sweeping the world

Chapter 567 Come on, fight to the last person!
The chase battle of escape and pursuit did not happen in a very short period of time. The two sides pursued each other continuously for seven days, and the distance covered was definitely more than a thousand miles.

Li Hong is leading the army in action, and Xie Ai himself is not idle.

After acquiring so many imperial guards, Xie Ai originally wanted to set a trap, but later realized that fighting on the grassland was different from other areas.

The vast and mostly flat grassland has only a few special places where ambush can be carried out. If you want to fight a siege, you need to have at least ten times more troops than the enemy, but if you have ten times the troops, it will be easy.

Historically, battles in the grassland have been face-to-face contact warfare, and ambushes are not rare but very rare.Fighting on the prairie is also a bit disgusting. One side feels invincible, as long as they are willing to pay enough price to survive, they can basically escape part of the troops.This is also the reason why grassland battles generally take a long time. Whether it is a battle between nomadic peoples, or a battle between farming peoples and nomadic peoples, there is no such thing as a battle that determines the final victory or defeat.

After Xie Ai woke up to the rules of engagement on the grassland, he sent troops to the southwest, trying to wipe out the Hulu in the southwest and leave a way for himself.

Following the route they had taken earlier, the imperial guards defeated seventeen tribes just around Rouran Mountain, among which the tribes in the private channel Beituanhai were the most numerous.

It took Xie Ai five days to clean up the tribes around Rouran Mountain. Only six of the seventeen tribes were completely wiped out, and the remaining eleven tribes escaped somewhat.He led a lone army deep into the grassland, and did not leave any prisoners for the sake of safety. He dug and killed men, women, and children.

How many Hu people were killed because there are statistics for calculating military merits, and how many people were killed could have been counted, but they were deliberately ignored. The number of Hu people killed by the Imperial Guards in seven days was definitely more than [-].

The tribes around Rouran Mountain were cleaned up, but Xie Ai did not send troops to the rest of the area. He cleaned up Rouran Mountain to open up a space for battle with a good enough environment. The main target of the battle was the Hu people who gathered here.

When Li Hong led his troops to retreat within thirty miles of Xie Ai's location, the main force of the Han army was already on standby, and a military camp was built twenty miles east of Rouran Mountain.

The construction of the army camp was not completely stable during the period. Hus who fled earlier came to attack and harassed, and more distant Hu tribes came late, which was tantamount to building a camp while responding.

Hu people came to attack the camp, which indicated that the existence of this Han army was no longer a secret. Xie Ai actually didn't intend to keep it a secret, but used practical actions to declare that the Han army's swords were already hungry and thirsty.

Adding in the 30 imperial guards, the strength of Xie Ai's troops is just over [-], but there are no less than [-] Hu people around them, and the number of Hu people will gather more and more with the passage of time , there is no need to worry that the increase in the number of the Han army will scare the Hu people from fighting. On the contrary, the increase in the number of the Han army to [-] will make the Hu chiefs even more eager to eliminate.

Naturally, Xie Ai wanted to reserve a way out. He found that the Imperial Guards could indeed be replenished, and he also made some arrangements on the Rouran Mountain to set aside some necessary defense troops, which were built by the farmers of the system in just seven days. The time is small.

With confidence in his heart, Xie Ai did not hesitate to lead his army to personally meet Li Hong's troops, and brought all the cavalry at hand. The dark cavalry occupied a large area, and after being stretched out, it stretched for nearly twenty miles, giving people a sense of security. An overwhelming visual stimulus.

The black line on the horizon made it impossible for the Hu people to ignore it. After an emergency consultation, the kings gave up pursuing and killing Li Hong's remnants, and many Hu cavalry gathered according to their own camps.

"General!" Li Hong stayed on his horse for seven consecutive days, looking extremely haggard and embarrassed.He rode a horse to the surrounding area of ​​Xie Ai, made a movement of turning over and getting off the horse, but fell straight down. After a while, he regained his strength, but he couldn't stand up no matter what: "Fortunately, it's not disgraceful!"

The chasing and fleeing was staged for seven days, and the spirit was in a state of high tension all the time. People's eating, drinking, pulling, relaxing, and sleeping were all done on horseback. Less than two thousand.

The generals are all like this, and the situation of the soldiers can be imagined. Xie Ai can see that many cavalrymen are falling down after stopping their horses. The attacking troops took a detour to the military camp to rest.

Of course Li Hong was extremely tired, but he begged to stay where he was, and some generals also begged to stay.They had to pay a price of at least four thousand Pao Ze, whose life and death were unknown, to complete the mission, and they really didn't want to leave the next battle.

