At midnight, most of them, except for the soldiers on patrol at night, had fallen asleep, and the only thing in the camp was the faint neighing of horses. He Lian and Luo Gandhi Ao sat cross-legged opposite each other, drinking wine while cutting mutton with a knife and bringing it to their mouths.

"Will they come?" Luo Zhi Gandis Ao licked the mutton fat on his fingers while looking at He Lian with burning eyes. This time I listened to Helian's words, the first to send troops to invade the Han realm, he gained a lot, although the father did not praise him, but from the fact that the father did not punish him for sending troops without authorization, the father appreciated what he did.

Now that the Xianbei people have invaded on a large scale, if nothing else, my uncle will also send troops to the law deduction. My uncle always disliked him, saying that he was too impulsive, and although he was brave in battle, he was just a warrior who charged into battle, and he would not be a qualified commander. Can he still say that this time?

Fight a good battle and let the elders see if I can be a qualified marshal. When he thought of his uncle's eyes, he felt his blood boiling, and even that mediocre face looked much cuter in his eyes.

"Can a hunter catch a beast every time?" He Lian put down his wine glass and asked lightly.

Gandhi Ao's face flushed, he laughed twice, and raised his wine glass to cover his face.

"Big brother, you know what?" He Lian glanced at Qiandi Ao, and the corners of his mouth were slightly raised: "In the story of the Han people, there is a person named Yan Ying, he is a dwarf, and he used to be the king of Qi...... Well, it's probably the prime minister. ”

"The dwarf is still the prime minister?" Luo Zhi Qiandi Ao frowned: "Does he have special martial arts?" ”

"No, he doesn't have any martial arts, but he's very smart." He Lian pointed to his head and smiled at the disdain shown by the Gandhiao, these reckless men only know how to fight and kill, they don't know that the most murderous people don't use knives at all. "At that time, there were three warriors in the Qi State, and they all had the courage of ten thousand people, but Yan Ying killed these three warriors with just one sentence."

Luo Zhi Qiandi Ao's eyes widened: "He's a wizard, can spell?" ”

He Lian was stunned for a moment, choked on the wine with a "pounce", he shook his head, and he really couldn't tolerate the stupidity of the Gandhi Ao. He wiped the wine from the corner of his mouth with his sleeve, briefly told Yan Ying's story, and finally said to Luo Zhi Qiandiao: "Do you think that a man only needs to be brave? No, people need to be wise. People are not as good as horses, they are not as strong as tigers, and their eyes are not as good as eagles to see far, but people can ride horses, play with eagles, and shoot tigers, on what basis? by wisdom. ”

He Lian pointed to his temples again: "Huai Zong's martial arts are okay, everyone says that he is another king." But they didn't know that he was only half a king, and that he was a useless half. ”

"The useless half?" Falling Gandhi seems to understand whether he understands or not.

"yes, I'm the useful half." He Lian pointed to his chest, rested one leg on the slave girl waiting next to him, and said proudly: "The king can unify the grassland by wisdom, not just martial arts. Do you remember the Huns' Maudun Shan Yu? ”

Luo Zhi Qiandi Ao nodded, Mao Dun is a legend on the grassland, of course he knows.

"He also relied on wisdom, not martial arts." He Lian crooked the corners of his mouth: "The king is too." ”

He blinked his eyes and was skeptical.

"No matter how shrewd a hunter is, he can't catch a beast every time. But a shrewd hunter always has more chances of catching wild beasts, and he has a better chance of survival. "Talking to Lian Kan, in Danhan Mountain, except for the attendants around him, few people look up to him, he is full of conceit, but there is nowhere to confide, even his wife Adela is not interested in listening to him, and now he has won two battles under his command, and he is an excellent listener." Huai Zong thinks he is brave, but so what? Not only was he captured by life, but he finally gave away his life. ”

Although the Xianbei people do not attach as much importance to blood relatives as the Han people, he still can't accept it by belittling his brother Huaizong in front of him. He Lian saw it in his eyes, but he didn't think so: "You wait and see, when I catch Liu Xiu and avenge him, you will know whether courage is important, or wisdom is more important." ”

"As you said, if you set a trap, you may not be able to catch the beast." Falling Gandhi Ao retorted disapprovingly.

