"King Zuoxian, have you never learned the art of war?"
On the hillside, Li Yunze put down the telescope in his hand, and pointed to the Huns arrayed on the edge of the vast sea with confusion, "Don't you understand that people who are thirsty will fight tooth and nail to drink water?"
Su Wu, who was in a state of agitation, responded in a low voice, "Maybe he felt that our army was exhausted physically and mentally and was hungry and thirsty, so he took advantage of his weakness to strike."
"That's what I say, but the better choice would be to attack when the entire army is relaxed and fighting for water sources."
Li Yunze shook his head repeatedly, "If you only want to take advantage, you will suffer a loss."
Looking at the restless Su Wu, Li Yunze smiled and waved, "Go if you want, and serve under General Huo."
Su Wu and other officials were overjoyed. After saluting, they hurriedly rode towards the military formation in front.
The Han Dynasty respected military merit, and with military merit, one could have everything.
Ahead was the battlefield to obtain military honors, and these officials were naturally unable to bear the irresistible temptation.
At this time, the men of the Han Dynasty were exactly the kind of warriors who rejoiced in fighting.
Seeing his colleagues all riding their horses to join the battlefield, Sima Xiangru, who was already showing his age, subconsciously rode his horse forward two steps, but then came back.
When Li Yunze saw this, he smiled and asked, "Why, you are not interested in military exploits?"
Sima Xiangru glanced at Li Yunze with a resentful look and lowered his head, "Of course I want to win military glory, but..."
But the emperor didn't give him a chance. Every time he applied to join the army or go to the border, he was rejected by the emperor.
After twenty years, he roughly understood that the emperor just didn't want him to make meritorious deeds and spend his whole life as an official writing edicts.
He had been racking his brains these past few years and still couldn't figure out how he had offended the emperor.
I have always been respectful and never overstepped my bounds.
Could it be that his talent was too high and the emperor was dissatisfied?
Alas, if I had known this, I might as well have gone to a vassal country to find a doctor.
When Sima Xiangru felt sorry for himself, Li Yunze said calmly, "The fight is about to begin. If you don't go, you don't have to go."
Hearing this, Sima Xiangru suddenly raised his head and looked at the emperor in disbelief.
After a moment, he saluted excitedly, and galloped wildly on his horse to catch up with the military formation in front of him, howling randomly.
Li Yunze added later, "Military merit is a good thing, as long as you have a life to earn it."
There are tens of thousands of soldiers and horses, boundless and borderless.
Even if Li Yunze is personally commanding, in the absence of modern communication facilities, everyone can only fight their own way.
On the border between the vast sea and the grassland, the two sides were fighting each other, both intent on killing the other.
Compared with Huo Qubing's previous expedition to Hexi, this time the Han army went to Mobei, and there were changes in tactics.
After many years of investment, the smelting industry has finally solved the problem of low-end spring steel.
Although the quality is not worth mentioning, at least it can be used on a repeating crossbow.
A machine box contains three crossbow bolts, and one shot can activate three crossbow bolts.
With spring steel, both the rate of fire and power have been improved unprecedentedly.
Naturally, the Han cavalry were equipped with such repeating crossbows on a large scale, and then they launched a mounted shooting attack under the dumbfounded gaze of the Huns.
It's a pity that the Huns' signature tactic was to attack and harass with mounted fire, but now the Han army actually used it better than them!
Brigades of Han cavalry galloped across the ground, and their repeated crossbows were thrown out in pieces following the shouts of officers at all levels.
The range is extremely long, one to two hundred steps is no problem, and it can easily penetrate leather armor.
The Huns often heard the dense sound of "Peng", followed by a large number of short and powerful crossbow arrows, falling like dark clouds.
Where it was covered, crossbow arrows sprouted all over the place like grass.
The mounted bows used by the Huns were far apart in terms of range, so they had to bite the bullet and get closer. Several rounds of crossbow bolts came down on the road, and the losses were extremely heavy.
But when they got close, the Han army would use their horses to quickly distance themselves, and then continue to harass them.
The Xiongnu warriors were filled with grief and anger as they watched their hands being upgraded from wolf-fang arrows to iron-made feather arrows.
The advantages that they were once proud of now all belong to the Han family.
They can't figure out why, and they can't figure it out because they lack knowledge.
They don't understand what national strength is and what technological progress is.
After all, in the final analysis, they are just a group of nomadic tribes. They can achieve glory for a while by massacre and plunder. They are essentially no different from an armed bandit group.
Once you encounter a truly powerful opponent, it will be overwhelming.
King Zuo Xian and the kings of the left Xiongnu were also dumbfounded.
They were originally full of confidence.
Because the Han army must be exhausted when crossing the vast sea, and the Huns have accumulated over the years, and their equipment has also been updated.
They finally abandoned the wolf-tooth arrows, which were made with wolf teeth sharpened to make arrowheads, and replaced them all with iron arrowheads.
And he also owns thousands of sets of iron armor that are extremely rare on the grassland!
These are their confidence for a decisive battle with the Han army, but at this moment it seems so ridiculous.
