"Is it blocked?" On the green grassland, this area, which was originally the location of the court tent of the Xiongnu Youxian King, has now become the camp of the Chinese army in Gaoyang.

In his huge military command tent, Gao Yang, who was in high spirits, sat in the middle of the military tent. Sitting on a gorgeously made glass of light with one hand, and holding the other hand on his lap, he looked at the captain who came to report the military situation below, and asked in a deep voice.

"Reply to Lord Lieutenant." The captain with a frosty face, but his eyes were full of joy that could not be concealed, and he replied loudly: "General Zhengbei entangled the Xiongnu Zuoxian Wang's department on the bank of the Beichun River!" ”

"Good!" Gao Yang put down the wine glass in his hand heavily, slapped his thigh hard, and shouted with satisfaction.

At this time, it is the spring when the ice and snow melt and everything recovers. In this vast grassland, the melting of winter snow and ice has caused many strange seasonal rivers to flow freely on the grassland.

For the entire Xiongnu tribe that urgently needed to flee, these big rivers with strong water in the past were no big deal. But at this moment of crisis, it is really fatal.

After the king of Youxian went to be defeated, and the entire court tent was occupied. Liu Bao, who got the news, did not hesitate at all, and immediately fled to the north with all the forces that could be gathered at this time, intending to defect to Tanshi Huai, the leader of the Xianbei tribe. (Historically, the sandalwood was dead in 181 A.D.) After his death, Son and Lian succeeded to the throne, and Lian's incompetence directly led to the split of the Xianbei tribe. In this book, the sandalwood is not dead, and Xianbei is not divided. Convenient for one-time grassland issues. ）

It's a pity that there is a turbulent and rushing river that temporarily blocked Liu Bao's footsteps of escaping north. After a large-scale search through an unmanned reconnaissance aircraft, Gao Yang quickly found the location of Liu Bao's department, and at the same time named the river that temporarily blocked Liu Bao's department from escaping northward as Beichun River. Zhao Yun was dispatched to lead the troops to quickly rush in and entangle Liu Bao to prevent him from escaping.

The reason why Gao Yang temporarily kept his soldiers and horses here was that he only sent Zhao Yun's troops to entangle Liu Bao. That's because the army under Gao Yang's command attacked more from the long border. Sweeping through the vast territory of the Southern Huns, it will take time to gather them.

An army of 100,000 is indeed a lot, but it is very troublesome to gather it after being scattered on the vast grassland. Discerning the direction and finding the way are extremely difficult. There is no Beidou system here.

Meantime. A lot of soldiers and horses were captured everywhere, and these things needed to be properly placed. Including the population and livestock are the same. Especially a large number of horses. This was the most urgent material for the Gaoyang and Han Empires at this time.

The advance of the cavalry was fast, nearly 100,000 cavalry had already swept the leaves in the autumn wind on the grassland, and a large number of foot soldiers in the rear were far from arriving. The foot soldiers were not even able to participate in a large-scale battle.

When Gao Yang arrived at the court tent of Youxian Wang, there were only more than 10,000 soldiers and horses under Zhao Yun's command. They were to guard more than 100,000 captured animals and many more women and children. At least in a short period of time, it will be impossible to launch a surprise attack on Liu Bao's troops, who have gathered more than 200,000 people. Gao Yang had no choice but to send Zhao Yun to lead his troops to Liu Bao to entangle this large Xiongnu tribe.

In the days after Zhao Yun temporarily entangled Liu Bao's troops and fled north, the cavalry clusters attacking from the county finally came to join Gao Yang in turn under the command of Zhang Liao and others, so that the cavalry under Gao Yang's command quickly exceeded 50,000 cavalry. The rest of the cavalry corps is also rushing this way.

Moreover, the relatively slow-moving infantry corps was also rapidly approaching the tent of the Right Sage King. The forces in Gao Yang's hands were rapidly expanding in just a few days.

After Zhang Liao's troops arrived, Gao Yang quickly decided to attack Liu Bao's tribe immediately. There were many Han Chinese captives in his tribe.

Although Zhao Yun has been constantly harassing Liu Bao, there are still some Huns who cross the Beichun River through various means and continue to flee to the north. If only Liu Bao could make up his mind to abandon his tribe and escape. Then the first battle of Gaoyang's attack on the grassland will become imperfect.

In the era of classical militarism, in China, the speed of the daily march of a strict professional army could reach a level close to that of a daily mile.

And if it was the elite of Wei Wushu, it would not be impossible to travel fifty miles a day under full load. And when the Wei State was strong, there were 100,000 Wei warriors of this level! The Chinese army after the Warring States period was actually constantly degrading, in all aspects. The glory of yesteryear has become a resounding sound.

If you change to cavalry, fifty miles a day is the standard achievement. Gao Yang seized a large number of large animals in the tent of King Youxian, including tens of thousands of horses of various kinds. This is definitely a wealth that can rival the wealth of the Han land. Gao Yang was not polite, and quickly added horses to his soldiers. Even if you can't use it as a war horse right away, you still have no problem using it as a pack horse.

It only took Gao Yang a few days to catch up with the Liu Bao tribe that was congested on the south bank of the Beichun River.

In fact, even without Zhao Yun's control, it would definitely be a nightmare for so many people, horses and livestock under Liu Bao's tent to cross a seasonal river like the Beichun River. There was no timber in the grasslands. There are no big ships left. As for the water nature of the Huns, it's a complete joke.

