Domination of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 285 Three-Party Confrontation 2
After a stalemate like this for nearly an hour, neither side took the initiative to make a move. It seemed that they both wanted to wait for the other party to make a move, and then find the opponent's flaws before cracking it.

Tie Kun felt more and more that the combat effectiveness of this northern army was not good, otherwise, with Gongsun Xu's character, how could he be willing to confront him in the wilderness, and Tie Kun was sure that Gongsun Xu was not willing to lose the frontier army like this Otherwise, he could have dispatched a frontier army to entangle him, and then sent a large army to defeat him. However, in this way, the frontier army would have to pay a high price.

There are [-] cavalry on his side, [-] of which are Shanyu's personal guards. Gongsun Xu must have seen this. Although he has an advantage in numbers, he still refuses to attack, which is enough to explain that Gongsun Xu is in charge There are not many elite troops on the battlefield.

Seeing that it was getting late, Tie Kun also knew that it would be of no benefit to his side if he persisted in this way. The elite of the Northern Frontier Army were notoriously good at night battles. If they seized the opportunity, his side would suffer.

After discussing with his subordinates, Tie Kun immediately sent someone to fight, inviting Gongsun Xu to send a team of 100 cavalry to compete with his side. Regardless of the outcome, his side will retreat, but there is a premise, Gongsun Xu couldn't choose from the front guards and Huben's personal guards. The implication is obvious, that is, he was asked to choose a centurion from among the recruits.

How can Gongsun Xu fail to understand that Tie Kun wants to further inquire about the military situation on his side. The two sides are fighting each other, and the outcome is related to their respective reputations. Under normal circumstances, the two sides participating in the battle will definitely choose the elite in order to win the game. Losing the game will not only damage the prestige, it will also be a blow to morale. Therefore, general army coaches will not take this kind of competition lightly.

Gongsun Xu directly agreed to Tie Kun's challenge, and then he immediately ordered Zhang Jai to choose a centurion. Of course, the premise is to participate voluntarily. Not every soldier can play this kind of life-threatening game. After all, it is about northern Xinjiang. No one can bear the reputation of the army.

However, most of the Montenegrin cavalry are brave and ruthless. How could they back down when the Huns challenged them? There were nearly two dozen centurions who signed up for the competition. Mid-level Centuries.

On the side of the Xiongnu, many commanders proposed to select people from their own soldiers and form a centurion, but Tie Kun did not accept this suggestion. Facing the disputes and questions of his subordinates, Tie Kun just replied indifferently. : "Winning or losing is not important, if you care so much about this fight, you're on the right track."

Although the generals of the Huns still didn't understand, Tie Kun didn't have time to explain to them. He sent his own soldiers to order a centurion with average combat effectiveness at random, and then sent them to fight.

The soldiers of both sides were unambiguous after they entered the field, and immediately charged at each other. The Xiongnu cavalry relied on their superb riding skills and the advantages of riding and shooting, and suppressed the Centuries of the Northern Xinjiang Army from the very beginning. However, the Centuries of the Northern Xinjiang Army The armor and weapons of the Huns were specially replaced by Zhang Jai, and it was difficult for the Huns' bows and arrows to harm them.

However, the cavalry may be able to hold the Huns' bows and arrows, but the horses are not so lucky. In less than a quarter of an hour, more than 20 horses fell to the ground. Fortunately, these people were not seriously injured. Immediately formed an formation against the enemy cavalry, and at the same time used the dead horses as a cover, the Huns' centurions had nothing to do with them.

However, the advantage of the Huns' cavalry could not last long after all. In addition, each of the cavalry of the Northern Xinjiang Army was equipped with six short spears. A short spear was aimed at him.

In this way, half an hour after the fight, there were still fifty cavalry left on the Xiongnu side. These people were not injured, but their horses were already panting, obviously exhausted.

In comparison, the northern border army seems to be much better. There are more than 40 cavalry on horseback, but there are about 30 people standing in formation on the ground, and there are more than a dozen seriously wounded lying on the ground. In the middle of the position.

However, everyone in the Northern Xinjiang Army is in trouble, especially there are more than 20 people who have already inserted more than a dozen arrows. Fortunately, most of them are stuck on the armor or do not go deep into the flesh. It sounds scary, but in fact it has no major impact.

It would be dark in about two hours, and Tie Kun felt that he had done enough to inquire, so he sent someone to stop the fight between the two sides in the field, and then Tie Kun shouted in the direction of Gongsun Xu: " How about a tie?"

Gongsun Xu knew that if he continued to entangle, it would be easy to show his flaws, so he replied: "If there is still a chance, we can fight again."

"I am willing to accompany you to the end. I will come here today, and I will see the truth on the battlefield another day." After finishing speaking, Tie Kun ordered people to come forward to treat the wounded, and the soldiers waited for the corpses of the dead, and then led the army to leave.

After watching the Huns leave, Gongsun Xu said to the soldiers around him: "Let's pass the order, the army will return to the lake ten miles later and set up camp, and will not march today. In addition, let Huang Xu lead people to bring the follow-up [-] infantry overnight. , don’t let the Huns find out.”

