On the fifth day of the Northern Expedition, it was located in the grassland not far from the junction of Bingzhou and Liangzhou.

Originally, the autumn was high and cool, it was the time when the cattle and sheep on the grassland were fat, and in the past, nomadic herdsmen could be seen everywhere on the grassland driving cattle and sheep to graze on the grassland, and taking advantage of this rare time to start collecting forage for the winter, which had been directly interrupted by the Han cavalry who went out of the state!

"Boom...... Rumble ......"

"Han, Han Army?!"

"Shoot !!"

"Whoosh--swish――――――"

"Ah!!h ……

On the grassland, more than 200 kilometers away from the border of Bingzhou, a Xiongnu tribe of 10,000 people, who were busy grazing and harvesting forage, was directly attacked by 3,000 Han cavalry.

The result was that without exception, even if the 10,000-strong tribe of the Xiongnu could mobilize 3,000 cavalry, the quality and quantity were definitely no match for the Han Dynasty. Moreover, it is still the time for a surprise attack, and in the face of the surging 3,000 Han cavalry leading the assault, the garrison of the Xiongnu tribe was destroyed almost in one shot, and then it was a one-sided pursuit and capture of prisoners.

In less than an hour, when the follow-up Han army appeared on the grassland, the entire Xiongnu tribe had been thoroughly washed, and less than half of the Huns survived, of which the young and strong were less than five hundred, and the rest of the people except for the one hundred and ten people who escaped by luck, the rest became a corpse on the grassland grassland, but the cattle, sheep and horses in this tribe were all captured by the Han army.

"Well done! Guan Hai, this is a success!"

When Xu Huang, who was the commander of the vanguard army, saw Guan Hai who was waiting with the team, he couldn't help but praise Guan Hai.

Before, Xu Huang, who was originally subordinate to the Luoyang Army, and was later incorporated by Li Yuan's subordinate Youzhou Army, was still a little unkind to see the remnants of the Yellow Turban like Guan Hai, and he was a military general from the imperial examination.

However, now looking at the performance of Guan Hai's three thousand cavalry, Xu Huang is still very satisfied, and feels that even if Guan Hai is from the remnants of the Yellow Turban, but when facing the Han family's old enemy Xiongnu, he has not weakened the former prestige of the Han family, and he is definitely a good general!

"Hehe, the general has won the award! I forgot about it before, but now I'm fighting for my brothers!"

Listening to Xu Huang's words, Guan Hai, who also belonged to the level of internal qi separation from the body and was slightly stronger than Xu Huang, did not have the slightest smugness, and hung down the spear that was still stained with blood and said with a simple smile.

For other rangers and criminals from martial arts, Guan Hai was a little looked at differently because he was born in the remnants of the Yellow Turban Army. And now that he has joined the Northern Expeditionary Army to conquer the Huns, Guan Hai, who knows that he is not from a good background and has to consider the remnants of the Yellow Turban Army that has begun to be reorganized in Qingzhou, will certainly not his tail as soon as he has a little merit!

"Meritorious service is meritorious, passing is excessive, Captain Guan Hai, you have made military merits, and you have your own military laws to record!"

Guan Hai's words made Xu Huang stunned slightly, but he immediately expressed his evaluation of Guan Hai, and then Xu Huang directly turned his head to a scribe behind him and ordered: "Drama master Bo, file the beheading, casualties and seizures of Captain Guan Hai's battle, there must be no mistakes!"

"Zhicai takes the order!"

Hearing the order of Xu Huang, who was the general of the vanguard army, Xi Zhicai, who also entered the army, respectfully bowed his head and accepted the order.

After Xi Zhicai bowed down to answer the order, Xu Huang and Guan Hai also discussed a few more words, and went directly with his subordinates

[The army went out of the fortress, and it was actually commanded by the female general of Esdes, and it was still the current situation of marching into the grassland without hurrying or slowing...... Well, if the general is not stupid, he must have other considerations! It's a pity that I don't know all the situation and plans yet, so let's do a good job of the position of the vanguard commander first! 】

After telling more than a dozen of his subordinates to start counting the achievements and related merits, Xi Zhicai, who held the position of 600 stone masters in the army, stared at the pretty good natural scenery on the grassland, and silently estimated it in his heart.

