Liu Xiu lined up his infantry in the valley, and the cavalry on both wings were arranged on the slopes on both sides, although the slopes were not high, after all, it was easy for the cavalry to rush down, and it was more difficult to rush up. However, no one expected that Tanshi Huai went against the grain and chose the cavalry position on the right flank as a breakthrough.

In this way, it not only broke Liu Xiu's plan to fight the enemy with foot soldiers, but also took advantage of Liu Xiu's negligence, seized the opportunity, and caught Dong Zhuo off guard. Dong Zhuo because of his instinct to fight for many years, he didn't wait for Liu Xiu's order to speed up, it can be said that this is a very wise decision, he is already behind, if he waits for Liu Xiu's order, he is afraid that Tanshi Huai has already rushed in front of him.

With the superb riding skills of the Xuanwu Battalion, although this gentle slope has some impact, it will definitely not affect it too much, and in the face of such an elite, if he can't let the war horse run in the shortest possible time, he will die.

Li Dao, Niu Fu and others were also shocked, and subconsciously followed Dong Zhuo and began to charge. They charged from top to bottom, and they could take advantage of some geographical advantages, but they were in a hurry, and the formation was chaotic, and compared with the neat and smooth Xuanwu battalion, they were obviously very embarrassed.

Dong Zhuo's eyes were split, after so many years of fighting, it was the first time he had encountered such a terrible opponent, but at this time he didn't have time to think too much, he held the war knife upside down, and picked up the strong bow with his hand, just with a sweep of his eyes, two long arrows roared out.

Tanshi Huai glanced at Dong Zhuo in surprise, the sword flicked slightly, and the two arrows were like kites with broken arrows, and they didn't know where they had gone. He pointed at Dong Zhuo with his knife, smiled slightly, and slashed away a spear that pierced the current one, and the knife slid down the handle of the spear, chopping off the head of the Xiliang knight.

Dong Zhuo changed color in shock, but he didn't have time to think about it, he waved his sword, shouted, and slashed at an oncoming Xuanwu camp knight. The knight raised his shield to meet him, and with a loud "boom", the shield was torn apart by Dong Zhuo, and the fragments flew in the air, the knight was taken aback, and after a little hesitation, Li Dao Pegasus arrived and cut off his arm with a knife.

The two armies collided and burst out with bloody flowers. Dong Zhuo reacted in time, using the slope to barely increase the speed, but in front of the prepared Xuanwu battalion still suffered a big loss, one after another soldiers were knocked down by the other party because of the lack of speed, the overall strength of the Xuanwu battalion is also far above them, although Dong Zhuo and Li Dao and others gritted their teeth and fought to the death, impacting the opponent's formation at any cost, trying to entangle them and leave Liu Xiu time to adjust, but the Xuanwu battalion still quickly broke through their interception, rushed up the hillside, ran north along the slope, and went straight to Han Sui of the rear army.

In one turn, the cavalry on the right flank of the Han army collapsed.

Dong Zhuo, under the protection of Li Dao and others, struggled to slash and kill, but he didn't know that he had cut down a few Xianbei people, until his eyes were suddenly empty, and he found that he had run to the bottom of the hillside and rushed through the battle formation of the Xuanwu camp. He controlled the steed as he looked backwards, and this sight made his heart ache.

On the light green hillside, there are countless Han soldiers lying horizontally and vertically, and there are some soldiers of the Xuanwu battalion dotted in the middle, at a rough glance, the ratio is at least ten to one, although the matter is hasty, but the strong combat effectiveness of the Xuanwu battalion can also be seen, and the iron cavalry that crosses the grassland is really worthy of its name.

"Turn! Slalom! Dong Zhuo kicked the war horse violently and accelerated towards the Xuanwu camp.

"My lord—" Niu Fu's face turned pale, and he shook his head again and again, signaling to Dong Zhuo that their casualties were too great, and if they fought again, there would be a danger that the entire army would be wiped out. Dong Zhuo was furious, and raising his hand was a slap: "Above the battle array, how can you retreat." The Xuanwu camp is so strong, if we don't fight to the death, how can we survive? While controlling his horse and running, he shouted in a deep voice: "Charge with me, retreat to the latter, and slash!" ”

The soldiers did not dare to slack off, and followed him and began to rush towards the mountain, and in the running, they continued to gather together, forming an attack formation behind Dong Zhuo. The Xianbei people found out about their movements, and couldn't help but be a little surprised, a centurion blew the horn, and then turned the horse's head and rushed over, Dong Zhuo was not afraid, and stepped forward, went straight to the centurion, and slashed down with a knife head-on.

