Zhao Yun personally led the heavy cavalry battalion to intercept the Xianbei people at the northern end of the Maple Grove Valley, and the Chi Hu, who pretended to be Micah's subordinate, killed a horse pistol and completely blocked the southern end of the Maple Grove Valley......

All the actions proved to be a perfect ambush that had been repeatedly designed and practiced beforehand, and there was no suspense. Two hours later, the 9,000 Xianbei people who entered the valley, including the two tribal patriarchs Tuoba Changqing and Hudang, all died in the valley, and none of them were spared.

If it weren't for Kebineng's perverse actions in Macheng that completely angered Zhao Yun and the soldiers of the Xiao Cavalry Guard, this time Zhao Yun might just block Tuoba Changqing and Hudang in the Maple Forest Valley, and then send people to persuade them to surrender, leaving a way for these nine thousand Xianbei people to live.

After the cavalry guards completely annihilated the troops of Tuoba Changqing and Hudang at a very small cost, they did not return to Baishan City, but immediately moved from the Baishan Secret Road to the direction of Guangning, and appeared under Guangning City two days later.

Xianbei people can think of sneaking up on Youzhou from the Baishan Secret Path, and Zhao Yun can naturally think of urgently returning to Macheng from this mountain path. Now that Kebineng's wings had been cut off, Zhao Yun felt that it was time to concentrate all his forces on a decisive battle with Kebineng.

When Liu He learned that Zhao Yun had completely annihilated the strange soldiers sent by Kebineng, his mood improved slightly, and he gave Zhang He and Zhao Yun orders at the same time, so that the two generals would move closer to Macheng with the main force under their command, and prepare for a decisive battle with Kebineng's main force at the northern foot of Daqing Mountain.

Zhao Yun asked Tuoba Changqing and Hudang to send the heads of Tuoba Changqing and Hudang to Macheng, and after Liu He saw it, he ordered someone to hang it outside the west gate of Macheng, and told Kebineng unmistakably that the troops he sent out to attack Youzhou have now been destroyed.

Kebineng sent a sentry to reconnoiter Macheng's movements, and soon transmitted this important news back to the camp at the northern foot of Daqing Mountain. When Kebi learned about it, he was hit by five thunderbolts, and a deep sense of frustration filled his heart in an instant. Carefully calculated, since he officially attacked Youzhou, he has lost 25,000 soldiers and horses, and now there are only more than 35,000 soldiers and horses left, and the total losses of Liu He's troops in Youzhou are only about 5,000 so far!

In the face of the Youzhou army, which is as defensive as a hedgehog, cunning as a fox with tricks, as fierce as a tiger and wolf, and as stable as a rock in defense, Kebineng feels that he always overestimates his own strength every time. underestimated Liu He and his gang of subordinates.

Just when Kebineng was retreating and planning to return to the northern part of Bingzhou to recuperate, Liu He personally led a mixed army of 35,000 cavalry out of Macheng and came directly to Kebineng's camp in a grand manner.

Liu He did not send an envoy to surrender to Kebineng. Because he thinks that shameless Xianbei people can do anything shameless, what "the two armies are fighting." Don't cut to make" and other rules. For Xianbei people, it is not applicable at all. Liu He is unwilling to sacrifice even anyone to talk to Kebi more, he just wants to go to the grassland in person with this dignified and upright attitude, forcing Kebi to fight to the death with him.

So, can Kebi choose to retreat at this time?

At this point, he didn't want to go. I can't go, and I don't dare to go!

The Xianbei people have paid 25,000 brave tribal warriors, but they have not even taken an inch of land in Youzhou, which is something that all the tribal leaders who follow Kebineng to the south to fight are difficult to accept. The Xianbei people have always felt that they are the masters of the prairie. Now Liu He only came to challenge with troops equivalent to his own strength, if the Xianbei people chose to retreat at this time, then they would no longer have the confidence and face to brag and show off to the young people in the tribe in the future, let alone explain to the old people and women of the tribe who had lost their children and dead men.

The most important thing is that the Xianbei people who have gone south have tasted a lot of sweetness, and they are now reluctant to occupy the four northern counties of Bingzhou, if they choose to retreat north this time, they will inevitably vomit out all the fat they have just eaten in their mouths.

Under the accumulation of various reasons, Kebineng could only accept the offer this time and have an upright battle with Liu He on the prairie.

The venue of the decisive battle was set fifty miles north of Daqingshan, Liu He led the army to advance from the southwest in a straight line to this place, and Kebineng waited for the arrival of the Han army at ease.

Liu He's troops consisted of 10,000 Dragon and Tiger Guard infantry, 5,000 Youyan Army infantry, 15,000 Xiao Cavalry Cavalry, and 5,000 Wuhuan reinforcements. Among them, 3,000 heavy cavalry and 5,000 heavy infantry were in the position of the central army, 3,000 chariot soldiers were in front of 5,000 longbowmen and crossbowmen, and 2,000 melee infantry were in the center where Liu He was; The nine thousand light cavalry on the left flank was commanded by Zhang He, and the eight thousand light cavalry on the right flank was commanded by Zhao Yun.

