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Only a piece of crossbow was heard, and a long arrow shot towards the raft in the river against the water. At this time, the mist had gradually dissipated. The crossbowmen could clearly see the raft in the river, the target was clearer, and the hit rate was greatly improved.

The powerful long arrows shot into the target one after another, and screamed on the surface of the river. The soldiers of the famous Jie people were shot into the river by long arrows and died tragically on the spot. Several medium-sized rafts were also shot into the arrows, causing the soldiers to scream.

Immediately afterwards, the second round of long arrows came, and dozens of people were killed by arrows. The front raft overturned, and more than one Jie soldiers fell into the water and were quickly swept away by the torrent. However, the long arrows of the yellow crossbow could not stop the Jie people's attack. The large group of leather rafts got closer and closer, and finally entered the killing range of the crossbow.

"Board and Crossbow Preparation"

Wu Lan shouted loudly, and a thousand soldiers raised their crossbows and aimed at the rafts that were getting closer and closer in the river. Wu Lan shouted loudly and "shoot"

A thousand crossbow arrows were shot out at the same time, and densely shot towards the enemy rafts outside the raft, like the strong wind and rain rolled up on the river, shooting towards the Jie soldiers on the raft. The crossbow arrows were powerful and penetrating. The Jie people's leather armor could not block the crossbow arrows, and a large number of casualties were immediately killed or injured. In the panic, two large leather rafts fell over, and more than one or fifty people unfortunately fell into the water. Although they avoided the crossbow arrows, they could not escape the summoning of the Dragon King of the District Water.

At this time, the Jie people general Shi Yin personally led the last two thousand people into the battle. He held a big knife in his hand and shouted loudly: "Don't be afraid of enemy crossbow arrows, rush up."

The sound of drums on the river was like thunder. The Jie soldiers shouted loudly, braved the crossbow arrows that were coming from densely, and tried their best to move the raft. They were getting closer and closer to the south bank. At this time, Shitan came from behind. He waved his sword and rushed to the south bank first. He followed several of the most elite Jie soldiers, erecting spears and shouting towards the sandbag wall on the slope, but they were greeted by dense crossbow arrows. Dozens of soldiers were shot and rolling and falling into the river.

Shitan couldn't dodge and was shot in the thigh with an arrow. He immediately fell to the ground. Seeing that the situation was not good, several soldiers took advantage of the gap between the arrow and stood up Shitan.

Although the Han army had strict defenses, strong and dense rain of arrows, and large-scale shooting down the enemy, there were quite a lot of soldiers from Jie, with 7,000 soldiers entering the battle. There were nearly 5,000 soldiers ashore alone. A thousand-man commander led a thousand soldiers to the west, trying to surround the Han army from the west.

At this time, he also entered the range of the Jie people's bows and arrows. Thousands of bows shot together, and the arrows were fired at the Han soldiers after the fortifications. Although the Han soldiers were covered by sandbag walls, casualties still occurred under the dense rain of arrows of the enemy, and dozens of soldiers were unfortunately shot.

At this time, a tooth ran to Wu Lan's side and whispered: "A thousand enemy troops have come up to the west and are coming to us. General, you have to withdraw."

Wu Lan also felt that she could not defend herself. The closest group of enemy troops was less than fifty steps away from them. More importantly, the enemy's arrows were dense, which made the Han soldiers unable to raise their heads. Wu Lan nodded and turned around and asked, "Has the catapult been destroyed?"

"Report to the general, it has been destroyed."

"good"

Wu Lan immediately ordered: "Ming Jin to withdraw the troops"

The crisp bell rang, which was a signal of withdrawal. A thousand Han troops carried the wounded soldiers and rushed towards the north gate of the city inside and outside like a tide.

At this time, Zhang Ren was already ready. The city gate had not been completely blocked, leaving a gap of about a meter wide. Soon, the Han army retreated and rushed into the county town. When the last commander Wu Lan ran into the county town, the city gate closed with a bang, and the soldiers began to carry huge rocks and hold the last gap of the city gate.

After paying the price of more than 2,000 deaths, the Jie soldiers finally seized the fortifications on the south bank as they wished. The water in the district was no longer an obstacle to the Huns' army's southward movement. Shanyu Huchuquan immediately ordered the army to cross the river.

Wanda Army spent all night and crossed the water and began to camp around Gaonu County, while the remaining 70,000 troops camped on the north bank. Overnight, outside Gaonu County, a world of tents became a world of tents, stretching for more than ten miles and making a huge noise.

Zhang Ren stood at the top of the city, looking at the overwhelming tents under the city, stretching to the distance. He didn't know whether the Hun army would attack the city, because he had seen countless Hun cavalry returning from the forest to the west, dragging the huge wood behind the war horses.

Although the Huns lived in the grassland for generations, some of the Huchuquan army and Liu Qubei's army had lived in the Central Plains for many years. Among the large number of Han people they captured, there were many craftsmen, so it would be no problem to create a simple siege ladder. If the Han army did not come to provide assistance, the Huns army might have to attack the city, and he must be fully prepared.

At this time, Zhang Ren turned around and asked, "Have you sent the eagle letter to Your Highness?"

"I sent it a few days ago, but I haven't replied yet."

Zhang Ren nodded, there should be a reply letter. At this time, a soldier pointed at the sky and shouted: "Governor, Xinying is here."