For Xi Zhicai, joining the Northern Expedition sequence is a happy thing, but after seeing that the actual coach of the leader is Estes, a beautiful woman with long blue hair, Xi Zhicai couldn't help but muttered in his heart, why is a woman leading the army? And now seeing the speed at which the army is advancing on the grassland for tens of miles a day at most, Xi Zhicai thinks that if Li Yuan's brain is fine, he must have other considerations, so he can hold back the emotions in his heart and begin to conscientiously do his duty as the commander of the army.

Similarly, there are still a lot of people in the Northern Expedition Army who don't understand, but with Li Yuan's orders, and the Youzhou Army and generals as the main body all obey Estes's orders, and Gongsun Zan of the state assassin Shi obeys the order without objection, so that the relevant rumors in the army are only limited to rumors, and there is no nonsense about that guy who doesn't want to die!

However, only a few days later, when the armies of Zhao Yun, the commander of the Liangzhou Assassin of the same generation, began to converge, everyone understood why it was such a strange way of playing......

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Ten days later, 500 kilometers from the hinterland of the Northern Xiongnu, the Left Route Army commanded by Zhao Yun converged with Estes.

On the grassland, tens of thousands of cavalry and foot soldiers were busy in the built camp, and Zhao Yun led his men and horses into the camp as soon as he took his men and horses to meet Estes in the big tent in the army.

"The clouds have seen the general! I've seen the housewife!"

When Zhao Yun did not hesitate to salute Estes in the big tent on his knees, among the generals behind him, several of them who were struggling and followed Zhao Yun to bow half-kneeling with Zhao Yun couldn't help but change their faces, and looked at Estes and bowed half-kneeling without hesitation.

However, in addition to Zhao Yun pointing out the identity of Estes, what made those Liangzhou army generals frightened was that Estes, who was in the big tent, had a feeling that their bodies were frozen, and they were obedient!

"Hah! General Zhao is still so serious......"

Seeing Zhao Yun's respectful and polite performance, Estes nodded with satisfaction, and then said to Zhao Yun and his party: "General, please get up, sit down and discuss the current situation!"

"No!"

Hearing Estes's words, Zhao Yun got up without hesitation, then sat on the empty stool on the side, and even said hello slightly to Gongsun Zhan, Boris and other colleagues he knew.

Well, as a member of the Youzhou Army, Zhao Yun knows a lot more about Gongsun Zhan, Boris and others, and the same Gongsun Zhan, Boris and others also greeted Zhao Yun enthusiastically, and by the way, they said hello to the newly incorporated generals of the Liangzhou Army who were a little unsuitable for things like backrest chairs.

"Everyone, let's carry out the strategic planning of the war of the Northern Army now!"

Seeing Zhao Yun and his party sitting down, Estes nodded slightly, and then said to the maid waiting beside him.

As soon as Estes's words fell, several maids wearing staff uniforms directly controlled the buttons around the big tent, and a 3D three-dimensional miniature sand table appeared in front of everyone in the big tent.

Zhao Yun, Gongsun Zhan and other people who have seen the three-dimensional sand table are of course not surprising, except for a few people in the other big tents who made a slightly surprised sound, but no one screamed or shouted "demon magic" or anything - in fact, the world of "Dynasty Warriors" is not that no one uses techniques such as Taoism for reconnaissance operations, and although the 3D three-dimensional miniature sand table is extremely exquisite, it does not surprise everyone to the point of extrication!

"At present, the headquarters of our army has a total of 70,000 cavalry, 160,000 infantry, and 90,000 of the Eight Banner Army that have not yet converged, totaling 320,000 troops!"

"Now that the headquarters army has converged is here, the cavalry group attached to the Eighth Banner Army is blocking the flank position of the Huns. According to the summary an hour ago, the Xiongnu have been annihilated by 37 tribes, more than 100,000 people have been captured or killed, and more than 1 million cattle, sheep, and horses have been captured......"

"According to the deployment of our army, we are ready to adopt a step-by-step strategy and start to oppress the shrinking Huns, so that they have to start a decisive battle with our army!" ……

Seeing the eyes of all the generals in the big tent looking at themselves and others, several operational staff officers began to point to the situation on the sand table to explain, and told the situation and general plan of the battle to conquer the north.

