Chapter 193: Offensive and Defensive Changes (Two in One)
In fact, Jia Kui is really unable to hold on now. He is a little too difficult to fight for one thousand and one hundred thousand.
Although the so-called 100,000 people in Huchuquan are a bit watery, and the Southern Xiongnu side, basically, no matter how old or young, as long as they can ride horses and can be considered as soldiers. Even because they have been in the Chinese market for too long, most of the Xiongnu actually don’t even have horses, but no matter what, the gap in military strength can be said to be a canfly shaking a tree.
With the help of the terrain that the army could not be deployed, Jia Kui did take advantage of some of the first two days with the elite of the imperial guards, but Hu Chuquan ordered the tribes to attack alternately, day and night, and even if they did not attack, they would send people to clamor to disrupt the morale of the Han army.
There were many Huns and they could attack in turn, but there were few Han soldiers, but they could not handle it. They could hold on for a day or two, three or five days, ten or eight days, this Han army, which was dominated by Jia Kui's troops, had suffered heavy losses and was exhausted.
After defeating another round of Huns, Jia Kui sat on the ground with a thud, took a ball of millet and rice and swallowed it whole. He untied his skin and drank most of the water in one breath, and then let out a long breath.
"Brothers, can you still hold on? If you really can't hold on, we will retreat to Liyang and rest and fight them to death."
As soon as he finished speaking, the deputy general beside him said, "I can hold on for another two days. The longer we can hold on, the more fully prepared we will be."
Jia Kui looked at the other soldiers again, and these exhausted soldiers all expressed that they could still hold on and were willing to fight the Huns to the death here.
"Since that's the case, then eat well and take a nap. After this wave, the Huns will definitely change their tribes to attack. After resting, there will be tough battles to fight."
After saying that, Jia Kui did not take off his armor. He closed his eyes and leaned against a large stone behind him and fell asleep. In just a moment, he was already snoring like thunder.
The rest of the people were almost the same as Jia Kui. After eating a bite, they all fell asleep.
They were so sleepy that they could sleep well during the shift change of the Huns in the day, but they were unwilling to miss a minute or a second.
However, no matter how tired you are, you have to keep your ears awake. In a daze, iron hooves quietly came into your sleep. Jia Kui stood up from his sleep with a rub. He shouted without even wiping his saliva: "Kill the enemy!"
The soldiers of the same camp were also woken up by his shouting. They seemed to be conditioned and picked up weapons and formed formations. After a while, they found that there were no enemies ahead.
The sound of horse hooves seemed to be coming from behind.
When I turned around, I saw a black brocade flag with a large golden Chinese character embroidered from far to near, becoming clearer and clearer.
Jia Kui even rubbed his eyes first, fearing that the reinforcements were just hallucinations.
When the emperor was getting closer and closer, and finally rode his horse in front of him, Jia Kui suddenly burst into tears.
"My memory, Jia Kui, welcome the emperor!"
After shouting, Jia Kui was already crying like rain. The soldiers and soldiers behind him were in the same heart. When they saw the emperor coming, they all burst into tears and cried with joy.
Liu Xie, looking at Jia Kui and his men, were injured and exhausted, could also think of how tragic the battle here was.
"Thank you for your hard work, how many casualties are there?"
"For more than ten days of hard fighting, my troops in my headquarters have been lost by more than 50%.
"Fifty percent, that's half gone~"
As he said that, Liu Xie patted Jia Kui on the shoulder and said, "Thank you for your hard work, go back to Yong'an to rest. After you win this battle, you will be rewarded."
"Just let my soldiers go back and rest, I can hold on and stay by your Majesty and explain the situation here to you."
Liu Xie glanced at him, saw that he looked tired and had wounds on his body, and asked, "Can you hold on?"
“Can hold on.”
"good."
After saying that, Liu Xie turned his head and looked towards the main battlefield in front of the mountain pass, all of which were broken limbs, broken arms, arms, legs, dead horses, fingers, intestines of people and horses, and fragments of other internal organs, sprinkled everywhere.
The complete corpse is collected, and the broken parts can only be exposed to the wilderness. The dark red blood invades the land very moist, and the plants here will definitely grow lushly next year.
Liu Xie has experienced the battle formation now. Seeing that the battlefield was fighting fiercely, he didn't feel any physical discomfort. He just took a deep breath and sighed: "A inch of rivers and mountains are like blood."
Jia Kui naturally continued: "If you defend the territory, you will not be considered a vain."
"If you win, it won't be in vain."
Upon hearing this, Zhang Xiu pulled out his knife and raised it and shouted: "The great man will win, and the emperor will win!"
