Everyone uses their own methods

Author: Gongsun Wujiu

Everyone uses their own methods

"Mr. Geng, do you want to send our Khotan troops and horses?"

Yuchijia saw that the Han army across the river was in a bitter battle with the Xiongnu infantry, and asked.

Geng Shu objected, "It's not the time yet!"

Yuchijia looked thoughtfully at the Huns' central army to the east.

"Mr. Geng is waiting for the Huns' central army to dispatch?"

Geng Shu smiled and did not answer the question.

Instead, he pointed at the Hun infantry on the other side and said, "I never thought that the Huns also had such elite officers!"

In Geng Shu's opinion, although the Huns' infantry still had various problems, its overall performance was remarkable.

This Hun infantry is also the most powerful army among the Huns he has ever encountered.

There was a big gap between the so-called royal court elites he saw when he was the personal soldier of the Second Division General Li Guangli and the Hun infantry in front of him.

If the Xiongnu army has the same combat effectiveness as this infantry, then it is unknown who will win the final victory in the Han-Hungarian war.

With their powerful infantry, the Huns posed a great threat to the northern border counties of the Han Dynasty.

In the past, the Han army was able to take the initiative in the Han-Hungarian wars. One important reason was that it was difficult for the Huns to break through the Han cities.

During the war, the Xiongnu could only harass the border counties of the Han Dynasty, but could not actually cause any harm to the Han Dynasty.

The Han Dynasty could rely on the inland counties to accumulate strength. Once enough strength was accumulated, it could go out to raid the grasslands.

The wars between Han and Huns basically took place in the territory of the Huns.

Every time the Han army went out, regardless of victory or defeat, the Huns would suffer huge losses.

But the Han army was different. Even if it failed, it would not be broken.

Historically, after Li Guangli's army was completely annihilated, it only took the Han Dynasty more than ten years to recover to its peak.

On the other hand, the victorious Xiongnu became weaker and weaker.

This is because the Huns were never able to threaten the Han's rear.

Every time the Han army goes out of the fortress, it will seriously affect the normal nomadic life of the Huns.

The opposite of the Han Dynasty was the Northern Song Dynasty in later generations. Although some statistics indicate that the Song Dynasty's victory rate in foreign wars was as high as 85%.

This winning rate can be said to be the highest among all the Xia dynasties. But this winning rate in the Song Dynasty is worthless.

Why is this happening? It's because the wars the Song Dynasty had with foreign nations were all within its own territory.

Victory only means driving the enemy away, but one's own people are still plundered by the enemy. Failure is even worse.

Regardless of victory or defeat, the Song Dynasty would actually suffer huge losses.

His enemy, on the other hand, will only gain less benefit if he fails, but if he wins, he will become rich overnight.

Zhang Yue would never allow the Xiongnu to occupy Chigu City, and this was also a warning for future generations of the Song Dynasty.

When the Xiongnu occupied Chigu City, it was like a sword of Damocles hanging over the head of the Western Region Protectorate.

Using Chigu City as their base, the Huns could attack the vast area from Yuanqu to Shule at any time.

It can be said that the entire North Silk Road is under his threat.

By then, the Western Region Protectorate will be reduced to the weak Song Dynasty for future generations.

…

At this time, the battle between the left-wing Han army and the Huns had become increasingly fierce.

The Huns' euphorbia infantry, with the cooperation of archers, had already broken into the Han army's formation.

To outsiders, it seemed that the Han army might collapse at any time.

The performance of the Xiongnu infantry impressed all the Xiongnu kings.

King Youxian was even more generous in his praise.

He said to the left and right, "I should have such an army on my right!"

…

The battle on the right wing of the Han army became increasingly fierce at this time.

Pan Zhiqiang's troops have already started fighting with King Yu Tan's troops who are attacking.

"shoot!"

The cavalry of King Yu's army launched the attack first.

Dense arrows kept falling from the sky like raindrops.

Screams rang out, and dozens of Pan Zhiqiang's cavalrymen were hit by arrows.

"charge!"

Facing the Huns' cavalry archers, Pan Zhiqiang did not rush to fight back, but gave the order to charge.

"shoot!"

The Xiongnu archers continued to fire arrows while galloping toward the southeast.

Although some of Pan Zhiqiang's cavalry from various countries kept falling off their horses, they still gritted their teeth and continued to charge despite the rain of arrows.

Before the third round of arrow rain from the Huns was fired, they had already charged close to the Huns.

However, at this time, the Huns' cavalry had also launched a charge.

Pan Zhiqiang completely ignored the Hun cavalry rushing from the side, but continued to order his troops to continue attacking the Hun cavalry without hesitation.

This time he made the right bet and was a little faster than the Huns.

Before the Huns' cavalry arrived, he rushed into the camp of the Huns' cavalry.

"Screams and screams kept ringing..."

Facing the cavalry from various countries that had already mixed with the Huns' cavalry.

The leader of the thousand cavalrymen who were charging at the Xiongnu hesitated, and this hesitation caused the entire cavalry to slow down.

As we all know, once the shock cavalry loses its speed, its combat effectiveness will drop sharply.

When Pan Zhiqiang saw that the enemy cavalry had slowed down, he immediately gave the order to dismount and fight on foot.

…

"Captain Zhao, do you want to deploy the follow-up troops immediately?"

Asked by Aobat, the Marquis of Hu from the state of Shanmi.

"Now is not the time!"

Zhao Guanghan said: "Let the infantry prepare!"

Bart was slightly worried and said: "Our army is currently investing far less troops than the Huns. Once a certain unit collapses, it may affect the entire army..."

Zhao Guanghan smiled and said: "The Huns are probably waiting for us to take action at this time!"

…

King Youxian stood on the military chariot and asked, "How is the left wing of the Han army doing?"

The left and right said, "The main force of the Han army's left wing has not moved..."

King Youxian frowned and said, "Tell King Yu Tuan that he must put more pressure on the Han army...the left wing of the Han army must be moved."

After receiving the order, King Yu Ting thought about it for a while.

He ordered, "Let the Wusun people attack!"

Ni Mi received the order from King Yu Tuan and did not dare to neglect. He immediately led ten thousand riders out of Ni Mi stronghold and rushed towards Pan Zhiqiang's troops.

At this time, Pan Zhiqiang's troops had formed an infantry formation and stood between two swamps.

The defensive measures deployed by the Huns were actually used to Pan Zhiqiang's advantage.

With Mizuze's cover, Pan Zhiqiang only needs to defend the east and west sides.

Due to the terrain in the west, the Huns were not able to devote many troops and horses.

Pan Zhiqiang's unit seems dangerous, but in fact the threat is not great.

When Zhao Guanghan saw the Wusun people dispatching, a smile appeared on his face.

"Order the Han army's military officers to attack...the Shanmi army will follow up..."

"promise!"

The left-wing Han army finally moved out.
To be continued...