"Seeing that all the soldiers are old and weak, sudden changes will lead to unexpected events. This is not something that happens overnight." Essay on the Western Expedition
The autumn sunshine shines warmly on the hillside, covering the land with a layer of gold.
Hu Cai, Han Xian, Qing Niujiao and other famous Qushuai leaders stood on a high place, looking down at Huangfusong's camp.
Qingniujiao's face seemed to be covered with a layer of frost, and he looked melancholy. Qingniujiao saw this army and his own situation clearly. Huangfu Song had no intention of surrendering, at least not without seriously weakening the Baibo Army. Fan Chong
And behind it, Dong Cheng had little influence on Huangfu Song.
Achieving a complete victory without using weapons is the best manifestation of military strategy. Qing Niujiao thought that even if Huangfu Song could not see this clearly, he would give Dong Cheng some face. Unexpectedly, Huangfu Song did not know where he had the confidence.
, the sick tiger suddenly showed its power, and even Dong Cheng didn't notice it, which made Qingniujiao's plan make a huge mistake.
Now that we have lost the initiative and are approaching the city, we have to fight to the death no matter what.
"But I don't know if King Youxian has sent someone to go there." Qingniujiao asked. He looked at the back of Huangfusong's camp with a faint look in his eyes: "If the Huns can launch a surprise attack from behind Huangfusong during a fierce battle, this battle will be impossible."
There is still room for change.”
"It's okay for King Youxian to accompany me to wait for the plunder, but if he is asked to live and die with me and fight against the imperial army, he may not be willing to agree." Han Xian knew that the relationship between Hu Cai and Qing Niujiao was tense, so he had to explain himself.
: "They have always hoped that the imperial court would give them status and allow them to return to Bingzhou to inherit the position of Shanyu. How could they offend the imperial court for us?"
"Quotation" Hu Cai couldn't help but sneered: "They plundered Han people everywhere, and they also wanted to ask the imperial court to give them Shanyu status."
Qing Niujiao said: "They have never harmed the powerful, they only robbed some merchants and ordinary people. In the eyes of the officials in the court, these Huns are not useless. Perhaps King Youxian took a fancy to this, so he did not make trouble in the east of the river.
It’s too much.”
"I have never counted on others. Everything still depends on myself and the gang of soldiers under my command." Hu Cai glanced at Qingniujiao with contempt, indicating something.
Qing Niujiao's face changed slightly, and he didn't want to stay any longer, so he turned around and left.
At this moment, several bursts of noise suddenly came from the Huangfusong camp below. Li Kan, Hou Xuan, Cheng Yin and others were seen taking the lead, rushing out of the camp with thousands of Ding tribes and heading towards the mountain to fight.
Come.
This action had been planned by Huangfusong and others long ago. They sent these private troops to take the lead to test the strength of the enemy and to test how much capability the Baibo Army had left after the death of their leader, Mrs. Guo.
The white wave and yellow scarf people behind the barrier suddenly saw the opponent's large group of people, brandishing long knives, and rushed forward with a roar. A skinny little leader immediately shouted: "Shoot them to death with arrows."
Only then did these Yellow Turbans react and quickly draw their bows and shoot arrows. In the past two years, they followed Hu Cai, Han and Siam to attack each other and neglected farming, resulting in a shortage of military supplies. Not only was there a shortage of food and grass, but it was also difficult to replenish the necessary ordnance.
This time, the arrows they fired in a volley flew around in a messy manner, and fell weakly after flying not far away. They did not pose much threat to Cheng Yin and others at all.
Cheng Yin braved the arrows and rushed up first with red eyes. This loess-tamped barrier seemed solid, but in fact, cracks had already appeared after years of wind and rain. Cheng Yin led Hou Xuan and others to an earthen wall.
From the bottom, one person held a shield on his head to guard against arrows, and several others stepped on the cracks and began to climb up the rough wall.
When Han Xian saw this, he immediately rushed over with his cronies. Although they held a variety of weapons high and wore tattered armor, they were still brave and undaunted by death and swarmed forward.
The two sides started a melee near the wall. Although Cheng Yin successfully led his men into a fortress of the Baibo Army, he was still dissatisfied because he failed to kill the general. He said to Li Kan beside him: "Brother Li, let's go together."
How about killing this guy and taking the lead from the Northern Army?"
"How can such a good thing be without me?" Hou Xuan came over with a knife and said, "Let's go together."
So the three men led their troops to attack Han Xian's position fiercely, but Han Xian could not resist his attack and retreated in retreat.
Huangfu Song watched the battle calmly from below and remained silent for a long time.
Wei Jie, the infantry captain of the Northern Army, became anxious and urged: "General, they are few in number and cannot resist for a long time. Let's let the infantry battalion come forward."
Huangfu Song did not answer, but instead glanced at Fan Chong. According to common sense, after breaking through the fortress gate, it should be a one-sided battle. With Fan Chou's character, he should have asked for a fight, but he was indifferent. Huangfu Song glanced at the opponent inadvertently,
He nodded and said: "If there is a fraud, let them withdraw their troops."
Cheng Yin, Li Kan, and Hou Xuan cooperated with each other tacitly, killing Han Xian in succession and fleeing, getting closer and closer to the enemy's central army. At this moment, a cavalry force of more than a thousand people crossed in from the side and rear.
Hu Cai and others each spent a lot of money to create their favorites with horses traded with the Huns.
They all wore leather armor and held long knives in their hands. Relying on their superb riding skills, they suddenly spurred their horses and immediately dispersed the team of Cheng Yin and others.
There were people constantly trying to intercept, taking swords to chop off the horse's legs. Some cavalrymen increased their horse speed in time and swung their swords left and right to kill the people. Some cavalrymen were too late to come back to protect them, and their horses' legs were cut off with a loud sound.
He fell off his horse and was killed immediately.
Unfortunately, even though Cheng Yin and others' troops were well-trained, this unexpected surprise attack still shook the morale of the army. Seeing the dead troops all around, Cheng Yin no longer dared to continue the pursuit, and led the remaining soldiers to
Run back.
"It's time to close the door." Qing Niujiao stood on the high platform and said calmly: "Huangfu Song must have known that the flat land on our slope is wide enough for horse racing, so he refused to send elites up."
Hu Cai looked at Huangfusong's camp for a while and then said reluctantly: "What a pity."
As soon as he finished speaking, there were messengers waving flags around him. Han Xian, who had been prepared, immediately ordered people to block the base gate.
"Get the fuck out of your way." Cheng Yin and the others were crowded at the door, unable to get out. In desperation, he reached out and casually grabbed the person in front of him and threw him out.
That person was Li Kan. He fell to the ground with a look of disbelief on his face: "What are you doing?"
Cheng Yin didn't even look at him. He only heard the sound of horse hooves coming closer and closer behind him. He became more and more anxious. He even pulled out a knife and hacked at his own people indiscriminately, cutting out a way out.
After running out, Cheng Yin turned around and said to Li Kan, who had just stood up: "I have offended my brother. I will take care of your home for you. I will never treat you badly."
After saying that, I saw a large group of yellow scarf soldiers blocking the door. Li Kan was surrounded by enemy troops. He was in disbelief at first, and then let out an extremely tragic howl. I don’t know how much hatred and despair there was in that howl.
, but the strong emotions eventually came to an abrupt end.