Chapter 18 In the whirlpool of war
This sudden change of situation caught the Han cavalry by surprise. The victories in the past few days may have reduced everyone's fear of the Huns, but today's battle will subvert everything.
The Huns, who had been driven deep into Mobei and suffered several defeats, were now rejuvenated. Their tactics this time really caused the Han cavalry to suffer heavy losses.
Huo Qubing and others who were thinking of returning to support at this moment also found it very difficult because of this narrow plain. Being at the edge, the horses had to climb a slope of 20 to 30 degrees before they could rush down. However, the blocking force just now
It failed. At this moment, the large group of Han cavalry were crowded together again, which made the whole team a little confused.
At this moment, Li Mu and others, who were in the center of the plain, encountered an unprecedented fierce attack.
The Xiongnu cavalry infantry team that suddenly rushed into the Han cavalry was unstoppable and rushed straight to the side of the flag team. Li Mu saw that there were fewer and fewer Han cavalry around, but the soldiers in different costumes were different from the Han cavalry.
More and more shining scimitars have appeared, and the sounds around them are completely strange.
"Silly boy, protect yourself and be careful of these Huns!"
Wu San had also noticed the current situation of the troops, and quickly shouted loudly to Li Mu next to him. Li Mu turned around and responded immediately, but at this moment, he was already breaking out in countless cold sweats, and he was suddenly surrounded by so many Huns.
Surrounded by so many pairs of eyes flashing with terrifying ferocity, Li Mu, who had already experienced two battles, was still a little frightened.
But the Huns' attack did not come immediately. The reason was that the Han cavalry on the periphery had been constantly attacking the Huns. However, the Huns had gradually separated the flag formation. It was not long before they surrounded and killed the flag formation in one fell swoop.
Already.
The purpose of these Huns could not be clearer.
That is to do everything possible to be the first to kill the entire flag formation and completely collapse the entire Han cavalry.
The only few Han army officers around suddenly shouted and cursed, and all the Han army soldiers felt as if they were facing a formidable enemy. Chen Junhou, who was looking around in front, finally found a direction, pointed to a small hill next to him and said
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"Rush over, stand on that slope, and wait for General Huo to rush to help!"
After speaking, Chen Junhou took the lead. He stretched out the halberd in his hand and knocked down a Xiongnu. He opened a passage. Seeing this, the people around him also followed suit. Li Mu also immediately pulled the reins and followed his grandfather.
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At this moment, the flag formation seemed to be facing a formidable enemy, and it was like being surrounded on Baishan Mountain during the Emperor Gaozu's time.
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On a mountain pass far away from the battlefield, a cavalry team of a hundred people was standing on the hillside, looking at the plains and valleys in the distance. Although there was no beacon smoke, there was no shouting from the men and horses.
Killing, but the fluttering flags and the yellow dust in the sky still told them that a tragic fight was going on there.
"King Zuo Xian, my men just came to report that the Tuntou King has already rushed down with our warriors. Huo Qubing was stuck in a narrow place and couldn't move."
"good."
A man wearing a fur hat, braided hair, and gorgeous clothes sat upright on a white horse, looking into the distance and giving a faint praise.
"I have been waiting to go north for many days, and I was bitten by Nahuo Qubing all the way. I finally trapped these Han people today, and it was not in vain that so many of my warriors sacrificed their lives."
The man next to him raised his head and looked at King Zuo Xian, and then said hesitantly: "King Zuo Xian, the Chanyu asked us to go this way this time, but we didn't expect to encounter Huo Qubing."
"He actually abandoned the infantry and pursued us with only the cavalry. He preyed on us inhumanely along the way, causing us a lot of unexpected losses."
"Hmph, so what about Huo Qubing, he is still trapped there today by my strategy. He should really let those white-eyed wolves of King Hunxie take a good look at him, and they should all go to him one by one, saying that he is a strong man worth following in the world.
, little did he know that he had become the Han people’s dog!”
King Zuo Xian said fiercely, and he was very angry in his heart. Thinking of the many difficulties he had experienced along the way, he originally did not have many soldiers and horses, but under his father's strategy, he led the people to march towards the desert.
