Chapter 8 Dark clouds over the city

Author: Gongsun Wujiu

Chapter 8 Dark clouds over the city

Li Si said with a serious face: "At least two thousand riders!"

Although Zhang Yue had no idea about Li Si, he felt that things were more troublesome than he thought. At the same time, he became more and more curious about Li Si.

Just as Zhang Yue was about to ask Li Si something, the horn was already blowing on the city wall!

"The Huns are coming!" Guo Kai shouted: "Hurry into the city!"

Li Si pulled Zhang Yue and said, "Commander, let's go quickly!"

Zhang Yue looked back at the distance, and then retreated into the city with the surrounding soldiers.

"Boom!"

When the last soldier retreated into the city, a thousand pounds of stone was placed on top of the city.

After Zhang Yue retreated into the city, he immediately climbed to the top of the city.

Looking at the high ground in the distance, there are three rows of Hun cavalry lined up in a line, stretching for nearly two miles from east to west. These cavalry are wearing leather armor, and their weapons look no worse than those of the Han army.

Han Jiang's expression changed greatly: "This...this is the elite of the royal court!!!"

The faces of the experienced soldiers also became ugly. The Han army now numbered less than 600. Although they occupied the earth city and had the advantage of defense, everyone had no confidence in facing the elite of the Huns.

As the commander-in-chief of the first army, Han Feng was also very nervous. This place was four days away from Zhangye City. Even if the messenger he sent arrived in Zhangye in time, it would normally take six days for the reinforcements to arrive. Relying on his own

Can a motley crew of motley crews be able to defend this dilapidated earthen city for six days?

Although he was hesitating in his heart, he did not show any timidity on his face. Han Feng knew that now the whole army was looking at him, and he was now the backbone of the whole army. As long as he showed a little timidity, the whole army would be affected.

Morale will plummet. Then there will really be no place to die.

"Junhou, say something!" Han Jiang said quietly from the side.

Han Feng nodded and climbed up the dilapidated city gate tower.

With a "bang bang" sound, he pulled out his sword and pointed at the Huns in the distance.

"Hey, do you know who is on the other side?"

"Those are the elites of the Xiongnu royal court. Are you afraid of them?"

"If a Han family's talented son dies, he will die, so why should we be afraid!" Zhang Yue took the lead in shouting.

Han Feng looked around and bowed, "You are all the heroes of our Han army. Although the Xiongnu are powerful, we are not just children."

"Half a day ago, I sent someone to Zhangye City to deliver a message. Li Ling, the grandson of the Flying General and the Cavalry Commander, will personally lead his men to come in the near future... By then, these Huns will all be turtles in the jar."

Under Han Feng's encouragement, the morale of the Han army really increased.

Zhang Yue couldn't help but breathed a sigh of relief when he heard that Li Ling was leading his troops to garrison nearby.

Li Ling was a famous general in later generations. The "Book of Han" records that he led his troops to attack the Xiongnu many times, and was only defeated once in his life, which was his last battle in the Han army. Because he was betrayed by his own people.

As a result, a mere 5,000 infantry were surrounded by 100,000 cavalry led by the Xiongnu Chanyu, and were finally exhausted and captured. Even so, he also killed tens of thousands of Xiongnu cavalry.

Xin Qiji's "The general's reputation was ruined after a hundred battles, but he turned to the river and looked back thousands of miles, and his old friends were gone." It describes Li Ling.

When Han Feng was boosting the morale of the Han army, the Huns had also discovered the Han army stationed in Tucheng.

Looking from a distance, a Hun nobleman wearing iron armor holding a riding whip seemed to say something to the Huns around him, and soon a Hun cavalry left the formation and ran towards Tucheng.

After this group of cavalry came out, the Xiongnu group also began to slowly approach Tucheng.

The Hun cavalry who came forward quickly ran to the bottom of the Tucheng, stopped about a stone's throw away from the Tucheng, and started shouting at the top of the city.

"What are these Huns shouting?"

"Are you threatening us to surrender?"

Guo Kai spat in the direction of the Huns with disdain.

As a military prince, Han Feng did not speak but directly raised the bow and arrow in his hand.

