Chapter 126: Interracial Battle

At the beginning of December, the weather was very cold, and heavy snow fell for 3 days in a row. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. biqUgE。 info

More than 10,000 cavalry of the Huns and the Xianbei in the west each faced each other outside the pass, and no one dared to retreat, otherwise the opponent pursued from the rear, and the retreat would become a rout, and the time would inevitably be heavy; So no matter how cold the weather is, they have to persevere, fighting for perseverance, whoever can't hold on first is the ultimate loser.

General Zuo of the Xiongnu began to prepare for this war a few months in advance this year, and the preparations were very sufficient, and the large camp was in the lower reaches of the Zhujiachuan River, so it was very convenient to transport supplies.

The western Xianbei were not so lucky, stimulated by the anger of hatred, they only wanted to kill, hastily set up troops, and were not well prepared, resulting in the difficulty of riding tigers now, and the soldiers were hungry and cold, which was very difficult.

According to the fireworks rising from the enemy's camp, the second thousandth commander of the Xiongnu General Zuo guessed that the western Xianbei must not be very well prepared, and suggested to the general Zuo that he launch a surprise attack on them to completely destroy or defeat the Xianbei Yanliyou tribe in the west.

Now General Zuo is very confident, not only the 10,000 cavalry of the headquarters, but also the 3,000 foreign cavalry recruited, as well as the troops of the Han envoy Xiongnu Zhonglang General and General Du Liao and Xiongnu Shan Yu and others, stationed on the south bank of the Yellow River in Shaling County, Yunzhong County, and can cross the glacier to participate in the battle at any time, which has restrained about 10,000 cavalry of the Xianbei Yanliyou tribe in the west, making them unable to put all their forces in the frontal position, relieving them of a lot of pressure, which is the best time to defeat the enemy.

Lord Yan Liyou knew that the situation was urgent, and asked for help from Lord Xianbei Zhiluoluo in the west, but Lord Zhiluoluo refused on the grounds that the heavy snow road was slippery and could not go on the expedition, and it was even more impossible for the Tuoba Department north of Yinshan to come to the rescue.

Lord Luoluo's mind is very simple, if the Yanliyou tribe and the Xiongnu are damaged, he will be the strongest tribe in the western Xianbei, and he will have the opportunity to unify the western Xianbei, take advantage of the fisherman, and then compete with the king of Helian.

Lord Yan Liyou had no choice but to ask King Helian for help, and declared that he would be absolutely loyal to King Xianbei and Lian in the future; After conspiring with Putou and Budugen, it was decided that Helian would agree to their request and agree to send troops to help in the war.

Although the ability and level of King Helian are very poor, he also knows that Western Xianbei has long been like a departure from him, a Xianbei adult, if he saves them, and after they are out of danger, they still do not listen to the dispatch, and the rule of the grassland is to speak with strength. So King Helian adopted the advice of the chief.

10,000 cavalry led by Putou in front, 20,000 cavalry led by King Helian and Fu Luohan in the rear, and 10,000 cavalry led by Budugen at home to guard against Xianbei in central China.

King Helian adopted the strategy proposed by Budugen, and only let the troops travel a few dozen miles every day, ignoring the danger of the Liyou tribe. The envoy saw the sinister intentions of King Helian at this time, but it was too late, and before he could find an opportunity to escape, he was secretly killed by King Helian's guards.

After such a stalemate, the Xiongnu Zuo General was also annoyed, and no one wanted to confront each other in the cold; It was decided to take the advice of the 2nd Commander and in the early morning of December 5, give the army a full meal in advance, and then suddenly launch an attack on the Xianbei camp in the west.

At the same time, Xiongnu Shan Yu also led 20,000 cavalry across the Yellow River and launched an attack on Xianbei in Yunzhong.

Small forces such as Lü Bu and others on the south bank of the Yellow River kept an eye on the situation between the two sides of the confrontation at all times, and when they saw that the two sides were already at war, they crossed the Yellow River, fished in troubled waters, and beat up the dogs in the water.

General Zuo began to attack, 13,000 troops all pressed up, from the south, east, west, three directions surrounded the Xianbei camp, rockets homeopathic into the Xianbei camp, forage field, horse shed and other flammable places were first ignited, the fire borrowed the wind, the wind borrowed the fire, the fire spread rapidly in the Xianbei camp, many tents were lit one after another.

