There must be brave men under the heavy reward, and most of these slaves who have just been plundered by the Shenwei camp are strong men, otherwise they will not be able to do the heavy labor of the Huns. Hearing this, everyone was excited, and after some selection, more than 6,000 people were equipped with captured weapons and armor, and turned into qualified cannon fodder. Coupled with the more than 3,000 elite soldiers left behind, a 10,000-person siege team was formed within two hours.

Yang Yuan is also a general of a hundred battles, with extremely rich battlefield experience, and he is no stranger to the royal court that has been besieged for a few days. After a little thought, he began to mobilize everyone in the camp to tie up the straw men, the purpose of which was to consume a large number of Hun feather arrows in the Wangting Dazhai in the process of attacking the village. By the time Ma Xiu and Ma Tie arrived, more than 10,000 straw men had been tied.

As soon as it was dark that night, King Zuo Xian asked the puppet Shan Yu Bugu to lead 5,000 Xiongnu iron cavalry to meet the remnants of Han's army, and placed his younger brother Tian Hukang and more than 20 members of his family under house arrest. Xu Bugu was resentful in his heart, these people not only killed his father Qiangqu, but also drove his half-brother Youxian King Yu Fuluo to the territory of the Han Dynasty to prevent him from returning to China.

But now that the family is controlled by King Zuoxian, he can't do it if he doesn't want to work for him, so in desperation, Xu Bugu can only take 5,000 cavalry out of the village and charge the remaining Pang De's department. Pang De had already prepared, it was still the old tactic, and while retreating, he turned around and released his arrows, and slowly ran in the direction where Ma Chao was.

And the remnants of Huhan who had been tortured by Brother Xiao Ma for most of the day also began to act, and after dark, the army immediately set off, taking advantage of the night to rush desperately in the direction of the royal court. After a whole whole afternoon of passive defense, although the Hun cavalry without the protection of Chongkai and shields was only shot dead and wounded more than 1,000 people, both men and horses were extremely tired.

Because this Xiliang army is so shameless, it neither attacks with all its strength nor withdraws, the army is divided into two groups to release cold arrows, and everyone has the possibility of being hit by arrows at any time. Therefore, the remaining nearly 20,000 people can only concentrate on preventing cold arrows from attacking, not only to ensure that they are not hit by arrows, but also to take care of the war horse with a large target, otherwise once the war horse is shot, it is still difficult to survive.

And because Xiao Mage's Shenwei battalion can take turns to rest, whether it is a war horse or a person, the state is much better than that of the Hun cavalry who came at night.

The 20,000 horsemen of the Huns on the front foot had just set off, and the little horse brother on the back foot led the 2,000 horsemen to follow, and the screams were endless in the night. The dark night can indeed reduce the hit rate of the opponent's strong bow, but everything has pros and cons, and the soldiers of the Shenwei Battalion can follow more closely in the dark night, the distance of a hundred steps before, now it is closer to fifty steps, or even closer. And what is even more hateful is that these two thousand people do not aim at all, and the strong bows and crossbows shine on the crowded places is a rain of arrows, and each rain of arrows will take away the lives of two or three hundred Huns.

A few showers of arrows rained down, and the Huns, who were like frightened birds, no longer dared to keep the formation forward, and Han even yelled: "Disperse, scatter for me, these Han dogs are too shameless, everyone disperses and rushes to the royal court, as long as we arrive at the royal court Dazhai, we are no longer afraid of the bow and arrow of the Han dog." ”

The Hun cavalry who had received the order immediately dispersed as if they had been granted amnesty, and many of them fled for their lives to the east and west alone, and the army of more than 10,000 completely collapsed. Of course, the soldiers of the Shenwei Battalion would not let go of the opportunity to beat the water dogs, and they also scattered to chase and kill, and the dead were countless, and the miserable howls shook the sky.

After Han escaped fifty miles with the remnants of the defeated army, there were less than 5,000 people around him, and a considerable number of them were wounded by arrows, and the people and horses who had not entered from morning to now were almost on the verge of collapse. If it weren't for the sudden sound of horses' hooves in front of him, Han would have even had the heart to surrender.

But even if there are reinforcements, the situation is still not optimistic, the royal court is reported to have only 10,000 troops, it is impossible for all of them to come out to meet them, and only 5,000 of his 40,000 troops are left, what is the use of 10,000 more? After all, there are still more than fifty miles away from the royal court, and this is undoubtedly a road to death.

But this was always a hope, and the five thousand remnants of the soldiers could not help but lift their spirits when they heard the sound of the horses' hooves, and quickened their horsewhips to meet them.

The two teams approached quickly, and when they saw clearly, both sides realized that something was wrong. It turned out that the oncoming team was the 1,000 Shenwei battalion led by Pang De, and the 5,000 Hun cavalry who came to the rescue were followed far behind the buttocks, but the fifty-mile attack had already caused them to lose more than 1,000 people.

Pound also heard that the horse's hooves led the enemy to this side, although he couldn't see clearly whether the other party was friend or foe, but the number was obviously wrong, and he naturally knew that Brother Pony only had 2,000 people left to destroy the enemy, so he ordered preparations early.

As soon as he approached Pound, he first ordered three rounds of arrows to be fired, and then raised his knife and shouted: "Charge!" Pierce through the enemy! Behind is the main team of the general! "A thousand soldiers took advantage of the momentum of the charge, like a sharp sword, to split the remnants of the Xiongnu who were almost crumbling in half and slaughtered them on a large scale. You must know that the predecessor of the Shenwei Battalion was the elite of the 100,000 Xiliang army, and they were good at riding and archery, but they only learned it later, and their ability to charge into battle was not bad at all.

