In war, the army as a war machine, the increase in the number of advantages is obvious, theoretically, the larger the war machine, the more powerful it has combat effectiveness, but the core of the army - people, is just not a simple machine, with the increase in number, in some cases, affected by certain factors, but will form a negative scale effect, accelerate the collapse of the entire war machine.

This kind of example is not uncommon in the wars of the Qin and Han dynasties, the battle of Pengcheng and the allied forces under Liu Bang, the battle of Kunyang, the Xinmang army led by Wang Yi and Wang Xun, and the Han army under the command of Wu Han and Cen Peng in the battle of Xicheng······

Tonight, the same is true of Yuan Shao's army, which was awakened under the hooves of the Xianbei cavalry.

When Hou Luohou and Yu Zhuqi rushed into the camp with Xianbei warriors braving arrows and riding horses and dust, they were surprised by the huge interior of Yuan Shao's military camp, which was completely different from the shock when they saw it from a distance, and at the same time, their hearts were also ignited with a desperate madness, after all, they had no way to retreat since their whereabouts were exposed.

From the very beginning, the Xianbei cavalry of the night attack swam across the river, and boldly attacked from the east of the Yuan army's camp, and after quickly breaking through the small number of night sentry scouts deployed by the Yuan army in this direction, they approached the Yuan's camp unimpeded.

The Xianbei warriors, who acted as the vanguards, skillfully used the galloping horses to knock down the fence, crossed the ravines with the help of horse speed, rushed into the camp and then indiscriminately lit the tents that were within reach with torches, and for the barracks in the distance, they used the way of throwing rockets and throwing torches, all the way they frantically slashed and killed the night patrol soldiers who blocked the way, but did not waste horsepower to chase and kill any enemy who escaped, so they set fire all the way around, clash all the way forward, bluffed, and aimed to completely disrupt the entire Yuan army camp.

And the reaction of the soldiers and soldiers of Yuan, who were awakened by the sound of horses' hooves in the dark, was indeed bad. Half of the camp of the Yuan army are ordinary Hebei people, and the soldiers are also out on the march for many months, retreating in a hurry, and their morale is declining, and their feelings of pain, tiredness, panic, despair, loneliness, and bitterness finally broke out after being suppressed and numb for a long time······

The elite of the Yuan army, which occupied the barracks and corner towers, had the buffer of the people of various counties and ordinary soldiers, but they were not directly defeated by the Xianbei cavalry who were rampage and harassed in all directions, but the commander Yuan Shao fell ill, the dragons in the army were leaderless, and the soldiers had no will to fight under the panic of the people, and the opinions of Tian Feng, Feng Ji, Yuan Shang, Guo Tu and others also diverged again, some people claimed that the Yan army pursued the soldiers and killed them, and they fled from the danger quickly, and some people insisted on defending and repelling the enemy army.

Seeing the chaos and the spread of fire, Tian Feng, Feng Ji, Yuan Shang and others finally decided to protect the seriously ill Yuan Shao to break through, so the hastily assembled Yuan army was like a lost dog, abandoning all the golden drum banners, atlases, documents, and seal talismans, and the men and horses rushed to escape from the camp, evading the pursuit and rushing to seize the road in the dim and unknown night.

And with the departure of Yuan's army, the battle of Puwu finally unexpectedly turned into a chaotic defeat battle. The Xianbei cavalry who took the risk of sneak attack became the biggest winner, and they were invincible and successfully defeated the hundreds of thousands of Hebei troops and people stationed in Puwu with the help of night, and completely buried Yuan Shao's ambition of "fighting for the world in the south" with the strength of 3,000 cavalry.

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The next day, the fish belly of the East was white, and the chaotic war came to an end.

Ke Bineng, who had not slept all night but was still in good spirits, rode his horse and walked slowly between the chaotic camp of the Yuan army, followed by a group of Xianbei cavalry and Zonu, Zhu Ao, Pei Juan, Xie Jun and others.

Most of them were not killed by the Xianbei cavalry, but by the chaotic crowded stampede, drawing swords against each other, as for the military tents, corner towers, barracks, and warehouses that emitted black smoke and turned into ruins, they were mostly the masterpieces of the Xianbei cavalry who set fire to them.

The red-eyed Xianbei cavalry raised their bows and swords, shouting excitedly, and their leader Lord Kebineng, they were still excited after a night of fighting, although the slashing swords in their hands were curled, but they captured a large number of strong armor soldiers, although their beloved mounts were killed, but they may have captured countless horses, livestock, in addition to the camp there are mountains of grain and grass baggage, banners and trumpets, atlases and documents, all of which have become the trophies they have after the war.

Is there anything else in this world that can make these steppe men who lick blood with their heads more excited?

As he walked, Kebi could feel the irrepressible joy and excitement of the Xianbei cavalry around him, as well as the obvious change in the attitudes of the others, but as a tribal lord, he quickly tried his best to force himself to calm down from the ecstasy of the victory, and turned his gaze from the dazzling loot in the near distance to the chaotic and dejected captives in the distance.

