Manbai is located in Wuyuan County. It was established in the eighth year of Yongping. It was mainly used to isolate the connection between the northern and southern Xiongnu. At that time, the southern Xiongnu had already attached itself to the Han Dynasty and was under the rule of the Han Dynasty. The northern Xiongnu still raided the Han from time to time.
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When Chen Cheng led his army to pursue Manbai City, the strength of his troops increased instead of decreasing. Although there were more than 6,000 casualties in the battle, he had many Qiang and Huns under his command, and he easily annexed them.
They captured many Xiongnu tribes. Even Cheng Yi and Yang Qiu captured many Xiongnu and stuffed them into their own army.
However, although the current strength of the army has reached nearly 40,000, the combat effectiveness has not increased with the number of people, but has dropped a lot. If the current 40,000 people are used to fight against the previous 30,000 people, they will definitely be beaten.
As far as the north, it would be nice if the annexed Huns don't become a burden. Their only use is to be forced to attack the city. Only some Xianbei people have good energy and spirit. They are Tanshihuai dead.
After that, the remnants of Xianbei have survived to this day. After joining the Liangzhou Army, they pursued the Huns very bravely.
Chen Cheng reined in his horse and looked intently. He saw that all the Huns on the city were listless, and even their flags were crooked. They were just like when they were in Linrong. The Huns didn't know how to defend a city, and they were not prepared to defend it.
The city was equipped with stones and wood, and the troops defending the city were not properly distributed.
"Your Majesty, the Huns are not good at defending the city, please order an attack immediately!"
While Chen Cheng was still looking at Manbai's city wall, Yang Qiu shouted for battle, "I only need to lead my own troops to capture the city gate!"
Cheng Yi looked tired, but refused to be outdone and asked for a fight, "Prefect Yang's soldiers and horses have been exhausted after repeated battles. Please let me, Cheng Yi, take the lead!"
Not only Chen Cheng could see that the Huns' defense was a problem, but Yang Qiu and Cheng Yi could also see it. Since the enemy was so weak, of course he had to take the credit. Now that Chen Cheng has defeated the Huns, he will definitely shock the world. Now
If you make more contributions, it will definitely be useful in the future. To say the least, those who attack first will have more loot and distribute more loot after the war.
Cheng Yi and Yang Qiu both have big families and a large number of soldiers under their command, and raising soldiers is very expensive. Even if they don't spend money to raise soldiers, no one would think that they have too much money.
However, Xubu Guduhou, who had fled to Manbai, only had more than 30,000 people left in his hands and did not dare to defend the city. When the Liangzhou coalition forces arrived, he neither left the city to fight back nor held on to the city.
He directly opened the city gate and fled with his army in the direction of Meiji. Upon seeing this, Chen Cheng immediately led his troops to pursue him and caught up with the Xiongnu army twenty miles south of the city. Both sides had no time to arrange their troops and entered the battle as soon as the battle began.
It's reached a state of melee.
There is also a big river near Manbai. Although it is not as wide as the Yellow River, it still irrigates the land for dozens of miles. Therefore, it is suitable for planting near Manbai, and the autumn grass grows well. Under normal circumstances, near Manbai at this time, you can see
All those who arrived were fat and strong animals and horses.
However, the continuous fighting and constant chasing made the horses on both sides become emaciated, and they fell dead on the road in large numbers. However, at this time, no one cared about the loss of the horses. When life and death were at stake, no one even knew.
How long can you live, and where will you have more energy to pay attention to horses?
Because it was a melee, Chen Cheng did not organize a large-scale assault cavalry to rush into the formation. Instead, he divided it into small units of about a hundred cavalry and entered the battlefield in batches. The assault cavalry did not participate in the battle, but
After charging, they retreated to the edge to form a team, waiting for the next opportunity to go into battle.
Xubu Guduhou led his troops back and fought with the pursuers for a while. He saw that there were more and more pursuers, and his own troops were continuously defeated by the assault cavalry in units of a hundred people, and they were unable to exert their due combat effectiveness.
Come. He was extremely frustrated. The nearly 100,000 troops had been defeated before, and now the strength of the troops was not even half of the previous one. How could they still fight?
So the Huns' plow supporter Gu Tu Da Chanyu once again abandoned the army and fled to Meiji with a small number of troops. Chen Cheng's army did not die in battle, but the number of non-combat attrition increased greatly, even more than during the battle.
