The sky is clear, the fields are vast, and the grass is blown by the wind, and cattle and sheep can be seen low.
In summer and autumn, when vegetation is about to wither, it is the time for cattle and sheep to fatten up in order to cope with the harsh winter.
In the wilderness, the Wuhuan herdsmen took the time to graze their cattle and sheep. The sharp autumn wind blew the earth, and the mountains and forests were filled with the sound of rustling.
No one expected that on such a peaceful day, countless people and horses would suddenly appear in the White Wolf Mountain in the distance.
The herdsmen blew the horns almost immediately, letting Zhang Liao know immediately that he had been exposed.
In fact, they have just left Bailang Mountain. The terrain of Bailang Mountain is complex. After leaving, they will see the great plains around Liucheng and later the suburbs around Chaoyang City.
At that time, Liucheng was hundreds of miles around with hills, numerous mountains, and relatively luxuriant water and grass. It did not suffer from severe soil erosion like in later generations.
Therefore, the more than 200,000 Wuhuan people who live here graze in the surrounding grasslands, mountains and forests, and their footprints are all over the Bailang Mountain.
Zhang Liao's army was walking in the mountains and came out of the deep ravines and forests. They were noticed by the Wuhuan people grazing in the mountains from a distance, and they immediately used their horns to warn them.
When the horn here sounded, it was like piercing the horn nest. The sound of one after another resounded throughout the wilderness. The Wuhuan people grazing in various places continued to spread signals from far to near, letting the Wuhuan King's tent in Liucheng know the information.
Since ancient times, nomadic peoples have spread signals in this way. In history, when Cao Cao made a surprise attack on Liucheng, he was discovered in advance and was forced to attack hastily, but he won the victory.
This is because although Cao Cao rushed to attack in a hurry, he was unable to withstand the Wuhuan people and did not even prepare for the battle. It took a lot of time to assemble personnel and organize formations.
The same is the case now.
The Wuhuan people were shouting, shouting, and blaring horns like a surging wave. However, very few people came to gather at the first time. After more than half an hour, only tens of thousands of people were organized, and the list was
There are only a few thousand in the formation.
But after leaving Bailang Mountain, it is only a few miles away from Liucheng. Standing on the slope of Bailang Mountain, you can see the Wuhuan City in the distance connected by countless tents.
Half an hour was enough for Zhang Liao's Wan Sheng army, which had been assembled and prepared for battle, to approach Liucheng.
Before Liu Bei issued the order to attack, Zhang Liao was keenly aware of the enemy's flaw, and used his signature awl formation to strike in the direction of the enemy.
The battlefield was suddenly filled with cries of killing, the autumn afternoon sunshine was not too hot, there were even clouds in the eastern sky, the cold north wind was howling, and there was a chilling atmosphere in the air.
At the front of the Wansheng Army was Zhang Liao. He dismounted on foot and raised the sword high in his hand. Behind him was also a team of hundreds of people with long swords. This sword was made by the best blacksmith in Qingzhou. Only a few
There were a thousand of them, nearly one foot long, with a sharp blade and a very shallow back. They were called horse-cutting swords.
Almost after giving the order to charge, Zhang Liao held the sword in both hands and began to trot slowly. Then the thunderous footsteps came, as if the earth was shaking, and tens of thousands of infantry were about to attack the enemy's tens of thousands of cavalry.
At least if you look down from a high altitude, you will see that this is not a close contest. However, from the actual perspective of the battlefield, Tadun is even more frightened.
He found that his troops were not arranged neatly at all. Except for the thousands of temporary guards around him, the battlefield in the rear was in chaos. The various ministries were still gathering nervously, and the situation was a mess.
In comparison, the Wan Sheng Army is worthy of being the most elite force in Qingzhou. Tens of thousands of people gathered in a triangular formation, like an eagle spreading its wings and soaring into the sky. The eagle's beak is so sharp that it seems to be able to penetrate everything!
The distance between the two sides is only more than 200 feet.
Dong Dong Dong Dong!
Amidst the earthquake-like running sound, Zhang Liao, who was rushing at the front, could already see the enemy's face clearly.
"Kill!"
The fierce Wuhuan people shouted their own language, and at Tadun's order, they also launched a charge.
At this time, they didn't even prepare bows, arrows or leather armor. Many of them just took knives and mounted their horses and came over. If they didn't buy time for the tribesmen behind them, they would definitely die.
