The night of the grassland is empty and silent, with white tents hidden by bonfires, and pitch black in the distance. Insects and herbivores in the grass take advantage of the night to appear one after another, and from time to time rabbits gallop in front of the camp gate, and insects and frogs are full of life. But the night also contains danger, Ouyang Xuan immediately judged that the Huns were hiding tracks, and it was very likely to use the terrain and night to carry out a night attack, and made arrangements in advance. A few straw men stood guard at the door, and the sheep tied up the straw men to patrol. A deep trench was dug inside the wall, and light gasoline mixed with mutton fat was poured into the dry firewood. The soldiers lay in ambush in the ditch outside the camp, covered with camouflaged wooden planks. The horses were hidden in a hidden valley, and 10,000 men were sent to guard against them.

The night was deep and there was silence all around. Ouyang Xuan and the thousand guards hid a rifle on the south side of the ditch and camouflaged it with stones. Until it was nearly dawn, the soldiers would be drowsy unless they were forced to do so. Suddenly, there was a strong horn sound from the mountain beam on the west side, Ouyang Xuan raised his binoculars, and from a distance, he saw countless black shadows rushing up the mountain beam. Except for the behind, there are black shadows flashing on the other three mountain beams. Only the valley where the horses and baggage were placed when they came from the southeast side was unoccupied, because it was so inconspicuous that no one would have hidden the baggage here.

The second horn remembered, and the black shadow on the mountain beam galloped down the hillside, and the sound of horses' hooves rumbling behind it was also heard. In an instant, the sound of horses stepping on wooden planks struck the eardrums of each Yulin soldier. In less than half an hour, all the campers passed, and what Ouyang Xuan was most worried about did not happen. Every disguise was intact, and he watched as the last black shadow on his side entered the gate. Ouyang Xuan took out his rifle and aimed at the ignition mechanism. Aim and pull the bolt to shoot in one go. The flames rose into the air and hurried deep along a shallow ditch outside the camp. The sound of gunfire and fire was an order, and for a while, a thousand rifles rang out at the same time, tongues of fire erupted, and the Yulin soldiers in the ditch opened the camouflage plank, drew their bows and arrows.

The Zuo Dadu Lieutenant Subuzade, who led his troops into the camp, was very depressed, obviously it was a brightly lit camp, but now there was nothing but scarecrows and drumming sheep, and grass horses. When he was wondering, there was a bang, and then he saw the firelight, and he faintly felt bad, and ordered people to retreat quickly. Before the order could reach the 10,000-strong team, there was a thud around them, and then tongues of fire spread into the tent. The wooden wall of the camp is very high, there is a deep ditch in front, you can only go to the walled gate, with two thousand people as a unit, break through the walled gate on the north and south sides. As soon as he arrived at the walled gate, like rain and arrows, the Huns in the front row suffered countless casualties. This is true on both sides.

Just when the Huns broke through in a panic in the camp, Ouyang Xuan ordered someone to blow the horn. The soldiers who had already prepared pulled the rope in their hands, and a deep ditch appeared in the gate of the wall, and the deep ditch in the wall figured out, the flames spread rapidly along the deep ditch, and a raging ring of fire trapped the Hun soldiers in the camp.

From the high altitude, in the camp within a radius of ten miles, the Huns, who were still rushing left and right at the beginning, gradually converged with the center. Outside the wall of fire, the Yulin Army was gathering in a formation of 5,000 people under the cover of the rain of arrows, and lined up outside the gate of the village on the north and south sides. This time it was all infantry phalanx, and the cavalry was still on standby in the valley ten miles away.