Then the whole army shouted together that they would win.
Sima Yi suddenly suggested: "I think that Your Majesty can temporarily not erect the emperor's ceremonial guard. I have a plan that may severely defeat the enemy."
"What's the plan?"
"Teel the enemy and go deeper!"
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It was not until dusk that the next wave of the Huns' offensive finally came late. To be honest, the shift change time was long enough.
The reason why I got such a mosaic is that Hu Chuquan, the so-called Shanyu, was probably not much stronger than Liu Xie, the emperor of Han.
Originally, his father Qiang Qu was able to become the Chanyu because of the support of the Han Dynasty. He was killed by a mutiny because of the decline of the Han Dynasty. He and his brother Yufuluo fought Cao Cao four times, but they all suffered miserable losses. What prestige can he have?
Rather than saying that these Huns obeyed Huchuquan's orders, the entire tribe went south, it would be better to say that the Huns agreed that this was the consensus of this, and they should take advantage of the once-in-a-lifetime opportunity of the Han and Zhao war.
Originally they wanted to steal Taiyuan and Shangdang, but the Han emperor did not agree, so they naturally had to steal Hedong.
Furthermore, their wave was really just a pure robbery, and they did not starve to death if they couldn't grab things, because since the chaos at the end of the Han Dynasty, the new governor Dong Zhuo had never taken office after being killed by the Huns. So in fact, until now, the entire Bingzhou except Taiyuan and Shangdang counties have all fallen into the hands of the Huns. To be honest, the nobles of each tribe are not short of slaves, grain, cattle, sheep, wealth, and land.
The Huns were already Chineseized, and now there are more people farming than grazing. If these things are poor, they can tighten their belts and follow the Shanyu to conquer the world. But once they have money, their desire to plunder and combat power will plummet. Facing the orders of Huchuquan, the low-prestige Shanyu, they all have the attitude of taking advantage of it and loving someone if they don’t have any advantage.
The iron army at Huoshankou is obviously an elite army of great men. The terrain is so narrow that no one can use flesh and blood to grind it inch by inch, and they can't pass without leaving behind thousands of lives.
But which tribe is willing to lose thousands of lives for this small mountain pass?
Hu Chuquan didn't dare to send his troops to fight. His position as Shanyu was unstable, and passing Huoshankou did not mean that the war would be victorious. If he suffered heavy losses, he would be even more unable to command these nobles.
Therefore, these Hun tribes can push them as much as possible, and no one is willing to take on this chore. Even many Hun tribes who take this chore are fighting against each other, which is completely fooling around. This is also the fundamental reason why Jia Kui can hold on for so many days.
The attack is definitely unbreakable. It can only be done by waste and exhausting the Han army to rush in.
The same goes for this shift. Dozens of nobles quarreled, and no one was willing to be the pioneers. After more than an hour, it was a very good thing. Hu Chuquan's orders were ruling each other as if they were farts.
In the end, Hu Chuquan decided to draw lots and draw whoever is.
Then, the second-right wise king of Qiu Lin accidentally drew this unlucky lottery and went to the army.
Hu Chuquan said: "Our army of tens of thousands gathered here and sat withered every day, spending only money and food. Until now, we have not even entered the border of Hedong County. Isn't this a ridiculous heroes in the world laughing? The second right wise king's army is majestic, and the Han army at Huoshankou has long been exhausted. If you attack this battle, I guess it must be the result of the horse, right?"
"Hmph!" Qiu Linboergu snorted coldly, but did not say anything like guaranteed to capture it. Instead, he said: "After capturing Huoshankou, all the lootings in Yong'an County belong to my tribe."
Hu Chuquan was overjoyed when he heard this, and thought he had agreed and immediately slapped the table and said, "One word is certain!"
Seeing this, Qiu Linboergu saluted Hu Chuquan, and after going out, he reorganized the army and went out to fight.
For this reason, he also specially took out the jerky that he had collected for a long time and distributed it to the dead warriors in the tribe for eating, while he symbolically ate the bitter and hard to swallow wild vegetable dumplings.
"I have fought this battle well. The Han army at Yamaguchi added less than a thousand people. To break the rest of the tribes, let the other tribes see the power of our Qiu Lin tribe. I have already obtained the promise of Shanyu that after breaking this tribe, I can plunder everything in Yong'an County. Those who break the city gate first will allow each tribe to choose a Han woman with white skin like milk!"
"Oh~Long live the Right Xian King~"
The tribe cheered, and seeing that morale was available, Qiu Linboergu ordered his troops to fight.
Huoshankou.
