In February, Huang Xu had led 3,000 soldiers and horses to the north with the long-haired horses obtained from the Wusun Kingdom. Whether he could block the Xiongnu's escape route to the north depended on luck.

Ma Chao led 30,000 elite cavalry into the Xiongnu grasslands. Every time he went to a town, the city gates would be opened, and the people would kill cattle and sheep to welcome them. This city had lost control after the Xiongnu tribes left. Now the Han soldiers

After arriving, everyone in the city had suffered from the rule of the Xiongnu tribe, so they cherished the days of Han rule even more.

Every time Ma Chao arrived at a city, he asked Zhao Yun and his four men to lead troops to explore the surrounding Xiongnu tribes. After determining the locations of all the tribes near the city, Ma Chao led the cavalry to the target. When they arrived at a tribe, there were indeed no herdsmen and slaves.

They resisted, but obediently followed their orders and moved closer to the city built by the Han Dynasty.

There were very few adult men in the tribes that Ma Chao drove, which confirmed his suspicion that the Huns were hiding all their soldiers and continuing to fight with them, which made him feel more at ease.

Ma Chao and his six men had made a lot of preparations to attack the Huns. If the Huns really surrendered at this time, then all their efforts would have been in vain. How could they agree without completely solving the Huns problem.

When Ma Chao was driving a medium-sized tribe to the next tribe, gathering all the tribe members on this route into the city and then migrating to the territory of the Han Dynasty, Zhao Yun, Zhang Fei, Sun Ce, and Xu Chu were each attacked by Xiongnu soldiers.

of raids.

The Xiongnu tribe sent ten times as many troops as the Han soldiers. In order to capture these four thousand-man troops, they sent a total of more than 60,000 people. This is enough to prove that the various tribes of the Xiongnu are connected. There is no such thing in this grassland within a radius of 400 miles.

Many Huns cavalry.

Ma Chao's worries were not wrong. Zhao Yun and his four men led the troops to fight with the enemy. Seeing that the number of enemies was too large, they began to retreat towards Ma Chao's main force. The Xiongnu tribe did not take advantage and lost thousands of men and horses. Zhao Yun also lost some troops.

When he led his troops to retreat to the vicinity of Ma Chao's army, Ma Chao sent a division to support him. Zhao Yun led his troops to counterattack and killed more than 4,000 people on the other side. Seeing that there was support in the rear of the enemy's retreat, he also led his troops to retreat.

Ma Chao drove the Xiongnu tribe forward. When the enemy harassed him, he would send troops to pursue it. The quality of the enemy's horses was much worse than that of the Han cavalry. They did not achieve great results every time they attacked. When the Xiongnu cavalry saw that the Han cavalry was far away from their tribe, they

The most people who approached their tribe were just to get supplies, and then they were far away when the Han cavalry arrived. Everyone knew that now the tribe was a burden.

The Han cavalry took what they didn't have food from the tribes, and the Huns cavalry took what they didn't have food from these tribes. This way the battle became very strange. Within a hundred miles around the tribe, there were cavalry fighting everywhere, and all kinds of cavalry were seducing and besieging them.

There were endless counter-baiting and counter-siege attempts, but the Han still had the absolute upper hand and the Hun cavalry they killed did not dare to approach.

After five anxious days, the Han cavalry experienced a pure cavalry battle for the first time. They finally sent this group of more than 40,000 herdsmen outside the target city, and asked the herdsmen to set up their own tents and wait while they rode on horseback to the next destination.

After seeing that the Han cavalry had sent their tribe outside the city, the Huns cavalry did not approach the city, nor did they go to rescue their wives and children. At this time, saving people would lead to death. As long as they have soldiers entangled with the tribe

, it is inevitable that the morale and strength of the army will be dispersed, and their weaknesses will be exposed to the big men, and they will be defeated faster, and their wives, children, and families will be more dangerous.

Ma Chao ignored the Hun cavalry that kept harassing him. Now he would chase and kill the enemies if they dared to get close to them. He would shoot them with muskets. If he saw reinforcements in the enemy's rear, he would either chase them for more than 5 miles, or he would not go into the mountains and forests. After returning,

Continue to wait for you to harass. If the Huns cavalry does not harass, they will continue to do their work.

Zhao Yun, Sun Ce, Xu Chu, and Zhang Fei were extremely powerful. The men they led were elite men. The enemy was no match for them if they did not have more than ten times the strength. Therefore, when they saw the enemy, they chased and killed them. If they did not attack, the enemy might ambush.

