At this time, the following Xifu Army cavalry entered the city mixed with Murong's tribe. There was a sound of killing in the city, but the fighting on the city stopped. Zhou Buyi led the troops and continued to command with flags and drums on the outside, and suddenly found Tuoba Xianbei's cavalry.
Appearing out of nowhere, they drove away the Bailu who were still stranded at the gate of the city, and then headed towards the city to kill them.
In the smoke, the Tuoba tribe's cavalry kept rushing out. There were many of them, but in comparison, the Xifu soldiers who entered the city were only a handful. Soon, smoke billowed everywhere in the city, and screams came one after another. At this time, Tuoba tribe
Ba Xianbei was setting fire to and looting. Although a small number of Han soldiers also participated in the struggle, most of them still followed the military discipline of not looting the city. Therefore, almost all the goods, men and women in the city were occupied by the Heng people who followed. As for Murong Xianbei's army outside the city, they completely stopped resisting before dark. Murong Ninghu and his two nephews were both captured alive. Murong Ninghu died of his injuries and died before dawn.
The next day, most of the Han army entered the city. Zhou Buyi seemed to turn a blind eye to Tuoba Muyan's plundering of most of the population and property. Then he handed over the captured two princes and other Murong clan members to Tuoba Muyan
Yan Muyan was extremely happy and said to Zhou Buji: "Now I finally understand the general's intention of not attacking the city by force. You are truly a wise and courageous man. I think the next prime minister of the country must be you."
The kidnapped children were to be given to Zhou Buyi, but Zhou Buyi smiled and refused to accept them.
Jiang Xu, who was accompanying him, disagreed and said privately: "The Tuoba tribe did not contribute much in the battle and was at the forefront in looting. Although the military discipline is so, after the city was captured, there were no trophies to reward the soldiers. I am not a saint, how can I have no objections? Could it be that?
General Zhou believed what the prisoners said and wanted to imitate the prime minister in pretending to be noble?"
Having said that, Zhou Buyi actually picked out some gold and silver from his luggage and distributed them to the meritorious soldiers. Those Han soldiers who also participated in the looting privately, Zhou Buyi did not ask them to hand over.
The five thousand war horses captured outside the city were taken away and placed in the military camp of the formation.
Soon, the Han army and the Heng army withdrew. When they left, the city was empty. All the wooden buildings in the city were burned down. The solid stone walls left behind were difficult to destroy.
Taking the prisoners obtained in the battle, they took the road and headed west over the mountains to Heisei District 2.
Let's talk about Murong Mohuba's headquarters. He had already asked for reinforcements from the Liao people and the Kucheng officials to attack all the way to rescue Jicheng. Halfway through, he heard that the city had been captured, so he had to stop. Mohuba guessed that the Han army was bringing
The prisoners were slow to move, so they wanted to attack them on the road. The Bailu erected a fence at the valley pass of the Daxianbei Mountains, while winding up the mountain, looping back for dozens of miles, blocking the only way for the Han army to return to the city. Mo Hu
Ba's plan was to block the Han's return route here. In less than half a month, their food supply would be exhausted, and they would be able to defeat them without a fight. They would hunt down the lone sick people left behind by the Han army along the way and kill them all.
After death, the head was built in front of the fence to form a palace.
Unexpectedly, when the vanguard of the Han army discovered the fence, Zhou Buyi ordered the entire army to speed up and arrived at the mountain pass that night. By the end of the next morning, the Han army's armored soldiers, holding swords, were heading towards the fence like black clouds.
After a drum, countless sergeants rushed out from the Han army holding long poles. On the long poles, they carried cloth, furs and other objects soaked in beef and mutton oil. They piled them on the fence, and then threw the torches towards the fence.
The flames suddenly burst into flames on the fence. Black smoke billowed up, and the smell of burning smell blew upward along the mountain pass.
