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

Chapter 279 The large encirclement of the Xiongnu and the calm Mao Dun
June 23, the fourth year of the Han Dynasty.

Fan Kuai's victorious battle report reached the hands of Zhenbei general Ji Xin. At this time, Ji Xin led 5 Zhenbei troops to join Zhao Xie's troops in Dai. The total strength of both sides reached 7.

Song Liu, the commander-in-chief, received the battle report and said excitedly: "General, we have to speed up our pace. One Fan Kuai can defeat 4 Huns. The remaining Huns may not be enough for your Majesty to fight. The march is too late, and we will gain nothing." Not here.”

Zhang Er was surprised and said: "Fan Kuai can also become a general in his own right."

Zhang Er didn't know many generals of the Han army, but because he was on good terms with Liu Bang, he knew that Fan Kuai was Liu Bang's younger brother, and they had met several times. Zhang Er's impression of Fan Kuai was that he was a reckless man who was particularly good at fighting.

But now Fan Kuai was able to lead 1 cavalry to defeat 4 Huns, annihilate of them, and capture the two kings of the Huns. This is the achievement of a famous general. The image of a reckless man caused a fierce conflict with a generation of famous generals, making it difficult for Zhang Er to adapt.

Ji Xin smiled and said, "Fan Kuai has your majesty's cavalry battalion in his hands. These are five thousand armored cavalry, enough to dominate the world. If he still can't defeat the Huns, then Fan Kuai should not be the commander-in-chief of the county."

Song Liu looked at the map and pondered for a moment and said: "It is not difficult for our Han Dynasty to defeat the Huns. What is difficult is to block the Huns' retreat route to the Han Dynasty. And Yanmen Pass is a basin surrounded by mountains, which is extremely suitable for our Han Dynasty to encircle and annihilate the Huns." , General, we’d better send a cavalry force to capture Pingcheng and cut off the Huns’ retreat.”

Ji Xin looked at the map of Yanmen County carefully, and then shouted: "Wang Qiang."

Wang Qiang, the commander of the Zhenbei Army's Cavalry Battalion, said loudly: "The general is here."

Then Mao Dun and others came to a conclusion that was very unfavorable to them, that is, the city defense of Mayi was extremely complete, and if they wanted to conquer Mayi, they would have to pay extremely heavy casualties. But this conclusion is not what Moton and the others want.

Now the Huns have suffered a great defeat. Even if they capture Mayi later, it will be just a draw for the Huns. But if they can capture the Han Emperor, then for the Huns, this battle of Mayi will be a draw. It is an unprecedented victory.

June 26, the fourth year of the Han Dynasty.

Mao Dun led the main force of hundreds of thousands of Huns to the city of Mayi. Li Shang and others were very nervous. Li Shang arranged for all the soldiers in Mayi to board the city wall for defense, and the people in the rear were also ready to support.

King Zhao was overjoyed and said, "Then I'm not welcome."

Ji Xin continued: "We will continue to march towards Yanmen Pass."

Zang Yan looked at his forehead carefully for a long time, then shook his head and said: "I have never seen the Han Emperor, and I didn't see anyone wearing imperial clothes on the city wall."

Going to Yanmen County is just to help the Han Emperor fight, but going north to attack the desert is fighting for the Dai Kingdom. Although the Han Emperor will fight for the Han Emperor, the Han Emperor will generously reward the spoils, but the spoils are not as fragrant as the land.

When Mao Dun saw the city wall, he asked Zang Yan: "Can you find out who is the Han Emperor?"

When Mao Dun saw the city of Mayi, he did not order an immediate attack on the city. Instead, he ordered the Huns soldiers to set up camp, and he led some of his guards to ride horses to the city of Mayi to observe the defense of the city.

Then he continued to look at Zhao Xie and said: "Your Majesty can lead troops to regain the homeland of Daiguo. If your Majesty wants, you can cross the Great Wall and enter the desert to capture the Huns' tribe. Now the main force of the Huns is in Yanmen County. The desert is extremely empty. Not only does your Majesty It can maintain and expand Daiguo’s territory.”

"promise!"

Wang Qiang said firmly: "No!"

Wang Qiang left the camp and led the soldiers of his cavalry battalion to march towards Gaoliu.

Zang Yan said: "About a month ago, some of the guards led by the Han Emperor gave some goods to the Aries tribesmen to bribe the herdsmen. But after that, the Han Emperor led his guards camp to Mayi, and they never stopped. There is no news about Emperor Han."

