The sound of horns coming from the grassland in the distance plunged the caravan into chaos.
"Get away!"
Li Yunze kicked Zhao Yan away, who was trying to drag him onto his horse. He strode forward and shouted at Lieutenant Wu Gang, "What are you waiting for? Beat the drums quickly to gather troops!"
Like Zhao Yan, Wu Gang, who became a lieutenant of Zhongshan Kingdom by paying his way into the eldest princess's path, looked at Li Yunze blankly, somewhat at a loss.
"waste!"
Li Yunze kicked the dazed Wu Gang away with one kick, and quickly ordered to the commanders of the villages, Yu Dui, "beat the drums, gather the troops, and form an array!"
These people all knew Li Yunze's identity, so they immediately accepted the order.
Li Yunze was not idle either. He reached out and took out a step bow and hung it on his body. He also hung an arrow pot with thirty arrows on his waist loop. He took out a ring-headed knife and two short spears and stuck them diagonally in the chest.
behind.
Zhao Yan stumbled over, grabbed Li Yunze's thigh and cried, "Your Majesty, leave quickly! We will escort the King and leave quickly..."
'Snapped!'
Li Yunze slapped him to the ground, and with a swish of the sword in his hand, he put it on his neck, "If you dare to disturb the morale of the army again, I will chop off your head!"
Go ahead, look around at the many assembled sergeants and roar, "This is the King of Zhongshan! I will live and die with my sons in this battle!"
‘Ho ho ho~~~’
The morale of the sergeants was immediately aroused.
At this time, Lieutenant Wu Gang also came to his senses and hurriedly stepped forward to put on Li Yunze's armor.
"It's too late." Li Yunze pushed him away and said, "Let's form a team."
All the Xiongnu tribes knew that if they plundered the caravans, they would not come again in the future.
Therefore, from the Chanyu to the nobles in various tribes, they strictly restrained their subordinates. It was okay to invade the Han Dynasty and plunder the grass valleys, but they were absolutely not allowed to plunder the caravans.
However, the Xiongnu's control over the numerous tribes below was far from strict.
The caravan not only carried a large amount of precious goods, but also countless wealth, which naturally attracted the jealousy of many tribes.
Therefore, the robbery of caravans still happens from time to time.
The caravan brought by Li Yunze was ready to return home after buying tens of thousands of cattle.
Because of their large scale and large number of people, they met several caravans along the way and all followed them to increase their sense of security.
This return trip was not the same as the original route, because the transactions along the way had already gone from Yunzhong County to Jiuyuan County in the former Qin Dynasty.
This area is now occupied by the Huns, including the Henan area south of the river.
The caravan crossed the river in Jiuyuan County and headed south into Henan, intending to go up the county and return to the Han Dynasty.
When we were crossing the river before, there were many Huns cavalry who were watching furtively from a distance and saw that this huge caravan was a fat sheep.
Finally, today, a few days later, a group of Huns soldiers launched an attack in this remote place.
Obviously, the Huns chose this place as their battlefield with the intention of killing everyone.
It is risky for a caravan to leave the grassland, so the caravan will be equipped with armed forces. The personal abilities of these guards are very outstanding, but when it comes to fighting on the battlefield, they become a mob.
The tribe that attacked the caravan obviously knew this, perhaps because they had done this kind of thing many times before and had experience.
The most unlucky part for them was that they did not expect that the largest caravan was composed of elite national soldiers of the Zhongshan Kingdom.
What’s even scarier is that Li Yunze is here too!
The robbery of the caravan this time was a kick in the armor.
This time Li Yunze brought a group of 500 soldiers, led by Lieutenant Wu Gang.
But looking at Wu Gang's performance, Li Yunze took charge very simply and personally.
The Han army at this time was still very elite, especially this time they were followed by the most elite troops of the Zhongshan Kingdom.
After the king did not run away, but instead took the initiative to fight and boost his morale, the sergeants quickly equipped themselves and gathered in formation.
The sergeants remained silent and stood at their positions in an orderly manner.
They know very well that once they fall into chaos on the battlefield, they are doomed.
The first two rows are composed of halberdiers, and behind them are the financial officers Juezhang, that is, crossbowmen.
The powerful crossbows of the Han army were inherited from the Qin Dynasty. They were well-made and powerful, and were a powerful weapon against the Huns.
Further back, there are the sword and shield soldiers who hold shields and swords.
Li Yunze stood under the recognition flag that originally belonged to Wu Gang with his sword in his hand. Several team leaders took the initiative to come closer and act as Li Yunze's personal soldiers and messengers.
This was not an encounter. Li Yunze, who was experienced in the battlefield, had long sensed something was wrong.
He ordered the sergeants to put on the hidden weapons in advance, just in time for the Huns' surprise attack.
The only thing I didn't expect was that Commander Wu Gang was actually a waste.
But this matter will have to be dealt with after returning home.
‘Woo~~~’
The horn sounded again, and the Hun cavalry more than 200 steps away began to move.
Li Yunze's expression was very calm. To him, this was just a small scene worth mentioning.
He raised his hand and suddenly pointed forward at a 45-degree angle. The team leaders around him immediately roared, "Hold up~~~"
The halberd bearers in the first two rows knelt half on the ground, stuck the back end of the halberd in their hands on the ground, and pointed it diagonally forward.
