Hanhou

Xinying passed through the north wind and brought news that the Qianfeng Battalion had wiped out the headquarters of the Huns.

Due to the limited size of the silk cloth, it is impossible to describe the battle process in detail, only the number of enemies wiped out, and the cattle, sheep and horses captured.As for the casualties of our own side, due to Wei Qing's careful planning, they can be completely ignored.

After reading the battle report, Zhao Jia's heart that had been hanging in his throat finally fell.Discuss with Wei Yue at the moment, before the heavy snow falls, the whole army will speed up to advance, complete the strategic goal as soon as possible, and form a siege to King Aries and King Loufan.

Otherwise, in case of bad weather and being blocked by wind and snow on the way, the plan may change.

"set off!"

The order was issued, the battle flag was raised, and the black armored cavalry mounted their horses quickly.

The desolate horn sounded far away, alarming the wolves hiding in the forest.Almost as a conditioned reflex, the wolves threw away half-eaten prey and quickly ran into the depths of the dense forest to hide.

On the way, the army came across a herd of deer migrating for the winter.

The scouts opened their bows first, and the arrows formed a black rainbow.In an instant, more than a hundred wild deer fell to the ground, frozen in the snow, and were quickly tied to horseback to become the rations of the army.

A letter eagle flew in the sky, making a high-pitched chirp.

Zhao Jia reined in the reins, whistled, and immediately raised his left arm.

The letter eagle circled for two weeks before flapping its wings and flying down.The sharp claws scratched the iron armor, making a clear scratching sound.

Zhao Jia untied the wooden tube from Xinying's leg, took out the silk cloth inside, unfolded it to look at it, and handed it to Wei Yue casually.

"Wangsun and Gongsun's servants are not far from Long County. They encountered two Qiang tribes on the way. Fortunately, there were no problems." Zhao Jia put the letter eagle on his shoulder, took the hare handed by the army, and swiped it with a dagger. Open it, pierce it with the tip of a knife, and feed it into the beak piece by piece.

"From this point of view, within ten days, Gaoque and Longxian can be encircled." Wei Yue took out a charcoal pen from his sleeve, wrote a few lines on the back of the silk cloth, and handed it to Zhao Jia.The latter nodded, then folded the silk cloth, stuffed it back into the wooden tube, and tied it to Xinying's leg.

Xinying was full, combed his feathers a few times, licked Zhao Jia with his head sideways, and flew into the air.

As the north wind gets colder, the black eagle rides up the wind and soars in the clouds.After two beeps, it quickly turned into a black dot and disappeared before everyone's eyes.

"General, Hu Qi is found ahead!"

The scouts came rushing to report, Zhao Jia and Wei Yue raised their right arms at the same time, the Han cavalry quickly assembled, formed a battle formation, followed the direction pointed by the scouts, and crushed them head-on.

The destination of the Vanguard Battalion was Gaoque, and they rushed on the way, but they didn't expect to meet this cavalry.The direction of the army's advance was slightly different from that of the forward. With 4 people spread out, no enemy, no matter how cunning, could escape the eyes of the scouts.

Speaking of it, this Hu Qi was also unlucky.

After winter, heavy snow fell, and life in the grasslands was difficult.

In contrast, King Aries and King Loufan occupy the Hetao area with rich water and grass, and with the barrier of Yinshan Mountain, the epidemics that ravage the grassland rarely affect their cattle and sheep.This caused the other tribes to cut down on food and clothing, starving at every turn, but the two tribes had ample food and clothing, and even had enough to exchange spirits and sugar with Wusun merchants.

Although the cattle and sheep that were exchanged were quickly taken back, it also shows from the side how rich their tribe is.

Do not suffer from widowhood but suffer from inequity.

Such wealth will naturally attract envy.

Due to their identities, other ministries dare not take action no matter how hot-eyed they are, and Wang Ting can't blatantly plunder. urgent.

King Aries and King Lou Fan are not stupid after all. They know that their wealth is too eye-catching. Every winter, they will take the initiative to send tens of thousands of fat sheep to Longcheng, plus more than a hundred carts of grain, and "market exchange" from caravans. silk and spirits.

The Hu Qi discovered by the scouts was exactly the subordinates of King Baiyang and King Loufan who had paid tribute to the royal court and turned back.Among them, there are as many as a thousand warriors in the main department, and more than three thousand are all followers of other departments.

