Long live the general

From the Hetao area to the desert for more than 1000 miles, and going westward, there are two tall and handsome peaks, covered with the largest rocks, carved by wind and sand day and night, tough and steep, like a scarred giant.

This mountain is called Baigu Mountain, and there is a city not far from here, named Guma City.

Huo Yi dispatched troops this time, there were 5 cavalry, but it was slightly inferior to the elite bodyguards and cavalry led by Qiu Hongguang, and there were [-] infantry and chariots.Before the cavalry became the main force of Dai Viet's army, the protagonists on the battlefield were generally chariots and infantry.

At this time, Li Hai and Li Feng each took a team of troops to separate from Huo Yi, and they would cooperate with the large army at any time.Li Hai had rich experience in combat. Although Li Feng was still young, he ran with Qiu Hongguang twice, and now he was no longer as jerky on the battlefield as before.

The army has been marching for a long time, because there are infantry and chariots behind, and the marching speed is relatively slow. Huo Yi and the army just arrived at Baigu Mountain at this time. The peaks on both sides are towering and slanting towards the center, bringing a very strong sense of oppression. .

"Qiu Hongguang should have? passed? the Hexi Corridor at this time." Huo Yi said: "If you hurry up, you? have already arrived at the royal court."

Huo Xiaoman looked at the sky and asked: "Master, do you want to camp and rest now?"

At this time, the sun was already hanging in the west, and it was sinking slowly. Huo Yi saw the gorgeous red sunset between the mountain peaks, and the surrounding clouds turned into a warm red color, while on the other side, the sky had already Showing a progressive azure blue.

Just as Huo Yi was about to order to station, he heard a rush of horseshoes, and two scouts galloped up to Huo Yi, with extremely ugly expressions on their faces: "General, there are traces of the Huns' large army ahead, facing our army directly. They are raising the flag of the Great Chanyu!"

Huo Xiaoman couldn't believe it at first, how could it happen here? When the army of the Great Shanyu appeared, he subconsciously tightened the reins, so Huo Yi continued to ask: "How many people are there in the army of the Great Shanyu?"

"...No less than 20." The scout said with difficulty.

"Where are they now?" Huo Yi asked.

"Seventy miles away?"

Huo Xiaoman gasped. At this distance, with the speed of the Huns' cavalry, they would soon rush directly to the barracks.

Huo Yi's face was calm, and he quickly ordered: "You go and inform the former general Li Hai and the latter general Li Feng that the two armies will merge and attack the rear wing of the Xiongnu."

"The Huns want to surround us." Huo Yi looked towards the west, and the dusk shrouded everything in a layer of dim tones.The only chance now is to rush out from the gap before the encirclement is completed, and meet with Li Feng's troops.

At this moment, there was a sound of horseshoes in the rear, and another scout rushed over, dismounted and reported: "General, there are traces of the Huns' troops a hundred miles behind Baigu Mountain. There are about 5 people. Chase the king's banner!"

Huo Xiaoman's heart has completely fallen into the abyss, he couldn't help asking: "When?!"

It seems that the siege has been completed. The military minister Shan Yu wanted to surround and kill the Dai Viet army in this place. It seems that this time, the Xiongnu came prepared.

At this time, Huo Yi had to make a choice, whether to lead troops to rush out of the encirclement immediately, or to rely on the mountain for defense.

Huo Yi looked around. The bows and arrows, chariots, and iron plows they brought with them were all available. He immediately ordered the chariots to be lined up in a ring camp, stationed between the two mountains, and carts were used as camps.Then we planted thorns, staghorn wood, carbine guns and so on around.Thousands of cumbersome chariots started to move, formed a ring, and immediately formed a strong and tight barrier, and the archers were hidden behind the chariots.The shield soldiers erected their shields, held spears and halberds, and stood densely on the outermost side.

The shields were tightly attached to each other without the slightest gap, and the tip of the spear stood up, shining in patches of cold light in the setting sun.

Since the arsenal was built, it has continuously provided the army with better weapons and equipment. Most of these weapons are considered for fighting the Huns, such as guns with longer range, such as hard and Spears specially used to attack cavalry, such as chariots with spikes on the front and iron sheets, were designed to resist the Huns cavalry.In addition, there are some tools such as iron plows, which can at least be used to quickly dig trenches and arrange defensive props such as staghorn wood.

With these convenient tools, the Dai Viet army quickly set up camps, relying on the mountains on both sides to form a simple circular barrier.

"Do you want to focus on defense?" Huo Xiaoman guessed.

