The cold wind in the desert is more corrosive than the severe cold.

The battle on the Xianbei grassland is more complicated than imagined. After reaching a certain altitude, not to mention altitude sickness, long-term wind erosion can also collapse a strong man's body.

Clothing with better insulation and windproof properties is a must-have for traveling on the plateau. After fighting in the desert for more than a month, Liu Cang gained a clearer understanding of the grassland areas with higher altitudes in Mobei.

Thousands of miles of yellow sand, a military flag tent was erected on the towering dunes.

The curtains of the tent are wide open, and there is a table in front of the tent. Looking around, there are soldiers arrayed in the field.

Countless Han army formations in units of hundreds or hundreds of people covered the desert.

A thousand meters further away, the war horses were anxious, and the Huns cavalry in the wild were facing each other.

"Zheng~" The sound of the zither is playing loudly. Liu Cang is sitting high on the sand dune, with Cai Yan playing the zither beside him.

The sound of the piano spread throughout the battlefield, and along with it, the scenes in Cai Yan's memory flashed in the minds of the Han soldiers on the battlefield.

The thinly-clad slave huddled next to the haystack and shivered in the cold wind. Any wounds on his body could become a fatal hazard.

The slaves with frostbite on their hands and feet were abandoned in the wild to die. The female slaves who were played by the strong men in Hufu even had a look of joy on their faces, because maybe they could survive this winter.

The newborn children were taken away by others until the tribe was conquered by the Han army. The haggard and dirty parents searched for their children, but when they found the half-grown child, what they got in exchange was a sharp knife pierced into their chests. , and a look of disgust on his face.

These are what happened to the Han slaves in the desert, and what Cai Yan encountered during the battle for more than a month.

At this time, through Cai Yan's inspired music, those scenes were once again conveyed to the minds of the Han soldiers as if they were personal experiences.

‘Music and music empathize’. Cai Yan’s own unique skill selectively transmits the memory influence in his mind through music, and this picture of empathy also makes his own soldiers feel the same hatred towards the nomadic army.

After more than a month of incursions into the desert, hundreds of thousands of people died in the ravages of the Eighth Cavalry Battalion.

A true raging. Because of the raging, this kind of conquest is much simpler than ordinary wars that take too much care.

Now, a large number of Xiongnu cavalry troops gathered from the eastern foot of Helan Mountain, eventually forming an army of nearly 100,000, and faced Liu Cang's troops against the desert dunes.

"Kill!" The shout of killing has begun, but it is not a full-scale charge. A battle of ten thousand armies is not that simple.

The military formation in the wild stretched out a battle line for several miles. At this time, a group of wolf troops in the west were fighting with a group of nomadic cavalry.

The enemy and we are deploying their troops to fight, both waiting to eat into the opponent's weak points, and waiting for the appropriate opportunity to attack.

This time the Xiongnu did not run away, but chose to fight in formation, intending to use their absolute superiority in strength to surround Liu Cang and the Han army who had committed heinous crimes in the desert.

[To be honest, I have been using the Huanyuan app recently to read and catch up on updates. It allows me to switch between sources and read aloud with many sounds. .huanyuanapp is available for Android and Apple.]

"My lord, the Southern Huns should have assembled. It is estimated that they have 70,000 elite cavalry and more than 30,000 slave soldiers." After Liu Cang's death, Jia Xu received the Eagle and Falcon Army Report and reported to Liu Cang.

Cai Yan and Bian Ji were sitting on Liu Cang's left and right respectively. Different from the past, Liu Cang no longer had to worry about anything else. Female soldiers and generals, even if they brought their own mothers-in-law into battle, no one would have anything to say to them.

"Haha, they really managed to gather an army of 100,000. Then we can close the net. Shaoxian, after slaughtering this army, are you still worried about chaos in Bingzhou?" Liu Cang sneered and turned to Huangfu Li in the rear to ask.

