Great Han Empire

Chapter 93 Yanzhao Fengyun
"Yes, my lord. This morning they suddenly set up camp and hurriedly evacuated towards Baishan. The Karasuma people in Guangning City were even more panic-stricken, as if a catastrophe was imminent. Come on, and leave the city in a hurry." The scout replied loudly with excitement and nervousness on his face.

Ji Chou is over 40 years old, he is very fat and has a bloated body.A thick beard grew on a ruddy face.His eyes are big and bright, and his face is kind. No matter how you look at him, he is a very enthusiastic person.

He stroked his thick beard and thought for a long time, then suddenly asked: "Where is Master Li's troops in You Beiping?"

"My lord, last night, they suddenly disappeared in Hutun near Ning County." The scout hesitated for a moment, then whispered.

"Oh?" Ji Chou laughed: "This leopard really looks like a leopard, elusive. It disappeared suddenly? Didn't I tell you to keep an eye on it?"

"My lord..." The scout called out in embarrassment, feeling that it was not easy to defend himself, so he immediately said, "We'll go again right away..."

"Forget it. He must have appeared on Tito's withdrawal route, forcing Titus to abandon the city and flee. By the way, what did you just say? Their troops stationed in Guangning City are walking behind?"

"Yes, many large vehicles, moving more slowly."

Ji Chou laughed.

"Order the cavalry to follow me immediately and pursue the enemy."

Tun Jie led the [-] cavalry guarding Ning County out of the city in the morning.They rushed to Hengling at high speed, and flew in the direction of home.

The sudden disappearance of Li Hong's army last night made him nervous and uneasy.

As early as when Li Hong summoned the army to set off from Yefengwei, Tunjie and some tribal leaders kept reminding Titus that it is better to go back as soon as possible.But Tituo was determined not to go back, he had to wait until King Heiling let go and admitted that he was the heir of the king.

In fact, there was another reason for Tituo's reluctance to withdraw troops. He always thought that Li Hong didn't have many troops, so he didn't take him seriously at all. He thought it was a trick played by the Han people.He and his men did the calculations, plus the scouts' reconnaissance, and finally came to the conclusion that Li Hong's troops would not exceed 4000 at most, and the possibility of more than 3000 was the most likely. The troops of the wind, the troops bestowed by a thousand shoot inks.

The leopard was very patient. He led the cavalry around the area with a radius of hundreds of miles on both sides of the Qiushui River, never staying in one place for two days.This made the Karasuma people's scouts exhausted and difficult to track.There has been no sign of Li Hong's troops sending troops to Guangning.In fact, Captain Ji Chou of Hu Karasuma didn't open his mouth, and Li Hong's troops dared not disobey his orders anyway, and marched into Guangning City privately.

Ji Chou was sure about Tituo, and he knew that Tituo would not be able to hold on sooner or later and would leave Guangning, so he had no intention of asking for help. 5000 people waited patiently in Fengpingwei, waiting for Tito to leave,

In the end, the three parties still couldn't bear it, and they were the first to make a move, and it was still in a bad situation.

The border of the Han Kingdom.Beech Mountain.

Li Hong saw Heng Ji and Lu Huanyang, one on the left and the other on the right, walking over with an elder respectfully.

The elder has black beard and hair, tall and thin, with dense wrinkles on his forehead and the corners of his eyes, his eyes are piercing, and he always has a subtle smile on his face.

Li Hong stepped forward to meet him, and after a few steps away, he began to bow and salute.

"You Beiping Li Hong pays homage to the King."

Hei Ling Wang Nanlou hurried forward a few steps, and helped Li Hong up, not even daring to do it.

"Seeing is believing. It's rare for a grown-up to have such an achievement at such a young age."

"Your Majesty is absurd. The people are just warriors. They don't have any skills, but they are very lucky and have a few pounds of brute force." Li Hong smiled and bowed again to thank King Heiling for his praise.

Nanlou looked at him with surprise on his face.He had been dealing with the Han people for decades, and it was the first time he saw a Sima-level officer who was less than 20 years old, and his origin was a slave who escaped from the Xianbei Kingdom.He couldn't believe his eyes, it was so different from the leopard he had in mind.

This person is young, although he can no longer see immaturity, but his face full of vigor cannot conceal his true age.With an ordinary appearance, a long face with Chinese characters, thick eyebrows and big eyes, what stands out is his tall and powerful body. Even in northern Xinjiang, it is difficult to see a warrior like him full of explosive power.

