Although Zhang Fei's words of invitation for war were generous, the Xianbei people, although brave, were not idiots who fought head-on. When they saw the reinforcements of the Han army arriving, the five thousand people immediately evacuated north. However, Liu Bei's cavalry was scarce and the infantry could not catch up.
We can only give up the pursuit and lead the Han army into Mayi.
Entering Mayi, the first thing Liu Bei said when he saw Hu Chuquan was: "Let all your troops and horses rest early, and we will leave the city for a decisive battle with me early tomorrow morning."
Huchuquan was still shocked by the disastrous defeat in Yuledu. For this reason, he did not want to go to battle. He declined and said: "How wrong is the general? Xianbei has a large number of people and our troops are small. Although there is a general to help, if we go out of the city for a decisive battle, the leader will lead the army."
Returning victoriously, our army has suffered a new defeat and its morale is low. How can we win the decisive battle?"
Huchuquan's thoughts are normal. When Liu Bei came this time, in addition to the 7,000 old troops in Dongping, he also brought 6,000 soldiers from Taiyuan County. He recruited about 8,000 troops among the refugees, making a total of more than 20,000.
, not as many as Yu Ledu’s army.
There are about 50,000 people under Kuitou's command, each with a horse, and they come and go like the wind. Since the Hundred Years' War between Han and Hungary, cavalry has always been the protagonist of the battlefield. Now the Xianbei cavalry is the best in the world, and they are sure to win every battle.<
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Now Liu Bei has only more than 5,000 horses under his command, and there are still many slave horses, which are far from comparable to Xianbei horses. In Huchuquan's view, under such circumstances, how can he fight a decisive battle with Xianbei cavalry?
Liu Bei didn't do much to persuade Huchuquan, but simply asked: "May I ask King Youxian, how many days can the food in the city be kept?"
Huchuquan looked embarrassed, but considering that Liu Bei had come all the way and showed his sincerity, he finally told the truth: "It can feed the nine thousand soldiers in the city for more than two months."
Liu Bei asked again: "Can Shanyu send reinforcements?" Huchuquan was confused for a moment, so Liu Bei struck while the iron was hot and admonished him: "King Youxian has insufficient food to fight for a long time, and there are no reinforcements except for a certain person. If we don't fight today,
, you have to fight after you are old. Liu is not a warlike person, but he needs to know that he will survive even if he is put to death, and those who survive will not be lucky. How can a man be afraid of danger? He should spend his life as a soldier. King Youxian
And don’t hesitate!”
Huchuquan's eyelids drooped, he was silent for a moment and then wandered back and forth. After two moments, he stood still. Huchuquan finally bowed to Liu Bei, took out the deer-patterned gold belt that was exclusive to King Youxian, presented it to Liu Bei and said: "The life and death of this little king?"
, and it is tied to the general."
Liu Bei handed the gold belt back to Huchuquan and said seriously: "The Han and the Huns are the country of uncles and nephews. As a general who protects the Huns, Liu is responsible for leading the army to help. King Youxian thought that Liu
Who is it? Regardless of whether the king has given this belt as a gift or not, Bei is here with his troops! If the king wants to thank you, why not reward the three armies tonight. The commander will show kindness and the soldiers will use their lives. Even if there is no great victory tomorrow, there will be no defeat!"<
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Huchuquan was greatly moved when he heard what he said. He treated Liu Bei as a guest of honor and held a banquet with delicacies such as grapes and pomegranates and delicacies such as bear paws and wild pigs. He also ordered his subordinates to open the rice warehouse and prepare wheat rice and meat to welcome the Han army.
I wanted to invite Liu Bei to taste the wine again, but Liu Bei refused and said, "We will fight tomorrow. Just eat well. Drinking may cause trouble."
At a quarter past nine o'clock the next day, all the soldiers in the city had eaten and drank enough and had finished their rest. The winter sky had not yet become clear. Liu Bei and Huchuquan led their troops out of the city. Five thousand Xianbei cavalry were watching eagerly outside the city. However, after careful consideration, they could only sit back and watch.
