Chapter 35: The Siege

There are a few lyrics in the song "The Sun That Never Rises on the Prairie" in later generations, "The white clouds float in the blue sky, the horses run under the white clouds, the whips sound in all directions, and the birds fly together." ”

This sentence is a good interpretation of the scenery of Liu Hong's army entering the grassland, the blue sky and the turquoise grassland give people infinite beauty.

But Liu Hong didn't have the heart to appreciate these, because when Liu Hong's army went north from Yunzhong County, Bingzhou, he would quickly encounter the Xianbei army.

Sure enough, Liu Hong's army had just left the state for only fifty miles, and he received a report from the scouts, "50,000 Xianbei's main cavalry and 50,000 slave soldiers appeared fifty miles away." ”

Liu Hong waved his hand and ordered him to explore again, and then ordered to camp in place, at this time, the camp of the Chinese army was only fifty miles away from the Xianbei army, not to mention the Zhang Chunbu of the Third Army at the front.

Although Zhang Chunbu had 90,000 elite cavalry, this battle was the first battle of the Han Dynasty, and there was no room for error.

In Liu Hong's thoughts, it is best to be able to annihilate this army of 100,000 people in one fell swoop.

So as soon as the camp was completed, Liu Hong beat drums and gathered generals in the big tent, looking at the generals and strategists sitting in the tent, Liu Hong was very emotional.

He has been on the throne for six years, and although there have been continuous domestic disasters, he still relied on the rich foundation of the Han Dynasty to revitalize this declining country.

Immediately, Liu Hong said, "Everyone, Aiqing, I want to completely annihilate this Xianbei army, I don't know if you have a good plan?" ”

"Your Majesty, it is impossible to completely annihilate this Xianbei army, behind the Xianbei army is where its 200,000 army is located, if you want to completely annihilate it, there must be a large army surrounded by its rear, so it is easy to be surrounded and annihilated by the Xianbei people in turn."

Liu Hong nodded, yes, this is indeed a problem.

At this moment, a scout ran in like a flight and said, "Your Majesty, I found Xianbei's 100,000 troops twenty miles north of our army. ”

"Report! Your Majesty, twenty miles west of our army, we found an army of 100,000 Northern Huns. ”

"Report! Your Majesty, the Third Legion is engaged in battle with the Eastern Xianbei Army. ”

The three news came together, and the time was so accurate, if Liu Hong didn't think that this was a trap, Liu Hong could wipe his neck and commit suicide.

Liu Hong was really shocked at this time! However, this does not mean that Liu Hong will be afraid, after all, there are 400,000 troops here.

"Order the Xu Rong Division of the Second Army Corps and the Ding Yuan Division of the Fourth Army Corps to immediately block the enemy from the north, and if possible, annihilate them all. The Fifth Army of Huangfu Song Department blocked the enemy of the Northern Xiongnu. ”

"No!"

The generals agreed in unison, and immediately led the troops away.

Liu Hong looked at the departing crowd and shouted, "Cheng Yu took the Scepter and went to Youzhou to ask Zhang Huan how he let the 200,000 Xianbei army leave safely." ”

"No!" Cheng Yu responded to a promise, and Cheng Yu knew that Liu Hong was really angry.

Before thinking about how to annihilate the 100,000 Xianbei army in the east, he found that he had been surrounded by 300,000 troops in an instant, and this kind of gap could not help Liu Hong not be angry.

As the sun set, it was approaching dusk, and it was getting dark.

But on the grassland, there are constant shouts of killing, and the historical generals under the command of Huangfu Song are not weak, although the force is not necessarily high, but the arrangement of troops is also a good hand.

Huangfu Song organized a large army to block the offensive of the Huns again and again, and finally shouted when the Huns changed their formation, "Zhou Tai, attack." ”

"No" Zhou Tai responded with a promise, and then shouted, "Brothers, kill with so-and-so!" ”

"Kill!"

Zhou Tai led the way, followed by 5,000 cavalry.

Liu Hong knew that he had to face a lot of enemy cavalry, so he placed a cavalry of 5,000 people in each legion, although there was no way to become a group charge like Zhang Chun of the Third Legion, but it could also save a city at a critical time.

At this time, Zhou Tai was the killer weapon of Huangfu Song, the Huns relied on themselves as cavalry, and the Han army relied on their sharp armor to stalemate for a while, and the appearance of Zhou Tai was enough to break this balance.

"Kill!" A Xiongnu general saw Zhou Taishuai's cavalry charging at the Chinese army from the flank, so he hurriedly stepped forward to block it.

Zhou Tai waved the big knife in his hand and was not afraid to face him.

"Ping!"

The Hun general and Zhou Tai staggered past each other, and a crisp sound made the Hun general puzzled, especially when he saw a war horse carrying a person who was missing half of his body rushing forward, "What a familiar war horse!" Then I lost my instincts.

After Zhou Tai killed the Xiongnu general, he did not express surprise at his victory, because Zhou Tai was confident in his own force.

Zhou Tai grabbed the reins of the horse with his left hand and lifted it up violently, the war horse neighed, the front legs left the ground, the hind legs kicked the ground, the person stood up, the saber in his right hand pointed straight to the sky, and the tip of the knife seemed to pierce the sky.

"The Han army will win!" Zhou Tai shouted loudly, when he fought against Tanshi Huai, his side could only be beaten passively.

Now the Huns are like huge waves crashing on the rocks, and the Huns' war horses have made an intimate contact with the Han army's shield spear array.

The spear slammed into the bodies of the horses and cavalrymen in the front row, splashing brilliant blood flowers.

And the impact of the Huns' war horses several times also caused several gaps in the shield array, and the Huns immediately prepared to attack the gaps every time, breaking up the formation of the Han army in one fell swoop.

But it was always blocked by the Han army, and I don't know if the Han army deliberately teased the Huns, at least the Huns always thought that if they worked harder, they could break through the Han people's formation with a little more strength.

However, the ideal is full, the reality is the backbone, under the command of several generals of the Han army, the entire Han army's formation is like an iron pass, or the kind with thorns, every time the Han army sees that the Huns are a little decadent, it will be broken through a gap, so that although the king of the Northern Huns hates the root of his teeth, he has to continue to impact.

Zhou Tai only glanced back, and he knew the general situation on the battlefield, and the rest of the brothers used their lives to buy time for themselves, how could he let them down?

Looking at the location of the Northern Hun King, Zhou Tai showed a crazy smile on his face, "Kill!" ”

"Kill!"

A soldier is the courage of a general, the soul of a soldier, Zhou Tai's crazy and bloodthirsty appearance instantly infected the five thousand cavalry who charged.

The Huns all saw Zhou Tai kill the Hun generals with a knife, and as soon as Zhou Tai entered, those Huns couldn't help bypassing Zhou Tai and attacking the Han army.

Zhou Tai didn't care about them, in their eyes, these were all money, this time Liu Hong personally said to all the generals who went out to fight, people of foreign races are equivalent to things.

After the war, according to the military merit reward, if you don't want it, you can sell it to the imperial court, and it will definitely not make the soldiers suffer.

Liu Hong's credibility is not said in the army, so those Huns don't come to fight themselves, and they don't fight them, as long as they kill the king of the Northern Huns, these people are all money, and Zhou Tai, who is from a poor family, is still very concerned about money. (To be continued.) )