The so-called Xianbei and Wuhuan are actually the same family.
Their ancestor was Dong Hu who was defeated by Maodun Shanyu.
The transliteration of Donghu in the Altaic language is Tungus.
The grudges between the Tungus family and the Han family really span the entire history books and have been entangled for thousands of years.
After Donghu was defeated by Maodun Shanyu, the remaining members retreated to the Xianbei Mountains and Wuhuan Mountains and became slave tribes of the Huns.
Over time, they also took Xianbei Mountain and Wuhuan Mountain as their clan names.
When Yi Zhixie encountered an unexpected situation, he naturally threw out these slave tribes and used them as cannon fodder to delay the Han army.
This time, there were more than tens of thousands of Huns who followed him into the invasion and crossed the Great Wall. Such a large number of soldiers and horses were scattered everywhere from Youbeiping County to Yuyang County. It would take at least several days to just deliver the news to them. .
Moreover, they also looted so much supplies and captured so many slaves. It would take time to transport these out of the Great Wall.
Facing the main force of the Han army's elite cavalry that was about to arrive on the battlefield, Yi Zhixie, who had not yet fully integrated the Huns, did not think he could win.
Even if he can win, his strength will be exhausted, and when he returns to the grassland, he will end up like the military minister Shanyu before.
So Yi Zhixie made the usual response of a nomadic tribe and ran away first.
Escape also takes time, so it is natural to arrange the forces to block the pursuers.
The Xianbei and Wuhuan people were regarded by Yi Zhixie as fat meat to block the Han army's pursuit.
The reason why they were allowed to disperse and plunder everywhere was because Yizhi Xie's idea was that the Han army was coming. He couldn't ignore the plundering in the countryside until the Han army dispersed and wiped out the Xianbei and Uzbek people. During the time of Huanren, Yi Zhixie had already brought people with him
Horses and trophies are out.
Wei Qing did not expect that his whereabouts would be exposed in advance. In fact, if it were Wei Qing who took command twenty years later, after arriving at Daijun, he would not continue to walk through the mountain road into Shanggu County, but simply leave Daijun. Leaving the fortress, relying on the super machine power of the cavalry,
With sufficient power, he galloped directly on the flat prairie and headed straight for the gap in Youbeiping.
Still young and inexperienced, he wasted a lot of time in the mountains of Shanggu County.
What Yi Zhixie didn't expect here was that when Wei Qing's troops finally arrived at Yuyang County, they were as stone-hearted as not to care about the Xianbei and Wuhuan people who were plundering the countryside, but went straight to the gap in Youbeiping. .
This decisiveness greatly shocked Yi Zhixie.
He now has two choices, either to stop, gather his strength and Wei Qing's pursuers, and fight to the death on the flat land of Hebei.
Or just abandon the people and materials that haven't been taken away and run away directly.
According to the tradition of the Huns, Yi Zhixie chose to abandon the remaining loot and run away without any hesitation.
Stay and fight to the death. If you lose, there is no need to say more. I guess even Yi Zhixie himself will have to explain it here.
Even if they win the battle, considering the combat effectiveness of the Han army, Yi Zhixie will definitely have a miserable victory and the strength in his hands will be exhausted.
The tradition on the grassland is that strength is respected. If all strength is exhausted, he will naturally be replaced by others. Then his status and reputation, wealth, cattle and sheep, the trophies from the invasion, and even his family belong to others.
Their civilization is like this, so Yi Zhixie has no choice.
Abandoning the loot and population that had not yet been sent away from the border wall, Yi Zhixie could only comfort himself, "Fortunately, he has transported a lot before, and he still made a profit this time." '
However, what he didn't expect was that Wei Qing once again ignored the abandoned trophies and plundered people, and unswervingly followed Yi Zhixie and rushed out of the wall, continuing to hunt Yi Zhixie.
Although Wei Qing was not very experienced at this time, he firmly grasped the core of the problem, which was to not care about anything but to chase Wang Ting of the Xiongnu Great Chanyu!
