However, it was said that Wang Shuang led 5,000 Shenwei battalions to kill from the back road as planned, and when he saw Yu Fuluo with 7,000 cavalry, he immediately turned his horse's head without saying a word, and shouted: "Pass the order, the whole army will disperse, and lure the enemy to shoot it with bows and arrows!" ”

These 5,000 Shenwei battalions were the main force in the battle of the Xiongnu and the battle of Xianbei and Wuheng, and they played the tactics of riding and archery, and they were familiar with the road and were like a fish in water, as long as 5,000 people shot an average of one Xiongnu cavalry each, they basically wiped out the main force of Yu Fuluo.

But Yu Fuluo was not a stupid person, he had already inquired about the detailed process of the Xiliang army's defeat of the Southern Xiongnu rebels, and as soon as he saw the Shenwei battalion turn his horse's head and take out his bow and arrow, he knew that the situation was not good, and shouted: "The whole army stops advancing!" Our task is to ensure the stability of the rear of the White Polish Army, the Han people are shameless, all of them are good at riding and shooting, we will stand still and shoot against them with bows and arrows! ”

"Obey!"

More than 7,000 people were also equipped with bows and arrows, and they bent their bows and arrows to pull off the formation and stood still. Seeing this, Wang Shuang didn't run, frowned and pondered slightly: "This group of Huns has become a frightened bird, they don't dare to chase, the order goes down, the whole army is close to the bow and arrow to snipe at a long distance, the Huns only have one pot of feather arrows, our army has at least two pots per person, and it must be our army to win in the end!" ”

Seeing this, a centurion persuaded: "The lord has only more than 10,000 people to defend the city!" If we can't break the enemy as soon as possible and go to the rescue, I'm afraid it will be bad for the lord, so it's better to join forces with Tian Hukang's 5,000 Hun soldiers to charge and disperse this remnant of the Huns in one fell swoop! ”

Wang Shuang shook his head and said, "In the general's opinion, it is easy to break the enemy!" The soldiers of our army are all two-stone iron tire bows that can hurt the enemy within a hundred paces, but the Huns are birch bows, and the effective range is only sixty or seventy steps, which is a benefit; Our soldiers have anti-arrow vests, but the Huns only have cowhide and light Kai, which is two benefits; Look at the dense formation of the Huns, advance and retreat, it is suitable for shooting with random arrows, with these three benefits, our army can not win! ”

When everyone heard this, they were completely convinced, and more than 5,000 people scattered and slowly approached in a half-moon shape. Yu Fuluo frowned when he saw this, but he didn't dare to charge, and shouted: "Stay put, listen to my order to prepare to release arrows" Before he finished speaking, he heard a sound of "whoosh" and "whoosh" breaking through the air, and the five thousand Shenwei battalions actually took the first step to start releasing arrows, and the Hun cavalry gathered together to dodge and couldn't dodge, at that time, hundreds of people fell from their horses with arrows, and the formation began to be chaotic!

"Shoot back! Hurry up and release the arrows! Yu Fuluo was shocked, and he didn't care that the range was not enough, so he immediately ordered the arrow to be released. After a few rounds of rapid shooting, most of the feathered arrows lost their strength before they could reach the place, and they were either easily removed or fell to the ground weakly after being shot at the armor. At the end of the so-called strong crossbow, it is impossible to wear Lu Min! What's more, the soldiers of the Shenwei Battalion even have armor to protect them with men and horses.

Seeing this, the soldiers of the Shenwei battalion were more relieved, bent their bows and arrows, followed by arrows, and after a few rounds of arrow rain, more than 1,000 of the 7,000 Hun cavalry fell from their horses, and the wounded were not counted.

