The Rouran Iron Cavalry has already rushed over, Yasuhara's right guards are all cavalry, and the cavalry is an offensive class, how can they stand still and defend like infantry? The cavalry's defense was far inferior to that of the infantry, and the Rouran Iron Cavalry could crush them with a single charge.

"No, you can't stand and die!" Yasuhara immediately made a decision that he had to fight, and even if the formation was not yet complete, he had to order the right guards cavalry to meet him.

"Pass the order, let the front army and the middle army catch up, and those who take a step back, cut!"

Yasuhara issued an order to meet the battle, and only the front army and the middle army in the army formation have completed the assembly, but the strength of these two men and horses is slightly weak, and the Rouran cavalry is killing with great momentum, where is the opponent?

"Boom ······" The Rouran cavalry rushed up one after another, and although the cavalry of the front army and the middle army of the weak Wei army fought bravely to kill the enemy, they were weak and weak, and they also lost slightly better defensive equipment than the Rouran cavalry, so they could barely carry the work of a cup of tea.

The target of the attack of the Kerouran cavalry was not only the front army and the middle army of the Wei army, under the order of Shelun, 4,000 people from the left and right flanks were separated from the left and right flanks of the rear of the Wei army.

The cavalry in the rear of the Wei army, which was already extremely panicked, was suddenly in chaos, and a large number of cavalry turned around and fled on the spot, allowing An Yuan to order the escapees to be killed, but still could not stop the rout of the deserters who had lost their courage.

"General, the Right Guard can't stop it, withdraw quickly, if you don't retreat, it'll be too late!" The subordinates anxiously persuaded Yasuhara.

Yasuhara shouted angrily: "Don't escape, whoever escapes will kill whoever comes, this battle has just begun, even if you die here, Ben will never take a step back!" ”

Another general advised: "General, if you don't leave at this time, you will inevitably be crushed into powder by the Rouran Iron Cavalry!" Withdraw now, the general can also rely on the two armies of Huaishuo Town and Woye Town to retreat to Jinling, the Rouran people are all cavalry, they can't rush to the mountain, at most let them take away some of the war horses and grain and grass materials left in the camp under the mountain, if it is too late today, it is impossible for the Rouran people not to withdraw and rest! ”

Yasuhara listened to this suggestion, he knew that this was the only correct choice at present, the training of the garrison army in Woye Town and Huaishuo Town had not yet been completed, and the cavalry tactics were not yet proficient.

An Yuan gritted his teeth and shouted extremely unwillingly: "Immediately order Tuoba Jian and Wandu Gui to lead the army to retreat to Jinling Mountain, and we will retreat!" ”

Jinling Mountain is buried the founding emperor of the Northern Wei Dynasty, the second emperor Tuoba heir and their queen and some concubines, the purpose of the Jinling camp is to protect the mausoleum, easy can not be abandoned, otherwise it will not be able to the emperor and the imperial court.

As soon as the order to retreat was issued, some of the Wei cavalry who were still fighting with the Rouran people no longer had the heart to fight, and fled to the rear one after another, and some of the Wei cavalry who had already fled ran faster.

How could the Rouran people let them go so easily? Immediately chased and killed, and soon rushed into the Jinling camp, and a large number of baggage, property, war horses, weapons and armor discarded in the Jinling camp made the pursuit momentum of the Rouran cavalry stop.

She Lun with a large number of Rouran cavalry chased to the foot of Jinling Mountain and stopped the pursuit, he observed, at this time the soldiers of Woye and Huaishuo two towns have been respectively under the command of Tuoba Sword and Wandu Gui on the hillside lined up into an infantry defensive formation, although the number of soldiers and horses in the two towns is not much, but the formation is mysterious and dense, the flag is waving, quite majestic, the hillside is rocky and rugged, there is some danger, it is too difficult to rush up to kill them, the cavalry will lose speed on the hillside, and the defenders on the mountain only need a few arrows to shoot down, You can shoot the attacking cavalry on your back.

"After that, Ben Shuai will take 5,000 people to guard here, send 2,000 people to guard the prisoners, and you take the rest of the people to loot the Jinling camp and take away everything that can be taken away!" Shelun gave the order.

"Yes, Dashuai!" The subordinate immediately sent troops to take care of all the prisoners after the camp, and sent people to pack all the horses, grain and grass materials, weapons and armor, and gold and silver treasures of the Jinling camp.

Shelun led 5,000 Rouran cavalry to guard at the foot of the mountain, and when the sky was still bright, he kept assigning his soldiers to abuse and insult the mountain.

The Wei army was beaten in this battle and had no heart to resist, and at this time it had lost its courage, where did it dare to rush down the mountain to fight hard? Allowing the Rouran people to keep insulting at the foot of the mountain, An Yuan just swallowed his anger and held down the angry Woye and Huaishuo armies, and prevented them from acting rashly.

It was dark, and Shelun did not let his subordinates light torches, except for the light in the camp, the rest of the mountain was dark, and the Wei army on the mountain did not dare to light the torches, for fear of exposing the position and being attacked by the Rouran cavalry.