Yi Zhixie never expected that the Han army would pursue them outside the Great Wall.
He was also angered and mobilized his troops on the shore of Liao River to prepare for a fight with the Han army.
If you don't fight in Han Dynasty, it's okay to escape, but if you have to be chased like a dog on the grassland, it will be a heavy blow to the prestige of the Great Chanyu.
"General Hou."
A forward military sentry rode up to Wei Qing and reported loudly: "The Xiongnu Chanyu Wangting tribe, Zuoguli tribe, Zuoxianwang tribe, Huyan tribe, Xubu tribe, etc. have gathered on the shore. There are many people and horses, no less than 50,000." Everyone."
When Yi Zhi entered the army, his royal court was actually only two hundred miles away from the border wall, and Liu Ling took over to receive the looted materials and people.
When Wei Qing chased Yizhi out of the Great Wall, because he was not familiar with the environment outside the Great Wall, he chased Yizhi all the way and did not notice Wang Ting who was so close.
What is catching up now are the combatable forces that Yi Zhixie can control. The nearest population of their Wangting tribe is more than a hundred miles away.
When they invaded Han territory, the Huns could survive on the supplies they plundered.
But now that they are back on the grassland, they need to rely on their own tribe to provide dairy products and meat to survive.
This is the characteristic of nomadic tribes. In terms of tactics, they have strong mobility, but in terms of strategy, they must be supported by the royal court's population and materials before they can move.
"good."
Wei Qing, who was on horseback, nodded vigorously, then turned his horse's head and looked around at all the captains and sima.
He took a deep breath and shouted loudly, "Everyone, we have caught up with the Huns, and today is the day of great achievements!"
"Oh~~~"
The excited crowd cheered loudly, full of fighting spirit.
Even though the Han army only has 20,000 cavalry, and there are as many as 50,000 people on the opposite side, these captains and commanders know very clearly that their side has stronger fighting power and a greater chance of winning.
As long as he can win the battle, he will naturally receive a reward when he returns to Chang'an City.
Wei Qing calmed down his turbulent emotions and began to make combat arrangements: "Gongsun He, your troops will charge from the left."
Gongsun He immediately responded and saluted, "Here!"
"Li Xi, your fifteenth song, charge from the right."
Li Xi also immediately took the order, "Here!"
"The rest of the troops will follow this general to fight and go straight to the Xiongnu army!"
"Here!!"
The military system of the Han Dynasty consisted of five hundred people per band, commanded by military marquises.
Several pieces of music are composed into one piece, which is managed by the captain and the army commander. This is the origin of the word "buqu".
The title of general in this era is very valuable. For example, at this time, only Wei Qing has the official title of general, and none of his subordinates, including Chang Shi, Sima and others, can be called a general. .
The Han army, which was at a numerical disadvantage, took the initiative to attack the Huns.
This surprised Yi Zhixie greatly.
What surprised him even more was that in the past, the cavalry in the Han army mostly played an auxiliary role, but now they showed unprecedented combat effectiveness.
Almost all of the Han cavalry were equipped with armor, and they were skilled in technique and tactics, well-trained and well-equipped. When they pulled out a mighty formation and charged straight towards them, they were full of momentum.
The Huns launched a counterattack, and tens of thousands of cavalry galloped on the banks of the Liao River. Their galloping stirred up huge amounts of smoke and dust.
As soon as the two sides fought, the Huns' horse-riding ability, which they were proud of, was completely destroyed.
The Han army had stirrups and saddles, which freed up their hands, and their ability to control horses was no weaker than that of the Huns who grew up on horses.
They brandished weapons, and the Huns, who only had leather armor, had almost no chance of being hit if they were hit.
The Han army had many armors, so they suffered very little damage.
After rounds of hedging, most of those who fell to the ground were Hun cavalry.
When the war between the two sides gradually entered a tense state, Wei Qing personally appeared with thousands of armored cavalry. Thousands of cavalry with both men and horses came straight towards Yizhixie.
