Although the Han army suffered heavy losses in the battle at the foot of the Bantianling Mountains, due to the huge gap in equipment, the casualties and losses of the Huns who won the battle were not small. Just a preliminary statistics, more than 6,000 Xiongnu cavalry closed their eyes forever, and two or three thousand Xiongnu cavalry were injured in the battle, and a considerable number of them were severely injured who were difficult to rescue. Therefore, the actual losses of the Huns army were conservatively estimated to exceed 7,000. It can be said that they still lost even though they were victorious, and they only achieved a miserable victory.

The Han army infantry with 100,000 elite troops besieged less than 15,000 people, and the battle was even like this. This result of course made Maodun very angry. So before dawn, the data on casualties and losses had just been reported to Maodun. Maodun had already decided to deprive the fifteen tribes of the Xiongnu Right Xian King, in order to punish the Right Xian King who could not directly defeat the infantry formation of the Han army, giving the Han army the opportunity to break through at night.

Fortunately, the seized spoils quickly diluted Maodun's anger. He had just presented the savages to Maodun. Maodun, who had been coveting this kind of horse-war weapon, couldn't wait to grab a few games to appreciate. When he saw the mountains of sharp iron weapons and a set of solid and solid Han army armor, Maodun's face had been gloomy for a long time, he finally showed a smile on his face, nodding and said, "It's quite a bit of gain. Ben Khan's soldiers finally died in vain."

The Hun nobles next to them were all shining their eyes, and several Hun nobles couldn't wait to ask: "Khan, how do you distribute these weapons and armor?"

"All the sabers belong to Ben Khan's guards. You each have 100 iron swords and iron spears. The rest will be handed over to Ben Khan's direct army. As for armor, Ben Khan's direct army will not be divided. You guys will discuss how to distribute it."

Maodun's decision disappointed all the Hun nobles present, but they did not dare to accuse Maodun of selfishness. A Hun nobleman dared to speak out, and only begged Maodun to give him a sabre. Maodun hesitated for a moment, and picked up several sabres and gave each of the Hun nobles present one. Everyone was overjoyed, and they all admired and caressed the sabres, and they couldn't let go. Then another Hun nobleman said, "Khan, why don't we transfer our main brigade and trap the Central Plains army on the mountain to death. Our scouts said that all the Central Plains cavalry on the mountain were holding such iron sabres."

"Khan, I think we should also do our best to annihilate the Central Plains army on the mountain." Another Hun nobleman also quickly agreed: "Although the Central Plains barbarians defended the high ground and it is difficult for us to attack, we just need to surround the mountain. In the near future, we will starve all the Central Plains barbarians on the mountain to death, so that their weapons and armor will be ours."

All the nobles agreed, all of whom believed that they should do their best to annihilate the Han army surrounded on Bantianling. Only Zang Tu, who was familiar with the situation in the Central Plains, said carefully: "Khan, it's better to be careful. This place is too close to the hinterland of the Central Plains. Our main force has been stationed here for a long time. If the main force of the violent army suddenly arrives, I'm afraid the situation will be bad."

The military genius Maodun of course was unwilling to let his main brigade take risks for a tactical goal. He nodded and said, "The King of Donghu Lu is right. This place is too close to the heartland of the Central Plains. There are too many cattle, sheep, livestock, and old, weak, women and children in our rear brigade. Once we get here, it will be difficult to quickly withdraw to the grassland. Whether to surround the Central Plains barbarians on the mountain for a long time, Ben Khan must carefully consider before making a decision."

It was also coincidental that when the Huns were disappointed, there were suddenly a large sound of horse hooves and shouts from afar. Then, not long after, a guard rushed to Maodun's front report: "King, the barbarians of the Central Plains suddenly arranged two cavalry down the mountain and rushed to the north and south directions respectively. Fortunately, our cavalry discovered it in time and had already chased after it separately."

"Chasing with all your might, no one is allowed to run away!" Maodun ordered decisively: "Even if the Central Plains barbarians who went down the mountain die, they will bring their bodies back."

The Hun cavalry was indeed amazing. When it was dawn, the two Han army messengers who went down the mountain to deliver the letter were brought back to Maodun one by one. One of them had been killed by the Hun cavalry, and the other was seriously injured. At the same time, the letters on their bodies were also found and submitted directly to Maodun without hesitation. They immediately asked the party under Zang Tu's command to interrogate the seriously injured Han army messenger. Zhang Sheng, who was proficient in Chinese and Xiongnu, translated Li Zuoche's letter into Xiongnu and read it carefully for himself.

