Yuledu naturally did not want to attack Budugen forcefully, but on the battlefield, he was not the real coach, and now the coach's smoke has been rising to the sky, and all the soldiers in the army were in sight. Yuledu could not pretend to have such an obvious military order. Turn a blind eye.
And he actually knew that Huchuquan would not ignore the overall situation, and the situation in the city was probably indeed not optimistic. But now that the reinforcements have not arrived, how can Yuledu defeat the strong with the weak?
Huchuquan would not tell him.
That night, Huyan Yuledu lit up flames in the mountains and forests. The fires rolled up layers of fire in the barren mountains like waves. The burning tree torches were like red coals in the dark night, shining brightly. Regardless of the city of Mayi, Everyone from above and below the city were attracted by the blazing fire.
Yuledu then ordered all the troops to extinguish the torches, change direction, approach Yushui from the northwest, make a large circle, from the south side of Budugen to his west side, and then walk westward along Yushui, under the moonlight The sparkling waves of light guided them towards the enemy camp.
When he was three miles away from the Budugen camp, and the flickering firelight in the camp could be seen in the distance, Yuledu ordered the entire army to suddenly light up the torches. Then he boosted morale and gave a speech before the battle: "Now the enemy is in a bath of water. On both sides of the river, there are only ten thousand people on the south bank. Before, our army harassed the enemy in the south, and tonight when we attack the west, the enemy must be unprepared! The chance of victory is like a hawk, if it misses, there will be no shadow. You guys should follow me and fight quickly! If we win this battle, Master Xianbei will have no success and will definitely return north!"
He shouted: "Ten thousand victories!" All the soldiers also shouted: "Ten thousand victories!"
At that moment, the whole army was speeding up, and Yuledu, as the commander, whipped his horse and took the lead. The army poured into the Budugen camp like an iron stream. Everyone held their knives high and bow strings fully drawn, just waiting for the Xianbei people to appear in front of them and take the soldiers. The murderous intent turned into blood and cold howls on the ground.
But the Huns rushed into the air. Although the camp was brightly lit, after the army entered, they found that there was no one. There was no place to kill with swords and swords, and they could only look at each other blankly.
Huyan Yuledu stopped his horse. He dismounted and entered a tent, anxiously looking at the layout inside the tent. The several hu beds in the tent were neatly arranged, and the weapon racks were empty. Seeing this, Yuledu still didn't understand that the enemy had seen through his arrangement.
Will the Xianbei people's arrangements stop at avoiding war? A feeling of annoyance welled up in his heart. He went out of the tent and remounted his horse. He ordered his relatives to pass on the order: "Withdraw the troops, withdraw to Guangwu!" Huyan Yuledu obviously did not care about the safety of Huchuquan. At this moment, he would not withdraw the troops, fearing that the city would The lives of more than 20,000 soldiers outside are in danger.
But once you make a wrong step on the battlefield, it's often too late to correct it. Entering the camp disrupted the Huns' formation and pulled 20,000 people into a long snake next to the bathing water. What Juledu had to do at this time was to coil up the snake and quickly withdraw his troops to the southeast. .
It's just that he doesn't have time anymore. Amid the hubbub of the Huns, dots of flames gradually lit up on the north bank of Yushui, followed by the familiar and breathtaking sound of horse hooves, which was the Xianbei army.
The appearance of the Xianbei people made the situation even more chaotic. Many people in the army shouted: "The enemy is on the north bank, our army is on the south bank!" This barely made the soldiers calm down, but this only lasted for a short period of time. In the surprised eyes of the Huns on the south bank, the Xianbei knights and horses in the front line, covered in iron armor, actually stepped into the bathing water.
It is the dry season now, and the water is no deeper than a horse’s belly. The Xianbei horses neighed and rushed up to the river bed on the south bank. The sound of iron armor clashing under the moonlight sounded to the Huns like the sound of sharpening between blades and stones.
The leader was Shuluo Yu Qiguang, a new warrior from Xianbei. He was the first to break into the Huns' formation. He stabbed three Huns soldiers one after another with a long halberd. There was dripping blood sausage on the halberd blade. He then issued a The strange roar like a mandrill was really as scary as an evil ghost in the eyes of the Huns.
The armored cavalry who crossed the river with him also caught up and formed a square formation abreast. The armored cavalry was not fast and was inferior to the unarmored cavalry, but it was still stronger than the infantry. Nowadays, the Huns' front line is long and thin, and the command is extremely disadvantageous. The armored cavalry can only use this speed, like a hard blunt knife, to penetrate into the waist and abdomen of the Huns army. It is not sharp but unstoppable, and cuts off the long snake without hesitation. of spine.
The Xiongnu army was divided into two parts. When Yu Yueqing knew that this was the most critical moment, he called for his personal followers and loudly said: "Those who fight to the death live, and those who fight timidly die. How can a Xiongnu warrior turn his back and seek death?" Inspired by his courage, hundreds of people turned their horses' heads again and rode into the bathing water together.
The winter bath water was bone-chillingly cold, almost making him shiver. But he held the spear tightly and led his soldiers to attack the Xianbei people's flanks with their bows and arrows. They pierced the necks of several horses one after another. The Xianbei knights fell into the water, and the horses' hooves from the rear stepped directly on them. The cries of pain of the dead were drowned in the river, and only the black and red blood gathered on the water.