"call out"

Han Feng nailed an arrow in front of the Huns leader's horse to show his attitude.

The Huns stared at Han Feng fiercely, then turned their horses and led the team back to the Huns' main formation.

Zhang Yue tightened the halberd in his hand and looked firmly at the Xiongnu in the distance.

"Woooooooo..."

The horns of the Huns sounded in the wilderness.

"Be careful, the Huns are about to attack."

Although each of the Huns' cavalry was equipped with three horses, they did not ride on horseback. Instead, they left a group of people to guard the extra horses, while the rest led the horses slowly.

When they were more than 200 steps away from Tucheng, with a strange shout, the Huns collectively got on their horses.

The approximately 300 Huns in the vanguard continued to slowly approach Tucheng, while the main force of the Huns stopped in place.

Although this was Zhang Yue's second battle, he still felt an invisible pressure that made him breathless.

These Huns were worthy of being the elite of the royal court. Although they were only three hundred in number, their neat movements gave Zhang Yue the feeling of a dark cloud looming over the city.

The Huns were slowly approaching. They walked slowly at first, and when they were about a hundred steps away from Tucheng, they began to control their horses and start trotting.

The Huns' actions made the Han army feel tremendous pressure, and everyone's breathing began to become rapid.

At fifty steps, the Huns finally galloped over on horseback.

"wind"

When the Huns were thirty steps away from Tucheng, Han Feng gave the order to release arrows.

These Huns were indeed elites. Facing the arrows all over the sky, they did not howl. Instead, they rushed over as one man and horse. Just when Zhang Yue thought they would directly attack Tucheng, this group of Huns cavalry suddenly divided into

He took two strands, spread them out on both wings, and fired arrows at the Tucheng.

"oops"

There was a scream in Zhang Yue's ears. He turned around and saw that Cai Ting had been hit by an arrow. When he was worried about Cai Ting, Cai Ting actually climbed up holding her chest. He saw that he was holding a hand in his hand.

An arrow was grinning. It turned out that the arrow just now did not penetrate the bamboo armor Cai Ting was wearing.

Only then did Zhang Yue notice that, except for a few arrows made of iron, most of the arrows fired by the Huns were made of wolf fangs or stones.

"It seems that the strength of the Xiongnu Empire has not really recovered yet!" Zhang Yue thought secretly in his heart.

After a exchange of shots between the two sides, the Huns saw that they could not gain any favor, so they slowly retreated amidst the sound of gold.

It was getting late at this time, and the Huns did not continue to attack. They only sent people to show off their power in front of the Tucheng, then retreated two miles away and began to set up camp.

"These Huns deceive us because we don't have crossbows, and they dare to camp so close. Nai Gong really wants to go out and kill them!" Guo Fang said angrily.

"These aliens are really annoying!" Zhang Yue couldn't help but curse.

As soon as he finished cursing, he saw everyone looking at him strangely.

Han Feng, who was patrolling the camp, happened to pass by at this time. He also asked in surprise: "Is Mr. Zhang a member of the Guliang School?"

Zhang Yue shook his head with confusion on his face.

"It seems that Mr. Zhang has also read the books of the Guliang School." Han Feng said with a smile.

Zhang Yue was stunned for a while, and then he suddenly realized that at this time, there was no mention of the Han people, and everyone still recognized the Zhuxia people.

Although the Huns live on the grasslands, they are indeed descendants of the Xia tribe by blood. The full name of "Chanyu" is "Zhangli Gutu Chanyu", which originally means "Son of Great Xia!"

Zhang Yue was about to explain, but before he could speak, Han Feng said to himself, "When the barbarians enter Xia, they become Xia, and when the Xia enter the barbarians, they become barbarians! These Huns have been separated from us, the Xia, for more than a thousand years.

Yes, it is appropriate to be called a foreigner."

After Han Feng finished speaking, he patted Zhang Yue on the shoulder and continued to patrol the camp, leaving Zhang Yue messy in the wind.

"I'm sorry, I'm sorry, you actually read books." Cai Ting said with a playful smile.

"Go away..." Zhang Yue smiled and kicked him.
Chapter completed!