Yu Jin was the first to ride out, walked forward for a while, and still stopped outside the range of the bow and arrow. He raised the spear in his hand and shouted to Han Meng in the camp: "Han Boju! You still know me, this general."
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In the Yan Army camp, Han Meng sneered and replied: "I know you even if you turn into ashes!"
"Now that you know it, do you dare to fight me?" Yu Jin raised his horse and raised his gun, eager to try, looking very arrogant.
Han Meng replied: "In front of the two armies, the competition is courage and resourcefulness. It is also the reckless behavior of generals to challenge each other. Yu Wenze, if you have the ability, lead the cavalry to conquer my camp!"
In the past, Han Meng would have agreed to Yu Jin without hesitation, challenged him to a duel, and then fought to the death. But it is different now. As the general of the army, if he makes any mistake, then
Where will his subordinates be placed? Therefore, he borrowed the words Zhang Liao, a soldier at Yecheng, said two years ago when he refused him a duel, directly applied them and told them to Yu Jin.
After hearing the ban, he laughed loudly and said: "It turns out that Han Meng, one of the four generals under Yuan Shao, was just a slanderer, but he was as timid as a mouse and did not dare to fight!"
At this time, the Wei cavalry behind Yu Jin all started making noises and said in unison: "Han Meng, my son, is as timid as a mouse. If you surrender early, you can avoid death!"
"General, I am willing to go out and fight Yu Jin!" After hearing this, Zhang Nan was filled with anger and immediately clasped his fists.
"General, I am also willing to go out and fight against Yu Jin!" Jiang Yiqu also stood up.
Ma Yan and Director Chunyu also stood up, clasped their fists and said, "The general is also willing to go together!"
Han Meng smiled and said: "Four generals, there is no need to be like this. Our camp is strong. Even if the enemy has two thousand cavalry, it is not a concern. Just hold on and don't go out to fight."
"But General, they have gone too far!" Ma Yan said.
"This is the enemy general's method of provoking me to go out and fight. Since the Wei army has sent more reinforcements and has come to attack the camp, they will not just send this few cavalry, and they will come blatantly in broad daylight. There must be deception in it.
.As long as our army holds on to the camp, there is nothing they can do to us. The best policy is to conserve our strength and wait for the military advisor to arrive." Han Meng said with a smile.
"The governor is right. If the Wei army really wanted to attack the camp, they would not have sent just this small force. They would have wanted to lure our army into battle, and then deliberately faked defeat and led our army into an ambush. This time it was a mistake.
No, it must be Xun Wenruo's treacherous plan again." Xin Pi squeezed out from the crowd and happened to hear Han Meng's words, so he stood beside Han Meng and said slowly.
Han Meng said: "Our army's camp is strong. As long as we hold on, they will not be able to do anything to us. Once they forcefully attack, we will shoot them immediately."
Zhang Nan, Ma Yan, Jiang Yiqu, and Chun Yudao all replied at the same time: "No!"
"The four of you, each take your own troops to the four corners of the camp, and let all the soldiers use crossbows to defend themselves. As long as you enter the shooting range, you can kill and avenge the dead soldiers without waiting for orders!" Han
He was worried that the enemy would break through from other parts of the camp, so he began to divide his troops for defense. With the unique power of the Yan army's repeated crossbows, the crossbow arrows fired were enough to withstand two thousand cavalry.
Four people, Zhang Nan, Ma Yan, Jiang Yiqu, and Chun Yudao, responded, and then each led his troops to move towards the four corners of the camp.
Outside the camp, Yu Jin saw that Han Meng and others were silent, so he cursed again. However, his curses just fell into the sea without causing any waves. Han Meng just looked at him and didn't even answer.
Neither will he.
He cursed so hard that smoke almost came out of his throat. Seeing that the other party didn't respond at all, his lungs almost exploded with anger. He turned the horse's head, returned to the formation, and said to Cao Chun, Li Dian, and Yue Jin:
"The Han Meng of today is no longer what he used to be. If it were in the past, he would definitely take up the challenge..."
"If you are too soft, then be tough. Concentrate all your troops, find the weakest point in the camp, and launch a fierce attack. You must let the enemy fight!" Cao Chun spat, very disappointed with Jin's strategy of scolding the formation.
, his eyes were full of contempt.
"No, Han Meng is good at defense. Look at this camp, there are soldiers walking inside and outside. Besides, attacking the camp will definitely cause serious losses. The Yan army's crossbow formation is very powerful. I heard that it can fire ten crossbows in a row.
Our troops are all cavalry and are not suitable to withstand crossbow attacks. In my opinion, why not think of other strategies?" Yu Jin said.
"Being afraid of wolves in front and tigers in the back, how can a man do this? I wonder why the Prime Minister didn't tell us how to lure the enemy. Otherwise, how could we have fallen into such a dilemma?" Cao Chun said complainingly.