Soon they discovered that the emperor's banner was still stuck on the city wall of Mayi.

Ji Xindao: "You lead the cavalry battalion soldiers from Gaoliu to Pingcheng. You cannot let a single Huns leave Yanmen County."

Mao Dun immediately asked: "When was the last time our spies knew that Emperor Han was in Yanmen County?"

No one knows the cruelty of the Huns better than the people on the border. As long as Mayi is conquered, their property will be plundered by the Huns, their wives and daughters will be snatched away by the Huns, and they may even be captured as slaves by the Huns. Therefore, at this time, the people in Mayi were united and wanted to drive away these Huns.

King Lou Fan saw this banner and said excitedly: "If Shanyu can capture the Han Emperor, it will be worth the heavy losses. One Han Emperor can wear ten thousand iron armors."

With the strength of the Han Emperor, Maodun will definitely not be able to escape this time, and the Huns will be doomed. This desert is almost ownerless land. Whoever strikes first will grab the most fertile pasture and the largest territory. As a vassal king, land is naturally attractive to him. When the Central Plains cannot expand, expanding to the grasslands is not necessarily a bad thing.

Mao Dun said with a solemn expression: "In other words, now we are not sure whether the Han Emperor is in Mayi."

"No, Emperor Han should return to the Central Plains." Soon Mao Dun added.

Zang Yan asked in confusion: "What did you discover, Shanyu?"

Mao Dun said: "You said that Emperor Han was the most capable general in the Central Plains."

Zang Yan said: "The Han Emperor led hundreds of thousands of troops to annihilate the Qin army of 600,000 people. It can be said that the powerful Qin Dynasty was directly destroyed by the Han Emperor."

Mao Dun explained: "Such a strong military man also likes to kill generals and seize flags. If the Han Emperor was still in Yanmen County, it would have been the Han Emperor who defeated King Zhelan and others, not a general of the Han Dynasty.

And now that our Xiongnu army is approaching with hundreds of thousands of troops, if the Han Emperor were in Mayi City, he would definitely show up to boost morale at this time.

But none of these have appeared. Even now we don't know where the Han Emperor is. There is a high probability that the Han Emperor will not be in Mayi City. The Han Emperor wants to use this flag to attract us to stay in Mayi. "

King Hunxie said nervously: "Since this is a trick of the Han people, Shanyu and I should retreat."

After the defeat of King Zhelan and others, the Huns discovered that the Han army was stronger than ever, and they did not want to continue fighting. It was not cost-effective. The Huns never fight hard. I fight if I can, and run away if I can't. Relying on their guerrilla warfare skills, the Huns have survived repeated heavy losses and survived in the desert until now.

However, Mao Dun's intention to go south this time was not to capture Mayi, but to seize the Han Emperor. Since the goal of seizing the Han Emperor could no longer be achieved, understanding the strength of the Han army's armored cavalry became the most important thing for Mao Dun. matter.

Mao Dun said: "King Hunxie, you lead your men to surround Mayi. I will lead the main force to see and defeat the Han cavalry of the Aries and Donghu tribes."

Mao Dun left 4 troops to King Hunxie to surround Mayi, while he himself led 7 Huns cavalry to rush to Shuo Mountain outside Mayi city.

On top of Shuo Mountain, Fan Kuai led 10,000 cavalry. This place is a slow, condescending terrain in the middle of the mountain, which is also very suitable for Han cavalry charges.

More than 7 cavalry galloped towards them, making people like Fan Kuai very nervous. Fan Kuai ordered all ministries to prepare for battle, while he himself used telescopes to observe the situation of the Huns.

But through the telescope, the battlefield situation that was originally unclear began to become clearer, and the unclear figures became clearly visible.

Fan Kuai observed the Huns' mobilization of troops. He could even see the flaws in the Huns' queue. Fan Kuai was very regretful at this time. He had too few troops. If there were troops equal to the Huns, he would have taken the initiative to attack. Divide and surround the Huns.

Under Shuo Mountain, Mao Dun and others frowned when they looked at Fan Kuai's military camp. This military camp was halfway up the mountain, and the Han army was condescending, which was extremely disadvantageous to the attacking side at the bottom of the mountain. Coupled with the powerful combat effectiveness of the enemy's cavalry, this battle Not easy to fight.

But even if it was difficult to defeat Mao Dun, he would still fight. He wanted to clearly see where the gap between the Huns cavalry and the Han cavalry was.

Modu waved his hand.

