Great Han Empire

Chapter 477
At the beginning of May, Yunzhong County.

There are two big rivers in the middle of Yunzhong County, Baiqushui in the south and Huangganshui in the north. These two big rivers run from east to west, almost parallel, and finally flow into Shaling Lake, and then flow into the Yellow River from Shaling Lake.The distance between the two rivers is only about [-] miles from each other within about [-] miles before they flow into Shaling Lake.From west to east between the two rivers are the three cities of Yunzhong, Yuanyang and Dingxiang.In the south of Baiqushui, from west to east, are the three cities of Shaling, Chengle and Wujin.

The Hu coalition forces assembled about 6 people and set up the first line of defense along the south bank of Baiqushui.The white horse copper led [-] cavalry in the center, stationed in Sayuyuan.Twenty miles north of Sayuyuandu River is Yunzhong City, and sixty miles south is Huaqingyuan, where the Han army stationed troops.Tuobawei and Muluoche led an army of [-] troops on the left flank, holding on to the two cities of Chengle and Wujin.Xu Kui and Ti Lu led [-] troops on the right flank, relying on Shaling City for defense.

After the Han army entered Yunzhong County, because the Hu coalition forces were at an absolute disadvantage in numbers, they had to give up the field characteristics of iron cavalry's flexibility and mobility, and changed to passive defense.Baimatong contacted Tuobawei and Xukui several times, warning them not to move out easily, so as not to be surrounded by the Han army.He asked all the iron cavalry to cooperate with each other, support each other, and defend the city as much as possible to delay the advancement of the Han army.Baima Tong said, we will look for a good opportunity to kill the Han army with a local superior force after the iron cavalry supported from Wuyuan arrive.

Li Hong, the general who conquered Peking, led his troops to station in Huaqingyuan.Two days later, Li Wei and Tian Zhong led soldiers from Cao Ying and 10,000+ civilian husbands to escort food, grass and luggage into the camp.Li Hong immediately issued an attack order to the armies.

Li Hongyanrou led the army to attack Sayuyuan, directly threatening Yunzhong City.The White Horse Bronze led his troops to fight.Forty thousand cavalry from both sides began a desperate fight on the ten-mile-long grassland.On the Sayuyuan, in an instant, the war drums were like thunder, the horns blared, thousands of horses galloped, and the sound of killing went straight to the sky.

Yan Wuwei led [-] cavalry in a conical array to attack the Huns' central army first.In the huge roar, the Han army was like a sharp giant arrow, roaring all the way, and plunged fiercely into the arc-shaped formation of the Huns.When the iron cavalry reached the bottom of the arc, it was immediately blocked by the Huns, and then the Huns cavalry on both wings swarmed up, intending to encircle Yan Wuwei's iron cavalry.

Yan Rou immediately issued an attack order to the cavalry on the two wings.Nie Xiao and Li Su then each led a battalion of troops, and attacked the left and right wings of the Huns with the momentum of the river bursting its embankment.

"Order Yan Wuwei to speed up the attack, tear through the enemy's defense, and defeat the Huns."

Yan Wuwei took the lead, flying a long knife, brave and invincible, "Brothers, kill...follow me..."

The soldiers who followed were yelling loudly while sacrificing their lives, rushing forward bravely, and the attack speed of the Han army suddenly accelerated.

Long arrows rained down like rain, and the piercing whistling sound was soul-stirring. The high-speed galloping horses shot out arrows one after another, and the knights on the horses fell down one after another. Immediately, they were swept away by countless horseshoes, and some even screamed. The miserable howling didn't even have time to stay.Commanding the iron cavalry to rush to kill the horse on the flank of the formation, just as soon as the horse chopped off the enemy with a knife, his own horse flew out across the sky.His horse was pierced through the chest and abdomen by the enemy's spear, and the tragic neighing was creepy.Zhanma couldn't help being thrown into the air.A Hun cavalry galloped towards him.Zhan Ma exhausted all his strength in twisting his body in the air to avoid the spear stabbed by the enemy, but he was unable to avoid the impact of the enemy's horse. He watched his body falling rapidly to the ground being hit hard by the enemy's horse. Flying into the air, he clearly heard the sound of his own bones breaking, saw the blood spurted out by himself, felt the heart-piercing pain, and then he lost consciousness.Before he died, he saw his body rolling in the air was knocked away by the enemy's horse again.

The left and right wings of the Huns successfully blocked the charge of Nie Xiao and Li Su. They completed the encirclement when Yan Wuwei was about to break the formation. The cavalry of the Han army was immediately attacked by the Huns, and the conical formation was instantly killed by the enemy cavalry. In a mess, on the verge of collapse.Yan Wuwei was drenched in blood and rushed around like a madman, "Brothers, keep moving forward... Break through the enemy's formation... Get out, get out..."

