For example, among the endless rebels in the Han Dynasty, who poses the greatest threat to the imperial court, the debate will definitely be fruitless. But if we want to say which rebel army in the Han Dynasty has the strongest combat effectiveness, then the result is undoubtedly Xianbei.<
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Since the rise of Tanshihuai, he has taken full control of the Xiongnu's homeland, established the Xianbei legal system, subdued all the tribal leaders in the territory, and truly unified Xianbei for the first time. Then he launched an army to attack the Han, and Tanshihuai personally led the battle without any defeat, especially in the
In the decisive battle between Han and Xian in the sixth year of Xiping, the imperial court deployed nearly 40,000 elite cavalry to outflank Xianbei in three directions. Xianbei also faced the enemy head-on with three directions, but the entire army was wiped out. All three directions were defeated, causing panic throughout the court. p>
So much so that in the third year of Guanghe Dynasty, Tan Shihuai attacked Goguryeo eastward, and Chen Chong and Liu Bei took advantage of his unpreparedness to attack Danhan Mountain and succeeded, but only captured a thousand people. It was hailed as the greatest victory of the Han Dynasty against Xianbei.
Now, although Tan Shihuai died of illness, no one in Xianbei has subdued the masses, which has led to endless wars in Xianbei. But even so, Xianbei's power continues to expand outwards in chaos, and will continue until they are completely integrated into the blood of China.
Until the end.
Tan Shihuai divided Xianbei into three parts during his lifetime: the east of Youbeiping County is the eastern Xianbei, the west of Youbeiping County is the central Xianbei, the east of Shanggu County is the central Xianbei, the west of Shanggu County is up to Dunhuang, and Wusun is the western Xianbei. But after seven years,
Today's Xianbei is completely different.
It was his son Helian who should have inherited Tanshihuai's great achievements. However, Helian was captured by Liu Bei and Chen Chong, so his nephew Kuitou had to act as regent to assist his grandson Qianman. However, Jianman started to compete with Kuitou after he turned fourteen.
Quan, the two were at loggerheads, and the ministries under his command took the opportunity to become independent one after another. Kuitou also left Tanhan Mountain and moved to Pingcheng, wooing the ministries while expanding his power.
This year's severe drought has also affected Xianbei a lot. In June, Xianbei already had a poor summer harvest, and the horses were thin and the barley was light. However, the scale of the war in Bingzhou at the beginning of the year made Kuitou secretly frightened. Now the power under his command is not as powerful as Tan Shihuai.
One-third, after repeated weighing, finally turned to assist Zhang Chun in plundering Youyan, which was quite fruitful.
But the recent news from Xihe made him confused. After the war, Qiangqu's son Yu Fuluo won a great victory and succeeded him as the new Shanyu. However, Yanmen's defense was far more lax than before, and the defenders were actually in a terrible state.
Half of last year.
However, considering that both Chen Chong and Liu Bei were stationed in Bingzhou and were good generals who were familiar with Xianbei's tactics, the leader still suppressed the commotion and stayed in Pingcheng for a long time.
Time came to October. First, a caravan in Xihe heard the news that Chen Chong resigned due to involvement in the case. Then, the slaves bought revealed that there were many internal conflicts among the Xiongnu tribes. When the spies were sent, they actually saw the princes at the top of Meiji City.
Tou, Kuitou finally made up his mind, and immediately led an army of 30,000 people to go south, aiming directly at Mayi.
Mayi is rumored to be a city blessed by God. When the First Emperor was there, he sent troops to build a city in the Wuzhou Fortress to resist the Huns. However, whenever the city was about to be completed, the city collapsed in many places. The local sergeants were deeply discouraged. At this time, a green horse
The maned wild horses repeatedly circled and ran in the fortress, forming a circle. The local elders were quite weird, so they planned the city according to the hoof prints of the horses. After the city was built, it did not collapse, so the city was named Mayi. Mayi is located in the Datong Basin, surrounded by mountains on three sides: Hongtao Mountain to the northwest, Guanchuan Mountain to the southwest, and Hengshan Mountain to the southeast. A bathing water gurgling in the south flows to the northeast, passes through Pingcheng, and then flows straight down until it reaches Jixian County and merges into the Bohai Sea.
For Kuitou, who has already controlled Pingcheng, he only needs to capture Mayi. The rest of the Yanmen cities are blocked by mountains and can be defeated one by one.
As usual, Huchuquan did not dare to say that he had defeated Kuitou, but after holding on to the city and waiting for him to plunder, Kuitou could only leave in anger. But this time is different from the past. In order to collect tribute, the three tribes of Yanmen,
The storehouse has been emptied and there is no more food left. It is not easy for Huchuquan to survive this winter. How can we hold on to the war with the Huns?
Before Kuitou encircled Mayi, Huchuquan quickly sent two groups of envoys, one to ask for help from Yu Fuluo and the other to ask for help from Liu Bei. At the same time, he comforted the city sergeants and said: "I have sent envoys to ask for help. Before the war, Shanyu was with me.
Promise, reinforcements will be sent to relieve the siege."
In fact, he had no idea at all. Yu Fuluo's recent atrocities of plundering people and making them slaves had greatly frightened him. As for Liu Bei, who was known as the Zhonglang General who protected the Huns, he had actually never had any contact with him, even though he was surrounded by Longshan.
