Hetao, Ma Yuejun camp.

"Once the Yellow River thaws, the movement of the Xianbei cavalry will be greatly restricted, and there are only three ways to enter the Hetao." Fang Yue pointed to the military topographic map, and said to Guo Tu and Pei Yuanshao, "This first road is to detour to Liangzhou and cross the river from Lingzhou in Beidi County to the east, but even if the Xianbei cavalry can capture Lingzhou, there will be the obstruction of the Inner Great Wall next, and this road is thousands of miles away, and it will not be completed in a month, and the Xianbei people have just survived a harsh winter, and the food in the army must be limited, so they will not take this road anyway." ”

Pei Yuanshao nodded, and subconsciously asked, "What about the second way?" ”

Fang Yue said: "The second road is to go east into the territory of Bingzhou, cross the river from the bison or Caisangjin to the west, but this road is more farther away, and the Xianbei people can't afford it." ”

Pei Yuanshao asked again: "What about the third way?" ”

"Here." Fang Yue stretched out his hand and patted the map, and said in a condensed voice: "This is it!" In the end, the Xianbei people would definitely choose to cross the river here and enter the Kou River Loop. ”

"Huh!?" Guo Tu's eyes were cold, and he said in a condensed voice, "Wuyuan!?" ”

Pei Yuanshao was stunned when he heard this, and asked in confusion: "There is neither a pontoon bridge nor a ferry in the Wuyuan area, and the widest part of the river is five or six hundred zhang, how do Xianbei people cross the river?" ”

Fang Yue said in a condensed voice: "Although the water surface of the five plains is wide, the widest part can reach a thousand steps, but now it is the dry season, and the last general has already gone to investigate in person, and the deepest part is only five or six feet, and the Xianbei people can cross the river by horseback." ”

……

Yin Mountain, Xianbei camp.

"Report~~" A thousand-captain galloped into the big tent and said to Budugen, "King, the river has begun to thaw, and the thickness of the ice is no longer enough to carry the weight of men and horses. ”

"Huh?" Bu Dugen frowned for a moment, and said in a deep voice, "This is a tricky matter. ”

"It doesn't matter." Kebineng on the side said indifferently, "Even if the river thaws, my Xianbei army can still cross the river from Wuyuan." ”

"What a joke." A captain under the command of Bu Dugen retorted, "The Wuyuan River is hundreds of zhang wide, there is no ferry, let alone a ferry, and our army does not know how to erect pontoon bridges, and it is too time-consuming to cut down trees and rafts, and it is very vulnerable to attacks by the Han army, how can the army cross the river in Wuyuan?" ”

Kebineng said: "Now the snow and ice on both sides of the river will not melt, it is the dry season of the year when the water flow is the smallest, the water level of the river has dropped to the lowest, two months ago the king has sent someone to investigate, that is, the deepest part of the river in the middle is only five or six feet, and the army can cross the river on horseback." ”

"Oh?" Hearing this, Budugen said happily, "In this case, the army will cross the river from Wuyuan. ”

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Hetao, Ma Yuejun camp.

"As General Fang Yue said, it is the dry season now, and the depth of the river is only five or six feet, and the Xianbei cavalry can cross the river on horseback." Guo Tu said this, frowned and said, "But the shallow river in the Wuyuan area stretches for dozens of miles, and our army has limited strength, how to resist the enemy?" ”

Fang Yue said: "If our army is fortified on the south bank of the river, the Xianbei cavalry will be able to cross the river by multiple roads and points, our army is limited, and it is bound to be unable to divide the troops to resist the enemy. ”

"Oh?" Guo Tu stroked his willow whiskers and said in a condensed voice, "Camp on the north shore for fortification?" ”

Pei Yuanshao was puzzled: "What is the difference between our army camping on the north bank and camping on the south bank, isn't it still possible for the Xianbei people to cross the river by multiple roads and points?" ”

"On the surface, it looks like it's true, but it's not." Fang Yue said, "If our army resists the enemy on the south bank, and the enemy is in front when the Xianbei people cross the river, they will fight bravely with their lives; If our army resists the enemy on the north bank, and the enemy is behind when the Xianbei people cross the river, they will inevitably be at both ends of the rat, fearing that they will be attacked by us, and in many cases, this slight difference in psychology is enough to change the situation on the battlefield, and even determine the final victory. ”

"Hmm." Guo Tu nodded, and said in a condensed voice, "I think what General Fang Yue said is not unreasonable, but what does General Yuan Shao think?" ”

Pei Yuanshao said: "Since Mr. and General Fang Yue both think that they should camp on the north bank of the river to defend against the enemy, General Ben has no other opinions, so let's do it." ”

Fang Yue clenched his fists and said in a deep voice: "In this way, the last general will take the order." ”

……

The southern foot of Yin Mountain.

