Chapter 478: The decisive battle outside the Cyprus has started first
Bingzhou, Yanmen, north of Gaoliu County, after the Great Wall, on the vast Saiwai Field, a black ironclad torrent is slowly advancing to the north, where is the Xianbei royal court of Danhan Mountain that was attacked by Fuquan.
This black ironclad torrent, naturally is the Han army, from the top down, this is a Han army of about 20,000 people, in addition to He Jin from Beijing to bring the headquarters of the cavalry battalion, and the five battalions of the Northern Army, Changshui, and the three battalions of the shooting sound of a soldier and horse, a total of more than 10,000 people, there is only Zhao Bao, the state assassin Shi Zhao Bao, the more than 20,000 Han troops in the state, and the Huns Zhonglang general Wang Rou, and the Huns of the Hu people servant army of more than 10,000 people, a total of about 60,000 troops.
In the bitter cold climate outside the Saiwai, a solemn and murderous atmosphere rose spontaneously, and this Han army except for the Hu servant army, the rest of the Han soldiers were full of spirit, exuding this style called "elite". Of course, the only thing that seems out of place is that the banner of this Han army is distinctive, and those armor is complete and bright as new, which is naturally the soldiers and horses of the five battalions of the Northern Army.
As for the slightly outdated clothes and armor, they are naturally the Bingzhou army located in the bitter cold land of the north, but although their armor is old, their style and temperament are quite good, and they are not at all like the lazy appearance of the Han army in the Central Plains. On the contrary, everyone showed a resolute color, compared with those elites in the world from the fifth battalion of the Beijing Division, but they were not far behind, and in the slow march, they revealed a boundless murderous aura.
It is conceivable that in the continuous war in northern Xinjiang to guard against the invasion of the Hu people, what kind of war tempering did these border soldiers experience, so that the temperament of the army can be on par with the strong army formed by the elite of the Beijing Division.
Of course, without a big war, it is naturally impossible to compare with the combat power of the Beijing division and the border soldiers and horses, at this moment, they are all dressed in stubbornness, and in the scorching cold wind, the iron armor of the forest gathers into a sea of steel, eager to celebrate their physiology with the blood of the Hu people. The cherry red tassels on the pockets of their heads rose with the wind, like a triumphant song of victory.
In the center of the Han army, a vigorous banner hunts in the wind, embroidered with a majestic "Han" character flag, and there is a small flag next to it, embroidered with the word "He". Uncle of the Han Dynasty, Tun Cavalry Captain He Jin, the military general of Liao, holding the festival, is now dressed in military uniform on a horse, and the military behind him is riding a horse like a shadow.
These civil and military forces are a group of generals who He Jin relied on his powerful identity during this time, and took the initiative to get close to him, most of which were the soldiers and horses of the fourth battalion of the Beijing division led by him, after all, for He Jin, it is obviously very important to ensure that he has a certain military general power in Luoyang, if it is a last resort, for the sake of his nephew and family, he will take risks. And these Jingshi who he took the initiative to get close to can't be said to be an important bargaining chip for him in the future, as for the border generals, they are like chicken ribs, of course they can make friends if they are a little stronger, and if they are not strong, they should only be a good fate, after all, his roots are in the court rather than the side plug.
"According to the Xianbei Royal Court of Danhan Mountain here, there is still a road?" He Jin looked at the north and asked with a thoughtful expression, but his words were full of deep meaning.
"Back to the general, there are still more than two hundred and twenty miles." Chun Yuqiong, a confidant beside him, hurriedly saluted and said, then thought of something, and pretended to be frightened: "General, recently, the army's heavy chariots and horses have been damaged, and the march is slow, and now there is a rare march speed today......
Danhan Mountain is three hundred miles north of Gaoliu County, the Han army has been traveling for nearly half a month since He Jin convened the armies of the state and ordered the troops, if it is according to the usual marching speed, at this moment the army should arrive at the Xianbei Royal Court of Danhan Mountain.
However, I don't know which way the Han army offended the immortals, during the northern expedition all the way, the army was in chaos, either the baggage carried by the march was out of order, and it needed to stop and rest, or the war horse was frightened in the middle of the night, ran crazy, ran into the distance, and needed the combined force of the army to recover, and other things, etc......
As a result, in the current Han army camp, many Han soldiers thought that this was God's warning to them, and this time they sent troops to conquer Xianbei and ominous instructions, so that they should retreat quickly. However, it is obvious that the war between the Han and the Xianbei country has long been inevitable, and it is not the will of these ordinary soldiers that can influence the decision-making of the imperial court, of course, although these Han soldiers are apprehensive, they do not dare to be deserters, they can understand the cruelty of military law more than those Qiang people in the Fuquan army who do not know the Han army system.
