Chapter 125: The Will to Fall into Battle, Death and Life (3) (6.3k)

At the end of the night, the faint morning light broke through the last dark color of the sky, and the light dew dropped on the trees.

The breeze blew in the open field, and the grass that had been straight rose and fell with the wind.

Gaoyanagi Castle is located on the border, and in the past there were very few pedestrians, and there were more empty meadows outside, except for a dense forest in the south, where wild deer and hares were often absent in the past.

Li Yan is a famous man from the prosperous land of the Central Plains, and when he first came, he stood on the city tower and said a somewhat exaggerated word to Chen Wei.

Sitting quietly in the city, you can also hear the wind and grass outside the city.

At that time, he naturally said it unintentionally, but he didn't want it to come true today.

Outside the city, the sound of horses' hooves came to the ground.

There have always been many horses in the north, and this time Xianbei is known as a thousand people, but there are not only a thousand horses, even if you can't do one person and two horses, you can always bring more horses than the number of people.

The horses galloped in the wilderness outside the city, and more than a thousand horses galloped forward, setting off a burst of roars, for the Han family, who had never seen thousands of horses galloping, there was no need to fight each other, and this momentum alone was enough to make some weak people flee in the wilderness.

When rushing into battle, the cavalry was used to deter first, which was one of the common tactics used by Xianbei to invade the south, and it was tried and tested.

At this time, the guards at the west gate of Gaoliu Castle and some of the Qianshou who were about to leave the city immediately began to run towards the city, shouting and shouting as they ran, and many of them fell to the ground and threw the things they were holding on the ground.

Seeing the ugliness of these Han families, the Xianbei cavalry who was running in front of them laughed on their horses, and some people deliberately pulled their bows and arrows on horseback, as if they wanted to shoot their bows, and they naturally couldn't shoot at such a distance, and they just humiliated these Han family members by doing so.

In these years, Xianbei has come south all the year round, and the people of the Han family have lost the awe they had back then.

In their eyes, today's Han is no longer the strong man who drove the Huns a hundred miles away and Yan Ran was stone.

Looking closely, although a thousand horsemen suddenly rushed in, in the blink of an eye, they had already been divided into three armies: the front, the middle and the rear.

The rear army is naturally a thousand people, and Changqiu Dun needs to bring more than 200 people around him to press the formation, and a big flag is erected on its side, and where the flag is located, it is the place where the commander is.

The more than 600 rangers of the Chinese army stopped at the halfway station, attacking and retreating.

There were only about 200 horsemen who actually rushed to the city gate.

The Han family must have a first in every battle, and Xianbei naturally has a sentry horse.

And those who are the first to climb and sentry riders will be brave men of the three armies.

By this time, the sentinels of the front army had already rushed to the city gate.

First saw the ugliness of those Han family members seeing their own cavalry, and then saw that the two or more cavalry who rushed to the front had already rushed to the city gate, Qiu Dunxu let go of his doubts.

He knew that the opportunity could not be missed, and hurriedly asked the guards beside him to beat the drums.

Smell the drum and advance, smell the gold and retreat.

Halfway through, the Chinese army heard the sound of drums and immediately rushed towards the city gate.

At this time, the city gate was close in front of him, but the Xianbei front army slowed down a little, and waited until the Chinese army got a little closer, and then rode his horse towards the city.

Although the front army is all brave and brave people, their role is nothing more than that the front army bravely goes ahead and opens up the situation for the rear army. ….

Only by colluding with the front and back can we defeat the enemy in one fell swoop.

Seeing that the great thing was about to be accomplished, Qiu Dun needed to be a little complacent, and said to Wang Yan on the side with a smile: "Master Wang, it seems that you and I will be able to drink fine wine in the city soon. I think that this time the Great Khan will reward us, there must be no less."

Wang Yan echoed, "Thanks to the meritorious service of the commander of the thousands, how could he have achieved great success so easily."

"Master Wang doesn't need to be modest, this great credit is half of mine, and naturally half of yours." Chu Dun said with a smile.

Now that the great work has not been completed, the two have already divided the credit.

At this time, the Xianbei front army had already rushed through the city gate, and the Chinese army was about to follow, but the weak scribe who had been leaning on the pillar on the city tower and had been watching coldly stood up and struck the drum on his side with the wooden hammer in his hand.

