The Travelers of the Heavens

According to the terms of peace negotiated between Wang Yu and the Xiongnu, Yunzhong County will be ceded to the Xiongnu.

Wang Yu led the Zhou army to evacuate Yunzhong one after another, but they went very slowly.

The Xiongnu Chanyu was very proud of the successful takeover of Yunzhong, but he did not return here. Instead, he led his troops to rest on Baishan Mountain. As long as all the Zhou troops on the front line were withdrawn, he would raise troops to attack the Zhou Dynasty again.

Obviously this Hun Shan is a cunning guy and he wants to get more things.

Sure enough, as he thought, soon the frontline Zhou troops thought the war was over and began to evacuate one after another.

Upon seeing this, the Xiongnu Chanyu immediately led his troops to attack. The army entered the Yunzhong area without any effort, and the Xiongnu forces were dispersed.

But suddenly, the Zhou army that had retreated came back and divided and surrounded the coalition forces. This made the Xiongnu Chanyu retreat in a hurry.

This Xiongnu Chan is the grandson of the Kunlun Chanyu. Not long ago, he inherited the Chanyu throne from his assassinated brother. Everything is still undecided, so he also wants to take the opportunity to establish his own prestige.

Suddenly attacked and divided and surrounded, the Xiongnu cavalry scattered and looked for a way out. At this time, they did not have the momentum of the prairie warriors. They just wanted to escape as soon as possible and failed to organize effective resistance in time. Their Chanyu was more like a headless man. A fly generally leads the bodyguards to break out everywhere.

The Zhou army formed a neat formation, and the giant Yanjia man at the front waved his large iron bone flower back and forth, knocking down the Huns to the ground, both men and horses.

The soldiers following the Yanjia people held up their long spears and stabbed the fallen but not dead Huns. The scene was very lively. The Huns could not charge forward and could not take advantage of them, so they could only passively be beaten here.

Even if the Huns charged, what they faced were not the soldiers of the Zhou army but a row of Yanjia men holding huge shields like city gates. The huge Yanjia people set up a defensive formation, and the Huns' cavalry collided with each other like pebbles hitting rocks, and it was impossible to break up the formation.

The soldiers of the Zhou army in the formation cooperated with the Yanjia people to fire arrows to attack the Huns in the distance. With such cooperation, the Huns had no chance of victory.

This was also the main tactic of the Zhou Empire's army. They used various infantry formations to restrain the opponent's cavalry troops. As a result, the cavalry became less important in the Zhou Empire's army.

Wang Yu most likes to face off against the opponent's elite cavalry in open plains, so that he can maximize his advantages.

The coalition forces were divided and surrounded into several parts, and they could only fight on their own.

From a command vehicle on a high platform pulled by ten horses, Wang Yu looked at the battle in the distance. He felt proud that as long as he severely damaged the 500,000 Xiongnu Western Region coalition forces, the subsequent war would be much smoother.

In an encirclement, tens of thousands of Xiongnu and Western Region Allied Forces crowded together. The densely packed Zhou Dynasty troops were constantly compressing the encirclement under the cover of the Yanjia people.

The Huns on the outermost side looked at the Yanjia people who were several times taller than themselves on horseback, and their hearts collapsed.

Before the Huns could resist, dense arrows fell, killing many Huns, and even their mounts were not spared.

The other encirclements are similar, except that the Xiongnu Chanyu is in a larger encirclement, and their situation is better.

"Wei Zhuang, this war is over, let's prepare to receive the surrendered Huns." Wang Yu pointed into the distance and said

""Yeah." Wei Zhuang narrowed his eyes and nodded.

"Report! Your Highness, a group of Huns broke out of the encirclement and fled toward Baishan Mountain. General Li has led troops to pursue them." After about an hour, the scouts came on horseback to report.

"Ignore him and destroy the enemies in front of you first." Wang Yu waved his hand and said

""Yes." The scout turned back to deliver the order.

"If you let the tiger go back to the mountain, aren't you afraid of endless trouble?" Wei Zhuang said

"As long as we can wipe out one hundred thousand Xiongnu, the rest will not be a concern," Wang Yu said with the corner of his mouth raised. On the battlefield, the Xiongnu Chanyu led more than a thousand soldiers and horses of his own army to tear a hole and escape, and the Zhou army's chariots and cavalry pursued them closely.

