,,,,,,,,,,,,

The current garrison of the main Huns is not far from Sheyanze, less than two miles apart. Due to the hot weather during the day, most of the Xiongnu supply teams marched after the sun sets down the mountain, while hiding in a cool place to escape the heat during the day.

The supply team that Ma Dai and the others encountered was just a smaller team, with only tens of thousands of sheep and not many guards, only cavalrymen.

When the sun gradually descends, the heat on the surface evaporates quickly and cools down quickly. There will be chills at night. This is also the characteristic of the Gobi Desert, so as soon as the sun goes down the mountain, the supply team sets off.

Dozens of shepherds drove tens of thousands of sheep to march south along the green. There were famous cavalry guards on both sides, looking vigilantly at the movements around them. They were mainly defending against the invasion of wolves.

Just when the sky was dim and the night had not yet fully arrived, there was a sudden loud sound of horse hooves coming from the north. Large groups of cavalry appeared in the northeast and northwest directions at the same time, sweeping towards the flock like a torrent.

At first, the Huns were just surprised and wondered where they were. When the large group of cavalry rushed out of the field, they saw that it was Han cavalry, the Huns were in chaos and drew their swords to fight, while the herdsmen were so scared that they didn't care about the flock of sheep, and desperately plucked their horses to escape, and the flock of sheep fled in scattered.

"Stop them"

A five-year-old Hun shouted loudly, but his voice was drowned by the sound of thunderous horse hooves. The Hun cavalry was shocked by the powerful enemy's momentum, and many soldiers fled south to escape.

In an instant, the crazily Han cavalry united and rushed into the Hun cavalry with an unstoppable force. The corpses suddenly separated on the grass, blood mist filled, and screams kept ringing.

The Han cavalry quickly surrounded Yu Ming's remnants of Xiongnu, who had not yet escaped. They showed no mercy and shot all the remnants of Xiongnu, and they shot all the remnants of Xiongnu, together with more than a dozen herders who had no time to escape, died tragically under the arrows. Thousands of fat sheep also became food and supplies for the Han cavalry.

One hour later, thousands of Han troops slaughtered lamb and barbecue by the river. It was very lively. Leng Bao found Ma Dai and reported: "I took my brothers to count the dead enemy troops, fled more than 20 enemy troops and some herders, and the rest were all annihilated by us."

"You have caught the prisoner of war." Ma Dai heard Leng Bao's implication and asked with a smile.

Leng Bao nodded, "He caught a wounded and undead husband. He cooperated very much and explained it one by one. If the general wants to know about She Yanze's situation, he might as well ask him."

Ma Dai was overjoyed. Of course he wanted to grasp the situation of She Yanze, and immediately said: "Let's go and ask him."

Sheyanze is a freshwater lake on the plateau, with abundant pastures around it. It is an ideal habitat for nomads. After Emperor Wu of Han fought back on the Huns on a large scale, the Han Dynasty's power continued to expand northward. As the court developed the Hetao area, Sheyanze also became an important transit place. The Han Dynasty set up Sheyan County here, and thousands of Han army families lived in reclaimed land and planted grain.

However, as the Southern Xiongnu forces advanced southward in the late Han Dynasty, Hetao fell, Sheyan County was also occupied by the Huns, the Han people were expelled or killed, and the fertile fields developed in 2019 gradually became deserted, and Sheyanze became a paradise for the Huns again.

At present, the Right King Liu Qubei controls dozens of Hun tribes of all sizes, with a population of tens of thousands, of which his headquarters is about 200,000, called the Dugu tribe, and lives at the intersection of the two rivers on the east bank of the Sheyanze and the Hetao Plain. It grazed in Hetao in summer and moved back to Sheyanze in winter.

However, this year, because the Han army went north, Dugu's troops did not move back to Hetao, but were in Sheyanzexia. This time, the Han army attacked Xiaoguan more suddenly, which made Liu Qubei not able to summon the troops of the tribes he controlled, and only led 50,000 cavalry and more than 10,000 Jie people's cavalry to the south.

Most of the young and strong followed Liu Qubei to the south, and more than 100,000 women, children, elderly and weak stayed in Sheyanze, responsible for providing supplies to the front army. Liu Qubei left another 10,000 troops to protect the family and protect the safety of the food route.

Liu Qubei never thought that the Han army would sneak attack his lair. Although this kind of thing happened during the reign of Emperor Wu of Han, several years have passed after all. Although the Huns still remember this history, they have long forgotten the details of the history.

In the near future, Ma Dai led the Han army to Sheyanze. They hid on the back of a low hill. Ma Dai and more than a dozen generals of military marquis and above immediately stood on the hill, staring at the Hun camp in the distance. Judging from the torches, this camp stretched for at least ten miles and had tens of thousands of tents.

From the captured prisoners of war, I learned that Liu Qubei left 10,000 troops to guard the camp, but more than 4,000 of them were guarding supplies along the way, and they were not in the camp, so there should be only more than 5,000 soldiers in the camp.

Although there were more Xiongnu cavalry left behind than the Han army, Ma Dai made up his mind and said to several generals: "Liu Qubei should have known the situation now and may have set out to head north. We have no time to delay any further."

Leng Bao also nodded and said, "We can use fire to attack, and burning a big fire can completely create chaos, so we have the opportunity to take advantage of it."

