readx;

Xiahou Rong didn't speak for a long time, he was shocked by the worry that Cao Zhang revealed from the bottom of his heart, in his memory, Cao Zhang, who was superior in force, had never faced any enemy with such a mentality, when he faced the sudden Wuhuan people with a small number of cavalry in the Sangqian River, he was still fighting fiercely, and his face did not change. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

Maybe it's because of the Battle of Liaodong. Xiahou Rong lowered his head, played with the cup in his hand, and after a while, said with a smile: "Fortunately...... We and they are not enemies, we are allies. ”

Cao Zhang also found that there was something wrong with his emotions, and smiled in disguise: "Yes, we are allies, at least for now, there is no possibility of face-to-face fighting." When I think of this, I really admire him a little, and he has single-handedly put down the turmoil for 30 years. ”

"General, when I was in Funan, I often heard King Yue mention you, just like you mention him now." Xiahou Rong laughed, smiling very happily, he blinked his eyes, scratched the corners of his mouth and said, "You are the same kind of people." ”

"Maybe." Cao Zhang said noncommittally: "However, I can't compare with him." He is younger than me, but he has already become the head of the four kings of the Han Dynasty, and even his father can't suppress him. As for me, I crusaded against a Xianbei man and asked him for help. In order to level the grassland in one fell swoop, I have been preparing for nearly two years, and I don't know what the final result will be, but he has firmly controlled the Tianzhu Sea, and now the East China Sea Fleet is sweeping eastward. ”

"This is normal, the Yue people are dominated by the sailors, and the thousands of miles of sea frontier are like walking on the ground for them, and whether it is the Koreans or the Japanese people, they have no power to fight back in the face of the Yue sailors, and it is not surprising that the frequent reports of the Yue country are frequent. If I had such a sailor in Wei, it would be easy to pacify the Three Hans and the Wa Kingdom. Yue Guo seems to be going well, but in fact, there is luck in it. Take Funan, there is a reason why Fan Man underestimates the enemy, and this time to seek Tianzhu, the difficulty is not trivial, although he defeated the Tianzhu Sailor, control the Tianzhu Sea, but to land in Tianzhu, it is not so easy. ”

Xiahou Rong told Cao Zhang what he saw in Funan, Cao Zhang listened quietly, didn't say a word, and finally said: "So, I still have a chance to help him." ”

"There will be." Xiahou Rong said affirmatively.

The moon on the grassland rose, the cool night breeze blew away the sultry heat of the day, the endless grassland was silent and peaceful, Cao Zhang stood up, drank all the wine in the cup in one gulp, and was as proud as a cloud: "At the end of the month, the troops will be sent from east to west, sweeping the prairie, this time, to drive the Xianbei people far away, and reproduce the heroic Wei Huo of the year, and then I will wave my army westward and hunt in Tianzhu with His Royal Highness the King of Yue." ”

Playing the Han King, the Xianbei Royal Court.

July is the Xianbei people's old habits passed down from the forest conference time, the tribes from all directions gathered together, check the tribe's situation in the past year, to see if the people and animals are prosperous, said that the child is good, if you feel that you have a good life, more than enough for the winter, then naturally all happy, if the child is very tight, then you have to consider whether to go to other places to rob. Generally speaking, this other place refers to the northern frontier of the Han Dynasty, starting from Liaoxi in the east and Jiuquan and Dunhuang in the west. Although the Xianbei people no longer have the power of Tanshi Huai when they were alive, relying on their speed of action, the frontier of the Han Dynasty is still open to them most of the time.

This year, almost all the Xianbei people said that they were not having a good time, so there were many people who came to participate in the Yulin Conference, and there were so many that the Xianbei King Budugen was a little surprised. Budugen is the grandson of Tanshi Huai, but not only does he not have the ability of his ancestor Tanshi Huai, but he can't even catch up with his father's leader, this Xianbei King is actually very poor, except for a limited number of cronies, other tribes don't pay attention to him at all, and even his brother Fu Luohan doesn't support him. Later, Fu Luohan was killed by Kirbineng, and his son Hui Guini would rather surrender to Kirbineng than take refuge in Budugen, Budugen's prestige has already been reduced to the extreme, and in previous years, there were very few people who came to attend the conference.

