283. Canyon Blocking the Enemy
King Rizhu Bi looked at the Zuo Gudu Hou whom Shanyu arranged beside him and said coldly: "As you wish, our army is going to have a great battle with the Han army."
Zuo Gudu Hou bowed his head and said, "There are more men and horses in King Rizhu than the stars in the sky, and the soldiers are more ferocious than the wild wolves in the mountains. They will definitely tear the sheep of the Han army and capture their emperor. I am willing to obey King Rizhu's orders and defeat the Han army together."
Both of them understood the intention of the Han army. In the two passages of the frontier, the Gaoque Pass increased its troops, the Jilu Pass was broken, the Han army had closed the two gates, and the encirclement around them was tightening. The Han emperor was determined to fight.
King Rizhu was somewhat panicked, and the feeling of the way out of the back was broken made him feel very uncomfortable. Now he had no choice but to defeat the Han army, and there was no other way to go. The pleasant itinerary of free travel will turn into a fierce battle.
"This damn emperor, is he crazy? Did he think he could trap the eagles on the grassland in the cage in Sene?" King Rizhu thought hatefully, "I must destroy his arrogance. As long as the emperor's main force is annihilated, the huge Shuofang County will let me gallop."
Although he thought so, he did not dare to underestimate the enemy at all. After all, he was the Emperor of Han, and his army and horses must be indispensable. He also wanted to gather troops and horses to gather his 30,000 elite cavalry together.
King Rizhu ordered a quick march. In less than two days, he retreated to the vicinity of Guanhun and met with the tribes he left here.
When he learned that the Han army had advanced to seize the Jilu Pass from outside the frontier, he suddenly became nervous. For many years, the Han people never dared to go out of the frontier. They hid in the deep ditch and high bases of the fortress, secretly shot arrows from behind the city walls to prevent the Huns from entering the frontier and plundering. The Huns regarded the Han people as cowards and did not dare to fight in person. But now the Han army has invaded his territory and galloped freely outside the frontier. Is the Han army so powerful that it is so fearless?
Looking at the Hun soldiers all over the mountains, King Rizhu regained his courage. This was an invincible team. For many years, they have been galloping freely on this grassland, and it will be the same in the future. He wants to lead his warriors to defeat these Han people and declare to the world that King Rizhu will be the master of this land in the future.
King Rizhu gave an order to attack Jilusai with all his strength and eliminate all the shameless enemies attacking from behind.
The Huns' army drove into the canyon to the west, and rushed towards the small pass at the exit. Outside the pass was a vast grassland, the home of each of them. As long as they broke through this gate, they could return to the free world.
When they were approaching Jilushu, they were attacked. The cliffs on both sides were full of ambushed crossbowmen and archers. They hid behind the stone and kept shooting cold arrows. Although the damage was sporadic, the psychological blow was very huge.
The soldiers were all afraid and lost the momentum of moving forward when they first entered the narrow valley.
The Huns fired arrows and suppressed them with dense bows and arrows. They sent people to climb up the mountain to capture the Han army, but when they finally climbed up, they did not see any one. The Han army had already retreated along the cliff and slipped back to the camps in Sai City or the Wrangama Camp.
These layers of blocking greatly slowed down the speed of the Huns' march, and the closer they got to the Chilusus, the stronger the blocking force. Not only that, many obstacles were arranged on the ground in the valley, including trees, stones, and sharp caltrops. They accidentally plunged into the horse's hooves, and the horse was abandoned.
When you enter the range of the powerful crossbow in Saicheng, it will be hard to move forward.
There are deep and shallow ditches on the ground. You must be careful when you step over them, otherwise you will hurt your hooves if you are not careful. Not to mention the stacking obstacles, they are even more layered and cannot be crossed.
The worst thing is that at this time the powerful crossbows on Sai City began to fire, and the Huns who were trapped by roadblocks were anxiously unable to escape, and they were all caught in the arrows.
In the first round of attacks, nearly a hundred people were damaged before they could approach Saicheng, and the rest hurriedly retreated.
Zuo Guduhou, who was responsible for attacking Sai City, heard the report and shouted: "Pull up the dogs behind and let the lowly dogs clear the roadblocks!"
The Huns drove the prisoners caught in the fortress in front and asked them to move away trees and stones, dig soil and fill in ditches.
Crossbow arrows were fired in Sai City and several were shot down. The Han prisoners shouted at Sai City, begging them not to shoot arrows.
The soldiers guarding the frontier stopped and looked at each other, not knowing what to do.
Captain Zhang Yun sternly said: "How can you stop without getting the order? On the battlefield, there are no Han people or Hu people, only your own people and enemies!"
The soldiers were ordered to continue firing arrows, and some Han prisoners fell to the ground after being shot.
At this time, Liu Biao was also in the city of the fortification. Seeing this scene, he said to Zhang Yun: "The fortifications are so strong that with the combat power of the barbarians, they must not break through this fortification. It is better to let them come over and kill more, and also kill them to share the pressure for His Majesty's army. Captain Zhang, do you dare?"
Jilusai's defense was almost invincible. Liu Biao felt that if this continued, the Huns would probably retreat quickly, give up the attack, and turn elsewhere. He wanted to let the barbarians come over and use the existing fortifications in Sai City to give the enemy the greatest damage, not only destroy their troops, but also hit their morale, and lay the foundation for the decisive battle between the two sides.
This suggestion is somewhat risky, provided that even if some of the fortifications are given up, Jilusai must be foolproof. Liu Biao thought that Zhang Yun had always been steady and probably wouldn't agree, so he deliberately provoked him.
Unexpectedly, Zhang Yun replied without hesitation: "Why don't you dare? This chicken and deer squat is as solid as a soup. Just as they should taste it, Zhang is willing to share the worries of Your Majesty with Captain Liu!"
The conversation between these two people did not take the dense Huns on the other side seriously at all, and revealed their incredible confidence in their tone. In their opinion, it was impossible for Jilusai to be broken.
The same is true for the soldiers around them. Everyone was full of confidence in winning. The Yulin Army followed the emperor and won every battle. In two years, they accumulated a spirit so that they could despise any powerful enemy.
Zhang Yun waved his hand and ordered the stop of shooting. However, he selected some soldiers with excellent shooting skills, so that they could specifically aim at the Huns to shoot. The vast rain of arrows stopped splashing. The Yulin Army turned from indiscriminate attack to snipers who determined the target. Although there were occasional mistakes in killing Han people, the more Huns were shot.
The Huns gradually retreated and left Han prisoners in front. The prisoners first lowered their heads to clear the roadblocks and approached Saicheng step by step. Later, they saw that the Huns were far away, and they didn't know who started. The prisoners began to flee in all directions, some running forward to Saicheng, and some crawling towards the mountains on both sides.
Behind them, the Huns leader ordered: "Shoot the arrows! Shoot the arrows! Don't let the Han dogs run away!"
The Huns raised their bows and arrows in their hands, shot down a piece of Han prisoners in a volley.
Chapter completed!