Chapter 345: Defeating the Huns

Zhang Liao stood up bravely, and suddenly cut out the Huanglonggou sickle in his hand, Qubei immediately fell off his horse, and the Huns' knights were greatly discouraged.

The 10,000 Xiongnu cavalry were besieged in the chariot circle, and they could not get out. The generals led and deployed to charge left and right. The Huns did not know how many corpses they left behind.

Seeing Qubei beheaded by Zhang Liao, Liu Bao was shocked: "The Han people are so brave?"

"Breakout! Breakout immediately!" Liu Bao was not as stubborn as Qubei. Seeing that his army was trapped in a tight siege, he immediately called the army and horses beside him, ready to break out.

Seeing Qubei, Liu Bao and others being surrounded by the Han army, Yu Fuluo frowned immediately: "The Chinese army attacked the enemy's weak point and sent out the warriors."

After hearing the order, the Xiongnu rangers who were originally surrounded by the chariot circle stopped being a small group of harassment, but suddenly gathered together, and more than ten thousand Hun rangers suddenly gathered in front of the chariot circle.

Liu Ye was sitting on the chariot, looking from afar.

"Wenhe, order Pang De to gather the cavalry in the formation, and later use the chariot circle to open an opening, let the enemy troops in, and then the cavalry will charge." Liu Ye turned to Jia Xu and ordered.

Jia Xu nodded: "Here." After finishing speaking, he turned to the flag soldier and explained.

The banner bearer waved the huge flag in his hand, and Pound had long noticed it.

"Cavalry gather at this general!"

At this moment, the cavalry of the Huns on the periphery had gathered and formed, like a huge sword, rushing towards the Han army.

More than ten thousand Xiongnu cavalry galloped recklessly, trying to break through the Han army chariots in front of them with a dense charge. However, what was unexpected was that before the Xiongnu cavalry broke through the Han army's chariot circle head-on, the Han army suddenly broke through. Let go of a gap.

Yu Fuluo sneered: "Warriors of the Huns, the Han people are afraid of our Huns' cavalry, so they opened their mouths. What are you waiting for?"

"Oh roar!" The more than ten thousand Xiongnu iron cavalry became excited as if they had been pumped with chicken blood, and the horses they stepped down galloped even faster, and the momentum of charging was indomitable.

Seeing that they were about to enter from the circle of chariots, they didn't expect the sound of bull horns to be heard from the opposite Han army formation.

"Boys! It's time to make achievements, kill Hu!" Pound held a spear and shouted.

Behind Pound are 5,000 elite Liangzhou iron cavalry who have already been ready. Before fighting, they were all archers, chariot soldiers and heavy infantry, but these 5,000 Liangzhou cavalry were recharging their energy and recharging their energy. Use it, be full of energy.

"Kill Hu!"

The two armies faced each other, and the ox horns blew.

kill!

On the battlefield, there is no need to say too much, the truth is seen under the hands!

More than 10,000 Xiongnu iron cavalry were unabated, and rushed forward in one go, while five thousand Liangzhou iron cavalry were also not to be outdone, and killed them fiercely.

There are more Huns cavalry, but what is strange is that the Liangzhou cavalry, which has a small number, easily entered the Huns army like cutting tofu with a knife.

The Xiongnu cavalry in the front row were killed and turned on their backs, mourning all over the country. Yu Fuluo looked surprised and pointed to the hundreds of people in the front of the Liangzhou cavalry: "What is the origin of this army? Why is it so sharp?"

I saw that there were 500 horses in the Liangzhou iron cavalry front army, each of them was wearing iron armor, and even the horses under their crotches were wearing a complete set of horse armor, all of them were in military uniform.

Although this army has only 500 people, it is invincible and rampant, because it is a heavy cavalry, and the Huns are light cavalry, which happens to be the nemesis of the Huns.

There were well-informed old Huns around Yu Fuluo, and they immediately exclaimed: "Shan Yu, this is the armored cavalry of the Han people, and it is the emperor's own army!"

Equipped iron cavalry is also the so-called heavy cavalry. Although large-scale cavalry operations became popular in the Qin and Han Dynasties, the development of cavalry was relatively primitive, mainly light cavalry, while the "kidnapper horse" and "serial armored horse" in the Song and Jin Dynasties basically had no .

However, some powerful princes can still have some. For example, Cao Cao once said that "a certain horse armor has only ten sets, while Yuan Benchu ​​has three hundred collars", which means that Yuan Shao has three hundred sets of horse armor, while Cao Cao only has ten.

Dominating the four prefectures of Hebei, Yuan Shao, who is known as the number one prince in the world, has only 300 sets of horse armor, and the scarcity of heavy cavalry is understandable.

And the reason why Liu Ye was able to gather five hundred pairs of horse armor was mainly from the arsenal left over from the military parade of the Emperor Ling. Liu Ye immediately selected the best from the best cavalry in Liangzhou, and selected five hundred battle-hardened warriors. Sergeant, organized this heavy cavalry unit.

The five hundred heavy cavalry galloped forward, the cavalry had iron armor on their bodies, and the horses had horse armor on their horses. The sabers of the Huns could hardly break the defense when they slashed at them. However, what the five hundred heavy cavalrymen were holding was not the horses used by ordinary cavalry, but Two hatchets.

The heavy cavalry held two hatchets, slashed from left to right, and shot plasma everywhere. I don't know how many Huns were slashed to the ground head-on.

With 500 heavy cavalry as the vanguard, the more than 10,000 Xiongnu iron cavalry were like paper. The front army was directly defeated by the Han army, while the remaining 4,000 light cavalry followed the heavy cavalry and entered the Xiongnu army. middle.

Pound, the leader of the army, laughed loudly: "Haha, the armored cavalry is really enjoyable, thanks to the chariot general who let a certain commander command this armored cavalry."

The rest of the Xiongnu rangers who were trapped in the formation had originally counted on Yu Fuluo to lead the troops to come to the rescue, but Yu Fuluo was defeated by the enemy, and their morale was even lower.

"Order the whole army to attack. Before Li Jue and Guo Si send troops, we should wipe out the Huns first, and then make plans!" Liu Ye sat on the chariot and gave orders to the whole army.

Due to the rapid changes in the battlefield situation, before Li Jue and Guo Si could react, the Huns were already trapped in a tight siege.

Originally, he could still run if he couldn't fight, but Liu Ye was prepared. After the Huns rushed in, he immediately ordered the chariot circle to close and shrink the formation.

Seeing that there was no hope of escape, the Xiongnu cavalry also thought of fighting to the death, and started a bloody battle with the Han army.

Jia Xu looked worried: "General, the art of war is about encircling three queries and one. If you give the enemy hope of escape, the enemy will not have to fight bloody. Although the Xiongnu are in decline, there are still more than ten thousand cavalry, and Li Jue and Guo Si have not used their troops. "

Liu Ye's face was determined: "The Huns have been harming the state for a long time. This Northern Expedition is to completely wipe out the enemies on the border. Once these Huns escape, they will continue to invade in a few years. When the time comes to harass the border, the smoke will rise and the pressure will be even greater. big."

Jia Xu's strategy has always been to protect himself wisely. Seeing that Liu Ye insisted on destroying the Huns, he fell silent and stopped talking.

But Guo Si was taken aback, and said to Li Jue: "Zhiran, what should I do?"