Author: Gongsun Wujiu

Han military officers have always been mainly composed of bows and crossbows, supplemented by swords, shields and halberds.

The Han army in the Western Regions was generally similar, except that they replaced the original halberds with pikemen who were easier to train.

On the southeastern battlefield, the attacking Han army stopped fifty steps away from the Xiongnu's main line.

On their flanks, the Kucha cavalry protected their flanks from the Hun cavalry.

"wind!"

With an order, 1,800 Han army crossbowmen fired their crossbow arrows at the Huns almost simultaneously.

One thousand eight hundred crossbow arrows flew towards the Huns' military formation like a swarm of bees.

"shoot!"

At the same time, two thousand Huns archers, under the command of King Xubu, also shot arrows in their hands.

"Raise your shield... raise your shield..."

The commanders of both sides issued the same order almost at the same time.

"Ah...ah..."

Screams continued to sound in the Huns' formation.

The Huns were originally cavalry, and they were only equipped with simple small round shields, so they were not very good at resisting Han crossbows.

The leather armor on their bodies was also unable to withstand the arrows shot by the big yellow crossbow.

Therefore, under this wave of arrows, the Huns suffered heavy casualties.

But the Han army is different. The Han army is a specialized army of officers and soldiers, and its equipment and training have special training and response to the current situation.

In addition, all members of the Han army wore new cotton armor.

Cotton armor has excellent defensive properties against bows and arrows. Therefore, although the Huns had more archers, the casualties caused by arrows falling from the air to the Han army were minimal.

The first shooting situation had already made King Subu feel that something was wrong. If he were an experienced commander, he would immediately change his tactics at this time.

But King Xubu, who lacked battle experience, was still hesitant.

The two sides exchanged fire twice more, and then King Xubu ordered to turn from defense to attack.

"Warriors attack!"

King Subu gave the order to attack when he failed to shoot.

He hoped to use this to offset the advantage of the Han army's crossbows. But his action played into Wu Tong's plan.

"cast!"

When the Huns charged, the front row of crossbowmen, under the command of their respective dubos, threw round fireballs at the Huns.

"Poison smoke ball!"

King Subu was startled. Before he could react, thick smoke rose from the Huns' formation.

The Hun soldiers who were attacking also felt fear and avoided the rising smoke.

The Huns soldiers' subconscious movements suddenly disrupted their formation.

"The second and third sons attack!"

The Han army's sword, shield and spear soldiers seized the opportunity and immediately launched a counterattack.

The most important thing in infantry combat is strict formation. How could the Huns, whose formation was already in chaos, be the opponents of the Han army?

The two armies fought and were quickly defeated.

King Xubu, whose eyes were red with rage, roared desperately and gave the order for the entire army to attack.

"Charge...charge me..."

The Hun cavalry was now too close to the Han infantry and could not increase their horse speed at all.

A cavalry that loses its speed will have its combat effectiveness reduced by at least half.

Although the Huns cavalry launched a charge under the order of King Xubu, they failed to save the situation on the battlefield. Instead, they suffered heavy casualties under the arrow formation of the Han army.

Even Si Qin, who led the charge, was shot off his horse by a Han army's crossbow.

Si Qin's death also became the straw that broke the camel's back.

"Run away!"

As the first soldier began to flee, more and more Huns fled to the rear.

Almost instantly, the Huns on the front collapsed.

"All troops attack!"

Wu Tong decisively issued the order at this time.

"Assault! Assault!"

After receiving the order, the Kucha cavalry on the left and right wings launched an attack almost simultaneously.

At this time, the Han army's crossbowmen also put away their big yellow crossbows, drew their Huanshou swords, and launched a charge behind the sword, shield and spear soldiers.

The long-repressed coalition soldiers roared and launched a fierce attack on the Huns.

The Huns who lost confidence fled to the rear desperately.

"A two-wing attack!"

Wu Tong still remained calm and issued orders in an orderly manner.

Under his order, the Kucha cavalry did not directly pursue the Huns from the rear.

There was no attempt to intercept the Hun cavalry.

Instead, they continued to shoot the Huns with bows and arrows from both sides.

Only when encountering Huns who are trying to fight back, they will launch an assault to disrupt the Huns who are trying to fight back.

Under the attack of Kucha cavalry, the Huns whipped their horses desperately, trying to escape from the battlefield as soon as possible.

The Huns trampled on each other and killed far more people than were shot by the coalition forces.

At this time, everyone knew that if this situation continued, what awaited the Huns army would be complete annihilation.

At this time, King Xubu, who knew the importance of this battle, led his bodyguards to stand up.

"Warriors, for Qiang Hu... charge!"

Under the leadership of King Xubu, these Huns cavalry launched a countercharge.

Under his leadership, some Huns cavalry also screamed strangely and followed behind to charge the coalition forces.

Such a tragic suicidal charge temporarily slowed down the coalition forces, allowing the main Huns to finally escape.

However, the charging King Subu and his soldiers were not so lucky, and most of them died on the spot.

King Xubu was knocked off his horse by the angry Wu Tong and tied up.

Relying on the time bought by King Xubu and others, most of the Huns cavalry were finally able to escape.

They fled all the way outside Chigu City before stopping.

The sudden defeat in the southeastern battlefield shocked King Yu Tuan. While he sent people to send a message to King Youxian, he also sent people to collect the defeated troops.

In the end, he gathered up the troops and routed them, leaving less than 2,000 people.

Moreover, most of the soldiers also discarded their weapons and armor.

Looking at the bleak situation in front of him, King Yu Ting almost wanted to cry.

However, King Yu Ting had no time to be sentimental at this time. On the battlefield, a single move can affect the whole body.

The defeat in the southeastern battlefield made King Yu Tuan realize that the Huns were in a huge crisis in this battle.

Originally, both sides were in a state of anxiety on the frontal battlefield, but now the Han army had a new force.

No matter which battlefield this army is deployed on, it will break the current balance.

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"What, King Xubu was defeated by the Han army?"

After receiving the message from King Yu Ting, King Youxian was shocked.

"What should the king do now..."

The boy servant Captain on the side asked anxiously.

King Youxian sighed and said unwillingly, "Order King Yu Ting to hold back the Han army with all his strength... If necessary, you can abandon Nimi... and the whole army retreats..."

The young servant Duwei said, "I'm afraid your Majesty, King Yu Tuan, won't be able to hold back the Han army!"

King Youxian gritted his teeth and said, "Tu Er, I still have three thousand personal guards... I will leave them to you now..."

King Youxian decisively chose to cut off his tail to survive.

"Uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu"

The horns of the Huns continued to sound in the wilderness.

Upon hearing the sound of the trumpet, the Xiongnu tribes began to break away from contact with the coalition forces.

Seeing this, Zhang Yue slowly drew out his sword, pointed the long sword diagonally, "The whole army attacks!"
Chapter completed!