Li Dian thought for a moment and said: "Perhaps, the Prime Minister did not mean to let us attack the enemy's camp, but to let us travel around. The Prime Minister only said to attack the enemy today and lure them into an ambush.
However, I think this may be because the Prime Minister is trying to hide it, and maybe the Prime Minister has already withdrawn his troops from Dingtao at this time."
"That makes sense. I suggest sending someone back to take a look. It's only ten miles away, so it's not far away. If Lord Xiangguo really withdraws, we will delay for a little longer and then withdraw too. With the speed of our cavalry, it is absolutely
I can catch up with the Prime Minister." Yu Jin said.
"Nonsense, I think the three of you are colluding and don't want to attack the enemy at all. If Lord Xiangguo really wants to retreat, why doesn't he make it clear to us? Why do you still have to go through such a big detour?" Cao Chun said angrily.
"It's very simple, because the Prime Minister is afraid that if he tells us, we will not try our best to attack the enemy camp. He wants us to deliberately lose some troops and horses to cover the evacuation of the army." Yu Jin analyzed.
At this time, Li Dian suddenly remembered something and hurriedly said to Cao Chun: "By the way, General Cao, we didn't go far after leaving the city. The Prime Minister shouted something at that time, saying to retreat when the difficulties are hard and don't force it. I
I think this should be the original intention of Lord Xiangguo, right?"
Le Jin, who had been silent until now, suddenly opened his mouth and said: "Don't guess, Mr. Xiangguo has already withdrawn his troops at this time, and he is probably far away from Dingtao City."
"What did you say?" Cao Chun said in surprise.
Le Jin slowly took out a letter written on silk from his arms and handed it to Cao Chun, Yu Jin and Li Dian to circulate it to each other.
Cao Chun, Yu Jin, and Li Dian all put their heads together. After hurriedly reading the letter, the three of them suddenly understood. After looking at each other, they looked at Le Jin together and asked: "Who is the Prime Minister?"
When was this letter given to you?"
"Last night!" Le Jin has always been steady and taciturn, and is the most trustworthy of the four. Therefore, Xun Yu arranged everything as early as yesterday, wrote a letter, gave it to Le Jin, and handed it to Le Jin.
The truth of the matter was told to Le Jin, so that Le Jin could act according to the situation and come up with this letter at the appropriate time.
In the letter, Xun Yu wrote down all his strategies. He deliberately used this 2,000-man cavalry team as bait. He also expected that Han Meng would not go to the battle, and also calculated that they would have differences because of the attack on the camp.
That’s why we arranged for the most trustworthy Le Jin to deliver this letter.
"I really didn't expect you to hide it so deeply?" Li Dian and Le Jin had always had a good relationship, but they were also deceived by Le Jin.
"I do everything according to the wishes of the Prime Minister, and I ask the three generals to forgive me." Le Jin cupped his fists and apologized.
Before the three of them had time to answer, they heard the rapid sound of horse hoofbeats. They hurriedly looked around and saw many Yan army cavalry galloping in the fields. They were everywhere in all directions. They all rushed out at once, almost four of them.
Five thousand cavalry.
"Oops, it's the Yan Army's cavalry. It must be the Yan Army's reinforcements. How come it came so fast?" Cao Chun was shocked and immediately realized that something was wrong.
"What are you waiting for? Escape quickly, retreat quickly! If you don't leave, we will be surrounded by everyone!" Yu Jin was the first to shout.
"Why are you panicking? No one is allowed to withdraw without my order. Once we retreat, they will immediately bite Mr. Xiangguo. Mr. Xiangguo also has food and grass escorted there. We must buy enough time for Mr. Xiangguo." Cao Cundao.
Li Dian and Yue Jin both had no objections and nodded solemnly, while also expressing their willingness to follow Cao Chun's command.
However, Yu Jin was different. He saw a hint of joy on Han Meng's face. At the same time, he pulled out the steel sword he wore on his waist and directed the soldiers to open the gate of the village. A group of soldiers holding repeating crossbows came
He rushed out and started to pull the trigger of the crossbow. The crossbow arrows were fired one by one from the arrow box loaded under the crossbow.
"Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh..."
Arrows rained down like rain, and a row of cavalry on the outside were immediately killed by the arrows.
At this time, the Yan Army's cavalry was getting closer and closer. The cavalry did not receive any unified command, and they did not see any generals. However, for some reason, this cavalry was very orderly and coordinated their actions very well.
, an encirclement was formed in an instant, and then began to press towards the Wei army.
Yu Jin couldn't run away now and could only follow Cao Chun, concentrating all his troops and storming out to one place.
Cao Chun believed that the enemy army was leaderless. Even if there were more cavalry, without a cavalry commander to lead the charge, they would still be in disarray.
However, Cao Chun was wrong this time. He led his cavalry and tried to get out twice. Not only did he lose his troops, but he also failed to get out twice in a row.
