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"Great Chief, brothers can't kill you," a blood-covered leader of the Jie people rushed to Shi Le and shouted loudly.

Shi Le's heart was trembling and his whole body was cold. Although he had experienced many things, the bloody scene in front of him made him fall into an ice cave.

On the battlefield of just two steps, there were corpses of the Xiongnu cavalry and the Jie cavalry. Thousands of corpses were stacked layer by layer, almost without a complete human head with ferocious faces, limbs with bones, and cut off torso. The blood of people and war horses mixed together, gathered into a stream and flowed into the grass beside.

This cruel and bloody scene made many young Hun soldiers tremble all over. The attack failed and killed more than a thousand people. The heavy armored cavalry of the Han army still stood tall, with only dozens of people killed and injured.

Such cruel soldier injuries made Shi Le feel heartbroken. He fully believed that even if their entire army was killed, he would not have thought of rushing through the Han army's mountain-like sword formation.

"Retracting the troops" Shi Le issued an order in pain.

The bell of the Hun army rang, and more than 2,000 cavalry retreated like a tide. The heavily armored infantry of the Han army did not chase after him. They slowly retreated, leaving the bloody battlefield completely empty. It was not a battlefield, but a slaughterhouse. Many Hun soldiers could not bear to turn their heads, but they could not avoid the ubiquitous smell of blood.

Shi Le looked blankly at the heavy armored infantry several steps away from the distance. This was an army he had never seen before. It was simply the nemesis of the cavalry. After massacring thousands of cavalry, they themselves only injured dozens of people.

Looking at the cold knife that shining like a dense forest and looking at the dense walls of people lined up like mountains, Shi Le couldn't help but sigh and turned around and said, "Retreat to Diaoyin County."

The Hun soldiers were already trembling with fear. When Shile ordered them to issue orders, everyone turned their horses and galloped northward. They were eager to stay away from these demon butchers from hell, the farther they were, the better.

The war horses were galloping, and the horse's hooves were sounding like thunder. More than 6,000 Xiongnu and Jie cavalry quickly ran away, leaving only bloody corpses.

Thousands of Hun cavalry rushed along the southwest road on the edge of the mountain toward the Diaoyin County. At this time, they could no longer care about whether they would disturb the Han army camp several miles away, and regardless of whether there would be ambushers ahead, everyone was in a daze and just ran away.

Just as they ran out for several miles, they suddenly stopped. There were dozens of thick trees in the road ahead, and they stopped them. Shi Le was extremely surprised. When they came, they were flat, and there were some big trees blocking them.

"Not good" he suddenly realized that the Han army must have ambushed.

But it was too late. I heard a sound of bangs above my head. More than 10,000 Han crossbowmen appeared on the hillside on the left. They all set their bows and raised crossbows and shot arrows at the Huns cavalry at the foot of the mountain. Ten thousand arrows shot densely at the Huns and Jie cavalry at the foot of the mountain like storms.

The cavalry were caught off guard and fell off their horses. Screams ran through the fields. The cavalry were in chaos. Shi Le, wearing silver helmets and golden cloaks, was the focus of the Han army's shooting. In an instant, he was shot like a hedgehog and fell down with a bang. After only two rounds of crossbow arrows, more than half of the cavalry were killed or injured.

On the left side of the Southwest Road are stretching hills and low mountains, and on the right is an artificial canal about five or six meters wide. It draws water from the Diaoshui in the north and divides countless canals from this canal, flowing to the farmland in the basin, forming a complete irrigation system.

To the east of the artificial canal is a dense forest. The dense forest is long, only more than twelve in width, but more than ten miles long. This dense forest was once part of the basin forest. When the basin became fertile fields, this dense forest became the last survivor and became a shade and shelter from the rain for people who dig the canal.

But now, this long dense forest has become a refuge for the Hun soldiers to escape. Thousands of surviving soldiers rode their horses into the canal. Fortunately, in winter, the water in the canal was very shallow. Except for a few shots in the canal, the rest of the soldiers rode on the other side.

But the bad luck was one after another. Thousands of soldiers had just rushed to the opposite shore, and a sound of bang came from the forest opposite. Thousands of arrows shot towards the group of unstoppable Hun cavalry from all directions. The Hun cavalry screamed and fell off the horse. The war horses were caught in arrows. They ran for only a few steps and then fell into the river.

The arrows in the dense forest were shot for only one round, and thousands of Han spearmen rushed out of the dense forest, and the sharp spears stabbed towards the Hun cavalry on the shore. They showed no mercy. Even many Hun soldiers who knelt down and surrendered were ruthlessly stabbed to death, and their bodies were carried into the river. Except for less than two cavalrymen who successfully broke through the river canal under the leadership of a thousand-man commander, the remaining 6,000 Hun soldiers were completely wiped out by 20,000 Han soldiers.

Twenty thousand Han troops quickly retreated to the camp. On the southwest official road, in the small river, the shore next to the dense forest were full of corpses of the slaughtered Huns and Jie cavalry. Groups of crows hovered in the sky and pounced down excitedly.

Afterwards, all of these corpses were thrown into the canal, and the more than ten miles of long river canal was abandoned and became the tomb of the Huns. The locals dug a new irrigation canal on the other side of the dense forest.

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The news that Shile's army was completely wiped out by the Han army reached Diaoyin County. Hu Chuquan was stunned. Only then did he realize that he had thought the problem simple. How could Liu Jing let them go to Wuting Pass to save people? Moreover, their troops were dispersed as a result. Liu Jing seized this opportunity and gathered them to annihilate them.

