This night attack by the Han army was obviously far more successful than Bu Dugen. The leader managed to escape by chance. However, the Chinese army's flag was blazing and the flames were scorching. The Han army's knights repeatedly charged and killed, leaving all the troops without a leader. , Bai Bai was reduced to minced meat under the iron hoof, and the army collapsed. When Liu Bei led the army to cross the river north, Xianbei could only flee in all directions.
Earlier, the Tiefu people held high torches and marched majestically westward from the south bank to the south bank of Shaling Lake. The leader ordered Bu Dugen to lead ten thousand people and follow them to confront them. As soon as Bu Dugen reached the lakeside, he found a set of horse hoof prints crisscrossing in the sand on the north shore. He screamed in his heart that something was wrong, but he was restrained by the Tiefu people on the other side and could not move. He could only order Tuoba Jiefen to lead a separate team. Go back and report the news.
Tuoba Jiefen walked four miles and bumped into the leader coming on a horse. After Shan Yu deceived Chen Chong, he threw away his brocade clothes and grabbed a green-maned horse to escape the pursuit of the Han army. He originally wanted to gather the remaining soldiers and then counterattack, but Chen Chong surrounded and searched the way he came, and the leader had no chance to take advantage of it, so he had to He came west to join his brother.
Seeing that the Chanyu's clothes were torn, Tuoba Jiefen took off his purple robe, put it on for the Chanyu, and put on his own saddle. The leader saw that Tuoba Jiefen was so caring, and thought of Tuoba Lin who had lured the enemy, and couldn't help but bow his head. Tears lamented and said: "I am ashamed of brother Tuoba. After this battle, Xianbei will have to rely on you to revitalize." Only then did Tuoba Jiefen know that his father had fallen into the Han army. He was anxious, but He still comforted Shanyu and said: "When the former king started the rebellion, he only had dozens of people under his command. Now Shanyu still has tens of thousands of people. How can he be discouraged?"
However, the final situation of this battle has been decided. The Han army has recaptured the boats and rafts, and the main force has already crossed the halfway point across the river. The Han army captured six Xianbei leaders in this night attack: Tuoba Lin, the leader of Suotouqian, Bai Xiwu, the leader of the Bai tribe, Wen Shilanchou, the commander of the Shilan tribe, and Huluna, the commander of the Jile tribe. Jin, deputy commander-in-chief of Fuluo tribe, deputy commander-in-chief Fuluo Qubin, and commander-in-chief Shuli of Shuli tribe. Even if the leader is still here, the Xianbei people are destined to collapse to the end.
After Bu Dugen and Kuitou reunited, they immediately left Dahe and led the remaining 10,000 soldiers north to Yunzhong, where they would gather the defeated troops and regain their strength. This also means that Xianbei gave up Dingxiang County and the southern part of Yanmen County, which can be said to be the ruin of several years of hard work.
But it doesn't come without a price. After Chen Chong led Liu Bei across the river, Liu Bei used the captured Xianbei nobles as hostages and ordered the stubborn Xianbei warriors in the camp to surrender. As he walked among the Xianbei prisoners, a Xianbei warrior who had surrendered his sword suddenly spat on the ground when he saw Liu Bei. He laughed and scolded him: "Isn't this the fugitive that I chased in the Sangqian forest at the beginning of the year? At that time, you fled like a pig, but now you have become more powerful!" A group of Xianbei prisoners also laughed.
Liu Bei and others did not understand the Xianbei language and looked confused. When Helian Fanmo, who knew the Xianbei language, translated it, everyone became furious. Zhang Fei immediately led the man out of the queue, stepped on his feet and stabbed him with more than ten spears. The man endured the severe pain and remained silent until his breath died. Zhang Fei was still angry and wanted to behead all the laughing people. Liu Bei stopped him and said, "That's it." He also sent people to collect the bodies and bury them with the rites of a strong man. The Xianbei people just stopped shouting and cursing.
Immediately, another soldier informed Chen Chong: "Dou Juncheng received a cold arrow and was bleeding." Chen Chong's heart tightened, and he hurriedly asked for leave from Liu Bei. He followed the soldier and rode two miles west. He saw about ten people. The soldiers of the Han Dynasty gathered in a dense forest, arguing with each other and at a loss.
