Han Dang is stronger

Chapter 546 Fall short?
Let’s take a look at Xiangzhuang’s situation in Shanwu City. During the period when Li Zuoche’s troops of the Han army were surrounded by the Bantianling Highlands, Xiangzhuang had actually maintained a close relationship with Nie Zheng, the guard of Mayi, through many small roads. In close contact, on the day the main brigade of the Han army arrived in Mayi, I knew that Xiang Kang personally led an army of 43 to go north to Yanmen County.

After receiving this news, Xiang Zhuang was overjoyed, of course he didn't dare to neglect anything, and immediately asked the Shanwu defenders who had already been on alert to prepare to attack at any time, but Xiang Zhuang didn't expect the decisive battle between the Han and the Hungarians. The meeting came so quickly that just in the evening of the third day, the scouts who were closely monitoring the movement of the main force of the Huns flew to report that Xiang Kang had personally led the army northward from Mayi, and initiated the first battle of the decisive battle between the Han and the Huns. one shot.

"A decisive battle so soon? Your Majesty is so fast this time!"

Surprised, Xiang Zhuang didn't dare to be negligent, and quickly ordered the scouts to step up their investigation, and arranged dozens of fast horses to relay the news in turn, so that he could know the Bantian Ridge sixty miles to the south within an hour. The latest changes in the battlefield, and at the same time ordered all the defenders of Shanwu not to leave their weapons, rest and not to disarm. Each person received three days of dry food and horse feed, and was always ready to go to battle. Before the rainy day, all the food and grass for the friendly army to pursue were ready. ——Although at this time Xiang Zhuang is still unable to determine who will win the decisive battle between the Han and the Hungarians.

Then, after all these things were arranged, Xiang Zhuang asked the Han general Wang Yi who helped him lead the cavalry: "General Wang, how are you doing with whatever I secretly told you the day before yesterday?"

"Don't worry, general, it's all done." Wang Yi immediately replied: "Of the 50 marksmen who are proficient in riding and archery, more than [-] of them can speak a lot of Xiongnu dialect. He is an expert in the Huns, and he has seen the barbarian Maodun once. In addition, the Huns uniforms and fake Huns soldier badges are ready to be distributed to them at any time, as well as poisoned arrows soaked in nuxies. They're ready."

"Very good." Xiang Zhuang was overjoyed when he heard this, and hurriedly ordered: "Give them clothes, badges and poisoned arrows immediately, and let them go out of the city overnight and go south to Niupigou to disguise themselves as Huns and barbarians to ambush. Our army fought in Bantianling If they win, the barbarians of the Xiongnu will definitely take the short-cut route of Shanwu and flee northward, and they will definitely pass by the vicinity of Niupigou. At that time, let them mix in with the defeated Huns, try to get close to Maodun's sweat flag, and use poisonous arrows at random All together, get rid of the Maodun barbarians!"

"Remember, ask our soldiers to tear and stain their clothes, and it's better to put some blood on them, and they must pretend that they have lost the battle! Also, if this thing is successful, each of them will be rewarded , those who died in battle will receive three times the pension!"

Wang Yi agreed, and rushed down to carry out the order, arranging for the soldiers of the Han army to disguise themselves as Xiongnu soldiers and go out of the city to ambush.As a result, Xiang Tie, who was helping Xiang Zhuang to lead the infantry, heard something wrong, and asked Xiang Zhuang, "Uncle Qiu, what's the matter? Are you planning to sneak attack and assassinate that barbarian Modun on the battlefield?"

"It's not me, it's Lord Guangwu." Xiang Zhuang replied with a smile: "Mr. Guangwu told me in secret when he was parting that he would do everything possible to drag the main force of the Huns near Mayi, and to protect our main force from Mayi. He also said that as long as he can succeed, I received the news that the decisive battle was about to start, so I arranged for the sharpshooter to disguise himself as a barbarian of the Huns, ambush him on the only way the barbarians of the Huns fled north and return to the grassland, and then took advantage of the chaos. Infiltrate the defeated soldiers of the Xiongnu barbarians, and kill that jackal of Maodun with poisoned arrows!"

"Can it work?" Xiang It said worriedly: "The Huns and barbarians are all cavalry, even if they are defeated, there will be a large number of defeated Huns who will flee north. It is a bit suspenseful to rely on [-] cavalry to attack the Maodun barbarians." ?”