Therefore, Tadun could only issue orders to counterattack.
Boom!
Almost within a short period of more than ten seconds, the two sides collided like two torrents.
Zhang Liao raised his sword high, jumped up boldly, and struck him in the head with the sword!
The Wuhuan cavalryman at the front was charging at him with a broadsword in his hand. He didn't know that the enemy was so brave and brave, but he didn't even dare to dodge. He was caught off guard and had no time to turn his horse's head, and watched helplessly as the broadsword fell.
He saw a sword taller than a man slashing down like lightning. Even Gao Lan's armor was chopped into two pieces by Zhang Liao, not to mention the Wuhuan cavalry who didn't even have a piece of leather armor?
With a splat, everyone was shattered from head to body, blood and internal organs splattered out, staining Zhang Liao like a murderous god!
However, he was not the only one. The surrounding saber-slaying guards were basically in groups of two, staring at the cavalry and slashing at them.
This is a team created by Chen Mu from the Tang Dynasty Mo Dao Team to deal with cavalry. They selected the most powerful elites in the army. With Qingzhou's steel sword technology that surpasses the times, it can be said that it is a chopping blow to deal with the Wuhuan cavalry without armor.
Cut melons and vegetables.
In an instant, Zhang Liao had cut down several enemy cavalry, and was bathed in warm blood. His face was ferocious, as if painted with terrifying red paint, scaring the surrounding Wuhuan cavalry into retreating.
There were several fierce generals beside him, the most outstanding of whom was Chen Dao. Although Chen Dao was Liu Bei's personal guard, he was punished by Liu Bei for being a vanguard for informing him last time.
Zhang Liao cherished Chen Dao and was afraid that he would die among the rebels, so he asked him to hold the battle from behind. However, Chen Dao was so brave that he fought all the way to the front and fought side by side with Zhang Liao. The spear in his hand was like a silver snake, and he kept firing.
Stab, the surrounding cavalry fell off their horses one after another.
At this time, two cavalrymen wanted to attack Zhang Liao. Chen Dao shouted: "General, be careful!"
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! After saying that, he jumped up, threw one man off his horse, pulled out the ring knife from his waist and chopped him to death. The other cavalryman was warned by Chen Dao, Zhang Liao turned around and turned his head.
He dodged the blow and stabbed diagonally at the same time, killing the Wuhuan man who had sneaked up on him.
"Good boy."
Zhang Liao walked over and pulled Chen Dao up from the ground.
Chen Dao pointed to the east and said: "General, I just saw many people wearing armor and riding handsome horses in that direction. They must be the leaders of the thieves."
"Let's go, follow me!"
When Zhang Liao heard this, he became energetic. With a wave of his hand, he took the lead and headed in the direction pointed by Chen Dao.
That direction was exactly where Tadun, Su Puyan, Wuyan, Louban, Nengchen Dizhi and many other tribal leaders were commanding. When the imperial troops attacked, they had no time to recruit a large number of troops, so they could only send out their elite guards first.
Form a formation to meet the enemy, and personally direct the battle.
Tens of thousands of people were fighting in a melee around them. Zhang Liao's Wansheng Army had more soldiers than Tadun could fight now. They were suppressed and beaten for a while. Tadun could only direct the battle while urging the people in the rear to quickly gather reinforcements.
In the midst of a chaotic battle, suddenly the guards around Tadun were in chaos.
The crowd didn't know what was going on, so they quickly looked over and saw the cavalrymen who were twenty or thirty feet away from them, falling down like straw being harvested. A huge crowd was crowding towards them.
"What's going on, what's going on!"
Tadun was so anxious that he shouted.
Someone in front kept shouting: "The Han people are coming to kill us."
"That guy is so awesome."
"Come on, hurry up, protect Master Shanyu."
"Don't crowd, don't crowd."
Various types of Wuhuan language came and went, and the noise of people, coupled with various shouts of killing, the sound of clashing weapons, the sounds of horses falling to the ground, screams, and shouts, made the surroundings even more chaotic.
Tadun didn't know what happened at this time, but he knew after a while that a large group of Han people with long knives in their hands came towards him like wild beasts.
The man at the front was covered in blood, with an unknown person's intestines coiled around his head, and he was slashing around like a ghost.
