Chapter 147: Fight to the Death
On December 18 of the first year of the First Ping Dynasty of the Han Dynasty (190 AD), Liu Yi, the general of Pingbei, led 60,000 elites under his command to Benwolf Plains as agreed, and fought to the death with the Xiongnu army here! The sky was clear, the breeze was not strong, and on the endless field under the blue sky, more than 100,000 troops of the Xiongnu were facing Liu Yi's 60,000 soldiers. Although it was not yet time to fight, the tragic atmosphere of the decisive battle had already made every ordinary soldier present enthusiastic, and both sides were ready to fight, even if Liu Yi and the generals had experienced a hundred battles, such a big scene was the first time to see.
The Hun army is cavalry in front, a full 80,000 people, under the riding of the Hun warriors, but there is rarely the sound of horse neighing, behind is the foot pawn phalanx, the Chinese army is the most elite 10,000 people in charge, Huchuquan and Kuchier Gongsun Yue are here.
Today is a decisive battle, Zhang Hu and Guo Jia did not dare to slack off in the slightest, the current two formations are the most elite Qinglong Battalion and Vermilion Bird Battalion in Liu Yi's army, the two heavy infantry battalions, a total of 10,000 soldiers, and the blades in their hands have also been replaced by heavy swords to spears according to Liu Yi's requirements, and everyone is equipped with a long shield, which is specially used to resist the opponent's cavalry! This is also an adjustment he made with reference to the standard equipment of the infantry of the ancient Roman Empire, and the spear can play a greater role at this time.
There are slightly protruding earthen bags on both sides of the second battalion, and the Xuanwu battalion is stationed on it, every archer today is carrying several times the usual arrows, and there are special shieldmen in front of the array, to deal with the cavalry, strong bows and crossbows are naturally essential, everyone also has several arrows smeared with poison in their hands, there is no Geneva Convention in this era, and Liu Yi has never been merciful on the battle array! Of course, these arrows are only used for the first round of strikes, and there are not many of them.
Behind the soldiers of the second battalion of Qinglong Suzaku is the "Longxiang" battalion formed by Liu Yi and the national soldiers of Yanjun County, under the training of Gan Ning Xu Huang and other generals, the combat power of this team of soldiers is also growing rapidly, and now there are more than 15,000 people in the whole battalion, and the commander is Xu Huang! Today, nearly 30 percent of them have a special task, which is to master the herd! Once the enemy cavalry launched a charge, the Xuanwu battalion would give the first round of damage with a strong crossbow, and then the second battalion of Qinglong Suzaku quickly got out of the way, it was their turn to shoot, each bull was covered with a veil, two sharp knives were tied to the horns, and a bundle of oil-soaked reeds was tied to the tail, once ignited, the herd was bound to go crazy, plus the Hun cavalry was happy with red robes, which was the best target of the fire ox array!
Of course, all this has also been practiced many times in a small range of scattered passes, otherwise it would not be a good thing if the herd does not hurt the enemy but hurts itself. These soldiers are good at farming on weekdays, and they have trained intensively for a while before, but even so, now everyone is sweating in their palms, and thousands of mad cows are running wildly is not a joke.
Behind them is Liu Yi's most elite main force "Iron Cavalry Battalion", today Liu Yi is also personally on the battlefield, and will be, Yan Gang, Gan Ning, Guan Hai and other awards are concentrated on his side, as long as the fire bull array messes up the enemy's formation is when they kill to give the enemy a fatal blow, since they want to use the "chisel through" technique, Liu Yi himself personally went into battle and will be transferred to his side, adding the sharpness of this pointed head, if it is not out, no one will be able to do it. However, today's iron cavalry camp is slightly different from the past, and some cloth is stuffed in the ears of the horses, although the generals are puzzled, but since Liu Yi did not explain, he must have made arrangements, so no one asked.
Finally, Zhang Hu and Guo Jia are in the rear army, where more than 20,000 foot soldiers are all the elite under Gongsun Zhan, after Liu Yi's reorganization, the combat power is more tenacious, called the "Tiger Guard Battalion" by Gan Ning, specially set up a high platform in the army, and Zhang Hu ascended to command the whole army! The soldiers guarding the surrounding platform are Liu Yi's "guard battalion", and this arrangement also shows that Liu Yi attaches great importance to the safety of Zhang Hu and Guo Jia, but Zhou Cang is a little unhappy in his heart. Under such a huge formation, as a military general, who doesn't want to rush to kill and fight between the array, but he can only think about it, usually Liu Yi treats them very kindly, but once it comes to the military law king Lao Tzu, he will not be merciful, the last time he and Guan Hai drank in the army, he was beaten with thirty military sticks, and now it is above the battle array, the military discipline is particularly strict, and the slightest violation of the lord will kill.
