Chapter 313: Kill the Great Chanyu in battle!
Chapter 313: Kill the Great Chanyu in battle!
Outside Xudu City
The cavalry that came from afar finally arrived.
One man and three horses traveled day and night and finally arrived at the destination.

Ten thousand cavalry,
These were the elite of the elite among the cavalry under Liu Wu's command, including 5,000 vanguard cavalrymen. A lot of them were lost during the conquests of Liangzhou and the Western Regions. After their return, they selected some from the Liangzhou cavalrymen in Guanzhong to replenish the full number.

In addition, there are 5,000 Liangzhou cavalry, who are also the elite of Guanzhong and Liangzhou, and were reorganized in Guanzhong.

As they arrived at their destination, the troops began to slow down until they stopped completely.

As time went by, the rolling yellow dust gradually began to settle, and the world returned to normal...

Under the conspicuous royal flag, there was a man on each side of the King of Chu.
The commander of the Vanguard Cavalry, Gao Shun.

The commander of the Liangzhou cavalry, Ma Chao.

"King of Chu, we have arrived at Xudu." Gao Shun whipped his whip: "It seems that there are quite a few people waiting for us here..."

He had noticed the Huns early on.

Gao Shun was from Bingzhou. The five Huns were mainly located in the Bingzhou area. In the early years, he had a lot of dealings with the Huns.

Not to mention that when Liu Wu was in Pingliang Prefecture, Gao Shun once used 5,000 cavalry to force back the 20,000 cavalry of Liu Bao, the Left Wise King of the Xiongnu.

The Xiongnu cavalry and the Han cavalry are actually completely different.

No matter whether it is the Bingzhou cavalry or the Youzhou cavalry, they are all cavalry, organized and disciplined, and have military law. Whenever they fight, they march in a line and advance forward like a tide.

Back then, Gongsun Zan led several thousand white horse volunteers to defeat a million Yellow Turbans in Qingzhou and beheaded more than 300,000 of them.

Coupled with good weapons, armor, etc., their attack method is completely different from the guerrilla style of the Hun cavalry.

That’s why there is a saying that there is one Han army against five barbarians.

To sum up, it was like one Han was fighting against five Barbarians.

In fact, if it was a head-on battle, it would be too conservative for the Han to fight against the Five Barbarians.

For example, Li Ling, who once faced off against the main force of the Huns, led his 5,000 Danyang infantrymen to resist the Huns' 70,000-strong army but was unable to break through.

He also killed tens of thousands of Huns.

It is indeed unknown how long Li Ling could have held out if he had not run out of ammunition and food.

Maybe it will be like the siege of Baideng Mountain by Emperor Gaozu of Han, Liu Bang, where both sides will take a step back...

"I know the man on the top of the city wall. He was the guy who was beaten by someone in Tongguan and had to cut off his beard and abandon his robe!" Ma Chao raised his spear and aimed at the top of the city wall.

If he wasn't referring to Cao Cao, then who was he referring to?

"Mengqi, don't be rude. He is the King of Wei of the Han Dynasty. The emperor has said more than once in the court that he is the most loyal minister of the Han Dynasty. Even I can only be second."

Liu Wu's teasing made Ma Chao burst into laughter.

Cao Mengde, who was standing on the top of the city wall, could vaguely guess what was going on. He was very unhappy and slapped the top of the wall with his palm: "Why don't the Huns attack?!"

"Tell Huochuquan that if he doesn't attack now, then don't attack."

"I can let them go home now, back to their grasslands!"

The King of Wei was very unhappy.

The matter is serious!
In a moment,

When Sima brought Cao Cao's words to him, Huchuquan Chanyu sighed helplessly: "Okay, I hope the King of Wei can abide by the previous agreement."

"Be kind to our children..."

The words of the Xiongnu Khan were tragic, yet also extremely aggrieved.

Originally, he planned to wait for the Wei infantry under the city to engage in a fight with the Chu cavalry first, and when they were in a stalemate, he would instigate the Xiongnu cavalry to launch a surprise attack so that the outcome could be decided in one battle.

In this way, the Huns could avoid many casualties.

It’s a pity that Cao Mengde couldn’t tolerate even this little thought!

When you are under someone's roof, you have to bow your head...

Huchuquan Chanyu mobilized his draft horses and started to move. He thought about the time when the Xiongnu was strong, with a territory of thousands of miles and 300,000 soldiers under their command.

