Twenty miles outside Wuzhou, the sun is shining, and the breeze blows over the hills, making bursts of whimpering sounds.

War horses one after another, snorting, lined up in a neat queue.

A knight on a horse, someone with a bow and arrows on his back, and a bronze collar in his hand.

This is a very primitive but lethal weapon.

It can be used in hand-to-hand combat or as a throwing weapon from a distance.

There were also cavalrymen, wearing bronze helmets typical of Hun origin.

The typical sign of this type of helmet is that the wearer does not need to distinguish between the front and the back at all.

You can wear it however you want.

Although the rough workmanship and simple craftsmanship made every craftsman of the Han Dynasty despise it.

However, this kind of helmet has a very obvious protective effect on the Hun cavalry.

It is effective against the attacks of most long-range weapons on the steppe.

However, the production of bronze in the Xiongnu was very small, so there were very few cavalrymen who could be qualified to wear such helmets.

The total number is never more than three thousand.

These people are also the real elite and backbone of the Zhelan tribe.

They are physically stronger, and they have more weapons and equipment on their bodies than others.

Most people also have a weapon like a mace or meteor hammer stuck in their waists.

There is no doubt that they are ready to fight their enemies on the ground.

The king of Zhelan let his own soldiers raise the great power of the Zhelan tribe.

Look at the huge Condor, flying high in the air.

All the Zhelan cavalry drew their weapons and raised their heads to the sky and roared.

"Get ready for battle!" The king of Zhelan blew his whistle, raised his whip, and rode his horse past his own battle array.

He was greeted by a deafening cheer.

And on the horizon directly opposite them.

Bursts of smoke and dust are billowing from the north.

A black dragon banner with teeth and claws. appeared in the sight of the Zhelan people.

"Black Dragon Banner?" King Zhelan paused slightly.

With the dragon as the flag, whether it is the Xiongnu or the Han Dynasty, it only represents one meaning - this is the elite belonging to the royal family (royal family).

"The forbidden army of the Han Dynasty?" King Zhelan waved his horsewhip and sneered: "You have good courage, you dare to abandon the city to fight?" Behold this king tearing you to pieces! ”

The northern and southern armies of the Han Dynasty, although the Zhelan tribe had no contact. But I've heard of it.

This is the heart and liver treasure of the emperor of the Han Dynasty and the palm of the noble scholars of Chang'an.

In these two armies that defend the Han capital, more than seventy percent of the officers and more than forty percent of the non-commissioned officers are from their core Guanzhong.

A large number of children of the nobility served in these two armies.

So, their outfit is luxurious and jaw-dropping.

Even if it is a small pawn, it is fully armored and has a bow and crossbow.

Then the king of Zhelan said in a loud voice: "My warriors, our enemy is the richest forbidden army of the Han Dynasty!" ”

"Killing one such Han soldier can be worth ten other Han soldiers!" He proclaimed in a loud voice, "Ancestors and gods." I also like to enjoy such offerings the most! Warriors, tear the Han people on the opposite side to shreds, cut off their limbs, cut off their heads, and pull out their equipment! ”

"I swear in the name of the ancestors and the gods: that all warriors who die in this battle, whatever their position may have been, will be brought to the temple of the gods for their ancestors, and will enjoy the service of countless goddesses; No matter what his previous identity was. His sons will all have the opportunity to become the king's bodyguard! ”

"Hooray!" Countless Zhelan cavalry. After hearing the promise of their leader, they shouted excitedly.

They felt their blood boiling.

Even those slave soldiers who only rode a bad horse and followed the last of the army formation clenched the stone in their hands and the stone meteor hammer on their waists.

"O gods. Please bless me for killing a Han Dynastyman......" A slave soldier prayed on his horse: "As long as I can kill a Han Dynastyman, even if I die immediately, being pecked by vultures and eaten by wild dogs, I am willing!" ”

There were even slave soldiers who ran to their masters. He knelt down and said, "Great Master, please allow me to charge first and die for you!" ”

These slaves were all people who were taken from the Western Regions, from Xianbei Wuheng, Yueshi Wusun and even the Han Dynasty in the past wars.

The Zhelans were very picky about their slaves.

With the exception of women, all men who were taller than the wheels were either killed or sold.

They will leave only healthy, obedient and well-behaved children.

Whipped and tortured them from an early age, instilled in them the idea of fighting for Zhelan and fighting for the Great Huns.

Over time, these slaves will be distorted into cannon fodder needed by the Zhelan.

Of course, there are smart people.

However, these smart people usually don't live long.

The Zheran were well aware that the slaves they needed were obedient and obedient and resigned.

Slaves who have many thoughts and ideas, and who refuse to regard their masters as everything, and who are willing to fight to the death for their masters, are often killed or thrown into the harshest conditions for exploitation.

