Xu Wei led five thousand cavalry in a large circle and suddenly appeared behind the Dapu Huns.
The siege of Oura was resolved in a single attack.
They also destroyed more than 2,000 Huns cavalry and captured a large number of war horses.
The Huns usually had one person and three horses. They were defeated and fled without enough time to take all the horses away, which gave Xu Wei a big advantage.
"Where's Zhang Kai! Why doesn't this bastard come out to greet me?"
Xu Wei entered Dapu carelessly, intending to seek credit from Zhang Kai.
"General Zhang...died in battle!" Qiu Jin said with a dark expression.
Xu Wei frowned, and his expression changed for a while before he calmed down.
"This little kid is actually wrapped in horse leather! Come and take me to see him!"
That night, Xu Wei returned to Suiye City with Zhang Kai's body.
The Battle of Oura was a complete victory, and the siege of Broken Leaf was temporarily lifted.
Song Hui saw Zhang Kai's body and went back to gather the generals.
He didn't say much, everyone was ready to die in battle.
"The Huns have temporarily retreated, but this battle is not over. They will come back within two days."
"There are two roads before us now."
"First, leave the city for a decisive battle. If we win, we will drive the Xiongnu out of the Western Region. If we lose, the Suiye defense line will be destroyed."
"Second, continue to defend, but there will be no chance of the Oura incident. The eight forts outside the city will be lost, and Suiye City will be besieged. If the imperial court comes to help, the siege will be relieved."
In the final analysis, both paths are difficult to follow, and there is a possibility that Suiye City's defense line will be destroyed.
The most important thing is that even if you defend, you may not wait for reinforcements.
Although no one thinks that the Central Plains is also in catastrophe.
But the desert passage is blocked, even if messengers can be sent out in the spring next year, and the imperial court sends troops, the army will definitely not be able to reach Suiye within a few months or even years.
Moreover, when marching in the desert, if there are few people and water, we can barely keep up, but if there are more people and water, we will definitely not be able to keep up.
"General, why not give it a try? Maybe there is a chance. Didn't Zhang Zhou go to Dawan? If he moves quickly, Dawan should be there by now!"
"As long as the Huns know that Dawan has been captured by us, they will definitely be in chaos!"
"Let's go out of the city for a decisive battle! The court's reinforcements won't arrive so quickly. Rather than exhausting our energy and being trapped in the city to death, it's better to give the Huns a hard blow! Even if he dies, one of his thighs will be broken!"
"We have more than 30,000 cavalry, which may not be the opponent of the Huns! The Yuezhi and Parthians are not of the same mind as the Huns. Once the Huns are defeated, those slaves will definitely fight back!"
The generals finally voted to surrender in the decisive battle.
Song Hui looked around at everyone and said in a deep voice: "After the natural disaster, the road to the oasis was interrupted, and the imperial court's assistance was temporarily unavailable, so now I can only rely on myself!"
"So I decided to have a decisive battle with the Xiongnu!"
"decisive battle!"
"decisive battle!"
The generals were all very excited and asked for the vanguard to go out.
Song Hui's command was very clear, and he made clear arrangements for attacks, sneak attacks, and encirclements.
He doesn't care about the specific battle, but the battlefield planning will be very detailed.
Each situation is analyzed.
For example, if the attack fails, what should others do?
Or if the Huns break through over there, how should others support them?
After the combat deployment was completed, the generals immediately went down to prepare.
Indeed, as Song Hui said, the Huns arrived at Suiye City early the next morning.
Although they had been defeated before, compared to the total force of 100,000 people, they could still afford to lose a few thousand.
And most of the losses were captured slaves.
This time they reorganized their forces and arranged each fort clearly.
There will be no chance of being attacked by Xu Wei.
They still have to capture the fortress and then besiege Broken Leaf City.
But this time Song Hui would not give them a chance to siege the city.
Thirty-three thousand cavalry were dispatched to fight the Huns head-on.
In terms of tactical use, Song Hui was much better than the Huns.
Not only that, he also understands people's hearts better than the Huns.
I sent letters to Shule Town and Gongyue City yesterday.
The lords of these two places will also send troops to respond at the same time.
