Hanhou

Amidst the neighing of the war horse, Zhao Jia forgot to think, and relied on instinct to charge forward, wielding the short knife continuously, beheading the enemies in front of him.

With the Xiongnu's blade slashing across his arm, Zhao Jia didn't feel the pain, but with red eyes, he cut off the opponent's wrist with a backhand, and moved his arm forward, stabbing the knife into the opponent's chest.

The number of Hu Qi was several times that of the Han people. Even though everyone fought hard and sacrificed their lives, the defense lines on the east and west sides of the livestock farm were still crushed one after another.

The Huns cavalry roared down the fence and rushed into the livestock farm.

Zhao Jia's eyes were full of blood, but he couldn't get out of Hu Qi's siege anyway, he could only watch the Huns brandishing bones and short knives, riding their horses towards the sheepfold and the wooden house.

Wei Juan pushed open the wooden window and saw the Huns rushing into the livestock farm, showing no trace of fear on their faces.Wei Ling's eldest son struggled and scolded from behind, the girl just turned her head slightly, with a sneer at the corner of her mouth, and then took a short knife and bow from the wooden frame and handed it to the wounded in the house.

"The Huns are coming in." The girl's expression was calm and her tone was indifferent. Even though the sound of horseshoes was getting closer, she didn't panic at all.

The injured Qing Zhuang stood up, took the bow, arrow and dagger, tested his strength, and said to the girl: "The tunnel under the house leads to the outside of the livestock farm, find Ah Qing and the others, and take them out from here. It can last a while, enough for you to leave."

Hearing that there was a way to escape, Wei Ling's eldest son showed joy and stood up impatiently.As a result, as soon as he moved, the wound on his leg began to bleed, and he immediately sat back on the ground with a scream.Thinking of the origin of the wound, she looked at Wei Juan with hatred in her eyes.

Wei Juan shook his head, and said to Qing Zhuang, "Ah Qing and the others can protect themselves, I have other things to do."

"what?"

"Lang Jun discussed with Uncle Xiong before, once the livestock farm is destroyed, we will set it on fire immediately." Wei Juan stood up, walked to the wall while talking, and pulled out a torch made of coarse cloth and wooden poles.The coarse cloth is soaked in suet and is easily ignited.

"A warning signal can be sent out if there is a fire here. The city and the fortress cannot send troops. At least the villages in the distance can gather to know that the Huns have killed the county."

"You will die!" Qing Zhuang said in a deep voice.

"I won't." Wei Juan smiled slightly.She was still waiting for A Ao to propose to A Weng, and when he came to marry her, she would never die.

After the girl finished speaking, she put the torch aside, lifted a clay pot from the corner, and smashed it in front of the house door.

The Huns were getting closer and closer to the wooden house. Weiling's eldest son managed to break the rope, and pushed the girl away suddenly, ignoring the injury on her leg, and rushed out of the wooden door and shouted: "I want to surrender to the Huns, don't kill me! I know you Sheepfold, I know where the grain is hidden, and I can lead the way..."

Halfway through the yelling, the young man suddenly felt a scorching heat behind him. He turned his head and found that Wei Juan was looking at him with a sneer on his face. The torch in his hand was burning like the short brown on his body.

"what!"

The young man screamed and rolled on the spot, desperately trying to extinguish the flames on his body.

It's a pity that the more he rolled, the more the fire burned. The orange fire quickly spread into a line, and soon formed a barrier in front of the wooden house.The war horse was frightened, Hu Qi grabbed the reins, but he couldn't charge over.

Wei Juan walked out of the wooden house with a torch in hand, and threw the torch on the roof before Hu Qi could react.

"Kill her!" The head of the team ordered loudly.

Hu Qi raised their bows one after another, but the young and strong were one step ahead of them, the arrows flew out from behind the wall of fire, and Hu Qi fell off their horses one after another.

The flames rose and sent out a warning, but they couldn't stop the Xiongnu's iron hooves.

In the raging fire, more and more Huqi rushed through the fence.

Wei Qing took Ah Zhi and the others to hide behind the cart, when a Hu Qi passed by, he immediately drew his bow, not shooting people, but only shooting horses.Although the Yi bow is weak, the arrowhead is coated with poison. As long as it hits the horse's leg, the horse will go mad within two breaths, and the barbarians will be thrown to the ground.

