When the Central Plains War broke out, Cao Pi turned to the Xiongnu for help, and Liu Qubei took the opportunity to make a decision and gathered five troops to march to the east of the river.

This is not that the Xiongnu are grateful for the grace of Cao's resettlement, but they want to take the opportunity to enter and plunder, and winter is about to fall, which is the most difficult season for all tribes who are not good at cultivating land.

Cattle and horses have no prepared hay, but people have no food, but they can't eat grass, and because of the grace of the Cao family, they can't go to the Central Plains to fight the autumn wind, so they can only slaughter cattle and sheep for the winter.

I wanted to take advantage of the war in the Central Plains to develop secretly, but the food became less and less, it was inconvenient to graze in the mountains, and I couldn't farm, and the Huns were like trapped beasts, and they became more and more anxious.

So this time, Cao Pi sent people to invite, and all the tribes supported in unison, each with its own elite, and gathered more than 80,000 horses, including 30,000 elite horses, all of whom wanted to take this opportunity to make a lot of money.

But to Liu Qubei's surprise, Xihe Taishou Qiuxing openly disobeyed his orders, defended the city of Puzi, held on for half a month, and moved the people to the east of the river, so that they could pounce.

The Huns were like angry wolves, attacking day and night for three days, and finally broke through Puzi City, and Biqiu Xing led the remnants of the army to retreat to the east of the river.

At this time, Hedong Taishou Zhao Yan returned to the Han Dynasty, sent troops to support Biqiu Xing, and divided troops to guard the main roads in Luliang Mountain, and fought and retreated.

When the Huns killed out of Luliang Mountain and entered the Fen River, the people of Hedong also moved to the south of the Fen River.

Liu Qubei was furious, he originally came to help Cao Wei attack the Han army, but he was first stopped by his own family, so he simply took advantage of the situation, threatening to raze Hedong to the ground, so that he could send troops to plunder openly.

Biqiu Xing led the remnants of the army to withdraw from Luliang Mountain, Hao Zhao had already divided his troops to guard the main road of the mountain pass, Zhao Yan was responsible for the relocation of the people, and gathered the young and strong people in Pingyang to prepare to defend the city.

From Xihe County out of Luliang Mountain is the Fen River Valley, Fen water flows down from north to south, the terrain on both sides of the river bank is open, the east bank is Xiangling, the west bank is Pingyang.

The territory of Pingyang is very flat, in ancient times, there was a tiger falling in Pingyang was bullied by dogs, the Xiongnu were menacing, Hedong hurriedly responded to the battle, Hao Zhao raised troops to dig a trench in the Luyin River, to gain time for the people to migrate.

The Xiongnu vanguard of 5,000 men and horses chased out of Luliang Mountain, and the leader of the troops was Liu Qubei, the king of Zuoxian, and 20,000 horses had come to the north bank.

Liu Qubei saw that the enemy army was wearing the armor of the Wei army, but under the banner of the Han army, he was so angry that he scolded, but the soldiers on the other side just opened their bows and arrows and ignored them.

I had no choice but to forcibly cross the river, and immediately ordered people to prepare sheepskin rafts, cut down trees to build pontoon bridges, organize people and horses to cross the river, and first cross the river to the territory to loot and then talk about it.

The Luyin River is not wide, and the river is about to enter winter, the river is exhausted, and the Huns cross the river by bridge, but Hao Zhao strictly ordered the battalions to stay still.

Biqiu Xing couldn't help but step forward and asked, "General Hao, the thief will cross the river, why don't you give the order to release the arrows?" ”

Hao Zhao just stared at the Hun cavalry in the rear, and said in a deep voice: "The Huns take the cavalry first, and only cross the river on foot, so it is not too late to wait for the front to cross the river, and the rear cavalry will cross the river halfway." ”

"Shogun Takami!" Biqiu Xing will gather the people of the headquarters to guard the mouth of the lower river.

The Xiongnu front army had stepped on the pontoon bridge to go ashore, holding wooden shields and preparing to form a formation, and when they saw that the Han army was still defending, they smiled coldly and ordered the cavalry to cross the river quickly.

"Kill!" Qubei sneered, and ordered the soldiers to blow the horn of attack, as long as the front army covered the cavalry to rush to the opposite bank, the vast flat land will be the hunting ground of the cavalry.

