After suffering heavy losses and losing more than half of them, the Hun cavalry finally collapsed. They began to run south like crazy, wishing that their parents had given them two more legs. The weight of the weapon was thrown everywhere, all in order to reduce the weight so that it could escape.

"Major General, the Jin army is too strong, what should we do next?"

A group of Xiongnu generals stood in front of Liu Cong with uneasy and panicked faces, and the 60,000 Xiongnu cavalry took turns to attack the 10,000 Jin army, not only did not break through the opponent's defense line, but left more than 20,000 corpses. After this battle, the cavalry myth of the steppe people was completely shattered, and from this moment on, the Han nation would completely establish its dominant position over the steppe people.

Liu Cong's face was also gloomy and a little scary, and as the remaining cavalry retreated to Xiangyuan, this meant that he and his subordinates were completely encircled by the Jin army. Sooner or later, their tens of thousands of Hun cavalry, would have to be swallowed by the Jin army.

"Major General, hurry up and get an idea, what should we do now?"

"Major General, the Jin army is about to arrive outside Xiangyuan City! Now we are surrounded by Jin troops, and we are already surrounded! ”

There are nearly 100,000 Hun cavalry in Shangdang County, and it has only been a long time, and a third has been lost, and the remaining troops have all been surrounded, so that these Huns, who originally thought that the Jin people were very easy to deal with, fell to the ground one by one. Now that they are surrounded, there is no way to escape, and their fate awaits them, either they are killed or they become prisoners of the Jin army as slaves.

Liu Cong's face was pale, what else could he do at this point. The 80,000 cavalry army under his command had been completely frightened by the Jin army. He has lost the courage to fight the Jin army head-on.

"Let's all get moving, get ready to stand by and help! Ask for help from the Great Khan, General Shi, and General Liu Yao respectively, report to them the predicament we are facing now, and ask for support! In the end, Liu Cong replied helplessly.

Xiangyuan only has tens of thousands of remnants of the defeated generals, but there are nearly 100,000 Jin troops moving here, and it won't be long before they can surround Xiangyuan with three layers inside and three layers outside. Not to mention the combat power, in terms of number alone, it is nearly twice as much as the Huns in the city. In addition, the firepower of the Jin army was far above that of the Huns. Without reinforcements, they would not have escaped anyway.

"Will we have reinforcements? General Liu Yao was beaten by the Jin general Gou Xi. Now there are not many troops in his hands, and although General Shi is not in a tight war, he only has 50,000 people in his hands, and he still has to face the containment of the Changshan Jin army. General Liu Yao only cares about his own safety. How is it possible to send an army to save us? A Hun general said hatefully.

"Father Khan will never sit idly by!" Liu Cong said very confidently. Whether it was for his son, who had always been brave and good at fighting, or for the cavalry troops in Liu Cong's hands, Liu Yuan could not watch the Shangdang army be wiped out.

At this time. There was a "Boom!" from outside. Rumble! Rumble! The explosion sounded, and the faces of everyone present changed, and this dense explosion sound meant that the Jin army had caught up. The Huns' fears were right, and more than 6,000 people from the Jin army had already arrived in Xiangyuan. In order to deter the Huns in the city, the Jin army mobilized artillery to bombard Xiangyuan City indiscriminately.

Xiangyuan City was completely shrouded in gunsmoke, and the humble fortifications of the Huns could not withstand the bombardment of the Jin artillery. From time to time, you can see that many Jin soldiers and soldiers were blown up into the air, and stumps and broken arms flew everywhere.

The fierce shelling lasted for half an hour before it ended, and at this time, the Huns in Xiangyuan City had already become heartbroken, and they wanted to die. At this time, let alone let them go out of the city to meet the enemy, even standing on the city wall, the Huns felt two trembling.

The Great Jin Forward Army took the opportunity to surround Xiangyuan City, and thousands of people surrounded the county town where tens of thousands of defenders were stationed, which was definitely a great spectacle in the history of war. As the main force of the gold price gradually approached Xiangyuan, the encirclement of the main force of the Huns in the Shangdang area was formally formed. The remnants of more than 40,000 Huns were all crowded into the small city of Xiangyuan.

Xiangyuan is just a small county town with a length and width of less than two miles, how can it stop the wolf-like Jin army? You must know that the steepness of Huguan can't stop the Jin army's artillery fire, let alone this small county town.

After the siege of Xiangyuan, the Jin army did not immediately attack. After several days of high-intensity marching, the soldiers were very tired. In particular, the troops who have been serving as the vanguard of the whole army are even more tired.

Between battles, baggage units began to transport ammunition for the front line, compensating for the attrition in the battle. Although the all-firearms Jin army troops are strong in attack, the consumption of ammunition is also very terrifying, which greatly deepens the Jin army's dependence on logistics. Fortunately, over the years, the imperial court has insisted on building roads, coupled with six horse-drawn super large carriages, to continuously meet the ammunition consumption of front-line soldiers.

Zu Ti, who had already moved his headquarters to Lu County, had just received the latest battle report that 40,000 Huns had been surrounded in Xiangyuan. In his opinion, the Huns, who had already suffered heavy losses, obviously would not be much of a threat.