Using carts and wooden houses to cover up, the children killed five Hu Qi one after another.However, compared with the Huns who rushed into the livestock farm, this amount is really a drop in the bucket.

"Ah Qing, what should I do?" Ah Zhi worried.

The defense line on the west side has completely collapsed, Hu Bo and Xiong Bo don't know whether they are alive or dead.Zhao Jia was surrounded by Hu Qi, and his life and death were also unpredictable.The children were separated from the elders, lost their backbone, were in a state of anxiety, and didn't know what to do.

"Don't panic, come with me." Wei Qing grasped the Yi bow tightly, and held his companion with the other hand, "We are familiar with this place, find a way to hide, and continue to kill Hu Kou!"

"Aren't you going to the tunnel?" a boy whispered.

"Don't go." Wei Qing said decisively, "If we leave the livestock farm with no shelter and no elders, we won't survive today!"

The boys instinctively believed in Wei Qing, and followed him between the wooden house and the sheepfold.

Wei Juan threw away all the torches in his hand, and all the young and strong people in the wooden house were killed in battle.There was Hu Qi who rode his horse across the wall of fire, on one side of his body, he was about to drag her onto the horse's back.

Wei Juan stepped back half a step, and suddenly swung the short knife in his hand.Even though he didn't cut off Hu Qi's wrist, he managed to force him back.

Hu Qi yelled, no longer thinking about arresting people, and brandishing a short knife to kill Wei Juan.Before the blade fell, two wooden arrows struck at the same time, one pierced Hu Qi's neck, and the other hit his left eye.

"Ajuan!"

The women of Wei Chuan and Wei Ling rushed forward, the former held Wei Juan to check if she was injured; the latter searched the corpses on the ground carefully, as if looking for something.

"Brother is dead." Wei Juan said to Ling Fu.

"Dead?" The woman was stunned for a moment, with a look of sadness on her face, then she remembered what Wei Ling had said before, and asked, "But he died fighting the Huns?"

"Yes." Wei Juan lowered his eyes.

"Okay." The woman said in a deep voice, "That's good."

The three met in one place, and soon met two women, and then found Wei Qing and the others hiding behind the cart. The woman who was most familiar with the livestock farm led the way through the collapsed wooden house, looking for an opportunity to shoot and kill the Huns .

On the east side of the livestock farm, Xin Zhao swung a knife and beheaded a Hu Qi, facing Gongsun Ao back to back, panting heavily.

Zhao Ponu was not far from the two of them, brandishing a bone that he snatched from the hands of the Huns, with blood splattered all over his body, roaring from his throat, and his expression was extremely fierce.

"It can't go on like this." Xin Zhao swung his knife again, forcing Hu Qi's attack back, and said to Gongsun Ao, "Ao, my lord is injured, I'm afraid I can't last long. I'll draw the attention of those Huns, you try to get rid of Hu Qi's attack." Lord Lang, get out!"

"What are you going to do?" Gongsun Ao asked.

"I speak the Hun language, I pretended to surrender, said I knew where the food and silk cloth were hidden, and then tried to get close and kill the man with the ox bone helmet!" Xin Zhao gritted his teeth fiercely.He knew it was dangerous to do so, and whether he succeeded or not, he would have no way out.But at this moment, he has no other choice.

He once swore that this life belonged to Zhao Langjun.As evidenced by the heavens, he must fulfill his oath!

"Ashin, I'll go with you!" Zhao Puonu smashed the arm of a Hu Qi, and pierced a bone arrow through his shoulder.Without batting an eye, the young man broke off the arrow tail, left the shoulder on his body, continued to swing the bone, and smashed fiercely at the surrounding enemies.

"Okay, let's call Ah Man and Ah Fang..." In the middle of speaking, Xin Zhao suddenly stopped, because the youngsters he was talking about died at the hands of the Huns, and their bodies had already been trampled into flesh by horseshoes.

Together they wandered in the grassland together, and together they were rescued by Zhao Jia from the Wuhuan people, and now only he and Zhao Puonu are left.

Zhao Xin shook his head vigorously, waved away the distracting thoughts in his mind, clenched his weapon tightly, and was about to yell.

Unexpectedly, there was a sudden sound of horns, and both sides in the war were shocked. Looking at the reputation, a long black dragon came from the south, stretching for several miles.

