Chapter 1033: The Battle of the Prairie (9)
"Shameless !!"
Watching those Huns attack themselves with long soldiers outside the killing range of the iron halberd, Dian Wei, who was struggling with his steps, roared angrily. The tiger fell into Pingyang and was bullied by dogs.
Just as Dian Wei was struggling with one foot deep and one foot shallow, trying to get out of this muddy ground, a fierce fighting sound, mixed with Xu Zhu's high roar, came from not far away: "Brother, don't panic, I'm coming!! ”
At this critical moment, the trapped camp led by Xu Zhu came over.
I don't know when it started, but the rain of arrows that was flying all over the heads of the Huns dissipated. The Huns who were huddled together didn't know what was going on, but Liu Bao and the others, who were eagerly observing the battle situation in the rear, could see it clearly. The Han army in the rear is coming up!
"It's okay, strike." Gao Yang, who had been carefully observing the battle situation, put away the telescope in his hand. Sideways to the many generals behind him, he gave the order to attack.
This time, the Han army that followed Gao Yang all the way to this river beach was about 30,000 people. Coupled with the more than 10,000 people in Zhao Yun's department before, the total number exceeded 40,000.
With so many soldiers and horses, except for Zhang Liao who took a 10,000-strong army to block the river and the opposite bank, he had already invested two 10,000-person army troops in order to fight and the trapping camp directly under Gaoyang. At this time, in addition to the thousands of soldiers and horses guarding the horses, Gao Yang also had a 10,000-strong army that was used as a reserve.
After perceiving that the front line had been temporarily locked in a stalemate, the use of the Huns' forces had reached saturation. Gao Yang keenly seized the fighter and ordered a general attack. Throwing in a 10,000-strong army again will be the final blow to crush the Huns!
Fighting in such a complex and muddy terrain environment is destined to be a slow war.
No matter how many people there are on either side, there is still a limit to what can be used. Compared to those disorganized, no matter what aspect can not be compared with the Han army. After rigorous training, the Han army, which had a well-founded advance and retreat, had firmly grasped the initiative in its hands from the very beginning.
The Han army formed into a military formation could take turns to fight. The sergeant in the front can be replaced by the sergeant in the rear when his strength is depleted. They don't have to worry about threats behind them and on both sides, they just need to go all out to deal with the enemy head-on. As for the Huns, it was really about the same as the Luftwaffe aces in World War II. It's completely a fight to the death.
Tens of thousands of Huns were held back by a Han legion. The trapped camp, which numbered only a few hundred, was still wantonly charging and killing in the Huns' military formation, killing countless people, and no one could stop them. The number of Huns is extremely large, but because of the terrain and other reasons, there is no good way to face this 10,000-strong army. The most important thing is that it is difficult for them to inflict any decent damage on the well-armored Han army!
Then, the scene that frightened them appeared.
At a time when the two sides were fighting fiercely, the corpse capital had already covered the entire grassland. Two 10,000-strong Han army corps rushed out from both sides of the battlefield, one left and one right!
These two Han army corps did not rush directly to the battlefield, but went all the way forward to prepare to outflank the back of the Huns. This level of tactical threat is nothing for a regular army. Send a reserve to resist, and the front-line troops will reorganize the queue and slowly retreat.
It's just that this seemingly simple tactic is like a bolt from the blue for the Huns at this time!
Liu Bao had no reserves in his hands for a long time. Or maybe they don't have this tactical concept in their minds at all. Tens of thousands of Xiongnu men were driven into this vast muddy field and struggled to survive. At this moment, in the tribal camp, except for those nobles and their relatives. Beyond a group of old men and children, there were only women left in his hands.
As for those Huns who got caught up in the battlefield. Most of the people were still struggling to walk in the mud at the moment, and they didn't even know what the situation was like on the battlefield.
"It's over, it's over, it's over." There was a frightened Xiongnu nobleman beside Liu Bao who repeated the same words in a demented manner, which was extremely demoralizing at this time.
"Choking~~~Puff!!"
Liu Bao, who had a cold face, pulled out his war knife with his backhand and cut off the head of the frightened nobleman. In the pillar of blood that soared into the sky, Liu Bao, who was doused with red blood, roared viciously, "Send everyone out, and you must resist the Han army on both sides!" As long as we can break through to the middle, we still have hope! ”
In fact, Liu Bao's heart is very clear. Even if it really resisted both sides and broke through the middle. It didn't have much impact on the outcome of the entire battle.
The huge gap in strength between the Huns and the Han army has been clearly seen by all discerning people after the actual engagement. What Liu Bao is doing now is nothing more than a gambler who is unwilling to lose, pressing all the bets and trying to expect a miracle.
Miracles are too illusory, but Gao Yang still believes in the strength in his hands even more.
The Huns had little training and no battlefield organization to speak of.
For them, it is already a very remarkable thing to be able to throw tens of thousands of people into the huge muddy ground to fight forward.
