Hanhou

Han cavalry came galloping from the north, and black arrows rained down, piercing into the formation of the Huns, setting off a rain of blood.

More than a thousand cavalrymen fell off their horses on the spot and were trampled into flesh by horseshoes.

The frightened war horse raised its front hooves, neighed bursts, and galloped wildly in all directions.The knight couldn't control himself and was thrown off his horse one after another.

The arrows of the Han army seemed to be inexhaustible, the sound of breaking wind continued, and the sky above the heads of the Huns was covered.

The Huns cavalry tried their best to block, but they lacked shields and the formation was too dense. After two rounds of arrows, more than a thousand people fell from their horses.

Before the expedition, Zhao Jia personally arranged the logistics.With him, Han Yan, and Peng Xiu personally urging them, and with supplements sent by Chang'an, each Han cavalry carried at least two pots of iron arrows.

Li Danghu's subordinates are the best at riding and shooting, and the number of arrows has increased to three pots.Arriving at the battlefield, he emptied a pot by throwing it, and before estimating the number of enemies killed, he quickly hung the strong bow back on the horse's back, dragged the modified saber backwards, and flew towards the powerful enemy on the opposite side.

Yun Zhongqi is good at wielding a long knife, and he fell into the enemy's raiding formation during the charge.

Shangjun cavalry are good at using horse-cutting swords, with wooden handles, and the length is nearly two meters. When charging, they form a knife array and cut down head-on.

"kill!"

Li Danghu took the lead, stabbing into the enemy's formation like a sharp sword, and when the blade swept across, several Huns fell off their horses.

During the charge, the Shangjun cavalry was automatically divided into three groups, which broke through the enemy's formation from different directions.Li Danghu's troops were in the middle, and the other two teams outflanked from the left and right respectively.

The knight stepped on the stirrup and stabilized his body with the high saddle.

The war horse spread its four hooves, and thousands of horsemen threw off a long arc while galloping, raising their icy blades.

The Huns on the periphery turned around to fight, but the Han cavalry did not bother, and most of them left at the touch of a button.

This does not mean less lethality.

On the contrary, if you fend off the No. 1 Han Qi's saber, there will be a second and third saber.The speed of the Han cavalry was so fast that the Xiongnu could not fight back at all, so they could only resist in embarrassment and tried their best to save their lives.

Han Qi continued to gallop, and the speed became faster and faster.

The Huns on the periphery fell one after another. King Loufan tried to lead his people through several times, but he could not break through the encirclement once.On the contrary, because he exposed his position when he broke through the siege, he was watched by the Han cavalry. Li Danghu swung his knife and flew several Huns, like a tiger descending a mountain, and rushed towards King Loufan.

Realizing what the Han army was going to do, several Xiongnu Wanchang and Qianchang led their cavalry to block Li Danghu's way, regardless of life and death.

However, Hanqi has gone crazy, and the only way to block the road is death.

Morale ebbed and flowed, and the three or five Han cavalry formed a charge formation, facing the Xiongnu, which was several times larger, without losing the wind in the slightest.On the contrary, it can kill the enemies one by one, clearing the way for the comrades who directly attack the enemy chieftain.

"kill!"

Li Danghu swung his saber and chopped a Hun Qianchang in half.

Blood spattered, and the black armor was stained scarlet.

The handle of the knife was covered in blood and became slippery and sticky.He simply tore off the cotton coat and tied it around his hands with cloth strips.Using his teeth to tie the strips of cloth into knots, raised his arms to block the bones that fell from his side, avoided the short knives flying in the air, and followed the road paved with the blood of the Huns, all the way to King Loufan.

"Devil, this is a group of devils..."

King Loufan can live steadily in the Hetao and firmly control the grassland with the most abundant aquatic plants, he is by no means an ordinary person.

Since ascending to the throne, he has also experienced hundreds of battles. He has repeatedly sent troops to conquer the Western Regions of the barbarians, fought against Da Yuezhi and Wusun, and even had contact with Anxi Qingqi.

Anxi, in particular, was the same empire as the Huns and the Han Dynasty. At its peak, it swept across West Asia, with its territory reaching the Euphrates River in the north and the Amu Darya River in the east.The Parthian light cavalry was so strong that the Roman legion almost capsized when they encountered it.

