Chapter 778: Razing and Razing
Han Jian's appearance was unexpected by the Xianbei people, and at this time, Xianbei's cavalry had already crossed the moat, and it was impossible to leave. With the appearance of Han Jian, a large number of masonry and rolling wood immediately fell from the sky, which made Xianbei people feel an incomparable crisis.
Xianbei left Khan king's soldiers and horses are not many, but they are all horsemen, in the grassland this is also a terrifying soldier, originally Xianbei people thought that the left Khan king would lead his men and horses in the Central Plains gallop to the point of no one to resist, but did not expect to have a problem in front of a city that has been obtained. The Khan of the Left was originally in the lead, but when he realized that the situation was not right, he wanted to reorganize his ranks and let the soldiers and horses turn their heads, but it was too late. Rolling logs fell from the sky with arrows, and many horses were frightened in such a chaotic situation, and even the knights, who were not afraid of heaven and earth, panicked. It was the first round of attacks, and the men and horses of the left Khan left more than a thousand corpses, and many soldiers rolled off their horses, not even caring about their horses, and relied on their legs to leave the dangerous area within 200 paces of the city.
The king of the left khan finally escaped, and even several of his personal guards were killed, just when he was about to regroup, or at least let the remnants of the soldiers and horses retreat, the cavalry in the city actually took the initiative to go out of the city and launched a second round of offensive. At first, the king of the left khan did not expect that the Han people in the Central Plains would be so "despicable", and he was also careless, thinking that everything was in his hands. Now that the soldiers and horses in the city have taken the initiative to kill, he feels that he has more opportunities. As far as he knows, most of the Wei Dynasty's soldiers and horses in Beichuan City are infantry, and the cavalry is only a small number, as long as the Wei Dynasty's cavalry is killed, the most threatening rolling logs and flying arrows just now will not be effective. The defenders of the city will be even more frightened, and the city will still have to go into the bag to get something.
In this case, the king of the left khan ignored the biggest problem, that is, how could Han Jian appear in the city. He simply didn't think about it so much, took it one step at a time, and organized a cavalry defense line with the remaining 2,000 men and horses. Launch a round of face-to-face assault on the cavalry of the Wei Dynasty.
One hundred steps, fifty steps, forty steps......
The cavalry of the Wei Dynasty was getting closer and closer, and the Khan King of the Left also felt the pressure, and he could see that the cavalry of the Wei Dynasty in front of him was not only one or two thousand as legendary, and the number obviously exceeded the intelligence. But he didn't have much to fear, after all, it was a steppe cavalry that drank wolf blood, but when he found that the cavalry that rushed out was still in an orderly formation during the rapid attack, and what he was holding was not an ordinary spear or a saber in his hand. He felt the pressure like never before. The first line of cavalry of the Wei Dynasty was not a weapon to charge and kill the enemy face-to-face, but a heavy shield, not only people held shields, but even the front of the horses was equipped with heavy armor, which could not be easily pierced with weapons. What's more, if it is only the first layer, it is not a worry, and the cavalry of the second and third layers is still the same, and the back is blocked by high shields. I can't see it clearly.
The king of the left Khan has been fighting on the steppe for half his life, and he has also seen how brave the cavalry of many tribes and nationalities is. But I've never seen anything like it. It is also that the grassland has always been face-to-face, and no one will think of this kind of "crooked and evil way". As the cavalry of the Wei Dynasty approached, even the brave and fearless warriors of the Left Khan King also had the heart to retreat, just now the companion fell from his horse in front of them, and the shadow of the smashed flesh and blood flying was already shrouded in their hearts and could not be dispersed, and at this time they saw a monster like an "iron wall" rushing towards them. It also made them feel that death was near.
"Kill the ......" The earth-shattering shout of killing sounded, and it was no longer a one-sided situation of the steppe cavalry. As soon as they made contact, the cavalry of the Khan King on the left was immediately crushed, and the charging power of the "iron wall" on the opposite side was too great, and the damage was no less than that of the cavalry holding weapons. And the most important thing is that in the face of such a thick iron wall, even the most fearless Xianbei cavalry felt that they could not cut their blades, and could only watch the opposite side rush towards them while they were powerless.