At this time, the archers who were already half-squatting on the city tower and covering their bodies with the city wall also immediately stood up and shot a rain of arrows at the Xianbei ranger army who was about to rush to the city.

Arrows rained down, and the Xianbei Chinese Army Rangers, who were originally flying forward, naturally never thought that there would be such a change, and everyone was shocked for a while, and many people fell off their horses.

It's just that although this rain of arrows looks powerful, it has never had much accuracy. The man who falls from his horse by the missed arrow is far less than the man whose horse falls from his horse when he is frightened.

And the effect of this rain of arrows is not to kill the enemy, but to stop the enemy.

After the rain of arrows stopped, someone behind him quickly followed and shot the next round of arrow rain. In short, regardless of the loss of arrows, it is to let these Xianbei rangers not be able to enter the city gate.

Most of the defenders in the city were the original defenders of Gaoliu City, and under the city tower, at the city gate, it was Gao Shun and his trapping camp who were waiting for him.

At this time, the more than 200 elite horsemen who entered the city first did not care about the people behind them, and since they entered the city on Pegasus, the first thing to meet them was the stumbling horse not far in front of the city gate.

They entered the city in a hurry, and many of them tripped and fell off their horses in a moment. It's just that the Xianbei people have always been skilled in bowing horses, and tripping horses are a common trick in battle formations, so they quickly manipulated their horses to cross the tripping ropes.

They were greeted by a full number of spikes, and many of them sat down and were cut by the iron nails on the ground, and fell off their horses.

In the Han Dynasty, the cavalry did not have double-handed stirrups, so the cavalry mostly responded with two wings, and the arrows and feathers attacked and harassed, and most of the cavalry charges could only be chased to the north.

At this time, most of the Xianbei ranger war horses have been abolished, and even the remaining ones are no longer able to charge in such a situation, and the cavalry loses their horses, just like people lose their arms.

On the opposite side, Gao Shun stood at the forefront, commanding the trap camp to bend the bow and arrows, and the face was to give these Xianbei people a rain of arrows, unlike the enemy on the city tower, they were really killing the enemy, after a rain of arrows, there were naturally many Xianbei survivors, and the next to greet them was the spearmen who had already been prepared.

Gao Shun is like an indifferent spectator, methodically directing every move of the trapped camp.

is as he said in Hanoi at the beginning, even if there are thousands of enemies in this world, if he enters the formation of his camp, he can capture it. ….

At this time, the arrow feathers were exhausted, and the remaining Xianbei people naturally would not be restrained, and at this time they had already come over with their spears.

The rest, of course, is close combat.

Gao Shun drew his knife out, and when he went forward, he roared in his mouth, "The will to be trapped, there is death and no life, gentlemen, trapped!"

More than 200 trapping camps pressed together, and the sound of killing resounded in the city.

"Trapped!"

At this time, there were also Xianbei rangers in the Chinese army, who braved the rain of arrows and poured into the city gate to help in the battle.

Not far behind the trapped camp, Li Yan and Chen Wei took more than 100 county soldiers to defend in case of contingencies.

At this time, he saw the fierceness of the battle in front of him, and he couldn't care about anything else, scattered the crowns, drew his sword, and wanted to bring someone forward to help, Chen Wei hurriedly stopped him, but for a while, he couldn't pull this extremely weak scholar in his opinion.

Li Yan shook Chen Wei away from his hand, and said angrily, "Now that others are still fighting to the death, my Gaoliu people will sit idly by!" I am a scribe, but I can also lift up my sword."

He roared angrily at the county guards behind him, "Gentlemen, fight to the death with me!"

With Li Yan and others joining the battle, the men who originally heard that Xianbei came to the south and hid in the house with their wives and children settled their wives and children at home, took the swords in the house, and went to the west of the city one after another.

The Battle of the West Gate became a battle of a city after all.

Although the Xianbei rangers were blocked at the west gate, the city was full of shouts and killings.

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Outside the city, Qiu Dunxu, who was originally stationed in the rear army of Ma and was laughing with Wang Yan, changed his face greatly.

In the end, he was a veteran who had been in battle for many years, and at this time he naturally knew that the city had already prepared, and at this time he realized that he was indeed a little careless.

At this point, he was already in a bit of a position, and now there were only two paths in front of him.

One of them is naturally the whole army pressing, if the whole army is pressed at this time, there is no chance of success in the first battle and taking Takayanagi City. And as long as Gaoliu City is taken, even if there is a big loss, it is worth it.