The Donghu were swept away by the Xiongnu and hid in the Black Mountains and White Waters. The Donghu hiding in the Xianbei Mountains were the later Xianbei. The Donghu hiding in the Wuhuan Mountains were the later Wuhuan.

The Kushan Empire, which is now in its heyday, was the Great Yuezhi in Liangzhou, who were beaten by the Xiongnu and fled thousands of miles away...

The countries in the Western Regions paid tribute every year.

Not to mention the Han people, after the siege of Baideng, every time there was a marriage alliance, the Han court took the initiative to send a large amount of good things...

That was the most glorious era of the Huns.
Unfortunately, that era has passed.

Even though the Han people are divided, they are still strong.

The Yuezhi people had turned over a new leaf and became civilized people, establishing an empire and no longer herding sheep and horses. But what about the Xiongnu people?
What about the fate of the Huns? !

"My men, the fate of the Huns is in our own hands!"

"For our children!"

"For our women, our tribe, and for the future of the Huns!"

"Come on!"

"They only have 10,000 men, and we outnumber them several times. Let's ride our horses faster and swing our swords faster!"

"Crush them under their horses and chop off the heads of those who love them!"

Boom! ! ~
Twenty-five thousand Hun cavalrymen rushed forward, their horses' hooves pounding the earth, creating a spectacular sight.

A flood bursting through the dam rushed towards the Chu army...

Go straight to the banner of King Chu!

Under the banner of the King of Chu!

Liu Wu spoke up: "Mengqi, you lead the Liangzhou cavalry to maneuver for a while, fighting and retreating, don't fight recklessly, you must conserve your strength."

"Yes!" Ma Chao accepted the order.

For a veteran cavalry general like Ma Chao, Liu Wu only needed to give orders and he would naturally know what to do.

Boom!~
The Liangzhou cavalry started to move.
They went forward and started fighting with the Huns...

Liu Wu also turned his head, looked at Gao Shun behind him, and issued an unprecedented military order: "Entrapment troops, put on armor!!"

Wear armor!
It's real armor...

Both the men and the horses are wearing armor, this is the true meaning of heavy cavalry.

This kind of thing would not actually appear in the world until many years later, but it was catalyzed by Liu Wu in advance.

The Liangzhou cavalry consisted of one man and three horses.
The vanguard cavalry has four horses for each person. What is the extra horse used for?

Pack armor.

A total of 5,000 sets of real iron armor were made secretly by Liu Wu during his two years away, with the combined efforts of Hanzhong, Guanzhong, and even the entire Jingzhou...

Each of these pieces looks like the armor Liu Wu wore when he rode alone to Xiling when he first came out of the mountains...

After about a cup of tea,
The five thousand cavalrymen finally put on their armor.

Liu Wu climbed onto his horse and put on his helmet. He picked up his Fang Tian Hua Ji and began to advance slowly without saying a word. The cavalry behind him also followed suit, and the horses moved faster and faster...

At this time, the Xiongnu cavalry were still fighting with the Liangzhou cavalry. Both sides fought like they did on the grasslands. They would rush to the front, shoot an arrow, and then retreat.

The reorganized Liangzhou cavalry has the skill of charging, but in order to preserve their strength, they must not use it.

After all, the Huns were numerous in number, and if they were to break in and they were not defeated, it would be all over.

Huchuquan Chanyu was a little anxious at this time. He turned around and said: "Hurry up and ask the King of Wei to send troops and tell them that we can't hold on any longer."

The Hun scout took the order and left.

Huhuquan Chanyu only hoped that Cao Cao's men would die quickly so that fewer Huns would die.

However, when he turned around, he found that the Liangzhou cavalry, who had previously been able to fight them back and forth with only 5,000 hot men, had retreated...

Instead,

It's a new cavalry, both of them are wearing heavy armor...

Boom! ! ~
The iron men and iron horses rushed towards them like arrows.

At this point, it was too late to retreat...

The heavily armored cavalry roared past and slammed into the Xiongnu cavalry, like a hammer hitting tofu, with everything flying!

The black mass of Hun cavalry was plowed through like a deep plow!

Huochuquan had never seen such a horrific sight.

In extreme panic, he wanted to escape.
Just as he turned his horse's head, a wave of heavily armored cavalry came over, with dazzling Fang Tian Hua Ji raised high and brought it down fiercely.

A blood mist gushed out.

The last Chanyu, Huhuquan, has been split into two halves.

　No more today

　　
　
(End of this chapter)