"Don't worry, even if you are not 20% sure, there is still [-]% to [-]% hope." Xiang Zhuang said: "Guangwu Lord also said that as long as we win the decisive battle, he will persuade His Majesty to pursue it with all our strength and not to regroup the Maodun barbarians on the road. In addition, we will definitely send troops to intercept the defeated Xiongnu and completely disrupt the battlefield. At that time, our sharpshooters will definitely have the opportunity to attack the Maodun barbarians. As long as we succeed in doing this, we will not have to worry about the Xiongnu for at least [-] years Nan committed a crime."

Xiang it, who likes to pour cold water on the contrary, is still a little worried. After careful consideration, Xiang it suddenly had an idea, and hurriedly said: "Uncle Qiu, why don't we do this? To be on the safe side, we'd better arrange another trap to assassinate that barbarian Maodun , so that the Modun barbarians can avoid the first one but not the second one."

"What trap?" Xiang Zhuang asked curiously.

"The Xiongnu barbarians previously committed crimes in the south. After breaking through the Killing Tiger Pass, they razed the pass to the ground. Obviously they wanted to leave a retreat just in case. In this case, why don't we arrange a team of infantry to set up a camp there, pretending to guard the killing pass? Hukou, and then..."

Before Xiang Ta finished speaking, Xiang Zhuang shook his head and said, "It's a joke to do this. Can you guarantee that the Maodun barbarians will be the first to rush to the tiger's mouth? As long as dozens of defeated Huns arrive first Killing the tiger's mouth, if you find what you left behind, you will definitely not let it go, then you can only kill a few defeated Huns at most, why bother to allocate troops for just a few defeated Huns?"

"Not necessarily." Xiang Ta said unconvinced: "Even if the defeated Xiongnu fled there first, in order to please the Maodun barbarians, they would most likely be patient and keep those things and dedicate them to the Modun barbarians."

"It's too child's play, it's impossible to succeed." Xiang Zhuang still shook his head and refused, and urged: "Hurry up and urge our soldiers to prepare for the battle, don't waste time."

Seeing that Xiang Zhuang insisted on not listening, Xiang Ta had no choice but to obediently leave the headquarters under Xiang Zhuang's urging and go to the infantry of the Han army to supervise the preparations. However, during this period, he finally came up with a way However, he refused to give up. After carefully calculating the detailed steps of his plan, he simply arranged for one of his confidant guards to lead the team, secretly dispatched a hundred infantry out of the city behind Xiang Zhuang's back, and rushed to kill the tiger's mouth overnight to follow the plan. act...

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Let’s take a look at the situation on Maodun’s side. After the first army fled to the north near the camp of the Huns, in addition to immediately ordering the evacuation of the tribesmen to save them as much as possible, Maodun originally planned to gather the defeated soldiers here, and then The cluster fled north.But what Mao Dun didn't expect was that Xiang Kang would let the soldiers he brought ride on the horses that came to the cart on the spot, and directly launched a pursuit. The pursuit was far faster than Mao Dun expected. Charged towards his banner.

Every minute and every second of time is extremely precious to Mao Dun. He doesn't want to waste time fighting with the cavalry of the Han army. It was impossible to gather and reorganize the team, so Mao Dun had to change his mind temporarily, and asked his guards to hold the Xiongnu Khan Banner and lead the defeated soldiers to flee northward.

What happened next surprised Mao Dun again. He only gathered tens of thousands of remnant soldiers in the north, and just met his half-brother Zuo Xian Wang, and more Hun cavalry recruited Guan Ying The main force of the cavalry of the Han army led by Yang Xi, all the cavalry of the Han army who were able to fight on horseback also took advantage of their weapons to cut down the cavalry of the Xiongnu who had to rein in their horses and hold their stomachs to fight. It is to kill 10,000+ Hun cavalry and flee, gaining the upper hand.

Seeing this scene, Mao Dun, who had already rearranged tens of thousands of troops, was furious, and subconsciously wanted to attack him, but Zang Tu held him firmly and said, "Khan, don't waste your time, tyrant The infantry brigade of the army will definitely arrive soon, and all the tyrant cavalry can fight on horseback. Even if they circle around the battlefield, they can hold us back. Big loss."

After thinking about it, this is indeed the truth, Mao Dun gritted his teeth, and still roared, "Continue to go north, and first shake off the barbarian pursuers!"

Everything was expected by Li Zuoche. In order to get rid of the Han army's pursuers as soon as possible, Maodun did not have time to stop on the way to flee north to form a team. More than 20 Hun cavalry were always in a state of confusion and desperately went north. The cavalry of the Han army who received the order also kept chasing after them, and once again shattered Maodun's dream of trying to gather the defeated soldiers in the Shilai Mountain area, forcing Maodun to go north all the way without being able to effectively command the army.However, Li Zuoche missed a little bit...

