Even Xiang Kang, who had seen countless storms and waves, only met the Qin army Zhang Han Corps, which was in its heyday, on the Suiyang battlefield, and saw such a huge scene that made people feel cold.

On the snow-covered earth, the Xiongnu cavalry were arranged in neat formations. The left and right wings started from the Black Tiger Girder west of Bantianling and reached Xiaofeng Mountain more than ten miles away in the east. It was so dark that it was endless. Various dragon flags, eagle flags and wolf flags covered the mountains and fields, like dense forests, soldiers and horses were densely packed, almost like oceans. What was even more daunting is that so many soldiers were arranged in formations, and there were almost no sounds of people in the Hun army. Only horses neighed, demonstrating the iron army style of strict discipline.

That's not all. When the 80,000 Han troops stopped three miles south and arranged the array urgently, a whistling sound first shot out from the flag formation of the Hun army. Then, without waiting for the whistling sound to land, more than 300,000 Hun soldiers pulled their bows and shot arrows at the same time, and almost at the same time, shooting more than 300,000 whistling sounds like a storm, which directly numbed the eardrums of each Han army soldier, making a first sound with unparalleled momentum!

Fortunately, Xiang Kang personally led the 80,000 Han army front teams to the north, all of which were the core essence of the Han army stationed in Guanzhong. Not only did each soldier receive rigorous training, but there were countless elite soldiers in the army who participated in the anti-Qin war and the civil war of the princes. Naturally, they were not scared by the predecessors of the Huns. Even though they were inevitably nervous, they still arranged the battle formations in an orderly manner and quickly formed an equally strict and neat infantry battle formation.

During this period, Zang Tu, who hated Xiang Kang, did not dare to neglect, and hurriedly said to Maodun, who was sitting high in the middle of the flag formation: "Khan, we cannot let the violent army form a formation smoothly. Infantry is best at formation battles. If they are allowed to arrange their formation smoothly, our next battle will definitely be difficult to fight. The minister suggested that we should send troops to charge immediately and kill the violent army without a formation."

Maodun was also a person who never talked about etiquette and rules during the battle. After nodding, he immediately ordered the flag to be raised and ordered the two wings of the Huns formation to send 10,000 troops to attack the two wings of the Han army at full speed, trying to disrupt the formation arrangement of the Han army and facilitate the next main attack.

At the same time, Li Zuoche, Xiang Guan and others also confirmed on the Bantianling Highland that Xiang Kang personally led his army to fight with the Xiongnu army. Seeing that the Xiongnu did not follow the rules, Xiang Guan couldn't help but be anxious and angry, and cursed: "Shameless barbarians, just set up a good battle formation first to wait for the effort. I don't want to give us a chance to form a formation. I'm trouble now, brother... His Majesty is famous for not being good at formation battles."

"Don't hurry." Li Zuoche said calmly: "Your Majesty personally led the army north to lure the enemy into a decisive battle, which must have brought us our core elites. The little tricks of the Huns will not defeat them. Also, Your Majesty is not good at formation warfare, and it is only more than enough to deal with the Xiongnu barbarians who only like to rush to fight. We just need to wait and watch the show."

After being reported by Li Zuo's chariot, although the Hun cavalry immediately started a rushing attack, the Han army soldiers who were still deploying the formation were still not at all. They just tried to speed up the formation speed and successfully completed the formation when the Hun cavalry rushed to the range of the Han army's crossbow arrows. Then, with the waving of the Han army's flag formation, the Han army, which was the first to be attacked, shot neatly from the two wing formations, and shot at the Hun cavalry team that rushed straight toward.

This was also the first time that the poor Hun cavalry encountered elite crossbow arrows on the front line of the Han army. All of them were iron arrowheads whistling and rotating, easily piercing through the thin leather armor on the Hun cavalry. The remaining momentum was not enough and they were directly trapped in the flesh. The Hun cavalry team suddenly fell off the horses, shouting and neighing, and the Han soldiers were expressionless and took three-stage shooting battles. The crossbow arrows shot through Wangshan (sights) were extremely accurate. Almost all of them shot into the Hun cavalry crowd, shooting one by one, and shooting one by one, and shooting one by one war horse to the neighing. They ran around uncontrollably, and the formation was quickly in chaos.

"Go and pick up some barbarian crossbow arrows right away."

After Maodun issued the order expressionlessly, a guard soon flew forward and picked up some crossbow arrows shot by the Han soldiers and presented them to Maodun. Maodun picked up two crossbow arrows and looked at the arrows carefully. Seeing that they were indeed black iron arrows, he couldn't help but snorted coldly, "It's worthy of being the army led by the Barbarian Emperor. It's true that all of them are iron arrows. No wonder our losses were so great. But it's good that if we win this battle, we can make a fortune."

At this time, after paying a heavy price, the Hun cavalry had successfully rushed to the front of the Han army to fight in close combat. As a result, Zang Tu, Xiang Guan and others who were familiar with Xiang Kang's temper were surprised that Xiang Kang did not change the two wings into a circular formation, and chose to use the square formation to face the enemy. Zang Tu, who had heard that Xiang Kang was not good at fighting in formation, was also very happy and said in his heart: "Okay, the more you underestimate the enemy, the more hope we will have in this battle with the restoration of the country."

