"Eeeeeeeeeee!"

The war horses neigh and the wind blows.

More than three hundred horses galloped along the official road, and the sound of "de" made by the horses' hoofs frequently contacting the ground was compact and dense, like a storm, breaking the tranquility of the earth.

Most of the knights on the war horses are tall and tall, and their appearance and attire are clearly different from those of the Han people. They all have long faces, long noses, narrow sleeves and ridges. Everyone carries a big bow on their back, showing their fierceness. Those who often walk on the northern border,

The identities of these cavalrymen can be recognized at a glance.

They are Xianbei people.

There was a severe drought in the grassland, and countless cattle and sheep were lost. The Xianbei people on the grassland moved south one after another and entered the Han area. The Xianbei people obviously did not come to the Han area for peace. Whenever a disaster occurred on the grassland and their livelihood was affected, they would often remember

The "neighbors" of the Han people in the south. The Han people are a farming civilization, building cities and cultivating land, and their harvests are stable. When the Xianbei people encounter disasters and famines, they often choose to go to Han areas to plunder.

Before the Five Hus invaded China, the elite level of the Han soldiers was very commendable.

Relying on strict discipline, superb command skills and advanced military equipment, when facing the foreign tribes in the north, the Han soldiers were often able to defeat the larger numbers with less. They used their sabers and spears to kill the northern foreign tribes to pieces. No foreign tribe dared to ignore the Han soldiers.

The heroic and heroic Huns, who were once arrogant, gradually declined under the repeated attacks of the Han people. The Xianbei people, who were originally enslaved by the Huns, took the opportunity to rise up. They occupied the Mongolian grasslands, annexed more than 100,000 remaining Xiongnu tribes, and became the new grassland overlords.

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During the period of Emperor Huan of the Han Dynasty, the powerful Tanshihuai unified all Xianbei tribes and divided them into three areas: the east of Youbeiping was the Eastern Xianbei, the area from Right Beiping to the Shanggu was the Central Xianbei, and the west of the Shanggu was the Western Xianbei. Each of the three tribes was managed by adults, who were directly under the jurisdiction of Tanshihuai.

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After unification, Xianbei began to invade the borders of the Eastern Han Dynasty.

Twelve years ago (177), Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty ordered the Wuhuan Colonel Xia Yu to protect Xia Yu, the Xianbei Zhonglang General Tian Yan, and the Xiongnu Zhonglang General Zang Min each to lead more than 10,000 cavalry, respectively from Gaoliu, Yunzhong County, and Yan

Menjun left the fortress and attacked Xianbei in three groups. The Han army marched more than 2,000 miles out of the fortress. Xianbei leader Tan Shihuai ordered the leaders of the east, middle and west tribes to lead their troops to fight separately. They defeated the Han army and Xianbei's power reached its peak.

However, the heyday of Xianbei was very short. In the fourth year after defeating the Han army, Tan Shihuai, the co-leader of Xianbei, died. His son Helian could not convince the people, and Xianbei split. Xianbei in the west rebelled, and Monan split into three parts from the east of Yunzhong.

Groups: The first is the Budugen Group, which has tens of thousands of people and occupies the Yunzhong and Yanmen areas; the second is the Kebineng Group, which is distributed in Daijun, Shanggu and other places; the third is the group formerly owned by the "Eastern Master" of the alliance

Several small groups are scattered in western Liaoning, Youbeiping and Yuyang outside the Great Wall.

In recent years, various tribes in Xianbei have attacked each other, causing serious internal strife, and it has no longer resembled the atmosphere of the Tanshihuai period.

However, even if they are divided into several major forces, the Xianbei people are still the most powerful ethnic group on the grassland.

Due to the Eastern Han Dynasty's internal and external troubles in recent years, the situation was precarious, and Xianbei people invaded borders from time to time.

In fact, even during the period when the Han Dynasty was at its strongest, it was not uncommon for grassland peoples to go south to plunder. The Han people were good at infantry warfare, while the nomadic people were all cavalry. No matter how elite and skilled the infantry was, they could not catch up with them like the wind.

cavalry, this is a structural problem.

