The vast grassland, the towering mountains, along the winding Great Wall, the Han army's dark battle flags cover the sky, stretching for several miles. With their backs to the Great Wall Pass, the 30,000 elite cavalry of the Xiliu Battalion lined up in a neat phalanx and slowly advanced forward.

Since a few days ago, Li Guang led his troops to come to the aid of Taiwei Dou Ying, and the Xiongnu iron cavalry under the command of the Xiongnu King Lou Fu and the Aries King were separated by touch, and then set up camp in front of the pass. The camps of the two sides were only a dozen miles apart, and they confronted each other on the vast grassland of Yima Pingchuan.

Since Li Guang received the secret order to rush to the aid of Taiwei Dou Ying, he never thought of attacking the Huns, but was ready for a head-on duel. In fact, on the grassland, when the elite cavalry of the Xiliu battalion was still more than 100 miles away from the Hun camp, they were discovered by the Hun rangers and quickly reported to the commander.

Under the horror of King Lou, he ordered 5,000 Huns to ride forward to contain the Han army, and ordered the camp to retreat, away from the pass of the Great Wall. After many strong attacks, the Hun iron cavalry at this time was already trapped and lacking horses, if it was surrounded by the Han army, the enemy was on the back, and it was destined to be a big defeat and loss.

And the fine willow battalion galloped thousands of miles to help, all the way the horses did not unload the saddle, the soldiers did not unload the armor, even if most of them were one person and two horses, in order to maintain the horsepower, from time to time to change, but they were also exhausted. He also tacitly did not pursue the Huns, but divided part of the elite cavalry to confront the 5,000 Huns, slowly marched to the foot of the Great Wall Pass, and set up camp.

In the past few years, there were mutual temptations between the Han and Hungarian cavalry. Every morning, the Han army would form a battle formation and try to advance to the Xiongnu camp. The Xiongnu cavalry was scattered to the two wings of the Han army, and retreated and shot, relying on horsepower, driving the bow and arrow in his hand, and constantly disturbing the Han cavalry.

I have to admit that the fine willow cavalry is the most elite cavalry of the Han Dynasty, but in terms of cavalry and archery, it is not enough to compete with the skilled Hun iron cavalry. Separated by a distance of dozens of zhang, the Han crossbow could not do any harm to the Huns in simple leather armor. The Huns were all armed with hard bows, and the range was already longer than that of the Han army, coupled with the speed of the horses sprinting forward, the range and lethality were deeper. Although the Han cavalry was also equipped with hard bows, not everyone could bend the bow and arrow on the back of a moving horse, and excellent equestrian skills could not be practiced overnight.

On the frontal battlefield, the vanguard cavalry of the Han army tried to attack the Xiongnu army with the overwhelming momentum of Mount Tai, but the Huns avoided it and quickly dispersed to avoid the frontal impact of the Han cavalry, but the elite cavalry equipped with strong bows began to shoot at the Han army with dense bows and arrows. The vanguard of the Han army rushed left and right in the Xiongnu camp, and the Hun cavalry dodged everywhere they went, only around them and kept firing arrows, that is, they did not fight with the Han army at close range, so that the spears and sabers of the Han army were useless.

The Han army's war horses suffered a large number of casualties, and then the cavalry was also pierced by the Huns' return arrows at close range, and the casualties gradually increased for a while. Li Guang rearranged the more than 10,000 cavalry to form an unusually wide front, but did not charge, but slowly retreated.

He had been fighting with the Huns for many years, and knew that if he charged at this time, the horses ridden by the cavalry could not guarantee a stable queue when they charged, and the formation was bound to be scattered. At that time, the Hun cavalry will quickly meet the sides and rear flanks of the Han army, surround them, like hunting, and shoot all the arrows they carry at the Han army. Bend the bow immediately, even if the Xiongnu elite cavalry shooting, can not guarantee the accuracy, but once the Han army is surrounded, the formation is dense, the Huns do not need to aim at all, just chaotic to a few rounds of volleys, it will give the Han army a great casualty.

