(There were minor changes in the previous chapter)

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"Ahem."

Even on the battlefield of the decisive battle, Zhang Qianqiu was still listless and coughed without stopping. I don’t know if it was because the smoke screen that was released to block the enemy’s sight or the horse manure was too smelly, but he would cough almost every order. The messenger was afraid that Zhang Taishou would suddenly cough out his lungs and die suddenly on the spot.

As the eldest son of the Zhang family of the Hou of Fuping, who is famous for his wisdom, Zhang Qianqiu knew very well why General Ren placed the Jizhou soldiers with the lowest quality in the Eastern Army in the Central Army - nearly 10,000 people were left behind along the way, which was more than You and the two armies combined, so Isn’t it the lowest quality?

Most of the Jizhou soldiers who had finally arrived here were unable to fight on horseback and only acted as infantrymen. They did not line up in a straight line in front of the central army, but were crooked and some of them even sat or stood because of fatigue.

"I want to lure the Hulu across the river to attack our central army, and attack them with two wings."

General Ren gave Zhang Qianqiu a clear idea. This was a strategy to make the enemy come from, tempting Shanyu to launch elite troops to attack the central army that seemed to be the best to attack. But in fact, Jizhou had enough soldiers and crossbows, and the spears hidden behind them were thrusting forward, so that they could maintain their own strength. The Huns who attacked rashly would hit a hard stone. When the front line was lengthened, located on both wings of the Han army, and the cavalry could attack forward and surround the Huns!

The Han army arrived at the battlefield for only more than 40,000, while the Huns had 70,000 or 80,000. Ren Hong actually wanted to fight an annihilation battle with less and more. It was really crazy. But this was also what the Han army loved to do when fighting with the Huns in Mobei. In the battle of Mobei, Wei Qing first used Wugang chariots to stabilize his position and attract the Huns to attack. When the battle was dusk, strong winds suddenly rose and sand and stones blew, so he took advantage of the situation to command the cavalry to surround the Shanyu from both wings, and almost succeeded.

Today, Ren Hong used his old tricks again and first set up the Yanyue Formation. In order to prevent the Huns from breaking through or going around, he gave him a center to bloom. He also asked Fu Chang to divide the Hu Ben Camp into two, and set up two crescent-shaped formations in front of and behind the banner of the Central Army, but they were opposite to the Yanyue Formation that protruded at both ends and concave in the middle.

They were called "Qiyue Formation" by Ren Hong, which was trained by infantry chariots and soldiers. They were not in vain for those months in Dingxiang in the clouds.

In this way, the Han army's platoon was a large formation and a small formation. Ren Hong sought profits for hundreds of miles to pursue Shanyu, but seemed to be risky, but he was stable when facing the enemy.

As soon as the two sides fought, Zhang Qianqiu asked the central army to act in a temptation to lure the enemy, and ordered the soldiers of Jizhou to do whatever they wanted, without paying attention to the neat arrangement. They sat and squatted when they should. But no matter how slutty they were, the Xiongnu on the other side of Zhijushui (Selengge River) looked at the Han army infantry and remained indifferent.

Fu Jiezi's battle at Yanran Mountain Pass was considered to be afraid of the Huns. In their eyes, the Han army's already messy formation was "neat" and they were afraid that they would get dense crossbow arrows when they crossed the river halfway, and then blocked by long spears. Finally, a group of iron men came out, which was unbearable.

In contrast, the Hu people would rather go to the Han cavalry. Since the last Battle of Suewu Yanran Mountain, the Huns had not fought well with the Han cavalry for more than 20 years. A nation without writing is always easy to forget. The Shanyuting, who rarely collided with the Han army in the Western Regions, and the kings of the left tribe were confused about the Hun cavalry, thinking that they were rushing and shooting on the grassland, and that Chinese cavalry would not be affected.

The old Taoist King Xing Weiyang noticed the stirrups of the Han cavalry on both sides of the left and right wings and woke up to Shanyu.

