Text Chapter 377 Decisive Life and Death Fei Rong Jia
On the land of China, throughout the thousand-year-old history books, there are countless classic battles. Victory in a war sometimes comes from the impromptu decision of the commander and the seizure of the fleeting opportunity. Most of the time, it comes from careful planning, and the chance of victory and defeat is already in the hands of the battle before it begins.
Yuan Zhao is a human being, not a god, in the depths of the grassland, when the lone army is deep, the reason why he dared to cross the Dragon City and snipe the Hun cavalry with the three thousand Black Eagle Army is because after deduction and arrangement, he is confident that he has a great chance of winning.
In just two or three days after Yuan Zhao attacked and took Dragon City, the follow-up transportation baggage had already arrived. This is with the help of the huge transportation power of the Yanbei Nie family. The Battle of Henan, such an important Han-Hungarian decisive battle, how could it be done without reserve support.
Whether it was the conquest of Liaodong or the invasion of the grassland, the Nie family mobilized all the forces that could influence and gave the Black Eagle Army the greatest help. This matter has nothing to do with interests, has nothing to do with fame, this is Nie Yi's heart-to-heart for Yuan Zhao. Of course, Yuan Zhao would definitely not let the Nie family and their followers suffer.
The Black Eagle Army chased all the way, so that the southeast of the grassland has not seen the Huns for the time being, and they all avoided the north of the Yellow River, which provided the best conditions for the team to transport the baggage behind. All kinds of materials transferred from the mainland to Yandi through the canal fleet were then sent here by the Nie family's carriage procession, which followed the march route of the Black Eagle Army.
Nie Sheng, the eldest young master of the Nie family, who was standing behind Yuan Zhao, was extremely excited. He had a hunch that he might be able to witness a big scene today. If the war materiel personally escorted by himself played a role in this great war, it would be too much to boast about.
He didn't know what the things in the carriage were for. Although Nie Sheng was full of curiosity, he wouldn't ask. Not only him, but everyone strictly abides by the rules set by Nie Yi, and they are not allowed to explore a word about matters related to the secrets of the Black Eagle Army. However, this did not prevent Nie Sheng, like many people, from having great confidence in the Black Eagle Army's victory.
After Nie Sheng volunteered to help the Black Eagle Army knights set up the battlefield, he followed the general's order and led everyone to hide in a safe place in the Dragon City behind. They waited with excitement, holding their breath and staring at each other, the iron-blooded moment of wind and thunder was coming!
The right sage king who accepted the golden sword given by the Xiongnu Shan Yu Yi Zhixie means that he has received the mission of victory, and he must win! If you win, you will be crowned with a golden sword, and the glory will be endless, and if you lose, there is no place to retreat.
King Youxian had never considered the consequences of defeat, and that was not something he should have considered. With 30,000 iron horsemen in hand, when the grassland is invincible, the lone brigade from the Han Dynasty is not worth a blow!
In the eyes of many Han generals who had never really fought the Huns, they may have thought that these barbarians would only charge and sweep the formation, relying on horsepower and courage to win. If you think so, you are very wrong! The Huns have been able to sweep through the surrounding countries in surprise for so many years, and naturally they have a means of warfare worthy of awe.
The reason why wolves can dominate the grasslands is that they are only one aspect of their cruelty, and the other aspect is that they are cunning and suspicious. And these are exactly like the character of the Huns.
From the moment he stepped on horseback, King Youxian successively sent a large number of elite rangers to collect information, and during the march, he made a pre-battle assessment based on the information sent back. All the intelligence collected from the investigation shows that after the Han army raided and captured Longcheng, they did not immediately evacuate, but swaggered and stationed there, looking at this posture, they wanted to take the hundreds of miles on both sides of the Yellow River as their own!
Such news reassured King Youxian and couldn't help but sneer secretly. These Han Chinese are so stupid! Do you really think that if you win one or two sneak attacks, you can capture the place on the grassland? That's too much to do!
The defense line of Yanmen Pass at the forefront of the Han Dynasty was also hundreds of miles away from the Hetao area, and this large grassland had been occupied by the Huns for a long time. Even if the Han army can temporarily occupy it with the advantage of its soldiers, can they occupy it for a long time? Unless they have the ability to occupy all the grasslands south of the Yellow River to Yanmen Pass, and garrison and defend them with absolute superiority, they may be able to do so.
However, does the Han Dynasty have that ability now? How many troops would it take to fill it...... Fifty thousand? Lakh? Three hundred thousand? This side is an endless flat grassland, without the defensive advantage of the strong Great Wall, and it is simply wishful thinking to block the hooves of the Hun cavalry! If the emperor of the Han Dynasty really had this kind of thought, in the eyes of King Youxian, this was self-defeating. The Huns were able to completely wipe out the army sent by the Han Dynasty and make it difficult for them to return.
This is definitely not the wishful thinking of King Youxian himself, but the reality of the past for a long time. A hundred years ago, Zhao Zhi, Li Mu, and Qin Zhimeng Tian had defeated the Huns and fled to chase them north, but what happened in the end? Even if they were victorious, they had no choice but to retreat back to the south of Yanshan and build the Great Wall to defend it. The steppe is still the world of the Huns.