The cruel fact quickly stunned Zang Tu's eyes. As the sound of shouting, the Han soldiers fighting in line waved their knives in front, stabbed their spears in the back, and waved their weapons with two iron hooks (hook inlay, see Chapter 48 of this book) to block the Hun cavalry, which quickly offset the offensive of the Huns soldiers. The Huns cavalry, who were forced to dismount without stirrups, were not only unable to move forward, but were also killed by the Han soldiers and retreated step by step. In addition, the Huns cavalry hiding behind and shot arrows were also shot by the Han army's feather arrows, and were killed and injured, screaming.

Maodun had already stood up and walked to the high ground to look at the scene ahead. Seeing that the Hun cavalry was fighting extremely passively, Maodun was inevitably surprised and said to himself: "What's going on? Even if the barbarian army is elite, its equipment is much better than ours, and we also have advantages in physical strength and arm strength. How could it be like this?"

"Khan, our offense is not going well. Should we send troops forward again?" Zuo Xianwang next to him asked quickly.

Maodun shook his head and said, "No hurry. Anyway, there is no chance to stop the barbarian from forming the array. I ask the front team to come back first. You go and ask the soldiers who are fighting, why are we fighting so passively?"

According to Maodun's order, after throwing down the corpses all over the ground, the Xiongnu army quickly withdrew its team amid the cheers of the Han soldiers. The Hun generals also rushed to the army to understand the situation. Not long after, Zuo Rijian was the first to run back to Maodun and said, "Your Khan, I have basically asked clearly. There are two main reasons for our incoming battle. One is that the leather armor worn by the barbarian soldiers was sewn with iron pieces to protect the key points.

, It is difficult for our weapons to cut open or pierce. Second, it is the weird bronze peck used by the barbarians. Two iron hooks can easily hook our peck, so that our pecks cannot be retracted immediately and launched a second attack again. Then the barbarians' iron knife can take the opportunity to cut our soldiers. Moreover, there are spikes in front of that kind of weird shield, which can be directly killed with the shield. Our soldiers are not suitable for this weapon, so they fight very badly."

As he said that, King Zuo Rijian also presented a hook-in shield that the Hun soldiers had lucky enough to grab. Maodun only took a rough look and immediately found that the two iron hooks on the hook-in shield were indeed easy to hook the melee weapon that the soldiers liked to use in the army. The spikes in front could also be used directly as weapons. He couldn't help but say anger, "How could the dog man, how could he think of such a weapon? Now it's hard for us to suffer losses if we are in close combat."

"Khan, no matter how hard it is to fight, it must be fought." Zuo Xianwang said hurriedly: "The rear brigade of the Barbarians in the Central Plains has probably started to be dispatched. We must seize the time to destroy the front brigade of the Barbarians, otherwise our battle will be even more difficult to fight when the rear brigade of the Barbarians arrives."

Mao Dun nodded expressionlessly and said, "It seems that it can only be based on the number of people. He sent orders to send 30,000 troops on both sides of the left and right wings, rushing to the sides of the wings of the Barbarian Army, and then sending 20,000 troops from the left wing to the back of the Barbarian Army. If there is an opportunity on that battlefield, I will attack that battlefield!"

After the order was conveyed, the Xiongnu army suddenly strengthened, and 60,000 cavalry rushed out from both wings, howling and rushing to the sides of the Han army's wings. Another 30,000 troops detoured forward, interspersed with the Han army's formation, Houhou ordered the Han army to respond to changes without making any adjustments, allowing the Han army soldiers to face the enemy on their own. At the same time, they ordered the Han army soldiers on the central position who were not affected by the enemy to hurry up and prepare for a decisive battle that was destined to be long.

The fierce fierce battle quickly began again. After the two wings of the Hun cavalry rushed over, they all chose to go forward with 20,000 soldiers to fight in close combat, leaving 10,000 troops to hide behind and shoot arrows. The Han soldiers firmly stood firm, arrayed in densely and stubbornly defended, using their equipment advantages to fight to the death with the tall and large Hun cavalry. The Han soldiers in the back team also shot arrows desperately, using iron arrowheads to suppress the Hun archers hiding behind and shooting arrows.

The huge shouts and the sound of gold and iron collisions quickly drowned out all the sounds on the battlefield. During the fierce battle, the soldiers of the two armies' soldiers' swords, spears and axes were pecking each other's bodies, and they kept splashing hot blood on each other's bodies. The blade cuts the skin and goes deep into the muscles. The spear pierces the body, bringing blood arrows. The axes and copper pecks keep chopping the heads, cutting off the limbs and arms, and blood and brain matter are sprayed together. The soldiers in the front row just fell down. The companions behind immediately set up their positions and continue to greet the enemy on the opposite side with red eyes. Another feather arrow continues to roar in the sky, falling into the back team of both sides, taking away the lives of the soldiers of the two armies who were hiding behind and shooting arrows.

