Gao Shun didn't love fighting, so he turned around and left. Seeing that more than half of the siege equipment he was responsible for escorting had been destroyed, Que Ji couldn't help but start a fire, and rode his horse in hot pursuit, leaving behind the strength of the Han army.

Que Ji's subordinates originally had less than 10,000 people, because more than half of them had to be assigned to fight the fire, and only more than 3,000 people followed Que Ji to catch up. In the battle the day before, Que Ji was lost in the hands of the Han army's trebuchets, bows and crossbows, and infantry battle arrays, and just now he had been in the rear, and his knowledge of the Han cavalry was almost zero. In Que Ji's mind, it was impossible for the Han cavalry to surpass those people who had lived on horseback since childhood, and they were carried away by anger, completely forgetting that the Han cavalry just now shot rockets at a distance of 300 paces and ignited those siege equipment.

Gao Shun saw Que Ji's troops chasing after him, he couldn't help but sneer secretly, his legs were lightly clamped, and the war horse slowed down, ran out for more than half a mile, and saw that Que Ji's Xianbei cavalry was getting closer and closer to him, so he raised the spear in his hand upward.

Seeing the signal sent by Gao Shun, the Han cavalry turned around one after another, and the war horses continued to run forward, but their bows and arrows shot backwards. Que Ji chased very quickly, many Xianbei cavalry did not even take out bows and arrows, and did not expect the Han army to launch an attack at this distance, and the Xianbei cavalry that rushed to the front immediately fell a large piece.

At the end of the first attack of the Han cavalry, the speed suddenly increased, and they continued to rush in the direction of Qixian. Without thinking, Que Ji took off his bow and shot an arrow in the direction of the Han army's departure. He was a warrior with the ability to bend the bow and shoot the eagle, but he didn't expect this arrow to fall in the dust, and there was still a long distance away from the Han cavalry.

Only then did Que Ji realize that the range of the Han army's bows and arrows was far above theirs. Discovering this problem, Que Ji should have led his troops to retreat. Because there are often wars between tribes on the steppe, since it is a war, there is always a winning side and a losing side. The two sides, who are also good at riding and shooting, whether they are pursuing or fleeing, will adopt the tactics of riding and shooting, often fighting for half a day, but there are few casualties on both sides. Now the range of the Han army's bows and arrows is far above theirs, and it is also a horse-and-shoot tactic, if they insist on catching up, it is no different from sending them to death.

However, I don't know if it's because I'm too angry, or because I'm afraid that I will be punished by the boss when I go back, Que Ji actually chose to continue the pursuit.

After chasing out for half a mile, the Han army reflexively rained another wave of arrows. This time, the Xianbei people were on guard, and they all showed their superb riding skills, dodging left and right, and the casualties were obviously much smaller, but there were still more than 200 people who fell off their horses.

Gao Shun looked back and saw that there were only about 1,000 Xianbei cavalry left after him, so he couldn't help sneering, pulled the reins, and shouted: "Brothers, kill with me!" ”

Que Ji originally thought that the Han cavalry would only take advantage of the bow and arrow to keep fleeing, but he didn't expect that they would turn over and kill back. Because the bow and arrow couldn't reach the other party at all, most of the Xianbei people had already put away the bow and arrow, and drew out the scimitar, and at this time it was too late to use the bow and arrow, so they had to wave the knife to meet it. And the Han army also put away their bows and arrows and drew their sabers. The two cavalry were colliding fiercely.

Gao Shun had already noticed just now that Que Ji was the leader of the Xianbei cavalry that was pursuing, and as soon as he turned around, he took Que Ji straight with his spear. Que Ji was not ambiguous, and he greeted him with a scimitar, and slashed out first.

An inch is long and an inch is strong, and even more so in the formation of two armies. Watching Que Ji's scimitar cut over, Gao Shun speared a little, gently set up the scimitar, and drilled it with a shot, hitting Que Ji's horse's head. The horse was in pain, and with a cry of sorrow, the man stood up.

Que Ji's war horse did not have stirrups, and this time the person stood up, Que Ji couldn't sit steadily, and he struggled to hold on to the reins, so he didn't fall down.

In normal times, with his riding skills, he can quickly regain control of the war horse. But this is the battlefield where the two armies are fighting, how can Gao Shun let him calmly control the war horse, the spear is in his hand, and it is pumping on the back of Que Ji.

Que Ji roared and fell off his horse. But he was quite brave, and at the moment of falling, he still swung his knife and slashed at Gao Shun.

It's just that Que Ji's body has lost its balance, but this knife can't use much strength. Gao Shun's spear shook and stabbed at Que Ji's right wrist holding the knife, the scimitar flew into the air, and was already caught by Gao Shun, and with a wave of his hand, he cut off Que Ji's head. This series of actions took place between lightning and stone flashes, and when the head of the Que Ji flew into the air, his headless corpse fell heavily to the ground.

Gao Shun raised the scimitar above his head and shouted, "Kill! Not a single one to stay! ”

Although it is also a scimitar, the scimitar of the que machine is inlaid with many gems, and at first glance it is used by the leader. Although many Xianbei cavalry didn't see it clearly in the battle just now, now when they see the scimitar in Gao Shun's hand, they all know that Que Ji has been killed, and the army is suddenly in turmoil. The equipment of the Han cavalry was originally suitable for close combat, and they often carried out training in close combat, but now they are outnumbered by the crowd, and in a moment's effort, these Xianbei cavalry will be killed. However, the Xianbei people were very strong, and the Han cavalry also paid the price of dozens of people.

