Tan Shihuai's face was gloomy and indifferent, but there was anxiety in his eyes that could not be concealed. In the distance, the shadows of the Han army were faintly visible, and he could even hear the singing in the wind, but he just couldn't catch them.

Two days ago, Tanshi Huai launched an attack on the Han army, as he guessed, the Han army was simply bluffing, and the horseshoe prints revealed that their true strength would not exceed two thousand, but he did see Huai Zong's red horse, and they were only more than a hundred steps away when they were close.

But he couldn't catch the man who made him gnash his teeth and couldn't sleep at night, and he couldn't hold back his anger anymore watching him run away from his eyes again and again.

The three thousand Xuanwu battalion pursued the Han army of less than two thousand, and it seemed that they were able to capture it, but when the pursuit began, Tan Shihuai found that these Han troops were simply slippery like a fish, no matter how hard he tried, the other party could always escape at the last moment, and when they chased the closest, it was often the most uncomfortable time for them - the Han army shot at them while fleeing, they were equipped with a large number of crossbows, and the range was at least one hundred and fifty steps, dozens of steps farther than the bow used by the Xuanwu battalion, plus they were running in front, and the Xuanwu battalion was chasing behind, In this way, the Xuanwu battalion seemed to be shot by them, and suffered a lot of losses.

After two days of pursuit, the two sides never engaged head-on, and the Xuanwu battalion lost more than 100 warriors and more than 400 war horses - the warriors could dodge, but the war horses could only be carried hard, and their huge bodies were the best targets for the Han army - and the Han army suffered almost no losses, except for two warriors who fell off their horses because they turned to shoot arrows.

This result made Tan Shi Huai finally annoyed and angry, especially the more than 100 soldiers half died in the hands of "Liu Xiu", that damn man rode Huai Zong's war horse, always running at the end, he was superb in archery, he could shoot left and right, the hit rate within one hundred and fifty steps was as high as sixty percent, and within 100 steps was not a false case, the soldiers of the Xuanwu battalion began to chase too fiercely, and he shot eleven people one after another at once, and even Tan Shihuai himself was almost hit by an arrow.

What was supposed to be a winning battle has turned into a game that makes people laugh and cry. Although the Xuanwu battalion is twice as large as the other party, and its combat effectiveness is very strong, if it can't catch up with them, even if it has all its strength, it will be in vain, just like a strong warrior fishing in the water, although he stirred up the pond and splashed the water, but the hateful fish was still at ease, swimming around his hand, constantly stimulating his nerves, making him want to stop, but there was nothing he could do.

Between continuing the pursuit and going back to defeat Yuan Shu, Tanshi Huai hesitated. Starting from the surname Li, he knew that the two thousand Han troops were suspicious troops, and they could not affect the battle situation at all, he should go back, take Micah and Su Li to defeat Yuan Shu and cut off Yuan Shao's last hope, but every time he wanted to turn the horse away, as soon as he saw the once familiar war horse in the distance, he couldn't contain his anger and revenge when he thought of Huai Zong's aggrieved death.

With Mica and them watching, Yuan Shu didn't dare to move, and with Murong Feng watching, Yuan Shao could only sit and wait, and it might be better to go back two days later. He said this to himself, and continued the pursuit regardless of himself.

It was too difficult for these 3,000 people to hunt down these Han people in the desert, Tan Shihuai considered whether to transfer some more men and horses to participate in the roundup, but he felt ridiculous, the 3,000 Xuanwu battalion couldn't catch the 2,000 Han army, so he had to transfer others?

Unconsciously, time is flying, and the sandalwood is getting farther and farther away from Luoyueyuan.

Five miles away, Lu Bu stood on the horse, his expression was far less relaxed than Tan Shi Huai imagined, these days he had to lure Tan Shi Huai to chase, but he couldn't get too close, a few times he was almost outflanked by the Xuanwu camp, if it wasn't for the fact that he had a lot of horse thieves under his command and had rich experience in escaping, I was afraid that he would have been defeated by Tan Shi Huai a long time ago.

Lu Bu was very proud. When Liu Xiu sent him, he said that you are the only one to fight this kind of battle. Remember, don't fight hard with Tanshi Huai, you just need to lead him away from Luoyue Yuan is the first credit, Tanshi Huai and his Xuanwu camp are not something that you two thousand people can gnaw down, you do a good job of foreplay first, and then we will ravage him together, and we will definitely make him want to die and can't stop.

