In 99 BC, Li Ling, a Han general who was even more mad than Huo, actually wanted to break into the court with 5,000 infantry to rescue his friend Su Wu. Everyone in the world thought he was crazy, but as a fanatic who worked hard day and night to develop cavalry tactics, Li Ling wanted to fight and carry out a great tactical experiment, and the biggest capital in his hands was the Han Army's strong crossbow corps that was leading the world and proud of the world. To this end, he ordered the soldiers to collect arrows as far as they could, and finally got a total of half a million arrows, so many arrows were shot out, and it was enough to bury the Court of the Xiongnu King!
In September, these arrows, weapons, armor, and enough clothing and food for more than 5,000 people to use for more than two months were all loaded on hundreds of large carts, and together with Li Ling's army, they set off from Juyan and slowly marched toward the north of the desert.
Leaving Juyan, they entered the Xiongnu's sphere of influence, and the Han army did not have enough cavalry to carry out wide-net reconnaissance, so it could only send a small number of rangers to explore the way in front, be careful and vigilant, and guide the large troops to search and advance, the result was that from Juyan to Junjishan, a distance of four or five hundred kilometers, they walked for a month, an average of more than ten kilometers a day, I believe that the Xiongnu reconnaissance horses have long found them, but why they did not attack them for a long time, which made Li Ling very strange.
The greatest danger is often hidden in calm. The Huns did not appear for a long time, there was only one possibility, they were mobilizing their forces and waiting for Li Ling to continue to penetrate, thus trapping the Jedi and sweeping them all away.
Until they camped at Junji Mountain, the Han army still did not find any trace of the enemy, and everyone's mood was very relaxed, thinking that the Xiongnu feared my heavenly soldiers as timid as rats, this time as long as they shocked them and calmly returned to the division, this was enough to show off to others in the future - Lao Tzu had walked thousands of miles through the hinterland of the Xiongnu as if entering no man's land - think of cattle!
Only Li Ling's face was gloomy, standing on the top of the mountain every day and looking around, no one knew what was going on in his heart.
It was the autumn wind that killed, the sky was dark, the four fields were decaying, and the grass was wailing, just like Li Ling's face and state of mind.
The atmosphere of danger is getting stronger. Intuition told Li Ling that a great war was coming.
During this period, the rangers who kept probing the enemy's tracks came back to report the details of the surrounding area to Li Ling, who wrote these situations into the song book, and at the same time drew a huge and detailed map of the mountains and rivers encountered along the road, and prepared to send people back to Chang'an to present to the imperial court.
Then, Li Ling summoned his personal knight Chen Bule and asked him to return to Chang'an with a quick horse with the song book, and to warn the emperor that Yan Ling was not talented, and he hoped to be a great task, and this trip was fortunate for His Majesty Long En, and he was given five thousand foot soldiers and went out on a mission to the absolute domain. Ling will strike at the crowd with less, slash the flag, chase after the north, wipe out the traces and sweep the dust, behead his commander-in-chief, and regard death as a return, in order to repay His Majesty.
Chen Bule loudly took the order, and then turned around and picked two of the only ten or so war horses, got on the horse and waved the whip, and left the dust.
Li Ling looked at Chen Bule's gradually shrinking figure with some envious eyes and let out a long sigh. The cold wind of late autumn swept through the desert, and Li Ling's heart tightened, and he couldn't help but shiver. The cold and dead weather of the Xiongnu is really not a place for people to stay, in a few days things will have a result, I hope that after this battle, I can still go back alive, remembering his old mother and wife and children in the Longxi family, Li Ling's heart can't help but warm.
Seven or eight days later, Chen Bule returned to Chang'an with exhaustion and excitement, and Emperor Wu of Han began to hear from Li Ling dozens of days later, and he was so anxious that he quickly summoned Chen Bule. Chen Bule presented the book, then reported that General Li had arrived at the designated place as ordered, and was now looking for enemy tracks, and then praised Li Ling for living up to the holy grace, conscientious work, leading the army, and all the soldiers were willing to fight for him to the death. His Majesty is assured that everything is moving in a good direction.
