Chapter Eighty-Three: Consumption

"I ordered, the whole army was divided into four teams. The northern and southern armies each had 10,000 iron wedge troops, respectively, to repel the Hun soldiers who came to attack. You just don't believe my judgment, these Huns who are attacking from the north and south are definitely suspicious soldiers. Forget it, if you don't believe it, go see for yourself. The 30,000 Iron Wedge Army on the West Road was led by Na Liha to rescue the trapped remnants of the eldest brother. I personally led 80,000 Iron Wedge troops across the river to attack Maudun. ”

Several generals dismounted and persuaded one after another

"General, don't divide your troops! In case it is broken by each one, it will be troublesome. It is precisely because our Donghu Iron Wedge Army is gathered together that it is extremely powerful. ”

"Fart! You can't do that, you can't do that! It's not okay for Lao Tzu to divide the troops for you! Do the math on your fingers, how many people can there be in the Huns? The main force is all on the other side of the river, and the overall situation will be decided after eating the Maoton. Stop talking nonsense, march! ”

After speaking, Lou Xingbiao was furious, and took 80,000 heavy armored cavalry to prepare to cross the river. When the generals saw that they couldn't stop it, they could only act separately according to the general's orders.

First of all, there were 10,000 people in the North Route Army, and they chased them until they looked at the place where the smoke and dust were everywhere, only to find that the smoke and dust were made by thousands of sheep with the Hun military flag on their backs. The sheep were tethered to the ground and spun back and forth, and there were more than a hundred green wolves surrounding the sheep behind them, and the sheep were frightened so they ran wildly and the smoke and dust billowed from them.

The Donghu soldiers complained one after another, chasing for so long that they were just sheep, and thought that the Huns were coming to attack. Seeing that the general of the Northern Route Army had guessed correctly, he was extremely depressed and led his troops back. As soon as they turned around, thousands of sheep suddenly broke free from the ropes tied to the ground and ran towards them driven by the green wolves.

The heavy cavalry of Donghu were all connected by iron chains with five horses, so the group turned very slowly. Before they could make way for the crazy flock, they were knocked over by these gentle animals.

Don't forget, this Iron Wedge Army was originally designed by Moda in the first place. Connect the war horses together, so that when you charge, you will give everyone the feeling of living and dying together, and the soldiers can only move forward and not backward, so they are extremely powerful when they rush. But this is also the fatal wound of the Iron Wedge. Once one horse falls, the remaining four horses are pulled to the ground or unable to move. Therefore, as soon as thousands of sheep rushed over, they made the 10,000 iron wedge army immobilized. At this time, the cavalry of the Right Xian King, who was ambushed in the distance, had already rushed in, and used long knives and axes to clean up all these immobile iron wedge troops.

This iron "wedge" army is really "resting"!

The Donghu South Route Army did not encounter the same encounter, and they chased closer and found that there were indeed more than 10,000 Hun soldiers. But looking at the banner, Zhilu Dao was at this time the team of King Zuo Xian. King Zuo Xian has been stationed on the border of Donghu and Xiongnu for a long time, and has never been able to defeat the Donghu people, and generally the soldiers of the three Zuo Xian Wang cannot defeat an ordinary Donghu cavalry. Not to mention the elite troops that won the battle against Donghu - the Iron Wedge Army. The other general who led the team was King Zuo Xian, who knew that his opportunity to make meritorious service had come, and led the whole army to attack.

King Zuo Xian really couldn't resist it, and only made contact with this 10,000-strong iron wedge army, and then collapsed. He retreated all the way to a wooded south with the remnants of the defeated army. At this time, Zuo Xianwang's army may not have enough horsepower, and the speed has slowed down a lot.

The Donghu general knew that the chain war horses of the Iron Wedge Army were not easy to move in the woodland, so he hurriedly asked everyone to untie the chains. Then he followed King Zuo Xian and chased him into the woods. Unexpectedly, as soon as he entered the woods, King Zuo Xian led the team to run out of the woods like rabbits. The Donghu generals shouted badly, but it was too late. Outside the woods, King Zuoxian's ambush had already fired countless rockets inside. In an instant, the woodland was a sea of fire.