"Maybe the Han army is not good at riding and must step on ropes to sit firmly."

Xulu Quanqu Shanyu only thought that this was a sign of the weak cavalry of the Han army, and he was not too relieved, so he still let Xing Weiyang act as planned.

With the sound of the trumpet of the main formation of the Shanyu, countless Xiongnu cavalry jumping on the horizon began to cross the wide but actually shallow Zhijushui, and launched an attack on the right wing where the Han army's Youzhou cavalry were located, hoping to interrupt their rest.

The right wing chief general was the prefect of Dingxiang. Wang Ping, a veteran who had participated in many wars, was not as wise as Zhang Qianqiu and was more realistic. When the Huns attacked, they had no intention of showing weakness and simply fought.

The two armies were coming and going on the south bank of Zhijushui. The Huns shot arrows like light rain on the other side, and the Han army fired crossbows. There was no direct collision for the time being. Only when the Huns got too close, a team of thunder cavalry suddenly rushed out and wiped out the two teams of Huns from a hundred-man team to eat.

This temptation made Xulu Quanqu Shanyu understand that although the Han army was exhausted, he still had combat power. He seemed to regret it. As the flag swayed, the Hu Zi blew, more than a thousand Xiongnu troops responsible for attacking the right wing began to retreat, trying to retreat to the north of Zhiju River.

Wang Ping was very anxious: "Is it because Shanyu changed his mind and did not want to attack but delay?"

He reported this to Ren Hong. Ren Hong learned from Sun Shiwan and others that a few days ago, 40,000 or 50,000 cavalry of the Huns chased the Wusun people and passed the Yanran Mountain Pass. He was likely to come here to meet with the Shanyu and fight the 70,000 to 80,000. He was full of confidence, but if it became more than 100,000, the difficulty would increase a lot.

The two armies confronted each other here, and time stood on the side of the Huns. Ren Hong frowned. Since the enemy did not take the initiative to attack, his Yanyue Formation was set up in vain.

The plan was used to break it. When Gan Yanshou, the left wing, sent someone to ask for an initiative to attack, Ren Honglei thought for a while and agreed and asked him to go out five thousand cavalry to cross the water to pursue him.

The left-wing Bingzhou cavalry drove a horse across the Zhiju River. The horse's hooves stepped on the soft shore, bringing pieces of soil. Gan Yanshou also made people shout "The Huns were defeated." Unfortunately, the Hu people couldn't understand Chinese. But just as the Han army was halfway through, the Huns who had just retreated suddenly turned their horses and rushed back! Tens of thousands of cavalry gathered by the water to sprint at the horses, and dense arrow curtains flew towards the Bingzhou cavalry in the center of the river!

Although the Huns did not know the military tactics of "attack halfway", they understood this principle. Zhiju's water was wide and shallow. Although he could wading through it, the bottom of the river was muddy and he fell into a pit after one step.

As landlords, the Huns knew the hydrological conditions of the river. The Great Shanyu learned from the Youxian King that the Han army had been addicted to chasing and was short of cavalry and shooting. Although they suffered losses from armor and soldiers when fighting on Zhizhi water, if they fought on the Zhizhi water, the Han cavalry could not charge due to the water flow!

The Huns were clever and the Bingzhou cavalry could not get ashore, so they retreated slightly and returned to the south.

The Huns on the north bank shouted proudly, but gradually stopped because they saw that the Han army pushed more than ten military vehicles to the riverside. The leather cloth was lifted on it, revealing the big yellow crossbow that gave them a headache. They directly used the broken spear as the crossbow arrow, and the strongman held high a sledgehammer and smashed it. The broken spear ejected more than two hundred steps, crossed the river, and shot a Huns to death, forcing the Huns to scatter a little.

Horses can be thrown away by people, but this thing cannot be pulled down. With it, the Han army has an absolute advantage in firepower and range.