This temporarily hindered the Xianbei people's wading speed. Seeing this, the leader couldn't help laughing and said: "Unexpectedly, there are still warriors among the Huns. Is there anyone in the clan who is willing to fight with them?" Su Liujin Heiqiao stepped forward and said, "I am willing." Do it!" After saying that, without waiting for the leader's order, he put on his pocket and got on his horse.
Su Liujin Heiqi rides a black-backed horse, famously known as Le Yeqi. It has black hair all over its body and looks like it is flying in the air in the dark night. He was holding a seven-foot-long sword, which looked like snow in the moonlight. He rode his horse into the water, splashing water, water droplets dripping on the blade, and light lingering in it. The long sword did not look like snow, but like a burning ball. White inflammation.
When Yu Yue saw him coming from afar, he immediately shouted loudly and threw away several Xianbei knights who were fighting with him. Then he threw down the spear in his hand and took out an iron hook and a halberd from his entourage. The hook inlay is shaped like a shield, and can be inlaid with iron hooks on the upper and lower sides. It can be used for defense, or it can be held horizontally to kill the enemy.
He held both hands together, intending to use the hook to block the long knife, and then use the halberd to stab the opponent to death. Su Liujin Heiqiao had a calm expression and only accelerated his horse speed. In the bath water, the two of them collided.
Su Liujin's black crotch moves out the sword, while Yu Yue draws out the hook. The two sparkle with charming brilliance during the collision. When Yu Yue did block the knife, he could hardly hold the horse's belly steady under his strenuous efforts. Su Liujin Heiqiao used the blade of his knife to follow the long hook and pressed Dang Yuyue on the horse's back, unable to move at all.
Then when he picked up the hook with his knife, a huge force lifted Dang Yu Yue from his horse into the air. Before he fell into the water, Su Liujin Heiqi slashed his knife into the water. The Huns Guduhou was divided into two parts, and his blood It erupted from the huge wound into the air, and then fell into the bath water. Su Liujin's black armor was covered with spots, like a rain of blood.
Yu Yue's death declared that the Huns' death struggle had completely failed. The army on the south bank was almost completely frightened. When Yuledu saw this, he knew that his defeat was certain. He reluctantly gathered three or four thousand men, then stopped paying attention to the battlefield and quickly withdrew to the southeast.
The new Gudu lord, Xu Bu Shizi, was far inferior to Xu Bu Cheyou. He neither dared to continue the battle nor gathered his troops. He just turned around and led a few of his followers to subconsciously flee to Hengshan. The rest of the main Xiongnu force also Flee south with him.
By the time he, Master Xubu, realized that the south was the burning Flame Mountains, Kuitou had already led the Xianbei cavalry in pursuit, blocking the rest of the Huns' retreat. The next choice was to either flee into the burning Hengshan Mountains. in, or turn around and fight.
But in this case, it was impossible to fight. Fortunately, Master Xubu knew a mountain stream, so he covered his face with linen dipped in the stream water, and followed the mountain stream all the way through Hengshan Mountain, while most of the Huns were there All the people west of Hengliu Mountain were killed.
From the launch of the attack in Yuledu, to Kuitou chasing the Huns army to Hengshan Mountain, and fighting from dark to sunset, the blood all over the ground could not extinguish the burning forest fire. Kuitou stationed at the foot of Ma Hengshan Mountain, looked up and saw densely packed charred corpses. I couldn't help but say to the generals under my command: "Today's victory is really insignificant, it all depends on the Buddha's own sword."
Then he covered his nose and left, ordering all the Xiongnu corpses in the mountains to be burned. At this time, a relative dragged out a few roasted and mature elk from the forest. The leader said happily: "The deer was lost in Hong Tao, but Hengshan found it. Isn't it God's will?"
Huchuquan saw Yuledu's defeat in the city, but he could do nothing. There were only 5,000 soldiers left outside Kuitou City, and they all blocked the south gate. Huchuquan retreated after two battles outside the city, but could not gain anything and could only watch. He came and went far away with Yuledu. He was almost desperate. In this situation, it was almost impossible to survive.
Under the afterglow, he saw a long crimson procession rising far to the southwest. Looking from a distance, he thought it was the Xianbei army returning from victory, but after waiting a little longer, he saw clearly that the flag at the front was flying under the dim sky. Cloud pattern, embroidered with a flying tiger riding the wind in front of the cloud pattern.
That flag he had seen many times at the foot of Longshan Mountain was Liu Bei's cloud-patterned Tiger Flag.
Liu Bei was tired of walking on the road. Today, the Dongping Army has still not restored the situation where everyone is equipped with horses, and only the carriage camp has barely completed the reconstruction. The road from Taiyuan to Yanmen was full of winding, narrow and steep mountain roads. He traveled almost day and night, but he still arrived one day later than expected.
Finally he saw the city of Mayi, but unexpectedly, there was no Xianbei army in front of the city. There were only 5,000 enemy troops guarding the south of the city, blocking his way into the city.
Zhang Feice immediately came to Liu Bei's side and said boldly: "I have killed all the robbers and thieves in recent years, but I have to kill these Xianbei dogs to show my majesty, old Zhang."
