Chen Chong's riding skills were average. If he fought with others on horseback, he would be knocked off his feet. He was even more powerless if he wanted to charge into battle with the soldiers. But at this time, when he climbed up the sand mountain, all he could see was Bu Dugen's defenseless flank. All he had to do was trust Han Xian and others. He turned around and saluted General Bai Bo and said, "The victory or defeat of this battle will be decided by Chen Chong." Here you go."
He arranged twenty large drums on this mountain ridge, using brown clay as the drum frame, cowhide as the drum skin, and pear wood as the drumsticks. The crisp drum sound exploded over the south bank, attracting the attention of all the fighting soldiers. past. The drumming stopped, and the figure of the White Wave Knight drew a slanting shadow in the morning sun. His sword was covered with sunlight, and the crowds of people were like waves in the forest.
Twenty drums sounded together again, and the leading general shouted in agreement. Yang Feng took the lead in rushing down the hillside, followed by eight thousand white wave knights. The horse's hooves trampled on the brittle soil slope, and the dust turned into powder in the strong wind, and then was thrown into smoke. The knight of Baibo lowered his waist, holding a gun in one hand and a shield in the other. The shield was blocked in front of the horse, and the spear and halberd were tilted. The stab pointed upward, and the Xianbei knights rushed to meet it.
The moving iron thorn forest easily tore apart the makeshift front line and hit the Xianbei knight's vulnerable flank. The Xianbei knights tried their best to avoid the spear thrusts, but they made long and ferocious marks on the horses' bellies and backs. The horses neighed and struggled, and the saddle ties were broken. In the smoke, heads were rising and falling. The bearded Xianbei knights were standing there. The sharp decrease made Su Liujin Heiqiao anxious.
Ignoring the sound of Bu Dugen's horn, Su Liujin Heiqiao turned around and whipped the scattered Xianbei knights to his side, and said to everyone: "Unexpectedly, the Han army still has a back-up plan. At this time, we are deeply trapped in the enemy's camp. If not, If the thieves are defeated, they will be completely defeated. This is a time of life and death. Please follow me and fight back!" After saying this, he threw down his iron armor, raised a seven-foot long sword with his left hand, and pulled the bridle of his mount with his left hand. The mount was carrying him straight through the snow. The vanguard of the Han army, followed closely by the seven hundred Xianbei knights, fought with the Baibo knights.
Pioneer Bai Bo saw him swing the long knife, and it flashed like a moon arc. The two people he met were cut into four pieces, half of their bodies rolled on the ground, and their intestines were dragged out. The knights at the rear took advantage of the moment when he was sheathing his sword to stab him with his spear. The Xianbei general had already raised his horse and turned around, changing direction. The Xianbei knights behind him followed and closed in. General Bai Bo could only watch him leave.
Su Liujin Heiqiao was so hot with just one kill that he untied all the armor and threw it away in the crowd, leaving only a piece of cowhide for the armored knight under him. Qian Lixue was very excited, roared loudly, and rushed into the Han army's formation like lightning. The Baibo warriors were not as powerful as they were brave, and actually killed more than ten people repeatedly for him, and their sprinting momentum was also weakened.
Seeing this, Yang Feng asked the cavalry to move closer and shoot randomly at Su Liujin Heiqiao. Su Liujin Heiqiao couldn't get close, so he had to re-armor and fight with the Baibo knights again. When the Baibo knights saw him, they all shouted loudly. Said: "That man is a beast that can swing a seven-foot iron sword to cut people's waists. He is back again! Don't let him go." After Xu Huang heard this from the flank, he picked up his weapon and rode around to the front of the formation, attacking Su Liujinhei. He shouted: "Xianbei dog, I am Xu Huang, Xu Gongming, the commander of the Baibo Army! Who are you? I won't kill the nameless thief!"
When Su Liujin Heiqiao saw Xu Huang moving forward, he raised his sword and slapped his horse, grinned at him, and then said in blunt Chinese: "Han'er is talking nonsense! I, Su Liujin Heiqiao, am the six pillars of the court under Shan Yu. The number one warrior of the Liujin tribe, he has been growing up on horseback for thirty-six years, and has killed more than a hundred dead souls under his sword. Now that you are provoking me, unless you kowtow and beg for mercy, I will definitely hang your head on the saddle. superior!"