As early as yesterday, when arranging the troops and horses, Moda told King Zuo Xian to take advantage of the current dry weather and kill the heavy armored cavalry of Donghu with fire. Today's scene, this is also the method he used to defeat Moche in the sand table deduction in the military strategy.

Now the two eastern Hu soldiers in the north and south have all been annihilated. The left and right Xian kings rushed to the Wuqimai Hills to prepare for the final battle.

Besides, to the west, he tried to relieve the siege of 30,000 iron wedge troops. The Donghu general who led the troops was one of the people who had just persuaded Lou Xingbiao. This guy has a very clear mind, and once he knows that once the troops are divided, the Huns will definitely defeat each other. So even though the general ordered the division of troops, he still did not leave too far, let alone go to the west to attack the encirclement of the Xiongnu. This was something that Mao Dun and Murda didn't expect, and everyone felt a little disappointed that a table of "good dishes" was prepared but no one came to eat it.

Now turning his gaze to the east, Lou Xingbiao has arrived at the river with 80,000 of the most elite iron wedge army. On the other side of the river, Maudun shouted across the river

"General Lou, have you received this gift from Yu Yu? Time is urgent, I didn't have time to make a gift box and put it on, don't blame the general. ”

Mao Dun's words were flat, quiet, and did not look in a hurry. This completely angered Lou Xingbiao.

"Kill my brother, you are still so calm! Watch Lao Tzu "nail" your "egg" on the horse! ”

With that, he shot an arrow at Maudun. Maudun dodged in a flash. Sneered

"You have this ability, and you are still a general in Donghu. It seems that you Donghu really have no capable people except for Liu An and Moxin. It's all perverted and incompetent. Look at our Huns' archers. Just now you want an "egg nail", then I will help you and give you an "egg"! ”

After speaking, he drew his bow and arrow, and shot a whistle. As soon as the 50,000 elite horsemen behind him heard the whistle, they all obeyed Da Shan Yu's instructions and fired a salvo of bows and arrows.

A rain of arrows from 50,000 bows and arrows instantly obscured the sun. With the shrill cry of the whistle poured down. Fortunately, Donghu's side were all heavily armored cavalry, and a rain of arrows did not bring much damage. It's just that Mao Dun's arrow whistle landed right between Lou Xingbiao's legs, nailing his pants to the horse's back. The war horse under the crotch was in unbearable pain, and its two front hooves were raised, and it shook wildly. After the most reluctant, Lou Xingbiao fell down heavily, and because of the excessive force of throwing it down, the crotch of his pants was torn, revealing a short and sharp male root dangling.

When the Hun soldiers saw this, they all laughed, and the laughter shook the earth. Maudun is very steady

"I understand why you are not as good as your brother, it turns out that the materials are not enough!"

After saying that, it caused a burst of laughter like a tsunami. Lou Xingbiao could bear such humiliation, and his face was red with anger. He hurriedly removed a military flag and wrapped it around his waist, and then changed to a horse.

"Mao Dun, you wait, Lao Tzu will take your life now!"

Donghu's 80,000 elites immediately began to cross the river. Since the river had already been crossed once beforehand, and a flag had been planted in the shallow water as a marker. Therefore, the Donghu army had no scruples this time, and rushed to the river at the speed of the charge.

Unexpectedly, not long after wading in the water, he immediately fell into deep water. The current is very fast, and there are countless whirlpools undercurrents. The Donghu forward troops, who originally thought they could cross the river smoothly, were swept away by the flood. The cavalry behind was too late to restrain their horses because of the accelerated charge and the inertia of the heavy armor, so they rushed into the deep water. At this time, the iron cable used by the iron wedge army to connect the five war horses has also become a tool for life. One horse was swept away, and the remaining four were carried into the bottomless water. This charge unexpectedly wiped out the entire 20,000-strong front army of Donghu.

