Chapter 54: Breaking the Army
Huyan is the surname of the Xiongnu, and the tribes of the Xiongnu are generally distinguished by surnames, but most of the people in the tribe do not have surnames, and in the entire tribe, only the patriarch or the head of the tribe has a surname, and the others can only be regarded as the subordinates of this surname.
The Huyan tribe occupies the big walled city, is an important force of the Southern Xiongnu, and is also the main supporter of the Xiongnu Shan Yu, and therefore, whether it is the previous generation of Shan Yu Fuluo or the current Shan Yu Hu Chuquan, the Huyan tribe attaches great importance to the big city walled area, almost all of them can be regarded as the pasture of the Huyan tribe, the total population of the Huyan tribe is nearly 100,000, and the people who control the strings pull out at least 30,000, which is the most important force west of the Xiongnu royal court.
Although it is called the Great Walled City, it is actually not a castle, but a place similar to a fortress, and most of the buildings are wooden structures.
In addition to the people of the Huyan tribe, most of the people of the Huyan tribe are divided into small tribes around the big walled city, the small ones are a few hundred people, and the most are no more than a thousand people, after all, they live by grazing, and it is impossible to gather together for a long time.
As the sky began to get dark, and the herdsmen began to trap the cattle and horses after a busy day, preparing to go back to their tents to rest.
At this moment, a fast horse rushed madly through several tents, and galloped towards the big walled city amid the shouts and curses of the herdsmen.
The knight on horseback was covered in blood, and there were a few arrows stuck in his back, and the horse ran too fast, and a group of herdsmen didn't see too clearly, and the people had rushed outside the big walled city.
Many herdsmen did not go back immediately, but gathered together to look at the direction of the big walled city, which is already the core area of the big walled city, looking at the direction of the other party, it should be the side of Meiji City, isn't there a war in Meiji?
The patriarch of the Huyan clan had already fallen asleep, but was soon woken up again.
"You said that the royal court was besieged by the Han Chinese?" Hu Yan'e looked at the cavalry in front of him with a bloody mist, his leather armor was also stained red with blood, and there were still a few arrow feathers on his back, and he couldn't see the other party's appearance clearly at all.
"Exactly!" The cavalry said in pure Hun language: "The Han people suddenly killed, our army was not prepared, and was killed into the city by the other party, and there was an endless stream of Han people rushing towards the royal court, looking at the number of people, not to mention 100,000 people, I couldn't resist alone, and sent dozens of people to ask for help, but only I pretended to be dead and escaped by luck, Lord Hu Yan, please send troops quickly to rescue the royal court!" ”
"100,000!?" Hu Yan'e stood up in shock: "Didn't Shan Yu send King Zuo Xian to attack Chang'an?" Why is the army of the Han people here? ”
Even if it's revenge, it's coming too quickly, right? And why is there no movement at all?
"I don't know this villain, but it seems that the Han people probably have the intention of dealing with us!" The knight shook his head.
"These abominable Han Chinese!" Huyan E snorted and said: "Santo, gather people and horses, rescue the royal court, since the Han people are here, then don't let them go back!" ”
"Yes!" Seeing this, a burly man hurriedly turned around and left.
Hu Yan'e turned his head and was about to ask something more, but when he saw that the cavalry who came to report had fainted, he frowned, and said as he walked out: "Let people come and clean it up, see if it can be cured, if it can't be cured, give him a good time!" ”
After speaking, he walked out without looking back, the military situation was urgent, and he wanted to rush to Meiji as soon as possible to rescue Wang Ting.
Outside the tent, a majestic horn sounded, the soldiers and horses of the big city had begun to assemble, two Huns came in from outside the tent, looked at the knight who had fainted on the ground and frowned, and scolded him and stepped forward to lift him up.
The Huns, who had been in a coma, suddenly opened their eyes, smiled at the two Huns who were stunned, pulled out the knife on his waist with his backhand, and covered the mouth of a Hun, but the knife directly cut the throat of another person, and then turned around, the knife flashed, and in the blood splashed, the Hun who was covering his mouth glared angrily at the front and slowly fell.
Wiping the blood on his face, the knight listened to the sound of horns and horses' hooves sounding outside, quickly wiped the blood on his face, and a young distressed face gradually became clear, changed into clean clothes and armor, cleaned up, and then swaggered out of the big tent as if nothing happened, mixed in the Huns, and rode a horse to gallop away with the crowd outside the big walled city.
By the time two corpses were found in the walled city, the men and horses of the walled city had already been on the road overnight under the leadership of Huyan'e, and it was impossible to march too fast at night, until dawn the next day, and they had only walked forty or fifty miles.
The big city is 300 miles away from Meiji, and you can gallop to your heart's content during the day, and you should be able to arrive in a day's time.