"Han army, it's the Han army!" Hu Qi shouted in panic.

Due to excessive blood loss, Zhao Jia's consciousness gradually became blurred, and he did not collapse on the spot only with the support of a will.Hearing the sound of the horn, hearing the cry of the barbarians, and seeing the Han flag being torn by the wind, his eyes suddenly became hot, and with the last effort, he swung the dagger vigorously.

"kill!"

Qing Zhuang and the villagers broke out in fighting power, forcing Hu Qi, who was in a panic due to the arrival of the Han army, to retreat a few steps.

The sound of the horn was desolate and long, and the Han cavalry rode their horses to charge, followed by tens of thousands of infantry, and charged directly at the Huns cavalry.The sound of horseshoes rumbled, the back of the knife hit the shield, and the killing intent shot straight into the sky.

Hu Qi was in chaos for a while, even the cavalry of the headquarters couldn't help being frightened at this moment, and their fighting spirit dropped sharply.

"Big household, we can't fight any longer!" a Qianzhang shouted.

Xu Buyong knew how powerful it was, and immediately ordered people to blow the horn, gather the cavalry of the headquarters, and prepare to flee north to join Yi Zhixie's army.As for whether the other tribes and the barbarian tribes can keep up, it is not in Xu Buyong's consideration.

It's fine to keep up, but it's better not to keep up. Staying behind can at least delay the speed of the Han army's pursuit.

Hearing the sound of the horn, the cavalry of the headquarters immediately gathered towards Xubu Yong, and galloped away on horseback.The Biebu and Manbu were a little slow to react, and they were dragged back by the young and strong who broke out in combat power. They were all surrounded by the Han army, and they were instantly submerged in the rain of arrows and blades.

When the last barbarian fell down, the shouts of killing stopped abruptly.

The thick smoke was blown away by the wind, and Zhao Jia lay exhausted on the horse's back, raising his hands to wipe off the dust and sweat from his face, but he didn't want to smear several bloodstains on it.

Wei Qing'e walked to Zhao Jia's side, and patted his shoulder with his hand.

Only then did Zhao Jia realize that the girl's legs and arms were wrapped in cloth strips, and half of her body was already stained red with blood.

"Sister..."

Wei Qing mo shook his head, signaling Zhao Jia not to speak.Pointing to the direction of the reinforcements, he forced a smile.

Understanding what the girl meant, Zhao Jia slowly closed his eyes, and when he regained his strength, he slid off the horse, supported by Gongsun Ao and Zhao Xin, and walked in front of the unfamiliar general of the Han army.

"Thank you General for your help!"

Cheng Bushi looked at the young man in front of him, nodded and said: "The people of Shaling County fought hard against the Xiongnu, counted the heads, and after the battle, I will report to Chang'an with Wei Taishou."

"Thank you, General!" Zhao Jia pushed Gongsun Ao and Zhao Xin away, and bowed deeply.

"No need." Cheng Bushi helped Zhao Jia up with both hands, saying that the military situation is urgent, and he will lead the army to set off immediately, leaving fifty servants here to clean up the battlefield.

Zhao Jia cupped his hands again, then straightened up, watching Cheng Bushi mount his horse.

The army is like a giant dragon, roaring and galloping northward.The banner is strong, the military appearance is majestic, and the momentum is like a rainbow.

Zhao Jiali was standing there, suddenly remembered that he forgot to ask the general's name.

"Aduo," Wei Qing'e said suddenly, "we can only keep the head."

Zhao Jia turned around, looked into the girl's eyes, and nodded vigorously.

"Don't worry, sister, I know what to do."

After this fight, He Lao died in battle, and the number of Zhao's and Wei's villages decreased by more than [-]%.

After the fire was extinguished, the young and strong, women and servants who were still active collected the corpses together.If you meet a Hun who is still alive, you don't need to say much, just cut him off.No matter how soft-hearted, facing the Xiongnu at this moment, there is only hatred in his heart.

Both Hu Bo and Xiong Bo were seriously injured, and Xiong Bo fell into a coma.Fortunately, there is a large amount of wound medicine in the tunnel of the livestock farm. According to the doctor, as long as he can survive the night without fever, his life can be saved.

