Qin Cheng and Ji Zhu successively came out of Li Guangzhong's army tent, at this time the county town was still dimly tight, a round of bright moon in the sky, and the blue light was scattered all over the ground.

Not long after walking a few steps, Qin Cheng heard the rumbling sound of horses' hooves outside the city, from far to near, with great momentum. Hearing the sound of horses' hooves, Qin Cheng's heart moved, thinking that it must be a roundabout army sent by the Xiongnu who passed the post road in front of Qiansang City at this time.

Just thinking about it, Li Guang's voice came from behind, "Isn't it that the Huns have come?" Qin Cheng, you follow me up to the city tower to have a look. ”

"No!"

Qin Cheng followed behind Li Guang and went up to the city tower with Li Hu. At this time, the vibration of the horse's hooves had reached its peak, and on the wall of the city tower, on the post road in front of the city, a fire dragon composed of torches was rushing quickly in the direction of the Han army's withdrawal. These Hun cavalry, rushing into the city without scruples, although the city of Qiansang is in front of them, but they are not at all guarded, do not put the soldiers guarding the city in their eyes at all, the whole team did not divide a team to protect the safety of the main force, and ran straight on the post road.

"It's hateful, these Huns actually treat me as nothing, and they have no measures to prevent attacks!" The captain of the city guard was already standing beside Li Guang, and when he saw the scene of the Huns, he couldn't help but be annoyed and said, "It's really a shame for us to be so arrogant!" ”

"These Hun cavalry expected that we would not have the strength to go out to attack them, so they dared to be so bold, which is really arrogant." Li Guang hammered his fist on the city wall, "If it weren't for the fact that my Qiansang cavalry was already less than two hundred, I would have led people out to attack these Hun cavalry!" ”

After that, Li Guang looked sad and angry. This battle has been fought so far, and Li Guang is indeed aggrieved. Today, the strength of Qiansang City that can fight is only about 2,000, and the cavalry is even more pitiful. Li Guangzong has the courage of ten thousand people, but after all, it is difficult to cook without rice, so he can only defend the city. Thinking that the army led by the deputy general Li Xi was also a blessing and a curse, Li Guang's brows furrowed a little tighter.

Qin Cheng, on the other hand, looked at the mountain post road and fell into deep thought.

"General, although our army has less than two hundred cavalry, but the post road is narrow, we can't stop these Hun cavalry on the post road, the so-called one man is not open, the Huns want to rush from the post road to this Qiansang city, the last general will also pay a heavy price!" Ji Zhu gritted his teeth and said.

"No, your cavalry is the last cavalry in my Qiansang City, so you can't just attack lightly. The situation on the battlefield is ever-changing, and there may be a time when your cavalry will need to play a key role, so you can't be rash at this time! Li Guang shook his head and said, "Besides, although the post road is narrow, if the Huns force a hard charge, just a salvo of nearly 10,000 arrows is enough to kill you!" At that time, it will become a rice stealing chicken! ”

Ji Zhu was stunned for a moment, some cold sweat broke out on his forehead, what Li Guang said just now was what he didn't consider just now, if that was the case, then his nearly two hundred cavalry would become the meat of the mouth of the Hun cavalry!

"The last will be lost!" Ji Zhu hugged his fists.

Li Guang waved his hand, signaling that he didn't have to mind, "For today's plan, just defend the city, and there is no other way!" The only thing Ben will be worried about now is Li Xi's situation. Let's hope he doesn't let Ben down. After that, Li Guang sighed, and his old face was full of amazement.

"The general doesn't have to worry, General Li Xi is known as a general, and there are not many Hun troops facing this time, even if he can't make great achievements, he won't make any mistakes." Ji Zhu said comfortingly.

"I hope so!" Li Guang sighed, "I think I will fight with the Huns for half my life, but today this dilemma is the first time I have encountered it, I am ashamed to say that Your Majesty finally began to deal with the Huns, but Li Mou suffered a defeat at such a moment, and he is really shameless to face His Majesty!" ”

"The general blames himself, this time the Huns are too cunning, and they may not be able to withdraw from the gourd belly if they change someone else......"

"Yes, general, the Huns are menacing this time, and they can't be treated as normal......"

Everyone comforted them.