4000 people braved the wind and snow in order to return to the camp as soon as possible.Unexpectedly, as soon as they arrived at Yinshan Mountain, they ran into the Han army who had penetrated into the grassland.

"It's not right!"

Although he didn't see the Han army, his intuition of danger and the discomfort of being spied on made the Xiongnu Qianchang vigilant.

In the Yinshan area, which tribes dared to unite and attack the headquarters of the Xiongnu after eating the hearts of bears and leopards?Or... Qianchang Xiongnu turned his head and looked at the accompanying followers with a very unfriendly expression.

The leaders of the other tribes were so stared at that their hair stood on end, no matter how dull they were, they could guess something was wrong, and immediately clasped their hands on their chests, swearing that they were loyal to the Xiongnu Da Shanyu wholeheartedly, and never dared to have half-hearted intentions.

What's more, their tribesmen migrated with the headquarters, and their family fortunes are all under the noses of King Aries and King Loufan. It is not worth the loss to cooperate with outsiders to carry out a sneak attack.

Just as the other chiefs swore to express their innocence, the ground trembled violently, and the war horse neighed in fear, constantly swung its neck and raised its front hooves, almost knocking the horse on its back to the ground.

"Okay, shut up!"

The head of the Xiongnu still has doubts, but now is not the time to pursue.Knowing that the comer was not good, he ordered people to blow the horn, and the whole army assembled to confront the different comers head-on, and marched westward at the fastest speed.

"Judging from the horseshoes, there are more than ten thousand visitors. The subordinates are not clear, try to meet the king first, and deal with them later!"

Qianchang issued an order, and the cavalry of the headquarters showed amazing mobility.

The other subordinates did not dare to delay, they flicked their whips desperately, and drove the horses under their crotches to gallop across the snow field.

The Huns moved fast enough, but the Han Qi was even faster.

Looking down from above, thousands of Hu Qi rode their horses and raised their whips, shooting out like sharp arrows.The Han cavalry behind him pursued closely, locked on the target in the gallop, opened its mouth like a beast, and vowed to swallow the prey into its belly.

There was a sudden rumbling in the sky, and the hearts of several Xiongnu Baichang leaders were terrified, and they quickly opened their bows, aiming at the golden eagle flying above their heads.

It's a pity that the aim was not enough, and the dense arrows were all dodged.

Enraged, the golden eagle swooped down from mid-air, blinding the eyes of several Hun cavalrymen.

Due to the sudden attack of the golden eagle, there was a brief confusion on the flanks of the team.Taking advantage of this opportunity, Yun Zhongqi displayed an astonishing speed and bit Hu Qi at the tail of the team.

While galloping, the black armored cavalry let go of the reins, sat firmly on the horse's back with the help of high saddle and stirrups, and stretched their arms to draw their strong bows.

hum!

The bowstring vibrated, and arrows rained down on Hu Qi.

The golden eagle had already flown into the sky, Hu Qi was caught off guard, and in the blink of an eye, more than a hundred people were pierced by the iron arrow.The strength of the arrow was beyond imagination, and more than ten people were taken away from the horse's back and fell under the horse's hooves.

"Enemy attack!"

"Don't mess up!"

"Meet the enemy!"

The Xiongnu Qianchang has experienced hundreds of battles, and he can already guess the identity of the person with only one round of arrow rain.

With so many iron arrows, it will never be another department, let alone Wang Ting.Then there is only one explanation, an explanation that makes the Hun Qianzhang utterly shattered, and he doesn't want to believe it at all, Han Qi!

"It's the Han army!"

Seeing the black armored cavalry appearing on the horizon, seeing the big flag fluttering in the wind, the Hu cavalry, who had been baptized by the rain of arrows, screamed, ignoring the anger of the thousand and hundred commanders of the Huns, and did not intend to fight for the Huns at all. People acted as cannon fodder, turned their horses around one after another, and fled in all directions at the fastest speed in their lives.

"Black armored black horse, covered in iron armor, riding in the clouds, riding in the clouds!"

Hu Bu was terrified when he heard about the place where he rode in the cloud.

Wei Yue was in Chang'an, and the vicious reputation of killing still enveloped the grassland.

