The Three Kingdoms began with island farming

Chapter 579: The Afterglow of the Empire
If you lose the initiative and make one wrong step, you will fall behind in every step afterwards.

This was the case with the Northern Huns.

If it is a normal battle.

He also has several talented generals under his command, so it is impossible for him to end up in such a disastrous defeat in this battle.

But unfortunately, from beginning to end, the Northern Huns had been plotted against and had no room to fight back.

Everything went more smoothly than Cao Cao and others had planned.

First, he severely damaged Huyan China, the Marquis of Gudu, and attracted the main force of the Northern Xiongnu to the vicinity of Yuan Shu's army. Then he took the opportunity to launch a surprise attack, forcing the great Danghu Qiulin Hudu to fight back to buy time.

Taking advantage of the huge gap in combat power between the two sides and the Northern Huns' errors in intelligence and judgment, he directly killed Qiulinhudu.

The Northern Huns were almost doomed to failure, and their only choice was to use the tactic of adding fuel to the fire, organizing their well-organized troops to launch the first attack.

Taking this opportunity, he killed the Left Wise King Hu Yan Moye in battle again.

The Left Wise King and the Great Danghu were killed in the battle, and the Right Wise King fled with the severely injured Gudu Hou.

The only major general of the Northern Xiongnu left was Chanyu Luandi Ule, who was alone and had only 30,000 cavalrymen.

On the coalition side, only 20,000 cavalry and the White Horse Volunteers were dispatched as the vanguard, but they still had many more cards up their sleeves.

The battle went too smoothly, so smoothly that both Cao Cao and Yuan Shao felt it was unreal, and it once again strengthened their confidence.

We are really strong!

Ju Shou, Xi Zhicai and other counselors also breathed a sigh of relief.

It seems that wars outside the Central Plains are not that difficult.

For them, these wars were not just about winning, they had to be great victories with minimal casualties. They had to conquer the Roman Empire before Tian Ze left, only then would they be truly at ease.

Otherwise, they would not have enough territory and population to support themselves, and any future expansion of their territory would only be possible through a long tug-of-war.

After all, Tian Ze is the only one who can provide them with resources and fully support them.

Anyone who has used it will know the joy of quadrupling the grain yield.

Originally it took ten households to support one soldier, but now only three households are needed.

There is no need to worry about insufficient food and fodder when going to foreign wars, and there is no need to worry about the low cost-effectiveness when plundering land. You can conquer with impunity.

Cao Cao and Yuan Shao cherished such prosperous days very much.

Looking back on the previous few years, even Xiahou Yuan’s 13-year-old niece had to chop firewood under Cao Cao, and Yuan Shao’s army had to rely on eating mulberries to fill their stomachs. Those days were simply too unbearable to recall.

Mao Jie frowned slightly as he watched the Northern Xiongnu Chanyu's troops, who were reorganizing their forces and charging forward despite knowing that they had already been defeated.

"My lord, it's not time to relax yet. Although we have won the battle, the Northern Xiongnu Chanyu is still pressing forward."

"It's just a fight of trapped beasts." Cao Cao shook his head slightly.

"He wanted to give more Northern Huns a chance to escape and use their lives to delay us."

"But we have to be able to delay it." Mao Jie said calmly.

"In the current situation, if the opponent is not confident enough and wants to delay time, the best choice should be to harass us in small groups, or to fight and retreat, rather than rushing forward and committing suicide."

"Xiaoxian, what do you mean?" Cao Cao, who was a little complacent, calmed down instantly after hearing this.

"The Northern Xiongnu Chanyu must have a trump card."

Cao Cao was silent when he heard this.

However, Xi Zhicai also looked a little serious: "My lord, what Xiaoxian said is right."

Cao Cao immediately realized the seriousness of the situation after hearing his two chief advisers say so. "Order Cao Ren to lead his troops forward, and the Tiger and Leopard Cavalry and the White Horse Volunteers to break out to both sides. After the two sides have fought, prepare to attack the two wings of the Northern Xiongnu Chanyu's tribe."

"Order the three vanguards led by Lu Bu to break out as quickly as possible and reorganize the formation just in case."

"Order Gao Lan's troops to advance, and Xu Chu, Chun Yuqiong, and Cao Hong's troops to form a triangular shape to guard the center army."

Along with Cao Cao's orders, the military drums sounded rhythmically again.

The eyes of all the generals in the field were instantly focused on the direction of the Northern Xiongnu Khan, and each of them understood his own mission.

Luandi Ule, who was galloping at full speed, soon noticed the change in the Han army's formation and felt extremely bitter.

He didn't expect that even in this situation, the Han army would still be so cautious.

Looking in the direction of the Han army's center and seeing the dense troop movements, Luandi Ule sighed lightly.

"That's it!"

He had originally thought that he could fight to the death and severely injure the Han army when they were careless. It would be best if he could have a chance to kill the enemy commander and turn the tide of the battle.

But now it seems that it is impossible to break in because the other party is well prepared.

In this case, we can only change our strategy.

Looking at the scorching sun still high in the sky, it was probably still nearly two hours before evening.

He must buy two hours.

Cavalry combat is different from ordinary infantry combat. Even in a large-scale decisive battle of one hundred thousand people, a head-on confrontation, the battle will be over within a few hours.

Because cavalry is highly mobile, as long as one side's formation collapses, it will quickly turn into a pursuit battle.

Two hours may not sound long, but the opponent is such a powerful Han army that it is difficult to hold on.

Luandi Wule gently rubbed his chest. He had long been accustomed to the almost tearing pain in his heart, but he was worried about how long his heart could hold on.

"We have finally come to this. God is above, I hope we can hold on a little longer." Luandi Wule said in a deep voice.

Taking off the wolf-head horn from his waist, Luandi Wule blew it hard towards the sky.

The desolate and sharp trumpet sounds tore through the sky, and 30,000 cavalrymen formed a huge half-moon formation with amazing tacit understanding, like a black sickle about to reap lives.

Luandi Wule personally led three thousand Canglang riders to the front, acting as the most critical "Moon Blade".

"How can they still be so rampant in this situation!" Lu Bu and others frowned slightly as they watched this scene.

Luandi Ule seemed to sense the Han army's contempt and smiled faintly.

"Recreate the empire's final glory."

Along with Luandi Wule's whispers, the hearts of the three thousand Canglang Riders began to beat at an extremely terrifying speed.

In an instant, all the cavalrymen spat out blood, and a strange flush appeared on their faces.

"I will put all my strength, potential, and lifespan on the line, even at the cost of my life, just for this moment of light!"

Red and black blood energy lingered around Luandi Wule's body, as if it had absorbed all the cruelty and unwillingness in the world.

The rough air that spewed out of his nostrils turned into blood mist in the air, and infinite power surged from his body.

Cao Ren, who took the initiative to confront them, was shocked when he saw the strange state of the Northern Hun cavalry.

Although he had been prepared, Cao Ren couldn't help but be on high alert again when faced with this situation.

"Add three more shield walls!"

(End of this chapter)