Zhang Ren looked up and saw a black goshawk hovering in the sky. After a few circles, he flew towards the Eagle Tower slanted. Zhang Ren was overjoyed. Finally, there was news. He hurriedly ran towards the Eagle Tower in the south city. Before he could reach the Eagle Tower, the Eagle slave rushed over and presented him with a letter of eagle.

It was indeed the reply from the King of Han. Zhang Ren hurriedly read it. In the letter, Liu Jing ordered him to strictly guard Gao Nu. The Han army would take action, but the time needed to be ripe. Since the Huns had to attack the city for the siege, in order to put pressure on the Huns, the Huns would definitely attack the city. General Zhang only had to strictly guard the city. Two months later, the morale of the Huns would be depressed. The victory or defeat of this battle was all due to whether the general could defend Gao Nu.

Zhang Ren nodded slowly, he knew that he was carrying heavy responsibilities.

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At this time, Liu Jing was not in Chang'an, but in Xiliuying in Chencang County. Xiliuying is located above the pass to Guanzhong on Longxi Road. It is named after the nearby Xiliu Town. It can be called Chencang's throat. It is a large military camp covering an area of ​​thousands of acres. Due to its important geographical location, this military camp has existed for several years. At that time, Zhou Yafu stationed troops in Xiliuying.

After the Eastern Han Dynasty moved its capital to Luoyang, Guanzhong's strategic position declined, and the Xiliuying was abandoned. It was not until more than ten years ago that Zhong Yao was in charge of Guanzhong that the Xiliuying gradually began to recover, but only part of it was restored, and in the end, the Han army completely restored it.

Currently, Xiliu Camp is the cavalry garrison of the Han army, and 20,000 new cavalry are trained here. This new cavalry is mainly composed of the Wuhuan people and the Qiang people. They do not need to train cavalry, but discipline and tactics. The chief cavalry instructors are Pang De, Ma Dai and Leng Bao as deputy.

After two months of hard training, this cavalry that had originally had a scattered military discipline had been completely changed. Each soldier seemed to have changed. He had strict military discipline and brave combat. They no longer had the scatteredness of nomads, but had a little more self-discipline of Han cavalry.

Accompanied by Pang De, Liu Jing stood on a high platform to observe the formation training of the new cavalry. He saw that the four cavalry rolling like dragons under the guidance of four banners. Although the four armies were mixed together, they were not confused at all and each maintained their own formation. Soon, the four cavalry separated, and they were neatly arranged and did not mess at all. Ma Dai began to lead the inspectors to count the number of people and find the soldiers who stood in the wrong team.

Liu Jing couldn't help but praise: "It's not easy to achieve such a high level in just two months."

Pang De introduced on the side: "What Your Highness sees is the 4,000 cavalry of the Army and the other four cavalry. They also need to train in turn. When they first started training, they were very confused and had to wear helmets of different colors to distinguish. Now they are making rapid progress, but it is not enough. Next, I will gradually cancel the leading flag without any signs and let them line up. Finally, they have to train in simulated actual combat. I believe that in two months, their training level will be no less than that of the Han cavalry."

“I’m looking forward to it”

Liu Jing nodded with a smile. At this time, Ma Dai found several soldiers in the wrong team from the team, scolded them loudly, and ordered them to return to the team. Pang De's face was a little uneasy and cursed: "A bunch of unscrupulous bastards."

Liu Jing smiled slightly. He was very satisfied with the honesty of Pang De and Ma Dai. They could pretend that they didn't see it, and then report to him with a good grade of one person. However, they did not do this and found out the problem in a realistic manner. This is commendable. If you hand over the new cavalry to them for training, you can rest assured.

Liu Jing patted Pang De on the shoulder and said, "It is better to find out the problem than to have no problem at all, it is more satisfying to me."

He smiled and turned down from the wooden platform, walked out of the camp. Pang De was stunned for a moment, and then asked quickly: "There are four troops behind to train. Do you want to check?"

"No need, you can do your best. I guess the person I'm waiting for has arrived."

Liu Jing turned over his horse, and under the escort of several guards, he walked out of the camp along the horse path, left Xiliu camp, ran north for about an hour, and arrived in Yong County, entered Liupan Mountain District from Yong County to the north, and also arrived at Xiaoguan from another valley path. At present, Liu Jing's temporary camp is stationed in Yong County.

The reason why he rushed back to Yong County was because he wanted to hold important military affairs in Yong County. Many senior military officials would come to Yong County. When Liu Jing was about to arrive at the temporary camp outside Yong County, he saw a group of people running from another official road to the east, and asked for another person. Liu Jing tied the horses and looked at the high place. The cavalry team gradually approached. Liu Jing recognized it. It turned out that it was Yan Yan, a veteran general who came from Xinping County.

Yan Yan was named a side general and the Marquis of Ba Jingting. He led 10,000 troops to station in Maling Canyon. There was also a valley road entering Guanzhong, and Luochuan Road to the east. Go north to Gaonu County and south to Fengyi County in Guanzhong. Liu Jing ordered Wei Yan to lead tens of troops to build a city to defend the situation.

At this time, Yan Yan also saw Liu Jing. He hurriedly urged the horse to come and immediately bowed: "I will meet your highness."

"Thank you for your hard work, the veteran general."

Liu Jing slowly approached Yan Yan and asked with a smile: "What's going on over the Maling River Valley?"

"Report to your highness, Bei Yi sent twenty scouts to patrol north, and basically no enemy situation was discovered. It was just that there was something abnormal the day before yesterday. Bei Yi came to report the matter."
Chapter completed!