Chapter 700: Champion Hou!
Destroy the enemy's formation, like the sky breaking through the clouds.
At the foot of Yanzhi Mountain, the green ocean of Hanhai.
After twenty years of sharpening a sword, tens of thousands of Han army iron horsemen who were supported by the power of the world rushed to the headquarters of the Xiongnu Right Xianwang like a landslide.
Hundreds of thousands of huge cavalry clusters on both sides collided and collided with each other on this huge field, and the screams of the battle were extremely fierce.
The Huns can be called the two superpowers in the world together with the Han Dynasty, and their own strength is certainly not bad.
The herdsmen of the tribes on the right side of the Xiongnu also dared to fight, and those noble leaders did not hesitate to personally rush to kill and throw warriors.
The impact of the two strongest legions in the world was really like the sky falling apart.
Between the staggered horses, swords and spears were wielded, and arrows rained down.
The sound of Ding Lingdang's iron striking became the main theme on the battlefield.
When it comes to the big melee between the two sides, even if it is as strong as Huo Quai, there is no way to command and control the actions of the troops and horses.
The men and horses of each unit can only make their own arrangements based on their pre-war deployment as their strategy and their own flexible mobility on the battlefield as their tactics.
Huo Qubing was closely followed by his troops, and these thousands of iron cavalry could be called the most elite of the Han army.
They formed groups of different sizes in Tunqu, coming and going vertically and horizontally, constantly attacking the nearby Huns.
Huo Quzhi took the lead, personally leading hundreds of horsemen to charge back and forth, combing the battlefield over and over again like a razor.
Such a brave performance, especially the flag held high by the standard-bearer behind him, naturally attracted the attention of the Huns.
Regiments of Hun cavalry rushed to kill, but they were either routed by the nearby Han army, or swept away by Huo Quai.
Until the Xiongnu Luhou King mobilized nearby manpower, he first arranged a team to block the Han army near Huo Quai, and then personally led more than 1,000 of the strongest warriors of the Luhou tribe to rush directly towards Huo Quai.
"Good time!"
Seeing a team of Hun soldiers and horses equipped with iron armor coming from the opposite side, Huo Quai, who was boiling with blood on the battlefield, did not have the slightest fear, but raised the riding gun in his hand and shouted, "Rush with me!" ”
One bear, the whole army bear.
One general is brave, and the whole army is brave.
As the chief general, Huo Qubing was so brave, the soldiers of the Han army around him were naturally demoralized, and they shouted and stepped forward to meet the battle.
The first round of charging on both sides was filled with the sound of clanging iron tools, and occasionally mixed with many screams.
When he rushed out of hundreds of paces, reined in the war horse and turned the horse's head, each side was missing by a third.
There are only a few hundred people around Huo Quai, while there are more than 1,000 people around King Luhou, all of which are less than one-third, so naturally King Luhou has suffered more losses.
Huo Qubing was a little surprised, the combat effectiveness of this team of Huns was somewhat beyond expectations.
The reason is also very simple, because the Huns have been beaten with blood in their urine before.
Whether it is Li Yunze or Wei Qing, they have all hit the Huns hard, and the current Dadan Yu Yizhi is even beaten to tears on the shore of Liaoshui.
Naturally, they had a full understanding and study of the combat effectiveness of the Han army.
In the face of the Han army, which had a super high armor rate, especially a large enough iron armor, the Huns determined after research that only iron armor could fight iron armor.
And if you want to break through the iron armor, you can either shoot it down with a long cavalry spear with the impact kinetic energy of the war horse, or use a hammer axe and a flail and other heavy weapons.
When he invaded the Yan Kingdom before, Yi Zhixian swept away almost all the blacksmiths everywhere and brought them all back to the royal court.
He gave the blacksmiths the best treatment, not only divided the tent cattle and sheep to improve their status, but also assigned the mother-in-law to take care of the cattle and sheep and soothe the lonely soul at night.
These blacksmiths also created a large number of iron armors and various heavy weapons.
Of course, because the Xiongnu did not produce iron, the massive iron tools they needed could only be smuggled at high prices and obtained from the countries of the Western Regions.
In this era, there was no stainless steel, and the iron armor was slightly not maintained, or it was rained or something, and it was easy to be damaged, resulting in a small number of iron armor and iron weapons of the Huns.
Normally, only the nobles and warriors of the tribe are eligible to equip it.
The one that King Luhou brought with him was naturally the strongest in the Luhou Department, so the penetration rate of iron armor was so high, so it could bring such a big loss to Huo Qu's department.
Huo Quzhi quickly made adjustments, and he instructed the commanders of the various departments to form a fish scale array.
The so-called fish scale array is that the soldiers and horses are divided into a number of small phalanxes in the shape of fish scales, which are configured according to echelons, and the front end is slightly convex to enhance the attack power and cooperative combat ability.
The bravest fighters were at the front, armed with mounted guns to open the way.
He was accompanied by a few to dozens of companions, guarding both wings with heavy armies and striking at the enemy at the same time.
After a short break, both sides moved almost simultaneously, and the impact was launched again.
Staggered past each other, another round of clanging.
Bows and arrows are useless against iron armor, and the most commonly used swords are not very effective, so both sides tacitly use hammers and axes to chop each other.
Otherwise, Huo Quai, who has outstanding and powerful martial arts, wielded a horse spear and swept left and right, directly sweeping the opponent off the back of the galloping horse.
As long as you fall off the horse, you will either break the broken tendon and break the tendons, or you will be trampled to death by the hooves of the horse that follows behind.