The 70,000 Xianbei army gathered into a dense cavalry formation, just like the moving ants, rolling south through the empty and desolate desert, when the army was marching, a fast horse galloped back from the front, and came to the front of the Chinese army formation of Budugen.

"Great King, the Han army of Hetao has crossed the river and camped on the north bank of the river."

"Oh?" Bu Dugen's eyes flashed, and he asked in a deep voice, "How many men and horses are there in the Han army?" ”

"There are more than 10,000 cavalry troops and more than 5,000 infantry troops."

"More than fifteen thousand?" Budugen pondered for a moment and said sharply, "Someone! ”

A centurion of a personal soldier stepped forward and replied quickly: "Yes." ”

Bu Dugen said: "Order, let Tuoba Jiefen, Kebineng and all the nobles above the captain go to the Chinese army to discuss matters." ”

"Order!"

The centurion made a violent promise, rode his horse away, and in less than a moment, more than a dozen horsemen had already ridden away in all directions.

Soon, Baba Jiefen, Kebineng and all the nobles above the commander of the Xianbei people gathered in the main formation of the Chinese army in Budugen, and the son Tuoba Liwei (this person is a historical celebrity, the ancestor of the Xianbei Northern Wei Empire), the former general of the Kebi Neng tent, Wu Litu, Leak to the mud, Ye Libu, Deli Tuoa and others are also impressively listed.

Budugen turned over and dismounted, and a waiter stepped forward to spread a wool blanket on the ground, Budugen took the lead in sitting down on the wool blanket, and Xianbei nobles such as Kebineng and Babajie Powder also sat on the ground and surrounded a large circle around Budugen.

"Just after the return of the horse, more than 15,000 Han troops have crossed the river in Wuyuan and set up camp on their backs." Bu Dugen's eyes swept over the Xianbei nobles, and said in a deep voice, "This king originally thought that the Han army would camp on the south bank of the river to defend against the enemy, but he didn't expect that the Han army would dare to cross the river and camp against the water!" ”

"The Han army camped against the river, although it put itself in a desperate situation, but it also forced our army to give up the advantage of cavalry and fight a head-on battle with it!" Babajie said with a solemn expression, "It seems that although the horse butcher is not in the Hetao, the Han general who stayed in the Hetao is also a powerful character." ”

"A decisive battle is a decisive battle!" The young Tuobali said in a loud voice, "My Xianbei army has 70,000 iron cavalry, are you still afraid of more than 10,000 Han troops?" ”

Although Tuoba Liwei is brave, he is young after all, and he has not yet learned the power of the Han army!

If the two armies engage in a head-to-head confrontation in a dignified manner, relying on favorable terrain, the 3,000 Han army will be enough to block the attack of 100,000 Xianbei cavalry, and the Xianbei cavalry, like the Hun cavalry, their advantage will never be a frontal attack, but a roundabout, harassment, and containment until the Han army is exhausted and dragged down, and then pounced like a vicious wolf and killed with one blow.

"Nope." Bu Dugen shook his head and said, "This large-scale southward move is just to plunder the population and livestock of the Hetao Plain, not to fight a decisive battle with the Han army, so it must not be easily decisive unless it is absolutely necessary!" A thousand cavalry can be ordered to launch a test to cross the river with a surname, and first probe the reaction of the Han army. ”

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On the north bank of the river, Ma Yuejun camp.

