The Great Wall is the greatest military defense project in the ancient history of the world, and some people may say that the Han people rely too much on the defense line of the Great Wall, which is a manifestation of passive defense.

However, they did not know that in the era of cold weapons, when the northern steppe peoples had the advantage in arms, the military role of the Great Wall defense system was fruitful.

King Wuling of Zhao, "Build the Great Wall, from the generation and under the Yin Mountain, the highest que is the stopper." ”

Qin Shi Huang, "The Great Wall was built in the north and guarded the fence, but the Xiongnu were more than 700 miles, and the Hu people did not dare to go south and herd horses." ”

Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, "build a fortress, set up a pavilion, build an outer city, set up a garrison to defend it, and then the border has to use Shao'an." ”

Since the end of the Han Dynasty, the Hu people in the north took advantage of the war in the Central Plains to cross the Great Wall built by Qin Mengtian and revert to China with the Great Wall of Qin, Zhao and Yan as the boundary. Due to the disrepair of this Great Wall and the scarcity of defenders in the north, the powerful northern Hu people continued to enter the Great Wall and plunder, all the way to the northern frontiers of Dai, Shanggu, Taiyuan, Xihe, Shangjun, Shuofang, and Yunzhong.

After Liaodong recovered the land of Youyan, the first thing he did was to rebuild the defense line of the Great Wall, blocking the Hu people's iron cavalry north of the Great Wall, so that they could no longer invade the south of the Great Wall at will, laying a solid foundation for the economic recovery of Youzhou.

"Report! The lord of Qiqi, Liu Hu, the leader of the Tiefu Tribe, commanded 30,000 cavalry from Shuofang! ”

"Hehe, Liu Hu is in such a hurry? Isn't it in a hurry to send him to death? ”

Wei Shuo sneered a few times, stood up unhurriedly and walked to the map, pointed to the county town of Qiuci in front of the Great Wall and instructed Liu Yao, "Zhengchang, you immediately take nine thousand infantry to enter the old city of Qiuci (this Qiuzi is not the name of Qiuci, but the name of the Western Han County) must block Liu Hu's army from crossing the Great Wall, so as to create conditions for the next gathering and annihilation of Liu Hu." ”

"No! Please rest assured, the lord will never let a single Hu person cross Qiuzi County! Liu Yao stood up with a snort and turned to leave.

The Great Wall defended by the Jin army was built in the era of King Qin Zhao, and was basically built along the periphery of Longxi, Beidi and Shangjun, and was so large that it was in a southwest-northeast direction. Due to its age. Most of the city walls were dilapidated, and they could not stop the Hu people's soldiers at all, so Wei Shuo had to arrange his troops in Qiuzi County, at the foot of the Great Wall.

As for the remaining 20,000 cavalry main force, under the leadership of Wei Shuo, they crossed the Yellow River to the northeast and returned to the meander again to hide and wait, as long as Liu Hu planted a heel under Qiuzi City. Wei Shuo will take the opportunity to go around his back and launch a fatal blow.

A few days later, Liu Hu, the leader of the Tiefu Tribe, hurried to the foot of Qiuzi City with 30,000 cavalry, and couldn't help but gasp when he saw that the city wall was densely covered with Jin soldiers.

Liu Hu anxiously urged his subordinates to hurry, which was certainly motivated by ambition, but also had the intention of rushing to the south of the Great Wall before the Jin army. In any case, he is also a veteran general who has fought for many years, so he naturally knows very well that once the Great Wall defense line falls into the hands of the Jin army, the Tiefu Department will have to spend a lot of money if it wants to recapture it.

The eldest son, Liu Wuhuan, had an ominous premonition in his heart, "Father." Something is not good! You see that the Jin army in the city has at least nearly 10,000 people, they rely on the city to defend it, and our army is all cavalry, how can we capture Qiuzi? ”

"Big brother, you are growing up others to destroy your own prestige! Isn't it just a few thousand Jin troops? What is there to worry about? I see that the eldest brother is too worried, and I ask my father Khan to allocate thousands of fine horses to my son, and my son will definitely capture the Jin general in front of his father's seat! ”

The second son, Liu Yantou, was young and vigorous, and he didn't take the Jin army on the opposite side in his eyes at all. He asked Liu Hu for battle with a nonchalant face.

Unexpectedly, he was reprimanded by Liu Hu. "What do children know?! The Jin people have always been good at defending cities, but how can the cavalry of the Tiefu Department be used to attack the city? ”

"But if you don't take Qiuzi City, how can the cavalry of the Tiefu Department rest assured that they will go south to Shangjun? Father, I see that there are many flaws in the city wall of Qiuzi, so it is better to test it with superior forces first, wouldn't it be wonderful if you are lucky? Even if the offense loses in the end. Anyway, our army is all cavalry, so how can the defenders in the city tolerate me? ”

"Well, my son has a point!"

