Big man: I am the Champion Marquis!

Chapter 49 Rush

It was a small victory in the first battle. If it were under normal circumstances, these military achievements would be enough to complete the task.

But now is not the time to be complacent just because of such a small gain. The most important thing is that Huo Xian knows very well that rescuing Zhao Po Nu's troops is the key to this battle.

Huo Xian quickly reorganized the formation and gathered his subordinates, "Sima, what's going on ahead?"

Zhao Anguo reported, "The army is probably surrounded, and there are probably tens of thousands of people."

Huo Xian was not surprised at all. With 15,000 cavalrymen under Zhao Po Nu, it would be impossible to surround them without two or three times as many enemies.

Seeing Zhao Anguo's worried look, Huo Xian said, "It's not a big deal. Could it be that the Xiongnu have come out in full force? Since they are surrounding us, there must be soldiers everywhere."

"Just charge, just follow me!" Huo Xian didn't wait for others to react, because there was no time, "The light cavalry will shoot the crossbows first, and after one round of shooting, go around and follow my troops!"

It's still the same tactics, but this time there won't be a longer distance.

Huo Xian vaguely felt that the ground was shaking. It was obvious that the group of Hun deserters who had been defeated before had escaped and quickly brought reinforcements. There would not be just a few hundred people.

Cao Zong made a suggestion, saying, "Sir, we can hold our ground and contain the Xiongnu soldiers. If we kill some of them now, the Xiongnu will surely mobilize their troops, and then Marquis Xuye can seize the opportunity to act."

Huo Xian shook his head and refused. "That's not right. I only have 800 men. Marquis Xuye doesn't know that it would be difficult for us to come to the rescue and cooperate with the outside forces."

Pointing to the side and front, Huo Xian said, "My troops will move forward, get close to the enemy formation to observe and attack at any time."

Zhao Anguo and Cao Zong also understood Huo Xian's intention and tried to get as close to the Xiongnu's encirclement as possible to see if they could find a weak point in the defense to launch an attack. This was also to save physical strength and horsepower and avoid wasting precious physical strength.

Huo Xian and others were moving, and the Huns were also moving.

As they got closer to the main battlefield, Huo Xian's expression became more and more grim.

Because at a glance, the front was filled with Huns.

This is truly a characteristic of nomadic peoples. All young and strong men who can ride horses and hold weapons are considered soldiers. Although there are no people bringing their families with them and setting up tents now, many Huns are probably resting.

Huo Xian made a prompt decision and said, "My men, follow me and charge!"

When Huo Xian and his men discovered the Huns, the Huns also discovered them. Many of them had already mounted their horses, some charging directly over, and some trying to outflank them from both sides.

This is how cavalry combat works, sometimes it's just a head-on charge!
Zhao Anguo and Cao Zong commanded their troops on the left and right, rushing forward, shooting crossbows quickly, and then making way for the formation.

The leading Hun had a ferocious expression on his face, and the Han people were scared and would definitely hide and escape!
But the next moment he was terrified. After the group of Han cavalry bypassed them, a group of cavalry suddenly appeared, even their horses were covered in iron armor. This was something he had never heard of before!
Huo Xian held the reins in one hand and the club in the other, tucked at his waist.

On both sides of him were his soldiers, who drew their spears and guns and rushed towards the Huns.

The Huns in the front didn't even have time to turn their horses around. This is how a cavalry charge works. If they don't charge forward, they might be bumped into by their comrades behind them and fall off their horses. They could only charge forward!
But when they rushed to the front of the Han cavalry, these Xiongnu fell off their horses one after another. Even if the arrows, swords and spears fell on these Han cavalry, it seemed to be completely useless!

It collapses at the first touch!
Huo Xian still felt that these Huns would collapse at the slightest touch, but he did not dare to be careless at all.

"My lord, the Huns are forming a battle array!" Chen Ju shouted, somewhat worriedly, "We can't let them form a battle array!"

Huo Xian naturally understood this truth and shouted directly, "My men, follow me and charge!"

The assembled Hun cavalry were also somewhat panicked, especially the Da Danghu who led the troops. As one of the twenty-four cavalry captains of the Chanyu, even if he was only the smallest cavalry captain under the Zuo Xian Wang, he was still considered to be in a high position and had great power.

The pursuit of the Han cavalry was not going smoothly to begin with. We finally surrounded the Han cavalry with great difficulty. How come the situation changed?
The scouts were killed and most of the captain's troops were shot dead, so how come they suddenly came to report that the Han army's charge was unstoppable?

