Dahan first prince

Chapter 428 Fight!
"Order all the ministries to come here quickly and encircle them all!"

Xinmao (28) in the autumn and September of the sixth year of the Han Dynasty, 75 miles away from Mayi, under an unnamed hill;

After ordering the encirclement as quickly as possible, and after confirming that there were no loopholes in the bowl-shaped semicircular encirclement, Jin She quickly ordered: all the troops who had been looking for the traces of the Huns before were dispersed, and quickly gathered on this hill!

After just a few hours, this hill, which had already accommodated tens of thousands of Hun cavalry and seemed a bit crowded, was completely surrounded by nearly [-] soldiers and horses of the Han army.

And since the beginning of the war, Li Jisuo's troops, who had been 'miraculously missing', finally returned to the frontal battlefield.

"Xin Wuhou!"

"Li Weiwei!"

Seeing each other from a distance, Jin She and Li Ji hurriedly clamped their horses' belly and rode forward;

When the two of them rode their horses to the place where they were five paces away from each other, there was an excited look on the faces of the old and the strong generals.

"—The last general, fortunately, he did not disgrace his life!!"

With a bow to Jin She Shen, Li Ji was about to dismount, but Jin She quickly reached out to stop him, signaling Li Ji not to get off the horse in a hurry.

"The war is not over, there are still important matters to discuss."

"Wei Wei should follow along quickly, and go to the middle account to discuss!"

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"Afternoon?"

Following Jin She to the Chinese army's big tent set up two miles away from the foot of the hill, he could not help being a little surprised when he heard the attack time given by Jin She and Li Ji's face.

"Why the urgency?"

"The encirclement is complete, and the Hu Man is already unable to escape, why not let the soldiers repair a little, recharge their energy, and then go all out to attack and annihilate them?"

Although there was such a relatively peaceful tone on his mouth, there was already a little dissatisfaction in Li Ji's heart.

Not to mention the Guanzhong soldiers that Jin She brought out from Mayi City and raided all the way north;
——Alone is Li Jisuo's troops. These five thousand tiger soldiers rushed south from Wuzhou Sai, step by step along the way, for fear of falling into the trap of the Huns or being attacked by the Huns!
Just so tense, step by step from Wuzhou Sainan, to join the main force at the foot of this hill, and after confirming that the Huns have been surrounded, the hearts of all the soldiers in the tiger and ben finally let go .

But at this moment, what Lieutenant Huben needs is to rest...
It is the per capita load of nearly [-] catties, after a day and night of marching on high alert, the necessary rest...

"No!"

Unexpectedly, as soon as Li Ji's voice fell, Jin She said something solemnly, and his face was already full of sternness.

"A certain worry is the back of this mountain, or there may be a secret passage used by Han merchants and traitors!"

"If you make Di Chief take the time to escape along this secret passage..."

A meaningful reminder also made Li Ji's complexion suddenly tense, and he fell into a long thought.

Although it is not sure what is behind this hill at present, it cannot be said that there is no such possibility.

Because for experienced veterans like Li Ji and Jin She, both of them knew very well what the frontier of the Han Dynasty was like.

—to put it mildly, the Border Guards;
To put it bluntly, it is a sieve...

As for the reason for this situation, it is not that these border guards have no position, but a purely survival issue.

Just one point is enough to explain this weird phenomenon;
——In the seventh year of Emperor Taizu Gao, the food and salary standards of the Han army's border guards were one and a half stones of corn per person per month, and six hundred yuan per person per year.

And six years ago, Emperor Taizu Gao passed away, and after Liu Ying succeeded to the throne, the biggest problem that has emerged in Hanbian is that even the military rations of one and a half stones per person per month and the military salary of six hundred yuan per person per year have already disappeared. 'Halved distribution' for several years;
In order to improve the plight faced by the border guards, Emperor Liu Ying also immediately ordered: to restore the military rations of one and a half stones per person per month for the border guards, and [-] yuan per person per year. reward.

As for the content of the reward, it is not certain.

Sometimes, it is '200 people share a cow';
Sometimes, it is '50 people share a pig';
In other cases, it is food, rice, cloth, and various daily necessities that border guards cannot use, but can be sent home.

Generally speaking, compared with the reign of Emperor Taizu Gao, the life of the border guards today has been much better;
But even so, it is still difficult to ensure that every border guard has extremely firm determination and principles to abide by all legal regulations.

