Chapter 1028: Success in the East and Success in the West (Twenty-One)

Helan Xiong finally succeeded in breaking through the Qin army's chariot formation. The cavalry drove their horses and galloped among the Qin army, wielding their swords to kill the already scattered Qin army. Helan Xiong cut off Yan Wei's head with his own hands, and the 3,000 Qin army was completely wiped out. The Han army won a great victory, but this battle took Helan Xiong nearly a day. The death of 3,000 Qin soldiers made the outer Qin army complete the encirclement, and the large encirclement planned by Li Xin was finally formed.

When Helan Xiong led his cavalry to break through, he found that no matter which direction he chose to break through, he would run into the Qin army's blockade that was as solid as a rock. Some of the seemingly Qin army In the direction of the enemy, Li Xin often hides a more sinister design. After several consecutive choices, Helan Xiong ran into Li Xin's trap. Helan Xiong dared not move towards these seemingly empty defenses, and could only choose to attack the opponent head-on. Standing on a ridge, Li Xin looked at the Helan Xiong cavalry who launched waves of attacks on the Qin army position in the distance, and smiled at Dan Yu: "If you are empty, you should be real, and if you are real, you should be empty. These eight words are easy to say but difficult to do, because the enemy is not a fool, and no general who can command an army is a fool. At the end of the battle, the empty and the real, the real and the real, rely on absolute strength, Helan Xiong He is a strong man on the grassland, but he is too confident in himself and his cavalry. The grassland is indeed a paradise for cavalry, but when I have an absolute advantage in military strength, I can make their cavalry fall into a quagmire. When the encirclement is reduced to a certain range, his advantage will disappear. "General, I think the encirclement is enough now. We should concentrate all our cavalry and fight a final decisive battle with them!" Dan Yu said. Li Xin smiled and shook his head, "How many cavalry do we have? The total number of cavalry in the whole army is only 20,000, but the enemy we have to deal with is not just Helan Xiong, At this time, Helan Xiong still has at least 7,000 to 8,000 cavalry, and their cavalry's combat effectiveness far exceeds ours. If we launch a decisive battle at this time, even if we completely wipe out Helan Xiong, how many of our 20,000 cavalry will be left, 10,000, 8,000? No, this is not what I want. Now our cavalry is still just patching up the loopholes. Once Helan Xiong finds our loopholes and wants to break out, their task is to block Helan Xiong and wait for our infantry to complete the encirclement again. I want to wear Helan Xiong to death. Revenge for Yan Wei." "But General, delay will change. After a long time, the Han Kingdom will send reinforcements." Dan Yu said. Li Xin chuckled: "Reinforcements? Let’s not talk about whether Han can send reinforcements. Even if they can, how long will it take for them to arrive here from where their army is stationed? This time is enough for me to eliminate Helan Xiong.”

“General, Helan Xiong ran to the west!” Dan Yu suddenly pointed at the battlefield and said.

“That’s exactly what I want them to do!” Li Xin said happily: “The west is the cemetery I prepared for Helan Xiong.”

“Ayagula Grand Canyon!” Dan Yu’s eyes lit up.

“Yes, Helan Xiong will soon find that he can either enter the Ayagula Grand Canyon to survive or fight against my superior forces and destroy himself.” Li Xin said.

“If they enter "After entering the Ayagula Grand Canyon, we only need a small number of troops to block it, so as to free up our hands to deal with the reinforcements that may arrive." Dan Yu said excitedly.

"That's right." Li Xin nodded: "In the Ayagula Grand Canyon, there is no water source, no fodder, only two exits, one in and one out. If we seal the two openings, everything will be fine. Next, we can attack Jishi City with peace of mind. Compared with destroying Helan Xiong, I think Jishi City is more difficult to attack. You have also seen the floor plan of Jishi City, and I have the defense map of Jishi City collected from various channels."

"I can't believe that even the defense map is Yes? This is the credit of Black Ice Terrace! We should give them credit!" Dan Yu said happily.

"It makes no difference whether there is or not!" Li Xin shook his head. "People are allowed to come and go in Jishi City. The city gates are open day and night. Except for the military workshop, other places inside are open to outsiders. Even the military camps can be visited at will. This is not because their armaments are lax, but because they have absolute confidence in the defense of Jishi City. Back then, Tan Feng and Zhou Yu led tens of thousands of Yan troops to attack Jishi City. There were only 3,000 defenders and tens of thousands of civilians in Jishi City, but Tan and Zhou returned empty-handed and finally suffered a great defeat."

"My Great Qin How can the warriors be compared with the Yan army?" Dan Yu sneered.

"That's not the case. The Han army is now mainly composed of Yan people. What about them?" Li Xin said with a smile: "Tan Feng and Zhou Yu are not incompetent. They are both capable generals. Even they suffered losses in Jishi City. How can I not worry? Jishi City was not fully completed at the beginning, but now Jishi City is armed to the teeth. How can I dare to attack Jishi City without eating up Helan Xiong's cavalry?"

"So that's it!" Dan Yu finally understood why Li Xin went to war and must eat up Helan Xiong's cavalry first.

