At four o'clock on December 24th, after a good meal, the Xianbei people formed a formation at the foot of Baishan Mountain. The team of 60,000 people was divided into five columns. They marched down the mountain at the same time. From north to south, they were arranged in this way: Zhiyunmomo Luo and Rilu recommended ministers, Yanliyou Guzhuhou, Wulu returned to Doubin, deputy Fuluo went to bin, and Tuoba Jiefen led 10,000 troops and stationed on Baishan Mountain to take charge of the overall situation.
The Han army was about to have a meal at this time, and smoke rose from the camp in Zhibi. It was approaching the end of the year, and the soldiers were very happy to have dinner today. Suddenly, they saw the Xianbei people coming from the mountains, and they couldn't help but be disappointed. We can only put aside the meal first and return to the barracks to take out the armor and weapons. At this time, the Han army thought that the Xianbei people were just repeating their old tricks and would probably retreat after trying for a while. However, when the Xianbei people were only five miles away from Lujiao, they discovered that this time was very different. A battle of life and death will take place here.
Army Sima Gu Yi saw Xianbei men and horses in the mountains and forests, and the sand and gravel on the ground were also jumping. He was very nervous and hurriedly sent an envoy to the commander's camp to report the situation. Then he ordered the war drums to be beaten, and the drums were loud. Er, the soldiers also consciously lined up behind the antlers, waiting for the first round of charge from the Xianbei people.
After fighting in the past two months, both sides are familiar with each other's tactics. This time, Xianbei's forwards were no longer wearing armor and riding equipment, but were soldiers pushing wooden poles. They wrapped their boots with linen cloth, stepped on the thin ice, and kept moving forward against the rain of arrows from the Han army, with an obvious goal. It is part of the antlers of the Han army that protrudes from the hills.
But the Han army had also made preparations. After Xianbei's last raid, Gu Yi also felt that the defense here was weak, so he set up three watchtowers on the hills and dug two more trenches around the watchtowers and antlers. But the flaw was that , he also did not expect that the Xianbei army would fight here. In terms of the decisive battle, these arrangements were obviously not enough. These Xianbei soldiers at the forefront carried wooden pillars measuring one foot and two feet until they walked to the trench. The Xianbei archers in the rear kept shooting arrows from a distance to cover them and put the wooden pillars on the trench. There was a huge disparity in strength between the Han army and the Xianbei people here. , even if he stabbed desperately with his spear, it only delayed for two quarters of an hour. Many Xianbei soldiers jumped into the ditch and drove to the other side carrying wooden poles. After forming thirteen small bridges, the Xianbei army successfully poured into the antlers and fought hand-to-hand with the Han army.
Gu Yi looked at this scene from a distance in the Chinese army's watchtower, feeling extremely frightened in his heart. He looked around and thought: Have the soldiers who delivered the order not come back yet? But what appeared in his eyes was a more terrifying sight. To the west of Pingcheng, the Han army deployed two formations of 12,000 people, occupying a battle line about four miles long. There were only three or four people within one foot. At this time, the Xianbei people were attacking across the board, and every Han army had to stop them. In Gu Yi's opinion, the enemy who was four times as big as himself was like a stream and a violent wave. But even if he wanted to ask for help from the nearby Linghu Yuan Formation, Linghu Yuan had no reinforcements to send.
He commanded the army to hold off for two more moments, but the soldiers on the front line were ultimately unable to do what they wanted. More and more holes gradually appeared in the trenches, and the watchtowers on the hills could not hold up. After being captured by the Xianbei army, they were torn down. Rolling logs scattered on the ground. At this time, there was a rough sound of trumpets from behind, and the gates of Pingcheng were opened wide. Seeing that Tuoba Jiefen's reinforcements were effective, Bu Dugen immediately ordered all the tribesmen in the city who could fight to go out and attack Gu Yi's back. However, they had to cross the internal trench first, which gave Gu Yi the final reaction time. Gu Yi had no choice. He immediately gave an order in flag language, asking the entire army to move closer to him and form a formation, allowing the Xianbei army to break through the fortifications.