At dusk, the Xiongnu's defeated army was only a dozen miles away from Shanwu. He looked left and right at the road he had passed when he went south. He shouted loudly: "Quickly, put away Ben Khan's flag! No more fighting without Ben Khan's personal order!"

"Khan, why?" King Zuoxian next to him asked strangely: "Without your banner to guide, our soldiers are easy to get lost?"

"If the flag keeps going down, Ben Khan's head will be in danger!" Mao Dun said with a dark face: "The sky is getting brighter, and the barbarian defenders in front of us will definitely send troops to intercept us when they see our attack. The team is in chaos, and the barbarian defenders will definitely raid Ben Khan's king's banner directly, and we are out of men and horses, if we can't resist, will Ben Khan's head be chopped off by the barbarian soldiers to use as a chamber pot?"

After explaining the reason why he ordered the flag to be collected, Mo Dun shouted again: "Quickly, put away Ben Khan's king's flag! Put away your king's flag for me too!"

He didn't take into account that Maodun could be so cunning, which led to the failure of Li Zuoche's plan to send elite sneak attack to kill Maodun. Although the [-] cavalry of the Han army successfully mixed into the team of the defeated Huns, they could not find the location of Maodun in the chaotic crowd of the defeated Huns. He ran around like a headless chicken, looking for Maodun at the risk of being discovered at any time...

The crowd was too chaotic, and the cavalry of the Han army were not lucky. Of course, they failed to find Maodun. They could only flee all the way to the city of Shanwu with the surging crowd of defeated Huns. As a result, Xiang Zhuang also led the cavalry of the Han army as expected. Going out to face the battle, he couldn't wait to open his eyes wide to find the flag of Maodun, but after realizing that it was futile, Xiang Zhuang had no choice but to shout: "Rush up, try to kill the barbarians of the Xiongnu!"

Don't say that the Shanwu soldiers of the Han army didn't work hard to intercept and kill them. In this blocking battle, countless Han soldiers successfully captured their heads, hacked with knives, spears and axes, and killed and wounded countless Huns soldiers. However, the Huns There are too many cavalry, like the ocean, almost drowning the Shanwu Han army with a total strength of less than [-] in an instant. However, it quickly disappeared in the distance to the north. No matter how hard the Han army officers and soldiers slashed and intercepted, they still could not stop so many Xiongnu cavalry from fleeing north.

During this period, Xiang Zhuang, Xiang Ta, Wang Yi and the others kept trying to keep their eyes wide open, trying to find the place where the flag of Maodun was to carry out an assault, but what Xiang Zhuang and the others saw all the time was always the densely packed Huns The crowd of defeated soldiers, as well as countless insignificant wolf flags and eagle flags, Xiang Zhuang, Xiang Ta and others shouted anxiously, but they had no choice but to ask, "Where did the barbarian Maodun go? Where did he go? It can't be still behind, right? "

In the end, after most of the Huns' defeated Huns had passed through the blocking position of the Han army, and Wang Yi also led the Han army cavalry northward to pursue them, Ma Hai, the Loufan general who was ordered to snipe, came to Xiangzhuang and Xiangzhuang helplessly. It reported back in front of it, saying that they had never found the flag of Maodun, so they could not complete the task assigned by Xiang Zhuang. Xiang Zhuang heard helplessness and could only say strangely: "It's strange, where did that barbarian Maodun go?" Could it be that we have already killed him? It shouldn’t be, if he was dead, there would be so many Hun cavalry gathered together and fled north? Also, why are the flags of the Left and Right kings Didn't see it either?"

"Report—!"

At this time, a fast horse galloped up from the north, rushed to Xiang Zhuang, clasped his fists and played: "Report to General Xiang, General Wang Yi sent a villain to report that the Huns and barbarians passed more than ten miles away from Shanwu. Suddenly, the white-haired sweat flag of the Maodun barbarians appeared in their army and headed directly towards the killing tiger's mouth."

Hearing this report, Xiang Zhuang immediately slapped his forehead heavily, and shouted angrily: "Oh no, why did we forget that Maodun barbarian would put away his white-haired sweat flag? It's troublesome now, and I missed this opportunity." , Let the jackal escape back to the grassland, it will definitely be more difficult for us to destroy the Xiongnu in the future."

"Uncle Qiu, don't be in a hurry." The Xiang it next to him suddenly said, and said with a sinister smile, "Uncle Qiu, didn't you hear that? The barbarian Maodun fled in the direction of the tiger's mouth."

(End of this chapter)