In this battle, the rugged and fierce Xianbei cavalry did not have extra manpower to count the number of heads killed and prisoners, but according to Kebineng's visual measurements, there were no less than 20,000 corpses on the roads inside and outside the camp, plus the estimated 30,000 or 40,000 Hebei soldiers and people who were captured, half of the more than 100,000 horses and horses of Yuan Shao in Hebei Province had been lost in the strange small place of Puwu last night, and the rest of the Hebei soldiers and people who were scattered and fled, Kebineng could not distinguish troops and horses to pursue, so they could only let them scatter and flee away.

"Let's bring all the Han officials who have been identified first!"

Kebineng, who dismounted, sat on the Hu bed prepared by the guards, surrounded by Xianbei warriors armed with swords and spears and cross-body bows and arrows, he waved his hand and said with a sneer on his face.

When the slave on one side heard this, the scarred face also showed a smile, and he quickly conveyed the order, and after a while, a team of Xianbei soldiers escorted more than a dozen Hebei civil and military officers to come, among these captives who were disheveled and dejected, there were both high-ranking generals like Fu Zhu and Chun Yuqiong who were defeated and captured, and there were also people like Wang Ling who had recently defected and fled and were being hunted down, they were forced to kneel on the ground in humiliation, and heard a strange Xianbei lord say to them in Chinese:

"I am Lord Xianbei Kebineng, although you are all great officials among the Han people, but now you have all been defeated by me and have become my captives, if you are willing to surrender to me, I can give you the treatment of Xianbei tribes according to your talents, give you livestock and slaves, if you don't want to, hum, then you should also know what the fate is!"

Chun Yuqiong, who was forced to kneel and bow down, listened to Ke Bineng's words, but at this time he let out a mocking laugh, and he raised his head proudly among the captives, looked at Rong Di Kebineng, who was rough and savage, and said with a sneer:

"Rong Di is ugly, he is lucky, and he dares to claim to be respectful! Since Naigong was captured by Er and other miscellaneous hus, he only died, where did he get so much nonsense, kill Naigong quickly! ”

Looking at Chun Yuqiong who was roaring loudly, Ke Bineng gradually put away his smile, although he didn't fully understand, but he also knew the general meaning of this Han general's words, he turned his face to look at Zhu Ao on the side, and asked softly:

"He's scolding me?"

"Yes."

"Haha, okay."

Ke Bineng sneered again when he heard this, and he turned his face to look at the other general of the Yuan Army, and asked:

"He won't surrender, so what about you?"

The frustrated man with injuries on his body glanced at Kebineng, snorted coldly, turned his head away contemptuously, and ignored Kebineng, who made a gesture to surrender.

"Why is he?"

Kebineng asked, rubbing a newly captured sword hanging from his waist.

"These Han officials look down on us Xianbei people, think that we are no different from lowly livestock, regard being defeated by us as a great shame, and are unwilling to surrender to our tribe even if they die."

This time, it was the Zonu who was also a Xianbei person sharpening his knife Huo Huo and replied coldly.

Seeing this, Pei Juan, who was watching, moved in his heart, and suddenly said aloud:

"Lord Kebineng, since these people are unwilling to surrender to your troops, it is better to transfer them to the hussar general, I believe that the hussar general will be very satisfied with the behavior of the lord when he receives these prisoners."

Kebi could hear the words and laughed. He let go of the sword at his waist and said:

"Pei Jun don't have to worry, I know your intentions, but how do you know that they are really unwilling to surrender, let's take a look!"

After finishing speaking, Kebineng's face turned cold, and he immediately ordered:

"Since the two of them would rather die than surrender, let them both die, but don't let them die too happily!"

"Yes, my lord!"

Zonu respectfully accepted the order, Scar showed a cruel smile on his face, he waved his palm, and immediately a Xianbei warrior stepped forward and used a knife to start cutting Chun Yuqiong's ears, nose and tongue in front of him, and the frustrated man with injuries and cold snorting was pulled aside, and two Xianbei warriors walked up with a fierce dog that Kebi could raise.

For a moment, the field was full of bloody pictures and the screams of pain of the two, and the other captives saw this miserable situation, and their faces turned like earth, while Kebineng laughed, and let people bring dried meat and cheese, and ate and drank freely in front of everyone.

After the torture of Chun Yuqiong and Fu Zhi to death, Kebineng refocused his gaze on the few Hebei civil and military officers in the second row, and asked with a sneer:

"Are you willing to surrender?"

"It's-"

Several Hebei civil and military officers in the second row looked at each other and hesitated, but soon some people shouted loudly and bowed to the ground, and the others looked embarrassed when they saw this, but they still hurriedly followed and shouted.

But Kebineng, who had seen all this, was not satisfied, he shook his head, and said with a sneer:

"It's too slow, kill them all!"

As soon as the words fell, several Hebei civil and military officers in the second row were also pulled down by the Xianbei soldiers and concocted in the same way, and the miserable wails and cries sounded again, several Hebei civil and military were bitten to death by fierce dogs, or were killed by cutting their facial features with a knife, several people struggled in pain for a long time, and the death was unbearable, and the remaining captives were all frightened, and even more were scared out of feces and urine.