As the sky gradually brightened, after eating some jerky, Hu Yan'e began to gallop with soldiers and horses, but just ran out of dozens of miles, on the grassland in front, a Han cavalry appeared in front of the sight, the number was not much, it seemed that there were only a few thousand people.
"It should be the men and horses sent by the Han people to intercept our army!" The young face didn't know when he rushed to Huyan'e's side, and when he saw the soldiers and horses of the Han army, he hurriedly said.
"The infantry of the Han people is indeed powerful, but the cavalry of the Han people also want to fight us?" Hu Yan'e sneered disdainfully, and did not slow down, but raised the mace in his hand high and said sharply: "Sons, rush me!" ”
Because of the hasty assembly, Huyan'e did not bring all the soldiers and horses in the big city this time, but even so, there were more than 20,000 people and horses.
The Han army on the opposite side did not waver, did not flee, did not charge, just stayed quietly in place, watching the Huns surge.
Wrong!
Hu Yan'e frowned and looked at these Han people, feeling that something was wrong, but before he could think about it, the cavalry in the front row suddenly fell down in pieces.
"Boom~"
"It's not good, it's a horse trap!" Many people reacted and hurriedly reined in the horse, but the momentum had already been completed, and it was already a little late to rein in the horse at the moment, and the originally neat lineup was instantly chaotic.
The Han people on the opposite side moved at this time, and the Han people's cavalry formation circled in a big circle, bypassing the horse trap area, and then killed the chaotic Huyan tribe from the flank.
The Han army's riding and archery theory is far less than the Huns who grew up on horseback since childhood, but the Huns have become a mess at the moment, for the Han army, it is almost a live target, and some people stabilize their horses and begin to shoot arrows to fight back, but the sparse arrow clusters cannot form an arrow array like the Han army.
"Turn the horse's head and kill me!" Huyan'e roared and brandished his mace, pointing at the Han army, and one after another, the Huns began to turn their horses' heads and charged in the direction of the Han people, but the soldiers and horses that did not form an army formation were all shot off their horses as if they were adding fuel.
After a simple charge over a short distance, the cavalry of the Han army rushed over like a black torrent, chopping waves and slashing into the Hun army, although the Huns were numerous, but the formation was chaotic, and in the face of the charge of the Han army, it was almost a touch of collapse.
"Don't mess around!" Hu Yan'e roared angrily, he saw his right-hand man Santo swing the mace in his hand, and blasted a Han knight directly under the horse, but the next moment, the cold spear of the knight who followed pierced his chest, directly picked him up from the horse, and then fell hard, and was instantly annihilated in the iron hooves of the Han army, and he couldn't help but roar in his heart, wanting to regroup the soldiers and wait for the Han army to break through the formation, and then fight with the Han people again.
Although the Han army performed bravely, after all, the number was small, and with his horses, he could consume the Han army to death.
The cold killing machine made Hu Yan'e's heart tremble, and a rapid sound of horses' hooves, even in the chaos of the army, could be heard clearly, and the sound of horses' hooves was rapidly approaching him.
Hu Yan'e hurriedly turned the horse's head, and what caught his eye was a red-faced Han man, who looked quite majestic, holding a big knife with a blue color and galloping towards this side, and his slightly narrowed eyes reminded him of a wolf napping on the grassland.
"Roar~" On the crowded battlefield, there was no extra place for him to hide, so he could only roar and raise the mace in his hand to meet the Han general who was killing on the opposite side.
When you meet on a narrow road, the brave wins! On the battlefield, there are many times when there is no extra choice, especially in this chaotic army, retreating will die faster.
The two war horses approached rapidly, and at the moment when the two horses staggered, they saw that the red-faced general's eyes that had been squinting suddenly broke away, and the cold killing intent made Hu Yan'e's heart tremble, and the movements in his hands were also half a beat slower at that moment, but between life and death, even if it was just a moment, it was enough to decide life and death.
"Huh~"
The cyan horse training tore through the air, and at the moment when the two horses were staggered, they swept over Huyan'e's neck, and the big head flew into the sky, and the hands holding the mace still maintained the movement of waving the mace, but the mace had been cut off, and the corpse that had lost its head slid off the horse's back weakly, and was trampled into shape by the chaotic hooves in an instant.
"Roar~"
After Guan Yu killed the enemy general, he let out a roar, and the Qinglong Yanyue Knife brought up a cloud of knives, killing the guards of the Huyan tribe who were frantically slaughtered, rushing forward, joining the troops, killing the chaotic military formation of the Huyan tribe, regrouping the troops and horses, and turning the horse's head.
Huyan E died in battle, the general Santo died in battle, the already chaotic camp, at this moment there is no leader, it is even more chaotic, Guan Yu is not in a hurry to continue to charge, but ordered the soldiers to continue to stop their horses and release arrows, these Huns who lost their command lost their subordinates and began to disperse, Guan Yu took the opportunity to lead the army to press, followed closely, and the real slaughter really began.