Chapter Twenty-Three: The First Battle

Su Bujie is the Marquis of Gudu, who is the commander of several tribes in the steppe, holding 5,000 cavalry in his hands, and is also a large force in the entire Xiongnu. Xu Bu is a noble surname, and Shan Yu's Que family is usually surnamed Xu Bu, so this also makes Su Bujie have a body of pride.

The tribes under the command of Subjie were on the edge of the steppe, and although the Huns had always lived as nomads, the scope of nomadism was somewhat roughly defined. This determines some of the routine activities of Subuje's troops. For example, some raids in late winter and early spring each year.

As a leader who had been directing troops to harass the Northern Liang border for many years, Su Bujie was very experienced in looting. One of the most essential qualities required for robbery is to react quickly. Wherever the army of the Northern Liang appeared, the iron cavalry of his subordinates had to withdraw immediately. The high mobility of the Xiongnu iron cavalry was unmatched by the Northern Liang army.

When the plundering of the Xiongnu troops has become a common practice, the people on the border of the Northern Liang are naturally not able to live well, and they can only move the idea of relocating inland. However, as soon as the people retreated, the city on the front line became a lonely city, and the supply guarantee became a problem. This is not only a military issue, but also a political issue, so the people cannot retreat, even if they wait for the Huns to come and plunder, they cannot reduce their territory.

So with the passage of time, the common people on the border line have also figured out their own set of methods to deal with the Huns, and when the Huns are coming, they will bury the valuable things and food in the ground, after all, these troops known for their mobility, once they get off their horses to dig things, they have no time to deal with the Northern Liang army that may appear at any time. And what about the common people? I have already taken refuge, are you still waiting to be killed at home?

Although not all the people were able to escape the clutches of the Huns, at least the gains of the Huns became less and less. For such a result, all the Huns would not be satisfied. As one of the teams that came to loot, the troops under the command of the Gudu Hou Xu Bujie were of course not satisfied with the results of the looting on the border line, not only were they not even strong enough to kill anything, but they could not even kill a few people. Therefore, Su Bujie made a very bold decision and led his troops into the hinterland of Beiliang to plunder. Entering the hinterland of Beiliang is not unprecedented. When Uwei was waiting for the position, in order to prove himself, he directly led 10,000 iron horsemen, ran all the way, and directly forced to Yanjing City, and left after Yanjing became a shouting and shouting for a long time. And the Northern Liang people did not figure out where the enemy came from until they were killed by the other party at the gate of the capital. Of course, this is not without risk, if the enemy cut off the retreat, I am afraid that all 10,000 troops will be surrendered to the North Liang. However, Uwei Shan succeeded, and this was a feat that was enough to make the entire Huns boil and invigorate. And today, Xu Bujie also chose such a way, directly bypassing Shuofang County and Wuyuan County, the two important towns where the heavy troops of the Northern Liang were stationed, taking advantage of the darkness of the night to be like a hinterland for more than 100 miles, looting within the crossing of the Northern Liang, and waiting for the troops of the Northern Liang to react, and with the mobility advantage of the cavalry, disappeared from the other party's field of vision.

However, unlike Uwei Shan Yu, there are only 5,000 cavalry under the Gudu Hou Xu Bujie, and 2,000 cavalry must be left in the base camp, so he only brought 3,000 soldiers, and the 10,000 soldiers under Uwei Shan Yu are the most elite warriors in the entire Huns, each of whom can be used as a ten, but although the soldiers under Su Bujie are also warriors in the tribe, they still cannot be compared with the elites of the king's tent. Therefore, such a move by Su Bujie is undoubtedly extremely risky, and everything needs to be speeded up. It was a huge gamble, risking the lives of 3,000 soldiers. However, if he returns to the grassland, this is a reason to brag about, Su Bujie has coveted the position of the big lord and even the captain for a long time, if he can succeed this time, it will undoubtedly provide a strong bargaining chip for the future position.

And what made Su Bujie extremely excited was that this assault operation had been unexpectedly smooth so far, and even more than 100 regular combat troops in Beiliang had not seen it. And if you go forward for less than twenty miles, you can go out of the border of Beiliang and enter the vast grassland, which makes Su Bujie see the dawn of victory. It will undoubtedly be a great honor to return triumphantly without spending a single soldier.