"If he doesn't come, then I will look down on him even more." He Lian laughed: "What a good terrain, wouldn't it be a pity not to." ”

Luo Zhi Qiandi Ao opened his mouth, and was about to speak, when he suddenly raised his eyebrows, listened attentively for a moment, and then jumped up with joy: "It's coming." ”

When he was listening, He Lian also straightened up, and his slender eyebrows jumped involuntarily, but he didn't jump up with joy like Gandhiao, but waved his hand, signaling him not to be too excited: "Don't worry, it's not too late to drink this glass of wine and go and see." We set a triple trap and he didn't come in that quickly. ”

He nodded again and again, and it was easy to suppress his excitement and accompany He Lian to continue drinking. The shouting of killing outside shook the sky, and judging from the direction of the sound, the enemy should have started to attack from the east, not from the west as Helian expected. He hesitated for a moment, wanting to ask Helian, but when he saw Helian's appearance, he swallowed back his words. He was afraid that he would ask Helian, and Helian would laugh at him again.

"Don't worry, this is just a feint, the real attack should be from the west." He Lian took the rare initiative to explain.

Gandhi nodded and continued to listen. Sure enough, although the shouting and killing from the east was very loud, it never approached the big tent, and it seemed that the other party had been shouting outside the camp and had not really rushed over. Soon, a louder trumpet suddenly erupted in the western part of the camp, mixed with the sound of war drums commonly used by the Han Chinese.

"My lord, the Han people are attacking our army on both sides." A commander rushed in and said loudly.

"Don't panic." He Lian calmly waved his hand, stretched out his feet, asked the slave girl to put on his shoes for him, dusted off his clothes, and walked out of the big tent with his head held high. It didn't look like he was going to war, but like going to a feast. Seeing it in his eyes, he was both a little admired and a little disdainful.

He connected to the prepared high platform, and looked into the distance, there were fires on both sides, but the firelight on the east side was moving rapidly, and it seemed that there were a lot, but in fact, the number was limited, and the firelight on the west side was very extreme, and it had been fixed in place, and it should be fighting in place, and there was no progress.

"My lord, there are only some cavalry to the east, who are harassing them with arrows from a distance, but they will not come closer. Please tell me if you want to go out of the camp to pursue. ”

"Stick to the camp, you are not allowed to attack, and those who violate the order will be beheaded." He Lian looked at the battlefield in the west and said loudly.

"Yes."

"My lord, the enemy in the west is attacking too fiercely, we can't withstand it, do we want to send reinforcements?"

"No, let them in, lead them into the camp, and then surround them and beat them." He Lian smiled contemptuously, waved his hand, and said to Luo Qiandi Ao, who was flushed with excitement: "Don't be too happy, I don't think Liu Xiu will personally charge into battle, and we don't have much chance to catch him." ”

Luo Zhi Gandhi laughed, rubbed his hands and said, "It's okay, it's okay, it's okay if he doesn't come, at least we have another victory." He paused, and then begged, "Later, when the siege comes, let me go too." ”

"You are the main general, you should command the overall situation here, not to fight." He Lian said solemnly.

"Hehe, I just have itchy hands, seeing them fight so lively, I'm greedy."

"Don't be greedy, you should rest well, and when they retreat, we will pursue them." He Lian looked up at the sky and said confidently: "They are nearby, and they will definitely flee overnight after losing the battle." If we don't, we'll lose track of them again. If we continue to chase it, we will chase Shan Yuting. ”

Gandhi laughed. It's good to catch Shan Yuting, just catch Shan Yu, that credit is greater.