The content of the letter and the result of the interrogation of Maodun was of course overjoyed. When he learned that Li Zuoche was actually asking for help from the defenders of Mayi and Shanwu, he ordered Xiang Zhuang and Nie Zheng to send troops to rescue the trapped Han army. Maodun immediately slapped his thigh with joy and said, "Good opportunity, I will send orders immediately. From now on, if the barbarians of the Central Plains send messengers down the mountain, they will not be able to intercept them with all their strength. They will deliberately let them go astray. Also, send orders to Zuo Xianwang, asking him to lead the rear army brigade here to reinforce us."

"Khan, this place is too close to the heartland of the Central Plains." Zang Tu quickly reminded.

"It doesn't matter, there will be no danger." Maodun said with a grim smile: "If the main force of the Central Plains Barbarians is really coming here, the Li Zuoche Barbarians will definitely not order Shan Wu and Mayi to send troops to rescue him to break through. Since Li Zuoche Barbarians did this, it proves that he knows that he can't count on the main force of the Central Plains Barbarians. Even if our rear brigade comes here, there will be no danger."

Zang Tu thought carefully and found that this was the same, so he closed his mouth and stopped talking. Maodun urged the guards to send someone to contact Zuo Xianwang as soon as possible, while rubbing his hands excitedly, saying: "Bless the gods, the opportunity is here. As long as we eliminate Shan Wu and Mayi's barbarians in the field, it will be much easier to win these two cities."

In this way, with absolute maneuverability, the Xiongnu army decisively made the best, and did not continue to rush to attack other cities of the Han army in Yanmen County. They chose to surround Bantianling and trap more than 10,000 Han infantry and cavalry on the mountain. Then, as Maodun expected, the next night, Li Zuoche indeed sent two death soldiers to secretly go down the mountain and rushed to the defenders in Mayi and Shanwu for help. The Xiongnu cavalry strictly followed Maodun's orders, just pretending to send troops to intercept and pursue, but in fact they deliberately let the two messengers go away.

The following time was extremely difficult for the Han army and the Hun soldiers. Although the Han army trapped on the mountain had dry food to eat, and could fetch snow and water on the spot, it was not affected for the time being in terms of diet. However, because the tent and supplies were basically lost, most of the Han army soldiers could only sleep in the open in the snow and ice, and were frozen to death and frostbite. Although the Hun soldiers wearing animal furs were much better in this regard, they were not good at attacking and were not sure to directly annihilate the Han army on the mountain defending by force. At the same time, they had to always guard against the Han army's breakthrough and the arrival of the Han army's reinforcements. They must always be vigilant, and they were also tortured and worked very hard.

The situation of course surprised Maodun. A few days later, when Zuo Xianwang led a brigade of Xiongnu rear army of more than 350,000 to the vicinity of Bantianling, although the Huns' elderly, weak women, children, cattle, sheep and livestock who followed the army south immediately solved the problem that the Xiongnu elite front team could only rely on meat to satisfy their hunger, and also provided Maodun with sufficient troops. However, Shanwu Guards and Mayi Guards, who were only sixty or seventy miles away, were not in any way, and there was no sign of sending troops to rescue Li Zuoche.

In this regard, Zang Tu, who was familiar with the situation of the Han army, analyzed two possibilities for Maodun. The first is that Xiang Zhuang and Nie Zheng knew that they were not opponents of the Huns' army and did not dare to touch the stone with eggs, so even if they received news from Li Zuoche's request for help, they would not dare to send troops to die in vain. The second is that the military situation of the Han army has changed, and a large number of Han army is about to arrive, so Xiang Zhuang and Nie Zheng did not rush to send troops to rescue Li Zuoche.

Maodun nodded, first recognized Zang Tu's analysis, and frowned and said, "If it is the first one, it may be easier. As long as you surround the people of the Central Plains on the mountain eat up all the food, we can completely annihilate the barbarian army without attacking the mountain. But if the second one is troublesome and delayed for a long time, if the main force of the barbarian arrives, we will be in a considerable danger. How do you think this should be solved?"

"Reporting to the Khan, there are two ways." Zang Tu immediately replied: "First, take the initiative to give up the encirclement of the mountain and take the army to attack other places. Second, force the mountain to attack the mountain and strive to directly annihilate the violent army on the mountain."

In order to annihilate Li Zuoche's troops and the brigade of the brigade, Maodun not only had several days wasted, but also pulled the rear brigade in charge of logistics to the battlefield of Bantianling, asking him to give up the brigade of the mountain now. Of course, Maodun was reluctant to let go, but looking at the towering mountain high ground of Bantianling, Maodun said that he could not make up anything and made up his mind to force the attack. As a result, in a dilemma, Maodun suddenly had an idea and blurted out: "There is a way."

