In August Bingyin of the thirteenth year of Yanxing, the Western Army came out of camp again at night. This night the waning moon is still like a hook, but what is different from the last night is that the night sky is cloudless and the stars are so bright that the dome is slightly purple and people can actually see the shadows under their feet. This inexplicably gives Westerners Courage is like having twice or even three times as many colleagues walking with them.
According to the previous plan, the entire army was divided into two parts, one was the cavalry army led by Liu Bei, and the other was the infantry army led by Chen Chong. Chen Chong led the infantry to go first without covering up the traces. The army held the battle with open fire, like a flaming dragon swimming in the dark night, and followed the route of the last battle, walking from the south bank of Wenying Lake with great momentum. The Dongren scouts were all shocked when they saw it, and immediately rushed towards Dongying.
However, this was just a cover for the cavalry surprise attack.
After all the infantry troops left the camp, Liu Bei waited for a moment. When the infantry troops had become a dim light, he personally rode his horse to the north. There was no need to blow trumpets or drums, all the knights were ready to go. When Liu Bei made a move, they followed closely with whips and poured out of the camp like a stream.
The cavalry did not hold their fire, and the team marched in four brisk columns. Under the guidance of Xinghan, they quietly swam across the Wuchuan Xin River in the north of the city, and then quickly stepped into a dense forest in Erquan on the north side of Wenying Lake. among. After walking only a few miles, a majestic mountain suddenly rose from the ground, occupying the eyes of the Westerners. They saw that its north extended to the sky, and the end of the mountain was far away. Its majestic momentum was like an ancient giant, and they were immediately in awe.
Liu Bei knew that he had reached the foot of Baishan Mountain, so he ordered the entire army to take a rest. While everyone was eating, he quickly summoned Duan Yan and said: "When I campaigned in Guandong, Yanmen was under your jurisdiction. Later, you went to Guandong to fight fires for several years. The terrain and dangerous roads on Baishan Mountain are still there today. remember?"
Thirty thousand cavalry suddenly charged into the formation, and the momentum was difficult to cover up. Therefore, Chen Chong and Liu Bei planned to order Duan Yan to lead 4,000 light cavalry to approach and suddenly attack the camp. If successful, the entire army would follow suit. If that doesn't work, then the whole army will go straight to the camp. This is what I told Duan Yan before the war. Duan Yan was well prepared and said with a smile: "Don't worry, General. Although Duan Yan is old, he still knows the way!"
When he said this, Liu Bei suddenly remembered that Duan Zhen was already in his sixties. But now Duan Xuan is still energetic and his hair is still dark, just like his bright eyes.
After Duan Zhen's men gathered together, he picked a very narrow and steep road from the mountain that was full of thorns. At first glance in the night, a few pale and ferocious cliff rocks protruded from the shadow of the shrubs, which seemed completely impossible to walk. But the Westerners rode their horses in and out of it, just like antelopes walking, and they could always find one or two places to stay when they were in poverty. The Westerners who stayed behind originally thought that they would walk for a long time, but unexpectedly, in just two quarters of an hour, the light cavalry's The back figure has completely melted into the mountains.
At this time, Liu Bei's army also began to climb up. However, their direction was simply upwards. They bundled long silk bows, arrows, armors and other items together, carried them in groups, tied horse reins around their waists, and then climbed up the gap where the mountain stream rushed out. Rolling and crawling forward. The higher they went, the sparser the trees became, and the wider the view became. When they reached a ridge covered with gray rocks, they stopped here, looking northward and waiting for the signal.
I don't know how long it had passed, but the choking smell of burning straw drifted over. Someone shouted: "There's a fire in front. Duan Dudu is fighting in!" Everyone hurriedly braced themselves to look, and saw three people on a hilltop opposite. A fire was swaying and burning. On the slopes under the fire, a roaring and wailing sound could be heard, and the crows in the mountains flew up in overwhelming numbers, croaking in the air.
Liu Bei was overjoyed when he heard this and immediately ordered the horns to be blown. The soldiers immediately mounted their horses without lighting the torches, and then the afterglow of the stars rushed downwards. Even though many people were scratched by branches and fell to the ground in the air, more people still took advantage of the situation and rushed in. The Xianbei people's camp.
At this time, there was a blazing fire in the camp, accompanied by countless shouts of killing, as if a dark cloud rushed over, shouting at the Westerners who were fighting in front: "Kill the thieves! Kill the thieves!" Then arrows shot towards them like locusts. The Xianbei people who rushed over shot them down like they were cutting grass. A smooth road was easily cleared, and Zhang Fei, Liu Bao, and Xu Huang all rushed in together.
The Western Army's attack was so smooth, of course, thanks to Duan Yan. When he led his troops to appear on the west side of the Xianbei camp, the Xianbei people were unprepared. In one rush, he penetrated the entire camp and divided it into three parts that could not communicate with each other. Later, Duan Zhuan burned down two stables in the Xianbei camp. For a while, the unbridled horses were frightened by the fire, neighing and running wild in the camp. The surrounding Xianbei people were disturbed by it and were unable to restore order.
The Han army galloped back and forth, shuttling back and forth between the camps like a swimming dragon, while the Xianbei people around them were like schools of fish. If anyone tries to gather a crowd to resist, the Westerners will immediately mobilize heavy troops to besiege them and quickly defeat them. However, they cannot pursue them deeply. The veterans all know that in this battle, the enemy is outnumbered and it is impossible to completely annihilate the opponent. , as long as the entire Xianbei army remains in a state of disintegration, it will be enough to accomplish the purpose of this battle.
