The remnants of the Hun soldiers fled north, and Geng Shu led the Youzhou raiders under his command to chase after them. During the pursuit, a scout returned with a fast horse, and a large number of Wuhuan cavalry was found in front.

Wuhuan is a branch of the Donghu people, like the Xiongnu, they all belong to the northern nomadic people, living in Shanggu, Yuyang, Eastern Liao, and north of western Liao, and have frequent contact with the Han people, and have been sinicized to a large extent.

However, Wuhuan is not an agricultural civilization after all, but still lives on nomadism, which is essentially different from the Han people.

Geng Shu asked, "How many Wuhuan troops are there ahead?" ”

The scout said with a solemn face: "General, the enemy army is probably in the thousands!" ”

Geng Shu narrowed his eyes, thought for a while, looked at the captains around him, and asked, "Everyone, are we fighting or retreating?" ”

All the lieutenants said in unison: "We all listen to the general!" ”

Geng Shu nodded, shook off the tiger-headed halberd in his hand, and said in a trembling voice: "Where the sun and the moon shine and the rivers go, they are all Han soil!" Daijun is the territory of my Han Dynasty, and how can foreign barbarians be trampled on! Brothers, follow me into battle to kill the enemy! ”

"Kill—" The surrounding Han soldiers shouted in unison.

Geng Shu clamped the belly of the war horse between his legs, and the war horse neighed, shook off its four hooves, and galloped forward. The Youzhou Assault Riders behind, urging the horses to keep up one by one, more than 2,000 riders, launched a charge on the plain.

Soon, people saw a large area of dust spreading on the horizon ahead, and it was clear that a large number of cavalry were galloping towards their side. Geng Shu shouted loudly: "Crossbow arrows!" ”

As he shouted, the Youzhou Turquoise rode up the crossbow machine one after another.

Both sides are cavalry, going in the opposite direction, and they are still doing cavalry charges, and the distance between them is shortened so fast that it is conceivable that when the two sides are less than 100 steps away, the Wuhuan cavalry on the opposite side takes the lead in releasing arrows.

I saw a large array of arrows soaring from the camp of the Wuhuan cavalry, drawing an arc in the air, roaring and smashing towards the camp of the Youzhou cavalry.

Almost all the officers and men of the Han army led by Geng Shu were lying on horseback, trying to reduce the area where they were attacked.

Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh –

Smack, smack, smack-

The rain of arrows fell from the sky, the whistling sound crossed people's ears from time to time, some arrows were nailed to the ground by rubbing the armor on people's bodies, and from time to time there were Han soldiers who were hit by arrows and fell off their horses, and sometimes they were nailed to the ground by arrows together with people and horses.

The nomads' long-range archery has always been their killer weapon, and it has become their basic skill.

In this regard, the Han army is indeed inferior to the nomads, but the heavy armor on the Han cavalry can resist the damage of arrows to the greatest extent.

Many arrows were shot at the body of the Han army, although they pierced the outer layer of iron armor and the inner layer of leather armor at the same time, but this also greatly removed the power of the arrows, so that the remaining power of the arrows could only penetrate into people's flesh and blood, and could not penetrate deeper, and could not constitute the most lethal damage to the soldiers of the Han army.

The distance between the two sides was closer, less than fifty paces away, at this time, the crossbow arrow array of the Youzhou Turquoise Cavalry was launched, and when the arrows flew in the air, they did not draw an arc out, but flew straight forward.

The Wuhuan cavalry who rushed to the front was the first to bear the brunt of it, and for a while, people turned over on their backs, and the shouts of people and the neighing of horses were connected.

The Youzhou Turk only had time to release two rounds of arrows, and the soldiers on both sides were basically about to come into contact with each other. The cavalry put down their bows and crossbows one after another, the Han army picked up the iron shackles, the Wuhuan army picked up the scimitars, and the close combat between the two armies was in full swing.

Thousands of horses galloping, staggered, the sound of sharp blades breaking armor, one after another, people's screams, the sound of falling horses, endlessly.

Geng Shu held the tiger-headed halberd and waved it outward, and the Wuhuan cavalry who passed by him left and right were cut off their horses one after another.

