Huchuquan led 30,000 cavalry to retreat and leave, and had retreated to Diaoyin County. Liu Jing personally led 50,000 Han troops to press forward step by step, and had been ten miles away from Huchuquan. The Luochuan Road was densely covered with forests, and there were only narrow open spaces on both sides of the river, which was not conducive to cavalry combat.

Hu Chuquan was worried that there would be ambush on his back, which would cause him to be attacked by the north and south. He did not dare to be careless. While sending troops to investigate, he slowly retreated.

At this time, Hu Chuquan no longer cared about Daman's life or death. He realized that they had moved south in large numbers and eventually fell into the trap of the Han army. At this time, it would be a great blessing if they could return to the grassland safely.

Thirty thousand Xiongnu troops retreated to Diaoyin County, which was also a logistics transfer station for the Xiongnu. There were 3,000 garrisons who entered Diaoyin County and received food and supplies, which made Huchuquan breathe a little relieved.

Diaoyin County is located in the openest part of Luochuan Road. It is actually a basin. The straight road and Luochuan Road meet here. The terrain suddenly becomes clear. There is a large area of ​​flat fields in the basin, which is very suitable for cavalry combat. The Hun cavalry can fight against the Han army.

However, the reason why Huchuquan was not in control of the army in Diaoyin County was not that he was preparing to fight the Han army, but that he had just received news of the grain delivery team that the main force of the 50,000 Han army had arrived in Gaorou County in the north, and in fact, he had attacked him from the north and south.

This made Hu Chuquan very frightened. If he continued to retreat north, he would enter the densely forested Luochuan Road again. The two Han troops in the north and south would inevitably block him in the Luochuan Road. The cavalry could not be used and the food was cut off. What is the difference between him and Liu Qubei who was trapped on the straight road?

He immediately sent a team of confidant soldiers to Bingzhou and ordered Zuoxian King Liu Bao to send troops to Gao Rou with the Golden Arrow Order. This was their appointment in advance. Liu Bao promised him that at least 50,000 elite troops would come to Gaorou County to participate in the battle. Now is the time for him to fulfill his promise.

Above the city, Huchuquan looked south anxiously, and he could see the Han army camp ten miles away, stationed on a high ground, with a yellow-bottomed black dragon banner with gold edges fluttering in the wind above the camp.

Hu Chuquan sighed softly. It was the Han army's king's flag, which means that Han King Liu Jing was in the camp. At this time, Hu Chuquan looked southwest again. Thirty miles away was Diaoling Pass. He remembered the Liu Qubei army trapped by the Han army and died in the straight road. Their food had long been cut off, and he didn't know what their life and death were going on now?

There is also the Sun-Zhu Daman, who should have been annihilated by the Han army now. I really don’t know how to explain to his father when he goes back?

“Shanyu!”

Shi Le, the chief of the Jie people, appeared behind Huchuquan, and bowed and said, "I have something to discuss with the Shanyu."

"What's up?"

Shi Le hesitated and said, "Weichen wants to lead the headquarters to the straight road to rescue the Right Xianwang."

Hu Chuquan knew that he didn't want to rescue Liu Qubei, but wanted to rescue his son Shitan, who was with Liu Qubei. Hu Chuquan felt a little guilty and said softly: "Your subordinates are not many troops, and I'm afraid you won't be able to attack Tingguan in the afternoon."

Shi Le gritted his teeth and said, "Weicheng has five thousand soldiers from Jie. We will fight to the death and attack Tingguan in the afternoon. Weicheng believes that they have war horses to feed and should still be alive now."

A word reminded Hu Chuquan, yes! Although Liu Qubei's food was cut off for many days, they could kill horses for food, and could last for at least half a month. It is a bit unkind to give up easily now.

Huchuquan was the lord of the Huns after all, and Liu Qubei was an important nobleman of the Huns. He ignored Liu Qubei's life and death and could not explain to other nobles when he returned. Moreover, if he could rescue them, he could also add a living force to himself.

