Chapter 461: Strive for fame

Three days later, ten miles north of Danhan Mountain, the Han army that had vented continued to march, cutting off several other small tribes one after another, and then capturing more than 2,000 Xianbei women, and hundreds of Xianbei children who were lower than the height of the wheels.

"My lord, the Han army is strong, and the withdrawal is the best." A tribal leader who was left behind to guard the royal court of Danhan Mountain said to the guardian of the royal court, Helian's son Qianman.

Looking at the Han army in front of him, Qian Man coldly refused: "The Xianbei royal court is behind you, if the army withdraws, Xianbei will be gone." Now more than 10,000 iron horsemen have been gathered, watching the Han army come from afar, exhausted, with the strength of Xianbei, it is enough to fight with the Han army, how can it retreat? ”

After speaking, Qian Man rode back to the rear of his army and deployed tactics against the Han army with the leaders of the Xianbei tribes who stayed behind with him. According to his original intention, it is best to fight them before the formation of the Han army is not stable, so that at least the Han army can be chaotic, and it is impossible to chisel through the middle of the Han army, causing them to be defeated, so that the defense has more chances of winning, no way, although Danhan Mountain is the Xianbei royal court, but it will be easy to attack and difficult to defend, if the soldiers and horses are really compressed near the royal court and struggling to support, it is undoubtedly looking for death.

At this moment, Qianman did not listen to the advice of the tribal leader who was assigned to assist him and guard the royal court arranged for him, and in the opinion of Qianman, who had no military experience, he also gathered all the Xianbei tribes that could be summoned near Danhan Mountain, and also gathered more than 10,000 cavalry, and even let more than 2,000 Xianbei women who had learned bow and horses go into battle, in order to maximize the strength of the Xianbei defenders, so that the protection of the dynasty could be delayed for a long time, so as to wait for Helian, who had already gone to the Great Xianbei Mountain. Lead the Xianbei army back to the rescue.

"Hey! I don't know if this bullet sweat mountain can be defended? The leader of Xianbei sighed deeply after seeing that Qian Man did not listen to persuasion, and looked at the formation of the Han army again, only to see thousands of tribes of the Han army, each holding various weapons, arranging the formation, there are still hundreds of Han cavalry around them, leading more than 10,000 Qiang cavalry to rehearse the formation, it can be seen that the Han army's infantry and cavalry position is very reasonable, and they don't want to be tired at all, not to mention that they will give Xianbei a chance to let Xianbei break through the formation, and even if Xianbei has a chance, but now most of the Xianbei young and strong elites are taken away by Tanshi Huai, The combat effectiveness of the old and weak left behind by Xianbei is obviously not high, and if Xianbei does not withdraw now, there should be no way to live.

It's just that this Xianbei leader also knows what Helian means, and Xianbei can't lose the Danhan Mountain Royal Court if he loses it, because this is related to the unity of the Xianbei Alliance, as well as the position of his father and the Xianbei lord of Lian. Think about it, when everyone in Xianbei knows that Xianbei Wangting Danhan Mountain was lost under the guard of Qianman, and at this moment, in order to rebel, Helian transferred all the main forces of Xianbei Wangting, Helian will obviously not get the imperial status that the Xianbei tribe respected him in the past, and even flee one after another to be loyal to the strength of the leader or Budugen, so it is impossible for Qianman to do this, even if he dies in battle, he must protect the Xianbei royal court and not be broken by the Han army.

Autumn is gradually coming, and the weather on the grassland is gradually getting colder, just like the big battle that is going to take place today, and it looks extremely bleak. I saw only the vast blue sky, the clear sky, and soon, the long sound of the bull's horn suddenly resounded through the sky.

The cavalry of the Xianbei royal court, which had been recuperating for a long time, were like ants, and under the call of the leaders of the various tribes, they lined up in a dense cavalry formation on the grassland in the same place, and Qian Man shouted: "Xianbei warriors, the cruel Han people are coming, kill my comrades, conquer the Great Xianbei, how can we let the Han people succeed?" ”

"Can't!"

"So what?"

"Kill the Han Chinese."

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Seeing that the morale had been ignited, Qian Man's young body took out a horse fork that was extremely inconsistent with his body, held the horse fork tightly, and then slammed it forward, and shouted at the same time: "Kill!" Long live Da Xianbei, kill all the Han people! ”

"Kill all the Han people...... Xianbei cavalry immediately roared like beasts, and then violently pulled their reins, controlled the war horses under their crotches, and launched an overwhelming charge towards the Han army in front.

