The main force of the Huns appeared on the sixth day of the Qin army's marching.
This time is very suitable.
The sixth day means that the Qin army is far enough from the supply base... three hundred kilometers away.
It is difficult to reach the Qin army's supply at this distance.
At the same time, the Qin army did not reach Jiuyuan.
If the Qin army arrives at Jiuyuan, they can fight for the last bit of energy to occupy Jiuyuan and implement defense based on it.
Although the Huns could still surround Jiuyuan at this time, it was not that easy to defeat the Qin army.
The first person to discover the enemy situation was walking ahead. When he saw that the Huns had changed from two, three hundred cavalry to five hundred cavalry, he understood that the Huns had changed their tactics and wanted to attack officially... Each team of five hundred cavalry was to increase their troops.
Density is to attack the enemy with arrows, while two or three hundred cavalry are more flexible and easier to escape.
So he ordered the troops to stop advancing and wait for the main force.
Fortunately, he was familiar with the Huns' tactics and made the right choice.
Waiting ahead was the 10,000 cavalry led by the Left King Maodun, and the other 10,000 cavalry led by the Right King was preparing to encircle the troops from the flanks and the rear in two groups.
In this way, 20,000 Hun cavalry surrounded Wu's 5,000 Qin troops.
On the other hand, Touman Shanyu personally led the 30,000 main forces of the Huns to attack the 10,000 main forces led by Shen Bing.
So as soon as the battle starts, the Qin army will be divided into two parts that cannot be connected with each other.
Although the Qin army with "Pili Fireball" may not necessarily be defeated under such an offensive, the number of supply crossbows and "Pili Fireball" that are far away from the main force may be injured or killed in the end.
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When Wei set up a defensive formation and waited for the main force, the Huns had no choice but to launch an attack on their own initiative, but could not cut off the connection between Shen Bing and Wei.
When Shen Bing brought the main force to join the vanguard, he saw the Huns surrounded from the other end of the grassland in groups. Except for the south, there were other directions... The Yellow River was on the south, and the Qin army kept following it.
The Yellow River advances to prevent it from being surrounded by the Huns.
The formation of the Huns seemed very chaotic, but they advanced and retreated in an orderly manner. After getting close, they made various shouts and shouts to deter the Qin army.
Shen Bing noticed that the north of the Huns' encirclement was obviously weak, and only a few thousand cavalry teams were wandering there.
Wei Ce immediately reminded:
"General, this is the tactic of the Huns."
"Make the timids think that they have a chance to survive and run away, so they have no intention of fighting!"
"We must not fall into the trap!"
Shen Bing nodded to show his understanding.
In fact, Shen Bing knew better than Ji in this regard. This is the "three circumferences and one" tactic commonly used by Mongolian cavalry.
Let a hole be released in the encirclement and let the enemy run away in an unfavorable direction.
The enemy kept running away and the Mongolian cavalry kept chasing, chasing it like chasing it, teasing its prey.
Because Mongolia has faster cavalry, while most of the enemies are slow infantry, they cannot escape the palm of the Mongolian cavalry no matter how they run.
It was not until they were so tired that they could no longer run that the Mongolian cavalry rushed forward and won the battle.
Only in this way can we achieve the strategic goal of "geting the greatest benefit at the smallest cost", so Mongolia can build a large area of ​​territory with just hundreds of thousands of cavalry.
Although the cavalry tactics of the Huns at this time were not yet mature, they still knew how to use the tactics of "surrounding three and one" that they understood from hunting.
For example, what they let go is the north side that has no benefit to the Qin army... If the Qin army really wants to break through this side, it will be exactly what it wants.
Chen Bing turned his head and said to Wang Ben:
"But you have all recorded it?"
Wang Ben nodded and sighed:
"I also say that only the Central Plains talk about military tactics. When I saw it today, I realized that the Huns were even better than that!"
Chen Bing did not answer.
Although the Huns had not many military tactics, they were all derived from nature and were very practical. For example, the interweaving tactics they were used to use, as well as segmentation and surrounds, as well as the transformation into pieces, the transformation into pieces and the preservation of strength, etc., are regarded as treasures in modern times. It's been tried and done every time.
Since contacting the Huns' cavalry these days, Wang Ben and the Shenwu Army have learned many tactics, and even used the opportunity to fight against the Huns' harassment to practice cavalry warfare while marching.
There is a saying that "the battlefield is the best school." When the Shenwu Army competes with the strongest cavalry and learns under the pressure of life and death, the speed of its progress is no longer comparable to that of the Central Plains Cavalry.
After waiting for a while, Chen Bing ordered:
"Back to the Yellow River to shrink the defense line!"
The messenger responded and rode away with the flag:
"Back to the Yellow River to shrink the defense line!"
"Back to the Yellow River to shrink the defense line!"
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So the Qin army compressed to the center and retreated slightly southward.
Qin Jun's actions felt ominous in Mao Dun's eyes.
Maodun has studied the Central Plains tactics, and he knows that this does not conform to the Central Plains combat habits and principles.
This is not difficult to understand.
Danfan's surrounded army is extremely taboo to lack combat space, because this will cause people to crowd into a pile of people and cannot exert their due combat effectiveness.
Therefore, when surrounded, you should try to keep your own position and expand outward.
In this way, we can not only gain living space for our side but also find the flaws in the enemy's encirclement in order to break through.
Now the Qin army is doing the opposite... Does this mean that the Qin army has some reliance?
Or maybe the Qin army has other strategies to defeat the enemy?
Maodun was right.
The reason why Shen Bing wanted to shrink his defense line was, on the one hand, because he had a "Pi Li Fireball" in his hand and was not worried about "exploding" the living space.
In fact, Shen Bing was not worried about being surrounded by the Huns from beginning to end, so he was worried that the Huns would not be surrounded.
On this basis, Shen Bing of course dared to shrink his defense line while surrounded.
On the other hand, the sinking soldiers contracted their defense lines to make the Huns more dense... The Qin army's defense lines contracted, and the Hun cavalry surrounding the Qin army also contracted, so the formation became even more dense.
The more dense the Huns are, the more effective the "Pi Li Fireball" will play, or in other words, the more powerful it will play.
However, Touman Shanyu did not expect this.
At this time, Touman Shanyu was proudly watching his cavalry advancing towards the Qin army step by step like a tide.
When the Qin army ordered the line of defense to be contracted, Touman Shanyu took it for granted that the Qin army was taking a defensive due to the lack of crossbow arrows... When dealing with the cavalry, the infantry did shrink the line of defense to take a defensive force, because the infantry had to set up guns and shield formations in a dense array.
This made Touman Shanyu feel that the situation of the battle was determined and planned to watch the warriors massacre the Qin army under his tent, so he took his personal guards to a mound a few miles away and looked at the battle situation by the river.
What Touman Shanyu did not expect was that his behavior was targeted by Shen Bing.
Chen Bing looked around and saw a small cavalry army in the open north and was independent of the Huns' army.
No need to think about it, he must be the leader of the Huns.
So without any hesitation, Wang Ben was called and ordered:
"Did you see a team of Hun cavalry on the mound?"
"After the war started, we led thousands of people to take it down quickly, regardless of life or death!"