It turned out that after Donghu crossed the river, the Xiongnu sent people to change the position of all the flags in the shallow water area and planted them all in the deep water area. Mao Dun had just deliberately stimulated him with words, making Lou Xingbiao lose his rationality, and only waited for the whole army of Donghu to attack and cross the river with water to bury them in the belly of the fish.

The Donghu army was shocked when they saw this, and Lou Xingbiao was also angry and anxious. He hurriedly retracted his forces and retreated to the west bank of the river. Seeing that there was no hope of crossing the river, he had no choice but to lead the remaining more than 60,000 iron wedge troops back to the west, preparing to rescue the remnants of the dead eldest brother first.

Maudun led a large army and then crossed the river in pursuit. Lou Xingbiao deserves to be a famous general, and he fought and left, but he didn't let Mao Dun take too much advantage.

One fought until the sun set, and the two armies were evenly matched, facing each other beside a small mound. Lou Xingbiao saw that he could neither take nor drive away the Huns for a while, so he set up camp on the mound, and the fierce battle of the day was finally over. The Western Route Army, which had originally been sent out, also rushed to converge at this moment. Lou Xingbiao is overjoyed, now there are 80,000 people, and tomorrow morning he will take Mao Dun in one go, even if he can't take it, he will have enough strength to retreat.

However, where did he know that he had not really fought with him since he crossed the river and pursued. It's just stop-and-go, sticking and not getting too close. Even if he charged with all his might, it was just for show, and the purpose was to drag it out until the evening, so that the building could be covered by this small mound. As soon as the evening came, the men and horses of the left and right kings also arrived. Now it is 90,000 against 80,000, and in terms of numbers, the Xiongnu have the advantage.

At this time, Lou Xingbiao on the mound thought that the Xiongnu would carry out a night attack, and arranged many sentinels around the camp. Moreover, he divided the Iron Wedge Army into four teams, each team was responsible for defending for an hour, and the rest seized time to rest, so as to save the Huns from disturbing them all night like last night.

But unexpectedly, the Huns were surprisingly quiet that night, and there was no sound in the camp. But the quieter Lou Xingbiao became, the more nervous he became, and his instincts told him that this deathly silence was definitely not a good thing. He didn't even take off his armor, for fear that something would happen to him so that he could get up and fight, and the generals also gathered around him, and everyone slept all night leaning on the military flag.

The next morning, the battlefield was still silent, except for the occasional sound of a strong wind. The two armies had long been ready to go, just waiting for the commander-in-chief to give the order to storm the most rear.

Lou Xingbiao, who had not slept all night, looked at the soldiers under him, these were the most elite of Donghu. If defeated, then the Donghu Kingdom will be doomed. If it is defeated, then the overlord of the steppe will definitely be Donghu. It turned out that there were 90,000 of the 180,000 elites led by the Knowles brothers now, and those in the encirclement were already turtles in the urn. He regretted that he was unstable at that time, and if he led the 130,000 iron wedge army under his command to fight step by step, he would not have to gamble on winning or losing a battle now. He also regretted that after crossing the river, he should rush to his eldest brother in one go, and he should not have been dragged by a mere 20,000 or 30,000 Hun cavalry for a day's precious time. What is even more regrettable is that when you see the head of your eldest brother, you should not easily divide your troops, otherwise you will not be easily eaten by the Huns 40,000 iron horsemen.

He looked at the Huns on the opposite side, there were as many as 130,000, which was all the troops that the Huns could mobilize. What made him wonder the most was that the Xiongnu actually dared to withdraw the troops defending the Dayue Clan in the west and Lou Fu and Aries in the south. Damn, this stupid Donghu King, he can't do anything but play tricks and women, wouldn't he have contacted the Da Yue clan before, Lou Fu, and Aries to fight the Huns together? If this is the case, Maudun will not be able to escape even if he is winged.