"General, I would like to ask, why did you not use the cavalry rapid assault tactics in this battle to conquer the north, but maintain this slow marching speed? Besides, the Huns are not fools, they will flee thousands of miles when they see that the situation is not good, will they fight a decisive battle with us?"

Hearing the deployment of the operation, Zhao Yun took the initiative to raise his hand, and then after Estes nodded, he asked questions.

Fighting with the nomadic and grass-based grassland peoples, the most headache is that the other party sees that the situation is not good, and the Han Dynasty and other farming nations are different, even in the middle-level world of the "Dynasty Warriors" world, the Han Dynasty's war against the Huns on the grassland is also based on cavalry as the main force, and when the Huns have not yet completed the assembly, they directly broke their nests and main forces for the purpose, rather than playing hide and seek from the Huns on the vast grassland!

Zhao Yun was a little puzzled, according to the combat experience of the Youzhou Army and even the era of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty in the past, it should be directly interspersed with cavalry quickly, and the nomadic people like the Xiongnu were severely damaged by war, why would the other party have enough time to react?

"That's a good question, Gongsun Assassin Shi will explain the reason to General Zhao and everyone!"

Regarding Zhao Yun's inquiry, seeing that many middle-level generals in the big tent who had no right to speak also had an approving expression, Estes nodded but did not answer, but said to Gongsun Zhan, who was sitting on the right hand.

"No...... In fact, it is impossible for the Huns to retreat!"

Hearing Estes's words, Gongsun Zhan, who was sitting on the side, got up and turned his head to look at everyone in the big tent, with an inexplicable look on his face. Then he walked to the 3D virtual sand table, slightly asked the combat staff officer to click on a place, pointed to the multiple arrows enlarged on it, extending from the flank of the Huns on the grassland, and said: "If you say, as a nomadic people, the fundamental place of the Huns is not in the old nest but in the grassland under control, the army that can fight and the livestock that it has!"

If our army wants to stay permanently on the grassland, the cost of maintaining hundreds of thousands of troops cannot be maintained for a long time even during the period of Emperor Wu, so that the distant Xiongnu left a life. But...... If it weren't for our garrison, but for other nomads who then took control of the Xiongnu's territory, would the Huns still be able to escape with confidence?"

[Draw from the bottom of the kettle?! 】

[Is it the Eight Banners Army? In that case, the Huns were really cornered! 】

[In this case, the Huns may really not be able to run......]

After listening to Gongsun Zhan's explanation, as well as the descriptions and pictures of relevant information on the 3D model, whether it was Zhao Yun and other insiders, or those generals who later joined the Northern Expeditionary Army, they all became more and more certain about the grasp of this battle for the Northern Expedition, and they were also full of a sympathetic attitude towards the Xiongnu.

Because, now on the grassland, the Eight Banners Army and its tribes, which had given the Xiongnu a considerable sense of oppression, have now driven cattle, sheep, and horses to the pastures of the Xiongnu tribes. It can be imagined that when Shan Yu and the high-level leaders of the Xiongnu Department found that retreating now was a way to survive, how desperate and wanting to defeat the Han army, and then choose to leave the grassland completely or stay and resist to the end!

"Hehe, I hope you will make a choice to resist to the end......"

Looking at Zhao Yun, Gongsun Zhan and the others who had reached an agreement in front of him, a smile hung on the corner of Estes's mouth, looking forward to the high-level Huns who were already in a panic......

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Fifteen days later, the Huns of the Wolf Juxu Mountain under the steppe.

"Woo--woo-woo――――――"

With the sound of a long horn, the formation of the Hun army, which was full of 200,000 cavalry, slowly began to move.

However, in this huge cavalry that is enough to make the Xianbei, Wuheng and other big tribes pay attention to and even fear, up to Yu Fuluo, the big single of the Xiongnu tribe, and down to the armed herdsmen of the Xiongnu tribe who were urgently armed, no one has a good face, and there is a faint hint of madness and death in despair in the whole army!

As for the reason?

Look at the opposite side of the Hun army, there are more than 300,000 elite troops (the lowest is also a breath of internal qi), and a terrifying lineup of multiple military formations has been formed, and it is strange that there are only 50,000 elite Hun troops in total who will have confidence!