"General!" When everyone else was comforting Li Guang, Qin Cheng suddenly shouted out out of place, and said seriously: "Blocking the Huns, although the cavalry is not available, but the infantry is promising, the general doesn't have to lament too much, killing the Huns in time is serious!" ”

After listening to Qin Cheng's words, everyone turned their heads to look at him, among these people, the lowest position was also the captain who commanded a thousand people, and at this time, they were all very displeased to see a young boy in Qin Cheng who had never seen him speak wildly. Bearing the unkind gaze of everyone, Qin Cheng was indifferent. He had just thought about it and was confident that he could inflict a heavy blow on the Huns, so he did not hesitate to say what he thought in his heart. Moreover, Qin Cheng's status is now low, and if he wants to take the position as soon as possible, he must dare to say and dare to do, especially if he thinks that others can't think about it, and others don't dare to do it, if he can't grasp the opportunity in front of him, he can't control his own destiny in the future, and he may let himself die in vain because of his boss's improper orders!

"Presumptuous! You have no place to speak! ”

"Ignorant child, Hugh has to speak wildly!"

The generals said coldly, but Li Guang looked at Qin Cheng quietly and did not speak, among these people, only he knew that Qin Cheng, a young man, had some brains and knowledge. Seeing Qin Cheng's expression, Li Guang motioned for everyone to calm down, and then said, "If you have anything to say, you can say it and listen to it." ”

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At the end of the day, the Hun cavalry that made a detour from the side finally arrived at the mouth of the eagle as promised, but at this moment, it was not Li Guang's remnants of the Han army that greeted them here, but the troops of the Xiongnu Zuoxian King. This leader was originally the right bone marquis in the tribe of Zuo Xianwang, when he approached the eagle's mouth before, he saw the eagle's mouth brightly lit from a distance, and the right bone duhou thought it was Li Guang's remnants, and he was overjoyed, and ordered his subordinates to draw bows and arrows, ready to slaughter. At that time, the night was thick, although there was moonlight, but the vision was not very clear, because of this, the excited right bone marquis almost shot his Zuo Xian King as Li Guang. For this reason, King Zuo Xian had no choice but to reciprocate with a burst of punches and kicks.

Successfully rendezvous with the troops of the right bone duhou, King Zuo Xian did not immediately send troops to Qiansang City, but ordered the troops to rest for a while, and when it was almost dawn, it was estimated that it was dawn to arrive at Qiansang City, and King Zuo Xian led seven or eight thousand cavalry to run quickly to Qiansang City.

There was nothing to do all the way, and King Zuo Xian was thinking about this operation. Let Li Guang escape in the gourd belly is the biggest failure of Zuo Xianwang's operation, originally thought that with his nearly 10,000 cavalry, it was a surprise two-sided attack, Li Guang would definitely die, but he didn't expect to let Li Guang escape in the end, which made Zuo Xianwang, who had been preparing for this battle for a long time, very unhappy. However, General Fei was General Fei in the end, and King Zuo Xian understood that although he was fully prepared, he still underestimated the combat effectiveness of the army under Li Guang's rule. In particular, the momentum of the Han soldiers who were not afraid of death made the Huns, who had fought wars in recent decades, fought if they won and ran away if they could not win.

Looking at the development of this battle, King Zuo Xian also knew that I was afraid that the plan to kill General Fei Li Guang, the first general of the Great Han Border County, would definitely go bankrupt, but it could kill and injure the Han army to the greatest extent, and it could also make King Zuo Xian, who was bent on avenging the revenge of Ma Yi back then, feel a little more relaxed.

It was estimated that Qiansang City would be there in a moment or two, and King Zuo Xian restrained his mind and concentrated on paying attention to the surrounding situation.

Suddenly, there was a terrible neighing of horses at the front of the team, followed by a scream of cavalry, the front team suddenly stopped, the cavalry behind did not have time to stop, the front and rear cavalry collided together, and the team instantly became chaotic.

"What's going on? Don't mess up, don't mess up! King Zuo Xian reined in his horse and shouted loudly.

It turned out that the infantry sergeants who set out from the camp in Qiansang City an hour or two ago had laid an ambush in this place early, and by the moonlight, all the sergeants began to work for an hour under the leadership of the infantry captain according to the instructions of Li Guang and Qin Cheng, and by the time the Hun cavalry was about to arrive, the preparations that should be done were almost completed.

