Chapter Ninety-Seven: The Battle of the River Embankment

The shouts of killing resounded in the sky, and countless Hun servants climbed up the city wall like ants. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 infoThe main general of the Donghu garrison stood on the city wall and watched the climbing Hun servants, his hands unconsciously resting on his sword.

A group of Donghu generals looked at the scene below, gradually frowned, and began to discuss.

"Today's attack of these Huns seems to be a little more intense than before."

"Judging from all indications, the enemy's commander should be a person who cherishes his troops, but why would he let these Hun soldiers attack so strongly today."

"Look at the other side, the Huns seem to have a lot less troops."

One general pointed to the Xiongnu army in front, and the rest of the generals looked in the direction of his finger: "Why are there fewer Huns?"

"Compared to the previous few days, at least, two-thirds less."

"Where will two-thirds of the forces go".

The chief general of the Donghu garrison, a sneer flashed at the corner of his mouth: "No matter where they go, as long as our army does not come out, we can keep the grain road unlost."

"The general's words are reasonable, our army occupies a favorable position, and these Huns can use all kinds of means to wait for our troops." The generals nodded and bowed.

At this moment, a Donghu soldier ran over in a panic: "The general is not good, the Huns are twenty miles away from the river." The construction of dikes to accumulate water is intended to flood our department."

"Water Attack". The commander of the Donghu garrison looked at the water trail under his feet and was suddenly startled. Fortunately, it was discovered in time, which saved a catastrophe.

A group of Donghu generals were in an uproar, and the words of discussion sounded again.

"During this period of continuous rain, the water level in the river must rise sharply, and the enemy will build a dam here to change the direction of the river. Once the river pours down, our department and hundreds of thousands of people will be turned into dead souls in the water."

"Such a vicious scheme, the general and I must stop them."

"The enemy is forcing us to go out and fight them."

"This is an unavoidable conspiracy."

The lord of the Donghu garrison turned his gaze to the city wall, and immediately ordered: "Ben will personally lead an army of 100,000 to seize the embankment, and you must stick to the tribe and not go out lightly."

"Yes". A group of Donghu Jianjian immediately bowed down to receive the order.

The sound of a sorrowful trumpet sounded, and the Donghu army pounced in the direction of the river.

A cavalryman under the city wall quickly ran towards the Chinese army behind: "General Qiqi Fan, there is a large army of Donghu to run from the south gate to the place where the river is."

"Mingjin collected his troops, leaving 30,000 soldiers and horses to garrison here, and the rest of the soldiers followed the general to support the general." Fan Xu was overjoyed in his heart and ordered left and right.

The left and right generals bowed and saluted: "No."

The sound of gold resounded in the sky, and countless Hun servant soldiers retreated one after another. Fan Xu saw that the retreating soldiers had already lined up from the new line, and then slapped the horse's back, turned around, and galloped towards the place where the river was located.

Ten miles away from the land of the river, the cold wind blew the flags and hunted. A cavalryman galloped quickly, and when he saw Han Xin, he hurriedly turned over and dismounted and bowed: "General Qiqi, the defenders of the large tribe of Donghu are coming here to kill."

"The order goes down, and the front army is dispatched." Han was overjoyed and ordered the generals beside him.

Several generals walked up to Han Xin and bowed: "No."

The drums sounded, and tens of thousands of Hun servants rode away on war horses.

The two armies in front of them collided fiercely, and in an instant, the sound of swords and soldiers rang out, and blood began to spread in the ground.

In the rear of the Donghu soldiers, the lord stared at the place of battle. Several Donghu generals couldn't help but feel a little anxious when they looked ahead.

"General, our army must not stay here for long."

"If the enemy builds a dike, the more our troops stay here, the more water power will be."

"For now, it is to bypass these Hun cavalry, so that our army can quickly attack the embankment."

The commander of the Donghu defenders hesitated for a moment, his eyes gradually became resolute, and in order to destroy the embankment in time, these soldiers who were fighting in front of the embankment could only give up for the time being: "Pass the order, the whole army will detour."

"Yes". The Donghu cavalry bypassed the place of battle and galloped towards the embankment.

Seeing this, the generals of the Xiongnu servant army did not stop them and let them move forward.

When he was about to reach the embankment, a huge phalanx appeared in front of the Donghu cavalry. Han Xin rode a war horse and stood at the front of the military formation. With a slight lift of his hand, two phalanxes of 10,000 Hun cavalry roared away in the direction of the Donghu army.

Seeing this, the Donghu people hurriedly stopped moving forward, and at the same time divided two 10,000-strong cavalry phalanxes from the army to meet them.

The time of the battle between the two sides passed unconsciously, and the phalanxes, large or small, rushed to the place of battle one after another.

As time passed, the forces of the Donghu side gradually became exhausted, and the generals gradually became anxious.

"There are nearly 200,000 Xiongnu soldiers and horses here, and it is too difficult to break through the defense line."

"The strength of the Huns is twice that of our army, and if this continues, our army will surely be defeated."

"Now we have to find a way to outwit".

"The general and the last general knew a small path that could bypass the defense of the Hun soldiers in front and lead directly to the embankment."

The main general of the Donghu garrison was stunned, and hurriedly asked: "This is true."

"At this time, the Hun army is all here, and the general only needs to give the last general 5,000 cavalry to attack the embankment." The Donghu general looked at the main general, and his tone was full of confidence.

The commander of the Donghu garrison was overjoyed: "You quickly lead 5,000 soldiers and horses, bypass this place and destroy the embankment, and then Ben will lead the army to retreat."

"Yes". The general bowed, hurriedly dispatched five thousand soldiers and horses from the rear army, and then ran in one direction.

The Donghu generals led 5,000 Donghu cavalry to attack quickly, and in a blink of an eye, they arrived at the place where the embankment was built. looked at it, but was stunned. The river is turbulent, and there is no shadow of a dam. Just as he was thinking, the general suddenly came to his senses and shouted at the Donghu soldiers beside him: "Withdraw quickly."

As soon as the words fell, two cavalry rushed out from the left and right. The Donghu generals secretly hated that they were forced out of the tribe by this news out of nothing, which was really annoying. Thinking of this, he drew his sword and rushed down the river bank with five thousand Donghu cavalry.

The war horse leaned down, with an incomparably large inertia. The Donghu generals couldn't help but show a sneer, the enemy general is really a brainless man, and the ambush is so lame, don't they know that it is an excellent place for the cavalry to slope down on the river embankment? .

When the Donghu general was complacent, a phalanx of foot soldiers suddenly appeared in front of him, and the shields and spears were stretched out through the gaps. The Donghu cavalry was in a hurry, and hurriedly pulled the reins, but at this time, where could they stop, and they could only watch the war horse crash into it, and then the cavalry behind crashed into the cavalry in front, and it was miserable for a while.

The sound of dense horse hooves came from the rear of the Donghu cavalry, and the cavalry of the two Xiongnu servant armies bent their bows and shot arrows one after another, and the arrows rained down. A Donghu cavalryman who had not yet been killed fell in a pool of blood.

Half an hour later, Zhang Liang came slowly on a war horse surrounded by soldiers. looked at the five thousand Donghu cavalry who fell in a pool of blood, and slapped their horses heavily. Then he led the army and galloped towards the place where Han Shin was.