Last year, the Tuge people attacked Taiyuan County and killed Zhang Yi, the governor of Bingzhou. Taiyuan was severely injured. The west of Jinyang, where the governor was, was originally a densely populated area. The Tuge people came and went, and it became an inhabited place until
It has not resumed this year. This time, the Tuge people joined forces with the Huns to come. At least the state and county did not have to worry about evacuating the people, which really saved a lot of time and manpower. When the 100,000 Hu army was approaching, the Han Dynasty happened to be in Jinyang
A solid fort was built outside the west gate, with provisions, grass, and war equipment inside, enough to last for several months.
Since the sun was already setting and they were tired from the distance, the Hu people had no intention of starting a war immediately and stopped to set up camp twenty miles away.
Although the big battle was not completed, a small battle began. The scouts from both sides fought bloody battles and did not stop until dark.
There will be a fierce battle tomorrow. The Han army went to bed early to rest, but Ding Principle, the governor of Bingzhou, could not sleep. According to statistics, more than 200 of our scouts were killed and hundreds were injured, while the number of enemy soldiers killed was less than 100. Two to one, this number is too high.
It was shocking and made Ding Yuan feel uneasy. Gai Jun disagreed. The Hu people grew up on horseback and were good at riding and shooting. There were few opportunities for close combat in scouting battles. The Han army would naturally suffer a loss in cross-shooting. There was nothing to worry about.
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When it was still dark the next day, the infantry began to leave the camp in an orderly manner under the command and guidance of Sima and Junhou. The sound of swords, guns and armor clashing could be heard everywhere in the three directions.
The history of the grievances between the Han people and the Hu people in the border areas could not be finished in a day or a night. To fight against the Hu people, the officers did not need to waste their words. The soldiers would definitely fight to the death, especially the tens of thousands of soldiers recruited by Ding Yuan, the governor of Bingzhou at the end of last year.
, they may not be well trained, or their skills may not be good, but what does it matter? Most of them are the victims of Tu Gelen's invasion last year. When enemies meet, they will be extremely jealous. I believe they will never lose to those experienced soldiers under Gai Jun.
How many.
The infantry coming out of Ximen is the closest to the battlefield. Most of the people coming out from here are crossbowmen. In addition, they are civilian husbands pushing heavy baggage carts and defensive war equipment. Civil servants are an indispensable part of the battlefield. They have almost no combat effectiveness.
But they can add infinite combat power to the army.
The baggage carts were stacked on three levels in total, stretching for several miles. In front of the cart were placed more than two hundred bed crossbows. One after another, hideous and terrifying arrows were piled next to the bed crossbows, quietly waiting to be cocked.
The soldiers from the north and south gates took the tun as a unit and ran towards the battlefield outside the west gate with slightly disorderly steps, slowly increasing the thickness of the square formation. At the moment before dawn, 20,000 infantry were completed in formation, and the darkness was overwhelming.
It makes people feel depressed. The large groups of cavalry marched out from the north and south gates and gathered on the two wings of the infantry phalanx, as if they were equipped with a pair of wings for a mysterious weapon, sharp and bloodthirsty wings.
Ding Yuan, Geng Zhi, Gai Jun, and Cui Jun all marched out of the camp. The former said anxiously: "General, noble lord, it has been reported to the party that there are remnants of the Yellow Turbans in Hanoi. Do you think it is possible for the two to secretly form an alliance?"
?Isolate me and merge with the state?”
Geng Zhi's face tightened and he said: "This... shouldn't be possible?"
"I think what Ding Shijun said makes sense, otherwise it would be impossible to explain why the Hu people wanted to engage in a decisive battle with us." Gai Jun said with a frown. The north of Bingzhou fell and became a Hu area. To the east is Hengshan, Zhang Yan
He refused to obey the king's order and blocked Jizhou. To the west was his home base of Beidi County, which was relatively strong. The problem was that the Liangzhou rebels were eyeing Beidi and could not send troops to support them. If the remnants of the Yellow Turbans cut off Hedong and Hanoi,
, it’s over after merging the states.