White Horse Copper is very excited.At this time, it is necessary to make another violent attack to completely kill the Han army surrounded in the middle of the battlefield, and the battle will be considered won.He excitedly waved his horsewhip and roared loudly: "Blow the horn, order the Chinese army to counterattack, and completely kill the besieged Han army."

Yan Rou was furious, and personally led people to rush to Nie Xiao's left wing army, and the warlord attacked wildly. "Tear off the right wing of the Huns, rush in, and rescue the besieged brothers."

Li Hong raised his spear.The drums of war sounded loudly, shaking the world in an instant.Zhang Zhen and the two thousand Chinese army guards let out a loud roar.Li Hong kicked the horse's belly fiercely, and the black panther flew into the air with a long hiss, "Kill..."

Two thousand iron cavalry personal guards galloped wildly. Under the leadership of Li Hong, they were swept into the tragic battlefield like a hurricane, and entered the siege in one fell swoop.The Huns couldn't resist and retreated steadily.Seeing the black panther battle flag flying high, Yan Wuwei and the soldiers suddenly had boundless fighting spirit, mustering up all their spare energy to fight again.

At dusk, the Han army withdrew from Sayuyuan, and six thousand soldiers were buried here.

Standing on the edge of the Sayuyuan, Li Hong looked back at the Huns' big banner in the afterglow of the setting sun in the distance, with a murderous look, "We will fight again tomorrow."

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Yan Liang led his troops to attack Cheng Le, and Zhang He led his troops to attack Wu Jin.The distance between the two cities is sixty miles.

Tuobawei, who was in the middle, received requests for help from the two cities at the same time, and he discussed it with Mu Luoche.Tuobawei believed that the Han army attacked the two cities at the same time, and the purpose was obviously to induce him to divide his troops into support, and then encircle and wipe them out with superior forces.Chengle is only [-] miles away from the Han army's camp. Once the army is surrounded by the Han army, it will be difficult to break out.Now that our own troops are insufficient, defending the city is only a strategy of delaying, and it cannot stop the continuous attacks of the Han army. If we want to defend until the rainy season comes, the key is to have an army.One more city can't solve any problems, but [-] more cavalry will make a big difference, so he decided to give up Chengle and concentrate all his troops to support Wujin.Tuobawei said that if the reinforcements from Wuyuan can arrive quickly, the passiveness on the battlefield will be greatly improved, and we may even defeat the Han army.If the Han army is defeated, the city can be easily taken back as in the past.

Mu Luoche agreed with Tuobawei's suggestion. He said that Chengle is just a small town, and it doesn't matter if it is lost.To prevent the attack of the Han army, we mainly rely on Yunzhongcheng, Baiqu Water and Huanggan Water. If it is not possible, we can retreat to Wuyuan and Yinshan. There is no need to fight hard with the Han army here.He was very dissatisfied with Baimatong's offensive and defensive strategies, "Baimatong is arrogant. He thinks that his army of all ethnic groups is invincible, and he looks down on leopard cavalry. I think he is an idiot. If we continue to fight like this, we will be defeated by him sooner or later." kill."

Tuobawei said worriedly: "Da Danghu has the same idea as me. If we retreat to Wuyuan, we will be thousands of miles away from Yanmen, and the Han army's food, grass and supplies will definitely be difficult to supply in time, and their attack speed will immediately slow down. , so that we can not only easily block the attacks of the Han Chinese, but also defeat them. If the fight continues like this, the prospects are indeed not good.”

"He is the Youxian King. He has the final say here, and we have no say." Mu Luoche scolded angrily, "Hmph, he doesn't take us seriously, and we treat him like shit. He Hit his, we hit ours."

The two led the army to Wujin City in the southeast to help.

Tuobawei's movements surprised the Han army.It turned out that the Han army really planned to attack Tuoba Wei in Chengle.In order to lure the main force of the Xiongnu in Wuyuan County to the cloud, and firmly restrain them in the cloud, so that they cannot return to help, so as to give Xu Rong enough time to capture Jiuyuan and the Yinshan pass, the Han army must take advantage of the Xiongnu reinforcements. Before going to the cloud, they severely damaged the Hu coalition forces, and launched continuous attacks to maintain their superiority in strength.After Li Hong determined the deployment of the Hu Nationality coalition forces, he focused his attack on the left flank of the Hu Nationality coalition forces, which was Tuobawei's [-] cavalry.

