PS: I mentioned the "Euphorbia" earlier, but in fact, this is a unit created by Zhang He, not Koji's, whose elite unit is called "First Dead Soldier". At that time, I didn't pay attention to the information, and I accidentally got confused, and I have made changes that do not affect the reading. Excuse me!

Behind him were 6,000 heavy armored cavalry of Huchuquan, the king of Huxian Zuoxian, and nearly 10,000 light cavalry roaring to cover up, rolling up dust. There were 5,000 cavalry archers blocking the way in front of the Right Xian King, and the grim situation was really beyond Zhang He's expectations.

"The Huns didn't use tricks before, but this time they actually learned to set up ambushes, which is really unexpected!"

Zhang He immediately shot and gasped. I thought that the purpose of the Xiongnu army to capture the Han people was just to lure the army in the city to come out to fight, but I didn't expect them to penetrate their plan and set up an ambush on the way to Yecheng in advance.

"Soldiers, there is an interception in front and an ambush in the back, there is only a way to survive in a desperate battle, and the whole army will charge with me!"

There is no other way, only to rush through the interception of the Huns, in order to open a bloody way from the encirclement on both sides. With a move of the spear in his hand, Zhang He's horse took the lead and rushed towards the Hun cavalry formation of the people blocking the road.

The main force of this cavalry under the right Xian Wang Qubei is the archers. The so-called "archers" refer to soldiers who can ride and shoot on horses. During this period, there were only unilateral stirrups, and it was not easy for the Han people to achieve mounted archery, and only the best of the cavalry could do it. The Huns have been on horseback since childhood, and their riding skills are exquisite, and there are many people who can do riding and shooting. Therefore, among their cavalry there was a large number of archers.

Seeing the Han cavalry rushing up desperately, he was ready to forcibly break through. To give an order, the Hun archers and cavalry fired arrows in unison, and for a time the bowstrings rang out chaotically, and the arrows rained down, and Zhang He's cavalry had not yet rushed to their front and had shot down more than a hundred people.

The rain of arrows forced the Han cavalry to slow down, and many horses were shot by random arrows, and people stood up, and people turned over on their backs, embarrassed. The situation of the Han army was critical.

Critical moment. There was a sudden chaos behind the team that went to Bei, and a Han army arrived, waving the banner of the word "Hao", which was the team that came to the aid from Yanmen day and night. 5,000 elite infantry under the command of the vanguard Hao Zhao. In addition, there is also the Sugu Department that surrendered as a black mountain thief.

"Kill Hulu. Relieve the siege of the party! Hao Zhao immediately crossed his guns and commanded the soldiers to launch an attack on the Qubei tribe sandwiched in the north.

Qubei's subordinates did not take this infantry seriously at first, and about 2,000 people turned their horses. Put away the bow and crossbow, replace it with the Hun scimitar, and prepare to charge and harvest the good heads.

In front of the cavalry, the infantry has a great disadvantage, with infantry to cavalry, even if it is a five-to-one ratio, it is difficult to take advantage, not to mention that it is almost a one-to-one ratio, so the Huns feel that this sudden killing of the Han infantry is purely to send to death.

But after the real handover, the Huns found that they were too light on the enemy.

This infantry was full of combat effectiveness and unique combat methods, and when the Huns rushed over on horseback, they were not in a hurry to attack, but hid under wooden shields to prevent the Hun archers from galloping on their horses. Until the horses of the Huns were getting closer and closer, only a few dozen steps away, they suddenly shouted and killed from under the wooden shields, all holding strong crossbows in their hands, and launched a burst of fire at the Huns on the horse......

But seeing the thunder of the bow and crossbow, the center will fall, the Hun cavalry who rushed up was shot down one by one, like the wheat waves blown down by the wind, and in an instant more than 500 Hun cavalry were shot off the horse, people shouted that the horses neighed, and the formation was in chaos.

Originally, there were only 800 people, most of whom came from Liang, and Erzhou, who knew how to fight, were not afraid of death, and galloped on the battlefield for many years, accumulating rich experience in battle. Later, Koji Yi added 1,200 men, expanding this elite force to 2,000.

Yuan Mai knew that this was the henchman of Ko Yi, so he naturally would not hand it over to him again, so under the pretext that the most elite team must be used as the vanguard to rescue the Shangdang in the south, he handed over this brigade to Hao Zhao to command. The starry night galloped, and just when Zhang He was trapped, he rushed to the foot of Shangdang City, which was convenient for the Huns to fight.

"Koji Yi's first death soldier is really powerful, and his ability to deal with cavalry is really unique in the world!"

Zhang He, who was fighting to the death in the middle, sighed. I knew that it was the elite troops under Koji Yi, who had once broken the first camp of Gongsun Zhan's "White Horse Yicong" at Jieqiao. I haven't seen this team for three or four years, and it's still strong. The white horse righteous servants who dealt with Gongsun Chan were able to win the battle, not to mention the Hun soldiers who had lax military discipline.

"The heavy armored cavalry desperately blocked the pursuers behind, and the light cavalry followed me and the Yanmen reinforcements to the Bei tribe!"

Zhang He gave an order and led his subordinates to charge the Beibu again. In an instant, the situation suddenly reversed, originally Zhang He's department was sandwiched between two sides, but now the situation has become that Zhang He's team is sandwiched between Huchuquan and Qubei's two centaurs; And the team that went to Bei was sandwiched between the two teams of Zhang He and Hao Zhao......

