Chu and Han contend for the throne

Chapter 271 Big Han Hussars ([-])

Hexi Corridor.

The Guzang Plain where the royal court of the Yueshi was located was already in a state of chaos and chaos. In order to avoid the attack of the Huns, King Yueshi had just issued an order to relocate his family and decided to move to a distant place. Western Regions.

Although they are reluctant to part with the lush Hexi Corridor, the Yuezhi people have no choice.

The mighty Huns are not something the Yuezhi people can compete with. Although the Yuezhi tribe has a population of more than 40 and more than [-] strong men, the population and strong men of the Huns are more than twice that of the Yuezhi people. Not long ago, the Huns After annexing the Xiutu tribe and the Hunxie tribe, the Yuezhi people became even more isolated.

Although the Han Dynasty sent envoys to express their intention to form an alliance with the Yuezhi against the Xiongnu, the Yuezhi King did not have too high expectations for the Han people. The former Central Plains Empire (Daqin) did have a powerful cavalry army and sent The Huns were defeated, and they dared not go south to graze horses for 30 years, but now, the cavalry of the Central Plains has declined.

Therefore, King Yuezhi finally decided to migrate, to the distant Western Regions.

On the Guzang Plain, the men of the Yuezhi tribe are busy loading tents, pottery, wooden utensils and other daily necessities onto the ox carts, while the women are busy gathering cattle, sheep and livestock, and all the children who can walk are helping to pack their luggage. The toddlers without the care of adults sat on the ground and cried loudly. Looking around, it was a desolate scene of the end of the world.

"Oh oh oh..." A ten-year-old Yueshi boy was driving his flock of sheep forward with a long whip in his hand. Suddenly, he seemed to feel or hear something, and when he looked back suddenly, I saw a faint black line appearing like a ghost on the horizon in the northeast. That is... the Huns? !
"The Huns!" The young man threw down his long whip and shouted in panic as he ran back, "The Huns are coming!"

"The Huns are here!"

"The Huns are here!"

"The Huns are here!"

In less than a moment, the news of the killing of the Huns spread like wind throughout the entire Yuezhi royal court. The Yuezhi men who were arranging their makeup all dropped their work and hurriedly copied the wooden horse forks. Or take out a bronze short sword that is no more than two feet long from the luggage, then get on the horse and rush to the outer edge of the royal court.

The Yuezhi tribe at this time was still in the Bronze Age.

In fact, in the world at that time, Europe, Egypt, and Asia Minor had generally entered the Iron Age, but in the Eastern world, only the Huaxia people mastered iron-smelting technology, and the surrounding barbarian tribes such as the Xiongnu, Donghu, Yuezhi, and Qiang basically Still in the Bronze Age or even the Stone Age.

In many film and television dramas of later generations, the Huns and the Yuezhi people basically use machetes. Well, there is no machete in the Eastern world at all, and the iron smelting technology in the Qin and Han Dynasties could not create a curved steel knife.

Therefore, at this time, whether it is the Huns or the Yuezhi people, apart from the bow and arrow, the main weapon is only the bronze dagger, and only the warriors of the tribe are eligible to be equipped with the bronze dagger. Horse forks, or bone spears polished and carved from animal bones.

Half a quarter of an hour later, the more than 6 cavalry of the Yuezhi Royal Court completed their assembly.

Although the entire Yuezhi tribe has more than [-] cavalry, they are nomadic scattered over hundreds of oases in the entire Hexi Corridor. It is absolutely impossible for the Yuezhi king to gather all the cavalry in the tribe to the royal court eagerly. In fact, it is already very good for King Yuezhi to be able to gather more than half of the cavalry in the royal court.

If King Yuezhi can take these more than 6 cavalry to migrate to the Western Regions, then the vitality of the entire Yuezhi tribe can be basically preserved. The Yuezhi tribe thrived again, but unfortunately, the Huns came too soon.

When King Yuezhi arrived with hundreds of warriors, the Huns were not far away.

I saw that the grassland in the northeast was completely covered by the gray Hun cavalry. Looking around, from a few miles away to the end of the field of vision, there were all moving horse heads and endless black human heads. The entire grassland could no longer be seen. Seeing a little bit of green, King Yuezhi couldn't help but sink in his heart, there are really many Huns cavalry!

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"Woo..." Mao Dun lightly stopped the mount under his crotch, and at the same time lightly raised his right hand.

All of a sudden, the low-pitched ox horns sounded from the Huns cavalry formation. Accompanied by the continuous sound of ox horns, the Huns cavalry who were rushing forward slowed down their horses one after another, and finally came to a complete stop.

Mao Dun looked back leisurely, and saw the shadows of the Huns cavalry behind him, like a boundless ocean. Suddenly, an inexplicable pride surged in Mao Dun's chest, and he stretched out his right index finger and moved forward lightly. Pressing, he told the Zuoguli King Gao A Duo who was accompanying him: "Zuoguli King, send envoys to persuade him to surrender."

"Here!" King Zuoguli rushed to Maodun and hugged his chest in response, then he turned his head and waved, a cavalry of the Huns came out earlier, rushing towards the Yueshi cavalry formation several miles away.

