Chapter 184: War Breaks Out
At the beginning of October, it was already very cold in the north. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info
Qiu Liju had no choice, the rewards of the Han court were stopped, and in the past few years, the pastures have withered, and the production of cattle and sheep has decreased sharply, and the life of the Wuhuan tribesmen is very difficult, if they don't loot, many of the tribesmen will be difficult to survive this winter, and his ambition is not just to let the tribesmen have enough to eat.
As long as he unifies the Wuhuan in Liaoxi, the Wuhuan tribes in Youbeiping County and Liaodong County, as well as the scattered Wuhuan people in Yuyang County and Liaoxi vassal countries, will also be annexed by him, and their strength will be strengthened.
Even if he knew that the Senehan people were ready to face the battle, he could not allow him to retreat, and could only face the difficulties, otherwise how could he talk about unifying the Wuhuan tribes?
This time he decided to bring only 3,000 cavalry into the fortress, three horses each, and he estimated that as long as he did not attack the city, the territory of the Han Dynasty would gallop and plunder with him, and the cavalry of the Han people would not be able to catch up with his army in any case.
For the Wuhuan people, even if they die in battle, they don't want their families to starve to death; The king took them to plunder, but the Wuhuan cavalry was full of passion and was very excited.
At the end of October, Qiu Liju led his troops to the endless road and arrived at Qinglong City, where the king of the local Wuhuan tribe did not dare to slack off and warmly entertained him.
Qiu Liju invited him to enter the fortress to rob the Han together, and the king of the Qinglong tribe hurriedly shook his head in opposition, he didn't dare to invade the Han Dynasty, for fear that he would not be able to enjoy his life if he robbed it at that time.
Qiu Liju was very dissatisfied, thinking to himself, when he returned, he would destroy this small tribe by the way, and it would be convenient to rob the Han Dynasty in the future.
Continue to walk southwest along the Qinglong River, not far from Qinglong City, is the Great Wall, and beyond the Great Wall is the interior of the Han Dynasty; The first city encountered was Feiru County, Liaoxi County.
As soon as Qiu Liju arrived outside the Great Wall, Yan Liang got the news and immediately sent someone to inform Zhang Fei and Guan Yu; According to the agreement, Zhang Fei immediately led Zhang He and Zhao Fu, a total of 2,400 cavalry, and quickly rushed to Lingzhi County, Liaoxi County; Guan Yu led the officers and soldiers of the headquarters to Haiyang County.
Yan Liang stood still in the fat city.
Qiu Liju traveled south along the Qinglong River Valley, crossed the Great Wall and entered the Senei, according to the prompt of the king of the Qinglong tribe, he did not dare to plunder Feiru City, but went south along the Lushui River, preparing to plunder Guzhu County. The information he received showed that Guzhu County had few soldiers and a weak defense.
As for the reinforcements that the Han might send, Qiu Liju was not afraid, the Han army was definitely not the opponent of the Wuhuan cavalry in the field, and he could still run if he couldn't beat him.
Qiu Liju thought very beautifully, and the soldiers were also very passionate, full of longing for the raid, as long as they plundered a county town, it would be enough for their tribesmen to spend this winter richly.
The peasants in the surrounding counties had already taken refuge in the county seat after receiving the notice from the county government; In winter, they are not afraid of delays, and they serve as temporary auxiliaries in the county seat, participate in the defense of the city, and earn some money and food.
There is not even a figure outside the city such as Lonely Bamboo City, Feiru City and Linyu City, and Qiu Liju is destined to be empty and happy.
After Qiu Liju crossed Feiru City and went south, Yan Liang immediately sent someone to pass the news to Zhang Fei and Guan Yu.
On the first day of November, Zhang Fei immediately led the cavalry, without baggage, and rushed to the west of Guzhu City with light clothing, and joined Guan Yu.
Guan Yu led people to deploy defenses along the west bank of the Wenshui River to prevent Qiu Liju from crossing the river; However, it is winter now, the river has frozen, and it is very difficult to intercept it, so Guan Yu can only hope that Zhang Fei will come soon.
On the morning of the second day of the Lunar New Year, Zhang Fei and Guan Yu met on the west bank of the Wenshui River.
The Lushui River is a tributary of the Wenshui River, and the east side of the confluence is the Guzhu City.
At this time, Yan Liang had already arrived ten miles north of Guzhu City.