The prairie cavalry has an absolute advantage in mobility and can run away after grabbing something, which is a headache.

During the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, various countries overhauled the Great Wall in order to block the passage for grassland peoples to go south to plunder. Hundreds of years later, the decline of the Han Dynasty's national power, and other reasons, did not continue to maintain sufficient garrison along the Great Wall. Hundreds of years of wind and rain have continued to erode.

Due to the destruction, part of the Great Wall collapsed and was not repaired in time. The majestic Great Wall gradually became a decoration.

To this day, the Xianbei people can penetrate deep into the hinterland of Youzhou through multiple gaps in the Great Wall.

This Xianbei cavalry crossed the Great Wall from near Pinggu and searched for looting targets in Yuyang.

After Youzhou Mu Liu Yu learned of the Xianbei invasion, he asked the counties to take strict precautions. However, the Han Dynasty had been weak for a long time and its armaments were lax. Most of the soldiers in the counties were infantry and could not be used against cavalry. Youzhou

Of course, there are also many naturalized grassland tribes in the territory. There are Huwuwan Captains and Huxianbei Colonels, both of whom are cavalry. They can also recruit naturalized Wuheng and Xianbei people to fight, but these cavalry troops are concentrated in Guangyang.

Within the county, other counties can only seek their own blessings.

After crossing the Great Wall, this Xianbei cavalry has not encountered the main force of the Han army so far.

But their actions did not go smoothly.

The Xianbei people went south to plunder, and were unable to attack fortified cities, so they mostly chose villages with weak defenses. Once they succeeded in attacking, they immediately flew far away. Even if the surrounding Han army heard the news and came to the rescue, it was too late to prevent the tragedy from happening. The plundered villages were very safe, almost

There will be no risk. Although the profit each time will not be too high, the cavalry has the advantage of traveling quickly. At most, if you travel to a few more places, you will have what you need.

This Xianbei cavalry followed the valuable experience passed down by their ancestors and "visited" the village.

I went to seven or eight villages in a row but couldn't find a single villager.

The cavalry leader thought that the nearby villagers knew that Xianbei was heading south and fled to better-defended towns or counties. It was normal for the Han people near the Great Wall to have this awareness.

The attack failed, and the leader was furious.

If the villagers near the Great Wall know how to run away, they can't let the villagers farther away also run away, right?

Wait for me to gallop on my horse and snatch you all away!

All the way south, from Pinggu to Lu County, all the villages they visited were abandoned. The cavalry leader came to his senses: Wherever the villagers had avoided the Xianbei people in advance, it was clearly the wolves doing something good!

This belated realization made the cavalry leader burst into tears.

They wasted a whole day and carried very little dry food. The Xianbei cavalry was about to run out of food. It seemed that their dream of robbing a village could no longer be realized. The Xianbei people decided to find a smaller town nearby, preferably a first-level town.

A town of this size can have at most two hundred defenders and more than three hundred brave Xianbei cavalry, who are fully capable of storming into the town and grabbing anything they can take away.

Attacking the towns might cost them something, but they had no other choice.

The Xianbei cavalry quickly found their target.

That first-level township was obviously severely tormented by wolves. There were many gaps in the wooden fence. The defenders in the town all looked weak and their morale was low.

Xianbei people rush to the villages and towns!

"They are from Xianbei!"

"The Xianbei people are coming!"

Suddenly there was chaos in the town.

Cries and screams came and went.

Although they were very frightened, the militiamen in the town bravely rushed to the town gate and fence. The young men also ran out of the house with sticks and kitchen knives. They knew what would happen if they were rushed in by the Xianbei people. These evil men from the northern grasslands

Wolves, predators and predators, do all kinds of evil.

They must resist, even if they know they are no match.

If you wait a little longer, reinforcements may arrive to help them fight off the vicious Xianbei people.

The wooden gate of the small town was quickly chopped open by the Xianbei people, and the more than twenty militiamen guarding the gate were massacred.

The military and civilians in the town finally collapsed and sought shelter in the town.

The Xianbei cavalry laughed and rode into the town, ready to exercise their privileges as conquerors.
Chapter completed!