Chapter 208: The Battle of Mobei Begins
Heyun is located at the western foot of Yanran Mountain, at the confluence of the Ganwei River and the West Sea (an inland lake).
Heyun is very small, and it is not as small as a town in the Central Plains, that is, Juyan, which is also much bigger than Heyun.
There are about a few hundred families living here, with a total of less than 2,000 people, and most of them are settled Hu people, and Han people have none at all.
Heyun is about 500 miles away from Longcheng, separated by Yanran Mountain and a large Gobi Desert, in which the climate is changeable and the direction is difficult to discern, but it is a big challenge for the march.
In the winter desert, the bitter northwest wind mixed with dense sand and gravel crackled on the armor.
Lu Bu's face was full of dust, and even a robe and armor were no longer glorious.
An army of 10,000 marched rapidly through the vast desert, like a long snake, winding and twisting.
"Brethren, pick up your spirits, speed up, Heyun is coming!"
Lu Bu turned around from time to time and shouted a few times to cheer for the soldiers under his command. Of course, these warriors are all extremely elite upper-level forces in Youzhou, and naturally they will not disappoint Lu Bu. The rapid march had been going on for nearly a day, and not a single person had been left behind, not even a single horse.
After all, in Youzhou, not only are the soldiers selected, but even the horses are all good horses selected from the entire prairie and countless horse farms.
Lu Bu was very satisfied in his heart, and he was full of confidence in this dispatch
More than a hundred miles west of Heyun, a large and bloated army was slowly advancing.
The king of the Huns sat on the throne carried by thirty-two people, his face expressionless. Kebi was able to accompany him, and from time to time he turned his head to look at the army behind him, and a trace of anxiety flashed in his eyes.
"Your Majesty, the march is too slow."
King Huyan nodded slightly, and said, "Our coalition forces are not under their own command, and the troops are chaotic, and it is inevitable that the marching speed will slow down. ”
He was actually a little anxious in his heart, but he didn't have the slightest solution.
After all, it's just an alliance, and it's not his turn to discipline others.
However, King Huyan didn't have much to worry about. There are 350,000 troops here, even if they go late and the Heyun Fortress is occupied by the Han army, they can get it back very quickly, and the number of people is just a few deaths, not a big deal.
Kebi was able to speak and stopped, but in the end he couldn't speak
When Lu Bu's vanguard army was about to reach Heyun, Dragon City.
Early this morning, Xu Huang gathered an army, totaling 90,000, and brought them out of Dragon City.
The 90,000 army went a hundred miles to the west, almost going deep into the desert, Xu Huang waved his hand, the army was still, and then he saw Cheng Pu with 5,000 heavy infantry turned around and went north.
Xu Huang looked at the north and smiled slightly, turned around and led the army to disappear into the desert.
The Anhou River is a north-south trend, originating from Yanran Mountain and flowing into the Beihai Sea (Baijia Lake). One hundred and fifty miles north of Longcheng, here is a huge bend in the Anhou River. There are several large canyons next to the bend, all of which are formed by the diversion of the Anhou River.
Cheng Pu led 5,000 heavy infantry to arrive here, carefully explored the terrain, and according to Xi Zhicai's instructions, several other spacious Grand Canyons were scattered and blocked with boulders and mud, and made them into a natural appearance, and then chose the most dangerous and narrow river valley to ambush.
In Dragon City, Xi Zhicai sat on Xu Huang's usual seat, and there was a man in black standing in the hall, reporting to Xi Zhicai.
"Mr. Xi, according to your request, we have stepped up the monitoring of Dragon City in the past few days, and sure enough, we found that several Hu people with fresh faces had mixed into the city, and they had already left after General Xu Huang's army left the city today."
When Xi Zhicai heard this, he had such an expression on his face, only to see him smile leisurely and say: "It seems that this Ding Lingren is not too stupid, he knows the truth of knowing himself and knowing his opponent." But, hehehe ”
"You can't relax the monitoring of Dragon City in the past few days, if there is anything abnormal, report it to me in time, you go down first."
The man in black hugged his fists, turned around and disappeared.
Xi Zhicai was not surprised, and immediately called the guards outside the door in, and said, "Go, invite General Zhao Feng." ”
Zhao Feng, Zhao Yun's brother. After settling in Youzhou with Zhao Yun, because of his outstanding martial arts and some attainments in the art of war, he also joined the army and became a tooth general under Xu Huang, commanding 2,000 people.
After a while, Zhao Feng arrived in the house, clasped his fists and saluted, and said, "I don't know what Mr. Xunfeng has to say?" ”
"Sit." Xi Zhicai asked Zhao Feng to sit down, and said: "General Zhao, General Xu entrusted Longcheng to me when he left, and I can't let him down." Now that the war is imminent, in order to prevent accidents, General Zhao must be cautious. ”
"Mr. Xi, don't worry." Zhao Feng hugged his fists and said, "Since yesterday, I have sent more people and increased the number of patrols to ensure that there are no mistakes." ”
Xi Zhicai nodded.
Although he had not been in Dragon City for a long time, he still knew Zhao Feng well. This man's surname is calm and heavy, especially in defense, and he has never done a tricky job. Although he didn't have the attack power of his brother Zhao Yun, his defense was not bad at all.
"With General Zhao's words, Xi Mou is relieved!"
When Lu Bu led his army to Heyun Fortress, he breathed a sigh of relief.
