At the beginning of July, the heat in the north had not yet dissipated, and the Xiongnu had recently plundered the border frequently.

The border counties of the Han Dynasty were in an emergency, and Liu Zhang led 10,000 Han troops to support back and forth.

Yi Zhixian originally planned to lure Liu Zhang to Yinshan and trap him in Yinshan.

His plan failed, and no means could fool him.

Yi Zhixian felt very frustrated, and he had no choice but to lead the Xiongnu back to Yinshan.

The Xiongnu suffered heavy losses during this time, and he was reported by the Xiongnu ministry.

Half of the land west of the river was lost, and Huo Qubing and Wei Qing pursued it again.

If it goes well, the other half of the Hexi region will be occupied by the end of the year.

The Han Dynasty had already begun to build fortresses in the occupied areas, and one shoe angrily scolded the leaders of the Xiongnu tribes.

They are not even as good as pigs, and if they lose such a good place, they will lose it.

In fact, he was no better, although he was not pursued by Liu Zhang's army.

The Xiongnu led by him lost 10,000 and sent the Xiongnu to various counties to grab supplies.

As a result, they were blocked by Liu Zhang and others in time, and the losses were even greater.

It seems that more supplies will not be available before the onset of winter, and the winter of the Huns will be even more difficult.

Liu Zhang and the others received a reward from the imperial court, and also received the next strategic deployment of the imperial court.

Liu Zhang continued to be responsible for containing the Xiongnu in the eastern region, and Wei Qing and the others continued to open up the land west of the river.

Don't let the Xiongnu in the east and west converge and make it impossible for them to support each other.

Especially pay attention to the dynamics of Yi Zhixian, he may send the Xiongnu to support at any time.

Liu Zhang was sure that Yi Zhixian would not send his own guards to support the other Xiongnu, and he wanted to preserve his strength.

In this way, he could control the Xiongnu tribes, otherwise, some Xiongnu would seize his position in Shanyu.

The prestige of a shoe among the Xiongnu gradually declined, and he learned that many Xiongnu had surrendered to the Han Dynasty.

Liu Zhang, Song Shizhong, and Cao Xiang led the Han army to gallop on the grassland, and did not encounter the Xiongnu for a long time.

They are galloping like horses in the western part of the steppe, and the scouts sent out to report it.

Ten miles to the west, 10,000 Huns came this way.

Liu Zhang felt that this situation was too familiar, that is, the last time he was besieged by 50,000 Huns.

When everyone heard that the Huns were coming, they were very excited.

This means that they can make war exploits again, they are really downbeat to life and death, and they will do it if they don't accept it.

The Han army waited for Liu Zhang's order, and they did not want to retreat.

"Since we have encountered a large number of Huns, then we are ready to fight and destroy these Huns."

Cao Xiang's words are completely in line with everyone's wishes, and it depends on Liu Zhang's decision.

"Do you want to fight the Huns? I listen to your advice. ”

He has the most command of the people, and he listens to everyone's advice.

Cao Xiang assisted Liu Zhang in participating in the battle to contain the Xiongnu, which was Liu Che's arrangement.

Let Liu Zhang protect Cao Xiang, after all, he is the captain of the Han Dynasty.

Of course, his life is very important, and Liu Zhang is completely able to protect Cao Xiang's life unharmed.

"Kill the Huns and make military achievements." The Han army said in unison.

"Okay, since everyone is on the same page, let's get ready for battle."

What follows is a fierce battle, and the outcome is unknown.

This time I want to really fight head-on with the Huns, I don't know if it is a chance encounter with the Huns.

It was the Huns who found them, and before the winter, the Huns planned to fight.

Eliminate the traitors they find annoying, and then easily plunder the supplies on the Han border.

This year, the offensive of the Han army was fierce, not to mention the heavy losses of the Xiongnu.

The materials that were originally hoarded were burned by the Han army.

The Han army took only a small part of it, which made life even worse for the Huns.

"This is the Xiongnu who took the initiative to attack us, which means that there is a place where the Xiongnu are hoarding supplies nearby."

Liu Zhang judged from experience that these Xiongnu moved to protect the materials.

"There is this possibility, first destroy these Huns. Then take some of the supplies and burn the rest. ”

They could not take everything with them, nor could they leave them to the Huns.

This analysis makes sense, this time the Han army did not have time to build a wooden fence defense.

The Huns came quickly, and the infantry surrounded their shields in a circle.

The spear was placed diagonally on the shield bracket and fixed to cope with the charge of the Hun cavalry.

They had a lot of experience in dealing with cavalry, and the Hun cavalry did not have such a big advantage in front of the Han army.

After a while, the Hun cavalry came, and they stopped about five miles away from the Han army.

They had to be fully prepared, seeing that the Han army had long been ready for defense.

This battle was not easy to fight, but the Huns had to win.