Today is very abnormal, but Bu Dugen knows that this is not because everyone supports him again, but because everyone is having a hard time now.

The weather on the grassland has been very cold in recent years, and there are significantly more snows in winter than in previous years, and a large number of livestock freeze to death. The Han people were in a civil war, and they could only let the Xianbei people who came and went without a trace, but fortunately, the Xianbei people also suffered a lot of losses, and they didn't dare to go too deep, so they grabbed a little thing and left, barely making ends meet. But last year's situation changed, Cao Zhang's army was stationed in Yuyang, Wei general Cao Ren and other generals were stationed in Jinyang, Xianbei people did not dare to be too presumptuous, and left after a circle on the border, the harvest was very limited, which directly led to heavy losses in winter. Now that neither Cao Zhang nor Cao Ren have shown signs of evacuation, the adults of the various tribes have gathered together to discuss what should be done if the Han people do not evacuate.

It's not okay to do it like last year, and again, the losses of the Xianbei people will be very heavy, most of them tend to go to the Central Plains to rob, the problem is that if they act alone, no tribe has the strength to face Cao Zhang or Cao Ren, if you want to retreat with your whole body, the only way is for everyone to unite and act together.

Although the Xianbei people have been in decline for many years, there are still more than 100,000 people who can get on the horse and bend the bow, and there is still a great chance of winning against the Han people, who are mainly foot soldiers, and the hope of winning is not great, but it is enough to make the Han people dare not chase after them.

With the same purpose, everyone put aside their usual contradictions and sat together for the time being. Budugen is the titular king, of course, he must first express his position. However, Budugen is very worried, this rabble, if the war goes well, then of course there is nothing to say, in case of setbacks, it may not be reliable to want everyone to rescue each other at that time.

Compared to the robbery, Budugen is more inclined to annex some small tribes and increase his strength, so that he can survive. The first thing he took a fancy to was Kirby's energy department. Kirby can be a small Xianbei, the strength is not very strong, although it has developed relatively fast in recent years, but the only one that can get his hands on it is fifteen or six thousand horses, which also includes the annexed old department of Fuluo Han. What's more, it was none other than Furohan's son, Budugen's nephew, who was in charge of these old Furohan troops.

Bu Dugen discussed the matter of entering the plug with everyone, and on the other hand, he sent someone to contact him, and he said to him, you don't support me, I don't blame you, but you support Kirby can really not be justified, you don't want to think about it, who did your father Fu Luohan die at? If you don't avenge your father, how can you still accept the jurisdiction of your enemies?

I don't know what's going on, but I haven't thought about revenge for more than ten years, and I suddenly became moved, thinking about taking my subordinates to break away from Kirby Neng and re-throw myself into Budugen.

Kirby didn't know anything about it, and he was now worried about Cao Zhang. When discussing whether to enter the fortress and rob, Kirby can categorically veto, he said to other tribesmen, you don't know how powerful Cao Zhang is, I saw his majesty with my own eyes, that year, he led more than 1,000 foot soldiers, and the cavalry was only hundreds, but in the face of ten times the Wuhuan cavalry, he not only did not retreat, but took the initiative to attack, and defeated the Wuhuan people in one fell swoop, not to mention, but also chased the Wuhuan people for a day and a night, and chased the Wuhuan people to the soul, and the Wuhuan people were decided in a battle. Now he has an army of more than 30,000 people, and Cao Ren has nearly 20,000 people, and he has been preparing for more than a year, definitely not to go to the grassland to go through the motions, he is probably going deep into the grassland and inflict heavy damage on us. Listening to him, he has bought a lot of horses from Liaodong over the years, and the proportion of cavalry is very high, and it is entirely possible to have a cavalry duel with us.

Kirbyneng's words were opposed by many people, Cao Zhang had 30,000 horsemen, but he was in Yuyang, mainly facing the Wuhuan people, and he was still two thousand miles away from Danhan Mountain. If he wants to deal with the Xianbei people, he should be the closest to the fortress from Macheng. And Cao Renbu only has four or five thousand cavalry, and the rest are all foot soldiers, he dares to go deep into the grassland? Even if he comes, can he deal with our nearly 100,000 horsemen?

