Yan Wangjun returned thistle, and the Chinese martial arts of the slightly migrated army belonged to thistle.

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In April of the seventh year of Yonghe, in the south of Anxi City, Zhongshan in Jizhou (now southeast of Dingzhou, Hebei), corpses all over the ground, black blood spots all over the ground, broken knives and broken guns thrown on the ground and black smoke slowly rising everywhere indicate that there was a bloody battle here.

Ran Min, who was riding on a red war horse, looked at the battlefield in front of him carefully, and his sharp eyes were like two lightning bolts, sweeping around the messy field, like a falcon looking for a vole that had slipped through the net.

"Father, the battlefield is cleaned, what should we do next?" A young white horse general stepped forward and asked.

"What to do? It's time for us to withdraw. Ran Min turned his head and glanced at his second son, Ran Cao, and replied.

"Father, didn't we defeat the general of the Yan Kingdom? Why is there still a retreat? Ran Cao asked in surprise.

"We were able to defeat Gaokai, it was because the Yan army was scattered around the counties and could not be concentrated for a while, so it was taken advantage of by me. Now that Gao Kai is injured and defeated, retreating to Anxi, the news will soon spread throughout Northern Jizhou, and the Yan army's iron cavalry will immediately swarm in, and we will stop under Anxi Gaocheng, and then we will be surrounded by the Yan army cavalry in the plains, then we will be in danger. Ran Min's eyes were full of his father's love, and he taught slowly: "More than 50,000 of us are infantry, how can we resist the impact of the Yan army's iron cavalry in this plain?" ”

Ran Cao immediately understood, and hurriedly replied, "Father." The child understood. We took the surprise of fighting Anxi first, that is, to give the Yan army a dismount and frustrate their spirit first. ”

Ran Min nodded, he has two sons, the eldest son Ran Zhi and the second son Ran Cao, both born to his wife Dong. The eldest son Ran Zhi has been made the crown prince, but Ran Min loves his second son Ran Cao even more, and he takes him with him when he marches and fights. He taught everything personally. Heard Ran Cao say this. Ran Min didn't say anything more. just turned his head and said to the subordinate general Liu An and the others: "Pass the order down and tell the subordinates to move faster." ”

The Wei army quickly retreated from Anxi, but instead of heading directly to Julu County due south, they turned around and headed for Changshan County to the west.

Four days later, Murong Ke, the general of Yan Fuguo, led more than 50,000 iron horsemen to Anxi City, and only Anxi City, which was broken but not lost, greeted him, and the town guard general went out of the city to catch the army with a tired face.

Murong Ke was not surprised. Ran Min would definitely not sit back and wait for his cavalry to surround him from all directions. But when he heard that the Wei army had turned to Changshan in the west, he was a little puzzled. What exactly was Wei Jun's intentions? In Anxi, a shot straight to Changshan?

At this time, Gao Kai said: "General, Wei Ran has been besieging Anxi for several days, and it is not very urgent, but he sent troops to collect all the grain and grass in various counties, thinking that it was military funds. ”

Hearing this, Murong Ke suddenly understood that Wei Ran had come to Zhongshan to harvest grain, and he was probably going to Changshan to collect grain this time. I have long heard that because of the years of fighting in Xiangguo City. Wei has been short of food for many days. It seems that this statement is indeed correct.

"Fourth brother, shall we chase or not?" Next to Murong Trai (now he is still called Murong Ba, for convenience, he will be called Murong Trai in advance) asked.

Murong Ke lowered his head and pondered. I didn't speak. Murong Chui continued: "Fourth brother, why don't we directly send a giant deer to Xiangguo City, and watch Wei Ran still go around to eat and collect grain so well?" ”

Hearing this, Murong Ke couldn't help but glared at his fifth brother fiercely, this kid, he is a good hand at fighting, but he has too little experience in political struggle, and he still needs to be tempered for a while.

Seeing that the two Murong brothers had something to say in their hearts, Gao Kai and the other generals hurriedly rode away and stood far away.

"Old Five, what do you say the emperor gave us?" Murong Ke asked in a low voice.

"Attack Zhongshan and wait for the opportunity to annihilate Wei Ran's main force."

