Chapter 269: The Heart of Defense
It's war! But the two sides of the war have changed. Liu Xie's worries have come true! It was also thanks to Liu Xieduo that he kept an eye on it, and at first he didn't fully believe in the sincerity of Tian Feng and Yuan Xi, just in case, he secretly ordered someone to follow Xianrong who left Yuan's army camp, and then he knew the whereabouts of Xianrong. It was also thanks to this preparation that Tian Feng and Yuan Xi's treacherous plan did not succeed.
It is indispensable to guard against others, and this is very reasonable. Don't take the initiative to harm others, but you can't ask others to do harm. It's not that Liu Xie doesn't want to believe in others, but the position he is in now doesn't allow him to make any mistakes. It doesn't hurt to be suspicious, just in case.
According to Tian Feng's plan, he originally wanted to send Zhang Nan to Liu Xie's side under the pretense of using the name of war, so that the internal and external cooperation would be greater, and the chances of success would be greater. I don't want Liu Xie to reject Tian Feng's "kindness" without hesitation, it's not that Liu Xie doesn't want to take the opportunity to take Zhang Nan, but there are not many soldiers and horses in the Han army camp at this time, if Zhang Nan is allowed to lead his troops into the camp, then Tian Feng will know the reality of the Han army camp at this time.
Liu Xie already knew about Tian Feng's conspiracy, but Tian Feng didn't know that his plan had been discovered at this time, and he was still following the script he had designed in advance. Seeing that Liu Xie did not allow Yuan's army to enter the camp, he ordered the army to turn around and fight against the Karasuma people. Of course, Yuan Jun and Karasuma people will not fight, and even if they do, it will only be a fake fight, the purpose is still to paralyze the Han army, so as to surprise the outburst.
Looking at the "liveliness" on the battlefield, Liu Xie was silent, neither urging the Yuan army to strengthen the offensive, nor sending people to support. Regarding Tian Feng's move to ask for reinforcements, Liu Xie just didn't know.
The silence of the Han army camp made Tian Feng feel a little weak in his heart, just like a person with a bad heart ran to stir up right and wrong, but the person who was provoked just looked at him coldly. can't figure out the other party's attitude, so that the bad-hearted people don't know how to separate.
There is no turning back from the bow! Whether it is for Yuan Jun or Karasuma people, there is no choice for either. Since the Han army was the main opponent before, it was too late to change the hexagram at this time. Seeing that the Han army was "indifferent", both Tian Feng felt a little unsettled in his heart.
"Order Ma Yan and order him to get out of the way and let the Karasuma people attack the Han army camp." Tian Feng commanded the herald in a deep voice.
"What? Get out of the way? Ma Yan, who was "fighting" with the Karasuma people in front, was stunned when he heard this, he knew that it was a fake fight at this time, not only did he know, but the soldiers under his command also knew it in their hearts. But just get out of the way, wouldn't it make the Han army suspicious?
"General, this is the order of the military division." The herald emphasized.
“…… Well, well, I really don't know what the military advisor is thinking? Ma Yan reluctantly compromised.
As the Yuan army deliberately "let go" of a road, a cavalry of the Karasuma people broke through the formation and went straight to the Han army camp to kill. And Yuan Jun didn't seem to expect that the Karasuma people could break through their own defense line, and the Yuan troops on both sides stepped forward to block it, but the pace of this block was always half a beat slower, and often the Yuan army arrived, and the Karasuma people had already run ahead.
"Holy Lord, the Karasuma people are here." The vulture bone whispered to Liu Xie.
"I'm not blind, I can see. Get ready to give these Karasuma people a dismount. Liu Xie commanded casually.
Liu Xie's descendants were in the eighth battalion, and the vine armor soldiers led by the vulture bones did not participate in the Han Dynasty's campaign against the grassland people because they were foot soldiers. Because of this, the vulture bone has been following Liu Xie's side, in addition to the vine armor army, Wang Ping's White Tiger Army also did not go to the grassland because of its good at jungle warfare.
After getting Liu Xie's order, the vulture bone looked very excited, he was a militant, since he surrendered to the Han Dynasty, because Liu Xie did not discriminate against his identity, he was also willing to sacrifice his life and forget death for Liu Xie. In addition, his clansmen lived a stable life after being incorporated into the Han Dynasty, and they were many times richer than in the past.
With the loud shouts of the vultures, the vine armor army, which was originally just waiting for the battle, immediately took action. Professional soldiers, in addition to training or training in peacetime, once they need to come in handy, they are much more refined than those who are cramming on a temporary basis. Before the Karasuma people approached, two arrow formations were arranged in front of the Han army's camp.