You were scared by Cao Zhang, right? Someone sneered disdainfully.

Kirby can be worried, and then his own strength is insufficient, and others don't listen to him, he thought about it and decided to move west with the tribe, the Han people are now greatly reduced, their control over the Western Regions is not as good as before, and it is relatively safe to go to the Western Regions.

Kirby Neng discussed it with Ku Gui Ni, and Gui Gui Ni agreed on the surface, but behind his back, he informed Bu Dugen, and then left Ke Bineng with his subordinates. Kirby was surprised when he got the news, and wanted to catch up to stop the mud, but it was too late, and Budugen personally led the army to meet the mud, and the air was hot, and he felt that Kirby could swallow it in one bite. Kirby Neng was an acquaintance, and when he saw that the situation was not right, he immediately left Danhan Mountain with his tribe and went all the way to the west.

Budugen relied on the first battle, and did not shed a drop of blood, so he strengthened his strength, and suddenly his self-confidence swelled, and he said to the other tribes very majestically, Cao Zhang came out of Yuyang, obviously to deal with the Wuhuan people, we don't have to worry, let's think about how to go to Bingzhou to rob, Cao Ren didn't have the guts, he didn't dare to come out in Jinyang, and only let the Huns defend the state for them, we don't need to be afraid of him. If the Huns know each other and hide far away, then everyone will be fine, if we have to be dogs for the Han people, we will break his legs and occupy the state.

As if in order to verify Budugen's conjecture, news soon came, at the end of July, Cao Zhang led a large army out of the fortress, and soon broke through Baitan Mountain, and the Wuhuan people were beaten to the ground, and fled in despair.

When the Xianbei people heard the news, they all expressed their disdain for the vulnerability of the Wuhuan people, and some even regretted it very much, knowing that these Wuhuan people were so can't help fighting, they simply grabbed ahead of Cao Zhang and cleaned them up.

Xianbei people didn't expect that when they were talking around the fire, Cao Zhang, with 30,000 cavalry, galloped on the grassland where the autumn wind had just risen, and together with the prepared horses, a total of more than 70,000 war horses, rolled up a wild storm on the grassland, and everywhere they passed, the grass roots that were deeply rooted in the land were trampled into mud.

When the scouts spread the news that the Han army suddenly appeared a hundred miles away to Danhan Mountain, Bu Dugen and others were first taken aback, and then there was a burst of ecstasy: the Han people did not know the height of the sky, and they actually dared to attack with 30,000 horsemen, but they did not know that although Danhan Mountain was not prepared, the Danglin Conference had not yet dispersed, and there were more than 60,000 or 70,000 horsemen here, and they were waiting for work, which was enough to kill these Han troops from afar under Danhan Mountain. With 30,000 cavalry, the booty is very considerable.

Bu Dugen didn't say a word, and immediately ordered to fight, and the Xianbei people, who were excited by his words, rushed to Cao Zhang. Cao Zhang received the news and ordered Xun Yun, the captain of the Yue cavalry, to lead the army to attack first. Xun Yun is Xun Yu's eldest son, Cao Ying's son-in-law, originally Hu Ben Zhonglang general, after the Han Emperor returned to Luoyang, he was appointed as the captain of the Northern Army Yue Cavalry Battalion, with two thousand horses, all of which were Liaodong war horses provided by Sun Shao, trained for five or six years, and finally had the opportunity to fight.

From the very beginning, the two armies fought together, Xun Yun wanted to fight for the Xun family who had just recovered, and the Xianbei people took the lead in fighting bravely for the spoils of war.

Xun Yun took the lead, holding a round shield in his left hand and a halberd in his right hand, he stood up on horseback, turned around and shouted at the warrior who was charging on horseback behind him: "Kill Hu-"

"Kill Hu! Kill Hu! ”

The warriors roared angrily, urged their horses, and threw themselves into the oncoming Xianbei formation.

Two thousand Yue cavalry camps, nearly four thousand Xianbei people, like two oncoming rushing waves, slammed together.

