Lu Yi frowned. The strength of the Huns was indeed extraordinary. With an absolute advantage of 3,000 people, they still sacrificed more than 300 cavalrymen. What would be the consequences if they encountered a large group of Huns cavalry?
With the momentum of three thousand cavalry, it was really difficult to hide the Huns who had elite scouts on the battlefield. Less than a day after Lu Yi left Zhenlin, three thousand Huns appeared in Lu Yi's field of vision.
The scouts were not worth mentioning in the eyes of the elite Huns cavalry, and it was impossible for Lu Yi to capture the traces of the Huns.
Although the formation of the Huns who were waiting for them was scattered, Lu Yi knew how powerful the Huns on the war horses were. He did not expect to encounter the main force of the Huns' brigade on the second day of the expedition.
"Kill!" Without much words, the generals of both sides gave the order, and the cavalry suddenly dispatched.
There were no rumbling war drums, only the sound of horse hooves. From a distance, the entire battlefield seemed to be covered with a layer of smoke.
Cavalrymen were constantly being knocked off their horses, and the cavalry rolling behind them saw their robes falling to the ground, and resolutely drove their horses forward to fight. On such a battlefield, falling off their horses was equivalent to death. Although the Huns had left the prairie, their riding skills were still intact.
But it didn't fall.
Compared with the sparse arrow rain of the Bingzhou army, the arrow rain of the Huns cavalry was dense and full of lethality. There are many people with superb equestrian skills among the Huns cavalry, and they can easily avoid the Han people's arrow rain.
Lu Yi looked solemn, holding a big sword in his hand. After giving the order, he led his guards to the battlefield. A burst of arrows rained down, and more than two hundred Bingzhou Army cavalry fell asleep on the ground. Lu Yi felt sad and angry, but there was nothing he could do about it. The Huns could do it on the battlefield.
Archery on horseback was a weakness of the Bingzhou army. They only hoped that after getting close to the Xiongnu, they could gain the upper hand with their sophisticated weapons.
After a sprint, Lu Yi found that only 80 of the 100 bodyguards around him were left, and only about 2,000 of the more than 2,600 cavalry were left. The battlefield was in a mess, with corpses of horses and soldiers scattered everywhere.
Lying down, the Huns also paid the price of nearly 500 people.
Suddenly, Lu Yi realized that the Huns were so brave, but the glory in his bones made him firmly believe that the Huns were vulnerable to a single blow, and the great power of the Han Dynasty could not be blasphemed in the slightest.
In this battle, the sky was dark and the earth was dark, and the sun and the moon lost all light.
A Han cavalryman was knocked off his horse, but he used his flesh and blood to move forward to block the Huns cavalry, creating opportunities for his companions behind him.
The battlefield, which was originally densely populated, gradually became sparse after two hours of fighting.
Lu Yi stretched out his hand to dry the blood on his face. Only fifty of the guards beside him were left in the constant attack, and each of them was more or less injured.
At this moment, a cavalry group of about five hundred people appeared behind the Huns. They were all equipped with fine war horses. What was even more rare was that these cavalrymen were wearing leather armor, although it only covered the important parts of the body.
position, but Lu Yi was sure that this was the most elite cavalry of the Huns, especially the weapons in the hands of this cavalry, which were no less than those of the Han army.
When he saw this team, Lu Yi's face turned pale instantly. The flags flying among the five hundred cavalry were Shan Yu's personal guards. Lu Yi had always heard about this team. Each cavalryman had his own unique characteristics.
The elite selected by the tribe had superb equestrian skills and strong combat effectiveness. They were named the Eagle Army by Shan Yu. The eagle with spread wings and ready to fly on the flag was particularly dazzling.
"General, let's retreat!" Seeing the Huns' team suddenly appear on the battlefield, the deputy general patted his horse and stepped forward to persuade them.
A wry smile appeared on Lu Yi's face. After two hours of fierce fighting, the men and horses were already exhausted. As the deputy general said, he led the soldiers to retreat. The loss of troops was beyond what the Han army could bear.
"The person in front is General Lu Yi. The Great Chanyu has heard of you a long time ago. You are indeed a fierce general!" A man dressed as a Hun nobleman walked out of the Hun army and said loudly.
Lu Yi was very depressed. It turned out that as soon as he left Zhenlin, he was targeted by the Xiongnu Chanyu and sent the most elite eagle army. At this time, there were only more than a thousand cavalry behind him. The Xiongnu cavalry paid a greater price.
"Hmph, let's fight if we want. Where's the nonsense!" Lu Yi said loudly.
The Xiongnu general was not angry. He still had a calm look on his face. He looked at the Han army opposite, giving people the feeling of a hunter staring at his prey. "General Lu has been fighting with our army for a long time. If we send troops to win at this time, I am afraid that we will win."
It's a laughing stock, I'm willing to make a bet with the general, I wonder if General Lu dares to take it!"
"What to bet on?"
The Xiongnu general said: "Our army will send two hundred men and the Han army will send two hundred men. The two sides will fight. If the Han army wins, our army will not be in trouble and let General Lu leave. If our army is lucky enough to win, please invite General Lu."
Take a walk with me."
Lu Yi had been calculating in his mind for a long time, and now the Han army only has more than a thousand people, and the Xiongnu cavalry on the opposite side totals more than 1,500 people. The 500 Xiongnu cavalry are the most elite eagle army, and his own side is already exhausted and has no chance of winning.
