Chapter 697

At this time, the subordinates outside the tent came in a panic to report: "Lord Wang! Four Highnesses! Ran Min led his troops to sneak attack our rear! The grain route was cut off, and some of the baggage and siege equipment were destroyed! ”

"What!" Murong Ke was furious, smashed the table, rushed out of the camp, grabbed the man, and reprimanded angrily: "Ran Min sneaked up on our rear, why didn't the scouts sent out earlier find their traces!" ”

"The villain doesn't know ...... either"

Murong Ping walked out of the camp and asked, "What's the situation now?" ”

"They have retreated to the west! Didn't fight with us for long! ”

"Fourth! Use your strength on Ran Min! Murong commented and instructed his subordinates: "The army immediately pulls out the camp and pursues Ran Min to the west!" ”

Murong Ke threw his men aside and shouted, "Lead my horse!" ”

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After sneaking up on the rear of the Xianbei people, Ran Min expected that the Murong clan would definitely pursue him, so he led his army westward in an attempt to take the Yan army away from Wei.

In the next few days, Ran Min's soldiers and horses fought with the Yan army several times, and in each battle, Ran Min's soldiers and horses were defeated and fled, which greatly increased Murong Ke's confidence, and he almost violated Murong Ping's military orders many times and pursued without authorization. In this process, the whereabouts of Ran Min's soldiers and horses were uncertain, moving from east to west, which also disrupted Murong Ping's deployment of soldiers and horses to a certain extent. Such abnormal behavior also made Murong Ping worry again, Ran Min must have some conspiracy to fail.

After many days of fighting, Murong Ping successfully assembled the army and advanced, Ran Min's more than 30,000 soldiers and horses did not dare to fight head-on, so they could only flee all the way to the west, Murong led the army to chase fiercely, but the speed could not keep up with Ran Min's cavalry, and the distance between the two sides became farther and farther.

"Your Majesty, a hundred miles to the west, it will be Yishui!" Wang Chong reminded.

At this time, it was already raining, Ran Min stopped his horse, looked up at the gloomy sky, and said, "It seems that this rain may not be able to stop for the time being!" ”

"When it rains, the river will swell, so we have to hurry up and cross the river, otherwise there will be no way to the west!" Zhu Song said.

"Don't worry, I've already made arrangements!" Ran Min was not in a hurry, and ordered his subordinates: "Send out a scout horse to see how far the Xianbei people are from us!" ”

"Yes!"

Ran Min continued to march west with his soldiers and horses, but the speed was not fast, it seemed to be deliberate, and most of his subordinates did not know Ran Min's plans.

At this moment, in the upper reaches of Yishui, thousands of soldiers are under the leadership of Gou Ying, filling the river with mud, sand, wood and stones to build a dam, and a plan carefully arranged by Ran Min is waiting for the two brothers of the Murong family.

At night, Ran Min's soldiers and horses were stationed on the bank of Yishui, about less than ten miles away. Because it was dark, Murong Ping was worried that Ran Min would be deceitful and did not dare to enter, so he camped thirty miles away, showing a confrontation.

"This Ran Min ran to the Yishui River, isn't there a brain disease? This is clearly self-defeating! Murong Ke said.

Murong Ping nodded and said, "Unless he wants to learn from Xiang Yu, the overlord of Chu, and fight against the water, there must be some conspiracy here." ”

"We are now 150,000 soldiers and horses gathered here, and he is only 30,000 people, fighting head-on, I don't believe it, his people can still be defeated by one enemy and five enemies?"

"It's not like Ran Min has done what Superman expected once or twice, and now, you still dare to underestimate him?" Murong Ping said with a little sarcasm.

Murong Ke pursed his lips and did not squeak.

"At dawn tomorrow, send troops to attack Ran Min, and test it!" Murong Ping said.

The rain fell overnight and did not stop until dawn, and Murong Ping, out of prudence, sent nearly a thousand scouts and horses to keep an eye on Ran Min's camp for the whole night, but there was no sign of the movement of troops and horses.

After dawn, Murong Ping gathered more than 100,000 troops, with 20,000 cavalry as the vanguard, and the infantry formed a phalanx, and the left and right flanks were covered by cavalry, and officially launched an attack on Ran Min's camp.