In order to check the safety of the road for Ma Chao's army, everything went smoothly according to the plan, and the Xiongnu army never gathered. There was still some time before the decisive battle with the Han cavalry, which was what Ma Chao and the others had expected.

If this continues, when the Han cavalry gathers all the tribes and sends them back to the Han territory, the Xiongnu tribe will have nothing to do. Will not all their herdsmen and slaves be taken away by the Han?

Zhao Yun, Zhang Fei, Sun Ce, and Xu Chu were very happy to kill. The elites they led were much stronger than the Huns cavalry. Coupled with their own strong strength, the submachine guns ran out of bullets and returned to the large army for replenishment. They continued to kill the enemy. Thousands of people could be killed every day.

The number of enemies was dozens of times greater, leaving the Huns cavalry completely helpless.

This trip continued to fight against the opposing tribe. One tribe resisted Ma Chao without mercy. After attacking them all as rebels, Ma Chao already felt that the enemy's decisive battle was coming soon.

By driving away the Xiongnu tribe herders in this way, the pressure on the other side will increase. The earlier the decisive battle, the better. Later, the Han will gather all the surrounding tribes near the city, and they will not even have a place to supply supplies.

Ma Chao received a report from Zhao Yun about this. The Huns cavalry and the Han cavalry made an appointment to fight. Ma Chao agreed without thinking, even though they did not have enough bullets.

On March 28, after almost two months on the Xiongnu grassland, Ma Chao had gathered 160,000 Xiongnu herdsmen and slaves in Delan City where he was located. They drove everyone to move south, which is 400 miles south.

There are already large armies in Liangzhou preparing for the territory of the Han Dynasty. These herdsmen will soon be dispersed to the Han states after arriving in Liangzhou.

After riding for a day, Zhao Yun, Xu Chu, Sun Ce, and Zhang Fei all returned. They rode horses beside Ma Chao and rode forward slowly. Soon, the Huns herders migrating south in front stopped. Ma Chao saw more than 20 people in front of him.

Thousands of Xiongnu cavalry stood quietly in the distance. The Han soldiers slowly left the tribal area when they saw this. The decisive battle is coming, and we will never use these ordinary herdsmen as bargaining chips. This battle will determine the submission of this grassland.

If the Xiongnu is defeated, then the entire Han Dynasty will be completely unified. If the Han Dynasty is defeated, he must agree that the Xiongnu will continue to be semi-controlled.

"Ou... house..."

When the Huns cavalry saw the Han cavalry leaving their tribe, they all cheered for battle. It seemed that they were all eager for war to prove their strength.

There were only more than 30,000 Han people, a small number compared to the Huns' cavalry. However, each of them seemed not to see the enemy in front of them. They steadily approached the enemy until they were one mile away, and then stopped.

Come down.

In a cavalry battle, the strength of the opponent can be seen from the formation. The Han cavalry may seem light, but the distance between their horses is very even. If the enemy charges at a distance of one mile, they can all choose to turn around immediately. This is

Especially important for heavy cavalry.

Ma Chao saw the Hun cavalrymen in the distance with white cloth strips on their foreheads. He knew what it meant for the Huns to be like this. When the hatred between the Huns tribes could not be resolved, the white cloth strips on the heads of all the men in the tribe meant that today they

If you don't want to be a prisoner, the enemy can only kill him or be killed by him. Generally, if you don't bring a white cloth strip in this situation, most tribes will choose to avoid the battle, because even if they win, they will not get prisoners of war.

Your losses will be huge.

The roars in their ears became louder and louder, and the ground seemed to be shaking from the distance. The Han soldiers quietly waited for the roars of the opposing soldiers. To them, this sound seemed to be the wail of the Huns at the end of their journey.

The voice of the world will be hard to see after today.

The sound of the Hun cavalry continued, and the Hun herdsmen and slaves in the distance watched all this quietly. This was a duel between warriors, and the gods were watching from the sky! It was sacred and could not be stopped. Whoever retreats today will be punished.

Abandoned by God.

When the sound of the Hun cavalry was the loudest, some Hun cavalry began to move, allowing all the Hun cavalry to grow together and the big Han cavalry rushed towards them.

"Han Cavalry, kill!"

"kill!"

Ma Chao urged his horses to move forward slowly, while the Han cavalry behind him stared into the distance and also moved forward. The Huns cavalry had no way to retreat, and how could they possibly retreat? From the moment they became cavalry, they carried a

The deputy cannot shirk his responsibility, which is to fight for the big man.

The cavalry of both sides approached each other like two floods. The heavy cavalry of the Han Dynasty quickly moved to both sides and soon formed a charge formation. Ma Chao and other five peerless generals of the Han Dynasty were at the forefront of the sword tip.

