The first place to see the large number of Xiongnu troops was in the Yanmen area of ​​Yunzhong. The Xiongnu horses galloped and neighed not far away, galloping tirelessly in the distance.

Guan Ying stood on the city wall, his eyes fixed on the enemies outside the city wall, without any fear on his face.

"Light the beacon."

"They are looking for a favorable position to ask Chai Wu and Lu Chen to put down their flags and pretend to be short of manpower. It is best to attract the enemy to attack them."

"Let Guo Meng prepare..."

Guan Ying did not wear armor, only wore a helmet, held a large shield, and hung a strong bow, and issued several orders.

Here in the Tang Dynasty, Guan Ying led the soldiers of the Tang Dynasty to guard it.

Zhang Cang did not come and was still staying in Taiyuan. Although this man is timid, his ability to govern the country is really good. Today's Tang State can actually mobilize more than 50,000 elites at will without affecting domestic production.

, this national power can only be matched by the Qi State. Guan Ying carefully observed the Tang State and found that if they spared no effort to recruit troops, they could recruit more than 300,000 troops.

And it is different from the Qi State because the Tang State is surrounded by enemies on three sides. The people here are fierce and often fight. There are many ferocious beasts in the mountains. Even ordinary people will occasionally go up to the mountains to hunt. At the same scale, the soldiers of the Qi State will definitely not be able to defeat the soldiers of the Tang State.

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What's more, the middle and lower-level officers of the Tang State were all elites drawn from the Northern Army, that is, the Tang King's personal soldiers.

The upper-level generals are all former fierce generals of Peng Yue and Yingbu. The quality of the army is extremely high. In terms of the configuration of the generals alone, this exceeds the configuration of the Northern and Southern armies. Of course, after Guan Ying led these people, he still

I put a few members of the Dahan Mengren Heavenly Group in just to make myself more comfortable in commanding.

Facing the Xiongnu at this moment, these Tang soldiers did not have the slightest fear, their eyes were full of expectation. Zhang Cang used the general's skills to the extreme during this period, and even gave internal orders to plunder the Xiongnu's livestock.

If you take back three heads, you can be promoted to a noble title. If you can bring back a Xiongnu head, you can be promoted to two noble titles...

Zhang Cang really developed Tang State as if it were Qin State, so that when these people saw the enemy, their eyes were always on their heads, unable to take their eyes away.

This method can only be imitated by the Tang State, simply because the Tang State is vast and rich in resources, and has a large amount of land that can be granted to meritorious soldiers, which other vassal states cannot do.

What is the most outrageous thing? The most outrageous thing is that the Tang State actually had a standing cavalry force... There were more than 600 knights and about a thousand war horses.

Thinking of this, Guan Ying couldn't calm down in his heart. I, a big man, only have more than 2,000 war horses! What do you, the Tang State, want to do?!

The scary thing is that the people and soldiers of the Tang Kingdom did not recognize any princes or famous generals. They only recognized the King of Tang. Even when Guan Ying gave orders to the soldiers, he had to give them in the name of the King of Tang. Otherwise, those who had followed Peng Yueying would

Bu's fierce generals didn't look down on him at all. They raised their noses high, as if to say: Nai Gong also did Xiang Yu back then, what's so great about you?

They were imprisoned by the Han Dynasty, but were pardoned by the King of Tang and brought back to the Tang Kingdom. Therefore, they only recognized the King of Tang as their master.

When the soldiers at the bottom mentioned the King of Tang, they admired him even more. They even showed off to Guan Ying with a smile, saying that the King of Tang had lent him three sheep and a cow, and the lambs and calves born to him were considered his.

Where in the world is there such a benevolent and righteous king as our king?

Guan Ying really couldn't connect the kid in Chang'an City with Renyi Mingjun.

However, what happens in the Tang Kingdom has nothing to do with Guan Ying. He is a relatively pure general and will not worry about whether the King of Tang will rebel like other generals. If the King of Tang rebels, the Emperor will order

If you let yourself go on a crusade, then you will go to war. If no one gives the order, what does it have to do with the King of Tang being the self-proclaimed emperor?

The Huns began to test, and the Huns' cavalry rushed towards the city wall quickly. After approaching, they drew their bows and fired arrows. The rain of arrows immediately enveloped the Great Wall. After shooting a round of arrows, they immediately retreated, and the second team began to gallop away.

Come, draw your bows and shoot arrows again. They are very fast, and it only takes a moment to open the bows and arrows, leaving the Han army unable to counterattack.

Under the protection of large shields and city walls, the archers of the Han Dynasty began to counterattack, firing crossbows and strong bows in an orderly manner. Occasionally, they could hit a few Hun knights, but the probability was not high.

But at this time, Mao Dun had already appeared at the edge of the Great Wall of Yan State.

Modun's horse was very tall, all black, and extremely ferocious. No other horse dared to approach. Riding such a tall horse, Modun could lower his head and look at the generals on his left and right, demonstrating his superior status.

"Ploughing alone...something's not right...there's not a single flag on the Great Wall, it's empty..."

A general looked at the Great Wall in the distance and asked: "They usually station a large number of troops, how can it be empty now?"

"Hahaha, they must have summoned all the troops to the Tang State, and the Yan State has become an empty state!" another general said loudly.

"No...they have an ambush here. They are deliberately luring us..."