Although there are 10,000 cavalrymen, it does not necessarily mean that there are 10,000 cavalrymen in the army.

When they hastily formed a battle array to prepare for the enemy, the great lord was horrified to find that the Han cavalry, about a hundred of them, had never seen before, rushed over. Wherever the heavy cavalry went, people and horses fell to the ground, and the arrows could hardly hurt the cavalry whose horses were heavily armored.

What's even more terrible is that they couldn't stop the frontal attack and wanted to go around the rear. The Han light cavalry following behind the heavy cavalry were also shooting arrows and crossbows.

Their own defense zone was penetrated almost in an instant, and it seemed that this team of Han cavalry was about to charge towards the surrounded Han leader Xuye Hou.

Huo Xian didn't care about that and raised his spear to smash the Hun cavalry in front of him.

"Follow me and charge!" Huo Xian shouted, "Don't stop!"

Huo Xian's followers all knew that cavalry charge relied on speed to win. If the cavalry was trapped and could not run, they would be defeated soon. Chen Ju swung his ring-handled sword and cut down a Xiongnu cavalryman who rushed to him, "My lord, these Xiongnu people have not improved at all!"

Zhao Hexi also shouted, "They look like a lot of people, but they are just a mob!"

Huo Xian pointed diagonally ahead and said, "All the generals, follow me and charge!"

It was not because he saw the Xiongnu generals and cavalry, but because Huo Xian discovered that the situation ahead was also in chaos.

Although the Huns seemed to be densely packed, this was definitely not a traditional formation. The Huns' outer encirclement was relatively loose, with thousands or even tens of thousands of people scattered around.

Now that the outer encirclement has been broken, the inner encirclement will become tense.

Huo Xian's expression was solemn, and the eight hundred cavalrymen following him also became nervous, because there was a dense charge of Xiongnu cavalry right in front of them, with a number of more than ten thousand!

With half of his foot on the stirrup, Huo Xian leaned forward and said, "Follow me!"

"boom!"

"puff!"

"what!"

The sounds of horses colliding, weapons piercing bodies, miserable horns or shouts of killing filled Huo Xian's ears. He didn't care about anything else, just mechanically wielding his weapons to smash, sweep, and chop.

After a charge, a group of wounded cavalrymen from the Jianzhang camp who were not yet dead were still struggling behind them, and some injured horses were also struggling, but most of them were unable to get up.

There were more corpses lying on the ground, some of them were Han people, and more of them were Huns.

Huo Xian looked back and saw that two of his guards were missing.

"My Lord, they come again!" Chen Ju's voice was full of excitement, "What a joy to kill!"

Huo Xian raised his spear high and said, "My fellow men, follow me and make achievements!"

During the head-on confrontation, the power of the heavy cavalry was demonstrated. They were not afraid of arrows, and ordinary weapons also found it difficult to pierce their armor.

After two consecutive head-on confrontations between thousands of cavalry, Huo Xian's Jianzhang cavalry had the last laugh. They rushed into the encirclement like a hot knife through butter.

If you look down, you can see a hundred heavy cavalry led by Huo Xian rushing into the Hun crowd like sharp arrows, and seven hundred cavalry from the Jianzhang Camp killing the enemies on both sides to avoid being surrounded by the Huns.

"My Lord!" Liu Mo suddenly shouted excitedly, "It must be Old Zhao who made a move!"

Just when Huo Xian and others were about to slow down their charge, a number of arrows suddenly flew out from behind the Hun cavalry.

Attacked from all sides, with explosion in the center?
Huo Xian was so excited that he said, "My fellow men, keep going!"

Huo Xian kept kicking the horse's belly, hoping that the warhorse would go faster.

A low horn sounded suddenly, and the Hun cavalry in front suddenly began to disperse, separating to the left and right.

But Huo Xian was not optimistic, because the Xiongnu people obviously wanted to avoid a head-on confrontation and avoid being attacked from the front and back by the two teams of Han cavalry. They chose to close the gap behind Huo Xian and his team and encircle them.

A general flag with the word Zhao on it appeared, and a team of Han cavalry stepped forward.

A lieutenant clasped his fists and asked, "But the Champion Marquis?"

Huo Xian said, "My men, follow me and fight!"

"Sir, we are exhausted and may not be able to break out!" The captain said, feeling very embarrassed. "We can only hold on and wait for help!"

I thought the situation was bad enough, but I didn't expect bad news to come one after another.

Huo Xian did not hesitate and said, "Take me to see Hou Ye!"

(End of this chapter)