Seeing the Hun cavalry rushing to the ambush site, the infantry captain slowly raised his right hand, and then fell heavily, suddenly, the Han soldiers who were ambushed in the mountains and forests on both sides of the post road jumped up one after another, picked up the hemp ropes that had been prepared from the feet at the fastest speed, and then suddenly pulled back, and the next moment, a piece of wooden fence with sharp tips sharpened from the middle of the post road was suddenly erected, and the rows of sharp wooden stakes obliquely greeted the Hun cavalry swept in front!

When the Hun cavalry at the front realized that something was wrong, the distance was already too close, and it was too late to react.

The next moment, the Hun cavalry rushing to the forefront violently collided with the rows of sharp wooden stakes, and then the men and horses were nailed to the stakes!

The cavalry in front was blocked, and the ranks came to an irresistible abrupt halt. But the rear cavalry was ignorant and was still surging forward, although these Hun cavalry had lived on horseback since childhood, and their riding skills were all excellent, but they became hasty, and one by one they still couldn't react, and in an instant, hundreds of Hu cavalry had already collided fiercely, so even if a group of people turned over on their backs, the horses neighed.

The stagnation soon led to confusion in the rear. The Hun cavalry, crowded in the center of the post road, suddenly became agitated. The post road is already narrow, the widest place is only two or three zhang wide, these Hun cavalry are blocked here, and there are slopes on both sides, and the cavalry can not jump on the horse at all, for a while, the Hun cavalry is crowded in the middle of the post road, and even moving has become a problem!

Time passed rapidly in the commotion of the Hun cavalry, less than a moment of effort, more than a thousand Han soldiers rushed out of the dense forest on both sides of the post road, these Han soldiers were full of strength, defeated during the day, suffered enough losses, enough grievances, at this time to have the opportunity to vent, naturally all of them are elite soldiers, not afraid of death at all, wolves rushed out! The light infantry were armed with strong bows and crossbows, with strong crossbows in the front rows and longbows in the back rows. The heavy infantry rushed to the front of the light infantry, set up a position, and prepared to meet the Hun cavalry to dismount and fight!

In the next moment, the dense locust-like arrows were already shooting towards the Hu cavalry who were crowded in the post road. Suddenly, there was a continuous wail in the river valley, and the Hun cavalry, who were caught off guard, fell down one by one.

Among these Han archers, in addition to the light infantry, even many heavy infantry picked up strong bows and crossbows and shot at the Huns who were huddled together!

At such a distance, the Hun cavalry was arranged extremely closely, and no matter how bad the archery skills were, as long as the arrows shot were not weak, they could basically hit the target!

More than 1,000 archers poured tents and canopies of dense arrow rain onto Hu Ren's heads, how could this scene be described as ferocious?

Many Hun cavalrymen were hit by several arrows in their bodies, planted their horses, and even during and after falling off their horses, arrows continued to hit their bodies! It is not an exaggeration to say that they are bloody hedgehogs!

The blood that exploded like a lotus flower bloomed in the forest, and it looked particularly enchanting in the cold moonlight.

The long and narrow post road became a hell on earth in an instant, and the screams passed through the mountains and forests, scattering a few lonely clouds.

The Huns were completely stunned, a small number of Hun cavalry were ferocious, without waiting for the general's order, they screamed and killed the Khan archers on both sides of the river valley, but they were soon killed by the Han army's crossbows, and there were also many Hun cavalry to keep calm, one by one unloaded the short bow from their backs, and began to fire back with arrows, but more Hu people were like headless ropes, squeezing back and forth in the river valley.

If this chaos continues for a few more quarters of an hour, these Hun cavalry will definitely be finished!

"Don't panic, don't panic! Thousands of commanders quickly form a team! King Zuo Xian drew his long knife and roared angrily on the back of his horse.

Hearing the roar of King Zuoxian, the commanders of the cavalry also came back to their senses and began to reorganize their respective deployed cavalry.

The Hun cavalry, which had been completely in chaos, finally gradually calmed down, and then formed an orderly group under the reprimand of their respective commanders, dismounted one after another, found cover on both sides of the post road, and launched a tidal salvo towards the Han army on the hillside on both sides, after surviving the initial panic, the Hun cavalry finally came to their senses and re-exposed their hideous fangs.