These accidents continued to slow down the marching speed of the Han army, so that after the Han army left Yinguan County, it had just come out of the fortress for more than half a month, according to this progress, I am afraid that it would take five or six days to work hard for the Han army to march to the Xianbei royal court of Danhan Mountain.
"Ben will be worried about the safety of Fuba County, so he is in such an emergency." He Jin sighed in his heart, after Chun Yuqiong and himself became more and more mature, he pretended to be very anxious and said, in fact, only he and Chun Yuqiong and other cronies knew that the reason why there were so many accidents in the Han army to slow down the speed of the march was completely because they sent people to secretly and privately instruct them, in order to implement the strategy given by Yuan Shao to turn Fuquan into Li Ling.
"General Gaoyi, if you want Fuba County to know the general's concerns, you will understand." Chun Yuqiong admired and praised, of course, he naturally didn't think like this in his heart, after all, since He Jin told him the meaning of Yuan Shao's letter, and explained the irreconcilable contradiction between him and Fu Quan, although Chun Yuqiong was shocked, but because of the benefactor's great kindness to himself, he could only obey orders, after all, He Jin could tell him about it, which shows how much trust he has, and Chun Yuqiong naturally knows how to choose for his own future.
The two of them are here to show and act, although they are concerned about the Fuquan Department in their words, but they don't have any substantive rescue plan at all, for the Han generals around them who don't know the situation, but want to make meritorious contributions, it is simply fatal.
Soon, a general of the state said loudly: "Returning to He Tunqi, now the life and death of Fuba County outside the Sai are unknown, and the scouts have not replied for several days, it is better to order the last general to send a light cavalry as the vanguard, and quickly look for Fuba County......" This general obviously really believed the nonsense of He Jin and Chun Yuqiong, and really thought that they were because the army was marching slowly and could not rescue in time, so he volunteered to propose.
However, it is obvious that it is just wishful thinking to ask He Jin to send troops to Fuquan. I saw that He Jin smiled and glanced at the general of the state, but in his heart, he had already given up the idea of winning over this Han general, and he really didn't open any pot.
Of course, the official words of the scene still have to be said, otherwise wouldn't it expose his thoughts, and he only heard He Jindao: "No, in the outer places, the army doesn't know the road, and now that Fuba County has left Danhan Mountain, rashly send light cavalry deep into the Xianbei royal court, if you encounter the Xianbei army, I am afraid that there will be an accident......"
In this Han army, no one dared to refute He Jin's words, even if he knew that the other party's words were just wishful thinking, all the generals present were people who had been in battle for a long time, and they could find reasons to refute him, but no one went to speak again...... They could only use their slightly playful eyes to guess what their intentions, the commander who was parachuted in by the imperial court, was.
Among these generals who guessed He Jin, there was a fake military marquis who seemed to see through He Jin, revealing an evil smile at the corner of his mouth, of course, he was born poor, and he was of mixed Han and Hu descent, and this time he took the initiative to take refuge in He Jin, the uncle of the Han Dynasty, because of his military force, he was valued by He Jin and promoted to a fake military marquis, so he naturally did not dare to talk about it, otherwise if he angered He Jin, he would directly remove him from the official position he had just received, which would outweigh the losses. Moreover, he also hopes to rely on his own force to win military exploits, remove the word "fake" in front of his military marquis, and completely become a formal middle-level officer of the Han Dynasty, so that He Jin can become the leader of his own fame, and help him become a Sima, a captain, and even a general......
The false marquis was about twenty years old, more than eight feet tall, his face was full of rough beauty, the bridge of his nose was straight, his forehead was very wide, his blazing eyes naturally flowed with a pride that he was not willing to be, and an iron halberd was on his horse's side, and he was majestic. It's just that his battle armor is a little shabby, but it is for nothing that he has dropped his price, this person's name is Lu Bu.
At the same time, it was the Youzhou army in the chariot general Song Yu, led the general under his command to break the capture of Zhonglang General Sun Jian, and the northern army of the Beijing Division, the four battalions of Yue cavalry, infantry, Changshui, and shooting, and the counties of Youzhou were ordered, and the soldiers and horses of the counties were recruited, and the captain Xia Yu of the guard Karasuma, as well as the Wuhuan Hu servant army in Youzhou, a total of about 50,000 people, they went out of the Great Wall outside Ning County, Shanggu County, Youzhou, and went straight to the Xianbei royal court of Danhan Mountain.