For example: no one is allowed to go north of the Great Wall unless the emperor grants amnesty and the mission returns...
"Wei Wei should also know: In the past few years, although the soldiers at the border were a little bit good, but the merchants and the soldiers colluded, and the treacherous orchids produced goods, but they have never been cut off from the border."

"Especially in the cloud, because of the business with Hu, the first battle was the city gate, forcing our army to abandon the case of 'fighting with Hu in the cloud', and instead garrisoned in Mayi;"

"The frontier is like this, so there may be a secret passage on the back of this mountain, and the two of us have to guard against it!"

While thinking, Jin Sheman's stern tone came to his ears, which made Li Ji nod again.

As a rare gap in the Great Wall of the Six Kingdoms, Mayi was originally a hard-hit area where Han merchants entered and exited the grassland to "smuggle for profit";
In addition, in the past, there were not many border guards stationed in Mayi, and only the county government guards guarded the city gates, making such a situation even more likely to have become the practice of Mayi.

——A certain businessman brought a convoy full of contraband such as copper, iron, salt, and tea to Mayi, and then "negotiated" with a certain city gate guard, and obtained permission to go north from Mayi ;

But after leaving Mayi, there is also a Wuzhou fortress between these merchants and the grassland.

Moreover, compared with the "negotiable" county government servants in Mayi, all the guards stationed in Wuzhou Fortress are border guards;
If this businessman is really swaggering towards Wuzhou Fortress, if he is lucky, he may be able to find some money-obsessed scum and open a "door of convenience" for himself;
However, if he was unlucky and was recognized as a spy of the Huns by the guards of Wuzhou Sai, and a few rounds of volleys were fired, the businessman would be buried in the frontier fortress, and there would be no bones left.

In this way, a small road that can go from outside Mayi City to the grassland without passing through Wuzhou Fortress has become very necessary.

——At the beginning, there were three or two small businessmen, walking hard in the mountains and forests;

Later, more people knew about it, and everyone walked from here. As they walked, they forcibly walked out of a road between the mountains and forests!

And such a road can bring more than ten times, or even dozens of times, huge profits to everyone who walks through it...
"On the back of this mountain, there must be a plank road!"

Thinking of this, Li Ji suddenly raised his head, looked around for a while, and pointed at a forest not far from the hill.

When Jin She followed Li Ji's gaze, he saw that the bushes in the forest seemed to be thinner than the surrounding area?
"Explore!"

With a heavy sigh, the soldiers on the side hurriedly left with their hands in their hands, and brought back definite news within a short while.

——That mountain forest has been cut down!
And it was not a large area of ​​felling, but a few trees that were not considered strong were scattered, and only withered tree stumps were left at this moment.

After learning the news, Jin She's heart sank completely...

"If there is a pile of broken wood, there must be Han merchants passing by;"

"Even if you dare to start a fire here, you must be not far from the secret path to escape the grassland."

"In this way, the back of this mountain is probably as Li Weiwei said: there may be a plank road on the cliff, or a dark passage between the trees..."

Hearing Jin She's words, Li Ji finally nodded deeply and bowed deeply to Jin She;
As for the previous complaints like 'Lieutenant Huben is very tired', they were immediately thrown aside by Li Ji.

"I also ask Marquis Wu to show me!"

"This battle, what should we do?!"

Seeing that Li Ji was willing to support him, Jin She's stern face was filled with warmth;
But after a while, that fleeting warmth was replaced by unquestionable determination.

"According to a certain point of view, if you are not in a hurry to fight, it will only take three days at most. There are tens of thousands of horsemen trapped in this encirclement, and I am afraid that all of them will flee!"

"——You Di Chief and Ji Porridge have been besieged by us, and they must never be released again!"

"Some idea: All the pawns who can be called will rush here in the starry night; during the period, Captain Huben under the Wei Wei can make some adjustments."

"After noon at the most, the two schools of Huben and Habayashi should face up to the difficulties and get closer to the Hu camp!!!"

Speaking in a serious tone, Jin She finally reached out and patted Li Ji on the shoulder heavily.

"If it's for others, maybe you should spend more time talking;"

"However, after Wei Wei Gonghou was the general, he was also the founding father of our Han Dynasty. He is so powerful that there is no need to say more."

"—The victory or defeat of this battle is related to the safety of our Han family's side wall in the next ten years!"

"I also hope that Li Weiwei will help a certain person, with all this incomparable merit!!!"

After saying that, I saw that Jin She paid respects to this younger generation, Li Ji, regardless of his age...