Ten bed crossbows, three thousand crossbowmen, and with an order, the arrows were like flying locusts, and they directly met the vanguard of the Karasuma people who were galloping wildly.
One-sided slaughter! In the face of the swift and fierce rain of arrows, even if you have the best riding skills, it is useless, what iron bridges, what stirrups are hiding, at this time it is all useless. The Karasuma people who rushed to the front were shot into hedgehogs and fell to the ground to become an obstacle for the friendly forces behind, and once the cavalry lost its speed, it was equivalent to a huge arrow target.
The number of Karasuma iron cavalry released by Yuan's army was about 2,000, but when facing the Han army's arrow array, they were all killed without even having a chance to hand over with the Han army. What made Tian Feng feel even more depressed was that after the two thousand Karasuma Iron Cavalry were annihilated, the Han army shouted the nonsense of letting another team of Karasuma people come over, as if the Han army and Yuan Jun cooperated tacitly.
Tian Feng was not afraid that Yuan Jun would be shouted by the Han army in a few words, but he was afraid that the Karasuma people would misunderstand that Yuan Jun and Han Jun were wearing the same pants. The two families don't have much trust, and any slight misunderstanding can make the boat of friendship capsize in an instant. In order to avoid "turning against each other" with the Karasuma people, Tian Feng had to give up his original plan and decided to "tear his face" with the Han army in advance.
As the long horn sounded throughout the battlefield, the Yuan army and the Karasuma people, who had been fighting "lively" before, stopped at the same time and approached the Han army camp together.
Seeing Yuan Jun's actions, Liu Xie couldn't help but smile slightly, and whispered to Wang Ping on the side: "Zijun, quickly go and order someone to inform Cao Zijian, the picture is poor, we are going to prepare to run away." ”
"No." Wang Ping answered without hesitation, turned around and called the herald, and then the herald turned around and ran towards the Chinese army.
Almost at the same time that Liu Xie finished ordering Wang Ping, the combined army of Yuan Jun and Karasuma came to the camp of the Han army, and Tian Feng, Yuan Xi, Su Fuyan, Lou Ban and other important figures in the army appeared in front of Liu Xie.
There's no need to talk nonsense, what else is there to say about this situation? One word, hit. If you win, you go home for the New Year, and if you lose, you can't love. The Yuan army and the Karasuma people launched an attack on the Han army's camp, and the Han army under the command of Vulture and Wang Ping calmly responded, using the power of the arrow array to temporarily block the pace of the coalition army's attack.
Taking advantage of this opportunity, Liu Xie withdrew to the Chinese army with his personal guards, and saw the big beetle flag representing the identity of the Son of Heaven moving backwards, Tian Feng couldn't help but feel anxious, in order to prevent the Son of Heaven from slipping away, Tian Feng sent a team of supervisors, ready to exchange human lives for time, and Su Fuyan had the same idea as Tian Feng.
Unlike Tian Feng, Su Fuyan knew that he was a Karasuma and not a Han, even if Liu Xie thought about a little bit of the love of the same clan, he couldn't read his head. If Liu Xie is allowed to get out of trouble smoothly, then the Karasuma people will automatically become the sworn enemies of the Han people, and they will never die. Therefore, only by capturing Liu Xie alive can the continuation of the Karasuma clan be guaranteed.
Countless coalition soldiers charged forward under the coercion of the supervising team behind them, and in the face of the coalition army's fearless attack, the vulture and Wang Ping were a little unable to hold on. Fortunately, Liu Xie had explained before leaving, they could just run away if they couldn't do anything, and they didn't have to stay here to fight to the death.
Wang Ping ordered people to light a wall of fire that had been dug in advance, and took advantage of the temporary blockage of the attack momentum of the coalition army, Vulture Bone and Wang Ping had people set fire to the bed crossbow that could not be taken away, and then according to the original plan, led the troops to break through to the south.
Liu Xie asked Cao Zhang and Guan Ping to lead their troops to Panlong Valley to the west of the camp to set up an ambush, and Wang Ping and Wutu Gu were not dizzy when they broke through to the south, but there were pocket formations prepared by Yue Xi and Zang Ba in the south waiting for them to lead the enemy forward.
