the Aries tribe and strived to achieve maximum results.

When Cui Yan led the Xiaoqi battalion soldiers to rush towards the Aries tribe, Fan Kuai led the Tunqi battalion and were already in close combat with the Aries tribe on the battlefield.

Fan Kuai, who was charging at the front, was brave and invincible. The spear in his hand was flying up and down. Any enemy that stood in his way was no match for him in one round. He would kill an enemy with every spear.

Because of the Aries King's hesitation and Fan Kuai's too violent attack, the Aries tribe was defeated as soon as the two sides fought. The two cavalrymen soon strangled together. Although the Tunqi camp was not as elite as the Xiaoqi camp, They were trained by Xu Fan for several months. Every soldier was loyal to the Han Dynasty and wanted to contribute to the Han Dynasty, so they killed them extremely violently. They wanted to use their former compatriots to submit a certificate of surrender for themselves to become Han people. .

Therefore, the brutality of this battlefield is still higher than that of the right wing. Soldiers from both sides risked their lives to protect each other and were not afraid of death. The Aries tribe was being beaten back by their compatriots. The Aries King was horrified when he saw this situation. King Zhelan ran away early, directly exposing the right wing of the Aries tribe to the blade of that terrifying cavalry.

And this cavalry rushed over in the eyes of the Aries King with fear.

"Boom!" The soldiers of the Xiaoqi Battalion led by Cui Yan charged directly into the Aries Division from the right wing. The soldiers of the Xiaoqi Battalion directly cut the Aries Division in half and began to quickly outflank them from the front and rear.

Cui Yan shouted: "Divide and encircle, divide and encircle. Don't let a single Huns go."

The Aries tribe was attacked by the Xiaoqi camp and was completely overwhelmed. They were divided into multiple pieces by the Han army, and then were surrounded and annexed by two battalions of cavalry. Seeing that there was no hope of escape, each Aries soldier shouted: "We surrender ”

If they were lucky enough to meet Han soldiers, they would accept their surrender and let them abandon their weapons and retreat outside the battlefield. But if they were not lucky enough to meet soldiers from the Tunqi camp, they would be raised by the emperor for several months with unprecedented treatment. Now is the time When they want to serve the emperor on the battlefield, these compatriots are their military merits. They will not care about surrendering and just kill them directly.

King Aries saw that his tribe was being divided and surrounded by the Han army, and his heart ached as each warrior fell to the ground.

Seeing that there was no way to survive, he said in despair: "We surrender, don't kill anymore."

When Fan Kuai saw King Aries surrendering, he also shouted: "The whole army surrenders the prisoners."

Soon Fan Kuai's soldiers also shouted on the battlefield: "The whole army surrenders the prisoners."

But soon Fan Kuai saw a scene that made him frown. Even after hearing the order, the soldiers of the Tunqi camp were still killing the Aries soldiers who had no ability to resist. This kind of thing was not allowed in the Han army.

But Fan Kuai thought that they had been trained by the emperor for less than three months. After all, the barbarians were wild and untamed, so he tolerated this scene.

Then he said: "Order the officers of the Tunqi Battalion to control the soldiers and don't let them kill the prisoners."

Soon Fan Kuai's personal guards notified the district commanders of the Tunqi camp and asked them to control the soldiers of the Tunqi camp.

After receiving Fan Kuai's order, the officers of the Tunqi Camp also controlled the soldiers' killing of prisoners. They knew that the emperor valued military rules and disciplines, and if they violated them, they would be punished even if they won.

The fierce battle soon ended, and the Han soldiers took the prisoners to clean the battlefield. At the same time, Fan Kuai ordered the Xiaoqi battalion to pursue the Zhelan tribe for hundreds of miles, but they must retreat if they exceed a hundred miles.

Cui Yan urged his men all the way to catch up with Zhe Lan.

But King Zhelan had been frightened by the strong combat power of the Xiaoqi camp, and fled towards the north at full speed. The Xiaoqi camp could not catch up at all, and only caught up with the Huns' cattle and sheep logistics, so it was not considered a failure.

Cui Yan could only retreat with these cattle and sheep.

After the war, Cui Yan said to Fan Kuai: "Our army annihilated more than 3 enemies, including 10 prisoners, captured horses, and cattle and sheep. Our army's Tunqi camp suffered thousands casualties, and the Xiaoqi camp suffered two casualties. More than a hundred.”

Fan Kuai said happily: "Okay, report the victory to the county governor and the emperor immediately."

Yu Long, the commander of the Tunqi Camp, asked: "General, should we continue to pursue the Huns? Zhelan tribe has escaped. We cannot be considered as annihilating the enemy."

Fan Kuai looked to the north and thought for a while and said: "In this battle, we captured two Xiongnu kings and annihilated more than 3 enemies. This is already a great achievement. If we continue to pursue, we will easily be surrounded by the main force of the Huns. Since we have severely damaged the Huns' vanguard, The mission has been accomplished, we should just give it up and retreat back to Mayi."

Although the armored cavalry of the Xiaoqi Battalion in this battle surprised him, there were still hundreds of thousands of Huns in the north. Fan Kuai was worried that if his army continued to pursue the Zhelan tribe, they would be surrounded by the main Huns, and it would be difficult for them to do so. Support the rescue of reinforcements.

Yu Long and Cui Yan could only say in disappointment: "No."

Then Fan Kuai and the others withdrew to Mayi with captives from the Aries and Donghu tribes and hundreds of thousands of cattle and sheep.

On June 18th, the fourth year of the Han Dynasty, Pingcheng.

Mao Dun stood on the tower of Pingcheng and looked at the mountains in the south. In that direction was the country of the Han people. Mo Dun's eyes were full of greed. It was a place a hundred times richer than the desert. It was a pity that that country was too powerful. He, the Huns, was far from the opponent.

Lou Fan, Kun Xie, Xiutu and other big tribal leaders stood behind Mo Dun.

King Hunxie said: "The Han people's cities are good, Chanyu. After conquering Mayi this time, we might as well occupy the fertile land of Yanmen."

Although all the people in Pingcheng had retreated, because Xu Fan had confidence in the combat effectiveness of the Han army, he did not strengthen the walls and clear the country, and the infrastructure of Pingcheng and nearby cities was not destroyed.

This led to the fact that when the Huns entered Pingcheng, the houses in Pingcheng were very well preserved. The stronghold Xu Fan built for the Aries tribe made these Huns envious. They wanted to live in warm houses and basic buildings. In a city with good facilities.

But Modu said coldly: "Living in the house, we can't have any grazing. Without livestock, how can I, the Hun warrior, live?"

(End of this chapter)