Cattle and sheep were slaughtered, and the coalition camp celebrated grandly. The smell of barbecue spread for dozens of miles, and the greedy Huns drooled. However, they could only sigh with excitement, lowered their heads and continued to nibble on the hard noodles in their hands.
Everything that could be broken was thrown down in Tushe's tent. Tushe stood aside with a livid look, muttering in a low voice: "It's all because of your refusal to send troops to rescue, otherwise it wouldn't be like this..."
"What did you say?" Tu She was already on the receiving end of the fire, pointing at his nose and scolding: "You have fifteen thousand people, and they only have ten thousand. You didn't say anything about losing and let others take away everything. You How was this battle fought?”
"You blame me!" Tu Men's voice also raised an octave and retorted: "I give you 15,000 people escorting tens of thousands of cattle and sheep. Can you withstand a sneak attack by 10,000 people?"
The two brothers glared at each other. Tushe sighed and said, "Send a message to Uli Chanyu and ask him to send reinforcements. Of course, there will be more supplies."
During the two-day carnival, Ji Jie led 50,000 cavalry to fight, while Ji Lin and King Nanyuan led the remaining nearly 10,000 people to stick to the camp. Tu She's spies saw clearly and hurried back to report.
Tu She frowned. Reinforcements and supplies were still on the way. He thought that the enemy wanted to eat me before the reinforcements arrived!
Fight, fearing that you will not be an opponent; retreat, fearing that you will lose military morale. What will happen when the enemy comes to chase you? Your retreat will turn into a rout, and it will be difficult to explain to the great Chanyu; it is not possible to hold on, as last time A lot of things were destroyed when the camp was hijacked. This new camp was barely put together. It was okay for people to live in, but it was really unsatisfactory for defense.
Then it was a fight to the death. Tu She made a decision. Even if he had to lose tens of thousands of lives, he would have to bring in Zhou Yan's coalition forces to back him up.
Ji Jie led his army forward for thirty li, and Tu She led his army for twenty li. The two sides set up their postures.
The coalition army is still divided into three parts: the central army, the left army and the right army. Ji Jian's 10,000 horsemen and Kuo Lun's 5,000 cavalry form the left army, and Zhao Ling's 10,000 people and Rou Yue's 5,000 people form the right army. , Ji Jie led 20,000 people to form a central army.
In addition to cavalry, all units are equipped with artillery. Giant trebuchet positions are set up behind the central army, which can carry out long-range strikes on the entire battlefield; thunderbolt bombs are distributed to every soldier, and everyone is ready.
"Your Majesty, shall we take the initiative to attack?" Xiong Ba asked.
"No!" Ji Jie smiled and said: "With our strength, it is more appropriate to defend and counterattack. We order the giant trebuchet to start fighting to anger the opponent's general!"
"Got the order!"
The trebuchet troops began to reload, and the giant trebuchet positions with a height of more than ten meters rang out dense and rapid trebuchet sounds. More than a dozen thunderbolts weighing dozens of kilograms were thrown into the sky, forming gorgeous parabolas. .
The distance between the enemy and ourselves was more than two miles. Tushe didn't believe that any weapon could hit such a long distance, but the coalition forces did just that.
A dozen small black dots appeared in the sky, roaring towards them. The black dots gradually grew larger in the eyes of the Huns, and the disdain in their eyes was gradually replaced by panic.
"Hold on, everyone, and form a shield formation!" Tushe ordered.
The front-line troops immediately gathered together and formed a combined shield array of dozens of people. The shields protected the front and overhead. Most people thought that what was flying was just ordinary stone bullets.
"Boom..."
The first thunderbolt hit the shield, and the huge impact tore the shield apart, destroying it like dry matter, and the soldiers hidden inside flew out with flesh and blood.
Before it was over, there was a huge explosion, and the surrounding soldiers and horses were blown away by the air waves. Shrapnel and iron beads hidden inside were scattered in all directions, and everyone within a radius of more than ten feet was hit.
"Boom boom boom..."
There were more than a dozen explosions in succession, and dead horses and corpses with missing limbs were everywhere.
The fear of the Huns reached its peak in an instant, not only the soldiers, but also the generals. Everyone looked at each other, not knowing what to do for a moment.
Tu She looked back. He knew that there was only one way to dispel the fear of the soldiers, and that was to charge. He rushed over and engaged in hand-to-hand combat, and the coalition's long-range weapons became ineffective.
In fact, he did not expect that the coalition forces would have weapons capable of fighting such long distances. The original cavalry tactics had fundamentally changed. The driving force behind the attack was of course Ji Jie and his new weapons.
"Very good, continue to carry out intensive artillery strikes!" Ji Jie issued a new order.
At the same time, Tu She waved his weapons and shouted: "The frontline troops charge, followed by the left and right wings, charge!"
The 20,000 frontline troops, plus 10,000 people on the left and right wings, and 40,000 Huns cavalry began to charge. In an instant, there was a loud sound of horse hooves, and the ground shook as if the mountains were shaking.
"Medium-range artillery, prepare!" Ji Jie raised his hand and suddenly put it down.
Hundreds of medium-sized trebuchets roared, and cannonballs roared toward the enemy who had just entered the range.
Amidst the dense explosions, the Huns cavalry were thrown off their backs. Only one attack caused thousands of casualties to them, followed closely by the second and third rounds.
Then there's a round of crossbow attacks, and finally there's thunderbolts.
"charge!"
Ten thousand central troops plus two wings of 30,000 people, and 40,000 people came forward together. After suffering several rounds of attacks, there were only more than 20,000 Huns left, and they were at an absolute disadvantage in terms of numbers.
Ji Jie only left 10,000 people as a reserve team, which could be said to be overwhelming.
There was a melee between the cavalry on both sides. Seeing that the one-sided situation had been alleviated, Tu She immediately ordered: "Give me the reserves on the left and right!"
20,000 Xiongnu reserve troops came to attack, and Tushe only had more than 10,000 people left in his hands.
The scene of swords, swords, and nearly 100,000 people fighting in melee is difficult to describe in words!
"All troops come forward!" Tu She personally led the last 10,000 people to charge over. The numerical advantage gave the Huns the upper hand, and the coalition forces fought very hard.
Ji Jie's expression changed. This is not the way to go. The new weapons cannot be effective in the melee. The enemy fights me with nearly twice the strength. I can't afford it. Even if I go up with the final reserve team, I will still outnumber the enemy. Much less.
"Ming Jin withdraws the troops!" Ji Jie ordered.
The crisp sound of metal came out, and the coalition forces began to withdraw from the battlefield. Ji Jie personally led 10,000 people to the rear to cover everyone's retreat.
"Haha, the Central Plains people are no match for the Huns' cavalry!" Tu She shouted arrogantly: "Warriors, charge forward with me and kill all these hateful Central Plains people. Charge!"
The Huns' morale was greatly boosted, and they came after them one after another. Ji Jie did not even have time to dismantle the trebuchet standing on the position, and led the troops to retreat towards the camp.
No one, including Tu She, noticed that the retreating coalition forces were still so orderly. Except for the discarded trebuchets, there was no sign of a retreat at all.
The front passes by the camp abandoned by the Huns, which retains the scene as it was when they retreated. The coalition troops passed through smoothly, and the Huns soon arrived here.