Great Han Arrow God

Chapter 407
Liang Xiao stood up and bowed. "General, if you want to annihilate Xiutu's royal family, you can't be too impulsive. Since he despises us, why don't we use our tricks, show weakness to him, and lure him to attack?"

"To lure him to attack the city?" Li Guang shook his head. "I'm afraid he can't be that stupid."

Liang Xiao smiled.He wouldn't be so contemptuous of King Xiutu.Expecting the enemy to be stupid is the most mentally handicapped manifestation.No matter how impulsive King Xiutu was, he would not use cavalry to attack the city.

"General, we are not in the city, we are going outside the city."

Li Guangqi.It's very dangerous outside the city.It's no joke that [-] riders rushed to kill.Besides, outside the city, once the situation is not right, the Huns have the advantage of speed, they can withdraw from the battlefield anywhere, and they cannot catch up.

Liang Xiao explained his plan: [-] cavalry horses were used to pull the chariot, but the chariot was filled with people, elite cavalry who were to carry out the pursuit mission.Once in battle with the Huns, unhorse the horses, use the chariots as a barrier, form an array on the spot, and lure the Huns to attack.In this regard, the Han army has sufficient advantages. When the Huns retreat with exhaustion, the cavalry who have been resting can mount their horses and pursue them.

With [-] recharged elite cavalry chasing [-] Xiongnu cavalry who have been exhausted for a long time and suffered heavy casualties, there is at least a half chance.If you are lucky enough to defeat the Huns, the rest will be simple.If luck is not enough to completely defeat the Huns, that's okay, they can fall back and cooperate with the infantry again.

There are two keys to success:
The first is whether it can withstand the attack of the Huns.If the Huns broke through the position, it would be a disaster. Even if all the cavalry were on horseback, they would not be the opponents of the Huns who had an absolute advantage in numbers, and they would probably suffer heavy casualties.

While resisting the attack of the Huns, the Huns should not be scared away, and they must be forced to attack at any cost; in order to achieve this goal, Liang Xiao has two plans.One is to put silk, grain and grass in some carts, so that the Huns think that there are a lot of property in these carts.One is to use oneself as bait to lure King Xiutu into a trap.

After hearing Liang Xiao's suggestion, Li Guang laughed out loud. "Just you, I'm afraid it's not enough. King Xiutu hates me the most, so let me be the bait."

Liang Xiao also laughed. "If the general is used as bait, the big fish King Xiu Tu will never escape."

Li Xi smiled and said, "You two are going to be the bait, and leave the netting to us."

Everyone laughed, and then discussed in a hurry.Liang Xiao provided the main suggestion, and Li Guang and Li Xi divided the suggestions into tasks and handed them over to everyone.Other generals provide supplementary advice and carry out tasks.

After a day of preparation, Li Guang, Liang Xiao, Gongsun Rongnu and other three school lieutenants led 4000 soldiers, escorted more than 4000 carts out of the city, and marched along the Taoshui River to the Yellow River, making an appearance of preparing to cross the river.Among the more than 1000 carts, only more than 3000 were loaded with grain and silk, and the remaining [-] carts contained a large number of arrows and grain, and each of them hid two knights.

Li Xi led [-] infantry to stay in Didaocheng, ready to respond at any time.

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At the foot of Gaolan Mountain, King Xiutu reined in the piebald horse under his crotch, raised his head, and looked at the rolling hills in the distance, feeling a little uneasy.

After crossing the big river, the terrain here becomes more complicated, and the restrictions on cavalry become greater and greater.Geographical restrictions are one of the main reasons why he has not occupied the entire Longxi since he bordered the Han people for so many years.

He came to humiliate Li Guang, if there is a chance, it would be nice to rob him.Now, his goal has basically been achieved, whether to accept it as soon as it is good, or to continue to advance and expand the results of the battle, King Xiu Tu can't make up his mind.He was not afraid of the Han army or Li Guang, but he had to be cautious.According to scout reports, there are tens of thousands of Han troops gathered in Longxi and the territory of Tianzi. Once they fall, the consequences will be disastrous.

At this moment, the scouts came to report and found that five thousand and six Han army infantry were coming here, escorting thousands of carts. The carts were very large, very slow, and the ruts were deep. They seemed to be loaded with a lot of things. .

King Xiutu immediately regained his spirits. He didn't want to be ambushed, but there was no reason why thousands of troops were sent to him.After doing this, he can return home with a full reward.

Although King Xiutu was moved, he was very cautious.He sent more scouts to check the surrounding situation, so as not to fall into the tricks of the Han people.

After half a day, the scouts came to report that there was no trace of the Han army around, but the scouts of the Han army saw their shadows, and the Han army had stopped advancing and turned around to flee.

King Xiutu no longer hesitated, and immediately ordered the pursuit. More than 2 riders advanced rapidly along the river valley. It didn't take long for them to see a cart overturned on the ground. The cart was broken, and nearly a hundred bundled war robes were scattered on the ground. People are fighting.

Not long after they walked forward, they found another overturned cart with golden corn scattered everywhere.

Going forward, there are more and more overturned carts, with food, clothes, weapons, and some money, each of which is full, all the things the Huns want.

King Xiutu was very excited and sent more scouts.In order to be sure, he also sent scouts to go around in front of the Han army, all the way to the outside of Didao City, to see if there was any sign of support from the Han army.