"Exactly, Zhongshan is just north of Wei State, we took Zhongshan, and we only need to pass Julu to Sizhou Xiangguo and City. Wei Ran will definitely not sit idly by, and will definitely send troops to fight. Murong said slowly in a low voice, "Now Wei Ran is going north, but he doesn't want to fight with us, but collects grain everywhere, why?" He's also looking for opportunities. ”

Murong Ke looked at the generals in the distance and continued: "The emperor sent us to attack Zhongshan, just to ask us to wait for an opportunity to lure Wei Ran out and then annihilate him. But we can't go one step beyond the giant deer, you know why? ”

"Fourth brother, it won't be because of the rumors in Dragon City and Jicheng, right? Second brother, no, didn't the emperor send a decree saying that this was a fallacy to confuse the public, and killed hundreds of officials and people who were discussing this matter? Murong Trai said in surprise.

Murong Ke shook his head with a wry smile, but secretly sighed in his heart that his fifth brother was really stupid. At the end of last year, rumors suddenly appeared in Longcheng, Jicheng and other places, saying that the former Yan lord Murong Hao was preparing to pass on the throne to the fourth son Murong Ke, because his Wencheng Wu was far superior to the current Yan lord Murong Jun. However, Murong Jun tampered with his will, established himself as the master, and took the throne that belonged to Murong Kedi.

The rumors also said that Murong Ke was unwilling in his heart, and made an appointment with his fifth brother Murong Chui, who had a very close relationship with him, and secretly planned to recapture the Yan King who belonged to him, and then divide the Yan Kingdom equally with Murong Chui.

This rumor spread more and more fiercely, and quickly spread throughout the two states of Ping and You, and it had a nose and eyes, as if someone had personally experienced it. Murong Ke treats things modestly, consults the good way, and deals with talents, and is deeply respected by the people of Youyou and Pingshi, and he has accumulated military exploits, and has great prestige in the army. As soon as such a rumor came out, it immediately shocked the entire Yan Kingdom.

At that time, it was not long after Murong Jun, the lord of Yan, became emperor, and it was a good time for the Yan country to be "thriving". When Murong Ke heard the news, he immediately pulled Murong Chui, and the two knelt outside the palace for a long time.

Murong Jun personally came out to help these two younger brothers, and summoned hundreds of civil and military officials, solemnly announcing that he would not misunderstand Murong Ke and Murong Chui because of this rumor, and also issued a strict order to withdraw the mastermind behind this rumor. But how can rumors be found? In the end, he just hurriedly arrested hundreds of officials and civilians who were slightly implicated and beheaded them. Finally suppressed this matter from the surface.

"Fifth brother, there are some things that can't be forgotten." Murong Ke sighed softly. "If we rush straight into the city, then people with ulterior motives will associate the previous rumors with this, saying that we took the opportunity to go south, abandoned Wei Ran, and took the city directly, just to try to stand on our own. How can you and I make it clear then? ”

When Murong Trai heard this, he couldn't help but break out in a cold sweat, and finally nodded gloomily: "I know."

"But it doesn't matter. We are cavalry. Just tail chase after the Wei army. Naturally, if you can bite Wei Ran, you must be able to find an opportunity. Murong Ke comforted, "It's inconvenient for us to go south to the city, but Wei Ran still has to eat and raise food in Zhongshan, Julu and other places, and we still have a good chance to ambush Wei Ran." The emperor has already decided to send his uncle to the matter of Raiding City. ”

"Send him?" Murong Chui didn't have a good impression of his little uncle Murong Ping, who was not much different from him at that age, "If we can annihilate Wei Ran's main force in Zhongshan and Julu, he can still cope with it with his ability." ”

Murong Droi raised his head. Suddenly, I saw that my brother was looking at the direction of Changshan in the west with a worried face.

"Fourth brother, what's wrong?"

"Fifth brother, I'm worried that the land is Beifu in the west, and they have occupied Xinxing and Leping counties in Bingzhou, which are next to Changshan County and Zhao County. You said that Wei Ran went to Changshan, would it have anything to do with Beifu? Murong Ke said.

"Beifu?" Murong Chui didn't react for a moment, Beifu was too far away for Yan Kingdom. I've just heard a series of victories and a few mouth-slamming and inspiring articles. And the most impressive thing for the Yan people is the wealthy and pervasive merchants of Beifu.

"Fourth brother, you said that Beifu will be involved in the Jizhou war? No way? It is said that the heavy troops of Beifu have pressed into the area of Heshuo and Yanmen in Bingzhou, which scared the old man Tuoba Shiyi a lot. Why did you suddenly turn around and run to Jizhou? Moreover, Beifu is a native of Jiangzuo Jin, and he is a mortal enemy with Wei Ran, how can he help them deal with us? Murong Trai said disapprehantly.