This time, he went all out, and the war knife smashed the centurion's shield with the sound of the wind, and the centurion leaned up, couldn't sit on the horse's back, flew up, and waved the war knife unrelentingly, but he couldn't do anything, he was hit by Li Wei's war horse, spit blood, fell to the ground, and was soon trampled to death by the horse's hooves.

The centurion was killed, and the soldiers of the Xuanwu battalion were a little surprised, but they still fearlessly marched into the formation of the Han army, and the two sides were in a mess. Dong Zhuo roared angrily, killed seven opponents in a row, and finally stood on the top of the slope again.

At this moment, the main force of the Xuanwu battalion was already fighting with Han Sui under the leadership of Tan Shihuai. Han Sui's formation was crumbling, but it was still stubbornly supporting.

Dong Zhuo wiped the blood on his face and shouted, "Beat the drum, let's kill it again!" ”

The drummer beat the war drums, and only less than three hundred Xiliang cavalry were left to chase after the Xuanwu battalion under the leadership of Dong Zhuo.

Liu Xiu looked at Dong Zhuo who was galloping on his horse, and breathed a sigh of relief, he thought that Dong Zhuo had hung up, but he didn't expect that he was still alive and had the courage to chase and kill the Xuanwu Battalion, it seemed that the situation was not so bad that it was out of control.

"Beat the drums and cheer for Lord Dong!" As soon as Liu Xiu waved his hand, the sound of war drums exploded again, and Dong Zhuo's fighting spirit was even stronger, and he roared and chased towards the Xuanwu camp. Tan Shihuai heard the sound of war drums behind him, glanced back, and couldn't help frowning, Dong Zhuo's toughness was also a little unexpected to him, it was not easy to dare to chase after him when he suffered such a heavy blow.

On his side, Liu Xiu's Chinese cavalry had already turned around and was preparing to accelerate, once they also rushed over, the Xuanwu battalion would be surrounded on three sides, and the situation was not optimistic.

"Rush!" Tanshi Huai turned a blind eye and ordered a fierce attack, and the soldiers of the Xuanwu battalion roared in unison, exerting their strength again, hugging Tanshi Huai and roaring forward. Holding a spear in his left hand and a knife in his right hand, Tan Shihuai killed several Han soldiers in a row, breaking through Han Sui's formation like a bamboo, and then turned his horse's head and ran south along the valley, heading straight for Liu Xiu's Chinese army.

Han Sui's armor was crooked, covering his bloody arm, and his heart palpitated. Tanshi Huai's offensive was too sharp, and he tried his best but couldn't stop him, so he could only watch Tanshi Huai kill the Chinese army. On this terrain, the speed of the Xuanwu Battalion is still astonishing, and their riding skills amaze everyone.

"Wenyue, don't be stunned, bite them!" Dong Zhuo flew past and shouted loudly. Han Sui came back to his senses at this time, and hurriedly integrated the team and pursued Dong Zhuo side by side.

Liu Xiu stood on the command platform, looking at Tanshihuai, who had broken through the right wing and the rear army one after another, and the Xuanwu battalion beside him, and was amazed. This is the pinnacle of cavalry, and compared with them, the state iron cavalry still has a long way to go.

Although he sighed, Liu Xiu's heart was unusually calm, he observed the battle formation, and at the same time ordered the guards to start charging, and at the same time ordered the foot soldiers to turn around and intercept.

Tanshi Huai and Yu Fuluo came head-on, a hundred steps apart. Tanshi Huai raised his hand and shouted wildly: "Divide!" ”

The battle flag was unfurled, the horn sounded, the Xuanwu battalion once again showed their astonishing riding skills, and the galloping knights suddenly divided into two columns and rushed towards the slopes on both sides, Yu Fuluo was taken aback, but he didn't have time to turn, he could only stagger with the Xuanwu battalion, and collided head-on with Dong Zhuo and Han Sui who were chasing over. Behind them, the Xuanwu battalion merged into one again, and took advantage of the hillside to accelerate again, and rushed towards Liu Xiu and the foot soldiers who were still re-arrayed.

Seeing this scene, Liu Xiu was stunned and blurted out: "Damn!" Without saying a word, he jumped off the command car, grabbed Xun You's collar and ran wildly to the eastern hillside. Mrs. Lu and Wang Zhi didn't dare to slack off, and they also jumped out of the command car and chased after Liu Xiu.