Seeing Chen Chong coming, the soldiers stopped arguing and saluted to make way for him. Only then did Chen Chong see Dou Fu's curled up body. Dou Fu is four years younger than Chen Chong and half a foot shorter in height. He is lying on the ground and looks even thinner. When Chen Chong saw him covering his waist, he realized that his face was as pale as water, and there was an arrow stuck in his waist. The arrow was fully eight inches deep into his waist. The hem of his clothes at the wound was tangled with blood scab, but he still couldn't stop the blood from coming out. beads.
Dou Fu also saw Chen Chong's face and laughed in a low voice: "Ting Jian, you are here." As he spoke, he trembled like an electric shock from time to time. Chen Chong squatted down, held Dou Fu's palm, and lifted him up from the ground. Leaning in her arms, feeling his weak pulse, she was speechless for a moment and could only nod to him.
Gently holding Chen Chong's hand, Dou Fu continued: "I can't live, but I'm very happy. I'm going to see my father. Ting Jian, since the Dou family was wiped out, I have always been in pain, and I have been struggling with revitalization." The reputation of my family is my responsibility, but at the end of the day, I will die if I don’t make it through the first battle.”
When Chen Chong heard this, he felt hesitant in his heart. He first looked up to the bright moon in the sky, then lowered his head and sighed to him: "General Dou doesn't know the battle formations. Zi Xun, you are already much stronger than him." Dou Fu said with a smile: "Is that true? "Chen Chong said softly: "That's true."
Dou Fu let go of his hand covering the injury, took out a purse from his arms, handed it to Chen Chong with all his strength, and then said: "When the emperor killed all my Dou family members, it was Uncle Hu who adopted me and treated me like his own son. Now I am dead." There is no repayment for this. Ting Jian, please return my body to Lingling. I am willing to take Uncle Hu as my father and be buried in Taoyang." After saying that, Chen Chong felt a force coming from his hand, and he was about to hold it with joy. Stop, the strength in your hand suddenly passed away again. Chen Chong looked at Dou Fu again. The young man closed his eyes and was completely exhausted.
Opening the purse, there were several small hard objects in the purse. Chen Chong took out the hard objects and realized that they were seven yellow and white deciduous teeth. Chen Chong then remembered that Dou Fu was only two years old when he was adopted by Hu Teng. This purse must have been a souvenir left by Hu Teng to Dou Fu. He had been away from Lingling for so long, but he died on the battlefield within a year.
Chen Chong put away his baby teeth and asked the soldiers about the situation of Dou Fu's arrow. Several soldiers talked about it. After listening for a few moments, Chen Chong finally understood: when Dou Fu followed the army to kill the enemy, the formations dispersed. He pursued Xianbei's defeated army and came out of the camp. He happened to see A man in brocade clothes passed by the jujube forest on the right side. Seeing this, the soldiers around him persuaded him to pursue the noble man. Dou Fu heard that he was justified, so he led his army into the forest. Unexpectedly, there was an ambush on the flank and fired. Suddenly, the sound of Dysprosium was heard, and the soldiers Frightened and unaware of the source, Dou Fu suddenly fell to the ground from his horse.
After the soldiers finished speaking, they all looked at Chen Chong with a confused expression. Chen Chong looked gloomy and only said to them: "Every time you take a bite, you will gain wisdom. Next time, don't chase into the forest." He borrowed a knife and cut off the arrow feathers from Dou Fu's waist, and then tore off the silk cloth. After wrapping up the wound, he said to the soldiers, "Use your knife and the jujube wood here to make a coffin for Mr. Dou."
The soldiers all bowed their heads and agreed, and each cut down tree trunks in the forest. The empty sound of cutting trees made Chen Chong think a lot. He looked up at the bright moon, and felt that the night was so long that even the victory in his hands seemed dull and boring. Peng Tuo and the others who committed suicide by cutting their throats in front of him were stunned and didn't realize that Liu Bei was already beside them.
Liu Bei patted Chen Chong on the shoulder. When Chen Chong saw him as if he was awake, he breathed a sigh of relief. He asked Liu Bei, "Has everything been settled?" Liu Bei shrugged and said without sadness or joy, "Every department has been arranged, and there is a long way to go." If Xian is with them, there won't be any trouble."