This 3,000-strong iron cavalry was advancing rapidly in the night, and there was no doubt that even if the Northern Liang people were aware of it, they would not be able to keep up with the 3,000-strong cavalry force with excellent mobility. However, the Huns are a wolf nation and will not relax their vigilance at any time, so the team doctor's upcoming victory, Su Bujie is extremely cautious. All the horses were chewed, the hooves were wrapped in cloth, and the march was silent, and it was obvious that such a low-key army was extremely difficult to find in the vast hinterland of the North Liang. However, the only regret is that this time the advance was so smooth that the three thousand soldiers and horses were loaded with booty, which reduced the speed of the rectification team to a certain extent, although the speed of the reduction was not much.

Subujie's troops only plundered some small villages, and they have always avoided large cities, and with the sluggish reaction speed of Beiliang, they have always been unable to react. Su Bujie rode his war horse and marched at the front of the team, and the path he chose was a bit remote, so it was not very easy to walk because of the overgrown weeds, but the scene in front of him made Su Bujie frown. The torch in his hand shone forward, but found that the middle of the path was blocked by a broken tree. The weather has been peaceful for the past two days, how can any tree fall for no reason, or this tree has fallen for a long time.

Su Bujie took two steps forward and wanted to go forward to find out, the terrain where everyone is at this moment is not a grassland, the terrain seems a little complicated, this is also a major problem in the hinterland of Beiliang, on the left is a hill more than ten zhang high, and on the other side is a dense forest, which is a very unfavorable terrain for the cavalry, so the bone capital Hou Xu Bujie also does not want anything to happen at this moment. And when the torch in his hand shone past, he suddenly saw that the cross-section of the tree was extremely smooth, obviously caused by cutting it with a sharp weapon. At this moment, the face of the Bone Capital Hou Xu Bujie changed, and at the same time, the sound of countless sharp weapons breaking through the sky sounded, and it was the screams of countless Hun soldiers!

There is an ambush! Su Bujie confirmed this message the moment he illuminated it with his torch, so he threw the torch in his hand as soon as possible. Because in the dark night, this torch is undoubtedly the best living target, if you want to live, it is better to throw it away. Su Bujie's reaction was extremely fast, and his mount was a good horse on the grassland, so he threw away the torch in his hand at the first time, and at the same time rode forward, shouting "Retreat", and the horse easily crossed the trees blocking the way, and rushed forward as if flying. And extremely fortunately, there was no obstacle in the slightest way.

However, the soldiers behind Su Bujie were not so lucky, facing the rain of arrows in the sky, they did not even see the shadow of the enemy, they were already in a mess, and in the hurry they threw away their torches and rushed forward desperately, no one noticed the tree in the middle of the road, and then the first horse tripped and fell, and then the second and third horses were borrowed...... In an instant, the road was blocked by the wailing horses lying on the ground, and no one could pass again. The three thousand soldiers had no way to enter, and at the same time, the shouts of killing behind them gradually sounded.

The soldiers of the Huns are all hot-blooded men, they have never been afraid of death, and they are still a good man when they get off the horse, but the two people who rushed to the forefront of the Northern Liang are like killing gods, and the weapons in their hands are swept everywhere, and the corpses of the Hun soldiers are all like killing gods. The torches in their hands reflected the blood on the faces of the two people extraordinarily hideous, like demons coming out of hell, and for a while all the Hun soldiers were frightened, and all thoughts of resistance disappeared at once.

This naturally became a one-sided massacre, this Northern Liang army actually numbered only five hundred, but with enough momentum to shout and kill, in the dark night could not count the number, for the Xiongnu soldiers, just like countless enemies, and in the hinterland of the enemy country, here and there, the fear was infinitely expanded. And in this place, in the end, the corpses of countless Hun warriors will be left.

It was an extremely uneven war, as the Northern Liang side received three thousand horses, two thousand dead bodies, and one thousand prisoners of the Huns at a cost of almost zero casualties. And it was only a 500 light cavalry unit in Beiliang that completed this move.

There are too many accidental and inexplicable factors in this, but when the two warriors who rushed to the front touched the blood stains on their faces and showed their fatigue, it was only then that they could identify that one of these two people was Xiao Zhengrong, the eldest prince of Northern Liang, and the other was Duan Chong, the second prince of Dali, so the reason for the victory of this war seemed to be understandable and reasonable.

Duan Zhong touched his nose and sat under a big tree, the blood all over his body had soaked his clothes, all of them were sticking together, and there was a foul smell all over his body, of course, Xiao Zhengrong was also like this. How many people did Duan Chong kill this night, even if he didn't count it himself, two hundred? Three hundred? Or even five hundred?

However, these are not important, Duan Zhong stretched his neck and looked into the distance, but he didn't see anything, and turned to Xiao Zhengrong and said, "You say, this Bone Marquis, can you go back to the grassland?" ”.

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