After three days and three nights of tracking, Lai Yue and his scouts followed the high-chariot convoy closely, trekked through mountains and rivers, turned more than 200 miles from the northwest of Puchanghai, and arrived near a canyon, and then watched the convoy of these high-chariot people enter the canyon with his own eyes.

Then, Lai Yue led people to climb a nearby hill, climbed high and looked into the distance, and saw that the canyon was full of clouds and livestock.

There are countless figures moving in it.

Just by visual inspection, Lai Yue estimated that there were at least thousands of Huns in this canyon and nearby, and as many as two or three hundred thousand livestock.

"The Huns actually put their baggage here?" Lai Yue licked his lips, and his heart was ecstatic.

Originally, the Han army speculated that the Xiongnu might put their baggage in a dense forest or mountain gorge at the foot of the northern foot of the Tianshan Mountains.

But what Cheng thought, the Huns actually did the opposite, and put their baggage on the flank of the battlefield, on the south side of the northern foot of the Tianshan Mountains, directly opposite Puchanghai!

Thinking about it carefully, Lai Yue suddenly figured it out.

The weight here means that the Huns have not given up the attack, and they are still planning and plotting a certain conspiracy.

Moreover, since ancient times, soldiers have been virtual and real, real and virtual, and the first priority is to confuse and paralyze the opponent.

What's more, the one who is now presiding over the war on the Yuli side is still Li Ling, the captain of the Han cavalry back then!

Li Ling has always been bold in his soldiers, and he was very attack-conscious, and he only led a few hundred cavalry to dare to go deep into the hinterland of the Xiongnu, cross the Hun River, and enter the Yuwu River basin to investigate.

Nowadays, it is bold to put the baggage on the flank of the battlefield, but this place is hidden, and it is located in the canyon between the Puchang Sea and the northern foot of the Tianshan Mountains.

The Han army that fought from the direction of Luntai needed to pass through the entire Weili before they could attack here, otherwise they would need to go around hundreds of miles, go out of Bailongdui from Loulan, and cross the Puchang Sea to threaten this place.

Moreover, the small number of people is simply not able to shake the defenses of this place.

If there are many people, it will undoubtedly startle the snake and turn the surprise attack into a strong attack.

"Let's go!" Lai Yue quietly retreated from the hidden place of the hill and beckoned his subordinates: "Let's go back and report to the general!" ”

Since this rat nest has been discovered by the Han army, there is no room for escape!

It's just that......

Lai Yue was a little worried that the Huns might be transferred, so he left a few capable men and enough jerky and cheese for them to eat for a month, and then quickly left the place with the rest of the people and returned to the Han camp.

It took two days for Lai Yue to lead his people to catch up with the main force of the Han army that was marching in the direction of Luntai.

At this time, Zhang Anshi's department had already arrived at the periphery of Luntai.

In the distance, the once majestic Luntai City and its surrounding water conservancy facilities and land have been destroyed by the Xiongnu.

"Heaven Descends"

As far as the eye can see, there is a ruin.

Zhang Anshi led people into the ruins of Luntai, and then he saw that in the center of the ruins, there was a continuous tomb.

The tomb is sealed in the Central Plains style and a monument is erected.

Its inscription says: The place where Li Sheng, the captain of Hanluntai, died in battle, and the king of Xiongnu Jiankun stood respectfully.

Zhang Anshi walked to the stele, stared at the inscription, his eyes were moist, he stretched out his hand to gently touch the inscription, and finally couldn't help sighing: "Sheng'er, father-in-law is here to take you home!" ”

Li Sheng, the governor of Luntai, is his son-in-law and a rising star of the Li family in Longxi, and has always been valued by him.

Li Sheng is cautious and courageous, he should have enjoyed glory and wealth in Chang'an, and his brothers, like cockfights and lackeys, wives and concubines, drunk and dreamed of death.

However, when he was eighteen years old, he hid from his parents and came to Hexi to join the army with his entanglement.

Start as a big soldier, and accumulate merit step by step to become a captain.

A year ago, he took the initiative to ask Ying to guard this round of Taiwan.

Pity......

Zhang Anshi looked at the stone tablets and tombs in front of him, and he sat cross-legged on the ground.

"Father-in-law hurt you, Sheng'er!" Zhang Anshi muttered to himself.

Li Sheng, Ben will not die.

Wheels wouldn't have fallen!

Now, the war in Lingju has returned to the original point.

Facts have proved that the judgment of the Hexi Army was accurate, and it was only a ten-sided net, and later it fell short.

And this wheel has fallen.

Of the tens of thousands of defenders, less than 3,000 broke through.

At least 2,000 people died in the war, including his son-in-law Li Sheng and a large number of elite Han soldiers.

The rest were captured by the Huns.

