Straight man of steel

Chapter 404 The Inexplicable Negotiation

The Yinshan Mountains are composed of a group of large mountains.

The Gaoque pass guarded by Zhang Yuan and the others is in Yangshan (Wula Mountain).

Yangshan almost spanned the entire Wuyuan County later, and the construction of the Han Great Wall was also built along the mountains of Yangshan.

There are mostly birch forests on both sides of Gaoque, and the temperature is extremely low in this season.

The winter in Yangshan can last for half a year. To the north of Gaoque, there are no shrubs for people to hide in the north of Gaoque, and there are only green grasses that can cover the calves.

Zhang Yuan didn't know that in this climate, life could tenaciously release a touch of green.

The mountains on both sides of Gaoque are not steep, and the Xiongnu cavalry can even cross the ridge with a little more effort.

But as long as Gao Que is guarded by enemy troops, if they are rushing in the forest, fire attack is obviously the best choice.

It is cold here at night, but not cold during the day, and the temperature difference between day and night is huge.

Zhang Yuan also found a treasure in this forest, the sap of the birch tree.

Zhang Yuan was able to know the efficacy of birch sap thanks to the overwhelming advertising of a certain brand.

Birch sap can suppress viruses and treat inflammation.

Natural healing medicine.

The scouts sent to the woods have another task to collect birch sap.

Zhang Yuan promised them that if they could return to Chang'an City at that time, they would pay them a considerable amount of money, and if they unfortunately died, the reward would be given to their families along with the court's compensation.

The Xiongnu Grand Chanyu didn't know that the Han army scouts were still doing these things in the birch forest, otherwise he would have sent the Huns' hunters to sneak in and hunt down the Han army scouts one by one.

In the blink of an eye, it was the next day.

The horn sounded for the Huns to fight.

Zhang Yuan immediately put on his own armor and left the tent with a long sword in his hand.

They just bumped into Gongsun He and Gongsun Ao who were running over.

"General Ranger, the Huns are probably about to launch an attack."

"How is everything arranged?"

"Those peasants were dragged by the last general to control the three-bow bed crossbow, and the slave army faced the first wave of attacks from the Huns.

The [-] Han troops behind used bows and crossbows to consume the effective strength of the Xiongnu cavalry. "

The war is so cruel. The role of the slave army was to use them as cannon fodder at the beginning, but it also gave them a chance to change their status and get promoted.

Gongsun He's idea was to let the peasants use the three-bow bed crossbow to fire a few rounds of volleys before the Huns cavalry came over, and then let the peasants retreat with the bed crossbows, and then go to a relatively higher level. To build a three-bow bed crossbow on a platform, as long as the angle is adjusted, the position of the Han army is a blind spot.

As for the Nu army that collides head-on with the Huns cavalry, it is not within the scope of Gongsun He's consideration. There is no way, if God gives Liu Che a choice, the Nu army will exchange the lives of the Huns at a ratio of one to one, Liu Che will definitely choose directly to kill the Huns. The kind that kills people without any hesitation.

"According to what you said, the two generals will follow me to point to the general platform to supervise the battle, so as to strengthen the soldiers!"

"Here!"

Yes, Zhang Yuan built a high platform to watch the situation on the battlefield.

Before the Han army gained an advantage, Han Anguo was the only general who dared to do this.

As a result, he was almost killed by the Huns cavalry.

In front of the extremely large cavalry, playing this kind of thing is a living target.

The Xiongnu cavalry who launched a ruthless attack will charge in this direction without a name.

So people who engage in this stuff are either fools or confident.

Zhang Yuan felt that he was confident, not to mention whether the Huns cavalry could penetrate this army formation.

Even if it can, there is no possibility of success within three days.

Zhang Yuan's banner stands here, as long as the Huns can't take it off, they can always gather the strength of the Han army.

"Look, general, our Han army has already lined up.

There is no possibility for the Huns to rush in, and the final general can guarantee that if the Huns' grand Shanyu military officials have been spending time with us here.

They are definitely the ones who died here in the end! "

Zhang Yuan subconsciously chose to ignore Gongsun Ao's words.

This man is an idiot. The Huns can't spend it, but the Han army can't spend it either.

There is no advantage to take advantage of fighting with military officials. Can you rob their cattle and sheep or plunder their treasures?

Supporting war with war is the first outline of the Han army's foreign war.

The military generals who understood this were all conferred gods in the end, and those who didn't understand forcibly emptied the big man's family.

Zhang Yuan spent ten days and a half months fighting with the military ministers here, and it is very likely that all the supplies that Gongsun He got from King Loufan would be wasted.