"Four Thousand Paoze...the number of dead in battle is unknown, and most of them are scattered." Li Hong just drank a big bag of water, his face just dimmed, and he quickly adjusted: "The last general observed , those Hu chieftains have come one by one."

In fact, the Han army scattered on the grassland was basically not far from death.After all, the grassland is still the grassland of the barbarians, and the chances of being besieged if they get separated are infinite, and those who can come to join the army in the end are definitely a minority.This is the price of fighting deep into the grassland.

Out of [-] battles, less than [-] returned. It would be a lie to say that Xie Ai, the general, does not feel heavy.But he can't show his bad mood, and he should say more uplifting words.

The Han army stopped advancing, and the Hu army stopped earlier and gathered troops. The two sides looked at each other from a distance of more than five miles.

From a high altitude and a bird's-eye view, the armies of the two camps are all black and dense, but the number of Hu people must far exceed that of the Han army. Both sides occupy one side, leaving a green buffer zone in the middle.

Looking from the Han army's side, it was a square formation one by one, as neat as a knife, and the banners fluttered in the wind.

The armies of Rouran, Tuoba Xianbei, Murong Xianbei, Zhang Liangjun, Donggaoche, and Fushi Diren were divided into several groups, and they were grouped together according to which strength they belonged to. Only Zhang Liangjun and Murong Xianbei You can still see the formation over there, but the rest is just a mess.

The neighing of horses appeared frequently in the two stopped armies. The Han army only heard the neighing of horses, and the soldiers of the multinational coalition army were chatting with each other.

The rulers of multiple forces are conducting urgent consultations, and the topic is inseparable from the discussion on the number of Han troops. During this period, disputes occurred. The main reason was that Rouran Khan Bati asked why so many Han troops could go deep into the grassland quietly.

The Han State and the Rouran Tribal Alliance are far apart, but the Liang State of the Zhang family, the Tuoba Dai State, and the Murong Yan State are all connected to the Han Army. There are good reasons why Ba Ti asked the kings why they did not notice the Han Army's movements.

"Ben Khan hasn't formally made an alliance with you!" Bati said with a face full of displeasure, "You must give an explanation!"

The kings knew in their hearts that the Han army had directly appeared in the territory of Rouran. Ba Ti's posture was to gain the initiative, and he must also deliberately wanted to gain some benefits from all parties.

"That's enough, that's enough." Murong Jun seemed rather impatient: "Someone will write a letter to the father, and he will definitely bring some goods."

That is to say, Murong Jun, the prince of the Murong Yan Kingdom, has the confidence to show impatience. The Murong Yan Kingdom may be weaker than the Han Kingdom, but it is definitely stronger than other countries or forces.It's not that Murong Yanjun has never fought Rouran people before. Without exception, Murong Yanjun can always rub Rouran people on the ground when fighting with Rouran people.

When the country is strong, it dares to speak loudly, especially when fighting, it can teach the other party to be a man every minute.Forbearance and humility are what you do to people of equal status or people who are stronger than you. It will be very tiring to do this to everyone, especially to those guys who rub their noses and faces.Murong Jun felt that he had the right to live a comfortable life, especially for some low-ranking barbarians.

Ba Ti was really somewhat apprehensive towards Murong Yanguo, seeing that Murong Jun compromised so insincerely, he didn't care, so he immediately looked at the rest of the people.

At that moment, I don't know how many people would think in their hearts [how many people are the boss of a tribe, so shameless], they would have to smile with contempt in their hearts, and promise benefits one after another.

Although he didn't get the thing and didn't know if he could get it, Bati, who had received the promise, finally stopped worrying. He looked at Fu Hong, who had just blackmailed him twice, and said arrogantly: "You are the weakest here. You go into battle first and fight."

Fu Hong actually didn't care about being blackmailed. He said how much he wanted to send was just a matter of words. If he didn't send it later, would the Rouran people still chase him to Longxi to ask for it?
Fu Hong had a different attitude when he heard that his side was asked to fight the Han army first. The Di people had fought the Han army more than once, and it was clear that the Han army's ability to fight was not for nothing. Looking at the guards, he deliberately refused but saw that everyone who could speak was staring at him.

"Okay..." Fu Hong was very aggrieved, turned his head and said: "Jianye, you lead 5000 people to invite the battle."

Fu Jian, Fu Hong's eldest son, clasped his fists on horseback and responded: "No!"

