"After talking for a long time, what did you two say?" Murong Ke looked at the silent Murong Ping and asked.

"Prepare to attack!" Murong Ping raised his hand slightly and commanded.

Seeing that Murong Ping didn't pay attention to himself at all, Murong Ke suddenly felt quite bored and kept silent. At this time, a row of armor soldiers behind him spread out to both sides, and the ironclad army slowly walked out.

Although the sky was bright, there was no sun in sight, and it was gray, as oppressive as the black iron frame of the Iron Armor Army. Ran Min's wolf cavalry captain lined up in formation, all of them were wearing chain mail, holding long knives, and under their crotches were fierce Western Regions war horses.

The ironclad army began to attack, and the cavalry on both flanks of the Xianbei people also began to deploy, and Ran Min's wolf cavalry captain immediately turned his horse's head and withdrew, not engaging him.

Seeing this, Murong Ke shouted, "Ran Min, this kid wants to run!" Give me chase! ”

Of course, Ran Min didn't want to escape, nearly 3,000 wolf riders immediately dispersed, into a team of several people, scattered actions, did not hit the Xianbei people head-on, and attacked the Xianbei people's army with long-distance cavalry, because the wolf cavalry captains were all strong bows and hummers, the Xianbei people could not take the slightest advantage, and the wolf cavalry captains had not yet entered the range of their bows and arrows, the wolf cavalry captain's arrows had been able to hit them, and the Xianbei people fell off their horses, but there was nothing to be done.

Ran Min's tactics were not expected by Murong Ping, he originally thought that the wolf cavalry captain would attack from the front, because the ironclad army was the main force to advance, but he did not expect the wolf cavalry captain to avoid its edge without fighting, and fled and fought, and pursued for more than an hour, the wolf cavalry captain was unscathed, but the Xianbei people lost thousands of people, and the ironclad army was already a little exhausted.

"Zhang Mufeng!" Ran Min shouted.

"In!"

"Throw thistle!" Ran Min shouted.

"Yes!"

At the sound of an order, dozens of wolf cavalry captains quickly interspersed and dropped hundreds of thistles, due to the chaos of the battlefield, the Xianbei people did not pay attention. A moment later, the ironclad army followed, and immediately after, there was a burst of neighing of war horses, and the Xianbei people realized that the situation was wrong. The war horses that guessed the thistle immediately pounced on the ground, because there were iron cables connected to each other, those war horses that did not step on the iron thistle were also implicated, and the ironclad army was suddenly in chaos, and the formation was completely lost. The cavalry units of the Xianbei people immediately became chaotic, and the situation changed in an instant.

Zhang Mufeng and others took the opportunity to turn their horses' heads, and hundreds of wolf cavalry captains took the initiative to attack the Xianbei cavalry, and the Xianbei people were shocked, and hundreds of people were beheaded under their horses in a moment.

Without the threat of the ironclad army, Ran Min personally led hundreds of people to break through and directly capture Murong Ke's vanguard camp. Zhu Longma, hook sickle spear, single-edged halberd, and wild goose armor, like a thunderbolt, led the wolf cavalry captain to gallop, and more than 10,000 people in Murong Ke's vanguard battalion could not resist.

Murong Ke hurriedly mobilized troops and horses to come to the rescue, trying to besiege Ran Min, but Ran Min didn't give him this opportunity at all, and immediately turned around and didn't entangle with him.

Ran Min personally used it as bait, disrupting the deployment of Murong Ping's left and right wings of cavalry, and opening the door of the Ironclad Army, at this time, the Ironclad Army was like a group of local dogs and chickens, basically losing the ability to maneuver, and many war horses fell to the ground, so that the only flaw in the Ironclad Army was revealed, and hundreds of wolf cavalry captains came out of nowhere and shot at the belly of the Ironclad Army, because the belly of the horse was the only target that could be hit.

In order to seriously injure the war horses of the Xianbei people, the arrows used by the wolf cavalry captains are completely different from the ordinary arrows, so that the war horses of the ironclad army on the periphery are basically reimbursed.

As the battle continued, the advantages of the Xianbei people's large number of soldiers and horses gradually appeared, and Ran Min's wolf cavalry captain was brave and good at fighting, but with only a few thousand people, it was impossible to decide the final battle situation. While the wolf cavalry continued to inflict heavy losses on the Xianbei people, Murong Ping was calmly deploying troops, gradually forming a huge encirclement.