Hearing these very obscene words, Lu Bu smiled and deeply agreed, he felt that when the adults talked to him like this, they had great trust in him, and they regarded him as a brother, not just a superior and a subordinate.

Lu Bu was very useful and grateful. It's not that he hasn't ventured to approach Tanshi Huai, but as Liu Xiu reminded him, Tanshi Huai is very strong, he is so agile that it is unimaginable, Lu Bu once shot him three arrows in one go, but he easily dodged them, and even grabbed an arrow and reflected it back, his bow is strong, if it weren't for Lu Bu wearing iron armor, he was afraid that one arrow would be pierced by him.

If that's the case, Lu Bu will lose his people and be killed by his own arrows, if this is passed back, won't all the famous people be thrown into the big river?

Lu Bu gave up the idea of taking risks and patiently circled with Tanshi Huai. He believes that maybe only Liu Xiu can deal with this kind of inhuman master, because Liu Xiu is also a little almost inhuman, especially the scene of rescuing Guan Yu from his feet that day, Lu Bu is still unforgettable, maybe he will never forget it for the rest of his life, he has seen with his own eyes that a person's speed can be so fast.

Just a glimpse was enough to amaze, although Liu Xiu couldn't reproduce that scene later.

"Brothers, get ready to run, Xianbei Dog is chasing again." Lu Bu looked at the smoke and dust in the distance and shouted loudly. The warriors responded with a rambling voice, galloping on their horses, and at the same time began to wind their crossbows on their horses. In order to let them occupy enough advantages, Liu Xiu allocated the best physical strength of the war horses to them, and at the same time equipped them with nearly a thousand three-stone arm crossbows, although the speed of the crossbow is a little slower, but the victory is in the long range, at least fifty steps farther than the Xianbei people's riding bow, these fifty steps do not seem to be far, but they can attack freely outside the range of the Xianbei people, so that the Xianbei people have suffered enough, and they are passively beaten but unable to fight back.

The chase begins again.

Lu Bu followed the ups and downs of the war horse, and at the highest point, he drew a three-stone strong bow, and shot an arrow reflexively, and the feather arrow flew over one hundred and fifty steps, shooting a Xianbei person who rushed to the front, and then Wei Xu and the others also pulled the crossbow machine in their hands.

The feather arrows galloped, and the Xianbei people fell off their horses one after another.

The Xianbei people were also fighting back, but their arrows couldn't even touch Lu Bu's horsetail, and they only flew half the distance before losing their strength, flying softly and flutteringly. Since its establishment, the invincible and invincible Xuanwu Battalion found itself in a very embarrassing situation.

Lu Bu led them around in circles, one circle after another, leading them south, intentionally or unintentionally.

In the original land, Huangfu Song continued to confront Micah and others under the banner of Yuan Shu.

Tianma Yuan, Murong Feng watched Yuan Shao's camp vigilantly, anxiously waiting for the news of Tanshi Huai.

In the Han army camp, Yuan Shao looked at the news that had just been delivered, with mixed feelings.

Yuan Shu put aside the grievances between them and arrived with grain and grass, with these grains and grass, he could continue to patiently entangle with Tanshi Huai, and retreat step by step, so as not to fall into the situation of Li Ling back then. This surprised him and made him happy, no matter how stubborn Yuan Shu was, the same blood flowing in his veins still allowed them to help each other in the most difficult time.

Knowing this, he should not have asked Liu Xiu for help, but Yuan Shu for help. Now Yuan Shu is listening to Liu Xiu's orders, Liu Xiu also arranged for a famous general like Huangfu Song, as well as the Northern Army and the Western Liang Army to assist him, after this battle is over, no matter what the truth is, Yuan Shu galloped thousands of miles to help, saved the building from the general, and rescued the main force of the Northern Expedition from the hands of the Xianbei people and the story of his Yuan Shao will spread all over the world, and Yuan Shu, who was not an opponent at all in his mind, will inevitably increase his fame, and even step on his shoulders. Yuan Shao believed that with Yuan Shu's ability, he couldn't imagine this, and it must be Liu Xiu who contributed to this matter intentionally or unintentionally.

And this is what Yuan Shao is most worried about.

If the brothers do not agree, they will be taken advantage of by outsiders, Yuan Shao understands this truth, but he can't avoid it, so he can only watch Liu Xiu stir up trouble between their brothers.

"Attack the camp of the Xianbei people." Yuan Shao made an unexpected decision.

