The autumn wind is blowing, and the dust is flying.

The cavalry general Yanpu led his cavalry army to chase the Rouran army led by Princess Rouran Tuzhen, and the pursuing cavalry pulled out a mile-long procession.

A fast horse galloped from the dirt road in the northwest, the knight on horseback rose and fell with the horse, Yanpu at the front of the team raised his hand when he saw it, and stopped the horse, and the more than 10,000 elite horsemen behind him also slowed down at this time and quickly stopped advancing.

The knight grabbed the reins in front of Yanpu and reported to Yanpu: "General Qiyu, a group of men and horses in the Rouran army has stopped, and it seems that it is ready to block the pursuit of our army, and we want our army to fight, there are about two thousand five hundred horsemen, and the other horses are continuing to advance in the direction of Tunqi Mountain with their baggage!" ”

Yanpu frowned after hearing the report, "Is it just to send most of the centaurs to stop our army's pursuit?" Or does the other party's general want to use this mere 2,500 men and horses to compete with more than 10,000 elite horsemen and horses? He can't help but think too highly of himself! ”

The detective cavalry reported: "General, we found out that the leader of this Rouran army is Princess Rouran Tuzhen!" ”

"Hey, a female streamer actually has such guts, General Ben really underestimates her! Seeing that she is a woman, General Ben asked her to let her rest for a while! After Yanpu finished speaking, he looked back and shouted: "Order the whole army to continue to advance at a normal marching speed!" ”

The herald immediately rode his horse to the rear on the side of the road, and shouted as he galloped: "The general has an order, march at a normal pace!" ”

With the arrival of more than 10,000 people and horses of the Xiao cavalry, the momentum suddenly became tense, and the hearts of the Rouran cavalry under the command of Princess Tuzhen were under great pressure, after all, there were only more than 2,500 people, and the other party had more than 10,000 elite horsemen.

Princess Tuzhen sat on the back of the horse, holding a spear in her right hand, and holding the reins in the saddle with her left hand, reaching out to stroke the mane of the war horse to soothe the restless war horse, and the war horse soon quieted down, constantly snorting and shaking its head.

The cavalry set up a phalanx a few miles away and slowly moved towards the military formation of the Rouran army, Yanpu is a battle-hardened general, with rich experience in the battle, he did not give Princess Tuzhen the opportunity to attack while he was unstable, although the army was still moving, but the military formation was already formed, which could not only stop and standby, but also accelerate the attack.

The warring sides in this period are far less important than the warring parties in the Spring and Autumn Period, which is also a reflection of the declining world style. In the Spring and Autumn Period, both warring sides observed etiquette very much, and this war etiquette was not only formal, but very principled.

First, don't cut it off; second, not to block the dangerous pass, that is, not to block the enemy in dangerous places; third, not to seriously injure, that is, not to cause the same person to be injured repeatedly; Fourth, no drums and no columns, that is, you can't attack until the opponent has set up a position; Fifth, do not capture two cents, that is, do not capture gray-haired people, and let them go home to support their old age; Sixth, do not chase the north, that is, do not chase and defeat the enemy in the north, even if you want to pursue, you can't go more than fifty paces, is there a difference between chasing fifty steps and chasing a hundred steps? No! Because they all violate the principles of battlefield etiquette, there is also a saying that fifty steps laugh at one hundred steps.

All these principles and rules of battlefield etiquette began to be broken gradually in the Warring States period, and as time went by, more and more rules and principles were broken, and by this time there was not much left, and even reached the point where everything could be done as long as it could win.

Now that the two armies are facing each other in a dignified position, according to the only remaining battlefield etiquette, the two sides at least sent people to say a few words, Princess Tuzhen did not attack when the Wei army was still marching, which made Yanpu very appreciative, the barbarian princess actually had this kind of bearing in his opinion worthy of respect.

A civil official of the army was sent over by Yanpu as a messenger, and the envoy trotted over on a horse and stopped not far away and shouted loudly: "Xia Guan is Jia Ding, a civil servant of the army under the command of the Great Wei Xiao Cavalry General, as a messenger to negotiate with the general of your army, dare to ask Her Royal Highness Princess Rouran Tuzhen on the other side?" ”

Tuzhen replied: "It's Princess Ben, I don't know what General Yanpu has to say?" ”

"Don't dare to advise, my general said that the princess brought troops to take it without telling her, it is really rude, my Great Wei is a big country, I can ignore the princess's rudeness, but if the princess wants to retreat, she must put down all the baggage and all our people who were captured by you, otherwise, my general will have to discipline the princess for the Rouran Datan Khan!"

"Hahaha······" Princess Tuzhen laughed, and after laughing, she said to the messenger: "Please go back and tell General Xiaocai that there is a rule in this world that wolves must eat sheep, and sheep must eat grass, this is the law of heaven!" The cavalry general wanted to make Princess Ben spit out the meat that had eaten in her mouth, didn't he think he was ridiculous? Tell him that this princess has been waiting here for a long time! ”

"The lower official must convey the princess's words to the general Xiaocai!" After the messenger finished speaking, he turned around and returned to his main formation.