Indeed, although Beifu has occupied the state, it is only a mountain away from Jizhou. However, Beifu had been making trouble in the Guanlong area before, and there was no intention or sign of winning the Central Plains, and for some reason, the news of Beifu rarely flowed to Hebei, You, and Ping, which caused Yan Guo to know very little about the situation in Beifu, and the news obtained was all turned around, and it had long lost its meaning. Therefore, the people of the Yan Kingdom knew almost nothing about the movements and aspirations of Beifu.

"I hope I'm too worried, once the forces of Beifu intervene in the battle in Jizhou, then our Yan Kingdom's intentions to go south may be unpredictable." Murong Ke shook his head and said. Beifu was like the wind from the west, blowing quickly in Murong Ke's ears, but he couldn't catch it.

50,000 Yan cavalry pursued the Wei army into Changshan County. After Ran Min collected a large amount of grain and grass in Changshan County, he saw that the cavalry of the Yan Army had entered Changshan, and suddenly turned around and went to Zhongshan County.

Under the command and dispatch of Murong Ke, the cavalry of the Yan army did not dare to approach too closely. After all, Ran Min's bravery is famous all over the world, and Murong Ke led 50,000 people to fight Ran Min's 50,000 people, but he still has no bottom in his heart.

The two armies entered Zhongshan County again, Ran Min tun troops Weichang (now Wujibei, Hebei), and Murong Ketun troops in Chang'an, 60 miles away, the two armies held each other for more than ten days, just a little friction, regardless of victory or defeat.

Seeing that he could not find the weakness of the Yan army, and that they had been holding each other for a long time, the army rations began to be tight again, so he waved a shot and marched towards Boling County in the east, and then suddenly turned south and prepared to cross the Tuo River at Nanshenze (now Shenzenan, Hebei).

Murong Ke knew that it was not good, if he let Ran Min cross the Tuo River and defend each other with the danger of the river, he would have no chance to annihilate the main force of the Wei army.

Murong Ke immediately made a decision, sent Murong Chui to lead 20,000 cavalry to attack from the left flank, Gao Kai to lead 20,000 cavalry to attack from the right flank, and gathered the remaining 10,000 cavalry and 20,000 cavalry who hurried over from Gaoyang and other places under his strict orders, and attacked the Ran Min Wei army from the front, and it was necessary to encircle and annihilate the Wei army on the north bank of the Hutuo River.

Ran Min lined up his 50,000-foot army in a phalanx, backed by a large forest. He had more pikemen on both flanks, dense archers behind him, strong bows and Beifu longbows, and greeted Murong Chui and Gao Kai's flank attacks with a rain of spears and arrows. He led the most elite 3,000 cavalry and 10,000 infantry, and laid them out in front to meet Murong Ke's attack.

Ran Min rode a fiery red dragon horse, wearing the golden iron scale mountain armor of Beifu. Holding a double-edged long knife in his left hand and a long hooked halberd in his right hand, he led 3,000 cavalry to rush back and forth in the Yan army. Ran Min is like an incomparably sharp knife, breaking everywhere he goes, and the enemies he fights are all dead. And three thousand elite horsemen instigated the "high-priced" Qinghai horse, dancing the Beifu sabre, and followed closely. If Ran Min is the blade and tip of a sharp knife, then these three thousand elite horses are the blade of the knife. They rushed into the gap that Ran Min had come out of. Fighting back and forth in the Yan army array. Twisted Yan Jun's wound bigger and bigger.

10,000 elite infantry troops followed the charging cavalry as their solid backing. Moreover, these 10,000 infantry were dressed in the heavy armor of the Beifu infantry, holding the Beifu spear and steel knife, lined up in a dense formation, and pressed forward with the forward cavalry step by step, like a harvester, killing the Yan cavalry that "leaked" in front of the formation.

The earth-shattering shouts of killing rang out from morning to dusk. The two armies fought fiercely for a whole day, and non-stop sergeants fell, and sergeants kept coming forward, and everyone was gritting their teeth and holding on. Finally, as the sun went down, Murong Ke, who saw that his army could not win, had no choice but to order Ming Jin to withdraw his troops.

On the second day, Murong Ke continued to drive the army to attack, and Ran Min did not show weakness. Rivalry. The army led the battle, and the two sides fought another bloody battle.