Because the Hun cavalry battle line was too long, in fact, the more than 1,000 foot soldiers of the Han army mainly concentrated their firepower to attack the Hun cavalry in the front section, and the Hun cavalry in the back section did not need to be taken into account because they could not advance at all for a while. But this kind of ignorance was only the beginning of a period of time, after a burst of attacks, the main cavalry in the rear began to dismount one after another, began to climb the hillsides on both sides of the post road on foot, and rushed towards the Han sergeants, shooting with bows and arrows in their hands from time to time on the way!

As a result, the soldiers of the Han army are facing a two-sided attack!

However, due to the hazy night and the dense trees in the forest, which could withstand many arrows, the Han army did not suffer any losses.

Even so, the captain of the Han military still decisively gave the order to retreat! Because by this time, the advantage of the Han army had basically disappeared, and the situation on both sides was almost the same.

However, it was only a fierce attack in the previous period, and countless volleys were fired, and the Hun cavalry lost one or two thousand men and horses no matter how it was said - this was already a very huge victory!

After all, the Huns have lived in the vast grasslands since childhood, and are not suitable for walking through the thorny mountains and forests, while the Han soldiers are different, many of them are even hunters, and it is effortless to walk through the mountains and forests.

Escape into the mountains and forests, this is also the idea of Qincheng, anyway, the Hun cavalry categorically has no way to attack the Qiansang City with high walls and deep ditches, and it is a waste for these foot soldiers to stay in the city, after attacking the Hun cavalry, they will hide in the mountains and forests, bring enough military food, and when the Huns retreat, they will naturally be able to return to Qiansang City. If there is any change in the middle, these foot soldiers may still be a strange soldier.

Of course, when formulating the attack tasks of these infantry soldiers, it was mainly Li Guang who arranged them, after all, he was a famous general of this era, and the arrangement of the details of the battlefield was not comparable to that of the current Qincheng.

Being tossed by the Han army like this, King Zuo Xian lost a lot of vital strength, and even the Han army prisoners who were originally escorted took advantage of the opportunity just now to escape a lot. King Zuo Xian suffered such a blow, and his first reaction was not to be angry, but to let people quickly run out of the mountain road with a pair of cavalry and control the mountain pass, so as not to block the mountain pass by the Han army or play some tricks in the mountain pass to cause losses to the Huns.

Li Guang and Qin Cheng did not think of blocking the mountain pass, the problem is that there are not so many people in Qiansang City now, and besides, considering that the Huns could not help them except for the mountain post road to Qiansang City, they also gave up that plan. Therefore, at this time, the vanguard sent by King Zuo Xian easily controlled the mountain pass.

The vanguard was dispatched, and King Zuo Xian ordered the main cavalry to clean up the battlefield. In the mountain road that stretches for more than ten miles, there are Hun war horses and the corpses of Hun soldiers everywhere, and many of them died under the hooves of their own people in the chaos. As soon as he saw that one or two thousand cavalry were gone, King Zuo Xian was so hated that he almost vomited blood, and scolded his mother a few times.

Just when King Zuo Xian spent half a day finally letting people clean up the battlefield, sweep the post road out, and prepare to march again, the dense arrow rain was released in the mountains and forests on both sides again, and suddenly, the Hun cavalry team was again a group of people on their backs!

When King Zuo Xian saw this scene, he was so angry that he spit out a mouthful of blood, but he had no choice but to obediently turn over and dismount, move closer to the mountains and forests on both sides, find cover, and counterattack. Due to the experience of the previous time, the Hun cavalry acted in a much more orderly manner this time, and the reaction time was also much faster. But even so, from the neat ranks to the confusion to the Hun cavalry looking for cover, the Han soldiers had already completed several volleys, and the Huns lost several hundred people.

When the Huns found cover and began to counterattack, the Han soldiers accepted it when they saw it, and quickly introduced it into the mountains and forests.

Seeing that the enemy had beaten his side and left in a dashing manner, King Zuo Xian almost ordered people to burn the mountains and forests, if it weren't for the fact that doing so would cause trouble for his follow-up actions, especially the retreat, King Zuo Xian really did it.

By this time, it was almost dawn. King Zuo Xian was depressed and asked people to clean up the post road again, and at the same time did not forget to send people to control the mountains and forests to prevent the Han soldiers from attacking again.

However, the soldiers of the Han army did not come to sneak attack again, and it would be inappropriate to do everything again and again, and it would be inappropriate to do it again and again, and this would make the sky already bright, and the concealment effect would be much smaller when it took action.