Li Hong and Yan Rou led [-] cavalry to attack Sayuyuan, firstly to contain the troops of Baima Tong, and secondly to give Tuoba Wei the illusion that the main attack direction of the Han army was Sayuyuan, the city in the cloud However, his left and right wing armies attacked the three cities of Shaling, Chengle, and Wujin only to contain the forces on the two wings of the Hu coalition forces.Li Hong believed that after the defenders in Chengle and Wujin were attacked, they would definitely ask Tuoba for help. At that time, Tuoba had only two choices, either to divide his troops to rescue, or to help only one city.The danger of dividing troops to rescue is too great, Tuoba Liang will definitely only rescue one city, but which one will Tuoba Liang save?Li Hong thought it was Chengle.

Considering that the main force of the Han army has already gone north to attack Baimatong, and the right wing of the Han army will have no obstacles after the fall of Le Cheng, and can directly kill Sayuyuan, Tuobawei must rescue Cheng Le.In order to convince Tuobawei that the rescue would be successful and there was no danger, Li Hong deliberately took away Loulu's Karasuma iron cavalry, and asked Zhang He to bring only five thousand tiger camps to attack Wujin.It is very difficult to attack Wujin with 5000 people, so Tuoba Wei naturally does not need to save it.

In order to severely injure Tuobawei's 3 cavalry, Li Hong invested all of Yan Liang's infantry in the direction of Chengle, the two chariot battalions of Zhang Xiao and Ding Bo, and Lou Lu's [-] Karasuma cavalry who secretly returned halfway. A total of [-] people.

After Yan Liang got the news, without any hesitation, he immediately ordered the siege army to withdraw and rushed to Wujin City.With a distance of sixty miles, it took two hours to arrive, but the key to successfully encircling Tuobawei depended on whether Zhang Yun's 5000 men could hold out under Wujin City for two hours.At the same time, Yan Liang ordered Lou Lu to lead his cavalry to approach Wujin City quietly from east to west.Yan Liang said, "If I don't go to Wujin City, you can't come. Even if Zhang Yun's army is wiped out, you don't need to support him, so as not to scare Tuobawei away."Lou Lu asked, what if Zhang Yun couldn't hold on for two hours, and Tuobawei retreated after annihilating him?Yan Liang said, then we will surround him on the way, and we must beat him severely and escape.

After Zhang He arrived in Wujin City, he did not besiege the city, but concentrated 5000 troops at the west gate to attack.Although his task is to support Cheng Le on the battlefield, if Yan Liang surrounds Tuoba Wei, he will return to support Cheng Le in time.There were only 3 Han troops on the battlefield in Chengle, which was not enough to severely damage Tuoba Wei, and his 5000 troops had to rush back as quickly as possible.In order to gather reinforcements quickly, Zhang Yun gathered all his troops under the gate of the west city.His decision saved Huben Camp.

Tuobawei and Mu Luoche brought [-] cavalry to kill them aggressively.The five thousand Han troops will be wiped out no matter what, and the morale of the army will be boosted.

After Zhang He received the report from the scouts, he immediately organized the Huben Battalion to withdraw to a hill five hundred steps away from the west gate. Under the command of Zhang He, the soldiers launched a tenacious resistance based on the favorable terrain.

Chen Jian and Chen Dazi led a group of troops to stand firm on a small hill. He was knocked down by the enemy dozens of times, but every time he brought people back to take it back. After the beating, the hill was full of dead bodies , the blood stained the entire hill red, and the soldiers stood on top of the densely piled dead bodies and fought fiercely.Chang Gong led [-] of the most powerful soldiers around to support them. Everyone fought more and more bravely, but there were fewer and fewer people fighting.When he retreated from the hill that Chen Dazi was holding on to, he smiled and said to Chen Dazi, this battle is our last.If I die, you take my bones back to Changshan.If we're all dead, forget it, let's bury where we die.Chen Dazi laughed loudly, who said we would die?How can I die if I have not married and had children?

Zhang He was injured. He was stabbed by the enemy's spear. If the surrounding soldiers did not rush quickly, he would have been trampled to death by the enemy's war horse.Standing on the top of the hill with a spear, Zhang He looked at the Xianbei and Huns who were swarming around him, cursed bitterly, then looked up at the setting sun that was gradually setting to the west, with a smile on his face.Reinforcements are almost here.

"Beat the drum... tell the brothers, swear to kill the enemy and never retreat..."

Tuoba Wei suddenly came to his senses after receiving the scout's report, "I've been fooled. Hurry up, retreat quickly, retreat to the east..."