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"If this army is destroyed, we can ensure the stability of the Southern Xiongnu for ten years, but we must also prevent them from colluding with Wuhuan and Xianbei." Huangfu Li did not say anything, but Huangfu Heng said after thinking.

"There is no need to worry about the future. This is a great opportunity. We should destroy this army first. We must not let them escape."

"Now that the enemy is outnumbered and we are outnumbered, we should show weakness first, lure them deeper, and attack our army by force." Fu Xie, who had just joined the army, had his eyes flashing and suggested to Liu Cang as if he was anxious.

Huangfu Song was deposed as a herdsman in Jizhou, and Liu Cang went out to kill the people. Dong Zhuo also saw the ruthlessness of his actions. The nomadic people outside the customs were massacred. It would be abnormal if Xianbei did not take advantage of this area in the coming year.

Seeing that Liu Cang was so focused on messing with Hu Qiang that he couldn't do anything fake, Dong Zhuo could be considered a favor to Liu Cang, and Huangfu Song returned to his position as the governor of Beidi County. Dong Zhuo would be more relieved if Huangfu Song guarded Beidi County. After all, Dong Zhuo just wanted to take power.

It’s not like we want to destroy the Han people.

Fu Xie had long been labeled Liu Hong. Fu Xie governed Hanyang well, so Dong Zhuo naturally couldn't let him continue to gain popularity in Liangzhou.

After Dong Zhuo came to power, it was inevitable to remove Fu Xie. Just as Liu Cang wanted Fu Xie, Fu Xie was dismissed from the position of Hanyang governor and transferred to the north to assist Huangfu Song. At this time, he also appeared in Liu Cang's army.

"Run? I have been waiting for them for a long time, how can I let them run away. Nanrong, after this battle, I will give you a battalion of elite soldiers. Can you wipe out the Xiongnu in Bingzhou again?" Fu Xie was eager to fight, and Liu Cang responded to him.

asked.

"This... after all, the Southern Huns have returned to the Han for many years. Attacking them within the borders may cause unrest among the border people. Moreover, even this army needs to be destroyed quickly to prevent Dong Zhuo from protecting them." Fu Xie hesitated.

The Southern Xiongnu returned to the Han Dynasty and nominally obeyed the imperial conscription. As for why they appeared in the desert outside the Han territory to confront Liu Cang.

Well, anyway, these nomads don't need to be in troubled times and there is no reason to argue, so there is no need to say more when you think about it.

Han emphasizes integration, which is good!

But this kind of integration has never made the foreign nobles who do not break up the clan system better. After all, it is integration, not looking for a father. As for what will eventually happen, the memory of the previous life has already given Liu Cang a clear argument.

"Dong Zhuo won't protect him, at least he won't protect this group of people." Liu Cang denied Fu Xie's concerns. Dong Zhuo was afraid that he wanted the Southern Huns to fight with him. If he, the King of Dongping, could be killed, Dong Zhuo might be more willing.

Satisfactory.

As for Fu Xie's mentality of decisively attacking the foreigners outside the Han territory, but being timid towards the foreigners within the Han territory, Liu Cang also understood.

"Let the tiger and the bear go, and let them win for a while." Liu Cang ordered, and the mountain king who was lying in front of him stood up, raised his head and roared like a tiger.

This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! "Roar!" The mountain king is wearing armor, and the mountain king is transformed into a steel tiger by using animal armor with a movable leaf design like plate armor boots.

The mountain king, Orichalcum, drove the tigers and bears out into battle, and the enemy troops on the opposite side rushed out thousands of cavalry. However, the mountain king, orichalcum, who was wearing animal armor, did not participate in the battle. He drove the beasts out to fight, and the two beasts returned to Liu Cang's side.

The beast's invasion of the army failed in the end.

On weekdays, or in small-scale battles, the flying bear camp with war beasts can double its power.

However, in large-scale battles, if ferocious beasts such as tigers and bears appear together with the soldiers, it will only cause chaos in the battle situation, making it difficult to form a battle formation, and it is normal to injure the enemy and yourself.

