"Your Majesty, our friendly and righteous Han army is engaged in a great battle on the grasslands outside Wujin!"
"After a day of fierce fighting, the head of the household... he died in battle!"
"Twenty thousand cavalrymen... are also gone!"
City in the Clouds.
"Bang!"
When Huchuquan heard the thousand-cavalry commanders who had managed to escape from Wujin talk about his father-in-law, the chief Huyanqimai, who died on the battlefield and whose 20,000 Xiongnu cavalry were wiped out, he was deeply moved.
The precious crystal wolf head, held in her hands, slipped and fell to the ground, shattering into tiny pieces.
He himself stood there, stunned, for a long time, muttering to himself:
"Twenty thousand people, just like that, gone?"
The people around him all looked incredulous.
However, the facts are undeniable and leave them no choice but to believe them.
Daqiequ Xubu also stared wide-eyed, unable to believe his ears.
Although he had previously said that the Han army was powerful and that they needed to ask the Xianbei people for help.
But surely the Han army couldn't be that powerful!
As far as he knew, the Han army that came from Shanwu numbered no more than 20,000.
Given the same number of troops, how could Huyanqimai have suffered such a crushing defeat? What kind of magic or magic did the Han people use?
"Yes! Daqiequ, our 20,000 cavalry launched an attack, and the enemy formed a battle formation..."
The commander of a thousand cavalrymen stammered out a recount of the battle at Wujin.
Although he was caught in the horde of attacking cavalry, he could not survey the entire battlefield.
But being in the thick of it, one can personally feel the cruelty of the battle and the overwhelming barrage of arrows from the enemy.
"Can their arrows really shoot that far?"
After hearing the commander's explanation, those present quickly realized the problem.
Huyan Qimai was so eager to attack that he neglected the horse traps and trenches.
Under normal circumstances, they would never be so foolish as to use human lives to fill trenches.
Therefore, this is not the key to the defeat.
Only the Han Chinese, capable of shooting arrows over 250 paces, were able to inflict fatal damage on the Xiongnu cavalry.
As a nomadic people, archery is an everyday activity for them.
Their knowledge of bows and arrows was at an expert level.
Moreover, he's a legitimate expert, not the kind who frequently makes outrageous statements these days.
When the Xiongnu generals present heard that the crossbow could shoot such a far distance, it caused a great stir, and the discussion immediately erupted.
"Our best iron-rimmed bow can only draw one stone and shoot one hundred and fifty paces."
"And it has to be the strongest warrior in our tribe who draws the bow and shoots the arrow."
"They can even shoot ordinary soldiers two hundred and fifty paces."
"Could it be that all their archers are warriors capable of drawing a bow with a single stone?"
"It can only be said that they have mastered the core technology, and those crossbows must have extraordinary power."
Finally, one of the older men hit the nail on the head: "There's nothing we can do about it. The Han people have always been far ahead in terms of weaponry!"
Immediately, the Xiongnu generals sighed deeply.
On the tech tree, they only activated the "grab" skill.
Huyan Gum's defeat finally made them realize a fact.
This force, which had come from nowhere, was determined to take down the Han army in Yunzhong. They were equipped with advanced weapons and had formidable fighting power.
Contrary to initial speculation, the Han army's victory over the Qiangqu at Shanwu was not solely due to a water-flooding tactic.
Now that they've actually fought, they've still failed.
It should be noted that Huyan Qimai's 20,000 cavalrymen were among the strongest of their respective units.
As a result, the outcome was disastrous, with almost the entire army wiped out.
"How can we fight like this? Before our cavalry can even get close enough to shoot from horseback, their arrows are already raining down on us."
"Yes, we can only watch helplessly from afar with such a massive long-range weapon!"
"We were wearing leather armor, and our warhorses were completely unprotected. Under their dense barrage of arrows, we were all sitting ducks."
The generals suddenly became dejected and uneasy.
Hu Chuquan agreed to Hu Yanqimai's request to send troops to Wujin, actively seeking to fight against the Han army; his intentions were obvious.
The goal was to boost morale with a victory, and at the same time, to demonstrate to the Xianbei people outside Yinshan.
But things didn't go as planned, and this is how it has turned out.
This has made things even worse for families that were already struggling financially.
"Let's stop boosting the egos of others!"
Hu Chuquan heard his men talking about the power of the Han people's crossbows, and they were all dejected. He immediately shouted...
"Now that the Han army will soon be attacking Yunzhong, let's all think about how to deal with it?"
Silence reigned in the tent; no one spoke.
Xu Buxian had previously requested assistance from the Tuoba Xianbei tribe, but his request was not accepted.
Instead, Huyan Qimai cut off the nose of the messenger sent by others and drove him away, and Xubu Xian was also severely warned by Huchuquan.
He didn't want to rub salt in his wounds, so he remained silent.
"How about we retreat to Wuyuan County, or to Shuofang County?"
"If all else fails, we will retreat to the Western Regions and seek refuge with the Tu Ge Hu Chanyu."
Tu Ge Hu was the Chanyu of the Northern Xiongnu.
The Northern Xiongnu now live in the northern part of the Western Regions, north of the Tianshan and Altai Mountains, and west of the Yanran Mountains in the Mongolian Plateau.
"Why don't we surrender to this Han prince? Doesn't he also have three thousand of our Xiongnu cavalry under his command?"
"......"
"Useless, a bunch of useless people! All they do is retreat or surrender. Can't anyone come up with a better solution?"
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