The Huns who were chasing after them were different, they ran against the feather arrows, which invisibly increased the power of the arrows. The soldiers of the Shenwei Battalion also used a two-stone strong bow, which was enough to maintain the effective lethality of one hundred and fifty steps. All kinds of reasons were unfavorable to the Huns, and the damage was extremely heavy. What's even more hateful is that they obviously saw that the feather arrow they shot hit the back of the Han people, but the result was that the feather arrow bounced off directly, and there was no.

If they can't shoot people, they start shooting horses, but they soon find that the defense of the horses is more perverted. A hundred paces away was already a long way, and they could only see the horse's buttocks vertically. The war horse has rough skin and thick flesh, and the horse's butt is also covered with a layer of Tiekai, even if the arrow can fly a hundred steps away and hit the horse's butt, it is difficult to penetrate Tiekai and cause heavy damage. As for shooting horses' hooves, don't even think about it, even the soldiers of the Shenwei Battalion don't have the ability to shoot horses' hooves a hundred paces away from galloping horses.

The so-called one trick is fresh, eat all over the world, Brother Xiao Ma played Genghis Khan's cavalry and shooting tactics to the fullest, just ran out of thirty miles, the Huns 40,000 iron cavalry only left less than 30,000 people, a whole more than 10,000 people were shot, and then trampled into meat by the war horse.

Han Qiang endured the pain, his eyes were torn apart, his heart trembled, and he suddenly understood why the 60,000 army died at the hands of these thousands of people. It's terrifying to fight with such a cavalry, it's completely a live target for people, and you can't escape in the end. In desperation, he immediately ordered to go straight to the royal court to meet King Zuo Xian and Xu Bu Gu before thinking about a strategy to break the enemy.

The remaining nearly 30,000 Hun cavalry also realized this, and could only give up the Shenwei battalion and retreat to the northeast with reluctance. But as soon as he retreated less than two miles, the Shenwei battalion immediately turned its horse's head and chased after it, followed by the butt and shot at close range, and the casualties were even greater. When the Huns turned around and rushed in, the Shenwei camp didn't say a word, turned the horse's head and ran, and then continued to turn around and shoot arrows.

After several tug-of-wars, the Huns did not use their swords and spears, but lost thousands of lives, and they were so angry that they all jumped like thunder. In the end, Suo stopped running, and they had already exhausted their feather arrows and formed a phalanx on the spot, and the soldiers concentrated on blocking the incoming arrows with their weapons, so as to temporarily slow down the casualties.

Xiao Ma Ge did not attack, and the 3,000 army scattered to form a huge circle, surrounding nearly 30,000 Huns in the middle, and the arrows were scattered and scattered. Later Genghis Khan said: "A thousand horsemen can wrap up thousands of people!" This is not a lie! Otherwise, why did the Mongolian iron cavalry crisscross the Eurasian continent?

The other 1,000 people rushed back along the same route under the leadership of Ma Dai, while recovering the feather arrows, while looking for survivors, and when they encountered the Huns who were not dead, they also made up for the arrows by the way.

Half a day has passed, and the Han people have not yet discussed an effective countermeasure, and the Shenwei battalion is eyeing from a hundred paces away, although the arrows are not violent, but the screams in the army have hardly stopped, and people are constantly injured or killed by arrows. The army of more than 20,000 Huns was shrouded in despair and death, and the army's morale completely collapsed, as if it was like meat on a chopping block. If it weren't for the fact that they couldn't escape, someone would have been a deserter a long time ago.

Seeing that there was no way to go on like this, Han Yi gritted his teeth and said in a deep voice: "Han Dog's archery skills are powerful, our army has suffered heavy losses, whether it is charging or retreating, it is difficult to escape the poisonous hands, for today's plan, we can only defend in situ, and after getting dark, we will take advantage of the night to divide our troops and withdraw to the royal court, there are many of us, Han Dog can't be chased and killed one by one, right?" ”

"Adults must not divide the troops, the Han dog has always been cunning, we can divide the troops, they can also divide the troops, and even break them one by one, it is better to gather all the armies together, how many can escape."

Hu Han sighed, his old face with a gray beard seemed to be a little older, and he sighed: "I regret not at the beginning, if I supported Qiangqu to send troops to Youzhou to destroy the thieves at that time, where would it be the disaster today?" Xiliang is the territory of Ma Teng and Han Sui, when will such an elite army be trained? If my Huns have such a fine horse, why worry about the uneven Han world? ”

At this time, there was a careful Chief Hu next to him and said: "Not really, I have been observing these cavalry for a long time, can you see anything strange about it?" ”

Han was stunned for a moment, and after thinking about it carefully, he suddenly realized, opened his eyes and said: "Everyone in this team can stand on horseback and shoot arrows, is it because of the two triangular fine iron in the horse's belly?" ”

"Yes, my lord, please see!" After that, he took out a pair of high-bridge saddles with bilateral stirrups hanging from behind him, and continued: "This thing was captured by the Han army when our army was charging just now. Then he explained his understanding and opinion.

Almost all of the chieftains of Chief Hu present grew up on horseback, and their knowledge is naturally very accessible. After a little thought, he understood the mystery, sighed, and sighed: "Han people are ingenious, such gods can be created, and my Huns are really inferior!" Then he suddenly became excited, and said loudly: "I, the Huns, are already good at riding and shooting, if I get the help of these two things, wouldn't the Han Dynasty be within reach?" ”

The man shook his head and said: "My lord's words are different, there are countless strong cities and Xiongguan in the Han Dynasty, and the terrain is different, and the steppe can be attacked for a long time, just hold it strongly, or use a shield to block it and shoot with a strong bow and crossbow, the effect of cavalry shooting is not great, only in the open land to deal with cavalry and infantry military can have a miraculous effect, it can be said that it is my Hun nemesis." ”

Hu Han nodded, gritted his teeth and said: "As long as my army returns to the royal court, I will make a large number of this thing, although I can't turn defeat into victory, but I can plunder Xianbei in the north and Wuheng in the northeast." ”

"That's right, we must keep some of the strong warriors, although we are defeated today, we may not have turned over?"