"What I fear most is that Helan Xiongji ignored my massacre on the grassland and kept watching until I launched an attack on Jishi City. Then he showed up. At that time, we would have nothing It's a secret. Fortunately, this Huns obviously hasn't really understood that sometimes in order to win, one has to endure huge sacrifices." Li Xin pointed to He Lanxiong, who only had his back in the distance, "But Yu, you Remember, for the final victory, sometimes no matter how big the sacrifice is, you have to endure. Just like this time, in order to lure He Lanxiong into this encirclement, we have paid nearly 10,000 casualties, including even people like Yan Wei. General, but the result was that the opponent's main cavalry was wiped out, which is equivalent to one of our pawns replacing the opponent's vehicles and artillery."

"I understand!" Danyu nodded.

Outside Jishi City, in Baiyang Village, He Dayou was limping and inspecting the defense of Baiyang Village. As the No. 1 village in the world, which was personally commended by the King of Han, Baiyang Village has developed by leaps and bounds in the past few years, with a population of nearly two people. Ten thousand people are almost equivalent to the population of a county in a remote place. Most of the people gathered in this village are retired soldiers, and there are also a considerable number of Huns. Just like He Dayou's own daughter-in-law, who is also a Huns woman.

Most of the Qin army attacked. Following Yan Haibo, Shang Kexi led tens of thousands of infantry to retreat to Jishi City. It was already known that the county governor Wu Kai issued an emergency mobilization order. All the people in the villages and villages gathered around Jishi City immediately retreated to Jishi City. , but Baiyang Village was built in the model of a military fortress from the beginning. As an important support point outside Jishi City, except for the old, weak, women and children who evacuated to Jishi City, all reserve soldiers must stay here. hold fast.

Baiyang Village is only more than fifty miles away from Jishi City. They are the last village to retreat. In these days, all the people in Baiyang Village have mobilized and began to set up various obstacles outside the village. The fields that have been plowed in spring and sown with seeds have been It is filled with horses, deer antlers, and all kinds of traps, extending far away to the irrigation canals surrounding Baiyang Village. These ditches, which are completely made of stones and are several meters wide, have now become Baicun Village. The most reliable line of defense is a barbed wire fence with rows of spiked wooden stakes sticking out diagonally. Baiyang Village is surrounded along this ditch. On the road leading to Jishi City, in addition to retreating towards Jishi City, In addition to the old, weak, women and children, there were also horse-drawn carriages dragging all kinds of ordnance from somewhere.

After a round of inspection, He Dayou nodded with satisfaction and returned to the entrance of the village. Today was the time for the old, weak, women and children of Baiyang Village to retreat. As the village chief, he naturally went to see them off.

"Fellows and fellow villagers, please feel free to go and stay in Jishi City for a while. Don't worry about the bottles and jars at home. We promise not to let those damn Qin people rush in and harm your property. Look at our defense. It is impregnable. Commander Wu I have already written a letter to me, and a regular army of 3,000 people will be sent into Baiyang Village immediately. Our village has also organized a reserve force of 3,000 people. Who are the reserve forces in our Baiyang Village? Which one? If you are not a veteran of many battles or well-trained, please don’t forget that when the King’s Young Guards were recruiting troops, the two generals almost came to war over our Baiyang Village soldiers.”

He Dayou's words cheered up the old, weak, women and children who were already a little miserable.

"Village Chief He, my house has just been decorated. That is the silver reward my son got from the battlefield. You can't let the Qin people bring trouble to him!" An old man shouted in the crowd.

"Village Chief He, my sheep just gave birth to a litter of babies. I can't take them away this time. You have to keep them. They will be worth a lot of money in the autumn!"

"Don't worry, everyone, it's impossible for the Qin people to step into our Baiyang Village!" He Dayou smiled broadly. "Let's go, let's go!"

The flow of people slowly crossed the stone bridge in Baiyang Village leading to the main road outside.

"Dayou!" A voice came from behind. When He Dayou turned around, he saw his Hun wife Guli. Guli had been married to him for five years, but she still spoke very unfamiliar Chinese.

"Why haven't you left yet? Hey, what are you doing? Where are our sons?" He Dayou asked in surprise. He looked left and right, but he didn't see his two sons. In the past five years, Gu Li gave birth to him. He has two sons, one is four years old and the other is two years old.

"I have asked Aya to take them away!" Gu Li said.

"What do you want to do?" Looking at Gu Li's equipment, He Dayou scratched his head and asked uneasily.

"Eight years ago, the Qin people killed my whole family, and I was the only one left. This time they are here again. I want to fight with you, kill all the invading Qin people, and avenge my family."

"You are a woman. Whatever wars you want to fight or revenges for, leave it to your man." He Dayou said angrily.

Without saying a word, Gu Li suddenly took the bow from a reserve soldier beside her, then took out an arrow from the quiver, raised her hand, nocked the arrow and stringed it, with a whoosh, the arrow flew more than a hundred steps deep into the air. It plunged deeply into the pole of a poplar tree there, and the second arrow roared again, with a "por" sound, and plunged into the pole, tightly next to the first arrow.

"You, you..." He Dayou opened his mouth wide, not knowing what to say. He tilted his head and looked at his wife, who had been sleeping with him for several years, as if he didn't recognize him.

Gu Li waved her hand in embarrassment, "Over the years, I have only practiced quietly when you were not at home, and my hands have become a little raw. Dayou, I can fight, I am a warrior." (To be continued)