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One after another, the sound of trumpets came one after another, but they did not rush into the valley to fight fiercely with the Han army. They did not care about the life or death of the bandits, as if they were deliberately instigating the Han army to kill all the bandits. At this time, most of the bandits in the valley were killed by the Han army, and more than two other people fled to the entrances of the valleys on both sides, but were intercepted by several teams of Han soldiers. In the end, only dozens of people escaped by luck, and the remaining more than a thousand bandits were all massacred by the Han army.

At this time, Ya Jiang He Yan captured the bandit Feinong alive and dragged him to Sima Yi. Feinong was so scared that he trembled all over. He had never seen such a powerful army before. He killed all his thousands of brothers. He realized that he had caused a disaster. Before Sima Yi could interrogate him, he shouted in a trembling voice, "It's... the Huns, they forced me."

Sima Yi narrowed his eyes. The thing he was most worried about finally became a reality. The Huns indeed got the information they sent to the original mission. This matter was quite secret. Who leaked it? Could it be Cao Jun from Hedong?

However, at this time, Sima Yi didn't care who leaked the news. He wanted to solve the current crisis. He asked again: "How many troops are there in the Huns?"

Fei Nong said with a sad face: "More than 5,000 people came from Xihe County. They blocked the valley from front to back. They originally wanted us to ambush you and force you to the Guiyou Valley. It was full of firewood and grass. They seemed to set fire to the valley."

Sima Yi remembered that a few steps behind them were actually a mountain crack, less than two meters wide, or a valley in the valley. The leader said that it was one mile deep inside, and it was a place where corpses were piled up, and it would be haunted at night, so it was called the Ghost Valley.

Sima Yi was secretly glad in his heart that fortunately the most elite Eagle Strike Army guarding him, defeating the bandits of the mob. If they were really forced to the Ghost Valley, they would be burned into ghosts.

"Who are the Huns? Where are the Huns from?"

"I don't know who I am. I haven't seen him. But he knows me and must be someone from Liu Bao. I swear that there is no lie, and I beg you to spare my life."

Sima Yi snorted, stared at him and said coldly: "You are harming someone, and you are full of evil. Today is the day you teach me. I will give you a happy ending."

"Give up your life"

As soon as Fei Nong shouted, He Yan stabbed him into the back of his heart and killed him with one knife.

At this time, the dull sound of war drums came from afar. The drums were not quick, not as if they were attacking, but they were rhythmic. He Yan was experienced. His face changed slightly and he said to Sima Yi worriedly: "The Huns first played the trumpet and gathered, but now there was rhythmic sound of war drums. This is the Xiongnu's need to launch a positional war, which is not good for us."

Sima Yi looked up at the sky. The sun was red in the west, the sun was already down the mountain, and the sky was about to get dark soon. Sima Yi said: "It's going to be dark, it's good for us. Everyone listen to my arrangements."

Sima Yi looked at the terrain around them again. The valley road here was a mile wide, and there were dozens of thick towering trees on both sides. The man in black just now ambushed them with bows and arrows on these big trees. Sima Yi turned around and said to more than 20 followers: "Don't worry about anything, climb up the tree, shoot cold arrows on the tree, and try to shoot enemy officers."

Except for a few officers, the rest of these twenty followers were ordinary soldiers around Sima Yi. Although they could not compare with the elite Eagle Strike soldiers, shooting and assassination were no problem. Everyone threw down their big boxes and climbed up the tree with swords and crossbow arrows.

Sima Yi pointed to Yukou's large box and said to He Yan: "These large wooden boxes can be used as bunkers. You can quickly move them to the middle and the bodies are piled up."

He Yan quickly ordered the soldiers to do as they did, and he said with some concern: "The forests on both sides are dense, and I am worried that the Huns will attack with fire."

Sima Yi sneered and said, "The terrain here is open, and even if we attack with fire, we are not afraid. Instead, they should worry about us setting fire to the valley. There is no need to worry about this problem for the time being. Time is tight, and we should arrange fortifications immediately."

He Yan agreed and left two soldiers to protect Sima Yi, so he hurried to deploy defense. With the help of the soldiers, Sima Yi also climbed a big tree and watched the battle from a high place.

The five thousand Huns army had blocked both ends of the valley in the long agreement, as if they were catching turtles in a jar, and they were bound to win. The reason why the Huns did not attack was that they hoped that the bandits would force the Han army envoys into the Ghost Valley, and then set fire to the valley, and wiped out all the envoys and their people without any effort.

On the other hand, even if the bandits could not force the Han army envoy into the Ghost Valley, they could use the bandits' power to consume the Han army's troops to the greatest extent, but the Huns did not expect that the Han army was so powerful that they killed more than a thousand bandits in just half an hour.

At this time, the twilight was dark, and the four thousand Xiongnu troops had been arranged. There were two thousand people in the north and south of the valley. The Xiongnu leaders were Liu Luo, the second son of the Zuoxian King Liu Bao. Liu Bao had many wives and concubines, with more than a dozen children.