Qiu Linboergu waving the flag, and countless horseless Huns began to move forward bravely.
These are all the Huns who farmed, and there were no precious horses. To be honest, there is no difference between them and Han people except that they are still in blood.
The Sparrow Valley is too narrow, and the cavalry will be particularly crowded when they rush up. As long as the Han army can block the first wave, the so-called cavalry's advantages will be lost. Instead, it is not as useful as these infantrymen. This is the bloody experience they gained after dozens of waves of attacks.
Seeing the Huns attacking from afar, Zhang Xiu, who was guarding here, resisted the urge to order the soldiers to shoot arrows, carried out Sima Yi's plan to lure the enemy into depth, and ordered the shield to be pushed first. Without cavalry, there was no need to set up a gun.
He could also see that the problems within the Huns were just seemingly strong, and it was better to cut one of them than to hurt ten fingers. If he could eat this one, I don’t know which unit was unlucky, and the conflicts within the Huns would definitely be even more acute.
Are you acting in the whole set? After all, Jia Kui's troops have been here for more than ten days and have already shot out arrows.
When the first wave of Huns vanguards rushed over, Zhang Xiu held a big shield and blocked the enemy. When the enemy's charge force dissipated, he simply threw the big shield and took advantage of the advantages of armor to pull out the short halberd, with one hand and the other hand, there was no sign of not being able to complete it. It was done.
The Huns, at most, wear leather armor. Those who can wear armor are the nobles and noble guards. Without a powerful sect, they cannot organize an armored force.
The imperial guards under his command also followed suit. With Zhang Xiu throwing away the shield, he only slashed and killed the sword and short halberd, killing the Huns crying and calling their parents.
By accident, Zhang Xiu actually led his imperial guards forward several steps, and the Huns were defeated by them.
Haven’t Zhang Xiu fought with the Huns? It seems... the force is so big.
Why do these Huns feel weaker than the Qiang people in the northwest?
Then Zhang Xiu, who reacted, called his companions to fight and retreat, and then retreated dozens of steps in one breath.
When the Xiongnu behind saw the team moving forward, they couldn't help but scream excitedly, ignoring the front army in front that had been cut by Zhang Xiu and the others, all they were thinking about was the Han girl with white skin like milk in Yong'an County in front.
The Hun vanguards in front of them couldn't tell whether they had any suffering. They were all Huns who farmed. The weapons in their hands were not even suitable for swords. Most of them were short spears. This thing was simple to build. It was usually used to cut wheat, which was almost the same as a sickle. Cutting on the iron armor of the imperial guards was almost the same as scratching it.
Although these Han troops were retreating step by step, they were all the Huns who died!
In this way, Zhang Xiu retreated to the end of the mountain pass, then swept the short halberd with a big sweep, chopping a head into the sky, and shouting with blood on his face: "Brothers, you can't stand it anymore, retreat!"
Then they coaxed them, and they turned around and ran away. They didn't run far and even rode their respective horses and scattered.
All this happened too quickly, it was a bit abrupt and not natural at all. The Hun vanguards fighting in front felt a little weird.
However, due to the terrain of the Bird Rat Valley, the Central Army and the Back Army could not see the battle situation of the front army at all. Seeing the Han army fleeing, they naturally rushed forward. Qiu Linboergu was so excited that he led the supervisor behind and shouted loudly and moved forward. The Back Army pushed the Central Army, and the Central Army pushed the Front Army and rushed out of the valley in a swarm.
Behind Qiu Linboergu, Hu Chuquan was also inexplicably excited, shouting loudly as the troops of various troops rushed out of the valley with Qiu Linboergu.
After rushing out of Huoshankou, there was the vast Linfen Basin. Although the Han army in front was dangerous with mountains and rivers, it was impossible to have such a disgusting terrain anymore. The 100,000 cavalry of the Huns could finally take advantage of their numerical advantages and plunder them on a large scale.
So 100,000 Huns rushed into the Jushi Valley in a swarm, and urged Qiu Linboergu's front army to go quickly. Countless crowds crowded and gradually passed through Huoshan Pass.
Dong!
Dong!
Dong!
Suddenly, there were bursts of powerful drumbeats from afar, followed by the sound of long horns and a huge black brocade-stitching banner appearing on the horizon, with a large Chinese character written on it.
The rumbling iron hooves roared, the Jinwu Guard, the Tiger and Ben Guard, the Imperial Guard, the Tiger and Leopard Cavalry, the most elite full-time ace soldier of the entire Han Dynasty, was led by the emperor, and rushed towards them with rolling smoke and dust.
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