Chapter 8: Losing both

On the frontal battlefield, Tanshi Huai's patience has been exhausted, and seeing that the left wing division was completely pinned down by the Huns, he decisively put the remaining 3,000 tooth tent cavalry into the battlefield, he wanted to defeat the Han cavalry and end the battle.

Although the Han cavalry suffered a lot of casualties before, it was still able to hold on in the confrontation with the Xianbei people, after all, it was Zhang Huan's elite cavalry who had been trained for many years.

But the increase in troops of Tanshi Huai, soon the Han army could not resist, and the Han people were not more skilled than the grassland people after all. Although the generals tried their best to maintain it, they were attacked by the elite support of the sandalwood Huaiya tent, but they still couldn't resist it and collapsed backwards.

The situation of the Han army seemed to deteriorate in an instant, sliding towards the unpredictable abyss, and the Han army's infantry formation where Zhang Huan was located on the field was suddenly exposed to the Xianbei soldiers. Like thousands of sheep, trembling in the face of tens of thousands of hungry wolves.

After Xianbei completely dispersed the Han cavalry, he quickly assembled, set up a position and charged towards the Han army's foot soldiers, wanting to destroy them in one fell swoop and end the battle. In the face of the onslaught of tens of thousands of Xianbei soldiers with high morale, the overwhelming momentum made the Han soldiers almost breathless.

In this field without the slightest shelter, there were not many vehicles in the battle array, and it was completely unable to support the defense of thousands of Han soldiers. "Lord, the situation of the Han army is not good! Whether we want to retreat or not, the Han army is afraid that it will be defeated! Zheyu, who had been guarding Ji Louyuan's side, asked with some concern.

continued to order his Xiongnu soldiers to entangle with the Xianbei people, and couldn't help but look at the Han army, the thousands of foot soldiers were like duckweed in the water and could be drowned by the huge waves at any time. Ji Louyuan did not hesitate for long, and began to order the Huns to gradually get rid of the entanglement of the Xianbei people and want to evacuate. The goal has been achieved, and it is very unwise to continue fighting, and it is better to preserve strength. As for the Han people, they can't control too much.

Zhang Huan was still standing firmly in the formation, staring at the tens of thousands of Xianbei people who were rushing wildly, his eyes were solemn, and he did not have the slightest intention of retreating. Don't care about Lou Yuan's movements, and nail there with the Han army.

When the Xianbei cavalry approached, the command flag waved, and the military formation changed rapidly, revealing two thousand crossbow troops hidden in the array, and these thousands of crossbows were Zhang Huan's back hands. Among them were hundreds of large yellow crossbows, thick and long, with their long and thick crossbow arrows glowing with a terrifying cold light, aimed at the Xianbei people.

Tan Shihuai originally had some doubts about the stability of the Han army, but when he found out about the changes in the Han army, his face suddenly changed greatly, and he hurriedly shouted: "Turn to withdraw the army!" The Xianbei trumpeter beside him hurriedly blew the horn of the army, but it was too late.

The galloping cavalry at high speed launched it and wanted to stop, but it was not so simple, there was not much buffer distance, and Tan Shihuai watched his sons and daughters rush towards the crossbow array of the Han army.

The Xianbei knight in the front row saw the change in the Han army's military formation, and was photographed by the strong crossbow, and wanted to turn around and stop. But to no avail, he was led down by the cavalry behind him. As a result, many people fell off their horses and were trampled into meat sauce by the impacted horses' hooves. More Xianbei people reacted and wanted to move, which made the Xianbei riding array arrows chaotic.

"Put!" When the Xianbei people entered the firing range, an order was given, and more than a thousand winding crossbow arrows shot out in a volley, which was fast and fierce, and ruthlessly pierced into the Xianbei people's bodies. There was no room for reaction, and a large number of Xianbei cavalry in the front row suddenly fell, and the screams and roars suddenly sounded.

The Han army saw that the Xianbei people's charge was frustrated, and the tension dissipated a lot, and the crossbowmen quickly cooperated with the exchange of arrows under the command of the winding, and fired in unison again, repeating the cycle until the arm was out of strength. The Han army rained arrows one after another, and the Xianbei cavalry fell in pieces. The Xianbei army, who was in an unknown situation behind, still charged forward and died, like moths to a fire, and was dissolved.

The battle turned into a massacre, a massacre of the Xianbei cavalry by Han crossbowmen, and a round of arrows rained down, and the Han army shot tens of thousands of arrows. The Xianbei people suffered more than 3,000 casualties, and their corpses fell to the ground, and they didn't even reach the Han army's gun array.

Tens of thousands of cavalry troops on both sides fought before, and the Xianbei people did not have such heavy casualties, but in just a few quarters of an hour, such a big loss was caused, and the Xianbei people were completely blinded and at a loss.