The Huns felt that they would be confined in the city by the hostage tribes and would not dare to come out.
But Song Hui knew they would come out.
As long as the Central Plains Dynasty still exists, they will definitely side with the Western Conquest Army.
Otherwise, even if the Huns were temporarily victorious, when the Central Plains dynasty knew the news and sent troops to the Western Regions, they would be in trouble.
This is the power of Daqian!
There was enough deterrence to make King Shule and King Gongyue surrender.
Of course, this is also because the desert has temporarily blocked traffic, and the towns in the Western Regions have not yet received news from the Central Plains.
"Uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu"
The horn sounded, and the two sides began a cavalry charge.
In terms of equipment, the Western Army was much better than the Huns who were not fully equipped with armor.
Everyone in the military expedition to the West has armor, this is their confidence.
The first wave of impact is over, and both sides are evenly matched.
The fight will continue.
A day passed and there was still no winner.
This speed is normal for cold weapon combat, and it is impossible to end the battle quickly.
If we continue fighting like this, we may not be able to finish it in ten or eight days.
The King of the Huns was already a little anxious, and King Shule and King Gongyue had already sent out troops.
Those tribes that were held hostage had almost no fighting power and were no match for the Shule soldiers and the Bow Moon soldiers.
They are constantly advancing towards Broken Leaf City.
If the King of the Huns cannot conquer Suiye City's 20,000 Western Army as soon as possible, once the three groups of troops converge.
His attack on Broken Leaf's defense line this time also failed.
You can only return in vain.
The King of the Huns was not worried about being defeated. After all, they were all on horseback and could leave at any time without fighting.
This is also the reason why the Huns are difficult to annihilate. They are too mobile.
The King of the Huns wanted to divide his troops to destroy Yecheng and Babao Village. If they captured the forts and conquered the Western Army, they would lose their support.
However, the cavalry of the Western Army was obviously a full-scale attack, at least 30,000 cavalry.
If you divide your troops too much, your main force may be defeated by the Western Expeditionary Army.
If the number of troops is too small, it will be impossible to capture a strong city.
Moreover, Tan Ma also saw that there were defenders patrolling the walls of the fortress day and night, so it was not that easy to fight at all.
So the thought was extinguished as soon as it arose.
The fighting continued the next day.
At noon, the Huns came to report that Dawan had been attacked!
The Xiongnu king was furious, and Dawan also left three thousand defenders behind.
As a result, I couldn't stand it for two days.
It’s not how brave Zhang Zhou is.
It is very difficult for five thousand cavalry to attack a small city.
However, Zhang Zhou's advantage is that most of the Dawan people in the city are committed to Da Qian.
Zhang Zhou's troops arrived at Dayuan and immediately fired a large number of letters into the city.
Soon there was chaos in the city.
That night the people of Dawan opened the city gate.
Zhang Zhou easily captured Dayuan City, and the three thousand Xiongnu defenders had no choice but to flee hastily through the west gate.
"King Khan! Retreat. If Dawan is lost, our way will be cut off. If it snows heavily one day, our life will be very difficult!"
The Xiongnu lords also heard about the loss of Dawan.
If it were previous years, they might not have retreated. They were all riding horses anyway, so they could leave at any time.
If you lose Dawan, just go around.
But this year everyone is a little panicked.
The wizards collectively predicted that there would be rare heavy snow this year, and it would come soon.
Once the snow is too heavy and the road is blocked by wind and snow, they will have nowhere to go.
The King of the Huns did not want to go to waste, and retreating now would damage his reputation.
But if I don't leave, I'm worried that the wizards' predictions will come true.
"Uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu"
"King Khan! The Western Conquest Army is attacking from the flank!"
The Hun King frowned, and while he was resisting, he was struggling in his heart.
One afternoon, the two sides drew again.
At dusk, the sky suddenly darkened, and heavy snow was really coming!
It snowed heavily overnight, and the snow outside was already a palm deep.
The lords and nobles of the Huns came to the King of the Huns several times during the night and asked to withdraw their troops.
In the morning, the wind and snow still showed no sign of letting up.
The Hun King also made up his mind to retreat.