Taking this bet, there is still a little room for buffering. If the two hundred cavalry cannot defeat the Eagle Army, the remaining Han cavalry will also take a rest, and there is still a slight chance of victory in escaping.
"Okay, I agree!" Lu Yi said loudly.
"General Lu is indeed a cheerful man!" the Xiongnu general laughed, and immediately rode back to the formation to select the elite troops.
Lu Yi's face was gloomy, and he slowly rode his horse in the middle of the team. The two hundred cavalry sent to fight against the Xiongnu Eagle Army had no chance of surviving. He felt heavy in his chest, and personally sent a man named Paoze who trusted him to the tiger's mouth.
He felt his heart bleeding.
"General, send me." "General, let me go. I will fight with anyone who fights with me." "General, who are those Huns? Let me go."
Lu Yi could no longer hold back the tears in his eyes, "Brothers, I, Lu Yi, am sorry for you and brought you to death. If there is an afterlife, we will still be brothers!"
"General..." Many soldiers also cried loudly.
It is a lifelong honor for a soldier to die in battle. When you choose to be a soldier, you must have the consciousness of being shrouded in horse leather. All soldiers have no resentment.
Under Lu Yi's deliberate delay, it took less than half an hour to select two hundred cavalry.
The generals of both sides gave orders, and four hundred cavalry began to fight. The Han army was brave, and the Eagle Army was the elite under Shan Yu.
The Eagle Army is indeed an elite, and every cavalry member can be called brave. In just one encounter, more than fifty Han cavalry fell off their horses, while the Eagle Army lost only a dozen people.
When there were only more than 20 Han cavalry left on the battlefield, Lu Yi had already secretly ordered the soldiers to prepare for retreat. The bravery of the Eagle Army exceeded the expectations of all Han generals. More than 170 cavalrymen
Death, in exchange for more than 80 casualties from his opponent.
The face of the Xiongnu general showed a look of joy. He fought the Han army head-on and defeated it openly. The fear of the Han army in the hearts of the Xiongnu soldiers will be reduced to a minimum. This is also the intention of the Great Chanyu. As for the Han cavalry in front of him,
I will sleep forever in this land.
When the last Han cavalry fell off the horse, a discordant voice suddenly sounded on the field, "Are the Huns always so mean? Two hundred people fighting against each other, bullshit!"
At some point, a Han cavalry group of about three hundred people appeared on Lu Yi's left. The leader of the general was more than eight feet tall and held a long sword in his hand. Under the afterglow of the setting sun, he caught everyone's attention.
It's not ordinary.
The person who came was none other than Hua Xiong's troops. Although there were only three hundred people, from the moment they appeared until now, except for the clatter of horse hooves, no one made any noise. The way they looked at the Huns cavalry was exactly the same as the previous Eagle Army looking at the Bingzhou Army. Observe carefully,
It can be seen that there are blood stains on the bodies of these cavalrymen, obviously after a battle.
Seeing the big flag behind the general, Lu Yi was shocked and his face was filled with joy, Xiliang Army!
The Huns' strategy was very good. They made dumplings of Lu Yi's three thousand cavalry, but ignored the other cavalry on the battlefield.
The Xiongnu general was no longer as calm as before. Obviously he also knew about the Xiliang Army. And the Xiliang Army came to the battlefield, which meant that the Xiongnu cavalry on the periphery was wiped out, but he had no idea about it.
Hua Xiong snorted coldly, swung his iron sword horizontally, and said loudly: "Since you Huns like to play soldier battles, today I want to see how the Huns cavalry were defeated."
Hearing Hua Xiong's extremely arrogant words, the Xiongnu general was also furious. The soldiers he led were the most elite eagle troops under Shan Yu's tent. How could they be insulted like this? They immediately sent out their troops to cover up and kill them.
"Sir, there are 500 Han cavalry on the right. The 500 cavalry we were ambushing were killed by the Han army." The scout quickly rushed to the Xiongnu general's side and whispered.
When the Xiongnu general heard this, he kept yelling in Xiongnu language, pulled the scout over, and said angrily: "How many people are there in the Han cavalry? Why haven't they been discovered before?"
The scout's face turned red, and he tried his best to say: "The Han cavalry killed all the scouts sent by our army, and the villain also escaped by chance."
Seeing the bloodstains on the scouts, the Xiongnu general suddenly realized that the Xiongnu, who had an absolute advantage just now, had fallen to the bottom, and there might be a hard fight ahead.
The Han cavalry in front of them was from the Xiliang Army. Their amazing skills were rumored on the grasslands, so naturally the Huns had heard about it.
"Okay, how many people will both sides send?" The Xiongnu general thought for a long time and agreed.
Hua Xiong laughed and said: "Just bet on the three hundred cavalry of the Eagle Army! If you win, the Han army will not be in trouble. You will be left alone. If you lose, hehe, you will die."
When the same bet was told, the Huns general felt more at ease than ever before.
Lu Yi's face gradually returned to calmness. What does it mean that the Huns' Eagle Army and Xiliang Army appeared here at the same time? He is also a veteran on the battlefield. After thinking about it for a moment, he understood the seriousness of the matter. Why did the scouts sent out?
He didn't come back for a long time, he just wanted to fight, but he forgot about the matter. The cavalry roared back and forth on the battlefield, but there were shortcomings. As expected, the Huns had surrounded three thousand of their own men this time.
No matter what choice he made, there was only one way to perish. Thinking of this, Lu Yi broke into a cold sweat.
The Xiongnu general was shocked. He did not expect that the Han army that had just arrived knew his identity.
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