, said it was to return to the ancestral land, but in fact it was to be able to defeat these Han people who could not travel long distances, and then turn around and annihilate them in one fell swoop.
But Huo Qubing suddenly appeared, changed his tactics, and caught up with his team so quickly. It was just that a few days ago, before crossing the Gonglu River, the tens of thousands of cavalry warriors who had organized a counterattack turned out to be like that.
They were all destroyed in the hands of the other party, and they lost so many horses there.
It is said that none of the captured warriors survived, so this time he had to send many soldiers to fight on foot.
The so-called God of War of the Han Dynasty actually followed the example of the ancients and slaughtered his warriors so brutally. After his death, the Changsheng Heaven will definitely not want him, even if the most powerful shaman uses the fattest
Even the lamb sacrifice would not let him in.
But today, all these losses must be recovered, right here. I have lured him for so long just to use the terrain here to repel those Han cavalry.
If he could still catch Huo Qubing, he would definitely not let his father recruit him as his son-in-law, but kill him directly to pay homage to the dead warriors.
Seeing the noisy scene in the distance, King Zuo Xian slowly turned his horse's head and came down from the top of the mountain. The people behind him immediately followed and heard King Zuo Xian say in a deep voice.
"Now go ahead and take a look. I want to see with my own eyes that Huo Qu died of illness here and prove himself to my father!"
After saying that, King Zuo Xian immediately twitched his horse and headed down the mountain. Thousands of knights around him also watched him come to the front. All the knights waved their whips and walked along the wasteland towards the battlefield where the fierce battle was raging.
But at this moment, on that battlefield, another scene was unfolding.
The Xiongnu cavalry infantry suddenly rushed out and caught the Han cavalry by surprise. Then the Xiongnu resisted tenaciously and made it difficult for the Han cavalry. Many Han cavalry were divided into several parts, fighting independently, and the communication between them was blocked.
, a large number of people and horses were crowded together, the battle scene had become a very brutal close combat, and the advantage of the cavalry was not very obvious.
Chen Junhou took the lead and led the team to rush out and ran towards the hillside not far away. The cavalry behind him immediately followed, forcing their way out of the crowded enemy troops and guarding the entire flag team towards the hillside.
Go up the hillside.
But after all, it is the most distinctive flag team among the entire Han army. The movements of the flag team were clearly seen by the Xiongnu. One of the Huns, who looked like a general, immediately issued orders in the direction of the movement of the flag team. Those who were fighting with the Han soldiers
The entangled Xiongnu soldiers turned their horses around without any regard at this moment. Even though their backs were exposed to the hands of other Han troops, they still wanted to attack crazily in the direction of the flag team.
A strange scene suddenly appeared on the battlefield. The Huns, who finally broke into the Han cavalry, did not choose to continue to expand their victory. Instead, they directly surrounded the troops around the flag formation after penetrating.
Such reckless tactics seem almost unreasonable now, but in ancient battlefields, a large part of the courage for soldiers to continue fighting came from the generals, and the way they obtained this courage was through the unfailing side of the generals.
General flag.
That generous and majestic general's flag is the support point of their confidence. If the general's flag is there and the general is there, the team will not fall.
But if the general's flag fell, not everyone on the battlefield with long battle lines would think that Huo Qubing was out of danger.
What's more, the soldiers still regard the flag that will always be erected as their belief in victory...
Seeing such a situation, the Han generals who had not responded in time became anxious and ordered their subordinates to immediately attack the Huns' cavalry formation, not only to break up the opponent's formation, but more importantly, to disperse their own troops.
rescued by the flag troops.
Huo Qubing also knew this truth very well. With a wave of his halberd, the surrounding soldiers spurred their horses to charge towards the team.
The battle on the field became intense again, and if the two sides had concentrated their superior forces to push each other forward before, then at this moment, they all had a common goal, which was the flag team with flags waving halfway up the mountainside.
It's just that one wants to cut down the flag team, and the other wants to save the flag team.
Caught in the middle of this war whirlpool were hundreds of Han cavalrymen, Marquis Chen of the flag guard, Wu San who was in charge of the flag, and Li Mu who followed.
Chapter completed!