I saw that the wall of Bishui Pass was as high as eight zhang (18.5 meters), more than 50 zhang (130 meters) wide, and there was a wide Bishui River in front of the pass. Although the pass is in the narrow part of the Bishui River, the suspension bridge on the pass is ten zhang long (23 meters), two zhang thick (4.6 meters), and two feet thick (0.45 meters), estimated to weigh 40 tons, and is pulled by eight thick iron cables.

This pass is not wide, but it is not narrow, and it can only be used for 500 people at one time. If there are too many soldiers, they will only be used as targets for the defenders, and if there are few soldiers, there will be no threat to the pass at all. And there are 10,000 people guarding the pass, and if 30,000 people attack it, even if the soldiers are dead, there will be no damage to Bishui Pass.

If it is a normal city, you can also use a variety of siege methods. And there is no other way than to add fuel to the tactical attack. Even if a trebuchet is built, without two or three months of continuous blows, it will have no effect on the heavy fortress at all. Therefore, the generals looked at Bishui and shook their heads again and again, bluntly saying that they could not attack forcibly. And when He Bai saw the city of Bishui Pass, he also wanted to turn around and leave.

However, when looking at the waterway of the Yellow River a few miles away on the right, He Bai couldn't help but be secretly happy, there is already an army and a navy, and he can turn into the Yellow River to become a navy. Although there are quite a few sailors in the two ports of Mengjin and Xiaopingjin near Luoyang, most of them are transport ships of 300 or 500 materials, and they have not been engaged in water battles for many years, so their combat effectiveness is definitely not the opponent of the existing navy.

However, in order to attack the enemy unprepared, you have to do something to hide people's eyes. It can be tentatively attacked to attack Bishui Pass, and then turn to Xingyang City, pretending to attack the Tiger Prison, but secretly from the Yellow River upstream, after sending a naval army to transport troops to attack Bishui Pass.

The mind has been decided, and He Bai has no intention of going to see the customs defense of Bishui Pass. Just as he was about to beckon the generals to retreat, suddenly a cannon rang out on the water, and the heavy wooden suspension bridge was slowly descending at this time. There are countless ironclad elite cavalry rushing out of the pass, it seems that Dong Zhuojun has done a good job in Luoyang, and the elite cavalry has worn more iron armor.

Du Lei hurriedly persuaded: "My lord, the Xiliang thieves want to take advantage of my lack of people and raid me, but they can retreat quickly." ”

He Bai shook his head and smiled: "I have heard that Hua Xiong, the general of the Xiliang Army, is also a fierce general of the Xiliang Army, brave and rash, if he dares to attack me, I just happened to lure him to kill him, so as to shock the thieves of Xiliang." Du Lei, Su Lingyi is ambushed in all directions, eat him first. ”

Chun Yuqiong persuaded: "As the saying goes: A gentleman does not stand under a dangerous wall. The lord has the weight of a thousand gold, so why tempt Huaxiong with his body. It's better for the lord and Du Sima to retreat first, and I can lure the enemy here. ”

He Bai said with a smile: "Okay, okay, the Bishui Pass is only for two horses to go hand in hand, if Huaxiong comes out, he will not be able to send out soldiers." There are only hundreds of cavalry troops, so there is nothing to fear. When all of them are dispatched, I won't be too late to retreat. ”

Sure enough, ten minutes later, I saw that after five hundred Xiliang iron cavalry were dispatched at the pass, there were no soldiers and horses. A general led the five hundred iron horsemen, and when he came on a flying horse, he shouted with a spear: "He Baixiu is leaving, take your life." ”

When He Bai saw that the distance between the two sides was only thirty paces, he beckoned the generals to retreat eastward. At this time, the horses ridden by the generals were not short Wuhuan horses, but seven-foot-tall horses, which were no worse than the horses of the Xiliang army. And this team of Xiliangqiang cavalry is wearing iron armor, and the speed is inevitably slow. Therefore, although the Xiliang Iron Rider came in a hurry, he couldn't catch up for a while. On the contrary, the generals who were good at shooting by He Bailing reflexively shot a lot of Qiang horses, and they were so angry that they yelled, but they just chased after them.

