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Chapter 544 Decisive Battle against the Huns (6)

It was only when the time of Hai Shi was approaching that the news of the death of King Youxian of the Huns was reported to the furious Maodun, and then reported to Maodun, and of course there was an invulnerable Han army. The situation of the army.

Although he once killed his father and younger brother with his own hands, he has a very weak sense of family affection, and he has doubts about the loyalty of King Youxian several times, but after seeing the body of his half-brother with his own eyes, his heart is as hard as a stone, and he can't help being silent for a moment , and then ordered: "Carry it down, from now on Yaliqi's wives will be inherited by Ben Khan himself, and all his children will be raised by Ben Khan himself."

With a blank face, he assumed the responsibility of raising his sister-in-law, nephew and niece, and immediately turned to Zang Tu who was next to him, and asked, "King Donghulu, what happened to those monster barbarians who couldn't be killed? Do you know the reason?" ?”

"Reporting to the Great Khan, it should be a heavy armored soldier of the Tyrant's army." Zang Tu replied immediately: "I heard that the Tyrant Emperor personally discovered a new kind of iron called steel, which is much tougher and stronger than ordinary iron. After the armor was formed, even iron weapons could not be cut or pierced. The Tyrant Emperor used this new iron to create some steel armor, and gave it to his most elite soldiers to wear, and named it Heavy Armor. This kind of armor I have never seen it before, but judging from the reports of our soldiers, the one you Xian Wang encountered should be the heavily armored soldiers of the barbarians of the Central Plains."

"Can it really be invincible with a knife and impenetrable with a spear?" Mo Dun doubtfully asked: "If this is the case, wouldn't such a heavily armored soldier be invincible?"

"Of course it's impossible to be invincible, otherwise the Tyrant Emperor would have sent out his heavy armored soldiers to fight forward." Zang Tu immediately cheered Modu up, and said, "I heard that this kind of armor has two weaknesses. It is heavy, only soldiers with particularly strong bodies can wear it, and they must rest after fighting for a period of time. Second, this kind of armor is afraid of heavy armor hitting the head. King Xiang Yu of Western Chu used this method to wipe out the heavy armored soldiers of the tyrant army .”

"Also, because steel is rare, there are very few such heavy armored soldiers." Zang Tu quickly added: "When I sent troops to help the tyrant's army to fight against the King of Western Chu, my generals only saw three thousand soldiers at a time. Heavy armored soldiers, I heard that it took the tyrant's craftsmen several years to accumulate so much armor, and it is also rare to find soldiers who can wear this kind of armor, so I can be sure that the heavy armored soldiers in the tyrant's army are definitely not There will be many."

Mao Dun nodded slowly, and after a little calculation, Mao Dun decisively sent an order: "Give an order to King Zuo Xian, tell him the situation of the barbarian heavy armored soldiers, and tell him to use meteor hammers and copper Beat the head of the barbarian heavy armored soldier with a stick. Also, tell him not to fight the barbarian heavy armored soldier himself, Ben Khan does not want to lose another brother."

The guard sang a promise, and immediately galloped to the front to deliver the order. Mo Dun raised his head to take a closer look at the battlefield ahead. He saw that although our own army had the absolute upper hand on both wings, they used their strength to force the left and right wings of the Han army into a circular formation. Persevere, but the battle has always been in a stalemate, and there is no sign of any impending collapse of the Han army circle.On the battlefield of the Chinese army, because King Youxian had died in battle, and the heavy armored soldiers of the Han army were rampaging on the battlefield again, invincible, the Huns cavalry who were attacking the position of the Han army's central army was already in chaos. When it came time to break through the positions of the Han army's central army, it was no small miracle that they were not directly defeated by the Han army.

Fortunately, Modu still has a card to play in his hand, that is, the [-] Xiongnu elite cavalry under his personal command have not yet been dispatched. As long as Maodu decisively dispatches this elite reserve team, it will be easy to reverse the passive situation on the frontal battlefield. However, on the point of whether to do so, the talented Mao Dun was extremely hesitant for the first time, and couldn't help but muttered to himself in a low voice, "What should I do? Do you want to take the last gamble? It's a good idea to win this bet." It's easy to say anything, but if we lose the bet, we still won't be able to break through the barbarian army's central position, and when the barbarian's rear army arrives, we will have to pay a high price even if we want to retreat."

"Great Khan, King Youxian's army is in complete disarray." King Zuoguli cautiously reminded: "Whether to withdraw King Youxian's army to regroup, or send reinforcements to strengthen the offensive, please Khan decide early." idea. Otherwise, our losses will only be greater.”

Mo Du didn't say a word, but suddenly asked: "How far is the barbarian's rear army from here?"

"The scout report before the time of the two sticks of incense is still thirty miles away from here." King Zuogu Li hurriedly replied.

"It will take more than an hour to get here at the earliest." Mao Dun came to a conclusion in his heart, and then hesitated in his heart and said: "What should I do? Do you want to take this last gamble?"