The Han army, which formed a fish-scale array, was obviously stronger, and after this round of hedging, less than half of the Luhou troops on the opposite side were scattered.
And here in the Han army, there are more than half.
Huo Quai, who turned the horse's head, was about to rush another round when he saw the Huns on the opposite side howling, and then he actually scattered and ran back.
He was amazed, what was going on?
There were still knowledgeable people around him who explained to him, "General, their king has been beheaded!" This is to protect the corpse and run away. ”
"Who did it?" Huo Qu was overjoyed, "I was going to play the Son of Heaven and ask for credit for him!" ”
Sure enough, he was still young, and when he asked this kind of thing at this time, he immediately heard the soldiers around him rushing to express to him, "General, I killed the enemy chief!" ”
On the chaotic battlefield, King Luhou was dressed in nothing special, and the devil knows who killed him.
As soon as the words fell, an earth-shattering cheer was heard from outside the land of Lixu.
Huo Quzhi looked over, and saw the Han army over there cheering continuously, and the sound was like thunder.
After a short time, a cavalry number rushed over and reported to Huo Quai, "General!" Our army has slain the enemy chieftain King Zhelan! ”
King Zhelan, like King Luhou, also personally led the team to attack.
But his luck was not good, and he encountered a large group of Han army iron cavalry.
As soon as the charge came down, the surrounding brigade was scattered, and only a few hundred people remained.
Immediately, he was surrounded and slashed by the nearby Han army, and was finally cut off his horse!
"Good fight!"
Huo Quzhi on horseback laughed, and pointed the gun in his hand at the banner of the Right Xian King a few miles away, "Kill it!" ”
Under the strong impact of the Han army, the right part of the Xiongnu suffered heavy losses, and most of the kings who bravely stepped forward were killed, and their morale gradually declined.
Seeing that the troops of the Right Virtuous King were about to be surrounded, they had to flee the battlefield in embarrassment.
King Hutu took the initiative to take his troops to stay behind and cut off, but in despair he was surrounded and killed by the Han army.
By the end of the afternoon, the battle had finally come to an end.
Without the slightest delay, the Han army rushed directly to the old camp on the right of the Xiongnu dozens of miles away.
More than ten days later, several messengers with flags behind their backs rushed all the way through a valley in Longxi County.
Among the bandits who were lying in ambush halfway up the mountain, preparing to sack the caravan, someone asked the bandit leader, "Do you want to destroy these officers and soldiers?" ”
In response to him, it was the bandit leader's big pocket.
"Are you crazy?! This is the urgent messenger of the imperial court! Attack and kill the court messengers, and your ancestors lying in the cemetery will have to be dug up! ”
The sand sculpture that was slapped covered his face and underestimated: "I am an orphan." ”
"Orphans?" The bandit capital laughed angrily, "If you dare to rob and kill the messenger, the imperial court will immediately find out all your nine clans for you, and there are many of them!" ”
"It's really bad luck today, let's go, go back to the cottage."
A few days later, the news of the victory of Yanzhi Mountain spread throughout the city of Chang'an.
The right part of the Xiongnu is the king of Xiutu, the king of Zhelan, the king of Luhou. Beheaded the five kings, Xiangguo, generals, danghu, more than 100 people under the captain captured the five queen mothers, princes, nobles, and more than 100 relatives and relatives beheaded 21,339 levels, captured more than 237,000 men, women, old and children, 200,000 cattle and horses, and millions of sheep. Nineteen statues of the Heavenly Gold Men of various ministries were seized."
In the battle of Yanzhi Mountain, Huo Qubing won a decisive victory.
The main force on the right side of the Xiongnu was defeated, and even the old battalions of many tribes fell into the hands of the Han army.
Theoretically, these tribes are basically wiped out.
In the Xuanshu Palace, listening to Huo Quzhi's achievements against the sky, all the civil and military nobles were dumbfounded.
Huns. When did you become so weak?
It's not that the Huns have become weaker, in fact, with the addition of Liu Ling, the strength of the Huns has been greatly improved in the past ten years.
Especially in the military aspect, Liu Ling and others brought the tactics and tactics of the Han army, and the blacksmiths also provided enough iron weapons and iron armor for the Huns.
Moreover, the strength of the Han army also suppressed the turmoil within the Huns, so that when they faced a strong foreign enemy, they could unite around Dadan Yu Yizhixian and have enough cohesion.
Therefore, compared with before, the strength of the Huns is even stronger.
But they were still easily defeated, and the only explanation was that the Han army was stronger!
"This battle." Li Yunze, who was sitting, opened his mouth and said, "Be a sacrifice to the Taimiao." ”
This is the right thing to do, and naturally everyone will not have any objections.
But next, it's the most important reward, and everyone wants to see how the Son of Heaven will reward him.
"Huo Qu's illness is great, and he should be the Marquis of Jin." Li Yunze, who had a smile on the corner of his mouth, looked around, "I am the one who rushes into the battle in person, and I am the one who is brave and the three armies." Be the champion Hou! ”
Champion Hou, bravely champion three armies.
This status is really too high, and everyone looks at each other, but no one dares to speak out against it.
Those who were jealous and hateful looked at Wei Qing, the first person in the army.
It's a pity that Wei Qing sat there calmly, with no intention of coming out at all.
This is not over, Li Yunze's voice sounded again, "Give the mansion, reward ten thousand gold." Food"
Speaking of this, Li Yunze paused, and then said, "Ten thousand households!" ”
Wanhu Hou, this is the real Wanhu Hou!