The wolf rider's keen insight soon discovered the intentions of the Xianbei people, and Ran Min immediately ordered a retreat. At the same time, Gou Ying's soldiers and horses successfully attacked Murong Ping's rear, and the Chinese army was shocked, and Ran Min took the opportunity to break out of the encirclement that the Xianbei people were about to encircle.

Due to the loss of the advantage of the ironclad army, and the mobility of the cavalry was not as good as Ran Min's soldiers and horses, Murong Ping did not dare to chase anymore, and could only watch Ran Min lead the army to escape.

In the first battle of Changcheng, although there were a lot of enemies, but Ran Min's soldiers and horses were only more than 10,000 people left, and more than 30,000 cavalry went north with Ran Min from Yongzhou, and less than half were left at this time, so Ran Min temporarily retreated to Handan City. Although the Xianbei people took Changcheng, but it was just an empty city, after entering the city, they set fire to all combustible things, killed all living things, and the whole Changcheng was a scorched earth, like hell.

After several days of hard fighting, both sides suffered heavy casualties, and after Ran Min retreated to Handan, the Xianbei people temporarily stopped going south and stopped at Changcheng.

It's not that Murong Ping doesn't want to go south, but several big battles in this month have cost him tens of thousands of soldiers and horses, although he knows that if he doesn't take Handan at all costs, it's only a matter of time before he takes Handan, but if he fights Ran Min in this way, he will inevitably have endless troubles, because even if the Ran Wei regime falls, Xianbei will still face a strong opponent, that is, Fu Jian of the Di clan.

"It was an eventful autumn, 100,000 soldiers and horses of the Di people invaded Yongzhou, and more than 100,000 soldiers and horses of Xianbei garrisoned Changcheng. Even though I have great ambitions, I feel powerless at the moment......" Ran Min was very frustrated, and his subordinates were bandaging his wounds.

"There is General Wang in Yongzhou, it is impregnable, Your Majesty does not have to worry!" Zhu Song said with relief.

Ran Min raised his head and looked at the generals, everyone was a little embarrassed, lowered their heads and did not speak.

"I don't need to say much about the current situation, right?" Ran Min asked.

Zhang Mufeng stood up, saluted and said, "The current situation is indeed something that Great Wei has never encountered. But the general thinks that as long as we work together, it is not without a turnaround! ”

Wang Chong, Gou Ying and others looked at Zhang Mufeng, his bold words and optimistic attitude did not seem to impress everyone.

"After the breakout, how many soldiers and horses are left?" Ran Min asked.

Gou Ying coughed twice and said, "It has been counted, including the wolf cavalry captain, including the 15,000 Handan defenders, and all the defenders in Handan City have a total of more than 31,000 people......"

"There is no advantage in troops, you can defend the city!" Zhu Song said.

Xue Zan shook his head and said, "There is not much food and grass in the city!" It won't last long. ”

"Handan had a bumper harvest last year, how could there be no food!" Wang Chong asked.

Xue Zan said: "Since last winter, the Di people have been invading Yongzhou, and most of Handan's grain and grass have been transferred to Yongzhou, and now the grain and grass in Handan City is only enough for us for more than 20 days at most." ”

"We have to find a way to adjust the food! The weather is getting hotter day by day, and when the dog days are on, the Xianbei people have to withdraw if they don't withdraw! Wang Chong said with an oath.

"Rationing? Where is the grain still adjustable? After years of fighting, a large number of croppers put down their farm tools and followed us to fight in the east and west, many fields have been barren, and the output of grain is not as good as year after year! The grain and grass harvested last autumn was only less than 60% of the first year of Qinglong! Now if you want to have something to eat, you can either kill the war horse and eat meat, or you will go to rob the Hu people's food and grass! Otherwise, there is no way! ”

"War horses can't be killed! Kill the war horse, how can our cavalry still fight? Wang Chong said.

"Don't make a noise!" Ran Min scolded upset.

The generals were taken aback, Zhang Mufeng looked at everyone and signaled everyone not to argue.

"Mu Feng, quickly send someone to inquire about the situation in Yongzhou! I want to know how the situation is on the third uncle's side as soon as possible! Ran Min commanded.

"The last general commands!"

"Gou Ying!"

"The last general!"

"Send someone to find out the grain and grass transportation route of the Xianbei people! Their troop dispatch situation! All the information about the Yan Army must be reported! ”

"The last general commands!"

Ran Min waved his hand tiredly, and instructed the generals: "Go down!" Let the brethren rest for two days! ”