Chapter Twenty-Nine: The First Ambush
Twelve days later, Hu Yanhao led the army to the periphery of Wuyi Village smoothly.
"Shan Yu"
Lan Zhan, Lan Yanba, Su Yuti and others led a thousand elites out of the village for ten miles to greet them.
"Okay, thank you guys"
Hu Yanhao smiled and reassured, not blaming them for the failure of the siege of Wuwei City.
"How's your case now?"
Hearing this, he rode his horse and replied softly
"We still have 4,000 people in the headquarters, and we have collected more than 60,000 miscellaneous people."
"Oh?"
Hu Yanhao was a little surprised, unexpected.
"It's just a bunch of old and young"
Lan Zhan also followed, and said disdainfully, he didn't look down on the miscellaneous hu, and he sneered at those old and weak, except for eating, there was no use, and there were many thieves who ate, and it was difficult to say that he was qualified to be cannon fodder.
"I see, can you still charge?"
Hu Yanhao suddenly, no wonder there are so many miscellaneous beards, but it doesn't matter, he can only launch a wave of charges, so that these old and young people can die in front of the miscellaneous beards and young people, and it is quite good to accumulate anger value.
"It's okay if you can't charge"
He smiled slightly
"When the time comes, feed them a meal of tiger and wolf medicine, and ensure that they can burst out in a short period of time with combat effectiveness comparable to that of elites."
"Well, very good, I'll leave it to you at this time, collect more miscellaneous old and young, and don't worry about food and grass."
Hu Yanhao is very satisfied, the people of the Su Yu family really have a bad stomach, as for the inhumanity or something, they don't feel it at all, after all, in their eyes, is Zahu a human? Not really. As for the grain and grass, this is not a problem at all, when these miscellaneous hus are almost dead, naturally there will be no one to consume, and then these cattle and sheep may not be completely taken away by their Northern Xiongnu headquarters, rather than leaving them to the Han family, it is better to use them to collect the old and young, and they should be fed the last meal.
"How's the siege equipment going?"
Compared with Zahu, this is Hu Yanhao's biggest concern, they are not good at attacking cities, and Zahu will not attack cities at all, so they can only rely on a large number of siege equipment to pile up, fill it with flesh and blood, capture Wuwei City, slaughter the city, and then evacuate westward, and participate in the war between Rest and Rome on the edge, the plan is very simple.
"Today, a total of 20,000 ladders, 2,500 siege crossbows, more than 35,000 sets of hooks and ropes, and nine dragon teeth have been built."
He said in a deep voice, these days he is very busy, almost all the movable Qianghu have been sent by him to build all kinds of utensils, the old kneading hemp rope, the small sharpening blade, anyway, he can't be idle and just eat and not work.
Hu Yanhao bowed slightly, this number is not very sufficient for their current people, but it is almost the same.
"How many attacks does a battering crossbow fire?"
Hu Yanhao was a little curious, this thing was still stolen from the Han family, but unfortunately he didn't learn it all, the power is very great, and the suppression effect is very good when attacking the city, but it will fall apart if he can't shoot many times, and it can only be said that talking is better than nothing.
Hearing this, his face appeared ashamed, he pondered this thing for a long time and still couldn't figure out what the hell the situation was, as the number of shots increased, the wooden bracket would be damaged, resulting in unusable, if it was replaced with an iron one, the toughness was insufficient, it was easy to get stuck, and it was quite troublesome to make.
Hu Yanhao saw the shame on his face, and immediately understood that this thing was still the same, so he patted him on the shoulder and said: It's okay, we Huns have never needed this kind of bells and whistles.
The golden mirror also smiled and nodded at him, if this thing was really so easy to crack, their older generation of Huns would have cracked it a long time ago, it can only be said that they are not suitable for playing this kind of delicate work, as a nomad, what do you want him to do with a siege crossbow or something?
"Shan Yu~"
He slowly regained his composure under the comfort of his own parents, and suddenly remembered that there were two more important pieces of information, and hurriedly chased after him.
