Text Chapter 309 The First Battle Blood Light Cold
Tens of millions of warriors between the Han Empire and the Huns in the steppe gathered in the place where they were about to start a life-and-death struggle in their fate, and the wind and clouds surged, and the largest official battle in many years would soon break out.
Compared with this great war that caused a sensation in the country, the war that took place at the same time outside the distant East China Sea seems to be much smaller because of the barrier of mountains and seas, but its far-reaching significance is equally important.
Just when the Black Eagle Army led by Wei Qing was marching north in the vast area at the northern foot of Zhongnan Mountain, Yuan Zhao and a thousand Black Eagle Army comrades had just finished their first battle on the land of Zhenban.
In the first battle with the real army, he won very easily, and it was even beyond the imagination of most soldiers. When they were at sea, the soldiers of the Black Eagle Army, as bystanders, once witnessed the ferocity of the Yongchuan Mouth Water Army and was not afraid of death. The warriors who braved their lives to row forward and charge shirtless at the risk of death had made a deep impression on them, and it was precisely because of the performance of those men that they were secretly on guard in their hearts from the moment they set foot on enemy land.
When Gongsun Rongnu and Zhang Cigong, who were marching, were called to the horses by Yuan Zhao, with a hint of a relaxed smile, telling the two of them to prepare and that in a quarter of an hour there would be 3,000 troops rushing to the aid of Zhenfan, and the battle would start immediately, the two people could not help but be greatly puzzled and surprised in their hearts.
However, they did not hesitate at all, and according to the order of the general, they immediately gave a loud order, and the whole army entered a state of imminent battle, taking advantage of the terrain in front of them, and divided the troops into two routes, one way to meet the frontal attack, and the other from the flank as a surprise soldier waiting for the opportunity to surprise attack.
The 1,000 men and horses were divided into two, and the two of them led the team separately, and the action was very fast, and the usual team division and integration drill showed a huge effect at this time, and every soldier understood the intention of the battle that was about to begin, like a clean and neat command.
Han Yan was behind Yuan Zhao's horse, compared to Gongsun Rongnu, who attributed the fact that they knew the enemy's whereabouts in advance to the little marquis's clever calculation, but Han Yan clearly understood all the details of Yuan Zhao's march and battle.
Through his careful observation all the way, he was surprised to find that in the process of advancing the troops, from time to time unknown people would come to Yuan Zhaoma and give him something like a small bamboo tube with a special mark, and then the Yuan Zhao would personally take out the cloth inside and destroy it immediately after reading it.
Han Yan is also a smart person, although he won't read the content of the note, he has already roughly guessed in his heart that what is written on it must be about the movements of the Zhenfan army and the situation on the way forward.
When he thought of this, he was already extremely shocked in his heart. Could it be that before the Han Expeditionary Force officially set foot on this land, Yuan Zhao had already sent many people to infiltrate the territory of Zhenban in advance? If his conjecture is not wrong, it is not difficult to explain why he already has the certainty of victory when he is still on the ship, and carefully arranges everything.
It turns out that he already has such great power! What I knew before was just the tip of the iceberg. Looking at the figure sitting firmly on the horse in front of him, Han Yan felt taller and taller, and the idea of following in his heart became stronger.
After a short period of time, a chaotic sound began to sound in front of him, the sound of footsteps and weapons clashing and chaotic shouts rang out, and at the turn of the road, the banner of the real people finally appeared at the foot of a hilly mountain.
The number of the Shinban army marching on foot was about 3,000 people, and the information that came in advance was very accurate. However, what about combat effectiveness? Yuan Zhao nodded slightly to Gongsun Rongnu, who was already ready for battle, the first battle must be won!
The blood in Gongsun Rongnu's chest, who was in charge of the frontal attack, began to boil, and he looked at the opponent's lineup with contempt, and instead of pulling out the special thick Han sword, he took off his golden nail wolf tooth lance from the saddle.
"Whenever you are in battle, you must be brave first"! This sentence was later Yuan Zhao's evaluation of him. At that time, Gongsun Rongnu, who was already among the top ten generals in the empire, whenever he boasted after drinking, he would definitely proudly say this praise from the Yuan Duke to him ten or eight times.
It's no wonder that he is so proud, if it comes to the fierceness of the charge, even Gongsun Ao, another fierce general who was later called "Gongsun Shuangbi" with him, is also slightly inferior by three points.
Gongsun Rongnu's original horse weapon was a heavy iron vertebrae, but although that thing was lethal, it was not easy to use. When he followed Yuan Zhao north for the first time to send Princess Li'an and his relatives, he liked it very much when he saw the exclusive weapon wolf tooth lance in the hands of King Zuoxian of the Huns. But it's a pity that when Yuan Zhao killed King Zuo Xian in front of the ten thousand armies, he cut three heads with one sword, cut off the head of the wolf's tooth lance, and destroyed the treasure lance.
Later, when he was on Changle Plateau, he once inadvertently talked about it, Yuan Zhao liked his straightforward character, so he personally designed a handle according to his length and strength, and instructed the smelter to build it according to the weight and give it to him.
Gongsun Rongnu, who got the weapon, simply liked it very much, and the gratitude in his heart naturally did not need to be detailed. Today, he wants to use this golden nail wolf tooth lance personally given by the little marquis to start this big war to level the real country.