With the collapse of the head-to-head confrontation, followed by the entanglement between the two armies, the king of the left Khan still felt that the Wei cavalry was not suitable for this unique tactic, even if he occupied the absolute advantage of the beginning, he could not immediately turn the advantage into victory. On the contrary, the Xianbei soldiers who were cornered, fighting and retreating in the predicament, had a chance, and after defeating the first batch of iron walls through different means such as cutting off horses' feet, the Xianbei soldiers were also able to organize a small-scale counterattack. But after all, the gap between the forces of the two sides is too big, the left Khan King has a total of only 3,000 men and horses, and just now he has lost more than 1,000 horses, and now even if he wants to purge the soldiers' military spirit, he is powerless, but because the Xianbei people are arrogant, even if they retreat temporarily, there is no collapse, which is a point that reassures the Left Khan.
The war happened suddenly, and it went on very quickly. It was only half an hour earlier, and the war was coming to an end. The iron wall that rushed from the city, although the soldiers did not have much actual combat experience, but in the cavalry confrontation, the momentum had already occupied the absolute initiative, even if the soldiers and horses of the left Khan King were brave and good at fighting, but at this time they were dwarfed. It is no longer possible to support it in the back. The Left Khan King still wanted to take the lead, but was stopped by the guards around him, for them, it is the most important thing to be able to protect the Lord and retreat, after all, there are 200,000 cavalry behind the three thousand iron cavalry, this defeat can wait for a comprehensive victory in the future, but if the Left Khan King dies in this battle, it will be too great a blow to the military heart of the entire Xianbei tribe and the war.
The Khan of the Left began to leave the battle under the escort of his personal guards, and this point was also grasped by Han Jian, who was standing on the tower of the city to supervise the battle. As Han Jian pointed his finger in the direction of the left Khan Wang Wang Banner, the flag on the head of the city also moved, and then the light cavalry at the rear began to pursue. Even under the light cavalry fight, the cavalry of the Wei Dynasty has an absolute disadvantage, but after all, the personal guard cavalry around the king of the left Khan is only twenty or thirty horsemen, even if it is four for one or five for one, there is no suspense in this pursuit.
But the guards around the Left Khan King are the elite of the elite, and in this case, they are forced to a dead end, and they give full play to their blood, even if the pursuing soldiers and horses sent by the city are close to the king banner of the Left Khan, they are still hindered again and again. Finally, when the royal banner of the Khan on the left left, the cavalry was still in pursuit. Han Jianli couldn't help but shake his head on the city tower, although this battle was won, if he wanted to defeat the Xianbei people on horseback in the future. There is still a long way to go.
At this time, there was no suspense in the battle outside the city, and the remaining Xianbei cavalry was only three or four hundred, and there was no combat power in many places. With even the last of the Xianbei cavalry either killed or captured, the battle ended in a great victory. The soldiers on the entire tower were cheering excitedly, this was also the first victory of the Wei Dynasty since the beginning of the war, even after Lin Zhan drove the Xianbei cavalry away two years ago. It was also the Xianbei people who took the initiative to withdraw, and they had never had such a hearty victory.
Han Jian came down from the city, and as soon as he arrived on the ground, a large number of local generals and gentry came to "labor the army", and some local officials came forward to flatter Han Jian, saying that they were "the Son of Heaven Shengming" and other sycophants. Han Jian didn't even bother to listen, since he "said he was sick" in the Beiwang Mansion from the beginning, many people talked about him behind his back, and these words almost came to Han Jian's ears from different intelligence systems. These people do one thing in front of each other and one thing behind their backs. It's not the first time he's been taught.
"Your Majesty, our army has won a great victory. Countless Xianbei war horses and blades were captured, and two hundred barbarian soldiers were captured, please ask Your Majesty to show you what to do. "Gangneung on the front line has been withdrawn, and the detailed results will not be summarized until the battlefield is cleaned up, but the initial results are encouraging enough. This is also the first time in the past 100 years that the Central Plains Dynasty has won a big victory in a horseback battle in a real sense with the strength of the Xianbei people. The soldiers were also excited enough. The military spirit is also at the top of the day.
Han Jian explained to some generals a little, he still has important things. It is to go back to "rest". It's not that he has traveled a long distance, he has never left Beichuan City for half a step since the beginning, but in order to deal with this battle in the past few days, Han Jian has not slept peacefully for a few days. It is even more necessary to hide from everyone in the city, transfer the heavy cavalry to the city, and then secretly set up an ambush to prepare for this raid. The reason why the king of the left khan dared to enter the city without warning. It was because he had installed a lot of fine work in the city, and he knew the situation in the city well, and it was precisely because the king of the left khan did not receive any news before the war that he thought that the city was determined to surrender, so he simply entered the city unsuspectingly. He was even walking in front of him, waiting for the generals and officials of the city to come out and bow down to him.