There are almost no Wuhuan people around who can compete with him. He is surrounded from left to right, and no one can defeat him.
A bloody path was opened in an instant, and corpses fell in pieces like wheat fields blown by the wind. Even though the Wuhuan people around them were not afraid of death and people kept rushing over, they could not stop their steps.
The Zhanma Sword Brigade only had a few hundred people, but they fought with great majesty. The total number of troops that Tadun could assemble was only seven or eight thousand, and only seven or eight hundred died in their hands.
"Tandun, take your life!"
Zhang Liaolong marched forward, protected by Chen Dao, Wang Hu and other lieutenants, and fought his way to Tadun.
Lou Ban was the son of Qiu Liju. Because Lou Ban was still young when Qiu Liju died, Qiu Liju gave the position of leader to his nephew Tadun.
But by this time, Lou Ban had grown up and was quite brave. When he saw the enemy approaching, he roared angrily and slashed at Zhang Liao with the sword in his hand.
However, Zhang Liao didn't care, his eyes were fixed on Tadun, and he didn't even try to hide. He launched himself into the air and charged towards Tadun.
Seeing that Lou Ban was about to hit Zhang Liao with his sword, Chen Dao, who was beside him, suddenly thrust out his spear, like a poisonous snake biting him. He struck first and stabbed Lou Ban in the throat, killing him.
The reason why Tadun was appointed as the successor by Qiu Liju was not only because of Louban's young age, but more importantly because of his rich military skills. This is the evaluation written in "Three Kingdoms". It can be seen that among the Wuhuan people, Tadun was not strong in martial arts.
Low.
So facing Zhang Liao who rushed towards him, Tadun was not afraid. The sword in his hand drew a brilliant arc in the air, and he blocked Zhang Liao's sword.
According to Tadun's idea, if Zhang Liao jumped up and struck him, he would block it with the blade of his sword. When Zhang Liao landed, he would be unsteady. When the time comes, he would be sitting on a horse with a stable center of gravity, so he would definitely react before him.
Kill the opponent with a chopping knife.
But the next moment, all I heard was a stabbing sound!
Then he raised his hands high and raised his head to watch Tadun being struck down by the enemy's sword. He watched helplessly as his own sword was chopped in two by the opponent's blow, and then the force of the sword continued unabated, chopping him into two pieces.
joke.
The weapons and armor of the high-ranking cadres were considered good at the time, but they were still defeated by Zhang Liao's steel sword, which cut iron like clay. The Wuhuan people already lacked iron weapons, and the quality of their weapons was not even as good as that of Yuan Jun. How could they compare with Zhang Liao's sword?
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A powerful and heavy jump cut directly cut Tadun and his horse in half. The surrounding guards were shocked. They did not expect that Tadun Shanyu, who had extraordinary arm strength, would be killed like this!
Chen Dao roared angrily: "The general is mighty, the thieves will be given the head, and the rest will not dismount and accept surrender, otherwise they will not be killed!"
"The general is mighty, the general is mighty!"
The soldiers of the Wansheng Army were almost used to Zhang Liao's heroic appearance of beheading generals and seizing the flag. They shouted loudly, and their morale surged out like a roaring mountain and a tsunami. They actually bulldozed the remaining thousands of Wuhuan people and defeated them.
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The Wuhuan cavalry who had just assembled in the back and had not yet begun to form formation were knocked into formation by the defeated troops in front. They had almost finished gathering and were disrupted in the square formation, causing chaos in the rear.
Zhang Liao took this opportunity and ordered his soldiers to continue the attack. At this time, reinforcements from Xian Yufu and Zhang Yan arrived from behind, and the imperial troops and horses came like a flood.
The battlefield lasted for less than two hours and ended. Zhang Liao's formation beheaded Tadun, Chen Dao assassinated Lou Ban, and others such as Su Puyan, Wu Yan, Nengchen Dizhi and others also died in the rebellion. Only a few others
A leader of a small tribe was lucky enough to survive and led his people to surrender to the court.
Liu Bei's banner entered Liucheng. Wherever he passed, corpses were piled on the grassland outside the city. Blood stained the crisp grassland red, and the smell of blood filled his nostrils.