Xu Yu didn't run, he shouted: "Array!" "A thousand tigers struck the shield with their swords in unison, and responded loudly. Zhang Xiu just turned the horse's head, and saw that the Xianbei people were coming too fast, and he had no time to speed up, so he was also anxious, and ordered loudly: "Dismount, line up the horse formation!" ”

Although the knights were shocked by the magical riding skills of the Xianbei people, their long-term training still made them dismount after hearing the order, tightly hold the reins of the horses, gather the horses together, and prepare to use a dense horse formation to block the Xianbei people.

Seeing this scene, Tanshi Huai secretly sighed, and issued an order again, the soldiers of the Xuanwu battalion turned right, bypassed the position of the right wing cavalry that the Han army had lost, avoided Zhang Xiu's horse formation and Xu Yu's infantry formation, shot a rain of arrows, and drove away.

As the sound of the horses' hooves of the Xuanwu camp gradually became far away, there was a dead silence in the valley, Liu Xiu, Jia Xu and the others looked at each other, and they all felt incredible, on this kind of terrain, the cavalry could actually display such smooth tactics, which no one expected.

"My lord, gather the army at once and line up on the hillside!" Xun You, who was pale, reminded loudly: "The cavalry Xianbei people have the advantage, but the infantry formation is our advantage. ”

Liu Xiu agreed, and immediately ordered everyone to line up on Zhao Yun's formation, except for Zhao Yun's department, everyone dismounted and fought on foot, hugging together, and not giving Tanshi Huai a chance to break through. The Xuanwu Battalion is worthy of being the Xuanwu Battalion, with both powerful attack power and jaw-dropping flexible surnames, with the current riding skills of the Han army, they are not their opponents at all. Just like the master match, even if you have a strong attack, but the speed and reaction are worse than the opponent, it is easy to fall into a situation of passive beating, in this case, it is better to use the iron bucket tactics to contain the opponent's flexible surname, waiting for a fatal opportunity.

In order to prevent the Tanshi Huai from using the means of attacking the east and the west, Liu Xiu lined up a circular formation, with shields and spears on the periphery, and crossbowmen on the inside, and the cavalry hidden in the formation.

Liu Xiu walked unhurriedly in the formation with his hands behind his back, and Hao Zhao held his helmet and followed him closely. Although Liu Xiu was very nervous in his heart, he hid his emotions very well, talked and laughed with the soldiers, and made a few jokes with Dong Zhuo, doing everything possible to calm down the somewhat flustered soldiers. After the battle just now, many people are a little timid, which is not a good sign.

Dong Zhuo has been on the battlefield for a long time, knowing Liu Xiu's intention to do this, he laughed heartily and said: "My lord, if you want to blame it, you can only blame your wine for being too good, you drank a little too much yesterday, and today you were taken advantage of by Tanshi Huai." But it doesn't matter, now that I'm drunk, I'm going to fight with Sandalwood again. ”

"You're just greedy." Liu Xiu pointed at him and shook his head helplessly: "Do you think that this wine doesn't cost money, so you let go of your belly and drink?" But then again, I've never seen you drink that much. ”

"Hahaha...... There's no way, the wine in Bingzhou is good, but it's too expensive, and I usually drink the wine I bought, and I feel distressed. Soldiers of the state, you don't spend money on drinking, and you can't understand the suffering of our people. ”

"My lord, in the future, you will also go to Bingzhou to be a taishou." One of the soldiers shouted loudly, "Then you can drink free wine." ”

"Well, that's a great suggestion." Dong Zhuo laughed loudly: "Lord Liu, do you think it's okay?" ”

"Okay, but I'll see how many Xianbei people you can kill this time before making a decision, my wine is only for warriors." Liu Xiu turned around and said loudly to the soldiers: "Soldiers, whether you are from Bingzhou or Hedong, or warriors from Xiliang, this battle has been won, each person will be rewarded with an urn of wine, and those who behead the first level will be rewarded with another urn." My words count, and I will never break my word. ”

Li Dao jumped up suddenly: "My lord, how much will you be rewarded for cutting the sandalwood acacia?" ”

"Sandalwood locust? Hehe, as much as you want, I will give. ”

"Then I'll take care of it, don't fight with me, everyone." Li Dao's chest was pounding, and the exaggerated posture seemed as if Tanshi Huai was already his captive. The soldiers were amused by their words, and the tension eased. Zhang Fei added fuel and vinegar to tell them the story of the capture of Huaizong in the first place, and everyone was very happy.