The fall of Luntai was the biggest defeat suffered by the Han army after Zhao Ponu's army defeated the Hun River.

Zhang Anshi stared at the tomb in front of him, then got up and looked at the city that had turned into rubble and was buried in ruins.

He drew his sword from his waist and swore, "A tooth for a tooth, blood for a blood!" Sheng'er, don't worry, your revenge, uncle will avenge you! ”

It's not just for Li Sheng

, also for himself!

This battle is related to the success or failure of his life.

At this time, Chang Hui brought people to Zhang Anshi and reported: "General, Captain Lai is back!" ”

"Huh?" Zhang Anshi immediately said: "Spread quickly!" ”

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Li Ling looked at Captain Outuo in front of him, and his brows furrowed tightly.

"Zhang Anshi can really bear it!" He sighed softly: "I'm like that, he still marches less than forty miles a day, it's enough!" ”

For him, the main force of the Han army is now advancing in a group, which is almost an unsolvable bug!

Because the main force of the Xiongnu, even if you count the army of the client state, it can be comparable to the strength of the advancing Han army.

But the quality of the two is not the same at all!

Among the main forces of the Han army, there are at least 40,000 elite cavalry that can conduct field battles!

Among the other infantry, there were at least 10,000 or 20,000 who could withstand a battle.

On the other hand, on the Xiongnu side, the main force of the servant commander plus the cavalry of the headquarters of the king of Japan and other departments, the total number was less than 50,000.

But this is only paper data, in fact, the Xiongnu army and the Han army are two different concepts.

In the past, the Huns did not have any concept of a standing army at all.

Their tradition is to be nomadic in peacetime, gather as an army when there is something to do, and participate in the war under the leadership of the chiefs and nobles of various tribes.

That is, after the decisive battle of Mobei, Yin Zhi at that time learned from the pain, and with the assistance of Zhao Xin, began the construction of the Xiongnu's victorious army.

But, the Huns were poor!

It is simply not possible to sustain a large-scale victory.

Even if the sages occupied the rich Western Regions, there were countless servant kingdoms with human and material resources available.

It only raised 5,000 servant cavalry plus less than 20,000 cavalry from the headquarters.

The rest are all undertrained, even the weapons are simple bronze collars, and there are even people who go into battle with stone tools and wooden sticks.

Such an army is vulnerable in front of the Han people.

Even those elite victorious soldiers, their equipment is not far behind the Han army.

Not to mention, the Han army has long been an all-iron army, and its elite Xuanjia army even uses fine iron and even steel as weapons.

They are all equipped with strong bows and crossbows, and they are all riding tall horses.

On the other hand, the Xiongnu had very few iron weapons, and most people still used bronze weapons.

As for iron, steel, swords, and armor, they were only available to nobles and nobles.

It was also this capture of Luntai, relying on the captured Han army armor that the ancestors turned one of their headquarters into the so-called 'Xuanjia Army'.

said that it was the Xuanjia Army, but in fact it was just an all-iron cavalry.

Moreover, iron rusts.

Without replenishment, this cavalry will degenerate in a few years.

This is also the annoyance of the Huns.

Mobei is bitterly cold, windy, sandy, rainy and snowy, and the armor of the Han army they captured and smuggled is rusting faster than you can imagine.

Even though there are many people like Li Ling who teach them to maintain their armor.

But the problem is that the Huns didn't have so much grease to do this.

They have no choice but to take care of the more precious things.

For example, seized rhubarb crossbow parts, ballista car parts, swords, swords, and armor.

If the iron is rusty, it can only be wiped off and used until it can no longer be used.

Thinking of this, Li Ling felt very troubled.

Compared to the familiar Han army, the Huns were inferior in all places.

Height, strength, physical fitness, equipment, training, organization, discipline, technology and tactics, the Xiongnu were completely backward.

The only advantage is depth.

But in this battle, this advantage is also gone.

From Yumen to the northern foot of the Tianshan Mountains, up to 1,500 miles.

This distance, for the Han army, which has been accustomed to expeditions of 5,000 miles or 10,000 miles at every turn, is as easy as traveling.

The tactics of the Xiongnu pulling and harassing logistics supplies were also greatly reduced at such a distance.

Now, the Han army is advancing in groups.

This was simply a torture for Li Ling.

"Otherwise, just fight with the Han people in Yuli!" The sage sitting at the top was also very annoyed when he looked at Li Ling's worried appearance, and couldn't help but burst into a foul mouth: "If the gods bless and the ancestral spirit manifests, maybe there will be a chance!" ”

It's a big deal, push the servant armies of the countries of the Western Regions up as cannon fodder!

Before the servant army is dead, the Huns will never retreat!

Li Ling understood what the sages meant, and he shook his head and said, "Tu luxury...... Ruohan Army

In a decisive battle with our army here, I thought that the countries of the Western Regions would probably be reversed! ”

The servant troops in the Western Regions usually seem to be stupid, and the Huns will do whatever they tell them to do.