When Han Jian returned to the Beiwang Mansion, more people came. This time, it was a large number of gentry in the city, and many of them were secretly contacting the Xianbei people. You must know that they will do everything to protect their property and family, even if they surrender to the Xianbei people, they can do it, and for the people of today, being alive is the most important thing. Since the Xianbei people promised to "do nothing in the autumn" when they entered the city, and Han Jian, the new emperor, was "treacherous" and suddenly took soldiers and horses to fight Yuzhou, they simply chose to let the Xianbei people be the masters, and they could save themselves by doing things for the Xianbei people. They didn't know that all this was just a trick made by Han Jian, and what they did was also under Han Jian's surveillance, they learned that Han Jian personally supervised the battle in the city, and even the invincible Left Khan King was wiped out in the battle under the city, so they had to hurry up to flatter, so as not to be liquidated by Han Jian first.
At this time, Han Jian didn't care about them. In order to act realistically, Han Jian simply didn't even pay attention to the big and small military affairs in Beichuan City, which also made there be a lot of backlog of military affairs and administrative affairs in Beichuan City, among which there were still many urgent documents in the north waiting for him to give instructions. Fortunately, although Han Jian did not show up to give instructions in person, he had studied it many times in secret, and he had already prepared some instructions after his public appearance. After seeing a few generals and letting people transmit the battle report to the north, Han Jian could complete all the things he had to do after he had been "invisible" for more than ten days. He then came out to meet with the officials and gentry who had come.
"Your Majesty, you are ...... these days But are you well? "A magistrate came forward and wanted to ask what was going on, and now no one knows whether you have been to Yuzhou during the winter vacation or not. You must know that it is rumored that Han Jian's dragon banner has appeared in the Battle of Yuzhou, and Han Jian has also appeared in person, which is also the reason why the northern gentry chose to take refuge in the Xianbei people. But all of a sudden, these rumors became an illusion, and Han Jian was genuine standing in front of them.
Han Jian said coldly: "I bow to An, don't wait for trouble. ”
"Yes, yes, yes." A bunch of people are submissive, Han Jian is standing in front of them so full of energy, it would be strange to say that Han Jian is sick. Needless to say, Han Jian was acting, but they were fooled with the Xianbei people. Or it is precisely because they are convinced of Han Jian's trip to Yuzhou that the Xianbei people are also convinced. Han Jian wanted to hide from the enemy, and first deceived his own people.
"Your Majesty's grace shines this time, so that the whole army of the barbarians is defeated, and I also ask Your Majesty to tell the world to reassure the people, so that I can wait for Your Majesty's imperial grace, but I can wave my troops to the north and go straight into the grassland so that the barbarians have nowhere to hide!"
Sometimes it's a sycophant, and Han Jian really doesn't want to stay longer. But he was still ready to stay and put pressure on the Beichuan gentry present, and what he wanted was not the so-called allegiance of these people. Just like the pressure at the beginning of this battle, the Wei Dynasty's side came entirely from grain, grass and materials, and these were owned by the gentry in front of them, and they hoarded more grain than the grain in the local warehouse. In other words, the entire Central Plains is rich, the poor are the imperial court, and the people are also suffering.
Han Jian said: "I don't want to talk to you more. I found some people before, and they were secretly colluding with Di Yi, and this time the surrender of the city was also secretly caused by someone. Even if I wanted to be innocent of the past, the 200,000 soldiers on the front line would not agree. Ladies and gentlemen, if any of you are in collusion with the Xianbei people, it is better to be honest, I don't want to make a big deal and embarrass you! ”
The people present looked at each other, this is to make them come out and "turn themselves in"! But everyone has a family and a business, and they have been in business for several generations in the north, and no one has such courage when they say they will abandon it. But if he didn't say it, Han Jian would definitely find out one by one and ask for the guilt. Most people still dare to say that they are well hidden, and no one has found out, but before they openly contacted many gentry in the city, they couldn't hide it even if they wanted to. Even ordinary people know that they are "apostasy", but Han Jian has many eyes and ears who don't know it?
"Please atone for your sins, we are guilty!" Saying that, some people have begun to kneel on the ground to apologize. And as one or two people knelt down, more people knelt down, and they all felt that the law did not blame the public, or that Han Jian could be "extraordinarily gracious"? (To be continued......)