Chapter 481: Shan Yu Bei
The Hun army has lost one-third of it so far, so it is indeed a lot of war horses that are left empty. If it is returned in victory, these things will naturally be taken with them. But the problem is that now is to break through, and if you take these things with you, it will become a burden. And Liu Weichen didn't want these things to cheapen the Huashan Army, so instead of staying and becoming the trophies of the Huashan Army, it was better to use them to win a chance to break through for himself. Anyway, what you can't get, others can't think of it.
"Shan Yu, this cow and horse can be given up, but what about those jewels, gold and silver?" When everyone agreed, one of them asked in a whisper.
As soon as these words came out, the entire military tent was immediately quiet. Everyone's eyes looked at Liu Weichen, wanting to see what he was going to do!
Liu Weichen is also difficult to choose! After all, this is not a small amount of treasure, and no matter where it is placed, it is definitely an amazing fortune. If you want to let yourself give up directly, you won't be willing to say anything!
But it's a little too hard to take them away, because they're heavy! If you pull these big cars around, it will definitely affect the breakthrough speed.
"So be it! Immediately choose trustworthy men, and then give them all the silver and gold to carry with them. After returning to Shan Yuting, let's collect it back and redistribute it! After thinking about it for a while, Liu Weichen finally came up with an idea to break it into pieces.
Everyone didn't have a better opinion, so they had to nod their heads in agreement. Soon, everyone went to work according to this idea. Naturally, the breakthrough was best carried out at night, so in the second half of the night, the Huns began to act.
According to Liu Weichen's plan, they first gathered all the remaining cattle and horses in the camp, and then put them together with ropes, and soaked their tails in grease. Then, he drove these cattle and horses to Li Erhei's side.
With such a big move, it is naturally impossible to hide it from the Huashan Army. Whether it was Sun Tie or Li Erhei, they soon discovered the movement of the enemy army.
However, due to the poor view at night, they did not know how the Huns planned to act, so they could only raise their vigilance.
When the two armies were about three miles apart, the Huns began to set fire to the cattle and horses. After this fire was together, it immediately burned, and after thousands of cattle and horses felt the pain of the fire burning fart~ stocks, they naturally ran wildly.
The short distance of three miles does not take much time for these cattle and horses. The earth seemed to tremble, and only a panicked rumbling sound was felt in the darkness of the night.
When these cattle and horses rushed out, Liu Weichen left some of the soldiers and horses behind to prevent the Huashan army outside the city from chasing them. And he and the other generals led two teams of men and horses, one south and one north, rushing towards Li Erhei's two wings.
Liu Weichen himself led 10,000 people, many of whom were his henchmen, and they took the road to the south bank of the Yellow River. Of the remaining nearly 10,000 men, 3,000 were left behind, and 7,000 were attacking the southern flank of the chariot formation along the border between the plain and the woodland.
Together, the rumbling sounded like the sound of a large number of cavalry charging at first glance, and Li Erhei and the soldiers below thought that the Huns were charging. But after only a few moments, he realized that something was wrong.
"Shoot the arrows, the whole army release the arrows!" Li Erhei didn't have time to order, so he shouted directly.
He sensed that this was not an attack by the Hun cavalry, because when the cavalry attacked, it was impossible for them to rush over with bright torches, so how could they attack. Since it's not cavalry, it can only be something else.
It's impossible to determine what it is, but with such momentum, it will definitely not be an ordinary means. In this case, it is definitely not possible to attack on your own, and defense is the best policy. At the sound of an order, countless arrows suddenly flew out of the car formation, flying towards the fire balls that rushed towards the opposite side.
This kind of attack is not effective, of course it is, and many cattle and horses fall directly after being hit by arrows.
The problem is that they're all connected, and in a rage of madness, unless the whole team is down. Otherwise, only one or two cows or horses will fall, and they will be dragged forward by other cows and horses.
"Fire Bull Formation!" When the firelight was getting closer and brighter, Li Erhei and the others finally saw the situation on the other side clearly. As soon as he saw these guys who were rushing in anger, Li Erhei completely understood, and couldn't help but grit his teeth.
"Shoot the arrows! Steady! Li Erhei couldn't do anything for a while, the mobility of the car formation was too poor, and it was impossible to disperse at this time, so he could only hope that the arrows would stop them.
The only good news is that this formation is not a zigzag, but a character. There is also a wide enough gap left in the middle, which should allow some cattle and horses to pass through it, and as for the rest, Li Erhei is not sure.
