Chapter 22: Swamp Horror
The cold north wind blew the military flags and hunted, and the Liaodong sergeants were wrapped in leather coats, covered with armor, and were full of energy, arrayed in the wilderness. The Wuhuan soldiers and horses came as promised, and the two armies were separated by a mile and stopped. Both sides began to line up their forces and prepare for battle.
Liu Ze was in the center, and the generals under his command were on both sides, seeing that Qiu Liju's team was reorganized, Liu Ze stepped forward and said to Qiu Liju: "Qiu Liju, the north wind is tightening recently, and the snow is fluttering, such a beautiful scenery, why not retreat to the outside of the plug, and eat this wind and snow in my Liaodong, why bother?" Qiu Liju shouted: "Liu Zexiaoer, kill me tens of thousands of Wuhuan people, take revenge today, and never die." "Haha....., Qiu Liju, it's really robber logic, if you don't come to invade my big man, how can you kill and injure?" "Hugh the power of the tongue, see how I capture you today? Erlang, kill !! Qiu Liju waved his big sword, and the left, center, and right wings of men and horses started and rushed towards Liu Ze. Liu Ze hit his horse and returned to his own formation, the horse whip was raised, the sword and shield soldiers and pikemen were lined up in front of the formation, and the archers opened their bows and arrows, pointing obliquely to the sky.
At a distance of one mile, the cavalry's war horses had just begun to gallop before they arrived in front of the formation, and Liu Ze shouted, "Shoot the arrows!" "The rain of arrows in the sky was sprinkled towards the Wuhuan people. The Wuhuan cavalry fired arrows, beat their horses and rushed forward, and with a coax, the two armies collided together. One-man-high shields lined up the wall, blocking the onslaught of the horses, and the pikemen stabbed their spears through the gaps in the shields, constantly killing and wounding the Wuhuan people. Qiu Liju saw that Liu Ze met with sword and shield soldiers and pikemen, the cavalry did not move, and 20,000 cavalry were left in advance. The cavalry bypassed the war group, it was still the old routine, stepping on crossbows, javelins, and flying together to the Wuhuan people in the melee, Qiu Liju commanded 20,000 cavalry to meet the attack, Guan Yu Zhao Yun turned a blind eye, and led the team to kill the Wuhuan cavalry who was fighting with the Han army diagonally, and began to pierce the chisel. 20,000 Wuhuan cavalry also penetrated into their own formation along with Guan Yu and Zhao Yun's team. The Wuhuan cavalry was in turmoil. Liu Ze saw that Xu Chu and Dian Wei were eager to try, and said with a smile: "You two will each bring a thousand men and horses, attack Qiu Liju's own formation, and capture the flag." The two of them were overjoyed and led the men and horses towards Qiu Liju. Xu Chudianwei is like two fierce tigers, in front of everything, the two of them rolled forward in the formation with pikemen, Qiu Liju saw it, was surprised, and ordered his guards to surround and kill the two. Liu Ze saw that his team was gradually declining, and he ordered Mingjin, the two armies were stuck, and it was not so easy to get out of the battlefield. After Guan Yu and Zhao Yun's cavalry was broken, the archers covered, and the army slowly retreated.
Qiu Liju was overjoyed when he saw that the Han army wanted to retreat, and ordered the whole army to press, and for a while the Han army threw away its armor and abandoned many materials, and flew back. Seeing that the army was far away, the cavalry also withdrew from the battle circle after throwing a few rounds of javelins. When the Wuhuan people saw the things discarded on the ground, they got off their horses and picked them up, Qiu Liju was furious, and ordered his subordinates to dare to pick up things, and they were killed.
Liu Ze led more than 20,000 people, pedaling skis and snowboards, and was galloping. A stout soldier carried a large flag on his back, and the big flag was the direction, and more than 20,000 people broke into the swamp without hesitation.
Qiu Liju's team still has more than 40,000 people, and seeing Liu Ze fleeing for his life in front, Qiu Liju repeatedly ordered to speed up, and 40,000 iron hooves also stepped into the swamp. Because of the cold, the swamp was frozen, and the war horses stepped on it for the first time, and they didn't feel anything, but as more and more war horses stepped on it, the ice cracked, the mud rolled out, and the army was surging, and suddenly fell into the swamp, only the thousands of cavalry in front were still galloping. When they realized that something was wrong, when they looked back, they saw more than 30,000 horses struggling and slowly falling into the swamp. Liu Ze and the others stopped their bodies, and when they saw that thousands of Wuhuan cavalry were still in a daze, they gave an order, and 20,000 people turned around, stretched their bows and arrows, and shot at the remaining soldiers and horses of Wuhuan. Qiu Liju followed his army and slept under the land of Liaodong for a long time.
It was already ten days after cleaning the battlefield, Liu Ze risked his life, lured Qiu Liju, and almost annihilated Qiu Liju's army, Guan Yu Zhao Yun led the cavalry to surround Qiu Liju's camp, and 10,000 Wuhuan people who stayed behind were taken prisoner. More than 30,000 soldiers and horses in the three counties of Liaodong, Xuansu and Lelang suffered casualties. When the news came out, the Wuhuan people did not dare to herd their horses south.