Hu Han nodded, and shouted: "Send an order, find a hundred warriors to break through on good horses and go to the royal court to ask for help, let them quickly send troops to respond, and after dark, our army will quickly set off to the royal court."

Here, Xiao Ma Ge commanded the team to take turns to harass the Huns with arrows, and the 3,000 people kept a high degree of vigilance and took turns to rest. Two hours later, Ma Dai also led the army back, not only rescuing more than a dozen wounded and surviving soldiers, but also recovering nearly 40,000 feather arrows. Counting the numbers, the 4,000-strong army suffered only 318 casualties, more than 400 wounded, and nearly 20,000 enemy troops annihilated.

After such a great victory, the 4,000 soldiers naturally had a stable army and high morale, and looking at the 20,000 Hun cavalry who were still fighting were like a butcher looking at a lamb to be slaughtered. Brother Xiao Ma was also full of joy and was ready to look for an opportunity to annihilate this resistance force in one fell swoop, but at this moment, two pieces of news came from the scouts in front and behind, which made him a little overwhelmed.

First, two hundred miles away from the rear, a team of about 20,000 Hun cavalry was coming here, and the leader of the team was the famous Xiongnu general Bai Ma Tong. Behind the 20,000 Hun cavalry, more than 10,000 Bingzhou cavalry were then killed, and the general led the team to be the new Bingzhou Assassin Shi Dingyuan.

Second, the 10,000 Hun cavalry stationed in the Xiongnu royal court has been assembled and is about to go to Pang De's department to try to divide the troops to meet this remnant army.

Brother Xiao Ma was not surprised that the Huns who were defending the royal court went to war, but Ding Yuan, an unlucky ghost, suddenly came to intervene and made people a little confused.

In addition, since Ding Yuan is here, then Lu Bu, Zhang Liao, Gao Shun and other fierce people are afraid that they are also among them! Although Brother Xiao Ma is arrogant, he is not so arrogant that he thinks that he can defeat Lu Bu at the age of twelve, and I am afraid that it will be difficult for him to win a single Zhang Liao. And it is even more unrealistic to destroy these 10,000 people, not to say if you can, even if you can, you can't do it, otherwise you will become a thief who everyone shouts and beats, and if you don't get it, you will have to leave a reputation for eternity, and then it will be difficult to recruit talents.

Therefore, Brother Xiao Ma was not afraid that Ding Yuan would make a move on him, but in this way, the gold and silver treasures accumulated in the Xiongnu royal court village for several generations, and the horses and money and grain would be divided. But Ding Yuan has been guarding his hometown in Bingzhou, if it weren't for Xiao Ma Ge threatening the root of the Huns, he would have to work hard to defeat the invading 100,000 iron cavalry. Now I want to get a piece of the pie before I can make an inch, how can there be such a cheap good thing in the world?

In fact, it was Brother Xiao Ma who misunderstood, Ding Yuan was dizzy by the Huns at that time, and he didn't know much about the fighting on the grassland, and he didn't even dare to be sure that the Xiliang Army had threatened the Xiongnu royal court. This time I came to cooperate with the Xiliang army to break the Xiongnu and annihilate its living force, so as to relieve my worries.

Of course, Brother Xiao Ma didn't know this, how could he, who had always been shrewd, be willing to suffer such a big loss, and he didn't even discuss with the generals under his command, so he directly issued a few orders.

First, he ordered Pang De to try his best to lead King Zuo Xian into battle, no matter how many people the other party fought, he must fight and retreat, so that he can join this remnant army.

Second: ordered Ma Xiu, who was ambushed in front, Ma Tie and the two immediately took a detour to rush back to the garrison of Yang Yuan's follow-up troops near the royal court, with Yang Yuan as the main general, and devoted all their strength to attack the royal court at night, even the Han slaves also had to go to the battlefield, and they must break through the royal court before dawn.

Third: Ordered Wang Shuang, Meng Da led 2,000 cavalry to meet the Xiongnu White Horse Copper Department, dragged its marching speed with bows and arrows, and let it fight with the chasing wolf cavalry, not to participate in short-term combat, let alone lose a pair of horse harnesses. Once the two armies are engaged, immediately retreat to the support headquarters and annihilate the Han army!

With the issuance of several orders, the seven thousand troops of the Shenwei Battalion immediately dispersed, and Han saw that the enemy army was suddenly reduced by half, although he didn't understand what was going on for a while, he was relieved in his heart.

Ma Xiu, Ma Tie and the others had nowhere to do after a day of leisure, and immediately headed for Yang Yuan's station after receiving the order. After Yang Yuan's 2,000 formalities troops at this moment met with the 10,000 elite soldiers led by the Han army, although the task was still very heavy, the army only needed to take care of those Han slaves, and all the labor was completed by these Han prisoners.

Therefore, in addition to the logistics troops on the road, there are still more than 3,000 people on standby in the battalion. These more than 3,000 people are not old and weak soldiers, they are regular Xiliang Army, rare elite soldiers in the world, only Brother Xiao Ma will use them as logistics.

Yang Yuan, who received the order, immediately came to the spirit and immediately mobilized the team to persuade those Han slaves. In order to make these slaves willing to die, Xiao Ma Ge promised that as long as he successfully captured the royal court, the survivors could not only directly relieve themselves of the status of slaves and captives, but also distribute food and land to Xiliang as people, and those who made meritorious contributions would also be rewarded.