No matter when, fists speak louder than words, especially in a violent institution like the army. Since Chen Cheng has the biggest fists, there are fewer people who oppose him. He ordered 500 elite cavalry and asked Cheng Yihe
Yang Qiu each asked for five hundred horses, and then, under the leadership of Li Qiang, rushed towards the place where Wu Bao was.
Under normal conditions, the speed of cavalry is about twenty kilometers per hour, but that is the most ideal condition on flat ground. When marching in the wild, in order to save horsepower, they can advance almost ten kilometers on the plains in one hour, and sixty kilometers per hour.
It's only a matter of three hours.
For the Huns, whose main force was light cavalry, this distance was already within striking range. When Li Qiang ran out to ask for help, he ran all the way and it took less than an hour. When he returned, although he was extremely anxious,
But he could only slow down his horse speed, and it took several times the time to arrive outside the Li family's Wubao.
Looking from a distance, thousands of Huns cavalry were dismounting, and under the command of the leaders of each unit, they launched an attack on Uburg. Their tactics were very simple, relying on the large number of people, they constantly stepped forward to tease the defenders.
Test the weaknesses in the defense line and take the opportunity to kill the defenders in Wu Fort with bows and arrows.
There were about three to four hundred young men on the wall of Wubao, who from time to time poked their heads out to fight back with bows and crossbows. Lingzhou has been in the hands of the rebels for many years. The powerful people are rushing to buy ordnance, except that armor is not easy to handle.
In addition, almost every household has crossbows, swords and guns.
While Chen Cheng was observing, someone suddenly poked his head out of Wu Fort and shot a Hun nobleman with a powerful crossbow. The Huns outside made a fuss and stepped forward to shoot with bows and arrows, but the man before shot an arrow.
After that, he immediately hid behind the wall, and dozens of arrows all landed in the empty space.
Those Huns vented their anger, but achieved nothing. Instead, the people in Wubao took the opportunity to shoot and kill many of them. Their companions screamed and fell to the ground one after another, and they could only drag the noble's body and retreat far away.
Li Qiang pointed in the direction of Wubao and said: "General, the Huns have been attacking since the morning. It has taken several hours. If we launch the attack now, we will definitely win!"
Chen Cheng watched for a while and then asked Li Kan, who was following him: "Does Zuo Sima think it's time to attack?"
Li Kan looked serious and said: "The thousands of Huns here are nothing, but I'm afraid there will be more later."
He asked Li Qiang: "How many people are there in the city? Can we evacuate them together?"
Li Qiang smiled bitterly and said: "After the Huns came, people from all over the country ran in, including thousands of old and weak people. Where did they retreat?"
Chen Cheng asked: "How many are there like this near Wubao?"
Li Qiang said: "As far as I know, there are still three in the north that have not been conquered by the Huns."
"There are many people in each Wubao?"
"Yes," Li Qiang said: "Every time the Huns come over or the Qiang people make trouble, the surrounding people will hide in."
Chen Cheng thought for a while and quickly made a decision, "No matter what, first defeat the Huns in front of you."
He led Li Kan and Li Qiang back five miles. Behind a large forest, Zhao Yun was repairing there with his troops.
After gathering all the generals, Chen Cheng said loudly: "I will lead my troops to attack head-on, and your two troops will surround you from both sides. When you hear the gong sound of withdrawing the troops, you will retreat immediately. Do you understand?"
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All the generals responded: "I understand!"
So everyone got on their horses and marched north along the road. One thousand and five hundred cavalry was also a powerful armed force on the grassland. Although the Huns often claimed to have hundreds of thousands of men who could control strings, most of them were herdsmen who had changed their profession.
The elite inner circle that came over were only ten or twenty thousand men, and the combat effectiveness of the remaining ones was very questionable.
The Huns outside Li's Wu Fort retreated out of the range of their bows and arrows, and several leaders were arguing fiercely around the nobleman who had been shot to death.
"The city wall here is too strong, we should attack elsewhere." A Xiongnu leader with a gold ring on his ear said loudly: "There are many Han people here for plunder, why do we have to suffer here?
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His words were approved by many people, "That's right, we have let go of so many Uburgs before, just let the people here provide some food, gold and silk women."
"Yes, let them send out more women!"
"That's enough!" Another Xiongnu leader shouted: "The Han here killed one of our household members, so we must kill everyone in the city! If we don't punish them severely, other people will follow suit, and we will
How can we enslave these Han people?"
As soon as these words came out, several leaders immediately changed their minds and agreed: "This makes sense. We should let these Han and Qiang people know how powerful we Huns are!"
Some people objected: "But this city wall is so thick, how many lives will it take to knock it down?"
Someone came up with an idea: "Didn't we capture a lot of Han and Qiang people? Let them attack the city!"
"That's a good idea!"
"The Qiang people can still keep them and raise horses, but what are the Han people doing? Drag them all to attack the city!"
