Chapter 178
Chapter 178
Liu Jun stationed his soldiers and horses in the Xiongxi tribe, and for ten days, there was no news that the Wuxi barbarians had come to attack.
Because it is too remote, the Skynet Battalion has not yet penetrated into it, and the news about the barbarians can only be sent to investigate.
Since receiving the news that Shamoke had unified the soldiers and horses of Chenxi, Youxi, and Puxi, Liu Jun had to patrol the camp once a day, because he knew that Shamoke would definitely take the initiative to attack.
On this day, after Liu Jun's patrol camp, he was resting in the marshal's tent, and the military commander Liu Yong came in to report.
"Lord, the scout sent news that Samoko led 20,000 barbarians up the Yuan Stream, and when he reached the place where it met the Xiongxiong, the troops divided into three ways and came to our side."
Liu Yong, a native of Yiyang, Jingzhou, was a junior officer selected during the first imperial examination, and like Zhang Nan, Feng Xi, Fu Wei and others, he first served as a centurion in the army, performed prominently, and was gradually promoted to military sima.
"How long until I get here?"
"At their current marching speed, about two hours. If you march as fast as you can, you may arrive in an hour.
"Immediately give the order, three thousand soldiers and horses to guard the camp, and the remaining five days soldiers and horses to the designated place!"
"No!"
After Liu Yong went out, Liu Jun immediately called Liu Hu and asked him to quickly rectify the five hundred guards, and then left the camp.
It had been prepared here for a long time, and although there were 20,000 barbarian soldiers, Liu Jian was full of confidence.
About a dozen zhang away from the camp, the five thousand Han troops had already lined up in formation. The formation in the jungle makes full use of the terrain, and it will be more difficult for the attacking side, because some are in the light and some are in the dark. This invisibly enhances the combat effectiveness of the soldiers.
Although the Samoko army was divided into three ways, they came in the same direction, and due to the influence of the stream, they could only march along the banks of the Xiongxi.
Therefore, Liu Jun's 5,000 soldiers and horses, 3,000 on the east bank, were commanded by Liu Yong, and 2,000 on the west bank were personally commanded by Liu Jun.
The barbarians did not speed up their march, and after about two hours, they began to appear in the woods.
First appeared on the west bank, the two leaders were Youxi leader Xiangnu and Yuanxi warrior Tieli.
Sangnu holds a ghost head knife in one hand and a wooden shield in the other, and there is a tiger pattern on top of the wooden cave, and the body is covered with tiger skin.
Tie Li held a large iron hammer in his hand, shirtless, and a leopard skin tied around his waist.
Surrounded by both of them, they were their own soldiers, uniformly dressed, holding a shield in one hand and a knife in the other.
And those barbarians, there is no formation, and the weapons in their hands are also varied, including bows, arrows, spears, machetes, and so on.
When he saw the Han soldiers not far away, he cried out like a wild beast, and he was very excited.
"Rush! Kill all the Han soldiers! Tie Li shook the sledgehammer in his hand and shouted loudly, "Those who cut off Liu Jun's head, reward ten beauties!" "
Kill!"
Under the heavy reward, there will be brave men, and all the barbarians rushed with a shout.
Under Liu Yong's calm face, he looked a little excited and a little nervous, this will be the first big battle he faces.
Feng Xi, Zhang Nan, and Fu Wei used to be centurions with him, but after the Battle of Nanyang, he is now a lieutenant, and he is still only a military sima.
In terms of ability, Liu Yong is very confident, but what he lacks is opportunity. Now the opportunity has come, he must not miss it!
"Drop the arrow!"
When many barbarians were within range of the bow and arrow, Liu Yong calmly gave the order.
The crossbowman's arrow was already on the string, and after hearing the order, he "swished" and flew towards the barbarians.
Although the barbarians were reckless, many of them were veterans of a hundred battles, and they were already prepared for bows and arrows, and quickly raised the wooden shield in their hands to block the arrows of the Han army.
"Kill!"
"Rush up!"
Seeing that the arrows did not cause many casualties, Tie Li appeared even more arrogant, roared, and rushed forward with the barbarians.
However, at this moment, in the grass on both sides, on the big trees, next to the stones, countless feather arrows suddenly flew out, stabbing fiercely into the body of the barbarians.
"Ah..." A
series of screams came out, and the barbarians fell to the ground one after another.
"Abominable! Vile! "I saw that there were still crossbowmen in the grass, and they cursed with anger.
"Hurry up and release the arrows!" I was going to see the lively Xiangnu, but I couldn't bear it and gave an order loudly.
The other side has archers, their warriors of Wuxi, don't they have archers? And they live by hunting, and their archery skills should be stronger than those of the Han army, but this Tieli does not know how to use bows and arrows, which is really stupid.
However, these soldiers had long received orders from the barbarian king Samoko to listen only to the iron pears on the battlefield, not to the nu.
"Quick, quick, release the arrow!" Tie Li suddenly realized and hurriedly shouted.
The barbarians quickly took their bows and arrows, and also shot at the Han army.
However, by this time, the crossbowmen of the Han army had already fired five or six rounds of arrows, and the barbarians had killed or wounded seven or eight hundred.
The number of barbarians here was twice that of the Han army, and after being caught off guard at first, it gradually stabilized and slowly advanced, and the casualties of the Han army began to increase.
"Withdraw!" Under Liu Yong's order, the Han soldiers took the initiative to retreat.
"Catch up and kill them!" Tie Li saw that the Han army had withdrawn, and shouted excitedly.
At this time, on the east bank of Xiongxi, Qin Sai and Mu Ti'er led a group of barbarians to arrive.
They saw that Xiangnu and Tieli on the west bank had already defeated the Han army, how could they be willing to lag behind, and without even taking a breath, they rushed towards the Han army.
The defense of the east bank was more tight than that of the west bank, and Liu Wei looked at the barbarians rushing over, and a sneer appeared at the corner of his mouth.
The barbarians were only two or three zhang away from the Han army, and the Han crossbowmen still did not release arrows.
Mu Tie'er felt a pang of contempt in his heart, at such a distance, the Han army did not dare to shoot, and this archery technique was too poor.
He was about to order his warriors to release arrows, but the next scene stunned him.
Just listening to the "plop", a crack appeared in the earth, and the barbarians who rushed in front all fell. Billowing dust rose, accompanied by a ghostly crying wolf-like scream, filling the entire forest.
Mu Tier and Qin Sai were shocked, what is this? Could it be a trap for trapped beasts? But that's a lot bigger than a trap!
Just as he was surprised and puzzled, a dense array of arrows flew in all directions, and one after another heavy arrows fell.
This time, let them understand that the archery skills of the Han soldiers turned out to be no worse than them!
"Quickly retreat!"
"Quick... Quickly retreat..."
Qin Sai and Mu Ti'er shouted almost at the same time.
Seven or eight hundred corpses were also left, but Qin Sai and Mu Tie Er seemed to be far worse than Xiangnu and Tie Li, and they retreated directly.
But what Teori and Sangnu, who rushed up, had to face the joy of victory!
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