In this battle, Liu Yi can be said to have exhausted his family background, only to win and lose, and there is no third way to choose! And as the commander of the "Iron Cavalry Battalion" Zhao Yun was not in the formation, Liu Yi arranged for him to go to the Wuhuan cavalry to lead the overall situation, which was discussed with Hu Yanbo and others, Wuhuan people and Liu Yi have always been friendly, Zhao Zilong's courage They are also well aware, plus this is a coordinated operation, so they are very cooperative, at this time Zhao Yun's 20,000 Wuhuan cavalry army also concealed to twenty miles away from the wolf, so far away from the cavalry a charge to arrive, just to see the battlefield rocket for the number immediately rushed out, to the Hun army to a fatal blow!
For Liu Yi to go out in person, Zhang Hu and the generals naturally had to admonish, and Zhao Yun even proposed that he lead the "Iron Cavalry Battalion" and a cadre of generals to rush and kill, and set the lord to capture the Xiongnu Shan Yu. Liu Yi is resolutely disobedient, the gains and losses of this battle are very important to him, although Zhao Yunzhiyong is not under him, but his Liu Yi Liu Langsheng's status in the minds of the soldiers is no one can compare with him, the cavalry rushes into battle, the first is in the momentum, as long as Liu Yi is in front, the soldiers must be desperately rushing up regardless of it. This time, Liu Yi is indeed reasonable, and secondly, there is no one to stop the lord in the absence of Xi Zhicai, Zhang Hu has to explain in detail that Gan Ning Guan Hai must protect the lord and protect the lord.
Looking at the majestic confrontation between the two armies in front of him, Guo Jia was also emotional, although he was resourceful, but after all, such a scene was the first time to see, Liu Yi usually treated himself politely, coupled with his handsome description and quite famous morale, which already made him very good. At this time, Liu Yi, who was sitting on the "dark clouds covered with snow", was full of an indomitable momentum, and the eyes of the soldiers behind him looking at the lord also revealed a strong sense of reverence, even the hundreds of thousands of Huns in front of them could not let them retreat slightly, especially Liu Yi's sentence before the war, "The brave wins when they meet on a narrow road" made him heartbroken, such a character will never lose his own master! Guo Jia suddenly discovered that Liu Langsheng, who was on the battlefield, was the real heartbreak.
"Ku Chi'er, you deserve to be the wise man in my clan, if it weren't for you, how could Liu Yi dare to fight a head-on battle with my army, the world said that he was a wise and brave general, and now it seems that he is just a brave man, today I want the Han people to know, the heroes in their hearts are not the opponents of our clan's iron cavalry, this person is excepted, who else is against me in the northern Xinjiang?" After carefully observing the formation listed by Liu Yijun, Hu Qiquan already felt that he was in his chest, and he couldn't help but speak.
"I see that this person has a very orderly arrangement, although the situation in this battle is beneficial to our army, it is not possible to underestimate the enemy, if you want to come here, Liu Yiken must have a future!" Hu Chi'er had the same idea as Hu Chuquan in his heart, but he always vaguely felt that Liu Yi would not be so easy to deal with!
"Hmph, Liu Langsheng is just a bit of a trick, and his brother will be taken advantage of by him if he doesn't check it for a while, but today, even if he has a thousand clever plans, how can he block the impact of tens of thousands of iron horsemen on this wolf plain? This battle is a must-win! Gongsun Yue, who was next to him, also gritted his teeth at this time and said, the hatred of killing his brother is not shared.
"Ku Chi'er and General Gongsun are right, I also want to see how this Liu Yi can deal with the momentum of my iron cavalry, pass the order, and the whole army will assault!" At this time, the two sides had finished their formations, and Hu Chuquan no longer hesitated, and immediately ordered the army to attack.
Several cavalry formations moved according to the order, the grassland under the galloping of thousands of horses was dusty and smoke, the whole earth seemed to shake, the impact of the Hun cavalry was very orderly, the front of the 40,000 people rushed straight forward, and the other 20,000 troops outflanked Liu Yijun's two wings from the side, intending to cut off his back road, and the foot soldiers were also slowly following up! The distance between the two armies was only five miles, and the cavalry was almost instantaneous under the impact, looking at a torrent rushing in the distance, a trace of ruthlessness flashed on Zhang Hu's face, and when the red flag was raised, the Han army immediately launched action!