Delivered to the Door

Author: Gongsun Wujiu

Delivered to the Door

After this meeting, King Yu Ting and King Zuo Aoqian quickly returned to the tribe to gather their troops.

On September 24th of the first year of Zhenghe, the two groups of men and horses and the additional three thousand fine cavalry sent by King Youxian assembled in Beilu Kingdom.

The man who commanded King You Xian's three thousand fine cavalry was the boy servant Tu Yan.

The combined strength of the three armies reached 18,000 cavalry.

When Bi Lu was watching the troops, King Yu Ting was in high spirits.

He then forcibly recruited 2,000 cavalry from the surrounding small kingdoms and tribes, bringing the number of troops in hand to 20,000 cavalry.

"King Yu Ting, I will listen to you on how to fight this time!"

Although in theory, the status of King Aoqian is higher than that of King Yutan.

But the Xiongnu is still essentially a tribal alliance country where strength is king.

On the surface, King Yu Ting's status was lower than that of King Zuo Aoqian, but King Yu Ting brought 10,000 cavalry, while King Zuo Aoqian only had 5,000 cavalry.

Moreover, the five thousand cavalrymen were integrated from two medium-sized tribes.

Both in terms of combat strength and numbers, they are far inferior to King Yu.

As for the Tong Servant Captain, he commands three thousand elite members of the Royal Court of the Righteous King.

But his status was even lower. Under this circumstance, the commander of the Xiongnu army was naturally appointed by King Ta.

When King Yutian heard this, he said without hesitation, "This is how we should work together."

While speaking, he also deliberately looked up and down at Tu Yan.

Tu Yan said respectfully this time, "Of course King Wei will be on the lookout for this battle!"

King Yu Ting laughed with satisfaction, "In this case, why worry about not winning this battle!"

At this time, King Zuo Aoqian asked, "Should we go directly to the Outu Department?"

King Yu Tuan shook his head and said, "Zhang Yue of the Han army is also a general. I heard that he has never been defeated since he joined the army."

"Now the morale of the Han army is strong, but our army has no confidence in facing it head-on. It is better to attack Duixu Valley first and cut off one of its arms!"

After hearing this, Tu Yan, the Tong servant captain, agreed and said, what the king said is true, the Han army garrison captain is also a strong general, if he can defeat his army, it will be a great achievement!"

King Zuo Aoqian originally wanted to find Guo Kaibu to avenge King Huyan, and he agreed after hearing this.

"Well, what if you let me lead the troops as the vanguard?"

King Yu Ting hesitated when he heard this. He naturally knew exactly how powerful King Zuo Aoqian's troops were.

But after thinking for a moment, he finally agreed.

In his opinion, although King Zuo Aoqiang's troops were neglected in battle formations, they still had five thousand cavalry after all.

Guo Kai's Han army only had two thousand cavalry, and the rest were just a ragtag group of soldiers from various countries.

Even if King Zuo Aoqian loses, he will definitely not be defeated, so there is no need to offend him.

In addition, in his opinion, it does not matter even if King Zuo Aoqian is defeated, it can just highlight his prowess.

The three of them finished their deliberations and did not stay any longer, but directly sent their troops to the west.

According to the plan, the troops of King Zuo Aoqian were used as the vanguard to attack the troops of Duixu Guguo Kai, which was just around the corner.

After defeating Guo Kai's troops of the Han army, they will meet up with the main force of the Han army led by Zhang Yue to hunt Tianshan.

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At the same time, Guo Kai also received orders from Zhang Yue.

He was ordered to lead his cavalry to Ahedi and flank King Otu's troops in Wutu Valley within five days.

Zhang Yue's intention was to drive the Huns north of the Tianshan Mountains in one fell swoop.

After receiving the order, Guo Kai did not dare to neglect and immediately summoned his cavalry, Dong Qiemi and other soldiers from the five countries to march eastward.

"Your Majesty, a large group of Han cavalry was found ahead..."

"Your Majesty, we have spotted the Xiongnu brigade ahead. Judging from the flags, we think it belongs to the Xiongnu Zuo Aojian King..."

Scouts from both sides discovered each other almost at the same time.

The scouts from both sides fought while transmitting information back to their own side as quickly as possible.

"Your Majesty, are you advancing or retreating?"

Zhao Yi asked Guo Kai.

"Enter!"

After Guo Kai thought for a moment, he decisively gave the order.

On the other side, King Aoqian did not hesitate after receiving the news from the scouts.

While reporting to King Yu Ting at the rear, he continued to move forward according to the plan.

Around noon that day, Guo Kai led 2,000 Han cavalry and 2,000 soldiers from other countries and encountered 5,000 cavalry led by King Zuo Aojian at Jiaoheyuan.

Both sides were equally powerful, with the Han army having an equipment advantage and the Huns having a numerical advantage.

The sudden encounter with the Huns did not make Guo happy, but made him overjoyed.

"These Huns always focus on eating rather than fighting!"

Zhao Yi followed Guo Kai and looked at the Huns in the distance and said disdainfully.

Guo Kai smiled and said, "This King Aoqiang is the newly appointed auxiliary king of King Youxian. His troops are also made up of various tribes, so naturally they are not as elite as them..."

Zhao Yi nodded, "This Righteous King is also a hero, and he will be a formidable enemy in the future!"

Guo Kai shook his head when he heard this, but couldn't help but look in the direction of Chang'an.

"The great enemy of the Han army in the Western Regions may not be outside, but it is inside!"

Guo Kai sighed.

Zhao Yi was stunned for a moment when he heard this, and then a look of anger appeared on his face.

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"The entire army forms an array!"

Not to mention the Han army, King Zuo Aoqian found out that the target of the battle was in front of him, and the Han army Guo Kaibu immediately issued the order to prepare for battle.

However, because the army he led could only be regarded as tribesmen of the Huns, the formation speed was obviously half a beat slower than that of the Han army.

Fortunately, the distance between the two sides is not too close, so there is no need to worry about a surprise attack by the Han army.

"Why don't I, the king, hurry up!"

King Zuo Aoqian also knew the importance of formation, and kept urging his several thousand knight commanders to speed up.

After the two sides lined up, Guo Kai calmly observed the opponent's formation.

"How is it, Lord?"

Zhao Yi asked.

Guo Kai did not speak, but continued to carefully observe the situation of the Huns.

Soon a smile appeared on his face. After the observation just now, he had found the fatal weakness of the Huns.

This should be considered a talent of Guo Kai. After so many years of war, he has fully grown up.

When fighting against the Huns, the Huns' weaknesses can always be found quickly and accurately, and this time is no exception.

This time the Huns' army chose to shape their troops in a row.

The main purpose of King Zuo Aoqian's formation in this way was to deal with the wall-mounted charge of the Han army.

His intention was to deliberately retreat when the Han army attacked.

Lure the Han army to continue the attack, while the Xiongnu attacking cavalry on both wings attack the Han army's lance cavalry from the left and right wings.

His idea was good, but he forgot that his tribe had not participated in a war for a long time.

When the young servant captain attacked Loulan, he only had 500 soldiers in his hands.

Except for the five hundred cavalry, the rest of the army has not been on the battlefield for six or seven years.

What's more, his army was actually a merger of two tribes.

King Zuo Aoqiang is just a newly appointed little king, and his prestige among the two tribes is not very high.

Due to the neglect of battle formations, a gap naturally formed between the two armies.

Of course, this gap is very small and difficult to detect without careful observation.

After Guo Kai discovered the fatal weakness of the Huns,

He smiled and said to his left and right, "Second and Third Sons, the Huns have come to send you military exploits again..."
Chapter completed!