Han counter current

The horn sounded again, and the Xiongnu army retreated like a tide, and the soldiers of the Han army who survived on the city wall were relieved.

No one expected that the first day of the war would be so tragic. As the defender of the city, almost 500 people were killed or injured. This shows that the Han army defending the city lost [-]% of its strength.

"The Huns lost 500 people at least."

After knowing the number of battle damage, Gao Lan struggled for a while. Generally speaking, for the army, if it loses about [-]% of its strength and does not collapse, it can be regarded as an elite.

With the advantage of owning the city, coupled with the assistance of the people in the city, so many troops were lost in less than half a day.

And the Huns' reinforcements are coming one after another, and the situation is becoming more and more unfavorable to him. This is Gao Lan's worry.

"It is necessary to attack at night, at least to disrupt the arrangement of the Huns."

After Gao Lan made up his mind, he gave another order: "Calculate the military achievements of the soldiers, take out all the wine, meat and money in the warehouse, distribute them according to the military achievements, and tell the brothers, as long as we persevere, victory will definitely belong to us.

In addition, I need 500 people to recruit people who dare to die in the city. Whoever signs up will be rewarded with [-] yuan. "

"Under heavy rewards, there must be brave men. Gao Lan wants to maintain the morale of the whole army." The masked man wiped the rhubarb bow in his hand. Now this bow belongs to him. He cherishes the life-saving weapon very much.

"Count me in."

The masked man smiled, as if he agreed with Gao Lan's order, and seemed to be accustomed to such orders.

I can't remember how many times I have received such orders of life and death, but I have escaped from death again and again. The masked man obviously knows what the daredevils are going to do.

"Brother, it's dangerous, you better not go."

When Wang Laosan heard that his savior had also signed up, he immediately ran over to persuade him. As Gao Lan's former personal soldier, Wang Laosan knew what these daredevil soldiers were going to do.

"I'm not going if it's not dangerous." The masked man smiled disapprovingly: "Don't worry, I'm too fated to die, if I do die, remember to pour a jug of wine outside the city, you owe me that.

You will be given a thousand dollars for signing up. General Gao is so generous, hahahaha, come on, brothers, take it for a drink. If we can meet again in the future, I will definitely get drunk with my brothers. "

After throwing out the money in his hands, the masked man walked towards the ranks of dead soldiers. They all knew that they were going to die, but they were not afraid of death.If you can't have glory and wealth while alive, it's better to die.

"Only less than 400 people were recruited."

The personal soldiers reported the recruitment situation to Gao Lan. Not everyone is afraid of death. If it weren't for the high price given by Gao Lan, the number would be even lower.

"Cook cattle and slaughter sheep, so that the brothers can have a full meal."

Gao Lan's face was expressionless, but there was a hint of resentment in his words. These dead soldiers may not have a deep relationship with him, but at least they are his subordinates who have fought side by side with him. No matter how I say it, I can't treat them badly. .

"Brother, the herbs you want." Hao Zhao handed a burden to the masked man. This might be the last thing he could do for his elder brother.

"That's right, I've eaten and drank enough, and gained a few hundred catties of strength."

The masked man tied the burden on his back, then patted Hao Zhao's shoulder and said with a smile, "Work hard, you are already a soldier now, I believe in your ability, maybe you will be a general in a short time."

In the dead of night, ropes were lowered on the city wall, and the dead soldiers carried fire objects soaked in kerosene on their backs, and were lowered one by one from the city tower. crawl forward.

Chapter 65 Reinforcements Arrive 1

In the dark night, the howling north wind blinded the Xiongnu patrol soldiers. On the first day they arrived at Yanmen Pass, they went into battle, and they had to go out to patrol at night. This was a huge test for the will and physical strength of the Xiongnu soldiers.

Compared with those companions who were drinking kumiss and eating roast lamb in the camp, the life of the Xiongnu patrol soldiers was too difficult.

Few people like to suffer by themselves, and many people think that the Han army is cowardly, so these patrol soldiers did not take the patrol seriously, and many people wanted to go back to rest early.

This kind of mentality just gave the dead soldiers of the Han army a chance to sneak attack. Gao Lan chose a good time. He saw that the Xiongnu army was too tired. If it was a day later, I am afraid that the Xiongnu army would not be in this state.

"Two patrols have been killed and twenty horses gathered."