The Xianbei people with the bearded head were very arrogant, they clamped the horses tightly, stood up halfway on the horse, and after shooting a round of arrows in a hundred paces, they skillfully put away their bows, picked up the short weapons in their hands, raised their shields, and rushed towards the Han people with a roar. To their surprise, the Han army lay on the back of the horse, didn't even bother to shoot the arrow, and raised the war horse to the highest speed and rushed straight over.

The Yue cavalry battalion is the northern army of Luoyang, although they are not many in number, but the equipment is very good, the two armor is inlaid with iron sheets, protecting the chest and abdomen and other vital parts, and the limbs are only simple robes, in the face of the Xianbei people's arrow array, they don't look at it, and run forward with one mind.

The damage caused by the Xianbei people's arrow array to the Han army is very limited, and the limbs are not fatal enough to be shot, and they may not even notice it at this tense time, even if they shoot in the face or throat and fall off the horse, no one will stop to take a look, they don't even have time to scream, they are trampled to death by their companions behind, and the others just clenched the weapons in their hands, while shouting "kill Hu" while watching the enemy closer and closer.

More than a hundred steps, in an instant, the red-eyed Han and Xianbei people were killed together.

The Xianbei people soon discovered the anomaly.

Cavalry battles, the most important thing in personal martial arts is first of all horsemanship, whether you can sit firmly on the horse is very important, only by sitting firmly, can you effectively coordinate your body, and hit the weapon in your hand at the right time. Thousands of people hedge together, it is impossible to kill with one blow like two people going heads-up, but the accurate surname can not be ignored, at a certain moment, who cuts the other party first, basically determines the victory or defeat, and the speed of the war horse will make this knife wound have a very small damage ability.

Xianbei people are most proud of their riding skills, the men on the grassland use bows and arrows to make toys from the beginning of walking, horseback riding is commonplace, they can sit firmly on the horse, freely play their martial arts, and although the Han people are well equipped, but they are not stable on the horse, ten percent of the martial arts at most play three percent, so even if the Han people can buy horses, but the quantity and quality of the cavalry has not been as good as the grassland people.

But the Xianbei people found that these Han people without exception are sitting firmly on the horse, they rise and fall with the ups and downs of the war horse, the war knife in the hand is accurate and ruthless, often can grab the Xianbei people in front of the fatal knife, even if the Xianbei people and they shoot at the same time, the result is often beneficial to the Han people, the Han people's war knives are very sharp, two knives cut each other, often the Xianbei people's scimitar becomes two halves, and the Han people's ring knife is unharmed, like a gust of wind blowing from the Xianbei people's body, leaving a long wound, Blood shot out like arrows, and they swept past and rushed towards the next opponent, but the Xianbei people were holding half of the broken knives, looking at their wounds incredibly, and were quickly killed by the next Han people.

And even if the two knives are not broken, the Xianbei people also take advantage of it, they want to rely on their stability on the horse to knock the Han people off the horse almost without exception, the Han people sit firmly on the horse, as if connected with the war horse, abnormally knocked them one by one into the saddle, one after another fell off the horse, and then was knocked down by the war horse behind.

He was terrified, and along the way, he found that there were actually seven or eight soldiers among the Han people holding halberds and constantly greeting him. The scimitar in his hand slashed left and right, and although he finally escaped death, two deep bone-deep holes were cut in his ribs and thighs, and blood gushed out, quickly soaking his leather robe.

He looked back and was stunned. He thought that 4,000 people against 2,000 people was a sure chance of victory, this time it should be a very easy battle, the first battle was won, and Cao Zhang's sharpness was blown, and he could get more loot in the future, but he never thought that although the Han army only had 2,000 people, but the combat power far exceeded his estimate, and the two sides were divided at one touch, but his losses were far greater than he expected, and this charge, he lost thousands of men.

"Ask for help, the Han people are fierce!" He could no longer care about his morale, so he immediately ordered the banner for help to be raised, and the horn for help was sounded, and if he continued to fight like this, he doubted that he would be able to see the final victory.

The whining horn spread far away, announcing the news of the Xianbei people's defeat in the first battle.

Bu Dugen was furious and scolded the incompetence of the mud, and at the same time sent 10,000 horsemen to support the mud again.