Fortunately, this time the Hosoliu Battalion was full of light horses, and instead of wearing the large iron plate armor that was equipped before, it was replaced with a smaller iron fish scale armor, with only a body and no armor skirt and sleeves. The armor body is composed of a breastplate, a dorsal armor, and a flank piece. This is the new armor that His Majesty specially ordered to be sent to the Xiliu camp in Tianshui County before the war, which is much lighter than the piece of armor, and the soldiers are more convenient to move, and it is easier to resist the bows and arrows of the Huns. Even in many skirmishes, the casualties were not too great.

Today, the reason why Li Guang did his best to send out 30,000 cavalry troops was only because Qi Shan, the left supervisor of Yulin, had received a message from Harrier Eagle that the 8,000 Hu cavalry troops of Gongsun Xiao, the general of the Hu cavalry, had rushed to the Hun camp last night and set up camp less than 100 miles away. Li Guang summoned the generals and discussed it carefully for a long time before he made a plan to let Qi Shan release the Harrier Eagle and notify Gongsun Xiao to coordinate it.

At this time, Taiwei Dou Ying, standing on the tower of the Great Wall Pass, looking at the huge military array stretching for miles on the grassland at the foot of the mountain, couldn't help but boil with enthusiasm, but there was a faint sadness. The man of the Han family, who doesn't want to carry a three-foot sword and make immortal achievements? However, Dou Ying knew deeply that this battle was afraid that this battle would be the last time he would lead his troops to fight on the battlefield in this life, and even if he could keep his family name and his high-ranking officials, he could only sit in the court and be a peaceful marquis.

Qi Shan, the left supervisor of Yulin in the Xiliu Chinese Army, was carefully observing the battle situation, and constantly analyzing and deducing the offensive and defensive advances and retreats of the Han and Hungarian cavalry in his mind. He is evaluating how much advantage His Royal Highness the Crown Prince can bring to the various new cavalry equipment that he has tried to make in Yulin, which is also the task that His Royal Highness has repeatedly explained to him. The many Yu Lin guards who accompanied him were also corroborating each other with actual combat based on the knowledge they had learned in the past. They were in no hurry to participate in the battle, because they knew that an even more magnificent battlefield awaited them in the future. Of course, the premise is that after they return to Beijing and resume their lives, they can provide reasonable and valuable analysis and suggestions for His Highness.

Li Guang waited for the fine willow elite cavalry to regain their position, and ordered the scattered more than 10,000 cavalry to gallop back and forth close to the surrounding Hun cavalry. If the Huns tried to get closer, they suddenly sped up and drove away. Due to the fact that he was two enemies and one enemy, Li Guangshang did not use nearly 20,000 cavalry, but lined up neatly in battle formations to strictly defend the Chinese army.

"The order went down, and each battalion moved to the Chinese army one by one, and each cavalry battalion of the Chinese army made up for it, dismounted and rested, drank and ate quickly, and returned to the main position after half an hour." Li Guang looked at his head and found that he thought it was three poles, and then issued an unbelievable order.

The personal guard Zeng Quan immediately agreed to leave. A moment later, a cavalry phalanx slowly moved towards the Chinese army, staggering past the Chinese cavalry camp that had changed defenses. The Han army's formation did not understand the slightest bit, and it was obvious that they often practiced in peacetime, and there was no mistake.

The Hun generals in the distance did not notice this slight change at all. After all, there were no telescopes in ancient times, and the grassland was originally a flat river, so it was impossible to see the small-scale movement of enemy troops several miles away. And the Huns, who were responsible for harassing the Han army, even if they found a trace of abnormality, they had no time to care. Although the tactics of the Huns retreating and shooting are sharp, they consume great mental and physical strength, and the surrounding robes are moving rapidly, slightly distracted, colliding together, and few people are turning over on their backs, and their bones are broken. If you fall off your horse, you will be trampled into a lump of flesh in a moment. Besides, the more than 10,000 light cavalry on the periphery of the Han army accelerated from time to time and ran slowly, which was really fatal.