A small Huns servant led thousands of cavalry out into battle and shouted: "Generals of the Han army, do you dare to come out and fight to the death?"

Fan Kuai smiled at Yu Long and Cui Yan and said: "There are actually Huns who are willing to die like this. Are they always so brave?"

Yu Long sneered: "You dare to be so provocative when you know the combat effectiveness of our army. This is not bravery, but stupidity. The coach still asked a certain subordinate to go out to teach these stupid Huns a lesson." Cui Yan said: "Your Majesty I have always emphasized that the first battle must be won, so let the general’s Qiaoqi battalion teach the Huns a lesson and let them know that my Han army is not so provocative.”

Fan Kuai said: "You Xiaoqi battalion sent out a group of troops to let the Huns clearly see the gap between the two sides."

"promise."

Cui Yan ordered Sima Li Yu of the Xiaoqi Battalion to lead his troops into battle.

Li Yu raised his spear high and said: "The wild goose formation charges the enemy's formation. Kill!"

"Kill!" Li Yu took the lead in charging. The soldiers behind him lined up in three rows and followed Li Yu to charge towards the Huns.

Fan Kuai looked at the Han soldiers rushing towards the enemy and shouted: "Blow the horn to boost the morale of the fighting warriors."

The sound of the trumpet "woo woo woo" resounded throughout the battlefield, and the Han soldiers' blood boiled when they heard the sound.

When the Huns saw thousands of cavalry coming out of the Han army camp, they also rushed towards Li Yu and the others.

Soon the two sides were about a hundred steps apart, and the Han soldiers used their riding bows to shoot at the Huns' cavalry. However, because the speed was too fast, the soldiers only fired one round before preparing to charge.

They originally wanted to use bows and arrows to fight back, but due to the geographical advantage, they found that the Han cavalry was getting closer and closer. They could only use their bows and arrows, grabbed their swords, and prepared to engage in a hand-to-hand fight with the Han people.

When Mao Dun saw a hail of arrows from the Han army causing heavy casualties to the Huns, he said in disbelief: "I saw that all the Han soldiers seemed to be able to ride and shoot. How is this possible? How could the Han army have such superb cavalry?" Technique.”

Riding and shooting is a special skill for those people. It is true that there are no such soldiers among the Han people, but the number is extremely rare. Without raising horses for more than ten years and being familiar with the habits of war horses, it is impossible to do it without riding war horses for more than ten years. Riding and shooting were determined by the environment of the Central Plains. Among them, only one person could become a knight. But in the grassland, almost everyone could ride and shoot.

Now that the Huns' housekeeping skills have been overtaken by the Han, it's no wonder that Mao Dun was so surprised.

King Hunxie asked: "Could this be a soldier from the White Horse Tribe?"

Zang Yan said at this time: "The King of Han has been very good at using cavalry since he raised his army. He has used cavalry many times to defeat more with less."

Although Zang Yan was a military general, he himself was trained as a scribe by Zang Tu. In addition, he had never been on the battlefield, so he naturally did not understand the power of the three-piece cavalry suit.

But Mao Dun was different. He had been on the front line of the war, and when he saw the performance of the Han soldiers for the first time, he discovered something was wrong.

Mao Dun carefully observed the performance of the Han cavalry. It didn't take long for him to suddenly realize: "So it turns out that the Han people's saddles are different from ours. Their sides are high and can fix the body, and I saw that their feet seemed to be stepping on them." What can we use to stabilize our horses? The Han people use equipment to let their riding skills catch up with our Huns warriors. "

After coming to this conclusion, Maodun was extremely depressed. It took the Huns warriors more than ten years to learn how to ride and shoot, but the Han people quickly caught up with them using equipment. The only advantage of the grassland people was the cavalry, and now they don’t even have cavalry. With an advantage, they were lagging behind the big man in all aspects.

After realizing this, Mao Dun became even more anxious. The Han people were so powerful, and now they even caught up with the Huns, who were best at riding and archery. The world was so big, was there any place for the Huns to survive?

Seeing the Huns on the opposite side getting closer and closer.

Li Yuhao shouted angrily: "Soldiers, charge and kill the enemy."

The soldiers behind him raised their spears and shouted: "Kill the enemy!"

At the same time, the Huns at the bottom of the mountain also charged towards Li Yu and the others, but unfortunately they were going uphill and his men could not charge up at all.

On the contrary, the Han cavalry took advantage of the mountains and attacked unstoppably.