In this way, the remaining slaves were further stimulated to desperately show themselves in front of their masters.

Zhelan people may not know what Stockholm syndrome is.

But they did use torture and occasional kindness to turn most of the slaves into the cannon fodder they wanted.

They are just as crazy and bloodthirsty as they are, and everyone is willing from the bottom of their hearts to die on the way to the charge.

Because only in this way can their souls be redeemed and recognized, and their descendants can be turned from slaves at the bottom of Zhelan society to slaves who can manage slaves.

On this expedition, the Zhelan people brought about 3,000 slave soldiers according to custom.

Originally, these slaves were supposed to take on the tasks of transporting supplies and escorting people from the city to the grassland, as well as cleaning the horses and cleaning for the masters.

But now, in order to break away from the Wuzhou Fortress, the king of Zhelan also requisitioned these slaves.

Because, he needs to concentrate every ounce of strength and put it into his fists.

Looking at the appearance of these slaves, King Zhelan nodded in his heart and praised: "These are good slaves, if I can return to the grassland." I must go and catch some slave girls for them and let them have offspring......"

In the steppe, slaves had no power.

Including reproductive rights.

They could only have offspring with other slave girls with the permission of their masters.

But in other tribes, slaves were encouraged to procreate.

Because the descendants of slaves will also be slaves.

But it's not the same in Zhelan.

The Zhelan deprived their slaves of the right to procreate, using leather whips and swords. Strictly regulated.

Only those who behave well had the right to have offspring with slave girls.

Through the restraint of the lower body, the Zhelan people further strengthened the brainwashing of the slaves.

As a result, they have to desperately stammer and obey their masters in order to obtain permission to procreate.

Although the consequence of this is that the slaves of the Zhelan tribe have been unable to make ends meet for a long time, and can only barely maintain their scale by relying on continuous foreign plunder and supplementation by Shan Yuting.

But the benefits are also very clear.

That is the slave of Zhelan, and the slave of other tribes. are two species.

Most of them even performed better on the battlefield than the backbone and backbone of those tribes.

King Zhelan withdrew his gaze from the slaves and looked at the horizon in the distance.

"Pure cavalry?" His eyes narrowed into a line, and his expression became serious.

The army on the opposite side, although it is not very clear to see.

However, judging by the silhouette and momentum, as well as the formation, there is no doubt that this is a standard cavalry combat formation.

And the dust raised and the faint sound of horses' hooves. It also proved that this was indeed a cavalry cluster no less than the size of his clan.

"The cavalry of the Han Dynasty is about between nine thousand and twelve thousand!" By judging the scale of the soot. Zhelan came up with such a number in her mind.

A cavalry of this size, with the cavalry of his clan, was about the middle of the horse.

"Are the people of the Han Dynasty looking for death?" King Zhelan laughed.

In his opinion, it was true that the Han Dynasty people had come out to fight against him in this wilderness with a force equal in number to his tribe. It's to find death!

Last year, the Wusun people rebelled, and with only 3,000 people, the Zhelan cavalry broke a 7,000-strong Wusun cavalry phalanx and chased them all over the grassland.

In terms of cavalry shock and grappling combat. Even Shan Yuting admits that it takes at least two Shan Yuting headquarters Wanqi to defeat one Zhelan Wanqi.

During the reign of Lao Shangdan Yu, Lao Shangdan Yu even happily praised the Zhelan cavalry, saying: "The Zhelan cavalry is the backbone of the Huns!" ”

It will never be a spine, and it will never be crushed!

And Zhelan people have never lived up to Shan Yuting's expectations.

Whether it is to use troops to the west, in the war with Yueshi, Donghu, and Wusun, or to invade the Han Dynasty in the south, the Zhelan tribe will always be the arrow and vanguard of the Xiongnu.

It's the arrow where Shan Yuting's whip and Mingdi's arrow are!

In the past history, all the enemies of the Han Dynasty that the Zhelan cavalry encountered could only hide in the fortified cities, trembling at the carved banners of the Zhelan tribe.

I didn't dare to go out of the city to fight in the field at all.

In the field, there was no superiority of more than three times the strength, and the Han Dynasty army did not even dare to line up head-on.

Now, facing him and the main force of the Zhelan headquarters he commanded.

The people of the Han Dynasty actually only used cavalry equal to his number or maybe even less, and they came to the field battle, and they came to face off head-on!

This made King Zhelan feel a wave of anger in his heart.

"You're killing yourselves!" King Zhelan grabbed his saber and thought.

So far, the Zhelan cavalry has never lost a close battle.

They have even won victories in the face of three or even five times as many enemies.

Since the submission of the Xiongnu Shan Yuting, Zhelan has been the trump card of the Xiongnu's expansion.

