At the same time, on the battlefield of Bingzhou, it was said that the various departments of Tuoba Xianbei gathered in Pingcheng, and the people were not yet together, so they took Tuoba as the vanguard, surging south, and directly took Yuanping County. The Xianbei soldiers spread all over the mountains and fields, plundering on the roads, and everything they passed was broken.

It's just that between Yanmen and Xinxing, they have been repeatedly soldiered, and they have already robbed it once when Yu Lu went south last year, causing the people to flee south one after another, ten rooms and nine empty, and now they can't grab much food again. Even if the Chinese were kidnapped as slaves, along the way, they only captured more than 100 old and weak women and children.

The adults of each department coerced and intimidated, and Tuobatou, who had lost his position, spit out all the gains of the headquarters, but it was still not enough to stuff his teeth. So the crowd was raging, continued to go south, and soon surrounded Yuanping County.

Previously, the Chinese army was short of troops, and the second was the western defense of Zhao, and at the same time, it was unwilling to conflict with the Tuoba clan, so it did not station heavy troops in Yuanping County, and its county order was also temporarily signed by large households in the county. Logically speaking, this county is small and difficult to protect, the code will fail, and it doesn't matter if it is lost, there is no need to save it at all. However, considering that if Yuanping is not saved, I am afraid that the people in the southern counties will be flustered, and there are still thousands of people from Yuanping to Yunzhong, Jinchang and other counties who have not been evacuated, so Liu Yang ordered Beigong Chun to attack Xianbei with 3,000 cavalry.

The main purpose is to contain the speed of the Xianbei soldiers' advance, but I am afraid that the enemy army will ride more and move less, and the back and forth will be like the wind.

Beigong Chun walked all the way, and then bumped into Tuoba Head in Dongzheng, Yunzhong County. After a fierce battle, Hua Cai was outnumbered and killed, and Tuoba fled in embarrassment.

In fact, Tuoba Tou's department, and temporarily under his command, is only six or seven thousand horsemen, although the Xianbei soldiers are brave, but the discipline is loose, plus Tuoba Tou himself does not have much fighting spirit, but he is holding a sullen stomach, and he is not good at generals, so when the battle is not moving, it will collapse.

The lords of all the departments have made clear to the Qi clan and demanded that the crime of losing the war will be rectified. Tuoba knelt at Qi's feet, pleading bitterly with a handful of snot and tears, and finally Qi remembered that he turned fast enough in the previous incident, and Yu He Wei made a meritorious contribution to the throne, but pardoned his capital crime, whipped him thirty times, and imposed a small punishment and a big warning.

Tuoba couldn't get up from this whip, so he naturally couldn't serve as a pioneer anymore. The Qi clan is the vanguard of Bei General, and kills Yunzhong County and Jinchang County.

Soon, the three counties of Yuanping, Yunzhong, and Jinchang were all broken, and the Qi family personally ran to Jinchang to shake it, and then returned to Pingcheng. After all, she didn't know much about war, and the military was entrusted to the lords of various departments, so she went south to Jinchang to declare her determination, and she refused to go forward.

Beigong Chun was in the south of Jinchang County, and met with Tuoba soldiers in the second battle. The various departments of Tuoba gathered more than 1,000 elite horsemen, and they were facing each other head-on, and Beigong Chun left without support.

These Tuoba elite horses are the so-called "armored horses" in later generations, but the equipment is not as sophisticated as the Northern Wei era in the original history. These are all elites, most of them are adults close to their children, whether it is equipment, weapons, personal martial arts, or cavalry and archery skills, they are ten times that of ordinary nomadic cavalry. Although the "Liangzhou Horse" is good at fighting, after all, it is mainly light cavalry, and it is somewhat difficult to say anything about those armored cavalry whose spears are difficult to penetrate and whose arrows are difficult to penetrate their armor.

Beigong Chun saw that the situation was not good—although there were only more than a thousand armored cavalry, less than half of his own, but there were still a large group of nomadic cavalry behind—he took the initiative to retreat and retreated into Jiuyuan City.