Hu Chuquan was extremely regretful. He really shouldn't have made this stupid decision. Shi Le wanted to save his son, so he ignored the consequences. Not only did he not stop him, he actually gave him another five thousand troops. He naively thought that they could capture Tingguan in the afternoon and release Liu Qubei's army. He was really stupid.

After a whole night, Hu Chuquan locked himself in the room to reflect on his face. He already understood his weakness. He did not have a resourceful military advisor around him, which made him use his own tricks.

From the beginning, they made strategic mistakes, which led to their increasingly passiveness and eventually swallowing the bitter fruits of today. If he had an outstanding strategist around him, he would not end up today.

When it was almost dawn, Hu Chuquan finally walked out of the room. His eyes were red and he was hoarse and said to the guards waiting outside: "Go and pass my orders, guard the city to the death, and do not act rashly anymore."

Hu Chuquan finally figured it out. Although Liu Jing's purpose was to drag him on Luochuan Road, if he retreated north in a hurry, he would die even worse. The main force of the Han army was blocked in the north, Liu Jing personally led 50,000 troops to pursue him in the south, and a hundred thousand troops were attacked in front and back, and he had only more than 20,000 people left, and in the end he would be shot into a hedgehog like Shi Le.

Instead of being wiped out, it is better to wait for Liu Bao's rescue army. Perhaps he will have a glimmer of hope at that time.

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Xihe County, Bingzhou, is located west of Luliang Mountain and is the closest county in Bingzhou and Guan. It is separated by only one Yellow River. Xihe County is bounded by the Qiu River. To the north of the Qiu River belongs to the territory of the Xiongnu, and to the south of the Qiu River is controlled by the Han people.

For decades, the two sides have maintained this tacit understanding. A large number of Han people gathered in the south of the Qiushui, with Lishi County as the center, and a large area of ​​farmland was distributed.

To the north of the Qiushui River is sparsely populated and the fields are desolate. Although there are a small number of Xiongnu people engaged in agriculture, they are more of them pastures for nomadic peoples.

That morning, at the mouth of the Qiushui River, countless Xiongnu troops appeared, with great momentum and nowhere to be seen. The river was covered with thousands of sheepskin rafts of all sizes. The Xiongnu troops were ready to cross the Yellow River from here.

The mouth of the Qiushui River is an ideal place to cross the Yellow River. There was a ferry here during the Han Dynasty, but it is now abandoned. This section of the water flows smoothly and the river channel is not wide. There are no undercurrents and whirlpools under the river surface. In order to cross the Yellow River with a raft, the Huns chose this place every time they crossed the Yellow River.

On the edge of the Yellow River, dozens of Hun generals surrounded a Hun army leader in his forties. He wore a golden helmet and golden armor, with slightly dark skin, and his eyes were like an eagle watching dozens of sheepskin rafts on the river surface.

He is Liu Bao, the Zuoxian King of the Huns. Liu Bao is Liu Qubei's younger brother. The two brothers control the northern part of the Central Plains. This time, the reason why Liu Bao agreed to send troops was not actually calling Chuquan's request. The request of his brother Liu Qubei was of course Liu Bao's own judgment of the situation.

Liu Jing's forces entered Guanlong not only threatened Liu Qubei's interests, but once the Han army advanced eastward to Bingzhou, it would inevitably threaten Liu Bao's vital interests. Just last year, the Han army took advantage of the emptiness of Bingzhou and easily seized the original. Although Liu Jing withdrew from Bingzhou later, his actions allowed Liu Bao to see the dangers in the future.

It was precisely based on this consideration that Liu Baocai resolutely decided to take advantage of the Han army's strength that had not yet grown, cooperated with Liu Qubei to completely defeat the Han army and completely drive Liu Jing's forces out of Guanlong.

However, Liu Bao was still a little worried about the Cao army. The Cao army had assembled 100,000 troops in the original state. Although Cao Cao explained to him that he would maintain neutrality and maintain the stability of Bingzhou, in the battle to ambush the Han army envoy in the Rat Gulf, Cao Cao sent troops to protect the Han army envoy, which cast a shadow on Liu Bao's heart. However, this matter was a fault. The Huns crossed the border without authorization and did not inform Cao Cao in advance, so both sides remained silent about the matter.

Despite this, Liu Bao still believes that Cao Cao is a sinister person. Even if he sends troops to assist Liu Jing, he is just doing it. For Cao Cao, Liu Jing is his biggest agreement, not the Huns. If you can use the Huns to eliminate Liu Jing, the strong enemy, why don’t Cao Cao do it.

Liu Bao believed in his judgment, but he was also a cautious person. He did not bring all the 80,000 troops to Gaonu, but left ten thousand troops behind, and asked the commander Liu Luo to command. He personally led the 50,000 troops to cross the river to Gaonu, and cooperated with Huchuquan's army to fight the main force of the Han army.

There is a problem here. Liu Bao did not understand the real information. He did not know that Liu Qubei had been trapped in the straight road, nor did he know that Hu Chuquan suffered a severe blow in Luochuan Road. He received a quick letter from Hu Chuquan, but said that the main force of the Han army was finally led to Gaonu City and asked him to send troops as planned and cooperate with the main force of the Huns to fight the Han army. This is the intrigue within the Huns. Hu Chuquan knew very well that if he told Liu Bao the truth, Liu Bao would not send troops again.

Liu Bao never dreamed that in just one month, the Huns army had fallen to the impending destruction.

At this time, a general rode a horse and reported to Liu Bao: "Report to the wise king, after the experiment is completed, the river can cross the river."
Chapter completed!