"What's the trick of Khan?"

Zang Tu, who had learned a lot of Huns, asked directly. As a result, Maodun quickly told Zang Tu his plan. Zang Tu was also very happy and applauded: "Khan's clever plan. Doing this will not only surely lead to tricking the violent army down the mountain, but even if it fails, it can prove that the violent army has a large number of rescue soldiers coming soon, so that we can prepare in advance and make preparations early. Please rest assured, the ministers will prepare now and keep the violent army down the mountain!"

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That night, heavy snow flew again, and snowflakes were rising, and it was hard to see the five fingers. At the third update, there was a sudden shout of killing in the depths of the snowflakes in the direction of Mayi in the south. Countless torches rushed towards Bantianling. The Hun cavalry quickly dispatched emergency interception. The Han army post on the top of the mountain also quickly reported the news to Li Zuoche. Li Zuoche did not dare to be negligent when he heard the news. He quickly wrapped his clothes and rushed to the south to check the situation.

Immediately afterwards, Xiang Guan, the deputy general, rushed to Li Zuoche quickly and checked the situation at the foot of the mountain with Li Zuoche. As a result, he saw the torches in the snow in the south. Xiang Guan was overjoyed and blurted out: "His reinforcements led by Your Majesty himself come?"

"Impossible!" Li Zuoche immediately shook his head and denied it, saying, "Today is only December 13th. The reinforcements led by His Majesty himself cannot arrive here so soon."

"Whose army is that?" Xiang Guan was stunned at first, then exclaimed, "It could be Nie Zheng's army, right? That Erlenzi forgot about his agreement with Guangwujun, and was worried about our safety, so he really sent troops to save us?"

"Impossible." Li Zuoche shook his head again and said, "Not to mention that Nie Zheng is cautious and will not take risks easily. When he set off, I repeatedly reminded him that no matter what happened, he could not risk sending troops from the important town of Mayi to the north."

"It's not Nie Zheng? It's not the army led by His Majesty himself. Whose army is that?" Xiang Guan asked in confusion.

"It is very likely that the Huns pretended to be our army." Li Zuoche concluded and said, "The Huns arranged their troops to take the banner of our Han army, pretending to be our Han army, and deliberately rushed to pick us up late at night to break through. As long as we go up the mountain, we will be surrounded by the Huns' army."

"The Huns barbarians are so cunning?" Xiang Guan said in disbelief.

"I forgot how did the barbarian Maodun deceive the Donghu people in the first place?" Li Zuoche sneered: "The Donghu people want BMWs, and he gave them to them. The Donghu people want his beautiful wives and concubines, and he also gave them with both hands. After cheating the Donghu people in the first place, he suddenly sent troops to attack and destroyed the Donghu people in one fell swoop. With his ability, it is not difficult to come up with such a plan."

"Then we can't be fooled." Xiang Guan said quickly: "Just hold the troops on the mountain and let the fake Han army act at the foot of the mountain."

Li Zuoche did not say anything this time. After careful consideration, Li Zuoche suddenly said to Xiang Guan: "General Xiang Guan, there is a very risky task to you. I want you to lead the cavalry down the mountain now, rush to the south to contact those fake Han troops, and then pretend to quickly recognize them as fakes, and immediately take the cavalry back to the mountain with them."

"Why do you do this?" Xiang Guan asked in surprise: "If the Huns had prepared for a long time, even if the generals turned around and killed them immediately, our cavalry would have suffered heavy casualties?"

"Because the Huns did this, not only to trick us down the mountain, but also to test our virtual and real plans." Li Zuoche said with a serious expression: "If we didn't deliberately fall into the trap, with the cleverness of Maodun's barbarians, we would have guessed immediately that we knew that reinforcements would not arrive, and then that we were deliberately surrounded by him to fight for our main Han army to fight for the decisive war northward and flee to the north in advance. So for our Majesty's decisive battle plan, you must take the cavalry to venture down the mountain and pretend to be trapped! Do you understand?"

After all, he is Xiang Kang's cousin. Even though he knew that doing so was extremely dangerous, he was very likely to die. Xiang Guan still immediately bowed his fists and said loudly: "Mr. I understand. Please rest assured. General Guangwu Jun. General Mo will immediately take the cavalry down the mountain."

Li Zuoche nodded and said, "Remember, even if the mountain is really our army, and the rescuers who were attacking Nie Zheng, you should pretend to be misunderstood that they are fake, and immediately take the cavalry and fight back to the mountain. If nothing unexpected happens, within three or five days, our main force can cross Juzhu Mountain and head north to the vicinity of Mayi. There is no need for us to break through in a hurry."
Chapter completed!