The 3,000 Zhenfan troops from the opposite side were the vanguard sent from the large camp outside Wang Xian City, and they rushed to Yongchuankou first under the orders of the third prince Wei Wuji, the purpose of which was to intercept the Han army that landed from here, contain them, prevent them from advancing, and create conditions for the encirclement and annihilation of the brigade that came later.
The leader of the team was a partial general who was highly valued by Wei Wuji, and after he received the personal dispatch of the third prince, he was naturally very excited. Those of them who belonged to Wei Wuji's henchmen knew that after this war, the status of the third prince would definitely be different from before. Since King Wei is willing to trust him to give him the command of more than 20,000 imperial battalions and horses to protect the safety of the king's dangerous city, it means that King Wei must have some kind of idea, maybe after this battle, the prince of a country will be replaced, and the third prince has great hope.
Since there is such a possibility, who of the henchmen does not want to make meritorious contributions at this juncture? The opportunity to fight for great wealth is right in front of you, how can you easily let it go! Looking at the Han soldiers and horses that suddenly appeared in front of them, General Zhenban and his subordinates were not only not surprised, but were overjoyed in their hearts. The other party is just a few hundred people, and his side is several times the enemy, this is simply fat meat sent to the mouth, don't eat it for nothing!
In the cognition of the real army, the so-called war, isn't it just by virtue of the strength and courage of the people? Coincidentally, both are lacking. The odds are in hand, don't hesitate to kill!
With the order of the partial general, the three thousand Zhenfan soldiers opened the formation, each raised their swords and guns, and rushed over together. Now what they are most afraid of is not that the Han army rushed over to kill, but that they turned around and ran, which is a bit troublesome, after all, two legs can't run four legs!
In fact, the idea of the real people is not wrong at all, the two-legged ones really can't run the four-legged ones, but this sentence has to be said upside down, not that they say it to the Han people, but that the Han people say it to them!
According to the previous practice of charging into battle, the Black Hawk Army had to use the nine-armed chain crossbow to defeat the opponent's sharp spirit before charging each other against the opposing two armies, but today, their leader decided to omit this step. Because, Gongsun Rongnu felt that it was too wasteful to deal with these real people who dared to coax and kill them with only half of their leather armor, and to shoot them with a divine weapon such as a nine-armed chain crossbow.
Five hundred horsemen of the Black Eagle Army knights brushed out the Han sword, under the light of the sun, a mountain of knives and snow, with Gongsun Rongnu as the arrow, arranged into a simple charging formation, and no one spoke, the Black Eagle Army has a set of their own combat gestures, every soldier is familiar with the chest, every move changes the formation at will, the knights in the galloping horse have already stared at the target they are about to kill, when the horse's hooves like thunder sounded, although there were only five hundred horses, the momentum was like a thousand horses rolling up.
As a regular army of the imperial camp, of course, it will not be a reckless man who can only rush and kill, and it also has some strategy. When the two sides were getting closer and closer, someone from the real army who was rushing forward began to release arrows, and after a few rounds of bows and arrows, the real people who thought the other party would be flustered were surprised to find that the bows and arrows that were shot did not hurt the other party at all.
The horses of the Han army ran very fast, and in the blink of an eye, they had reached a distance of a few zhang away, and the real general who rushed to the front suddenly felt a throbbing in his heart, and he felt a little bad for no reason. Because at this moment, he saw that the cavalry of the Han army, whose bodies were tightly wrapped in armor, lifted the armor they had put down before at the moment when they were about to meet in close arms, and the evil aura on their faces was chilling.
But at this time, it was too late to retreat, and all the real soldiers shouted loudly, bravely marched forward, slashed with their swords, and the first "intimate contact" began.
It's pitiful to say, there is no regular cavalry in the real country, and their so-called cavalry is just used by some palace guards and messengers. As a result, they feared and submitted to the Huns, who had only one place to spare. In their minds, thousands of fierce and brave Hun iron horsemen were very terrifying. As for the combat power of the Han people, it is just comparable to their own strength, right?
When the horses of the Black Eagle Army galloped into the crowd at high speed, dragging the sharp Han sword in their hands, the real people really understood what a stupid decision it was to meet the cavalry with infantry in a flat area, no matter how many there were.
In the face of the dense real soldiers without armor protection, there is no need to use the Han knife to slash and kill at all, as long as the arms hold the knife in the hand, lie on the back of the horse and drag it over, and what falls down is a cluster of people. The long blade of the Han knife sliced the throat, sliced the chest, and dragged it across the arm...... Wherever the war horse passed, blood splattered and screamed!
Five hundred horsemen charged through the formation, and nearly half of the three thousand Zhenfan troops had fallen. Gongsun Rongnu turned the horse's head, and shook the wolf tooth lance with a long handle in his hand, blood and broken flesh fell to the ground, and half of the head fell at the same time.
Seeing such a tragic scene with his own eyes, the remaining undead were scattered and hurriedly turned back and fled, and the five hundred Black Eagle Army divided on both sides and began to outflank. The five hundred elite horsemen led by Zhang Cigong on the back road also rushed up in a hurry, not in a hurry! Gongsun Rongnu, this buddy is too fast and ruthless, you might as well leave a little for your brothers......!