Chapter 10 The setting sun is like blood

Author: Gongsun Wujiu

Chapter 10 The setting sun is like blood

On the fourth day of the war, the Han army had suffered more than half its casualties, and its arrows had long been exhausted.

Although the Huns suffered more than twice as many casualties as the Han army, they originally had an absolute advantage in numbers, but now their numerical advantage is even greater.

Fortunately, the morale of the Han army was still high, but the morale of the Huns was far worse than before.

On the wall, Han Feng looked to the northwest with a melancholy face. In order to drive the Huns out, he had sent all his personal guards to the top of the city.

Now the only thing he can use is the 60 horsemen and horses from Huangzhong Yicong, which is the force he plans to use for counterattack.

"Han Jiang, go call Zhang Yue!"

"promise"

…

Zhang Yue was bandaging his wounds when he received the order.

Full of doubts, he followed Han Jiang to Han Feng.

"Meet the military lord!"

"Zhang Jun, there is no need to be polite. I invited you here this time to ask your opinion!"

Zhang Yue was silent for a moment and said, "Marquis, from my perspective, if there is no support from the reserve forces, the Huns will probably break the city in their next attack..."

Han Feng closed his eyes slightly, "Zhang Jun means to join Huangzhong Yicong now?"

Zhang Yueyao Yaotou, he naturally knew that Huangzhong Yicong was left by Han Feng as the last counterattack force.

"Junhou, we actually still have a force that we can use!"

Han Feng's eyes lit up and then dimmed again, "You mean those horse thieves and prisoners?"

"Exactly!"

"Can they be used by me?" Han Feng shook his head gently.

Zhang Yue said: "Do you know how the Huns treated the Qiang prisoners?"

Han Feng nodded

Zhang Yue said: "The military princes know how the Huns treated the Qiang prisoners, and naturally these horse thieves also know..."

Han Feng's eyes lit up and he seemed to have thought of something. He rubbed his hands and wandered on the wall, constantly thinking and weighing in his mind.

It took him a long time to stop.

Han Feng turned his head and stared at Zhang Yue and said, "What do you care about?"

Zhang Yue bowed and said, "I only need an order and a promise from the military prince to make these horse thieves available to me!"

"Oh, if you want anything, just ask for it."

Zhang Yue bowed and said, "I need an order to release these horse thieves and a promise to make them soldiers of the Han army!"

"this……"

Han Feng hesitated for a moment, then gritted his teeth and nodded.

"Can!"

Then he handed his token into Zhang Yue's hands.

Zhang Yue suppressed the excitement in his heart and took the token.

He paid a military salute to Han, turned around and walked towards the room where the prisoners were kept.

Soon Zhang Yue successfully met these prisoners.

"Yes!"

One of the prisoners, who looked like a leader, immediately recognized Zhang Yue.

"You are here to see us off!"

Zhang Yueyao said: "I am here to give you and others a way to survive!"

The eyes of the horse thieves brightened and then dimmed again.

"You don't have to worry, there is an order from the military prince here, and this cannot be faked."

The horse thieves looked at me and I looked at you, but in the end it was the man who looked like the leader who stood up.

"I don't know what we need to do?"

Zhang Yue said: "I am not hiding anything from you. Today we are fighting against the Xiongnu and we are in urgent need of soldiers..."

The leader of the horse thieves said: "Aren't you afraid that we will rebel in the face of battle?"

Zhang Yue said: "I'm afraid, I was afraid that day. If you turn against us in the face of battle, you will naturally die without a burial place."

Zhang Yue did not wait for the horse thieves to speak and continued: "However, you also have no way to survive!"

The leader of the horse thieves stared closely at Zhang Yue

"If we help the Huns capture the city, how can the Huns not give us a way to survive?"

Zhang Yue smiled, Yaoyao asked and answered, "Do you know how many Han troops there are in the Hexi area now...a total of 180,000. Captain Zhangye's reinforcements will arrive tomorrow at the latest. With the Xiongnu's mere troops, it is possible that

Block my big man's blow."

The horse thieves shook their heads instinctively, they had no doubt about the strength of the Han army.

"In that case, why don't you lend a helping hand to our Han army..."

"Once you gain fame and honor, you can all join the Han army as soldiers after this battle..."

"Is this true?"

The eyes of the horse thieves shone brightly again.

Zhang Yue knew that the time was ripe, "You guys, please don't worry, I can use my head as a guarantee."

After some discussion, the horse thieves made a request: "We cannot trust anyone else unless Zhang Jun is our uncle."

Zhang Yue hesitated and said: "I can't agree to this. The military commander still needs to make the decision on this matter."

At this moment, a voice sounded. "This matter has been decided..."

Zhang Yue looked back and saw that Han Feng appeared behind him with several acolytes.

With Han Feng's support, Zhang Yue quickly organized these former horse thieves.

The seventy-six horse thieves, including Zhang Yue and Cai Ting, and Li Si, totaled seventy-nine people. They were organized into eight soldiers by Zhang Yue. The leader of the horse thieves became Zhang Yue's deputy and also served as the first captain.

Very long.

Zhang Yue had just finished reorganizing these former horse thieves, and the Huns began a new round of attack.

"Gentlemen, follow me to the city..."

Zhang Yue did not hesitate and immediately led his newly acquired subordinates to the top of the wall.

Zhang Yue arrived just in time. A section of the east city wall collapsed after repeated battles, and the Huns were pouring in through this gap.

“When we meet on a narrow road, the brave one wins!”

Zhang Yue did not hesitate, roared, drew his sword, and was the first to charge forward.

The former horse thieves who had just joined the Han army saw that their superiors had already rushed forward, and they also shouted and swarmed forward.

Other surrounding Han soldiers took the opportunity to counterattack, and the arrival of fresh troops panicked the Huns on the top of the city.

They did not expect that the Han army still had the strength to counterattack. Since the follow-up troops failed to keep up, the gap was retaken by Zhang Yue and others.

Seeing that their morale was low, the Xiongnu leader had no choice but to withdraw his troops again.

However, the Han army was already at the end of its strength, and the new army that Zhang Yue had just formed suffered nearly one-third casualties.

Both Han Feng and Zhang Yue understood that it was just a fluke that they were able to defeat the Huns this time. The next time the Huns attacked would be more violent, and the Han army was almost exhausted, and the walls of the Tucheng were already crumbling and it was difficult to do anything.

screen.

Without the protection of the city wall, the Han army was almost dead in front of the Huns' cavalry.

"Seize the time to eat and rest..."

Only half an hour later, "Woooooooo..."

The horns of the Huns sounded again.

The Han army silently arranged their weapons and looked at the Huns outside the city indifferently.

"It seems like this is the last battle..."

Zhang Yue raised his head and looked at the blood-red sun in the sky. At this moment, his heart became extremely calm.

Han Feng gathered all his soldiers and horses, and the Yi Cong cavalry, which had not been dispatched, were now ready to attack.

The soldiers and wounded who could not ride a horse took their states on their backs.

Han Feng and Zhang Yue would not expect to defeat the Huns. They just hoped that more soldiers would break through the siege of the Huns as much as possible and live.

Han Feng looked around for four weeks, and the sword pointed at the camp of the Huns in his hand.

"Zhu Jun, death or life is here!"
Chapter completed!