Chapter 348: A Great Victory
Micah had never seen Zhao Yun, but when he saw the Han military general riding a black horse and a silver spear in the distance, he couldn't help but think of Zhao Yun. Because at this time, except for Zhao Yun in Baishan City, no one would stop on the road of his retreat.
Micah wanted to rush forward and fight Zhao Yun for 300 rounds, but reason told him that if he did, the end would be miserable. Xianbei warriors like chain slaves all died under Zhao Yun's gun, and Micah didn't feel that he was stronger than the lock slave, so he chose to surrender very simply!
The Han army in Youzhou does not kill and surrender, this is a well-known truth, Micah doesn't want to die, but now he can't escape, so he has to surrender.
Seeing that Micah sent his men to beg for surrender, Zhao Yun ordered Micah and the soldiers behind him to immediately disarm and protect themselves, and then dismount and kneel on the ground, otherwise they would not accept Micah's surrender.
Micah did not dare to disobey, so he had to give orders to the more than 2,000 remnants behind him, and then took the lead in throwing sabers, riding bows and arrows on the ground, and the Xianbei people behind him disarmed themselves with humiliation on their faces, and knelt on the ground and begged for mercy.
Zhao Yun captured Micah and more than 2,000 prisoners, and escorted them all the way to the place where the heavy cavalry was stationed, and the two troops converged. It was nighttime when the sentry suddenly reported that another unit had been spotted in the north-east direction and was moving in that direction. Zhao Yun immediately ordered the heavy cavalry battalion to stand by while guarding the Xianbei prisoners, and he himself led six thousand light cavalry to meet them.
The heavy cavalry battalion guarding the prisoners experienced two major battles in one day, and although the casualties were not very serious, there were only more than 2,400 troops left to participate in the battle at this time, and there were more than 5,700 Xianbei prisoners who needed to be guarded, which seemed to be a bit insufficient. But the Xianbei people were all disarmed and protected, and all the men and horses were separated, so they did not dare to make any moves in the face of the heavily armed heavy cavalry, because these captives had seen the terrifying lethality of the heavy cavalry with their own eyes. Not to mention guarding more than 5,000 of them, even if the number is doubled, they will still be suppressed to death.
After Zhao Yun led his army to the northeast for twenty miles, he found the identity of this man and horse who was approaching, and it turned out that it was the Chihu who had escorted him to the remaining 3,000 captives of the 5,000 Xianbei cavalry who had been ambushed by Zhang He's army.
After seeing Zhao Yun, Lu Chihu felt a little surprised, and was about to open his mouth to ask what happened in Baishan City, but Zhao Yun gave him an order to continue to rush in the direction of Baishan City, after joining the heavy cavalry battalion. Take care of the wounded soldiers, transport the bodies of the fallen soldiers, and escort all the captives back to Baishan City. After Chi Chi Hu took the order, Zhao Yun led his army east overnight, apparently to join Zhang He's troops.
However, it was said that Zhang He personally led the light cavalry to pursue Chenglugui all the way. Two days later, it finally approached the preset interception position of the Zhenbei Army near the water.
Xu Rong lined up the 7,000 infantry in a horizontal formation several miles wide and waited quietly for Cheng Lugui's arrival. Cheng Lugui was furious when he was chased by Zhang He. Suddenly, I saw another Han army coming in the distance. And he didn't know how to line up a horizontal offensive formation on the grassland, and he was not angry but happy in his heart.
"The warriors in the tribe, charge with me, and trample all these Han people who don't know whether they are alive or dead into pulp!" Cheng Lugui shouted, and rode a war horse and rushed towards Xu Rongjun.
500 steps...... 400 steps...... The Xianbei man on his horse began to smile and raise his bow, waiting to get closer. Then he launched an attack on the Han army arrayed in front.
At this moment, the war horse under Chenglugui's crotch suddenly stepped on the air with its front hooves and fell into the horse trap with a pop. Cheng Lugui on horseback didn't have time to react in a hurry, so he followed the war horse into the pit. Then there was a scream of pain, and there was no movement after that.
"Longbowmen, three rounds of scattering, put!"
"Strong crossbowman, two rounds of concentrated shooting, release!"
"Sword and shield soldiers, take cover!"
"Pikemen, prepare to stab!"
Xu Rong, who was in the position of the Chinese army, had an expressionless face and calmly gave various attack orders.
The Xianbei people who rushed into the ambush area suffered heavy casualties, and those who had not had time to rush up from behind hurriedly turned around, intending to rush through this place from both sides. At this time, Sun Li led 7,000 cavalry to arrive, and he divided the troops into two roads, left and right, just guarding the two flanks of the infantry in the array, blocking the way of the Xianbei people. The desperate Xianbei people had red eyes, they had lost their command at this time, and they could only rely on their personal ferocity to fight to the death, and for a while, they actually caused a lot of casualties to Sun Li's troops.
At the critical juncture, Zhang He led the pursuing troops to finally arrive, and the troops happened to be divided into two routes, left and right, which happened to be docked with the two troops commanded by Sun Li, and attacked the enemy from the north and south directions. Xu Rong continued to command the infantry in the position of the Chinese army to shoot and kill the Xianbei people who rushed into the ambush area, and did not let a single enemy soldier leave the center of the position alive.
The tragic battle lasted from noon to evening, and the Xianbei cavalry who did the battle of the trapped beasts finally failed to escape from the joint siege of Xu Rong, Sun Li and Zhang He, more than 11,000 horsemen died in the battle, more than 6,000 were killed, more than 3,000 were captured after being wounded, and less than 2,000 people finally knelt on the ground and begged for mercy and surrendered.