He has been fighting beside Huo Yi, and has never led the army alone.But? His identity is also different from others, not just a soldier, the most important thing is that he is the Huo family.Compared with trying to figure out Huo Yi's combat thinking like Qiu Hongguang or Li Feng, he is more used to simply following orders.

Seeing that the defensive formation had been formed, Huo Yi put his heavy bow on his back and stared at the front tightly.

Most of the Huns wore gray outer robes. At this time, waves like dark clouds surged in the distance.The screams approached, and the Huns' vanguard had rushed to the camp.

"Fire arrows!"

There was an ear-piercing sound between the leather rubbing against each other, and countless arrows disappeared like countless arrows? In the darkness, half of them glowed coldly in the setting sun, thousands of crossbows were fired, and the arrows fell into the Huns vanguard camp like drizzle, and finally The Xiongnu soldiers in front fell in response.

The soldiers from both sides have not yet confronted each other, and the blood has already soaked in the soil. The Xiongnu soldiers continued to charge forward without blinking. Falling like a shooting star, frantically reaping the lives of the Hun pioneers who rushed forward.

After three rounds of salvo, the Xiongnu's charge slowed down a bit. Huo Yi personally led the troops out of the camp. Fifty thousand cavalry stepped on the corpses of the Huns' vanguard battalion and confronted the Huns in close combat.

He had to consume part of the Xiongnu's strength before the Xiongnu completed the encirclement. The two sides met at the foot of Baigu Mountain. Without any extra words, sharp knives and spears were pierced into the body, and both sides fought to the death.

"kill!!"

"Brothers, follow me!"

The ring-head blade is thin and the back is thick. After a heavy cut, it can quickly cut into the human body and cause fatal injuries.The Da Yue cavalry handed over the short soldiers of the Xiongnu. How many? He was strangled to death abruptly, the Huns' swords could not directly penetrate the thick armor on his body, but several big knives were cut down at the same time, and the huge impact crushed him to death...

Such scenes happened in every corner of the battlefield, blood and rotten meat were piled up on the road under their feet, and the exposed bones of the corpses even made the soldiers nowhere to set their feet.They stepped on the corpses of their enemies or compatriots, and swung their weapons as hard as they could towards the enemies...

Huo Yi knew that the Da Yue cavalry suffered heavy losses, but he had to do so. The cavalry can only exert their greatest advantage when attacking. The encirclement has not yet been completely formed. This is the best time to attack.

Next, what he needs to do is to defend the camp and wait for the support of Li Feng and Li Hai.

Military minister Shan Yu was at the rear. He hadn't fought a war in person for many years. The sound of fighting at the front line made his blood well up in his chest for a long time.

Looking at the general who was wielding a long sword in front of him and reaping his life, the man's moves were not violent and complicated, but a kind of almost calm precision. He had a calm temperament like a mountain, which made people daunting.

"General Huo." Shan Yu stood up and said slowly, "I finally saw you."

The Xiongnu Empire was entrenched in the desert and subjugated many small subordinate countries and city-states. For the military minister Shan Yu, the Dayue Empire was equivalent to a piece of fat that was within reach.The military minister Shanyu coveted this fertile soil, but he sent troops many times, and at most he could only fight one dozen at the border.

A hundred years ago, at the beginning of the founding of Dai Viet, Gao Zu was deeply troubled by the Huns. He led an army of 30 troops to march in person. When he arrived at Bone Horse City, he was besieged by the then Da Shan Yu for seven days and seven nights. Afterwards, the two parties signed an agreement , the Great Chanyu released Gao Zu.

Although from then on, Dai Viet became weaker in front of the Xiongnu, but the military minister Shan Yu was very dissatisfied with this.

If the original Da Shanyu had directly killed Gaozu, then there would have been?

Because of this, before the military minister Shan Yu, the frequency of Xiongnu invasions was actually not high, but after the military minister Shan Yu killed his father and succeeded to the throne, while accepting the offerings of Dai Viet, he intensified his attacks and looting.

He expected Dai Viet's counterattack.

However, what he didn't expect was that Dai Viet's counterattack was so powerful.

From the Battle of Dragon City, to conquering the Hetao area, and then to running through the Hexi Corridor, Dayue stretched out his hand step by step, and among them, the one who attracted the most attention was naturally the general of Dayue, General Huo Da.

"If you want to wait for reinforcements, I'm afraid you won't be able to wait." Before the frontal attack, the military minister Shan Yu had already sent [-] troops to intercept Dai Viet's reinforcements. His biggest advantage now is the number of troops, and he will inevitably ?Use this ?advantage to the fullest.