Jiuyuan is a new county, that is, the city of Xinzhou in later generations, and its geographical location is very important. There are many mountainous areas in the middle of the state, but there is a north-south plain in the middle of it, which goes straight to Pingyang from Pingcheng, the land is fertile, and there are many hukou. The location of Jiuyuan is like a bell mouth, wide in the north and narrow in the south, easy to defend but not easy to attack, and if you abandon the defense, the Xianbei soldiers can go straight down to the Taiyuan Basin.

Liu Yang personally arrived at Jiuyuan to defend, and ordered Yao Yizhong to build a fortress on the southern narrow road, in case once Jiuyuan was lost, the terrain and trenches could be used to block the enemy. However, the main ones they faced before were Leping and Shangdang's soldiers, so they didn't expect Tuoba Xianbei to come to harass - they used to be allies - so the old fortress was broken, and it was not ten days and a half months to repair.

Therefore, Liu Yang led 7,000 elite infantry and 2,000 cavalry to Jiuyuan, and he hoped to rely on these soldiers and horses to contain Tuoba Xianbei for more than half a month.

How many people from the Tuoba clan came? No one knows. The total population of Tuoba and its dependent tribes was previously estimated to be less than one million, so even if the old and weak women and children were removed, there would always be 100,000 or 200,000 victorious soldiers. It's just that Tuoba headquarters are all in the grassland desert, and although they have Yanmen and Xinxing counties, they are still allowed to be cultivated by the Chinese, and the herdsmen rarely do it. From Shengle, seven or eight hundred miles of land, hundreds of thousands of troops, how much food do you have to prepare? If you Xianbei people can eat enough, will you still go south to plunder?

Therefore, it is judged that the Xianbei soldiers may be similar to the previous times when they sent troops to merge states, there are fifty or sixty thousand heavens - the banners of the key departments are not uniform, and the orders are also chaotic, or divided or combined, according to the wishes of the adults, and there are no rules, so a few sentry points are probed, and none of them can understand the exact number - Liu Yang is quite confident in fighting with it.

He encouraged the soldiers and said: "When Xi Yulu was at the height of Tuoba, he sent 100,000 people south, but it was broken by Shihu's widowed soldiers; Shi Hu is a defeated general of our subordinates, so what Shi Hu can do, how can I not do it? He raised his arms and shouted: "Xianbei is also fearless, this battle will break Tuoba!" ”

However, he did not dare to shrink his troops and horses, and concentrated on defending the city, afraid that the Xianbei soldiers would rely on the strength of the people, and after blocking the gates, one of them went south to the mountain road to hinder Yao Yizhong from repairing the base. Therefore, before the defeat of Beigong Chun, he first dug a trench in the north of the city and set up camp, and arranged a phalanx with infantry to resist the enemy cavalry.

Tuoba rode first, chased Beigong Chun, and hit the Chinese army's strong formation with one head, and was immediately stabbed by arrows and spears, stabbing over more than 100 horses, and the rest did not dare to enter lightly. About two days later, the main force of Tuoba came to meet, and when he saw this situation, he wanted to go around the side of the Chinese array, and Liu Yang made his own cavalry cover the two wings, and he did not fall behind.

After all, as far as the light cavalry is concerned, the "Liangzhou Horse" is the hero of the world, even if it is the Xianbei nomadic cavalry, it is not its opponent.

The adults of all the departments discussed, and they all said that they wanted to break the Chinese infantry formation, and we only had elite cavalry with heavy armor. They were confident that they would be able to break through the Chinese formation with these unrivaled heavy cavalry, and the light cavalry would move forward again and expand the results of the battle, and victory could be expected. But the problem is that such a frontal collision - even if it is an oblique flank impact - the opponent has formed a formation, there will be a lot of damage, and the heavy cavalry is the heart and soul of the adults of all departments, who is willing to throw it?

