Chapter 124, Helian who was scared away by hand-to-hand combat
Of course, He Lian couldn't express these little thoughts. He rolled his eyes and thought of an excuse: "The climate in the grassland has become worse and worse in recent years, and white disasters have become more frequent. We, 100,000 people, have consumed a lot of money here in Mayi."
If our cattle and sheep just return to the grassland in despair, do you dare to think how many people in your tribe will starve to death this winter?"
"It's also death. Why don't you fight with Lei Gong? Even if Lei Gong is really as elite as the Northern Army of the Han Dynasty, it's not like we Xianbei warriors have never defeated the Northern Army of the Han Dynasty. Don't forget that 10 years ago, my father led
We all wiped out the 50,000-strong Northern Army, and this gave the Xianbei people the prestige to dominate the world. Why can't we defeat the rebellion of this big man here today again? Think about the wealth of Mayi. As long as we occupy Mayi, this year
There will be no more people starving to death on the grasslands."
Hearing He Lian's words, these tribal leaders thought about the white disasters that have occurred almost every year in the past few years. When the snow is at its heaviest, even tents can be submerged. If they cannot grab supplies, many tribesmen will die this winter, including He Lian and Xu Wei.
In a battle, both left and right will die, why not give it a try!
Encouraged by He Lian's unification, the morale of the tribal leaders present rose again.
They all said: "The Han people only dare to hide in the city and plot against us Xianbei warriors. They cannot be the opponent of our Xianbei warriors in the field!"
"Yes, kill Thunder Lord and avenge our fallen warriors!"
"Kill Thunder Lord and avenge our fallen warriors!"
"Kill Thunder Lord and avenge our fallen warriors!"
These tribal leaders seemed to have found a reason to continue fighting with Thunder Lord, and kept shouting wildly.
Luo Luo Bu Po Bu Po also wanted to tell them that the Lei Gong tribe would not lose to them even in a field battle.
But he was pulled back by Tuoba Mo and whispered: "Needless to say, this battle is inevitable!"
Murong Peng also sighed and said: "Although He Lian has selfish motives, one thing is right. The life on the grassland is getting more and more difficult. If these warriors don't fight with Lei Gong now, they will die in the cold wind in winter. This year
We chose the wrong opponent, but now we can only keep fighting."
The Xianbei people come to Dahan every year to plow grass and valleys, but they invade Dahan on thousands of miles of defense lines. They are all small forces. This year, because of the relationship with Mayi, they are all concentrated in Bingzhou. If they retreat now, not only will they not gain anything,
A large number of cattle and sheep were consumed in vain, making this winter even more difficult to survive.
It is not necessarily a good thing to die in Mayi, at least you will not have to freeze to death and starve to death. It is such a difficult environment that cultivates the character of the Xianbei people who are not afraid of death.
Hearing what his old friends said, it was hard to say anything about retreating after Luo Luo Bu Po was defeated, but he still said: "But we can't continue deep into the Han Dynasty until we capture Pingcheng Wubao. On the plains, our cavalry can show its strongest strength."
Our combat effectiveness is great, but our strength is greatly reduced in this mountainous area!"
Luo Luo Bu Po brought them to reality.
That's right, even Pingchengwu Fort was not defeated, how could their army penetrate deep into the territory of the Han Dynasty!
Luri Deduction said loudly: "Although we have suffered tens of thousands of warrior casualties in the past ten days, Pingcheng Wubao also suffered heavy casualties. I estimate that there are only 1,000 soldiers alive in Pingcheng Wubao now. If they are Han troops, it will be okay.
Contact the Youzhou frontier army to support us and cut off our retreat, but Lei Gong is a rebel of the Han Dynasty. How can the Youzhou frontier army cooperate with them? We can just dig a trench and lock Pingchengwu Fort in it!"
It can still be like this, once again the tribal leaders are all pleasantly surprised!
"Commander Lüri Deduction, your wisdom is like the immortal god!"
"Commander Luri, why don't you come and command us to fight the Han people? With your wisdom, you can definitely lead us to defeat Thunder Lord!"
The horses of these tribal leaders came rolling in.
He Lianze's nose was almost twisted with anger. All of this made him a wedding dress for Luri Deduction. Luri Deduction is the Xianbei master in the west, and the Xianbei people in the west account for half of the entire Xianbei tribe. They are among the most powerful Xianbei people.
The biggest thing is that if Luri Deduction continues to gain prestige, he, the Great Khan, will not be replaced by him. This is something Helian cannot tolerate.
Luri's deduction continued: "The invincible troops have been fighting hard for 10 days with Lei Gong's 100,000 troops. They are exhausted, so we simply let him stay and lead the troops to continue the siege of Pingcheng Wubao! And we continue to go south, and
There is no need to appear on the plains, as long as we occupy the slopes near Baishan Mountain, this will give greater play to the advantages of our cavalry charge!"
"agree!"
"agree!"
Then Luri Demo shouted: "Now everyone is ready to go, don't let Lei Gong really trap us in the mountains."
"Go to war!"
"Go to war!"