"Boom!" The two cavalrymen fought each other.

The Han soldiers held their spears straight and formed a charging formation. The Huns' cavalry were stabbed off their horses by the Han army's spears. After a close encounter, the Han soldiers put aside their spears and drew their swords to continue to kill the Huns' cavalry. On the battlefield, Han soldiers killed and chopped down everyone they encountered. For a time, the entire battlefield was filled with the sounds of killings. The screams of soldiers being hit by knives and the clashing sounds of swords and guns could be heard endlessly.

Modun looked at the scene in front of him in shock. This could not be regarded as a war at all. This was a massacre, a massacre of the Huns by the Han people.

The Han soldiers continued to kill the Huns' soldiers with the help of spears and swords, but it was difficult for the Huns to fight back because their sabers, bronze swords, and short swords were unable to break through the Han's armor, while the Han's swords were unable to break through. One sword can kill a Hun warrior.

The only heavy weapons that can really cause casualties to the Han army are maces, axes, bolas and other heavy weapons. The number of Hun warriors who use these heavy weapons is very small. When other soldiers died in large numbers, they had to face several Encircled and suppressed by twice the enemy, it was already impossible to save the day.

Mao Dun saw with his own eyes that a Hun warrior knocked a Han soldier off his horse with an axe, and then hacked a Han soldier to death with an axe. However, before he could be happy for a long time, the Han soldier hacked the warrior to death with a sword. .

Mao Dun felt sorry for this Hun warrior. If the equipment of both sides were equal, this warrior could have fought one against ten, but now he died in the hands of Han soldiers.

After a stick of incense, the sound of fighting on the battlefield stopped, and only the Han soldiers on their horses were left.

Li Yu raised his spear and shouted: "Victory!"

Other soldiers also shouted: "Wan Sheng, Wan Sheng."

For a time, the Han and Hungarian sides were at war with each other, and Fan Kuai was happy for the victory of his soldiers.

But Maodun and the others were frightened by the casualties of the Xiongnu soldiers. Thousands of Xiongnu warriors were all dead in just one stick of incense, but the Han army was still so numerous that it seemed there were no casualties at all.

Even though King Zhelan had told them about the power of the armored cavalry, and they had expected it in their hearts, they still couldn't believe it when they saw the powerful combat effectiveness of the Han armored cavalry. They were simply the devil's cavalry. They were so powerful. So indestructible, how could the Huns defeat this kind of cavalry?

Mao Dun looked at the military formation at the rear. He could see that the Han people had two cavalry phalanxes. There were only 1 cavalry on the mountain. One of the cavalry phalanxes was shining with silver. It was obviously the Han people's armored cavalry, and the other one was shining silver. The cavalry was wearing familiar leather armor, which made Mao Dun feel relieved. At least the enemy's armored cavalry did not exceed .

This made Mao Dun hesitate in his heart. The enemy only had 5000 armored cavalry. With his advantage in strength, he might have a chance to annihilate this powerful cavalry and capture their equipment. If he could capture the Han people's armor, then they Huns This battle is nothing.

But the consequence is that the Huns themselves will suffer extremely heavy casualties. He cannot even predict how tragic the casualties will be, and he is not sure whether the Huns can win. After all, this is deep into the hinterland of the Han Dynasty, and they are in a dangerous state. , if reinforcements from the Han army arrive, I am afraid that the Huns will gain nothing.

To say that he had paid such heavy casualties but gained nothing, even he, the Chanyu, could not suppress the opinions within the Huns. Whether he, the Chanyu, could continue to do it was a matter of debate.

The grassland people have always been very realistic. They will still support the person who can bring them victory, even if this person is very cruel, very bloody, and may even bring them death. But if he is a loser, they will immediately abandon him. loser.

Finally, Mao Dun calmly said: "Retreat back to Mayi."

As Mao Dun's order was issued, the Huns, large and small, sighed, and they did not want to fight the Han people's cavalry.

So tens of thousands of Huns cavalry followed Maodun and continued to retreat.

Fan Kuai and Cui Yan looked at each other.

"This Huns Chanyu is so cowardly that he retreated with less than a thousand casualties?"

He couldn't believe that the main force of the Huns could not bear even this casualty.

Yu Long said: "General, I will remember that Mao Dun has always been as timid as a mouse. This is a problem left over from being a proton in Da Yueshi. For some time, it has been spread in the desert. The name of coward Mao Dun, he even lost his war horse." They can all be given to the Donghu people.”

(End of this chapter)