In the Han army formation, Fu Quan was in the rear of the army formation, leading the Han cavalry of the headquarters to retreat, and after seeing the Xianbei cavalry wanting to fight himself when the soldiers under his command were arrayed, he sneered in his heart. If usually, he would still summon, but today, he is not afraid at all, the reason is that it is Duan Cheng who is presiding over the battle in front, after Fuquan handed over all the command of this positional battle to this famous Han general, what he is most afraid of is that the Xianbei people are afraid of the Han army escaping, so it is difficult for him to make great achievements.

Shi Qutu, who had recently become his confidant, saw more than 10,000 Xianbei sprinting, gasped for air, and said in a Chinese voice behind Fu Quan: "Xianbei is cunning, the troops are here, waiting for work, at present, our army has marched so far, most of them are sleepy and tired, and the situation is uneven, but Xianbei is stationed in the old nest, waiting for work, and the villain has the courage to admonish, the general might as well retreat to avoid the edge?" When Xianbei's morale is lost, he will take Xianbei again. ”

"Retirement? Why? There is a section of the Yue riding in, and even the 100,000 soldiers who come from Xianbei will swallow it. Fu Quan chattered disappreciatively, and then looked at the Han army in front of him, only to see Duan Cheng behind the army, and after constantly giving them orders under the order, he praised loudly in his heart, sure enough, it is a military person, and he can not help but admire it.

"No...... Not retreating? Shi Qu was surprised, and after Fuquan mentioned Duan Cheng's name, he stopped speaking, after all, Duan Cheng's reputation is too big, even he, a slave, has heard of it, but he doesn't know what kind of results this military god who pacified the chaos of the Han Dynasty will have against Xianbei.

At this moment, the Han army is in front, Duan Cheng did not move his eyes because of the Xianbei soldiers and horses who were sprinting from the horses a few miles ahead, he was able to defeat the Qiang people back then, and even the cavalry that was several times more than his own, so he naturally would not be afraid of it, but at this moment he was still constantly dispatching the various departments of the Han army, according to his expectations, when the Xianbei people arrived, the Han army would be in formation according to his requirements.

For a moment, there seemed to be an earthquake-like shaking of the earth, as well as the sound of dull undulating footsteps, it was the coming more than 10,000 Xianbei cavalry.

"Order, Xianbei people come, all departments look at the flag, fight according to the plan, and those who dare to slack off and fear the war, behead!" Seeing that the Xianbei soldiers and horses were gradually approaching, after seeing that the formation of the army had been preliminarily arranged, Duan Cheng gave his order.

"Whew! Shout! Whew......"

The first to attack, naturally saw the Xianbei soldiers and horses into their own range, the Han army's archers and crossbowmen, they decisively launched the arrows in their hands, all of a sudden, the Xianbei soldiers and horses took the lead, and many people fell from the arrows.

Finally, after paying a lot of casualties, the Xianbei people rushed into the large array of the Han army, and met the front of the Han army they were most familiar with, and would form a rejection horse to block their own charge. I saw that the Han army at the front was under the command of Duan Cheng's heralds, and with the shouts of the captains of various departments, Sima shouted, they all held their own weapons, like a silent steel hedgehog, waiting for the Xianbei people to charge.

Refusing horses, when Fuquan fought Tanshihuai in Youzhou in his early years, he saw the Youzhou border army used under the command of Zhao Bao, which is the most commonly used method for the Han infantry to fight against the cavalry. In that year, Duan Cheng won a complete victory in Fengyi Mountain with a few outnumbered people, and he used the method of "ordering the army to open a sharp blade, a spear triple, a strong crossbow, and a column of light cavalry as the left and right wings" to win.

"Puff! Swell! Bulging ......"

Only countless dull sounds of hitting iron were heard, and the frenzied Xianbei cavalry finally rushed to the front of the Han army.

In an instant, the Han army's sharp horse-rejecting spears pierced hundreds of Xianbei cavalry, even with horse-spurs, and on the contrary, the wild momentum of the Xianbei cavalry also broke the Han army's horse-rejecting spears.

The Xianbei cavalry faced the dense spears, the closer they got to the more casualties increased, often blocking the spearhead that pierced the chest, but could not prevent the spears that pierced the ribs, coupled with the bow and crossbow design of the Han army in the sky, although the Xianbei people were waiting for work, but in front of the spear forest, the casualties continued to increase.

The situation between the warring parties gradually expanded, and the anger in Qian Man's heart was slowly replaced by horror, and the confidence just now suddenly dissipated. He couldn't have imagined that the Han army would be tired of the expedition, and after the Xianbei people were ready to take advantage of their array to raid, they could deal with it so calmly, this is completely the elite of the elite, in order to do this kind of not hurrying or slowing, and the excellent leadership ability of the main general commanded by the other party is not comparable to ordinary people.

