King Wu Rong and Ji Jie exchanged two moves. He knew very well in his heart that he was no match. In addition, he was greatly disturbed by the enemy troops on both sides, so he immediately came up with the idea of escape.
"I want to run away, but I'm dreaming!" Ji Jie blocked his retreat.
King Wu Rong shouted and rushed over, pretending to fight to the death. In fact, it was just to scare people. If he really wanted to fight, he would not have the idea of escape.
Ji Jie responded calmly, stabbing with his spear, leaving a bloody hole in King Urong's right arm.
Although King Wu Rong was injured, it was not serious. He even felt that the injury was worth it because he finally had a chance to escape.
"Warriors, retreat with me!" King Urong shouted as he broke out in the direction where the coalition's attack was weakest.
Ji Jie did not chase, but took out a sun-shooting bow and three arrows, put it on the bowstring and shot out quickly. King Urong heard the sound of the bowstring behind him and subconsciously avoided it.
But it was too late, three arrows shot into his neck and back respectively, and all of them came out from the front.
When King Wu Rong gave the order to retreat, the Huns had lost the confidence to continue fighting. They wanted to escape with him, but in the blink of an eye, their master was shot to death.
"Your general is dead. If you are willing to surrender, you will be spared your life!" Ji Jie shouted loudly: "Those who stubbornly resist will only die!"
As soon as these words came out, a frightened Huns subconsciously dropped the weapons in his hands, which soon caused a chain reaction, and more weapons were thrown to the ground by their owners.
Those who are unwilling to surrender will be resolutely eliminated.
The battle was basically over, with only a few sporadic groups of enemies still stubbornly resisting. They had no impact on the overall battle situation.
Corpses littered the fields and rivers of blood flowed.
Looking at the tragic battlefield, Ji Jie felt sad. Before, there were living lives, but now they were completely lifeless and turned into cold corpses.
"Clean the battlefield and count the casualties!" Ji Jie ordered.
The figures were quickly calculated. In this battle, nearly 40,000 enemy troops were annihilated, more than 10,000 were captured, and nearly 10,000 escaped. Ji Jian and Zhao Ling were leading the pursuit and continued to expand the results.
The Kuolun tribe suffered more than 6,000 casualties, and the Zhou Yan coalition suffered close to 6,000 casualties. Taken together, the casualties in this battle were one to three.
Logically speaking, Kuolun's Nanyuan cavalry should not have suffered so many casualties. The reason was that the enemy had new weapons, but he did not, so he could only fight back with bows and arrows, and suffered a big loss.
No matter what, this battle was a great victory.
…
In the capital of Shanyu, there was a battle report on the table in front of Wuli Shanyu. It clearly stated that King Wurong and Yilim were killed in the battle. Only less than 4,000 of the 60,000-strong army fled back. More than 90% of them were not captured. To kill means to be captured.
All the generals lowered their heads and remained silent, knowing that if they spoke in this situation, they would only be scolded.
"A bunch of rubbish!" Uli Chanyu said angrily: "Sixty thousand people couldn't defeat the temporarily formed coalition army, which was also equipped with two generals. Without the obstruction of the Urong tribe, they could march straight in and head towards me. Coming from the royal city, the Huns, who have hundreds of thousands of troops, are actually defeated at the hands of a young boy. If you tell me, the whole world will laugh out loud!"
After a fire broke out, Wuli Shanyu felt much better and began to assign tasks: "A hundred thousand troops will form the vanguard and go south to build a defense line today. The remaining fifty thousand people will serve as backup and join the battle at any time. This battle must annihilate the intruders." enemy!"
"yes!"
"Order several tribal leaders in the east to form a coalition and attack the Nanyuan King's headquarters from the side. This old guy dares to openly rebel against this Chanyu. I want his entire tribe to die without a burial place!"
"yes!"
…
The coalition army became famous after the first battle. Rou Yue took over many tribes that wanted to rebel but did not dare to rebel before. In a short period of time, the number of troops doubled to 30,000, making them on an equal footing with the Zhou Yan coalition.
Just when Ji Jie was about to give the order to march to King Shanyu's city, King Nanyuan sent a letter asking for help. He was harassed by several tribes at the same time and suffered heavy losses. At first, those people were elusive and never willing to fight, which made him very anxious. Finally, he found one Instead of having the opportunity to fight the main force, they fell into a trap prepared in advance. After the first battle, they lost many troops and lost a lot of territory.
This incident forced Ji Jie to change his strategy. At this time, information about Wuli Shanyu's 100,000-strong army going south also came over. This is really a disaster that never comes singly. If not, he may be attacked from both front and rear by the enemy. In front of several times the enemy, , there is no possibility of winning.
The desert is mostly flat and there is no danger to defend. Ji Jie decided to attack the Huns who were fighting King Nanyuan first, and then concentrate all his efforts on Wuli Shanyu's 100,000 troops.
The most important task was to slow down the march of one hundred thousand enemies. He gave Rou Yue the responsibility of this task, asking her to lead the elite cavalry back to the rear of the enemy's grain transport team, cut off the grain channels and burn the enemy's grain and grass. The main force in front The troops had to stop temporarily.
When he saw King Nanyuan again, he had less than 10,000 men left in his hands. An ambush caused him to lose more than two-thirds of his troops. He himself was also hit by two arrows. Fortunately, neither of them were injured. Crucial.
The biggest reason for King Nanyuan's failure was that he underestimated the enemy. He thought that the few tribes that had been put together temporarily did not have strong fighting power, so he underestimated the enemy and rushed forward, and suffered a big loss as a result.
"I am really shameless to face the princess and my benefactor!" King Nanyuan was so ashamed.
"Victory and defeat are common matters for military strategists. Uncle Nanyuan Wang doesn't have to worry about it!" Rou Yue advised.
"Yeah, a temporary victory or defeat can't mean anything!" Ji Jie said with a smile: "Tell us about the situation at that time. How did you get fooled?"
After several tribes joined forces, the leader, Mutuo, the leader of the Cheli tribe, used a trick to deceive King Nanyuan into taking the bait. In fact, he had hidden an ambush on the way back, and waited for King Nanyuan to catch up to the ambush and swarm them.
"So, Muto is a man with a plan?"
"That's right!" King Nanyuan said with some embarrassment: "Mutuo's intelligence is well-known in this generation, but I underestimated him!"
Although Mu Tuo is slightly famous, his tribe is very small, with only a few thousand soldiers. No wonder King Nan Yuan looks down on him, as anyone would do the same.
Intelligence showed that after completing the ambush, Muto did not beat the drowned dog. Instead, he dispersed the gathered troops and divided them into several small groups to fight, gradually encroaching on the Nanyuan Department.
They are indeed smart people who know how to make the most of their strengths and avoid their weaknesses. Joint operations are their biggest weakness.
"Haha, then I want to compete with him!" Ji Jie said with a smile: "Let's see who is smarter! Pass my order to set up a sentry post every three miles, built with logs, containing thirty soldiers, equipped with thunderbolts. Crossbow, hold tight and don’t attack, as long as they dare to show up, don’t even think about going back!”
Everyone doubted whether this method was effective, and Ji Jie confidently told them to wait and see the results.