Take the city to the Warring States

Chapter 97 The Battle of the Embankment
The sound of shouting and killing resounded across the sky, and countless servants of the Huns crawled towards the city wall like ants.The general of the Donghu garrison stood on the city wall and looked at the climbing Hun servants, and unconsciously put his hand on the saber.

A group of Donghu generals looked at the scene below, gradually frowned and began to discuss among themselves.

"Today, the attacking power of these Huns seems to be a little bit stronger than before."

"From all indications, the enemy general should be a man who cherishes his strength, but why did he let these Hun soldiers attack so forcefully today."

"Look at the opposite side, the Huns seem to have lost a lot of troops."

One general pointed to the Huns in front, and the rest of the generals looked in the direction of his fingers: "Why are there so many Huns?".

"Compared with the previous few days, at least, two-thirds less."

"Where will two-thirds of the troops go".

The chief general of the East Hu garrison had a sneer flashing across his mouth: "No matter where they go, as long as our army doesn't leave, we can keep food and roads safe."

"The general's words are justified. Our army occupies a good location. No matter how these Huns have various means, we can just wait for work at ease."All the generals nodded and bowed.

At this time, a Donghu soldier ran over in a panic: "The general is in trouble. The Huns are in the river twenty miles away. They built dams to store water, intending to flood our troops."

"Water attack".The chief general of the Donghu garrison looked at the water under his feet and was suddenly startled.Fortunately, it was discovered in time, and a catastrophe was avoided.

All the Donghu generals were in an uproar, and the words of discussion sounded again.

"During this period of rainy days, the water level in the river must rise sharply. The enemy will build a dam here to change the direction of the river. Once the river pours down, our troops and hundreds of thousands of people will turn into dead souls in the water."

"It's such a vicious strategy, the general and I must stop them."

"The enemy general is forcing us to go out and fight them decisively."

"This is an unavoidable conspiracy."

The leader of the Donghu garrison turned his gaze to the city wall, and immediately ordered: "I will personally lead an army of [-] to seize the dam. You must stick to the tribe and don't go out lightly."

"Follow orders".A group of Donghu establishments immediately bowed and took orders.

The melancholy sound of the horn sounded, and the Donghu army rushed towards the direction of the river.

A cavalry soldier under the city wall quickly ran to the Chinese army behind: "General Fan, there is a Donghu army rushing from the south gate to the place where the river is."

"Mingjin withdraws troops, leaving [-] soldiers and horses to garrison here, and the rest of the soldiers will follow the general to support the general."Fan Kuai was overjoyed and ordered to the left and right.

The left and right generals bowed and said, "No".

The sound of ringing gold resounded across the sky, and countless soldiers of the Xiongnu servant army retreated one after another.Fan Kui saw that the retreating soldiers had already lined up again, then he slapped his horse back and turned around, leading [-] soldiers and horses, galloping towards the place where the river was.

Ten miles from the riverlands, the flags fluttered in the cold wind.A cavalry galloped over quickly, and upon seeing Han Xin, he got off his horse and bowed and said, "General, the Donghu large-scale tribal defenders are coming to kill here."

"The order goes on, the former army is dispatched."Han Xin was overjoyed and gave orders to the generals around him.

Several generals walked up to Han Xin and bowed: "No."

When the drums sounded, tens of thousands of Hun servants rode away on horses.

The two armies in front collided fiercely, and the sound of swords and soldiers suddenly rang out, and blood began to spread on the ground.

Behind the Donghu soldiers, the main general stared at the place of battle.Several Donghu generals couldn't help but feel a little anxious looking at the front.

"General, our army cannot stay here for long."

"The enemy builds a dam, and the longer our army stays here, the greater the water power will be."

"The current plan is to bypass these Hun cavalry, so that our army can quickly attack the dam."

The general of the East Hu garrison hesitated for a moment, his eyes gradually became firm, and in order to destroy the soldiers fighting in front of the dam in time, he could only temporarily abandon: "Send the order, and the whole army will detour."

"Follow orders".The Donghu cavalry bypassed the battle and galloped towards the embankment.

Seeing this, the generals of the Huns' servants did not stop them, and let them go forward.

When they were about to reach the embankment, a huge phalanx appeared in front of the Donghu cavalry.Han Xin rode a horse and stood at the front of the army formation.With a slight lift of his hand, two phalanxes of Hun cavalry of ten thousand people roared towards the Donghu army.

Seeing this, the Donghu people hurriedly stopped moving forward, and at the same time sent two phalanxes of cavalry of ten thousand people from the army to meet them.

The time of the battle between the two sides passed unconsciously, and the phalanxes, large or small, rushed to the place of battle one after another.

As time went by, Donghu's troops were gradually exhausted, and the generals gradually became anxious.

"There are nearly 20 Huns soldiers and horses here, and it is too difficult to break through the defense line."

"The strength of the Xiongnu is twice that of our army. If this continues, our army will be defeated."

"Now we can only think of ways to outsmart."

"The general and the last general know a small path that can bypass the defense of the Hun soldiers in front and lead directly to the embankment."

The eyes of the chief general of the East Hu garrison lit up, and he quickly asked: "This statement is true."

"At this time, the Huns' army is all here, and the general only needs to give the last general [-] cavalry to surprise the dam."General Donghu looked at the main general, his tone full of confidence.

The chief general of the Donghu garrison was overjoyed: "You quickly lead five thousand soldiers and horses, bypass this place to destroy the dam, and then you will lead the army to retreat."

"Follow orders".The general bowed and quickly dispatched [-] soldiers and horses from the rear army, and then rushed in one direction.

The Donghu general led five thousand Donghu cavalry to attack quickly, and in a blink of an eye they arrived at the place where the dam was being built.When he looked away, he was taken aback.The river is so fast that there is no shadow of a dam.While he was thinking, the general suddenly came to his senses and shouted at the Donghu soldiers beside him: "Quick retreat".

As soon as the words fell, two cavalry rushed out from the left and right sides.General Donghu secretly hated that his own side was forced out of the tribe by this out-of-the-box news, which is really annoying.Thinking of this, he drew his sword and rushed down the river bank with five thousand Donghu cavalry.

The war horse slanted down with enormous inertia.General Donghu couldn't help showing a sneer, the enemy general is really a brainless person to set up an ambush so poorly, don't they know that sloping down on the river embankment is an excellent place for cavalry? .

When General Donghu was proud of himself, a phalanx of infantry suddenly appeared in front of him, with shields superimposed and spears stretched out through the gaps.The Donghu cavalry was in a hurry, and hurriedly pulled the reins, but there was no way to pull it at this time. They could only watch helplessly as the horse slammed into it, and then the cavalry behind slammed into the cavalry in front. It was a horrible sight for a while .

The dense sound of horseshoes came from behind the Donghu cavalry, and the two Hun servant cavalry bowed their bows and shot arrows one after another, and the arrows came like raindrops.A number of Donghu cavalrymen who had not yet been killed fell in a pool of blood.

Half an hour later, Zhang Liang came slowly on his horse surrounded by soldiers.Looking at the five thousand Donghu cavalrymen lying in a pool of blood, he slapped the horse's back heavily.Then he took the army and galloped to the place where Han Xin was.

(End of this chapter)