“Woo—woo—”

As the ox horns sounded, more than 10,000 elite black-feathered cavalrymen who had assembled slowly pressed towards the first row of heavy infantry formations deployed by the Liang army.

The Black Feather Elite Cavalry were worthy of being the elite of the Xiongnu Khanate. Tens of thousands of them moved in unison and had neat formations.

They first walked quickly, then jogged, and when they were about three hundred meters away from the Liang army's heavy infantry formation, they began to speed up, and their speed became faster and faster.

At this time, a large number of crossbow arrows fired from the heavy infantry battle formation poured down on the charging black-feathered elite cavalry like a rainstorm.

Originally, nomadic peoples were best at horse riding and archery. However, when facing the heavy infantry battle formations of Liang State, the nomadic peoples' horse riding and archery often had little effect.

The heavy infantry battle formation of Liang State is also known as the tortoise shell formation.

All heavy infantrymen in the battle formation will be equipped with iron armor weighing more than 50 kilograms, and each piece of heavy infantry armor is composed of more than 1,500 armor plates, which has extremely strong defensive power.

About half of the heavy infantry in the Tortoise Shell Formation were equipped with long shields made of cowhide and hardwood. The reason why the Tortoise Shell Formation could withstand the cavalry archery of the nomadic peoples was mainly due to the shield wall composed of many long shields.

The heavy infantry, which are not equipped with long shields, will be equipped with the Liang army's standard powerful crossbows with a range of up to two hundred meters.

In addition, the heavy infantry of the Tortoise Shell Formation will also be equipped with a spear of about four meters and a dagger, or a broadsword and a dagger.

At that time, Cao Tingjin, the commander-in-chief of the Ganyang Army, led the left and right guards to rush to the aid of Shuoyuan City. Although they suffered several defeats outside the city and lost more than ten thousand people,

But at that time, the left and right guards of the Ganyang Army were facing hundreds of thousands of Xiongnu cavalry led by two Xiongnu Khans.

If it weren't for the extremely defensive tortoise shell formation, the Ganyang Army's left and right guards, with only 40,000 soldiers, probably wouldn't even have the chance to retreat into Shuoyuan City.

Right Wise King Helian Ke immediately sent out more than 10,000 elite black-feathered cavalrymen, hoping to rely on the powerful impact of the black-feathered cavalrymen to break open the tortoise shell of the Liang State's heavy infantry battle formation.

However, the result of this collision between shield and spear was not as the Right Wise King Helian Ke had imagined.

After paying a heavy price, tens of thousands of elite black-feathered cavalrymen who attacked still failed to break through the first row of heavy infantry formations of the Liang army.

You should know that Chen Su, the King of Yong'an of Liang State, had arranged three heavy infantry formations in front of the battle line.

Upon seeing this, Right Wise King Helian Ke immediately dispatched 20,000 elite black-feathered cavalrymen to attack the flanks of the Liang army's main battle formation from the left and right...

Sun Hao had experienced some big battles outside the Iron Lion City of Gule Kingdom, but compared with the battle today, it seemed nothing.

The Huns successively deployed at least more than 150,000 cavalry in an attempt to defeat the Liang army's formation.

However, the Liang army relied on the three tortoise shell formations in the front and the heavy cavalry units deployed on both wings to withstand the repeated attacks of more than 100,000 Xiongnu cavalry.

The heavy cavalry of Liang State were generally dressed in iron armor, and their war horses were also covered with vests made of several layers of cowhide. Their weapons were mainly spears, horizontal swords and cavalry crossbows. They were also called heavy cavalry.

It was precisely by relying on the two types of troops, heavy cavalry and heavy infantry, that the Liang State was able to resist the invasion of the four Khanates of the grassland and withstand the many northern expeditions of the Northern Jin State.

This fierce battle lasted about three hours, and both sides suffered heavy losses.

The Liang army suffered 30,000 to 40,000 casualties, while the Xiongnu army suffered more than 70,000 casualties.

The more than 900 heavy cavalry and over a thousand heavy infantry under Sun Hao's command, as well as the 13,000 family soldiers gathered by the six major generals of the Ganyang Army, were never sent to the battlefield by King Yong'an.

The main forces fighting against the Huns today are the elite of the Imperial Guards and the Ganyang Army.

Sun Hao was quite happy about this.

He brought two thousand armored soldiers to participate in this great battle with the Huns, more to show his sincerity to King Yong'an. As for military merits, Sun Hao didn't need them at all.

It would be best if Sun Hao's two thousand armored soldiers were not used to fight. The Imperial Guards and the Ganyang Army could defeat this Hun army.

In the evening, Sun Zhe found Sun Hao and first mentioned to Sun Hao that the two thousand armored soldiers under his command might go to battle tomorrow. Then Sun Zhe said that King Yong'an might use high positions and generous salaries to recruit Xiong Kuohai.

Sun Hao was not worried that Xiong Kuohai would accept the recruitment of King Yong'an. After all, the brave generals summoned from the "annual signing system" had already proved their loyalty to him with practical actions.

But if Prince Yong'an puts pressure on me to recruit Xiong Kuohai, I will be in trouble.

In a giant felt tent in the Xiongnu camp, the Right Wise King Helian Ke looked at the casualty data of each Wanhu in his hand, and the expression on his face looked very gloomy.

Then Helian Ke sighed and said to the 44 Wan Hu, "In today's battle, not only were five Wan Hu and 43 Qian Hu killed, but also more than 70,000 soldiers were killed. The Black Feather Elite Cavalry alone lost more than 16,000 people.

I would like to hear your suggestions for the upcoming battle."

When the Wanhu people in the felt tents heard this, they understood that the Right Wise King intended to withdraw his troops.

Wan Hu Qiu Linnan hurriedly said, "Right Wise King, the imperial guards led by the Yong'an King of Liang are indeed exceptionally powerful.

I feel that it is meaningless for us to continue to fight the Liang army outside Ganyang City, so it is better to withdraw as soon as possible."

Helian Ke gritted his teeth and said, “This king also knows that the hope of defeating the Liang Kingdom’s imperial guards outside Ganyang City is very slim.

But in order to capture Ganyang City, my Xiongnu Khanate has lost 200,000 people, and even my third uncle was killed in the battle.

I really can't bear to retreat like this now!"

At this time, another commander named He Shuzhen spoke up and said, "Right Wise King, precisely because you have lost 200,000 soldiers and horses, you should retreat.

Don't forget the Xianbei people on the grasslands. They have always been eyeing the pastures of our Xiongnu Khanate.

If we fight the Liang army here and both sides suffer losses, the Xianbei people will not miss the opportunity to take advantage of us."

Afterwards, the other Wanhu in the felt tent also spoke out to persuade the Right Wise King Helian Ke to withdraw his troops.

Seeing this, Helian Ke finally made up his mind and said, "There is a saying in Liang State: as long as the green mountains remain, there is no need to worry about running out of firewood.

Early tomorrow morning, the entire army will retreat to the grassland.

This prince will take full responsibility for the failure of the attack on Ganyang City."

As soon as Sun Hao woke up the next day, he learned the news that the Huns had retreated.

King Yong'an Chen Su immediately sent out a large number of scout cavalry to monitor the retreat of the Xiongnu army to prevent the Xiongnu from cheating.

It was not until three days later, when the Xiongnu army completely withdrew from Pizhou, that King Yong'an Chen Su breathed a sigh of relief.

At this point, the war between Liang State and the Xiongnu Khanate came to an end.