By the time Zhao Yun led the army to arrive, it was already the afternoon of the next day, and seeing that the Xianbei people had been completely annihilated, and Cheng Lugui was stabbed to death by the long wooden thorns in the horse pit, Zhao Yun showed a rare smile and had a drink with Xu Rong, Zhang He and Sun Li.
In Xu Rongzhong's military tent, Sun Li said excitedly: "After this battle, the vitality of Xianbei in the east was greatly injured, and when Su Li learned the bad news that the 30,000 army was completely annihilated, would he be so angry that he vomited blood and died?" ”
Xu Rong said: "We don't know whether Su Li will vomit blood and die, but after this battle, the Eastern Xianbei retreated to the north for at least 500 miles, and retreated to the northern foot of the Great Xianbei Mountain, and did not dare to come south again for a few years." ”
"In this way, it just clears a major obstacle for our army to send troops to Liaodong, and the day of Gongsun Du's destruction will not be far away!" Zhang He said expectantly.
As the commander-in-chief of the Battle of Baishan City, Zhao Yun finally said: "The war on the Western Front is about to start, and it is not appropriate to stay here for a long time. Tomorrow we will lead the army and horses back to the station, General Xu and Sun Li will escort the prisoners here back to Diping, waiting for the order of the son, I will lead the army back to Baishan City with General Zhang, and after a short rest, we will do our best to fight a decisive battle with the enemy in the direction of Bingzhou! ”
After a hurried meeting, the generals left with their soldiers and horses.
The time soon came to the first month of the fourth year of Xingping, which was the eighth day of the first month, after Liu He got up in the morning, he played two trips to the courtyard and played five poultry plays, and then had breakfast with Xu Miao and Liu Fang.
Liu He picked up a piece of Tongji braised beef, and was about to stuff it into his mouth, when he heard Tian Chou running from the outer courtyard inward, and shouted loudly: "Childe, good news from Baishan!" Our army has annihilated all the 30,000 soldiers and horses of Xianbei in the east, captured the thief chief Micah alive, and beheaded the thief chief into a law! ”
Hearing this, Liu He swallowed the beef on the chopsticks in one bite, got up and ran to the outer courtyard, almost colliding with the oncoming Tian Chou.
After reading the good news sent by Zhao Yun's fast horse, Liu Hele had a smile on his face, and he immediately said: "Hurry up and report this good news to Guo Jia in Gaoliu, as well as the direction of Jicheng!" ”
"Childe, my subordinates think that it is not appropriate to publicize this matter too much at this time, and only let a few people know." Liu put aside and suggested.
"What is Ziqi's opinion?" Liu He asked a little puzzled.
Liu Fang explained: "Kebineng, who is far away in Bingzhou, will definitely not be able to immediately learn the news of the defeat of Xianbei in the east, and when he leads his army to attack, we may be able to use this point to make some articles." ”
Liu He vaguely felt that Liu Fang's proposal seemed to be another good idea that could trick people, so he nodded and said, "It makes sense for Zi to abandon this proposal." I will write to Zhao Yun, Zhang He and Xu Rong, asking them to keep quiet for the time being, and wait for a period of time after defeating Kebineng, and then discuss the meritorious deeds together! ”
Soon after, Guo Jia, who was sitting in Gaoliu City, received a secret report and learned that Zhao Yun, Zhang He and Xu Rong's three-way army had worked closely together to annihilate more than 30,000 Xianbei cavalry who had come to attack. The idea of sending troops to Baishan City was put forward by Guo Jia, and if he did not win, it would not only damage his prestige within Liu He's group, but more importantly, it would affect the course of the war on the entire Western Front, and even affect Youzhou's established plan to send troops to Liaodong. Now that the good news came, Zhao Yun, Zhang He, Xu Rong and other generals not only strictly implemented his predetermined battle plan, but also achieved a big victory beyond expectations, which made Guo Jia more confident.
Guo Jia immediately sent a reply letter to Liu He, in which he suggested that it was not appropriate to spread the news of the victory of Baishan City at this time, and it was best to create some false impressions to claim that Baishan had been lost, and that Zhao Yun and Zhang He were defeated by the Xianbei army in the east, and led the remnants to withdraw to Macheng. Guo Jia's proposal coincides with Liu Fang's suggestion, and even surpasses it.
A few days later, Liu Yu of Jicheng received a secret report that the Youzhou cavalry had annihilated more than 30,000 people in the eastern Xianbei on the northern grassland, and he was shocked beyond measure.
A few years ago, when the Xianbei people were in rebellion, thousands of people were able to rush into Youzhou and loot unscrupulously, and sometimes they even dared to run to Jizhou to do evil, but Youzhou and the defenders of Jizhou had nothing to do with them.
Now the Youzhou cavalry under the command of his son not only blocked the entrances of the Xianbei people in and out of Youzhou, but also dared to go out of the Great Wall defense line and confront the Xianbei people on the prairie, but also achieved an amazing record of total annihilation, which Liu Yu never dared to think of before.
If it weren't for Liu He's special reminder to his father in the letter, it would not be appropriate to publicize the victory at this time, but I was afraid that Liu Yu would immediately spread the news to all counties and spread this great news to every corner of Youzhou.
In addition to Guo Jia and Liu Yu learning about this, Liu He also sent people to Tai Shici and Liu Hui in Jizhou to send similar superstitions, so that they could also grasp the development of the war in Youzhou in time and be ready to deal with Yuan Shaojun's movements at any time. (To be continued......)