In less than a moment, the envoy of the Huns arrived in front of the Yuezhi formation.

"Stop coming!" A Yuezhi warrior reined in and blocked the Huns' envoy.

Although the envoy of the Xiongnu reined in his horse, he still held his head high and said proudly: "The envoy of the great Xiongnu came here to deliver a message under the order of the Great Chanyu. Where is King Yueshi?!"

King Yuezhi immediately stepped forward and said, "This king is here, what does your envoy have to say?"

The Xiongnu envoy glanced at Yuezhi coldly, and said loudly: "Listen up, King Yuezhi, I am the son of the God of Sirius, Mao Fan, and the co-lord of the entire grassland! My great Xiongnu has vast grasslands, countless cattle and sheep, and millions of elite cavalry!"

"My Great Hun's millions of cavalry are fighting hard, and even the Qilian Mountains can be broken through. My Great Hun's million cavalry are drawing their bows, and the feathered arrows they shoot can even cover the scorching sun in the sky. If your little Yue clan doesn't want to be exterminated, you Yue If the king of the clan doesn't want his head to be chopped off by the Shanyu and used as a wine bottle, he can only surrender his family to me, the Huns!"

"hateful!"

"No reason!"

"This guy is too arrogant!"

"My lord, kill this guy!"

"That's right, we Yuezhi people are not scared too much, hum!"

In an instant, the tens of thousands and thousands of commanders surrounded by King Yueshi shouted one after another, but the nomads on the grasslands are fighting against the harsh natural environment all the time, and they will always be somewhat bloody. How many months can the people of the Huns endure such unscrupulous contempt and threats from the envoys of the Huns?
King Yueshi snorted, stretched out his hand and shouted: "Bring me my precious carving bow!"

Long ago, a warrior of the Yue clan presented a precious carved bow, and the king of the Yue clan took the bow in his hand, and drew a mace-toothed heavy arrow to the string. Soon, King Yuezhi had already fully drawn the bowstring, and immediately let go of the bowstring. With the sound of the urn, the Huns envoy, who was barely able to run two steps, fell off his horse.

Seeing this, the Yuezhi cavalrymen in the front rows cheered like a tsunami.

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In front of the Huns.

Seeing King Yuezhi shoot and kill the envoy of the Huns, Mao Dun was not only not angry, but a sneer appeared on the corner of his mouth. Then he raised his right hand again and pressed forward lightly, and said lightly: "Xiutu and Hunxie, all attack!" .”

King Xiutu and King Hunxie bent slightly on their horses, folded their right hands across their chests to express their obedience to Maodun, then drew out their double-edged long swords and raised them high above their heads, and drew them forward fiercely. The 3 soldiers on the left wing The Duoxiu slaughter cavalry and the more than 2 Hunxie cavalry on the right drew out their bronze daggers or raised their horse forks one after another, howling and rushed towards the Yuezhi cavalry in front.

Gao Aduo, the king of Zuogu Li, was puzzled, and asked Maodun, "Da Shanyu, the Xiutu people and the Hunxie people are cowards. Our plowmen only need [-] warriors to defeat their [-] cavalry. Why? Send them to take the lead? If we lose, we will lose the face of our plowmen and our Huns."

"Gao A Duo, what do you know?" Mo Dun snorted, then turned his head to look at the uncle beside him and said.

Meeting Maodun's admiring eyes, Uncle Gong said a faint smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, letting the two new tribes, Xiutu and Hunxie, take the lead, was exactly what Uncle Gong said to Maodun. It is said that the support tribe directly belonging to Maodun is the core tribe of the Xiongnu. Only when the support tribe is strong enough can the Xiongnu be strong.

Therefore, it is necessary to let the Xiutu tribe and the Hunxie tribe take the lead, so that the spirit of the Yuezhi cavalry can be exhausted first, so that the warriors of the Supporting Li tribe can launch a fatal blow to the Yuezhi cavalry. It can also take the opportunity to weaken the strength of the Xiutu tribe and the Hunxie tribe, which can be said to kill two birds with one stone.

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In front of the Yuezhi array.

Seeing the Huns cavalry on the left and right flanks making a big attack, King Yuezhi drew his long sword forward without hesitation, and the more than 6 Yuezhi cavalry who were waiting in full battle behind them urged their mounts one after another, howling and facing the surging forward. The Hun cavalry who came, amidst the sound of hooves like a tide, the Yuezhi cavalry quickly gathered into a turbulent wave of cavalry.

In less than a moment, the two cavalrymen were within range of their bows.

It was too late and then it was too fast, the Yueshi cavalry and the Hun cavalry who were rushing to the front drew their bows almost at the same time. The next moment, a large group of arrows had already swept up from the Yueshi cavalry and the Hun cavalry, and shot in the air again. They intertwined into an endless rain of arrows, and then ferociously accumulated and fell towards their respective targets.

At this moment, the sound of broken bones, the wailing of dying soldiers, and the sad hiss of horses falling down almost shattered the sky. They all fell down in a pool of blood under the attack of the arrow rain...

(End of this chapter)