Just when Li Erhei and the others were doing their best to deal with these cattle and horses rushing over, the team of men and horses led by Liu Weichen had already reached the north side of the car formation near the bank of the Yellow River.
They moved later than the burning cattle and horses, so when they arrived, it was just when the attraction of the soldiers in the cart formation was attracted by the cattle and horses.
In this way, although they encountered an attack, they were bent on withdrawing their troops, and finally passed the position of the Huashan Army along the shore.
However, because the shore was muddy and relatively close to the car formation, many of the 10,000 troops still became live targets, and finally fell on the river beach.
In any case, he was lucky along the way. Because the soldiers and horses that broke through from the south had just approached the vicinity of the mountain forest, they were attacked by Peng Lin and them, and they could not pass through that place at all.
Peng Lin and the others did not rush out of the woods, but just guarded tightly in the woods, not allowing these Huns to cross the line one step.
The men and horses along the way originally wanted to break through, but they were blocked by death. The most unfortunate thing is that those cattle and horses whose tails have been ignited are already crazy at this time, completely ignoring any direction.
After receiving a fierce attack from the front, he actually began to turn around and rush to the sides. In the north, many cattle and horses fall directly into the river beach, or rush into the Yellow River. These in the south happened to rush into the 7,000 Huns.
There were chasing soldiers in front, and there were angry cows and crazy horses rampage, and this time, these Huns were caught off guard. Many people were knocked to the ground and then trampled into pulp by angry cows and horses.
Except for a few who saw that the situation was not good and ran back in the direction of the camp to save their lives, most of them either died at the hands of Peng Lin or died under the hooves of the cattle and horses that they had lit.
This night's battle can only be described as chaos, Sun Tie and others outside the city found that the momentum over there was extraordinary, but their own side was relatively calm, and immediately guessed that the enemy should be about to break through.
Therefore, they immediately gathered their soldiers and horses and killed the enemy camp, this time it was Sun Tie's 4,000 men and horses who acted. They took the lead and were responsible for dealing with the 3,000 Huns after the break.
As for Hu Tian, he moved forward with the car formation, because the speed was too slow, so he had to stay behind to respond.
The camp was quickly handed over, and the group of people who left behind the broken one knew that this was a mortal thing. Therefore, the will is not particularly firm, and the morale can be described as low.
After the battle, only one round of charges was launched, and they were beaten by the arrows of the Huashan army and the Modao hook and sickle.
It was only after dawn that the situation on the battlefield was calmed down. At this time, Peng Lin received a notice from Li Erhei, and immediately led the cavalry out of the mountains and forests~ , and the autumn wind swept away the remnants of the enemy on the battlefield at a speed like falling leaves.
And after Sun Tie and the others eliminated the 3,000 enemy troops, they immediately rushed to Li Erhei to join him.
"General Li, how are you doing here? Doesn't look good! When Sun Tie, Hu Tian and others arrived, they found that the car formation on Li Erhei's side was already a little chaotic.
Especially in the front two phalanxes, some of the chariots had already broken into a heap, or they had fallen to the ground.
In front of and near this car array, there were a pile of cattle and horse corpses, and the smell of roast beef permeated the battlefield.
"Unexpectedly, this Liu Weichen actually used such a method to rush out of our encirclement. We are still careless, we should have thought of this a long time ago, otherwise, Liu Weichen would not have run away! Li Erhei sighed and said with some regret.
"General Li doesn't have to feel sorry, after all, we didn't expect to succeed in the first battle! The only way to do this is to send the injured soldiers to the city for medical treatment! In the meantime, clean up the battlefield as soon as possible, and let's move on to the next step! Peng Lin persuaded.
"Good! Then according to the previous plan, Sun Tie, you stay in the city, clean up the battlefield and treat the wounded soldiers, especially to send people to clean up the defeated Hun soldiers who fled out, so as not to disturb the people. Hu Tian, you and I joined forces and led the chariots from both sides of the river to pursue Liu Weichen. The terrain to the north is favorable to us, so we don't need to rush too much. It's Peng Lin and Yu Song, you have to speed up, and after leading the cavalry across the river, cross the mountains and go north from the west, and go around from that side to see if you can make a detour in front of Liu Weichen! If possible, we'd better leave them all behind in the Qingshan Gorge area! Li Erhei nodded, and then arranged it.