Liu Che listened, happy and broken, the Manchu Dynasty Minister of Culture and Martial Arts greeted him with a good heart, and also hurried to put wine to congratulate him, saying that His Majesty is wise and divine, and Li Ling dares to fight deeply, which is really the good fortune of my Great Han! Emperor Wu became more and more happy, and when he opened his mouth, he sealed Chen Bule as a lang official, and Chen Bule was overjoyed and grateful, and he was overjoyed.
It's another bounty! Zhao Chongguo, as a false Sima Andi, suffered more than twenty wounds, saved the First Army, and only sealed a middle lang. Chen Bule was no more than an ordinary knight, and he reported a letter and said two good words, and even sealed a Lang official. Emperor Wudi of Han is now dealing with things, it is so casual, I want you to take care of it!
In this way, Chen Bule began to enjoy the boundless happiness in Chang'an, while Li Ling fell into a real bitter battle in the north of the desert.
Photo: Junji Mountain (present-day Mount Altai, Waimeng)
The main force of the Xiongnu finally came to kill, this was the Shan Yubu army led by Hou Huan personally, a total of 30,000 horses, six to one superiority in troops, Li Ling's army was surrounded by regiments in The Junji Mountain, densely packed on all sides by Xiongnu knights, the sound of the trumpets and the sound of the thundering of the people were confused. The so-called mingdi is a kind of sound arrow, which is invented alone, and the whole army shoots at it alone.
At this scene, Li Ling had a complicated smile. The sound of the roaring sound meant that the Xiongnu Shan Yu had personally stepped out of the horse.
Pictured: The second from the left is an arrow with a sounding dysprosium
Li Guang and Huo Went ill two famous generals, who had never been able to fight with the Xiongnu Shan Yu head-on in their entire lives, and now Li Ling's first official expedition actually met, fortunately, unfortunately?
But Li Ling didn't have time to think about it so much, the military situation was urgent, he quickly moved the troops between the two peaks of the east and west Junji Mountains, connected the heavy vehicles end to end into a row to think that the camp was obstacles, and then led the soldiers to deploy outside the camp, the front row holding shields, halberds, and the rear row holding bows and crossbows, Li Ling and Lieutenant Han Yannian respectively held yellow and white flags to guard the front and rear troops, and ordered more than ten relatives to ride back and forth, holding gold and drums to pass on military orders, in order to advance and retreat. The five thousand soldiers and soldiers performed their duties and waited in strict formation, calmly not like an army, like a war machine without emotion or life.
The Art of War says: "The golden drum of the flag and the movement of an army depend on this." The flag is seen by the eyes of all men and seen by one man; the golden drum is heard by the ears of all men. Therefore, the soldiers of the three armies have learned the formation method, so that they can encounter the enemy, see the flag to respond, and listen to the golden drum and advance and retreat. In this way, it is invincible. "This set of strict platooning and deployment of the Han army shows its complete tactical system and Li Ling's excellent command ability.
The art of war also says: "Whoever marches over the mountains and takes a dangerous position, he will cling to the valley, one is good for water and grass, one is attached to the danger, and he will win the battle." "Li Ling did not choose to deploy on the mountain, but chose between the two mountains, which greatly limited the cavalry superiority of the Xiongnu army. Because the two mountains on the left and right of this array are the best natural barriers for the Han army in the valley (Note: the valley is not a canyon, the valley is easy to defend, and the canyon is a dead end. The Hun cavalry could only attack from one direction. And if the Han army chooses to deploy on the mountain, then the Xiongnu cavalry can besiege from all sides along the hillside, and the Han army is trapped on the top of the mountain, unable to retreat, and sooner or later the whole army will be destroyed.
In addition, the Han army's large vehicles were battalions, double-platoon operations, crossfire, and defense in depth, which could be attacked and defended; and then the limited cavalry was used as a messenger to establish an efficient military command information system; all of this, Li Ling was worthy of being the first tactical master of the empire.