At this time, Luo Bupo, the commander of Luri's deduction, whispered: "Brother, our escape depends entirely on you. We must trap the people in Pingchengwu Fort!"
He said just now that he was not worried about his retreat. In fact, what he cared about most was his retreat. That's why he arranged the 15,000 people here because he was worried that someone would cut off their retreat and trap them to death in the Datong Basin.
Luo Luo Bu Po said: "Don't worry, I will lead my tribe to dig a 2-foot-deep trench around Pingcheng Wubao later. Even if they think of it, they can't even do it!"
"That way, I feel relieved!"
The 70,000 Xianbei army crossed Pingchengwu Fort and rolled towards Mayi. The sound of the war horses was like thunder!
After marching for less than half a day, they left the Baishan Mountain Range and arrived at a gentle slope. On the horizon directly opposite them, bursts of smoke and dust billowed northward. All the Xianbei people knew that this was Lei Gong.
Coming.
Helian and these leaders came to the front of the army!
"The sound of horse hooves is the vanguard of Thunder Lord!" Luri deduced and asked for a young commander from Luoluo Bupo. He had learned a lot about Thunder Lord's Department along the way and knew that Thunder Lord's Department had an elite cavalry that could defeat Luo Luo.
The Bupo Iron Cavalry is obviously an elite force.
The dust was getting closer and closer, the faint sound of horse hooves could be heard, and some figures could even be seen. They spent most of the time on the horse, and they were rich in experience. They quickly judged that the cavalry group had about 20,000 people.
Luri deduced: "Lei Gong's vanguard cavalry here are well-equipped and extremely powerful. Luo Luoheng led 3,000 Xianbei warriors, but they lost to the 3,000 cavalry of Lei Gong's department. Everyone should be careful!"
Luo Luoheng's reputation for bravery spread across the grassland, and the tribal leaders present could not believe that Luo Luoheng had fallen into the hands of Lei Gong's men.
He Lian couldn't bear the power of command being taken away by Luri. He said: "There are 100,000 people in Lei Gong's department, but there are only 20,000 cavalry among them! And we have 70,000 cavalry, and the terrain is suitable for us to show our strongest strength."
Where there is fighting power, we should take advantage of Lei Gong to gain a firm foothold and attack them. If we encounter 70,000 cavalry on the plain, Lei Gong’s troops will definitely panic and run away in all directions!"
Murong Peng disagreed and said: "Commander Luo Luo Bu Po and his 20,000 cavalry can't defeat Lei Gong, and he said that Lei Gong's army formation is rigorous. Obviously, they are not just a rabble who will flee at the sight of the cavalry!"
But He Lian said loudly: "Now that Lei Gong is marching, it is the best time for our cavalry to attack. If we don't attack Lei Gong's headquarters now, why don't we wait for them to line up and charge forward! If you don't go, Ben Khan will take his own
The troops are going to attack Lei Gong’s troops, you can pick up the leaks from behind!”
Then Helian shouted loudly: "The people of the royal court follow this Khan!"
Luri's deduction was difficult to refute Helian's face, so he asked several tribal leaders to lead people to follow Helian. In this way, a total of 30,000 cavalry followed Helian and slowly attacked Xu Wei and the others!
Tuoba Mo couldn't help but mocked: "When did He Lian become so brave and dare to take the lead!"
Tuoba Mo talked about He Lian's father-in-law. Two years ago, He Lian said that his tribe was hit by a disaster and borrowed tens of thousands of cattle and sheep from Tuoba Mo to tide over the crisis. However, when Tuoba Mo's tribe suffered a drought, the number of cattle and sheep was insufficient.
, he came to Helian to ask for debts, but Helian immediately turned his face and disowned him. The angry Tuoba Mo used his cavalry to fight with Helian, but at that time Helian, who was defeated, only dared to hide on Baitan Mountain, still in the middle.
He let He Lian go only after Master Xi came to make peace, but the relationship between the two completely fell out because of this incident.
Lüri sighed and said: "He Lian also wants to revive Baitanshan's reputation, let him give it a try!"
Lü Riyan is a Western Xianbei person, his status is equivalent to the Three Dukes of the Han Dynasty, not to mention that the Western Xianbei occupies the entire Xianbei tribe. It can be said that he controls half of the Xianbei country. He is loyal to Tanshihuai, and Tanshihuai is talented.
Put him in this position.
After Tan Shihuai's death, he also tried his best to help He Lian, hoping that he would become a qualified Xianbei Khan, but He Lian did not show much bravery and only played tricks on the Han people, leaving the entire Xianbei country with few commanders.
, the adults are convinced by him.
Seeing that He Lian was unable to hold up the wall, Luri was extremely disappointed. He could only think of something to do and hoped that He Lian could maintain the survival of Xianbei in the west. However, in recent years, various disasters have been frequent on the grassland, especially in Shenzhen.
The inland Xianbei tribe in the west is experiencing less and less rainfall, droughts are getting more severe, and the desert is getting larger and larger. He has tried his best to maintain the survival of the Xianbei people in the west, and he has no energy to care about Helian.
situation.