Without any skill, the cavalry of the two sides fought a completely head-to-head confrontation between the tips of the needle and the wheat mang, which was the most direct and brutal competition of the cavalry combat power of the two sides.

The combat power of the Han army is indeed strong, whether it is the Western Han Dynasty or the Eastern Han Dynasty, the combat power of the Han army has never been weak, and if it goes head-to-head, the Han army's battle loss ratio to the Xiongnu and Wuhuan is basically one to three or one to four.

At that time, the armor of the Han army, as well as the iron hammers, ring-headed knives, and bows and crossbows used by the cavalry, were the most advanced weapons in the world. That's why there is such an exclamation in the "Zizhi Tongjian": Therefore, the country is always weak and the Han is strong.

Even at the time of the fall of the Han Dynasty, the Han army was still the most powerful army at that time.

During the time of the Three Kingdoms, there was such a chaotic situation, there were wars everywhere, and the people were struggling to make a living, even so, Zhang Liao also led the Wei army (Han army) to destroy Wuhuan and remove the Wuhuan nation from history.

Get back to business. Geng Shu led the Youzhou Assault Cavalry, and fought the Wuhuan cavalry in a bloody battle, and the two sides fought fiercely, and the soldiers on the horses fell in groups.

Geng Shu took the lead and led an elite of the Han army, from the head of the Wuhuan cavalry to the end of the formation, passing through the formation.

However, of the more than 200 elites, there are only thirty or forty left. Seeing this, more than 100 Huns hiding behind the Wuhuan cavalry thought that they had an opportunity, and urged their horses to step forward, wanting to beat the water dogs with sticks.

Geng Shu, who was covered in blood from the battle, saw the Huns, and immediately came to his senses again, roared, picked up the tiger's halberd, and urged the horse to meet him.

Dozens of elite Han troops led by Geng Shu and more than 100 Hun cavalry fought together.

At the beginning, there were many Huns, and they were fighting around Geng Shu and others, but while they were fighting, the number of people on both sides became evenly matched, and then they were fighting, and then they became more Han troops and fewer Huns.

After a battle between the two sides, the Hun cavalry lost 80 or 90 people, while the Han army suffered less than 10 casualties. Seeing this, the Hun cavalry did not dare to continue fighting, and ran towards the camp of the Wuhuan people one after another. Geng Shu stared at the bloodshot eyes, chased after him with a halberd, and when he reached the back of a Hun cavalryman, he swept a halberd, and heard a crisp click, and the Hun cavalry didn't even make a move to dodge or block, so he was cut off by Geng Shu's halberd.

This melee lasted for nearly an hour, ending with a great victory for the Han army and a great defeat for the Wuhuan army.

Of the thousands of Wuhuan cavalry, only about 1,000 escaped in the end, and as for the more than 100 remnants of the Xiongnu, none of them ran away and were killed by Geng Shu and other Han soldiers.

After the battle, a general sent by Feng Yi found Geng Shu in a battlefield full of stumps and broken arms. Geng Shu gathered the corpses of several Wuhuan soldiers together and sat on them, snorting and panting, blood dripping down his armor, and he couldn't tell whether it was his own blood or the blood of the enemy that had been splashed on him.

The general came to Geng Shu's approach, looked at it carefully, couldn't help but grin secretly, and asked, "General Geng, are you...... Are you hurt? ”

Geng Shu looked down at his body, the silver armor had been dyed red, and the white robe on his back had turned into a red robe.

He wiped a handful of sweat from his face, and in an instant, his red face turned into a big red and white face, he stood up, arched his hand to the general, and said, "I'm fine, these are the blood of the enemy!" ”

The general breathed a sigh of relief, turned over and dismounted, and when Geng Shu approached, he returned the salute and said urgently: "The general knows that General Geng is chasing and killing the remnants of the enemy army, and he is very anxious, let me come over and lead General Geng back, the general said, if General Geng refuses to go with me, he will ......."

"That's it?"

"Let me take you back!"

Geng Shu smiled when he heard this, shook his head and said, "The general is too cautious!" ”

"General Geng......"

"Alright, alright, I'll go back with you!"