However, it is unlikely that Hu Chuquan will send heavy troops to rescue him with all his might. Liu Jing personally led a large army to be eyed by him. If the troops were dispersed, they would be defeated by him.

Hu Chuquan looked at Shi Le again and thought to himself, "This person is determined to save his son and will definitely attack Wuting Pass desperately. Why not let him go and bet this time?"

Thinking of this, Hu Chuquan smiled and said, "The chief led 5,000 people, probably not enough. I will give you another 5,000 troops and twenty siege ladders, a total of 10,000 troops. I hope you can break through Wuting Pass and rescue your son."

Shi Le was moved and hurriedly bowed to salute, "Shi Le remembered the kindness of Shanyu's saving his son."

Shi Le's heart was burning with fire, and immediately led 10,000 troops to leave Diaoyin County. He rushed towards Diaoling Pass in the southwest. Huchuquan looked at them running far away, and then looked at the Han army camp in the south. He was really worried. The 10,000 troops were too ostentatious and probably could not escape the eyes of the Han army scouts. Will Liu Jing let them go to the straight road to save people?

Just when Huchuquan was looking at the Han army camp, Liu Jing was standing on a high ground, looking at the Diaoyin County to the north. Now all Liu Jing’s strategy is just one word, "drag", dragging the Huns into the pass and unable to return to the grassland. It is now late October. As long as November enters, the first heavy snow will come.

At this time, Liu Jing received a quick message from Zhao Yun. Fifty thousand main forces had arrived in Gaorou County, blocking the Xiongnu Chanyu's way north and fully realizing the plan to attack the north and south by Jia Xu.

At the same time, according to the plan originally set in Yong County, Ma Chao should have sent troops to attack Lingzhou. Lingzhou has weak troops. As long as Ma Chao is not careless, he should be able to successfully capture Lingzhou.

All the strategies have been deployed one by one. Now, just wait for Liu Bao to cross the Yellow River to help the west, and then he can create conditions for Cao Cao's army in Taiyuan. This is also the established strategy discussed with Cao Cao when Sima Yi went on a mission to Taiyuan.

At this moment, a cavalry scout rushed over and shouted a little further away: "Report to Your Highness, we found a Xiongnu army of more than 10,000 people leaving Diaoyin County and heading towards the southwest."

Liu Jing was stunned and actually walked to the southwest road. This was to Diaoling Pass! Could it be that Hu Chuquan still wanted to save Liu Qubei?

Thinking of this, Liu Jing immediately turned around and looked at Liu Hu behind him...

Shi Le led his army to move slowly along the way. Although he was anxious, he did not dare to order the horse to run fast. It would stir up dust in the sky and the sound of horse hooves would also attract the attention of the enemy.

"Chief, aren't we walking with our tails in our arms?"

A Xiongnu commander was extremely dissatisfied with their careful movements. He urged him to come forward and said coldly to Shi Le: "We are cavalry, and the other party is infantry. In this wilderness, the Han army should be afraid of us. If they dare to chase them, they will teach them a lesson."

Shi Le was angry. The other party was just a commander, so he dared to be so rude to him. It can be seen that the Xiongnu did not take the Jie people seriously at all, but now he dared not offend the Xiongnu. He still needed these Xiongnu to help him conquer Wuting Pass. Shi Le had to resist the anger and said, "This is the order of the Shanyu, and we are not allowed to be exposed. If the general is dissatisfied, he can complain to the Shanyu when he comes back, but now we must march carefully and not let the other party discover us."

When the commander of the Qianmao saw him bringing the Shanyu out, he couldn't help but snorted coldly, said nothing more, turned around and left, but after walking a few steps, he stopped and said, "I'm afraid the Han army scouts have discovered us long ago."

Shi Le suddenly became a little worried. He knew that the commander made sense. Liu Jing was covered with scouts outside the city. They were very disturbed when they left the city. How could the other party not know?

Shi Le sighed in his heart. At this point, they could only take one step at a time.

The Hun cavalry walked on the southwest road, with a long forest separated from the basin. Although the Han army camp was stationed at a high place and only three miles away from the nearest, it was not easy to find them.