Chen Chong saw his frown and knew that he had something on his mind, so he asked him, "Xuande, do you have something to say to me?" Liu Bei loosened his brows and said to him seriously, "Ting Jian, it's you who doesn't want to tell me something." I say, you have changed a lot recently, which makes it difficult for me to predict. You are my adopted brother, just like my brothers and sisters. And you are different from Yun Changyide. You have the most thoughts and worries. Between brothers, there is no real relationship. There is only one word for unity, and I can’t rest assured if you are like this.”
Hearing this, Chen Chong was stunned for a moment, then showed a bit of a smile, and said: "It's true, my brother's eyes are as bright as fire. But these are just my feelings. Humanity is difficult and dangerous. Some people are born because of me, and some people are born because of me." But death is often out of our control, and we mortals often hesitate for some reason, lest we miss the opportunity. Sometimes I also wonder if we can achieve great things by being ruthless and without love."
Liu Bei shook his head and said with a smile: "It doesn't look like Xiping Longshou." "It really doesn't look like it."
The two of them strolled out of the jujube forest, and Liu Bei suddenly said: "I have thought about it. I plan to take care of the families of the brothers who died in the battle of Sang Qian and bring them all to Taiyuan County." Chen Chong nodded in praise and said, "What a good idea. Money alone is a problem." Liu Bei glanced at him and said angrily: "This is your business."
In any case, the battle was finally won. After sorting out the battlefield in two days, the Han army marched eastward and recaptured Dingxiang County. The remaining thousands of people in Shanwu City cried bitterly when they saw the arrival of the Han army, and carried out the shouts from the city. Yan Yuledu's body was revealed. It turned out that the Huns' veteran general could not withstand the blows due to successive defeats, and the old injuries on his body broke out. He survived for seven or eight days before passing away violently.
The Han army gathered the body of King Huyan, left Dingxiang, and headed south to Yanmen County. The Xianbei people in the southern part of Yanmen County had long known that Shanyu was defeated at Shaling, so they all moved away like a flock of sheep. No major battles occurred along the way. The Han army recovered a total of thirteen cities along the way, and at the end of the road Stay in Mayi.
In this city designated by Tianma, the Han army planted all the righteous flags on the wall, and the body of King Huyan was buried in the northern suburbs of the city. Another tomb was built for Huchuquan, and finally all the dead in the Shaling War were buried in the city. Here, there is a wooden sign wrapped in white cloth erected on each earth bag. From a distance, it looks like a dense white forest.
After the tomb forest was repaired, there was an endless stream of people. It was not until July 8th that the scene became slightly deserted. Liu Bei reorganized the defense of Northern Xinjiang: temporarily assigned the recovered counties in the southern part of Yanmen to Helian Fanmo and Anhe, and temporarily handed over the defense of Dingxiang County to Zhiyasi, and then agreed with the kings that on May 20th The whole country will be united, and things will come to an end. Only then did he take time out to visit the cemetery at night with his relatives and friends.
There were still people coming and going to offer sacrifices in the tomb forest, and Liu Bei and his party were silent. However, when they walked deep into the tomb forest and passed Huchuquan's tomb, a young man cried silently in front of the tomb. He recognized that this young man was Huchuquan. His son is stingy. When Zai Shi saw Liu Bei, his expression was startled, and he choked up and recounted his experiences in the past few months: When he heard the news of his father's death, he fled east to the Black Mountains and lived in seclusion in the mountains and forests for several months. Only then did he learn that the great revenge had been avenged.
After saying this, he kowtowed to Liu Bei and thanked him. He also said that he no longer cared about him. Now that the world was in chaos, it would be better to be a prodigal and wander around. However, he deeply missed Liu Jun's great kindness. If Liu Jun was in trouble, he would definitely end it with his life or death. Reciprocate. After that, he took Guangli with him, covered him with a black gauze, just like when he first met Liu Bei that day, and left slowly in the dark night.
A few days later, news came from Jinyang Pegasus that at the beginning of April, the emperor fell seriously ill and passed away.
(The trumpet sound ends all over the north)