Liu Xiu finally said, don't worry, we are not alone, our task is to block the sandalwood acacia here, the general of Zhengbei and the emperor are not far away, and when we beat the sandalwood acacia to exhaustion, they will come to surround the sandalwood acacia. However, I don't want them to pick up this cheap, I'm going to kill the sandalwood locust myself. When it comes to cavalry warfare, we may suffer a loss, but when it comes to foot formation, we definitely have an advantage. You see, when Tanshi Huai saw us lined up in a formation, he didn't dare to come.

The words were a great morale boost. The sandalwood locust in the distance has not moved, which seems to verify Liu Xiu's words, and the soldiers gradually settled down, picked up the dry food and wine they brought with them to drink, recovered their strength, and prepared to fight again.

Tan Shihuai looked at the new formation of the Han army from a distance, hesitating, he knew that in the face of this formation, the Xuanwu battalion did not have too many advantages, of course, he could go away, and Liu Xiu did not dare to chase after him, but in this way, his hope of killing Liu Xiu to avenge Huaizong was also disappointed. What's more, if Liu Xiu is allowed to run away this time, I am afraid that there will not be such a good opportunity next time.

He weighed the strength of the two sides, and felt that there was still a great chance to break through the battle formation of the Han army, he looked at the sky, the sun was about to set, if he could not completely break the Han army this time, he would have to retreat to a safe distance, and he might even give up this opportunity. The main force of the Han army is not far from here, they may rush over to support at any time, no matter how brave the Xuanwu battalion is, the gap in strength is too obvious, his chances of winning are extremely small, so he can only give up.

Tanshi Huai ordered the soldiers to rest for a while and prepare for the last attack.

The battlefield was quiet for a while, and both sides were gathering strength for a new battle while waiting for their own reinforcements. Tanshi Huai sent a message to Micah and Su Li, and Liu Xiu also sent a message to Huangfu Song, but so far, no one has heard back. The final decisive battle is about to begin, and whoever arrives first will have more chances.

Tan Shihuai and Liu Xiu didn't expect that their reinforcements had already been handed over.

Huangfu Song was the first to receive news from Liu Xiu, and when he learned that Liu Xiu led his army to intercept Tanshi Huai, he immediately convened the generals to discuss the matter. He said that Lord Liu will fight with Tanshi Huai, no matter who wins or loses, it is impossible for Tanshi Huai to rush here in a short time, this is our chance to defeat the Xianbei people. General Zhengbei has already routed the main force of the Xianbei people, and now all that is left for us is Micah and Suli, can we let them go?

Of course not. Both the Xiliang cavalry and the five battalions of the Northern Army were excited, especially the five battalions of the Northern Army, after the initial tragic battle, they had quickly overcome their fears and were eager to fight. Some of the soldiers of the infantry battalion, the shooting battalion and the tun cavalry battalion have already experienced the battle, and the Yuecai battalion and the Changshui battalion have not yet made a move, especially the Changshui battalion, among the five battalions of the Northern Army, they have the most right to speak.

Opinions are very unified, Yuan Shu and He Miao led the infantry battalion and the shooting battalion to guard the grain and grass, and Huangfu Song led 5,000 Xiliang cavalry and three cavalry battalions of the Northern Army of Changshui, Tun Cavalry and Yue Cavalry to attack.

At the sound of an order, more than 7,000 cavalry rushed out of the camp and killed Micah and Suli, thirty miles away.

In the previous battle, Huangfu Song did not send cavalry, and only let the foot soldiers and Xianbei people engage in battle. Mijia They subconsciously thought that the Han army was just a powerful foot soldier, and did not take the cavalry of the Han army in their eyes, and felt that obeying the arrangement of Tanshi Huai, thirty miles away from the Han army was safe enough, and no one expected that Huangfu Song would not move, and he would be extremely fast and fast when he moved. By the time Micah got the news of the Han army's attack, the Han army had already reached fifteen miles away.

Micah didn't dare to slack off, and immediately lined up to meet each other, and the two sides fought together. The knights of the Han army accumulated murderous aura for a few days, and this time they all broke out and started a desperate fight with the Xianbei people. The Xiliang cavalry under the leadership of Huangfu Song once defeated the famous Xianbei general Murong Feng in Beihai, and the morale was naturally not a problem, the Changshui battalion won consecutive battles in Bingzhou, and the spirit had nothing to say, even the Tun cavalry battalion and the Yue cavalry battalion that had not been in the battle array were not far behind, they drove straight into the battle under the leadership of Zhang He and Chun Yuqiong, and fought hard to slash and kill.