However, if the distance of ten miles is fast, it is only eight or nine minutes. As soon as he turned a hill, there was an iron whistle immediately, and five hundred white horses came out from the left and right, looking at the Xiliang Iron Horse, which had run into a straight line, and rushed diagonally.

The first to engage the enemy was naturally the cavalry tactics of He Bai's cavalry, but after three rounds of rapid firing of more than 1,000 arrows, less than 20 people fell from the Xiliang Iron Cavalry. Obviously, it was the iron armor on the Xiliang Iron Cavalry that played a role, and the tension of the righteous servants' riding bows was too small, which was not as strong as the strong bows of the generals, and could not break the defense of the fish scale iron armor.

When the righteous servants saw this, they immediately collected their bows and spears, and viciously looked at the enemy horsemen and raided over. Xiliang Iron Cavalry was suddenly ambushed, and couldn't help but be surprised, under the indiscriminate shooting of arrows, Qi Qi restrained the war horse and beat it. The cavalry who were still charging forward in the rear saw it, and they only rushed forward a few steps, and they also stopped the momentum, showing the exquisite riding skills of the Xiliang army.

He Bai looked at Xiliang Tieqi's response, and couldn't help but high-five. When the cavalry in the middle of the charge is ambushed, it is most important to slow down, and slowing down means giving up the attack. Therefore, knowing that it is death, it is necessary to charge forward, which is the way of cavalry. The Xiliang Iron Cavalry did not respond properly, and our army was bound to win a great victory in this battle.

Sure enough, Bai Ma Yi was willing to let go of this good opportunity, and without waiting for Xiliang Tieqi to turn around and escape, he raised his spear and broke through the enemy formation. More than 100 steps away, and the sound of screams rang out one after another, mostly from Xiliang. It's just that this impact made the Xiliang army fall nearly half, and sure enough, assault is the royal road of cavalry.

The huge impact and the defense of the iron armor made the spear pierce one person, but the handle was broken and the spear broke. The righteous servants hurriedly pulled out the ring head knife on their waists, cut it towards the Xiliang Iron Cavalry behind the formation, and fought with the Xiliang Iron Cavalry, who was unwilling to be weak and counterattacked. It's just that the Xiliang Iron Cavalry has already suffered more than half of the casualties, and Bai Mayi has been more than the enemy cavalry from this time, and they have used two enemies and one, spears and short knives together, and they have killed the heads of the Xiliang soldiers and the blood flowed like a river.

The Xiliang military general shouted sadly, led dozens of horsemen, and launched a desperate charge against He Bai, who was watching the battle. There are Zhou Tai, Du Lei, Wu Anguo and others who will intercept and fight in front. Most of the generals are brave people, where is the Xiliang Iron Cavalry enough for them to kill, just a hedge, they fell off their horses one after another, and even the Xiliang military general was killed by Du Lei within ten he.

He Bai saw and praised again and again, Du Lei's foundation is not bad, after seeing the lessons from the battle of Hou Cheng, he has practiced martial arts hard in recent years, and at this time it is not bad for Hou Cheng back then. After two more years of training, I'm afraid that I will be a fierce general again.

Du Lei carried a head and said to He Baiyu: "Lord, it's not Hua Xiong, it's just a member of his command, Sima, whose name is Ma Qi." ”

He Bai nodded, judging from the enemy's desperate pursuit to the response after the ambush, the enemy general was just a mediocre talent. It seems that Hua Xiong has just fought against the Kwantung Coalition Army, and he does not know the strength of the Kwantung Coalition Army, so it is not yet the time to rashly advance.

"I want to kill a bear, but I come to a horse, it seems that Huaxiong should not die at this time. Perhaps you should command the end of the war. ”

Under the command of Du Lei, in just ten minutes, the battle between the cavalry was over, and the rest of the five hundred Xiliang iron cavalry were wiped out except for more than thirty cavalry, and the damage of the white horse righteous servants should not be overlooked, sixty-seven horsemen were killed and thirty-eight horsemen were wounded.