If the Han army discovers the place where they are hoarding supplies, if it is destroyed by the Han army.

Even if some of the Xiongnu survived, they would have been left without supplies, and it would be difficult for them to survive until autumn.

Liu Zhang looked at the Huns in the distance with a telescope, and their faces were murderous.

The leading Xiongnu was called Libu, and his position was Zuo Dadu Lieutenant.

He was dark, tall and strong, and he was armed with a long axe.

Dressed in rhinoceros leather armor, these Huns' equipment was inferior to that of Yi Zhixian.

is not as good as the Xiongnu led by the original Right Xian King, watching these people kill violently.

Libu asked the Huns to line up and prepare the Huns to charge.

After a while, several Huns led the way.

The Xiongnu took the shape of a goose, taking the lead in the charge, like a sharp knife stabbing at the enemy.

The Hun cavalry was invincible, and before Liu Che succeeded to the throne, the Han army lost more than many victories against the Xiongnu.

It was because the Hun cavalry was mobile and flexible that the Han army could not do anything about them.

Passive defense is often adopted, but now it is different, and the Han army can attack and defend.

The Han army did not move, they were not afraid, they were more excited.

These Huns in leather armor, the Han army harvested their heads.

You can upgrade the rank of the knighthood, and most of the Huns wear leather armor.

That's also a sergeant, which fully meets the criteria for raising a knighthood.

Liu Zhang picked up the strong crossbow, waited for the Huns to get closer, and shot the Huns.

The horses of the Huns galloped like the wind, shouting and waving their weapons.

The Xiongnu were ready to surround the Han army, and they must be wiped out.

The Han army formed a circle so that they could deal with the enemies around them.

Libu knew that the infantry of the Han army would be difficult to deal with, and they brought small stone throwers this time.

It is to break through the defense of the Han army and face the Han cavalry.

The Huns threw stones and clods of earth with small corpse throwers, and stones and clods of earth smashed on the shields.

The Han army was surrounded by dust, and the Xiongnu were full of momentum.

However, they faced the extremely powerful Han army, and such momentum did not cause much deterrence to the Han army.

"Shizhong and I led a part of the Han army to outflank the past from both sides, and you led a part of the Han army to contain the main force of the Xiongnu."

Cao Xiang gave Liu Zhang advice, and he and Song Shizhong each led 2,000 men.

Attacking both sides of the Xiongnu, the Xiongnu must not divide a part of their forces to counterattack.

"You will each bring three thousand men, and I will command the remaining four thousand."

Anyway, the number of people on both sides is about the same, it depends on the equipment configuration of both sides.

There is also the command ability of the generals, except that the war horses are inferior to the other party.

In other respects, they had an advantage over the Xiongnu, and Cao Xiang and Song Shizhong nodded and agreed.

Blindly defending, the results may not be ideal.

Then fight happily with the Xiongnu, and let the Xiongnu know that the Han army today is different from the past.

The 6,000 Han troops detoured from both sides, and Liu Zhang led the 4,000 Han troops to stay in place.

The Xiongnu also divided a part of their forces to resist the Han army attacking from the flank.

There were 5,000 Xiongnu attacking the Han army led by Liu Zhang, and they wanted to destroy the other party in one go.

After a round of crossbow shots, Liu Zhang led the Han army to charge.

He told the Han army before that the brave wins when they meet on a narrow road.

Liu Zhang led 4,000 Han troops to charge from the front, and the Han army he led was heavily armoured.

Even the horses wore iron armor, which increased protection but reduced speed.

Cao Xiang and Song Shizhong led the light armored cavalry to surround the two sides, and the Hun cavalry led by Li Bu soon clashed with the Han army led by Liu Zhang.

Liu Zhang rushed straight to Libu, slashing the enemy first, leaving the enemy leaderless.

At the beginning, the king of the Huns was surrounded and protected by the Huns, and Liu Zhang was not the enemy general among the ten thousand troops.

The other party's 5,000 Hun cavalry is really not enough for him.

The Han army blocked those Xiongnu and asked Liu Zhang to kill the enemy generals.

As long as it succeeded, the morale of the Huns would plummet, and this victory would be easily obtained.

Libu watched as a young black-armored boy rushed over with a horse lance in his hand, and some Huns shot arrows at him.

Liu Zhang's armor protection is very thorough, and the opponent's arrows can't penetrate his armor.

All the Hun cavalry that stood in front of Liu Zhang was picked and killed by him.

Liu Zhang is really unstoppable, and those Huns are afraid.

This reminded them of a young man who had defeated many Hun powerhouses.

The Hun king was killed, and some of the Hun kings were captured by him.

"He may be Liu Zhang, the most capable young general in the Han army."

One of the Huns shouted, and the other Huns were so frightened that they broke out in a cold sweat after hearing this.

Liu Zhang's fame is too great, and he has surpassed Wei Qing and Huo Quzhi.