Chapter 538: Repeating the Old Trick
Such a battle situation has long been doomed to the defeat of the Huns, the Huns this time to help, the target is Zishi City, but now that Zishi City has been lost, for them, this battle has become meaningless.
The Huns, who had lost the will to fight, were demoralized, and in the face of the sudden attack of the Wei cavalry, they were not even more psychologically prepared, so the rout inevitably happened.
Liu Bao wanted to organize the Hun cavalry to counterattack, but once the rout of the Hun cavalry began, it was out of control, even if Liu Bao, as the left commander Zuo Xianwang, still could not stop the Hun cavalry from escaping.
The defeat was like a mountain, and the Hun army at this moment was a situation, and none of the Hun cavalry who were lucky enough to find the war horse stayed to fight, and they invariably chose to flee.
Liu Bao saw that the general trend had gone, so he no longer insisted on fighting, but took the lead in fleeing north under the escort of his own soldiers.
Liu Bao fled, and the Hun army was leaderless, in a mess, in order to flee for their lives, many people actually began to snatch war horses and kill each other.
Because they know very well that if there is no war horse, no matter how fast they run, it is impossible to escape the pursuit of the Wei cavalry, and if they want to escape the pursuit, then they must at least have a war horse, so that they can escape the pursuit of the Wei cavalry.
Liu He and the other Xiongnu leaders also took the road and fled, but Liu He was not so lucky, on his escape route, happened to meet the Yue cavalry who killed in all directions, Liu He wanted to change the escape route, but it was too late, he fell into the siege of the Wei cavalry.
A feathered arrow shot over, impartially, and hit the head of Liu He's war horse, and the war horse immediately fell to death, lifting Liu He, who was caught off guard, from the horse, and slamming him to the ground.
Liu Hezhi felt that his right leg was broken, and the severe pain made him break out in a cold sweat, and when he stood up with a seriously injured leg, Wei Jun's knife and gun had already pressed against his neck.
As a result, Liu He also became a prisoner of the Wei people.
The battle presented a one-sided situation, in the chaos, the Huns did not know how many were killed, anyway, those Hun cavalry who were lucky enough to escape with their lives were fleeing wildly, and did not want to stay here for a moment.
The Yue cavalry battalion and the tun cavalry battalion achieved a lot of results, killing countless Hun soldiers and capturing thousands of war horses, but the majority of the Yue cavalry and the tun cavalry regretted that Liu Bao escaped.
Of course, the Yue cavalry battalion and the tun cavalry chose the appropriate attack at the right time, so they could easily defeat the Hun cavalry.
However, with the current number of cavalry of the Wei army, it is not difficult to win a Hun cavalry, but if you want to annihilate the entire Hun army, it is simply unrealistic.
The advantage of the cavalry is speed, not only when attacking, but also when retreating, and the rapid retreat ensures that they will not be surrounded and annihilated by the Wei army.
Liu Bao escaped from the attack range of the Wei cavalry, gathered the remnants of the defeated generals, and actually lost half of the Tai, 20,000 troops, and only less than 10,000 remained.
Now that the Zi clan has been lost, Liu Bao's team has also suffered heavy losses, not to mention that they are unable to break through the Wei army's defense line, even if they have the strength to fight again, they have lost the meaning of attacking, so Liu Bao simply looked north and fled to the direction of Jinyang.
Jinyang had the armies of the other three Xiongnu divisions, and Liu Bao hoped that he would lead his army to join the other three divisions, reintegrate his forces, and then fight to the death with the Wei army.
The Wei army did not do too much pursuit, but under Cao Liang's order, immediately gathered the army and moved to the Zi clan.
Liu Bao has already fled to the north, and there are no more reinforcements waiting for Zishi City, and now it is time for the Wei army to take Zishi.
It did not take long to return to Zishi from Lao Yeling, and the army, under the leadership of Cao Liang, despite the fatigue of continuous battles, soon arrived at the city of Zi and laid siege to Zishi City.
At this moment, the Zishi City has already become a pot of porridge, and the chaos brought to the Zishi City by Liu Yuan and Liu Hong when they fled did not stop, but increased unabated, and the entire city fell into a gloomy cloud.
Hope was the last spiritual sustenance of the city, and they waited ethereal for Liu Bao's reinforcements to arrive, although this hope became more and more slim as time went on.
The siege of the Wei army represented the beginning of the siege, but Cao Liang did not rush to attack and had other plans.
The reason why the battle of Lao Yeling was won this time was completely with the help of Huan Fan's clever plan, which was to use the capture of Liu Yuan and Liu Hong to falsely claim that the Zi clan was lost, which completely disturbed the minds of the Huns, shattered the hopes of the Huns, and hit the confidence of the Huns, making the final battle extremely easy.
Who said that the same strategy can't be used twice, Cao Liang didn't believe in this evil, when cleaning the battlefield, Cao Liang specially asked people to rummage among the corpses of the Huns, and found a corpse that looked seven or eight points similar to Liu Bao, and then cut off the head, hung it on the top of the pole, and falsely claimed to be Liu Bao's head.
In order to increase this credibility, Cao Liang also deliberately staked Liu He, who had a broken leg, and used the same means to deal with Liu Yuan and Liu Hong.
Liu He is Liu Bao's eldest son, and after being captured, he knew that he would not escape, so he had a strong attitude and refused to cooperate with Cao Liang, putting on a posture of waiting to be killed.
Cao Liang didn't think so, using Liu He was just a means, if Liu He refused to cooperate, then he might as well cut off his head first and tie it to the fake Liu Bao's head, which could also improve the authenticity and make the people in Zi's city believe that Liu Bao was indeed dead.
Similarly, if Liu He does not cooperate, Cao Liang can also push out the two guys Liu Yuan and Liu Hong and let them play another scene.
Liu Bao is the spiritual pillar of the people left behind in Zishi City, as long as Liu Bao is alive, they can continue to maintain hope and resist stubbornly.
And if the news of Liu Bao's "death" reaches the city of Zi, then all hope will collapse in an instant, Huan Fan's strategy made Liu Bao's army lose its fighting spirit, and Cao Liang's old trick repeated, which can also make the Huns of Zi lose hope.
And the success of this strategy is based on the situation of information asymmetry, Cao Liang can even do the left and right, the soldiers are not tired of cheating, it is difficult to cheat once, Cao Liang can cheat twice.
When the knife was on Liu He's neck, Liu He finally confessed, when there was hope of survival, the integrity of this thing could not be eaten, and even if Liu He did not agree, it would not help, the Wei army was determined to win Zishi City, and it was only a matter of time before he took it.