Chapter 422: Delaying the Army, the Cavalry Charged
It's near-dawn.
The sun is rising.
Five miles away from Minghu Mountain, the Xiongnu right valley Liwang in the big tent of the Chinese army.
After Mu Liangha and Jordan conspired for nearly half an hour.
Finally, the next operational deployment was clarified.
The first moment of the hour.
Surrounded by more than 100 elite wolf guards, Jotun left the tent of the Chinese army of the King of the Right Valley.
Then he rode into the wolf guard camp.
Fang Yi approached the big tent of the left army.
Outside the tent, I don't know how long the wolf guard scout Thousand Cavalry Commander Kuguer looked shocked.
Then they trotted all the way to greet each other.
"Lord Wang."
"Huyan Wan Cavalry Commander is coming to report."
"The Zhou army is now only fifteen miles away from the Maoming River Valley."
Kugur trotted to Jotun's side, and after the salute, he quickly reported.
"Fifteen Mile ......."
Jotun muttered something in a low voice, and then looked up at the sky.
Last night, Hu Yanyujin ordered someone to report the time, and Xiahou Dongbu had set up camp more than 20 miles away from the Maoming River Valley.
Now that it is not too late, Xiahou Dongbu has already traveled to the fifteenth mile of the Maoming River Valley.
Obviously, Xiahou Dong was far more anxious than Jordan expected.
"Have you ever found out the number of soldiers and horses of the Zhou army?"
Jotun paused for a moment, then asked in a deep voice.
"Go back to the prince."
"The commander of Huyanwan said that the Zhou army dispatched about 10,000 cavalry this time."
"There are about fifteen thousand foot soldiers."
Kuguer said truthfully.
"10,000 cavalry, 15,000 foot soldiers.......
Jotun's eyelids lowered slightly when he heard this, as if he was thoughtful.
"Report!"
Before Jotun could lift his eyelids again, the sound of horses' hooves suddenly came from behind him.
More than a dozen wolf guard scouts with command flags on their backs dragged several people dressed in Great Zhou armor to move quickly.
"Lord Qiqi."
"Five more Zhou soldiers want to infiltrate Minghu Mountain."
"Now they have all been captured, five people, three dead and two wounded."
The Hun scouts turned over and dismounted, and then quickly walked to Jordan three paces away.
"Take it down and interrogate it."
Hearing this, Jordan couldn't help but raise his eyelids to look at Kuguer.
"Obey!"
Kuguer saluted respectfully and received the order.
The words fell.
Kuguer saluted again and then withdrew.
"Wait."
Just as Kuguer was about to walk towards the scouts of the Zhou army.
Jotun suddenly spoke up and stopped Kuguer.
"Lord?"
Kuguer turned around and saluted respectfully again.
"From this moment on."
"Don't let go of a Minghu Mountain Zhou army spy."
Jordan ordered in a deep voice.
During the months of besieging Li Guangli's troops in Minghu Mountain.
Jotun already knew all the secret passages leading to the outside world in Minghu Mountain.
and ambushed a large number of elite scouts to spy on them.
It is no exaggeration to say that the Zhou army of Minghu Mountain was able to get in touch with the outside world.
So.
Long before yesterday's Huns attacked the mountain.
Jotun directly cut off all contact with the Zhou army in Minghu Mountain.
That is: the scouts of the Zhou army of Minghu Mountain can go down the mountain from the secret road to ask for help.
But after walking out of Minghu Mountain, if you want to enter Minghu Mountain to transmit military information, the difficulty is comparable to ascending to the sky.
And now Xiahou Dongbu has traveled to the Maoming River Valley fifteen miles.
Jordan and Muliangha no longer had the need to continue attacking the mountains and exerting pressure.
Then, the scouts of the Zhou army of Minghu Mountain naturally have no need to continue to enter and exit Minghu Mountain.
"Obey!"
In front of the big tent of the left army of the Huns.
Hearing this, Kuguer saluted again and received the order, and then retreated.
After Kuguer and the others disappeared completely.
Jotun put his hands behind his back and glanced deeply at the direction of the Maoming River Valley.