Having experienced many wars, King Lou Fan always believed that the Huns cavalry was the strongest.

The loss of soldiers and generals in Mayi before must have been due to the cunning of the Han people, resorting to treacherous means, the military officials Shan Yu and the four corners of the royal court were negligent and fell into an ambush.

Surrounded by heavy siege today, confronting Han Qi in person, broke King Lou Fan's cognition overnight.

These black armored cavalry were ruthless to the enemy and equally ruthless to themselves.Even if he is injured to the vitals, he will still use his last strength to hold the enemy's weapon tightly, and lead the opponent to fall off the horse.

One or two is not uncommon, since the beginning of the battle, King Lou Fan has seen everything like this.

Fierce, powerful, disregarding life and death.

Such an enemy was extremely terrifying, so terrifying that it made King Lou Fan feel chills in his heart.

"Blow the horn!"

Seeing the morale drop, King Loufan forcibly pulled himself together and ordered his guards to blow their horns, ready to meet the arrows in person. Tore apart the siege, and led the remnants to flee northward to the royal court.

"Follow me!"

Pulling off the blood-stained leather hat, King Lou Fan waved Gu Duo, relying on his natural courage, smashed several Han cavalry off their horses.At the same time, a hundred elites were organized to meet Li Danghu head-on.

He knew in his heart that the Han general opposite him would not be easy to mess with.But in order to boost morale and gather the fighting power of the soldiers, he cannot dodge, but must face the enemy head-on, and do everything possible to kill the opponent, so that there is hope of escape.

"kill!"

Armies strike each other, and sharp weapons buzz.

King Loufan was determined to kill Li Danghu and find a way out, but he failed to find out at the first time. When he was rushing eastward and westward, several Han cavalry opened their strong bows and shot into the air with loud arrows.

By the time he realizes something is wrong, it will be too late.

There was a sudden rush of thunder outside the battlefield, and more than ten thousand Han cavalry rushed out from the horizon, and the tide roared and rolled towards the battlefield.

During the gallop, Cao Shichang drew his sword out of its sheath, several Sima carried the Han flag on their backs, and the black armored cavalry formed a long formation, galloping all the way like a black dragon.

After the Han army, there were Qiang cavalry and Xianbei who fought with the army.

Seeing the Xiongnu in the battlefield, Hu Qi's eyes were red, and he uttered strange screams, fighting hard to fight for more heads.

Before returning to surrender, Qiangqi and Xianbei faced off against the Xiongnu, and they were at a disadvantage nine out of ten times, even if they had the upper hand.

The most fundamental reason, in terms of mentality, the Xiongnu crushed all the ministries of the grassland.Even though the other ministries have rebelled many times, they have basically never succeeded, and they are all killed in the end.

At this moment, the situation is very different.

Following Han Qi's charge, Hu Qi's combat effectiveness has not changed much, but his mentality and morale have undergone earth-shaking changes.

They clearly realized that the Huns also had two shoulders and one head, and the Huns cavalry was not invincible!Although the Huns were fierce, the cavalry of the Han Dynasty were even more fierce than them!

Fighting with the Han army, they no longer need to fear the Huns.

To them, the Xiongnu is no longer a mountain that cannot be crossed, but a shining military exploit. As long as they can cut off a head, they can get rewards.The more you cut, the more chance you will be selected as a pawn!

"rush!"

The leaders of the Qiang and Xianbei tribes took the lead in charging, following the bloody path of the Han cavalry, and harvesting their heads continuously.

If one person can't cut it, a few people simply surround them and try to exchange injuries for injuries, even if they want to take the opponent's life.As for how to divide the first level and military exploits, we can wait until after the war.Following the Han army several times, the officials responsible for recording military exploits have always been fair and never let anyone suffer.

From the moment Cao Shi's troops appeared, King Lou Fan's plan to break through the siege failed.

The Han army opened up and surrounded layer by layer, constantly weakening the opponent's will; time and time again fiercely rushed, causing the morale of the Huns to fall to the bottom.

Even though the soldiers were still fighting bravely and killing their opponents constantly, King Lou Fan and several Wanzhang and Qianzhang knew very well that they had no chance of winning this battle, whether they could escape or not depended on God's will.