"After all, we arrived at Heyun first!" Lu Bu couldn't help but smile when he looked at the bunker-like town in front of him, which was much smaller than the city.
However, the big battle was imminent, the enemy could attack at any time, and it was not the time to relax, so Lu Bu immediately ordered the deputy general surnamed Cao to lead 5,000 troops into the fortress, and sent more than a dozen scouts to investigate the enemy's traces, and immediately pulled another 5,000 people to set up camp in a hidden place north of the fortress.
Why split the already small army of 10,000 in two?
On the one hand, the Heyun Fortress cannot afford to be lost, and someone must guard it to wait for Xu Huang's main force to arrive. Although the army under Lu Bu is all cavalry, most of the cavalry in Youzhou are selected from the elite foot soldiers, that is to say, they can defend when they get off their horses, and they are good at attacking when they get on their horses! Moreover, the Heyun Fortress is not large, and five thousand people can defend it in all aspects, which is more than enough.
The two Lu Bu deeply understood the advantage of cavalry, that is, the mobile surname. And as a military general who can fight well, he advocates offense, not passive defense.
Therefore, Lu Bucai divided the army into two, one to defend the city, and the other to harass, forming a corner of each other.
As soon as he set up camp, Lu Bu received a report from the scouts.
"The 30,000 horses of the Hun vanguard have appeared fifty miles away!"
Lu Bu smiled and immediately gathered his troops and horses.
"The Hun vanguard arrived, and the brothers said what to do?"
Lu Bu held a halberd in his hand, and the red rabbit under his seat was majestic.
"Fuck it!"
All the fighters shouted.
The army of Youzhou is extremely rich in offensive surnames!
"Good! Let's give him a head-on blow, and let these dogs taste the power of our Youzhou army! ”
Lu Bu laughed, turned the horse's head violently, and the red rabbit hissed, spread its four hooves, and rushed out.
Behind him, the 5,000-strong army followed and rushed out of the camp.
Fifty miles away from Heyun, the 30,000 Hun army walked neither fast nor slow.
The leader of this army is the first warrior of the Huns who was released by Liu Yuan, Wuerhan.
Urhan rode on his horse, with a calm face, and did not speak all the way.
To be honest, he has always disapproved of fighting with Youzhou. As soon as he thought of that god-like man, Urhan's heart trembled, and he had no strength in his body.
It is a pity that the king is arrogant and does not listen to advice.
"Alas," Urhan sighed, why did he choose me to be a pioneer? Why did the Huns be the vanguard? Why isn't it Hu Jie, not Ding Lingren?
At this time, the Malay newspaper was explored.
"Report! Commander, there is a cavalry of about 5,000 men in front of you who are rushing in this direction! ”
Wu Erhan's expression tightened, and he shouted: "But the Han people? ”
"The little one saw from afar that the big flag had the word Dou Da written on it, but it was a Chinese character, and there was no doubt that it must be a Han person!"
Wu Erhan said solemnly: "I didn't expect the Han people to be so fast!" ”
Urhan looked around, and saw a flat desert, but he waved his hand: "Order, the army stops marching!" ”
When the Urhan army completely stopped walking, they saw a large banner rise on the horizon.
The sound of rumbling horses' hooves shook the earth and made people's hearts beat faster.
"Lu!"
Urhan knew the Chinese characters, and even if he could see the Chinese characters on the banner, he could see them clearly.
In a moment, the 5,000 Han army stopped 500 meters opposite the Urhan army.
Urhan's eyes jumped, and his heart was shocked.
I didn't expect the Han people's riding skills to be so exquisite, no less than the Huns who lived on horseback since childhood. Moreover, their discipline was very strict, and almost under the wave of the brocade-robed and armored general in front, they had already stopped in unison!
Although the Huns are all unparalleled in horsemanship, when it comes to collective discipline, it is not much worse than the chaotic army.
Lu Bu squinted slightly, carefully looked at the fierce and barbaric Hun army in front of him, grabbed the reins, and slowly walked to the middle of the field.
"I am Lu Fengxian, the general of Fenwu under the command of King Yuyang of the Han Dynasty, a barbarian, but anyone dares to fight with me!?"
Lu Bu let out a long roar, and it was almost audible within a radius of more than ten miles!
The Hun army suddenly shook for a while, and saw the Hun general rushing out from behind!
"Grunt"
This sloppy man with a sledgehammer and a bare chest and breasts spoke the Xiongnu language, but Lu Bu never understood.
"Birdsong, noise!"
Lu Bu snorted coldly, slammed the horse's belly, his eyes flashed, and he secretly used the qi and blood of his whole body, and suddenly turned into a red lightning, and the murderous soaring shot met it!
But it was to give the Huns a dismount, and first solve one cleanly!
Burst!
Before the hammer-wielding man could react, he was picked and killed by Lu Bu's halberd!
Just when Lu Bu burst out to kill, a cold sweat broke out behind Wu Erhan's back!
This man is amazing! At least better than him!
Urhan let out a sigh of relief, and was a little glad in his heart, fortunately it was the general who came out, if he went up by himself, it would not be good! As the first warrior of the Huns, Urhan is actually a particularly murderous character. If he hadn't participated in the assassination of Liu Yuan, I'm afraid that he would rush up even if he saw Lu Bu's cruelty, but Liu Yuan made too deep an impression on him, leaving a shadow as deep as a god in his heart, and for the Han people, Wu Erhan was afraid from the bottom of his heart.
(To be continued)