Establishing a thousand-year family from the nobles of the Western Han Dynasty

Chapter 7 Counterattack
More than 100,000 Han troops, led by generals such as Zhou Bo and Ding Fu, took advantage of the cover of night and ruthlessly took the lives of the Huns like a swarm of locusts passing through.

In the eyes of the Han army, these people's heads were just pieces of land and titles, so they were simply blinded with killing intent.

Maodun's troops were unable to resist at all and could only slowly move towards Baideng Mountain.

There were more than 100,000 elite Huns there who were used to blockade Liu Bang. If they joined forces, they might be able to fight.

Xu Zhen followed behind the army and harvested destiny points to his heart's content. This time he made a lot of money. The destiny points contributed by these Huns alone were quite a lot, not to mention the reward for rescuing Liu Bang.

"Jinghou Ping has a plan, but I don't know whether I should tell you or not."

Chen Ping leaned next to Xu Zhen and whispered.

"Sir, please feel free to speak." Xu Zhen nodded. Chen Ping was a well-known ruthless scholar who made great contributions to Liu Bang's unification of the world.

It's just that the plan was a bit too cruel.

"Now that the Huns have been wounded, I believe the blockade of Mount Baideng will be weakened. We can send an envoy to Mount Baideng to contact Your Majesty."

"If we attack the Xiongnu from both sides, they will be hard to resist."

"This is a great idea. Let's do as you say, sir."

Xu Zhen agreed with this strategy. Although Liu Bang had only a few thousand men, they were all the elite among the elite and could resist the 400,000-strong Hun army for seven days and seven nights without being defeated.

If used well, it can be more powerful than a hundred thousand soldiers!

After selecting the messenger, Xu Zhen opened the panel again and used some props to increase the combat effectiveness of the infantry.

The five white items can increase the army's combat effectiveness by about 10%, which is undoubtedly huge, and can better kill enemies on the front line and harvest destiny points for him.

.........

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty, something has changed down there! Something has changed down there!"

At this time Li Shang rushed into Liu Bang's tent in a hurry, not even bothering to follow the etiquette of paying homage.

Fortunately, Liu Bang didn't care much about this and sat up lazily.

"What's the change that makes you so excited?"

Li Shang panted and explained, "Your Majesty, some of the Xiongnu cavalry that surrounded us at the foot of Mount Baideng have withdrawn."

"It seems like there's something wrong with their camp!"

"What?" Upon hearing this, Liu Bang suddenly lost all sleepiness.

"Could it be that Fan Kuai's reinforcements have arrived? Or is it Zi Fu?"

He was more inclined to believe that the person who came was Xu Zhen. He knew Fan Kuai's ability and wondered how he could possibly do such a thing.

You know, according to the normal marching speed, it would take at least three days for the entire army to arrive, not to mention that there is no communication between the inside and the outside at this time.

In Liu Bang's impression, only Jing Hou could do it.

"Report..."

At this time, a guard entered the tent.

"Your Majesty, the envoy of Marquis Jing has arrived."

"It's Zi Fu." Liu Bang showed a matter-of-fact expression. He knew that Fan Kuai didn't have this ability.

It seems that the only minister he can truly employ is Xu Zhen.

In fact, Liu Bang did not intend to let Xu Zhen dominate the court, so he arranged for the left prime minister Xiao He to check and balance him.

But now it seems that there is no need for that, as there is only one person who can help him at the critical moment.

"Bring it in right away."

.........

Although the Huns transferred another 40,000 elite troops from Baideng, it was still of no use. The Han army quickly occupied the advantageous terrain and fought a tug-of-war.

The Han army was in a favorable position, so the accuracy of their arrows was not affected at all, and the props helped them avoid night blindness. In addition, because of the hasty evacuation, the Xiongnu people took almost no livestock and food with them, and the remaining food in the rear could only supply them for five days at most. After all, there were 400,000 mouths to feed, and even if they abandoned the old and weak, they would not save much food.