However, unlike He Jin, who deliberately delayed from sending troops to marching in order to delay time, Song Yu's Youzhou soldiers came all the way after they were appointed by Emperor Liu Hong to take over the Youzhou soldiers and horses, except for the Beijing division Luoyang. It's just that Youzhou is farther away than Merge State, and there is heavy rain; Second, Song Yu is old and can't stand the continuous rush; The third is that the counties of Youzhou do not have the counties of Youzhou, and there is the convenience of Zhao Bao knowing the intentions of Emperor Liu Hong in advance, but it is obvious that no matter how much the merger state army has better convenience than the Youzhou army, all of this has been completely turned into useless work by He Jin.
At this time, Fu Quan didn't know everything about the trilateral army of the Han Dynasty, of course, even if he knew, he would definitely have no time to take care of it, because at this moment, he had already completely engaged the nearly 60,000 Xianbei elites led by He Lian.
In the north of the White Mountain, the Han army camp, at this moment, after the Han army in the Xianbei people back and forth missed the time, has already relied on the mountain, on this grassland, to establish a mountain by the river, conducive to the defense of the camp.
If the Xianbei army wants to slaughter the Han army and take the head of Fuquan Xiang to sacrifice their relatives, they must step through the Han army camp, because the weak Han army is like a shrunken turtle at this moment, staying in their own camp safely, waiting for the attack of the Xianbei people.
In the Han army barracks, under the gate, Fuquan looked coldly, indifferently looking ahead, gathered in front of the camp, and the black suppressed Xianbei Hu people. Although they don't have much logistics, but with this big battalion, the Xianbei people have to pay a heavy price if they want to break through.
Around Fuquan, a large group of shieldmen of the Han army hovered left and right behind him, because Fuquan was too close to the Xianbei people, in order to fear the Xianbei people's sudden cold arrows, they were nervously guarding the left and right, in case of danger, to protect the main general with shields.
Outside the camp, inside the Xianbei army's formation, He Lian looked at the Han camp in front of him that seemed to be as solid as a rock, his expression was cold, and experience told him that for the Xianbei people, only a strong attack could break through the Han army.
Because the Han people are too cunning, they built the camp north of the Yumai of Baishan, directly so that the Xianbei people can only attack the side of the Han army, and its rear and left and right sides, because of the steep mountains of Baishan, can not be Xianbei cavalry sprint at all, as for dismounting along the mountain road to attack, it is also difficult, after all, the Han crossbowmen are not vegetarians, and if Helian wants to break through the village, the greatest hope can only be to attack from the front.
As for other methods such as poisoning and cutting off water sources, they could not be done at all, because the camp built by the Han army in this place was huge, and there were many large and small rivers spreading in the grassland, and the poisoning of the Xianbei people had no effect at all.
In the end, after consulting with the leaders of the Xianbei nobles, with the order of Helian, the Xianbei soldiers and horses who had received instructions from Helian to attack were like ant tides and rode straight to the Han army camp.
Looking at the Xianbei soldiers and horses getting closer and closer in front of him, Fu Quan's face was calm, and at the request of the generals under his command, he ordered the generals to defend according to the plan, and then retreated to the rear.
"Archers! Get on the arrow! ”
"Crossbowmen! Fill the arrow! ”
"Bang! Cha! Boom ......"
In the chaotic footsteps, the archers and crossbowmen of the various departments of the Han army stood behind the camp fence in two rows, and in the sound of the collision of armor and weapons, they all pulled their bows and crossbows in their hands, and the sharp arrows had already been prepared.
"Whew......"
"Wow......"
Thousands of Xianbei soldiers wrapped in shabby animal skin armor and armed with scimitars howled and attacked the front door of the Han army, and the cunning Han people dug many trenches of different depths in front of the village, and sprinkled the ground with sharp subway thistles, making it difficult for the Xianbei people's war horses to move an inch, and the Xianbei people had to abandon their war horses and charge on foot......
Without the blessing of the charge of the war horse, there was no speed advantage, and the Xianbei soldiers had nothing to do in front of the Han army's strong ground barriers, and the distance in front of them was like a nightmare for them after that.
"Shoot the arrows!"
"Arrow!"
With the generals of the Han army, after observing that the Xianbei soldiers and horses reached the range of the bow and crossbow, they all shouted at the soldiers under their command.
"Instigation!"
"Instigation!"
"Instigation!"
……
Sharp arrows swept through the air, intertwining into a rain of death in the air, overwhelmingly falling on the heads of the Xianbei people in front of them. In an instant, a terrible howl rushed into the sky, and the Xianbei soldiers, who lacked shields and heavy armor to protect them, fell one by one......