In November of the third year of Jian'an (AD 198), the weather in the north had gradually entered cold winter, and goose-feather-like snowflakes were falling from the sky, creating a chilling feeling between heaven and earth.
In this kind of weather, neither the Cao army nor the Xianbei army on the expedition could be so high in fighting spirit.
But in comparison, the morale of the Xianbei people was even lower. The betrayal of the Xiongnu and Wuhuan forces forced them to fight alone and face the huge Han army alone, so the Xianbei soldiers seemed a little listless.
Although Kebineng tried his best every day and tried every means to improve the morale of the soldiers, he had little effect.
Kebineng kept announcing to his sergeants: "It's snowing heavily in the north, and I don't know how many cattle and sheep will freeze to death. If we don't go south to plunder, how will the tribe survive this winter?"
Kebineng wanted to use these words to arouse the soldiers' desire to plunder and fight. However, in fact, his words seemed to have the opposite effect. After listening to his words, the soldiers became less and less willing to fight.
Fannan's attack on the Han Dynasty has already caused heavy losses to his tribe, and now that the Xiongnu and Wuhuan have breached their contract, who knows whether they can win the next battle? Even if they can win, who knows that it will last until the Year of the Monkey and the Moon of the Horse? Instead of fighting here
If we have to struggle with the Han people in the cold weather, we might as well take advantage of this time to return to the tribe early and help take care of the cattle and sheep, and maybe we can reduce some losses.
Kebi Neng knew that he could not delay any longer and must launch an offensive early. Otherwise, even before the war started, the Xianbei army would collapse on its own.
But Kebineng was also worried that the Xiongnu and Wuhuan were unwilling to send troops, and Bu Dugen, who was also a member of the Xianbei clan like himself, could not count on him. Under such circumstances, sending troops by himself would most likely lead to defeat but no victory.
Just when Ke Bineng was struggling repeatedly, Cao Cao decided to take the initiative and give Ke Bineng a head-on blow.
The reason that prompted Cao Cao to take the initiative to attack was that after Gongsun Du defeated Wuhuan, he took the initiative to send 5,000 troops to support Cao Cao.
Although there are not many troops, there are 2,000 cavalry among the 5,000 people.
Besides, the fighter plane has almost arrived. Cao Cao estimated that Ke Bi Neng might run back to Xianbei.
Kebineng has the courage to fight, but he is not the kind of common man who only knows how to fight recklessly. Although Kebineng is not as cunning as Bu Dugen, he is still quite knowledgeable. If he is fighting Cao Jun now, he must fight.
Defeated, could Ke Bineng not know this? Ke Bineng is still struggling now, just because he can't let go of this face. He doesn't want to retreat in despair without doing anything after working hard to gather troops.
He was even more unwilling to suffer such a heavy defeat without getting the slightest compensation. But Kebineng would always figure it out. When he stopped worrying about it, he would take his men with him.
Back to Xianbei.
But Cao Cao didn't expect Kebi to retreat so easily. If he didn't teach the other party a profound lesson, they might come back again.
Cao Cao wanted to beat them so hard that they would lose their vitality and lose the ability to send troops to the Han Dynasty again.
So, after Gongsun Du promptly sent 5,000 men, Cao Cao mobilized his army and took the initiative to attack Xianbei.
In this battle, Cao Jun dispatched a total of 5,000 cavalry and archers each, and 80,000 infantry, for a total of 90,000 troops. The 90,000-strong army rushed towards the Xianbei camp with great momentum.
A fierce battle was about to break out, and both sides were seen fighting fiercely in the vast wilderness of the northern country.
Although the Xianbei people were not very popular this time, Cao Jun could not easily gain the upper hand.
In order to completely overwhelm the Han people, Kebi Neng dispatched all the vulture shooters in the tribe. There were thousands of these vulture shooters, and each of them was an expert in archery and horseback riding. These vulture shooters rode on horses,
They launched a cavalry attack on Cao's army, causing a lot of damage.
In the previous battle, Kebi Neng considered that bows and arrows were not very useful in the offensive, so although he brought some vulture shooters, the number was not particularly large, and they were all placed in Jiuyuan City. Jiuyuan City was recaptured by Cao's army.
, these vulture shooters were naturally killed. If Kebi could dispatch enough vulture shooters to participate in the battle from the beginning, then when they and Cao Jun were fighting in the field, they released several rounds of arrow rain from a distance. Cao Jun may not be able to
Hold on.
Moreover, if there were enough vulture archers guarding Jiuyuan City from the beginning, it is unclear whether Cao Jun could break the city so easily. After all, archers are of extraordinary significance to defending the city. If they can get a large number of them,
Archers with excellent shooting skills can help defend the city, and the difficulty of defending the city will be greatly reduced.
Therefore, Cao Jun is having a very difficult time fighting at this moment. Although they have a large number of troops, their elite troops such as Tiger and Leopard Cavalry, trapped camp, and Euphorbia Knights have been almost exhausted in the previous battle with Xianbei. They are now entering the battlefield.
They were all ordinary sergeants of Cao's army. Not long after the war started, Cao's army suffered a lot of casualties.
However, although the fight was difficult, Cao's army generally had the upper hand. They died more, and Xianbei's died even more. After all, in terms of numbers and morale, Cao's army was much better than the Xianbei.
And even if there are no elites, Cao Jun is still a warrior capable of hundreds of battles, and his combat power cannot be underestimated.
Take the archers as an example. In terms of individual shooting skills, Cao Jun’s archers are indeed inferior to Xianbei’s vulture shooters. But under the leadership of Huang Zhong, Cao Jun’s archers cooperated skillfully with each other and were not inferior in terms of overall strength.
The Condor Shooter of Xianbei.
After several hours of hard fighting, Cao's army paid a price of nearly 20,000 casualties and won the final victory.
As for the Xianbei side, they lost more than 30,000 people, and finally fled back to the north in disgrace.
"Our army has won!" Cao Cao looked at the Xianbei people fleeing north and shouted with great joy.
Anyone who offends a strong man will be punished no matter how far away he is! This iron rule will not change even after hundreds of years.