Immediately there was fierce opposition, "Han people can also raise horses and let them mate with slaves..."
When several groups of people were arguing, a thunderous sound suddenly came from the distance. The Huns often heard such sounds on the grassland and knew that it was a large group of cavalry moving. Those with more experience could hear it just by the sound.
There are one or two thousand riders.
The leaders looked at each other with confused expressions on their faces. In order to grab more things, they had already run to the front. Why were there other tribes running to the front?
After defeating Yang Qiu's main force and spending more than ten days to capture Lian County, the Huns' arrogance reached an almost arrogant level. They set out from Lian County and went south, encountering people who were defending their cities.
Han people, so when they encountered a large group of cavalry in the wild, they thought they were Huns from other tribes.
The muffled thunder was getting closer and faster, and the Huns gradually became commotion. Several noble leaders also realized that something was wrong, "We are so close, why are we raising our horses so fast?"
The distance between the two sides had shortened to one or two miles. The Huns had clearly seen the attire on the other side and immediately panicked, "Enemy attack, enemy attack!"
"Run quickly, the Han are coming!"
"Run!"
The Huns are not good at attacking cities, but they are very skilled at running on horseback. When they fight with the enemy on the grassland, once they encounter a powerful enemy, or find that they can't win halfway through the fight, they will immediately retreat and wait for them to escape.
After dozens of miles, they would regroup, either fight back or retreat to other places.
The Huns under the city dispersed one after another. They did not expect to encounter a powerful enemy here, so they resorted to the most common tactics. But it takes time to raise the horse speed. As the Huns competed with each other for the horses, they
When he was fleeing, Chen Cheng had already bumped into him with 500 cavalry.
The spear pierced the human body, and dozens or hundreds of Huns were killed immediately. The screams made other Huns even more panicked. They grabbed the side of the horse and congratulated themselves on their good luck, while beating the horse hard so that they could run away.
Hurry up. Those who failed to grab the horses looked at the frightened horses that were running away not far away, and uttered desperate curses.
"You bastards...Ah!"
In desperation, the abandoned Huns inspired the fierceness in their bones. They drew their weapons one after another and turned around to fight with the cavalry that was trampling them. However, they were not good at infantry combat and were still in a state of being surprised.
, they were almost completely scattered, how could they fight against the majestic cavalry?
After a short time, all the scattered Huns were killed. Only a few dozen Huns huddled together back to back, still lingering. Chen Cheng clamped his spear and used the impact of the horse to kill a running Huns.
The man was torn in half. Zhao Yun followed him on a white horse, with blood dripping from the tip of the spear.
Seeing the group of Huns trapped by the cavalry, Chen Cheng pulled his horse and put on a bow and arrow. As soon as he pulled the bow string, a leader-like man in the crowd opposite shouted loudly: "Wait a minute, release the arrow."
, I’m willing to surrender!”
"Oh?" Chen Cheng asked, "Who are you?"
"I am Nari Zhu under Zuo Danghu," the Huns shouted loudly: "General, if you spare our lives, we will be your dogs from now on, and we will bite whoever you let us bite!"
Chen Cheng looked around and said, "Do you want to accept their surrender?"
Li Kan said: "Since they are willing to surrender, we will accept it, but we must first hand over their weapons and armor."
The other generals also agreed to surrender. The Liangzhou princes and the Huns fought many times, and it was not uncommon for each other to surrender. Yang Qiu and Cheng Yi had Huns soldiers under their command, and there were also Qiang and Han people on the Huns side. Of course, surrender
It is not uncommon for people to flee back later.
Chen Cheng's original intention was to surrender or not, but since everyone said that he could surrender, he would go along with it.
"Hand over your sword and I will spare your life."
The surrounded Huns looked at each other. On that day, Zhu Zhu dropped his weapons first. The others followed suit and threw their weapons to the ground.
These dozens of Huns were just a minor incident. After Chen Cheng dealt with it casually, he put it behind his mind. He led the cavalry and continued to pursue for a certain distance, only to find that the Huns ran faster than rabbits. Except for some who ran unconscious.
Except for the Huns at the head, the main force of the Huns had already fled far away.
When several Huns cavalry saw Chen Cheng and others in the fields, they were so frightened that they immediately hit their horses and fled to a more remote place.
The mount under Chen Cheng's crotch ran faster and faster, and gradually distanced itself from the cavalry behind him. Behind him, Zhao Yun led dozens of soldiers to shout "Lord, please wait", but Chen Cheng just pretended not to hear.
He chased for ten miles in a row and killed more than a dozen broken Huns. When he saw smoke and dust in front of him, a large group of Huns were moving this way. Seeing this, Chen Cheng knew that the raid would end here.
.To take the enemy by surprise and attack the unprepared, they killed and captured only two or three hundred people.
The enemy is mainly composed of light cavalry, and their attack ability is very poor, but it is also very difficult to retain them.
