Liu Yu immediately ordered the selection of elite infantry from the entire army, and gathered the light chariots and powerful crossbows in the army together.

These chariots are all light wooden chariots, and their main purpose is to keep the baggage up with the speed of the army's advance.

After being supplemented by the Eastern Xianbei horses, although excellent war horses are still rare and valuable supplies, the hard-working riding horses have been greatly supplemented.

As the pioneer of landing, these chariots can be used to defend against the impact of the Hun cavalry.

Those heavy crossbows were actually the most popular bed crossbows in the Tang and Song dynasties. They used a winch wheel. Although the firing speed was slower, the thick crossbow arrows could definitely make the armor on any target lose its protective effect.

If an ordinary crossbow deals with a cavalry, even if it hits a target, it is likely to be rushed into the formation.

The number of Han soldiers who landed in the landing will definitely not be able to be quickly supplemented. They must have the strongest defense and armed forces to gain a foothold.

Liu Yu finally ordered the Han navy staying on the river to prepare and transport the Han army's armor and soldiers to bypass the Hulao Pass occupied by the Huns.

Two days later, it happened to be the most suitable southeast wind to move against the current.

Taking advantage of the thin fog, the Han military boats on the Yellow River carried three thousand infantry, two hundred light-mounted chariots, and three hundred heavy crossbows. They began to raise their sails, rowed heavy wooden oars, and headed towards the river behind Hulao Pass.

Because of the fog, the Hun scouts who were alert and watching at Hulao Pass could not see the situation in the middle of the river.

What's more, these Hun soldiers and horses were no longer at all concerned about observing the river surface.

Because just before the Han navy began to go upstream, the Han infantry outside Hulao Pass began to beat the war drums, and tens of thousands of Han infantry soldiers carried the ladders, pushed tower chariots and rushing cars, and came towards Hulao Pass with great momentum.

Seeing the enemy situation, the Hun soldiers immediately went to repay the chief general of Hulao Pass.

"What, the thief army is going to attack the city?"

As the garrison of Hulao Pass, Bu Quan has been worried recently.

He left the left tribe of the Xiongnu and has always been the tribal commander of the Southern Xiongnu. Since the Xiongnu Emperor Liu Cong was seriously injured, the task of guarding Hulao Pass was handed over to him.

This is not how capable Bu Quan is, but because he knows that most of the Hun nobles are going to rush back to Chang'an to seize it. The fate of Luoyang and Hulao Pass has long been secondary.

Therefore, as a member of the Huns who are neither up nor down, they can be used to take up posts in Hulao Pass.

"Yes, yes, general, the thief is already pushing the ladder and the tower cart is passing through the water!" said the scout.

"Put my armor, hurry up!" Bu Quan said anxiously.

Because the entire army is now afraid of the Han army in Qingzhou outside the pass, the Huns have given up the strategy of defending the water outside the pass, but the entire army has retreated to Hulao Guanzhong.

Anyway, when the Huns retreated back to Luoyang, King Liu Yao and others of Zhongshan had already told Bu Quan that Hulao Pass was dangerous. As long as you hold back your temper and become an old turtle and don’t go out to fight in the city, the Han army outside the city might not be able to conquer Hulao Pass in a year or two.

Even if the Han army in Qingzhou used a 100-step cannon cart, Bu Quan was not afraid, because he had already prepared to make it.

When the Han army outside the city has set up the cannon cart, they can also set up the same cannon cart to fight back.

However, when Bu Quan heard that the Han army was about to attack, he was still worried.

Soon, Bu Quan, the general of the Huns Han Dynasty, came to the head of Hulaoguan in a neat manner.

He had already heard the sound of Han military drums outside the city.

Bu Quan climbed to the top of the city and looked outside carefully. He found that nearly ten thousand Han troops had already crossed the Sishui River and were coming towards Hulao Pass.

"The thief army, is this the only skill?"

Bu Quan couldn't help but wonder. From a distance, the Han army was about to attack was very powerful, but when they saw the siege equipment, they were all ordinary things.

In particular, there is a wide moat outside Hulao Pass. Although it is not as wide as the Sishui River, for those Han troops, if they want to attack the city wall, they must first cross the moat.

"General, the bandits are just bluffing. If the moat is not filled, the rushing cars and ladders will be all waste!"

At this time, a group of generals from the Hun Army gathered over.

The Han army's horn and drum order just now were full of momentum, which scared them all. They thought the Han army had used some gods and ghosts to prepare for the attack.