In history, Liu Bao gave birth to another young child more than twenty years later. This person was the famous Liu Yuan. He inherited his father's territory and army in Bingzhou. He took advantage of the Eight Kings of the Jin Dynasty to lead his army to attack Luoyang, and the famous Yongjia Rebellion broke out. Liu Yuan then established the Zhao State in Bingzhou, opening the prelude to the Five Barbarians' Invasion of China.

At this time, Liu Bao was only over forty years old and Liu Yuan had not yet been born, but the historical ship had deviated from the channel. Liu Luo was sent by his father to lead 5,000 people to Pingyang County to intercept the Han army envoy. Liu Bao asked him to kill the Han army envoy.

Although Liu Luo was only in his early twenties, he had rich experience. He had received news that the bandit Feinong and his subordinates were completely wiped out by the Han army. He was shocked. He realized that although the Han army was not large, his combat effectiveness was strong and he could not be underestimated. So he adopted the strategy of positional warfare and ordered his subordinates to form a square formation to attack the Han army envoys.

He left a thousand people as reserve and ordered the troops on both sides of the north and south to go deeper into the valley step by step from both ends. Liu Luo saw that the sky was almost dark and he did not want to drag it until tomorrow. He had to fight quickly and immediately ordered: "Start up and attack the enemy."

The rhythm of the war drums suddenly accelerated, and the Hun soldiers began to run. They held torches and swords in their hands and rushed into the depths of the valley one mile away.

The Han army had already deployed defenses in the valley. Several big trees cut down by the bandits in the north could be used as bunkers, while the south was arranged into another bunker with a large box. One soldier was divided into two, with fifty people from the north and south. In addition, more than twenty crossbowmen were deployed on the big tree to shoot specialized in shooting Hun officers.

At this time, the sound of the war drums of the Huns suddenly accelerated. He Yan knew that the Huns were about to arrive. He shouted: "A real man died in the battlefield, the best thing in life, let the Huns remember tonight forever."

The soldiers roared in unison, and the military crossbows were raised one after another, aiming at the dark figures in the distance. The Eagle Strike Army was equivalent to the special forces of the Han army, and their equipment was also extraordinary. In addition to being equipped with the best war horses, each soldier's spear and giant shield were specially made.

The spear is made of fine steel, strong and sharp, and does not break easily. The giant shield is like the heavy shield army, which can withstand the powerful shooting of crossbow arrows within fifty steps.

In addition, their military crossbows are also slightly longer than ordinary military crossbows, and their crossbow strings are more elastic. The effective range of killing is fifty steps more than that of ordinary military crossbows. They can kill the opponent within 150 steps.

This Eagle Strike Army, which guards Sima Yi, is the elite among the elites. Each soldier has high strength. Although it is a bit exaggerated to use one block, there is no problem with one person against ten people. Seeing that the enemy had entered a killing range of within 10 or 50 steps, He Yan shouted, "Shoot"

The encounter finally kicked off. A sharp crossbow arrow shot to the north and south respectively. A scream sounded. Dozens of Hun soldiers in the front row fell down one after another. The Han soldiers quickly pulled the strings and installed arrows in one go, and then took the crossbow to aim and shot. This time they didn't need He Yan to give the order. After aiming, they shot out immediately, and immediately opened the crossbow to install arrows.

As for whether the arrows hit the other side, they didn't care. They loaded arrows with the fastest speed. The Hun soldiers only ran ten steps, and the Han soldiers had already fired wheel arrows. Nearly two Hun soldiers were shot down by powerful crossbow arrows.

The war gradually became fierce, and the running Hun soldiers were shot down one after another, wailing everywhere, and dead bodies were piled up, but Liu Luo had no descendants. He ignored the casualties of the soldiers and ordered his confidant soldiers to hold a knife behind the formation. Anyone who dared to retreat would be executed.

Under Liu Luo's coercion, the Huns soldiers attacked forward desperately. Although their feet were covered with dead bodies, they could not retreat. They also shot arrows and shot at the Han army's positions, but ineffective. The Huns' troops were getting closer and closer to the Han army's positions, and were less than twenty steps away.

At this time, the Han army had stopped shooting. The soldiers held giant shields and spears in their hands and were waiting for the battle. The two sides ran together and rushed into the other side's position with loud roars. The two sides collided violently, and their limbs flew across the body, blood mist filled, screams and howlings resounded.

The Han army still formed a five-man formation, with five people in a group, led by a sergeant, cooperated with each other, and killed fiercely and sharply. They were well-trained and especially skilled in night battles. Although they were surrounded by more than ten times their own Hun soldiers, they were still not at a disadvantage at all and fought fiercely with groups of Hun soldiers.

Twenty soldiers on the big tree latched arrows and kept aiming at the Hun army riding on horseback. In the darkness, a cold arrow was shot out, and an officer or soldier was caught in the arrow, and the torch fell to the ground and extinguished.

Sima Yi was also watching closely the Han army and the Xiongnu army fighting on both sides of the north and south. Although the Han army was brave and good at fighting, the number of Xiongnu soldiers was large. At most two hours, the Han army would be exhausted. The Huns also saw this. They entangled the Han soldiers and did not give them a chance to breathe.
Chapter completed!