Li Hong doesn't look like a swift and cunning leopard at all, but more like a fierce tiger that loves people. The murderous aura that rushes towards his face cannot but make people feel intimidated, especially when he wins more and more battles. , under the prestige of killing more and more people.If it weren't for his unruly long hair, the open-minded smile on his face, and the sincerity and enthusiasm in his eyes, no one would feel his kindness and affinity.

Now Nanlou finds that he is still a humble and courteous person.Among the Han people, those who are brave and powerful are much more arrogant and rude, and those who are highly educated are much more arrogant. It is also very rare among the Han people that a seemingly brave and invincible man like Li Hong can act like a gentleman and be polite.

"According to the king's request, my troops have entered the ambush area."

"Thank you very much. Your Excellency helped the Karasuma clan in times of crisis, and this kindness will definitely be repaid in the future." Nanlou said with a smile.

Li Hong shook his head indifferently, "Your Majesty's words are serious. For the sake of the long-term peaceful coexistence of the two clans, Your Majesty has resolutely acted righteously and exterminated relatives. This kind of arrogance really makes me and other juniors deeply admire."

Nanlou nodded and said with a smile: "After this battle, there will be no more wars on the border of Youzhou in a short period of time, and the people can live a stable life."

He looked at the mountains in the distance, smelled the fragrance of the trees in the valley, and couldn't help thinking of Titus that made him gnash his teeth.

King Heiling was angry, his absolute authority was seriously challenged by Titus, and he wanted to kill Titus.So he found Lu Pofeng.Lu Pofeng immediately recommended Li Hong.Things inside Karasuma are more complicated, and Nanlou is highly respected. If he came forward to clean up Tituo himself, it would be a bit unjustifiable.The leaders of the big and small tribes will think that Nanlou is under the pressure of the Han Dynasty to suppress the compatriots in the tribe. This will definitely arouse the dissatisfaction of the tribe leaders, which will lead to conflicts within the tribe. Split.

So we must rely on external force.Of course it would be best if the army of the Han Kingdom could annihilate Tituo.But King Heiling didn't like Jichou very much, even a little disgusted.His greed made Nanlou a little hard to resist.If Nanlou wants to use his power, the timing and concealment are not good, and Ji Chou himself has no ability, and the power in his hand is even more vulnerable.Only Leopard Li Hong and his cavalry can use it.

Lu Pofeng personally rushed to Yefengwei, and secretly discussed the matter with Li Hong.Li Hong was overjoyed and agreed wholeheartedly.So there was the matter of calling the army for field training.Lu Pofeng didn't know the exact number of troops.Because it is related to confidentiality, he has no intention of knowing.He trusted Li Hong extremely.Li Hong confuses and paralyzes the enemy through the method of troop training, intending to shock the mountain and force Tituo to withdraw his troops, so as to complete the plan arranged by King Heiling to ambush and eliminate Tituo.

However, before they had ambushed Titus, Titus had already ambushed Jichou.

Ji Chou cursed, wishing he could eat Tituo raw.His troops caught up with the enemy convoy, but were entangled by the Karasuma cavalry protecting the convoy, and what was worse was that there was nothing in the convoy.They were fooled by Titus.

"Ming Jin withdraws troops, Ming Jin withdraws troops, withdraw..., withdraw..." Ji Chou was out of breath and roared angrily.

However, it was too late, and Tito's ambush soldiers rushed down from the high ground on both sides of the birch valley at the same time. Thousands of cavalrymen rushed down like a black mountain torrent, overwhelming the sky and covering the earth. The soul is scattered, and the liver and gallbladder are split.The sound of galloping horses was earth-shattering, the shouts of soldiers shouting and killing were deafening, and Birch Valley trembled suddenly.

After all, Ji Chou has been on the battlefield for a long time, and he knows that if he wants to save his life now, the most urgent task is to escape from the enemy's siege.Although he was terrified in his heart, there was no trace of fear on his face.

He spat fiercely on the grass, and the muscles on his face twitched nervously a few times.

"Drumming, drumming..." Ji Chou roared wildly.

The sound of war drums was like thunder, dense and violent.The flustered soldiers didn't know what to do, when they suddenly heard the fierce sound of war drums, they immediately cheered up, and quickly gathered towards the thick Chinese army.

