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Liu Cong stationed his troops at the Xiongxi tribe. Ten days had passed, but there was no news of the Wuxi barbarians coming to attack.
Because this place is too remote, the Skynet Camp has not penetrated yet. Regarding the news about the barbarians, we can only send scouts to inquire.
Since he received the news that Shamoko had unified the soldiers and horses of Chenxi, Youxi, and Puxi, Liu Cong had to conduct a camp patrol every day because he knew that Shamoko would definitely take the initiative to attack.
On this day, after Liu Cong's inspection tour, he was resting in the commander's tent. Army Sima Liu Yong came in to report.
"My lord, the scouts sent news that Shamoko led 20,000 barbarian troops upstream along the Yuan River. After arriving at the intersection with the Xiong River, the troops divided into three groups and came towards us."
Liu Yong is a native of Yiyang, Jingzhou. He was a junior officer selected during the first imperial examination. Like Zhang Nan, Feng Xi, Fu Wei and others, he first served as a centurion in the army, performed outstandingly, and was gradually promoted to Army Sima.
"How long will it take to get here?"
"At their current marching speed, it will take about two hours. If they march at the fastest speed, they can arrive in one hour."
"Immediately send an order, three thousand soldiers and horses will guard the camp, and the remaining five days of soldiers and horses will go to the designated place!"
"No!"
After Liu Yong left, Liu Cong immediately called Liu Hu and asked him to quickly rectify the five hundred personal guards and then left the camp.
"We have been preparing here for a long time. Although there are 20,000 barbarian soldiers, Liu Cong is full of confidence."
About ten feet away from the camp, five thousand Han troops were already in formation. The formation in the jungle makes full use of the terrain. For the attacking side, the difficulty will increase because some are in the open and some are in the dark. This invisibly improves the combat effectiveness of the soldiers.
Although Samoko's troops were divided into three groups, they came in the same direction. Due to the influence of the stream, they could only march along both sides of the Xiong River.
Therefore, of Liu Cong's five thousand troops and horses, three thousand on the east bank were commanded by Liu Yong, and two thousand on the west bank were commanded by Liu Cong himself.
The barbarians did not speed up their march. About two hours later, their figures began to appear in the woods.
First appeared on the west bank, the two leaders were Xiang Nu, the leader of Youxi, and Tieli, the warrior of Yuanxi.
Xiang Nu holds a ghost-headed sword in one hand and a wooden shield in the other. There is a tiger pattern above the wooden hole, and he is covered with tiger skin.
Tie Li was holding a big hammer in his hand, shirtless, with a leopard skin tied around his waist.
The two of them were surrounded by their own soldiers, uniformly dressed, holding a shield in one hand and a sword in the other.
And those barbarian soldiers had no formation and had various weapons in their hands, including bows, arrows, spears, scimitars, etc.
When he saw the Han soldiers not far away, they howled like wild beasts and seemed very excited.
"Come on! Kill all the Han soldiers!" Tie Li shook his sledgehammer and shouted loudly, "Whoever cuts off Liu Cong's head will be rewarded with ten beauties!"
"kill!"
Under the heavy reward, there must be a brave man, all the barbarian soldiers shouted and rushed over.
Under Liu Yong¡¯s calm expression, he looked a little excited and a little nervous. This would be the first battle he faced.
Feng Xi, Zhang Nan, and Fu Wei once served as centurions with him. However, after the Nanyang War, they have now been awarded the title of captain, while he is still just a military commander.
When it comes to ability, Liu Yong is very confident, but what he lacks is opportunities. Now that the opportunity has come, he must not miss it!
"Fire the arrow!"
When many barbarian soldiers entered the range of the bow and arrow, Liu Yong calmly gave the order.
The crossbowman's arrow was already on the string. After hearing the order, he flew towards the barbarian soldiers with a "swish".
Although the barbarian soldiers were reckless, many of them were veterans of hundreds of battles and were already prepared for bows and arrows. They quickly raised their wooden shields to block the Han army's arrows.
"Kill!"
"dash forward!"
Seeing that the arrows did not cause many casualties, Tieli looked even more arrogant, roaring and charging forward with the barbarians.
However, at this moment, countless feather arrows suddenly flew out from the grass on both sides, from the big trees, and beside the rocks, and pierced the bodies of the barbarians fiercely.
"ah¡¡"
Waves of screams were heard, and the barbarian soldiers fell to the ground one after another.
"Damn! Despicable!" Tie Li cursed angrily when he saw a crossbowman lurking in the grass.
"Hurry up and shoot the arrow!" I originally planned toThe lively Xiangnu couldn't bear it anymore and shouted an order.
The other side has archers. Don¡¯t their Wuxi warriors have archers? Moreover, they live by hunting, so their archery skills should be better than those of the Han army, but this Tie Li doesn't know how to use a bow and arrow, which is really stupid.
"However, these soldiers have long received orders from the Barbarian King Samoko. On the battlefield, they only listen to Tie Li and not Xiang Nu.
"Quick, shoot the arrow!" Tie Li suddenly realized and shouted hurriedly.
The barbarian soldiers quickly picked up their bows and arrows and shot at the Han army.
However, at this time, the Han army's crossbowmen had already fired five or six rounds of arrows, and the barbarians suffered seven or eight hundred casualties.
The number of barbarians here was twice that of the Han army. After being caught off guard at first, they gradually stabilized and slowly advanced, and the casualties of the Han army began to increase.
"Withdraw!" Liu Yong gave the order, and the Han soldiers retreated on their own initiative.
"Catch them and kill them all!" Tie Li shouted excitedly when he saw the Han army retreating.
At this time, on the east bank of Xiong River, Tan Sai and Mu Tie'er led a group of barbarians and arrived.
They saw that Xiang Nu and Tie Li on the west bank had defeated the Han army. How could they be willing to fall behind? They rushed towards the Han army without even taking a breath.
The defense on the east bank was tighter than that on the west bank. Liu Cong looked at the barbarians rushing over with a sneer on his lips.
The barbarians were only two or three feet away from the Han army, and the Han army's crossbowmen still did not fire their arrows.
Mu Tie'er felt a burst of contempt in his heart. Even the Han army did not dare to shoot at such a distance. His archery skills were too poor.
He was about to order his warriors to release arrows, but what happened next left him stunned.
With a "plop" sound, a crack appeared in the ground, and all the barbarian soldiers rushing in front fell down. Rolling dust rose, accompanied by bursts of screams like howling ghosts and wolves, filling the entire forest.
Mu Tie'er and Tan Sai were both shocked, what is this? Is it a trap for a trapped beast? But that's much bigger than a trap!
At the moment of surprise and confusion, dense arrows flew from all directions, and heavy arrows fell down one after another.
This time, they understood that the archery skills of the Han soldiers were no worse than theirs!
"Quickly retreat!"
"Hurry withdraw quickly"
Tan Sai and Mu Tie'er shouted almost at the same time.
Seven hundred or eight hundred corpses were also left behind, but Tan Sai and Mu Tie'er seemed far behind Xiang Nu and Tie Li, so they retreated directly.
But what Tie Li and Xiang Nu faced when they rushed forward was not the joy of victory! (Remember the website address: www.hlnovel.com - Didn't finish reading? Add this book to your favoritesI'm a member and bookmarked this chapterCopy the address of this book and recommend it to your friends for pointsChapter error? Click here to report
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