Liu Xie's Han army was mainly mounted and archery, whether it was a bow or a crossbow horse, each of them had to carry at least thirty arrows. So as soon as the two sides began to charge, they saw arrows flying.

When the first batch of fire arrows was fired, the other archers began to shoot ordinary bows and arrows together, and Zhang Liao's 1,000 crossbow cavalry had already rushed out, and they released crossbow arrows as they rushed.

As mentioned earlier, the crossbow of the crossbow cavalry is a repeating crossbow, ten crossbow arrows at a time, shoot out one, and the following one will automatically enter the launch slot, the user only needs to pull the crossbow string back, and then pull the next machine to expand, and the second arrow will be shot out again, and so on, a bit similar to a modern semi-automatic rifle, except that the latter is a bullet.

The bolts are tied with a rope strap and hung diagonally on the shoulder, so if you are too close to the enemy to use the arrows, you can immediately put the crossbow down without losing it, and quickly pull out your main weapon to engage in melee combat with the enemy.

This is also the tactics summed up by Liu Xie since the defeat of Hedong last year, when fighting in the wilderness, it is difficult for heavy weapons to come in handy, so it is necessary to strengthen the use of individual weapons.

The main weapons of the cavalry are basically short weapons such as swords, which are more suitable for charging and melee than the long weapons used by generals, and most of the soldiers want to cooperate with swords and shields.

The shield is mainly a wooden shield, and the outer perimeter of the wooden shield is wrapped with a layer of iron sheet, which is light and durable.

With the help of a small dictionary, Liu Xie's casting and forging process has made great progress, and the production of iron sheets is no longer a difficult task.

However, it was said that the two armies immediately began to fight, and although there were many people in Huchuquan, they could not withstand the fire and fire arrows, and soon caused a large number of casualties. After a while, Hu Chuquan's men and horses were beaten back.

Liu Xieming Jin withdrew his troops and did not allow the pursuit.

As soon as the battle was stopped, he heard a shout of killing in the front camp, Liu Xie was puzzled, and saw two horsemen coming slowly, Liu Xie urgently ordered his subordinates not to release arrows and let them come.

When I walked in, it was Ma Chao and Hu Chuquan. Ma Chao was in front and Hu Chuquan was behind, but he was not escorted but Hu Chuquan himself rode over.

Liu Xiezheng wondered, the two had already arrived, and Ma Chao said: "Your Majesty, the minister has persuaded Chuquan to come down." ”

Hu Chuquan dismounted and knelt down and said: "Hu Chuquan offended Tianwei, please forgive His Majesty the Emperor!" ”

Liu Xie said: "Old Hu, you get up quickly, what's wrong?" ”

For Liu Xie to call him "Lao Hu", this made Hu Chuquan a little confused, and because of the homophonic relationship, Hu Chuquan has since had the nickname of "Tiger".

Hu Chuquan got up and stood aside respectfully.

Ma Chao said: "Your Majesty, I went to their lair, and brought about a hundred or so people to their families, because I was worried that Your Majesty would comfort them, so I asked Pang De to lead the army to escort the family members behind me slowly, and I came over first."

"When the minister passed by the local camp, he saw that Hu Chuquan was fighting with one of his own generals, so he rushed in and shot the general, but Hu Chuquan immediately said that he wanted to surrender with me."

Liu Xie asked Hu Chuquan the reason, and Hu Chuquan said: "Your Majesty, I was about to surrender, and my subordinate Gendawang suddenly made a rebellion and sent troops, and the two of us had a disagreement, so they fought in the battle, thanks to the general's intervention, which helped me calm down the turmoil." But Your Majesty, I have surrendered, why do you want to kidnap my family? ”

Liu Xie smiled and said: "I don't want to harm my family, I just want to surrender you peacefully, if you really don't care about the safety of your family and insist on resisting, I won't embarrass your family." Since I became pro-government, I have abolished the joint sitting. ”

After that, he passed on the decree and asked his subordinates to quickly treat the captured family members well, so that they could be appeased.