Yanpu didn't get angry when he heard the messenger's relay, he laughed it off, and just told the herald: "Prepare to attack!" ”

The herald immediately sent a herald to gallop between the queues, shouting: "The general has an order, prepare to attack!" ”

On the other side, Princess Tuzhen instructed a general beside her: "You go and call the battle, and ask the Wei army if anyone dares to fight you to the death!" Only win, not lose! ”

"Yes!" General Rouran agreed, and galloped towards the Wei army.

Yanpu was about to give the order to attack, but saw a general Rouran coming on horseback, this person stopped in front of the two armies, and shouted: "I am the general of Princess Tuzhen, Ku Luohan, I have long heard that there are many brave men in the Wei army, but anyone dares to fight me to the death?" ”

As soon as Princess Tuzhen did this, Yanpu was embarrassed to forcibly order an attack, and everyone directly called for a battle to fight alone, could it be that he couldn't find a few warriors in the cavalry?

Yanpu immediately said to a general beside him: "Hu Liang, you go to deal with him, you just need to win and not lose!" ”

"Yes, General!" Hu Liang agreed, beat the horse and galloped towards Kurohan.

"Hu Liang, the general of the cavalry, is here to teach you how to be a man!" Rushing to the front, Hu Liang shouted, and the steel spear in his hand stabbed over.

Hu Luohan lifted the mace, the steel spear was smashed, Hu Liang's arm was shocked and numb, and his heart said that this guy was so powerful, he didn't dare to despise it immediately, and he was engrossed in fighting with Hu Luohan.

The martial arts of these two people are almost the same, and you have been fighting back and forth for seventy or eighty rounds without winning or losing.

Princess Tuzhen leisurely watched the scene of the fight, and a fast horse galloped beside her, and the knight stopped and reported to her: "The man has arrived!" ”

Princess Tuzhen nodded, waving her hand to pull back.

Hu Luohan has a brute force, and he actually fights more and more bravely, that Hu Liang just began to be brave, and after a long battle, he lost his strength, and after a hundred moves, he was obviously at a disadvantage, and he was accidentally smashed on the head of the war horse by Hu Luohan, and the war horse fell to the ground before he had time to scream.

Hu Liang also fell, and before he could get up, a mace smashed his head.

This scene greatly boosted the morale of the Rouran army, and they raised their weapons and shouted, Princess Tuzhen waved her hand at this time: "Order to attack!" ”

"Woo-woo-woo-" The desolate trumpet sounded.

The Rouran cavalry began to move, and the face of Yan Pu on the other side changed, and the morale of the army under his command dropped a lot at this time, but he couldn't think about it too much, he had to face the battle.

"Beat the drums, attack!"

"Knock-knock-knock-"

"Kill—" The cavalrymen on both sides roared with their weapons and galloped towards each other.

Although there are only more than 2,500 people under Princess Tuzhen, the phalanx she put out is very wide in cross-section, not long in depth, and the team is very dense between them.

"Shoot the arrows—"

Both sides are light cavalry, both have superb cavalry and archery skills, and before hand-to-hand combat, it is inevitable to carry out several rounds of cavalry shooting.

Under the overwhelming momentum, the two sides lost each other's fire, and when they rushed close enough, the riding bow had already taken effect, and they dropped their riding bows and picked up their weapons to continue to rush towards each other.

"Boom, boom, boom-" The two armies collided head-on, and the Rouran cavalry, which had a slightly dense formation, had a slight upper hand, and the Wei cavalry in front of them were knocked down one after another, and the people turned on their backs.

At this moment, a Rouran cavalry appeared from both sides of the battlefield, these two Rouran cavalry were the five thousand Rouran cavalry that disappeared outside the Nantian Fort, they marched slowly to accelerate, and soon ran to high speed, the number of the two cavalry was not much, only more than two thousand horsemen, but because of the left and right flanking attacks, which made the Wei cavalry greatly frightened, they were rushing forward, but found that there was an enemy next to them, where did they still have the courage to continue to rush forward, the momentum of the impact was slow, However, the Rouran cavalry from both flanks still inserted into the Wei army formation at high speed.

This is not just a two-sided attack, but a three-sided attack, the Wei army, which has an absolute advantage in numbers, can not withstand it without exception, the army's morale is completely scattered at this moment, everyone is rushing to flee for their lives, how to care about the orders of the generals and the tooth master.

Yanpu, who was commanding in the rear, saw this scene, his face instantly turned pale, and he grabbed the placket of the scout's robe and shouted: "Didn't you say that you have already investigated, and there are no enemy ambushes around?" Where did the Rouran cavalry come from? Yes? ”

The scout was so frightened that his face was pale, and he begged for mercy loudly: "The general spares his life, his subordinates have indeed explored the surroundings in advance, and no enemy troops have been found within a radius of ten miles!" ”

An official strongly advised: "General, this is not the time to be held accountable, this is obviously a trap that Tuzhen has laid a long time ago, just waiting for our army to enter the trap!" Now that our army's defeat has become settled, it is irretrievable, so at this time it is better to withdraw quickly, and if you can save one, count it as one! ”

Yanpu saw that the soldiers and horses under his command were all in chaos, and the heralds could not convey the order, so they had to grit their teeth and let the flag officer take the flag bearer to follow him to the rear to escape.