Geng Zhi said: "It is useless to think too much. Hedong and Hanoi have their own imperial troops from Beijing to deal with it."
Ding Yuan shook his head and said, "It's Zhang Yan I'm afraid of. That's why I'm eager to fight."
Gai Jun looked at him intently.
"Repel the Tuge people and the Huns as soon as possible, no matter the cost." Ding Yuan's face was extremely serious.
"Are you asking me to fight with all my strength?" Gai Jun's face suddenly darkened, and he drove back Tu Ge. The Huns could not rely on infantry, they could only rely on cavalry. Gai Jun had 20,000 cavalry, accounting for the total cavalry of the Han army.
Eighty percent out of ten. After this bloody battle, how many people can Gai Junbu have left? Two thousand? Three thousand? Five thousand? Any more would be too optimistic.
"Honored Marquis, put the overall situation first." Ding Yuan also knew that this matter was difficult to do, but it had to be done even if it was difficult.
Gai Jun lowered his head and seemed to be thinking, but in fact he was cursing in his heart: "Overall, if all the people as big as your mother are fighting, how can I stand on it? Not to mention the coming troubled times, Geng Zhi is still holding 20,000 soldiers in his hands.
Such arrogance, without any support, this guy would eat me alive. Old man Ding Yuan, are you joining forces with Geng Zhi to harm me?"
Geng Zhi said angrily: "Does this still need to be considered? Deputy Commander, are you the lieutenant general of our Han Kingdom?"
Geng Zhi's words actually calmed down Gai Jun. He never gets angry with dead people. In his eyes, Ding Yuan is a dead person, and Geng Zhi is also a dead person. When Dong Zhuo comes to Beijing next year, he will immediately send someone to kill this grandson and replace him.
General Du Liao is the commander-in-chief of Northern Xinjiang and has the responsibility of supervising the military affairs of Bingzhou. He can legitimately take over Bingzhou in this name.
The golden light pierced through the morning mist, bringing a touch of color to the sky and the earth. As the sky lit up, the Han army was ready. The center line consisted of 20,000 fully armored infantry, located behind thousands of carts.
Thousands of people formed a formation, and the entire formation was subdivided into twenty small square formations. Those in the front row were the halberd warriors. Spears have been used in border areas since ancient times. This is a well-known thing. This is true in Liangzhou and Youzhou.
Bingzhou is also a border area, but it seems to have been influenced by Jizhou and Sili, and the main force of its long soldiers is the halberd.
The halberd warriors are surrounded by crossbow warriors, arranged in order of range. The crossbows with their feet on the crossbow wall and the waist-guided crossbows are undoubtedly in the first row. They decrease in order from ten stones to three stones.
They were all hand crossbows. In the back row were the foot archers. Six-foot-long longbows were quietly carried in the hands of the soldiers. At their feet were quivers full of arrows.
Tens of thousands of cavalry were placed on each side of the infantry, and another 5,000 were scattered in the rear. The right wing was composed of 5,000 Bingzhou soldiers and 5,000 Northland soldiers. The Bingzhou soldiers were commanded by Lord Bo Lubu, Zhang Liao, Zhang Yang and others, and the Northland soldiers were
The commanders are Zhang Xiu, the captain of Polu, and Gai Guan, the captain of Pinglu.
On the left, Gai Yin, the commander of the bandit Zhonglang general, was under his command, including Guan Yu, the captain of the captives, Huang Zhong, the captain of the captives, and Pang De, the captain of the cavalry.
It is not difficult to see that Gai Jun's selection of people is very targeted. For example, since the right wing has Lu Bu, Zhang Liao, Zhang Yang and others, he selected Gai Guan and Zhang Xiu, who are stable in military use, as generals, which seems to be reserved for strength. On the left wing, in the army,
All those who could be called brave, such as Gai Yin, Guan Yu, Huang Zhong, Pang De, Bao Chu, Hu Feng, Che'er, Zhenliang, Yang Shou, etc. were all recruited.