On the contrary, attacking a single eagle wither can better cooperate with the owner to harass the enemy.

Thousands of tigers were mixed with hundreds of bears. It was difficult for them to cooperate with the soldiers in battle. Liu Cang could only treat them as independent combat units and throw them to the enemy.

The tiger and bear armors have been designed, but they haven't bothered to build the beast armor for the time being. The tigers and bears going out at this time are not the war beasts of the Flying Bear Camp, they are all the beasts accompanying the army on this expedition.

These tigers and bears were not protected by armor. After all, Liu Cang had no intention of taking them back.

In the future, the war beasts of the army officers and soldiers will be equipped with armored stomachs. Although they cannot fight together, they will form an independent fighting beast army in the battle. The power is obviously not comparable to that of the tigers and bears at this time.

The wild tigers and bears rushed towards the cavalry on the opposite side. The nomadic cavalry had already expected to face the ferocious beasts in the hands of King Dongping. Thousands of cavalry rushed out of the seemingly messy formation, stirring up the dust in the sky. Before the tigers and bears were close, they all gathered together.

The rain of arrows caused a large number of casualties among tigers and bears.

They formed a formation with long knives and spears to attack, and threw ropes and nets to disturb the beasts and rush forward.

The human body is naturally not as strong as the claws, teeth and claws of beasts, but the application of wisdom and weapons has also made humans a creature that must be avoided by any ferocious beast.

The battle between man and beast in the central battlefield attracted everyone's attention.

The Huns are fierce, and this Huns cavalry of four thousand people can also be described as brave.

Facing the unarmored tigers and bears, the well-prepared Huns cavalry used their superb riding skills and a variety of weapons to surround the herd.

Disrupt the attack of the beasts and resist the momentum of the beasts. What follows is a confrontation between the cold blades and the ferocious minions.

In less than twenty minutes of fighting, in the confrontation between the crowd and the herd of animals, the Huns' cavalry lost a thousand casualties and suppressed the head-on charge of nearly two thousand tigers and bears.

"Roar~~!" Human beings roared like beasts. They defeated the herd of beasts, and they firmly believed that if it happened again, they would defeat the herd of beasts with fewer casualties.

The morale of the Huns was high. In addition to the hunting cavalry in the center of the battlefield, excited shouts also broke out from the Huns army further away.

The tribal war flags were waved in the wind, beasts were slaughtered and the troops were in full force. Amidst the sound of horns and war drums, the Xiongnu side galloped with thousands of horses and launched a decisive charge against Liu Cang's violent and vicious Han army.

"Hahahaha~~" The force of the 100,000-strong army was overwhelming. Liu Cang stood on the sand dune, and the sound of wild laughter echoed throughout the army.

"These barbarians have been raised by my big man for many years. I'm afraid they have had too many good times and have forgotten how to fight!"

"Beat the drums! Spread the flag! Let these barbarians see how our Han army fights!" The order was given, and the drums thundered.

"wind!"

The strong bow is raised, and the crossbow appears.

"Buzz~"

The buzzer sounded suddenly, the weight of the crossbow spanning a kilometer was torn apart the eternally silent sand, and the arrow rain caused by the loss of tens of thousands of arrows covered the thousands of Xiongnu warriors who were slaughtering the beasts.

The warriors cut down the herd of beasts and led the charge to the front. In ten seconds the "wind" roared, and the rest of the hundreds of horses withered.

"Woo~~~" The horns of the Han army sounded, and the drumsticks suddenly broke into pieces.

Thousands of heavy steps and shields were placed in the front line of the central army. Behind them, Tian Ji stepped on crossbows, and the army in the field moved with the generals.

After the battle between the beasts, this is the official confrontation between humans.

King Dongping controlled the beasts and barbarians, and would not let the tens of thousands of Xiongnu soldiers kill the beasts to establish their power. Liu Cang was really afraid that they would escape and be difficult to pursue.

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