Chapter Forty-Eight: The Fire Bull Array
Zang Ba saw that the Xianbei army was coming, and returned to Dazhai. The Abandonment and Tuoba Divisions dispatched 20,000 soldiers to spread out and rushed towards the wall. Xianbei are all cavalry, when the war horse gallops to the wall of the wall for about a mile, the horse's hooves have fallen into the deep pit that has been dug before, and suddenly the war horse falls to the ground, the soldiers fall, and the formation is in chaos. It turned out that the Jizhou army was full of horse traps outside the camp, leaving only a few hundred meters of space in front of the wall. The 20,000 Xianbei soldiers hesitated, not daring to enter again. The Tuoba division ordered the cavalry to dismount, raise their shields, and bury the pit. When the Xianbei soldiers entered the range of the bow and arrows, the archers threw arrows, and the distance of about 200 meters close to the wall was about 200 meters, and the Xianbei soldiers said that they would not dare to come and bury them. Seeing that the abandonment and Tuoba division were in vain, they ordered the troops to be withdrawn. The morale-boosting battle ended hastily.
Li Cheng and Ma Yuan, two generals, led 50,000 cavalry, riding two horses and carrying a large number of arrows, rushed to the foot of Danhan Mountain. Liu Ze saw that the two generals were all elites, and his self-confidence increased by another layer, and he heard the two of them say: "The rear of 50,000 troops has transported countless materials, grain and grass in carts. Jia Xu and Xu Shu came with the army. "I was overjoyed in my heart, and arranged for Zhao Yun and Zhang Liaoshuai's cavalry to pick up along the way.
In the Jizhou camp, Liu Ze and Guo Jia looked at the hundreds of thousands of healthy cattle gathered together, Guo Jia said: "If Ming Gong wants to use fire cattle to break the enemy, he needs to let the Xianbei people and horses concentrate before they can work." Liu Ze smiled: "I have thought of a way, as for how to use it, it is your business." Guo Jia rolled his eyes, "Ming Gong, isn't it okay to be such a scoundrel?" Liu Ze laughed: "No, Mr. Wenwen and Yuan are all right, three stinkers, oh.... The three of you have a good counsel and a good discussion. Guo Jia said helplessly: "Yes." ”
What He Lian didn't expect was that together with Wolf Smoke, there were more than a million people coming to help, and he couldn't help but be triolated, and fiercely despised Liu Ze, the leader of the Jizhou army, ---. A feast was held in the big tent of the royal court of Helian, and the leaders of the reinforcements from all walks of life were feasted. He Lian was happy, and after drinking a few glasses, he said: "The Jizhou army ordered people of different races to wantonly torture and kill my Xianbei people, so that my Xianbei people in the east were empty. Millions of clansmen, this hatred is not shared, I hope that all of you will share the hatred of the enemy, destroy the Han alliance as soon as possible, and avenge the death of our clansmen. The adults who participated in the banquet stood up together, beat their chests with their fists, and shouted, "Revenge, revenge." He Lian changed his words and said: "More than a million people and horses are concentrated, and they need unified command before they can be like an arm, I want to temporarily lead the army, I don't know what you think?" The adults of the various departments were silent, and Lian was right, there was no unified command, and more than a million people were a rabble, but was it easy to piece together some people by yourself? If Shan Yu took the opportunity to bring the army into his hands, how could he gain a foothold in the grassland? That's a problem. Tuoba Master is old and refined, and said with a smile: "What Shan Yu said is exactly what I want." It is only more than 1.3 million men and horses, and the grain and grass carried by each army are limited, so our army should fight quickly and make a quick decision, otherwise the delay will be long, and the army will have no food and can only return to the grassland. "Xianbei people fight, personal food, according to different times, the number of carrying, nothing more than beef and mutton jerky. Now the weather is warmer day by day, carry more, but also easy to rot, can no longer eat, the so-called grain and grass sent by the rear, are also cattle and sheep, but the distance is too far, back and forth inconvenient. The purpose of Helian is really to defeat the coalition army, take advantage of his own control of the military power, select the elite, form an army, and increase his strength, after all, more than 200,000 horses and horses have been buried in the Baishan Valley. He Lianjian Tuoba proposed a quick solution, and he felt that it was right, 1.3 million, people eat horses and chew, how many materials do you need? Helian is not stupid, he can figure it out.
He Lian saw that the adults from all walks of life were silent and spoke little, and only the Tuoba Master stood up to express his support, so he had to say: "For today's plan, a quick battle is the best, I don't know what good plan you have?" Abandon Hubei said: "Shan Yu, the coalition army is retreating into the camp, the defense is very dense, and the attack is seriously damaged, if the coalition wall can be burned, the army should be like a bamboo." Tuoba Shi sneered in his heart, how to burn people's walls? Can you walk within 100 meters of someone's house? He Lian's concerns were similar to those of Tuoba Master, so he asked, "Is there a good way to abandon Lord Humility?" He said: "Shan Yu, now that the spring is warm and the southeast wind is strong, a large army can make a cart, full of dry firewood, push it to the wall of the coalition army, set fire to the wind, and the coalition army will be chaotic; Another large army was sent to set up an ambush on the left and right of the coalition army, and the coalition army abandoned the village and attacked from the left and right, and it was sure to win a great victory. He Lian's eyes lit up, and he secretly abandoned this inconspicuous guy, and there were two hits. After abandoning humility, he proudly looked at the leaders present and sat down proudly. He Lian pondered the suggestion of abandoning humility in his heart, and felt that it was feasible, so he looked at the tribal adults with an inquiring gaze, and saw that they nodded frequently, so he decided to implement the method of abandoning humility.