The Bingzhou cavalry, who had just made the mud retreat in the water, also followed Gan Yanshou to give up their war horses, took off the shields hanging on the horses, held a halberd or a ring knife in one hand, and gathered a formation by the river. Although it was a cavalry to an infantryman, the rate of more than 100% of the number of people wearing armor was nearly 100%.

The military strategy is that those who are brave in the army, who dare to die and are happy to be injured gathered into a soldier, called the "Blade"; those who are sharp, brave and violent gathered into a soldier, called the "Camp Chen". These people are gathered by elite dead soldiers in various counties in Bingzhou cavalry. Their cavalry may not be the best, but after they arrive on horseback, they are experts in dismounting and fighting in stairs.

With Gan Yanshou's order, Chen Zhishi followed him and stepped into the river again, flowing with the muddy water flowing, and heading towards the north bank step by step.

The cavalry suddenly turned into infantry, and the Huns caught off guard. The bow in their hands began to speed up their firing rate. The arrows were like locusts, nailed to the Han army's blade and trapped Chen Zhishi. The river water was over the knees and the bottom of the river was muddy. In addition, the Han army was heavy, and it was very difficult to lift their feet with one step, so the speed was extremely slow.

The shield held Wu Kui's shield raised the shield first. These originally mediocre shields were improved by General Ren Hong. The sides were curved and inlaid with iron sheets, which made the defense better. The arrows were often bounced away. Occasionally, the powerful arrows pierced through the defense, nailing the palm of the shield hand to the wooden shield, dripping blood, but they still blocked most of the arrows that were shot directly.

The shot was endless. Gan Yanshou was shot by an arrow falling from the sky. The huge force hitting his shoulder made him stagger. He knelt down in the water with one knee, but then gritted his teeth and stood up. With the thick armor of Mingguang, he only used a shield to block his face. The other hand broke the arrow shaft and continued to move forward.

They moved step by step towards the north bank. When they approached, the heavy armored tutors behind could even counterattack. They cooperated with each arrow to take away several Huns' big yellow crossbows, shooting Hu soldiers without shield armor to death and fall into the river, splashing water for a moment.

The Huns saw that the Han soldiers in front were almost hedgehogs and were still moving, just like the heavenly beings who came to the world, and their divine power was so majestic that they could not help but be shocked. When they remembered the "iron beast" in the battle of Tuocheng, their feet couldn't help but start to move backwards.

As the forward arrived at the river, more than 5,000 soldiers left behind and walked on foot, following Gan Yanshou and walked on the waves.

Now the Huns' arrows could no longer stop the Han army, so they began to retreat and replaced them with a group of Hu people holding spears. These hunters were recruited from the forest. What they were best at was not cavalry and shooting, but using the spears, and they could use the Han army that was attacking upwards as wild animals.

However, the Huns' melee experience was obviously not as rich as the Han army. As soon as the Huns sent their spear forward, they were hooked by the iron halberd of Bu character in the hands of the soldiers in Bingzhou. They pulled them back hard. Either the Hu people's weapons were removed, or they were dragged down from the river together, and their lives were lost with a knife.

Gan Yanshou was even more terrifying. He directly used his arms wearing thick leather gloves to pull the spears stabbed by the Huns, and used huge force to pull the Huhu one by one like pulling weeds. He pulled five or six people without breathing. He stepped onto the shore with his last foot, swung the halberd, swept out a little open space, and shouted:

"Come first!"

The sound shocked the Huns and retreated repeatedly. Gan Yanshou's left and right sides also seized the opportunity and climbed the river bank. Several people were stabbed and kicked back into the river, but the others successfully landed. They were crazy and waved the steel blades in their hands to fight beside Gan Yanshou, forcing a circle of Huns to retreat, making room for the robes behind and sending the flag to the shore.

From Ren Hong's perspective, after a long battle, Zhijushui's north bank finally got his first white face!

Ren Hong breathed a sigh of relief: "Great charity, you have made great contributions."

Gan Yanshou and his men had a bridgehead to gain a foothold on the river bank occupied by the Huns. They immediately squatted down and put on the shield, forming the shape of a moon formation that they had trained in the past to resist the counterattack of the Huns.

