Chapter 17: Escape! Escape! Escape! (below)
Li Mu and the others came to the desert this time and went deep into Longcheng, with two tasks, one was to dig the ancestral graves of the Xiongnu, and the other was to lure the Xiongnu to the predetermined battlefield chosen by the Qin Yiren. The digging of the ancestral graves of the Xiongnu has been successfully completed, and all that remains is to lead the Xiongnu by the nose and lead the Xiongnu towards the battlefield. To complete this important task, you only need to escape, as long as Li Mu and them escape, the Huns will definitely chase after them.
Moreover, even if Li Mu and the others chase to the ends of the earth, the Huns will chase after them and will never give up. This gave Li Mu a chance for them to escape.
But Li Mu was going to fight the Huns, and he was going to fight all the way back, which was too amazing.
If it is said that Shicai fought with the Huns, it would be understandable that he could not get rid of the Huns and had to fight. It's completely unnecessary at the moment, and it can't be if Sima is not surprised.
"Because it was the Qin army, not the Zhao army, that was going to deal with the Huns!" Li Mu's eyes flashed, and he replied loudly, very sad.
"Qin Jun?" Sima Shang understood, and a trace of sadness flashed in his eyes.
Li Mu meant that the Qin army was extremely powerful, not only the six countries of Shandong were afraid of the Qin army, but even the Xiongnu were also afraid of the Qin army, if the Xiongnu were afraid of the Qin army's military might and did not fight with the Qin army, but chose to retreat, their efforts would be in vain.
You know, the Qin army camped in Beihe is only 200,000, but the Xiongnu are a million people, if the Xiongnu do not fight with the Qin army, just retreat, 200,000 Qin troops from behind, how many can be killed? At most, the Huns suffered some losses, not even heavy losses.
If this is the case, by the time the Huns are driven into the pass, they will still be a new force. The strength remains. The Qin army wanted to completely annihilate the Xiongnu. It's hard to climb.
Yes, if you want the Xiongnu to fight with the Qin army, the only way to provoke the Xiongnu again and again is to kill and ambush the Xiongnu on the way to escape. As long as every part of the Xiongnu is killed, the hatred of the Xiongnu towards Li Mu will be deeper.
The military is extremely powerful, and it is a good thing to scare off the opponent. It's a pity that this is the military might of the Qin army, not the military might of the Zhao army. Moreover, the state of Zhao has perished, and the Zhao army no longer exists, which is unhelpful for the Zhao people such as Li Mu and Sima Shang.
"It's still the general's foresight, and I admire it!" Immediately afterwards, Sima Shang was full of emotion and praise.
Li Mu deserves this kind of praise, Li Mu is really far-sighted.
"Herald. Hide well and wait for the arrival of the Huns. We were caught off guard by the Huns. Li Mu's eyes flashed, and he ordered loudly.
There are a large number of withered grasses here, these withered grasses are old, and this year's grass has not yet grown, which is just used for cover, which is conducive to ambush.
Li Mu gave an order, and Zhao Jun used the decaying grass to cover and ambush him. The horse's mouth was pinched, and it didn't make a sound.
"Rumble!" It didn't take long to hear an earth-shattering hoof sound, which was extremely urgent, proving that the Huns were galloping at high speed.
"It's coming!" Zhao Jun's elite eyes flashed with excitement.
Ambushing in the depths of the desert, this kind of thing, Zhao Jun has not done it yet, and it makes people excited to think about it.
"Only in the elite of the headquarters." Li Muhu's eyes widened, and he looked at the Huns rushing at high speed, only to see the bronze armor, and immediately understood that this was the elite of the headquarters, and couldn't help but be overjoyed.
"In the elite of the headquarters alone, we have found a treasure." Sima Shang was so excited that his right hand was clenched into a fist and shook it violently to vent his excitement.
The elite of the headquarters alone is the most elite army of the Huns, if it is ambushed once, how wonderful it is, just thinking about it makes people excited.