Li Danghu and Cao Shi surrounded King Loufan, trapped more than [-] Hun cavalry, and blocked all means of survival; the Aries King's troops fell into a fierce battle with the Han cavalry led by Han Yan and Gongsun He, and they were also unable to escape, and gradually fell into a disadvantage.

In the camp, Zhao Jia and Wei Yue killed the Xiongnu Wanzhang who was blocking the way, beheaded several Xiongnu Qianzhang, and then ordered the soldiers to blow their horns to start a carpet-like cleanup of the camp.

The Huns have always been strong, old people, women and even half-grown children can become warriors on horseback.A soldier was negligent and let go of a young man who was curled up under the wheel, and he was stabbed in the chest by the other party in a blink of an eye.

Zhao Jia shook off the blood on the blade, and ordered the whole army: Anyone who is taller than the wheel, beheaded!

"Since we are in the grassland, we must follow the rules of the grassland."

Zhao Jia is not a butcher, but compared to the Huns, he is first and foremost responsible for his soldiers.

"Even if there is notoriety, Jiayi will bear it!"

Wei Qing and Zhao Puonu galloped out, conveying Zhao Jia's order to everyone, that anyone who resists will be killed by the sword.

Wei Yue was even more ruthless, ordering that no prisoners should be kept, and searched tent by tent, not letting any fish slip through the net.

"After the payment is completed, set fire to the account."

Towards evening, the camp was already in flames.

Handing over the finishing work to Wei Wu, Wei Qing and others, Zhao Jia and Wei Yue freed up their hands, led cavalry to reinforce Li Danghu and Han Yan and others, and completely surrounded tens of thousands of Huns.

The Han army tightened their pockets, and King Aries and King Loufan finally had no choice but to struggle.

The battle lasted until late at night, when a snowstorm suddenly occurred, the two sides had to temporarily suspend their troops.

For three consecutive days thereafter, a blizzard swept across the valley, and the Han army never attacked.

On the fourth day, the wind and snow stopped for a while, and the besieged Huns were hungry and cold. The Han army still did not rush to attack. Instead, they raised fires and slaughtered the cattle and sheep captured in this battle. Launch a siege from all sides and wipe out the last Hun cavalry.

Unexpectedly, just as the horn of the charge was about to sound, the Huns' team suddenly separated, and several Xiongnu nobles who had removed their leather armor and robes, were naked from the upper body, and had loose hair, came out more and more, holding the Aries King and the building. The king's head fell to his knees on the snow.

Several people had knife marks on their faces, which should be new wounds, and the knife edges were turned outwards, making them look particularly ferocious.

"I'm waiting to come down!"

The nobles of the Xiongnu prostrated themselves on the ground, removed the heads of King Baiyang and King Loufan, and presented all the weapons used by the two of them, as well as the eagles that symbolized their status, to the Han army.

Zhao Jia didn't make a sound, and looked at Han Yan, and tightened his fingers holding the handle of the knife.

Li Danghu rode his horse towards Wei Yue, murmured a few times, and his face was stern.

Cao Shi grabbed Gongsun He who was about to speak, shook his head at him, and said, "Don't worry."

After some discussion, several people ordered to stop the attack, ordered the Huns to hand over their weapons and horses, and sent people to guard them strictly.The leaders of the Zhaoqiang tribe and Xianbei identified the two heads and confirmed that they were correct. Cao Shi wrote a text message, stamped with the seals of six people, released the letter eagle, and sent it to the border county as quickly as possible.

In Chang'an City, in Weiyang Palace, Liu Che flipped through the list sent by the prefecture, unfolding the list of Jiangdu King Liu Fei, and his attention was quickly attracted.

"Let the prefectures and states each have one filial piety and honesty, and personally plan it."

After reading all the content, Liu Che put down the bamboo slips, and tapped a few cases with his fingers.Based on what he knew about King Jiangdu, he would never have thought of such a plan.

Could it be Jiangdu state official?

Just when Liu Che was deep in thought, an eunuch suddenly reported that someone from Changle Palace had come and asked the emperor to come quickly by the order of Empress Chen.

"The Empress Dowager fell into a coma, and several attendants have examined her, but the medicine stone is useless."

"what?!"

Liu Che stood up abruptly, and because of his quick movement, the long sleeves swept down the lacquer cup, and the tea soup was splashed on the table, which wet the unclosed bamboo slips.