Fifty people gathered around the masked man, and the 50 dead soldiers were divided into several teams, each heading towards his own goal. The masked man knew that the task of night raid was too difficult, so he could not take it lightly.

"Leave two to take care of the horses and wait for us at the designated place, and the rest will follow me."

The masked man undoubtedly became the commander of this team, and the rest of them didn't mean to be unconvinced. After all, most of the enemies encountered along the way were dealt with by the masked man with bows and arrows, which also ensured their concealment.

"Concealment, we are too close to the enemy's camp, and it is not time for a surprise attack yet."

The rest of the people immediately sought cover. This group of dead men came from Yanmen Pass, and they have experienced too much life and death. Maybe their killing skills are not good, but when it comes to life-saving skills, they are not too bad, especially here. Hide yourself in the dark.

"Oops, someone has been exposed."

There were exclamations and shouts of killing from the other side of the Huns camp. It seemed that some of the dead soldiers had unfortunately exposed their whereabouts. The masked man didn't seem to care about these unlucky companions. Perhaps he had seen too much life and death. , he has long been numb.

"Opportunity, follow me now. The enemy is mobilizing troops and horses. Everyone hides their faces as much as possible. We are the Huns now."

The masked man had a plan in mind. Taking advantage of the chaos of the enemy army, he pretended to be the Huns and sneaked into the enemy's camp. Then, when the other Huns rushed to round up the Han army, they sneaked close to the Huns' camp. Horse pens and sheep pens.

This masked man is proficient in the Hun language, which his companions did not expect, but the rest of the dead are not surprised, after all, this is Yanmen Pass, and the men in the frontier mostly deal with grassland tribes, so it is not too strange to know the Hun language matter.

With this layer of protection, and the masked man was familiar with the Huns' habits and army formation, they did not encounter much resistance in the Huns' camp.

"Tie the flammable things to the horse's tail." The masked man ordered directly. He didn't want to waste time. Even after seeing so many war horses, he didn't feel the slightest bit of excitement. Unlike others, they all regarded war horses as moving money.

The sound of horseshoes spread in the camp of the Huns, and the frightened horses, cattle and sheep ran aimlessly, especially those wearing distant brothers. Fortunately, you are familiar with the terrain of Bingzhou, otherwise we would have wasted two more days time. "

Zhang Ja cupped his hands to Zhang Liao who was beside him and said with a smile, "I thank you on behalf of the soldiers and people at Yanmen Pass."

"Are you laughing at me?" Zhang Liao said with no expression on his face, "Yanmen Pass is my hometown, and the people in Yanmen are my fellow villagers, so that's all I can do... "

"Report,,,,,,"

A scout galloped to receive the latest information from the front line.

"General Qi, the Xiongnu army is attacking the city, and Yanmen Pass is still in our army's hands. It is estimated that it will not be a problem to hold on for another three days, but the Huns' reinforcements are coming one after another.

We grabbed a few tongues and tortured the Huns to dispatch an army of more than [-]. The army carried more than [-] horses, cattle and sheep. The leader of the army is King Zuoxian of the Huns. It is estimated that they will arrive in two days. "

"The sum of cattle, sheep and horses is only [-] yuan, which is not too much."

Zhang Liao nodded, he seemed to be talking to himself, and he seemed to be analyzing the current situation.

"Except for the war horses and the cattle that can be used to carry supplies, there are not too many cattle and sheep that can really be used for food. This shows that the Huns plan to withdraw immediately after plundering. It is more likely that they want to use Fight to raise war."

"The Huns don't do production, they only plunder besides grazing, and this time is definitely no exception."

Zhang Ja agrees with Zhang Liao's analysis, and he also sees that the Huns don't seem to plan to wait for a long time.

"The Xiongnu reinforcements are arriving one after another, the Xiongnu Zuoxian King,,,,,," Zhang Jai and Zhang Liao looked at each other, as if they had found some common topic.

"Brother Wen Yuan, it's up to you. How about we avoid the Huns' army outside Yanmen Pass?"

Zhang Jai smiled and said: "The main force of the Xiongnu is gathered outside the Yanmen Pass, so there will not be too many troops around King Zuo Xian of the Huns, why not..."

"Capturing the thief first captures the king, it's interesting, but we have to make some detours, the speed is fast, and there is not much time left for us..."