If the cavalry of the Han army had been adopting the tactics of riding and shooting, such casualties could have been avoided, but Gao Shun had always remembered those siege equipment, he knew that the sneak attack just now had destroyed at most half, and the remaining half could still pose a threat to Daling City, so he wanted to kill the horse gun and destroy all the enemy's siege equipment.

Just as he was regrouping and preparing to set off, there was a sudden sound of horses' hooves from the south. When Gao Shun raised his eyes, he saw a large cloud of smoke and dust rising, and tens of thousands of war horses galloped over, but it was another pursuit team sent by the leader.

Leading this team is none other than Tuoba Jun, who is attached to Jianman. This time he sent troops to the Central Plains, and the leader issued an order to recruit all young and strong men. Although the people of the Jianman tribe were quite dissatisfied with the thief of the throne, they did not dare to openly disobey his orders, so they had to send troops to accompany the expedition. Jian Man was young, and the power of the tribe was actually in the hands of his mother, Tuoba Sakura. Jian Man can't lead the troops, and Tuoba Sakura, as a woman, can't lead the troops, but Tuoba Sakura doesn't feel at ease about handing over the military power to others, so she entrusts her brother Tuoba Jun to lead the troops on her behalf.

The leader recruited the people of the Jianman tribe to come just to let them see their "martial arts", and did not intend to let them share the benefits. So, just like punishing Que Ji, Tuoba Jun was also assigned to the rear army. When the news of the Han army's sneak attack and burning of the siege equipment reached the ears of the leader, he was furious and immediately ordered that the Han cavalry squad must be destroyed, and Tuoba Jun's department in the rear army was sent out.

In the head of the head, how many people should be in a cavalry squad? So he only let Tuoba Jun bring half of the soldiers and horses out, but the Jianman tribe is a big tribe, and half of the soldiers and horses have 20,000 people.

Gao Shun saw that there were many enemy soldiers, and knew that it was impossible to go back and burn the siege equipment, so he immediately turned his horse's head and ran towards Qi County, always keeping a distance of about 300 steps from the Xianbei cavalry along the way, and riding and shooting, effectively killing and injuring the enemy.

Outside Daling City, the leader ordered Daling City to be surrounded on all sides, and at the same time ordered the remaining siege equipment to be pushed forward.

Seeing the Xianbei cavalry moving towards the east and west, Zhang Liao, who was standing on the tower of the north gate of Daling City, waved his hand lightly, and an order was passed down. The south gate of Daling City suddenly opened, and the cavalry who had just retreated into the city re-mounted his war horse, rushed out of the south gate, and walked away. Although it took a lot of men to defend the city, the best battlefield for cavalry was in the wilderness, and they should go where it suits them best.

Yuan Shao gave Kuitou not many siege equipment, and half of it was burned by Gao Shun, and it was impossible to attack the four gates at the same time, so Kuitou divided the other three gates just to surround the Han army in the city, and his real attack was only concentrated in the south gate.

The Xianbei army array under the city slowly separated, and the siege equipment was pushed forward by the forcibly recruited people, and the people sent by Yuan Shao were instructing the Xianbei people on how to use these weapons. Suddenly, there was a "bang" sound from the top of the city, which could be heard by experienced warriors, and it was the sound of a bowstring pulling. However, this sound was very loud, hundreds of times louder than the sound of an ordinary bowstring, but different from the sound of hundreds of bows pulling together.

Just when everyone looked at the city in amazement, they saw a "spear" breaking through the air, right in the middle of a rushing car at the city gate. Actually, it wasn't a spear, but a crossbow bolt as thick as a spear. The speed of the crossbow arrow was fast, the power was amazing, and it was shot on the wheel of the rushing car, and there was a "boom", and the rushing car suddenly fell apart.

The chariot was an important siege machine, and a huge log was installed on it, which was used to hit the city gates. The log was so thick and hard that it could not be lifted by manpower, let alone used to hit the city gates, so it was necessary to mount the log on a cart and use the wheels to move it back and forth. Now, the cart is falling apart, and the logs are useless.

This crossbow bolt is fired from a bed crossbow. The bed crossbow is actually a very old ranged weapon, which can be used both for defending and besieging cities. In the past, the bed crossbow was not used much in the Han army, because it was not as powerful as trebuchets in siege, and the Han army cities under Liu Xin's control were rarely attacked. This time, Liu Xin dispatched Zhang Liao's troops to march into Daling counties to block the Xianbei army from moving south, and specially allocated all the bed crossbows in the research institute's inventory to them.

The head had never seen a bed crossbow, nor did he know that there was such a weapon in the world, and in his opinion, it was just a special kind of spear, and someone threw the spear from the top of the city and smashed the rushing cart. This judgment made the head feel frightened for the first time. You must know that they have not yet begun the siege, and the rushing cart is still parked six hundred paces away from the city wall. If someone could throw a spear so far from the top of the city, and with undiminished power, how strong would that man be? With such a god-like figure guarding the city, do they still have any hope of attacking the city?