The Han army stepped forward to form a formation, and the Huns fought in close quarters with the Huns, and most of the Huns who lost their mounts were only wearing leather armor, where were the heavily armed Han opponents, who were killed screaming and falling to the ground one after another.

But at this time, the Hun cavalry also took the opportunity to cross the bridge, rushed down the pontoon bridge in front, and gathered on the bank of the river, ready to attack.

Hao Zhao stood on top of a rock, and suddenly raised his flag and shouted: "Drumming!" ”

The front army quickly retreated, and the archers hiding in the trenches suddenly got up, fired ten thousand arrows in unison, and immediately crouched down after the front row, and the soldiers in the back row continued to release arrows.

The crossbow arrows were like raindrops, only countless sounds of breaking the sky were heard, and none of the Huns who caught up were spared, all fell to the ground, and the infantry had already retreated into the trench.

But at the same time, there were hundreds of Hun cavalry, and the horses rushed straight over, Hao Zhao personally pulled his bow, aimed at a Hun general, and the arrow broke through the air, and the man fell off his horse.

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In the dense rain of arrows, the Hun cavalry attacked violently, and before they could rush to the front of the trench, they were shot into hedgehogs, and even men and horses fell to the ground.

Liu Qubei was furious, and immediately ordered the rear army to cross the river together, and the Hun soldiers were like enraged beasts, stepping on the pontoon bridge, and rushing to cross the river one after another, and even many cavalry were squeezed into the river by their own families.

Hao Zhao was calm, and after the first round of arrow rain, he ordered again: "Rocket! ”

As soon as the Hun cavalry rushed over, there was a fire above their heads, wisps of black smoke whistled down, the men and horses fell to the ground with arrows, and the pontoon bridge was also on fire.

When the mount saw the firelight, he was immediately frightened and scurried around, and the Huns saw that the situation was not good, and they turned their horses' heads back to the shore, and the bridge was in chaos, and they collided with each other and were crowded, and there were countless casualties.

After being busy building ships and building bridges for most of the day, but losing more than 1,000 soldiers and horses, Liu Qubei's face was pale, and he was helpless to look at the flames of the floating bridge.

The Huns retreated to the foot of Luliang Mountain, and several leaders discussed the strategy of crossing the river together, but they did not realize that they were no longer facing Biqiuxing, but the most well-defended general today.

One of the leaders said, "This river goes all the way south, so why not find another ferry to cross it?" ”

"Brilliant plan!" Liu Qubei was overjoyed.

He ordered the soldiers to rest on the spot, and when it was dark, they divided their troops to look for a place to cross the river, as long as the main cavalry force could cross the opposite bank, the enemy army was not afraid.

Who knew that in the second half of the night, the soldiers came to return to their lives, Hao Zhao had already taken precautions, there were scouts everywhere along the coast, and once someone was found to have crossed the river, there would be cavalry to answer immediately, and there was no chance at all.

"Too much deception!" Liu Qu was so angry that he scolded: "How did Cao Pi bring the soldiers, all of them were disobedient, what a waste." ”

After a night of tossing, the morale of the Huns was low, and the people were sleepy and lacking horses, so Liu Qubei had to rest on the spot, wait for the reinforcements to arrive, and cross the river together.

The next day, Liu Bao, the king of Zuoxian, led the troops, and when he heard the news, he pulled his beard and said with a smile: "Brother, you are still too tender." ”

Liu Qubei was unconvinced: "What is the best way for the eldest brother?" ”

This Liu Bao and Liu Qubei are the sons of the former Xiongnu Shan Yu Fuluo, after the death of Yu Fuluo, his uncle Hu Chuquan succeeded Shan Yu, and appointed Liu Bao as the king of Zuoxian, and Qubei as the king of the right.

Cao Cao moved to the Southern Xiongnu, divided the soldiers of Huchuquan into five divisions, appointed Liu Bao as the left commander, Liu Qubei as the right commander, and the two brothers led the old department of Fuluo and secretly contended with Huchuquan.

Liu Bao said with a smile: "We have a lot of soldiers, and the Han army has few soldiers, as long as we divide three thousand men and horses, go upstream to block the river, and then divide five warriors and cavalry to cross the river, see how long they can block it?" ”

Liu Qubei slapped his thigh violently and yelled, "Great! As long as he crossed this small river, the king would make the Han people submit to the iron cavalry of the Xiongnu again. ”