Invincible Iron Army 46, Another Night Raid on Book Flag

  The Xiongnu Khan sighed repeatedly in his great camp, thinking to himself: "The people of the Great Jin are full of cunning and clever plans, it's really impossible to guard against them all. And as for their so-called wise man, he is an unreliable person who comes up with foolish ideas."

  At this time, a Xiongnu soldier reported to the Chanyu: "Chanyu, we found that the Jin soldiers are again lowering soldiers down with ropes on the city wall." The Chanyu sneered and said: "The people of Jin have run out of arrows again, don't bother with them." That soldier responded with a sound and turned away.

  The Xiongnu chanyu was about to go to bed when suddenly a loud shout came from outside the camp, and the Jin army launched another night attack. The Xiongnu chanyu thought: "It turns out that this time is real, Jin used almost linked tactics, first using straw men to borrow my arrows, then deliberately letting us know, today they again put down straw men, we naturally think these are fake people, will not attack, and will not care. Wang An's army took advantage of the situation to launch an attack.

  But now is not the time for sentiment, the Xiongnu Chanyu quickly walked out of his tent and found that the Xiongnu soldiers outside had become a mess. The Jin soldiers rushed into the Xiongnu army and chopped down the generals with their swords.

  Wang An this time followed the army to go to war, he chose more than 3,000 soldiers to participate in this battle.

  More than 10,000 troops gathered on the training ground waiting for Wang An's speech. Wang An said: "This mission is extremely easy, with few casualties and great rewards. There are plenty of gold and silver to be had. Those who want to participate take one step forward." As a result, nearly all of the more than 10,000 troops took a step forward at the same time, hoping to participate in this battle mission.

  This time it was Wang An's turn to be stunned, thinking that enough defensive troops must be left here, otherwise once the Xiongnu attacked the city wall, the consequences would be unthinkable. Isn't this a fool's move, reckless and irresponsible? So he thought: "This time I may have been too careless, so many people want to participate in the raid." Wang An continued: "The danger of this battle is still great, you know that outside there are tens of thousands of Xiongnu troops, our army is far outnumbered by the enemy. You must be cautious, I'll give you another chance to choose, those who want to participate take a step forward." At this time, almost all the generals took a step forward, many generals thought: "Last time we missed the opportunity and didn't follow Wang An's attack, what a lifelong regret! Look at these soldiers who followed Wang An into battle, they are almost worshipped by the people of Yuyang City, eating and lodging for free, even the brothels offer them free services. In the eyes of the people of Yuyang City, these men embody human courage." The troops that did not participate in the night raid thought: "This time we won't miss this opportunity no matter what, as for danger, we don't care. Since we met Wang An, we found out that he is a man who always takes advantage and never suffers losses. Once he sets his sights on you, whether you are a governor or a defensive officer, he will defeat you thoroughly. This time I estimate the Xiongnu Khan will be unlucky."

  Wang An saw that all the troops wanted to participate, so he said: "Since everyone wants to participate, we will adopt a very advanced and fair method, draw lots, to determine the participants."

  Those who were selected were overjoyed, while those who weren't were disheartened.

  Wang An led his troops into the Xiongnu's great camp, and said to his men: "Where is the Chanyu of the Xiongnu? Leave him for me, I want to cut him down with one slash!" The soldiers below all responded in unison, but their hands did not stop, thinking to themselves that they didn't know who the Chanyu was. Even if they knew who the Chanyu was, they would still strike first and ask questions later. After all, it was the Xiongnu's Chanyu, and cutting him down with a sword would be a feat to go down in history. Almost all of the Jin soldiers were searching for the Xiongnu's whereabouts.

  The Xiongnu army was in disarray, searching everywhere for their warhorses, intending to leave the area and put distance between themselves and the Jin army. The Xiongnu cavalry had legs shaped like stirrups from long years of riding horses. In a melee on the ground, they were no match for the Jin army.

  A Jin soldier cut down three Xiongnu with his sword and said proudly, "As a new recruit, not only should you play the board well, but also wield the sword well. This is called having many skills without being overwhelmed. You, don't run away, leave your head behind and then run, it's not too late." The Jin soldiers next to him rolled their eyes in unison, thinking that this didn't sound like human language. If he could still run after leaving his head behind, wouldn't living people be scared to death? However, the Jin soldiers had no time to reason with him, as they were busy cutting down people.

  Jiang Cai led a group of people to set fires everywhere, they received Wang An's order. Before departure, Wang An told him: "Our night raid will be a battle of annihilation, and many Xiongnu soldiers will escape. What we need to do is to burn down all their tents, so that these Xiongnu soldiers can camp in the wild from now on."

  The Xiongnu war horses ran wildly in all directions, and some Xiongnu grabbed the war horses and hastily rode them away, without even bothering to put on saddles or other equipment, and hurriedly escaped. The entire Xiongnu camp was filled with fleeing Xiongnu troops.

  A great general's soldier chopped down six Xiongnu soldiers with his sword, and he also sighed: "What a pity, I didn't even see the Chanyu." The soldier next to him thought that your goal is a bit too high, but now almost the entire Great Jin army wants to chop off the head of the Xiongnu Chanyu. It's said that a soldier who doesn't want to chop off the head of the Chanyu isn't a good soldier.