Not to mention that their morale was low at this time, because most of the supplies looted from the Central Plains were lost. Even if they could repel the Han army this time, they would not gain much benefit.

"Prime Minister Xu, should we attack?" Zhou Bo turned to ask Xu Zhen.

"Wait a little longer. We must give a fatal blow to ferocious wild wolves like the Huns! Otherwise, it will be easy for them to escape with their mobility." Xu Zhen waved his hand.

After all, most of the Huns were cavalry, and Maodun was just unwilling to retreat immediately and was afraid of an ambush. He could still escape if he abandoned the old and weak.

In order to resolve the hidden dangers on the border, Xu Zhen must show weakness and wait until Liu Bang leads his army to cut off the enemy's food supply before fighting!

In this way, he could deplete the Huns' strength as much as possible by encircling them from both sides. He did not expect to keep Maodun, but just wanted to weaken him as much as possible.

"Yes, sir." Zhou Bo sent someone to convey the order with a military flag.

He now had 100% trust in Xu Zhen, after all, the facts were there.

As the Han army deliberately showed weakness, the Huns became more confident and began to attack forward like crazy.

He slowly approached the encirclement set up by Xu Zhen.

Once he entered the pocket formation, with Liu Bang's army behind him, Maodun would be unable to escape.

Because things were going so smoothly, Maodun became suspicious. The fighting effectiveness of the previous group of Han people was not so low.

"Although this is a plain, it is advantageous for our Xiongnu cavalry to fight, but it is also advantageous for the Han people..."

Maodun thought about it, and finally his desire to win over his reason. There were still tens of thousands of reinforcements in the rear, and he could escape at any time, so he decided to attack with all his strength.

Get back your lost livestock supplies in one fell swoop!

The Han army continued to show weakness.

At the same time, Liu Bang on Baideng Mountain was not idle either.

His years of experience in military career allowed him to quickly find the weak points in the Huns' defense. With limited manpower, it was impossible to cover everything, so it was normal to have loopholes.

At this time, Liu Bang was already wearing armor made of fine iron and holding a long sword, looking very vigorous. The thousands of soldiers below him were the most elite troops of the Han Dynasty.

They were all wearing standard armor, with strong shoulders and big waists. The heavy armor did not affect their movements. Among them there were even a thousand cavalrymen!
In the Han Dynasty, cavalry was extremely valuable and these one thousand cavalrymen were the elite among them!

"My great Han warriors, the time has come to make achievements! The barbarians on the grasslands have been cunning and treacherous and have surrounded us here. Today is the time to avenge our humiliation!"

"kill!"

"kill!"

Countless dull and powerful shouts resounded throughout the entire Baideng Mountain.

They also hated the Huns very much and were always waiting for an opportunity.

"Follow me and get out!"

Liu Bang mounted his horse, raised his sword and shouted.

The sound of heavy footsteps mixed with the sound of horse hooves came one after another. The Xiongnu cavalry that surrounded the Han army quickly formed a battle array to meet the enemy, intending to continue using their mobility to delay time and wait for the arrival of the large force.

However, this time Liu Bang did not give them a chance. He directly sent elite cavalry to charge, and used the power of a high-speed dive to tear open a hole.

The infantry followed behind and reaped the spoils. How could the Xiongnu cavalry, which numbered less than 10,000, reach the elite Han army? They were killed and left their weapons and armors behind.

Then Liu Bang did not linger in the battle and ordered an immediate attack on the enemy's food, fodder and livestock.

"The first person to break into the enemy's granary will be made a Marquis of Guannei!"

There will always be brave men when there is a big reward, so the soldiers fought even harder. Who doesn’t know those people who were rewarded for dismembering Xiang Yu?
Your Majesty is really willing to give it!

In less than an hour, the Han army burned it all down, and now Maodun had no food left.

(End of this chapter)