Chapter 6 Grinding
Under the order of the Huns, nearly 60,000 Hun cavalry roared in the direction of Li Xi, completely ignoring Li Guang on the side.
Li Guang was anxious, if Li Xi was hit hard, the Xiongnu and the two roads would gather in one place, and the strength would be directly raised to 100,000 people, and at that time, the tens of thousands of Han soldiers here would not be enough for the Hun cavalry to charge and kill.
Inside the valley, Yu Dan was still desperately attacking the front line under Li Xibu.
Li Xi led the army for many years, and lived in Beidi County on the border of the Han Dynasty, and often dealt with the Huns.
Before the first contact, three rows of repulsors were arranged on the front line, and the halberders were also arranged behind the sword and shield hands, and the entire battle formation was in order.
If Han Anguo had also arranged his troops according to Li Xi, there would never have been such a situation now.
Li Xi saw the Hun cavalry rushing on both sides, and he could clearly perceive that the earth was trembling, and the sound of horses' hooves stepping on the ground was like muffled thunder.
"Made, Han Anguo's old puppet is too useless, and now I can't blame me.
After passing the order, the whole army withdrew into the mountains and forests on both sides, and quickly gathered troops to clear the battlefield. ”
The adjutant general on one side was shocked, he knew that once this order was issued, it would be tantamount to letting the tiger return to the mountain.
"General Caiguan, this is not allowed.
If Yu Shan joins forces with the military ministers, we will never have a chance again. ”
Li Xi frowned and shouted.
"Don't you know the seriousness of the matter?
Han Anguo had the most troops in his hands, and he couldn't even defend the mouth of the valley.
And so many Hun cavalry were put here in Yeye, and the 100,000-strong army of Madetha could not even be seen now.
On this trip, we and the general Xiaocai also killed at least 30,000 Hun soldiers, but our own casualties were far lower than the Hun army. ”
As soon as the adjutant general heard this truth, he waited for the cavalry of the two sides to attack and then inflicted huge casualties on the Han soldiers, or he would accept it when he saw it, no matter who he was, he would choose the latter.
"The last general will give the order."
Li Xi nodded and said.
"Go ahead."
In the valley, Han Anguo had just gathered with Gongsun He, and was thinking about pushing all the three-bow bed crossbows to the frontal battlefield, when he thought that the battlefield on the other side had undergone earth-shaking changes.
"General Gongsun, when we push these bed crossbows up, the tens of thousands of Hun thieves under Yu Yi's hand will not even have a place to escape."
Gongsun He's relaxed face, no matter what, he is the most profitable now, 20,000 Hun heads in his hands, and there is no battle damage in front of him.
He had already thought about it, and he would let the army under Han Anguo fight with the Huns in the middle of the pursuit, and the people under his command were still on both sides of the mountains and forests, just let go of the hidden arrows and pick up the heads.
"The great talent of the protector general, the last general admires.
Since the Protector General is so sure, it will be up to you to show your might. ”
When Han Anguo heard Gongsun He's praise, he didn't care whether it was true or not, and chuckled twice in response.
But when they listened to the shouts and continued to go deeper, they found that the shouts became quieter and quieter.
"It's not good, it's weird.
Send a team to find out. ”
Gongsun He said to the adjutant general on the side.
"Whoa."
Moments later, a group of Han cavalry broke away from the army and quickly rushed forward to find out the situation.
Han Anguo and Gongsun He kept their current speed and moved forward slowly.
Originally, part of Gongsun He's army was on the battlefield next to Li Xi's side, but after Gongsun He received Han Anguo's order, he withdrew all the troops.
In order to cut off all the heads of the Huns who died in the valley.
The valley here is about six miles long, and it takes half an hour to get from one end to the other.
The military ministers and wolves were abrupt, although they were circling, but the speed of riding horses was faster than walking, I don't know how many times.
In addition, Gongsun He and Han Anguo wasted a lot of time, and they were beaten by the military ministers with a time difference.
At the beginning, if Gongsun He received Han Anguo's order, he immediately surrounded him, even if he couldn't clean up Yu Shan in a short time, he could give Li Xi great confidence.
After about a quarter of an hour had passed, all the cavalry scouts who had gone to find out the situation had returned.
"Tell me, what's going on up ahead?"
Han Anguo looked very anxious.
He couldn't let Yu Shan run away like this.
The leader of the scout team immediately dismounted and half-knelt in front of Han Anguo.
"Returning to the Protector General, the Hun cavalry that went there had broken through, and there was a large force of Hun cavalry outside the valley to meet them.
The general was defeated and retreated to the mountains and forests on both sides. ”
After Han Anguo listened, his gloomy eyes swept over the scout.
"In this case, let's speed up a little faster, step forward to support the general of the material officer, and we must not let the general of the material officer and the general of the cavalry be besieged by the Hun cavalry."
Gongsun He didn't know what Han Anguo had done before, and he couldn't figure out the twists and turns between these old fritters, so he really thought that Li Xi retreated because he was attacked from both sides by the Hun cavalry.
But Han An's heart on the side is clear, because he did exactly the same thing not long ago.
Under the order of Gongsun He, the 150,000 Han soldiers increased their speed and headed towards the mouth of the valley on the other side.
A quarter of an hour later, they finally saw what it was like.
Li Xi led more than 60,000 Han soldiers to retreat to the mountains and forests, and the Hun cavalry could not enter the mountains and forests to fight the Han army, so they could only confront Li Xi at the mouth of the valley.
The two sides kept shooting arrows, and if it weren't for the darkness of the sky, I was afraid that countless arrows could be seen forming a perfect parabola in mid-air.
"Push the three-bow bed crossbow up, here the Huns' arrows can't shoot, but our three-bow bed crossbow has a long enough range."
Gongsun He shouted loudly.
As early as after learning the news that Yu Shan had broken through, Gongsun He ordered all the torches of the entire army to be extinguished.
The Huns did not yet realize that the two armies of Han Anguo and Gongsun He had merged and were less than six hundred paces away from them.
"General, two hundred three-bow bed crossbows have been set up with crossbow arrows."
The deputy general on one side said to Gongsun He.
Originally, Gongsun He had a thousand three-bow bed crossbows in his hands, but now Taniguchi is narrow-minded, and he can only put out two hundred three-bow bed crossbows.
Gongsun He's face suddenly appeared with a fierce look, and he immediately shouted.
"Shoot hard at General Ben!"
The distance of six hundred steps is not too far, and it was because of the arrows that came and went with the Han army in the mountains and forests on both sides that the military ministers and others did not hear the sound in the valley.
Even if he heard some before, he thought it was the movement made by the people under Li Xi's hands.
But when the sound of the three-bow bed crossbow arrows bursting through the sky because they were too fast directly overpowered the roar of the bows and arrows, the military minister realized that the situation was not good.
"The whole army is retreating!"
The warlord himself turned his horse's head and immediately shouted loudly.