A bloodthirsty smile gradually appeared on the corner of his mouth.
......
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"The former army rests in place!"
"The former army rests in place!"
"The former army rests in place!"
Five quarters in the hour.
Xiahou Dongbu marched 5,000 steps before the military stepped into the Maoming River valley ten miles.
Dozens of heralds rushing out from the Chinese army galloped forward and shouted to stop.
Not much.
The 5,000 infantry of Xiahou Dong's army completely stopped at ten miles from the Maoming River Valley.
and lined up in place to rest.
Seven quarters in the hour.
Xiahou Dong's central army, 10,000 foot soldiers of the rear army, and 10,000 cavalry on the left and right flanks arrived ten miles away from the Maoming River valley one after another.
Meanwhile.
Xiahou Dongbu was under the army.
After the year of knowing the destiny of heaven, Xiahou Dong, the general of the Dasan Pass and the general of the thief, who had already turned gray, sat on horseback wearing gilded bright light armor.
His face was full of seriousness, and he issued one military order after another.
And with the issuance of one military order after another by Xiahou Dong.
The 25,000 soldiers who were resting on the spot quickly changed their formations under the command of their respective generals and Ling Qi.
Thereinto.
Originally, the left and right wings of cavalry with 5,000 soldiers and horses each.
Each quickly dispatched 1,500 cavalry to integrate into the Chinese army.
Originally, there were 5,000 soldiers and horses in the front and rear armies.
They also sent out 1,000 foot soldiers to return to the Chinese army.
So far.
The Chinese army, which originally had only 5,000 soldiers and horses, quickly expanded to 10,000.
A total of 1,300 bed crossbow parts carried by the front, middle and rear armies were quickly returned to the Chinese army.
Through the hands of the craftsmen in the army, it quickly returned from scattered to reorganized.
Subsequently, 500 planes were transferred to the rear army, 500 planes were transferred to the front army, and only 300 planes were left in the Chinese army.
Meanwhile.
At the same time, a total of 18,000 soldiers in the front, middle and rear armies changed their formations again.
Change from a marching array to a combat array.
Early noon.
The change is over.
Just as Xiahou Dong was about to order the army to set off again.
Suddenly, more than 100 scouts with red flags on their backs rushed from the rear army.
"Report!"
"Report!"
"Report!"
More than 100 scouts approached the Chinese army, and they all turned over and dismounted.
After the chief scout confirmed his identity, he immediately rushed to Xiahou Dong three steps away.
"General Qiqi!"
"General Cheng's paperwork!"
The scout chief clasped his fists and saluted, and then quickly took out a document from his bosom.
"Bring it up."
Hearing this, Xiahou Dong commanded without hesitation.
The general Cheng in the scout's mouth is not an outsider.
It is Cheng Guoshun, one of his right-hand men, the deputy general of Dasanguan.
It is now located in its military village.
"Obey!"
When the scout chief heard this, he clasped his fists again and saluted, and then walked forward quickly with the book.
Xiahou Dong took the document from the hand of the chief scout, and then opened it and read it carefully.
However, Fang read the counts.
Xiahou Dong's brows wrinkled slightly unconsciously.
Dozens of breaths later.
Xia Houdong put away the Chinese book in his hand, and then looked at the scout uncle in front of him again.
"Tell General Cheng!"
"Keep urging!"
Xiahou Dong sighed for a few breaths, and then commanded in a deep voice.
"Obey!"
When the scout chief heard this, he immediately clenched his fists and took the order, and then retreated.
After the figure of the scout chief disappeared completely.
Xiahou Dong glanced deeply at the direction where Yan Di was.
There were faint signs of frowning again on his brow.
As early as after learning the news that Yan Wang Yi swore to order troops.
He ordered people to urge him one after another.
With its early joint forces, we will come to the aid of Minghu Mountain.
However, whether it is Yan Wangyi or the leading captain named Xin Sixuan under his command.
He always prevaricates on the pretext of urging him for various reasons.
Cheng Guo, the deputy general of the Dasanguan Sect, ordered the documents sent by the people.
