In the northern border counties, the cold wind from the far north roared, carrying the icy air flow across the desert, and the grassland became a frozen land in the north overnight. ＋

On the border of Yunzhong County in the northwest of Yanmen County, at the foot of Yin Mountain, there is the vast Eile River.

In the blizzard, a cavalry marched silently, wearing black robes like ghosts in the snow, roaming the desert steppe.

They were dressed in thick felt robes, lined with armor fastened with iron tenons and tenons, two layers of thick leather gloves, heavy cowhide boots, and a black wolf helmet with a hideous mask that looked like a ghost, revealing only two eyes and the vents of the nose and mouth.

This cavalry leader is a black-armored cavalryman, his armor system is different, and a whole piece of black lacquer armor is covered in front of his chest, and those who know the goods know that it is the rarest plate armor, and only one piece of chest armor is worth a thousand gold.

The black-armored cavalry general carried a one-stone seven-bucket war bow on his back, carried two unbladed war knives at his waist, and his crotch mount was also a rare high-headed horse Qinghai Cheng in the northern border counties.

Five hundred black-armored cavalry, each with three horses carrying seven days' rations, went out of the pass from Yanmen County at night, and appeared under the Eile River to avoid the activity area of several Xiongnu tribes along the way, the purpose was to carry out a planned raid, the target was the tribe under the Eile River, and that tribe was the Pi Xiaowang of Lou Fuwang, Zhao Xin.

Zhao Xin is the great enemy of life and death of the Yanmen people, no one will forget the fire of burning the city in the third year of Emperor Jing of the Han Dynasty, not only burned the city of Shanwu to the ground, not only killed Taishou and Duwei, not only the death of thousands of Han soldiers and civilians in the city, the capture of Mayi, how many wives and families were broken, and that hatred has never been eliminated.

Everyone who lives in Yanmen remembers that moment in their hearts. Expect a moment of revenge.

It is very dangerous to move forward in heavy snow, and it is easy to get lost if you are not careful. Only the most seasoned herdsmen with old horses can find the right direction, and the black-armored cavalry has no shortage of old horses to know the way. There was only a brief chance to sneak up.

Zhao Xin is very cunning, like a lone wolf on the grassland, always wandering in unobtrusive corners, when the reputation of the black-armored cavalry spreads far and wide on the grassland, Zhao Xin's tribe hides at the foot of Yin Mountain far away from Yanmen County.

In the past three years, the black-armored cavalry has made many surprise attacks, plundering and sweeping most of the grassland tribes on the southern border, but only failed to catch Zhao Xin's small tail, but instead created an excellent opportunity for him to expand. Collecting and annexing the small tribes of the Huns who fled, Zhao Xin's tribe swelled to more than 15,000 people, and became a very powerful person in the small king, and the king of Lou Fu was also polite to him, and his ranking under the account of King Zuoxian was slightly improved.

Zhao Xin is a very difficult person to deal with, and the normal confrontation needs to trigger tens of thousands of troops to fight hard, but that is obviously impossible, the Han and the Xiongnu have not torn their faces for a day, and the two sides cannot bear the risk of starting a war.

A few years ago. King Zuo Xian hid on the grassland and remotely commanded the invasion war, what he wanted to avoid was precisely the strict order of the Xiongnu Shan Yu, and the small-scale invasion was the bottom line of the agreement between the two sides, and King Zuo Xian did not dare to use the cavalry of the king's tent. The Han army also could not dispatch the border army, and the only solution was the black-armored cavalry.

A small number of elite cavalry were used to counterattack, and the tacit understanding between the two sides was not broken. The Huns suffered losses and it was inconvenient to tear their faces, and they could not catch the black-armored cavalry. It can only engage in bloodletting warfare on the border, the land of the property of the Han people. The property of the Huns is cattle and sheep, and the Huns can't bear it for long in bloodletting wars.

The black-armored cavalry general remembered that a few days ago, when passing through the border of Yunzhong County, merchants from Yunzhong County came to the border in droves to deliver supplies, encouraging them to show the demeanor of the Han army and not to embarrass the Han people.

The Han people are still too rigid, they can't tear off their skin and use the Han cavalry as bandits to raid the Huns, tolerating the semi-official black-armored cavalry is the highest limit, or because there is a chariot general behind the back, the caravan of ordinary nobles and princes can be horse thieves, and it is intolerable to engage in large-scale military force.

Five hundred cavalry against a tribe of fifteen thousand people, the black-armored cavalry general was not afraid, he knew that he was not alone, another group of five hundred cavalry trudged through another road dozens of miles away.

The wind and snow blocked the degree of progress, and the original arrival at the target place at noon was postponed until the evening to see the snow-white mountains, which could not change the appearance of the undulating mountains, which was the Yin Mountain that the Huns were most proud of.

At the foot of Yin Mountain is the destination of this trip, Zhao Xin's Xiongnu tribe.

"Go into the woods, dismount and camp, and rest."

The five hundred horsemen burrowed into the deciduous forest without saying a word, the winter snow-covered woods were bare, and from a distance the gray flutter looked lifeless, and the white snowdrifts on the branches were high, and in the dense forest rabbits and elk were sometimes seen speeding through the woods.

Standing outside the woods, I saw the sporadic firelight beating in the distance, which was the fire of the Xiongnu tribe making a fire for cooking.