The two sides seem to be tacitly aware that Ran Min's 30,000 soldiers and horses, all cavalry, no foot soldiers, in the face of hundreds of thousands of Yan troops, their biggest advantage is mobility, but in frontal combat, they may not take much advantage.

After experiencing the battle of Xiangguo, Murong Ping spent several years studying Ran Min's tactics in each battle, and before this day, he had also checked the nearby terrain in detail, and even at what location and time, it was best to attack Ran Min, all of which were within the scope of Murong Ping's calculations. Therefore, at this time, Murong Ping felt that he had occupied the right time, place, and people, so he dared to fight Ran Min head-on like this.

"Your Majesty, there are a lot of soldiers and horses of the Xianbei people!" Zhang Mufeng said.

Ran Min held a halberd in one hand and a hook and sickle in the other, and said, "What? Scared? ”

Zhang Mufeng pulled out his long knife and said, "I'm afraid that there won't be enough Xianbei people to kill!" I can't get your majesty's reward! ”

When Ran Min heard this, he laughed and said, "If you kill enough enemies!" I will be rewarded! ”

"Your Majesty! Just look at it! Zhang Mufeng said, riding a horse and slowly walking out of the phalanx, followed by thousands of soldiers and horses, ready to fight.

The Xianbei people attacked first, and the cavalry began to advance, not very fast, maintaining a speed that the foot soldiers could keep up with. Just when the soldiers and horses of the two sides were only three or four miles apart, the cavalry of the two sides suddenly increased their speed and began to charge in earnest.

Zhang Mufeng personally led 2,000 cavalry to meet the 20,000 forward cavalry troops of the Xianbei people, which seemed crazy, but it was also carefully arranged by Ran Min. The battle was about to break out, and Zhang Mufeng's 2,000 cavalry instantly became entangled with Murong Ke's forward troops, all of them holding double swords, almost attached to the horse's back, spreading their double blades like wings. Although due to the disadvantage in numbers, many Xianbei people had fallen to the ground after a charge, but Zhang Mufeng's 2,000 men and horses were also lost by three or four percent.

At this time, the Xianbei people's foot policy was also pressed, and at this time, Zhang Mufeng and his men and horses were in the middle of the Xianbei people's cavalry and foot policy, and they were already under the enemy's back, seeing this situation, Zhang Mufeng hurriedly retreated, and Murong Ke would not let go of this opportunity? He immediately ordered his men to turn the horse's head and recoil.

Due to the timely escape, Zhang Mufeng's only remaining subordinates almost entered the range of the bow and arrow of the Xianbei infantry, but in the second round of fighting with Murong Ke, Zhang Mufeng's two thousand men and horses, only barely five or six hundred people remained, although the Xianbei people also had three or four thousand casualties, but from the formal point of view, Zhang Mufeng had almost been wiped out.

Seeing this situation, Zhang Mufeng immediately ordered a retreat, and Murong Ke led his troops in hot pursuit.

Ran Min, who was watching the battle from a distance, saw that Murong Ke was leading his troops to pursue Zhang Mufeng and came towards him, so he raised his hand slightly, and one of his soldiers understood it, and opened his bow and shot an arrow, which was tied with a red cloth.

Zhang Mufeng retreated quickly with hundreds of people, looking a little embarrassed, how could Murong Ke let it go? Just when Zhang Mufeng's soldiers and horses had just crossed the arrow tied with a red cloth, Ran Min's men suddenly fired ten thousand arrows, and the Xianbei people happened to enter the range of the bow and arrows.

Murong Ke, who was lucky enough to dodge the chaotic arrows, hurriedly hoisted the direction to escape, and shouted at the same time: "Disperse!" Disperse! ”

The cavalry vanguard of the Xianbei people quickly dispersed and rushed to the left and right flanks of Ran Min, and at this time, the advance of the Ran Min camp was the carefully drilled infantry phalanx of Shang Murong Ping. Seeing this, Ran Min naturally decisively ordered the arrows to be released, but after all these years of Murong Ping's training of soldiers and horses, he had already trained Xianbei's foot soldiers into elites, and in this situation, Ran Min seemed to have no choice but to do anything about these foot soldiers