In an instant, the halberds were like a forest.
"The halberd is good against infantry, but not so good against cavalry." Li Yunze did not take the Huns to heart. At this time, he was still thinking about the military system. "It is better to use halberds or spears."
As the Hun cavalry on the opposite side got closer and closer, when they rushed within a hundred steps, Li Yunze, who was watching all directions and listening in all directions, suddenly dropped his arms raised at an angle.
The team leaders roared "Let go!"
The crossbowmen, who had been well prepared, pulled the trigger and fired the crossbow arrows at an angle of 45 degrees.
‘Shuashuashua~~~’
The dense crossbows fell into the Huns' cavalry, and they fell immediately.
The guards of other caravans arranged on both sides also shot arrows at this time, but the effect was not large enough.
Facing the approaching Hun cavalry, the Han soldiers in the front row remained motionless.
But when the Huns saw that the opposite side was not about to collapse, they could only turn their horses around when they were thirty or forty steps away, and let out a rain of arrows in their hands.
There was no other way. The mounted bows used by the Huns were weak and had a short range, so they could only do it this way.
"snort."
Seeing the weak bone arrows falling on the Han army, Li Yunze sneered and raised the bow in his hand.
One arrow and three missed, chasing the stars and chasing the moon!
Three Xiongnu cavalrymen who were firing arrows at the Han army's formation were shot and immediately fell from their horses.
The team leaders who acted as personal soldiers around them cheered and cheered, "The King's Sharpshooter!"
Li Yunze clamped his four fingers together, pulled out three arrows from the quiver again, opened his bow and shot them out smoothly, and three more Huns cavalry landed.
At this time, the Han army's crossbowmen had finished loading again, and another round of arrow rain passed by.
Much more Huns fell this time, because the distance was too close, as many as thirty or forty people fell this time.
The Huns did not expect that there were regular soldiers of the Han army in this caravan, but they could not retreat at this time and could only continue to ride and shoot with red eyes.
Amidst the "buzzing" sound, sharp arrows from the opposite side also came one after another.
The Huns' riding and shooting skills are really not bad. In Li Yunze's opinion, they can be compared with the Turks in their peak period.
It's just that their equipment is too poor.
Soft bow, bone arrow.
As long as the Han soldiers who were shot were not shot in a place without a stomach, there would basically be no problem.
But there were still some unlucky ones who were shot in the arms, thighs or faces, and fell to the ground screaming.
Li Yunze's face darkened, and he quickly shot out arrows in his hand, knocking down many Huns cavalry one after another, until he stretched out his hand and found that the arrow pot was empty.
"King, beware!"
Several team leaders raised their shields and formed a shield wall in front of Li Yunze.
Amidst the sound of "duh dunk", at least a dozen arrows were shot in this direction.
Obviously, Li Yunze's heroic performance previously attracted the attention of the opponent.
Li Yunze took the bucket of arrow pot again and shouted, "Remove the shield."
The shield was removed, and Li Yunze used his arrows again.
In order to increase their lethality, the Huns' cavalry kept approaching the military formation. The nearest cavalry was less than twenty steps away from the halberdier.
Li Yunze no longer used volleys of arrows, but instead used single arrows to kill those who were closest to the front. At the same time, he did not forget to observe the battlefield.
After noticing the fighter plane, he immediately roared "Enter!"
The team leaders around them roared in unison, "Come in!"
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As the drums sounded, the halberdiers in the front row quickly stood up and pushed forward with their halberds in both hands.
At this time, the crossbowmen finished reloading and fired the third round of crossbows, causing chaos in the Huns' position.
"The crossbow's firing speed is too slow." Li Yunze frowned slightly, "If it were a strong archer, we would have won long ago."
However, he also knows that training a qualified archer is not easy and requires at least several years of time and investment.
But crossbowmen are much cheaper, and they can be used on the battlefield after a few months of training.
The two hundred halberdiers who rushed forward, holding their halberds straight, crashed into the unprepared Hun cavalry.
The Huns were in confusion when they hooked the cavalry with their halberds and chopped off the horse's legs.
The sword and shield soldiers in the back row also quickly stepped forward, holding a shield in one hand and a knife in the other, and rushed in to kill.
When the cavalry loses its speed and impact and falls into a melee with the infantry, it is basically doomed.
The sound of horn horns was heard in the distance, and the Huns fought their horses desperately to escape.
Li Yunze, who had once again missed the arrow pot, immediately got on his horse and started chasing with only a few dozen horsemen around him.
Although there were only a few dozen horsemen, and there were at least hundreds of Huns who fled, the Huns who were fleeing were so heartbroken that they did not dare to fight back at all, and allowed the people in the rear to be eaten one by one, just like Ming Ming
The beggar Ming army was not defeated.
After chasing for more than ten miles, Li Yunze reined in his horse and called for the cavalry to gather together.
The Han knights were all in high spirits, and the battle was really enjoyable.
They originally thought that the king was going to call them back, but unexpectedly, the king said, "There are at least a thousand Huns, and there must be tribes nearby. The sons and daughters spread out to search, and whoever finds their tribe will be rewarded with a hundred golds!"