It was forty or fifty miles away from Didao City. The Huns gave full play to the advantages of their cavalry, and it took only an hour to catch up with the fleeing Han army, blocking them in a river valley several miles wide.

King Xiutu took his personal guards and rode up to the side of the hillside to inspect his prey, ecstatically.

He soon made an even more surprising discovery: these Han troops who knew they were running away and were forming formations, preparing to block and wait for reinforcements, were actually led by Li Guang himself.Li Guang was on the opposite hillside, surrounded by more than a thousand soldiers.More soldiers were walking in the car formation to prepare for the battle, and the atmosphere was tense.

Maybe it was because they cared about the horses, they were afraid of being accidentally injured by the arrows from both sides, or maybe they were afraid that the horses would be frightened and disrupt the battle formation, so they unloaded all the horses from the shafts and gathered them on the opposite hillside.Seeing this, the Huns were very happy.This is enough to show that the Han army knew that the speed was not enough, and they had no hope of escaping, and were ready to stand by and wait for help.

King Xiutu raised his head to the sky and screamed. "Heaven has eyes, help me to avenge." He turned to the generals and said, "Don't hurt Li Guang's life, I will capture him alive and send him to Shan Yuting. He is much more valuable than Zhang Qian."

All the generals laughed and readily agreed.Parachutist Li Guang was the most prestigious general of the Han Dynasty. If he could be captured, Shan Yu would definitely be rewarded more than Zhang Qian. Maybe the entire Qilian Mountain area could be rewarded to the King Xiutu.

On the opposite hillside, Li Guang was also happy from ear to ear. "Haha, I've been looking forward to this opportunity for a lifetime, and it's finally here. Liang Xiao, you're doing well. Tell me, how many thousands of households can I seal if I kill King Xiutu?"

Liang Xiao looked around and frowned. "General, I don't think it's right. This place is too wide. We can't stop the Huns."

Li Guang looked at it and found it reasonable.The river valley is four or five miles wide, with four thousand carts lined up, with a maximum of three or four carts in front and behind, which can block most of the Huns, but if the Huns try their best to break through, they will not be able to achieve the goal of complete annihilation.

"It doesn't matter." Li Guang said again: "Look, the ground on our south side is wider, which is suitable for cavalry to gallop. As long as we fight tenaciously and make the Huns feel that they can't easily succeed, they will definitely wear us down with cavalry and shooting. At that time, we will retreat slowly, retreat to the narrow place, and block the mountain road."

Liang Xiao suddenly realized that it seemed that Li Guang had more experience in riding against horses.

"Then I'll congratulate the general first. You can hold a banquet for a few more days if you're a marquis."

"Don't worry, you kid is indispensable. If you really want to be named Marquis, you are the first one." Li Guang laughed heartily.Li Gan also beamed happily, circling around Li Guang and Liang Xiao.Li Guang gave Li Gan a few instructions, asking him to go down and deliver orders, asking the three lieutenants in the formation to cooperate. The lieutenant Gongsun Rongnu on the front and Han Qianqiu on the north must fight tenaciously, and the Leo on the south side can fight a little bit. Show weakness.

Not long after, the three captains in the formation waved their battle flags to indicate that they had received the order.

After confirming again that there was no ambush around, King Xiutu was finally relieved and ordered an attack.

Six hundred Huns, divided into three teams, launched a tentative attack on the Han army's chariot formation.

Li Guang waved the battle flag, the drums sounded, and a fierce battle officially kicked off.When the Huns got off their horses, their combat power was cut in half, and the small round shields in their hands were not enough to protect their bodies.Facing the fierce bow and crossbow shooting of the Han army, they were unable to make any progress. Many people fell down and returned frustrated before they encountered the army.

King Xiutu was not nervous.This was originally a test, just to see the reality of the Han army.He has rich experience and can analyze the weaknesses of the Han army from whether the Han army shoots neatly, the number of arrows, and the hit rate, and then he will attack these loopholes with all his strength.

Li Guang is a famous general, but he can't protect that all the generals of the Han army are famous generals. There will always be some people who are timid and show their flaws.

Soon, King Xiutu found that the counterattack from the left wing of the Han army was a bit messy and the formation was not regular enough. He immediately sent 500 people again to attack the left wing of the Han army in turn by riding and shooting.

The Huns came in a loose formation on horseback from a distance, passed by the front of the Han army, shot sharp arrows, and then flew away.They wantonly teased and irritated the Han army, and some bold and talented people even rushed to the front of the battle, yelling loudly.

Li Guang and Liang Xiao exchanged glances and smiled gratifiedly.King Xiutu fell for the trick, now, they need to add fire.

"General, may I show off?"

Li Guang was in a good mood and laughed out loud. "Okay, let me see how good your bow is."

Liang Xiao smiled slightly, got on his horse, and rushed to the position of Ji Le.Tu Niuer, Pang Shuo and others followed closely.

Seeing the Han army reinforcing the left-wing position, King Xiutu took a natural look.Seeing the black horse and the gorgeous armor, King Xiutu's heart suddenly moved and he pointed. "Who is that Han family boy riding a black horse? What kind of horse is that horse, so tall?"

The guard beside him looked at it, and said in unison: "It can't be that Liang Xiao?"

King Xiutu held his breath, feeling as if he was being knocked out by happiness.

Liang Xiao?This is an important person whose value is no less than that of Li Guang.Why was my luck so good that I caught the hearts of two Huns all of a sudden?
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(End of this chapter)