When the Han cavalry galloped back and forth, using their continuous crossbows to cover the fire when they were far away, and charging directly with their lances when they were close, they directly penetrated the army formation. Only then did the Huns realize in shock that the Han army had already formed a threat to them.
An overwhelming advantage!
He rides a war horse with excellent endurance and speed. The horse is also equipped with horse armor and is not afraid of the sharp arrows of the Huns.
The knights of the Han army wore soft silk armor on the inside, and a full set of iron armor on the outside, from helmets to iron greaves. Even their faces were covered by ghost masks.
In terms of weapons and equipment, there are repeating crossbows with long range, high power and fast reloading.
The distance was short and the length was astonishing. During the confrontation, the Huns could only look at the long lance in despair, as well as a variety of melee weapons to assist.
There is no doubt that from equipment to tactics, from will to command, the Han army has overwhelming advantages.
As time passed, Li Yunze, who was watching the battle, even dismounted and sat down on the horse.
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He couldn't see those who were running too far on the edge of the battlefield, but what he could see was that the Han troops were constantly crossing and attacking, knocking down the Huns one after another, and then chasing and destroying them.
"We won."
Li Yunze, who was sitting on the horse, felt extremely calm and said, "The Huns, it's over."
Twenty years of preparation have brought many advanced technologies to the Han Dynasty, but what we are pursuing is this moment.
The Huns, who once regarded the big men as lambs and were constantly invading at all times, snatching away everything they could and taking away every living person, finally entered the countdown stage.
Li Yunze looked beyond the tragic battlefield where the mad fighting was taking place and looked towards the distant west.
"Wei Qing, work harder and destroy them in one battle!"
Thousands of miles away, at the edge of the vast sea, Wei Qing's troops were also fighting a decisive battle with Yi Zhixie's main force of the royal court.
Compared with Huo Qubing's cavalry clashing with cavalry, Wei Qing's tactics were strict and standard.
A large number of heavily armored infantry formed a formation and the cavalry were deployed on both wings to support them. Behind them was a huge formation of boxes and trucks to protect logistics supplies, civilians and other personnel.
Yi Zhixie had a severe headache. Looking at the Han soldiers in the distance who were like steel monsters, he really didn't want to fight.
I originally thought that the infantry of the Han army were still mainly made of leather armor or extremely crude iron armor as they were many years ago, and could be easily manipulated by the light cavalry.
But I never thought that all the infantry of the Han army had been completely updated with full-covered iron armor!
The fundamental attack power of the Huns' mounted archery came from the sharp arrows shot by their riding bows.
If the sharp arrows can't do any damage, then the so-called harassment by riding and shooting will become a joke.
The Han army formed a formation and moved forward. You attacked and fired a hail of arrows, but unfortunately it had no effect.
The Han army still formed a formation and moved forward. At this time, they had no choice but to rush forward with their horses and break the formation.
But the Han troops were all fully armed and arrayed with spears in hand. How many warriors could ignore the life and death and rush into the rows of spears?
Yi Zhixie, who is illiterate, doesn't know what it means to crush the country in terms of national strength, but he understands that this is unwinnable.
Logically speaking, if you can't win, you should run away.
But just look at the tens of thousands of cavalry on both sides of the Han army's formation, and you will know that the cavalry mobility that the Huns were always proud of has lost its effect in front of the Han army.
As long as the escape mode is turned on and tens of thousands of cavalry are chasing you along the road, you will lose nine out of ten of your strength without knowing why!
No choice, really no choice.
The Huns could only bite the bullet and charge into battle.
The Huns who were attacking the military formation were riding in front of the formation and were about to release arrows, but dark clouds rose in the Han army formation opposite.
Naturally, the Liannu was also equipped with infantry. The powerful Liannu flew over, and the Huns fell to the ground in pieces like they were cutting wheat.
Wei Qing was never a defensive general, he was offensive.
When the Huns started to attack, he immediately ordered the Han cavalry on both wings to attack quickly, and directly outflanked the Huns on both sides, trying to eat up the main force of the Huns.
Yizhixie's side naturally assigned manpower to resist.
But just like Huo Qubing's side, the Huns' cavalry, which once had the upper hand, melted like snow in spring when they encountered the Han cavalry, and were defeated and defeated.
Yi Zhixie let out a long sigh. He could not understand why the Han army was so powerful.
If I had known this earlier, I would not have taken the position of the military minister Chanyu as the great chanyu.
Seeing the Han army's iron cavalry sweeping in from the left and right flanks, Yi Zhixie could only hurriedly retreat with his men.
As for how many people can escape, it can only depend on God's will.
Wei Qing and Huo Qubing sent troops to Mobei in two groups, and both of them defeated the enemy in front of them with great force.
There were hundreds of thousands of Xiongnu young men captured in the formation, and there were more than hundreds of kings, generals, prime ministers, and households in charge.
Theoretically, the Battle of Mobei has wiped out the main force of the Huns.
The Huns, who had lost most of their young population, could basically be said to have perished.
Yet the war continues.
Wei Qing went straight to Shanyu Wangting at the foot of Xingai Mountain, and Huo Qubing even pursued King Zuo Xian all the way to Langjuxu Mountain!