Chapter 221: Pacify Xianbei in Central China
In the core of this circle of wheel formations, although the number of Xianbei people is only more than 5,000 people, they are the real elite, and the few leaders who can evade in the core station circle are also under the Zihe Company, and they are several big leaders with considerable strength and reputation in the central Xianbei.
However, in front of the elites of the Longxiang Army, these so-called Xianbei elites only lasted half a column of incense longer than the Xianbei soldiers in the first two circles. Ao Lie's requirements for elite troops are the strictest in the world, because Ao Lie knows that elite troops seem to be beautiful on the surface, but the combat missions they actually take on are often several times or even dozens of times higher than those of ordinary soldiers, and without strict requirements for excellence, it is irresponsible for the lives of elites. Ao Lie, who has the idea of later generations, will never tolerate such a situation.
Sweat more in peacetime and bleed less in wartime. This is a well-known aphorism in the army of later generations. This sentence is very well reflected in the four elite troops under Ao Lie's command. Although the Longxiang Army is the latest of the four elite troops, the group it forms determines that this force has the same terrifying combat effectiveness as the previous three elites! Coupled with the strict training on weekdays, the elite level of the Long Xiang Army, if they consider themselves the second cavalry in the world, I am afraid that no cavalry dares to claim to be the first in front of them.
As a result, the core standing circle of the Xianbei cavalry, under the fierce impact of the Longxiang army, only lasted for half a pillar of incense, and was broken. The elite of the Longxiang army in two directions, driven by the war horses, were like two chainsaws staggered back and forth, ruthlessly cutting off a large piece of the fat meat of the Xianbei cavalry!
In just one chisel penetration, more than 2,000 of the 5,000 cavalry, known as the elite of Xianbei, were killed under the horse, and the remaining 3,000 or so cavalry were also defeated, and they no longer regained the rigor of the previous formation.
Ao Lie smashed a shot away from the most Xianbei cavalryman in front of him, and suddenly felt empty in front of him. In front of his eyes, there was no longer any enemy, and he had already rushed all the way from the starting place to the place where Lu Bu launched an attack on the opposite side. Similarly, after Lu Bu completed a chiseling piercing, he also came to the place where Ao Lie had originally attacked. The elite of the two dragon armies, after completing a chisel piercing, came to a perfect shapeshift as if they had discussed it.
When the Long Xiang army was under the leadership of Lu Bu of Ao Lie. After completing the chiseling, some Xianbei people were desperate to find that their 50,000 army was not the opponent of the Han army's 20,000 heavy cavalry, so a small number of Xianbei people began to try to escape from the battlefield, hoping to use the speed of war horses to rush out of this battlefield that made them feel desperate.
However, the wishes of these Xianbei people are destined to be frustrated. As they galloped dozens of paces away. When they were about to run out of the range of the foot of Wolf Mountain, a loud horn sounded, interrupting their sweet dream. The Blood Killing Army led by Pang De and the Tiger Ben Army led by Ma Chao showed their figures on both sides of Wolf Mountain. Responding to Ao Lie and Lu Bu on the battlefield, they blocked all possible routes for the Xianbei people to escape.
Because the weapon used by the Longxiang army was a long-handled Rahu dragon horn gun, it was not equipped with a Xizi hand crossbow, which was inconvenient to use with one hand. It will also affect the combat effectiveness of the Dragon Xiang Army, so they are equipped with a cavalry bow exclusive to the heavy cavalry. When hand-to-hand combat, use a Rahu dragon horn gun. Before launching a charge from a distance, it was to use the cavalry bow to carry out an area attack, and the dragon horn spear and the cavalry bow were used alternately, which was a major feature of the dragon army's combat. Different from the Longxiang Army, the weapons in the hands of the Blood Killing Army and the Tiger Ben Army are Jidu Horse Chopping Knife, and the entire body of the Horse Chopping Saber is only seven feet long, so that they can insert the Horse Chopping Saber into the scabbard behind their back at any time, so among the standard equipment they are equipped with, there is a long-range weapon that is extremely convenient to operate, such as the Xizi hand crossbow.
The performance and power of the Xizi hand crossbow have already been mentioned in the previous article, so I will not repeat them here. When a small number of Xianbei cavalry tried to disperse and flee, they were greeted by the Xizi crossbows that had already been prepared by the Blood Slaughter Army and the Tiger Ben Army. Because the number of Xianbei people who escaped was small, the elites of the two armies did not waste crossbow arrows, and did not choose to fire five arrows in bursts, but chose to launch at a single point.
As the crossbow arrows flew away from the crossbows on the arms of the elite of the two armies, the Xianbei people who tried to escape were subjected to extremely accurate individual shots, and each flying crossbow arrow, as if it had eyes, was aimed at the throat of the Xianbei people, and it was rare for two crossbow arrows to shoot at a Xianbei person at the same time, which shows that the tacit understanding between the blood killing army and the tiger army has reached an unbelievable level.
With a round of crossbow arrows, a small number of Xianbei people who were about to flee screamed and fell off their horses, each of them had a crossbow bolt stuck in their throats, and the tail of the crossbow was still shaking slightly, as if to send a silent warning to the Xianbei people: Don't think about running away, the end of that is only death!
