Fifty miles (Hanli, one mile is about 350 meters today), if you hurry, you can catch up in an hour.

"How did they find our traces? How can they catch up after we have gone so far?" Du Fei said in great surprise.

The grassland is vast, and the march traces are covered with wind and snow. Unless you happen to meet them, it is impossible to find them. Moreover, there is more than half a month of lost time and distance between them. Even if the Hu people have dog noses, they will not be able to smell them.

their traces.

At that time, Amo left someone behind and drove slowly. He thought it was unnecessary, but unexpectedly it actually worked.

"Now is not the time to consider this issue. Since I dare to pursue you, I must be prepared."

Zhang Mo made a decisive decision and said, "Zhang Feng, you lead the people and animals first, and the others will follow me back to meet the enemy."

"Why should we go back? The barbarians are coming and the troops are trapped. Wouldn't it be better for us to wait here for work? There is no river over there to set up formations." Xu Chu asked doubtfully.

"The terrain here is flat and open. There is a river to set up, and there is no chance of an attack by the enemy's three thousand troops. It is better to go back and guard the entrance of the Great Wall. With the Great Wall as a cover, one can withstand the large-scale charge, and the other can block the opponent's bows and arrows.

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The Great Wall Zhang Mo mentioned was built by King Wuling of Zhao during the Warring States Period, nearly five hundred years ago. After Qin Shihuang unified the six kingdoms, he repaired and connected the Great Walls built by Qin, Yan, Zhao, etc., and finally built the Great Wall today.

Before Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, the Great Wall of Qin had always played an important role in resisting the Huns outside the Great Wall. Until Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty sent troops to fight against the Huns several times, expelled them to Mobei, and rebuilt the Great Wall. Qin Yan and Zhao's

The Great Wall was abandoned and its military defensive role ended.

By the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, another two to three hundred years had passed. Both the old and new Great Walls were dilapidated, and some places even collapsed. The Hu people took many roads into the Han Dynasty through the collapse, and became a city without forts and gates.

A natural "Guancheng" without beacons.

To the north of Pingcheng County, there is a pass for the barbarians, which is more than ten feet wide, enough for cavalry to enter and exit freely.

Xu Chu naturally listened to Zhang Mo's words and said, "I'll just take them back to defend themselves against the enemy. You and Ah Feng go first."

"No, I'll go with you!" Zhang Mo turned the horse's head, shouted softly, and the horse galloped forward with hoofs raised.

Not long after everyone returned to the pass, the Hu cavalry also arrived. Three thousand horses were galloping, and the ground was shaking from a distance. When Xu Chu got closer, Xu Chu saw that, as A Mo expected, the Hu warriors who were chasing him were all wrapped up.

He must be as strong as a bear, especially the people in the front rows. They seem to have something tied to their chests for protection. They have wooden and leather shields in their hands and are fully armed. All they need is a clay pot on their head as a helmet.

The Hu people had multiple protections, and Zhang Mo and others were downwind of the strong northwest wind, so the longbowmen basically could not exert much advantage.

Everyone hurriedly inserted wooden stakes in front of the pass to resist the direct charge of the cavalry. Zhang Mo looked at the Great Wall on both sides of the pass and ordered, "Zhang Hai, Jiang Huai, you two lead a hundred men each, and ambush behind the city wall, waiting for Hu

After the forwards rush in, you are responsible for cutting off their troops and blocking the pass."

"Longbowmen, climb up the city wall on the left and right and lie dormant. Your task is to suppress the barbarian rear troops outside the city, try not to let them in, and protect Zhang Hai and others from being attacked on both sides."

After hearing this, Du Fei's eyes lit up, "This method is very good! The pass is narrow and it is difficult for the barbarians to swarm up. If we attack them separately, we have a great chance of winning."

Xu Chu looked at the barbarians coming in force and said anxiously, "It's too late to climb the city wall."

"The barbarians won't charge immediately, go quickly!"

As soon as she finished speaking, the rumble of horse hooves outside the Great Wall suddenly stopped, and was replaced by the neighing of horses being reined in.