After the shouting, the soldiers on both sides were all excited, and their hoarse shouts of killing gradually covered up the sound of the drums on the mountain top. Su Liujin Heiqiao turned around and said to the knights: "We are going to fight today. Just wait and listen: you may die in front of the battle, or you may fight for a hundred rounds. Otherwise, you are not my Xianbei man!" After that, he Cover your face with iron armor, leap forward and charge forward.
Xu Huang's weapon is a long-handled giant axe. The ax head is made of Baiyang Steel, and the handle is eight feet long and is also made of iron. He slashed with an ax weighing more than a hundred kilograms as usual, and hit the long knife of Su Liujin Heiqiao. It sparked a spark, and the momentum was pressed to the waist. Both horses couldn't help but take a few steps back. Xu Huang's mount was a horse. The brown-maned horse was not as powerful as the black-legged horse. The Suliujin black-legged horse took the lead and grabbed his knife to cover the attack. Xu Huang could only defend and retreat one after another.
The two fought for dozens of rounds, and Heiqiao had the upper hand, but was still unable to convert the victory. The strong attack was laborious, so he temporarily pulled his horse and stopped to rest. Seeing him take a few steps back, Xu Huang seemed to want to stop fighting. A feeling of suffocation finally aroused in his chest, and he caught up with him and struck the black leg head-on with an axe. The black leg still met him with the blade, but they fought one after another. There were many gaps. Xu Huang's splitting ax went straight into the blade, and the seven-foot-long sword was broken into two pieces. Also beheaded was the head of the black-legged mount.
Black Leg's mount is a rare horse from the Western Regions. It is all white without a trace of color. In winter, it can blend in seamlessly with the snowy fields, so it is called Qianli Snow. But now it is just bleeding all over the ground. Black Leg fell and Black Leg fell. He wanted to throw his hand and cut off the knife, but he injured his wrist and could not move. When he was about to rescue him, Xu Huang abandoned his axe, pulled out his knife, cut off both of his arms, and finally cut off his head.
This scene was seen by Bu Dugen, and he couldn't help but cursed: "You fool, don't you know that fighting a tiger also requires a battle of wits!" He analyzed the situation in his mind: Now Liu Bei led the Tiefu people to intercept the forward, and the White Wave Knights attacked the flanks. , it is difficult to go west and there is no way to go north. The battle line was stretched too long, which meant that it was controlled by others. Under such circumstances, it was impossible to completely defeat the Han army. If the withdrawal was slowed down by a few steps, the situation would be reversed, and it would become a rout of Xianbei.
Tuoba Jiefen was the first to ride forward and came to him anxiously and said: "Sir, this raid has failed! Our army defeated the left wing of the Han army. Although it was not a complete success, it is still a great achievement. But now the flank is ambushed. If it is broken, the defeat will be irreversible. Even if a strong man breaks his wrist, he can still turn defeat into victory. If he hesitates, the Shanyu will be harmed!"
These words touched Bu Dugen's heart, but he still asked: "Why don't I want to? But how to withdraw our troops now? My brother has already begun to cross the river. If we want to withdraw north, if we are not careful, we will cut off the south bank, and our brother will be harmed." If we return the same way, the military situation is urgent and there is little time to gather the troops, Brother Tuoba, do you have any advice for me?"
Tuobajie Fen patted his horse and sighed, "Your Majesty is impatient, how can we not retreat to the north? The king's army has already attacked the north bank, and I have captured all the Han army's rafts. We only need to turn our backs on the defeated army, and the Han army will certainly be unable to pursue it." , just let me wait to cross the river slowly." After some words, Dugen suddenly woke up, and he hurriedly said to his attendant: "Go north! Go north!"