Everyone looked at each other, and Han Fu said tentatively: "General, our grain and grass are about to run out, and there are still nearly a hundred miles away from Luoyueyuan, and it is still too late to rush over now, if we attack the camp of the Xianbei people, we will ......."

"If we defeat the main force of the Xianbei people, can he let us go in peace?" Yuan Shao calmly explained, "The Xianbei people have always had the upper hand, not because of their strong strength, but because of their great king Tanshi Huai. "Speaking of this, Yuan Shao's mouth is a little bitter, Tanshi Huai is a well-deserved leader of the Xianbei people, but he, the general of the Northern Expedition, is not the soul of the Northern Army." Now that Tanshi Huai is being restrained in Luoyueyuan, he lacks skills, and the Xianbei people are the walking dead, so if he doesn't attack him at this time, when will he stay? ”

He clenched his fists and made an unshirkable gesture: "Defeat the main force of Xianbei, and we can slowly return south." ”

"The general has a point, and that's right." The judge stood up and raised his hand in approval.

He Hao also stood up and nodded in agreement.

Seeing that these two people agreed, whether they were from Jizhou or Ruying, they didn't say anything more, and they all agreed. Yuan Shao immediately ordered that all the cavalry be divided into two parts, arranged on the two wings, with the infantry in the middle, to form a standard infantry and cavalry combined battle formation, first pretending to retreat south, luring the Xianbei people to attack, and after the infantry entangled the Xianbei people, the cavalry on both wings outflanked the past.

The crowd responded.

At the sound of an order, the drums and horns of the Han army camp sounded in unison, and everyone took action. The Xianbei scout didn't dare to slack off, and hurriedly reported the news to Murong Feng. As soon as Murong Feng heard that the Han army was preparing to retreat, he hurriedly convened the lords of the tribes to discuss the matter. He conveyed to them the news that the reinforcements of the Han army had arrived in Luoyue Plain, with a large amount of grain and grass, and the king's order was not to let Yuan Shao and the reinforcements meet, and Yuan Shao must be left in Tianma Plain, and now that Yuan Shao is leaving, we must unite and not let Yuan Shao escape.

Hearing that it was Tanshi Huai's opinion, no one dared to object, under the command of Murong Feng, some of them pursued, and some of them went around to the south of Yuan Shao to prepare to intercept. The Xianbei people are mainly cavalry, they will not line up and the Han army desperately, that is in the hands of the Han people, they are more willing to use the impact ability of the cavalry, constantly harass the Han army, slow down their speed, once they find the flaws of the Han army, they will rush in, slash and kill.

They had used this tactic countless times to defeat the Han army, and today it was just another time.

Seeing the Xianbei people out of the camp, the Han army was in strict formation, did not dare to slack off, covered each other, and advanced south alternately. Murong Feng ordered the attack, and the two thousand-strong teams rushed out of the battle formation, galloping wildly, and impacting the Han army's large array with the most primitive strength.

The drums of war suddenly exploded, and the Han army roared in unison, with bows and crossbows fired in volleys, swords and halberds raised at the same time, and fought back bravely. Yuan Shao stood on the command car, watching the complicated battlefield closely, and he could see from the Xianbei people's formation that Murong Feng just wanted to stop him, and had no intention of fighting him to the death.

But he didn't want to, he wanted to take the initiative to fight back, he wanted to take advantage of the absence of Tanshi Huai to hit the Xianbei people hard and lock in his own credit.

Yuan Shao waved the battle flag lightly and ordered the infantry to attack and advance.

As soon as the sound of the war drums changed, the three infantry phalanxes in the front began to move forward, and the two phalanxes on both sides rushed the fastest, and the formation slowly turned into a half-moon shape, surrounded by two thousand Xianbei people who would be tempted in the future. Yuan Shao saw that at the front of these two phalanxes, there was a small formation of about 100 foot soldiers each, and they killed the fastest.

"Who's that?" Yuan Shao knew that the phalanx of foot soldiers on the left wing was judged and commanded, and the one who rushed to the front should be Gao Ran, who recommended him, Gao Ran was a strong man in Jizhou, but he had no academic background, so he could only follow such a big clan as a judge. The phalanx on the right was commanded by He Hao, but he didn't know which warrior under He Hao was so good at fighting.