The cattle, sheep and livestock owned by the entire Xiongnu tribe with a population of 20 could not even supply nearly [-] troops to fight for half a month.

The Huns can drink mare's milk anytime and anywhere, but the Han can't.

"What do the Huns want to do?"

The Huns cavalry rushed to the forefront and immediately stopped. The position was just outside the maximum range of the three-bow bed crossbow.

"They are playing flags, they want to negotiate!"

Gongsun He fought the Xiongnu many times and understood the semaphore on the opposite side.

"What's the point of negotiating at this time?"

Zhang Yuan was also dumbfounded. What can the Xiongnu come up with to make the Han army tempted?
After thinking about it for a long time, no, then what the hell is negotiating, just start it.

"First send someone to negotiate with the Huns to see what they want to do.

Anyway, all the time lost in the negotiation was bought for us. Why didn't I think of this move at the beginning? It was a mistake! "

Zhang Yuan regretted it a bit, but fortunately, now that the Huns have proposed negotiations, the Han army has taken the initiative.

After Zhang Yuan finished speaking, Gongsun He sent a team to rush towards the Xiongnu, and watched them come back soon after.

It seems that he brought the news back.

"The villain pays homage to General Ranger, the two General Gongsun."

"What do the Huns say?"

“They want to see you, Ranger General.

Otherwise, there will be no talk of an armistice. "

"General, you must not go!"

Gongsun He immediately stopped it.

Zhang Yuan is not stupid. The Huns want him to go there without revealing anything. It is absolutely impossible.

"Okay then, that's it.

The whole army is ready to fight at any time, we don't care about the Huns.

At worst, just waste it! "

Zhang Yuan chose to spend his time, but the Huns became restless.

"Why don't these Han people go down according to common sense?"

The military officials are now having self-doubt, it wasn't like this before.

In the past, whenever the Huns proposed to negotiate, the Han people would definitely come running over.

This kind of thing is not once or twice.

Many Huns in the king's tent of the military ministers couldn't see this matter clearly.

"Father, my son thinks otherwise we should send this person to the front of the battle and show our attitude.

As long as the Han people agree to let King Aries and King Loufan return to the north, we will return these surrendered Han people to the Han Kingdom. "

When he turned around, he saw that Chu Da, who was originally a guest, had been tied up by Wu Huada and his mouth was gagged.

In just one night, the situation has undergone such a big change.

Chu Da was also dumbfounded. It was Yu Dan who brought up this point. Who would have thought that the prince of the Xiongnu would think of such a way.

If Zhang Yuan knew that Yu Dan could think of this way, he wouldn't have much reaction in his heart.

You must know that this is a unique dance in Prince Shan.

"Okay, just do as the prince says.

The Han people valued this Chu Da so much, and even assassinated him many times, he must be very important to the Han country. "

If Chu Da hadn't been blocked now, he would have cursed these sand sculptures.

No matter how important he is to the big man, he is not so important as King Loufan and King Aries.

The military minister was deceived once and even imagined that he could return to the previous way of getting along with each other.

In this way, Chu Da was lifted and slowly sent to the front of the Huns cavalry.

Then the Huns began to raise the semaphore of the previous negotiations.

The high platform Zhang Yuan and the others were on would definitely not be able to clearly see what was happening on the opposite side. At this time, if there is a telescope, it is really a magic weapon.

But think about this kind of thing for the time being, if you have time later, you can find a way to make one for use.

Steel pipes and crystals can be obtained now, and polishing requires some effort.

Seeing that the Huns demanded to continue the negotiation, Gongsun He sent the people who had been sent out just now.

When the man came back, his expression finally changed.

"Three generals, the Huns proposed to take Chu Da and the Han people who surrendered to them in exchange for King Loufan and King Baiyang returning north."

Zhang Yuan suddenly grinned, why did he come to this situation, the Xiongnu let out such a fart after being bored for a long time, it was really a waste of emotion.

"Go and tell those Huns that if they hand over Chu Da to me, I am willing to accept the surrender of the Huns' commander-in-chief on behalf of His Majesty the Emperor Han.

Stupid or not, he has changed his shape both offensively and defensively, and he still thinks about such a beautiful thing!
Even if they don't hand over Chu Da, the Han cavalry will surely set foot on Langjuxu Mountain within five years. If they don't hand him over, we will catch him ourselves. "

"General Ranger, pass the original words to the Huns?"

"Yes, the exact words."

The man froze in place for a moment, and Zhang Yuan wondered why, but Gongsun He gave the answer.