Bu Dugen no longer looked at the tribesmen who were trapped in the siege. Nearly half of them were left behind like this. Tuoba Jiefen endured the pain of his injured foot and held up his head high flag. The black and yellow flag cloth was embroidered with a black-tailed white harrier. He had already taken off his iron armor and was only wearing a black fur coat, revealing his heroic face. When the Xianbei people who fought hard saw him riding their horses at the front, they all said, "That's Lord Suotou who is bound to the goddess of heaven. Let's follow him."
Chen Chong stood on the top of the mountain, squinting as he led his team through the burning smoke. The path he chose was not close, but there were disorderly Huns soldiers on the road, unable to stop them from moving forward. Instead, they disturbed the white wave knights who were trying to pursue. In two moments, the black-tailed white kite rushed to the river bank and joined the main Xianbei force crossing the river.
There was only a slight disturbance in Xianbei's formation. Wang Qi, who had already crossed the river, stopped advancing. The situation surprised everyone. Wang Qi began to retreat without hesitation, leaving several square formations on the river bank. The rest of the troops immediately began to collect the Han army's movements. By the time the Han army completely controlled the chaos, the Xianbei King's Banner had crossed the north bank of the river again.
Seeing that all the Xianbei people were about to cross the river, Wei Yan led the remaining Baibo infantry and finally rushed from the northeast to the river bank. Seeing that they were late, the Xianbei people insulted and ridiculed them on the bank of the river, but the words had not yet been spoken. , Baibo archers fired arrows at them randomly, the north wind was dry and cool, and the Xianbei people mostly wore furs as clothing. In order to seek stability when crossing the river, the rafts supported each other and huddled together in the river, and soon a fire broke out on the river.
In the slowly rising sun, the soldiers on both sides of the bank saw flames rolling on the water, and screams could be heard in the wilderness. Finally, they were drowned by the roaring river. As a result, nearly three thousand Xianbei warriors threw themselves into the river and never got out of the water again.
The Xianbei nobles gathered around the leader. They looked at the Shanyu, who was deeply loved by his people, and his face was ashen. At the same time, they were quite heartbroken. If they had withdrawn just a little later, this strange force of the Han army had lit a fire on the river bank. The Xianbei army had no way to escape and could only be strangled to death by the Han army.
The first battle between the two armies came to an end. The losses in this battle were still dominated by Xianbei: the Han army lost more than 26,000 people, and the leader's losses were close to 9,000 at most. Xianbei won this battle, but The Xianbei commanders had no joy in winning.
This time Shan Yu used a plan to attack by surprise, and Bu Dugen's sword was used to take the wrong direction. Everyone said that this was a winning strategy, and he would definitely defeat the Han army and sweep the entire Han army. But the outcome was that the enemy saw through the plan, and instead set up an ambush and almost surrounded and killed the army, which made everyone feel ridiculous. So much so that Tuoba Jiefen said to his father Tuoba Lin: There are wise men among the Han people, but our army cannot move quickly. If we win, I don’t know how many men will die here.
The Xianbei people were three-quarters timid, while the Huns were eight-eighth. The ruins of the camp on the south bank were in a mess, with burnt and trampled bones scattered throughout. The stench of smoke and flesh was disgusting. The Huns cleaned up the battlefield and saw princes and slaves dead together. The wailing warriors had turned back. For mortals, the brilliance of swords has also faded.
Ou Tuoquan, the king of the right sun, and Mo Yue, the king of Guli on the left, both said to Liu Bei: After this battle, except for the Tiefu people who followed Liu Bei's middle army, nearly half of the other tribes were killed or wounded. It is not easy to give birth to a man. This battle It's no longer possible to fight. After saying that, they shed tears at each other: Back then, the Xiongnu conquered the northern frontier, but now they are defeated one after another. How can they live up to their ancestors and the court? Others were moved when they heard this.
On the other hand, Liu Bei's expression remained as normal. He had calmed down and said to the survivors: "If you give up and admit defeat at this time, I, Liu Bei, will never be willing to do so! Even if you don't want to fight anymore, don't leave. You guys stay here." Just wait and see how we kill the thief!"
He looked at Chen Chong and nodded slightly. Chen Chong turned to Liu Deran and said, "Let Yunchang and the others cross the river tonight!"