"This is the elite of the headquarters alone, we must play well, and we can't let one go." The elites saw it clearly, and they were also overjoyed. Zhao Ren is a heroic character, and they will not retreat because this is only the elite of the headquarters, on the contrary, they really want to fight this battle and fight this battle well.
"Damn Li Mu, run faster than a fox!" Captain Zuo roared and said, "The warriors of the Great Huns, even if they chase to the ends of the earth, we can't let Li Mu go, we must capture Li Mu alive!" ”
"Capture Li Mu alive!" The Huns roared loudly, and the roar was like thunder, earth-shattering.
Li Mu dug up the ancestral grave of the Xiongnu, if Li Mu could be captured alive, it would be perfect. After capturing Li Mu alive, he can let Li Mu suffer all the torture in the world, and then kill Li Mu, how happy it is.
The Xiongnu were dreaming, completely unaware that they had fallen into the ambush of the Zhao army, and they were still in the good news.
At this moment, a sudden change occurred, and I saw many figures emerging from the decaying grass, and many red figures suddenly appeared in the originally quiet and uninhabited place. I saw a lot of Zhao soldiers riding horses to kill, and they shot them with bows and arrows from afar.
"Zhao Gou!"
"Li Mu, where to escape!"
When the Xiongnu saw Zhao Jun, not only did they not panic, but they were very happy. After chasing for so long, they finally caught up with Li Mu and them, and they could capture Li Mu alive, and they couldn't do it if they weren't happy.
For bows and arrows, the Xiongnu are extremely familiar, not scared at all, and immediately bent the bow and arrows, and shot at Zhao Jun......
I have to say that the Xiongnu's bow and arrow are extremely good, looking at the world, if you talk about bows and arrows alone, there is really no army that can defeat the Xiongnu, even if the Qin army that is powerful in the world is not successful.
There are many reasons why the Qin army is so powerful, in addition to cavalry shooting, there are also weapons and equipment and other factors. If you ignore the factors of weaponry, equipment and training, and only talk about cavalry and shooting, the Qin army is at most equal to the Xiongnu, and cannot defeat the Xiongnu.
Zhao Jun's cavalry and archery technique originated from the Hu people, and Zhao Wuling's implementation of the "Hu Fu Cavalry Shooting" was to take the Hu people as a teacher and promote it throughout the country, and the Zhao people were skillful and not under the Xiongnu at all.
However, in this bow and arrow duel, the Zhao army still had the upper hand. It was not that the cavalry of the Zhao army defeated the Xiongnu, but because the equipment of the Zhao army was better than that of the Xiongnu.
When it comes to the art of riding and archery, the Huns can look at the world majestically, but when it comes to equipment, it is the eternal pain of the Huns! The Xiongnu can only bend their horses and bows, how can they have sophisticated equipment, and when they encounter the Zhao army armed with iron armor by Qin Yiren, it is impossible for the Xiongnu not to succumb to the disadvantage.
Although the Xiongnu were at a disadvantage, they did not flee as usual, but put away their bows and arrows, drew their scimitars, rode horses, howled, and rushed towards the Zhao army.
If in the past, when encountering such an unfavorable situation, the Xiongnu would have fled long ago. But not today, because their breasts are filled with hatred, and they must take revenge.
"Compare slash and slash with us?" Zhao Jun's elite couldn't help but be a little amused when he saw this situation.
Because their equipment is much better than that of the Huns, the advantages and disadvantages of all iron soldiers and iron armor do not need to be said.
Under the leadership of Li Mu, the Zhao army rode a horse and rushed forward like a whirlwind, and greeted the Xiongnu fiercely with the sword in his hand. The Huns' knife skills are very good, every time they make a move, it must be a dazzling sword light, however, cutting on the iron armor is just a spark, so Zhao Jun can't help it.
And the Zhao army slashed on the Huns, but it was completely different, where could the poor bronze armor on their bodies withstand the slashing of the iron soldiers, either they were cut through, or they were cut deformed, only one round of slashing, the Huns were killed and wounded.