Different from the mighty Xiongnu headquarters, most other tribes have long been frightened by Yun Zhongqi.In their eyes, this is a cavalry that is more ferocious than the Huns. If they are unlucky to meet them, their first choice is not to fight, but to run away with all their strength, the sooner the better!

The subordinates of other troops fled for their lives in all directions, almost disrupting the formation of the headquarters, which greatly annoyed the Huns who were about to attack.

"Don't run away!"

"Fleeing Tubu!"

The god of death is right in front of him, and death is close at hand, such intimidation will have no effect.

The black armored cavalry was getting closer and closer, and the sound of string control continued.

The fleeing Hu Qi were like a herd of wild deer in a hurry, facing the sharp teeth that were driven to their throats, they had no power to fight back.

When Maodun swept across the grasslands and Laoshang conquered the Western Regions, the Xiongnu was synonymous with victory. Hu Qi, who followed the headquarters to fight, thought he was invincible. Even if he was in danger, he had never behaved so badly.

It can only be said that Yun Zhongqi's ferocity is close to killing his heart, just like the royal guards who defended Maodun back then, in Hu Qi's mind, he has broken away from the category of "human", and he is clearly a group of vicious devils!

"Change the knife!"

Wei Yue took the lead, hung the strong bow on the horse's back, held the rein with one hand, and unsheathed the long knife.

Han Qi rushed forward side by side, and the long sword reflected the snow light, reflecting Hu Qi's frightened face.

"kill!"

Less than a hundred steps away from Hu Qi, Han Qi suddenly accelerated, the horse galloped across the silver snow, and the light of the sword swept past like a rainbow.

Accompanied by the buzzing of sharp weapons, Hu Qi fell off his horse one after another, without even hearing a howl, only scarlet splashes, splashed on the snow, condensed into a large group of red spots, and were crushed by the horse's hooves.

The blade raised again, and the snow gradually turned red.

During the charge, the parallel Han cavalry divided into two teams, led by Wei Yue and Zhao Jia respectively, formed two sharp long knives, and wedged fiercely into the Hu cavalry.

This was a unilateral killing, and the frightened subordinates of the other tribes were not opponents of Han Qi at all, and some of them didn't even die by the sword, but were pierced by the iron spikes in front of the horse's forehead.

The Qianlong Huns wanted to organize a counterattack, but the cavalry in their own department only had a thousand people, and they were rushed to pieces by other troops. They could not form an effective defense at all, let alone display their due combat effectiveness. They could only be divided and surrounded by the Han army. When the horses staggered past, they died unwillingly by the opponent's sword.

"Go fast and report this matter to the king!"

Two hundred chiefs of the Xiongnu held the long sabers of the Han cavalry, fighting for the opportunity for the chief Qian, hoping that he could escape back to the tribe, and report the news of the Han cavalry to King Baiyang and King Loufan, so that the tribe would be prepared.

The Han army entered the grassland on a large scale, and the picture was definitely not small. Knowing that the matter was urgent, Qianchang did not dare to hesitate, so he borrowed Baichang and his own soldiers to block the Han cavalry, and fled westward on horseback.

Seeing this scene, Zhao Jia reined in the reins, threw the long knife on the ground, and took off the ox horn bow on the horse's back. When the bowstring was fully drawn, three sharp arrows flew out like meteors, piercing the cold wind, and nailed Qian Zhang's back heart.

Facing the sound of the wind, Qian Chang quickly dodged and managed to dodge two arrows, but failed to dodge the third arrow. Finally, he screamed and fell off his horse.

Zhao Jia pulled out his long saber, rode his horse over the intercepting Huns, and galloped up to Qian Chang without any pause, he cut off the opponent's head with one saber, stuck it on the long saber, and held it up high.

Bloody water slid across the blade, and the shouts of killing on the battlefield continued.

Wei Yue crossed the long knife again, accompanied by the icy light of the knife, the last Hun chief fell off his horse, announcing the death of thousands of Huns.

"Take no prisoners."

In just four words, it announced the final fate of Biebu Huqi.

As the Han army advanced into Yinshan Mountain and approached the Hetao, King Aries and King Loufan would soon know that the enemy they were about to face was far more powerful and vicious than the Han army they had encountered before.He was so ruthless that Hu Qi outside the headquarters was frightened, and he couldn't even muster up the courage to fight head-on.