Liu Hu glanced at his eldest son with great relief, although the second son Liu Yantou was brave and unscrupulous, but the eldest son Liu Wuhuan was both civil and military enough to inherit his mantle. This expedition to the south is in the upper county. He took his only two sons with him, not necessarily without the intention of experience and investigation.

Looking at the cavalry of the Tiefu Department that was slowly pressing up, Liu Yao pulled out the sword around his waist, pointed the blade forward, and shouted: "Brothers, for the glory of the Liaodong Army, for the complete annihilation of the cavalry of the Tiefu Division, even if we are all bloodstained at the foot of the Great Wall today, we will never take a step back!" Wansheng! ”

"Wan Sheng!" Suddenly, the Liaodong Army on the city wall quickly let out an earth-shattering shout!

Looking at the officers and soldiers of the Liaodong Army who were full of confidence, Liu Yao nodded with satisfaction. With the strong combat effectiveness of the Liaodong Army, relying on the city to resist Hulu who is several times its own is just a piece of cake. Even if the city of Qiuzi is ruined, it is not easy for the Tiefu cavalry to break through the city.

The long and low sound of bull horns came from the Tiefu military camp, and the originally silent Hulu cavalry suddenly let out a burst of shouts, countless battle flags shuttled back and forth in the camp, and the soldiers came out of the tents one after another, and concentrated towards their respective battle flags in a nervous and orderly manner.

The trumpets of the great battle have sounded, the drums of war have been beaten, and the prelude to the decisive battle is about to begin......

The soldiers of the Liaodong Army on the city wall looked very excited, and did not feel a trace of nervousness, they were all veterans of a hundred battles, and they had encountered Hu people who were more ferocious than the Tiefu Tribe, and they did not take Liu Hu's army in their eyes.

"Kill!"

Liu Yantou, who was in charge of charging into the formation, rode a high-headed horse, with a wave of his big sword, the blade was raised, and the mount roared out, killing in the direction of the gap in the city wall.

His face was full of murderous intent, he waved his saber, and said viciously: "Kill into the city, no one will be left!" ”

In an instant, the Hulu iron hooves were crisscrossed, and the Hun Tiefu cavalry moved forward at full speed, the sound of horses' hooves resounded throughout the earth, and the dull impact sound continued to sound in the ears of the soldiers of the Liaodong Army.

Liu Yao looked coldly at the galloping Hun cavalry, and when the cavalry of the Tiefu Department entered the range of the bow and crossbow, the bed crossbows deployed on the head of the city opened fire one after another.

'Whoosh' like a spear's crossbow arrows like a string of sugar gourds brought a bloody rain in the Hu cavalry, and the originally neat Hu cavalry gradually appeared chaotic.

The Tiefu Department had never encountered such a powerful crossbow, and it was very uncomfortable to face the novel fighting method of the Liaodong Army. In the past, as long as Hu Cai charged the opposite Jin army, he would be frightened into two wars, and the Tiefu Department rarely encountered decent resistance. Unexpectedly, he kicked the iron plate today, and lost nearly 200 people before he even touched the city wall in the first charge.

The Liaodong Army relied on the sharp crossbow arrows and made a good start, temporarily suppressing the Tiefu Division, and the entire battlefield was full of the miserable howls of the cavalry of the Tiefu Division, which had not yet died. The first charge of the Tiefu Department was met by the Liaodong Army, and the battle had just started with a stick of incense, and hundreds of corpses had been left behind under the city of Qiuzi.

Liu Hu's father and son looked at everything in front of them, their faces turned pale with anger, and they couldn't wait to dispel the hatred in their hearts by breaking the corpses of the Jin army in the city.

Liu Hu of the Tiefu Department underestimated the strength of the Liaodong Army, but he was not willing to give up, so he had to continue to urge the cavalry of the Tiefu Department to continue to charge and kill.

In the face of the frantic attack of the Tiefu Ministry, the Qiuzi defenders appeared to be at ease, and under the command of generals at all levels, they continued to harvest the lives of the Hu people.

The huge casualties on the battlefield made Liu Hu dizzy, and he kept urging the Tiefu cavalry to launch one charge after another against the Jin army's defense line.

"Kill! Kill! Liu Yantou had high morale, took the lead with a war knife, slashed left and right, and strangled with the Jin army.

"Whoosh!"

The Huns' riding and archery skills are still very powerful, and the sharp arrows they shoot tore the armor of the Jin soldiers, and in the blink of an eye, hundreds of Jin soldiers were shot to the ground by the Hu people, and they all fell to the ground and died!

Seeing this, Liu Yao was furious: "Tell the crossbowmen to suppress the Hu archers at all costs!" ”

"No!"

As soon as the crossbowmen received the order, they focused their attacks on the Hu archers, and almost every arrow could take the life of an archer.

It was a war of iron and blood, and after an hour-long battle, the two sides faced each other several times in a row, and finally the situation was completely scorched.

At this time, Wei Shuo, who was on the east bank of the Yellow River, had received the news of the bloody battle of Qiuzi, and he was waiting for the opportunity to cross the river and launch a fatal blow to the Tiefu Division! (To be continued.) )