Great Han Empire

Chapter 478
At the beginning of May, Wuyuan County.

In the evening, General Zuo Huyan Dengdu led five thousand cavalry into Huijinyuan, Qu Yi led his troops to meet them, and the two sides fought bloody.In order to rush to the bank of the Yellow River as soon as possible to prevent the Han army from crossing the river, the Huns launched a fierce attack at all costs, and Qu Yi gathered [-] fine cavalry to fight back.These six thousand iron cavalry used to be the elite of Fengyun Iron Cavalry Battalion and Changshui Battalion. The soldiers had gone through great battles and their combat effectiveness was astonishing.

Liu Ming's face was ferocious, his eyes were about to burst, his roar was like thunder, and the spear in his hand was flying up and down, and all the enemies who rushed towards him were spared, and they were stabbed off their horses one after another.He is like an angry lion who has lost his mind, completely disregarding life and death, and only caring about killing as much as he wants.The successive deaths of his comrades deeply stimulated him, making him no longer want to survive.At this moment, his whole body was immersed in burning hatred, as if only death and blood could soothe that extremely painful and desperate heart.

The war horse that Liu Ming was sitting on suddenly hissed in pain and flew into the air with all the strength in his body. It brought several spears and long arrows that pierced the heart and lungs and ran into the opposite Xiongnu cavalry, taking the enemy cavalry with them. The horse hit and flew sideways, and Liu Ming who was on the horse flew into the air with the huge impact of the two horses colliding, and then fell down on the grassland more than ten steps away.In an instant, countless horseshoes and bloody spears swarmed towards him at the same time, vowing to trample him into a pool of bloody patties.

Zhao Yun arrived on a flying horse.Before the battle started, he saw the breath of death in Liu Ming's eyes. He was worried that his brother would be buried in Huijinyuan today, so he followed Liu Ming all the time, intending to help him in the most critical time.Zhao Yun waved his spear, stabbed and stabbed to the left, and killed seven people in a row in an instant. The moment the enemy's spear was about to penetrate Liu Ming's body, Zhao Yun grabbed Liu Ming's armor and led him out of the encirclement.

Hengji and Huzi each led their troops from left and right to the central army of the Huns. They were going to capture Huyan Dengdu's battle flag, hit the morale of the Huns, and defeat the Huns before dark.Just when Hengji and Huzi rushed into the Huns' central army unstoppably, two thousand Huns cavalry who came from Wuyuan City to support them suddenly rushed into the battlefield from the flank of the Han army.

The two sides were evenly matched, and although the killing was extremely brutal, neither could defeat the other.After losing more than 1000 men each, the two sides withdrew from the battlefield at dark.

As night fell, hundreds of fires were lit on the embankments on both sides of the Yellow River, which was nearly five miles long in the direction of Yudaiyuan, and the Han army crossed the river overnight.In the direction of Heyin City, Xu Rong also commanded the army to cross the river overnight. Although the battle was not very fierce, the Huns were very frightened when they saw the dense fires on the opposite bank and the faintly visible groups of Han soldiers ready to go.Xu Buwu, the right captain, sent people several times in a row to ask for help from Xu Bu Guduhou.

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Xubu Guduhou now knew that his initial judgment was correct. The Han army was indeed attacking him in two ways. Xu Rong's troops must have planned to cross the north and occupy the Yinshan pass to cut off the retreat of the Hu allied forces.He regretted sending reinforcements to Yunzhong very much now, but regretted that it was too late.Xu Bu Qiyang's 3 troops had already arrived in Yunzhong. Even if he returned immediately after receiving his order, he would not be able to reach Jiuyuan until three days later.Three days later, at least [-] to [-] horses of the Han army could cross the Yellow River. At that time, the Han army had already established a foothold on the north bank of the Yellow River.

Hou Bugudu decided to attack the Han army when the number of Han troops crossing the river is small and weak, but the troops he can currently mobilize are only [-] from the three cities of Jiuyuan, Wuyuan and Linwo. This has no advantage over the strength of the Han army across the river.The [-] iron cavalry stationed at the key pass of Yinshan Mountain must be dispatched, which is the guarantee for the Hu nationality coalition forces to finally withdraw from Yinshan Mountain.After urgent discussions with the ministers of Xubu Gudu and Shan Yuting, they immediately issued a call-up order to the leaders of the Huns.At this time, as long as they can hold a bow and a spear, all Nan women will go to the battlefield. This is a battle to save the lives of all tribes.