Ouyang Xuan ordered the herald to inform the cavalry to go up the mountain beams on the north and south sides, and use the banner as an order to rush and kill. The fire grew stronger and stronger, obscuring the view of the camp. A cruel smile appeared on the corner of Ouyang Xuan's mouth, and he ordered the guards to aim at the center of the camp and fire two double medicine pack 60 shells each. The gunners in pairs, according to the technical essentials of the usual training, set up the cannon, calculated the curved firing distance, adjusted the muzzle, tied the medicine bag, as Ouyang Xuan's sword fell, 50 shells fell into the hall, and the bottom firing pin excited the propellant, and with a bang, the cannonballs came out in response. The rumbling sound near the center of the camp was accompanied by the light of the fire, the screams of the horses, and the screams of the Huns mixed together. "Check the barrel of each gun", Ouyang Xuan gave the order again, and the current alloy quality does not dare to guarantee that the barrel will not be deformed. After all, the closed closure of the projectile body is limited by the process and cannot achieve the perfect fit of later generations. The status of each cannon came one after another, and it was not bad, none of them had problems, "hang the medicine and load it, and put it". The shells fell into the camp again, it may be that the Huns really couldn't stand this blow, and they flocked to the north and south sides of the walled gates, and I don't know how many people were burned to death in the fire ditch, and the fire gradually became smaller, and there was billowing smoke. The Huns took advantage of the weakening of the fire, and the large group of men and horses swarmed out, and just out of the gate of the village, they were faced with alternate shots with bows and crossbows, and countless people fell to the ground. The entrance to the village has been blocked by the corpses of men and horses. After a brief weakening, the fire became more violent, and there was a deflagration, and the pile of corpses at the door also burned.

"Archer, rocket warp camp", Ouyang Xuan gave the order again. "Trebuchet ready, yellow medicine pack, ten rounds fired". In a moment's time, dozens of carts exited from the deep ditch around, and the soldiers were busy assembling various parts. With the light of the morning sun, Ouyang Xuan saw the trebuchet raising green flags from the telescope, and it was not until the last flag was raised that he gave the order to launch. As soon as the commander's red flag fell, with the plane smashing down, one by one yellow packages with green smoke flew to all parts of the camp. After a while, there was a deafening explosion, which was enough to deaf the deafening sound of the camp, and the green smoke of the camp after the explosion was shrouded, and the smell of gunpowder filled the entire camp. Even the Yulin army outside the camp was a little dazed by the explosion, and Ouyang Xuan ordered the herald to notify the battalions and prepare for battle. The red flag was raised again, and when the green flags were lit everywhere and the red flags fell, another round of explosives exploded.

Sub Ezad was depressed, and when the fire broke out, he was pressed back by the bow and crossbow. Thousands of Hun warriors died at the gate of the village, followed by the flying thunder, exploded in the ranks, countless casualties, before they had time to count the casualties, they were injured by the thunder in one case. Seeing that less than half of the men and horses remained, he ordered to brave the fire to break through, and once again threw thousands of people back. Subuzaland is a little desperate now, how strict the strategy of Zuogu Liwang to steal camps and rob the village was actually seen through by the Han people, and he was about to make the last breakthrough, dozens of huge explosions came, and there were not many people who could stand, many people and horses were bleeding in their ears, and their ears were also buzzing, and they couldn't hear what the people around them were saying. The rockets fired from outside the camp had no combustibles, but a few people near the fire ditch were shot out and out, and the others fell into the fire ditch after crossing the camp. Before he could make the next move, the second round of thunder followed. After the loud noise, less than a thousand people could stand. Hurry up and shout loudly and let people check the casualties. He really didn't want to die here like this, he still had children, a wife, and Eji and his father to support. He looked up to the sky and roared, a few clouds in the sky were slowly drifting south, he was really unwilling, he really wanted to know who this leader was? It will make the 40,000 left Hun elites not even see the enemy, and they will die here.

Ouyang Xuan did not let him continue to throw explosive packs, but asked the gunners to check each cannon and prepare double-pill shells for later use. At the gates of both sides of the Yulin Army's entire formation, the sky was bright at this time, and the sun was already shining on the mountain beams to separate the yin and yang sides. The camp was shrouded in the rising sun, billowing smoke, and the raging fire continued to burn. The sunlight shines on the black smoke, and the golden light is reflected in the black, and the flames are more gorgeous in the sun. It feels like this is a hell of fire.

When the final statistics were reported, Subuzaland was limp and slumped on the ground, 40,000 horses, and less than 3,000 were alive. Ordered the whole army to be lined up in the center, even if it was to die, it was necessary to be brave, at least to see the enemy, and make a charge. Looking at the stupid Hun soldiers laboriously riding on their horses, crumbling, Subzarand's heart was dripping blood. Tap your head with the hilt of your knife to sober yourself up.

"Report, General, there are 20,000 Hun soldiers and horses in the northwest galloping, according to this thirty miles", the close probe reported in time. "Probe and report again. The whole army was ordered to line up in formation and the northwest valley pass. Leave a team to guard each gate, and if there is a fugitive, a bow and a crossbow will wait." "No!" The herald and the scout took the order.