The attack on the east and west lasted for about half an hour, probably because the Xianbei people did not leave the camp, the feint attack on the east had limited effect, and the enemy on the west did not dare to go deeper, and after killing and wounding a hundred and ten, they hurriedly retreated. According to several centurions who commanded the battle, the enemy in the east has been hiding in the darkness and cannot see their true faces, while the west is a short hand, and the two sides are close at hand, and from the appearance it should be Han people, and they are the elite of the Han people, because they are armed with hook and ring knives, fighting in formation, with very tacit cooperation, and the attack is very fierce, killing more than 50 people in a short period of time, if it is not for the order of Helian, asking the soldiers to lead them into the camp, but insisting on blocking, the casualties are probably much greater.

"The main force of the Han army." He Lian clenched his fists hard, and said with some regret: "We didn't do our best to block the attack, and they may have seen the flaws, so they didn't dare to go deeper." ”

Settle Qiandi Ao nodded, the Han people are good at foot fighting, the Huns are good at riding and fighting, since there are such brave foot soldiers, it must be Han people. When he thought that the Han people were nearby, and his sister might be nearby, he couldn't hold back.

"I'm going to go after it now!"

"No, you can't chase it now." He Lian stopped him, and his voice was sonorous: "The Han people are very cunning, they can't attack, maybe they will set up an ambush, and wait for us to take the initiative to attack." Now they can't chase it, send a few scouts out to find out the news, wait until dawn and then chase it, it's dawn, they have no way to hide in the grassland, and they can't escape far in an hour or two. ”

Settle Gandhi Ao was convinced, and felt that Helian was too thoughtful. He remembered what He Lian said, and he also felt that wisdom was more important than bravery.

The scouts burst out of the camp and disappeared into the night.

As soon as the day dawned, the scouts sent the news that after the Han people failed in the ambush, they immediately fled southward, but they could not walk fast at night, they had now walked out of thirty or forty miles at most, and there were many war horses with broken legs on the way, and it seemed that they were walking in a hurry.

When Helian heard this, he immediately ordered the whole army to pursue. Thirty or forty miles, that is, an hour's journey, since the other party fled overnight, now they must be tired and tired, they just caught up and beat hard.

When Gandhi Ao, who did not remove his armor and did not unsaddle his horse, heard this, he immediately chased out of the camp with the main force that had already prepared to stop. Looking at the knights who rushed out like a tide, and the company let out a long breath, he didn't sleep all night, but he didn't feel a little tired, but felt energetic, thinking that this time he thwarted Liu Xiu's sneak attack, it was possible to hit Liu Xiu's Changshui camp hard, and it was even possible to capture Liu Xiu, he felt that the salt in front of him was extremely clear, and he couldn't wait to jump in and take a bath to calm down his boiling blood.

To be calm, to be calm, not to let people see my excitement, only mystery has majesty. He Lian rubbed his swollen dough vigorously, hiding all his excitement under indifference.

For most of the hour after the main force pursued by Gandhiao, when the sun struggled to break free from the earth and jumped out of the horizon, He Lian drank the last sip of wine, swallowed the last piece of delicious mutton, and set off with the baggage camp. He didn't like to rush to the front, not only because of his average martial arts, but more importantly, he realized that in a treacherous battlefield, a person's strength is really limited, and wisdom cannot exert the greatest power in such an occasion.

That kind of thing is left to a rough person like Gandhiao, the real king kills with his head, not with a knife.

He Lian smiled faintly, climbed on the horse's back, he flattened the hem of his clothes, straightened the mink appearance on his head, and looked forward to himself.

But when his gaze inadvertently swept to the eastern horizon, the faint smile on his face instantly turned into fear.

Under the rising sun, a surging tide rushed in, they were black, with the color of the night, with boundless fear, and red, with the heat of the rising sun, melting the confidence and pride that had just been erected in Helian's heart.

The main force was all taken away by the fallen Qiandi Ao, and in addition to his 500 personal guards, there were only more than 2,000 people from the baggage battalion, as well as ...... The baggage camps taken from the Huns were large numbers of cattle, sheep and slaves.

"Enemy ...... Raid! He Lian shouted with all his strength, but found that he couldn't make a sound, fear blocked his throat, making him unable to shout and breathe, and the stars in front of him were twinkling, as if the night had fallen again.

