The silent Yinshan trail suddenly frightened the birds.

More than 500 people led by Yang Ming were marching rapidly.

The straight-line distance from their location to the Xianbei royal court was about 500 Han li, and the distance was about 700 Han Li.

If you are walking on foot, based on the average daily speed of 70 Han miles, it will take at least 10 days to arrive.

This is why Tian Yan said before that he could only go to Zhuwenze in seven days.

Although they were all cavalry, the mountain roads were no better than the plains, and it took four or five days to march normally to the Yinbei hills.

Therefore, their choice at this time is to go north as much as possible, and then move along the relatively low-lying hills after leaving Yin Mountain, which will save some time.

But going north means going deep into the hinterland of Xianbei, and it is likely to encounter Xianbei people.

Even if they were lucky, it would be a limit to get there in five days.

So in order to increase the success rate, it is necessary to walk at night appropriately.

In fact, in Yang Ming's original plan, they had at least seven days to travel, which was the time for Yunzhong to go all the way to Zhuwenze.

But the Xianbei vanguard appeared so early, it was not just someone who informed this, but Xianbei had already infiltrated the Han army and knew the Han army's plan in advance.

Yang Ming's gaze was on both sides of the valley at this time.

With a guide, their march through the Yin Mountains was smooth, but he was worried that he would encounter Xianbei people on the way.

As long as one person goes to the tip, their plan to make the trip will fail.

Wan Luck is good, this hinterland of Yin Mountain is inaccessible.

Two days later, they had left the Yin Mountain and entered the hilly area of the Yin Mountain remnants, and the speed of their march increased.

After being informed that they were going to smash the Yellow Dragon, the knights' excitement could not be hidden.

After a day's march in the hills, a flock of sheep suddenly appeared not far ahead.

The route provided by the guide has avoided the main grazing areas of the Xianbei people, but it is inevitable that there are those who graze alone.

Xu heard the sound of horses' hooves, and the person who was lying down and resting in the flock stood up, looking delicate, with grass in his mouth, a boy of only fifteen or sixteen years old.

After seeing that it was a Han iron horse, he turned around and ran, and his horse was not far away.

"Bongxian!" Yang Ming tightened his grip on the reins and shouted.

Lu Bu rode out and chased after the boy, and before the boy could get on his horse, he shot him down with an arrow, and then went over to make up for it, and after confirming that he was dead, he pulled out the arrow and returned to the queue.

Yang Ming's clenched hand let go, and he stopped looking.

He didn't dare to take risks, if the royal court knew in advance, they would not have returned in vain, but the whole army would have been wiped out.

This is not the only case, in the hinterland of the desert, it is difficult not to meet Xianbei people.

They killed dozens of people one after another, day and night, bypassing the Yinbei hills and heading south, and finally entered the northern part of the Yinnan hills on the fourth night.

At this time, they were less than twenty miles away from the royal court, and the time was three watches, that is, the time of the son.

Yang Ming's plan, the other troops rested in place for half an hour, and then attacked the royal court before the fourth watch.

Of course, it was not a matter of waiting, Xu Huang personally acted as a scout this time and went to inquire about the situation of the royal court.

At this time, everyone was eating dry food and drinking water by the moonlight.

Most people's eyes are dark, which is the result of starry night travel and lack of sleep.

But even so, their expressions were still extremely excited.

A few days of rushing is just for this moment.

Yang Ming also consulted with several major generals.

The attack on the royal court was not a one-time blow.

Attacking in several directions, which area each is responsible for, and where to gather after the attack, all need to be planned in advance.

"Bang!"

Suddenly, a man was tied up and thrown in front of him.

Except for Yang Ming, everyone around him looked puzzled, and it was clearly the Xianbei guide who had led the way in the past few days.

"If he wants to sneak to the royal court, he should report it." Lu Bu said.

"Do you want to defend yourself?" Yang Ming looked at the guide.