"General, if you let him pass the message, can he come back alive?"

"Uh, I forgot about this.

Just bring a pen and paper, I'll just write it down, and let the Huns captives in the army send it over. "

"Here."

As if the soldier had received an amnesty, he ran away immediately, for fear that Zhang Yuan would change his mind again.

After a while, the document sent by Zhang Yuan was presented in front of the military officials of the Huns.

After reading it, he crumpled the paper and flattened it hard.

"Zhang Yuan is too arrogant and domineering. Which general is willing to act as the vanguard and destroy those Han troops?"

The people below are not fools either, knowing that this is not an agreement.

This was Yu Shan's idea, to make up for the fact that he was the first to stand up and ask for a fight.

"Father, my son is willing to be the vanguard, and I will take Zhang Yuan's head to pour wine for my father!"

"Okay, my prince has such a heart, and the Han people who can be killed will be defeated every day!

Bring the wine, I want to do it for my prince! "

The attendant hurriedly brought two bowls of wine and handed them to the military minister and Yu Dan.

Chu Dada is still tied up now, but he was a little happy when he saw this scene. Zhang Yuan had mentioned something to him before, and it might become a reality.

"My father is waiting for his son's triumphant return in the king's tent!"

"it is good!"

About one stick of incense passed, and when the troops were ordered, he held a spear in his hand and shouted loudly, followed by [-] Huns cavalry.

Then the earth began to tremble, accompanied by the strange shouts of the Huns.

"It's here, it's finally here!

The entire army is under command and ready to fight!
The three-bow bed crossbow is ready, and it is necessary to complete two rounds of volleys before the Huns cavalry touches our army formation! "

Zhang Yuan couldn't hold back his excitement at all, and he sent orders to the messengers around him one after another, and the drums of the Han army's orders never stopped.

Fifty thousand cavalry attacking a military formation of 16 people can be considered an epic war.

Zhang Yuan had never seen a war involving hundreds of thousands of people before. The cavalry charge launched in front of him at this moment was the most powerful he had ever seen in his life.

Although the charge of the Huns cavalry did not have any rules, but once the number increased and formed a scale, it would form a quantitative change!
"shoot!"

The Huns were only 1000 meters away from the three-bow bed crossbow when Zhang Yuan gave the order.

These civilian husbands have never seen such a scene. If they want to complete two rounds of volleys, Zhang Yuan cannot be controlled on the edge, and the civilian husbands have to be given time to relax.

Sure enough, the first round of shooting was not perfect at all, and it was sparse when viewed from a high place.

However, although the momentum has weakened, its power has not weakened at all.

"Don't stop, continue to place arrows, and retreat to the established platform after the second round of shooting!"

Soon the second round of flat shooting was also completed. Zhang Yuan didn't know how many Hun cavalrymen he shot and killed, because there were too many people on the opposite side.

When the people in front fell down, the Huns behind immediately made up for it.

The peasants were finally able to retreat, running faster than anyone else.

"Pull the rope!"

This shout was from Gongsun He.

The thorns in front of the military formation could not completely slow down the charge speed of the Huns cavalry.

We can only rely on refusal and tripping ropes.

Gongsun He is very smart, and his long experience allows him to make full use of all the conditions of Gao Que.

The soldiers who had been squatting in the birch forests on both sides of the gap stood up one after another, straightened the steel cables that had been prepared, and immediately wound them around the birch trees. There was no time to tie knots, and the soldiers relied on themselves. Pull the wire so that it does not fall to the ground.

Seeing this, Zhang Yuan only admired Gongsun Heyou in his heart.

Simply relying on manpower, there is only one result. The soldiers pulling the steel cables on both sides will either let go of the tripping cables, or they can only be driven away by the huge impact force generated by the cavalry charge.

Now tied to birch trees, these trunks at least relieved 90.00% of the impact force for the soldiers.

However, Gongsun He and Zhang Yuan still underestimated the impact of [-] cavalry.

The Hun cavalry in the front row hit the tripping rope and fell to the ground immediately, but the wave after wave of Hun cavalry charging behind them quickly had an effect.

The trunk of the birch tree with the tightrope is broken!

Some soldiers of the Han army could not hold the steel cable and let go, and the steel cable was dragged away by the horses.

"Rush forward and surround and kill these Hun cavalry!"

In any case, the impact of the first wave was finally removed, so let these Hun cavalry fall into the quagmire and cannot extricate themselves!

"General, the vanguard of the Huns is Yu Dan, the prince of the Huns!"

Gongsun Ao stood up excitedly and roared!
(End of this chapter)