Ma Dai made a quick decision and said to everyone: "Taking fifty people as a team, you must be ruthless. If the elderly, weak, women and children are killed, try to light the tents as much as possible and withdraw before dawn."

Everyone bowed and bowed together, "Abide by the order"

Everyone turned their horses and rushed down the hill to greet the troops. Ma Dai said to Leng Bao again: "You lead a thousand brothers to attack their sheep and horse pen, kill the sheep and flock, take away the war horses, and have no subsequent supplies. I believe Liu Qubei will withdraw from Hetao."

Leng Bao nodded, "I understand."

The two of them slammed the high fives hard, turned their horses and lowered the mounds.

This is the time when the fourth update has not arrived. It is when people are sleeping soundly. There are only a few sentries inside and outside the camp patrol back and forth, especially in the sheep and horse pen. The sheep and horse pen covering an area of ​​nearly 2,000 acres contain nearly 10,000 sheep and tens of thousands of war horses. This is the most important property of the nomadic peoples and their source of food.

In summer, you should be particularly careful of wolves attacking at night, so several cavalrymen patrol around the sheep and horse wing. One mile away, Leng Bao led a thousand Han cavalry to be on high alert. They were waiting patiently, and Leng Bao was also extremely nervous. This was the second battle after he was transferred to the cavalry. He fought fiercely with the Jiehu cavalry a few days ago. Although he finally defeated Jiehu, they also suffered heavy losses, and they still lost even though they won.

Whether he can succeed this time is related to his future. He was originally a general of Zhang Ren, and later followed Huang Zhong. At the beginning of the year, he was highly recommended by Huang Zhong and entered the direct army of the King of Han and became the deputy general of the cavalry. Although he is only a lieutenant, the King of Han personally met them before leaving, which shows how the King of Han attached importance to this surprise attack. If this battle was successful, he might be promoted to General of the Central Army. He has been looking forward to this day for a long time.

Suddenly, a sergeant shouted, "General, look."

Leng Bao suddenly woke up from his thoughts. He looked carefully and saw a fire lit up inside the Hun camp several miles away. This was Ma Dai who launched an attack. He immediately ordered his opponent: "Prepare to attack."

A thousand Han cavalry began to get excited, clenched their spears, pulled out their battle knife, drew their bows and arrows, and waited for the last order.

At this time, two scouts rushed over and shouted loudly after more than ten steps: "General, the Huns' patrol have retreated."

Leng Bao was waiting for this moment. He drew his sword and shouted loudly: "Brothers, make contributions right in front of me, kill me."

"Kill"

Amid the shouts, a thousand cavalry suddenly started, and their hooves were like thunder, killing towards the sheep and horse ferry a mile away like a torrent of broken dams. At this time, several patrols outside the sheep and horse ferry were alarmed by the fire in the direction of the camp, and they rushed back to rescue their families, leaving only more than twenty people left on the patrols here. They could not resist the surging Han cavalry, either died under the sword of the Han soldiers, or fled for desperate attempts. The Han cavalry knocked open the fence and rushed into the vast sheep and horse ferry, slashing spears and bayonets, killing in the flock of nearly ten thousand sheep.

...........

The tragic killing also occurred in the camp. Two thousand Han cavalry rushed into the camp of the Huns. Fifty cavalry were a team, led by a garrison leader. They ran around the camp with torches in their hands, ignited the camp tents, and ruthlessly killed the women, children and the elderly who were running and crying.

The camp was filled with smoke and fires, and children and women stumbled and ran, crying and shouting, but only waiting for them were ruthless swords and spears to kill.

Ma Dai led two cavalry to the center. At this time, he saw a large camp tent covering an area of ​​two acres, surrounded by large tents, with extraordinary momentum. He immediately realized that this should be Liu Qubei's tent.

"Burn it," Ma Dai ordered.

A few torches were thrown over, and the magnificent tent suddenly started to burn, and the fire became bigger and bigger. At this time, more than a dozen screaming women ran out of the tent, and some were holding children in their arms.

Among them was a young man in his twenties, wearing a silk robe and holding a battle knife. Although he was dressed elegantly, he looked fierce. He roared and waved his sword to kill a Han cavalry.

Ma Dai immediately realized that these women were Liu Qubei's wives and concubines. The gorgeously dressed young man should also be Liu Qubei's nephew. Maybe Liu Qubei's ci Gaoshengyuan. Ma Dai was about to order the soldiers to capture him alive, but it was too late. Several arrows rushed to him and shot him through the young man's vest and shot him down on the spot.

Ma Dai urged his horse to move forward and used the tip of the knife to turn the young man over. The young man was exhausted and died. There was a small gold medal hanging on his chest. He picked the gold medal with the tip of the knife, held it in his hand and looked carefully. He saw that the four words Liu Gaoshengyuan were engraved with small seal on it. It was indeed the time to get rid of the humble.

Ma Dai had no choice but to point to a few women holding the child and said, "Catch the woman holding the child and kill the rest on the spot."

Amid the screams, Liu Qubei's wives and concubines were killed one after another, and only a young woman with a child was captured by the Han army. The Han cavalry robbed all the tents filled with gold pearls and beautiful jade, setting fire to destroy all the tents.
Chapter completed!