Qiu Liju did not loot the wealth he wanted in the township, so he had to set fire to the house to vent his anger.
On the morning of the second day of the first lunar month, Qiu Liju surrounded Guzhu City, failed to persuade him to surrender, and ordered the siege of the city.
The few defenders and county residents in Guzhu City fiercely resisted.
Seeing the billowing smoke, Yan Liang was furious, guessing that the Wuhuan people were looting, he estimated that Zhang Fei and Guan Yu should be about to arrive, but he couldn't wait, and ordered the 2,300 cavalry he led to immediately charge with him.
Qiu Liju stopped the siege and ordered the army to meet the Han cavalry.
The war on the other side of the river had begun, Zhang Fei could not take a break, and led his troops to cross the Wenshui River from the south of Guzhu City, and launched a charge from south to north.
Guan Yu asked the soldiers to beat the war drums west of the Wenshui River to distract the Wuhuan cavalry.
Qiu Liju found that there was a danger of being surrounded, although there was no trace of the enemy in the east, he was more worried that there was a conspiracy of the Han people there, so he did not dare to break through to the east, but ordered the cavalry to charge north, and must break out of the encirclement of the Han cavalry.
Guan Yu led the cavalry along the Wenshui River to the north, preparing to cross the river at the right time to block the escape route of the Wuhuan cavalry.
The cavalry led by Yan Liang and Qiu Liju's cavalry engaged in brutal hand-to-hand combat. Yan Liang was at the head of the line, and rushed straight at the Wuhuan cavalry with an arrow; On the left and right are Zou Jing and Pei Yuanshao.
The entire Lonely Bamboo City was filled with the earth-shattering sound of horses' hooves and shouts, and the people at the head of the city were stunned to watch the killing outside the city, already frightened by the cruel scene.
Yan Liang rode a high-headed horse, nearly a head taller than the horses of the Wuhuan people, condescending, like a god of war who came to the world, the long knife flew left and right, all the Wuhuan people did not have a unified enemy, and the flesh and blood of the killed were splashed everywhere, and the limbs were flying.
At this time, the Wuhuan people did not have stirrups, and they did not make a profit in fighting on horses; And under Yan Liang's battle skirt, there are 2 straight-handled wooden stirrups, so he can kill the enemy freely on horseback, which is a secret that only cavalry generals of the rank of military hou or above know.
Qiu Liju's cavalry had just fought against Yan Liang's cavalry, and without looking back, he fled north.
The morale gap is too large, the combat effectiveness is not the same, one hedge, Yan Liang's army only lost more than 200 people; The Wuhuan cavalry had no fighting spirit and were killed by more than 600 people.
Zhang Fei came out from behind Qiu Liju, and the Wuhuan cavalry formation was in chaos. In order to fear accidental injury with Yan Liang's army, Zhang Fei led his army directly from the east of the battlefield to the north.
As soon as Qiu Liju's cavalry came out of the enemy formation, before he could take a breath, Zhang Fei's cavalry covered up from behind, and the Wuhuan cavalry was even more frightened and rushed to flee for their lives.
Zhang Fei was very happy to kill, the snake spear was flying, and the Wuhuan cavalry was killed one after another.
Helplessly, the cavalry led by Zhang Fei ran for a long time, and the horsepower was not stopped, and the Wuhuan cavalry was one person and three horses, gradually widening the distance from the pursuers, only Zhang Fei, Zhao Fu, and Zhang He rushed in front, followed by dozens of tun commanders and Dubo, and the other cavalry was far behind.
Before the Wuhuan cavalry felt lucky, Guan Yu led the Batun cavalry to cross Lu Shui and kill from the left flank.
Guan Yu didn't catch Zhang Jiao last time, and he kept holding his breath, this time he had already made up his mind that he must behead Qiu Liju, so that he could raise his eyebrows; And he was not as reckless as Zhang Fei, he only cared about the rise of killing, and let Qiu Liju go.
Guan Yu's war horse and Yan Liang's war horse are both premium war horses, and the three war horses of the Wuhuan people can't outrun this one, and Guan Yu is waiting for work at ease, and his physical strength is booming, how can he let Qiu Liju escape?
Guan Yu led the troops towards Qiu Liju's red cloak to kill, the long knife only slashed and killed the enemy who stood in the way, and the others didn't care, he just rushed forward, like a black arrow, straight towards Qiu Liju's back, staring at Qiu Liju.