Guo Tu blinked: "Langya Yan Liang, nicknamed Yan Hutou, is a murderous man who doesn't blink." ”

Yuan Shao turned his head and glanced at him, but didn't say anything more. He knew that Guo Tu had originally despised martial artists, and after being humiliated by Liu Xiu last time, this psychology was even more paranoid.

Seeing that there was a danger of being surrounded, the Xianbei people did not dare to fight, and hurriedly withdrew from the battle formation. The morale of the Han army was greatly boosted, and they shouted in unison, and the speed of their advance increased again. When Murong Feng saw this, he had to behead the two commanders who had just escaped, and then send 5,000 people to attack, so as to defeat the morale of the Han army and force them to form a formation and defend it.

The two armies were once again fighting together, and the army was commanded by Xuan Pei and He Hao to move forward bravely, and Han Fu in the middle phalanx did not dare to slack off, and personally rushed to the front of the battle to boost morale.

In front of the sharp bows and crossbows of the Han army and the spears and halberds, the Xianbei people could not resist the slow and resolute pace, and were defeated and retreated, Murong Feng was furious, ordered those who retreated to be beheaded, and sent 5,000 people into battle to barely block the attack of the Han army.

Yuan Shao saw that the time had come, and ordered Tian Yan and Xia Yu to attack.

Since Xia Yu and Tian Yan were successively defeated by the Xuanwu battalion of Tanshi Huai, the Wuhuan cavalry and Hun cavalry led by them did not participate in the battle much, and have been resting, Yuan Shao often invited them to drink to appease the army, and now they know that the reinforcements are a hundred miles away, as long as they meet with the reinforcements, there is hope of survival, and the Tanshi Huai, who had hit them hard, is not here, they finally mustered up the courage, roared out of the battle formation, and outflanked the two wings of the Xianbei people.

The resentment and frustration that had accumulated for nearly half a month turned into a vigorous murderous atmosphere, and they poured out to the Xianbei people. When the courage returned to them, they once again exerted their powerful combat effectiveness, and they were inseparable from the Xianbei people.

The two sides fought hard for a long time, and at the critical moment, Yuan Shao ignored the strong dissuasion of Guo Tu and others, put on his armor and mounted his horse, and rode out with 5,000 guards. The main general personally went to battle, and the morale of the Han army reached a new **, and more than a dozen drummers used all their strength to beat the war drums to the earth, turning into a torrent, and pounced on the Xianbei people.

Yuan Shao stepped on the stirrup, stood up at the risk of being shot by a stray arrow, the iron halberd pointed straight ahead, turned to the knight behind him and shouted: "Follow me—kill the enemy—"

His courage inspired the blood of the soldiers, and the knights galloped wildly, shouting in unison: "Kill the enemy—"

The foot soldier who was fighting hard heard this, stomped his feet and shouted: "Kill! Kill! Kill! ”

The earth was trembling, the dust was flying, Yuan Shao took the lead, led five thousand iron cavalry out of the formation, and attacked Murong Feng's Chinese army.

Murong Feng's face turned pale, Yuan Shao tried his best, and personally went into battle to boost morale, but he was seriously injured and couldn't sit on horseback at all, so he couldn't be the same as Yuan Shao, all he could do was to mobilize more people to block in front of him. And this practice made him look very cowardly, and his morale was uncontrollably low.

Yuan Shao kicked his horse violently and rushed straight to the Xianbei centurion who rushed towards him. The centurion let go of the bowstring, and the long arrow whistled away, hitting Yuan Shao in the chest and shooting into the iron armor, but he could no longer advance half a minute. Yuan Shao didn't even look at it, he put his halberd in both hands, roared, and picked the stunned centurion off his horse with a halberd.

In an instant, he seemed to have returned to the Qingyanze bank, galloping side by side with the soldiers of the Changshui Battalion, closely following Liu Xiu's fiery battle flag, his blood was boiling, and he couldn't help but roar sharply: "Kill-"

"Kill—" The knights shouted in response, like the wind.

The Xianbei people were shocked, they used knives near and bows and arrows far away, but Yuan Shao's 5,000-person guard battalion was the best-equipped team in the Northern Expeditionary Army, the horse was the strongest war horse, and the people were the bravest warriors, everyone had iron armor made of fine iron, and the knives and arrows of the Xianbei people were helpless against them, Yuan Shao was hit by several arrows, but his courage was even stronger, and the iron halberd in his hand was like pouring wind, and one after another Xianbei knights were stabbed off their horses by him.

