42. Wolves are never dogs
When the morning sun shone into the mountain forest, the bloody battlefield of last night clearly appeared in front of the eyes of everyone standing under the hillside.
There are floating corpses everywhere, drenched in blood.
On the grass dripping with scarlet liquid, the ownerless war horses were pulled away, and the interlaced corpses were left unattended.
Smoke and dust were billowing up.
Xianbei's generals stared at the winding ramp up the mountain with a gloomy face.
The mood is the same twists and turns.
Since yesterday, for eight full hours, they have organized more than a dozen charges to the hillside one after another.
However, Gongsun Chan and the Han army on the hillside seemed to have a determination to stick to it.
Each time, he was able to take advantage of his geographical advantage, condescendingly, and strongly repelled wave after wave of attacks.
In the middle, there was also a white horse fierce general, who fought back to the ramp from the outside, invincible, and almost unstoppable.
Even if at the suggestion of the little chieftain Aliel, an elite cavalry was sent to surround it, it would be to no avail.
That came to penetrate the strength of his whole body, wielded a spear and easily set up the blade of the slash, and swept a few backhand shots, slashing the neck and chest of the person, and the blood light sprinkled with the tip of the spear.
However, in the time of a stick of incense, he broke through the interception of two hundred elite horsemen and returned to the hillside.
With the addition of that fierce general, the difficulty of their attack on the hillside has increased.
In desperation, the Xianbei generals ordered their soldiers to strictly guard the ramp crossing, temporarily give up the strong attack, and prepare to kill Gongsun Zhan.
Flags flutter and fireworks are filled.
In the tent of the Chinese army, several strong Xianbei generals sat on the ground, all looking at the chief above.
Guvat's falcon-like gaze stared at every place in the tent, bursting with immeasurable light.
"Still... Can't you take it down? ”
Standing on the top, he frowned and looked outside, and after a long while, he said softly.
He is not a fool or a reckless man, but he knows that the originally extremely wealthy man has become extremely weak in the past year or so.
Not to mention those rich businessmen who come and go, even ordinary people are very rich.
It's like a fat sheep in front of you, and if you don't hunt it, do you have to go somewhere else to find a thin lamb that doesn't look like it?
He didn't know what others would do, but he would never do it.
After all, they don't produce and live by herding. For a long time, the grasslands could only survive by raiding.
Even before the Northern Xiongnu completely fled, Xianbei had always been obedient to the Eastern Han Dynasty, and occasionally dared to play a small-scale raid.
But when Tanshihuai unified Xianbei, Xianbei was powerful, and in fact had the ability to threaten the Eastern Han Dynasty.
Because, the long river of history proves that prosperity and decline, reincarnation with the world, and the cycle of reincarnation, this is the law of Huangu.
There is no such thing as an undefeated kingdom.
No matter how powerful a dynasty is, there are times when it declines, such as the great Roman Empire, which enclosed the Mediterranean Sea as an inland lake; Another example is the empire on which the sun never sets, which has dominated the earth for 300 years......
For hundreds of years, the Han Dynasty, which once dominated the world, has slowly declined.
After decades of cultivation and business, the Xianbei people have grown from a weak Chihuahua to a fierce Tibetan mastiff.
When the Han Dynasty was strong enough, the Xianbei people at their feet showed great respect.
But once this master fell ill and fell, the Xianbei people would not hesitate to break free of the chain and be the first to rush up and bite it.
It turns out that a wolf that wags its tail is still a wolf, not a dog.
Especially in Xianbei's excellent leader Tanshi Huai, everything he did during his reign.
Defeated in the east, Wusun in the west, Ding Ling in the north, disturbing the Han border in the south, there are the hometown of the Xiongnu, "more than 12,000 miles from east to west, more than 7,000 miles from north to south, covering mountains and rivers, water, and salt ponds."
It can be said that Tanshi Huai has established a strong Xianbei tribal alliance, and it has also left a precious and rich foundation of strength for these successors.
As Cai Yong said: "Fleeing from the Huns, Xianbei is strong, according to its homeland." Weigh 100,000 soldiers, talent and strength, and wisdom is beneficial. The customs are not strict, the forbidden network is leaky, and the gold and iron are all 'thieves'. The Han people fled to make a living for it, and the soldiers were more than the Huns. ”
The harm of Xianbei is constantly expanding.
After Emperor Ling ascended the throne, Xianbei's strength began to be uncontrollable, and under the leadership of Tanshi Huai, the Xianbei army harassed the border counties of You, Bing and Liang for many years.
"The killing strategy is innumerable"!
In the sixth year of Xiping, Xianbei disturbed the three sides again.
The Han court sent 30,000 troops to attack in three ways, but it was defeated by Tanshi Huai, and seven or eight out of ten Han soldiers died.
Since then, the Eastern Han Dynasty has turned from offensive to defensive, using methods such as differentiation and inducement, and rarely fights on a large scale, which is also related to the continuous rebellion of Xianbei and Wuhuan.
Looking back at the glory of the Han Dynasty and looking at the current situation, it really makes people feel emotional.
These vassals of the Han Dynasty had no loyalty and righteousness, but now seeing that the Han Dynasty was weak, the Xianbei army tempted by the wealth of the two counties seemed to be red-eyed hungry wolves.
Greed skyrockets.
Guvat led a group of generals out of the tent and outside, looking up.
Looking at the hillside with countless sunken corpses, he couldn't help but sigh in his heart.
At this point, the opportunity has passed, and the desire to annihilate Gongsun Chan in one fell swoop in his heart has faded away.
He had already begun to hesitate whether to give up the opportunity and instead raid other counties in Youzhou to collect grain, grass and money.
The hatred for Gongsun Chan and the greed for money made his heart begin to weigh and shake.
But he didn't hesitate for long, because someone helped him make a decision.
"Boom~~Stomp Tread...!!"
Just as Guvat looked down in contemplation, a black line suddenly appeared in the southeast direction, and the speed moved very fast.
It's like a black tide, but it's a little narrower.
The speed of the black line was very fast, but in the blink of an eye, it had already collided with the troops placed on the periphery of Guvat
The two sides instantly collided and pushed and fought together, and some soldiers continued to fall, and some people were directly slashed and killed when the other party rushed over, and a large amount of blood splashed up on the crowded front line, spilled in the dirt and grass.
The chaotic and terrifying cries of fighting and fighting resounded.
Someone estimated it and immediately reported to Guvat: "My lord, a group of horse infantry cavalry has come from behind, about 1,000 cavalry and 10,000 infantry, and it seems that they are coming for us. ”
Guvat frowned, snorted, and said with some annoyance, "I didn't expect Liu Yu to send troops in the end." ”
Glancing at the hillside, Gongsun Zhan's army had also begun to be faintly restless, and it seemed that it was still judging the situation below.
It is a war or a withdrawal.
As a clan chieftain, the problem of affecting the survival of the clan is placed in front of him.
Hearing more and more faint shouts of killing, Guvat's eyes were murderous, and a bloody domineering force emanated from his body.
"Order the three armies, except for the rear army of Aleduo to stay, retreat with me, abandon Gongsun Zhan, and plunder the three counties of Youbei!"
In the end, Guvat was ruthless and decided to leave behind a delaying Han army, and he personally led 10,000 strong men out to plunder along the way.
At the sound of an order, the three armies moved heartily.
The rumbling sound of horses' hooves rose like raindrops, raising smoke and dust towards the north.