Mao Dun squinted his eyes and grinned ferociously, "Come on, five chariot guards, you ride on my horse, carry my flag...attack the Great Wall and invade the Yan Kingdom!"

"good!"

No one will refuse Mao Dun's orders, even if they ask you to die. This is Mo Dun's consistent style. No matter what he says, no one is allowed to hesitate. They must agree immediately, otherwise, he will make your life worse than death.

. He even shot his own father to death. Even the generals who were usually close to him were extremely afraid of him. No matter what Mao Dun said, they would not hesitate.

A general mounted Maodun's horse, carried his banner, shouted loudly, and then led the cavalry to charge.

The Huns' cavalry roared, holding bows, and rushed towards the city wall.

"Brush~~"

Almost at the moment they were about to reach the city wall, countless flags were suddenly raised.

"together."

"Zhao."

"Liang."

"Chu."

"Yan."

In the middle position, a big Han flag was fluttering in the wind. Xia Houying suddenly waved his hand, "Kill!!!"

"Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh~~~"

For a moment, arrows and crossbow bolts flew out and enveloped the Hun cavalry who were charging at the front. But at that moment, the horses neighed and the cavalry fell off their horses with a howl... The five chariot guards who led the army hurriedly gave orders and took turns.

Attacking, the cavalry began to use their best cavalry and shooting tactics again, shooting back and forth. Only the first salvo caused huge trauma to the Huns. After that, the cavalry relied on their favorable speed advantage and continued to ride.

shoot.

The Huns cavalry did not seem to be afraid of death at all. They were calm and composed. They retreated after firing one round. Even if they had arrows hanging on them, they gritted their teeth and remained silent.

When the Xiongnu fights, they don't give you a chance to fight at close range. They always rely on the advantage of their cavalry to fight with you. If you stay still, they will harass you with cavalry and shooting. If you are chasing, then fly a kite and fight with others.

Unlike the nomadic tribes, the Huns did not fight alone. They had many different tactics that could cooperate with each other. The Huns were like a pack of wolves, and Maodun was their king.

Therefore, if you want to defeat the Huns, the most important thing is to have horses.

If you can't even catch up with the enemy and can only be passively beaten, how can you defeat them?

The offense here in the Yan State is obviously a level stronger than that in the Tang State. The strength lies in the frequency of exchanges of riding and shooting. The frequency of rotation of riding and shooting in the Tang State is far inferior to that here. The knights here are constantly running and taking turns.

The speed was also very fast, and the soldiers of the Han Dynasty were basically covered by the arrows, and they fought back with the arrows.

Of course, the soldiers of the Han Dynasty were not without advantages. Their arrows had a longer range and more damage. Because the Huns mainly relied on mounted archery as a means of fighting, and the consumption of arrows was extremely high. Therefore, they would use whatever they wanted.

Everything is used to make arrows, including primitive arrows like bone arrows.

The Han bow was very large, half a man tall, powerful and heavy, while the Xiongnu bow was short and fired faster, but the damage was not that strong.

Both sides paid a lot of price, and Wuchaohu continued to command, and occasionally went there in person to draw bows and shoot arrows to inspire the soldiers on his side.

While the battle was going on here, Mao Dun led the rest of his army northward. He sent someone to inform the five chariot guards, and after fighting for another half an hour, he withdrew his troops to rest and wait for him outside Daijun.

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Liu Chang scratched his head and looked at the "sand table" in front of him.

This is a very crude model, with only a few pieces of wood to serve as the Great Wall and a few stones to serve as the army.

"Master, I can only defend...I can't counterattack at all."

Liu Chang looked at the messy situation in front of him and begged: "How about I become a Huns?"

Han Xin glanced at him and said, "Okay..." The two stood up and changed positions.

Liu Chang grinned, "Hahaha, okay, master, I will directly concentrate the troops from the Tang and Yan countries to attack your Yan country!!" He placed several stones representing the Huns on the positions of the Yan country.

He shouted with a smile: "Your armies from Tang and Dai are marching slowly and cannot catch up. I will directly defeat your Yan. Well, the armies of all countries were defeated. All the other princes and kings ran away. King Zhao is dead."

,I won!"

Han Xin looked at him disdainfully, and he slowly moved the stone from Daijun to the position of Yanguo.

"Okay, even if it takes you half a day to destroy the Yan Kingdom's Great Wall and kill King Zhao... then you still need half a day to plunder the Yan Kingdom, and you will also encounter counterattacks from the city..."

"During this period of time, my army has been marching in a hurry and has been able to reach the vicinity of the Great Wall of Yan. At this time, we are both the most exhausted... However, your horses have been rushing from Tang Dynasty continuously, and they have been galloping.

He’s been running... and he can still run like a horse?!"

"Can't run anymore? Can you fight me on foot?!"

Han Xin's voice suddenly rose, and Liu Chang stared blankly at the situation.

"Come again!"

"OK."

"I...How about I become a big man?"

Han Xin raised his head disdainfully and ignored this scoundrel.

However, Liu Chang looked at the situation in front of him and understood somewhat, "So, master arranged the army in Daidi? Is it to encircle and annihilate the Xiongnu in Yan State?"

"When will you make some progress? Even a little kid like you can see what will happen after attacking the Yan Kingdom. Isn't Maodun worse than you?"
To be continued...