It was pitch black under the mountain, and it was impossible to see the reality clearly, and the Wei army on the mountain did not dare to go down the mountain to attack, and after an hour, An Yuan tried to send a small team of cavalry to test and reconnoitre, but it was met with a rain of arrows and siege, and even the shouting stopped in a moment, and no one came back.

In a short period of time, Yasuhara did not dare to send people down the mountain to reconnoiter and probe again, and only ordered all departments to strictly guard all parts of the mountainside, not to slack off, with his family background and the military exploits accumulated over the years, as long as he did not lose Jinling, the problem would not be big, and at most he would be demoted and fined.

戌時.

Wan Dugui came to An Yuan's side with the hilt of the knife and hugged his fists and said, "General, now that the time is almost over, it is impossible for the Rouran people to spend the night in our camp, right?" And with us by our side, can they sleep soundly? The last general suggested sending someone to investigate! ”

An Yuan considered Wandugui's suggestion, and waved to a general not far away and ordered: "Send another ten-person scout team to investigate, go back quickly!" ”

"Command!"

After a quarter of an hour, a scout ran over panting and reported: "General Qiyu, the Rouran people are gone, the camp is empty, and there is nothing left!" ”

It wasn't until Yasuhara, Wandugui and Tuoba Jian returned to the camp with their men and horses that they saw the scene inside, and they understood what they meant when they reported that they were empty, and the Rouran people took everything they could take away, leaving nothing behind.

Tuoba Jian was so angry that he jumped three feet and asked Yasuhara for battle: "General, please lead the troops to pursue the Rouran people, they carry a large amount of grain and grass materials, they will definitely not be able to go fast!" ”

Yasuhara thought about Tuoba Jian's request, he was a little undecided, and turned his head to look at Wan Dugui, "General Wan, what do you think?" ”

Wan Du Gui hugged his fists and said: "General, if it is dark today, you can't see your five fingers, since the Rouran people dare to rob our camp under our noses, they must have a back hand, and they are not afraid of our army's pursuit, if our army pursues rashly, in case of an ambush······ What the last general is worried about now is what the soldiers will eat when they get up early tomorrow morning! ”

Yasuhara looked at the empty camp again, there was not a grain of food, and the livestock were also driven away by the Rouran people, not to mention ordinary soldiers, he, the commander, would be hungry tomorrow morning.

After a long time, An Yuan ordered: "All armies will send people to Shanwu County overnight to transport grain!" Now collect all the things that can be eaten, no one is allowed to hide their secrets, once discovered, they will be severely punished! ”

Wan Du Gui and Tuoba Jian glanced at each other, and each clenched his fists: "Obey!" ”

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In the darkness of the night, there was no moonlight, no starry sky, only the bitter cold wind of early spring, mixed with the smell of rotting weeds and fresh earth.

The horses' hooves made a dull sound on the grass, weapons rubbed against their armor, and horses let out heavy gasps.

Zhao Junsheng's ears were a little cold and he had to put on his heavy helmet again.

Hua Mulan asked, "Brother Junsheng, how far is it?" ”

Zhao Junsheng took Mulan and held a torch to find a puddle, he took out a fresh leaf from his arms, pressed the middle of the leaf to make it into a boat shape and floated on the water, and then took out an embroidery needle rubbed with a magnet and put it on the leaf.

Hua Mulan asked curiously, "Brother Junsheng, what is this?" ”

"A simple compass, for directions! This is an embroidery needle rubbed with a magnet, the north and south directions of the world we live in are magnetic, and the direction can be easily identified with a magnetic needle! ”

After the embroidery needle rubbed with a magnet was placed on the leaves, the leaves began to rotate, and when the leaves stopped rotating, Zhao Junsheng raised his head and said: "You see that the direction of this needle is the north, and then you look at the direction of our army's march, which shows that the direction of our march is not wrong, with our marching speed, so far we should have walked about forty miles, and we should have walked ten miles in this direction to Tunqi Mountain!" ”

Mulan looked at the leaves still on the water, she reached out and flicked the leaves, the leaves quickly turned again, and the point of the magnetic needle returned to its original position, and her eyes were full of surprise and brilliance.

"Brother Junsheng, it's amazing!"

Zhao Junsheng said with a smile; "Is it magical? Another day, I'll make a new compass that doesn't require water and can be carried around with you! Let's go, stop and feel cold, get on the horse and follow, we have to rush to the front to lead the way, don't let everyone go astray, it's easy to get lost in this black light! ”

An hour later, Zhao Junsheng, who was at the front of the group on horseback, seemed to see a towering shadow in the distance, and there was a gap in the upper part of this towering shadow.

"Look, it must be Tunqi Mountain!" Zhao Junsheng stopped and said to Mulan.

The team also stopped, and Hua Mulan couldn't judge how far this place was from Tunqi Mountain, she said: "I think we should let the team stay here, and send someone to investigate first!" ”

"Yes, the group is too close, and if there is an enemy on the mountain, we will be scattered before we have time to react! In this case, I'll take two people over to investigate, and you will stay with a large group of people to wait for my news! ”

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