Ding Yuan was so shameless. At first he wanted his 20,000 cavalry to serve as his left and right wings, and Bingzhou's 5,000 cavalry as a reserve army. They were all in the officialdom, who was stupider than the other? Of course Gai Jun quit.
, Ding Yuan refused to give in, the two were in a stalemate, and Geng Zhi helped him. Gai Jun became angry and broke out, threatening to lead his troops to escape midway. Ding and Geng were so horrified that they were dumbfounded and pointed at him for a long time.
Not a single word was spoken. It is undeniable that this method is shameless, and what is undeniable is that the effect is extremely good. Ding and Geng had to compromise to have this arrangement of troops.
"Rumble..."
The overwhelming sound of horse hooves came, and the Xianbei army galloped in a long line against the morning glow, boundless. The Han army officers and soldiers all took a breath of air-conditioning. Because of the long distance yesterday, although they knew that many people from the Hu people had come, as for whether there were any
I have no idea how much, but now that they are massacred, the Xiongnu allied army of 100,000 troops has been dispatched in unison, with such a huge momentum that everyone will be terrified.
The Han army was beating drums in their hearts to massacre each other. Why were the Huns not afraid? There were 40,000 to 50,000 well-equipped Han troops on the opposite side, and they were in large formations.
Xu Buchanyu's face turned from red to purple, then from purple to black, and his intestines turned green. He left the rich Hedong without grabbing it, but he actually came here to fight with 40,000 to 50,000 elite Han troops.
Lu Naduo, Dong Qi'er, Shi Hu and other leaders of the massacre looked at each other and cursed in their hearts, damn they were tricked by the cunning Han people. Guo Tai's envoy said that the Xiongnu Zhonglang General Gai Jun only brought thousands of troops.
There are only about 10,000 people in Bingzhou, and the total number is only about 20,000. There may be thousands more people, but no more than 30,000 at most. At that time, Lu Naduo, Dong Qier, Shi Hu and others all agreed with the envoy's statement.
Although the local army had a large number of troops, the Han court rarely asked people to bring large numbers of troops to their posts. Gai Jun had only three to five thousand cavalry at most. They defeated the Bingzhou army and killed the governor Zhang Yi, so they knew that Bingzhou's troops were seriously insufficient.
Lu Naduo gritted his teeth and said: "The cunning Han people from Hedong must hope that we will lose both sides in the fight with the Han army, and the fishermen will gain."
Dong Qi'er saw Xu Bu Chanyu not far away with his head hanging down and looking worried, and his face turned livid and said: "Keep your voice down, don't let that coward Xu Bu hear it, I'm sure he will turn around and run away."
"What should we do now?" Shi Hu was so anxious that cold sweat broke out on his forehead.
"What should we do?" Lu Naduo squeezed the riding whip tightly, his blue eyes glowed with a fierce light, and said bitterly: "Do we still have a choice? Fight."
Dong Qi'er snorted: "You talk lightly, how to fight? Who will take the lead? You? Me? That coward Xu Bu?"
Lu Naduo said angrily: "When did this happen? You are still talking about this. If you retreat without fighting, Gai Jun will definitely pursue you. King Xianling Yeli, King Xianbei and Lian will be the fate of you and me."
Shi Hu and Dong Qier shuddered one after another.
There's nothing you can do, fight.
They thought this was a good opportunity to kill Gai Jun, but now they just prayed that there wouldn't be too many casualties during the retreat.
From this, I hated the Han people in Hedong even more, and secretly vowed to teach them a lesson.
The hum of the Han troops around him reached his ears. Lu Bu remained unmoved. His eyes glowed with a faint light as he looked directly at the Hu army. After a while, he looked back, glanced to the left intentionally or unintentionally, and slowly said:
"Uncle Zhi, Wenyuan, everyone in the Han army is uneasy. I want to boost morale. Do you dare to charge into the battle with me?"
Zhang Liao was young and energetic, and his blood was boiling. He shouted: "Why don't you dare?"
Zhang Yang was thirty years old and thought a lot. He frowned and said: "Charging into the formation will improve morale. The question is how many people there are? A few will not be effective, and a large number will affect the military strength..."
