The last three kingdoms

Chapter 844 The Battle of Huguan
Since Yang Hu never let go on this issue, Chen Shou couldn't get the desired result, so he could only leave first and return to Tunliu.

After listening to Chen Shou's report quietly, Liu Yin said, "It seems that there are some things that Yang Hu can't help himself."

A Shou said: "Since Yanghu refuses to agree to join forces with us, the next action will definitely be much more difficult. If we want to deal with the Huns, neither the Jin army nor us are fully sure. If you fight, it is easy to be defeated by the Huns one by one."

Liu Yin said: "It doesn't matter. Yang Hu is afraid of those people in Luoyang. After all, Sima Yan and the courtiers of Jin are on top of him. There are some things that Yang Hu can't do. Lord. However, according to my understanding of Yang Hu, he still values ​​cooperation with us. As long as we maintain a tacit understanding, whether or not to unite is the second priority. Pass down the order, the whole army will enter a state of combat readiness, and pay close attention The movement of the Jin army, ready to fight at any time."

Because Yang Hu did not agree to join forces with the Shu army on the surface, a lot of military intelligence could not be shared, and Liu Yin could only send scouts and spies to keep track of the movements of the Jin army and the Huns at any time.

Yang Hu's refusal was actually not beyond Liu Yin's expectations. After all, Yang Hu was only the governor of Hebei. Even if he held the military power of the states and counties in Hebei, he still had no control over some things. If Liu Yin guessed correctly In other words, it must be Sima Yan who refuses to cooperate with the Shu army. Sima Yan must be full of wariness when the Shu army enters Bingzhou. Stand still.

Among Sima Yan's orders to Yang Hu, there must be an appropriate time to deal with and destroy the Shu army's orders. As for whether to implement it or not, it depends on Yang Hu's intentions.

Yang Hu was a smart man, of course he knew what it would mean if he went to war with the Shu army at this time, the result of both losses would be to make the Huns cheaper, and the results of the battle that the Jin army had just won would be wiped out again.

Therefore, it is unwise to carry out Sima Yan's order and start a war with the Shu army at this time. Yang Hu will definitely not adopt it. There is no hope for cooperation on the surface, but this does not hinder the tacit understanding between the two parties in private.

Chen Shou's visit this time also strengthened Yang Hu's confidence. No matter what, the enemy is now, and it is better to stick to the outside world with the tip of the spear.

Before the first month passed, Yang Hu was already planning to launch an attack on Huguan City.

Now the Huns are in Huguan City, but they did not hide in the city. Instead, they deployed their main force of cavalry around Huguan City.

The reason why Liu Yuan deployed his defenses in this way was because of his own considerations. The Xiongnu army mainly consisted of cavalry, and the cavalry was mainly engaged in field warfare. Defending the city was not the strong point of the Huns. The advantage will be completely lost. The Xiongnu soldiers, who mainly fight on cavalry, go to the city defense battle, which is completely short-term attack long-term. Liu Yuan does not want to suffer this hidden loss.

He deployed the cavalry troops around Huguan City. His intention was very obvious, that is, to give full play to the strengths of the Huns' cavalry and build a strong defensive belt in the Pingchuan area outside Huguan City to separate the Jin and Shu armies. Blocked outside the defensive belt, if you want to conquer Huguan City, you must first break through the cavalry troops of the Huns.

Liu Yuan still has full confidence in his cavalry unit. Isn't the Shu army's side car formation powerful? During the battle, was the difference broken? After the only thing that could pose a threat to the cavalry was gone, Liu Yuan really didn't know what decent weapons the Jin and Shu countries could produce.

As for the firearms of the Shu people, Liu Yuan also admitted this point, but no matter how powerful the firearms were, they were only used when attacking fortified villages, and they were probably useless against the mobile cavalry in field battles.

Liu Yuan is also very satisfied with the terrain near Huguan, the city of Shangdang County. Huguan is located in the center of the Shangdang Basin, surrounded by mountains, but it is as flat as a mountain, which is most suitable for the cavalry to charge. Fighting in this area is like a fish in water.

In short, Liu Yuan is full of confidence in the battle of Huguan.

The only thing that worries Liu Yuan is whether the two armies of Jin and Shu will join forces. Whether it is the Jin army or the Shu army, Liu Yuan has no fear of one-on-one, but if the two armies join hands, Liu Yuan will really needs to be considered.

But the good news is that the Jin army is stationed at Huguankou, while the Shu army is stationed at Tunliu City. For a whole winter, they have not seen any intention of joining forces between the two sides. This undoubtedly gave Liu Yuan a reassurance. Now the two armies of Jin and Shu are not fighting, but if they fight on their own, it will be a superior situation for the Huns.

The weather at the end of the first lunar month was still very cold, and the snow on the ground had not completely melted, but the Jin army had quietly left Huguankou, advancing northward, and approaching Huguan City.