Thinking of this, Qianman, who knew that if he did not break the Han army's rejection of the horse formation, his side would be defeated, hurriedly called the guards around him, whispered a few words to him, and then saw that the guards received the order, and gathered dozens of people to ride horses to the Xianbei front army.

The Xianbei guards rode horses, but did not join the ranks of the siege and rejection of horses, but kept galloping on the periphery, and at the same time shouted loudly with the escort at the head: "Lord Qianman has an order, break through the Han army's horse rejection array, and the property obtained is to be claimed by Ren Er and others, and the person who kills the leader of the Han people will be given the leader of the tribe, and the branch will be ten thousand people, and those who are brave and slack and afraid of war, kill!" ”

This order was undoubtedly like a huge stone being thrown into the water, causing an uproar, and the Qiang people who hesitated in front of the dense spear forest for a while all shouted loudly, venting their emotions like a vicious wolf stimulated by blood.

Xianbei is a tribal alliance, and the hierarchy in the tribe is clear, since the legislation of Tanshi Huai, the rewards and punishments are fair, so the Xianbei people will be brave and good at fighting for the fair rewards they received after the war. It is precisely because of this that since the beginning of the Eastern Han Dynasty, the Xianbei tribe, which was almost attached by the Han army, has repeatedly defeated the Han army since it came out of the sandalwood acacia, because he relied on the premise of fair reward and post-war distribution, which inspired the Xianbei people to grow in the harsh environment of the grassland.

From ancient times to the present, in addition to the brainwashing warriors of the Celestial Empire in later generations, who do ideological work every day, the strength of the combat effectiveness of other armies is all based on the conditions of looting and rational distribution of spoils, and it has become a strong army.

"Xianbei warriors, the royal court is in the rear, if the royal court is broken, then Xianbei will die, and when life and death are at stake, kill!" The Xianbei leader who persuaded Qianman to evacuate was in the front army at the moment, and he took the initiative to ask Qianman for the position of vanguard, leading the more than 10,000 Xianbei cavalry gathered by Qianman, desperately attacking the Han army.

As the leader shouted again, the Xianbei soldiers, who were already in high morale and roaring, were once again stimulated by the bloody and tempting interests in front of them, and their combat strength seemed to have suddenly increased, and they were even more fearless to charge in front of the Han army's rejection array. Driven by the huge impact inertia, with the continuous impact of the Xianbei cavalry's war horses, the Han army's rejection of the horse formation was also completely blown up, and three "holes" were broken through in a row.

After those Xianbei cavalry broke through the rejection array, the offensive became more and more fierce, and the Han soldiers around them were continuously killed and scattered, flowing out of the open space, allowing the later Xianbei cavalry to enter.

"Go home thousands of miles today, if you enter, you will succeed, you will die if you go, and work hard to make a name for yourself!"

Seeing this, Duan Cheng did not panic, but secretly rejoiced, pulled out the long sword at his waist, and once again shouted out his famous words on Fengyi Mountain, and then hurriedly led people to reinforce the melee troops that had gradually become exhausted after the Han army broke through the rejection of the horse by the Xianbei people, and their task was still to drag the Xianbei cavalry to death.

At the same time, the Qiang cavalry on both sides of the Han army, who had been wandering on both flanks of the Han army and only fighting against the Xianbei cavalry with cavalry, also changed their tactics after receiving the order of the accompanying Han army master, and made a frenzied battle to the death.

Of course, this time, unlike Fuquan in Youzhou, the Han army had an advantage of nearly twice the number of people, and could easily counter-encircle the Xianbei cavalry. Looking from above, I saw that as the Xianbei cavalry continued to penetrate into the Han army's array, the Qiang cavalry on both wings had also surrounded the remaining Xianbei cavalry in the rear of Xianbei.

Seeing this scene, Fu Quan smiled coldly, most of the soldiers and horses of this Xianbei can't run, it's time to look at yourself.

Subsequently, he saw Fu Quan pull out the long sword at his waist, pointed at the rear of the Xianbei army formation, and shouted at the Han cavalry who had been staying in the rear formation and did not use the Han cavalry to fight: "Gentlemen, Duan Yue rode a saying, 'Go home for thousands of miles, enter and succeed, go to death, and strive to make a name for yourself!'" 'Are you willing to share your fame with me and go to the heads of the nobles of Xianbei?' ”

"Wish! Wish! ”

The Han cavalry shouted in Chinese, and then, under the leadership of Fu Quan, bypassed the Han army and the Xianbei cavalry, which were still fighting to the death, and went straight to the Xianbei nobles who were now empty in the rear, as well as their rear Xianbei Wangting Danhan Mountain.