"It seems that the first achievement since the start of the war can't run away! After annihilating the enemy army in Xiangyuan, the battle will annihilate 100,000 enemy troops, which is a huge result! Zu Ti smiled like a flower on his face.

"Yes! These Hu people, why are they so unbeaten! It's hard to believe that in the past, only a few thousand Hu cavalry could run rampant in the Northland! But now look at a Hun who is like a mourning examiner, I can't believe that everything in front of me is real! A soldier also echoed and sighed.

During the Western Han Dynasty, in order to deal with the Huns in the north, he accumulated the wealth of three generations, and fought with the Huns for decades before he completely defeated the Hu people. Judging from the current situation, Zu Ti believes that it will not be long before the Hu people in the north will be crushed by the Han people again.

"Humph! The empire is getting stronger and stronger, how can the Hu people be our opponents? After we win this war, no one will dare to bully us! "By the way, how big are our casualties now?" ”

"So far, the casualties of the whole army are only more than 300 people, mainly in the Huguan casualties, when the Huguan was captured, the casualties of the whole army were a little larger, and there was basically no loss in the next few battles." Liu Yi, who joined the army, replied.

Zu Ti nodded in satisfaction, this casualty was completely beyond his expectations. After all, if there is a war, there must be deaths, and it is impossible to achieve zero casualties, and it is very good to be able to achieve this point. Of course, this is mainly because the Jin army has advanced weapons and equipment and strategy and tactics.

"General, I just got the latest information, two days ago, 10,000 cavalry of the Qian tribe marched east from Jinyang, and the target was directly aimed at Shangdang. In Wuxiang, General Zuyue is already making preparations, ready to eat these cavalry of the Qiang tribe in one bite! However, he wants us to hold off on the attack on Xiangyuan. Liu Yi, who joined the army, said.

"Well, that's good! Let's suspend the attack on Xiangyuan and see how many people Liu Yuan can send to eat all the reinforcements sent by Jinyang, and it will be much easier for us to fight Jinyang in the next step! Zu Ti said with a smile, Xiangyuan, which was surrounded on all sides, had become an important means for the Jin army to attack the vitality of the Huns.

Luoyang, inside the Great Jin Palace

"Your Majesty, this is today's latest battle report! The army commanded by General Zu Ti in the Central Plains Theater has eliminated nearly 40,000 Huns, including 20,000 Hun cavalry, and the remaining 40,000 cavalry troops were taken by Liu Cong to retreat to Xiangyuan to hold on to wait for reinforcements. ”

"The Taokan Department of the Peninsula is attacking the Goguryeo Department, and now it has penetrated into the Goguryeo Baili and connected several cities on the other side. The main force of the Liangzhou army was besieging Zhangye, and the rest were sweeping the surrounding Hu army. Guanzhong Li Tezheng commanded a large army to snipe the Xianbei people who went south on the front line of the Great Wall. ”

"General Zuyo, after defeating Liu Cong's main force, is currently marching towards Taiyuan County. The Dajin Marines, transported by the navy, were heading to the Whale Sea, targeting Goguryeo's back and expecting to attack Goguryeo from behind a week later. In the Imperial Palace, in Sima Shu's study, Zhang Bin, the first assistant of the cabinet and the secretary of the War Department, was reporting to him the latest military situation.

At present, judging from the various battlefields, the Jin army is doing well. Especially in the Central Plains Theater commanded by Zu Ti, they wiped out tens of thousands of Huns in the first battle, and now they have surrounded 40,000 Huns in Xiangyuan, so they have solved nearly 100,000 Huns army.

"Haha! Very good! Spread my will and ask the front-line soldiers to make persistent efforts and create more brilliance! After the triumph in the future, I will not hesitate to reward! After listening to the report, Sima Shu laughed happily. The results achieved by the Jin army in the early days made him very satisfied.

"Your Majesty, the battlefield of Bingzhou, the Huns are currently marching east from Jinyang, trying to rescue Liu Cong, who was surrounded in Xiangyuan. The Central Plains Theater is preparing to adopt the tactics of encircling points to send reinforcements, first destroying the reinforcements sent by Jinyang, and then encircling and annihilating the Huns in Xiangyuan! Zhang Bin said.

"Well, that's good, but the specific command can be decided by the commanders of each battlefield, and they know the truth on the battlefield better than us!" Sima Shu said with a smile, how could he not know the harm of overstepping the command from the later generations. Especially in ancient times, when the information was not very well-informed, it was more likely to go wrong.

"Yes, please rest assured, your majesty, the general strategy was determined long before the war, and the rest depends on the play of the front-line commanders, and our task is to ensure the logistics supply of the army." Zhang Bin bowed and replied.

Compared with Du Xi and Jiang Tong, Zhang Bin is much stronger in terms of strategic and tactical ability. He is also very good at logistics management, as well as national construction, etc., and in general, Zhang Bin's talent is relatively comprehensive. After Zhang Hua retired from illness, he was definitely the number one person Sima Shu relied on the most. (To be continued......)