When Tuoba Jiefen saw that the Han army had abandoned their fortifications, he thought that this was a good opportunity to decide the outcome, so he wanted to press the last army up. He said to his son Tuoba Liwei, who was with him in the first battle: "Your mother said you are Son of Yinshan, I have always regarded you as the proud son who has strengthened our clan. This is your first battle. If you follow me, you may be criticized by the clan. This time you charge into the battle, go to the most conspicuous place and let the tribes see you killing the enemy. You are so heroic." Tuoba Liwei was sixteen years old. He was very young and had a powerful figure. He was more courageous to express his opinions: "I look at the situation at this time. All the ministries have taken the initiative. If the war situation is allowed to develop, there will be no Our troops can also achieve a complete victory, but the enemy still has eight formations that have not moved. How to change the formation is really unpredictable. It is better to wait for a while and see what the Han people will do next." Tuoba Jiefen was very surprised after hearing this. Surprised, he thought about it and felt that his son's opinion was quite reasonable, so he asked his men to stay on the mountain to observe the changes of the Han army.
When the Xianbei people came down the mountain, both Liu Bei and Chen Chong in the south of the city were standing on the watchtower. They could see the Xianbei people attacking like wolves from a distance, but he did not order the formations to move. Even when Gu Yi's envoy came to ask for help, General Zhonglang did not come to help. , but instead said: "Let all the knights mount their horses first, and then wait a moment." No one understood the reason. When they saw the east gate of the city opening from the watchtower, and Bu Dugen led his troops to fight out, Liu Bei did not wait again He ordered: "The formation can be broken." The soldiers in the formation quickly pushed earth into the trench, and soon a two-foot-wide road was rolled out in the trench. There were 10,000 knights in the army, and Liu Bei gave Zhang Fei four Qian, let them start from here and attack the base of the inside attack first. Then six thousand knights were assigned to Guan Yu, and he was asked to march out from the north of the city to attack the Xianbei people at Baishan Mountain. The rest of the Han army moved out. Chen rushed to the north of the city and led Yang Feng, Guo Da and Hu Cai's troops to attack the Xianbei people's right wing. Helian Fanmo, Qiqu Zhiyasi and Liu Xuan's troops in the west of the city attacked the Xianbei people's left wing together with Liu Bei.
The Xianbei people have also made plans for this. If the remaining Han troops come to help, they will probably attack the left and right wings, and wait until the three main attackers, Rilu Tuichen, Yanliyou Guzhaohou, and Wuluhui Doubin, attack the formation. , put the two troops of Zhan Moruo and deputy Fuluo Qubin on the spot to cover the two wings to delay time. As long as the three main attacking troops penetrated the Han formation and met up with Shanyu, they could drive away the defeated troops and completely complete the siege of the Han army. Disperse.
But Shanyu encountered some problems. Bu Dugen led the city residents to rush to the front of the Han army's formation, but they were unable to rush through the inner trench. This was because the inner trench was two feet wider than the outer trench, and the soil dug by the trench was covered by the Han army. They were piled in the formation, so the Han army could quickly push out the dirt road, but Chanyu could only use a clumsy method, digging soil on one side to fill the trench. However, this was obviously too slow. Zhang Fei was trying to catch up with the time, so his men were all injured. Jia drove his horse, Shanyu only waited for two quarters of an hour before he saw Zhang Fei approaching quickly with his horse.
Zhang Fei's tribe was wearing light armor, and Shan Yu's tribe did not have much heavy armor. The greatest combat power was the five hundred armored riding equipment in front of him. Upon seeing this, Zhang Fei ordered: "Don't fight with the armored knights, we will kill the masses. This battle is won." So they bypassed the armored cavalry and charged directly into the horseless Xianbei masses. The old men tried their best to shoot some bows and arrows, but were dashed across by the approaching Han army and trampled to death. The women tried to The resistance of flesh and blood was no match for the sword, and the armored cavalry really couldn't catch up with the Han army's light cavalry. They could only watch Zhang Fei's troops fighting in and out of the crowd, like a knife cutting through the fabric, and soon the foundation of the step completely collapsed.