At the beginning, Murong Xianbei jumped down to put out the fire, but most of them were driven back by the foul-smelling black smoke. Even some people covered their mouths and noses with cloth towels and tried to get closer to push the burning objects away from the fence with spears, but the Han people on the other side were
The military archers shot arrows randomly, making this attempt to put out the fire in vain. Murong Xianbei on the mountain could only watch the fence being burned by the fire.
Seeing that the fence at the entrance of the valley was burned to black charcoal and thrown together indiscriminately, Guo Huai, who was immediately in the formation, couldn't help but sigh: "Last year, I was trapped in Zhuoxian by the fence and couldn't get out for more than a month. Why?" The sergeants were originally dissatisfied with Zhou.
He is unquestionably arbitrary, but one has to admire his resourcefulness, especially his good at attacking difficult situations, always using his wits to overcome them, and causing very few casualties. This is very popular with everyone.
Seeing that the situation was good, Jiang Xu invited Zhou Buyi to fight: "Now that the fence is broken, I am willing to lead a thousand cavalry into the formation to fight!"
Zhou Buyi pressed his hand and said: "You have already taken the lead in the battle of Thorny City. This time, just stay behind and let the Beifu army go first."
Unexpectedly, Tuoba Muyan couldn't bear it anymore. He grabbed the translator and asked Zhou Buji to fight. He said, "It's hard for Master Wang to attack the city. Let's fight first this time!"
Zhou Buyi didn't get what he asked for, but he said: "You don't have many troops, how about I send the Beifu army to follow you into the battle?"
After hearing this, Mu Yan rolled his eyes and said loudly: "General, you don't know. We Tuoba tribe are all warriors with one against a hundred. A few white prisoners are not enough for us to kill!" He pointed to his saber and said:
"Tuoba means Lord of the Earth. On the grassland, it usually refers to tigers. Just look at how powerful our tigers are in the flock of sheep!"
After that, he ordered the accompanying cavalry to attack. What he brought was not the traditional Xianbei heavy cavalry. Instead, he wore a leather hat, no armor, a large quiver with more than a hundred arrows on his back, and a broadsword hanging from his waist.
They raised their bows and urged their horses, not avoiding the difficult and dangerous mountain roads, and passed through the black smoke that had not dispersed, straight into the mountain pass. The Tuoba knights galloped silently, without making any noise. Only the hoofs of the horses stepped on the earth, like thunder.
; Broken stones splashed like heavy rain falling to the ground. As the flying horse rode forward, the knight on the horse loosened his reins, drew his bow and shot arrows continuously, and thousands of arrows flew, as fast as lightning.
Zhou Bujie immediately watched the battle, turned to the generals and said: "King Heng has followed the late emperor and the prime minister for many years, and he has indeed learned a lot from military training. Compared with Bailu, he is just like a hog, dog, ox or sheep!" This is of course true.
As I said, Murong Xianbei was weak in fighting against the enemy with a small number, and he lacked courage. In addition, it was difficult to form a majestic formation in the mountains, so it was normal for him to lose. But Tuoba Liwei had been entrenched in Bingzhou for more than ten years, and he had indeed learned a lot.
What I learned is that Xianbei Muyan's flying cavalry archery was very good just now. He obviously learned it from the Xiongnu Qingqi, and he was better than his master.
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Within two or three moments, Tuoba Xianbei, who was in the vanguard, had defeated the Bailu. The Beifu army that followed took advantage of the situation and dismounted their horses and marched forward in armor. They surged through the fence like a flood, dividing and surrounding the coalition forces that had been defeated by Tuoba tribe. The victory or defeat on the battlefield was already determined.
Determined, Zhou Buyi was unwilling to take action again.
The remnants of the coalition forces were driven up the mountain, but many people were still resisting. The hillside was rugged and Tuoba Muyan could not climb up on horseback, so he only shot randomly from a distance. Many of the captives on the mountain were Fuyu people who grew up in Liaodong.
