The villain system of Mingyue in Qin Dynasty

"Has Meng Tian finally left?"

In the Xiongnu tent, after hearing this information, the noble leaders of the three surnames laughed, full of joy.

"Meng Tian leads 30,000 cavalry troops to help Yunzhong. This trip will take more than half a month at the fastest. By then, we will have already crossed the Yellow River."

The leader of the Lan clan said with a laugh.

"Without further delay, we will send troops tonight."

The leader of the Huyan clan said. This proposal was quickly approved by everyone.

For the Xiongnu, the northern part of the Great Wall was desolate, with large areas of desert. It cannot be compared with the Hetao area, which is rich in water and grass.

At this moment, around the military tents of the three Xiongnu surnames, there are also troops from the Qiulin clan, Qiao clan, Dangyu clan, Han clan, Li Ji clan, Juqu clan and other surnames. At this moment, they have more or less sent out members of their own tribes. He is young and strong and plans to participate in this war.

With an order, the leaders of various tribes withdrew from their camps and went to their own tribes to gather troops.

The leaders of the three Xiongnu tribes were sitting in their seats. The leader of the Lan family had a gloomy face and said, "Have the troops of the Luotang family not arrived yet?"

The leader of the Huyan clan snorted coldly and said: "They claim to be relatives of Shanyu and do not respond to the call."

"These bastards, their noses have almost reached up to their eyes since we helped this kid Mo Dun become a shanyu. I don't think about it. If we hadn't spared their lives in the first place, they still don't know what's going on." Where?" the leader of the Sub clan said angrily.

When Touman was killed in the city of Wuche, within the Luotang clan, Touman's clan members, who had some strength, all supported themselves and planned to compete for Shanyu's throne.

It is precisely because of this that the internal strength of the Luotang clan was greatly damaged, and the tribes with three surnames of the Xiongnu took advantage of it. The Luotang clan originally controlled most of the fertile livestock land in the Hetao area, but after the civil war, they were unable to control it and were divided among the three Xiongnu surnames.

After that, the Luotang clan retreated to the north of the Great Wall to recuperate.

"Forget it, after this battle. When we defeat the Qin army, we will have time to deal with these guys." The leader of the Lan family said disdainfully.

This night, fires lit up around the continuous tents. All the Huns soldiers were woken up from their sleep by their superiors. Braving the severe cold, they took out their horse bows and scimitars, pulled out their horses, and gathered in front of the tribal leaders.

On the vast land north of the Great Wall, groups of Xiongnu cavalry troops began to gather together, like thousands of streams, gradually converging into the sea, and began to march towards Taoshan with unparalleled momentum.

In order to retake the Hetao area as soon as possible, the Xiongnu invested a large number of elite troops. In just three days and three nights, they broke through Gaoque, crossed the Beihe River, and entered Beijia.

A gray falcon passed through the flowing clouds and beacon smoke, entered Yunzhong City, and brought the Xiongnu into the Yunzhong Palace on a large scale, in the hands of Ying Ziyi.

"Did the Huns finally take action?" Ying Ziyi looked at the content on the silk strip, sat up, and waved away the dancing Hu Nu.

"Someone is coming."

A guard quickly entered the Yunzhong Temple and stood with his hands in hand.

"Call Chen Ping, Zhang Liang and other generals."

"Yes, Your Highness."

Ying Ziyi's order quickly reached Tiance's mansion, and everyone who was discussing the war quickly got the news and hurried over.

Thirty thousand Xiongnu troops surrounded the area around Yunzhong City. In the past few days, whenever the Xiongnu came to provoke, the defenders of Yunzhong City would shoot with crossbows to prevent them from approaching. The Xiongnu lacked the tools to attack the city, so they were in peace for the time being.

In the Yunzhong Palace, everyone stood quietly.

Ying Ziyi sat on the throne and said, "The Huns have invaded Beijia. It will not take long for Xiangbi to reach Nanhe. And the time for us to fight back has also arrived. Send an order to Han Xin and Peng Yue to lead their troops to gather under Yunzhong City to annihilate 30,000 people." Hu Jun."

"Yes, Your Highness."

….

Yuanyang City.

Yuanyang is one of the largest cities in Yunzhong, with a population of about 20,000. It is a base for training cavalry. Surrounded by Beiyu, Wuquan and other cities, they are the horns of each other. They are important towns in the northeast of Yunzhong County.

The Huns have a force of 10,000 cavalry here in order to contain the forces here and leave Yunzhong City isolated and helpless.

The terrain around Yuanyang is flat and has vast grasslands, suitable for farming and grazing, but now it has become a horse farm for barbarian horses to gallop.