They did not dare to cook with fire, so they took out cold jerky and steamed buns as hard as stones to eat, but fortunately the horse team was allowed to equip small pots of soju, and high wine was used to keep warm from the cold, and it was also an important military supply to clean wounds when wounded, and the discipline of the team was very strict, and only two servings of kettle caps were allowed to be drunk every day, and it was not allowed to drink less, and it was not allowed to drink more.

After eating, the cavalrymen dragged down the thick felt blankets they carried and slept in the snowdrifts, the hands and feet were the ends of the limbs, and the cheeks and necks were the skin that was most likely to be exposed, and each knight had to rub animal fat on the hands, feet, cheeks and necks, the oil can effectively isolate the invasion of the cold, seal the pores to resist the heat and disperse outward, because cold and hunger are the biggest enemies, and you must learn to endure the pain if you live.

Slowly the night fell, and the scattered fires on the grassland disappeared, indicating that the tribe was falling into a deep sleep.

I don't know how long I waited quietly, the sky has completely darkened, the black armor riders don't think so, the night is their best companion, those who are used to eating meat have no night blindness, and the northerners who are used to ice and snow have no snow blindness,

At this moment, an eagle's whistle faintly sounded in the open field, and a distant sound pierced the silent grassland.

The black-armored rider jumped up, jumped out of the woods in three or two steps, and blew the eagle whistle at the source of the sound, and after a long time there was also a response whistle from the opposite side, the length of the whistle was a means of judging the code, and the response meant that the two sides had converged.

The sleeping black-armored knights were awakened, grabbed the cold snow and wiped it on their faces, the biting cold instantly drove away the drowsiness, and the experienced knights opened the wine jug and drank two large sips, jumping gently in the snow to make the whole body heat up quickly.

The black armor rider rarely did not say anything, it is very dangerous to sleep in the snow in the cold winter, even if there is complete protection of the body, it is easy to freeze the joints stiff, there is not enough time to move the whole body, drinking and simple activities are the best way.

The degree of the whole army is very fast, less than two quarters of an hour all the staff are ready, energetically riding on the horse waiting for the order, each person carries only one main mount when charging, each person's main mount is the strongest, and it must be a man and horse armor, people have a heavy armor robe to cover their bodies, and the mount is also covered with a thick felt blanket.

The wind from the north seemed to blow away, and there was not a trace of wind in the vast dark night, and the goose feather snow fell quietly.

The black-armored cavalry rode their horses and marched slowly, and a few miles away there was a cavalry that could not be seen and was advancing against the fifteen-thousand-strong tribe, just like them.

The light of the fire was getting closer and closer, and the Huns who were keeping vigil could be seen huddled by the fire in the ice and snow to keep warm, and it was getting closer.

The Huns who were on vigil raised their heads, and they seemed to hear a sound in the open grassland, which was like the creaking of horses' hooves on the snow, and the disadvantages of the heavy snow in the cold winter were undoubtedly revealed, even the Huns could not hear the sound of horses' hooves clearly.

The Huns were very vigilant, and several of them quickly stood up and looked around, but they forgot the pupils that were in front of the fire a moment ago, and could not adapt to the dark night, the white snow, and the dark night, and they could not see anything.

"Strange, did I hear it wrong?"

The Huns who were keeping vigil were about to walk back when they accidentally saw a small black dot coming quickly.

Poof!

Blood splattered, and the Huns clutched their throats and fell incredibly.

The rest of the Huns were all shocked and shouted: "Enemy attack! The Han Chinese Black Armor are attacking us! ”

At the same time, several other night guard posts were attacked at the same time, and the silence of the tribe was broken by a miserable cry, but in a moment the Huns were moving.

The Huns' reaction was unexpected, far ahead of the plan, and in the face of sudden changes, although the black-armored cavalry was not panicked, they attacked the tribal camp in an orderly manner according to the original plan.

The other side has begun to engage in battle, the Huns are helpless in the face of the iron tower like the black armored cavalry, the heavy iron whip swept away, the light bounty broke the bones and skin, the heavy head blossomed and was killed on the spot, the armored cavalry of Xianbei and Wuhuan, holding the sword and the excitement of the people to cut down, the Hun herdsmen who rushed out of the camp tent had to be put down like cutting leeks.

Seeing that the cavalry formation was loose and disjointed, Zhao Meng immediately ordered: "Do not go deep alone, the Chinese army will go straight to the Hun tent to capture and kill Zhao Xin, and the two wings of the armored slaves shall not fight at will." ”

The short whistle sounded, and the Xianbei people who were about to continue harvesting reined in their mounts, and turned around and returned to the battle with reluctance, the military law of the Han army was extremely strict, and they did not listen to the order to kill on the spot, and there was no room for clarity.

Zhao Meng listened attentively, and there was also a shouting sound from the other side of the Xiongnu tribe, and the execution of the heart path slashing action was very successful, and only the last step to capture and kill Zhao Xin could be completed, but at this moment, bad news came.

A fire broke out in the direction of the Huns' tent, and Zhao Xin fled with his henchmen!

"The cunning fox escaped?"

Zhao Meng said angrily: "I don't believe that he doesn't want 15,000 troops, everyone obeys the order to strangle the remnants of the Hun rebels, and all the men who are taller than the wheels will not be left alive!" Zhao Xin summoned Meng to treat us in Mayi, how can we retaliate against Zhao Xin, blood for blood, tooth for tooth! (To be continued!)

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