But in front of Jin She, after hearing Jin She's words and seeing Jin She's posture, Li Ji hurried forward and helped Jin She up, who was about to bow in salute.

When Jin She straightened up with a solemn expression, Li Ji subconsciously wanted to say something;
But after a while, Li Ji pursed his lips tightly, and took back what he wanted to say.

Stretching out his hand and bowing deeply to the old captain in front of him, Li Ji got on his horse and headed towards the headquarters of Captain Huben not far away.

A moment later, a soaring shout sounded from there, and the words were clearly heard in Jin She's ears...
"——All the soldiers of the tiger!"

"—Everything has armor!!"

"—Prepare for this decisive battle!!!"

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Just after noon, the late autumn sun was just above the head, slightly tilted to the west, and under the hills, there were long bursts of horns from the Han army and the sound of compact war drums.

And on the hill, looking at the nearly ten thousand Han pawns with a gloomy iron light all over their bodies and holding strange weapons in their hands, a look of understanding could not help but appear in their eyes.

"It should be this Han army that defeated the two thousand warriors in Sena, Wuzhou..."

"Those crossbowmen in the back should be the Han crossbowmen under the city of Mayi who smashed the upper part of the building..."

Thinking about it secretly, there was a look of indifference on the surface of the congee.

Only the hand holding the sword at the waist can reveal a little bit of anxiety and desire for the next fierce battle...

"Go ahead with the plan;"

"Separate Loufan, Zhelan, and Aries."

"The Zhelan Department charged forward and then fought hand to hand;"

"The upper part of the building detours on both sides, hunting freely;"

"As for the Aries Department..."

His eyes were firmly fixed on the foot of the hill, and the Han army array that had gathered quickly, couldn't help but turned his head, all of them looked solemnly at the Aries King who was ready to go.

"—We must find a way to break through the Han defense line from the flank!"

"If possible, it is best to attract some Han Chinese to leave;"

"But if the Han people don't catch up, the Aries King will definitely not have to come back!"

"Take the warriors of the Aries Department to the clouds and grasslands as quickly as possible, and bring enough soldiers and horses to compete with the Han people, and then come back to support us..."

Hearing the solemn entrustment, King Aries was stunned for a moment, and then nodded heavily.

——Compared to Zhelan's frightening frontal combat power and Lou Annoying's shooting skills, the Aries Warrior's "back horse shooting" fighting method is really somewhat limited;
Especially when encountering the Han army, which is dominated by infantry and can't catch up with the cavalry at all, and even probably won't chase the cavalry directly, the Aries' very "kite to death" back-horse shooting tactics are often difficult to dispatch. What's the use.

Because no matter whether you see the big flag of the Aries Department or not, after the Aries Department breaks out, the Han people are likely to choose to give up the pursuit;

Under such circumstances, even if the Aries Division broke out from the encirclement, and then attacked from outside the encirclement to relieve the pressure faced by the friendly forces still in the encirclement, it would probably be useless.

——The Han people just can't catch up with the cavalry!

If the cavalry didn't want to run, but rushed towards the infantry array of the Han army in a foolish way, it would be almost impossible to have a second result in the battle...
For the Zhelan, Loufan, and Aries under his command, each do the task of "Zhelan fights, Loufan shoots, and Aries calls people after breaking through". earlier;
Taking a closer look at the formation of the Han army, he finally decided: take a good look at what the first battle will be like.

Logically speaking, even if you have already been surrounded by Han people, but this kind of encirclement circle of "tens of thousands of infantry surrounded by tens of thousands of cavalry", it is impossible to say who surrounded whom;

In addition, there is a "rear road", so he could not be in a hurry to join the battle, and he could completely hand over the specific combat tasks to his subordinates Zhelantu, Zhebie and others.

But I don't know why: when he saw those thousands of Han soldiers in iron armor and holding strange iron knives, a trace of instinctive fear suddenly appeared in his heart!

And this kind of fear is something I have never experienced before...
"Let me see what it's like to use 5000 people to wipe out [-] Hun cavalry..."

After saying such a murmur, Ji Porridge's eyes were still fixed on the hill below, the formation of iron armor and iron swords that had already been formed;

Raising his hand lightly, thousands of Zhelan cavalrymen, yelling, galloped past the side of Ji Liu, and swooped down the hill.

——This is the most intuitive advantage of cavalry when facing infantry!
In front of the cavalry with huge kinetic energy, the only thing the infantry can do is to try to dodge, so as not to be hit to death by the galloping horses...

(End of this chapter)