Never missed any of the wars of the Huns.

The southern conquest and the northern war made great contributions to the Xiongnu and laid a great reputation.

On the grassland, the word Zhelan is equal to the devil.

In the Western Regions, the Kingdom of the Western Regions, when they heard that the Zhelan cavalry was coming, even if it was only one horse, they trembled and asked for it.

Even the Han Dynasty, the officials of the Han Dynasty who defected to the Xiongnu also said that in the Han land, especially in the Biansai County, the Zhelan tribe. It is regarded as the strongest army of the Xiongnu, and even the strongest army in the world.

Now, there is an army of the Han Dynasty that dares to leave the city wall and go to the field with a swagger without an advantage in numbers?

This made King Zhelan feel that his face was hot and painful.

This is undoubtedly a provocation and disregard for him and his tribe.

"Shan Yu didn't dare to take only 10,000 riders. Compete with me as a warrior! King Zhelan clenched his fists.

But as a keen hunter and experienced commander.

The king of Zhelan deeply understood a truth - on the grassland, wolves would never sneak up on cows, jackals and foxes without being sure, and they would not provoke a majestic wolf king without weighing their own strength.

If they do, there's only one possibility – they think they're going to win!

In the same way, the people of the Han Dynasty were not stupid.

Especially their upper echelons.

King Zhelan once heard his father and grandparents tell some stories about the generals of the Han Dynasty.

Know, these opponents are terrible and tricky as well as calm.

Certain generals. Even the Zhelan tribe felt fear and respect.

For example, Xiahou Baby, Guan Baby, Zhou Bo and Wei Shang.

So, he raised his hand, put his saber back into its sheath, and ordered: "Warriors, listen to the king's orders, take the battle with the whole army, and occupy the high ground!" ”

Thereupon. All the Zhelan cavalry, began to advance.

In the process of moving forward. With their extremely skillful riding skills and intimate tacit understanding with each other, they completed the formation in the process of marching.

All the cavalry, in a group of five hundred, formed one dense formation after another.

This is a common cavalry charge engagement formation in the steppe.

Each other is formed in a dense cone-like formation.

In this way, when the charge begins. The momentum of the entire cavalry phalanx and the deterrent power of the charge will leave an indelible impression on the hearts of the enemy.

There are very few people who can maintain a calm mind in such a charge.

The timid enemy may even be directly frightened soft. Paralysis.

Of course, that's not the point.

The point is that these small formations, closely connected, form a large oval formation on the battlefield.

On the periphery were six slave warbands, with the cavalry of the Zhilan headquarters in the middle being the main warband, and in the core, the armored cavalry as arrowheads were united around the Daxu of the Zhelan King.

Such a formation, during the march, is not afraid of the enemy from any direction, and can also defend against attacks from any direction.

And it can be flexibly adjusted to aim the arrows of the Chinese army at their own enemies.

Conducive to the attack and defense of large armies.

These Zhelan cavalry were extremely disciplined and organized to maintain such a formation.

Silently marched forward without saying a word.

Then, after advancing about five miles, they stopped.

Because, they have occupied a high ground.

It is said to be a highland, but it is actually a protruding hilly area on the plains.

The hill is not high, and it is only a dozen meters to die.

Zhelan's cavalry, however, could therefore be condescending and wait for the Han army on the opposite side to approach.

"Whew!" The sound of the desolate trumpet resounded through the heavens and the earth.

The Zhelan people began to disperse.

With these hills as the center, they stretched the entire front into an army formation that was five miles long from east to west and about two or three miles wide from north to south.

It may look sparse.

But, in fact, it is not sparse at all.

Because the cavalry was fast.

If the enemy wants to attack, he will have to face attacks from all directions.

Moreover, they are still a large oval array.

The distance between each warband is not far, which means that they can quickly echo and support each other.

The nomadic tribes are ignorant and uneducated.

But in the era of cold weapons, this kind of thing is still based on experience and intuition.

And the nomads of the steppes have been trained on the backs of sheep since they were young.

When they grow up, they will follow the adults, go out hunting, and when they are older, they will start to fight in the army, and in the long journey of life, their life is a poem of fighting with others, nature and enemies.

Growing up in such an environment, they don't need to learn any culture, they naturally know what to do against their enemies.

It is also clear what kind of situation and what kind of response method should be used.

On a high hill, the king of Zhelan erected his own great troll.

Then he rode his horse and looked into the distance.

The Han army in the distance naturally discovered them a long time ago.

The same began to be lined up.

Bursts of fierce war drums rumbled, and flags were waved.

The Han army in the distance, with surprisingly skilled horsemanship and strict organization and discipline, set up a large array on the opposite plain that King Zhelan had never heard of. (To be continued.) )