Chapter 224: Donghu reinforcements are ambushed at night
Meng Tian listened to the analysis of Lu Yan and the three of them, and felt that it was very reasonable, so he immediately made arrangements, and ordered Wang Li to lead 30,000 soldiers and horses to the east of Wolf Mountain to set up camp, pay attention to the Donghu tribe, Lu Yan led 10,000 soldiers and horses to ambush south of Helan Mountain, and Meng Tian and Shejian led 60,000 soldiers and horses to continue to Helan Mountain to search for the remaining Xiongnu soldiers. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info
The Qin army acted quickly, and after arranging all the soldiers, Wang Li did not send troops first, but first let Lu Yan ambush in the south of Helan Mountain, which was dozens of miles away from the 50,000 soldiers of the Xiongnu at that time, and the action was secretive, and the enemy army did not find Lu Yan's movements.
The soldiers used by Lu Yan were all crossbow archers, and the tripping horse nails were all scattered in the hills, slightly covered with dust, which was relatively secretive, and the crossbowmen were ambushed in the mountains of the two lines.
On the Xiongnu side, after the former Xianwang gave Tou Mandan 20,000 soldiers, he evacuated first, and the Xiongnu tribes near Helan Mountain needed to move all to the north to prevent them from being discovered by the Qin army.
On that day, Tou Mandan Yu and Donghu Hanxie did not evacuate, and the Qin army sent 60,000 troops to the north of Helan Mountain, which was huge, making Tou Mandan happy in his heart, and this ambush was naturally foolproof.
In addition to learning the news, the Xiongnu also had Wang Li leading his soldiers to the east of Wolf Mountain.
Tou Manshan didn't pay any attention to Donghu Hanxie's expression, still thinking about how to ambush the Qin army, saying that 20,000 Hun soldiers ambushed the Qin army and 60,000, which would definitely be able to annihilate many elites of the enemy.
"Leader, I feel that I can't ambush the Qin army, and I need to go back to defend Donghu!" Han Xie said in a deep voice.
Hearing Han Xie say this, Touman Shan Yu also reacted immediately, and Wang Li's 30,000 soldiers had to pay attention, "Donghu sent 40,000 troops this time, I think there are still 20,000 soldiers in your clan, and it is naturally not a problem to defend the clan land, we don't have to worry, just rest assured to attack the Qin army." There was no scruple in his words about the Donghu land.
After all, Donghu is not Toumandanyu's territory, and it is reasonable that he is not worried about this matter, but Donghu Hanxie is different from him, he has grown up in the clan land since he was a child, if the clan land is lost, how can he still be in the mood to deal with the Qin army.
"Forgiveness is difficult to obey, now the 20,000 soldiers in the battalion are all from my Donghu, and the leader has offended!" Donghu Hanevil said and walked towards the outside of the tent.
Tou Manshan frowned slightly, most of the soldiers are indeed Donghu people, and it is not impossible to help them solve the affairs of the clan and then come to ambush, anyway, the terrain of Helan Mountain is not familiar with the Qin army, the march is slow, Donghu is quick to decide, and it can catch up with the ambush Qin army, just listen to the words of Donghu Hanxie for the time being, and make plans in the future.
On the same day, Donghu Hanxie and Toumanshan Yu led 20,000 troops to Donghudi, the Hun soldiers had just left, and Meng Tian's army then arrived, and they couldn't help but be a little surprised when they saw the footprints of soldiers and horses here.
However, there were hills everywhere, and he did not know where the Hun soldiers went, so he had to continue his march north, while Toumandanyu advanced to the east.
Wang Li's army was so vast, and the patriarch of Donghu also heard about it, and he was naturally shocked in his heart, and sure enough, no one could avoid the attack of the Qin army, so he immediately recruited 20,000 troops in the clan for temporary defense.
Now that I think about it, in addition to regretting the 40,000 soldiers lent to the Huns, it is regret, and the 20,000 Donghu soldiers will naturally not have much problem defending the clan land, but it is still difficult.
Wang Li was not in a hurry to march, but was waiting for news from Lu Yan, if Lu Yan did not intercept reinforcements in three days, the two would join forces and attack the Donghu tribe.