Seeing that there was no way to escape, many Xianbei people felt despair in their hearts. In the face of the threat of death, the brave Xianbei people were frightened and retreated, and some people began to throw away their weapons and ask for surrender to the Longxiang army in front of them. After all, no matter how brave a person is, in the face of the threat of death, he can't help but be afraid, which is human instinct.
In the end, except for more than 10,000 stubborn Xianbei people who swore to die and were ruthlessly killed by the Long Xiang army, the remaining more than 30,000 Xianbei cavalry dropped their weapons, jumped off their horses, and knelt on the ground to accept Ao Lie's trial. For the trial of these Xianbei people, Ao Lie's approach is the same as that of the eastern Xianbei, from which 20,000 strong people were selected, and the Tiger Ben army was responsible for guarding them, and sent back to Yanjing to accept Jia Xu's reform, and the remaining more than 10,000 close to 20,000 Xianbei soldiers, collected all the weapons and armor, and then each of them was given a ration, so that they could return to their hometowns to publicize Ao Lie's benevolence and generosity.
Ao Lie believed that Xianbei in the central part of the country, who had lost the main force of 50,000 cavalry, would not have the ability or courage to dare to make trouble again, if it weren't for the lack of troops at hand, Ao Lie would have sent Zhao Yun to lead 20,000 troops directly to the crusade as he did with Xianbei in the east. But now I have to temporarily let go of the remaining leaders of the Central Xianbei, first, the Central Xianbei is a tribal alliance, and it does not have the strong cohesion of the Eastern Xianbei, after this war, it will definitely not dare to invade the Han Frontier again; Second, there is also the Budu root department of Western Xianbei, entrenched in the northwest of Bingzhou, waiting for Ao Lie to crusade, Ao Lie doesn't want to waste time on the central Xianbei, which is no longer a threat.
After arranging the prisoners and booty, Ao Lie left Xu Shu and Pang De to lead 10,000 troops to defend the border of Youhe, and then supervised the army to the west, preparing to launch an offensive against the last of the three Xianbei tribes, the Western Xianbei.
When he was determined to resist Xianbei, Ao Lie ordered Cui Yan and Gao Shun to resist Budugen's department together. Later, under the influence of the shadow members of Li Ru's subordinates, rumors spread within Xianbei in the west, which made Budugen feel like a numb, and had to temporarily stop plundering the Han Dynasty, and instead spent most of his energy on pacifying the internal strife. But then again, if Budugen was a master, I'm afraid the rumors spread by the Shadow Members wouldn't have played such a big role at all.
After a five-day trek, Ao Lie came to Guyang, the northwestern part of Bingzhou, which is closest to the northern steppe. Cui Yan and Gao Shun's camp is located in Guyang City. After bringing Ao Lie and his party into the city, Cui Yan told Ao Lie about the big events that had happened in the past month or so.
At first, Gao Shun led the 20,000 county soldiers stationed in the northwest of Bingzhou, and there were several battles of not too large scale with Budugen's subordinates, and the two sides won and lost each other, but overall, Gao Shun won more, and also caused some casualties to Budugensuo. Later, as the rumors spread by the members of the Shadows, Budugen no longer had the intention of invading the south, which created some fighters for Gao Shun, Gao Shun took advantage of the opportunity of the people's hearts in the west to fluctuate, and led his troops to attack twice, one was a night attack on the military camp where Budugen hoarded grain and grass, burned one-third of the grain and grass of the Xianbei people, and snatched back one-third; The second time was designed in a small valley twenty miles outside Guyang City, and a beautiful ambush was made, killing more than 6,000 Xianbei people in one battle.
In Cui Yan's report, Ao Lie heard his undisguised appreciation for Gao Shun. Originally, in Ao Lie's impression, Gao Shun was just a good hand at training, and he also wanted to find an opportunity in the future to transfer Gao Shun to Yanjing, responsible for the deeper training of the four elite troops, but through Cui Yan's words, Ao Lie suddenly realized a problem, he underestimated Gao Shun a little, he didn't expect that Gao Shun, who was famous for his training in history, had no less means than training to fight. It seems that the historical materials recorded by later generations cannot be trusted, in this era of heroes and wars, there are too many buried talents, and Gao Shun is just one of them.
Feeling Gao Shun's performance, Ao Lie decided that when recruiting officials in the future, he must carefully inspect the comprehensive quality of the people who came to recruit, maybe one day, Ao Lie will find a talent like Gao Shun, who has been ignored by the history books. The records of these people in the history books are completely biased.
After listening to Cui Yan's report, Ao Lie asked Cui Yan to write Gao Shun's exploits into a document and browse it among the officers and soldiers of the whole army. For those who have made meritorious contributions, Ao Lie does not hesitate to reward and praise.
After completing the reward for Gao Shun, Ao Lie led the topic to Central Xianbei, and turned his head to look at Zhuge Liang: "Kong Ming, what do you think about Central Xianbei?" No matter what time it is, Ao Lie always habitually consults his subordinates to achieve the effect of brainstorming. And the first person Ao Lie wants to ask must be Zhuge Liang. (To be continued......)