Finding that the Han army was retreating in two ways, Tian Feng made a quick decision and decided to divide his troops with the Karasuma people, and the two families chased each way. There is no way to do this, because of the bastard things that the Karasuma people did in Hebei before, the relationship between the Yuan soldiers and the Karasuma people is not harmonious. Although they have a common enemy, they also have a strong smell of gunpowder with each other.
For the sake of fairness, Tian Feng asked the Karasuma people to pick first, but the Karasuma people chose to chase the Han army to the west, and in this way, the Yuan army chased the vultures and followed Wang Ping.
No one dares to guarantee that there will be Emperor Liu Xie of the Han Dynasty on the road he is responsible for, but there are people chasing him on both sides, and there will always be one way to catch up. In order to catch up with Liu Xie, Su Muyan can be said to have fought hard, he was an important figure among the Karasuma people, and he didn't need him to go into battle in person, but now he is the first and rushed to the front, just to confirm that there is the Han Emperor Liu Xie on the road he is chasing.
Perhaps the god he believed in sensed his prayer, and the big beetle banner representing the identity of the Son of Heaven of the Han Dynasty finally appeared in Su Fuyan's sight. Seeing the big beetle flag embroidered with the word "Liu", Su Fuyan seemed to have been beaten with chicken blood, drew his knife and roared, urging the horse to chase after him. And under the drive of Su Fuyan, the Karasuma people fell into a state of excitement, and followed Su Fuyan regardless of it, urging the horse to gallop.
The two teams entered the Panlong Valley one after the other. The name of a place is either in honor of someone or something, or because of the topographical features of the place. The Panlong Valley got its name because of the winding terrain here. Seeing that the Han army wrapped around Liu Xie had entered Panlong Valley, Su Fuyan couldn't help but feel anxious, he was not familiar with this place, and he was very worried that Liu Xie's fat meat to his mouth would use the terrain to slip away from his eyes. In order to catch up with Liu Xie, Su Fuyan didn't care about the danger of inspecting this place, and led people into Panlong Valley.
People are blind obedient. Just like a flock, as long as the head sheep is controlled, the whole flock does not need to worry too much. Even if the sheep are sent to the slaughterhouse, as soon as the first sheep enters, the rest will follow. Su Muyan was the "head sheep" among the Karasuma people at this time, even if Lou Ban and Wuyan felt uneasy and wanted to stop the army, they were powerless in the face of the surging crowd.
Ambushes are timing, and it is easy to startle the snake if you start early, and it is difficult to achieve the expected results if you finish your move. Cao Zhang and Guan Ping fought one after another, cutting off the Karasuma people's team in one fell swoop, and they couldn't care about each other. The Karasuma people, who were originally immersed in the excitement of chasing and killing the Son of Heaven, suddenly panicked, and few people thought of resisting, and most of them chose to escape at the first time. And in this way, it fell into the hands of the Han army.
Strictly speaking, the number of the Han army was not even one-third of the Karasuma people. But fighting a war is a guts, panic, gall is gone, and defeat is not far away. The Karasuma people fell into the ambush of the Han army, and they didn't consider the difference between the number of the Han army and themselves, but saw the Han army rushing down from the hillside and instantly overwhelmed their own team.
Being on the battlefield, the shouts of killing, the tragic death of comrades, and the ferocity of the enemy army are constantly destroying their own will. The people who can turn the tide in the inferior forces are all great people, but it's a pity that there are no such people among the Karasuma people at this time, and there is a little possibility of the previous Bunton, but Ratun died, and died at the hands of his own family. Although Lou Ban is the legitimate heir of the Karasuma people, his succession time is still short, and his own prestige has not yet been established.
No one paid attention to Lou Ban's hoarse shouts, and Lou Ban's shouts also brought him misfortune. The marksmen in the Han army, who were responsible for shooting and killing important figures in the enemy army, naturally set their sights on Lou Ban, who was dressed luxuriously and was not willing to be lonely. For a marksman, it's easy to shoot an important person with such a distinctive trait.
Just a cold arrow made Lou Ban shut his mouth forever. And with the death of Lou Ban, the Karasuma people were completely panicked, and almost all of them had only one thought in their minds at this time, that is, to escape, and the farther away the better.
The battle of Panlong Valley ended in the complete defeat of the Karasuma people, half of the hundreds of thousands of Karasuma people were blocked in the valley, and they resisted stubbornly with the help of the terrain, while the other half of the Karasuma people who stayed outside the valley had disappeared at this time, and they were either killed by the Han army or they were quick to get away with the opportunity.