Ji Bao hangs one arm, Ji Xiong walks with a limp, and Sun Mi is wrapped in cloth strips, the cloth has long been stained dark red with blood.Almost all those who survived were wounded.

The child was well protected by the woman, only Ah Gu and Ah Zhi had some scratches on their bodies, and they were smeared with medicine, which did not affect their movements at all.At the moment, Wei Qing is leading the counting of the living cattle and sheep, and replenishing food, water and fodder.The teenagers bandaged the wounds, helped clean up the ruins, searched for usable utensils, temporarily piled them up in front of the sheepfold, and handed them over to the craftsmen for inspection and repair.

Wei Juan didn't care to wipe off the dust and blood on his face, and found Gongsun Ao in the crowd. After confirming that the boy was only slightly injured, he finally breathed a sigh of relief.

Seeing the girl approaching, Zhao Puonu stabbed Gongsun Ao with his elbow, and winked, causing the latter's face to turn red.Xin Zhao let out a chuckle, and the heavy atmosphere was finally a little lighter.

A ruin was cleaned up, and Wei Xia and Wei Qiu helped Mrs. Sun prepare meals.

The air was still filled with smoke and the pungent smell of blood.Everyone didn't seem to notice it, grabbed the steamed cakes from the wooden basin, and began to tear them vigorously.

"It's good to see more." An elderly servant grabbed the steamed cake and held mutton soup in his hand, and smiled at Wei Qing and the others while eating.

Being recruited by the imperial court this time, he was full of apprehension. He never expected to be left in Shaling County on the way without going to the fortress.

He also fought with the Huns in his early years, and he had stab wounds on his shoulders and legs.Now that he is old, two sons died in battle, one has a broken leg and cannot go to the fields, and there is no one in the family except his old wife and him.For the sake of his still young granddaughter and his babbling grandson, he really didn't want to die, and he couldn't die.

Zhao Jia sat down on the bay red horse, all the wounds on his body were treated and bandaged with medicine.His lips were as pale as his face from the profuse loss of blood.

After thanking the doctor, Zhao Jiaqiang cheered up, ate a steamed cake and drank half a bowl of hot soup.Even the pain in the wound could not dispel the weakness and exhaustion that surged up.

After confirming that the livestock farm was in place for the time being and the fence that had been knocked down was erected again, the tense nerves finally relaxed. Zhao Jia couldn't hold on any longer, and fell to the ground in darkness.

Under Yunzhong City, the corpses of the Han army and the Huns were piled up together, and the smell of blood filled the air, thick and pungent.

Yi Zhixie ordered a strong attack several times, but was blocked every time.The loss of cavalry under his command exceeded [-]%, but there was no hope of destroying the Han army.On the contrary, unable to attack for a long time, the morale of the army was shaken, and Wei Yue seized the opportunity to launch a surprise attack. He only led two thousand cavalry to tear through the Huns' defense line, and rushed all the way to Yi Zhixie.

The strength of these Han knights exceeded Yi Zhixie's imagination.

Even if he thinks that the grassland is invincible and is proud of the cavalry under his command, he can't help but feel terrified in the face of these cloud cavalry who are so fierce to a certain extent and seem to be born for killing.

Barely repelling Wei Yue's attack, Yi Zhixie was about to gather his troops when he suddenly saw more than a thousand cavalry galloping in panic, the leader was none other than Xu Buyong who led the army into Yunzhong County.

Seeing Xu Buyong's appearance, Yi Zhixie's heart sank immediately, and when he heard that more than a thousand people were killed and injured in Shaling County, Yi Zhixie's face turned livid.

Sensing Yi Zhixie's anger, Xu Buyong instinctively felt fear, and hurriedly said that the Han army had arrived, and he was forced to retreat, hoping that Yi Zhixie would spare him and save his life.

"Reinforcement?"

"There are ten thousand people!"

While the two were talking, there was a burst of cheers from the Han army on the opposite side. Immediately afterwards, several Han flags were raised, and the drums were rumbling, obviously indicating that the reinforcements had arrived.

Faced with this situation, Yi Zhixie was angry and unwilling, but also knew that he could not win easily, and if he continued to fight, he would not get any benefit except to deplete the strength of his subordinates.

Staring in the direction of Yunzhong City, Yi Zhi clenched his short knife sideways, squeezed out two words between his teeth under Xu Buyong's trembling gaze: "Withdraw!"