At this time, I want to make tens of thousands of people without formation. In a short time, the chaotic herdsmen rallied and divided to flank the outflanked Han army. It's better to pray that hail will fall from the sky and kill all those Han soldiers!
To put it simply, those rabble Huns simply could not organize again. When they go to war, they can only receive one order. Liu Bao wanted to block the outflanked Han army on both sides, so he could only send men and horses again.
Watching as thousands of nobles from various tribes accompanied a large group of old people and children to meet the huge Han army formation that made people dizzy to look at. The corners of Liu Bao's eyes, whose face was rapidly distorted, twitched rapidly, and after staring at it for a moment with gritted teeth, he suddenly turned his horse's head and ran towards the river with his relatives.
The surrounding Huns didn't understand what was wrong with him at all. They all looked at it dumbfounded. Only a few clever ones hurriedly rode their horses to follow.
Tens of thousands of Huns, who were gradually encircled, finally realized that something was wrong. The Huns, who were on the periphery, soon noticed the Han army surrounding them on both sides.
When the Huns who went to block it were brought down by a rain of sharp arrows, and the rest all fled with wolves howling. The morale of the Huns, who were already not much on the main battlefield in the middle, suddenly fell to a low point. The collapse inevitably happened.
A thousand miles of embankment was destroyed in an anthill. For a rabble that had no fighting ** and morale to speak of, and was completely forced to fight. It is now a miracle that it was able to hold out in front of the elite Han army.
When tens of thousands of Huns panicked and abandoned their weapons and fled for their lives to the rear without looking back. This battle has come to an end.
The casualties caused by the extremely powerful collapse were even less than those lost at the hands of the Han army.
Many people fell to the ground due to crowding and other reasons while fleeing. was then trampled to death by countless pairs of big feet. No one can afford to fall down and get up in turmoil of this magnitude.
"Lord, are you pursuing?" Looking at the Huns who collapsed like a low tide, the generals beside Gao Yang rushed forward to ask if they could pursue and harvest the spoils.
"I don't need to." Gao Yang shook his head slightly, and said softly, "They have nowhere to escape at all." And the terrain doesn't allow for too intense fighting. Don't bother too much, organize the military formation and run over it directly, and drive all the Huns into the river! ”
The Han army began to regroup. The flag flew and the military horn sounded. The rigorously trained Han army was able to easily do things that the Huns could not even imagine. The rearrangement of the army, consisting of tens of thousands, was quickly completed.
The 10,000-strong army that had fought before stayed with the trapped camp to rest. The outflanked legions on both sides gradually approached and formed a huge military formation, crushing towards the location of the Hun tribe with great momentum.
More than 100,000 Huns and almost equal numbers of large animals were crowded in a small area. They are chaotic and have no fighting spirit. Especially with the loss of the chieftain. Everyone was panicking, they didn't know what to do.
Liu Bao fled.
He had already seen that nothing could be done, and the defeat of the tribe was already a foregone conclusion. As long as he thought of what a cruel fate he would have if he fell into the hands of the Han army, Liu Bao shuddered.
Those who ignore and cruelly treat the life and death of others are themselves the ones who fear death the most!
Liu Bao chose to sit on a raft and go downstream.
The opposite bank was already full of Han cavalry, and even if they could forcibly break through the obstruction of those Han ships to the other side, it would only be a dead end. Among the Huns, Liu Bao, who was also considered wise, took a group of herdsmen and his relatives on hundreds of sheepskin rafts and entered the river from the closest place downstream. Desperately forced to break through the blockade of the Han army, all the way down the river with the intention of escaping through the river.
There was a group of smart and discerning Xiongnu nobles who followed Liu Bao and boarded the river pursuit battle of nine deaths. They knew that under the siege and interception of the Han army, the chances of escaping from the river alive were very slim. However, rushing out may still have a glimmer of life, and staying is a dead death!
This damn terrain completely blocked the possibility of the Huns scattering and fleeing. After the Han army sealed the zigzag opening, no one wanted to escape. The instinctive pop army along the river finally planted irreparable consequences at this time!
When the Han army, which was lined up in a metal Great Wall, approached, the Huns who were in panic were seriously crowded and stampeded. Many frightened cattle and horses and other large animals also burst out at this time. They scattered and fled, knocking down and trampling countless lives.
"Stop!" Gao Yang waved his hand and ordered the whole army to stop. With the sound of military trumpets, the long military formation soon stopped.
"My lord." The generals on the side looked at Gao Yang with burning eyes, waiting for his order. Now the army has advanced the range of its crossbows to the tribes of the Huns.
"Shoot them with arrows." Looking at the hundreds of corpses of Han slaves who died tragically in the pool of red blood not far ahead. Gao Yang slowly lowered his eyelids, and when he opened them again, he was already full of killing intent! (To be continued......) i1292