Moreover, Hou Huan saw that Li Ling was not afraid of danger, and his deployment was appropriate, and he was also very impressed in his heart, but the other side's troops were so weak and there were no warhorses, and the Xiongnu iron horse was condescending, and the Han army had no chance of winning.
Unfortunately, and Huan Hou only guessed the ending, but did not guess the process. Li Ling's Han army would soon inflict an unprecedented heavy blow on him, making him unforgettable for the rest of his life.
With the last sound of the sound, the Xiongnu army rushed down from the hillside, arrogantly approaching the Han camp, just wanted to say hello, the Han army suddenly sounded a heaven-shaking war drum, nearly a thousand warriors shouted out to kill, rushed into the Xiongnu forward, left and right to kill, brave and fierce, really worthy of the empire's first step of the battle elite.
On the close-quarters of hand-to-hand combat, the Xiongnu are really not the opponents of the Han army's "Jingchu Wizards Swordsman", these martial arts masters, the best at fighting skills, and after years of training by Li Ling, that is only understand the xiongnu cavalry that can rush and kill, plus they did not expect the Han army to take the initiative to attack, so they were defenseless, and the people who were killed suddenly turned over on their horses, and there was chaos.
Taking advantage of this time, the crossbowmen in the back row of the Han army hiding behind the shield began to fill the crossbow arrows, they placed the front end of the crossbow on the ground and then stepped on it with their feet, pulled the bow string up with both hands, hung it on the "machine teeth", and then loaded the three arrows into the slot on the crossbow arm in turn, flattened, squinted to estimate the distance, to correct the scale on the "Wangshan", and then gently buckled the "hanging knife" with their fingers, aimed at the enemy, and prepared to fire.
These powerful long-range weapons with high rate of fire, high range, high density and high precision were much more advanced than the original bows and arrows of the Hun cavalry. Li Ling's courage to exaggerate Haikou in front of Emperor Wu of Han lies in this.
And How could Hou Hou not have imagined that the tired and weak Han army infantry would actually rebel against the guests and take the lead in attacking, which was too ridiculous! So he hurriedly gave the order, the army quickly pressed up, the whole charge, he did not believe, these four-legged cavalry can not rush the two-legged infantry? Heaven forbid!
Li Ling smiled slightly, waved the ling flag, the golden sound sounded into a piece, the warriors quickly retreated, at the same time the strong crossbowmen in the back row pulled the suspension knife, a thousand crossbows were fired in unison, a thousand sharp arrows were fired together, and under the reflection of the sun, they released a thousand rays of light, the arrows were like flying locusts, like lightning, repeated reincarnations, Zhang and came back, shot and re-entered, the crossbows were silent, and the rows of Xiongnu cavalry fell down in response, and there was no faster killing than this. Moreover, Hou Hou was horrified when he saw the situation, and hurriedly ordered his troops to withdraw to the mountain, wanting to reorganize the team and fight again, but he did not expect that Li Ling ordered the drum to be beaten again, and thousands of warriors rushed out at the sound of the sound and pursued and killed the Xiongnu thirty thousand elite horses.
Of course, the infantry could not have run past the cavalry, but after a rain of arrows before, some of the Xiongnu cavalry lost their war horses, and some of the cavalry were thrown to the ground by the frightened war horses, they were terrified, they were chased by the Han army, naturally the souls were scattered, most of them were killed on the spot, blood flowed all over the valley, and the corpses were ambushed. Some of the slower Hun cavalry on horseback were also shot down the hillside by the Han army's crossbow, tumbling and falling down, becoming the ghosts of the Han army's swords.
It seems that the elite Han heavy infantry equipped with crossbow iron armor is much stronger than the Xiongnu light cavalry.
In this battle, the Xiongnu lost thousands of soldiers, Li Ling was already enough, and the next step was all earned.
And Hou Huan finally found that he had indeed underestimated the enemy, this Han army infantry regiment not only had amazing combat effectiveness, but also excellent tactics and advanced equipment, which was by no means comparable to Li Guangli and the like, and his 30,000 people were probably not enough, and he had to find some helpers.