Yang Hu adopted a step-by-step marching method. He did not attack Huguan City in a hurry, but advanced slowly and methodically. Fortress, ready to fight, do not give the Huns any chance to take advantage of the protection.

Yang Hu's caution is justified. The Huns are strong. Where is the strength? It is undoubtedly the cavalry. Although Jin also has countless cavalry, compared with those grassland peoples, it is one step behind in terms of cavalry. Da Jiezi, so Yang Hu made full use of his strengths and avoided his weaknesses, and played the role of the Jin army's battle formations and camps, step by step, advancing layer by layer, and steadily advanced towards the city of Huguan.

Of course, Liu Yuan could sit back and watch Yang Hu's style of play, but Yang Hu's battle formation was too rigorous, and Liu Yuan couldn't find a single flaw, so he couldn't take advantage of the Huns cavalry's large-scale outflanking. After the action, Liu Yuan also sent a small group of cavalry to continuously spy on the Jin army, but they were repelled by the Jin army without exception.

So Liu Yuan gave up the intention of a small group of sneak attacks, and decided to concentrate his forces and fight a decisive battle with the Jin army. If the Jin army pushed all the way to the city of Huguan, it would be the thoroughness of Liu Yuan's tactics of fighting in the wild. fail.

In the early morning of this day, the Jin army moved the camp and left the village step by step. When advancing, there were suddenly deafening shouts and horseshoes in the dense fog ahead. It was obviously the Huns' cavalry. come over.

Liu Yuan chose to fight when there was fog in the early morning, just to catch the Jin army by surprise.

However, Yang Hu was not flustered. He seemed to have been prepared for this kind of attack on the Huns. He immediately ordered the infantry formation in the middle to line up with spears, supplemented by crossbowmen, to form a defensive formation with both offensive and defensive capabilities. Order the cavalry on the left and right wings to approach the center to challenge the Huns cavalry.

In the lead of the Jin army were Qi Wannian from Di, Hao Yuandu from the Huns, and Peng Dangzhong from Lushuihu. After surrendering to the Jin army in the Battle of Gaodu, Qi Wannian and others have been thinking about revenge against Liu Yuan , Liu Yuan's ruthless actions completely broke Qi Wannian and others' hearts, so this time Qi Wannian and others have repeatedly asked Yang Hu to fight first, not to kill Liu Yuan, it is difficult to calm their hearts hatred.

Although the Di people and other northern Hu people were not as powerful as the Xiongnu and Xianbei people, they were definitely not too weak. After Yang Hu surrendered them, he also decided to take advantage of his vengeful psychology to use them to deal with Liu Yuan and achieve the goal of Hu control the purpose of Hu.

After the sun came out, the dense fog dissipated quickly, and the armies on both sides showed their true faces. Nearly [-] cavalry were gathered on the Xiongnu side, and their voices were so loud.

What Liu Yuan didn't expect was that the first to kill was not the Jin cavalry, but Qi Wannian's troops.

This guy who eats inside and out!
Liu Yuan was full of anger. At the beginning when these people came to join him, Liu Yuan treated them with courtesy, gave them food, weapons, and entrusted them with important responsibilities, but these guys just because of one failure, they turned their anger on the Huns. It's really hateful to be the running dog of the Jin people.

Not only Liu Yuan was angry, but even ordinary Xiongnu soldiers were filled with righteous indignation, so the beginning of the battle between the two sides was a bloody decisive battle.

The decisive battle of tens of thousands of cavalry can indeed be described as earth-shattering, people neighing and horses screaming, and the battle is fierce.

The melee lasted from early morning to late afternoon. Most of Qi Wannian's Di people cavalry died in battle. Even Qi Wannian himself was shot with arrows and was seriously injured. The other northern Hu troops also suffered heavy casualties, but Hao Yuandu Seeing that the situation was unfavorable, He Peng Dangzhong took the initiative to withdraw and asked Yang Hu for protection.

However, the Huns also paid a high price. In order to eliminate the Huns in the North, Liu Yuan mobilized the most elite cavalry to confront them. If he killed a thousand enemies, he would lose [-] of them. After losing their combat effectiveness, the Huns also suffered heavy casualties.

Yanghu is naturally happy to see this kind of attrition battle. Unlike the Qiang soldiers in the Shu army, although these Hu people in the north have surrendered, their hearts are still different. In order to deal with the Huns, Yanghu only temporarily sent them away. It was preserved in an organized way, but when they fought against the Huns, this group of Beidihu still fought against the enemy and played a very powerful role.

After the northern Hu people withdrew from the battle, the protagonists on the battlefield became the Huns and the Jin people. However, the intensity of the war did not decrease because of this, but it intensified.

Relying on the superiority of the cavalry, the Huns kept attacking the infantry formation of the Jin army in addition to suppressing the cavalry of the Jin army. attack.

The battle between the two sides fell into a stalemate, and the fight was inextricably linked, and the outcome was unpredictable for a while.

(End of this chapter)