Looking at the Great Steel Wall in the distance with its dazzling metallic luster blooming in the sun, Yi Zhi's mouth went dry and her heartbeat was beating fast.
He did not hesitate to order the Lan clan in front to step forward to fight.
Then, Yi Zhixie watched as thousands of warriors from the Lan clan quickly melted into the metal Great Wall.
The light cavalry, whose main weapons are bows and arrows, clash with the armored cavalry equipped with armor and horse armor. Whoever can fight will win.
Li Yunze provided this armored cavalry with the sole purpose of directly defeating the Huns in a decisive battle.
And now, it’s time to bear fruit.
Yi Zhixie finally woke up.
He finally understood that the Han cavalry armed from the soles of their feet to Tianling Gai was not something that the current Xiongnu could defeat.
He was greeted with arrows and weapons, but he stood firm and motionless, so how could he fight!
Even the horses are equipped with horse armor, so it's useless to shoot them.
After waking up, Yi Zhixie made an immediate decision.
"withdraw!"
The low horn sound resounded throughout the battlefield again.
If the Huns were all infantry, then these tens of thousands of people would have to answer here today.
If the Huns were mixed with horse and foot, at most only some of the cavalry would be able to escape.
At this time, many of the Huns, who were mainly cavalry, escaped.
After all, the battlefield is too big. When everyone is running on horseback, it is really not easy to catch up.
However, there was still some gain. Several main forces of the Huns tribe were blocked by the armored cavalry led by Wei Qing himself. He gathered troops with Li Xigong and Sun He and forced more than 10,000 Huns to the shore of Liao River.
Some of the Huns who could not escape hugged their horses' necks and rushed directly into the Liao River. Some jumped off their horses and took off their clothes and threw themselves in the air. Some of them knelt down and begged for mercy. Naturally, some of them became ruthless, turned their horses' heads and simply rushed into the Han army. Of military formation.
This battle lasted from sunrise to sunset. It was the first large-scale cavalry showdown in the Han-Hungarian War and ended with the Han army's complete victory.
In this battle, Yi Zhixie mobilized all his combat power, so there were no old, weak, women or children to join in the fight. They were all solid military exploits.
There are no statistics on the number of people who drowned in the Liao River. The number of people killed on the battlefield alone exceeded 15,000. In addition, thousands of prisoners were captured.
Counting those who drowned, the wounded among the escaped Huns who died in the following days, etc., the Huns' losses in the Battle of Liaoshui were at least 30,000!
These are all solid young and strong main players.
Wei Qing then pursued him again, but Yi Zhixie fled into the northeastern area where there were swamps, lakes, dense forests and rivers.
The Han army, which lacked supplies and did not understand the terrain, had to retreat with regret.
At the same time, outside the border wall of Shanggu County, thousands of Han militiamen were complaining and angry out of boredom.
They were militiamen who went out with the army and wanted to earn military exploits and stand out. However, their leader Li Guang lost his mind in the mountains, and in a daze, he actually left all his men outside the wall.
The war between Han and Huns resumed. Not to mention the Huns tribe, there was not even a single wolf on the grassland.
Countless time, money and energy were wasted, but in the end nothing was achieved.
Naturally, everyone wanted to complain, and the target of their complaints could only be Li Guang, who was leading the team.
At dusk that day, Li Guang, with a dark face, sat by the fire to warm himself up. His mood was extremely bad.
There were rumors in the army that Li Guang wanted to regain the title he had lost by virtue of his military exploits against the Huns, and even wanted to be made a marquis based on it.
Therefore, after he got lost one after another, everyone secretly nicknamed him 'Mi Hou'.
This kind of humiliation naturally made Li Guang furious, and his anger reached the extreme.
"Father!"
Li Guang's eldest son, Li Danghu, rode his horse to the fire. He immediately dismounted and gasped, "There is a Huns tribe more than ten miles ahead!"
Without any hesitation, Li Guang immediately stood up and said, "Get someone's bow!"