The Huns cavalry were careful all the way and did not alarm the Han army camp. When they passed the Han army camp, Shi Le was overjoyed and immediately ordered to speed up. Ten thousand cavalrymen rushed to Diaoling Pass dozens of miles away like lightning.

Shortly after he rushed through the southwest road, the straight road ahead appeared in front of him, but Shi Le suddenly stopped the war horse and looked ahead uneasily. He saw that the entrance to the straight road was between two valleys, and in front of the valley, an army blocked their way.

This is a unique army. Each soldier is wearing heavy armor, thick layers from head to toe, with only a pair of eyes exposed. Each holds a long sword that is ten feet long in his hand, with a short handle and a long blade, and a cold light shines under the sunlight.

The opponent was a heavily armored infantry, with about 3,000 people, lined up in a row, blocking the entrance of the straight road that was 60 feet wide. Shi Le turned around and said coldly to the commander of the thousand-man just now: "Don't you want to fight the Han army? Now that the opportunity is here, are you willing to take the lead?"

The commander was also a little uneasy, but he said so much that he had no steps to go down at this time. He had to bite the bullet and whisper: "Of course I am willing to fight!"

"Okay! I will give you three thousand troops and wish you a victory."

Shi Le shouted loudly: "Play the drum to cheer!"

‘Dong!Dong!Dong!’ The rapid war drum sounded, which was the order for combat. The commander of the thousand-man waved his spear and shouted: “Break them with me!”

The Hun cavalry suddenly launched, and three thousand cavalry ran in the wilderness, faster and faster, like a storm. They waved their swords and roared loudly. The Hun cavalry was like an extremely sharp spear, or an extremely heavy hammer, trying to smash the enemy into pieces, trample into mud, destroy everything, and invincible everything.

"Kill!" The sound of horse hooves of the Huns' cavalry shocked the earth, and they used their strength to pull out mountains and hit the heavy armored infantry.

Liu Hu had long been used to seeing all this. When the enemy cavalry had two hundred steps left, he said coldly: "Four rows of swords!"

The drum sounded, and 1,600 soldiers in the four rows of four steps walked forward in two steps, half knelt down, the handle of the knife touched the ground, the tip of the knife moved forward, and nine hundred shiny horse-slashing swords formed a dense forest of swords.

The Hun cavalry finally rushed over like rolling dark clouds. The head was three hundred cavalry, as fast as thunder, with a tragic momentum, stirring up the yellow dust in the sky, and hitting the heavy armored infantry with a force of thousands of pounds.

Amid the screams, the cavalry group thundered into the sword forest, and blood mist filled the air and limbs flew across the body. But at the same time, an unparalleled force quickly passed from the tip of the knife to the hilt of the knife and finally disappeared on the ground. This was the most difficult step for heavy armored infantry to deal with the cavalry, that is the first collision of the cavalry, which was extremely powerful, but if it could withstand it, the cavalry behind would form a chain of collisions, which would cause heavy casualties and injuries between them.

The heavy armored infantry have experienced many battles and have already had rich experience. Without the strong wind blowing, they remained as motionless as Mount Tai, but there were still more than a dozen heavy armored infantry being knocked out by powerful forces.

Most of the soldiers withstood the impact of the Hun cavalry. Almost all the three hundred Hun cavalry and their horses were killed and injured. Some of them were pierced by sharp knife tips, while others hit the blades, their heads rolled down, their limbs flew across, and dead horses piled up in front of the heavy armored infantry formation.

The huge impact force failed to break through the gap, causing great trouble to the Hun cavalry. The cavalry behind could not stop fighting horses, colliding one after another, screaming sounded.

Seeing that the first round of impact had disappeared, Liu Hu shouted loudly: "Arrangement Battle!"

Eight rows of three thousand heavy armored infantry quickly formed into heavy armored infantry formations, and began to swing their swords forward and slash forward step by step. They fought fiercely with the three thousand cavalry. The drums sounded like thunder and the shouts of killing were shocking the sky. The two armies fought bloody battles in the wilderness in front of the straight road.
Chapter completed!