Cao Zhang sneered, and while ordering someone to beat the war drums of the charge, he ordered Xiahou Ba, the captain of the Hu cavalry, to take three thousand horsemen to attack.

The hoofs thundered, and the army rushed together again. The 3,000 Hu cavalry battalion encountered 10,000 Xianbei people, although the number was very outnumbered, but the Hu cavalry battalion was not afraid, they stubbornly rushed forward to kill, relying on the elite of the weapons in their hands, and persevered forward.

The bravery of the Han army once again surprised the Xianbei people, and the three thousand Hu cavalry battalions were stunned to make the hope of a quick victory for the 10,000 Xianbei people dashed, they were killed together, the neighing of the war horses, the collision of swords and halberds, and the roar of the warriors, converged into a bloody torrent, shaking everyone's heart.

Bu Dugen hesitated, the strength of the Han army exceeded his estimate, he was very suspicious that he had heard the wrong information, whether the other party really had only 30,000 people, if the number of the other party was almost the same as his own, then with the combat effectiveness they showed now, the Xianbei people would be unlucky today.

When Bu Dugen hesitated, the situation on the battlefield slowly changed, and Xun Yun of the Yue Cavalry Battalion finally defeated the Hui Gui Ni, and instead began to attack the flank of the Xianbei people, supporting the Hu Cavalry Battalion surrounded by the Xianbei people in the middle. The Xianbei people surrounded the Hu cavalry battalion, but they couldn't completely annihilate them for a long time, and they couldn't help but be a little impatient, and then they were disturbed by the Yue cavalry battalion, and the position was loosened a little, so that Xiahou Ba seized the opportunity and fought a beautiful counterattack, with the remnants of more than 1,000 people rushed out of the Xianbei people's encirclement, and Xun Yun converged together, re-formed a charging formation of nearly 3,000 people, and rushed towards the Xianbei people arrogantly.

At the same time, Cao Zhang sent the general Hu Zun, also three thousand elite cavalry, to attack the Xianbei people from another angle. The 10,000 Xianbei people were first beaten back by the 3,000 Hu cavalry battalion and suffered heavy losses, and now they were surrounded and killed by 5,000 or 6,000 Han cavalry cavalry.

Budugen looked up to the sky and sighed, and decided to try again, and at the same time he sent 20,000 horses to outflank him from the left and right, trying to kill the Han army on the battlefield in one fell swoop and turn the tide of the battle.

It's a pity that Cao Zhang didn't give him a chance, he divided the remaining 20,000 elites into two halves, 10,000 led by Xiahou Rong as a reserve, he led more than 10,000 people, and the 3,000 battalion led by Hao Zhao was the front, and killed the Xianbei people in a mighty way.

The 3,000-part battalion, all with long halberds, ring knives, and a repeating crossbow in each hand, as soon as they entered the battlefield, they showed a murderous aura that was different from Cong. If the Han army in front was enough to shock the Xianbei people, then with their appearance, the glory of the Yue cavalry camp and the Hu cavalry camp was eclipsed, and the nightmare of the Xianbei people began.

The tribe battalion was like an angry tiger, roaring and rushing into the battlefield, everywhere it went, all the enemies were crushed in front of it, the first was the Xianbei 10,000 people who had fought hard for an hour, in front of the tribe battalion, all their efforts were declared failure, the tribe battalion was like a huge plow, easily ploughed a sea of blood, and then went straight to the 10,000 people who rushed over to support.

In just one charge, the Han army led by the tribe battalion tore through the blockade of the Xianbei people, and rushed to the panicked Budu root array like a flood that burst the embankment, although they only had more than 10,000 people, but the momentum was enough to make the Budu root, who still had 30,000 people at hand, rise a chill from the bottom of his heart.

Cao Zhang stood up, raised the iron halberd in his hand high, and issued an order for an all-out attack. Xiahou Rong, who received the order, did not hesitate to command the remaining 10,000 cavalry to bypass the battlefield that was still fighting and attack Budugen's flank.

After a slight hesitation, Budugen made a helpless move to break his wrist and fled into the depths of the grassland with 20,000 people from his headquarters.

(To be continued)