It is "Nuo". Judging from the names and orders, the Di people have actually absorbed a lot of Han culture, and they are worthy of being one of the most deeply Sinicized foreign races after the Qiang Dynasty.

"Five thousand!?" Bati yelled angrily: "You brought tens of thousands, and you sent five thousand? At least ten thousand!"

"That..." Zhang Chonghua still attaches great importance to Fu Hong as an ally at the current stage, and he said: "The leader of Fu Hong only has [-] troops here, and half of them are dispatched... that's fine."

"Ten thousand, ten thousand is ten thousand." Bati didn't care so much, and said to Zhang Chonghua very shamelessly: "Not enough? Then you add it to him!"

Zhang Chonghua showed a dumbfounded expression, they are all king-level people, okay, can we save some face for each other?For a moment, he felt as if he had eaten a fly, feeling extremely disgusted.

"I can assist 3000 troops." Tuoba Shi Yijian was eager to make good friends with Zhang's Liang Kingdom, and he also wanted to win over the Fu family's Di people.

Zhang Chonghua glanced at Tuoba Shi Yijian unexpectedly first, probably guessing the reason, smiled friendlyly, and said: "Then the king aided 2000 people."

This time Bati was satisfied. He felt that his authority was respected, so he didn't care how Fu Hong's 1 people came to fight.

Murong Jun, on the other hand, looked at Zhang Chonghua, Tuoba Shi Yijian, and Fu Hong who were starting to flirt with interest, and after thinking about it, he said: "I am willing to send 100 people."

In terms of the power of Murong Yanguo, it doesn't matter how many people there are, what matters is the attitude Murong Jun showed, which immediately made Fu Hong look over with gratitude, and Zhang Chonghua and Tuoba Shi Yijian also had many smiles on their faces A few points.

Bati looked at the crowd in bewilderment, only aware of the strangeness with his soft head, but he couldn't think more.

"If we really start a fight, it's on Rouran's territory. It's not up to Bati to choose whether to start a war." Zhang Chonghua waited for Bati to leave before speaking: "I...why do you think people from Rouran are here...", he Nodding his head: "Something abnormal?"

Murong Jun immediately laughed, and said with a smile: "Rou Ran, what should I say? An uncivilized barbarian has no knowledge, and those who can do it don't want to use their brains."

"This is good, this is good." Zhang Chonghua really had no contact experience with Rouran people before: "We need such an ally."

Tuoba Shiyijian was smiling, but what he was thinking about was how to pull the Rouran tribal alliance into his chariot and couldn't get off. This kind of ally with no brains but enough muscles is excellent.

The [-] cavalry gathered together from Qiping Ba went out, and the Han army quickly responded.

Xie Ai still feels comfortable that the enemy army is close to 4 to [-] horses but not much of the whole army is overwhelmed. In fact, he has already prepared the enemy's all-round pressure, and the [-] imperial guards he brought will fight the enemy. When the whole army was ready to be annihilated, what I didn't expect was that the enemy army would choose this way.

[The Imperial Guards can be replenished again and again. It doesn’t matter how many they are destroyed, as long as they can achieve results. ] Xie Ai touched his chin: [Send out two thousand first to test the opponent's fighting strength, and it can also seduce the enemy into fighting. 】

Xie Ai is countless times more free and easy than Liu Yan. He can be regarded as a master who doesn't care about resources. Furthermore, Xie Ai doesn't know that the Imperial Guard uses resources to produce, so he thinks Liu Yan can do it without spending any money.

The [-] imperial guards consisted of [-] cavalry cavalry and [-] cavalry archers. After they came out of battle, the [-] enemy troops galloped straight ahead. Both sides opened the way with arrows after they approached a sufficient distance.

The bows of the Hu people are basically horn bows, and the range of the horn bow is at most forty or fifty steps, and it is not very lethal if it is far away.

The cavalry archers of the Imperial Guard are riding bows. The range of riding bows can exceed a hundred steps, and the most lethal range is within [-] steps.

Amidst the roar of the horseshoes, there were other movements. It was the screams or groans of the people hit by the arrows. As long as the horse fell off, there was absolutely no possibility of survival. Changing lanes will instead collide with friendly forces, and the cost will be higher.

After the arrows of the two sides shot each other, the cavalry of the Praetorian Guards continued to move forward, while the cavalry bowed to the left.

On the side of the multi-party coalition army, the Di people were in charge of charging head-on, the Zhang Liang army circled to the right, the Tuoba Dai army chased to the left, and the one hundred Murong Yan army slowly followed at the end...

(End of this chapter)