Han Khan

Chapter 123, Onslaught

After a long time, the Dubu people finally realized that it was not the Oirat and the Mongols who launched a surprise attack on them.

It was an unknown but extremely powerful force that attacked them under the cover of night. Through the light of the fire, they saw thousands of enemies holding spears and wearing iron armor. They were immediately frightened, but they also fought back immediately.

Although the Dubo people suffered heavy losses in the Jinhan raid, they were still numerous and, inspired by the anxiety of the tribal chiefs and nobles, they also became more courageous and put up a desperate resistance. For a while, Zhang Langjieri and others felt that they could not be killed.

At this time, Zhang Sheng led the Guards Regiment and rushed to a high ground. He looked around the situation. At this time, the herds of sheep, cattle and horses in the camp were driven around by Yin Shanxiong and his men. All the people in the camp were awakened. The old, weak, women and children ran wailing in a hurry, and countless people were trampled. The chaotic situation had achieved the effect Zhang Sheng wanted.

But at this time, a large number of people from the Dubo Department gathered.

Zhang Sheng knew that the challenge had come and that the broadcaster was not so easy to deal with.

Pointing at the crowd of people who had gathered, he said to Boniek:
"Do you see those people? Your next mission is to lead the troops to chase and kill all the people who are gathering to resist. As long as there are still groups of enemies, you are not allowed to stop. Fight to the last moment!"

Boniec obeyed the order, spurred his horse, and led a regiment of guards to rush towards the group of Dubo people, hacking left and right like a madman. Soon he crushed them to pieces and continued to gallop to find the next target.

Then let Timur lead a regiment to attack the place where the Dubu war horses gather, disperse the horses, and reduce the Dubu people's potential for resistance to the minimum. The Dubu people without the support of war horses will be much easier to deal with.

They galloped through the felt tents outside the camp, killing people, setting fires, and causing chaos in all directions.

The fire spread, and fires started in more and more places, dispersing the dark fog that shrouded the sky and the earth, and bringing light to time, but this light was accompanied by endless killing.

Living in the Dubo camp were Shulun Timur, the leader of the Dubo tribe, and many small tribal chiefs and warriors.

The sounds of killing and screaming outside woke them up. Some people who were sleeping were so scared that they jumped out of bed. Many people had not yet reacted to what was happening, but they knew that something was wrong and someone was attacking them.

"what happened?"

“Who is attacking us?”

"Are they the Khitans? Or the Oirat? Or the Mongol Shiwei?"

In the forest-steppe transition zone north of Mobei, apart from the Dubo tribe, there were only a few powerful tribes such as the Khitan, Oirats and Menggu Shiwei who would oppose the Dubo tribe and often compete with it for pastures, hunting grounds, livestock and population.

So when they heard the shouting and killing coming from outside, the first thing the people of the Dubo tribe thought of was the attack from these hostile tribes.

The nobles in the Dubo tribe's camp were not slow to react. They quickly realized the critical situation and immediately began to organize a counterattack.

As the leader of the Dubo tribe, Shulun Timur knew very well that this battle was related to the life and death of the entire tribe.

He gave the order without hesitation: "All warriors of the Dubo tribe, quickly assemble and defend against the enemy's surprise attack!"

Although the Dubo people suffered heavy losses in the Jin Han people's surprise attack, they were still numerous and, inspired by the anxiety of the tribal leaders, they also became more courageous and put up a desperate resistance. For a while, it seemed to the Jin Han people that they could never be killed.

However, the Jinhan cavalry at this time will not do as they wish.

All the Jinhan people were like mad dogs, biting the Dubo tribe's camp tightly.

Led by Zhang Sheng and the three regiment leaders, the Jin Han people rushed into the camp at lightning speed and launched a bloody massacre. Every knife and arrow was fatal, ruthlessly harvesting the lives of the enemy. Under this sudden attack, the camp of the Dubo tribe turned into a sea of ​​blood.

People fled in all directions, trying to find a safe place to hide.

But Zhang Langjie's team chased them relentlessly, not giving them any chance to breathe.

After meeting up with Zhang Langjie, Zhang Sheng led several guards to rush to a high ground and look around at the surrounding situation.

At this time in the Dubo tribe, herds of cattle, sheep, horses and reindeer were driven around by Yin Shanxiong and his men. All the Dubo people were awakened. The old, the weak, women and children ran wailing in a hurry, and countless people were trampled. The chaotic situation had achieved the effect that Zhang Sheng wanted.

At this time, the entire Dubo camp was filled with smoke and flames, and it was emitting a strong smell of blood that was nauseating.

"Ah...!" Zhang Langjie's hoarse roar came from a distance. At this time, he had turned into a bloody man. He didn't know whether it was the enemy's or his own, and he didn't know how many enemies he had killed.

After fighting for so long, many Jinhan people had already lost their mobility and were fighting face to face with the Dubo people.

Faced with the Dubo people who continued to resist, they were becoming increasingly powerless. The blades of many soldiers' sabers had been bent, and those who had flails, flails and shields had already been replaced with them.

At this time, except for the guards regiment beside Zhang Sheng which suffered very few casualties, the other two ordinary regiments had suffered 30% casualties, but their fighting spirit was still high, and they fought desperately under the command of the centurions and battalion commanders.

Zhang Sheng knew at this time that the two regiments could not hold out for much longer. Without any hesitation, he immediately led the fully armed guards and rushed towards the direction of the densely packed enemy with spears.

The Dubo people, who had no armor protection and had no time to mount their horses, looked at the rumbling Jin Han cavalry rushing towards them in the light of the fire in the camp. They felt a sudden chill in their bodies as if they were scared to death.

In an instant, the formation they had just assembled and organized was directly destroyed.

With Zhang Sheng's support, the remaining 1200 Jinhan cavalrymen in the two regiments finally breathed a sigh of relief and the pressure was relieved.

The situation of the Dubo people in the camp was just the opposite. The Jin Han people attacked at night, and in panic they gathered no more than 2,000 people. Relying on a brief period of blood, they resisted the ferocious and brutal Zhang Langjieri and Timur. At this moment, a cavalry covered in iron armor rushed over. The long lances directly pierced many warriors and dragged them several meters away.

Many heads of the Dubo tribe, seeing that the situation was not good, had already considered retreating.

But Zhang Sheng suddenly saw a short but very strong man, who swung a knife and killed several warriors in leather armor beside him, and was yelling at some people in front of him in a language that Zhang Sheng could not understand.

"Yanzhi, what did he say?"

Yan Zhi, who was on the sidelines and keeping an eye on the situation, said quickly:
"Your Highness, that guy should be the leader of the Dubo tribe, Shulun Timur. He said that whoever dares to retreat will die. If everyone retreats, the Dubo tribe will become slaves of the enemy and will be destroyed!"

Zhang Sheng nodded after hearing this. He took out his bow and arrow, and in the light of the fire, he aimed at the man who looked like the leader of the Dubo tribe. With a "bang", the arrow pierced the enemy's shoulder directly, and the man fell to the ground. But to Zhang Sheng's shock, the man slowly stood up again and broke the arrow on his shoulder.

The tribal warriors beside him began to shout continuously. It seemed that Zhang Sheng's arrow actually boosted the morale of the enemy.

Zhang Sheng saw that the fierce general of Tibetan descent, Zhang Langjieri, had gone crazy with killing. He mechanically waved the huge mace in his hand and attacked several tribal leaders of Dubo together with Timur, forcing them to retreat step by step. Those who were a little slower had their heads smashed by him, and a bloody mist appeared instantly.

(End of this chapter)