"Yes, General, it is probably impossible to fill this moat without ten days or half a month."

"This must be the thief's plan, I want to use this to scare us 1"

These Hun generals quickly returned to their usual mentality.

Even the chief general Bu Quan felt that these Han troops were abominable and actually used such a stupid method to scare him.

Sure enough, after crossing the waters, the Han army outside the city began to assemble the dismantled ladders, rushers and tower trucks and other engineering equipment, while on the other hand, they began to dig soil on the ground. Some people who looked like civilians used various tools to pour into the moat.

"These thieves can't make them so relaxed!"

Bu Quan said dissatisfiedly when he saw this.

He waved his hand and ordered the Hun soldiers on the top of the city.

"Don't even look at it anymore. Shoot down hard for me. You must not let the thief dig the soil and fill the river so easily!"

"Abide by the order!"

There were loud shouts of promises everywhere, and then the continuous sound of bowstrings rang out.

Thousands of feathered arrows shot down from the city.

Although the Han army outside the city had shields to protect it, many soldiers and civilians were still shot and injured and killed, but they were screaming.

"Hahaha, these thieves, let you taste the power of Hulao Pass!" Bu Quan couldn't help but smile proudly.

If it weren't for the repeated strict orders of Zhongshan King Liu Yao and others who did not allow him to go out of the city to attack, he would have sent a light cavalry to drive out and kill these Han soldiers and civilians.

"Buzz! Buzz!"

The continuous sound of bows and arrows sounded almost densely like a swarm of bees.

After several shootings of the Huns' soldiers, the Han troops outside the city retreated one after another.

This time, these Han military and civilians no longer moved forward, but dug the soil on the spot and then packed it with some linen bags.

"Hey, these thieves are so luxurious. Do you use a linen bag to fill the soil?"

Some Hun generals said in surprise.

You should know that even the roughest hemp can be used as clothing. At least in the Huns and Han countries, many Jin slaves could only wear rough hemp clothes.

"It seems that these thieves are not stupid. So there is such a way!"

General Fenwei Bu Quan immediately took it seriously.

After using these burlap bags to fill the soil, the Han army can prepare enough soil buns in advance and throw them into the moat one by one, which can fill the trenches and moats in a very short time.

However, those high-stacked linens are really luxurious to use for such a function.

"General, why don't we rush out to kill all the Han soldiers and civilians!" a general came over and said.

"No!" General Fenwei Bu Quan immediately shook his head.

On the one hand, it was the instruction of King Liu Yao and others of Zhongshan, and on the other hand, it was that he had seen that the more and more Han troops were ready to line up to defend.

Even if a cavalry is sent out, it is most likely that it will be difficult to achieve very ideal results.

"Let them dig the soil. Even if they fill one or two places, it will be insignificant. Just keep an eye on it carefully!"

General Fenwei Bu Quan said.

Then, the Huns defenders on the top of the city began to defend like watching the show.

Anyway, the Han army outside the city was just digging soil. After eating a few rounds of feather arrows, they refused to rush forward.

After most of the hour of waiting and watching, General Fenwei Bu Quan had basically let go of his heart.

The progress of the Han army digging soil was not fast, and it was still far away if they wanted to dig enough soil to fill the trenches.

Since the Han army was willing to work hard to dig the soil, they should watch the show first.

When the Han army uses ladders and tower cars to attack the city, they will give them a headache.

Anyway, General Fenwei Bu Quan had already seen that the number of ladders prepared by the Han army was not large.

The pressure on the defenders is not great. As long as they are prepared properly, they should be able to be repelled immediately.

Just when General Fenwei Bu Quan felt that everything was in danger, suddenly a burst of anxious footsteps came.

Then, a Hun general ran over panting.

"General, it's not good, it's not good!"

Seeing this, Bu Quan immediately became gloomy.

"What, what's going on!"

The general was sweating profusely and pointed his hand to the west, saying in a daze.

"General, the bandits' army, the boats of the bandits' army docked at Aries Beach behind. A large number of bandits are coming down on the boat and coming to the shore!"

When Bu Quan heard this, he was not immediately panicked.

He naturally knew that the Han army in Qingzhou had naval forces and boats.

This kind of back-attack behavior is naturally very common.

However, landing on the wild beaches beside the Yellow River is an extremely slow thing. Without a long time, it is impossible for enough soldiers to land on the shore.

If there are too few landing soldiers, they will have no power to fight back against the counterattack of the Huns on the river bank.

"How many thieves have already arrived ashore!" Bu Quan asked first.
To be continued...