"One hundred people are enough." Lü Bu said with a proud look on his face and recruited a hundred capable men from Bingzhou. The warriors Cheng Lian, Wei Xu, Song Xian, Hou Cheng and others all applied for the recruitment. They wore double armor, held halberds and long swords, and followed Lü Bu.
Zhang Liao and Zhang Yang rushed out on horseback.
"Huh? What's going on?" Ding Yuan stood in the command car and looked around the battlefield. He soon discovered the situation on the right wing, so he sent an envoy straight to the right wing. The envoy returned with a man on the way. The man told Lu Bu to lead a hundred people in order to boost the morale of the army.
Charge the formation.
"Nonsense!" Ding Yuan said angrily: "The two armies are facing each other, and he is responsible for being the commander-in-chief, but he shows off the courage of an ordinary man..."
Geng Zhi said with a sour tone: "Bo Xiaoli, the leader of Lubu District, is not worthy of commanding an army of five thousand. It is because you do not listen to good advice that this disaster has occurred."
"I think it's too early for the general to speak..." Gai Jun said with a smile: "In the past, the flying general Li Guang rode out of Youbeiping with 4,000 people and was besieged by the Xiongnu Zuoxian King's 40,000 troops. Everyone in the army was afraid. Guang's youngest son
Li Gan led dozens of cavalry straight through the left formation of the Hu cavalry, fought out from the right, and reported back to the flying general, saying that the Hu cavalry would be easy to deal with. The morale of the army was at ease. Don't you, the general, realize that the situation is very similar to the current situation? Master Lu is brave and brave
If you win the title of Bingzhou, you may not be the second Li Gan."
Geng Zhi said with a sarcastic smile: "The words of the deputy commander are wrong. How can Lu Bu dare to compare with Li Gan?"
Ding's already softened expression suddenly sank. Geng Zhi's words were too unpleasant. How can Lu Bu be so virtuous? No matter how bad Lu Bu is, he is still my confidant. How can I allow you to make irresponsible remarks?
Geng Zhi regretted his words as soon as he said it. It was clear that Gai Jun had dug the hole, and he foolishly got in. He had a grudge with Gai Jun, and he really shouldn't offend Ding Yuan, a powerful figure in Bingzhou, but he had no intention of making amends.
Just kidding, the Geng family of Fufeng is the world's first-class wealthy family, and Ding Yuan was born in the Han family, so he is not worthy of bowing his head.
Ding Yuan gritted his teeth and said, "Winning is all that matters. If you can't attack him, I will cut off his head to sacrifice the flag."
Gai Jun glanced at him in surprise.
Tens of thousands of Han troops were stunned when they saw hundreds of cavalry coming out of the formation and heading straight for Hu Qi. They wondered who was so brave and dared to attack a hundred thousand with a hundred men.
That person is Lu Bu
This news swept across the Han army's formation at a whirlwind speed, and in no time it became known to everyone. The people of Bingzhou were so excited that they banged their halberds on their shields and roared loudly: "Han army - mighty - Han army
--mighty--"
The people in Liangzhou were infected and shouted: "Han army - mighty - Han army - mighty -"
Hu Feng was dumbfounded and said: "What the hell is Lu Bu doing? There are 100,000 people on the other side, and they don't want to die?"
"How magnificent!" Guan Yu clapped his hands and exclaimed.
Huang Zhong sincerely praised: "This man has the martial arts and spirit of a brave man. He will definitely be a good general of our great Han Dynasty in the future."
Gai Yin, Bao Chu, Pang De, Che'er and others all nodded in agreement.
Hu Feng turned around and said, "It's better to save your life first. Don't die before your ambition is fulfilled."
"Crow's mouth..."
Compared with the excitement of the Han army, Tu Ge and the Xiongnu allied army looked dull. They had never seen such a tough person. What did the other side want to do? One against a thousand?
Without waiting for the Hu people to react, a hundred cavalry galloped across the vast battlefield, made a small arc, and broke into the left wing of the Hu army.