"There are still two things, one of them, the cavalry that is comparable to my Hun Janissary has found out that it is Dong Zhuo from Jincheng, named Xiliang Iron Cavalry, with 4,000 soldiers and horses. Second, the Han family built a ~, a castle outside the city of Wuwei, which is the trend of horns against each other"
"Castle?"
Hu Yanhao frowned, it's only been a few days, and he ran out of a castle?
"Yes, although it is far from being as tall and sturdy as Wuwei City, it doesn't look like it's easy to attack."
He was stunned when he heard that there were more castles on the edge of Wuwei City, and then he deliberately took the time to go over and observe from afar, and he really saw a castle made of solid stones, which was simple!
"How many men do you expect it will take to take it?"
"Fifty thousand miscellaneous beards, and they need to be supervised!"
Hu Yanhao's face sank when he heard this, he understood what it meant to supervise the war, and in the case of the war, he still needed 50,000 miscellaneous beards, which made people a little uncomfortable. Although he doesn't care how many people die in Zahu, he has to die worthwhile.
"I know, three days later, I will raise troops to the south and attack Wuwei City!"
Hu Yanhao replied lightly.
Three days later
Lan Zhan led the headquarters of the 1,000 Xiongnu and 8,000 Zahu as the vanguard, and went straight to Dunoze, which would be the first station of the Northern Xiongnu army.
"General, here!"
Cheng Yi, who was hiding in a tuft of weeds in the northern part of Tonozawa, whispered to Ma Teng, who was lying next to him to recuperate.
Ma Teng turned over when he heard this, listened carefully with his ears close to the ground for a while, and said lazily
"Don't worry, it's still early"
"General, our heavy cavalry still has armor."
Cheng Yi said helplessly, he didn't understand, what's so good about heavy cavalry, how much grain and grass do people have to eat and chew horses, don't you have a little pressure in your heart? Don't you know how poor you are? I really think I'm a rich second generation.
"There's no hurry~"
....
A quarter of an hour later, Ma Teng, who had been listening to the movement, suddenly said coldly
"Order the brothers to wear armor!"
Cheng Yi pursed his lips, turned around and got out of the grass, he could see the enemy's figure, this will be the armor, and he can't charge.
At this time, Lan Zhan, who was already close to Du Nozawa, also found a large cluster of yellow-green vegetation, and he couldn't see anything from a distance, and now he looked at it obviously There was a problem, and he immediately gestured back, and the elite of the Northern Huns behind him began to be silently vigilant.
Just after Lan Zhan issued a warning, the cluster of yellow-green vegetation suddenly rushed out of a stream of cavalry towards him, Lan Zhan saw that the corners of his mouth were lightly raised, and the team that couldn't even choose the timing of the charge could have any combat effectiveness, it seemed that he had finally met a rookie now.
"Kill!"
Drinking heavily, Lan Zhan accelerated violently and led his subordinates to rush over, and then saw that his boss was so fierce, his confidence increased greatly, and he immediately rushed forward.
Not long after rushing, Lan Zhan suddenly found that the size of the cavalry on the opposite side was a little wrong, and the speed was not normal, as the two sides approached, Lan Zhan's eyes changed from doubt to consternation.
Heavy cavalry!
Frightened, Lan Zhan let out a long roar, and the thousand Hun elites behind him immediately began to slowly disperse from both sides, if it was his own brother behind him at this time, Lan Zhan would not dare to spread his head at this time, but now behind him is Zahu, sell it, sell it, and die friends do not die poor monks.
Cheng Yi admired Ma Teng's use of soldiers at this time, who said that the cavalry must charge to the fastest time to cause the greatest damage? Lao Tzu can kill a full irrigation even if he rushes slowly today!
For heavy cavalry, although speed is important, but being able to hit talent is the most important, under normal circumstances, light cavalry, assault cavalry will collide with heavy cavalry? Although I started a little late and my sprint speed was not at the peak, I rushed fast on the opposite side, and it was not so easy to dodge from such a close distance.
