After confirming that Cao's army had retreated, Tadun and others felt a little distraught.
Although I was still afraid of Cao Cao, I now thought that Cao Cao was nothing more than that, so he retreated like this, and his vigilance was relaxed a lot. When he saw the White Wolf Mountain in front of him, he thought it was just a mountain. What could be wrong?
Except for Lou Ban, everyone else didn't think anything was wrong and passed in front normally.
"Maybe it's my imagination."
When Lou Ban saw them like this, he stopped worrying about it, put all this behind his mind for the time being, and followed them through the passage under Bailang Mountain.
Their vigilance is really not high. They don't even send scouts out to explore the road. In their understanding, there is no need to explore the road because they have determined that there is no danger in their own territory and they don't know that Cao Jun has bypassed it. The defense line penetrates deep into western Liaoning.
Currently, Tadun and the others did not feel any danger at all, and continued passing by Bailang Mountain and heading back to Liucheng.
But at this moment, Lou Ban seemed to hear the sound of a bowstring being loosened on the mountain, and then heard the sound of arrows piercing the air. He even felt a faint sense of danger, approaching him, and instinctively wanted to follow the sound. Look.
However, before he could discover where the sound of the bowstring came from, he suddenly felt a pain in his neck.
Blood splattered out.
Lou Ban stretched out his hand to cover his neck where he was hit by the arrow, trying to cover the gushing blood. He even wanted to say something, but there was a "gurgling" sound in his throat and he couldn't say a word. He fell straight to the ground. .
The changes in this scene made everyone present stunned for a while, and they were unable to react immediately.
However, the next moment.
The sound of arrows piercing the air was covered in sheets, and the arrows fell like raindrops, landing among the Wuhuan soldiers. The soldiers in the front row were instantly shot into hedgehogs, and fell to the ground one after another.
"Ambush, there is an ambush here!"
Nengchen Duizhi shouted loudly at this time, but as soon as he shouted, more than ten arrows penetrated his chest. Like Lou Ban, he fell straight to the ground and could not get up again.
This is their Wuhuan place. What kind of ambush can there be under Bailang Mountain?
The one who could ambush them was probably Cao Jun, but they didn't care at all about why Cao Jun appeared here. Seeing Lou Ban and Neng Chen dying one after another, the other Wuhuan leaders immediately panicked.
The two brothers Yuan Xi were even more panicked at this time.
"Give me a shield quickly!"
Yuan Shang shouted eagerly.
The rain of arrows was still falling, and they hurriedly raised their shields to block some of the arrows, but ordinary soldiers did not have so many shields to resist, and many people died in an instant.
Wuhuan's entire army was in disarray at this time.
Ordinary soldiers were running around dodging arrows.
Tadun tried his best to give orders in a hoarse voice, trying to integrate the entire army, but it was of no use at all. There was still chaos where there should be chaos.
But after waiting for a while, the arrow rain stopped, and the arrows were almost shot. Before Tadun could breathe a sigh of relief, the sound of horse hooves echoed around him.
"kill!"
Cao Chun shouted angrily.
"kill!"
The whole army of tigers and leopards shouted in unison.
Cao Xiu and Cao Zhen led the tiger and leopard cavalry to attack at the same time, charging into the chaotic Wuhuan army.
The cavalry rampaged across the battlefield, easily dividing the battlefield, and then gradually killing the divided enemies.
"Is it really Cao Jun?"
"When did Cao Jun appear behind us?"
They were in disarray.
Various exclamations appeared in the army.
Tadun struggled to integrate the entire army, preparing to counterattack Cao Jun, and then let his cavalry clash with Cao Jun's tiger and leopard cavalry.
"Second brother, run quickly!"
Yuan Shang raised his head and looked around, then lowered his voice and said, "I think Tadun is no match for Cao Cao. Let's leave quickly!"
Regarding the act of betraying his teammates, Yuan Shang did not feel any psychological pressure at all. He sold Tadun and the others very simply. Now that Wuhuan was beaten by Cao Jun, what they wanted to do was not to fight back together, but to turn around and run away. They did not run away at this time. , you may not be able to escape later.
Yuan Xi thought it was reasonable and didn't dare to stay. He turned around and ran away without hesitation at all.
The tiger and leopard cavalry were almost done charging, and the infantry led by Zhang Liao also came down from the mountain.
The generals in Cao's army quickly followed Zhang Liao and killed Tadun's army below. The battle unfolded like this. The two sides could not stop fighting, but Cao's army made a surprise attack. Wuhuan's army was first attacked by a rain of arrows, and then was attacked by arrows. The cavalry charge has been a mess so far.
The two sides collided and fought together. It was Cao Jun who had the upper hand.
Chen Zhou stood on the mountain and looked down the mountain. He saw two groups of people, fighting back and forth. People kept falling and people kept shouting at the top of their lungs.
That's how fighting is. Once you start killing, it's like hell on earth. It's quite scary.
"Du Zhi, the Zhang Wenyuan you recommended did not disappoint you!"
Cao Cao looked at Zhang Liao and saw that the troops were well-organized and the army was not in chaos.
The cavalry cooperated with the infantry to kill the enemy, and they cooperated very well. He has the talent of a general. He had never tried to give Zhang Liao such high leadership and command authority before. Now he gave Zhang Liao a try and found that he was really strong.
From then on, Cao Ying had another general who could act independently.
"I'm just lucky, but it's Zhang Wenyuan who has this strength."
Chen Zhou explained casually.
If Zhang Liao does not have the strength, no matter how many troops are given to him, they will only be used as gifts.
Xun You admired him: "Du Zhi is not only able to make plans and know how to fight, but he is also ahead of us in understanding people."
Chen Zhou shrugged and said, "Gongda, please stop praising me. It's really just good luck. How can I be so powerful? I don't even have the strength to pick up a knife and kill someone."
They laughed and did not believe that Chen Zhou was just lucky.
Without a certain level of strength, no matter how lucky you are, it's useless.
Cao Cao said: "After this battle, we have almost destroyed Wuhuan, but how to control these Wuhuan people is also a problem!"
The counties now occupied by Wuhuan were originally Han people. In recent decades, they have been occupied by Wuhuan. There are also Han people here, and of course there are many Wuhuan people. This has created a situation where Hu and Han people live together. In fact, Many people here can no longer tell the difference between Hu and Han.
People here not only live together, but also intermarry with each other, and the boundaries are no longer clear.
"This is easy too!"
"Migrating the population will move people from various tribes in Wuhuan into our Han Dynasty, disrupting their foundation, and it can also make up for the population shortage caused by our Han Dynasty's long-term conquests."
"When we get inside the Han Dynasty, we use our culture to assimilate them."
"The young men of Wuhuan fought with the army and made meritorious deeds by killing the enemy. Their wives and relatives were left with the Han as hostages."
"The Wuhuan people will not be able to cause chaos. They have been subdued by us."
Chen Zhou briefly explained this idea.
These are actually Cao Cao's measures against the Wuhuan people in history.
You must know that during the Three Kingdoms period, warlords fought and the population dropped sharply. Population was the basis of rule. Whether it was Yuan Shao in the past, Cao Cao in the future, or even the Sima family in the future, they all introduced foreign barbarians to the Central Plains to fill the gap. Area's vacant population.