It's just that this is tantamount to a big gamble, since the people in the city dare to open the door to meet the enemy, they are naturally prepared, he doesn't know how the people in the city are prepared, the bet is that the defense of the city can't stop their Xianbei elite iron hooves.

Bet big and win big, but if he's not careful, he might bury everyone here.

The other way is naturally to retreat immediately, abandon the front army, and retreat to Xianbei with the middle and rear armies.

At this time, the rear army and the Chinese army that had not entered the city added up to four or five hundred people, if they wanted to evacuate, they could naturally retreat, and those Han troops did not dare to go out of the city to pursue anyway.

If this is the case, he can certainly retreat safely, but in this way, it is equivalent to abandoning the former army and those Chinese troops who have entered the city, and abandoning the generals on the battlefield has always been a taboo in the army.

Even the soldiers who worked hard for their own families can't be saved, and where will anyone die for you in the future

What's more, most of the Xianbei started from the tribe, and most of the soldiers under him were related to the tribe. This is also one of the reasons why the Xianbei cavalry is quite strong, and the Hunan army of Zeng Guofan in the future is also somewhat the same.

Moreover, if you retreat at this time, you will admit defeat. This time it is a three-way out, I don't know what the other two ways are, if the other two roads are a big victory, only he lost troops along the way, and he may not kill him with the temperament of Tanshi Huai, but in the future, he can't lead the troops alone. ….

At this time, he was hesitant and couldn't make a decision, he turned his head and wanted to ask Wang Yan, but before he could speak, there was a rapid sound of horses' hooves behind him.

Chudun was stunned for a moment, and then immediately signaled the rear army to prepare to meet the enemy.

There will be no more cavalry of their Xianbei people here, so there must be friends and foes behind them.

His reaction was not slow, but the cavalry behind him was extremely fast, and the people in the Xianbei army were originally attracted by the shouting and killing in the city, and suddenly they didn't have time to prepare, and the cavalry behind him had already covered up in front of him.

The team of more than 100 people behind him, but the team that came by surprise did not rashly collide with the Xianbei rear army, but immediately dispersed into two teams on the left and right after covering behind them, and surrounded the rear army.

The team on the left side of the rear army is constantly wandering, from time to time with bows and arrows to harass, using a typical state tactics, led by a man holding a halberd, a halberd in his hand is unpredictable, every time someone shoots someone will fall off the horse.

The team on the right is much stronger than that, if the team on the left is looking for opportunities, then the team on the right is constantly creating opportunities, charging several times, and almost being knocked into by them in front of Chudun.

Qiu Dun needs to be a character who is used to seeing big scenes, although he suddenly encountered such a change, but he still did not panic, and immediately raised the flag to ask the Chinese army in front to come back.

Although these two surprise cavalry armies were not bad, they were actually fewer in number. As long as he can stabilize the situation and wait for the Chinese army to come back, no matter how powerful these people are, they will be strangled by him here.

He drew his sword and was about to personally boost his morale, but he didn't want to hear the whistling sound of an arrow in his ears, he lowered his head slightly, and the arrow grazed his ear, and it was an arrow that shot down the banner beside him.

In the distance, Lu Bu put down the iron-tired bow in his hand and sighed heavily, only to be almost taken by him for this great achievement.

But there was no chance to be lost, and he cried out, "The thief will be dead, and you should not flee quickly."

The chaotic army was in a mess, and if they were not careful, they would die under the butcher's knife of the opponent, and those Xianbei people naturally had no power to tell whether the main general was really dead, all they could see was that the banner symbolizing the main general had fallen.

For a while, people's hearts were scattered, and they no longer had the will to fight, so they all fled in all directions.

Qiu Dun needs to be in the battle formation for a long time, and he still doesn't know how the general trend has gone, and Lu Bu's arrow really made him a little frightened. He no longer hesitated, and took dozens of cavalry guards on his side to cover the chaotic army

The next fled away.

Before leaving, he glanced behind him, but he never saw Wang Yan, a Han military advisor.

He was relieved in his heart, if he escaped with this scholar, it would inevitably be a little more difficult, and it was best if this person died in the chaos, and then he could put all the blame for the defeat on him.

In the end, he looked at Zhang Fei and Lu Bu again, he had written down the faces of these two people, and he would definitely take revenge for today's revenge in the future.