There is no danger to defend in Pingchuan, and there is no way to stop the continuous invasion of the Hun cavalry, which is the home advantage of the Huns, and the sorrow of the Central Plains people to resist the enemy.
Therefore, the Right Xian King, who commanded the 30,000 cavalry of the headquarters to the south, was full of spirit and came to the north of Longcheng with unstoppable sharpness, wanting to destroy this Han Dynasty army that did not know whether to live or die in one go. Trapped in the dead without knowing it, they deserve to be unlucky!
There is no need to listen to the latest report of the horse rangers, King Youxian and several of his commanders can already see the banners of the Han army from a distance, they are fluttering under the sky in front of them, a black cloaked Xuanjia cavalry of no more than a thousand people, standing quietly on the horse, behind him is the dragon city that has become half a ruin.
A few arrows away from each other, King Youxian stopped his horse in order to regain his horsepower. After a temporary rest, the Hun cavalry would launch a full-scale charge, and after destroying all the Han troops on the opposite side, they would cross the shallows of the Yellow River without stopping and retake the Hetao grassland.
King Youxian and his warriors didn't know what reason these Han troops had to be so bold, and they still stood there even when they knew they were going to die. Do they really think that if they win a few battles, they are invincible?! In that case, let them taste the taste of no escape, complete destruction.
The Centaurs of the Right Virtuous King had never fought against the Black Hawks, but he had learned their methods of warfare. I heard that the weapon they relied on to win was a crossbow called the nine-armed chain crossbow, which was extremely sharp. For this reason, the right king also specially ordered his subordinates to do protection, the war horses are equipped with thick leather armor, and the saddle is hung with two shields, if the other party once the crossbow arrows are released, these measures can effectively protect the cavalry and horses, even if they fight to suffer some casualties, it is also bearable.
Although the range and power of the nine-armed chain crossbow are more powerful than the longbows of the Hun cavalry, these Hun warriors who are good at shooting are not vegetarians. King Youxian and his generals have carefully studied it, as long as they withstand the first few rounds of crossbow arrows of the Black Eagle Army, after entering the range of bows and arrows, and the Hun cavalry fires thousands of arrows, how many rounds of blows can the outnumbered Black Eagle Army withstand?
Moreover, there are several cavalry and archery warriors under the command of the Right Virtuous King, and they have a majestic name on the grassland, called "Condor Shooter". Bending the bow and crossbow, Pegasus shooting the eagle, called the grassland hero. Their mission was to hunt down enemy generals and colonels in charge operations, and they performed many miraculous feats and were terrifying. At this time, around the right Xianwang war horse, he was eager to try.
The Right Virtuous King pulled out the golden knife and pointed diagonally at the sky in front of him, the red sapphire inlaid on the handle of the knife emitted a dazzling light in the sunlight, and with the mighty shouts of the guards around him, thousands of warriors on horseback raised their scimitars in their hands at the same time, shouting in unison if the thunder rolled over the tip of the grass. The next moment, 10,000 riders rushed away!
The few earthen ramparts and high-platform buildings in Dragon City are relatively safe places. The eldest young master of the Nie family named Nie Sheng and the people around him were all lying there quietly, this was the first time they had really seen the charge of the Hun iron horse, and they all saw the look of horror on each other's faces. This kind of momentum, ordinary people don't say that they are fighting head-on, even if they run away, they probably don't have the courage.
However, when they turned their eyes to the more than 1,000 centaurs who were waiting in front of them, they didn't know why, and their hearts suddenly settled down again. It was black, solemn and peaceful, like a huge shield, shielding the oncoming storm from the murderous aura of the oncoming storm, and as long as they were there, the people behind them had nothing to fear.
Seeing the billowing smoke and dust, the sound of horses' hooves was like popping beans, and the war horse under its crotch seemed to have sensed the fierce confrontation that was coming, and its mane tail was restless and restless, but its owner did not move. The people next to them didn't move, their eyes just stared closely at the direction the enemy was coming from, calculating the distance they would pull into each other. Han Yan was behind Yuan Zhao, the hilt of the knife in his hand was already soaked with sweat, and he couldn't say whether he was nervous or excited. He believed that everyone's mood was the same as him, and there was no difference in the face of the strongest cavalry onslaught of the Huns.
The three thousand Black Eagle Army was divided into three parts, Gongsun Rongnu and Zhang Cigong led the first army to ambush on both flanks, and the rest Youyuanzhao personally led the front of Longcheng and blocked the direction of the angry tide formed by the galloping horse.
The horses are like thunder, the Hun commander who charged at the front has been able to faintly see the general location of the Han army's men and horses, compared with the tens of thousands of cavalry teams, the people and horses on the opposite side are too few, and the few are a little pitiful, after the Hun cavalry ten thousand horses rushed, they may not even be left with slag!
However, for the sake of safety and to avoid being killed by the Han army's nine-armed chain crossbow, this experienced commander still ordered all his men to raise their large shields, just in case.
Somewhat unexpectedly, the thousands of horses at the front had already rushed through the range of the crossbow arrows, but the Han army did not move. The fighter plane was fleeting, and before there was time to think about it, many Hun cavalry began to free their hands and wanted to touch their bows and arrows. And there are even a few agile eagle archers who have already found a target to shoot on the back of a galloping horse, bending their bows, setting arrows, aiming ......!