Chapter 61: Killing the Huns
The Hu people who originally lived near the border were also in a dilemma after receiving the news of the Qiang rebellion. They were worried about being dragged into the war between Liangzhou and the Qiang.
The Han court could ignore minor looting, but if they were accused of rebellion, the court would inevitably remember the old accounts with the Southern Xiongnu.
The Southern Xiongnu had millions of combat-capable soldiers and hundreds of thousands of elite troops. Almost every citizen was a soldier, and they were all cavalry. However, deep down in their hearts, they simply could not muster the courage to go to war with the Han Dynasty.
Having said that, if I had that kind of ambition, I would have joined the Northern Huns long ago. There is no way I would stay in the Southern Huns' tribe.
However, the Hu people were wavering, and Guo Hao became very excited. Liangzhou was not a place where you could come and go as you pleased.
Relying on his position as the city lord, Guo Hao used the excuse of pacifying the Hu people to hand over government affairs to Jiang Wei, and then rushed towards the border with 5,000 troops.
It may be because of Zhang Jiao's destruction of the Way of Heaven that the horse production in the entire Eastern Han Dynasty increased inexplicably.
Although each prince was not as wealthy as the three border states, he had a large number of cavalry.
The number of cavalrymen in frontier states such as Dong Zhuo, Lu Bu, and Gongsun Zan was even more outrageous. Even Guo Hao had nearly 10,000 war horses.
Moreover, the Purple Gold Red Hare would occasionally bring back a group of wild horses, further increasing the number of war horses in Beiliang City.
Guo Hao lay on Tuanzi's body, carefully flipping through the formation collection in his hand, while petting the cat - the panda.
With the accumulation of various treasures from Guo Hao, Tuanzi broke through the growth stage early and directly entered the mature stage, with greatly increased abilities.
In addition, the purple-gold red rabbit horse had disappeared somewhere again, so he had no choice but to ride Tuanzi to the battlefield.
[Iron-eating beast—Tuanzi (purple): mount, with amazing strength, endurance, speed, and load-bearing capacity]
It is worthy of being the mount chosen by the Lord of War Chi You. Only when Guo Hao actually rode on Tuanzi did he feel how powerful it was.
Completely different from the purple-gold red rabbit horse, Tuanzi can actually put on a full set of armor and walk across the mountains as if it were flat ground.
On the one hand, the Purple Gold Red Hare is completely defeated by Tuanzi in the mountains, but Tuanzi's speed is slightly slower than that of the Purple Gold Red Hare.
Both have their advantages and disadvantages, but unlike the smooth horseback, the furry dumpling feels great.
"General, we have discovered the whereabouts of the Southern Xiongnu troops!"
"The entire army should rest. The scouts should keep a close eye on them. We must scatter their ashes today." Guo Hao instantly became alert and commanded the troops to take a short rest.
"yes!"
Soon, following Guo Hao's order, the sound of heavy horse hooves rang out. In just an incense stick of time, Guo Hao and his men had followed the traces left by the scouts and found the yurt tents where the Southern Xiongnu were stationed.
When Guo Hao and his men appeared, the camp of the Southern Xiongnu was in an uproar, and everyone in the camp picked up their weapons and mounted their horses.
Looking at the Southern Xiongnu in the distance, almost all of whom were holding weapons, Guo Hao's face was full of murderous intent.
In the Southern Xiongnu army, he saw not only half-grown boys, but also elderly people in their fifties and sixties, and even some women among them.
There were several flags in the camp. According to Guo Hao's understanding, each flag represented a tribe with more than a thousand soldiers. If there were patterns on the flag, it meant that there were Hun warriors equivalent to military generals. If there were patterns or patterns, it represented the nobles among the Southern Huns.
"Prepare for battle!" Guo Hao took out his Tianlong City-Breaking Halberd and spoke in a cold tone.
With a "swish", all the cavalrymen behind Guo Hao formed a cone formation and laid their lances flat in preparation for a charge.
If you look closely, each small cavalry unit in the cone formation is also a cone.
This is the formation that Guo Hao learned from the formation collection. Its main function is to increase the speed of the troops' attack through the energy of humanity.
"Kill! Leave no one alive!" Guo Hao shouted and knocked his legs together. Tuanzi understood what he meant and rushed towards the enemy instantly.
Guo Hao activated the gift of the sun to its greatest effect, and golden light covered all the charging cavalry.
The bows and arrows in the hands of the Huns posed no threat to Guo Hao and his men who were glowing with golden light.
What's more, the cavalry blessed by the sun increased their speed. Even if the Huns rode back and tried to gain distance and shoot from horseback, with Guo Hao and his men charging at full speed, the two sides were engaged in hand-to-hand combat in the blink of an eye.
The heavy sound of horse hooves resounded across the earth like thunder, and five thousand cavalry swept towards the Huns from afar like a golden wave .
The Huns were also aroused by the hand-to-hand combat and began to fight back with a few roars .
"puff!"
Guo Hao expressionlessly used the halberd in his hand to smash the chest of a Xiongnu woman, then caught an arrow that came from nowhere and threw it back.
The arrow accurately pierced the neck of a Hun who was attacking by surprise, and blood spurted out.
Guo Hao's expression did not change, and no one could stop his halberd wherever it passed.
More and more Huns rushed towards Guo Hao, but Guo Hao swept his halberd and found no match for them. Guo Hao experienced the pleasure of mowing down this group of Southern Huns who were ignorant of the danger.
"Evil ghost! Evil ghost! You are evil ghosts!"
After witnessing Guo Hao smashing the head of a Xiongnu warrior with a halberd again, the fear in the hearts of some Xiongnu people was revived.
In less than an hour, the originally ferocious Southern Xiongnu lost their fighting spirit and began to flee in all directions.
"Swoosh, swoosh, swoosh" arrows flew through the air and accurately hit the backs of the Huns who were facing away from them. One by one, the Huns screamed and fell off their horses.
The troops led by Guo Hao were all archers and cavalrymen. Even if they only had the strength of regular soldiers, they were skilled in archery and horsemanship, and riding and shooting were no problem at all.
"Niu Ping!"
"I'm here!" Guo Hao's personal guard captain bowed.
"Take the common people to search for the Huns who just escaped, and make sure that no Huns escape." Guo Hao calmly gave the order to pursue and kill.
"You go chop off the heads of these guys and make a memorial for them. The rest of you gather the bodies and burn them all."
About an hour and a half later, Niu Ping returned with his cavalry after the search, with many heads hanging on their horses' backs.
"General, the area around here has been cleared!" Niu Ping bowed to Guo Hao.
"What were the casualties in this battle ?" Guo Hao turned his head and asked his other deputy general Li Xin. The blue recruitment order issued five people, four of whom were taken away by Pang De, leaving only Li Xin under Jiang Wei. Guo Hao also took him with him when he left the city.
"Hundreds of brothers were seriously injured, and a few were unlucky enough to be killed by the Xiongnu warriors. The others were only slightly injured and were not seriously injured."
After all, he was a second-rate general, and he was also good at dealing with the Huns.
After cleaning the battlefield carefully, Guo Hao couldn't help but spit. Nearly five thousand Huns only contributed a little food and some war horses to him. They were extremely poor.