Only one day later, the sentry sent by Lu Yan came to report, saying that the Hun soldiers were slowly coming here, and it was expected that they would be able to pass by here at night.
Due to the eagerness of Donghu Hanxie, 10,000 cavalry were in front, and the rest of the infantry were all behind, Tou Manshan Yu was not very concerned about this matter, so he led the infantry in the rear.
When the sun was about to set, the cavalry of Donghu Hanxie really rushed to the canyon first, because it was full of tripping nails, so that the horses of the cavalry in front of them suddenly raised their front hooves, and they were extremely irritable, and many cavalry still rode their horses because of the hazy night, and they didn't know what was going on.
When the Donghu cavalry marched into the hills, the horse's hooves were already drenched in blood, and when the Donghu Hanxie saw the rear cavalry stop, he looked down and saw that the ground was full of protruding iron nails, no matter how he kicked it away, there was always one side facing up.
And in the front of the Donghu Han evil suddenly realized in his heart, "Withdraw the troops quickly, there is an ambush here, it is not appropriate to stay for a long time!" Donghu Han shouted evilly, and regardless of the pain of the horse's hooves, he immediately turned back from the horse.
At this moment, the crossbowmen on the hill suddenly got up, and many arrows flew towards the valley, and some of the soldiers could not dodge, and all of them were shot on their horses.
Donghu Hanxie held a sharp weapon in his right hand, and hit the flying arrows indiscriminately, and ran towards the rear in a panic, all the cavalry were too busy to take care of themselves, and there were countless people who fell off their horses.
The 10,000 Donghu soldiers did not take a moment, but they had already lost most of them, and the most important thing was that at the moment, I don't know how many Qin troops were ambushed here, and Donghu Hanevil had no other way in his heart, so he just took the remaining cavalry and evacuated back.
And Tou Mandan also rushed to the mouth of the valley at this moment, and when he saw Donghu Hanxie leading two thousand cavalry, he suddenly rushed out, and he was frightened and hurriedly stepped forward to respond.
"What's going on ahead, it's so embarrassing!" Tou Manshan asked anxiously.
Donghu Han's evil eyes were miserable, "The leader doesn't know, there is an ambush of the Qin army ahead, evacuate quickly!" ”
While the two were talking, Lu Yan had come down from the valley with a crossbowman, the sky was slightly dark, and Tou Manshan saw that the mountains were all over the Qin army shouting to kill, thinking that he had encountered the main force of the Qin army, so he didn't say more, and then returned the same way with Donghu Hanye.
Lu Yan chased for a few miles, ordered his crossbowmen to let go of them with a little arrow, and then let them leave, and the Huns lost seven or eight thousand cavalry in the valley, which was also a great victory.
As everyone knows, there are not many cavalry shots, but the cavalry suddenly turns around and retreats, after all, it is inconvenient, so many cavalry have fallen off their horses, and some cavalry take the opportunity to step on them and rush out of the valley, so it is inevitable to be ruthless, but the horses can't step on the tripping nails, and the speed out of the valley is naturally much faster.
Most of the Donghu soldiers in the valley were blurred with flesh and blood, and they couldn't bear to look directly, only a few war horses were still moaning, and Lu Yan saw Toumandanyu fleeing, so he immediately withdrew his troops and went to the east of the Wolf Mountain to meet Wang Li's troops.
Now that Meng Tian's army is gradually pressing towards the north of Helan Mountain, Tou Mandan Yu and Donghu Hanxie led 12,000 people to retreat back for dozens of miles, and when they heard that there was a Qin army ahead, they were all frightened.
The two knew that there were pursuers in front and behind, so they had to order the army to explore the road on the spot and rush straight to the north of Wolf Mountain, trying not to meet with Meng Tian's army, and they could also avoid Lu Yan's army.
Donghu Hanevil was ambushed by Lu Yan for a wave, although he missed the clan land in his heart, but his troops did not dare to return to defend and support, in case of another ambush, I am afraid that his own life will be taken, I only hope that his father can resist the attack of the Qin army.