The two torrents collided together, and the neighing of war horses was heard everywhere on the battlefield. The sword tip in front of the big man continued to speed, passing through the middle of the enemy's flood, and the enemy army was quickly divided into two halves.

All the Han cavalry moved closer together. In this kind of charge on the battlefield of 100,000 people, even a peerless general might be trampled to death by countless horses. It took a quarter of an hour for the two sides to completely meet, and then countless Huns cavalry troops

The Han cavalry was besieged in the middle. The Han cavalry charged from north to south without slowing down. The battlefield was filled with shouts of death and the screams of soldiers falling off their horses.

There were too many enemies. The cavalry in the rear of the Han Dynasty had begun to distance themselves from the front army. At this time, the sound of submachine guns and rifles fired. With the help of muskets, the rear army of the Han Dynasty continued to fall. The Hunnu cavalry continued to fall. Many Hunnu soldiers even became confused.

, but the Huns cavalry still did not retreat.

Half an hour later, Ma Chao and other front troops finally felt that they had penetrated the enemy's rear formation, but the enemy had continued to attack them from both wings, giving them no chance to breathe.

Ma Chao asked his cavalry to continue charging southward in brigade units, increasing the distance between the teams and making way for the charge of the rear army. They walked like this for nearly half an hour before most of the rear cavalry rushed out of the enemy.

Surrounded, Ma Chao slowed down and led all the peerless generals and soldiers to the rear position. They turned their horses and began to charge north.

The Huns cavalry were composed of countless tribes. They were divided into teams of different sizes and charged at the Han cavalry when they saw them. Even if they encountered musket fire, they did not stop them. The Han's current rifles can only fire 6 rounds of bullets, and the submachine guns can only fire 30 rounds.

There were only a few bullets, and the big man had less than 10,000 muskets. After being charged by the opponent, he was constantly besieged and killed. The two sides soon became anxious together.

The Hun cavalry's fighting style was desperate. Ma Chao led his troops towards the position of the Han cavalry that surrounded him in the north. However, he soon found that he was surrounded by enemies, and the soldiers behind him were also completely anxious with the enemies.

At this time, no one would consider the loss. If the Han cavalry retreated today and they finally won the victory using the wandering fighting method, the dignity of the Han cavalry would be damaged. Even if the Huns surrendered, they would not be truly convinced, so he did not wait behind him.

The Han cavalry led hundreds of his own soldiers to kill like the most ferocious enemy. For a time, the battlefield was full of shouts of killing.

Time passed by little by little, and the Han cavalry did not choose to retreat even when they encountered enemies several times their size. They broke up the enemy team and could not slow down and continue to kill the next wave of enemies they encountered.

The good thing is that the Han cavalry is at least divided into companies, and the distance between their battalions and companies is not too far. During the battle, they still insist on using their superior combat power to eliminate the troops that the opponent can capture. In this way, although the Han cavalry is defeated

In the middle of the siege, the Huns' cavalry had to grind hard to capture the big Han.

The fighting will of the Han cavalry is beyond imagination. The herdsmen in the distance are watching all this quietly. The ones fighting the Han cavalry may be their husbands and their fathers. At this moment, it is a war of national dignity. They are as accessories.

They can only wait quietly, the winner will determine their destiny.

The battle continued from morning to evening. At first, the Han cavalry seemed to be suppressed and beaten, but slowly when everything became chaotic, the combat power of the Han cavalry was fully exerted. Many of them were chasing hundreds of enemies in a company, even if

Even when encountering thousands of enemies, they dared to charge towards the enemy formation. Gradually, when some Huns cavalry saw the huge Han Empire team, they would choose to avoid it.

One team avoided the battle. When everyone's physical strength was almost exhausted, the idea of ​​a decisive battle in the hearts of the Huns' cavalry became weaker and weaker. Han cavalry began to chase the Huns' cavalry, but more than 200,000 Huns cavalry was a huge force.

Numbers, even if the Han cavalry has an advantage, it is not easy to win.

There was blood and corpses everywhere on the grass. The war horses kept wandering on the battlefield after losing their masters. The sky began to slowly darken. By now, all the soldiers were exhausted. They could continue to fight solely by their own will. The stronger they are, the more powerful they are.

The greater the effect it can exert.

Ma Chao felt that the BMW under his crotch almost fell over. He looked up and saw that there were not many enemies in front of him. The Han cavalry was chasing the Huns cavalry, and the Huns cavalry had not been defeated by this time. This was the most powerful battle the Han had fought so far.
Chapter completed!