In the midst of the mountain of corpses and the sea of blood, Zhang Liao came to the front to ask for merit and said: "Your Majesty, the leader of Wuhuan, Chanyu Tadun, was cut in half by a minister's sword. The body is in such a state of dilapidation that I cannot cut off the head and present it to Your Majesty."
"Ha ha ha ha."
Liu Bei was wearing a vermilion cloak and was sitting majestic on a horse. He was also the emperor on horseback who was killed in a mountain of corpses and a sea of blood. He was naturally not afraid of such small scenes and said happily: "Wen Yuan is really my tiger general. This one
We will defeat Wuhuan in battle, then go east and defeat Gongsundu together with Xu Zheng, and the north will be settled."
Xian Yufu on the side said with a stern look: "Your Majesty, the Wuhuan people have always been cunning. They surrender and rebel again, which is very annoying. Why not massacre the entire tribe and build a palace to deter all the disobedient ministers in the north?"
Yan Rou and Kirby Neng's expression changed slightly. Although one of them was Han, he was the leader of Wuhuan tribe, and the other was the leader of Xianbei. This obviously made them miserable.
Fortunately, Liu Bei was kind and waved his hand and said: "I, a great Han Dynasty, should use tyranny in external conquests, but when it comes to internal affairs, I should use kingly methods. Since they have surrendered to me, they are my subjects. Even if there is a rebellion in the future, the Han Dynasty
, we must not massacre our own citizens in the city, nor can we use the heads of our citizens as a palace. Such cruelty is undesirable, do you understand?"
"Understood!"
Everyone agreed.
After preaching, Liu Bei said to Zhang Liao: "Wenyuan has made great achievements in this battle, and he will be granted the title of Marquis of the Capital!"
"Thank you, Your Majesty!"
Zhang Liao bowed his hands in salute.
At present, in terms of military rank, Zhang Liao and other Nine Tiger Generals have reached the top. After all, they cannot surpass Guan, Zhang and Chen to reach the rank of general.
As for the official position, he has almost reached the top. He is now General Zuo, ranking higher than Jiuqing. If he is promoted to General Guan, Zhang, Chen, General Hussar, General Chariot and General Wei, he cannot be promoted any further.
Therefore, we can only make a fuss about the titles. The top titles of Guan, Zhang and Chen are the county marquis and the ultimate position of ministers. As for General Jiuhu, except for Dian Wei, who is the oldest and has the most credit, the rest are basically the village marquis.
If you are a Marquis of Guannei or a Marquis of Ting, there is still room for improvement.
Now Zhang Liao has made great achievements again and has been promoted from Tinghou to Township Marquis. If he is promoted again in the future, he will only be County Marquis.
Soon the battle of Bailang Mountain ended with Zhang Liao's formation and Ta Dun's death.
In accordance with the ethnic integration policy set by Chen Mu, Liu Bei moved all the Wuhuan people to the west of Youzhou, and re-sent people to protect Wuhuan with captains for unified management.
Capture Wuhuan in September, and by next spring you can be registered as a citizen of the Han Dynasty.
As Chen Mu captured Nanyang, Guan Yu secured Guanzhong, and Liu Bei captured Wuhuan, the north had basically been pacified except for Xiliang, Bingzhou, and Gongsun Du's Liaodong.
Lu Bu's side is temporarily being watched by Zhang Fei from Hedong. He doesn't have many troops. Even if he has a strong head, he can't make any trouble in the face of the general situation.
Therefore, at present, the entire imperial court's foreign wars should be relatively few, and Henan and other places have no plans to attack.
After all, Sun Cao was not as powerful as Han Sui and Tadun. The two men did not have many soldiers and horses, with a combined number of only more than 100,000. However, they caused a lot of damage, so Chen Mu believed that they should be treated with caution and try to outmaneuver them.
If he can't defeat them, let them fight among themselves first, and then he will clean up the situation after the fighting is over.
Due to the weather, Liu Bei could not continue to advance eastward. It was raining heavily in Liaodong. Even if he had cotton clothes to keep out the cold, the soldiers would not suffer from acclimatization and large-scale illness. However, it was impossible to continue to attack Gongsundu due to the weather, so he returned to Youzhou.
By October, Liu Bei returned to Luoyang. He left Gongsun Zan to continue to guard the north. Waiting until the next spring, he would cooperate with Xu Rong to defeat Gongsun Du in one fell swoop and bring the entire northern power into the arms of the imperial court.