"My lord, let's go!" The guards were terrified, and they ran away with him hostage, regardless of whether he was struggling with Lian or not. This is not the first time they have fought with the company, before returning to the commander of the company, they have fought countless battles with Tanshi Huai and Huai Zong, knowing that this time they have no chance to fight back, a little hesitation, may not be able to escape. They don't care whether the army wins or loses, they don't care about the gains and losses of the baggage battalion, as long as they save the life of Helian, they have completed the task.

The escape of Helian left the Xianbei crowd leaderless, further exacerbating the fear, and the clarion call for help came and went, but no one got the orders of the Chinese army, and they did not know whether to fight or flee.

Corresponding to the chaotic horn sound of the Xianbei people, it is the majestic war drums of the Han army, and the rapid drum beat with boundless joy ripples in the hearts of every soldier, looking at the Xianbei people who are getting closer and closer, they see cattle and sheep, fine wine and beautiful slave girls.

"Speed up—" Lu Bu straightened up, raised the iron halberd in his hand, and let out an excited roar at the warriors behind him.

Wei Xu responded loudly, shaking the battle flag in his hand vigorously, the soldiers of the guard battalion shouted in unison, Cheng Lian and Wei Yue responded in unison, and more than a thousand horse thieves who had just become good shouted excitedly, galloping on horseback.

This is the second battle they have fought with Liu Xiu, and it is the same as the first battle, it is no different from untying a woman's belt.

Kill it! Sheep and cows, fine wine, and sturdy women beckon.

Countless horses' hooves trampled the frozen solid earth, and pieces of hard frozen soil were shattering, cracking into countless fragments, powder, flying with the rising and falling horses' hooves.

Han Sui raised the halberd in his hand and let out a long roar: "Charge-"

Duan Xuan and the others responded loudly, and while they charged, they looked at the Bingzhou horse thieves led by Lu Bu, who were two or three hundred steps away, and kicked the war horse fiercely, trying their best to squeeze out the last point of potential of the war horse. Lu Bu and the others had just entered the camp, and they did a business in Guanglu City under the leadership of Liu Xiu, although the harvest was not very large, but their pride made the soldiers of the Changshui Camp very unhappy. We are the descendants of the adults, and you horse thieves have only been in the camp for a few days, but it is only a matter of luck that you have reaped your first success. Besides, robbery is robbery, that's what horse thieves are good at, but combat is our forte, and months of training are not something that can only be seen.

Lu Bu is the right wing, Han Sui is the left wing, like two huge iron tongs, surround the Xianbei people at a lightning speed, Liu Xiu took the personal guard camp in the center, Zhao Yun and Yuan Shao dragged behind, and the Changshui camp was like an eagle, whistling across the earth, rolling up the wind and sand, and rolling the Xianbei people into it at once.

The war halberd is roaring, the war knife is singing, the war horse is neighing, the warrior is roaring, and the Xianbei people are ...... In wailing!

Yuan Shao was fully armed, under the escort of fifty guards wearing fine armor, he held the iron halberd in his hand, his heart was surging, he stayed in the Changshui camp for more than half a year, this was his first time to participate in the actual combat, usually it seems that there are not many thousands of people, but once he is in this rolling torrent, his front and back are full of soldiers galloping horses and long halberds, his ears are filled with thunderous horse hooves and shouts, his heart is jumping with the beat of the war drums, so he can't help but want to roar.

Men should be vertical and horizontal, this is the happiness that good men should enjoy. Compared with the real battle, the flat optimistic drill is no different from the children's game, the wooden halberd is not as sharp as the iron halberd, and the flat land is not as vast as the grassland, and the horse cannot gallop, can not kill wantonly, and cannot use the iron hooves of the war horse to trample on the enemy in front of him.

Yuan Shao waved the iron halberd, and the sharpened halberd pierced the chest of the Xianbei people, and the huge force from the halberd almost pushed Yuan Shao off the horse, and the strong arm felt the pleasure brought by the piercing of the living body for the first time. Yuan Shao couldn't help but yell: "Kill!" With a shake of his arms, he was thrown off by the Xianbei man he had pushed away from his horse, and then flicked away a long knife, the halberd grinding against each other with a piercing sound.