However, Li Ling knew that it was just a disguised character.

In fact, each of these guys is more shrewd than the other, and one is cunning and the other is cunning.

If the Han and Huns are the main force, I am afraid that these people will immediately start to compete and ride the wall, and for the orders of the Xiongnu, they will disobey the yang and the yin, and play the ball.

Once the Xiongnu fall behind, these guys will immediately turn into Knife Sect disciples, desperately sticking knives into the Xiongnu to show their loyalty to their new masters.

The sage listened with fear, clenched his fists tightly, and bit his lip, how could he not know about this situation?

"These!" The sages scolded viciously: "One day, I will make them look good!" ”

But there is nothing to be done.

At least for now, and for a long time to come, he has nothing to do with these slippery ghosts in the Western Regions.

Unless, the Han and the Huns negotiate peace, and the Xiongnu can free up their hands to clean up the portal, otherwise these guys will be unscrupulous.

"So what now?" Xianxian couldn't help but ask.

"Tu Hao, don't be impatient......," Li Ling gently persuaded, "Wait a few more days...... If the Han continue to do so before the heavy snow closes the mountain, we will withdraw to the Tianshan Mountains and ......"

"Huh?" The sage bowed his head and asked, "Is this the only way to go?" ”

He knew very well that the implication of Li Ling's words was actually that if the heavy snow closed the mountain, it would be impossible to repel or at least encircle and annihilate a Han army.

Then, you must be prepared to bow your head to the Han people, and even kneel and lick the Han people.

Otherwise, there is only one way to perish for him and the entire Xiongnu part of the Western Regions!

He could also imagine the horror of that time!

At that time, the Han army occupied the entire northern foot of the Tianshan Mountains, and crossed the Tianshan Mountains in a big way, killing from Qiuzi, Yanluxe, and Weisu.

And Wusun came out of Yin Lieshui, and Dawan came from the west, and Han, Wusun, and Dawan attacked from three sides.

And the countries of the Western Regions have all-out anti-water rebellion.

And in the past, every time at this time, even before there was this sign, the main force of the royal court in Mobei would come to the aid of the private canal Bi Hai.

But now......

Mobei Royal Court, let alone come to help, I'm afraid it's already a blessing not to add to the chaos!

In this way, the foundation of the Xiongnu in the Western Regions will be destroyed in one fell swoop.

At that time, he won't say anything else.

It's a blessing to be able to save my life!

Such a terrible and dangerous situation was something that the sages could not have imagined before the war.

Now, looking back, the sages are full of regret in their hearts.

"If I had known this was the case, I shouldn't have touched the wheel......" he sighed slowly, already regretting it in his heart.

If they don't fight Luntai, then, from the perspective of the Han Dynasty, their court leaders will restrain Zhang Anshi to recuperate.

If he didn't fight Luntai, although there would be a lack of deeds to deter the nobles of Mobei, Shan Yu's position would also fall into his hands sooner or later. It's just a matter of taking more time.

If he didn't fight Luntai, even if the main force of the Han army really attacked, he at least had the strength and spare strength to defend against the offensive of the Han army, and consumed the Han army in Weili and Qiuzi, and dragged it until winter, and the Han army had to retreat.

It's like now, playing the wheel platform, although he won, but he poked the hornet's nest.

The people of the Han Dynasty would rather burn money and grain, compete with him for national strength, and grind him to death!

And this kind of play is a way he can't take the move at all.

Sighing, regretting.

A nobleman hurriedly ran in, knelt down in front of the sages, and kowtowed: "Tu Hao, Outuo cavalry report, the Han people sent a cavalry, out of the wheel, galloping north!" ”

When the sages heard this, they immediately stood up.

Li Ling raised his head even more excitedly, and an extremely fanatical look flashed in his eyes.

The Han army has finally moved!

This is undoubtedly their greatest good news!

Because, as long as the Han Dynasty army did not divide its troops, they were helpless.

"How many Han cavalry attacked? Where are they targeted? Li Ling immediately asked.

The visitor knelt on the ground and hesitated for a moment before replying: "King Qiqi, according to the report of the Outuo cavalry, the Han cavalry is about 8,000, and this morning they sailed out of Taipei and moved towards the northeast of Weili, and now they should have arrived at the northeast border of Weili!" ”

"Wei Li Northeast?" Li Ling listened for a moment, and was immediately shocked: "Oops! The baggage has been discovered! ”

The sages also reacted, and immediately roared: "Immediately convene all the nobles above the Bone Marquis to discuss the matter!" ”

For the Huns, among the most feared moves of the Han army, hitting them was the first terrifying thing.

Because the Han army once relied on stealing baggage to beat the Huns to self-sufficiency!