  The Xiongnu soldiers had already mounted their war horses, drew out their bows and arrows, and prepared to shoot at the Jin soldiers. However, right in front of them were some Jin soldiers smiling at them. The Xiongnu hastily shot an arrow, but it was too close, so the arrow didn't have time to gain momentum, and it only lightly touched a Jin soldier before falling to the ground. That Jin soldier didn't say a word, and with one brick, hit the Xiongnu on the head, knocking him down. The brothers Pu Pi's military achievements increased once again.

  Some Huns began to shoot at the distant Jin soldiers, but the Hunnic soldiers were now mixed with the Jin army. The Hunnic arrows only hit their own people. One of the men who was shot turned around and saw that it was a Hun who had shot him. Without saying another word, he shot the Hun dead with an arrow. After shooting the arrow, the Hun still warned his companions: "Some Jin soldiers are disguised as Huns, you must be careful." As soon as he finished speaking, he was shot dead by the Hunnic soldier behind him. The Hunnic soldier thought to himself: "We can recognize you even if you disguise yourself as a Hun, how dare you kill my companion?"

  The Xiongnu Chanyu intended to organize his own troops and launch a counterattack. However, the entire Xiongnu had become chaotic, with officers unable to find soldiers, soldiers unable to find officers, cavalry unable to find warhorses, and warhorses unable to find their owners. On the other hand, the Jin army's soldiers could easily find the Xiongnu soldiers because they were too numerous, with nearly 200,000 troops outside the Xiongnu borders, making it difficult not to find them.

  The Xiongnu Khan secretly regretted in his heart, I was too careless. The Jin army continued to wreak havoc in the Xiongnu's great camp. Some Jin soldiers were specifically chopping down war horses, one soldier even counted, 20 horses already, I strive to kill 30 war horses, I want you Xiongnu to become, from now on you will all be a group of bow-legged people, can't run fast, and can't exert your strength, let's see how you will show off your ferocity afterwards.

  The Huns' soldiers paid a huge price in a short period of time, and the Khan of the Huns felt an unusual pain in his heart, thinking that since he personally led the army to fight, he had never suffered such a heavy loss. The Khan of the Huns immediately ordered all Hun soldiers to ride their war horses and leave the camp, pulling away from the Jin army's attack.

  Wang An saw the situation and immediately ordered: "Soldiers, advance immediately and attack, must mix with the Xiongnu, prevent the Xiongnu from mounting their war horses." The Jin soldiers faithfully executed Wang An's order. They continuously advanced and inserted themselves, almost every soldier squeezed into the midst of the Xiongnu soldiers' gathering, then attacked from the middle outwards, wielding large knives to slash at the Xiongnu soldiers everywhere.

  The Pippi brother hacked on one side and complained on the other: "This knife is really too bad in quality." This Pippi had already used his knife to chop down 10 Xiongnu, and naturally all the knives were rolled up. However, he was proud of himself in his heart, thinking: "I am the Pippi who killed the most Xiongnu in the Great Jin Dynasty." The Xiongnu soldier who fought against him had been chopped by him until he was covered in blood, and was constantly using his bow to prop himself up. But due to excessive blood loss, the Xiongnu's movements became slower and slower, and finally he was chopped down by Pippi.

  Jiang Cai let the entire Xiongnu's large camp burn, many Xiongnu war horses were frightened and ran wildly in the military camp. The Chanyu of Xiongnu looked at the increasingly chaotic Xiongnu camp, stomping his feet, but was powerless. Every soldier of the Jin Dynasty had their bodies stained with the enemy's blood.

  The bodies of the Xiongnu were scattered all over the camp, and the Jin army continued to pursue the Xiongnu troops. The Xiongnu army was frightened by the Jin, as there were Jin soldiers everywhere in the camp, and they did not know where the enemy's swords would come from.

  The Xiongnu soldiers were hastily awakened, some of whom had not yet put on their clothes, and others who had not yet put on their trousers. The war horses did not have saddles or bridles, making it extremely difficult to maintain balance while riding, and some Xiongnu even needed to use one hand to grab the horse's mane to prevent themselves from falling off, rendering them almost unable to fight. Those with horses felt dissatisfied, and those without horses were in an even more desperate situation, being chased and killed by the Jin soldiers everywhere. The Chanyu also joined the fleeing army, as the Jin soldiers had already charged towards him.

  The battle gradually subsided, and the Xiongnu army fled from the camp. The Jin soldiers began to sweep the battlefield, picking up the spoils of war, and the sky gradually brightened. Wang An once again wrote a few large characters with his dragon-and-phoenix-like handwriting: "I still remember". The soldiers applauded in unison: "Good calligraphy!" Wang An felt a sense of self-satisfaction, and the soldiers praised him again, saying: "Sir Wang's cursive script is truly excellent!" Wang An said with a hint of frustration: "This isn't cursive, it's regular script." The soldiers suddenly realized their mistake and asked: "Sir Wang, you are indeed multi-talented, what exactly did you write?" Wang An became even more frustrated.

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