When the Huns want to leave, they won't be sloppy at all. They don't have many things at all. They just throw them on the horse and leave directly.
"General, the Huns have retreated."
"Haha. The snow has finally fallen. It seems that we made the right bet!" Song Hui looked up at the sky, and snowflakes fell on his beard.
"Let's go. Go to the Pearl River Valley. Xu Wei should be there already. He's not having a good day and night!"
Song Hui put on his helmet, looked to the west and said.
Fifty miles away, there is the Zhenzhu River Valley, which is the fastest route for the Huns to return to Xiuxun Prefecture.
Although Zhang Zhou captured Dayuan, Xiuxun Prefecture was still under the control of the Huns.
The Huns will first return to Xiuxunzhou, and then bypass Dawan.
Xiuxun Prefecture is a small town and can be used as a temporary residence, but it will definitely not be able to support 100,000 people over the winter.
Therefore, the Huns will definitely continue to go west to Kangju or Yuezhi.
It is only over a hundred miles from Suiye to Xiuxun Prefecture, and it will take less than a hundred days to return to Xiuxun Prefecture.
The Huns soldiers did not think that the pursuit of the Zhengxi Army would bring them much trouble.
Everyone rides horses, but my riding skill is better than yours. How can you catch up with me?
The Huns continued to move westward and soon reached the Pearl River Valley.
There is a vast expanse of white ahead, and the river has long been frozen.
Riding a horse on it is no problem.
The Xiongnu forward quickly passed through the river valley safely, followed by the Huns' king's tent.
After that, many Huns passed through.
When there were almost 20,000 Xiongnu left.
"Uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu"
"Dong dong dong!"
Attack horns and war drums suddenly sounded from the hillsides on both sides of the Pearl River Valley.
Then a large number of arrows and javelins were thrown over.
"There's an ambush! Run away!"
"No! It's a Dagan man! Get out quickly!"
The Huns suddenly became chaotic.
There was a general standing on the top of the mountain. His body and head were covered with snow, his face was red from the cold, and the ice on his beard could turn into snowballs.
"Damn it, it's finally here. If I don't come back, I'll freeze to death!" Xu Wei shouted cursingly.
They set out from Suiye City late the night before yesterday and arrived at Zhenzhu Valley late at night yesterday. They walked fifty miles for a full day and night.
There was no way, half of their infantry were marching at night, and it was snowing heavily.
It would be great if we could make it here.
As a result, the Huns arrived not long after the ambush was arranged.
Fortunately, the snow never stopped, their tracks were not covered by heavy snow, and the Xiongnu did not find any ambush when exploring their horses.
Xu Wei did not move the Xiongnu forward, which would make the Huns defensive.
He also did not touch the Hun King's tent. If something went wrong in the Hun King's tent, the Huns would fight to the death.
Xu Wei aimed at the last 20,000 cavalry. As long as these 20,000 cavalry were intercepted, or some of them were annihilated, the battle would be considered complete.
A sneak attack was quite easy, and the Huns were caught off guard by the sudden appearance of the Western Expeditionary Army.
The massive rain of arrows and javelins instantly killed dozens of war horses. The horses fell on the road, making it difficult for the Hun soldiers behind to move.
Song Hui led the cavalry of the Zhengxi Army in hot pursuit.
All of a sudden, the 20,000 cavalrymen in this stage were panicked.
There was even a massive stampede.
"King Khan! Oh no! There is an ambush in the valley!"
"Your Majesty! Keep retreating! Don't be held back! You can't look back now!"
"Yes, yes! Let's retreat first! Come back after we have tidied up!"
King Khan hasn't spoken yet. The lords have been urging King Khan of the Huns to move forward.
There is really no turning back now.
The terrain of the river valley is narrow, and it will only become more chaotic when you look back.
"Alas! Withdraw!" King Xiongnu Han nodded helplessly.
The battle in the river valley ended quickly.
Of the 20,000 Huns, 13,000 fled, and only more than 6,000 were annihilated.
There's nothing we can do about it.
After all, they are cavalry, so they cannot all be left behind.
But it’s great to have captured more than 10,000 war horses!
"Brothers! Thank you for your hard work! Kill the horse for meat tonight!"