More and more Han soldiers on the left wing had crossed the river, and the space they opened up was getting bigger and bigger, enough to allow more than 10,000 Bingzhou troops to reach the other side. They adapted to local conditions and gave up the already weak and tired horses, and all went to dismount and fight in the field, killing the Huns and giving up the line along the river and shooting arrows in the distance, but it was useless.

They were like a red crossing river soldiers, who were repeatedly photographed by Ren Hong on the other side of the Border River, nailed to the enemy's formation, advancing but not retreating!

This obviously broke the Shanyu's plan to fight in Zhiju River and weaken the Han army's sudden cavalry. The Huns were a little panicked. Ren Hong saw that Shanyu sent three or four thousand-man teams to support the left wing in a row, which was exactly what he wanted!

In addition to the plan A of Da Yanyue, who was able to defy the enemy and counter-surround the enemy, he also prepared Plan B - the left wing attacked and landed at all costs, attracting the Huns to increase their troops on the left wing and vacant the right wing.

As Ren Hong waved the flag, Wang Ping, who had been holding back the right wing for a long time, also went out. The Youzhou soldiers also gave up their horses and walked towards the river bank. After forcibly breaking through the Huns' front, they did not hold on the spot, but continued to fight forward.

This is to use a clockwise offensive to rush the Huns to the side of Yanran Mountain, oppress their combat space, completely lose the advantage of cavalry and shooting in the Hulu. Finally, relying on the mountains to supplement the disadvantage of their own weak troops and complete the encirclement and annihilation!

The Shanyu also realized this and stopped increasing troops to the left wing. He only sent a few Xiao Wang and Wanqi Captain, and more than 30,000 people tried to stop the fierce attack of more than 10,000 Youzhou soldiers.

Just as the Han army and the left and right wings of the Huns were fighting on the north bank of Zhijushui, Zhao Han'er galloped over and reported to Ren Hong what the scout observed.

"General, the Xiongnu Chanyu sent more than 10,000 cavalry to detour from behind the formation and was moving to the right, trying to cross the Zhiju River from a distance and attack our formation!"

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On the other side of the end of Yanran Mountain, the convoys of the Da Yan clan and the Zhuanqu clan unexpectedly met Zhizhi's army.

Because they were seriously behind, there were not as many people who left Yanran Mountain Pass at the beginning, but there were more than 40,000 cavalry resting on the grassland panting. They were originally chasing Wusun. After receiving the news that the Shanyu went north, Zhizhi was worried that the Shanyu would encounter the Han army in the middle and east routes, which accelerated the speed and sought profits for hundreds of miles.

"Since the great prince has arrived, the great Shanyu will have reinforcements!"

As Huhanye's biological mother, Da Yan was still unwilling to call Tuwusi "Zuoxian King". Even when he handed over the Xiongnu King Tou and Jin Liuqi to him, he was a little hesitant. This scene was seen by Zhuanqu Yan, who was observing secretly next to him.

But Zhizhi only took the little knife Jin Liuqian and rejected the gilded head of the Yuezhi King.

"Please keep it with Da Yan."

The proud Zhizhi learned that Shanyu was a hundred miles away. He laughed and finally caught up. Zhizhi asked someone to urge the exhausted soldiers to get up and look at the other side of Yanran Mountain, unable to wait.

Before dark, he could arrive at the battlefield and join the hunt.

"I will use the use of cutting off Ren Hong's head, perming it, peeling it off, hollowing out the brain marrow, and plating it with gold to make my own past drinkware!"

Zhizhi licked his lips: "Then use the wine in the bowl, cut his flesh with the golden plow, and taste it carefully to see if this man is a tiger or a fox!"

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ps: Cough cough, it’s too late to go home when I go out to do business. I activate the third skill of Jin Yiming again. I will finish this plot in one breath tomorrow, and the eighth volume is almost over.
Chapter completed!