Liu Ze frowned, listening to the scout's report, what are the Xianbei people collecting dry firewood and making carts? After being stunned for a moment, Guo Jia and Jia Xu stood up almost at the same time and said, "It's not good." Seeing each other's reaction, the two of them understood that they thought of going together. Guo Jia was young and motioned to Jia Xu to say first, but Jia Xu did not shirk, so he said: "Ming Gong, if things are dry today, the southeast wind is tight. The Xianbei people make carts and collect dry firewood, and they are bound to load dry firewood with carts, push them to the wall of our army's village, light a fire with the wind, and burn our camp. Dry firewood is high, and bows and arrows cannot be used to prevent carts from approaching. Our army can only abandon the village to fight, and the Xianbei army may have been prepared to attack our army on three fronts. Liu Ze gasped and said, "What a vicious strategy." Guo Jia nodded and said: "Yes, the Xianbei people are forcing our army to fight quickly, but our army can plan as it is, and it may be a few days to break the enemy." Liu Ze said: "Will the plan be released?" Guo Jia said with a smile: "Now the southeast wind is tight, if you want to attack with fire, you must go to the southeast." Our army can isolate the source of fire behind the southern village, so that the fire will not spread. Nanzhai hides elite soldiers, wait until the fire starts, deceive and mess up, go out of the village, Xianbei people will come to pursue, Gongsun Fan General Shuai Jun broke off, my elite soldiers turned back to cover and kill, the south road Xianbei can be broken. Other camps, seeing the fire in the south village, lit a fire in the open space in the village, let the Chinese army shout, rush out of the camp, Xianbei ambush soldiers see this, they will come to cover and kill, Ming Gong fire bull array, is can be powerful. Liu Ze was overjoyed, secretly arranged, and waited for the Xianbei people to come to burn the village.
In a few days, he had prepared a cart of dry firewood, waiting for the southeast wind to rise. In the evening of this day, the banner of the city head slowly stretched, drifted to the northwest, gradually the wind became stronger and stronger, the blowing flag hunted and hunted, the city head guard reported the news and the company, and the company was happy, and ordered the army to arrange the arrangement, and he stood at the head of the city, with the lantern as the number, commanding the army.
In the south of the Jizhou army, thousands of carts were filled with dry firewood, slowly pushing, heading towards the wall, and 100,000 cavalry behind them to guard against the sneak attack of the Jizhou soldiers. The Jizhou soldiers on the wall found the firewood cart, sounded the gong to warn, and suddenly countless arrows shot at the firewood cart. The Xianbei soldiers who were hiding behind the firewood cart were unscathed, secretly proud, looked at the wall, sped up, pushed under the wall, and lit the dry firewood. The firewood cart quickly ignited the wall of the wall, spread to the wall, and there was a panic in the village, and the Jizhou soldiers panicked, opened the gate of the wall, ran out, and moved closer to the Chinese army. 100,000 Xianbei cavalry scattered their horses, chased over, a trumpet, Tian Yu led 20,000 white horses from the Xianbei rear first, Gongsun Fan 80,000 cavalry followed, the escaped Jizhou soldiers, turned back and also entered the battle group.
The Dazhai of Jizhou soldiers soon caught fire, and more than 200,000 soldiers called their fathers and mothers, and the chaos was unbearable, and the sound was heard for miles. He Lian saw the fire in the Jizhou camp at the head of the city, and instructed the ambush soldiers to move closer to Dazhai. In the chaos, the Jizhou soldiers opened the gate of the village and poured into the open space outside the wall. The Xianbei army almost went out, thinking that it would be done in one battle, and when they saw the Jizhou soldiers coming out of the village, they swarmed and killed them.
When the Xianbei soldiers approached, the Jizhou soldiers suddenly separated and stood next to the wooden planks that had been prepared long ago. A group of sturdy oxen rushed out, their horns tied with daggers and their tails glittering with fire. After the herd rushed out, they ran towards the Xianbei people's ranks. In the rear, the Jizhou soldiers sounded gongs and drums, making all kinds of noise. The herd was scorched crazy by the flames on the tail, and the sound of gongs and drums came from behind, and they ran out of control, ran with their heads down, and instantly crashed into the ranks of the Xianbei army.
The crazy old bull and tiger have to give three points, not to mention the war horse. When the cattle hit an obstacle, the horns rose fiercely, and the short knives were sharp, stabbing down the horses, and the Xianbei soldiers were trampled by the mad bulls. The attack of more than 100,000 cattle suppressed the charge of more than one million cavalry in Xianbei. The Xianbei soldiers were frightened by the fearlessness of the mad bull, and many of them turned their horses' heads to avoid the attack of the herd. 150,000 Jizhou cavalry and 100,000 Bingzhou cavalry chased the herd into the battlefield. More than 200,000 infantrymen, armed with bows and arrows, or with swords and shields, struck them from both sides.
The madness of the mad cow made many Xianbei war horses beat their soft legs, and no matter how the owner whipped, they were stunned and didn't know how to move. More than 200,000 Jizhou and Bingzhou cavalry entered, and drove the cattle to continue to charge. For a time, on the ground within a radius of two or three hundred miles, a tragic battle was staged. Less than half of the Xianbei soldiers actually participated in the war, and many of them participated in the war with a blood and courage, and the war relied on strength, and soon they understood this truth, but when they understood, their lives were also gone.