Chapter 408: Blue Wolf War Horse
Yuanyang City has now become a material transfer and distribution center for He Liuhun's army. It was originally a quiet and serene small county town on the shore of Lanshui, but now it is a noisy and noisy scene, from time to time there are Xianbei people escorting grain, grass and 'vegetable people' into Yuanyang, the city materials are piled up, nearly 10,000 'vegetable people' are kept in captivity in an area of the city. Screams and screams rang out in the city from time to time, and many bloody skeletons were piled up in one corner of the city.
In the lobby of the county government office, there was an old man with a literati temperament sitting in a Confucian shirt and three strands of long hair. This person's name is Fan Bin.
Fan Bin, the largest scholar clan in Yuanyang and Yuanyin counties, is now the governor of Yuanyang and Yuanyin counties, managing places for the Xianbei people, collecting materials and 'vegetable people', and is a well-deserved loyal dog of the Xianbei people. The reason why the Hequ Pass was broken through by the Xianbei people that day was that Fan Bin contributed a lot, that is, he sent his eldest son Fan Xing to contact the Xianbei people, and led an elite team to bypass the Hequ Pass and suddenly appeared in the rear of the defenders. The soldiers of the more than 10,000 Yingyang Legions, who were responsible for guarding the Hequ Pass, were suddenly attacked from the rear, and at the same time, the main army of Xianbei rushed from the front. The Eagle Yang Army was caught off guard and outnumbered, and finally defeated, and the Xianbei army finally broke through the pass.
Fan Bin looked at the report he had just received, frowned, and said, "Why did those villages in the west only send such a small amount of food?" Tell them that if they don't want to be 'vegetable people', they should send the food they ask for immediately! ”
The subordinate answered and ran down.
Fan Bin rubbed his forehead, feeling a little tired.
A Xianbei officer came in, bowed to Fan Bin, took out a letter and presented it to Fan Bin with both hands. Fan Bin took the book, opened it, and looked at it. There was a look of surprise on his face immediately, and the book was an order from Kebineng, appointing Fan Bin as the Taishou of Xihe County to manage the affairs of Xihe County.
Fan Bin stood up, respectfully clasped his fists and said: "Please return to the big order, the villain will do his best to reimburse the big order!" The officer nodded and said, "Da Shan Yu also confessed, and asked Lord Taishou to go to Pingding County immediately to take office." ”
Fan Bin hurriedly said: "The villain will leave immediately!" ”
The officer left. Fan Bin sent him out of the county gate. After returning home, he immediately asked his cronies and family members to prepare their bags, and after lunch, a large family with a large amount of gold and silver treasures, under the escort of a team of Xianbei cavalry, left Yuanyang County, and went north to Pingding County to take office.
The Xianbei sentry standing on the city wall saw the smoke and dust rising from the west, looked carefully, and said to his companions: "Why is there a cavalry coming from the west?" The companion glanced at it and said nonchalantly: "It must be the men and horses of General Altay." "The other soldiers on the city wall also saw it, and they didn't take it seriously, in their imagination, in this situation, who else could there be cavalry besides their own cavalry?
"Huh? This cavalry is so fast! One soldier exclaimed. A soldier next to him continued: "Yes! With such speed and momentum, is it Da Dan Yu's pro-tent army? But how could Da Shan Yu's tent guard army appear in this direction? ”
A moment later, the cavalry came closer. The sentinels suddenly noticed that something was wrong, and one of the sentries shouted, "No! Those people seem to be Han Chinese! The sentry next to him said incredulously, "How is this possible?" Since the cavalry unit did not raise the flag, and the smoke and dust were in the sky during the full speed race, the sentinels could not determine the identity of the cavalry for a while, but most people subconsciously thought that it was their own people.
While the sentinels were still hesitating, the cavalry vanguard had already arrived under the city. Countless javelins flew whizzing, the sentries at the city gate were overturned to the ground by javelins, and the sentries on the city wall fell down one by one, and the screams rang out for a while, and at this moment, the Xianbei people finally knew that it was not their army that came, but the Han people's war horses. Tens of thousands of war horsemen rushed into the county seat, rushed to kill by different roads, and many Xianbei people were still chatting and drinking and eating meat around the bonfire, and were stunned by the sudden Han army war horses, and fell in a pool of blood. After reacting, I was shocked to find that the whole city was full of Han war horses, and the iron horses clashed vertically and horizontally, killing the Xianbei people who were running around like a duck!
Ma Chao took hundreds of war horses and scattered the Xianbei people in front of him in one go. Just as he was about to continue the pursuit, he suddenly found five or six thousand people who had been raised by the Xianbei people as vegetable people! All of them were young men and children, both men and women, all ragged and stained, with frightened expressions on their faces.
"General, it's our people!" An officer said.
Ma Chao said: "You, immediately the cavalry of the Shuai Department will escort them to Fushi City." The officer answered, beckoned his soldiers to tear down the fence that surrounded the people, and shouted: "Folks, don't be afraid, we are the soldiers of the Blue Wolf Legion under the command of the general!" We are here to save you! Come with us now! ”
Knowing this, these overly frightened people dared to confirm that these fierce warriors who came to their eyes were indeed their own army, and they were all excited, weeping bitterly, and kneeling down to Ma Chao and them to thank them for saving their lives.
Ma Chao asked the officers to retreat with them quickly. The officer beckoned the people to follow him. Five or six thousand people supported each other and followed the officer towards the outside of the city, and everyone couldn't wait to get out of this place, out of this hell on earth.
The Blue Wolf Legion swept away the remnants of the city and set fire to the Xianbei people's grain and grass.
Ma Chao ran out of the city gate with hundreds of horsemen around him. The deputy general, Ma Tie, rushed over and hugged his fists and said: "Big brother, you have captured five or six hundred Xianbei prisoners, do you send someone back to make meritorious contributions?" ”
Ma Chao glanced at the five or six hundred Xianbei soldiers who were surrounded by his own cavalry and were frightened by the city wall, and said coldly: "What are you doing with these people?" We don't have any food to spare! Kill them all, pay tribute to the souls of the dead! ”
"No."
Ma Tie commanded the soldiers to kneel five or six hundred Xianbei captives under the city wall, and then waved their swords together, and five or six hundred heads fell down together.
100,000 war horsemen left Yuanyang and headed south, with the burning Yuanyang County behind them.
He Liuhun was taken aback when he received the news that Yuanyang had been attacked by the Han army, and immediately stopped the attack on the city in front of him. Leaving the general 167,000 horses, he led the other half of the 167,000 cavalry north to Yuanyang, preparing to intercept the Han army cavalry attacking Yuanyang County. However, to his surprise, not long after the army set off, it encountered the 100,000 blue wolf army led by Ma Chao on the field! The two sides met each other in a narrow way, shot at each other's feet, set up a formation, and the battle was about to break out!