Within a few days, the Xiongnu concentrated their forces and attacked Yuanyang City several times, but they were unsuccessful.

For the Huns, once they capture Yuanyang City, Beiyu and Wuquan will inevitably fall into an isolated and helpless situation, and it will only be a matter of time before they are conquered.

The Xiongnu mastered these three cities, which was equivalent to obtaining a logistics base. While obtaining a large amount of supplies, it can also effectively block the reinforcements from Yanmen County, Dai County and other places, making Yunzhong City completely a turtle in the urn.

Therefore, unlike the main force of the Xiongnu who herded horses and sheep when they reached the border of Yunzhong City, this partial division of the Xiongnu put in all its strength from the beginning.

Cao Shen, the magistrate of Yuanyang County, was captured by Ying Ziyi from a rich land.

At first, these people were not convinced, but as time passed, they gradually became convinced. Cao Shen knew that Yuanyang was at stake, so he devoted all his strength to the defense from the beginning.

When the Xiongnu attacked the city, he personally stood on the city wall and commanded the crossbow troops defending the city to counterattack.

The large-scale use of crossbows is the most classic example of the imperial arms manufacturing system.

Unlike archers, crossbowmen only require simple training. A large number of crossbows and arrows manufactured from various weapons workshops can quickly flow into cities on various borders. After a long period of training by the soldiers and civilians on the border, once a large number of crossbows in the arsenal are distributed to each soldier and civilian, combat effectiveness can be quickly formed.

For a big city like Yuanyang, the number of crossbows and arrows in its arsenal is much higher than that of other cities.

Depending on the type, the power and rate of fire of the crossbow also vary. Generally speaking, crossbows fire slower than bows. The more powerful the crossbow, the slower the rate of fire. However, on the city wall of Yuanyang City, a group of three crossbowmen switched between loading and shooting, which effectively made up for this shortcoming. Formed effective fire suppression on the Xiongnu attacking the city.

In other words, as long as there are enough crossbows, Yuanyang City will not fall.

"These birdmen, this battle is really frustrating."

Cao Shen was on the city wall, observing the Huns' camp. A complaining sound reached his ears.

Cao Shen didn't need to look, he knew who was coming? Except for Yuanyang County Lieutenant and Fan Kuai, who was also from Pei, no one else had the courage to yell on the city wall.

Fan Kuai likes to attack rather than defend when using troops. He has been feeling very unhappy in the city for the past few days!

"Don't worry, there may be changes in the next couple of days." Cao Shen reassured.

"Change, what change?"

"His Highness's most elite Ghost Prison Ghost Cavalry has not appeared on the battlefield yet!" Cao Shen exhaled a long breath and said meaningfully.

Fan Kuai's eyes lit up, as if he understood something.

"Look!"

At this time, a soldier pointed to the mountain pass in the northeast. In that distant place shrouded in clouds and mist, a figure suddenly appeared.

"It's really here!" Fan Kuai shouted loudly.

As those figures gradually approached, their vision became clear. In everyone's eyes, above the vast blue field, the waves of black-armored cavalry were rushing towards them. Their faces all had the oozing bronze ghost face.

The Huns troops outside Yuanyang City seemed to have noticed this group of troops, and they began to gather urgently. Including the reinforcements received in the past two days, about 4,000 cavalry formed a formation in the northeast of the camp.

There was confusion on Cao Shen's face.

In today's world, cavalry is far from mainstream in the military, and chariots still account for a large proportion. Although the empire attaches great importance to the use of cavalry, it is only used as an auxiliary to coordinate with the infantry and cavalry.

But this Ghost Prison Youqi is different. The bright look is clearly provoking.

Viewed from a distance on the city wall, the Hun generals seemed to respond.

As a fierce roar came, the more than four thousand cavalry began to charge towards the direction of the Ghost Prison Youqi.

Above the wilderness, two groups of men and horses raised up smoke and dust all over the sky. Even the defenders on the Yuanyang City Wall could feel the tremor of the earth.

The cavalry was scattered, but the tactics of the advance were the same.

The Ghost Prison Youqi and the Huns' war cavalry approached, and they all changed their formations into cone formations in preparation for the charge.

Different from the Xiongnu war cavalry, the team of the Ghost Prison Cavalry is more orderly. The distance between the cavalry and the cavalry is almost the same, and the array is also relatively open.

On the field, the two armies began to collide like two sharp knives.

But compared to the Xiongnu war cavalry, the Ghost Prison Ghost Cavalry is a bit sharper.

The hundreds of black-armored cavalry led by them rushed into the Huns' battle formation with long swords in their hands.