Xin Chanyu was unwilling to return to the city and ordered the armored knights to take off their heavy armor. He looked at these knights and saw that their faces were full of sweat and unwillingness. He sighed in his heart and said: It would be better if Shuluo Yu Qiguang was by his side. But his expression remained unchanged, and he only said to his followers: "How can a man die amidst the cries of a woman? Let us bathe in blood together." The knights were inspired by these words, holding their knives and raising their arms and shouting, and then followed Shan Yu Kill Zhang Fei. However, these knights had been wearing heavy armor for a long time and were quite tired. In the end, they failed to change the situation of the battle and were all killed by the Han army. But Bu Dugen faced Zhang Fei. His strength was not strong, and the sword and the snake spear collided. After four or five blows, his arm became numb and he lost all feeling, and then his throat was stabbed by a snake spear.
The remnants of the Xianbei troops in the city were completely eliminated by Zhang Fei. The Xianbei people were fighting in the Han army formation and saw all this. They didn't know that Shanyu was dead, but they just discussed: How will they fight next if they don't get support from the city? ? The Xianbei commanders did not file a record. They could only send an order saying that as long as the Han army in front of them was defeated, they would always be victorious. However, Gu Yi and Ling Huyuan both gathered together and used the cramped terrain of the military camp to fight against the Xianbei army. Although They were retreating steadily, but they could not be eaten in the end.
At this time, the reinforcements of the Han army on both wings also arrived. Seeing the situation of being flanked, Tuoba Jiefen could no longer wait and see on the mountain. He immediately decided to go down the mountain to reinforce the right wing, intending to defeat the weaker Chen Chong's troops first. This was really a wrong decision, because they failed to notice Guan Yu. Guan Yu's troops came out from the north of the city lightly, and then made a big circle to the shade of the mountain. They hid their bodies and walked quickly towards Baishan Mountain. This was the only way to go. It was too far away. Although he and Zhang Fei acted at the same time, he only occupied Baishan Mountain nearly an hour after Tuoba Jiefen came down the mountain. By this time, the two armies had been fighting for a long time and many soldiers were tired. Gu Yi, who had been fighting the longest, and Linghu Yuan are on the verge of collapse.
Calculating the time, the two armies fought for nearly four hours, from noon to dusk, and the daylight was almost gone. At this time, Guan Yu ran down from Baishan Mountain and ordered his soldiers to hold up their torches, illuminating the dark green robe outside his armor. When the Han soldiers who were fighting hard saw Guan Yu entering the battlefield, they all shouted and roared with excitement, but the Xianbei people suddenly saw An unknown number of cavalry appeared behind them. Their courage was exhausted. Tuoba Jiefen and Wu Luhui Dou Bin sighed and said, "Do they have reinforcements?" So they gave up fighting, regardless of the soldiers who continued to fight on the front line. Scattered and ran as hard as possible to the east.
The Han army was tired from the battle and did not continue to pursue. The battle formations from all directions continued to encircle the Xianbei soldiers who could not escape. They killed for a while, but the Xianbei people resisted for a while, and then no one wanted to take action anymore. The remaining A young commander among the Xianbei people asked to surrender, so the Han army stopped and notified Liu Bei. Liu Bei readily agreed and ordered them to put down their weapons and armor and settle in the original Han army camp.
On the other side, Zhang Fei had already entered Pingcheng. When the people in the city learned that Shanyu had died in the battle, they also asked for surrender. The only request was that they be allowed to bury Shanyu. Zhang Fei was unwilling to allow it, so he continued to kill in the city for one more hour. When Chen Chong learned the news, he hurriedly ordered Wei Yan to stop Zhang Fei. After sorting out Bu Dugen's remains, he returned the body to the Xianbei people, and they surrendered as promised.
As a result, the three-month Battle of Pingcheng finally came to an end. The Xianbei people fought hard for nearly two generations before they were able to suppress the Han army. However, they were destroyed by Liu Bei and Chen Chong in the battle. Monan, Yunzhong, Wuyuan, and Daijun All the Xianbei tribes were shocked. But where they will go is not what Chen Chong and Liu Bei care about. On the third day after the city was broken, the Han army recovered news, and Chen Chong learned that the world situation had been turned upside down.
At this time, everyone was having a meal. Liu Bei was reading Zhang Yang's letter and chewing the freshly baked Hu biscuits. After he handed the letter to Guan Yu, he frowned and asked Chen Chong, "What are your plans?"
