"I'm coming……"

A group of scouts quickly ran towards the large army, shouting loudly.

The corners of Han Xin's mouth raised slightly, "Can't you run?"

Then run!

"How many people?" Han Xin asked calmly.

"I don't know, they are densely packed, at least fifty thousand! They should be coming soon!" the scout reported quickly.

He was also fighting for his life along the way. He kept changing horses along the way and even left a horse behind, so he was able to put some distance away from the opponent.

But the distance is very close. He is running, and the other side is also running.

And the reason why he was able to keep a certain distance was entirely because he occupied a small number of people.

‘Rumble…’

As soon as the scout finished speaking, Han Xin faintly heard the sound of a large group of cavalry running at high speed.

"Get ready to fight!" Suddenly, Han Xin shouted loudly.

The soldiers directly controlled the horses to turn around, took off the cavalry rifles from the weapon racks, and arranged the armor on their bodies.

"Heavy cavalry go to the back!" Han Xin then ordered.

The army began to adjust its position.

Although the five thousand men are equipped with 500 heavy cavalry, these 500 heavy cavalry will only be given to them when they act alone.

In a battle like this where 30,000 people act together, these 3,000 heavy cavalry are gathered together and used.

The larger the scale and the greater the number of people, the more effective the combat will be.

Letting the heavy cavalry take the lead is a good idea.

But Han Xin felt that it was overkill.

The role of heavy cavalry lies in impact and breaking defenses.

Instead of going face to face with the cavalry on the opposite side.

The speed of the war horse, whether it is heavy cavalry or light cavalry, if the two collide, no matter who is going to end up, it will not be good.

In order to cope with today, Han Xin also made complete preparations.

If you eat something in your mouth, how can you spit it out easily?

Therefore, as early as three days ago, Han Xin asked two thousand cavalry to take those women back.

Han Xin's order to them was to march at least a hundred miles every day.

Han Xin personally led 28,000 people to sit behind and slowly moved southward at a speed of thirty miles per day.

One is to attract attention, and the other is to buy time for the prisoners in front to return to the Han Dynasty.

Therefore, if the two thousand cavalrymen had followed their own requirements, they should be 210 miles south of themselves now.

Even for the Huns' cavalry, it would take more than a day to catch up with them over a distance of 210 miles.

If we take into account that both parties are moving, they will basically catch up in the afternoon of the third day.

But this premise is that the main force led by Han Xin did not fight with them, and the Huns could go south directly and catch up with them as quickly as possible.

However, is this possible?

Of course it's impossible.

Han Xinzhong knew better than anyone how effective the Han army was. Facing the 28,000 Han cavalry who were armed to the teeth, even if the Huns came with 100,000 troops, they might not be able to completely defeat them.

And the two thousand people responsible for guarding the prisoners were actually not very good.

Among them were five hundred horse-killing swordsmen. Considering that their number was too small to be of much use on the main battlefield, Han Xin asked them to join the team to escort the prisoners.

Five hundred horse-killing swordsmen and 1,500 cavalry. Even if this lineup cannot successfully bring back the prisoners in the end, it can at least make the 10,000 Huns cavalry bloody.

Besides, things can't be that bad.

This place is only six to seven hundred miles away from the Han border, and the distance to the prisoner team is even closer, only about four hundred miles away.

Basically, they would meet the main force of the Han army led by Guan Ying in another two or three days.

As long as you are in touch with the main force, do you need to worry about anything else?

Guan Ying randomly sent some reinforcements over, and the Huns would scratch their scalps.

Get into formation and seize a favorable position.

The grassland is like the waves on the sea, with constant ups and downs.

Twenty-seven thousand Han troops seized a high ground and stood there quietly waiting for the Huns to arrive.

Ahead, a burst of black smoke rose.

Not long after, a second plume of smoke rose.

The third way...

The scouts returning from the front continued to circle around both sides of the army, then changed horses, riding one with two horses, and continued to leave in the distance on both sides.

Cavalry field battle to seize the high ground?

People who don't understand will of course think this is a fool's tactic.

But anyone who knows the business knows that this is the wisest way to play.

While the cavalry needs space, other factors are also important.

For example, Han Xin only walked thirty miles a day, which not only gave the Huns cavalry a chance, but also gave his own horses a rest.

The Huns have been running for who knows how long now, and there is still a question mark as to whether their horses can sustain this battle.

Seizing the high ground, he has more than just vision.

But when they charge later, this slope will provide them with physical acceleration, allowing the war horses to charge over a shorter distance.

The Huns had to go uphill. Although the slope was not large, it was very tiring for the horses.

Finally, the ground shook more and more loudly.

Even the war horse under his crotch roared from time to time, and his temper became a little anxious.

Sun Er gently stroked the war horse's face with his palm. The war horse felt the warmth of his master's palm and quickly calmed down.

The two of them have been together for more than a year. Even though the war horse is just an animal, their relationship has been cultivated in this period of more than a year.

'Buzz...'

'Buzz...'

'Buzz...'

The dull horn sounded, the tone was steady, powerful, and continuous.

Naturally, cavalry units cannot use the same combat orders as infantry units, and the huge war drums carried by the cavalry units also affect their movements.

So they used horns instead of war drums, although the sound was not very loud.

But the sound of the horn can penetrate to farther places, and even when you are close, you can feel that the surrounding air seems to be vibrating.

Sun Er patted his horse, and then with his right hand he drew an arrow from the quiver in front of his right foot.

"Third brother, it's time for us to show off our power!"

Lao San was the name given to this war horse by Sun Er. Since he was not very educated anyway, Sun Er almost raised him as his son, but he was more important than his son. Then the name Lao San came into being. In fact, his name was Sun.

three.

The third child understood his master's words, roared twice, and then slowly moved forward.

The entire army was moving forward, slowly at first, and then faster and faster.

Taking advantage of the downhill slope, the war horse continued to accelerate.

Sun Er is not in the front row, so their tasks are more than those in front, and they are responsible for archery.

Because the front row may come into close combat with the cavalry on the opposite side at any time, and the horses are very fast. When it comes to archery, you can basically fire one or two before engaging in close combat.

It is very inconvenient and involves great uncertainty.

Therefore, in the cavalry tactics of the Han army, the first five rows do not need to shoot arrows.

From the moment of charging, all you need to do is hold the cavalry rifle tightly.

If the cavalry gun is lost, use the ring knife.

The rear row encountered the enemy relatively late, so it took on the task of archery.

Of course, basically the ones in the middle are shooting arrows, and the back row has no use at all, because the arrows they shoot may hit their own heads.

‘Whoosh whoosh whoosh…’

Seeing that the distance was almost close, Sun Er quickly opened his bow and fired, shooting diagonally upwards in random directions.
To be continued...