In the case of a calculated and unintentional war, it was even lost by as much as 20%, it seems that the war in the era of cold weapons is really cruel. This battle was the first time He Bai used soldiers against the regular army of the court, and although the results were good, there were many losses in his own hands. Combined with the losses of the previous scout war, nearly 300 elite horsemen have been lost. The 1,500 private troops from Changshan and Zhongshan suffered as many as 300 horsemen, which was already to the point of pain.

He Bai also saw the spirit of the Xiliang army that was not afraid of death, and he did not flee when the whole army was wiped out, and even if he died, he would bite off a bite of flesh on the enemy's body. Dong Zhuo has an army of forty or fifty thousand, how can the army fight hard?

Bai Ma Yi dismounted and stripped off the scales and armor of the dead corpses for his own use, and packed up the soldiers who had been killed in battle, tied them to the horses and brought them back, and then led the Xiliang army with nearly 400 intact Xiliang horses, brought them back, and retreated to Juan County with He Bai.

When more than 30 horsemen fled back to Bishui Pass, Hua Xiong, the lord of Bishui Pass, sank like water, and after asking about the history of this battle, he immediately shouted angrily to Zhao Cen: "Ma Qi Fu is Hu Wencai's henchman, and if he doesn't listen to my words to fight He Bai, it is inevitable that he will die and the army will be destroyed." Then He Bai is a person who is feared by the country, how can he be so easy to kill. But the death of the horseman caused me and Hu Wencai to confront each other again, and it made me angry. ”

After speaking, the more than 30 cavalry fugitives were tied up, and someone was sent to escort them to Luoyang and handed them over to Hu Zhen for disposal.

It turned out that Dong Zhuo had taken charge of the army since the Yellow Turban Rebellion, through the grace of raising soldiers, annexing friendly defeated soldiers, calling down rebels, and collecting all kinds of Qiang people in Xiliang as pawns, when Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty, there were 50,000 troops under his command, which was deeply jealous of the court. There are five major lieutenant generals, namely Niu Fu in the middle of the army, Hu Zhen in the former army, Dong Yue in the left army, Yang Ding in the right army, and Duan Xuan in the rear army. And Hua Xiong and Zhao Cen are the lieutenants under the command of Hu Zhen, the former lieutenant general of the army.

Huaxiong's army is slightly inferior to Hu Zhen, and his martial arts are even higher than Hu Zhen, and he can be described as the fierce general of the three armies, so he is deeply loved by Dong Zhuo. Hu Zhen was afraid that his position would be taken away by Hua Xiong, so he hated Hua Xiong deeply, and used his superior status to suppress and bully Hua Xiong everywhere. Now that Ma Qi is dead, it may not be a reason for Hu Zhen to take the opportunity to make trouble.

Li Su persuaded: "Hua Xiaoqi is deeply favored by Dong Xiangguo, so why not be afraid of Hu Zhen." Looking at Dong Xiangguo's appointment of Hua Xiaoqi as the chief general of the Eastern Defenders this time, facing the sour jujube coalition army, it is clear that Dong Xiangguo has great expectations for Hua Xiaocai. As long as Hua Xiaoqi can defeat He Jun, I believe that Dong Xiangguo will definitely promote Hua Xiaocai, and then Hua Xiaoqi will not need to look at his Hu Wencai's face and act. ”

Huaxiong was overjoyed, and hurriedly thanked Li Su, and sent a scout horse to the scout post in Juan County to investigate the military situation of He Jun. In the afternoon of the second day, I heard that He Bai had marched out of camp, of which 20,000 people were looking at Bishui Pass, and the other 10,000 were looking to the southwest.

Xingyang has few soldiers, it was originally used as the outpost of the Tiger Prison Pass and the horn of the Bishui Pass, which was originally guarded by a large army, but Huaxiong wanted to build its contribution to a battle, so he did not send heavy troops to defend it, but all gathered in the Bishui Pass. Now He Bai divides his troops to take Xingyang, and he is in the arms of Zhonghuaxiong.