Chapter VI

Although the Huns were defeated by the Han army again and again, Shan Yu didn't know how many they had chopped, but they always hid in the depths of the grassland, it was impossible for the Han army to kill them all, whenever the Han army returned to the dynasty, it would not take a few years, just like the tenacious weeds on the grassland, and soon it was a stubble of the Huns who grew up, they did not farm, and had been using backward methods of grazing cattle and sheep to feed themselves, all of them relied on the sky for food, drought, snowstorm, and locust plague were their natural enemies, so once they suffered a disaster, they could only be the same as their ancestors, Raid south. In recent years, the Eastern Han Dynasty court was politically corrupt, the eunuchs were in power, the foreign relatives were autocratic, and the party ban was implemented, and the armament had been abandoned for a long time, and the Han army had not used troops on a large scale on the grassland for decades, just relying on some excellent border army generals to recruit those ethnic minorities who had returned to the Han Dynasty such as the Southern Xiongnu, Wuhuan, Qiang and other ethnic groups to fight, and the Xianbei people were gradually rising, wanting to fill the power vacuum left by the decline of the former grassland overlord the Great Xiongnu. Although the Northern Xiongnu were constantly moved westward by the Eastern Han army, they still coveted the rich and fertile regions of the Western Regions and Hetao of the Han Dynasty.

The Huns hurriedly lined up their formation, and they called out to launch a charge, the three rows of horizontal teams lined up before, with their charge, the different horsepower of each person, had long been mixed into a group, the Han army had already had a small colonel, commanding the archers, when the Huns were about to rush into the firing range, the first wave of salvo, a hundred longbowmen, a salvo, can also shoot dozens of horsemen Huns. The Huns once again exposed their poor protection, only the centurion and above had leather armor, and most of them still had simple cloth jackets, sharp arrows could easily shoot through the body, and even if there was leather armor, it could still pierce the body. When the Huns rushed through this rain of arrows, what awaited them was a wave of crossbow arrows, which were faster and would not even have a chance to dodge. After receiving the crossbow arrows, the bows and arrows of the second wave of long-bow archers returned, and the Huns were about to rush within the range of their hunting bows. The Huns raised their bows and shot at each other, but they did not dare to stop their horses, so they could not be accurate. The Han army had already prepared, and as soon as the order was given, the shield bearers in the first row set up a large tarl shield, and the spearmen and crossbowmen behind them were short to avoid the rain of arrows to the greatest extent, even if they did not dodge, the Han army had iron armor, although most of them were light armor, but it was not a problem to resist the inferior bows and arrows of the Huns.

The Huns only had this one chance, and then they had to prepare to rush into battle, at this time, the cavalry in the rear of the Han army also joined the ranks of archery, because the Huns rushed closer, the Han army could shoot arrows directly, and they were all protected by iron armor, and there was a lot less fear when archery. Finally, after paying the price of nearly 1,000 casualties, the cavalry of the Huns crashed into the main formation of the Han army, and the spearmen of the Han army had already set up their spears, and one by one the spears poked out from the gaps in the shields, like hard thorns on the hedgehog's body. The Huns could only bite the bullet and rush forward with their own flesh and blood, and the Huns in the front row hoped to use their lives to open a bloody road for the brothers in the back row, and human life in war was so worthless.

The tail end of the spear was firmly obliquely inserted into the ground, and the spearmen held the hilt of the spear with both hands, waiting for the impact, and the shield bearer also pressed the shield to the ground, desperately holding the shield with his shoulder, waiting for the impact, while the bows and crossbows in the hands of the archers, crossbowmen and light cavalry did not stop for a moment, vowing to shoot all the arrows in the quiver. "Bang bang bang! Finally, the Huns, riding one after another, carried the rain of deadly arrows, and even inserted several feather arrows into their bodies, desperately urging the war horses to crash into them with the greatest strength. The sharp spear with the strength of the charge, easily pierced the chest of the Huns, easily cut the flesh and blood of the war horse, the big shield also withstood the impact of people and horses, the quality is really wanted, but even the selected strongest shield hand, have been shocked by the force of the impact to hemoptysis, but even if they are injured, they do not dare to let go, the shield in their hands is the wall cover of the whole army. The spearmen frantically withdrew their spears, then stabbed them viciously, repeating the action mechanically. If the crossbowmen have shot all their arrows, they raise their ring-headed knives and slew at those who have skipped through their shields.