It was he who arranged for Lu Bu to keep an eye on the guide, and he came over to kill so many Xianbei people along the way, and he was also worried that the guide would rebel.

The guide looked at Yang Ming and seemed to have a lot to say, but in the end he only spoke: "I hope to let my wife go." ”

Yang Ming nodded, and then spoke: "Kill." ”

Lu Bu was not ambiguous, pulled out the dagger and stepped forward to wipe his neck directly.

Yang Ming looked at the dead guide for a long time, and then motioned for the guards to throw the body elsewhere.

"Sima, can you give me this wife?" Lu Bu put away the dagger, and suddenly squinted his eyes and said, Yang Ming said earlier that his wife was humiliated by the royal court shaman because of her sex, and she must be outstanding.

Yang Ming shook his head: "He has taken us to the royal court." ”

Lu Bu was helpless when he heard this, so he could only give up.

At this time, Xu Huang had already returned, and after dismounting, he gasped and came to the side of several people.

Yang Ming handed over the water bag.

"By the moonlight, I felt a hundred paces away." After Xu Huang drank a few sips of water, he put down the water bag and immediately drew with a dagger.

According to his paintings, the Xianbei royal court is north of Danhan Mountain, facing the Qiu Shui, from the mountainside to the foot of the mountain, stretching beyond the edge of the tent.

The good news is that the Xianbei people use the water as a natural moat to the south, and there are not many defense facilities in the royal court.

This is also normal, after more than 20 years of looting, the Eastern Han Dynasty on the opposite side was beaten and had no power to fight back, so why do you need any defense facilities.

The unfavorable news is that at this time, there were troops left behind in the royal court, the number of which was unknown, and most of them were in the open area on the west side of the water.

"We walked to the eastern side of the Khan Mountain, and asked people to check the oil and prepare to go." Yang Ming got up and said.

That's right, fire attack.

This was a plan that Yang Ming had made before he left Luoyang.

If you want to do more with less, there are only two things that are most useful in this era: water and fire.

The burning of Chibi, the burning of Yiling, and the flooding of the Seventh Army are all battles in which less wins more than is contained in the official history of the Three Kingdoms.

And there are days to use.

This year, there was a great drought in Kyushu in the Eastern Han Dynasty, locusts in Qizhou, and Mobei were not much better, which is also the reason why Xianbei continued to raid border counties in the spring of this year.

And the great drought means dry and flammable.

It's just that at the time of Luoyang, Yang Ming hadn't thought of burning the royal court, and only after coming to the border county to find out the terrain did he improve the plan step by step.

Because the southeast wind was blowing in summer, they could only start burning from the east, and according to the Xianbei troops that Xu Huang had reconnoitred, they were stationed on the west side, and the situation was also beneficial to them.

After the inspection was completed, a group of people wrapped their hooves and ranks, and touched towards Danhan Mountain by the moonlight.

With open land on the left and hills on the right, Danhan Mountain was supposed to be a barrier, but at this time it became their best shelter.

But just as they were halfway up the hill, a trumpet suddenly sounded at the top of the mountain.

The moonlight left their stealth undetected, but it also kept them undetected by the rangers patrolling the Xianbei night.

"Get on the horse!" Yang Ming immediately ordered.

The crowd quickly threw away the sticks in their mouths and rushed towards the top of the slope.

But before they reached the top, with a neighing sound of horses, two or three hundred Xianbei cavalry appeared on the top of the slope.

It was supposed to be the cavalry of Xianbei patrolling at night.

In terms of combat power alone, these cavalry units are no match for other troops.

But once the other troops could not break through quickly, the other Xianbei cavalry in the royal court would converge one after another, and their sneak attack would become a sheep's mouth.

Seeing this, Lu Bu brandished his spear and rushed forward first.

At this time, the opponent is condescending, which belongs to the headwind attack.

Fortunately, they were not far from the top of the slope, and the Xianbei cavalry could not speed up.

The two sides quickly came into contact, Lu Bu's spear was like a dragon, piercing the Xianbei cavalry in the lead, shouting, and using the momentum to pierce the second Xianbei cavalry!