After all, the adults of the various departments are also fighting old battles, seeing that although the Chinese army on the opposite side is less than 10,000 people, it is well-equipped, well-organized, and neatly arrayed, which is not comparable to the infantry of Hu Han or Qian Zhao in the past - if it is the Han soldier Zhao in the face, it is estimated that if we ride a thousand fine horses, we will die less than a hundred, and if we want to break this Chinese array, we must do a good job of two or three hundred damage consciousness.

In the end, the various departments drew lots, and finally cobbled together 1,2300 horses, that is, under the guidance of the light horses, they launched a fierce charge from the oblique side to the Huazhen. When the Chinese army saw the enemy approaching, they immediately fired arrows in unison, but those Xianbei heavy horsemen were all covered with several arrows or even dozens of arrows, even if they were pierced like hedgehogs, they did not lose their combat effectiveness, and still rode their horses and rushed forward.

The Chinese army met each other with spear formations, but the Xianbei horse lance had grown up, and the elites of each department were all strong, although the enemy cavalry charge was temporarily stopped, but the spear lance was opposite, and the Tuoba side still did not fall behind.

There were many Chinese soldiers, but they had to guard against the harassment of the Tuoba light cavalry, which was several times their own, and did not dare to gather in one place, while the Tuoba elite cavalry was like a sharp blade, only attacking a little, and the frontal engagement was less than a mile wide. Therefore, when the battle could not be moved, a gap was torn open in the Chinese array, and Liu Yang hurriedly dispatched new forces to block it, and finally survived until the enemy retreated.

After the battle, the casualties were counted, and nearly 300 of our own troops were killed and wounded, and less than one-tenth of the Tuoba elite cavalry who were confirmed to have shot down and stabbed over......

Chen An has always been brave, and he has nothing to lose, after this half-day fierce battle, he can't help but feel a little frightened, and said to Liu Yang that night: "If there are no these heavy armored cavalry, the rest of Xianbei will not be difficult to break...... "My lord, I used to lead the Longshang cavalry, I can kill both of them one by one, not to mention now commanding the elite of the Chinese army?"

"However, the heavy armor is really difficult to resist. If a thousand men come now, our army will be embarrassed, and I don't know how many will follow......"

Beigong Chun interjected: "As far as I know, Tuoba often destroys the enemy with such a thousand horses, and the owner should be twice as much. ”

Chen An couldn't help frowning, and said that a thousand horsemen will kill us so much that we can't raise our heads, let alone more? "Our army is not afraid of death, but the arrow cannot penetrate its helmet, and the spear pierces its armor, even if it dies in battle, it cannot damage the enemy's strength in the slightest, and it is inevitable that there will be cowardice. If you are cowardly, you will be defeated—it is better to retreat into the city and hold on. ”

The mobility and impact of the cavalry are not comparable to the infantry, and the main thing is to rely on strong formations, spears, and two-on-one to rely on strong formations and spears, and to use two against one, which can always contain the momentum of the cavalry - in terms of cost, it is all earned by exchanging infantry for a cavalry. However, the Tuoba heavy cavalry he was facing now had stronger impact and better equipment, and as far as today's battle was concerned, it was almost like exchanging ten infantry for one of his cavalry...... It's just that the exchange ratio is too disparity, and the question is that even the strong formation can't be long, is there any hope in the hearts of the soldiers? Are you still willing to fight to the death?

Therefore, it is better to retreat to Jiuyuan City, the heavy cavalry can't jump up to the city wall, if you abandon the horse and climb the city, it may not be stronger than the heavy infantry.

Liu Yang waved his hand and said: "No, if you return to the city, you will definitely lose, at least you should defend it by the base." ”

Chen An couldn't help but sigh and said: "It's a pity, Lu Songduo's department is returning to the south, if my military equipment and armor ride here, why are you afraid of Xianbei heavy cavalry?" "It was suggested that Liu Yang hurry up to Luoyang and send the armored cavalry to help, and Liu Yang agreed.

The next day, the Chinese army did not go into battle, but only used infantry to guard the barracks, and cavalry to cover the wings. Seeing this, Tuoba scattered his heavy cavalry to fight against the two wings of the Chinese cavalry, Beigong Chun will have one wing, and Chen An will have the other wing, all of which will retreat without support - fortunately, the heavy cavalry can charge for a short distance, but the long-range action is slow, and the Chinese cavalry can temporarily retreat for five miles and reorganize the column, and reflexively kill back.