"Long live the great khan!" The roars of the Hun soldiers came one after another, inspiring more Hun cavalry to move forward wildly, even though there were already crowds in front of them and blood flowed into a river.

"Long live the big man!" This was the roaring response of the Han army soldiers. Accompanied by these shouts, there were also the crazy ring-headed iron knife and the sharp iron spear that was stabbed out with great force. Xiang Kang only got mass-produced hook-in shields and played a huge role in the fierce battle, effectively restraining the bronze peck of the Hun cavalry's melee weapon, greatly offsetting the combat effectiveness of these grassland robbers.

The battle situation was in a stalemate, and Maodun finally began to feel a little calmer. After careful calculation, Maodun decisively sent 20,000 cavalry troops to split into two groups to assist in shooting, using the Huns' cavalry's best-known bows and arrows to cover the Han army's positions. As a result, this finally had a certain effect. The Han army soldiers who could not use the crossbow arrows were all shot and shot with the back team, and suffered a great loss in attack frequency. Under the cover of the dense feather arrows of the Huns, the casualties began to increase, and the right wing's position began to loosen, and they were forced to shrink their positions and strengthen their defense.

The Hun cavalry who was detouring behind him was waiting for this opportunity. As soon as he saw the right wing of the Han army shrinking its position, the Hun cavalry behind him immediately shouted and rushed to storm the right wing of the Han army on three sides, and continued to attack with chopping and shooting. When Xiang Kang saw it, he could only quickly raise the banner and order the right wing Han army to change the formation into a circular formation to strengthen defense.

During this period, Chen Ping, who came with the army, made suggestions to Xiang Kang and said, "Your Majesty, should you use that weapon? As long as you use that weapon, our right wing can immediately turn the danger into safety."

Xiang Kang shook his head and said, "It is absolutely not allowed to use it until the last moment. It is best to save it until a full counterattack, so that we have the opportunity to severely damage the main force of the Huns and barbarians."

Xiang Kang's intentional retention certainly made the 20,000 Han soldiers on the right wing. They were already at a disadvantage in their military strength. After being attacked by 20,000 Huns from behind, the Han army on the right wing was left with the only option of tenaciously defending. All the square and conical formations were forced to turn into round formations to meet the enemy. Several thousand formations were forced to merge themselves and help each other to grit their teeth and persevere. However, the Hun cavalry on the opposite side continued, rushing fiercely, and putting huge pressure on the right wing Han army at all times.

Fortunately, the Han army soldiers had equipment advantages after all. No matter how critical the situation was, they survived the sudden strengthening of the Hun cavalry, gradually stabilized their positions, and brought the battle into a stalemate again. They also used the equipment advantages of all iron weapons to kill the Hun soldiers in the fierce battle and suffered heavy casualties and corpses all over the ground.

Seeing that the opportunity that the right wing finally appeared gradually disappeared, I looked up and saw that it was getting late and the light was gradually weakening. Maodun couldn't help but start to be anxious. After careful calculation, Maodun simply sent 10,000 new forces to the right wing of the Han army to strengthen the offensive. At the same time, he sent 20,000 troops to the left wing formation of the Han army, and rushed behind the left wing positions of the Han army, trying to drown the Han army with the sea of ​​people tactics, and at the same time lure Xiang Kang to send troops from the central army to rescue the two wings.

Xiang Kang, who was not good at battles in the formation, was indeed deceived. Seeing that the right wing was even more tight, and the left wing was also besieged by the Huns' army, Xiang Kang first ordered all the positions of the central army to light up the torches, and then said to himself: "It's time to be deceived. Take a banner and draw 10,000 troops from the positions of the central army to advance eastward to reinforce our right wing."

The banner was launched, and the 10,000 Han troops on the central army's position immediately shouted and rushed forward to the right-wing position that had already been surging. Maodun was overjoyed and immediately shouted: "Send the whole army to light up the torches and prepare for night battles! Zuo Xianwang, you personally lead 30,000 elite cavalry to detour to the central army formation of the Central Plains barbarians, and find an opportunity to attack the barbarians' central position. Right Xianwang, you lead 30,000 elite cavalry and 20,000 archers to the front of the formation. When you hear the war drum, you immediately attack the central army formation of the Central Plains barbarians. The other elite cavalry will be led by Ben Khan personally!"

"Youguli King, you lead 30,000 cavalrymen, specifically responsible for monitoring the barbarian army on Bantianling Mountain, and always guard against them going down the mountain to rescue the barbarian emperor!"

Maodun dared not forget the troops of Li Zuoche, the Han army who had the power to fight, and Li Zuoche was also silently watching the situation at the battlefield below the mountain on the high ground of Bantianling. He judged the signs of the Huns' army through the torch light. Li Zuoche suddenly burst into laughter and smiled: "I want to dilute our central army's forces by attacking our wings, and then concentrate our elite troops to siege our flag formation. The tactics are very correct. But unfortunately, with the temper of our Majesty, how could we not bring that army? How could we not leave that army beside him and obey? Be prepared to suffer a great loss and be deceived."
Chapter completed!