There were too few Xianbei people on guard duty to stop the Huns' rocket attack, which caused the Xianbei camp to catch fire everywhere, and the situation was very critical.

By the time the Xianbei people gathered, the fire had reached an uncontrollable situation.

Lord Yan Liyou had no choice but to order the cavalry to break through to the north.

The snow is deep and slippery, making it very difficult to walk, and the road to evacuation is not smooth.

The Hun cavalry pursued behind, and Lord Yan Liyou had no choice but to keep leaving the troops behind to stop the Xiongnu from pursuing and buy time for the withdrawal of the large army.

The Xianbei cavalry left behind was to protect the wives and children of the homeland and the rear, so they were all not afraid of death, and the battle was extremely fierce, although the Hun cavalry was all pressed, the losses were very large under the sniping of the Xianbei people, and the three thousand recruits who were in the forefront of the troops were basically lost, and the losses of several other thousand troops were also more than one-third, and the line stretched to dozens of miles.

The second commander of the Xiongnu felt that he could not fight with the Xianbei people, the Huns were few, and there was no capital to fight hard, otherwise the gains outweighed the losses, so he suggested stopping the pursuit, plundering the Xianbei Yi as soon as possible and retreating backwards, in order to strengthen their own strength as the principle.

General Zuo also felt that it was easy to have an accident in the pursuit on a snowy day, and it was difficult to destroy this tribe at once, so he accepted the suggestion; gave Lord Yan Liyou a chance to breathe, but in the end, less than half of the cavalry fled back.

The people of Jiling County and Chengle County in the south of the Yanliyou tribe were frantically plundered by the Xiongnu Zuo General's Department, and they had been facing each other for so long in the cold winter, and all the Xiongnu officers and soldiers were waiting for this moment; And all the young and strong of these tribes were sucked away, and the remaining old and weak were unable to protect themselves at all, so they could only become a meal for the Huns.

The old and weak in the Xianbei tribe were all killed, the women and girls were left behind, the boys who were more than the height of the wheels were killed, and the rest was the wealth of the tribe, which was the custom of the steppe tribes and the fate of the steppe people; Cattle, sheep, horses, etc. were driven away, and tents and other supplies were also trophies.

Now they are plundering with all their might, and they will be distributed when they return to the tribe.

Xiongnu Qiangqu Shan Yu's troops confronted the cavalry of the Yanliyou tribe in Shaling County, the Xianbei people confronted each other, and urgently ordered their subordinates to retreat, and the Xianbei people were ready to fight, the Xiongnu Shan Yu was afraid of too big losses, and did not let the troops fight hard, so they could only watch the Xianbei people gradually withdraw.

How could Lu Bu and other small forces miss such a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity in the face of such a golden opportunity? So they plundered frantically around Xianyang County, Yunzhong County; Losing the protection of the tribe's young and strong, these Xianbei Yiluo became lambs to the slaughter, and the Yiluo was broken by a small force of Han cavalry. These Han forces are more crazy than the Xiongnu and other grassland tribes, and they are repaid by blood, and all the men, women, and children in the Xianbei Yi are all exterminated, as long as they have cattle, sheep, horses, gold, silver, jewelry and other wealth; They are Han people who don't understand the rules of the grassland, they only know that this is their chance for revenge, and it is God's favor for them, so they are not merciless in killing Xianbei people.

The wall fell down and everyone pushed it, and the Zhiluo tribe in the northern part of Shuofang County and Wuyuan County now stationed their cavalry in the eastern part of Wuyuan County, wanting to take advantage of the situation to make the Liyou tribe cheap, so that the rear was empty.

The Xiongnu Youxian King on the south bank of the Yellow River saw a rare opportunity, so he ordered the Xiongnu troops around Heyin to defend along the river, and he personally led his troops to cross the Yellow River from Linrong and frantically plundered the westernmost Yiluo of the Zhiluo tribe; It is located in the Yellow River Houtao Plain, the water and grass are fertile, and the Yiluo is rich, so that the Xiongnu right virtuous king makes a windfall; The raiding methods they adopted were acquainted with General Zuo's headquarters, which was the rule of the steppe tribes, and no one was powerless to stop it.

And even if the Luoluo tribe was reported, it was more than a few hundred miles away, and they were powerless to save it.

King Helian and Putou soon received a report from the scouts and felt that the time had come to destroy the Yanliyou tribe, so they ordered 30,000 cavalry to speed up.