Later, Brother Ma saw that the remnants of Han were suddenly in chaos, and screamed miserably, and immediately understood what was going on, stopped, and shouted: "Brothers, charge me, General Pang's troops are fighting fiercely with the enemy, we must annihilate this remnant army before the enemy's reinforcements arrive!" "Speaking of which, the Heavenly Dragon Breaking City Halberd took the lead in killing the crowd.

"Kamui is invincible! Kill! ”

"Kamui is invincible! Kill! ”

In order to avoid injuring their own men, the 2,000 soldiers had to put away their bows and arrows, and launched the first charge since the Xiongnu expedition.

And at this moment, I saw that the northern land suddenly lit up with a sky-high fire, and it was Yang Yuan, Ma Xiu, and Ma Tie who had already launched an attack on Wangting Dazhai. The royal court is located in the center of the entire Southern Xiongnu, and it can be said that it is the only large-scale fixed residence of the Xiongnu, and it is a place where Shan Yu and the royal nobles maintain their rule and enjoyment. Legend has it that every time the Xiongnu went out to fight the autumn wind, they handed over the stolen jewelry, gold and other things to the royal court.

In fact, the whole royal court is like a miniature city, made of wooden stakes and rammed earth, about one zhang thick, more than two zhang high, there are several arrow towers on the wall, and there are also four gates, each gate is heavily guarded.

But now King Zuo Xian has transferred troops to fight three times and twice, and there are only seven or eight thousand women and children in the royal court at this moment, and the main defensive weapon is bows and arrows, which is far less perverted than the Central Plains Jiancheng.

With the siege order, there were first captives in iron armor who used wooden sticks to carry straw men and teased not far from the four gates. The night was hazy, and the Huns guarding the village could not distinguish the real from the fake at all, so they could only shoot them with arrows. A few rains of arrows really consumed many of the Huns' already extremely nervous feather arrows.

More than 10,000 people shouted in unison, the momentum shook the sky, waving the straw man, and slowly moving forward. Seeing that the Huns' feather arrows were about to be exhausted, the soldiers of the four gates, under the command of Yang Yuan and others, launched a strong attack almost simultaneously and successfully rushed to the bottom of the wall, and more than 10,000 straw men became the medium to burn down the wooden walled gate, which caused a skyrocketing fire.

Let's say that the remnants of Han's army were already demoralized to the extreme, and they had no intention of resisting, and when they saw the fire burning in the north, they only said that the royal court had fallen, and the whole army had completely collapsed. was killed by the 3,000 Shenwei battalion led by Ma Chao, Meng Da, and Pang De, and lost his armor, and people turned on their backs, and countless people died. The remnants of the Huns also scattered for their lives, and only a few hundred escaped the pursuit and went to the galloping Xubugu.

Reining in the war horse, Brother Xiao Ma did not rush to attack the thousands of cavalry of the Xu Bu Gu, but asked Pang De: "Ling Ming, how is the situation in the royal court?" Are Yang Yuan and others sure to capture it? ”

At this time, Pang De had already thrown himself to the ground for the five bodies that Xiao Ma admired him, thought about it, and replied: "This time, there are about 5,000 cavalry to fight, and the number of strong men in the royal court will not exceed 6,000 at most. ”

Ma Chao was overjoyed and said: "Okay, then we will work hard and annihilate this cavalry, at least we can't let them return to the royal court!" ”

"That's exactly how it should be!" Pound and Ma Dai were full of joy, although the Huns could not be completely destroyed after this battle, it was absolutely impossible for the Huns to recover in decades or even hundreds of years.

After the two armies met, there were nearly 3,000 elites, and the Su Bu bone was only more than 3,000 horsemen, and 50,000 was not afraid, so why was he afraid of 3,000. After gathering all the men and horses, he took a little rest and chased after him.

Xu Bugu's heart is now full of fear, just fifty miles has made him completely afraid, when did the Han cavalry become so powerful? Unless you have unparalleled riding and archery skills, you can only use them as arrow targets, and in the end you can't even escape, but fortunately, this group of people seems to be deliberately leading them to respond to Han, walking and shooting, and finally simply distanced themselves from them.

Finally, seeing the hazy brigade and shouts in front of him, Su Bugu not only did not enter the army, but slowed down his pace. Because in his opinion, since this thousand Han troops rushed into Hu Han's 20,000 troops, there must be a situation of death and no life, and even a ripple is difficult to shake.

It's a pity that things in the world are often unexpected, first of all, this is not 20,000 cavalry, but 5,000 routs who were tortured to the point of almost losing their wit, coupled with the fire of the royal court, there were hungry tigers blocking the road in front, and then a group of wolves begging for their lives, these people in addition to despair, the only thought is to flee for their lives.

The main reason why Brother Xiao Ma and Pang De were able to kill this remnant of the army in less than a cup of tea was that they broke up on their own, and most of the Hun cavalry fled for their lives on both sides at night, and not even half of the Hun soldiers who really died under the butcher's knife of the Shenwei battalion.

Brother Xiao Ma is naturally clear about this, but at the moment, he has no time to chase down these stragglers and annihilate the cavalry rushing from the royal court.

The night was vast and the stars were shining, and the two teams of cavalry rushed in the direction of the royal court, one after the other. Xu Bugu never thought that the Han army would still have the strength to attack the royal court, let alone that the reinforcements of the Han army were almost wiped out. However, when I thought of the terrifying tactics of the Han army, which was almost incomprehensible, I was relieved.

Looking at Han's embarrassed appearance and the hundreds of wounded soldiers under his command, a thought suddenly rose in his heart, and as the Ma Chao army approached, this thought became bigger and stronger.