"Pounce!" The halberd stabbed into the immature face of a humble man again, this face belonged to a child who was only about fifteen or sixteen years old, and he had not even grown a beard, and his smooth skin was so delicate that the halberd cut off half of his face without hindrance, and the fear of death made him open his mouth and let out a terrible scream.

Yuan Shao's heart was shocked, his hand eased, and a knife came head-on, knocking his halberd open, and went straight to his chest. Yuan Shao was startled, instinctively flashed his arm sideways, and the long knife slashed across his breastplate, drawing a spark. Yuan Shao didn't have time to take a closer look, and the guards behind him cut off the young man's head with a knife, and at the same time cut off his last voice in this world.

"Be careful, don't be soft!" The guards shouted loudly while slashing and killing: "Either he dies, or you die!" ”

Yuan Shao took two breaths violently, calming his beating heart as much as possible, and with a loud roar, he shook his halberd and pushed off the horse of an old man who was rushing towards him.

The iron halberd in Zhang Ji's hand is like a vigorous sand snake is extremely fast, every peck, can bring up a canopy of blood, he is very happy, his face is full of comfortable smiles, the halberd method that has been practiced for more than ten years finally exerts great power for the first time. He galloped on his horse, stabbing the enemies he saw one by one, and the white mist from the horse's mouth made him feel like he was in the clouds.

Liu Xiu sat on the big red horse easily, and charged forward with the team, although the halberd was held in his hand, he had no chance to stab it. Lou Lu and Yu Fusui each brought a hundred guards to sit on both sides, Wang Zhi and Zhang Fei were in front of him, Hao Zhao held a carved bow in his hand, and one feather arrow roared out, shooting down one enemy after another, and he had no chance to connect with the enemy at all.

Taking advantage of the terrain of Qingyanze, he first laid out a tentative formation, and asked Wang Yun to take Lou Fuying Camp to tease Helian first, if Helian was fooled and focused on the east, then Xu Yu, who was hiding behind him, would tear his back as fast as possible and deal him a fatal blow. He Lian was not fooled, but laid a trap for him, he withdrew Xu Yu in time, let a part of the Huns disguise themselves as the main force, retreated to the south overnight, but ambushed the main force ten miles away on the east side.

The retreating Huns succeeded in attracting the attention of Helian, and the Qiandi Ao took away the main force of the Xianbei people, leaving the baggage battalion to him, and he firmly grasped this gap and hit it with one blow. In the face of a baggage battalion protected by no more than two or three thousand Xianbei people, he launched an attack with a threefold advantage, and he was sure enough to end the battle in the shortest possible time. Whether it was the Luozhi Qiandi Ao who was pursuing to the south, or the main Xianbei force that was still near Shuofang City in the north, it was too late to rush to help.

Let Lu Bu and Han Sui attack first on the left and right, also to avoid the escape of the Xianbei people and wipe them out as much as possible. But Helian was more timid than he imagined, and when they rushed in front of the Xianbei people, Helian's battle flag had disappeared, and he could see only the back of Helian running for his life. You can't afford to procrastinate, or you'll be self-defeating. Liu Xiu glanced at the situation on the battlefield and finally showed a satisfied smile.

The great wave of 5,000 knights swept through the camp of the Xianbei people, and rushed until they reached the salt sawa, then they stopped the horses' hooves, turned their horses' heads, gathered their formation, and galloped towards the open space between the two salt sawas.

A charge, the Xianbei man who was in charge of guarding the baggage was as scarred as beef cut by a knife, and could no longer organize a counterattack to meet the Huns who rushed later.

The battle ended as soon as it began, except for Helian and his personal guards who fled at the beginning, the rest of the Xianbei people were wiped out, and a large number of cattle, sheep, grain and grass all fell into Liu Xiu's hands.

(To be continued)