Fang Yue stood solemnly on the gate in the face of the cold wind, pointed to the south bank of the river and said to Guo Tu and Pei Yuanshao: "The last general has ordered people to build a lookout platform every hundred steps on the south bank of the river, the platform is ten zhang high, and the news is transmitted with a five-color flag. ”

"His grandmother's." Pei Yuanshao, who had always been gentle, suddenly scolded in a rare way, and muttered, "Lao Tzu remembered, these lookouts are really a magic weapon to restrain cavalry." I thought that at the beginning, 800 Liukou rampaged in Nanyang, killing Qin Jie, Yuan Shu and others to the point of falling flowers and flowing water, and Ye blood died, but later I don't know where a bastard came out, and he also built such lookouts everywhere, which made it difficult for 800 Liukou to move an inch, so he had to turn into Yingchuan. ”

Fang Yue's face was slightly embarrassed, and then said: "With the containment of the big battalion on the north bank, the five thousand cavalry left on the south bank and the twenty thousand suspicious soldiers made up by the herdsman Qiao can really play the role of the suspicious soldiers, completely dispel the luck psychology of the Xianbei people, and force them to have a head-on decisive battle with our army." ”

"Okay, relying on the camp on the north bank and the lookout on the south bank as the eyeline, the mobilization of the Xianbei people has nothing to hide, which is very good!" Guo Tufu praised, "In this way, the Wuyuan defense line can be described as foolproof, and the Xianbei people have no choice but to have a frontal decisive battle with our army." ”

"General Ben can't wait." Pei Yuanshao shook his hands and said, "If we can knock down all the 70,000 Xianbei cavalry this time, when this autumn is ripe, my army will be able to level the Xianbei people without much effort, haha." ”

……

Fifty miles north of Wuyuan, Xianbei camp.

The Xianbei thousand cavalry commanders who were sent to test the reality of the Han army rushed into the Budugen tent with a panicked expression, and the Xianbei nobles gathered in the Budugen tent looked at it, only to see that the thousand cavalry commanders were blood-stained and pale, and his chest was cut by a sharp saber with a deep blood groove that could be seen in the bones, and there were two feather arrows stuck in his back.

As soon as he entered the big tent, the thousand horsemen knelt on the ground, crying and crying: "King, it's over, the brothers are all finished, woo woo~~"

Bu Dugen's expression was grim, and he was not moved in the slightest because of the loss of a thousand cavalry, and asked in a deep voice, "What's the matter?" ”

The thousand cavalry commander stopped his sorrowful voice and gasped: "The villain was ordered by the king to lead the army to cross the river, and when the Han army camp on the north bank crossed the river, it did not send troops to stop it, but as soon as the men and horses landed on the south bank, a Han cavalry of more than 5,000 horsemen suddenly killed them, and the brothers just climbed up from the cold and biting ice water. And the difference in strength is really huge~~ Although the brothers fought to the death, they still ended in a miserable defeat~~"

"If you lose, you lose." Bu Dugen said in a deep voice, "At least you have found out the reality of the Han army, but I didn't expect that there were 5,000 Han cavalry ambushes on the south bank, but just with these 5,000 ambush soldiers, you also want to prevent my army from crossing the river?" Hum. ”

"No, more than five thousand cavalry." The commander of the thousand cavalry gasped, "Although the cavalry that launched the attack is only more than 5,000 cavalry, there are more cavalry shouting and cheering in the distance, because the distance is too far, the villain cannot determine the correct number, but the villain can conclude that this cavalry will definitely not be less than 20,000 cavalry." ”

"What did you say?" Budugen was stunned, Huo Di stood up, "There are another 20,000 cavalry on the south bank of the river?" That is to say, the Han army had a total of 40,000 troops, of which 15,000 were camped on the north bank of the river, and the other 25,000 were camped on the south bank of the river. ”

"Absolutely, yes." "And what's even more odious is that the Han army has also built many lookouts along the south bank of the river, each of which is more than ten zhang high, and there are soldiers guarding it, and the movement of our army on the north bank of the river cannot escape the surveillance of the Han army at all." ”

Kebineng's eyes flashed with a hint of gloom, and he said to Bu Dugen: "King, in this way, our army divides its troops into two routes, with half of the cavalry to contain the Han army on the north bank, and the other half of the cavalry to cross the river and sack the Hetao's strategy will not work, since the Han army has left as much as 25,000 troops on the south bank, our army only sends half of the cavalry to cross the river, I am afraid it will be difficult to succeed." ”

Bu Dugen's expression was gloomy, and he felt a sense of irritability in his heart for no reason.