And with the flight of Chudunyu, the situation on the battlefield has become clear. The defeat of Xianbei was decided, and the Xianbei rangers outside the city scattered and fled.

Lu Bu led people to chase and kill, and the Xianbei Sentinel of the front army in the city had no support from outside the city, and had become an outcast, and was swallowed up by Gao Shun in the city. ….

[In view of the general environment, Zhang Fei killed and dispersed the Xianbei cavalry outside the city, but he was not in a hurry to lead the army to pursue, but led the army into the city to join Gao Shun's trapped camp.

This is the first time the two have met, and they are covered in blood after the fight.

Zhang Fei looked at the soldiers who had just experienced a life-and-death battle but still looked like normal, and couldn't help but sigh with emotion, "No wonder my brother said in the letter that Yanzhi is a rare training material, and it is indeed not easy for his subordinates to do this."

Gao Shun tugged at the corners of his mouth, "Xuande and Yun Chang are brave and brave, and they are the enemies of ten thousand people, and it seems that this is the case today. It's just that why Yide didn't lead people to pursue, if he could kill the enemy chieftain, it would be a great achievement."

"This is what I agreed with Lu Bu, it's just that the opportunity is given to him, it depends on whether he can grasp it." Zhang Fei said with a smile.

"In this way, Yide has one less chance to make a name for himself." Gao Shun knew that Lu Bu was such a person, and he would definitely seize such a good opportunity.

Zhang Fei smiled, "It doesn't matter if Feicheng is famous or not, the important thing is that my brother is well. What do you think?"

Gao Shun nodded, "What Yide said makes sense. But now we still have to go out of the city to kill the rebels, and we must not let them plague the surrounding villages, after all, we still have to make a name for Xuande. Benevolence is the foundation of Xuande."

The two looked at each other and smiled, and led their men out of the city to pursue.

Chen Weizi was not to be outdone, and took part of the Gaoyanagi defenders out with them to fight the thieves.

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Outside Gaoliu City, Qiu Dun, who was pursued by Lu Bu along the road, needed to have no time to collect the defeated troops along the way, and he had to send his personal guards to keep behind Lu Bu to stop him.

At this time, Churdon had to flee into a dense forest, turned to look back, and saw that the ghostly sound of horses' hooves was no longer behind him, so he turned over and dismounted, leaned against the tree beside him, and sighed.

He looked at the four or five horsemen guarding beside him, and sighed, "I don't want to fight for the rest of my life and end up like this. I have killed so many of my own brothers, and I should have drawn my sword to kill myself to accuse them of their spirits in heaven."

"It's just that we have been persecuted to this point, and this revenge must be avenged, so no matter how great the humiliation is, I will live. I will surely form another army to avenge the deaths of my brothers."

"There is no need to be sad for the thousands of people, this time it is just those Han people who used despicable means to plot against us, as long as we are careful next time, we can naturally exterminate these people and avenge the dead robes." A humble man said after seeing him sentimental.

Qiu Dun needed to sigh, "If you lose, you lose, but you don't need to find a reason, you can just win it back next time, but you can't stand the brothers and Wang Junshi."

After that, tears rained down.

"There is no need to be so sad for a thousand people, Wang has never died." A scribe came out of the forest with a smile.

Qiu Dun was naturally very familiar with this voice, and even if he didn't look at it, he could know that it was Wang Yan, who he thought was dead.

He frowned, not wanting this person to be dead.

Originally, he had already thought about putting the matter on Wang Yan, but now it seems that things are indeed a little troublesome. ….

It was only after a little hesitation that he immediately changed his face, and said with a smile: "It turns out that the military advisor is fine, and I was still worried that the military advisor would not be in the chaos of the army, but now it seems that the military advisor is really blessed with a great fate. It's the best."

Wang Yan was with him

They stood far apart, and they didn't seem to have any intention of approaching.

He looked Qiu Dunyu up and down, and said with a smile: "Although what the Thousand Elders said is beautiful, why do I feel a murderous aura on you and the others, it is that the Thousand Chiefs are planning to kill Wang at this time in their hearts to be a scapegoat in front of the Great Khan."

"The military advisor is too worried, a certain person is not like that." Qiu Dun said with a smile, but he secretly glanced at the guards behind him.