Xubu Guduhou is currently not sure how many troops the Han army has on the north bank of the Yellow River, but he thinks that since the Han army can take down the three cities of Xi'anyang, Chengyi and Yiliang, the number must exceed 3000.As for why this Han army was able to cross the Yellow River secretly without anyone noticing, he has no intention of pursuing it.In order to quickly repel the Han army, Xubu Gudu ordered the [-] garrison troops in Linwo to rush out of the city to Heyin Ferry to prevent Xu Rong's army from crossing the river.Xu Buwu, who ordered to be stationed at Heyin Ferry, finally led [-] soldiers to support the Huijinyuan battlefield. At the same time, he sent all the last [-] troops stationed in Jiuyuan City to the Huijinyuan battlefield.He was going to risk his life.

Xubuguduhou believed that even if the eleven thousand troops on the Huijin Plain could not drive all the Han troops across the Yellow River, they could at least stop the speed of the Han army crossing the river and reduce the number of Han troops crossing the river. After leading the [-] main force back to aid, they can annihilate the Han army on the north bank of the Yellow River in one go, and completely defeat the Han army's strategy of crossing the river.

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In the middle of the night, Yang Feng crossed the river with [-] infantry and rushed to Huijinyuan.In the middle of the night, the peasants began to deliver urgently needed weapons to the north bank of the Yellow River.

At dawn, [-] Han troops formed a blocking position in Huijinyuan.Yang Fenglei reported that Lin Xun's three men led [-] infantry in the center, Heng Ji Huzi led the cavalry on the left flank, and Zhao Yun and Liu Ming led the cavalry on the right flank.

When a fiery red sun rose from the eastern horizon, Huyan Dengdu and Xu Buwu finally commanded eleven thousand cavalry to launch a fierce attack on the Han army.

The infantry of the Han army formed a dense phalanx. They had no fear in the face of the attack of the Huns. They fought fiercely one by one and took the lead bravely.The Huns repeatedly tore apart the phalanx and were killed again and again. They were like a group of ferocious wolves besieging a huge and sturdy bison.Under the leadership of Heng Ji and Zhao Yun, the cavalry of the Han army attacked the flanks of the Huns from the left and right.After receiving the support and cover of cavalry, the infantry phalanx became more and more impenetrable, and its attack momentum became stronger and stronger.

The battle situation of the two sides was stalemate, the killing was indistinguishable, corpses were scattered all over the field, and blood flowed like rivers.

As the number of infantry killed in the Han army continued to increase, the phalanx began to be frequently broken by the Huns.Captain Lei Chuan was shot dead by the Huns' long arrows while commanding the soldiers to counterattack.Yang Feng had been standing in the middle of the phalanx to direct the battle, but after seeing Lei Chuan being killed by the Huns, he could no longer bear the anger soaring in his heart, and rushed to the front with a spear, "Brothers, kill the Huns!" people, kill them..."

The Huns suffered great losses, but they had no way out. At this time, whoever can fight to the end and who can persist to the end will be the winner.Huyan Dengdu ordered all the iron cavalry to tear apart the Han army's phalanx at all costs.As long as the Han army phalanx is broken, the Han army will be defeated, and the battle will be considered a victory.

Just when the infantry of the Han army suffered heavy casualties, the phalanx was in danger, and Qu Yi was burning with anxiety, Yang Zhen rushed to the battlefield with three thousand infantry who had just crossed the river.Qu Yi was overjoyed, and immediately ordered the two-wing cavalry to break through the Huns' flanks and charge towards the Huns' central army, so as to slow down the Huns' attack rhythm, and supported Yang Zhen's [-] infantry into the phalanx.

The iron cavalry of the Han army suddenly launched a fierce attack and dealt a heavy blow to the exhausted Huns.Beard led his personal guards to kill at the front, until he reached the battle banner of Takeshi Subu.Huzi danced wildly with his broadsword, beheaded several people in a row, and took the flag away.Xu Buwu was finally furious, and commanded the iron cavalry to besiege on all sides in an attempt to regain the battle flag.Hu Zi couldn't kill him, so he turned his horse's head with the heart of death and killed him again.Xu Buwu was finally caught off guard, and was cut in two by Huzi's horse.Shocked by Huzi's bravery, the Huns avoided him one after another and let him seize the flag and head away.

The defense of the Han army became stronger and stronger, and the attacks of the Huns became more and more crazy.Facing desperation, the Huns had no other way out but to fight to the death.

At noon, Liao Lei came in a hurry with two thousand soldiers.Qu Yi took a closer look at the battlefield where the sound of killing was loud, and ordered them to retreat three miles, not to enter the battlefield for the time being.Liao Lei was impatient, and said very dissatisfied: "What is the meaning of this, General? Do you want me to stand behind and watch the soldiers in front of you fall one by one?"

Qu Yi glared at him, and said unhappily, "What are you in a hurry for? If you want to drag the Huns here, you have to fight such a fierce battle so that the Huns feel that they are about to win. Otherwise, how can we fight?" Capture Jiuyuan? If the Huns are driven away and thousands of them defend a city, when can we take Jiuyuan down? When can we reach Yinshan? When can we recover Border County? How many more people will die? do you know?"