Shangdang Taishou Guo Yuan saw reinforcements coming from the city, leaving 5,000 people to defend the city, and also led 13,000 men and horses to open the east gate and rush down to kill. The situation suddenly changed again, and Huchuquan's team was also caught in the middle......

In this way, more than 20,000 Han infantry, 2,000 cavalry and more than 40,000 Hun cavalry were strangled together. The Xiongnu had the advantage of troops and had a slight upper hand, but the Han army had both "first camp" and Zhang He's "Euphorbia", all of which were elite teams, and they did not suffer much loss.

The two sides fought fiercely under the city for most of the day, and each suffered countless casualties. After noon, the 4,000 Yanmen cavalry led by Wang Shuang also rushed to the city, shouted loudly, and joined the battle group. When Gao Gan heard that the Yanmen soldiers had arrived in Shangdang, he personally led 6,000 cavalry to gallop all the way, and in the evening they also arrived at Shangdang City and joined the battle group.

When the strength of the two sides was close to one to one, the Huns could no longer take advantage, and it was getting late, and the Huns sitting in the big camp ordered to sound the horn to collect the troops, and the Han army also retreated. The two teams of Hao Zhao and Gao Gan set up camp under Shangdang City, waiting for the follow-up team to arrive.

After a fierce battle, the Huns lost more than 5,000 killed and 3,000 wounded, and the Han army did not take advantage, and the total casualties of all units were close to 10,000.

Zhang He's cavalry lost nearly half, and only a little more than a thousand remained. The 5,000 vanguard troops brought by Hao Zhao also lost more than 1,000, and the solid Black Mountain Thieves were even weaker in combat effectiveness, and more than 2,000 died, so they had no choice but to merge into Hao Zhao's team. The combat effectiveness of the infantry killed from the city was also average, and more than 3,000 people were injured.

The cavalry commanded by Wang Shuang, because they often fought with the Xiongnu in the Yanmen and Yunzhong areas, was familiar with the weaknesses of the Huns, so they killed the most enemies and suffered the least losses, only losing more than 300 cavalry, but killing more than 1,500 Huns.

As for the cavalry of the high cadres, they really have the prestige of "the iron cavalry of the state", killing 800 enemies and losing 1,000 themselves. It can be seen from this that even if the source of troops is excellent, it is impossible to become an excellent team without excellent general training.

The next day, 15,000 men under the command of Lu Yi and Yuan Mai also arrived at Shangdang City, and follow-up reinforcements from Gao Gan also arrived one after another, and the number of Yuan troops gathered around Shangdang reached 70,000, while the number of Xiongnu cavalry dropped to 40,000.

The combat effectiveness of the men and horses under Yuan Shao's command greatly exceeded the expectations of the Huns, and he originally thought that the Yuan army was about the same as the previous imperial army, but he did not expect it to be so elite. So the Xiongnu army retreated thirty miles and withdrew to the empty area of Xiangyuan County, where the maximum power of cavalry could be exerted. Prepare for another battle with Yuan's army, and if you can't win, you will retreat to the Hexi area.

In the evening, the Huns' war letter was delivered to Shangdang City, and Zhang He took it.

General Zhenbei led the state assassin Shi Gaogan to be the highest official among all the generals of the Shangdang, so he regarded himself as the commander without modesty, and after receiving Zhang He's report, he immediately summoned all the generals to his camp to discuss countermeasures.

In addition to senior cadres and several confidant generals and staff members, there were also Zhang He and Taishou Guo Yuan who came out of Shangdang City, as well as Yuan Mai, Liyi, and Tian Feng who came to help from Yanmen.

Gao Gan didn't put on too much of a show, these people were not his subordinates after all. He himself sat down on the chair, and ordered the soldiers to seat several generals, and only his henchmen and generals stood on either side.

"The Huns retreated thirty miles, retreated to Xiangyuan, which was flat, and gave our army a war letter, agreeing to a duel, I don't know what the position will be?" Gao Gan coughed and asked for everyone's opinions.

Shangdang Taishou Guo Yuandao: "The Xiongnu army has excellent horses, is good at guerrillas, and fights in the plains, so our army may not be able to take advantage." I thought that I should stick to the party, and when the Hun soldiers were short of food and grass, they would naturally retreat! ”

"That's a mistake!"

Yuan Mai didn't wait for Guo Yuan's words to fall, and was the first to stand up and retort: "The Huns have been in trouble for a long time, and the Li people have suffered greatly, and our Han army often wants to crusade, but when the Huns saw our army coming, they rode away lightly, and often pounced in the air. Since the Huns have taken the initiative to fight today, it is the best policy to kill them with a drum and kill them, so that they dare not invade our territory again! Besides, it won't take long for my father to lead a large army to conquer Gongsun Zhan, and he should kill the Huns first, lest they come back to hinder them when the time comes! ”

Gao Gan is the assassin of the state, and the entire state is his defense area, so he naturally hopes that the Huns will never dare to invade in the future. At this moment, he happened to use the forces of Zhang He and Liyi to deal with the Huns, so he also agreed with Yuan Mai's point of view.

After some discussion, almost everyone supported Yuan Mai's view. So, Gao Gan wrote a letter back, asking the Huns to fight to the death in Xiangyuan tomorrow. (To be continued......)