The crossbow army of the Han army has stopped shooting, and it is too laborious to operate crossbow arrows, especially hard crossbows like the big yellow crossbow, so they have to release so many rounds in a row, and the soldiers have no more spare strength.

The remaining Xianbei cavalry did not dare to charge forward any longer, they did not dare to guarantee whether the Han army could still fire the terrible crossbow arrows, and began to slowly retreat, gradually turning into a rout and rushing towards Tanshihuai. Zhang Huan seized the opportunity and ordered the whole army to assault, and the Han cavalry that had been scattered before also gathered and chased after the Xianbei people.

Ji Lou Yuan saw Fang Cai's battle, and the power of the thousands of crossbows made him sigh, Zhang Huan unexpectedly used the crossbow array against the enemy, and the Xianbei people were unjustly defeated. Turning the horse's head, he led the Huns to pursue the Xianbei people as well.

Seeing this, Tanshi Huai knew that his side was over, but he had no choice but to lead the army to defeat and leave, and left thousands of corpses under the pursuit of the Han and Huns before disengaged. Running east for a hundred miles, the Han army was relentlessly chasing, and Tanshihuai joined several Xianbei people in Dingxiang City, forcing the Han army to give up the pursuit.

In the battle in the clouds, the Xianbei people lost 6,000 elites, which made Tanshi Huai's heart drip blood, which was his tooth tent elite soldiers. After so many years of fighting in the northern Xinjiang, he has never suffered such a big loss, and he was so angry that Tanshi Huai almost vomited blood. He scolded the tribal leader who had been concentrated for a long time, and began to take the remaining Xianbei people to roam the territory of the clouds, he was unwilling to fail this time.

If the Xianbei people are suffering heavy casualties, then the Han-Hungarian coalition army can only be described as wounded, the coalition army is 30,000, but the hard power is completely defeated by 20,000 Xianbei people, if it is not for Zhang Huan has been hiding the crossbow army, I am afraid that the 30,000 coalition army will be crushed.

The cavalry of the Han army lost a full thirty percent, and the Huns only had more than 4,000 left, not counting the wounded, and the two sides together lost tens of thousands of people! Although there were many casualties on Ji Louyuan's side, he had gained an iron-blooded army, and he was not much depressed.

The Han army could not do it, Zhang Huan reined in the soldiers and garrisoned them in the city of clouds to rest. Then there was no large-scale engagement between the two sides, Zhang Huan was bent on shrinking in the city, Tanshi Huai couldn't take him, and began to disperse the soldiers, looting the county, trying to force Zhang Huan out of the city.

Zhang Huan saw through Tanshihuai's tricks, and found the opportunity to send cavalry to suppress the Xianbei people a few times, and Tanshihuai no longer dared to disperse the troops, and Xianbei attacked every time, at least a thousand people.

The two sides are in such a stalemate, no one can help anyone, of course, there are no small-scale brutal fights, as few as 100 people, as many as 1,000 people, the two sides come and go in the clouds, the blood is pervasive, and the casualties are heavy day by day.

"Zhang Yuanjun, I don't know what to call me?" Ji Louyuan asked, and was called to him by Zhang Huan early in the morning.

Seeing that Ji Louyuan was coming, Zhang Huan was very enthusiastic, and a kind smile appeared on his tired face, and he asked Ji Louyuan to sit down and said: "That's the case, there are more than 1,000 Xianbei people in Chengle over there, and the old man hopes that the prince can lead the Hun warriors to exterminate!" ”

Without much thought, Ji Lou Yuan agreed, and went out to fight with the Xianbei people a few times before, and said goodbye resolutely, and ordered troops out of the city to the east. What Ji Lou Yuan didn't know was that after he led his army out of the city, news spread to Tanshi Huai.

Naturally, Zhang Huan sent someone to reveal it, and these days, he has thoroughly understood Ji Louyuan's ability and skill. The most important thing is that he felt Ji Louyuan's wolf ambition, although he hid it well, he still couldn't hide Zhang Huan's eyes that had insight into the world.

Especially Zhang Huan was already wary of Ji Lou Yuan, who was of a different race, and he had a hunch that if Ji Lou Yuan grew up, he was afraid that he would become a man even more terrible than Tan Shi Huai. At that time, he will definitely threaten the big man, and he has to guard against it, so that he wants to get rid of it quickly.

As a friendly army, Zhang Huan was not good at doing it himself, so he had to borrow the hands of Xianbei people. Ji Louyuan has 4,000 brave men under him, and he can also consume the military strength of the Xianbei people, which is exactly killing two birds with one stone.

I hope this plan is feasible, Zhang Huan's eyes are full of coldness.