But for the current Xiongnu Shan Yufuluo and the Huns, Wolf Juxu Mountain is already the pole where they cannot retreat. After seeing that the Eight Banners tribe had gradually occupied their own pastures and provided logistical supplies to the Han army in the northern expedition, the Huns knew that playing a game of hide and seek with the Han army would not work—especially when they were scouting through the falcons controlled by the shamans, and many small-scale sneak attacks were cleaned up, making it impossible for the Huns to even cut off the enemy's rear route.

Now, the Xiongnu's Shan Yufu Luo has reached an agreement with other high-level Xiongnu figures to win this battle at all costs, otherwise the Xiongnu can only embark on the westward road that has disappeared for a hundred years again!

"All the troops are on alert!"

"Crossbowmen ready to !!"

"Blessing of the military array!" ……

In the face of the Xiongnu army's preparation for attack, officers at all levels in the Han army issued orders one after another.

Outside the formation composed of four-wheeled carts, the infantry wearing heavy armor held spears and heavy shields in a formation, and Gao Shun, who was promoted to a lieutenant general, was in a hoplite team, directly using his own internal qi to merge with the internal qi emitted by thousands of subordinates, and shrouded the hoplites in his department with a layer of crimson internal qi armor.

On both sides, among the cavalry, with the highest commanders of each armed force as the center, colorless or other colors of internal qi military formations appeared one after another, and the Han army camp seemed to turn into a rainbow color in an instant.

Similarly, more than half of the old and sick of the Hun cavalry rushed to the two wings without hesitation, but the elite cavalry of about 50,000 people raised the unique internal brilliance of the three regiments, and then did not hesitate to aim at the direction of the main formation of the Han army that had erected a big banner, and rushed over madly with a posture like a broken cauldron!

"Shoot !!"

"Whoosh ――――――"

"Ah!!h ……

Seeing this scene, the highest officer of the infantry in this formation did not hesitate to give a combat order, and then the rows of crossbow arrows with inner brilliance were like a torrential rain, and they easily shot the leading thousands of Hun cavalry off their horses.

However, the Xiongnu who had the idea of capturing the thief and capturing the king first did not flinch at all, and with the blessing of the Xiongnu Shan Yu Fuluo and the other two Xiongnu powerhouses who practiced qi Chenggang, the Xiongnu elite cavalry who poured the secret medicine given by the only high priest of the Qi Chenggang level before setting off, was not afraid of life and death at all, and rushed madly towards the main formation of the Han army.

Especially for the elite Hun cavalry, the horse galloping can also be directly shot, almost as soon as it is close to the right distance, the Hun cavalry's sharp arrows containing internal qi are also terrifying.

"Interesting...... General Zhao, you help me command the army, I want to see how capable the Huns are!"

Seeing the banner of the Xiongnu Shan Yu, and the three powerful captain-level powerhouses coming towards him, Estes, who was originally sitting in this formation, couldn't hold back, and did not hesitate to order Zhao Yun and Boris and other generals in the Chinese army.

Without waiting for Zhao Yun to stop him, Estes did not hesitate to put on a biological battle armor, and then directly turned into a blue light and rushed to the direction where the Hun elite cavalry was rushing, and then Zhao Yun, who had no time to stop it, smiled bitterly and saw that in the sky, tens of thousands of ice picks suddenly appeared, and then smashed directly into the Hun cavalry camp in Estes's laughter!

"Hey~!, the character of the housewife...... General Gongsun, let's act immediately and quickly defeat the Hun troops!"

Seeing Estes's unhesitating move, and the battle with Yu Fu Luo and other Hun powerhouses in the sky soon, Zhao Yun, who had already known Estes's character, did not dissuade him, and after contacting Gongsun Zhan, he began to command the battle.

Unlike the Hun tribe that is now in decline, there are only three top generals who have practiced qi and become gang, and a Xiongnu tribe of the same level but is already old and does not practice high priesthood, the top generals of the Han army alone are as high as double digits, and the army and generals all occupy an absolute advantage!

Soon, by the time Estes had slain an opponent, the Hun army was already crumbling...... (To be continued.) )