In the Yan army's camp, Han Meng had already mounted his horse, ran over with the steel sword in his hand, and shouted to Yu Jin: "Yu Wenze, do you dare to come and fight me?"
"A man will not fight with a villain, let's fight another day!" Yu Jin said hurriedly when he saw Han Meng coming out of the camp with more than 800 cavalry.
At this time, several horses appeared in the northeast. The one carrying people on the horses was Jia Xu, and behind Jia Xu were Xian Yufu, Tian Chou and Nanlou.
Jia Xu was watching the battle with a telescope. After watching it, he immediately ordered: "Nanlou, encircle and annihilate."
Nanlou immediately understood what Jia Xu meant, and without saying a word, he galloped forward on his horse and immediately commanded his five thousand troops.
Although this cavalry was wearing Yan army clothes, it was not a regular Yan army. It was temporarily recruited by Jia Xu from the Wuhuan people who had been renamed Wuwan. Because the Yan army did not have enough cavalry, they had to improvise a few cavalry.
A group of cavalrymen were dressed in the clothes of the Yan army.
Therefore, this time, Jia Xu said that he brought 100,000 troops to cross the Yellow River south, but it was only a lot more, because Wuwan's 50,000 cavalry also joined them. It was precisely because of this that Zang Ba and Han Meng were able to
Continuously trekking long distances, they attacked Wei's rear area with overwhelming force.
At this moment, Cao Chun, Li Dian, Le Jin, Yu Jin and other Wei cavalry were all surrounded by this new force from Nanlou, and they were unable to get out even if they rushed left and right.
When Han Meng saw Nan Lou appear, he rode his horse to Nan Lou's side and said with a smile: "You guys arrived just in time. If it were any later, I'm afraid this group of cavalry would have escaped."
Nanlou smiled and said: "This is because the military advisor is a master of military affairs. He has already sent scouts near Dingtao. They kept delivering news along the way and exhausted several carrier pigeons to death."
Han Meng said with a guilty look on his face: "Master Nanlou, due to my fault a few days ago, there are only about 800 Karasuma Cavalry left out of the 10,000 Karasuma Cavalry. I..."
Nanlou hurriedly stopped Han Meng's words and said: "Victory and defeat are common matters for military officers. Since Wuwan has completely surrendered to the lord, he is a member of the Yan Kingdom. There is no distinction between us. Wuwan swears to live or die with his lord, as long as the lord needs it."
, Karasuma people will have no regrets even if they fight to the last soldier!"
Gao Fei has a very high status in the hearts of the Wuwan people. Wuwan was originally called Wuhuan, a nomadic people living outside the Great Wall. They were scattered in various counties in Youzhou. The various tribes also fought with each other and never achieved true unity.
However, after Wuhuan surrendered to Gao Fei, Gao Fei carried out drastic reforms on Wuhuan, further Chineseizing the Wuhuan people, giving them two places to live in Liaoxi and Changli, and vigorously promoted intermarriage between Han and Wuhuan people.
After several years of development, the Wuhuan people have basically become accustomed to being ruled by Gao Fei. Although they still live a life of half farming and half herding, and still follow the special way of life left by their ancestors, they are basically close to the Han people.
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The Wuhuan people still retain the title of Great Chanyu, but the Great Chanyu must be appointed by Gao Fei, which means that Gao Fei has completely controlled the Wuhuan people.
Gao Fei led his troops to drive away the Xianbei people, the deadly enemies of the Wuhuan people in the vast grassland, freeing up the vast grassland, and specially designated several areas as pastures for the Wuhuan people, and strongly supported the Wuhuan people in their animal husbandry.
Because of this, the war horses in the Yan army were all selected from the Wuhuan people and raised on the grasslands. Of course, they had to be exchanged for money, which also greatly stimulated the Wuhuan people's economy.
As a result, Yu Qiu Liju, the current Great Chan of the Wuhuan people, officially changed the name of Wuhuan to Wuwan after convening a meeting of various ministries, and permanently accepted the rule of the Yan State, officially regarding himself as a Yan State person.
The sudden attack of this group of cavalry put Cao Chun, Li Dian, Le Jin, Yu Jin and others into a tight siege. The four of them looked at each other. Now they could only surrender, apart from fighting to the death. Because Xun Yu did not predict Jia at all.
The meeting came so quickly. Now, if Booth and He wanted to survive, they would have to surrender.
The melee continued. The cavalry of the Wei Army and the Yan Army kept falling off their horses. The noise, miserable cries, and neighing of the horses were all mixed together. There was blood pouring out, limbs flying around, and they were fighting for a while.
, there were only a few hundred cavalry left of the two thousand Wei army's cavalry...
(ps: I am very grateful to the author of the female channel on this website, "Just Like Yijiang Yini" mm. Due to her hard work, this book has a second cover. I am really grateful.)