The two sides were two hundred paces apart.

Without a grappling hook, the longbowman can only tie a wooden stick to one end of the rope and throw it against the wall. If he is good at it, the stick will get stuck in the groove between the two wall stacks. If he is not good at it, it will get stuck after a few throws.

Can't live.

However, as long as one person climbs the city wall, the rest is much easier. The rope is lowered from the top, and all the two hundred long archers can go up in a moment.

Outside the Great Wall, Muyeti, the general of the Hokar tribe, pointed at Xu Chu and others who were blocking the pass, and asked in Mongolian, "These are the people who robbed your tribe? Can their bows really penetrate the leather armor two hundred paces away?"

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Gai Loufang nodded fiercely, "They are the ones who can do no wrong. Their swords are sharper. If not, my warriors would not be defeated."

Muyeti had already seen from the cut-off scimitar used to build the building that the weapon used by the opponent was indeed extremely sharp, otherwise the mere cattle and sheep would not be worth his effort to chase.

Iron weapons are scarce on the grassland. If we can destroy this group of horse thieves and destroy their sharp weapons, his Hokar tribe may be able to replace Bu Dugen.

Muyetti frowned and pondered for a moment, then whispered a few words to the soldiers around him. The soldiers ran to deliver the order. Dozens of heavily armed Huqi immediately drove their horses, carrying thick shields, and slowly galloped towards the pass.

Everyone pricked up their ears and were on guard, fearing that a sharp arrow that could pierce armor would suddenly fly from the opposite side. However, when they were a hundred steps away, there was still no arrow coming, and the people on the other side didn't even move.

The more this happened, the more uneasy Muyetti became, and asked Gailoufang, "Where is the magic archer you mentioned?"

"I, I don't know!" Building a building was also a bit confused. Even if there was a headwind, two hundred steps would not penetrate the armor, and a hundred steps would certainly be possible, but there was no movement from the opponent.

"Why don't we try shooting an arrow?" Gailou suggested.

"Yes!" Muyetti waved his hand, and immediately three hundred light cavalry without leather shields on their chests drove forward, walked to a distance of a hundred paces, and fired at the pass with their bows drawn.

Seeing the opponent's bow cavalry approaching, Xu Chu and others rode their horses back one after another. The two sides kept a hundred steps away. The bow cavalry fired several rounds of arrows, but because the distance was too far, they had no effect.

"Why did these horse thieves suddenly become cowardly?" Gai Loufang looked surprised. They were very brutal when they killed his tribe that day.

"Will there be another ambush?" Muye asked.

"You ask the archer to stop first and let me take a look."

As Gailou said, he stood on the horse and looked through the pass to Xu Chu's team. He estimated for a while and said, "According to Amina, when the horse thief lost his way, their accomplices found him, and then they walked out of the grassland. Now,

There should be more than a thousand people in total, but this seems to be a little less!"

"Then there's an ambush."

Muyetti looked at the pass and frowned, "This opening is too narrow. I can't wait for too many people to rush in at once. The opponent must be ambushing behind the city wall, waiting for us to rush in and then attack from the side."

"What should we do?"

Mu Yeti said, "Let the archers disperse on both sides of the pass and shoot towards the inside to see if they can shoot out the ambush behind the city wall."

In such a strong cold wind, the effect of projecting is far less than that of direct shooting. In order for the bow and arrow to cross the three to four feet high city wall, it must be at least sixty or seventy steps closer.

The Xianbei people did not have stirrups to use for strength, and it was difficult for the archers to exert force while riding on the moving horses. They tried firing a round at a distance of eighty paces, but found that they could not reach the city wall, so they continued to approach.

Inside the pass, Zhang Mo's face changed slightly when he saw the barbarian archers and cavalry dispersed to the left and right.

The Hu man stood on the horse just now. He was clearly counting people and went back before the people led by Xu Chu were eliminated. There were more than 700 people left. Now there were about 600 people at the pass. How did they know that there were still people behind the city wall?
Chapter completed!