Chapter 487: Decisive Battle for Helan Mountain
When Peng Lin's news came, Li Xin and Li Erhei had just arrived south of Lian County, and had not yet entered the vicinity of the ancient city of Lian County. "He wants to surrender before he fights, and he is too afraid of death!" After Li Erhei heard the news, he couldn't help but say.
"Liu Weichen is a cunning person, he knows best what it means to be a good man and not suffer immediate losses! Knowing that in such a place, facing our superior forces, it is very likely that the entire army will be wiped out, how can it be sent to death? Li Xin said lightly.
"So what should we do? Is it to accept his surrender? I don't think those people who are trustworthy and righteous, I'm afraid they won't surrender sincerely, so it's better to go to war directly! Li Erhei said on the side.
"I can't trust him, but since everyone has already surrendered, we have to give him a chance! Well, when I sent an envoy over, I said that according to our practice, those who surrendered to the Huashan Army must accept the adaptation, and they can no longer keep their own soldiers and horses. At the same time, any appointment to them must be obeyed. If he is willing to obey this, I will grant him surrender! Li Xin shook his head and said slowly.
"Makes sense! We have already given him the opportunity, and it depends on whether he can seize it himself. If it's getting late today, I think we'd better limit the time, otherwise, they're afraid they'll drag it out! Li Erhei listened and nodded.
"It's just tomorrow morning! It shouldn't be too much of a problem to give them a night to think about it! In addition, you should not rest tonight, hurry up and set up a pontoon bridge, cross the river first, and then go around from the east to join Shao Zisong! Li Xin thought for a moment before he said.
"Okay, I'll do it right away!" Li Erhei hurriedly responded.
Not long after, Li Xin separated from Li Erhei's army, and under the escort of two hundred soldiers, he continued to move forward to join Hu Tian and them. Li Erhei led the army and began to build a pontoon bridge at the confluence of the Yellow River and Zhijin, preparing to cross the river from here to the east bank.
In later generations, the area of Wuhu Mountain was under the jurisdiction of Wuhai City, and that place was still very well developed. But in this era, the area north of Yinchuan is actually a bitter cold place.
Not to mention before the Sui and Tang dynasties, in fact, until the Ming Dynasty, the area north of Yinchuan and around Helan Mountain was a barren land, and the soil was alkaline and salty, not suitable for survival. As a result, there are not many people living in the Wuhu Mountain area, and there are not even a few herdsmen.
Otherwise, there would not be only valleys to be able to, but a lot of roads. After all, there is no road in the world, and there is only a way when there are more people! If no one walks, where will the road come from?
Liu Weichen and the others were blocked in this long and narrow valley, and when they couldn't advance or retreat, they could only hope to surrender. Of course, preparations for war were still being made in secret.
The messenger sent by Li Xin returned quickly and brought his decision to Peng Lin and Hu Tian, and it was almost midnight.
After Peng Lin received the reply, he immediately sent someone to convey this meaning to Liu Weichen. At the same time, let Liu Weichen allow himself to send someone over to get in touch with Shao Zisong.
"Accept the adaptation? Abandon your own army? How can this be reasonable, this is clearly trying to take away my power! If we don't have an army, won't we have to be slaughtered in the future? After hearing Li Xin's conditions, Liu Weichen couldn't help but be furious.
"Shan Yu, I heard that this is a condition that Li Xin said personally, so it seems that Li Xin has also rushed here. If he arrives here, I'm afraid that there will be more soldiers and horses in Huashan, and we won't be able to defeat it. Someone next to him reminded.
"What if Li Xin arrives? Is it really that Ben Shan Yu is afraid of him? If you want to get Ben Danyu to hand over the troops and horses, it is impossible! He obviously doesn't want us to surrender, in that case, everyone will have a dead net! Pass the order, let's act quietly at three o'clock and break out from the north! Liu Weichen was furious and determined to forcibly break through.
Although the mountains on both sides of this valley are not vertically walled, you can't climb over them. Especially their war horses, not to mention.
Of course, in order to survive, you can actually leave the war horse. It's just that after there are no war horses, I'm afraid they won't be able to run far before they will be caught up by the Huashan army.
The weather was not good that night, the valley was dark, and the bright moon in the sky was blocked by large dark clouds from time to time. As soon as the time came, the Hun army wrapped their horses and hooves and quietly moved towards the north mountain pass.
In order not to let the Huashan army notice, the Huns walked very slowly. Especially some of the warriors who were selected, they did not ride horses, but walked towards Shao Zisong's chariot formation.
These people are the key means used by Liu Weichen to break through the car formation, as long as they touch into the car formation, so that the Huashan army inside can not take care of the front, then it will be time for the cavalry to attack.