Walk to the bathing room.
When Kuitou led his army back to the original camp, he saw Liu Bei ordering Zhang Fei to lead 3,000 chariots across Yushui and occupy a hill on the south bank. However, most of the Han army was still on the north bank of Yushui.
Tuoba Lin from the north bank sent a messenger to say that the army in Mayi had already marched out of the city.
"That's Liu Bei's flying tiger flag with a cloud pattern." After looking at it with squinted eyes, the leader said to his subordinates: "I thought that after Chen Chong resigned, Liu Bei would also quit and retreat. Unexpectedly, he could do it again today.
We will meet here. The army is on the north bank, and the vanguard is on the south hill. By acting like this, you are inviting a fight to our army."
The leader asked: "He wants to fight me here, what do you think?"
There are different opinions among the commanders of Xianbei: Shuluo Yu Qiguang and Su Liujin Heiqiao had made meritorious service before, and he was so proud that he waved his sword and shouted and took the initiative to invite the battle. Hou Mo, Chen Kuling and Yifu Shanlu did not make meritorious service in time, and they were not angry.
He dipped his face in blood and asked to be a pioneer. The leader remained silent and turned to his younger brother Bu Dugendao: "What do you think?"
Bu Dugen was only over 20 years old, about the same age as Liu Bei and Chen Chong. Compared with the other generals, he was thinner in stature, but he was fair in dealing with things, good at uniting people, and his reputation was widely known in the three tribes. The leader had no children.
, he regarded Bu Dugen as his successor and had high hopes for him.
Bu Dugen ignored the active requests of the other young commanders to fight, and said to himself: "I just estimated that the Han army was only thirty thousand in number, comparable to our army of twenty-one, but now they are arrayed in the bathing water, taking the initiative to fight with us.
The army is asking for a battle, which shows that Liu Bei must have a back-up plan. We might as well send some scattered cavalry to give it a try first, and then decide whether to fight or retreat."
Although Hou Mochen Kuling didn't understand what he meant, he always respected Bu Dugen, so he asked: "Now that we have returned after a great victory, the enemy's morale will definitely have dropped to the bottom. Will a trial battle hurt morale?" Bu Dugen shook his head and objected, then rode his horse to the front of the crowd and said: "Now our army is indeed victorious, but the Huns have no way to retreat. Now Yufronai is oppressing the back, and we are killing them in front. The Huns in Mayi
With grief and anger in your heart, you fight against us. Even if our army wins, we will definitely suffer a lot of losses. The Han people often say that you should not pursue a poor enemy, and this is the truth."
"Moreover, this formation is very strange. Our troops attack each other rashly without knowing the depth. If the decisive battle fails, will we still regret it during the war? Liu Bei is not in Ledu, so he has to be careful again and again."
The leader nodded and praised, "Dugen is worthy of my thousand-mile horse." Apparently he was determined, and turned to Shuluo Yu Qiguang and said, "Qiguang, take two hundred armored cavalry and look around the formation of the Han army on the south bank."
Hou Mo Chen Kuling said: "Kulin, you take two thousand light cavalry and cover Qi Guang behind him. If there is a change in the Han army, you will step forward to meet Qi Guang."
The two generals received their orders, Shuluo Yu Qiguang led two hundred armored cavalry out of the army, and rode from the south towards the Han army's southern formation. The Han army's southern formation was on a hill, with bathing water behind them.
Then there is a long formation.
Qi Guang first looked at the long formation, which was arranged as usual. The infantry held halberds and stood on the bank of the Yushui River to prevent the cavalry from rushing into the formation, while the archers were in the middle formation, but the cavalry was nowhere to be seen.
Thinking of this, Qi Guang once again led his team to look at the southern formation. The southern formation is located on a hill, commanding it. The area on the hill is about 60 feet in diameter and can accommodate more than 2,000 people. However, Qi Guang does not know how to arrange the formation on the hill.
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According to the terrain, Zhang Fei built a semicircle with camp cars around the hills. These car camps were different from other places. The carriages were made of two-foot-thick jujube wood, which was hard and durable. The carriages were more than ten feet high.