It was written by Xin Sixuan, the captain of the leading army under the command of Nayan Wang Yi.
It was not as expected by Xiahou Dong.
It was another excuse for the sudden obstruction of the Xiongnu tribes, and the two sides delayed the trip due to a major battle.
Dozens of breaths later.
Xiahou Dong's brows under the Chinese army were still furrowed after all.
"More than 300 miles?"
"When you lead the army to Minghu Mountain, the daylily is already cold!"
"After this battle, let's see how the old man joins your leading captain!"
Xiahou Dong frowned slightly and snorted coldly, then looked sideways at the Maoming River Valley in front of him.
The originally slightly frowning brows are also completely locked at this moment.
"Drumming! March!"
After dozens of breaths, Xiahou Dong calmed down a little, and then waved his hand and ordered in a deep voice.
"The general has an order! Drumming and marching!"
"The general has an order! Drumming and marching!"
"The general has an order! Drumming and marching!"
His order was quickly transmitted to all armies through the mouth of the herald.
At the same time, the rumbling of war drums began to sound in a very rhythmic manner.
"Boom!"
"Boom! Boom!"
"Boom! Boom! Boom!"
Two o'clock in the afternoon.
The 25,000 soldiers of Xiahou Dong's army marched forward again.
Three o'clock in the afternoon.
The scouts of the Zhou army, who were sent by Xiahou Dong to reconnoiter the enemy's situation three miles away, were suddenly ambushed by the Xiongnu.
In just a quarter of an hour.
More than half of the 500 scouts were killed!
Four o'clock in the afternoon.
After the five hundred scouts of the Zhou army paid nearly seventy percent of the casualties.
In the end, he fled back to the Chinese army.
When Xiahou Dong learned the news, he immediately ordered the army to line up in place and prepare to meet the enemy.
At this time.
Xiahou Dongbu is only six miles away from the Maoming Valley.
Seven o'clock in the afternoon.
The 25,000 soldiers of Xiahou Dong's army had been on guard for three quarters of an hour.
However, in the past three quarters of an hour, there has not been a single Hun figure.
"The Huns want to drag us to death outside the Maoming River Valley."
The Chinese army is under the big crack.
Xiahou Dong sat on horseback, looking at the Maoming River Valley not far away with a solemn face, and muttered in a low voice.
The Xiongnu killed the scouts, but they did not leave the Maoming River Valley.
For Xiahou Dong, this was undoubtedly a delaying tactic for the Huns.
If it's a normal time.
Before the specific number of Xiongnu soldiers and horses was not found.
Even if Xiahou Dong knew that this was a plan by the Huns to delay the army, he would not act rashly.
But it's not a moment or a moment.
Judging by the news received last night.
He could wait, but Li Guangli couldn't.
"Rest in place for a quarter of an hour!"
"Beat the drums again in a quarter of an hour!"
Xiahou Dong hesitated again and again, and finally ordered in a deep voice.
At five o'clock in the afternoon.
The rumbling marching drums of the Zhou army reappeared.
25,000 soldiers of the Zhou army marched forward again!
The beginning of the moment.
Just when 25,000 Zhou soldiers marched to the three miles of the Maoming River Valley.
Xiahou Dong suddenly ordered the army to line up in place and rest for a quarter of an hour.
Meanwhile.
On a low hillside on the edge of the Maoming River Valley.
The wolf rode ten thousand horses, and Hu Yanyu took a barren grass and squatted on a mountain rock.
His eyes stared coldly at the 25,000 soldiers of Xiahou Dong's Department who were once again arrayed and resting three miles away.
At the edge of the river valley beneath it.
10,000 wolf guards and 6,000 fearless knights all sat on the ground.
Or eat jerky in small bites.
Or take small sips of water.
"Captain Huyanwan."
Just as Hu Yanyu was quietly looking at the array of Zhou Jun three miles away.
The fearless rider Tiefu Xiong suddenly walked towards the hillside where Huyan Yujin was.
"What?"
Hu Yanyu asked without looking back.