When the group quietly moved forward to a distance of less than five hundred meters from the Huashan military vehicle array, they still didn't hear any sound on the side of the car formation, as if they didn't notice it at all.
"Great, the Huashan Army must have thought that we were still thinking about surrendering, so we didn't take precautions. Act now! A first-class bounty of 100 taels! Seeing that the opposite side was not prepared at all, Liu Weichen couldn't help but be overjoyed.
Hearing that there was a reward, the warriors who were in charge of the first ride were all enthusiastic, and they all sped up one by one, rushed to the front of the car formation, and immediately climbed up to the car.
Torches were lit on the chariot formation of the Huashan Army, so the position at the mouth of the valley was extraordinarily bright. Liu Weichen, who was following behind, saw the situation in front of him and suddenly felt a little strange. Because after these soldiers climbed into the car formation, there was not much movement over there.
"Oh no, it's a trap! Retreat! A hint of unhappiness flashed in his heart, Liu Weichen suddenly reacted, and hurriedly instructed the people around him. And he himself turned his horse's head at the first moment, trying to return in the direction he came.
"Shoot the arrows!" However, it was obviously too late by this time. Because suddenly an order came from the slopes on both sides, and immediately, countless arrows flew down from the top of the mountains on both sides, and fell straight into the Hun soldiers.
And in the car formation in front of him, at this time, there was suddenly a shout, and arrows were also flying over. Under such a sudden blow, the Huns in the valley were suddenly killed by surprise, and all the men and horses were in chaos.
At this moment, Liu Weichen was completely desperate, and his thoughts seemed to return to the time when he went south with Liu Yantou to attack Luguan, and he was also ambushed like this and defeated. Unexpectedly, the same situation happened again in less than two years.
"Retreat, retreat!" Liu Weichen didn't have the heart to think about counterattacking anymore, all he thought of at this time was to leave this fatal place quickly and save his life first.
In fact, without his orders, most of the Huns had already fled back spontaneously. But due to the special chaos in the whole valley, everyone is huddled together, so it's no wonder that this speed can be so fast.
"Kill!" Liu Weichen finally ran to a place more than ten miles away from the valley mouth, and when he was a little relieved, he suddenly heard a fierce shout from the front, and the valley in front was already full of fire.
You don't need to look at Liu Weichen to know that in the south at this time, the Huashan Army must have launched an attack. At this time, the Hun soldiers who retreated from the north and south ends were also slowly gathered together, and the firelight at the north and south ends was also constantly moving closer to the middle.
"Shan Yu, the Huashan army in the south has already been killed, we can't resist it!" The general in charge of the broken rear ran over at this time, and reported in a panic.
"Bastard, it's here, there's no better way! Abandon the horse and climb the mountain immediately, let's escape from here first! Seeing this, Liu Weichen immediately felt that he had no power to return to heaven, so he had to say hatefully.
After hearing this, the surrounding Hun soldiers immediately jumped off their horses and scrambled to climb the mountain walls on both sides of the valley.
However, their approach was doomed to be in vain, because the Mo swordsmen led by Hu Tian quickly killed them from the south. The Huns, who have long been exhausted, can stop these god-like Mo swordsmen.
Hu Tian and the others almost unhindered all the way to the middle of the valley, and the men and horses led by Shao Zisong had already arrived from the north at this time.
After the two sides converged in the valley, they immediately fired arrows into the mountain. At the same time, they sent to inform Peng Lin that he should lead the cavalry through the valley and rush to the north side of the valley to pursue the deserters.
The battle didn't last long, but it was already the middle of the night when the battle began, so it was almost dawn when the battle ended. After Hu Tian and others dealt with the Huns on the mountain, they began to clean up the battlefield.
Judging from this battle, basically most of Liu Weichen's last 6,000 people have already died in the valley. As for the wounded soldiers and those who fled, only a few of them were killed. However, let Liu Weichen escape, if things go well, maybe Peng Lin will be able to catch him.
At this point, Liu Weichen can be said to have been wiped out by the whole army, and his Huns' family background has made him defeated. From then on, the Tiefu Xiongnu could no longer pose a threat to the Huashan army.
Shortly after the battle, Li Xin rushed to the south of the valley and joined everyone. Knowing the results of this battle, Li Xin was very satisfied.
"Very well, after this battle, the threat in our north has been greatly reduced! Immediately sent the order, the army quickly marched north, and the army met in the ancient city of Linrong County! Then he ordered. Take a hundred plating to read the latest chapter of "Eastern Jin Dynasty Tang Wang's Claw Book House" for free for the first time.