Thirty miles of road in the eyes of the cavalry is a meal, Yulin army has just finished the formation, can already see the Hun army galloping from a distance, along the valley to kill. The sword, gun and shield array of 5,000 men lined up in the center, lined up, and the cavalry lined up behind the two sides. In a moment, the Hun soldiers have been close to a stone's throw away, the crossbowmen in the gun and shield array fired thousands of arrows, continuous and continuous shooting, the crossbowmen do not need to worry about protection, there are shields in front and above, just squat behind the shield and shoot. There is no need to aim, this is Ouyang Xuan's request. What I wanted was the first round of bow and arrow blockade, the Hun forward soldiers and horses were killed and wounded innumerable, and some of them had not had time to take the bow, they had already been hit by arrows and fallen from their horses, and the speed of the whole army was a pause. The speed will drop a lot, and after four rounds of bows and arrows, it is a crossbow shooting, and each time it is a thousand crossbow arrows, continuously. Before they could rush to the front of the battle, thousands of soldiers and horses had died. Occasionally, a hundred arrows were shot from the Xiongnu side, and they all landed on the shield, and only a few occasionally shot the Yulin soldiers through the gap, and they were all fine. When the follow-up army rushed up, the bows and crossbows were fired in unison again, and there were countless dead and wounded, and almost every arrow could hit a Hun soldier. The road is narrow and the people are dense, this is the inevitable result.

Ouyang Xuan rode a horse and stood in the formation, with a wave of the sword in his hand, the cavalry on both sides of the horse accelerated, and the crossbow arrow in his hand was fired at the trigger of the dense Hun soldiers. The horse team did not directly attack the Hun army, but galloped to the middle position to beat the horse and turn, and turned back to the original place. The killing effect of 10,000 close-range crossbow arrows is not comparable to that of phalanx bows. In the end, the Xiongnu army of less than 10,000 people broke through the blockade of the bow and crossbow and galloped to the front of the battle, which made them even more frightened by the lance that came out of the shield at an angle of 45 degrees. This spear shield array Ouyang Xuan has also been improved, each shield has three spears as brackets, plus the bracket of the shield, forming a rejection horse, the spearman stabs forward according to the command in the gap between the shields, and the knife hand is still responsible for cleaning the road at close range. When marching, the spear on the shield is in charge of a special person, which is the periphery, and in the middle is the crossbowman and the shield bearer, who is responsible for standing the shield and holding the shield gun when marching, and each shield group is responsible for ten people. Every once in a while, there will be a replacement order, and so on.

When the horse collided, the Yulin Army, who was in charge of rejecting the horse pistol, quickly drew the gun, removed the corpse, and set up the spear. The Xiongnu military horses, which were less than 10,000 people, were like hitting a wall, and they were never able to cross the gun and shield array. The crossbow arrows in the hands of the cavalry on both sides never stopped. Stand an arrow away and shoot alternately in three groups.

Nearly half an hour, most of the 20,000 Hun soldiers were killed and wounded, and less than 5,000 remained, and the formation was 500 steps away, not daring to move forward, the first general in the formation, yellow hat, leather coat, white ear balls hanging on both sides, and a steel knife in his hand. After a confrontation, talk to the back, and after a while, the Hun army slowly withdrew backwards. The cavalry captains on both sides rode their horses and came to Ouyang Xuan, "General, the enemy army wants to retreat, can our army pursue, please instruct." "Wait a minute, the retreat is so slow, there must be a reason, and I ordered the horses to probe the mountain beams on both sides." Before he finished speaking, a close detective reported: "General, just found out that on the mountain beams on both sides, there were Hun troops lying on the beams during the war." "Okay, re-appreciate the horse camp. Re-explore and report again". Ouyang Xuan's guess was right. Turning back to the two lieutenants, he said, "Quickly go to the back of the mountain beam, and shoot the fire crossbow to ignite the grass and trees." "No!" , the two took the order and left.

Calling Shan, "ordered you to bring 500 guards to assist the cavalry, and shoot the Huns of Shanliang with fire guns." "No!" , bowed down to receive the order, and ordered all the men and horses to follow the Yulin cavalry. A moment later, there was a thud behind the mountain beams on both sides, accompanied by the light of the fire. At this time, it is summer, although it can't cause a large-scale mountain fire, Ouyang Xuan just needs to smoke it and smoke people down. In less than a quarter of an hour, news came from both sides that all the Huns had been killed, the mountain beams had been captured, and there were no dead in Yulin, only dozens of people who were slightly wounded.