His courage inspired all the soldiers, the passionate war drums were like a burst, and the roars of the soldiers gradually converged into a surging wave, rushing towards the Xianbei people, towards Murong Feng's Chinese army, shocking the Xianbei people's faces, the war horses wailed, and they were stagnant.

Murong Feng's heart was like ashes, he knew that he was not Tanshi Huai, if Tan Shihuai was here, he would definitely be able to control the situation, he would definitely rush up like Yuan Shao, and even kill Yuan Shao on the spot, he was even thinking that if Tan Shihuai was commanding the battle, Yuan Shao would not have the courage to rush out at all.

In the face of the ferocious attack of the Han army of less than 30,000, more than 50,000 Xianbei people began to panic, began to waver, began to retreat, and finally collapsed.

All he could do was send someone south to find the sandalwood locust and tell him the sad news.

Yuan Shao jumped off the horse, Guo Tu, He Hao and others hurriedly greeted him, looking at the feather arrows embedded between Yuan Shao's armor leaves, they were both scared and excited.

He Hao laughed loudly: "General, this battle has defeated the main force of the Xianbei people, and the northern frontier has been peaceful since then." ”

Yuan Shao took off his armor with the help of his own guards, and stroked his sweat-soaked hair, although he wanted to make himself look more stable, he still couldn't suppress the ecstasy in his heart, and fought hard, he actually defeated the Xianbei famous general Murong Feng, and defeated the Xianbei main force twice as much as himself with a tired army that had fought hard for many days, no matter what, this is a credit worthy of joy.

He has the capital of pride and excitement.

"It's all the king's life, and Shao is grateful." Yuan Shao arched his hand and bowed to the crowd who came around: "Please rest assured, Shao will definitely report your merits to the court and ask for credit for you." ”

"It's the majesty of the adult, and I'm just following the adult's tail and doing my best." The judge stroked his beard and smiled slightly, his eyes full of excitement.

"Zhengnan has won the award, if it weren't for Zhengnan and your soldiers fighting well and hitting the morale of the Xianbei people, I wouldn't have the determination to fight to the death with the Xianbei people." Yuan Shao laughed, pulled the trial with one hand, and pulled He Hao with the other: "What about the warriors of your subordinates, why don't you invite you to see it?" ”

Judging and He Hao smiled at the same time, turned around and invited Gao Ran and Yan Liang behind them. Gao Ran is of medium stature, with a round face, and looks kind and kind, but Yan Liang is tall and mighty, eight feet five inches, wearing heavy armor, and carrying an iron helmet in the crook of his arm, as soon as he walked in front of Yuan Shao, he was attracted by Yuan Shao's elegant and heroic appearance, and even forgot to salute.

Guo Tu was very unhappy and shouted: "Hugh is rude, and he still doesn't meet General Zhengbei." ”

Yan Liang hurriedly bowed and saluted. Yuan Shao smiled, and helped Yan Liang with both hands: "Don't be so formal, a strong man is like a tiger, I am ashamed to see it, it is my Yuan Shao's luck to be able to get the help of a strong man." ”

Yan Liang was grateful and thanked him again. Yuan Shao took his hand and looked him up and down, his joy overflowing: "Where is the strong man from?" ”

"Liang was originally a Langya person, but the ancestor was a Zhao person, I heard that the general was going north, and he rushed to serve, and Mr. Meng Boqiu did not give up, and he was a general. It is a good honor to follow the general and Mr. Berqiu. ”

Yuan Shao laughed: "Listening to your words, I must have read the book, do you know the art of war?" ”

Yan Liang smiled slightly: "The good ancestor Yan Gong was the most general in Zhao State, he once followed Li Mu to fight, and his family passed down Li Mu's art of war, but unfortunately his good qualifications were not good, and he was not one out of ten. ”

"It turned out to be behind the gate." Yuan Shao nodded, and said ashamedly: "It's my negligence, there are sages in the wild, and I can't escape the blame." Birg, you and I should take this as a warning. ”

He Hao cooperated with a few words of self-blame, and the soldiers around him were even more admired, and they were impressed by Yuan Shao's demeanor. Yuan Shao immediately asked the generals to discuss the matter, defeated the main force of Xianbei, and they can now go back safely, and the next step is to retreat south and join the reinforcements. At the same time, Yuan Shao sent a letter to Yuan Shu, telling him to hold his position, not to act rashly, and to attack Micah and Suli after he arrived, so as not to lose food and grass.

(To be continued)