Tonight, the stars are brilliant, and a crescent moon hangs high in the sky.

In Yin Zhixie's camp, many nobles suddenly began to wake up their arrangements and distribute bags of precious cheese and hay.

These are the last coffin books that Yin Zhixie saved in every possible way.

"Have you told King Aries and King Loufan yet?" Yin Zhi stood on a hillside and asked his closest confidants.

"Tushe, we have informed Aries and Loufan that we will break through the Han army due north tonight!" said a noble.

"Yes!" Yin Zhi nodded obliquely, looked back at another noble, and said, "Have the slaves and the defeated soldiers been organized?"

"Okay!" Yin Zhixian nodded indifferently.

Among the cavalry of King Youxian's headquarters, there are about 3,000 slaves as auxiliary force of the army.

To be fair, if they could follow the cavalry of their own tribe into battle, the status of these slaves would be relatively high among their tribes.

But now in order for the main force to break through, these slaves have no choice but to die.

In addition, the defeated troops of the Zhelan tribe were also betrayed by Yin Zhixie without mercy.

Together with Yin Zhixie's slaves, they will break out due north.

Yin Zhixie doesn't care whether he can break through or not.

As long as it can attract the attention of the Han army a little bit, it will be fine.

"After they set off, we will immediately lurk to the hills in the northwest..." Yin Zhixie ordered: "We will not take action until King Loufan and King Aries also start to break out!"

"Yes!" The nobles took the order and left one after another.

Only Yin Zhixie was still standing on the hillside, looking at the lush land under the moonlight.

Tonight, although the starlight is good, it is starting to get foggy.

In late autumn in the north, the temperature difference between day and night becomes extremely large.

During the day, the sun is blazing in the sky and the temperature often reaches over 20 degrees. But at night, thick fog arises, and sometimes there is even frost, and the temperature drops directly to below zero.

Although the Huns are cold-tolerant, they cannot withstand such temperature changes.

In the past three days, dozens of people have frozen to death within the Xiongnu coalition forces.

What's even more frightening is that the pace of severe winter is getting closer and closer.

Fifty-six years ago, the Han and Hungarians fought a decisive battle in Pingcheng. The total number of soldiers who actually died in the battle between the two countries was probably only a few hundred.

But thousands of people died from frostbite.

Thirty percent of the Han army's soldiers were forced to have their limbs amputated.

As for the Xiongnu, there were also four to five thousand people who were permanently disabled.

Countless horses and livestock were killed.

Yin Zhi tightened his sheepskin jacket tightly. He knew that even if everything went well, he could escape from the encirclement.

His headquarters will also suffer heavy losses due to cold, hunger and being lost.

At the beginning, nearly 10,000 cavalrymen entered the pass.

There may only be two or three thousand people who can escape the encirclement of the Han army.

If you encounter an interception or interception, you will be lucky if you can escape with hundreds of people!

But he had to do it!

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Han army camp.

Yi Zong also stood on a hillside, overlooking the surrounding Xiongnu camp.

It’s different from the Xiongnu camp.

In the Han army's camp, the bonfire was blazing, and the soldiers gathered around the bonfire in small groups, roasting themselves and eating hot mutton.

A simple bronze stove was hung in the center of the bonfire, and thinly sliced ​​mutton was thrown into it.

The meat is fragrant and appetizing.

In recent days, the Han army has been killing pigs and cattle to reward and boost the morale of the soldiers with rich meat.

Facts have proved that the people of the big foodie empire can overcome all difficulties as long as they have enough food and drink.

"Yin Zhixie. We should break through either today or tomorrow!" Yi Zong ordered the generals around him: "Keep an eye on me. If there is any sign of trouble, tell me immediately!"

"No!" All the generals bowed and bowed.

The Xiongnu army within the encirclement was now considered fat in the eyes of all the Han army generals.

The intelligence and news from King Loufan and his tribe confirmed that the Huns were now at the end of their rope and had no other way out, and their morale had dropped to the abyss.

If at the beginning, the Han army was still a little worried that if the Huns surrounded them tried their best, they would probably lose a few of their teeth.

However, now, there is no such worry.

King Xiang sank the cauldron and boat at Julu City, and Huaiyin fought with his back at Jingxing.

They were all victories achieved with sufficient food and grass and high morale.

Now, the Huns in the encirclement are short of water and food.

The siege that lasted for more than ten days exhausted all their strength.

Even a fierce tiger who falls into a hunter's trap and struggles for a few days will be like a lamb and will be slaughtered by others.

No matter how powerful the Huns are, they are already at the end of their war effort.

Others can be optimistic, but as the coach, Yi Zong knows that he cannot be optimistic.

At that time, in the Battle of Changping, Zhao Kuo, the commander-in-chief of the Zhao army, was surrounded by Bai Qi's army for forty-six days and ran out of ammunition and food. He was still able to launch a terrifying counterattack and almost broke through the siege.

Everyone in the world thinks that Ma Fuzi talks about war on paper, which is extremely ridiculous.

But who knew that the Zhao army in trouble had launched five desperate attacks, and the most successful one almost penetrated the Qin army's defense line?

The fight between trapped beasts is always the most terrifying.

Although the Qin army won the Battle of Changping, they suffered tens of thousands of losses.

Therefore, from the beginning, Yi Zong had no plan to attack the Huns surrounded by force, let alone to prevent the Huns from breaking out of any line of defense.

Instead, he learned from the Marquis of Huaiyin and used ambushes from all sides and interceptions to deal with and weaken the Huns.

But even the Marquis of Huaiyin would only use this tactic of ambush from all sides once in his life.

The risk is extremely high!

Moreover, the situation now is completely different from that in Haixia.

The Huns were all cavalry.

It is undoubtedly extremely difficult for the cavalry to escape, intercept them all, and eliminate them all.

Therefore, although the Han army said it would use an ambush from all sides, it also considered a lot and made many changes.

Instead of copying it mechanically, arrange it according to the strategies and arrangements of the Marquis of Huaiyin.

Instead, many changes were made.

The biggest change is that now, every interception position set up by the Han army is a mixture of riding and infantry.

Use infantry as the main force to intercept, while cavalry is a meat-eating presence.

The Huns want to pass through such an interception position. Yes!

But he had to leave something behind.

The Han army deployed more than five interception positions in all possible breakout directions of the Huns, each of which happened to be stuck on the place where the Huns must pass.

In addition, there is a cavalry force of 5,000 people. As a mobile force, it can provide support anytime and anywhere.

Of course, just as the Marquis of Huaiyin arranged in Haixia.

Ambush from all sides is not only to weaken the enemy, but also to destroy it!

All interceptions and obstructions are preparations for the final and complete elimination of the enemy.

"Is the breastplate ready?" Yi Zong asked the officers of the Tiger Guard and the Yulin Guard.

"Report to the general, we are ready and can fight again!" the commanders of both armies replied with chests raised.

"Good!" Yi Zong nodded, but also sighed in his heart.

The breastplate is easy to use and powerful.

But it's too delicate.

Not only are soldiers delicate, but war horses and equipment are also very delicate.

A lance often costs tens of gold, and a set of breastplates is no less expensive.

Moreover, the output of these two types of equipment is extremely small and the manufacturing process is lengthy.

At the current rate, the Han army could field up to about 2,000 cavalry a year.

And war horses are even more valuable.

Those who can be used as breastplate war horses are all thousand-mile horses in the true sense. Each one is a tall horse selected from thousands of war horses.

These war horses not only have requirements for body shape, but also for endurance and explosive power.
To be continued...