Liao Lei didn't dare to make a sound.

"Take your people and retreat." Qu Yi waved his hand and ordered, "Stay far away, and don't let the Huns see it."

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At noon, Jiuyuan City.

There was chaos outside Jiuyuan City.The leaders of the Xiongnu You tribe who lived nearby were very panicked when they heard that the Han people had crossed the Yellow River, and immediately ordered their tribes to pack up and move to Yinshan.At the same time, according to the order of Xubu Guduhou, all the tribes organized a group of tribes who could fight the enemy overnight to enter Jiuyuan City to defend the city.On the morning of the same day, the guard teams of these various ethnic groups gathered outside Jiuyuan City to receive inspection and instruction from Shan Yuting's guards.Shan Yuting's guards also properly replenished them with some ordnance.

Suddenly, an army of iron cavalry holding the banner of the Huns appeared on the grassland outside Jiuyuan City. This army rushed towards Jiuyuan City at an extremely fast speed.

The Huns inside and outside the city cheered in unison.This must be the arrival of reinforcements.On the tower, a centurion on duty just yelled happily, and then he remembered something, and the smile on his face froze.He pointed to the army of iron cavalry that swept towards him like a stormy sea in the distance, and asked the soldiers around him suspiciously, "Is this the west or the east?"

"This is the west side." The soldier said with a smile.

"West?" the centurion muttered to himself, "Do we still have a large army in the west?"

"Perhaps the Great Chanyu recruited the army stationed at the Yinshan pass to attack the Han people." The soldier said happily, "The Han people will be driven across the Yellow River soon."

"Impossible." The centurion said, "Yesterday we only found out that the Han people had crossed the Yellow River, and it is impossible for the Yinshan army to come back today." He pointed to the soldiers standing around, "Go up and ask who it is army."

"Blow the horn to call the police."

The shrill sound of the horn instantly resounded over the sky of Jiuyuan City.

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Jiang Wu raised her hand and shouted wildly: "Raise the flag..."

"Blow the horn, charge... charge..."

The battle flag of the Han Dynasty and the battle flag of the black panther suddenly appeared in the sky, fluttering in the wind, and the 1 cavalry suddenly let out a terrifying roar. This roar was like a thunderbolt in the clear sky, and it was like a mountain avalanche and an earth cracking, shaking the world. The color changed, and Jiuyuan City collapsed in an instant.The cheering and bouncing crowd outside the city was stunned for a moment, then suddenly burst into shrill and horrifying screams, and then dispersed, fleeing in all directions, some rushed into the city, some rushed into the wilderness, some In a panic, he rushed towards the army of iron cavalry. Everyone rushed, collided and trampled each other, and countless people died.

The gatekeepers wanted to close the gate at first, but they were immediately overwhelmed by the turbulent flow of people. The entire gate was full of fleeing crowds, and the gate could not be closed at all.

Jiang Wu drew her knife in her hand, looked at the chaotic crowd in front of her, raised her head and roared, "Kill, kill without mercy..."

The iron cavalry of the Han army poured down like a torrent, unstoppable, and the fleeing crowd was annihilated by the torrent in a blink of an eye.The torrent hit Jiuyuan City and then divided into four and swarmed in along the small city gate.Wherever the army passed by, there was no trace other than a mess of flesh and blood.An hour later, Jiuyuan City was slaughtered by the Han army. All the nobles and ministers who stayed in Jiuyuan from the Xiongnu rebel Shan Yuting were all killed, and Hou Bugudu took advantage of the chaos and fled.

Jiang Wu ordered Lu Huanyang and Sun Feng to defend the city with [-] cavalry, and continue to search and kill Hou Bugudu. He and She Yingtong led an army of [-] to kill Hui Jinyuan.

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The Huns fought bloody for a day and lost [-] soldiers, but still failed to break through Huijinyuan.Whenever they thought they had broken the Han army phalanx, that phalanx miraculously recovered its combat effectiveness, which made them sigh in vain.Doom finally came at dusk.Jiang Wu led eight thousand cavalry and suddenly came from behind them. The Huns who had fought for a day had no power to resist. They could only watch helplessly as they were surrounded by the Han army and slaughtered bloodily by the unstoppable Han soldiers. .

In the Battle of Huijinyuan, all the 1 Huns who participated in the war were killed, and the Huyan Dengdu, the left general of the Huns rebel army, and Xu Buwu, the right captain, were finally beheaded.The Han army lost more than 6000 soldiers.

The [-] Huns stationed at Heyin Ferry fled into Linwo City after hearing the news. Jiang Wu led the army to pursue them, and the [-] Huns immediately abandoned the city and fled.

That night, Xu Rong crossed the Yellow River.

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(End of this chapter)