For four days in a row, Murong Ke still couldn't please him. There was no progress at all, the Wei army only looked exhausted, but there was no sign of defeat at all, but it lost no less than 20,000 men and horses.

On the sixth day, Murong Ping led 50,000 cavalry to support, and the total number of Yan troops reached 100,000, while the Wei army was less than 35,000 left, but its elite 15,000 men lost only 3,000.

On the seventh day, Murong Ke once again mobilized new reinforcements to launch an attack. The battle was even more tragic than in previous days, and the Yan cavalry rushed into the two wings of the Wei army several times, but was beaten back with reinforcements from Ran Mindi's Hui army.

After three days of continuous fighting, the Yan army still did nothing in front of the Wei army, and they lost more than 20,000 people, and the blood and lives of tens of thousands of soldiers had dyed this land with a radius of less than ten miles black. In the face of such a strong opponent, the soldiers of the Yan army were afraid. Especially the god-like Ran Min, whenever the wings of the Wei army were in danger, he would instigate the dazzling red mount, wielding two long weapons, and rushing into the Yan army's formation.

Ran Min used his bravery to save the Wei army, which was not elite on both wings, again and again, and the lives and blood of tens of thousands of Yan soldiers were sprinkled on the black soil in vain.

"Fourth brother, we can't fight like this!" Murong Chui

The face said, "The soldiers have already been killed by Ran Min, and if the Wei army is not defeated again, our army has already collapsed, and we have to think of a way." ”

Gao Kai next to him said: "We are all cavalry, which is conducive to flat combat. However, Wei Min fought with his back to the woods, and our advantages could not be brought into play, so it was better to let our troops slowly retreat, lure them to flat ground, and then join forces to encircle them. ”

"That's very good. The elite of the Wei army is only more than 10,000 foot riders behind Ran Min, and most of the rest have relied on Ran Min's brave martial arts to support until now. Once we lure Ran Min away from the army, we can definitely crush it. At this time, Ran Min only had more than 10,000 people left, and couldn't we still surround him with more than 100,000 horsemen? Murong Trai said loudly.

"This strategy is good, but Ran Min is extremely brave, once he is surrounded by us, he has only two ways to go, either to break through or to go straight to our Chinese army. We are not afraid of breaking through, we are all cavalry, can't we catch up with him? But let him kill and disperse the Chinese army, and our army will collapse without a fight. Murong said with a frown.

"How's that for good?" Murong Ping couldn't help but ask worriedly. Although Murong Ping is known for his flattery, he still has some ability, at least he did a good job in Gaoyang and Zhang Wu, and broke dozens of cities in a row. But this is the first time I have seen such a stubborn and terrifying enemy as Ran Min. If he really let him attack his own Chinese army, the consequences would be really unimaginable. Murong Ping shuddered when he thought of this.

"In this way, Murong Jun led 10,000 light horsemen, invited Ran Min to fight, retreated while fighting, and led Ran Min out. I selected 5,000 good marksmen, and arrayed them in the Chinese army with iron locks and war horses, so as to strengthen the Chinese army and treat Wei Ran, Murong Chui led 20,000 cavalry, Gao Kai led 20,000 cavalry, and continued to attack the left and right flanks of the Wei army on two wings after Ran Min's attack. Once successful, immediately return to the army to besiege Ran Min. ”

"Yes!" Everyone hurriedly answered the order.

Early in the morning, Yan Guangwei's general Murong Jun led 10,000 light cavalry to invite battle. He first sent a dozen loud sergeants to scold. began to scold Ran Min for how to be a good grandson of Shihudi, and scolded until Ran Min was ungrateful and betrayed the country. If you say something ugly, you will find something to scold.

After listening to it for a while, Ran Min couldn't hold back any longer, and immediately instigated his mount and led less than 10,000 elite infantry to rush up. And Murong Jun led the army to fight for a while, and soon retreated, and scolded while retreating, so the angry Ran Min followed closely. The farther you chase.

Murong Chui and Gao Kai saw the right time. Immediately led 40,000 cavalry from both flanks to charge the nearly 20,000 Wei troops left behind. Murong Chui took the lead. Braving the rain of arrows of the Wei army, he directly attacked the left flank of the Wei army. The long knife in his hand was like a sickle, frantically harvesting the lives of the Wei soldiers. Under the leadership of Murong Chui, the cavalry of the Yan army became more and more courageous, and the gap of the Wei army became larger and wider.