In order to strengthen the command coordination between the three corps, Liu He asked the Ordnance Division to build several command vehicles with a height of more than three zhang, on which stood signal soldiers and lookout posts holding flags of several different colors. The signalman is responsible for issuing command orders from the commander of his army to the soldiers in the form of a hand flag, and the lookout post is responsible for reporting the observed enemy situation to the commander of the army.

Due to the importance of the signal corporator and the lookout post, the lookout at the top of the command vehicle was designed as an anti-slope plane to prevent enemy arrows from attacking and to ensure the safety of the two soldiers in the lookout. Sometimes, in order to observe the entire battlefield situation, Zhang He and Zhao Yun, as commanders, might even climb to the top of the command vehicle in person, instead of charging at the forefront of the front.

This kind of large-scale corps with more than 50,000 people in battle, relying on the bravery of one or two generals to fight on the battlefield is no longer effective, even if he is as strong as Zhao Yun, he can't single-handedly take on the tens of thousands of cavalry of the Xianbei people, so how to dispatch and command the soldiers under his command to attack, hold and retreat, which direction to attack, which direction to close, and which direction to reinforce these are what the main general should do.

Kebineng did not have a tall command vehicle, but he had rich experience in grassland terrain operations, and more than 35,000 tribal warriors were divided into three waves by him, and they were scattered and arranged in a wave formation, it seemed that he wanted to give full play to the greatest advantage of his own warriors who were good at horse swimming and shooting, and attacked the Han army in a three-fold wave.

The two armies faced each other, the men and horses neighed, the flags were unfurled, the war drums were beaten, and the great battle began......

The heavily armored iron cavalry at the forefront of the Chinese army in Youzhou Han Army was still the first troop, and with super protection, it fought hand-to-hand with the oncoming Xianbei people. The Xianbei people who had suffered the loss of heavy armor and iron cavalry had basically become dead or captive, and when Kebi fought with the Han army six years ago, he had not seen this kind of heavy cavalry that Liu He had come out of, and today on the battlefield, he was finally fortunate to witness how powerful and terrifying the black armored heavy cavalry of Youzhou was.

The heavy cavalry still used the long-poleed cavalry as their weapon for the first round of attack, and in a heart-wrenching sound of the cavalry breaking, the Xianbei cavalry on the horse was pierced through.

A leader of the Xianbei tribe saw that the spears of the heavy cavalry of the Han army were broken, so he shouted: "Don't be afraid, sons! These armored cavalry of the Han army are no longer out of spears, let's rush over and finish them off! After the leader finished shouting, he led the cavalry of the tribe and rushed towards the heavy cavalry.

However, the heavy cavalry with a broken lance is not a tiger with its teeth removed, they use the lance for the first round of attacks just to inflict maximum damage on the opponent in the first round of charge at the minimum cost, and after they throw away the broken lance, it is actually their most terrifying time.

"Heavy cavalry battalion, raise your sword, charge!"

"Spearmen ready to meet the enemy!"

"Longbowmen, due north, elevation angle thirty, two rounds of fire!"

At this moment, Liu He calmly issued a battle order to the herald, and the herald raised his head and shouted loudly to the signal soldier at the top of the command car, accurately passing on the order of the main general Liu He. After hearing the voice of the herald below, the signalman immediately waved the flags of different colors in his left and right hands to convey the commander's orders to the commanders in different directions of the battlefield.

In the era of cold weapons, before the advent of wireless communication command equipment, the transmission of signals and orders by voice was the most convenient means for small-scale battles with fewer than 1,000 people, while the transmission of combat orders through visual signals was the first choice for group operations with more than 10,000 people. Liu He is well aware of the importance of battlefield dispatch and command, so he deliberately trained a group of signal soldiers a long time ago, and also forced the generals of various armies to learn the meaning of the signal hand flag, and now he has finally played an important role in this kind of open battlefield.

"Wuhuan cavalry battalion, attack!" Zhang He, who was on the left flank, clearly saw the order from the command vehicle located at the position of the Chinese army through the clairvoyant mirror, so he gave the order in a deep voice.

After hearing Zhang He's order, the leader of the Wuhuan tribe who came to support the battle, Nawu Kangning, immediately shouted loudly: "Warriors of the Wuhuan clan, the opportunity to show our bravery has arrived, don't let the Han brothers laugh at us as Wuhuan people who can't ride and fight!" ”

After saying this, Wu Kangning rushed out first, and the five thousand Wuhuan cavalry also rushed towards the Xianbei people with a roar.

"Light cavalry battalion, attack!" Zhao Yun on the right flank gave an order to the Xiao cavalry to fight at the same time as Zhang He gave the order.

The fierce battle was carried out at the same time on the wide battlefield within a radius of dozens of miles, and the Xianbei people's combat power had been significantly improved by the high bridge saddle and the stirrups of both feet.

Xianbei people are good at riding and shooting, but the Wuhuan people and the Han cavalry are not weak, they are equipped with high bridge saddles and stirrups that fit the body better, they usually train longer than the Xianbei people, the most important thing is that they have strict organization and discipline, every moment is in strict command and dispatch, so in this large-scale corps duel, they can exert the greatest power.

On the first day of the battle, the two armies sent 10,000 men to fight, but the Xianbei people were defeated by the Han army, and after paying a heavy price, they were forced to retreat thirty miles to the northwest. (To be continued......)