It had been nearly a month, but he didn't even know what the other party looked like. At this moment, Huchuquan looked at the confused cavalry under the city, feeling confused and speechless.
The cavalry of the world, the horses of Xianbei. After Tan Shihuai unified Xianbei, he recruited Han craftsmen from the Han Dynasty. The Han slaves who were craftsmen were also pardoned as civilians, and they were concentrated in one place to work, making swords, armors, farming tools and houses.
In this process, he paid special attention to horse armor, not only creating a lighter and stronger saddle, but also creating armor and riding equipment that can arm the horse's whole body.
After the Xianbei man-made uniforms were produced, they had to select the best war horse equipment. Even so, the heavy weight of the equipment made it difficult for the war horses to charge for a long time. Each uniformed rider had to be equipped with two slave horses, and the horses usually carried armor.
It can be used on horses, and then equipped on war horses during battle. Only a few hundred riders can achieve the miraculous effect of the front army's evasion.
Since Xianbei captured Wusun and Liangzhou rebelled, the Bingzhou horse breeds have not been as good as the Xianbei horses that were introduced from the Western Regions. Now Xianbei has equipped a brand-new cavalry for this purpose, and the Huns have nothing to do. They often lose in field battles and only
Able to shrink into a city and retreat again and again.
But Huchuquan can no longer retreat. He can fully imagine what his brother will do after withdrawing from Mayi. He can only hold on here until his death.
Of course, the Xianbei army under the city didn't think so much. Kuitou set up the camp on Hongtao Mountain, where he could have a clear view of the situation in the city, while his younger brother Bu Dugen openly divided more than 10,000 troops and went south to cross the bathing water.
, stationed in the southwest corner of the city, not only to prevent the Huns defenders from escaping, but also to guard against reinforcements who do not know where they are.
To defend the city, you must defend the country. Even the Huns, Huchuquan, has understood this truth after so many years. But this time the leader came too quickly and too urgently, and there were only nine thousand soldiers in the city. If he failed to fight, he would immediately fall.
For safety reasons, the troops remained stationary and only raised beacon smoke in the city to signal the crisis in Mayi to Wuzhou, Qixian, and Guangwu Shangxian.
The white beacon smoke billowed like waves. Of course, what he saw was not only the reinforcements from the three counties. The Xianbei people below the city could see it more clearly. The leader smiled at his subordinates and said: "Huchuquan is showing weakness like this. It seems that this southern expedition will definitely gain something."
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The next day, the leaders of the three tribes gathered at Leitou Mountain, with a total of more than 25,000 people. Huyan King Yuledu was elected as the commander-in-chief without hesitation. He considered the situation and analyzed: "At this time, the enemy is outnumbered and we are outnumbered."
, we must not waste our time fighting. Only by taking advantage of the geographical advantage, resisting step by step, and forcing Xianbei to withdraw can we overcome the difficulties."
The so-called geographical advantage is the Gouzhu Mountain and Xiawu Mountain on the west side of the Taiyuan Basin. These two mountains separate Guangwu and Mayi. Yuledu wanted to rely on the mountains to attack the Xianbei flanks, but did not fight with them decisively. If the enemy wanted to fight to the death,
, the army will retreat to the mountains. If the enemy is pursuing them and the horse power cannot be used in the mountains, they can set up an ambush in the mountains and annihilate them.
But the problem is that the idea is good, but Kuitou is not a mediocre person. News of the small team’s attack on the camp reached Kuitou, who was hunting deer with his soldiers in the mountains.
He found four or five young deer in a mountain lake, and they were drawing water by the lake. Seeing that he was eager to hunt, he was about to call his followers to block the elk's retreat from a distance. Before the encirclement was completed, a messenger happened to arrive to deliver the message. In the middle of the mountain forest,
The grass was dense, which was not conducive to the performance of the horses. The messenger was eager to go, causing the horses' hooves to make frequent rustling sounds on the leaves. The elk heard the sound and scattered away, which only made the leader sigh and regret in vain.
But after he heard the news, his regret suddenly disappeared and he became excited. Kuitou immediately went down the mountain to convene a meeting with his subordinates to discuss the news and pass the news through the whole army. The young commander Hou Mochen Kuling asked: "Since the Huns are harassing our army in the mountains,
Should our army enter the mountains to search and kill?"
The leader shook his head in denial, and said with a smile on his face: "Why are we searching and killing? The Huns are already timid! By doing this, they clearly do not dare to fight with our army. Tell Budugen to add more sentries on the south bank of Yushui.
, just to prevent the Huns from attacking the camp. As I expected, they will definitely not dare to go out to fight."
At this point, he kept silent, but the rest of the words were understood by all the generals: the leader of the Yanmen Xiongnu is the Youxian King Huchuquan. Now Huchuquan is trapped in the isolated city, and he can see Yuledu leading the main force to wander outside.
Retreat without a fight?
The answer is of course no. Although Budugen was harassed by Yuledu one after another, he still sat peacefully on the mountain. The soldiers still dug barriers during the day and built camp walls at night. The effect of the Huns' cavalry harassment was also getting worse day by day.
Huchuquan watched the city for four days, and finally couldn't hold it back on the fifth day. The raging beacon smoke rose again in Mayi City, but this time the beacon smoke was no longer billowing white waves, but mixed with gray and yellow colors.
This is the signal to summon the army for battle.
When the leader saw the smoke, he couldn't help laughing and said: "The Huns' children are very poor!"