After two vicious battles in a row, the resentment held in Geng Shu's stomach can be regarded as venting. He called a lieutenant and asked him to count the casualties of his own soldiers and arrange for manpower to transport back the bodies of the fallen soldiers.

Geng Shu went out with 3,000 cavalry, and in Wujiaju, he lost hundreds of soldiers, and in the battle with the Wuhuan cavalry, he lost hundreds of soldiers and 3,000 cavalry, and now there are less than 2,000 cavalry.

Returning to the main formation, meeting with Feng Yi, and seeing the blood stains on Geng Shu's body, Feng Yi was also startled.

Without waiting for Feng Yi to ask, Geng Shu took the initiative to kneel on one knee, intervened to admit his mistake, and said: "The last general did not listen to the general's instructions, rashly pursued the enemy, and asked the general to forgive his sins!" ”

Feng Yi shook his head helplessly and smiled, and said: "General Geng broke the Hun cavalry and Wuhuan cavalry, won the victory, and won the battle, what is the crime?!" Hurry up, please! ”

In terms of dealing with the Huns and Wuhuan people, Feng Yi's experience is really not as rich as Geng Shu's, not to mention that they have won a big battle, and Feng Yi has nothing to say.

Geng Shu's conduct is very similar to Geng Yi, I have to say that Shanggu is too guarded by Geng and teaches two good sons.

Although he fought two big victories in a row in one go, defeating the Huns and Wuhuan people who had fled to the south of Daijun, Geng Shu was neither complacent nor domineering, and remained the same as usual.

He arched his hand and said, "Thank you for the grace of General Xie's unpunished!" ”

Feng Yi said with a smile: "This time, General Geng has played the prestige of our Han army, and the behavior of the Huns and Wuhuan people will definitely be restrained!" ”

Geng Shu stood up and sighed: "The last general really hates himself for his lack of skills, and he can't be sure to wipe out all the invading barbarians!" ”

Feng Yi patted Geng Shu's shoulder with a smile and said, "General Geng has done a good job. After a pause, he said meaningfully: "Your brother also wrote to me, saying that you are young and competitive, and let me restrain you more!" ”

Hearing Feng Yi mention his eldest brother Geng Yi, Geng Shu's eyes immediately lit up and asked, "How is the eldest brother now?" ”

Feng Yi smiled and said: "Bo Zhao is in Qingzhou, he broke Zhang Bu and made immortal achievements, and now in Luoyang, except for Da Sima, it belongs to your brother's prestige is the highest!" ”

When Geng Shu heard this, he was excited, he took a deep breath and said, "General, sooner or later, the last general will be like the eldest brother!" ”

Feng Yi patted Geng Shu's shoulder again and said with a smile: "The Geng clan is all tiger generals!" ”

Encountering the Xiongnu and Wuhuan cavalry, this was just a small episode in the march of the Han army, and then, the army continued to march north, and at the same time, a large number of Han army scouts took the first step and arrived at Lingqiu to monitor every move in Lingqiu City.

Jia Lan deployed 10,000 soldiers and horses in Lingqiu, and Lingqiu also became the most important military location of the enemy army in the south of Daijun. If the nail of Lingqiu can be successfully removed, it is equivalent to the Han army controlling the entire southern part of Dai County at once.

In a few days, the Han army led by Feng Yi finally entered the territory of Lingqiu County, only thirty miles away from Lingqiu City.

The army was moving forward, and a scout ran back quickly, and when he saw Feng Yi, the scout hurriedly turned over and dismounted, intervened in the salute, and said, "General! ”

"What?"

"Report to the general, Lu Fang's army stationed in Lingqiu has suddenly retreated and is heading north!" The scout snapped.

Hearing this, everyone present was stunned.

Before the two sides fought, Lu Fangjun fled without a fight? Just give up such an important Lingqiu? People approached Feng Yi one after another and asked, "General, is this...... Will there be fraud? ”

"Yes, General, the thieves are acting strangely! Lingqiu is the center of the southern part of Daijun, and there is no reason for the enemy to give up Lingqiu like this? "Jia Lan and Jia Biao, what the hell are the two brothers fighting?"

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