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The main force of the Huns appeared on the sixth day of the Qin army's march.

This time is very suitable.

The sixth day meant that the Qin Army was far enough away from the supply base...three hundred kilometers away.

At this distance, it was difficult for the Qin Army's supplies to arrive safely.

At the same time, Qin Jun did not reach Jiuyuan.

If the Qin Army arrives at Jiuyuan, it can exhaust the last bit of energy to occupy Jiuyuan and rely on it to implement defense.

Although the Huns could still encircle Jiuyuan at this time, it was not so easy to defeat Qin Jun.

Xun, who was the first to discover the enemy’s situation, was walking forward. He saw that the Huns had changed from a team of two or three hundred horses to five hundred horses, and he understood that the Xiongnu changed their tactics to formally attack... Each team of five hundred horses meant to increase troops. The density is so as to attack the enemy with arrows, and the two or three hundred riders are more flexible and easier to withdraw.

So Xuan now ordered the troops to stop and wait for the main force.

Fortunately, Xun was familiar with Xiongnu tactics and made the right choice.

Waiting in the front is the 10,000 cavalry troops led by Zuo Xian Wang Mao Dun, and 10,000 cavalry troops led by You Xian Wang are divided into two groups from the flanks and rear.

In this way, there were 20,000 Huns cavalry surrounding the 5,000 Qin army.

On the other hand, Tou Mandan led the Huns’ 30,000 main force to attack the 10,000 main force led by Shen Bing.

Therefore, as soon as the battle begins, the Qin army will be divided into two parts that cannot be contacted with each other.

Although the Qin army with the "fireball of thunderbolt" may not necessarily be defeated under such an offensive, the strength of 5,000 enemies and 20,000 troops is too great, and the number of supply crossbow arrows and "fireballs of thunderbolt" far away from the main force is small, and it may eventually cause casualties. heavy.

After setting up a defensive position and waiting for the main force, the Xiongnu had to take the initiative to attack but could not cut off the connection between Shen Bing and Yan.

When Shen Bing brought the main force and the pioneers of Xun together, he saw the Xiongnu encircling from the other side of the grassland in patches. Except for the south, there were other directions... The Yellow River to the south, and the Qin army has been along. The Yellow River moved forward to prevent being besieged by the Huns.

The Xiongnu formation seemed very messy, but they advanced and retreated in an orderly manner. After getting close, they made various shouts to frighten the Qin army.

Shen Bing noticed that the Xiongnu's encirclement was obviously weak in the north, and only a few thousand cavalry teams wandered there.

Yu Ce immediately reminded:

"General, this is the Huns' tactics."

"Let the faint-hearted think that there is a chance to escape, so they have no intention of fighting!"

"I can't wait for it!"

Shen Bing nodded to express his understanding.

In fact, Shen Bing knew better than Xun in this regard. This is the "encircle the three sides and one" tactic commonly used by the Mongolian cavalry.

Open a hole in the encirclement to allow the enemy to flee in an unfavorable direction.

The enemy has been fleeing and the Mongolian cavalry has been chasing it, chasing it like chasing and flirting with its prey.

Because Mongolia is a faster cavalry, but the enemy is mostly slow infantry, so no matter how you run, they can't escape the palm of the Mongolian cavalry.

The Mongolian cavalry rushed forward and won the battle until they were too tired to run.

Only in this way can it achieve the strategic goal of "obtaining the greatest benefit at the least cost", so Mongolia can lay down a large area with a mere hundreds of thousands of horses.

Although the Huns at this time said that the cavalry tactics were still immature, they knew how to use the tactics learned from encirclement hunting.

For example, what they let go was the north side, which had no interest in Qin Jun...If Qin Jun really wanted to break through from this side, it would be just right.

Shen Bing turned his head and said to Wang Ben:

"Can you write it down?"

Wang Ben nodded and sighed:

"Subordinates also said that only the Central Plains teaches the art of war, and at first sight today did they know that the Huns are inferior!"

Shen Bing did not answer.

Although the Xiongnu's art of war is not much, they are all born out of nature and very practical. For example, they are accustomed to using interspersed tactics, as well as division and encirclement, as well as breaking into parts, breaking into parts, and preserving their strength. They are regarded as treasures in modern times. Tried and tested.

Since contacting the Xiongnu cavalry these days, Wang Ben and the Shenwu Army have learned many tactics, and even used the opportunity to fight against the harassment of the Huns to practice riding while marching.

There is a saying that "the battlefield is the best school", the Shenwu Army competes with the strongest cavalry and learns under the pressure of life and death, and its rapid progress is no longer comparable to the Central Plains Cavalry.

After waiting for a while, Shen Bing ordered:

"Back to the Yellow River to shrink the defense line!"

The messenger responded and rode away with the flag:

"Back to the Yellow River to shrink the defense line!"

"Back to the Yellow River to shrink the defense line!"

...

So Qin Jun compressed toward the center and retreated slightly to the south.

This movement of Qin Jun felt ominous in Mao Dun's eyes.

Mouton has studied the Central Plains tactics, and he knows that this does not conform to the Central Plains' combat habits and principles.

This is not difficult to understand.

The besieged army is extremely taboo about the lack of combat space, because this will cause crowds to pile up and unable to exert their due combat effectiveness.

Therefore, when you are surrounded, you should try to hold your own position and expand outward.

In this way, it can not only win the living space for oneself, but also find the holes in the enemy's encirclement in order to break through.

Now Qin Jun is doing the opposite... Does this mean that Qin Jun is dependent on it?

Or does Qin Jun have other strategies to break the enemy?

Mouton was right.

The reason why Shen Bing wanted to shrink the line of defense was because he had a "fireball" in his hand and he did not worry about "exploding" and not opening up the living space.

In fact, Shen Bing never worried about being surrounded by the Huns from beginning to end, he was worried about not being surrounded by the Huns.

On this basis, Shen Bing certainly dared to shrink the line of defense while being surrounded.

On the other hand, the Shen Bing contracted the defense line to make the Huns more dense... The Qin Army’s defense line shrank, and the Huns cavalry surrounding the Qin Army also shrank, so the formation became denser.

The more dense the Huns are, the more the "Thunderbolt Fireball" can play a role, or in other words, the more it can play a greater role.

However, Tou Man Shanyu did not think of this.

At this time, Tou Mandan watched triumphantly as his cavalry marched towards the Qin army like a tide.

When the Qin Army ordered to shrink the defense line, Touman took it for granted that the Qin Army was defensive because of the lack of crossbow arrows...In response to the cavalry, the infantry did shrink the defense line and adopt a defensive position, because the infantry had to lay out their guns and shields densely.

This made Tou Mandan feel that the battle was settled and planned to watch the slaughter of the Qin army by the warriors under the tent, so he took his guards onto a mound a few miles away and looked at the battle by the river.

What Tou Mandan didn't expect was that his move was caught by Shen Bing.

When Shen Bing looked around, he saw a small group of cavalry troops in the open space to the north that were rugged and independent from the Huns.

Don't think about it, it must be the leader of the Huns.

So without any hesitation, Wang Ben ordered:

"Have you seen a group of Xiongnu cavalry at that mound?"

"After the war, thousands of people quickly took it down, regardless of life or death!"