Gradually, the Western cavalry was divided into six formations, rolling back and forth among them, killing the enemy whenever they encountered. In order to save their lives, the stunned Xianbei people had no intention of fighting and fled one after another. At this time, Chang Xi's infantry also arrived in time, and formed a solid formation wall like ants, slowly advancing from south to north. When the Xianbei people saw this, they suddenly rolled back like a bead curtain, and the stream seemed to rush northward.
Tuoba Liwei entered the battle last and fought with most of his troops for a while, but failed to win a few heads. This made him frustrated and he couldn't help but stand on his horse and thought to himself: I was originally a Shanyu of Tuoba Xianbei, but now I follow the generals. The general has been a general for more than ten years but has not made any great achievements. How will he be able to restore the country in the future?
Thinking of this, he found a high place and looked around to observe the changes in the situation in the Xianbei camp. It can be seen that among the Xianbei people's rebel army, there is still a stable position on the mountainside in the northwest. There were about hundreds of Xianbei soldiers there. The general's baggage trailers formed a semicircle, and the horses were tied in the middle. Then they kept firing arrows at the Westerners while waving and shouting at the soldiers passing by.
Gradually, the collapsed crowd seemed to have a core. Even though most people still fled northward, many defeated soldiers gathered back together, and soon there were more than a thousand people.
Tuoba Liwei saw this and said to his entourage: "With such a chaotic situation, no one but nobles can gather troops. If we can capture them alive, this battle can be said to be a complete victory." So he ordered a hundred elite cavalry, drove Xianbei's defeated troops and headed towards Run there.
And this is indeed where Ke Bineng's main formation is. Kebi Neng saw that his army of 100,000 people was defeated overnight, and he felt horrified and regretful at the same time. He then sighed to Marquis Juluo: "The Westerners don't know how to repay me, so they forced me to come here!" But the matter had come to this, and his words were useless. , all he can do is gather the defeated soldiers.
At this time, Tuoba Liwei and his troops came over and marched into the formation without hesitation. Kebi Neng thought that he was surrounded by men, so he yelled and cursed: "Where did you come from, a blind man? People like this dare to come looking for death." ?" Then he named the two bravest generals around him, Kushangguan Puhui and Daxiwumuchen stepped forward to fight.
However, Tuoba Liwei was not afraid at all. He ordered his clan brothers Tuoba Gutu and Tuoba Shifei to ride forward and fight with the two cavalry. He led the crowd to the side with a big sword and killed those who wanted to come up to support. The Xianbei soldiers were wiped out one by one. Since many Xianbei people were not yet wearing armor, Tuoba Liwei was able to swing his sword like flying, almost one at a time, and cut down more than a dozen people in a row, causing the Xianbei people to retreat continuously.
When the Westerners behind saw him, they drew their swords and rushed forward to help. Tuoba Li was very murderous. No matter what he encountered, he would chop people or horses into random pieces. There were dozens of gaps on the knife edge, so he stopped and put the knife tip down on the ground. Rest your breath against the horse. The defeated soldiers around him who were trying to get closer to Kebineng saw Tuoba Liwei blocking the intersection, his body covered in blood splattered red, and they glared like a fierce god. Looking at the horrific scene of dead bodies on the pillow, they were so frightened that they quickly walked away.
After fighting for a while, the sky was already bright, and a hazy mist rose between the sky and the earth, but the east was bright. It was obvious that the sun had come out and it would be a sunny day today. Many Xianbei people also fled northward under the bright light. After all, the Xianbei people were outnumbered. After dawn, a large number of defeated troops had broken out of the blockade, so that the Westerners could not confront them head-on. Therefore, Zhang Fei and Xu Huang took turns to follow and chase and kill. Xianbei abandoned corpses along the road, leaving dead and injured. Uncountable.
Kebineng finally knew that the situation was over. The entanglement between Mingming and Tuoba Liwei had not yet concluded, but he could not stay here any longer. He rode on a red castrated stallion, and found a shield to carry behind him. Then Ju Luohou led dozens of horsemen to surround him, and together they beat the horses and ran towards the north. Someone shouted: "The thief chief breaks out." It's gone!" Some rode their horses to chase him, or they scrambled to pick up arrows and shoot at them. Suddenly, the arrows flew like a rainstorm, and the knights guarding him fell from their horses like fallen leaves.
The Xianbei knights who had not left, in order to cover Kebineng, fired arrows at the Westerners like crazy to attract their attention. The Westerners faced the arrow feathers and drew arrows to shoot at each other. In just a few rounds, Yu Zhudan, Kuhan Guan Puhui, Da Xiwu Muchen and others were all shot to death.
By now, it was daybreak, and the fire in the Xianbei camp was gradually dwindling. Liu Bei sat on a boulder to rest. He felt that the wound on his back was aching, but after drinking two sips of cold water, he felt better. So he stood up and scanned the mountains: in the dark smoke, there were exhausted sergeants everywhere, layers of corpses, scattered and abandoned horses and armor, and nearly 10,000 Xianbei prisoners. He could not concentrate for a while.
He breathed a sigh of relief. The first plan of the battle had been a great success, and the next step was to see whether Cao Cao was ambushed.