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At the same time, in the flag formation of the Han army, seeing that the enemy in front was in chaos, Maodun neither recalled the rebellious army, nor invested follow-up troops to strengthen the offensive. Xiang Kang also quickly understood that Maodun could not make up his mind. The idea of ​​retreating quickly was born again.In order to prevent such a situation from happening, Xiang Kang could only quickly figure out a countermeasure, and secretly said: "We must find a way to lure Maodun to launch a general attack, otherwise, if he retreats and runs away, our previous efforts will be wasted."

After careful consideration for a while, Xiang Kang made up his mind and ordered decisively: "Go and send an order to Hou Yi, telling him to bring me back the heavy armored soldiers, and tell the other three thousand heavy armored soldiers to get ready. We attack from behind, attack the Xiongnu barbarians behind us, and kill the Xiongnu barbarians who are hiding behind and shooting arrows!"

"Your Majesty, isn't it too risky?" Chen Ping next to him hurriedly reminded: "Zang Tu's traitor is right next to Maodun barbarians. He must know that the weakness of our heavy armored soldiers is that they consume too much energy in combat. If our heavy armored soldiers The reserve team has been dispatched far to the south, and the Maodun barbarians might seize the opportunity to launch a general attack."

"That's exactly my purpose." Xiang Kang said expressionlessly: "Only by luring the Huns and barbarians to launch a general attack can we have a chance to completely entangle them and buy time for our rear army to come for reinforcements."

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Xiang Kang made a correct decision, because at this moment, Mao Dun, who did not dare to bet on the fate of the country, was already very inclined to withdraw his troops to the north, but considering that once the army retreated, all 10,000+ civilians accompanying the army would be killed by the Han army. Massacre, Mao Dun didn't dare to make this determination immediately.As a result, at this time, the heavy armored soldiers of the Han army withdrew to the main formation and reported to Mao Dun in time, and hope was rekindled in Mao Dun's heart, "The barbarian heavy armored soldiers are tired, should we seize this opportunity to launch a general attack?"

"Khan, it's time to increase the number of troops." Zang Tu, who was anxious to use the Xiongnu to restore the country, also urged: "The opportunity is rare, the heavy armored soldiers of the Tyrant Army must have withdrawn because they were tired, and it will definitely be difficult to attack again in a short time , take this opportunity to increase troops and attack, as long as we defeat the round formation of the barbarian army, we can hope to capture the tyrant Xiang Kang alive."

Mao Dun was extremely shaken in his heart, but he said: "It's not that simple. If that barbarian Xiang Kang divides his heavy armor into several teams and takes turns to attack, there is still no hope for us to charge forward."

"Big Khan, what should we do then?" King Zuo Guli hurriedly asked.

Not daring to put all his eggs in one basket to gamble on the fate of the country, Maodun was of course still very hesitant, but at this moment, a change occurred again. The Xiongnu Zuoxian King's troops, who were originally suppressing the Han army's central army, suddenly fell into chaos. Encountered the counterattack of the Han army, and after a while, another Hun rushed to report, saying: "Report to the Great Khan, the barbarians sent troops from behind to fight back, and the army of Zuo Xianwang was defeated." It's messed up."

"You can take a gamble. The gamble is that the barbarian army does not have a third heavy armored soldier as a reserve team! You have to take a gamble, otherwise, none of the 10,000+ troops will be able to escape back to the grassland!"

After finally making up his mind, Mao Dun shouted decisively, "King Zuoguli, you lead [-] cavalry to detour to ten li to the south, and intercept the barbarian rear army on the way, so as to buy us time to respond. All elite cavalry, mount your horses, Get ready for the assault, Ben Khan himself will lead the general attack!"

King Zuoguli clasped his fists and sang promises, and galloped down to lead the troops to go south first. Mao Dun also put on his horse himself, and ran to the front of the [-] elite cavalry who had been preparing for a long time. Murmur said a word of God's blessing, and finally shouted: "Beat the drum, attack!"

Hundreds of cowhide drums sounded at the same time, and [-] Xiongnu cavalry under the leadership of Maodun personally galloped towards the front of the Han army's central position. The dense horseshoes shook the ground slightly.As a result, seeing Maodun's white-haired Da'ao personally dispatched, the Xiongnu soldiers who were besieging the two wings of the Han army immediately burst into cheers and their morale was greatly boosted. Someone sent them an order, and the little kings under King Youxian had already led their troops to charge again, and once again rushed to the position of the Han army's central army.

The pressure on the two wings of the Han army and the position of the central army also increased immediately. The surging crowd surrounded the position of the central army of the Han army almost instantly, and when the white-haired banner of Maodun rushed near the front line, the Huns soldiers even more. He stepped forward desperately like crazy, waved all kinds of weapons wildly and desperately greeted the Han army soldiers, hacked with knives and axes, stabbed with spears, and went into battle with fists and teeth. The soldiers of the Han army rolled on the ground, and arrows in the sky were like locusts, raining arrows on the positions of the Han army all the time.

"Hold it! Hold it! Your Majesty is right behind us, no one is allowed to take half a step back! Long live the big man! Long live Your Majesty!"