The casualties were several times higher. What was even more serious was that the draft horses accompanying the army were unable to be driven, and nearly 30% of them were lost. The war horses also suffered more than 10% of losses, and almost all of the remaining horses were reduced to skeletons.
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Even though Cheng Yi was used to battle formations, he couldn't help but tried to dissuade Chen Cheng from continuing to use troops. He touched the protruding bones on the back of his mount and lamented: "Your Majesty, it's not that we don't want to fight anymore, it's really that the soldiers can't bear it.
Even if the soldiers are willing to sacrifice their lives, you see...my mounts are so thin, let alone the soldiers below?"
While Chen Cheng was meditating, Cheng Yi said again: "The Huns massacred Lian County, and I am very sad and angry in my heart. However, the way to use troops is to put the whole army first. Generals must not raise troops out of anger!"
Cheng Yi didn't say it was okay, but what he said strengthened Chen Cheng's determination to continue chasing. He looked around and saw that the soldiers were tired, so he just hardened his heart and said: "You and Governor Yang recommended
I am the shepherd of Liangzhou, and now Xubu Guduhou has killed the people of Liangzhou, how can I let him go? The two armies are fighting, and each has his own destiny in the battle formation, so that's it, but since he dares to order the massacre of the city,
Even if I chase him to the end of the world, I still have to kill that Xiongnu Chanyu!"
He said to Ri Zhu and Liu Yuan, who had recently made great achievements, "Can you still fight?"
Ri Zhu and Liu Yuan were also very tired that day and had no time to repair their stubbled faces, but they both cheered up and said in unison: "We can still fight!"
Chen Cheng then asked Cheng Yi, Yang Qiu and Lu Fang to lead the army back to Manbai for repairs, while he himself only led two thousand cavalry to continue the pursuit.
Lu Fang objected: "Two thousand cavalry are too few. It is better to repair them for two days before pursuing the Huns!"
Chen Cheng shook his head and said: "We and the Huns are holding our breath now. Whoever vents his anger first will be finished. We are very tired, but the Huns have been chased all the way here by us, and they will only become more angry."
Tired! I have made up my mind, let’s continue the pursuit now!”
He then said to Xu Rong: "I will set off first, you can repair here for a day, and then bring four thousand cavalry to meet you."
So Chen Cheng selected 3,000 war horses that could gallop in the army, and led Zhao Yun, Li Kan, Li Jun, Nari Zhu, Liu Yuan, Bali Ba lost, She Guangli and other Hu and Han generals, with a total of 2,000 cavalry and 3,000
The horses pursued Xubu Guduhou all the way. After several battles on the way, the Huns' troops and horses at the rear collapsed at the first touch, which did not play any role.
The two thousand riders did not rest for a day and a night, eating, drinking, and eating on horseback. They had been chasing from Linrong to Manbai, and they were already very tired. With such a high-intensity march, many soldiers and horses were tired.
They were exhausted to death, and the corpses of the men and horses lay all the way. Just when the men and horses were crumbling, the army with only 1,700 riders finally caught up with Xubugu, who also had only a few thousand riders left, at the foot of Meiji City.
Duhou.
Meiji City is right in front of you, less than three miles away. On ordinary days, you can run across this distance with just a few clicks. Xubu Guduhou vigorously whipped the horse that fell to the ground, leaving only
The skeletal war horse grunted twice on the ground, foaming at the mouth, but could no longer stand up.
Beside him, more than 4,000 Huns cavalry also looked miserable. Their mounts fell to death one after another, and the cavalry turned into infantry. However, the soldiers had reached their limit. Everyone was hungry, thirsty and tired, so they lay down.
Panting on the ground, even when he saw the enemy slowly approaching, he still didn't have the strength to stand up.
Xubu Guduhou looked at the slowly approaching cavalry in despair, looked up to the sky and sighed, "God of Changsheng, why do you punish me like this? Was it because I was not pious enough when I offered sacrifices? Was it that the sacrifices I gave were not generous enough?
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He roared toward the sky for a while, then his hands and feet became weak and he staggered to the ground. The enemy's cavalry in the distance had already deployed and started trotting, and the ground began to shake slightly. Xubu Guduhou turned to Mei
In the direction of Ji, he yelled: "You are such immature wolf cubs, the Great Chanyu is here, and you don't even send anyone out to rescue them!"