Now seeing that He Lian wanted to show off, he didn't mind pushing him. If He Lian could unify the entire Xianbei country, it would be a good thing for the western Xianbei tribe.
Wang Yong led 20,000 cavalry and naturally discovered that the sky was covered with smoke and dust in front of him. It was obvious that a large group of enemies had appeared. He ordered his men to get into formation and get ready for battle! At the same time, he notified Xu of the situation at the rear.
great.
At this time, Helian had brought an army of 30,000 people closer to Wang Yong and others within 4 miles. He could clearly see the enemy on the opposite side. He drew his saber and said loudly: "Warriors of Xianbei, listen to this Khan's order.
Get ready and kill all the enemies in front of us!"
"Kill all the enemies!" the Xianbei cavalry shouted!
Then they slowly accelerated and all the soldiers began to form formations. These four to five hundred cavalrymen formed one dense formation after another. And all these small square formations formed a large cone-shaped formation. This was a cavalry charge on the grassland.
The battle formation is also the most lethal formation.
Not far away, Wang Yong saw the Xianbei cavalry charging towards them. He drew his saber and sneered: "These Xianbei people are stupid if they want to fight us hand-to-hand!"
Through the last hand-to-hand combat, Wang Yong has discovered that the rattan armor is strong and sharp, and the three-piece cavalry suit can perfectly allow the soldiers to exert their full strength on the horse. In head-to-head combat, the Xianbei cavalry is not their opponent at all.
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He said calmly: "Send the order, use the two cavalry battalions on the left and right as the two wings, and the two cavalry battalions in the front and rear as the center army! Prepare to fight!"
After ordering the flag soldiers to wave the flag and convey the flag message, the captain of the fourth cavalry battalion immediately followed Wang Yong's order and quickly changed their formation to prepare for the Xianbei attack! Unlike the scattered formations of the Xianbei people, all four cavalry battalions of the Tengjia Army formed a dense formation.
, like four giant infantry phalanxes!
Seeing that the Xianbei cavalry had charged within 2 miles of the Tengjia Army, Wang Yong also drew his saber and pointed it at the company headquarters and shouted: "Soldiers, follow and kill all the invading enemies! Kill!"
The 20,000 cavalrymen also shouted: "Kill!" and then followed Wang Yong and rushed towards Helian and the others!
Suddenly, the war horses neighed, their hooves thundered, and puffs of smoke rolled up!
The two cavalrymen approached quickly, and at a distance of 50 steps, 20,000 long arrows shot at the Xianbei people with a roaring sound. Wang Yong found that the hit rate of crossbow arrows from a hundred steps away was not high, and the Xianbei people's cavalry bows generally only had 30
He simply ordered his men to shoot the crossbow at 50 steps!
"Boohoo!" Thousands of Xianbei cavalry fell off their horses in this wave of arrows!
At the same time, the Tengjia Army put away their bows and crossbows, drew their sabers and pointed them at the Xianbei people!
The distance between the two sides was close to 30 steps, and the Xianbei people also fired their own bows and arrows, but the Tengjia army generally raised their vine shields to resist. Only a few dozen people fell off their horses because their bows and arrows frightened them.
After a round of bows and arrows, the two sides quickly approached to a distance of 10 steps. The warriors on both sides clenched the sabers in their hands, and then the two sides collided. The neighing of the war horses, the sound of the sabers slashing people, and the sound of shattering resounded throughout the battlefield.
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After a round of hand-to-hand combat, the two sides quickly separated! More than 2,000 Xianbei people fell, and more than 300 Tengjia troops fell on the battlefield!
The soldiers on both sides turned their horses, and Wang Yong raised his sword and shouted angrily: "Complete the team!"
The four battalions of soldiers quickly arranged and formed!
Wang Yong continued to roar: "Kill!"
At the same time, the Xianbei people quickly turned their horses and formed their formation!
Seeing that the Tengjia Army had already charged, they also urged their horses to continue charging!
However, their Great Khan and Lian were frightened. He had just slashed at the soldiers of the Tengjia Army, but his saber was knocked off, and he himself was slashed by the soldiers of the Tengjia Army.
Fortunately, He Lian, who was a Xianbei native, was wearing a treasured armor purchased by a big man at a high price, which saved his life.
But he was frightened when he saw the deep knife marks on his armor. If it were deeper, he might be hacked to death, so in this round of charge, he asked his personal guards to surround him!
The soldiers from both sides once again fought hand-to-hand. This time, more than 2,000 Xianbei people fell, and more than 400 people fell from the Tengjia army. This can be regarded as a flaw in the ceramic armor. It will break with one knife. If the armor has holes, the casualties will be high.
Some.
However, after the Xianbei people had won, they wanted to turn their horses and prepare to continue fighting hand-to-hand with the Han people, but found that their Khan's horse was still accelerating. They thought He Lian had not controlled the horse well, but they did not expect that He Lian would never go away.
Return.
Seeing Helian getting further and further away, the Xianbei soldiers who were preparing to fight suddenly felt that their bodies were weak.