Yu Fuluo's face was pale, his equipment was not as good as others, and he naturally suffered a loss when he started a battle, and now he finally understood why the more than 100,000 troops of the Southern Xiongnu were defeated in the hands of 10,000 people. While covering the wound on his right shoulder with his hand, he shouted: "Han dogs are all strong bows and crossbows, and waiting for such a battle is equivalent to sending death, charge immediately!" Close the distance and release the arrows! ”

"Kill!" The remaining 5,000 or so people charged violently, and at the same time bent their bows and arrows, trying to replicate the tactics of the Shenwei Battalion and return the favor to the other! Wang Shuang immediately ordered the whole army to retreat, and 5,000 people ran back along the way they came, and the two sides seemed to have returned to the prairie, preparing for a long-distance battle!

On this side, Guo Tai led the army to storm Pingyang City, but they lacked siege tools to bully the small county town guarded by hundreds of people, and Ma Chao had more than 10,000 elite soldiers to defend the city.

Several sieges of the city failed, but lost a lot of manpower, seeing that it was almost dusk, Mrs. Guo realized the seriousness of the problem. The Bai Bo army was already exhausted from the expedition, but now it is said that it immediately entered the battle after traveling more than 100 miles, and they were exhausted after half a day of fierce fighting. And Yu Fuluo's cavalry was also nowhere to be seen at the moment, and no news came back from sending people to inquire several times.

Mrs. Guo did not dare to delay any longer, and after discussing with the leaders, she decided to retreat ten miles back and set up camp, and said that she would cut down trees in situ to make ladders and hit trees to break the city in one fell swoop. The leaders planned very well, but before they could leave, they heard a rapid sound of horses and iron from the north, and before the sun set, they saw a large group of Hun cavalry quickly approaching this side, and it seemed that there were at least more than 5,000 people.

Guo Tai and the others were overjoyed, but they didn't expect Yu Fuluo to eliminate Ma Chao's cavalry so quickly, pulling Yang Feng and Han Xian to meet them. But the horse had just run more than 100 steps before he found that something was wrong, this team of Huns was dressed exactly the same as Yu Fuluo's army, but all the people inside were fresh faces. Moreover, this cavalry had no intention of slowing down, but ran faster and faster, and when they were far away, they rode on their horses and set up bows and arrows.

Mrs. Guo, who rushed to the front, was caught off guard, and was hit by an arrow in the shoulder and lower abdomen, and immediately turned over and fell off the horse, and his life and death were unknown. Yang Feng and Han Xian were shocked, and hurriedly turned their horses' heads and galloped back, shouting: "Enemy attack!" Enemy attack! The Huns have rebelled, get ready for battle! ”

It's a pity that it's too late, this team is Tian Hukang's 5,000 Hun cavalry, 5,000 people are equipped with saddle pedals, and they have all gone to Wuheng, although the art of riding and archery is not as good as the Shenwei battalion but it is almost the same. The Baibo army, which was unable to prevent it from running around, immediately became a live target for the Huns, suffering heavy casualties, and 50,000 or 60,000 people were completely in chaos.

It turned out that these two people were ambushed separately, and Ma Chao gave them the task of Wang Shuangling Shenwei Battalion to deal with Yu Fuluo's cavalry, Tian Hukang was Yu Fuluo's half-brother after all, and it was not good for their brothers to kill each other, so let him come out later to deal with the white wave thief. Tian Hukang was grateful for this, he had always been friendly with Yu Fuluo, and he was already very guilty of framing him as a thief with Xu Bugu, and he was really unwilling to kill each other again, and the Hun cavalry under his command was also the same.

These 5,000 people were grateful to Ma Chao for his special care, and they were particularly fierce in killing the Bai Bo army, sniping with bows and arrows when they were far away, and when they got closer, they directly took out a long knife and slashed, blood splashed, and stumps and broken arms were everywhere.

Ma Chao saw it clearly from the city tower, and immediately ordered troops to be dispatched, and more than 10,000 people took a short rest and killed them.

was flanked in front and back, and there was no preparation in advance, coupled with the fact that Guo Taizhong was shot off his horse, and the exhausted Baibo army was completely defeated, and they scattered and fled for their lives desperately.