"Alright, it's your turn."

Kebi Neng admired these tortures with great interest, and then looked at the remaining captives again, this time without waiting for Kebineng's words to finish, the remaining nearly ten Hebei civil and military officers hurriedly bowed down and kowtowed, they cried in fear and begged Kebineng for mercy, and there was no longer the previous resolute and hesitant attitude.

"Pei Jun, look, aren't they really surrendering?"

Ke Bi could look at Hebei Wenwu who was kneeling all over the ground, and finally showed a satisfied smile on his face, he turned to look at Pei Juan and Xie Jun, who had ugly faces, and said proudly.

Pei Juan's face moved, and he was about to open his mouth to refute, but Xie Jun beside him pulled his clothes, and Pei Juan, who knew that he could only show weakness, sighed, smiled bitterly, and said:

"The adult's means, subduing the dragon and subduing the tiger, are really powerful!"

Kebi Neng laughed when he heard this, and no longer cared about Pei Xuan, Xie Jun and the prisoners, but got up and took Zonu, Zhu Ao and others across the horse and left.

"My lord, why did you just treat that Pei Wan like that, he was close to that Han general, and now he is treated so strongly, I'm afraid it will not be conducive to our tribe's next-"

After staying away from Pei Juan and Xie Jun, the Zonu who was riding a horse and following him finally couldn't help but ask.

The high-spirited Kebineng smiled and said nonchalantly:

"Zonu, I know, but after this battle, I also figured it out, we are different from the Han people, since we can defeat even the strong enemy of the hussar general, then their hussar general can no longer treat us with the same attitude as before, and we don't need to treat them with the same attitude as before."

After finishing speaking, Kebineng turned his head to look at Zhu Ao and suddenly asked:

"Zhu Ao, what do you think of my treatment of you?"

Zhu Ao, who was following along, instantly became nervous, and he raised his hand in fear and said:

"Adults treat villains with the grace of life, and Zhu Ao can't repay him even if he dies."

"Needless to say, you Han people have useless words, I know that you have an enmity with that hussar general, and you have nothing to do with this Yuan general, so tell me, how should I treat these prisoners?"

Ke Bineng pointed to the captured Hebei soldiers and people, and asked with a sneer.

"This-" Zhu Ao bowed his head and was silent for a while, feeling the fiery gaze on his scalp, he hesitated in his heart, and finally spoke:

"The villain thinks that these captives should be killed."

"Oh, why?"

"We waited for the Xianbei elite cavalry to come lightly and hurriedly, not to stay in the Han land for a long time, the Hebei soldiers, the people miss their homeland, and have no intention of surrendering, if they leave, whether it is to let the Yuan clan recuperate, or let the Yan clan annex and surrender, it will not be conducive to the lord's iron cavalry across the northern country. In this case, it is better to directly kill all the pits and build the corpses into a Jingguan, so as to deter the hearts of the people, so that they will be frightened when they hear the prestige of the adults, and they will be afraid of me Xianbei Iron Horse like a wolf and a tiger! ”

"Haha, Zonu, what do you think?"

Kobi laughed and was noncommittal, and turned to look at Zonu, who immediately showed a grim smile on his face, and he said with a smile:

"My lord, Zonu thinks that Zhu Jun's words are very true, and he can let those Han officials who have just surrendered to do it, so as to strengthen their hearts to surrender to adults!"

"Okay, then you'll take care of it."

Kebineng laughed again, and he rode away with the Xianbei cavalry, while Zonu led a group of cavalry to the frightened Wang Ling and the others.

"Lord Zonu, may I ask what Lord Kobineng is going to do with these captives?"

Before Zonu gave the order to kill the captives, Pei Xuan, who ignored Xie Jun's dissuasion, came again, he looked at Zonu with murderous intent on his face, he was shocked in his heart, and asked anxiously.

"Hehe, Pei Jun is anxious, do you have any suggestions?"

"Lord Zonu, I just figured it out. According to the custom of the steppe, these captives are already the people of Lord Kebineng, so I think it is better to sell them as slaves to the hussar generals, and I believe that the hussar generals will definitely give the corresponding wealth in exchange. ”

With the previous setbacks in Kebineng, Pei Juan knew that the victorious Xianbei people had taken these people and animals captured in the Han land as their own private property, and in order to protect these Hebei people, he had to lower his stature.

"Well, what Pei Jun proposed is a method that conforms to our grassland customs, but now that we are in enemy territory, we must be ready to retreat north at any time, how can the two sides prepare for the exchange of slaves safely?"

"I can fly pigeons to pass the book, and let the soldiers and horses send troops to open up Jingcheng, so that the exchanged prisoners can be sent to Taiyuan and other places through Jingcheng."

"Haha, this is a good way, but it's a pity that Lord Kebineng already has a new order, and Pei Jun's thoughts are afraid that they will be disappointed again."

"This,I wonder what is the new order of Lord Kebineng?"

Pei Wan looked at Zonu worriedly, and Zonu sneered and rubbed the hard beard under his chin, and the scar on his face trembled.

"Your Excellency's new order is, kill!"