Hu Yanchu, who was in the north, couldn't help but look a little solemn when he looked at the large sheets of smoke blown by the south wind. The undisguised Han army camp and the billowing smoke made the overall morale of the Hu camp somewhat low.
The camp where 100,000 Han troops were stationed silenced the camp where half of the fighting strength of the Hu people in northern Youzhou was concentrated. The previous clamor was completely silenced by the Hu people when they actually faced the 100,000 Han troops.
Feeling fear.
More than 200,000 barbarians can indeed intimidate people, but how can I put it, a hundred thousand reorganized Han troops can make millions of barbarians detour. In this era, within the radiation range of the Central Plains, the Han Dynasty is invincible.
Since Emperor Wu, his sword has been pointed at the sky, and he has rarely been defeated.
A mere 200,000 Hu people, under the strict formation of 100,000 Han troops, were not even qualified to face them. This undisguised behavior made the previously rampant Hu people in the north feel once again that they had reached the top.
The power of the empire.
"This is not the way to go." Qiu Linbei followed Hu Yanchu. Seeing that Hu Yanchu was silent, he spoke after a long time.
"Have our scouts and war eagles determined the approximate strength of the opponent's troops?" Hu Yanchu asked after stopping.
"It's been confirmed. We have an army of 100,000 people, all equipped with infantry and cavalry. There are also several top-notch generals among the generals." Qiulin Bei was silent for a while and said, "The bastards we led have been frightened by the opponent's military strength.
Moreover, the other party is not specifically searching for our thoughts at all, and seems very arrogant."
"If this continues, morale will plummet, and Zahu may be afraid of fighting." Qu swung his whip and looked a little solemn. He was somewhat similar to Xu Bucheng, who valued the lives of his own people very much.
"How about I take someone to test it out?" Chouhun said. He is a die-hard loyalist of Hu Yanchu. If no one talks about this kind of thing, he will support Hu Yanchu.
While Hu Yanchu was thinking, a Xianbei scout came to meet Hu Yanchu and reported the current battle report to Hu Yanchu. A group of Jie tribe in the west was attacked by the Han army and returned in defeat.
"Huh? The reinforcements from the Han army came so quickly." Hu Yanchu frowned and said, "You go down." The scout left quickly. Every time he stood in front of these kings, he would feel a sense of fear.
"Okay, let's gather all the leaders and let's defeat the Han army's reinforcements first." Hu Yanchu said with a sneer.
The original reason why Hu Yanchu sent troops from east to west to encircle and suppress the private soldiers of the family was to attract the attention of the Han army and make the Han army think that they were attacking all the way to the west, destroying the reinforcements, building up momentum, and then leading the victory against the Han army.
Military decisive battle.
This forced the Han army to move first, exposing its own strength and accurate movements, and then used cavalry to complete the encirclement. When the opponent was marching to rescue, they launched a violent attack. With the combined strength of an army of 200,000, they were heavily surrounded and surrounded.
It is not difficult to destroy them.
The result is obvious. When the Han army received the news that the descendants of their Kunlun God had begun to annihilate the Han family, they did react, but they did not move out to rescue them as Hu Yanchu expected.
Instead, he changed his hiding place before and put on a grand display. With an upright attitude, he made his position clear and prepared to hunt with them on the grassland.
The Han army of 100,000 people is not easy to deal with at all. The northern Xiongnu headquarters currently has less than 90,000 people. If they fight head-on, even if they perform exceptionally and win this battle, for a Shanyu who wants to let the descendants of the Xiongnu understand the current situation.
In other words, the gain outweighs the loss.
Having said that, not all of the Northern Xiongnu's headquarters of less than 90,000 people are here now. Hu Yanchu is not willing to risk the lives of the entire clan's elite just to make the clan members awaken.
To be precise, even when the Huns and the Han Dynasty were at their peak, a legion of 100,000 Han troops was not something the Huns were willing to touch without complete assurance, let alone now.
Therefore, after the Han army opened up its posture and demonstrated its military strength, Hu Yanchu immediately gave up the idea of a head-on confrontation and instead focused on the Han army's reinforcements. Since the main force of the opponent did not rescue those Han family members who spontaneously went north, then naturally
There will be another support force to handle this matter.
Although Hu Yanchu has always been disdainful of the inexplicable warmth of the Han Dynasty, this is indeed a very important point of utilization.
Now, just as Hu Yanchu expected, an army of the Jie people was defeated by the Han army, which meant that the Han army reinforcements he had been waiting for had arrived.
Although the reinforcements from the Han army are not a good thing for the Northern Huns, if they can eat all the reinforcements, it will be very good for the morale of the Northern Huns and the current Zahu.
Therefore, after learning the news, Hu Yanchu immediately summoned a group of miscellaneous barbarians and heads of various Xiongnu tribes to discuss the matter.
Hu Yanchu did not tell those Zahu the facts this time. He just told Zahu's leader that the Han army on the opposite side was extremely powerful and that the gain outweighed the losses by passing through here. Therefore, he planned to lead them to the west to destroy the Han army that had not yet been organized and bypass it.
Pass through this area.
After this news was announced, the various leaders of Zahu were obviously inspired. Although they were led by the Northern Huns, they were still psychologically afraid of the Han Dynasty, and the Northern Huns had no way to change this.
As for the Northern Huns, Hu Yanchu roughly informed him of his guesses. Everyone was mentally prepared. Many of the Huns even had cruel looks on their faces. The hatred between Han and Huns had already taken root.
There is no way to resolve the issue in the bones of both parties.
Following Hu Yanchu's order, all the barbarians stationed in place obeyed and ran towards the west. For the low-level barbarians, the presence of a 100,000-strong Han army nearby was enough to collapse them.
Threat, it's great to be able to leave now.
On the other side, Zhao Yun and others are also looking at Jia Xu. The recent bluffing method of expanding the business and expanding the business is indeed a bit unsettling. What is even more unsettling is that Jia Xu did not say when he would stop this behavior.
"Today is already the tenth day." Jia Xu asked Lu Xun beside him, counting the days.
"Well, General Zang and General Wei have been on the tenth day of their expedition." Lu Xun nodded, saying that he would help count the days.
"Let's go and inform General Zhao that it's time for us to take action." Jia Xu was silent for a while and said. Although he was not sure of the exact number of Northern Huns and Zahu, as Fazheng said, they all knew in their hearts.
There is a rough figure.
Compared with the Han army in Jia Xu's hands, which was less than 50,000, the total strength of this Northern Xiongnu and Zahu army should be around 200,000. This is the data obtained by Jia Xu's rough calculation.