After half an hour of hard fighting, the Xianbei people could not resist, they began to retreat, and finally collapsed, Micah and Sully fought their way out of the wilderness under the protection of the guard battalion. Huangfu Song beheaded more than 3,000 people and captured more than 1,000 people at the cost of more than 2,000 dead and wounded.

Huangfu Song immediately ordered some people to be left to clean up the battlefield, and the others rushed to support Liu Xiu, he knew that Tanshi Huai was powerful, for fear of being attacked by Tan Shi Huai, and carefully sent the scouts fifty miles to avoid being caught off guard. At the same time, he asked Yuan Shu to inform Yuan Shu that the Xianbei people had been defeated and the camp was safe, so please immediately arrange for Guan Yu to rush to Liu Xiu's aid.

Huangfu Song didn't expect that Guan Yu had already set off. Shortly after they left the camp, Guan Yu and Yuan Shu had a conflict, Guan Yu wanted to lead the heavy armor soldiers to support Liu Xiu, but Yuan Shu asked him to stay and help defend the camp, the two sides didn't say a few words, Guan Yu brushed his sleeves away, knocked down He Miao, who was guarding the baggage, robbed more than 200 horses and baggage, and took the heavy armor soldiers away, making Yuan Shu so angry that he was smoking, and he jumped like thunder.

At sunset, Tanshi Huai launched an attack, he did not send the Xuanwu battalion to attack the Han army's formation, but let the Xuanwu battalion shoot arrows around the Han army's formation, constantly provoking the anger of the Han army, hoping to find the flaws of the Han army. The Xianbei people galloped in front of the formation, and from time to time someone rushed out of the array, performing fancy horsemanship on horseback, shooting arrows at the Han army.

In the face of the provocation of the Xianbei people, the Han army was a little breathless, and some people began to fight back, but the Xianbei people beat horses like flying, and it was difficult for them to hit the target, while the Xianbei people were excellent archers, almost every time the strings sounded, a Han soldier was injured or even killed.

Liu Xiu waved his hand, signaling the soldiers to calm down and not to be taken advantage of by others. He called Zhao Yun and Hao Zhao, and said lightly: "Go, teach Xianbei people a lesson." ”

Zhao Yun and Hao Zhao bowed down to receive the order, walked to the infantry formation with bows and arrows, and paid attention to the galloping Xuanwu camp in the distance. The soldiers of the Xuanwu battalion burst into applause, and right here, Zhao Yun raised his hand and shot, and the upside-down knight fell off his horse in response.

The applause of the Xuanwu battalion stopped abruptly, but the morale of the Han army was greatly boosted, and the applause was loud.

Another knight of the Xuanwu battalion rushed out of the queue and rushed straight towards the Han army's position, drawing his bow and arrow, and was about to launch, when Hao Zhao arrived first, and an arrow hit him in the chest, and the power contained in the arrow flew up from his horse with the knight and fell into the dust.

"Good!" The Han army erupted in applause again.

The soldiers of the Xuanwu battalion were on fire, and several people rushed out of the battle formation one after another, one of them rushed in front of Dong Zhuo, Dong Zhuo sneered, raised his hand and shot him to the ground with an arrow, and then spat contemptuously.

Tan Shihuai saw that there were also such archery masters in the Han army, so he didn't dare to try again, gave up teasing, and gave an order, a centurion with more than a hundred knights turned the horse's head and rushed towards the Han army like a splash of wind.

The assault begins.

The Han army fired a salvo of bows and crossbows, the Xianbei people lay on their horses, urging the horses to gallop, several knights fell from their horses with arrows, but more people rushed over and stepped on the Han army.

"Kill!" Two spears pierced out of the shield, and the horse was stabbed squarely, and fell with a bang, so that the shieldman could not stand on his feet and was dizzy. The soldiers behind them used their bodies to resist them while attacking the Xianbei knights on horseback. Although the knight was brave and slashed two men in succession, he was quickly stabbed by a spear and fell to the ground.

In the blink of an eye, more Xianbei knights rushed over, and one of the knights jumped up from his wounded warhorse, and by the momentum of his horse, he leaped over the formation of foot soldiers, rolled on the ground, and pounced on the crossbowmen, who were caught off guard and were slashed by him. When Zhao Yun saw this, he turned around and shot the knight down with an arrow, and the foot soldiers behind him immediately passed through the archer's formation, and a burst of knives chopped the knight to death.

The shouts of killing erupted in front of the infantry formation.

(To be continued)