Seeing that the 1,000 men and horses leading on the opposite side began to avoid, although Ma Teng was a little surprised in his heart, he was still so happy, did he see it, this kind of elite heavy cavalry saw Lao Tzu and had to obediently avoid it, what's wrong with burning money? What's wrong with being inflexible? What's wrong with weak battery life, it's enough!
And the miscellaneous Hu behind Lan Zhan was a big tragedy, when the Northern Huns dispersed, they could already clearly see Ma Teng's hideous smiling face, wearing horse armor, the cavalry wearing heavy armor collided with them in the blink of an eye, severed limbs flew sideways, blood soared, and countless miserable wails sounded briefly and then completely silent.
Ma Teng, who was also wearing heavy armor, directly killed his enemies all the way, and there was no enemy.
At this time, Lan Zhan, who had completely bypassed, looked at the bloody road that was crushed out and felt a chill in his heart, on the battlefield, what they Huns hated the most was to encounter heavy cavalry, hedging was impossible, and the bow and arrow were basically ineffective, their only way was to drag, drag until the other party was exhausted and slowly besieged and killed.
"Hahaha"
Ma Teng looked up to the sky and smiled, it was this feeling of invincibility, crushing everything in front of him, and no one could stop the charge, this was the way he wanted to attack!
Just when Ma Teng was arrogant, the shortcomings of the heavy cavalry began to be revealed, and turning the horse's head became much slower, even if they were well trained, but the increase in weight and bloated armor made them much less flexible, so that until Lan Zhan was about to be killed to the point of fear Zahu gathered again, these 900 heavy cavalry under the support of 4,000 cavalry cavalry will turn their horses and reline in front.
"Kill!"
Ma Teng roared, and rushed towards Lan Zhan again, crushing thousands of miscellaneous beards into meat puree as soon as he clashed, and he was only a few dozen people who fell off the horse, such a record made him very satisfied, the only shortcoming was that the elites in the lead failed to avoid themselves except for the nearly 100 people in the back, and most of the others slipped away.
Lan Zhan looked at the heavy cavalry who was killing him with a pale face, and then turned his head and glanced at the Zahu behind him who was cowering and didn't dare to step forward, and he also understood that if he wanted these Zahu to die, sometimes he had to rely on some means, like he sold them directly just now, and now it's good if they don't disperse in a hurry.
"Whoever can kill a Han cavalry will have his armor on his! Kill me! ”
Lan Zhan roared angrily, and the elite of the Northern Huns behind him began to charge, and those miscellaneous Huns hesitated for a moment and chose to follow and fight, although the Northern Huns were not very good to them, but they always talked and counted, and even if they couldn't use the armor, it would be a huge amount of money to sell it.
"Ding"
With a crisp sound, Lan Zhan's knife slammed into Ma Teng's spear head, cutting it off, and also sparking a spark on his heavy armor, if he changed to an opponent wearing leather armor, he would have fallen off the horse and been trampled to death, but now the strong defense of the heavy armor was perfectly displayed, although Ma Teng's spear was deflected, and he was also attacked, but the weight was enough for him to sit firmly on the horse, the momentum was unabated, and he continued to stab forward.
"Withdraw!"
When Lan Zhan heard this, he frowned, he was at a disadvantage and didn't even say to evacuate, and the other party actually left without looking back after shouting. After staring at Ma Teng's back and thinking for a moment, Lan Zhan could only blame the heavy cavalry's poor ability to sustain combat and the other party's unwillingness to suffer too many losses.
Turning back and counting his own soldiers and horses, there are still more than 700 in the headquarters, and there are more than 6,000 Zahu, although the loss is a bit miserable, but after seeing the Han army evacuate, Zahu's momentum has improved slightly.
"Chase!"
Lan Zhan shouted, he felt the need to chase again, even if he didn't fight anymore, at least he had to see what the hell this Han army was doing, whether it really left.