Chapter 332: Cross-Bone Path Ambush (Part II)
Under the dark night sky, a small group of cavalry was closely pursued by a large group of cavalry, and the small group of cavalry speeding in front did not raise torches, but relied on the little moonlight shining through the bright moon above to guide the way forward. On the contrary, it was the Huns, and the leading soldiers in front of them raised torches one after another to light the way ahead, more because the Han cavalry was too small, and they were afraid that as soon as it suddenly got dark, they would all disappear without a trace.
The flaming torches provided a crosshairs for the archers of the Han army, and Gao Zhong drew his bow and arrows, looked back at the moon, and searched for a sound, and the arrows shot from through the night to the Hun soldiers holding torches. The Hun soldiers did not expect the Han army to be so bold, not only did they flee for their lives, but they also dared to fight back. The Huns caught up with them faster and faster.
But no matter how fast the Xiongnu accelerated, they could not really catch up with the Han army, and the two cavalry drove all the way along the steppe at the foot of the mountain. The Huns began to realize that their physical strength seemed to be inferior to that of the Han army, so they couldn't catch up all the way, and countless times they wanted to give up the pursuit, but every time they wanted to give up, the Han army would slow down, as if they could catch up. When they raised their hearts and planned to chase them, they found that the Han army had reopened a distance that was not long or short.
In this way, the Hun army was like a donkey on the verge of collapse, but there was always a mouthful of radish hanging in front of him to keep him alive.
After Gao Zhong crossed the small hill where he was resting, he did not break off to harass the Hun army, because soon after crossing the hillside, the road would be less than ten miles at most to the grove.
Sure enough, the grassland, which had been deep in the wilderness, suddenly seemed to become silent in the distance, like a wall. Gao Pet realizes that he is almost to the grove. So the high pet shouted loudly, "Disperse!
After the Huns who followed far behind crossed the hillside, they found that the Han cavalry had suddenly disappeared like ghosts, but the inertia of their fast horses had rushed down the hillside, and after continuing to rush forward for a while, the Hun cavalry all broke into the woods. The trees in this grove are not high, but they are dense enough to be driven by cavalry and horses.
The leader stopped in the middle of the woods, and the men behind continued to enter the grove, which was soon filled with Hun cavalry.
Quiet, solemn, the mountain wind blew, blowing the branches of the grove, and there was a rustling sound. The leader frowned, there was something wrong with this wood, it was too quiet, it was like a huge trap! Han Army?"Oops! Everyone! Get out now, this is a trap, this is a trap!" The Huns fled in a hurry in the rain of arrows, but because it was in the woods, they were not allowed to gallop on horseback, and many people fell to the ground because of the collision in the panic.
Outside the woods, the Han army retreated, and after confirming that all the Han troops had withdrawn, countless rockets shot through the deep forest and hit the trunk of the tree that had been poured with fire oil, and the whole deep forest immediately ignited a raging fire from the outside in. Some of the Hun cavalry who managed to escape found that what was waiting for them outside was not the hope of life, but the smile of death, the steel knives and arrows of the Han army.
The 2,000 Han soldiers stood outside the reddened grove burned by the fire without saying a word, and their fire was regarded as a tribute to the dead Han soldiers. The Han army watched the fire burn for more than an hour, during which hundreds of Hun cavalry in Calais once rushed out, but all of them were killed by the Han army. The war is merciless, either you die or I die.
Until the fire gradually faded, there was a smell of burning and roasting meat in the woods, and Gao An didn't have the heart to go inside to confirm the survivors, so he raised his spear, "Let's withdraw, in this way, there should be no Hun army chasing us again!"
The battle of the grove across the bone road, the Han army relied on strategy, successfully waited for work, and ambushed the pursuers of the Hun army by virtue of the terrain advantage, they did not rest that night, but went to the mountain pass of the cross-bone road overnight, and when it was dawn on the second day, they were stationed in the cross-bone road mountain pass, on the one hand, they sent people to explore in the cross-bone road, on the other hand, first sent people to pass through the cross-bone road, and first went back to Yumen Pass to report the news!
After a day's rest on the cross-bone road, the Han army set out again in the early morning of the next day, which was about seventy miles long, and as long as the journey went well, they could cross this mountain road at noon and return to the border line between Yumen Pass and Shule.
And Gao Chong was commanding the Han army to do the final trap, Gao An was puzzled, "Brother Favor, do you think the Huns will come?"
Gao Pet thought for a while, shook his head and said, "This, second brother, I think it's better to be careful to make the Wannian Ship, this mountain road actually wants to block it, after all, this mountain road is still too dangerous, for Yumen Pass"
Gao An shrugged his shoulders, "Let's talk about this later, let's go, go home after crossing this mountain road, eh, Shaoyuan, what are you doing?"
I saw Shaoyuan's spear carved some strange symbols on the rock wall, which looked like some kind of writing, and Shaoyuan said while carving, "This is the Xiongnu language, which basically means 'there is a trap'"
Gao An was inexplicable, "You told them that there was a trap, didn't the trap of the favorite brother be done in vain?"
Shao Yuan waved his hand, "No, Second Brother Gao, you see that both sides of this mountain road are so steep and steep, if someone throws you some sassal rolling stones from the mountain, are you afraid? I just told them that someone may throw sassal wood rolling stones down here at any time, let them take it easy."
Gao Zhong continued, "So, they will take every step of the way, and they will not dare to go too fast, for fear of being hit?
Shao Yuan waved his hand, "Where, where, I didn't learn from you"
A herald ran over and said, "General, you've packed up and you're ready to go."
Gao An turned over to the door, "Brothers, let's go home!"
More than 2,000 cavalry went to the south of the mountain in a smoke, and there was a way to return to the heart like an arrow, saying that it was the current Han army, but in fact, it was also worthy of its name.
And two hours after the Han army left, there really appeared a second team of Hun pursuers, this team of pursuers was originally pursued with the first team of pursuers, but because they belonged to different cavalry on both sides, one team was good at speed, one team was good at endurance, and the endurance was more suitable for pursuit, so it was like a long-distance race, and the best endurance caught up first.
When the Huns arrived, what caught their eye was the extremely awkward 'trap', which seemed like a kind reminder, but no matter how you looked at it, it was full of mockery. Looking at the towering peaks on both sides, you can see that this is definitely true. But knowing that the Han army is in front of him, if he doesn't chase, I'm afraid it can't be said, but what he didn't expect was that as soon as he stepped into the valley, he immediately encountered the trap set by the Han army, although there was no direct damage, but it invisibly proved that 'there is a trap', in desperation, the Hun generals could only bite the bullet and slowly walk through the valley, and the Han army at this time had already left the valley and strode towards the Yumen Pass.