However , Before they had pursued far, the scouts ordered to stop the pursuit. Although General Li was unwilling, he had to obey the order. It was getting dark gradually. One day of fighting caused heavy losses to the 500,000 Xiongnu Western Region coalition forces, including almost 70,000 to 80,000 Western Regions troops. were destroyed, and more than 200,000 Huns were killed or captured. The rest fled in all directions. The Zhou army lost more than 50,000 people.

In the evening, Wang Yu ordered to reward the soldiers and transport the wounded back to the Central Plains.

After ten days of rest, Wang Yu led The army marched to Baishan Mountain.

The Xiongnu Chanyu, who had been gathering his troops, heard about it and quickly led his army to flee to Yanzhi Mountain.

Wang Yu, who was in vain, marched toward the northwest and sent Pegasus cavalry to inquire about the movements of the Xiongnu Chanyu's headquarters.

He learned that After the Chanyu fled to Yanzhi Mountain, Wang Yu sent Wei Zhuang with an army of 250,000 to attack Yanzhi Mountain.

The two sides started a fierce battle around Yanzhi Mountain. The Xiongnu Chanyu could not break through the Zhou army's phalanx from the front, so they planned to attack at night. , but there were Yanjia men patrolling the camp, and these Yanjia men did not need to sleep, so when the huge iron bones pressed on the heads of the Huns cavalry, the Huns cavalry collapsed. They fled in all directions but were intercepted by Wei Zhuang. After a day and night of fighting, the Xiongnu Chanyu headquarters, which had gathered tens of thousands of soldiers and horses, suffered heavy losses and fled to Langjuxu Mountain overnight.

Wei Zhuang did not pursue the pursuit immediately, but sent Pegasus cavalry to follow, while he led his troops to search Yanzhi Mountain See if there are any Huns hiding in the dark.

After checking to confirm that there are no hidden Huns, Wei Zhuang heard from Wang Yu that he would pursue the escaped Shanyu troops.

Wang Yu did not agree and asked Wei Zhuang to come back and join him. , because Luoyi was going to send Jixiantang killers to assassinate the Xiongnu Chanyu again.

One afternoon."Come, come, come, generals, please." Wang Yu held up the copper jue and several Huns were drinking in the commander's tent.

"Thank you, King Xining." Several Huns thanked them, and then raised their wine bowls.

There were five Huns present, and they were the five little kings of the Xining Kingdom: Aries King, Sun Eclipse King, Tuntou King, Zici King and King Xiutu.

The five young kings led the remaining tribes to surrender. The five were not favored by the Shan Yu. They suffered heavy losses in the previous battle in Yunzhong. Afterwards, the five young kings decided to defect to the Zhou Dynasty, and these five young kings The king was later the Five Chanyus of the Xiongnu

"The generals understand the righteousness well and it is indeed a wise move to surrender to our court. I will not treat you badly. The emperor and the grand master will reward you heavily if they know it." Wang Yu praised

"Thank you very much, Emperor and Grand Master." The five people thanked them again.

"Okay, I wonder what the Xiongnu has done recently?" Wang Yu asked

"When a few of us came here, we heard that Shan Yu had died again, and everyone was panicked." King Aries looked at the other people and said to Wang Yu

"oh?"Wang Yu pretended not to know.

"No, it’s been less than a year since the war started. If I remember correctly, the Huns have already replaced three Chanyus," Wang Yu said

"Yes, each Shanyu died mysteriously soon after he succeeded to the throne, which made the leaders of various ministries tremble with fear." The Aries King agreed.

"Hey, ignore him, I am going to march into the Western Region and annex these dozens of small countries in one fell swoop. I wonder if some generals are willing to go and pacify the Western Region for me?" Wang Yu waved his hand and said

"Forehead.."I'm willing." Several Xiao Wangs hesitated for a moment and agreed one after another.

"Very good, don't worry, I won't let your efforts go in vain. I will provide the weapons, food and grass. If you win, the things you get are yours. If you lose, I will bear the consequences." Wang Yu wrote a check for them.

"Thank you, King Xining." The morale of the five little kings immediately rose.

Although the countries in the Western Regions are not as rich as the Central Plains, they are still better than the Huns who live in pursuit of water and grass. Especially countries such as Dawan and Loulan not only produce horses but also gold, gems and beauties. Listen, It was said that the queen of Loulan was the most beautiful in the Western Regions, and several Hun kings had long wanted to see her.