In the old days, they would never have been near the river at such times. Anyway, it won't be long before the seasonal river recedes on its own, and the herders graze their cattle along the riverside. But not now.

The Han army brazenly attacked the steppe with a huge military force unprecedented for many years, and caught the Huns by surprise.

The strength of the Han army's attack this time far exceeded the battle of the Xianbei people in the north decades ago. After the tribe of the Right Virtuous King was almost completely wiped out. The remaining Huns all desperately gathered under Liu Bao's command and intended to flee north together. The Han army had rejected any form of submission.

Liu Bao doesn't necessarily want to take refuge in Tanshi Huai. The strength of the tribe under his command at this time is definitely a very large tribe in this grassland. As long as there is a place to recuperate and recuperate, without large-scale interference, then he has the confidence to rebuild the past glory of the Huns.

It's just that, looking at the dense black cloud of the Han cavalry in the depths of the grassland in the distance, Liu Bao's face with a huge scar is full of dark clouds.

Liu Bao knew that he was being targeted.

This large elite cavalry had been watching from a distance, occasionally rushing over and harassing before retreating. This is a typical stalking operation.

Such a large elite cavalry is just here to keep an eye on. Liu Bao only had to think of what kind of scene it would be when those terrifying main forces of the Han army caught up. You won't be able to close your eyes all night long!

Whenever he was emotional, the huge scar on Liu Bao's face that was left on his face by an ordinary Han sergeant when he was plundering would be extremely hideous!

"Drag those slaves here!" Look at the huge Han army in the distance, and then look at the slow river-crossing team on the riverside. Liu Bao's eyelids twitched. Gritted his teeth and shouted.

There is no way to cross the river slowly.

There were no large timbers on the steppe, and the Huns had no shipbuilding skills. In front of this kind of rushing river, which is too fast to wade through at all, they can only watch with blank eyes. The rafts and sheepskin rafts built by the Han craftsmen who had been captured and built with a small amount of wood were used to cross the river little by little.

As for the slaves that Liu Bao asked his subordinates to drag out. It was the ordinary Han people who had plundered him in the south.

The lives of these Han people, who were robbed by the Huns, were miserable, and as the lowest-status slaves, they lived in a miserable hell. This looked at their skinny state. Covered with all kinds of hideous scars, you can see the shape of a skeleton-like body.

Most of these Han Chinese slaves had their hands and feet cut off, or their eyes gouged out, and their tongues, noses, and ears cut off. In short, it is a group of people who are worse than dead.

Among the Han people who were captured by Liu Bao, except for those craftsmen who were scarce skilled talents, women who were treated as prostitutes. The rest of the Hermes-Epitek were captured purely for the pleasure of being slaves and abusing them.

After all, at this time, the Xiongnu had long since lost their former glory, and they were extremely hostile and jealous of the Han Empire, which single-handedly pushed them into the abyss. In the case of inability to fight against the Han Empire. Abusing some Han people has become the best way for them to vent their inferiority.

In Liu Bao's tribe, children who were not yet adults and who were not yet as tall as wheels would carry knives and wantonly humiliate Han slaves to prove their martial prowess. Compared with the Right Xian King, Liu Bao's subordinates, who have been dealing with the Han Realm all the year round, are even more ferocious and vicious. This is a national feud in the true sense of the word.

The reason why Liu Bao dared to do this to the Han Empire was directly due to the tragic battle in which the Han Empire attacked the Xianbei people more than 20 years ago but almost wiped out the entire army. Liu Bao, who noticed that the Han had begun to weaken, excitedly began to be cruel to the Han realm. This is also the main reason why Gao Yang insisted on eliminating Liu Bao's department.

Those who commit crimes against strong men will be punished even if they are far away. What's more, the Liu Bao tribe is on the edge of the Han Empire.

With Liu Bao's order, several Han Min slaves with numb expressions were dragged out of the military formation, facing the position of Zhao Yun's headquarters in the distance.

A cruel smile appeared at the corner of his mouth, Liu Bao, who had a hideous face, waved his hand suddenly, and more than one of the Huns walked over with sharp blades.

After these murderous Huns picked and chose among the slaves. Pull out a few slaves and take a few steps forward, and they fall to their knees. Facing Zhao Yun in the distance, he shouted in Chinese: "Listen to the Han dogs on the other side! You are not worthy to be samurai, and your people dare not come to the rescue if they fall into our hands! You're all rubbish! They are all useless two-legged sheep! Take a good look! ”

After speaking, he had a sharp blade in his hand. Skillfully stabbed into the chests of several numb-looking Hermes-Epitek. skillfully pulled and stroked, and was immediately disemboweled.

This is a technique practiced by killing sheep and cattle all year round, but at the moment they are using it to kill. The various internal organs of Hermes-Epitek that had been disemboweled alive instantly spurted out mixed with blood, staining a large area of the vicinity blood-red. An indescribable smell of blood suddenly permeated.

Seeing that the Han army on the opposite side was unmoved, after a slight pause, these Huns quickly continued to attack. All of a sudden, the grass was filled with blood. Everywhere are the corpses of Han people who died tragically.

After a few Hun children who were not yet wheels tall cut their ears and gouged out their eyes on the slaves with knives, the Han army on the opposite side finally began to stir slightly! (Unfinished monthly pass to be renewed.) )