After the hand-to-hand encounter, the speed of casualties on both sides rose rapidly, and when you were desperate, you would either die or I would live. Although there are many Huns, they are all crowded together, the back can't go up, the front can't get out of the way, and the Han army doesn't need to aim when shooting arrows, just shoot into the pile. Lu Bu saw that the Huns were already cowardly, and they had already begun to flee the battlefield with stragglers, and the large group of men and horses was only entangled and had no room to escape. "Lord Wang, the Huns have retreated, we should make a loud noise to move forward, tree more military flags, impact the rear of the Huns, shake their fighting spirit, and cooperate with Lord Ding to attack before and after, and achieve great success." Lu Bu leaned over to Lord Wang and said. Lord Wang knew that Lu Bu was brave, and he had just won a big victory, and he was on the rise, and his mind was full of thoughts of winning meritorious service and being promoted to become rich. "Many tree military flags, shout forward, everyone follow me to impact the rear of the Huns, cooperate with the reinforcements in the clouds, and relieve the siege of Jiuyuan, this is the opportunity for meritorious service, when you fight bravely to kill the enemy and attack!" Under the order of Lord Wang, nearly 500 Han troops and people were clamoring, and the people of the Han Dynasty were fierce and never afraid of war. Lu Bu urged the horse forward and shouted loudly: "The Han army is mighty! The soldiers and civilians behind responded loudly, "The Han army is mighty!" ”

Lu Bu rushed to the front, Cheng Lian, Song Xian, and Wei Xu followed closely, and Lu Bu once again performed his peerless archery skills, although he was galloping on a horse, he could still achieve a hundred shots. The Huns were shot and fell off their horses one after another. The rear of the Huns was a few commanders who commanded the battle, and the Hun army was not the main force on this road, only a few commanders led the army. The commanders of the Huns were only brave or hereditary nobles, and they had no command skills, and when they fought, they either charged ahead, or they got together to chat and talk nonsense. This time the Huns came with six thousand-commanders, two civilian-born thousand-captains led the charge in front, these four are hereditary nobles, which will be as desperate as those civilians, hundreds of years of continuation, the hierarchy of the Huns is becoming more and more strict, the society is becoming more and more unequal, desperate are civilians, and it is the nobles who enjoy happiness. They originally thought that they were partial to the army along the way, and it was not the Han people who were attacking the town, so they should easily loot the property and women back, but they didn't expect that the division was unfavorable, and a Jiuyuan county town was attacked for a day without being defeated. Gathered together to scold those civilians for not working hard enough, their own rear suddenly came to shout and kill, when looking back, only to see a group of four or five hundred Han troops mixed with some common people, shouting loudly, there are four cavalry in front of the front, especially the Han man who hit the head, wearing civilian clothing, but it is archery, more accurate than the Huns, and will be able to shoot arrows.

Most of the dozens of ranger sentry scouts who were on guard in the rear were shot off their horses by him. I couldn't help but be furious. "Rubbish! Can't the four Han people stop it? A commander felt that he was a little brave, and led his personal entourage to greet him. The three commanders in the back looked at it with relish, "Nahan, don't embarrass the Great Huns and kill these southern barbarians." "The one called Nahan, while beating the horse and charging, while looking back and scolding, suddenly only felt a cold chest, and then a sharp pain hit, when he looked down, it was a feather arrow pierced into the chest, he was wearing fine leather armor, and even a heart shield, but this arrow was very tricky, it could be wiped over the heart guard, shot into the chest, and was about to open his mouth to scold, but a mouthful of blood spurted out, and he was about to fall off the horse, Lu Bu finished shooting an arrow, he had already rushed to the front, cut off the head of the commander with a knife, and then kicked off the headless corpse, The benefits of not having stirrups are reflected at this time, and it is easy to change horses. The commander's horse was already the best horse of the Huns, so Lu Bu naturally grabbed it first. After changing horses and tying the human head to the saddle, Lu Bu picked up the spear, "Chong, the Han army is mighty." Song Xian and the others followed, and shouted: "The Han army is mighty!" The remaining three commanders had never seen such a heroic Han man, and they had already been frightened by Lu Bu, and a commander who could speak Chinese trembled and asked, "That Han man is named." ”

Lu Bu looked at the Huns who were afraid and didn't dare to come forward, and smiled contemptuously, "I am Jiuyuan Lu Bu, and in the future, I will be the killer of you Hun dogs. "Lu Bu, remember. The Great Huns will definitely seek revenge on you. The three commanders whispered Lu Bu's name while beating their horses and fleeing, "Withdraw the army, withdraw quickly!" "When their men saw that their commander had taken the lead in fleeing, they turned their horses and fled for their lives. Ding Yuan, who was commanding the battle, had already discovered Lord Wang and his subordinates who had come to help from afar, but seeing that there were only four or five hundred of them, they were still mixed with military and civilian, and he felt regretful. But found that the people who came dared to impact the rear of the Huns, still blaming them for being too reckless, but found that a Han cavalry rushed to the front, the archery skills were accurate, and they could hit a hundred shots, a Hun commander was also shot to death, and was also taken by the Han people. "There was already a small colonel order, five hundred infantry obeyed the order to attack alternately forward, five hundred cavalry from the two wings to kill, replaced with halberds, swept the Hun cavalry, under the attack on both sides, although the Huns still had four or five thousand people surviving, but did not dare to resist a little, scattered in a hurry, and fled for their lives. The two commanders who were charging forward were shot to death, and the remaining one saw that the general situation was gone, so he could only curse these noble lords and flee for his life.