Author: Gongsun Wujiu

Zhang Zhan obeyed Zhang Yue's order and did not fight the Huns after they sent troops, but retreated three miles back.

At this time, the Han army was about six miles away from the Xiongnu camp.

This distance made Zuo Danghu feel quite uncomfortable.

If we continue to advance, it will be difficult to gain support from the Xiongnu camp once we engage in battle with the Han army.

If they retreat, the Han army can return at any time to threaten the Xiongnu camp.

Once the Han army finds a loophole in the camp and launches a surprise attack, the Huns will suffer huge losses.

However, as they continued to advance, Zuo Danghu was not sure of defeating the Han army.

A war cannot be won with a large number of people, even though Zuo Danghu had three thousand cavalry in his hands.

Except for his own two hundred personal guards, the rest of the three thousand cavalry were just tribal cavalry.

There are very few people who own armor, and the weapons are mainly bronze or bone weapons.

Even the bows and arrows equipped are mostly hunting bows rather than war bows.

Looking back at the Han army, not only were all members wearing armor, but the weapons were also clearly made of iron.

As for training, there is no need to compare. The Han army is a standing army, and what Zuo Danghu has in his hands are just temporarily summoned tribal soldiers.

After Zuo Danghu hesitated for a while, he still chose to retreat.

When Zhang Zhan saw the Huns retreating to the camp, he said, "Coward!"

Then he led his troops and approached about three miles outside the Xiongnu camp.

After observing the layout of the Huns camp, they turned south and marched along the periphery of the Huns camp.

Zhang Zhan's actions made all the Xiongnu tribes nervous.

Nowadays, the Xiongnu tribes in the rear can be said to be in an undefended state. Once the Han army makes a surprise attack, the consequences will be disastrous.

"King Tu Fin must immediately send troops to expel the Han army!"

Wei Lu warned King Tu Fin.

Tu Fin King nodded and ordered Zuo Danghu to send out troops again!

"I will drive the Han army ten miles away!"

After hearing the order, Zuo Danghu had no choice but to send troops again.

When Zhang Zhan saw the Huns sending troops again, he retreated about three miles as before.

Zuo Danghu was once again in a dilemma.

"King Tu Fin, it's time to increase the number of troops!"

Wei Lu advised.

At this time, Wei Lu had already noticed the situation of Zuo Danghu.

King Tu Fin thought for a moment and ordered five hundred cavalry from his own army to support Zuo Danghu.

The strengthened Zuo Danghu immediately moved closer to the Han army.

Zhang Zhan originally planned to continue retreating, but just then Zhang Yue sent a messenger and ordered him to test the Huns' fighting power.

Zhang Zhan was overjoyed after receiving the order and immediately ordered preparations for battle.

When Zuo Danghu saw that the Han army was no longer retreating, he immediately realized that the Han army wanted to fight him.

At this time, he already had 700 elite cavalry and nearly 3,000 tribal cavalry in his hands, so naturally he would no longer be afraid of the Han army.

"Change of formation!"

Zuo Danghu immediately ordered a change of formation.

He placed the elite cavalry in the front and the tribal cavalry in the rear.

At the same time, the Han army also changed into an offensive formation under the command of Zhang Zhan.

Zhang Zhan did not choose a wall charge this time, nor did he use the Yanxing Formation or the Front Arrow Formation.

Instead, they chose an ancient composite formation - Rui Formation.

According to legend, the Rui Formation was invented by the Yellow Emperor.

There are detailed records in "Wu Qi's Art of War". The Rui Formation is also called the Fire Formation (Yellow Emperor's Five Elements Formation), Mu Formation, Bird Flying Formation, etc.

In the Art of War, it is said that "the front is lower and the back is higher, taking advantage of the weakness and causing chaos. Because of the terrain, it is advantageous and disadvantageous, and you can win the attack."

Generally speaking, the sharp formation is more suitable for cavalry attack.

The Flying Geese Formation is actually a variant of the Rui Formation.

The sharp formation is mainly used to attack local square formations. This formation is generally used to complete the tactical purpose of assaulting the formation.

The sharp formation is arranged in a wedge shape as a whole. The main purpose of doing so is to continuously tear apart the opponent's defense line by going deep.

Therefore, its weapons are usually arranged from front to back in a combined formation of rifles, melee heavy weapons, and long-range projectile weapons.

This kind of attack tears apart the opponent's defense line through high-speed impact. During the attack, the armored cavalry will defeat the opponent through coordinated operations within the group and the overall power of the formation.

The long-range troops in the rear constantly provide support to the armored cavalry in the front.

Zhang Zhan used this formation to see the weakness of the Huns' cavalry.

As long as the Han cavalry breaks through the enemy's formation in front, the tribal cavalry in the rear will be nothing more than fish belly.

As the distance between the two sides got closer and closer, the two armies began to accelerate.

In the blink of an eye, the two sides were already twenty steps closer.

"wind!"

Before the two armies met, Zhang Zhan issued the order.

The horse archers at the rear of the Han army fired their arrows almost simultaneously.

The sudden attack caused heavy losses to the Xiongnu's fine cavalry in front.

But this is not the most critical thing. The most critical thing is that after suffering this wave of blows, the Huns' formation became sparse and chaotic.

This was truly fatal to the Huns.

Zuo Danghu realized that something was wrong, but at this time he could only resign himself to his fate.

"Ping gun!"

"The Han army is victorious!"

The Han cavalry shouted in unison and immediately ran into the Huns' formation.

The lancers in the front were attacking the Huns' formation, and the Han cavalry in the rear were not idle either. They kept using bows and arrows to cover the lancers in front.

The rumble of horse hooves accompanied by the soldiers' screams resounded throughout the world.

King Tufin and Wei Lu looked at the situation in front of them, their hearts feeling cold.

The two of them did not expect that the more than 3,500 cavalrymen of Zuo Danghu would be defeated so quickly and so tragically when facing the Han army with no more than a thousand cavalry.

In just half a quarter of an hour, the cavalry led by Zuo Danghu collapsed.

The Han army was like hunting in autumn, chasing the collapsed Huns and hunting them continuously.

At this time, the Xiongnu cavalry were almost like rabbits during autumn hunting, and were constantly hunted by the Han army.

The Han army pursued them until they were less than one mile away from the Xiongnu camp before stopping the pursuit and returning to the starting point.

Zuo Danghu, who was lucky enough to escape with his life, couldn't help but fall to his knees and cry like a child when he saw the life in front of him.

The complete defeat of this battle also brought the morale of the Huns to a freezing point.

Even Wei Lu and Tu Fin King couldn't help but feel a sense of powerlessness in their hearts.

The Han army's thousands of cavalry defeated the Xiongnu's 3,500 cavalry so easily.

The Han army attacked with ten thousand cavalry, how many men did Qiang Hu need to resist?

When Zhang Zhan defeated the Huns, the main force of the Han army led by Zhang Yue had already approached within ten miles after some rest and reorganization.

When the scouts sent this information to King Tu Fin and Wei Lu, both of them looked tragic.

In fact, there is no need for reports from scouts at this time.

King Tu Fin and Wei Lu had already seen the Han army's military lines and flags in the distance.

"The whole army is ready for war!"

"The whole army is ready for war!"

Tu Fin King and Zhang Yue almost issued the same order.

The Huns legion, composed of 17,000 young and strong herdsmen, poured out of the camp and lined up under the leadership of the leaders of each department to wait.

Under the leadership of Zhang Yue, the Han army led their horses and approached step by step with neat steps...

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