The [-] cavalry at Loulu took the lead in encircling them from east and west.Tuobawei's army was exhausted after a long battle, and immediately turned around and retreated north after being hit hard by the murderous Karasuma people.In the north, Yan Liang had already led the infantry to line up in the phalanx. The Hu allied forces were relieved when they saw that they were blocked by panting Han infantry.It is much easier to kill from the infantry of the Han army than from the Karasuma iron cavalry.However, as soon as they approached the phalanx, they were shot wildly by [-] ballistas. Thousands of Xianbei and Huns lost their lives in a blink of an eye. up.Tuobawei once again witnessed the terrifying weapons of the Han people. He was so frightened that he turned his horse's head and galloped south.There are high mountains in the south, and the more you run, the more you will lose your way.Lou Lu led the iron cavalry in hot pursuit, and Yan Liang's army guarded him from behind, chasing for more than ten miles before retreating.

Tuobawei took the remnants across the Baiqushui overnight and fled back to Yunzhong City.

In this battle, 3000 people were beheaded, and Tuobawei's Hu nationality coalition forces were severely damaged.The Han army lost more than [-] people and more than [-] people, mainly soldiers from the Huben camp.

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Yushi led an army to attack Shaling City.

Yushi's attack went very smoothly, and he captured Shaling City without a single soldier.

Yushi led the army to attack all the way and took down several cities in just a few days. His powerful fighting power made the Hu allied forces frightened and panicked, and the crossing of Xu Rong's army added to their fear.On the shore of Shaling Lake, the world-famous Black Panther Yicong attacked the 6000 Hu coalition army with [-] men, which made Xu Kui and Ti Lu think of retreating to Baiqushui early on.

Xu Kui didn't want to fight at all, and using 2 people to resist the Han army's 8 people was purely suicidal.He thinks that Baimatong's arrangement of such an array is intentional to harm himself, and he wants to avenge Mu Gaiting's tragic death during the Western Xinjiang War in the past.He told Tilu that Baimatong had ulterior motives, what ability could he have to stop the unstoppable attack of the Han army south of Baiqushui?I want to go back to Jiuyuan City and ask Marquis Xubu Gudu, what does he mean by white horse bronze?Do you want to completely wipe out my Eastern Qiang clan?I won't fight this battle.Tilu knew that Xu Kui was very cunning, it wasn't that he didn't want to fight, he was just finding an excuse to preserve his strength.However, he didn't want to fight himself.Such a face-to-face decisive battle with the Han army, let alone last until the rainy season in June, even this month will not last.

Yushi's army has lost half of its strength, let alone attacking at this time, it is very difficult to keep the camp of [-] troops.If the impostor is exposed and Xu Kui leads people to rush over, these tens of thousands of civilians will be in a catastrophe and countless deaths and injuries will occur.In order to ensure the safety of the camp, he only walked five miles a day, and asked Pound to abandon the tripod and sink the three of them, each with an iron horse, to roam ten miles away from the camp, in case the camp was attacked by sunflowers during the movement. .

In Xu Kui's view, this move of the Han army was luring the enemy and delaying his retreat to the cloud. He estimated that the Han army would soon have a big attack.He resolutely decided to retreat, and even the thousand defenders of Shaling City were taken away by him.If Xu Rong's 8 people come here with all their strength, his 2 people will not be able to escape even if they want to, not to mention resistance.

Yushi picked a big bargain and regained a city without bloodshed.

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In the Battle of Sayuyuan, although Baima Tong repelled the Han army's iron cavalry, he was seriously damaged. Originally, he wanted to hold on to the south of Baiqushui for a few more days, but he received continuous calls from his left and right armies to flee to Yunzhong City. The news, especially the news of Tuobawei's defeat and the death of Dahumu Luoche made him even more furious.

If you can't hold out in the Yunzhong area until the end of May, it will be even more difficult for the army to hold out until the rainy season.After the army withdrew from the clouds, there was no danger at all on the prairie of five hundred miles. If they had to retreat five hundred miles, they would directly return to Wuyuan.In this way, after the Han army chased after them, they would have enough time to accumulate strength.As long as the Han army supplies food, grass, and weapons in a timely manner, they can launch an attack at any time. At the same time, Yu Fuluo can also organize troops to cross the river to attack.It is difficult for the Hu coalition forces to defend Wuyuan County under the attack from both sides, and they can only retreat to the Yinshan pass, and their defeat will be a matter of time.

Baima Tong was very helpless.At this time, his left and right wings lost protection, so he could only withdraw through Baiqushui and stick to Yunzhongcheng.

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(End of this chapter)