They did not tangle with the Huns' cavalry, nor did they care whether they dealt with the attacking Huns' cavalry. What they did was to charge headlong into the belly of the Huns' conical formation, not caring about their own casualties, or even worrying about whether the Huns' cavalry behind them would guard against cold arrows from behind. The formation of the Ghost Prison Ghost Cavalry was relatively loose, or in other words, they deliberately left such a large gap to allow the Hun Cavalry to seep in.

When setting up a marching formation, generals often pay attention to the formation and the coordination between the arms. Orderly combat can exert greater power.

But the cavalry is different. It is the nature of the cavalry to wander like the wind. Even if a conical formation is formed for the purpose of assault, more emphasis is placed on the impact, swarming up like a swarm of swarms, effectively killing the enemy, and then turning around and carrying out the next wave of attacks until the enemy's troops are scattered. There is basically no cooperation between knights.

But Ghost Prison Youqi is different.

Facing the charging Hun warriors, the black-armored ghost-faced knight holding a ring-headed sword missed him, leaving him to be dealt with by his comrades behind him. ?The knight behind him held a long sword in his left hand and stabbed it into the chest of the Huns. Then he drew out the Huanshou sword with his right hand, deflected the blade of the other side of the Huns' cavalry, and left it to his comrades behind him.

Link after link, trust and cooperation, tactics that only appear in the infantry were used in this cavalry.

"Is this the Chexuan Formation?" Cao Shen said on the city wall.

"Che Xuan Formation?"

"I heard that most of His Highness's army in the Western Regions is composed of cavalry, and the elite among them will use this chariot to hang the formation. His troops spread across the Western Regions, slaughtering cities and destroying countries, and they are invincible. It is said that Wusun united with the countries in the Western Regions to rebel. A hundred thousand people gathered, but they were divided and defeated by His Highness's 10,000 cavalry. In the Qilian Mountains, those 10,000 cavalry formed a large formation of chariots and defeated King Wusun's cavalry." The deputy general on the side explained. road.

The Che Xuan Formation was quite domineering, and the Ghost Prison Ghost Cavalry was like an iron plow. After a charge, it tore the Huns War Cavalry into two halves.

Afterwards, the rear formation changed into the front formation, and without resting for a moment, they rushed towards the Xiongnu again.

Fan Kuai, who was on the city wall, was overjoyed and shouted: "Lieutenant general, let the six hundred cavalry in the city assemble and stand by immediately, and follow me to charge out."

Cao Shen did not stop him. He understood that Fan Kuai was not a fool. On the contrary, Fan Kuai has a keener sense of opportunity than anyone else.

In this charge, the Xiongnu cavalry declined obviously. As for the Ghost Prison Youqi, not only did they not waver because of their own casualties, but they became more courageous as they fought.

In the eyes of the Hun warriors, the blood that filled the bodies of the black knights across from them seemed to make them feel like they were in a blood prison. Death not only did not make them fearful, nor did it make them hesitate. On this battlefield, the ghost-faced black knight on the opposite side made no sound, and the silence was terrifying.

Charge after round, they were like emotionless monsters, mechanically completing the killing orders.

Precise, sharp, yet extremely cruel and powerful.

"These crazy people!"

On the city wall, someone suddenly said something, which was very cold, but was soon lost in the sound of war drums.

Within one day, three thousand Ghost Prison Youqi Company relieved the siege of Yuanyang, Beiyu, and Wuquan cities. After half a day of repairs, we headed towards Yunzhong City.

….

The mountains and fields are vast, wild animals are running around, and streams are gurgling. Everything is in extreme peace. This mountain trail leading to Yanmen in Yunzhong is rarely used by people.

However, a rider suddenly rushed out of the calm mountain pass.

A fiery red ride!

Then, the earth began to tremble, and the flow of the stream began to shift and tremble. But the surrounding birds and beasts were extremely panicked and fled in all directions.

Hundreds of warriors rushed out of the mountain pass. Even from the eyes of birds and beasts, one could clearly feel the tension and excitement permeated by these people.

They were originally officials from Taiyuan County, but now they were riding war horses and were going to fight the Huns to rescue His Royal Highness the Crown Prince in Yunzhong City.

"General, we have arrived in Yunzhong."

Han Xin sat on his horse and looked into the distance. Beside him, an adjutant said.

Han Xin is surrounded by personal guards who have been trained and followed him for many years. In their eyes, they have incomparable trust and respect for Han Xin.

"Send the signal and all the warriors come out of the mountain."

"Yes, General."

A loud arrow shot up into the sky, and the sharp sound could be heard for tens of miles around.

At this order, eight thousand war cavalry rushed out of various mountain passes, heading towards Yunzhong City like wildfire sweeping across the grassland.