The layout of the military formations inside the hill is completely hidden.
Qi Guang wanted to withdraw at this time, but then he thought that he didn't know how the southern formation was arranged, so how could he go back and resume his life? Then he led the team to stop in front of the formation, and shouted during the battle: "Han'er dares to fight to the death, how can he do it in front of me?
Branch bird?"
After hearing this, Zhang Fei rode on horseback and put on armor and walked out of the car formation, but he smiled at Shuluo and Qi Guang and said, "Xianbei dogs dare to bark in front of me. Do you dare to fight with me alone?"
Seeing that Zhang Fei was as majestic as a mountain, with a muscular body and half a head taller than Qi Guang, Qi Guang readily accepted the challenge. Although the leader ordered Qi Guang to lead his team in a trial battle, the Xianbei knights were famous all over the world and had a determination to win.
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Qi Guang thought that if he could kill this man, the Han army's southern formation would definitely take action, so he picked up the Changke ax carried by his entourage and rode forward to fight Zhang Fei.
Zhang Fei usually used a knife to fight the enemy on foot, but when fighting on horseback, he switched to a snake spear made of fine iron. The two men had the same horse power, and the weapons hit each other exactly, and there was no difference between the blows. But after the two separated,
At this time, Zhang Fei held the spear handle horizontally. The snake spear was eight feet long. At this moment, he used his strength to strike the spear and hit Qi Guang on the back with the spear body.
Qi Guang couldn't react in time and took the blow forcefully. Although he was protected by iron armor, he still felt a sharp pain in his back, like a fire, and a sweetness surged in his chest, making him almost vomit and almost unable to hold the weapon.<
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With one blow, Qi Guang knew that he could not fight for long, so he lowered his body and lay on his horse. Without fighting Zhang Fei anymore, he circled back to the armored cavalry. Zhang Fei's laughter like waves came from behind,
His warrior heart felt humiliated.
After trying his best, Shuluo Yu Qiguang led his team back to the army. Knowing that he had suffered a lot, the leader quickly called a witch doctor to examine his injuries. After disarming, the witch doctor saw a red mark on Qi Guang's back and moved a little bit.
When the erythema appeared, the wizard made a shallow incision along the erythema, and purple bruises emerged from the incision.
Qi Guang breathed a long sigh of relief and then fell into a drowsy sleep. It was obvious that he would not be able to fight again for a while.
After hearing the accompanying Jiaqi's description of the Han army's formation, the leader thought about it again and again and said to the other commanders: "We will withdraw our troops later."
Before anyone could object, he explained: "There is something fishy about the formation of the Han army now, so we must not waste the battle. Since yesterday, our army has killed more than ten thousand Xiongnu. Yu Fuluo is short-sighted and will definitely provoke internal fighting and abandon his horse."
I don’t care about the city. We only need to stay in Pingcheng and wait for good news. Sooner or later, Yanmen County will be ours.”
Having said this, he looked at Liu Bei's flying tiger flag with a cloud pattern. He drew his sword and pointed at the flag, and then smiled and said: "As for Liu Bei, I have a good plan. Now that Zhang Chun has robbed Youji and besieged Gongsun, what will the Han court do?"
The action? It’s nothing more than dispatching reinforcements. We can plan accordingly, and Liu Bei’s defeat will not be far away!”
On this day, in full view of the Han army, Xianbei's 50,000-strong army only made slight contact with the southern formation, then turned around and left, embarking on the road back to Pingcheng.
Liu Bei wanted to pursue him, but he lacked horses and had no choice but to give up. Seeing the Xianbei flag gradually blurring in the sky, Zhang Fei turned to Liu Bei and said regretfully: "What a pity! What a pity! Brother, I didn't let the Xianbei dog see Queyue."
Array."
Liu Bei was alert. Xianbei retreated without a fight this time. The threat was far greater than a decisive battle with Xianbei, but there was another thing in his heart that he was anxious to do.
He turned to Huchuquan and asked, "What does the king think of Shanyu?"