The shouts of generals and generals of the Han army also echoed on the battlefield. However, no matter how cheering the generals of the Han army were, the generals of the Han army still could not resist the sudden attack of the Xiongnu cavalry. Shrinking, several lines of defense were quickly broken through, the offensive of the Xiongnu soldiers was like a storm, copper knives, spears, axes and copper pecks hacked countless Han soldiers to pieces.

Seeing this scene, even Chen Ping, who had seen countless storms and waves, couldn't help changing his face, and hurriedly said to Xiang Kang: "Your Majesty, I take the liberty to think that you'd better change into soldier clothes as a precaution."

Xiang Kang, unwilling to shake the morale of the army, shook his head decisively, and then Hou Yi also rushed to Xiang Kang with sweat all over his face, and said, "Your Majesty, let me go and charge again. I promise that no matter what method you think of, how much you pay The price will definitely kill the Huns and barbarians."

"Your army's physical strength has declined too much. Going out now will only lead to death in vain. I have lost Zhang Zhong, and I can't do without you." Xiang Kang still refused, and said: "Go down and rest, if the circle is really It has been completely breached, and I still count on you to fight to the death to be the queen."

The situation is just as Xiang Kang said, the other [-] heavy armored soldiers of the Han army who attacked south have already encountered a lot of trouble. Fighting flexibly, I used meteor hammers and copper rod hammers to hit the heads of the heavy armored soldiers of the Han army, and some of the heavy armored soldiers of the Han army were stunned to death. Invincible.

At this time, Li Zuoche's unit of the Han army who was surrounded on the Bantianling Highland also took action. In order to share the pressure on Xiang Kang's side and to entangle the Huns cavalry as much as possible, Li Zuoche decisively led the Han army who was still able to fight. All the soldiers of the army went down the mountain to make an assault, but the troops of King Youguli of the Huns immediately sent troops to meet them. Not only did Li Zuoche's troops not have any chance to reinforce the main battlefield, but they were immediately surrounded by the Huns with their forces.

When Li Zuoche's troops were completely surrounded, the outer circle of the Han army had also been compressed into the inner circle. However, the Xiongnu soldiers are still rushing forward frantically, taking advantage of their strength to kill the soldiers of the Han army every second. The inner and outer circles of the Han army are still crumbling and may collapse at any time.

Seeing such a situation, even Xiang Kang was unavoidably shaken. He subconsciously looked at the hundreds of vehicles parked inside the inner circle. Xiang Kang still forcibly held back the next step of a full-scale counterattack, and said: "Until the last moment, we can't use it! Our army can no longer undertake the heavy task of pursuit. Using it at this time is tantamount to wasting all previous efforts!"

Every next minute is extremely long for Xiang Kang and all the soldiers of the Han army. The Xiongnu’s offensive is like a huge wind and waves, killing the soldiers of the Han army with heavy casualties, and the corpses are scattered all over the field. In order to prevent the soldiers of the Han army from continuing to retreat At the same time, Xiang Kang's direct guards were also forced to serve as the supervisory team, killing many Han soldiers who were timidly retreating one after another, forcing them to move forward desperately, desperately protecting the space in the formation and the accompanying vehicles brought by the Han army.In less than an hour, more than six thousand-man troops of the Han army were completely disabled, and many veterans of the Han army who had followed Xiang Kang for many years died unfortunately.

The Han army defended hard, but they did not know that the Xiongnu army was even more difficult to attack. When the weapons and equipment were at an absolute disadvantage, the Hun cavalry usually had to kill more than three soldiers before they could kill a Han soldier. The casualties were far more than the Han army. It is huge, and as time goes by, seeing that the defensive circle of the Han army has not yet been broken, even Maodun inevitably began to be drummed in his heart, and the idea of ​​Mingjin retreating was born more than once.

"Persist for a while longer, maybe if you persist for a while longer, the barbarian's circle will be destroyed. Anyway, my army is all cavalry, and even if the barbarian's rear brigade rushes to the front, it will definitely be in time to retreat!" This point, already It is the last confidence to support Maodun to continue fighting.

Countless people died, and countless blood was shed. When the blood was so splashed that the ground could not absorb it, and when it merged into a stream and flowed slowly, it was also when the soldiers of the Han army and the soldiers of the Huns all stood on the pile of corpses and slashed and killed each other desperately. At that time, when countless seriously wounded soldiers of the Han army were lying in the pile of corpses and moaning for help, countless torches finally appeared in the dark south, and there was a huge sound of killing and horseshoes, representing the Han army. Army reinforcements have finally arrived.

Hearing the sound from the south and seeing the turbulent torches in the south, the Han army cheered like thunder, but Mao Dun shook his head helplessly, and even more helplessly shouted: "Mingjin, retreat!"

In the Han army formation at the same time, Xiang Kang, who had already been sweating profusely from nervousness, also breathed a long sigh of relief, and then ordered: "Send a signal, counterattack in an all-round way! Get rid of the Maodun barbarians!"

(End of this chapter)