"Kill..." Lu Bu roared like thunder and moved like the wind. The halberd drew a beautiful arc and chopped off the head of a Hu. The Hu's face had a trace of confusion on his face when he died. It was too fast. The sharp edge of the halberd cut off
After a break, Lu Bu turned his halberd into a stick, twisted his waist and swept across, knocking down four or five people in a row before stopping, and the surrounding area was empty. Lu Bu had Zhang Liao on the left and Zhang Yang on the right. He had no worries. Each man and one halberd were carrying a fierce wind, and they were rampaging.
He is invincible among Hu Qi, and no one can stop his moves.
"Kill..." Zhang Liao's face was ruddy and his eyes were red. His iron halberd flew towards Lu Bu's short spear. With a flick of his wrist, he used a small branch to cut off the attacker's neck. Then he shouted loudly and the halberd shot out like lightning.
His halberd weighs dozens of kilograms, and it is difficult for ordinary people to lift it, but he can move it freely. He usually takes advantage of others when fighting with others. Not to mention the Xiongnu, the weapons for slaughtering people are not refined and are mostly made of copper.
Whether they fought with spears or used wooden shields, they were all smashed to pieces.
Lu Bu and Zhang Liao were like tigers descending from the mountains and dragons entering the sea. They waved their two great halberds into a ball of blue light, killing the barbarians and making them fall on their backs, making ghosts cry and howl. Dozens of Han cavalry followed closely, shouting all the way, fighting to the death, and those who stood in their way.
Invincible.
The strength of the Hu people is unparalleled cavalry and archery, but their weakness is poor equipment. The Han people are well-equipped and average in cavalry and archery. On the contrary, what the Hu people fear most is the Han army's elite cavalry rushing into the formation, because once a melee occurs, their archery skills will be useless.
At this time, armor and weapons became the weight that determines victory or defeat. Dozens of Han soldiers led by Lu Bu were double-armored, and their horses were also wearing two layers of leather armor. Their swords and halberds were sharp, and they felt like they were alone among the crowd.
"The Han people are looking for death." The Xiongnu Qianchang was furious and stabbed him with a spear. Lu Bu didn't even look at him. He pushed away the short spear, turned the big halberd, and stabbed Qianchang into his chest to kill him. At the same time, he chopped down the big flag symbolizing Qianchang. This is
Which side was it? Lu Bu couldn't remember, but Zhang Yang did remember it clearly. It was the sixth side, which meant that Lu Bu killed six Qian Chang, who were equivalent to Han Sima.
Before Lu Bu entered the battle, he was handsome and handsome, which made people's hearts beat. After he entered the battle, he was covered in blood, his beard was dyed red, and his eyes were bulging. To say he was ferocious is an understatement. He was simply a devil-like existence. The Huns were heartbroken when they were killed.
The few warriors tried to resist and died on the spot, while the rest either retreated desperately or fled to both sides.
Lu Bu killed two more people with a halberd. He felt a little tired. How many miles had he charged? It should be more than halfway? Looking back, there were only about forty riders left among the one hundred warriors. When he turned his head, several spears flew towards him.
Lu Bu turned around, his eyes widened, and his halberd pierced the air. None of the barbarians who dared to attack him survived, they were all killed.
"God, he is not a human being..." A Huns threw away their weapons and turned around to run away.
Lu Bu caught up with him and cut off half of his body with a halberd. The horse continued to move forward on the dead body...
After fighting for who knows how long, Lu Bu's nerves became numb, and he mechanically raised and waved his halberd to kill...
a ray of light
Lu Bu noticed it, not from the top of his head, but from the front.
Is the formation about to be broken?
"Brothers, work harder, we are about to break the formation." Lu Bu felt excited and became more courageous.
"Long live..." Only less than thirty people responded to Lu Bu.
"Kill..." The scalding hot blood poured onto Lu Bu's face, replacing the dark brown blood that was about to dry, and turned bright red again. The Huns' livers and gallbladders were split, and they all made way for the God of Death to leave.