And after he struggled to throw out his spear, he slashed left and right, and rushed into the Xianbei cavalry formation alone, as if he had entered a no-man's land!

This scene made the blood of other knights boil.

It must be known that there were no bilateral stirrups at this time, and the cavalry had to rely on their legs to clamp the horse's body to fix their bodies, and it was very easy to fall off the horse when charging, but Lu Bu was like a coiled horse at this time.

The Xianbei cavalry also came in a hurry, and their numbers and armor were at a disadvantage, and when they saw Lu Bu's bravery, they all looked horrified.

Xu Huang, Wu Kuang and others also led their troops to kill one after another, and soon these two or three hundred people were scattered and fled.

Everyone rushed to the top of the slope, and the scenery under the Danhan Mountain was in full view.

From the foot of Danhan Mountain to the bank of the Yuqiu River, as Xu Huang said, stretching across the stretch is full of tents.

Only in the area near Danhan Mountain, surrounded by some stones, should be the royal court.

The grassland tribes have no fixed residence, and they all change their residences with the transfer of livestock, the so-called royal court, but the place used to worship the heavens on weekdays.

At this time, there were torches lit in the royal court, and he was awakened by the sound of a trumpet.

However, there was no movement in many other places, and in the middle of the night, most people were still asleep.

"Burn!"

With a wave of Yang Ming's hand, more than five hundred riders leaned down like a flood.

When they got closer, fireballs were ignited and thrown straight at the tent.

Most of the tents used by the Xianbei people are black tents, made of yak wool and yak hair, and the weather is dry, so they burn instantly.

After a while, the wind helped the fire, and it was already on fire.

Even the outside of the tent was unexpectedly piled with all kinds of heavy grain and grass, which became a natural ignition belt.

By the time the tent escaped, it was surrounded by flames.

Finally, someone else in the distance woke up and shouted in Xianbei language, alerting the enemy to an attack.

However, the shouting soon stopped, and the other cavalry descended from heaven like divine soldiers, harvesting heads.

At this time, Yang Ming led his own soldiers and Wang Rou to lead a tun to the royal court at the foot of Danhan Mountain.

Yitun's combat power is the strongest, and the advance is fast.

Yang Ming was at the front, and several Xianbei people rushed over with ring-headed knives, and he directly picked up the first one with his long lance.

The cavalry roared by, and all the Xianbei people were killed.

The combat power of the Xianbei cavalry was not as good as that of the Han army, and they did not ride horses at this time, and they were awakened in their sleep, so what is the combat power.

There was a sudden sound of horses in the distance, and dozens of people in the royal court rode horses, abandoned the royal court and ran directly to the west.

Yang Ming ordered Wang Rou to take people to burn the royal court, and he led his own soldiers to chase after him.

Those dozens of people fled to the west side of the water, probably seeking protection from the garrison there.

Without waiting for Yang Ming's order, the guards had already thrown one fireball after another at this time.

Originally, the fire had not spread here, but this fire made the Xianbei people even more frightened, and they didn't know how many Han troops came.

"Don't get away with a Xianbei person!" Yang Ming shouted.

Many of the Xianbei people knew Chinese, thinking that it was the arrival of a large army of the Han army, and all the people who woke up got on their horses and fled in all directions, and those who could not find the horses jumped directly into the river.

In the sea of fire, one of the dozens of horsemen waved a horsewhip and commanded in Xianbei language, and after a while, hundreds of people were gathered by him.

"Shaojun, the royal court has been destroyed." Not long after, Wang Rou led his troops to arrive.

Yang Ming looked back, and there was already a fire at the foot of Dan Khan Mountain, and the red rock was burned like flames.

He was joined by the man who had been wielding the whip before, his eyes now full of anger, shock, and disbelief.

Yang Ming turned his head and saw the man's expression through the firelight.

"Don't go to the sandalwood locust!" He pointed his spear at the man and shouted.