Wearing cowhide, they are extremely tall, a head taller than both the Xianbei and the Han people. Tuoba Xianbei dismounted their horses and stood in front of the mountain. Most of them were short and thick, especially with short legs. Standing on the ground was not as good as galloping on their horses.
More imposing. Compared with those Fuyu people from deep in Liaodong, they look even smaller.
The tall and powerful Fuyu people, armed with long swords that could only be wielded with two hands, roared down to chop people. The Tuoba soldiers in front of them could not escape, and many of them died violently. Tuoba Muyan and his troops retreated one after another, only using their bows and arrows to shoot intensively.
, shooting the giants like hedgehogs. After going back and forth several times, those coalition prisoners who refused to surrender were all shot and killed. Then the Han and Heng people rushed up the mountain, killing the injured who had fallen to the ground, and beheaded some.
The enemy's head is displayed on the tip of the knife.
The coalition forces were originally guarding in danger, but once the fence was broken, the steep mountains became an obstacle to escape. Therefore, in this battle, they were almost wiped out. Except for Murong Mohuba and some Liao generals who escaped, almost 90% of the coalition soldiers were killed.
Unable to survive, tens of thousands of people were beheaded and captured, and tens of thousands of horses, cattle and pack animals were captured.
The Han army continued eastward and, as agreed in advance, met up with King Heng Tuoba Liwei at Danhan Mountain. After passing the Daxianbei Mountains, Tuoba Muyan led his troops back first. At this time, Liwei also captured Longcheng and captured Mo
Huba's wife, a small family, and thousands of nobles, palaces, craftsmen, and monks gathered in the palace to acquire treasures. The Hengguo army stationed at the foot of Baishan Mountain, waiting for the Han army to come and meet.
After Tuoba Muyan met the Khan, he told Zhou Buyi that he was both wise and brave, saying that he had three victories in three battles, each with a different fighting method, and that he killed prisoners without calculation and suffered very little loss. Tuoba Li listened slightly.
, was so impressed that he couldn't wait for most of the Han army to arrive, so he took more than a thousand light cavalry and went to see Zhou Buyi in person. Zhou Buyi heard that Tuoba Liwei was coming in person, and rushed to meet him with more than a dozen cavalry.
King Heng came to the tent door in person, took Zhou Buyi by the hand, and led him into the tent.
Tuoba Li slightly noticed that Zhou Buyi had a slender figure, a powdered face, good appearance, and neither humble nor overbearing manners. He admired it very much. He turned around and said to his followers: "This is what a wise and brave person in the Celestial Dynasty should look like. It reminds me of
"The prime minister from more than ten years ago." He called Zhou Buyi, who sat side by side and drank happily. Zhou Buyi had a weak Guantuoba and similar appearance to Mu Yan, but his figure was more majestic, his appearance was extraordinary, and his words and deeds were like
The image of a Confucian scholar is very different from the image of the fierce and exposed Xianbei leader in our imagination.
After the banquet, Liwei clapped his hands and called to the servant. He stood up, grabbed Zhou Buyi, and walked to the door of the tent. He saw the servant standing outside the tent leading a black horse. The horse had a hole on its forehead except for one.
Except for a handful of white hair, there is not a single streak of color on its body. It is eight feet tall, strong and handsome, and looks like a rare horse. Tuoba Li pointed at the horse slightly and said to Zhou Bujie: "This is
My mount is a fine horse produced under the Jinshan Mountain. I named it White-fronted Wuzui and gave it to the general." Zhou Buyi was surprised and hurriedly declined. Li Wei said seriously: "A horse must meet a heroic master.
, If you continue to shirk the good thing that you can't ask for at this time, I may be unhappy. General, please ride up quickly and let me see."
Zhou Buyi had no choice but to accept it. He got on his horse in front of the tent and asked his subordinate to lead his original mount. He said goodbye to King Heng and Tuoba Liwei watched him turn his horse away before entering the tent.