Chapter 246: Capture the bandits by capturing their leader; Yufuluo is caught!

Yufuluo, who was inside the tent, suddenly heard the shouting outside.

He didn't even have time to put on his clothes; he rushed out of the tent with his upper body bare.

Outside the tent, everything had descended into chaos.

More than two thousand Xiongnu soldiers were running toward their warhorses, then vaulting onto them.

Looking at the direction of his soldiers, Yufuluo immediately guessed that the Han army had come from behind.

So, in two or three strides, he rushed up the earthen mound behind the tent.

Five or six hundred elite royal guards immediately assembled and arrived before Yufuluo.

Yufuluo, having rushed up the mound, saw about a thousand Han cavalrymen formed into a massive wedge formation, charging toward his position at high speed.

At a single glance, Yufuluo recognized that this Han army was the same one that had made him suffer such a great loss at Mount Taixing the previous night.

"Mount up, meet the enemy, mount up and meet the enemy!"

Yufuluo shouted loudly.

Having suffered a great loss last night, with over a thousand casualties.

Yufuluo did not believe that his Xiongnu soldiers were not brave enough.

It was only because it was dark, and the Han cavalry had charged their formation.

If it were daytime.

If they were on horseback.

If it were a head-on confrontation.

His Xiongnu cavalry would not fear the Han army, and they would absolutely not be defeated so easily.

And at present, the Han army had only a thousand men.

While he had three thousand Xiongnu cavalry here.

He should naturally engage in a head-on battle, crush the Han cavalry, and regain the face he lost last night.

Vaulting onto a horse brought by his personal guard, Yufuluo threw on a sheepskin cloak and brandished the short sword in his hand.

After a brief panic, the Xiongnu cavalry had all mounted their horses, crossed the mound, and were howling as they charged toward the Han cavalry.

At this time, the green grass was just beginning to sprout.

Under the sky of Monan, it was still a dusty gray.

On the vast, boundless Monan plain, two cavalry forces, one from the south and one from the north, galloped toward each other.

Since the sixth year of Xiping, after the Great Han lost thirty thousand elite cavalry in a battle against the Xianbei, for several years thereafter, there had been no Han army outside of Monan.

And the myth of the Han army had been broken since that day in mid-July of the sixth year of Xiping.

From then on, the roles of attacker and defender were reversed.

The Xianbei, Xiongnu, and other tribes once again held the initiative in harassing the border passes.

Small groups of cavalry often engaged in battle.

But never again had there been a force of over a thousand men.

And this time, under Duan Yu's leadership, a Han cavalry force of over a thousand men had set foot on the Monan grasslands for the first time since the sixth year of Xiping.

Woo~

The Heaven-Dragon City-Breaking Halberd, dragged behind Duan Yu, emitted a wailing sound.

The Ink-Jade Qilin Beast, galloping at full speed, took the lead.

Its black mane clung to its body in the wind as it galloped.

Behind Duan Yu, Tie Shitou held a large saber, Wang Hunu gripped a long spear, and the two of them led over two hundred personal guard cavalrymen following closely behind Duan Yu.

On the left flank were the six hundred-plus cavalrymen led by Gao Shun and Zhang Xun.

On the right flank were the six hundred-plus cavalrymen led by Chen Qing'an and Gao Shun.

When they were three arrow-shots away from the Xiongnu cavalry, the Xiongnu cavalry charging head-on had already bent their bows and fired the first wave of arrows.

Duan Yu lowered his head, letting the Xiongnu bone-tipped arrows clatter against his iron armor and helmet.

He pointed the Heaven-Dragon City-Breaking Halberd in his hand straight ahead.

"Chisel through!"

After Duan Yu let out a roar, the Ink-Jade Qilin Beast suddenly accelerated, charging forward once more.

And the Heaven-Dragon City-Breaking Halberd in his hand, like an unstoppable dragon, swept several Xiongnu cavalrymen charging head-on off their horses.

Tie Shitou and Wang Hunu, following closely, formed a wedge-shaped triangle on the left and right, charging into the Xiongnu cavalry formation.

"Surround them, surround them, eat them up!"

Yufuluo, on horseback, followed behind the three thousand Xiongnu cavalry, with five hundred royal guard cavalrymen by his side.

With an absolute advantage in numbers, Yufuluo had no interest in using any fancy formations.

He simply used human-wave tactics, intending to drown Duan Yu and the thousand-plus cavalrymen under his command.

Boom, boom, boom!

Thousands of cavalry galloped across the grasslands, and the earth seemed to tremble.

When the two cavalry forces collided, a flash of crimson blood erupted instantly.

The cavalry in the very first row were sent flying, men and horses alike.

Even though the weapons in the Xiongnu's hands and the armor on their bodies were inferior to those of the Han army.

The impact generated the moment the two sides' warhorses collided was enough to throw the riders from their mounts.

With thousands of cavalry charging, once you fell from your horse, it was almost impossible to stand up again.

Even if the enemy didn't trample you to death, the warhorses of your own comrades behind you would accidentally trample you to death.

Duan Yu was at the very front of the charge, like a sharp knife tip piercing into the guts of the Xiongnu cavalry.

The Heaven-Dragon City-Breaking Halberd in his hand swept left and right, and a vacuum zone had already appeared before him.

And led by Duan Yu's fierce charge, the personal guard cavalry behind him also quickly tore a massive hole in the Xiongnu cavalry's charging formation.

Gao Shun and Chen Qing'an on the left and right flanks, upon discovering this, immediately commanded the cavalry behind them to lead and fill the positions on Duan Yu's sides.

And Yufuluo, who was charging behind the three thousand Xiongnu soldiers, suddenly discovered that the cavalry in front seemed to have suddenly slowed down.

Being in the rear, he had no choice but to slow his own horse's speed.

By the time Yufuluo reacted, Duan Yu, who was in the middle of the awl-shaped formation, had already pierced through the Xiongnu cavalry's charging formation.

"This..."

Yufuluo, who was in the middle of the charge, instantly widened his eyes.

How could this be?

In the time it took for a single encounter, how had the Han cavalry pierced through the formation of his three thousand cavalrymen?

But when he saw the Heaven-Dragon City-Breaking Halberd in Duan Yu's hand lift a Xiongnu cavalryman, horse and all, into mid-air, Yufuluo was scared out of his wits.

And Duan Yu, having charged out of the Xiongnu cavalry formation, did not stop for a moment.

At a glance, he saw Yufuluo, who was only a little over a hundred meters away.

Last night, Duan Yu had already encountered Yufuluo.

Later, he learned from the mouths of the wounded Xiongnu soldiers that the one leading the troops was Qiangqu's other son, Yufuluo. ===== CHAPTER 248 =====