"This week's commander is too cowardly."
"It's been a few miles."
Tie Fu Xiong walked to Hu Yanyujin's side, looked down at the Zhou army array three miles away, and then sat down beside Hu Yanyujin.
"That Zhou commander is not cowardly."
"He's afraid of being treated by us."
Hu Yanyujin glanced sideways at Tiefu Xiong, and then looked at the Zhou army array below again.
"It doesn't matter if he's cowardly or cautious."
"Didn't we discuss last night that we would fight as soon as they got close to the Maoming River Valley?"
"Now the Zhou army is only three miles away from us."
Tie Fu Xiong looked at the array of Zhou Jun who was still resting in place, and then asked.
"There's no hurry."
"Look again."
Hu Yanyu replied.
From beginning to end, his gaze rarely left the Zhou army's array.
"See what?"
Tie Fu Bear was puzzled when he heard this.
"Nothing."
"Let's go, get them on their way."
Huyan Yujin took a deep look at the right side of Xiahou Dong's front army and the Chinese army.
Then he got up, patted his buttocks, and went straight down the hillside.
"It's long overdue to send them on their way."
"It's grinding and chirping when you walk."
Hearing this, Tiefur Bear got up and walked down the hill with a mutter.
Then he went straight to the six thousand dreadnoughts and rode away.
Not yet.
The Zhou army marched the drums in the ranks.
Twenty-five thousand soldiers marched again to the sound of rumbling drums.
Not for three moments.
Just when the front army of Xiahou Dong's army was only a little more than a mile away from the edge of the Maoming River Valley.
Suddenly there was a deafening sound of horses' hooves in the Maoming River Valley.
For a moment, it seemed that even the earth was shaking in the sound of horses' hooves.
Meanwhile.
The big Zhou Daxu that clanged with the wind.
Xia Houdong, who could hear the sound of horses' hooves, looked a little relaxed for no reason.
He is not afraid of the Huns coming, but he is afraid that he does not know when the Huns will come.
"It's coming!"
"Rise quickly!"
Xiahou Dong calmed down for a moment, and then ordered loudly.
"Obey!"
When the Chinese army's guards heard this, they quickly clenched their fists and took the order.
Then he quickly put together the wooden table that had been prepared for a long time.
Not much.
A makeshift platform made of square tables rises impressively.
From the high platform.
Xiahou Dong quickly climbed to the high platform surrounded by several shield-wielding guards.
Meanwhile.
Countless Hun cavalry roared out of the Maoming River valley.
Fang Yi out of the Maoming River Valley
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The Hun cavalry quickly divided into two roads and rushed towards the wide area on the left and right sides of the Maoming River Valley.
The front of the army pointed directly at the cavalry on the left and right flanks of Xiahou Dong's department.
Xiahou Dongfang stood firm on the temporary high platform.
He quickly looked at the Hun cavalry that was killing the left and right flanks.
At this time, the Hun cavalry also rushed to kill.
But under the smoke and dust, Xiahou Dong would never be able to estimate the specific strength of the Xiongnu in a short period of time.
However, his years of experience in leading troops tell him all the time.
The number of cavalry that the Huns killed on the left and right flanks should be around 6,000.
It's too late, it's too soon.
The Hun cavalry fought out of the Maoming River Valley.
The cavalry of Xiahou Dongbu, who had always guarded the left and right flanks of the Chinese army, immediately whipped their horses and charged forward.
Just when the cavalry on the left and right wings of Xiahou Dong's department was only two hundred steps away from the Xiongnu.
Countless arrows suddenly fell out of the infantry of the front army.
For a time, the sky-obscuring arrows rushed towards the Hun army formation with endless and fierce momentum.
"Poof~! Burst~! Poof~!"
"Poof~! Burst~! Poof~!"
"Bell~! Clang~! Bell~!"
"Bell~! Clang~! Bell~!"
The cavalry of the two armies has not yet fully clashed.
A large number of Hun cavalry had already fallen under the arrows.
The small bed crossbow mixed in the ordinary arrows is not hit, and one can often take away two or three Huns.