Looking at the Zhao army again, the casualties were pitifully few, almost negligible.
"Kill all Zhao Gou!"
"Capture Li Mu alive!"
Although the Xiongnu were at a disadvantage, they still did not escape, but roared loudly, and the scimitar in their hands slashed at the Zhao army.
Because the ancestral grave was dug up, the courage of the Xiongnu was much stronger than in the past, and the fighting spirit was blazing, but it was to no avail, and the huge gap in equipment was irreparable.
Soon, the winner was decided, the Xiongnu suffered heavy casualties, while the Zhao army's casualties were very small.
Seeing that the situation was unfavorable, Captain Zuo immediately changed his mind and shouted: "Don't touch hard, open the distance, and shoot with a bow and arrow." We're going to pester Zhao Gou! To entangle Zhao Gou! ”
Captain Zuo is a great official of the Huns, experienced in a hundred battles, and has extremely rich experience in battle formations, so he can see at a glance that it is very unwise to have a hard encounter with the Zhao army, which will cause the Huns to suffer heavy casualties. Widening the distance and shooting at Zhao Jun, although the effect is not great, it is stronger than the current situation, and there will not be such a large casualty. It is only necessary to entangle the Zhao army, and wait until the Huns in the back team catch up, the huge gap in strength is an insurmountable gap, and Li Mu and them will definitely die.
His handling was very correct, but unfortunately, it was Li Mu who he encountered, and he was destined not to succeed.
"Entangle the Huns, don't let the Huns distance themselves!" Li Mu confronted each other, waved the sword in his hand, and went straight to Captain Zuo.
"Good time!" Captain Zuo's eyes flashed fiercely, he clenched the scimitar in his hand, shouted, pinched the horse's belly, and the war horse neighed, rushing towards Li Mu, vowing to cut Li Mu under the horse.
"Phew!" In the deafening loud noise, the scimitar in Captain Zuo's hand flew out of his hand and fell several feet away.
"Ahh Captain Zuo screamed miserably, his right hand kept shaking, blood splashed, and it turned out that the tiger's mouth was cracked.
Li Mu is not only a rare good general, but also a rare warrior in the world, a martial arts is extremely good, although Zuo Dadu Lieutenant is a fierce general of the Huns, compared with Li Mu, there is still a big gap. The two of them fought hard, and of course it was Captain Zuo who suffered.
"Not good!" Captain Zuo has experienced a hundred battles and has extremely rich experience in battle formations, although the situation is unfavorable, he is not panicking, and as soon as he pulls the reins of the horse, he is about to escape, but it is too late.
"Hugh away!" Li Mu snorted, clenched the sword in his hand with both hands, and slashed at the head of Captain Zuo, a dazzling sword light was like a match, eye-catching.
"Ahh Captain Zuo exclaimed in surprise, his eyes widened, and there was no more movement, this was the last voice he left in the world.
"Bang!" Captain Zuo was even a man and a horse, and was split by Li Mu, and his intestines and stomachs were mixed with blood and horse intestines, and they flowed everywhere.
It's too fierce!
Li Mu's split was like a god descending from heaven, unstoppable, not only killed Captain Zuo, but also made the Huns lose confidence, and no longer dared to fight, and fled after hitting the horse.
"Kill!" Li Mu shouted, the Zhao army was killed from behind, the Huns suffered heavy casualties, 14500 people, only 3 or 200 people escaped, and the rest all died.
"Rumble!" There was a faint sound of hooves like thunder, Li Mu knew that the Huns were chasing after him, and waved his right hand and said, "Go!" Come on! ”
Even if Li Mu didn't say it, Zhao Jun knew what to do, and he didn't have time to clean up the battlefield, so he galloped away.
Li Mu jumped off the horse, tore off the leather coat of Captain Zuo, soaked in blood, and wrote a line of words on the ground, and then flew on the horse and galloped away. (To be continued.) )