On Meiji City, there were longing figures, and many people stretched their necks to look at the situation outside the city. From a distance of three miles, although it was not clear what the people looked like, they could already tell what was going on. However, no matter what happened here
Since then, Meiji's city gate has been tightly closed, and no one has come out.
Chen Cheng's personal soldiers have been following him on the front line, and the casualty rate is very high. However, due to the timely replenishment, even if the casualties are nearly half, they will be quickly replenished, and they will always be fully equipped. Others
Even when all the cavalry, both men and horses, were exhausted, these seventy-odd cavalrymen were still full of energy, as if they had inexhaustible energy.
Through repeated bloody battles, the veteran soldiers have become very strong. They wear iron armor and are equipped with three-meter-long lances and shields. They also have weapons such as throwing spears, knives, or bows and arrows.
.Chen Cheng, Zhao Yun and others rode in the front row of the battle formation, just like they had done in more than ten battles in the past.
As a general, it is rare in this era to lead the troops to lead the battle again and again. In the battle formation, the sword has no eyesight, and the general who takes the lead in the charge can easily die in battle. If the general is killed in battle, it will have a negative impact on the morale of the army.
It's not that big. But on the other hand, why do some people do this even though they know there will be such big disadvantages?
That's because as long as the general dares to stand up and lead the charge, the soldiers below will become braver.
Fighting requires courage!
The sound of horse hooves gradually became denser, and the horses galloped faster and faster. The iron cavalry rushed into the Huns who had given up resistance, grinding out a bloody path. Amidst the screams, flesh and blood flew everywhere. It didn't take long, and this
The last troops of the Xiongnu Chanyu were completely wiped out under Meiji City.
More than 4,000 cavalry were killed, and more than 2,000 were killed. The remaining ones knelt down and surrendered. They started from Linrong and fought all the way to the north. After plundering by the Yellow River, they fought again with the Liangzhou army.
After four times and dozens of random fights, he had been beaten to pieces. At this time, he no longer had the will to resist.
That day, he was so excited that he galloped up to Chen Cheng, threw the captives tied with ropes to the ground, and shouted, "Sir, this is Marquis Xubu Gudu!"
Chen Cheng frivolously lifted the Xiongnu Chanyu's chin with his lance. Looking at the haggard appearance of the other party, he turned around and asked, "Are you sure?"
Na Ri Zhu said excitedly: "It's true! I've seen him before, and he wasn't so thin at that time. Do you see this golden ring?"
He tugged at the gold ring on Xubu Guduhou's ear and shouted: "It's pure gold!"
"Then this is really the Xiongnu's supporter of Gutu Chanyu?" Chen Cheng smiled and said: "That day, Ri Zhu, you have made a lot of achievements with me. I will reward you heavily, but now there is a problem.
Tell me, how should we deal with this Chanyu?"
Xubu Guduhou knelt on the ground and had been silent for a long time. Then he suddenly whispered: "I am willing to surrender!"
"kindness?"
The Chanyu of the Huns raised his head and said loudly: "I am willing to surrender!"
Chen Cheng turned his head and asked, "What do you want to say about Rizhu?"
That day Zhu Gong said respectfully: "Sir, I will do whatever you say."
Chen Cheng laughed heartily, and Xubu Guduhou hugged the horse's leg and begged: "Please show me your noble hand, I am willing to raise hundreds of thousands of Xiongnu people to serve you as my lord!"
Chen Cheng shook his head and said, "I said I would take off your head, how could I not keep my word?"
He said to Xubu Guduhou: "I heard that you Huns have the habit of making the heads of enemy leaders into drinking utensils. Well, as a person like me, I have always respected the habits of ethnic minorities. I will wait for your head."
If it's no longer useful, just find a few people who know this craft and make your head into a drinking vessel and store it away."
That day Zhu Zhu was jumping excitedly beside him and kept saying: "Sir, I can, I can do this craft!"
Xubu Guduhou showed fear on his face, wept and begged, "Sir, I am willing to surrender, I am willing to surrender..."
Chen Cheng waved his hand, and that day Zhu Zhu came up with a smile and raised his knife to chop off. Blood spattered and his body and head were separated. Xubu Guduhou, who had just been working as a plow supporter for two years, died like this.
It's no different than when other people die.
For Chen Cheng, other Huns were objects that could be transformed and absorbed, but Xubu Guduhou had to die.