"The herald ordered the cavalry on the left and right to speed up the pursuit, and the infantry captain and commander returned to the camp to line up, and the Huns in the camp were not allowed to be let go." Ouyang Xuan galloped away with the cavalry. It was basically not difficult to catch up with these defeated and downtrodden Huns. This is also the characteristic of the grassland people, the victory is excited, the defeat is the battle for each other, and the survival is important. After chasing for thirty miles, he ordered the whole army to return to the camp. Less than 1,000 of the Xiongnu soldiers who rushed to the aid fled, and all the others died in the grassland.

Back at the camp, the fire was close to being extinguished. Subzarand made several charges, all of which were defeated. There were also more than a dozen trembling soldiers standing at the gate of the camp on the south side. When he saw this, he called the interpreter and told him to surrender and avoid death. In this case, the Huns were also helpless, and after several shouts from the interpreter, they all abandoned their swords and dismounted.

"May I ask what the general is called, so that he can know who will be defeated." Subuzaland asked through an interpreter. Before Ouyang Xuan could answer, several lieutenants beside him were waiting for Ouyang Xuan to answer. Ouyang Xuan called the chief bookkeeper Dou Pengzu, "Let him go back and report the news, and the rest will be beheaded." The lieutenants were called, gathered outside the camp, and announced a series of orders, first clean up the corpses and bury them according to the Hun etiquette. Clean up the tents that can still be used, and set up camp in another camp for a few days. Release the exploration horses, investigate the enemy situation within a radius of 100 miles and the herdsmen's summer pasture settlements, and send 800 miles to report to the imperial court urgently.

In the afternoon, the whole army moved 100 miles east and re-camped by a lake. Send fast horses to Zhuoku to transport tents, grain and grass and other materials. In this battle, nearly 60,000 Hun soldiers were slaughtered, 100 Yulin soldiers were wounded, and no one was killed.

In order to alleviate the pressure on food, he ordered a team of 1,000 soldiers to hunt in the surrounding area, fish in the lake, and raid the summer pastures of the Xiongnu. The reason why I chose to rest and recuperate is the pressure of logistics and materials. It would be very troublesome to run a long distance if you could not replenish supplies in time, and the Huns chose the way of clearing the wilderness with strong walls, just to cut off logistics.

On the third day, news came back from all parties one after another. Found more than a dozen summer pastures deep in the mountains, as well as two noble pastures. Looking at the eager eyes of the captains, Ouyang Xuan knew what they wanted to do, and did not give an order. The steppe nomadic tribes have their own defense mechanisms, not only against bears and wolves, but also against people, especially inter-tribal attacks. Attacking their army is much simpler than sneaking up on the summer and autumn pasture tribes, swamps, traps, horse rejection mechanisms, and rope crossbows that can only be seen on petroglyphs in later generations, and the most terrifying thing is the "Dallagai" that can only be seen through cave petroglyphs in later generations, if you don't know the route, even if there are 10,000 soldiers, you can devour it, it is a wide ditch combined with swamp trap defense mechanism. There is a false pastoral path leading into the ditch, and it is easy to be deceived. Moreover, the swamps were all artificially made, and the shallowest place was three people deep, so Ouyang Xuan didn't dare to risk letting these Han people who didn't know the grassland take the risk.

He took his own soldiers and a troop of cavalry, and all the captains except the deacon, and led them to the periphery of a noble ranch under the guidance of Tanma. Stop at a relatively secluded mountain beam and take out your binoculars to take a closer look. Thousands of sheep are leisurely munching on the grass on the turf of the pasture, and hundreds of cows are lying on the grass on the other side, basking in the sun and ruminating. More than a dozen tents stood in the middle, and the shepherd slaves rode back and forth with whips to drive the flocks. There was a shallow furrow around it, two hundred paces wide, and the color of the grass was markedly different from the rest. There were several pasture paths leading to the tents, but the ditches were clearly decorated with earth instead of being trampled. How to rush in and alarm the cattle and sheep as little as possible made Ouyang Xuan quite brainless.