It turned out that Gongsun Xu had received information since the Huns dispatched troops from the camp. Gongsun Xu guessed that the Huns were probably coming to block his side. So, in order to deceive others, he divided the [-] infantry into two , Leaving half of them hiding in the woods dozens of miles away at night, and at the same time, in order to prevent being detected by the Huns spies, he had to send out a large number of scouts to clean up.

When Tie Kun led the army to attack, Gongsun Xu had already used Hai Dongqing to inquire about Tie Kun's position and distance, and then sent someone to inquire about Tie Kun's number, so there was that scene of formation The waiting screen.

Gongsun Xu's original intention was to make the enemy despise him, so he gave Zhang Jaw an order to allow defeat and not to win, and Tie Kun has become very shrewd since he suffered a big loss from Gongsun Xu.

He was not satisfied with the superficial appearance of this northern border army. Although the more than 4 infantry and cavalry did not look very good, Tie Kun still wanted to send someone to test it out, so he asked Shan Yu's personal guard to lead the election. Fengjun, and then slowly entangled with the Montenegro cavalry.

Tie Kun is also a cavalry general who has been in the grassland for many years. He can be said to know the cavalry quite well. As soon as the cavalry of the Northern Frontier Army went to the battlefield, Tie Kun roughly estimated the formation time and combat effectiveness of the cavalry.

After using thousands of Xiongnu warriors to test out the level of the [-] cavalry, Tie Kun's goal was achieved. He didn't come to stalk Gongsun Xu. It's not something he can settle. After all, the [-] front-runners are worthless, and Tie Kun dare not take the risk.

In the evening, after the Huns returned to the camp, Tie Kun immediately reported all the situation to Shan Yu. At the same time, for the sake of prudence, Shan Yu also summoned the left and right bone capitals and some commanders who fought today, especially those who led the army. The commanders who had fought with the northern border army for a while, and the Xiongnu Shanyu asked one by one.

In Shanyu's big tent, Tie Kun and other generals sat down and dared not speak. Xiongnu Shanyu was thinking about a problem. Normally, he had tested the strength of Gongsun Xu's army, but facing the northern army, The Xiongnu Shanyu did not dare to take it lightly.

"Have you checked how many people Gongsun Xu has?" Shan Yu asked.

Tie Kun frowned and thought for a while before replying: "The situation was urgent at that time, and our military spies could not go deep into the enemy's rear at all. However, the [-] forward troops were not worth it, and there were [-] cavalry in addition, because at the beginning Confront us right in front of the army, so we can see clearly too.

As for the enemy infantry, judging from the formation and flags, there are not too many, not more than 10,000, far from the [-]+ exaggerated by the enemy. Our army of [-] can stop Gongsun Xu. There are fears, I suspect that those news back then were deliberately released by Gongsun Xu to intimidate us. "

Shan Yu nodded and replied: "That's right, that's for sure. What Gongsun Xu can rely on now is only the 6 forward troops around him. Don't care about the rest of the army, but he still has [-] people. If an attack is launched against our army, the impact will still be great, and what I am most afraid of is that they will join forces with Gao Shun in the Northern Border Army camp."

Tie Kun thought for a while and replied: "Except for the frontier army, the enemy's army is only about [-], and our army's [-] cavalry is enough to win. Moreover, this is the grassland, our grassland, and the enemy's infantry is simply impossible. It poses a threat to us, if our army dispatches a partial division and blocks it dozens of miles away, then we will not be afraid of them joining forces."

This suggestion is indeed good. The Xiongnu still have surplus troops that can be mobilized. It is not a big problem to piece together tens of thousands of troops. As long as the two armies of the Northern Xinjiang Army cannot join forces, there is no danger for the Huns. Shanyu thought about it. Then he replied: "Okay, let's do it like this. It's more troublesome to choose the front army. In this way, the left and right bone masters, you two continue to lead 2 soldiers with the army to keep an eye on Gongsun Xu and Tie Kun. You choose another [-] horses. We must stop them fifty miles away."

"Promise." After everyone took orders, Shan Yu ordered some more details. In this way, the plan to divide the northern border army was finalized for the time being. However, Gongsun Xu had already led a large army to help, and the Xiongnu had to move faster.

Now there are two ways for the Huns to go. One is to concentrate their superior forces to wipe out Gongsun Xu's second northern border army first, and then storm the northern border army camp. However, although this army is weak in combat effectiveness , but there is no one who cannot take [-] to [-] cavalry.

Moreover, once he dispatched more troops, it is very likely that he will be counterattacked by the Northern Army camp. At that time, they will take advantage of the loopholes, and all plans will be ruined.However, if it is said that the siege of the enemy's camp is to continue, it will not be able to capture it in a short while. This problem is really difficult for the Xiongnu Shanyu now.

In the end, after the generals of the Xiongnu discussed it, everyone felt that it was more practical to concentrate their superior forces to annihilate Gongsun Xu first. After all, the number of enemy troops was small and their combat effectiveness was weak. Moreover, on their side, they could fight tigers openly and swallow wolves secretly. Strategies, as long as the camp of the Northern Xinjiang Army can be held back, the second route of the Northern Xinjiang Army will be easy to solve.

(End of this chapter)