However, during the period when the cavalry on both wings temporarily retreated, the Xianbei light cavalry was able to approach Hualei, and the three breads were copied, and the arrows rained down. The Chinese army also used bows and arrows to shoot at each other, but it was always better to move the target than to fix the target, and it was easy to get hit......

That night, Liu Yang gathered the generals and said: "According to today's situation, it can last for five days at most, and after five days, I can only retreat into the city...... However, Qi Xiaoyao can repair the barrier next to the mountain road as soon as possible to curb the tuoba. "I ordered to quickly transfer troops from Taiyuan to reinforce Yao Yizhong, as for the army to pull out, it will inevitably consume food, and there is not much food in Taiyuan City...... Burn your eyebrows, and look at your eyes.

Fortunately, three days later, there was a sudden news that Tao Shumi's general had come to the general and had arrived in Jiuyuan City. Liu Yang was overjoyed when he heard the news, and estimated that the Xianbei soldiers would not attack at night, so he and the generals entered Jiuyuan City at night to see Tao Kan.

Tao Shixing also came at a gallop, breathing and settling, and he was in a hurry to see the generals. Liu Yang and the others logged into the lobby, and saw two generals sitting beside Tao Kan, one was eight feet tall and had a hideous face, it was Liu Guang, who was accustomed to cavalry; The other is more than nine feet tall, with long hands and long feet, but it is the long-awaited Lu Songduo.

Since Lu Songduo is here, he must have armored horses, at least two or three hundred horses!

Liu Yang and the others were overjoyed, and Liu Guang and Lu Songduo both stood up and saluted. Tao Shixing was not polite, immediately read out the edict, show the festival, and then invited the generals to sit down and ask about the recent war situation.

Liu Yang prepared a report and asked, "I don't know how many reinforcements Tao Gong will have in the future?" How many armored riders are there? ”

Tao Kan smiled slightly and said: "Zushi Zhifang is fighting in Hebei, and he asks the imperial court to offer grain and materials, and the Luozhong Mansion Treasury will be empty. Even if I came, I could not send many reinforcements, but I only rode a battalion of light horsemen and four hundred armor horsemen. ”

Chen An said that the four hundred armored cavalry is also a success-"My military equipment and armored cavalry are more sophisticated than Tuoba heavy cavalry, and one enemy and two are safe." ”

Tao Kan waved his hand and said: "If you use armor to ride as a counterpart, it will be consumed in vain, which may not be beneficial to the battle situation." And our side is galloping, the army is tired, and the horses are tired, and I am afraid that they will not be able to use it for the time being. "Then he instructed Liu Yang, saying how capable the Xianbei soldiers are, how powerful their heavy cavalry is, just listening to you, but I don't have an intuitive feeling-

"Tomorrow, the armies can go out again to line up and lure their heavy cavalry to attack, and I will climb high to see its reality and reality, or there is a way to break it."

So early the next morning, Liu Yang, who had already returned to the camp outside the city, ordered the drums to be beaten, and then the various departments opened the gate and lined up. Seeing this, the Xianbei soldiers also hurried out of the camp to reorganize the column, and several adults also smiled at each other: "The Chinese base is very strong, if you don't come out, it is not easy to break, since today I have come back to the formation, and he is in the ranks, I will clash with heavy cavalry, and I will make meritorious contributions!" ”

Sure enough, when the battle was not long, more than 1,000 Tuoba heavy cavalry came out again - of course, not all of them were the batch the day before yesterday, and today the lot was redrawn - Liu Yang was helpless, and still dealt with the method of the previous day, but after half a meal, the gap was torn open by the enemy cavalry. He couldn't help but turn his head and look at the city, waiting for Tao Kan's signal - do you understand, can I withdraw my troops? If you continue to fight, it will probably be mysterious!

It's just that when the battle is fierce, even if the Chinese want to retreat to the camp, it is not so easy......

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