Knowing this, why did he strive to be the commander of this coalition in the first place? Now the root of the step is unable to retreat or advance, and it has become a situation where it is difficult to ride a tiger and be in a dilemma.

Ordered to withdraw troops? How to explain to the people who stayed in the old camp and were looking forward to it? What should we do to feed the old and young women and children who are waiting to be fed? What's even worse is that 70,000 Xianbei iron horsemen returned in vain like this, as the commander of the Xianbei coalition army, Budugen's prestige will be destroyed by the destruction of the surname, from now on, who else will obey his orders?

If you return to the desert like this, the small and medium-sized tribes that were originally attached to Budugen will turn to him, this is the case on the prairie, it has always been the survival of the fittest, the survival of the fittest, no matter how strong and prosperous the golden family was before, but that belongs to the past, it belongs to the great Xianbei generation of Tianjiao sandalwood acacia!

If Budugen can't show the strength of the king, even if he is a descendant of the sandalstone locust tree, he will also be ruthlessly abandoned.

So, a decisive battle with the Han army?

The 70,000 Xianbei army seems to be strong, but only the more than 20,000 cavalry in the headquarters really obey the command of Bu Dugen, and the two guys Kebineng and Tuoba Jiefen will only take advantage of the fire to rob.

Even if there are only more than 20,000 cavalry in the headquarters, Budugen is still confident that he can defeat the Han army on the north bank of the river, but what if he wins? Defeated the Han army on the north bank, and there are more than 20,000 Han troops on the south bank! Even if the Han army on the south bank can be wiped out, how many of the more than 20,000 cavalry on the base of Budu will remain?

When the time comes, the master is weak and the servant is strong, and in the end, it will not be cheap in vain, Kebineng and Tuoba Jiefen, the two careerists?

When Bu Dugen was hesitating, Kebi Neng suddenly stepped forward and said loudly: "King, for the glory of Da Xianbei, Kebi Neng is willing to lead the cavalry of his headquarters to take the lead and fight to the death with the Han army!" ”

"Oh?" Budugen was surprised when he heard this, and said loudly, "Is General Kebineng's words serious?" ”

Kebineng pulled out a wolf's tooth arrow from the quiver, broke it into two with a bang, and said quickly: "The wolf god is above, if Kebineng is insincere, it will be like this arrow!" ”

"Good!" Budugen Huo Ran turned his head, looked at Tuoba Jiefen with scorching, and said in a deep voice: "General Tuoba Jiefen, what about you?" ”

Tuoba Jiefen was forced to be helpless, and said angrily: "Tuoba Jiefen is driven by the king." ”

……

Taiyuan County, Jinyang City.

The original Bingzhou Thorn Mansion has now become Dong Zhuo's temporary official residence, Li Ru entered the hall with fluttering sleeves and a dashing demeanor, and said to Dong Zhuo with a happy face: "Lord, good news." ”

Dong Zhuo, who was leaning on his seat to read the book of soldiers, raised his head when he heard the sound and asked happily, "What's the good news?" ”

Li Ru arched his hand and said, "The Six-Way Alliance has fallen apart, hehe." ”

"The coalition is scattered?" Dong Zhuo said, "Hedong can be worry-free, good, very good!" ”

Li Ru smiled and said: "Right now, Ding Yuan is dead, and there is no owner in the state, so the lord will take advantage of the situation to replace him." ”

Dong Zhuo said: "Hmm~~ Wen Xiu has any clever plan to help me take the state?" ”

Li Ru said: "If the lord wants to take the state, it is all in Lu Bu, as far as Confucianism knows, Ziyan (Li Su biaozi) and Lu Bu are fellow villagers, and Lu Bu is greedy and likes women, why don't the lord do what he likes, and let Ziyan bring gold, silver, wealth and beauties to say it?" ”

Dong Zhuoxi said: "I have heard that Lu Bu is brave and unparalleled in the world, if I can get his help, why worry about the big thing?" ”

Li Ru said: "Right now, Lu Bu is leading the army to Pingyang, and the lord can repair a letter and hand it to Ziyan with a fast horse, so that Ziyan can follow the plan and succeed." ”

Dong Zhuo waved his sleeves and said loudly: "Come on, pen and ink are waiting." ”

……

(To be continued)