Time passed slowly, the Huns gradually became a little tired from riding and shooting, and the war horses under their crotches kept snorting, and their nostrils opened and closed rapidly, obviously starting to exhaust themselves. The Hun generals were also faintly uneasy at this time, the Han army was really a little strange today, in addition to sending more than 10,000 light cavalry to drive the Huns to shoot at the periphery, nearly 20,000 cavalry arrays actually strictly guarded the Chinese army, not moving at all.

"Han people don't want to empty our arrows, do they?" The Aries King frowned and said worriedly. By the time he stormed the Great Wall Pass, less than half of his iron cavalry had left, and only a few thousand tired troops remained. After meeting with the more than 10,000 iron cavalry of King Loufu, he completely lost the right to command. However, he didn't care about face, he just wanted to be able to break through the Great Wall pass and escape to the outside of the pass.

King Lou Fu glanced at him, and said with disdain on his face: "My subordinate son, skilled in arching and horse, unparalleled in riding and shooting, has always been an arrow that never misses. The Han army is only 30,000 horses, and it consumes millions of arrows in my battalion? ”

The Aries King's face was flushed, and his heart was extremely ashamed and angry, but in the end he did not have a seizure, and said stupidly: "Seeing that it is already noon, the five thousand cavalry who sent to attack the two wings of the Han army are all sleepy and lacking horses, so what can I do about it?" ”

King Lou Fu chuckled, ignored him, but turned his head and instructed the generals under his command: "You lead five thousand sons and replace them in battle." Be sure to kill more Han people, this king has his own reward. ”

When the generals heard this, they couldn't help but be overjoyed, and then took the order and left, while the rest of the generals showed envy on their faces. Even later, the Han army was weak and cowardly, and the Huns could easily shoot and kill many Han people every time, but they did not have too many casualties, at most they were accidentally injured by their comrades. The Xiongnu generals received a lot of rewards in vain, and everyone was eager to fight.

After a while, the exhausted Hun cavalry slowly withdrew and was replaced by a new force full of energy and high fighting spirit. When Li Guang heard the news, he also replaced the more than 10,000 cavalry who had been fighting for a long time battalion by battalion, and the battle situation continued to pull back and forth. Since both sides are new forces that are recuperating and recuperating, they are all holding back their strength and seeking merit, the scene can't help but become much more popular, and there are a lot of casualties on both sides.

When the Han and Hungarian generals heard the news, they were all a little helpless, distressed by the casualties of their subordinates, but they knew that they could not be suppressed at this time, and they could only indulge their soldiers to continue to fight. At this time, if the momentum is weakened, it is inevitable that the morale will be low. The confrontation between the two armies is not only a contest of strength and strategy, but also morale.

It has been a long time since the summer, and the noon day is a little vicious, and the officers and men of the two armies are all wearing armor and sweating all over. The soldiers of the two armies in the battle were sweating like rain, and the armor of the Han army was obviously thicker than the simple leather armor of the Hun cavalry, and it looked a little hot. However, the Han army had an absolute numerical superiority, and the number of troops in the battle was also maintained at two enemies and one enemy, so many exhausted soldiers could still rest for a while. Moreover, most of the soldiers of the Xiliu Battalion are from Guanzhong, and they are used to the scorching heat, but they can still bear it. The Hun cavalry, on the other hand, grew on the steppe and was not very heat-tolerant. The increase and decrease of the two phases are barely equal.

However, the situation of the officers and men of the two armies separated from the Chinese army is very different. Because the Xiongnu iron cavalry galloped all the way north, they did not carry too much baggage grain and grass, even if they drank water, they had to send soldiers to the water source dozens of miles away to draw it. The Xiliu battalion is backed by the pass of the Great Wall, and in addition to leaving heavy troops to defend the 50,000 iron cavalry on the right side of the Xiongnu on the outside of the Great Wall, Taiwei Dou Ying can still organize a lot of foot soldiers, under the escort of the fine willow fine cavalry, to transport supplies to the fine willow army several miles away. In order to occupy less places for carriages and horses, the Huotou Army even made a little soup in the pass, and when they arrived at the Chinese army, it was still steaming.

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