"Dense array, dense array..." Ji Chou roared again.

"The archers are in the center, the spearmen are outside, form an formation..."

"The left wing is the front, moving rapidly..."

The semaphore soldiers around Jichou held high the banners of different colors, waved them in turn, and issued instructions to the cavalry.

The cavalry of the Han army showed a high degree of tactical literacy at the critical moment of life and death.They were not chaotic in the face of danger, and under the leadership of their respective battle flags, they quickly completed the assembly and began to move. Although their speed did not increase, their war horses had already begun to run.

The sound of a huge bull horn suddenly broke through the air, exciting and exciting.The enemy initiates a sprint.

The Karasuma soldiers looked excited. Facing the disadvantaged Han army, their morale was like a rainbow, and they shouted loudly, and the hoo hoo sounded straight into the sky.

"Fast forward..."

"Soldiers... kill..."

Ji Chou held up his long knife and galloped his horse.The drums roared furiously.

Inspired by the drums, the soldiers were all excited and responded in unison:
"Kill... ah..."

The two sides contacted instantly.There was a loud noise on the battlefield.

Of Tito's 8000-strong army, 1000 were in Ning County, and Trent led them to retreat.On the way, they will join the convoy of 1000 people who withdrew earlier to escort property and luggage, and rush back to Baishan together.Now the troops besieging Jichou are only 6000 people.Six thousand cavalry besieging the Han army of 2000 men has an absolute advantage in numbers.

The crashing of war horses, the howling of long arrows, the roar of soldiers, the pounding of war drums, and the shrill sound of horns all mixed together and resounded in every corner of the battlefield.

The sharp spears and spears penetrated each other's voices, and the soldiers fell off their horses one after another, and then they were trampled to death by the rushing horses. The soldiers who were hit by the arrows threw their spears and swords before dying. Bringing up puff after puff of blood and flying in the air.

The fierce attack of the Karasuma people caused huge casualties to the Han army.The Han army fought the enemy desperately, almost unable to move an inch.As the soldiers of the Han army on both sides continued to die and fell, the flanks of the formation became thinner and thinner, and they might be broken by the Karasuma people at any time.Once the formation is cut off at the middle, the Han army will be divided and surrounded.

Jichou's combat experience is everyone's chance to survive. He is in the middle of supporting and commanding his subordinates to fight calmly with a loud voice.

"The rear army shrinks, the central army replenishes the two wings, and squeezes out the enemy."

"Order the front army, kill, keep going forward..."

"Archers support the front army, volley, continuous volley..."

The soldiers of the former army had only one thought, and that was to kill the opponent, and kept going until there was no one to kill in front of them.There is a difference of half a horse between the spearmen and the swordmen, and they complement each other.Everyone fought with their lives, without fear, without flinching, they only had the enemy in their eyes, and their weapons were stained with the blood of the enemy.The volley of the archers had an immediate effect, and the speed of the front army's assault suddenly accelerated.The Karasuma people noticed the anomaly and immediately launched a counterattack.With the support of large troops, they came in groups of three or four, intercepting, assaulting, outflanking, and besieging, aiming to kill and injure the soldiers of the Han army in large numbers. indivual.

Tito stood at the top of the valley, smiling and feeling very unhappy.He murmured to himself: Ji Chou, if I don’t skin you and cramps today, I won’t enter the Han Kingdom from now on.

"My lord, I can't see that this fat man is still very organized in commanding the troops. It seems that he won't be able to take it down in a short time."

Titus nodded, and said to his subordinates: "These 2000 people are his base. He has been running rampant on the grassland for so many years, and he has fought against this army. Last time he fought against Guangning, he would rather abandon the city than use it. This army is here to defend the city."

"It's really a pity to use such good cavalry as infantry."

"However, compared with our cavalry, his army is still a little worse."

"He is now adopting a dense defensive formation, and it is difficult for us to give full play to our advantages. My lord, you can see that his assault arrows are still rushing forward violently. Should we draw people from the two wings to strengthen the frontal blocking?"

Titus shook his head and said resolutely: "Concentrate your forces on his flanks and cut off his formation. Once the formation is broken, he will be finished."

"Order the rear cavalry on both wings to line up and shoot, and shoot that fat man to death for me."

(End of this chapter)