The geographical location of Pingyang City is excellent, it is built close to Fenshui in the west, and the Luliang Mountains are in the east, and the whole city is a rectangle with east and west as the length, which is just in a basin. Outside the north and south gates are open flat land, and the people usually cultivate in this area. There are only two ways for 50,000 or 60,000 people to escape the pursuit of the Hun cavalry and Ma Chao's infantry army: one is to flee eastward, as long as they escape into Luliang Mountain, the cavalry will be useless; The other way is to jump into the Fenshui and swim to the opposite side to escape into the Luliang Mountain in the west of the river, and there is no other way.

The east is ten miles away from Luliang Mountain, and it is extremely difficult to escape, so Jiuchengren fled for his life in the direction of Fenshui.

While leading the troops to cover up the killing, Ma Chao shouted loudly: "Those who surrender are exempted!" Fugitives hunt down! ”

After a few shouts, the effect was remarkable, and about half of them knelt down and surrendered, but most of them were already out of proportion, and they jumped into the icy Fenshui with the leaders.

Fenshui is a small river, the water flow is not very large, the width is only about 100 meters, as long as you know a little bit of water, you will not be drowned. Seeing this, Tian Hukang immediately ordered to be shot, but Ma Chao waved his hand and shouted: "Wait for the thief army and listen: I will give you a month to return to Baibo Valley to surrender, and those who fail to meet the deadline will be assigned slaves to their families, and those who return immediately and surrender will not be blamed for the past, and will also give you the identity and treatment of ordinary people, if you continue to stubbornly loot everywhere, I will send troops to destroy them, and I will not tolerate them, this is your last chance!" ”

Thirty or forty thousand people could hear it, but Ma Chao's words were full of anger, and at least half of them could hear it clearly. As soon as the words fell, many people began to swim back, but most of the thieves still fled into the bushes opposite Fenshui, and quickly disappeared without a trace under the cover of dusk.

Ma Chao sighed secretly, he really couldn't understand why these people would rather flee for their lives than surrender. He has resettled 200,000 refugees from Montenegro, and more than 100,000 refugees in Shangjun, everything he says he will do, and his actions will have results, so why can't he win the trust of the people?

After the army losses were counted, Dian Wei's 200 personal soldiers were killed 33 people, the Montenegrin army killed more than 2,600 people, the Xiliang soldiers killed more than 430 people, and the Huns killed 55 people. In addition, there were nearly 1,500 seriously injured and countless minor injuries. In these years, the medical conditions were extremely poor, and even the veterinarians of later generations were not as good as those in the army, and some simple knife wounds could be sewn with twine and then applied with herbs. Injuries involving the chest and abdomen, blood vessels, muscles and bones can only be determined by fate, and the mortality and disability rates are terrible! Of these 1,500 people, it is fortunate that 100 people survive.

More than 8,000 people were captured by the Baibo army, more than 26,000 people surrendered voluntarily, more than 15,000 people were killed in battle, and more than 50,000 people either jumped into the river to escape or became deserters, and a small number of people got into Luliang Mountain in the west of the city.

More than 200,000 pieces of grain and grass were seized, nearly 100,000 weapons of all kinds, and 100 million gold and silver converted into five baht coins.

After the prisoners and troops were settled, and the captured materials were moved into Pingyang City, it was already dark. Wang Shuang led 5,000 cavalry to hurry back, most of them were single and double-horsed, and the horses were also carrying the armor, long knives, bows and arrows and other materials on their backs, and they were obviously victorious.

Ma Chao hurriedly rode up to meet him, and Lao Yuan couldn't wait to ask: "Has General Wang Shuang ever obtained the first rank in Fuluo?" ”

Wang Shuang hurriedly turned over and dismounted, knelt down on one knee and hugged his fists and said: "The last general is incompetent, only 4,000 beheaded, and the enemy chief Yu Fuluo has not been captured, and the lord is also punished!" ”

Ma Chao frowned, and asked again: "How much is the military loss of the Shenwei Battalion?" Why did Yu Fuluo escape? (To be continued.) )