After Murong Chui stabbed the left wing of the Wei army's rear army and shot Liu Qundi's head, the left wing of the Wei army finally collapsed on the whole front. Nearly half of the sergeants of the Wei army were young and strong not long ago, and there was no way to compare them with the elite of the hundred battles who had already gone out with Ran Min.

The rout on the left flank directly shook the right flank of the Wei army, which soon collapsed under Gao Kai's attack. The Wei general Dong was captured alive, while the commander of the Wei Hou army, Ran Cao, only led a few thousand remnants of the army to flee south in panic.

Murong Chui and Gao Kai didn't chase after them, and immediately turned around Ran Min.

Ran Min saw that his rear army was attacked from the left and right, and knew that he had won the plan to divert the tiger from the mountain, so he immediately turned his horse's head and prepared to go back to support. But the Yan army would not let him go, and Murong Jun led more than 10,000 cavalry to turn back and desperately entangle Ran Min. At this time, Murong Ping led 10,000 cavalry from the flank and stabbed a knife across the waist of Ran Minzhong's army. Although Murong Ping will not go to the front line in person. But he also knows that today is at stake. If he lets Ran Min go, no matter how favored he is, he will be condemned. So he stood at the back of the team with a steel knife in his hand and a horse with an iron face. Whoever dares to retreat will be slashed with a single sword.

In the desperate struggle of the Yan army, Ran Min couldn't get out, so he had to watch Murong Chui and Gao Kai defeat his rear army, and then roar back to the army, surrounding himself.

Ran Min knew that he had already reached the Tao, but he was courageous and shouted to the soldiers behind him: "Now we have fallen into a desperate situation, and we can only survive by fighting to the death!" Soldier, fight with him! ”

Thousands of Wei soldiers responded with a bang: "Fight with him!" ”

So Ran Min took the lead, holding the blade in both hands, and the Chinese army of the Benyan Army rushed straight over. Thousands of Wei troops followed, rushing forward like a whirlwind.

Ran Min's subordinates still had no enemy, and with just such a slight wave, the soldiers of the Yan army on both sides flew out one after another. Ran Min split the Yan army formation in front and led thousands of Wei soldiers to rush towards the Chinese army in the midst of more than 100,000 Yan troops.

At this time, Ran Min saw the big building in the distance, and he knew that the front should be the commander of the Yan army, so he yelled: "The front is the commander of the Yan army, kill him and capture him alive!" Thousands of soldiers responded like thunder.

Ran Min didn't lead the army for long, and suddenly a rain of arrows came head-on. Ran Min hurriedly waved his blade and blocked the arrow. But many of the soldiers behind him were shot one after another.

Ran Min took a closer look and saw thousands of Yan cavalry sitting on horses, running slowly, shooting as they went, arrows raining down. And the most vicious thing is that these Yan cavalry are connected by iron ring ropes, it is like a huge net, you just break through a little, or you will be entangled by other points in the net, there is no way to move forward.

Ran Min knew that something was wrong, and immediately turned his head and shouted: "Follow me, let's break through!" ”

So Ran Min led thousands of remnants of the army to the east to kill. In front of the unstoppable Ran Min, the soldiers of the Yan army were very helpless to find that they had no way to stop this Wei lord who rushed out of the ground. So in the middle of a reversal, Ran Min led the remnants of the army to break out of the encirclement of the Yan army and rushed eastward, and tens of thousands of Yan troops followed closely. Ran Min fled while fighting, and was finally surrounded on a hill thirty miles to the east.

Looking at the red sun slowly moving from central to west, and then looking back at the less than three thousand remnants behind him, Ran Min couldn't help but sigh. He rode his horse and stood on the top of the mountain, looking at the Yan army formation that was so continuous that he could barely see the Yan army array. In the silence, Ran Min could clearly feel the deterrent power of tens of thousands of cavalry.

Ran Min couldn't help but smile, patted Zhu Longma under his crotch, and said with a hearty smile: "Old man, Yan Ren really wants to get rid of me Ran Min and then quickly, and he has been fighting hard for more than ten days, and now he is not willing to stop even taking a breath." We can't see the sun tomorrow. ”

More than 3,000 Wei troops behind him heard Ran Min's words, and suddenly shouted in unison: "We are willing to live and die with Your Majesty!" ”