The fleeing Karasuma people were not pursued by the Han army, and Cao Chang immediately ordered all the Karasuma people to be captured and killed after the battle outside the valley, and then led his troops to block the mouth of the valley, and did not let the Karasuma people in the valley escape.
Su Fuyan, who was reluctant to chase Liu Xie as if he had been beaten with chicken blood, finally calmed down at this time, and he was sober when Guan Ping came out, knowing that he had been ambushed by the Han army. But the terrain in Panlong Valley is rugged, and there are too many Karasuma people who rushed into the valley with him, and it is difficult to turn around and run out of the valley. And at that time, Su Muyan was still thinking about capturing Liu Xie alive, but as a result, it was delayed, and the last chance to get out was also delayed. By the time Su Muyan wanted to lead his troops out of the valley to join the Karasuma people outside, it was already too late.
There was no way forward, no way back, and Su Fuyan was trapped in the valley with the Karasuma people. There is no water or food in this dragon valley, and the longer it drags on, the more unfavorable it will be to the Karasuma people. The Han troops guarding the valley were obviously aware of this, and from the fact that they were not in a hurry to attack, it could be judged that these Han troops were ready to wait for work.
There are two roads in front of Su Muyan, one is to lead the clansmen to fight a bloody road regardless of the casualties, and the other is to be a handsome man who knows the times and surrender to the Han army. Anyway, if they continue to work like this, within three days, they Karasuma people will be trapped alive.
How to choose? Su Fuyan was in a dilemma. At present, the Karasuma people belong to him and his identity is the most noble, Lou Ban and Wuyan were in the rear army before the Han army launched an attack, and at this time, it is estimated that there are many auspicious people, and only Su Muyan is left with the idea of the Karasuma clan.
Is it to take the whole clan to the underworld to report in one breath? Or for the sake of the continuation of the whole clan, he begged to surrender to the Han people? That's a problem.
Liu Xie didn't give Su Fu much time to think about it, he had hoped that it would be Yuan Jun who would come after him, not the Karasuma people. But it was the Karasuma people who came to pursue him, which means that the opponent of Yue Xi and Zang Ba will be Yuan Jun. In order to deal with the cavalry superiority of the Karasuma people, a large number of bows and crossbows were allocated to Yue Xi and Zang Ba. Unexpectedly, these bows and crossbows did not play the greatest role. Moreover, compared to the Karasuma people, Yuan Jun obviously knew better how to use his strengths and avoid weaknesses to deal with the Han army's arrow array.
Liu Xie was a little worried about Yue Xi and Zang Ba, and according to the latest news, Wu Yan among the Karasuma people led the remaining Karasuma people to retreat after Lou Ban's death, and the number was about 30,000, and the appearance of these people would also make the outcome uncertain again.
"Young Master ......" Seeing Lou Ban's corpse, Su Fuyan couldn't help crying bitterly, lying on the ground and crying, and his crying made the surrounding Karasuma people cry more than once.
"Su Muyan, is it time for you to cry? Although your young master is dead, the general will inevitably die in battle, and this is a matter that no one can control. You should now think about whether the Karasuma people are going to accompany your young master in the funeral. If you are determined to fight with my big man, then when you clean up your mood, you and I will fight to the death. But if you still want to leave a trace of blood for the Karasuma people, then you have to make a decision as soon as possible, my lord will not have time to grieve with you. A voice named Su Fuyan couldn't help but want to kill when he heard it, and it sounded in his ears.
But the master who said this, Cao Zhi, did not show the slightest fear in the face of Su Fuyan's angry gaze, and continued in a cold voice: "I was ready to die before I was ordered to come and return Lou Ban's corpse. It's just that Su Fuyan, you have to think about it carefully, my lord said, if something happens to me, your entire Karasuma clan will give me a funeral. If you don't believe me, try it. After Cao Zhi finished speaking, he put on a look of being killed.
Su Muyan really wanted to kill the Cao Zhi in front of him to vent his hatred, but he didn't dare to gamble with the life and death of the whole clan. The current Son of Heaven of the Han Dynasty is different from the Son of Heaven of the Han Dynasty in the past, he is really afraid that Cao Zhi will cause the disaster of extermination. After stopping a few clansmen who wanted to make a move, Su Fuyan asked in a deep voice: "Your envoy, why do you only see the young master of my clan, but you don't see the whereabouts of Wuyan?" ”
"Uyan? He ran away early, and it is said that before Lou Ban was killed, he took the lead in leading people away. And Lou Ban was also targeted by our army's marksmen because he wanted to rally his clansmen to resist. Cao Zhi replied when he heard this.