After Liu Xie finished instructing, he pointed to Ma Chao and said to Hu Chuquan: "Hu Chuquan, do you recognize this young general." He is my big Han Tiger General Ma Chao Ma Mengqi! ”

Seeing Ma Chao, Hu Chuquan was furious and shouted: "I'm worried that I can't find you, since I see you, do you dare to fight me for three hundred rounds?" ”

Ma Chao said: "Why don't you dare." ”

The two were about to fight in front of the battle, Liu Xie persuaded him, and Hu Chuquan shouted: "If you want me to surrender, unless he can win me, I won't surrender!" ”

I had no choice but to agree.

The two of them got on their horses, Ma Chao made the dragon chant the golden gun, and Hu Chuquan made the earth-shaking mace, and the two fought in front of the battle, fighting to ten moves, and Hu Chuquan was obviously not supported.

Ma Chao knew that Liu Xie didn't want to hurt him, so he deliberately put a flaw and let Hu Chuquan attack, but he stabbed a shot in the opponent's buttocks.

The horse was in pain, and immediately stood up with a neigh, and tossed the fountain to the ground.

Ma Chao pointed a gun at him and said, "You lost!" ”

Hu Chuquan sat on the ground, slamming the ground in annoyance, he never imagined that his martial arts would be world-famous, and he would lose to a teenager, and he didn't even make ten moves.

In fact, how did he know that those who can pick up Ma Chao's ten moves are already considered first-class masters!

In order to resolve the embarrassment, Liu Xie said: "Hu Chuquan, I know that you have always been at odds with your brother Yu Fuluo, and your two brothers were not born to the same mother, not only you and Yu Fuluo are not at odds, but you also have complaints about his son Liu Bao. Now that his father and son are dead, you can just lead the Southern Xiongnu, and, I really believe, you will do better than Yu Fuluo! ”

Hu Chuquan only sat on the ground, did not speak, and did not get up.

Liu Xie said: "Declare my will, seal the Southern Xiongnu as my Han vassal state, and call Chuquan as the Southern Xiongnu Dadanyu." It is ordered that the Kitchen Spring Department shall not live and work in peace and contentment, shall not plunder, seal the territory and territory, pay tribute according to the year, and shall not make mistakes, otherwise troops will be sent to suppress it. In addition, he was awarded 1,000 taels of gold, 100,000 taels of silver, 100,000 horses of silk, 100,000 catties of Luoyang paper, 10,000 pairs of iron farm tools, 100,000 sets of high-end clothing, and a number of other objects. ”

When he heard that there were so many rewards, he was overjoyed and immediately stood up and knelt down to thank him.

Liu Xie asked: "Hu Chuquan, I ask you, do you still plan to rebel?" ”

Hu Chuquan hurriedly said: "No, not extraordinary, if I am against me, I will not be opposed, the minister swears, the minister's ministry will be Hanchen forever!" ”

Liu Xie nodded and said: "Very good, very good, Hu Chuquan, I look at the area is very good, you can live in this area, and you are not allowed to loot around." ”

Hu Chuquan said: "Your Majesty, in order to show the loyalty of the minister, the minister is willing to let his family go to Luoyang to live. ”

Liu Xie smiled and said: "I look at it, forget it, your family members come to live in Luoyang, and I still have to settle them down, and now the housing prices in Luoyang are so high." ”

Liu Xie knew that he was going to take the initiative to let his family go to Luoyang as a hostage, in order to gain Liu Xie's trust. Liu Xie also said this deliberately, so as to show his generosity and determination to employ people.

Hu Chuquan also said: "Luoyang is the center of Kyushu, the capital of prosperity, the minister's wife and daughter have always longed for it, and the minister is willing to let them live." ”

"Then in that case, I will arrange a residence for them in Luoyang South Palace, which can be regarded as your palace in Luoyang." Liu Xie agreed to him, since he took the initiative to take hostage, wouldn't it be better?