The military minister Shan Yu beckoned, and presented a pair of heavy bows from left to right. He raised the heavy bow, mounted an extremely heavy black arrow, and aimed at General Huo who was fighting bravely in the crowd.

"……wind?"

The sun had completely disappeared on the ground, and there was only a ray of cool afterglow. Suddenly, a strong wind blew up in the air, mixed with flying debris of rocks, and smashed on people's bodies.The soldiers on both sides were directly hit by the wind and sand, and they couldn't help squinting their eyes, and their field of vision became extremely narrow. Except for the enemy in front of them, they couldn't see anything clearly.

Military officer Shan Yu frowned, still drew the bow fully, the bow string was tense, trembling slightly in his hand, and then sank into the wind and sand like a shooting star.

Did you hit it?

The military official Shanyu listened for a moment, knowing that the arrow had been shot down, he shook his head regretfully.

In the wind and sand, who is there? He couldn't see the opposite side clearly, and suddenly a cold light came over. Huo Yi turned sideways and resolutely grabbed the flying arrow. The arrow still had a huge force and dragged him back two Huo Yi sat on the horse's back steadily with the strength of his legs and waist and abdomen, so that he was not dragged off the horse.

The arrow in his hand was still trembling.

Seeing that the sandstorm was getting bigger and bigger, Huo Yi ordered Ming Jin to withdraw his troops and let the remaining cavalry retreat to the camp.

The military minister Shan Yu also had some scruples. There was a trap set by Dai Yue in front of him. Under such circumstances, rushing forward would cause a lot of unnecessary casualties.Anyway, the Dai Viet army was surrounded by the mountain and could not escape, so it would be the same if they attacked again tomorrow.

And the longer the time dragged on, the greater the casualties of Dai Viet's army. In a place like the desert, he was like a lion staring at its prey. He only needed to be patient, and the prey would naturally be his.

The military minister Shan Yu also ordered the withdrawal of troops, and the troops of both sides retreated at the same time.

After Huo Yi came back with the cavalry, he ordered to quickly manage and recuperate, counting the remaining arrows, antler wood, grain and grass, etc.In the middle of the night, he stood alone outside the tent, looking at the main forces of the Huns not far away.

Huo Xiaoman asked in a low voice: "Patriarch? Are you waiting for Li Hai and the others?"

"They can't make it for the time being? They're here." Huo Yi shook his head.

Huo Xiaoman was taken aback, and asked anxiously, "Why?"

"Military minister Shanyu has 30 troops, 20 are used to besiege us, and the remaining [-] are naturally used to intercept reinforcements." Huo Yi touched the cold iron sheet on the chariot. The warriors in the back defended against the attack of the Huns.

"I sent Li Hai and Li Feng to fight to intercept the Xiongnu's reinforcements." Huo Yi said, "I just didn't expect that the military minister Shanyu would strike first. The military minister Shanyu also knew the importance of reinforcements. When the two armies fought, When the battle is tense, if a support army cuts in from the flanks or the rear, it will instantly determine the victory or defeat of both sides."

Huo Xiaoman was still surprised: "Why did the military minister Shan Yu meet? Here?!"

Huo Yi: "We got wrong information, or this is a trap specially set up by the military official Shanyu. Behind Baigu Mountain is the Bone Horse City. It used to be the site of Dayue, but it is now abandoned. At the time, Gaozu, It was there that he was besieged by the Huns for seven days and seven nights."

"How long can we last?" Huo Xiaoman couldn't help asking.

Huo Yi smiled, patted him on the shoulder and said, "Go back to sleep early. It's cold outside for a long time in winter nights, and we have to fight tomorrow. Don't lose your sword then."

Huo Yi thought indignantly, I won't be able to hold the sword, even if my hand is broken, I won't let go of the sword in my hand.

"Patriarch? You should also go to bed earlier." Huo Xiaoman said.

Huo Yi hummed lightly.

Winter in the desert is colder than Chang'an City.

Early the next morning, at dawn, Huo Yi led the cavalry to attack again.The Xiongnu soldiers also rested all night, and the two sides stabbed into the flesh, and the flesh and blood flew everywhere.Relying on the superiority in numbers, the military minister Shanyu responded with a wheel-to-wheel battle, and fought for a full six hours. Both sides were exhausted and retreated.

Military minister Shan Yu's expression was not good, the army continued to press in, and Dai Viet's defense line retreated step by step, but it never collapsed.

Although Dai Viet suffered heavy casualties and wasted more and more, those fighters were still holding on to their breath, and they would have to be delayed even to death, let alone surrender or overall defeat.

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Thanks to the little angel who threw the mine: 1 beast in the deep mountains;

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