The remaining guards can be kept by him until the end, and they are naturally his real henchmen, and they immediately understood what he meant when they saw this.

Find the opportunity to kill Wang Yan on the other side!

Qiu Dun walked towards Wang Yan, and said with a smile as he walked: "Your and my plan now is to gather the remnants of the army, and then return to the north safely, with the credit of you and me, the Great Khan will punish at most, and when we come to the south in the future, we will not want you and me to be the vanguard, and then we can avenge today's arrow."

"The Captain of a Thousand People is right." As Qiu Dunxu approached, Wang Yan kept retreating.

"It's just that Qianren is a Xianbei person, and it is not difficult to regain the trust of the Great Khan, but Yan is a Han person, if he goes back like this, I am afraid that he will never be trusted by the Great Khan again. That's why I asked a thousand people to help me." Wang Yan paused and smiled.

"What" Qiu Dun needed to tighten his heartstrings, so he immediately retreated, but before he could move, there was already a bowstring sound in the forest opposite, and dozens of arrows came out of the air.

Wang Yan arrived here first, so he was naturally prepared.

"Actually, it's not a big deal, it's nothing more than borrowing the heads of a thousand people."

"Thousands of men fought with the enemy under Takayanagi Castle, and were taken advantage of by the enemy's conspiracy to die in battle. A certain talent, I can't avenge you, so I have to gather the remnants of the army and go north. There wasn't much he could do, only to weep in front of the Great Khan and swear to avenge the thousand-man chief, and that's it. I think the Great Khan will also see some credit for me in bringing the defeated army back to my homeland, and alleviate some of my guilt." Wang Yan said with a smile.

Qiu Dun pointed angrily at Wang Yan, this person actually had the same thoughts as him.

Wang Yan took a few steps forward, stepped on the wound on Qiu Dunxu's chest, shook his toes heavily, and sneered: "In terms of scheming, even if you live for another hundred years, you are not Grandpa's opponent."

Qiu Dun needed to be shocked and angry, but at this time he was seriously injured, but he could no longer struggle, panting heavily, watching Wang Yan push the arrow in his chest inch by inch towards his chest.

After a few moments, the man was silent.

Wang Yan clapped his hands, feeling a little bored.

He turned around and was about to leave, not wanting someone in the forest behind him to suddenly clap his hands and laugh, "It's a dog-eat-dog show."

Wang Yan suddenly turned around and looked at the tall man opposite him who was holding a halberd and laughing with a playful face.

"What a piece of shit, to be followed." Wang Yan first scolded Qiu Dunxu, who was out of breath, then looked at Lu Bu and said with a smile, "Why don't you and I talk about business?"

Lu Bu squinted his eyes and said with a smile, "Coincidentally, I like to talk about business the most."

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At dusk, the pursuing teams out of the city returned one after another, and at this time they were gathering at the city gate.

Li Yan specially organized the people in the city to greet them at the city gate.

Over the years, the frontier has been repeatedly plundered by Xianbei, and it is indeed necessary to win a big victory to boost morale.

And the state ride, the Youzhou ride, the trap camp, the Gaoliu defenders, mixed together.

The Han Dynasty was extremely strict in the management of armor, and most of them were not regular soldiers of the imperial court, so the armor rate was extremely low.

Many of the people were wounded in the battle array, and now many people just wrapped the wounds on their bodies with cloth.

Blood stains oozed down the placket of their clothes, staining the original blue with a dark red, and with the straight ridge beams that had stood up after their great victory, it was like a layer of scarlet flowers on top of the verdant green bamboo.

There were many elderly people who looked at the blood-stained young people at the city gate, and couldn't help but burst into tears.

Back then, when they were young, they also held strong bows and descended fiercely

Ma, it's a pity that he is old and weak now, and in the face of Xianbei coming south, he can only do nothing in vain!

Fortunately, the ridge of the Han family has not been broken, and there are still men who are so heroic!

Lu Bu, who was standing side by side with Zhang Fei, looked at the expressions of those who went out of the city to greet him, which was a sincere admiration and admiration that he rarely saw.

He suddenly felt that being a hero was actually not bad.

In the end, it is a martial artist in the state, even if he has more calculations in his heart, he can't help but be full of pride at this time.

He immediately raised Qiu Dunyu's head high with one hand and shouted, "Yaowu!"

At this time, a city responded, and the sound was like thunder.

"Yaowu!"

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