At this time, the following Xifu Army cavalry entered the city mixed with Murong's tribe. There was a sound of killing in the city, but the fighting stopped on the city. Zhou Buyi led his troops and continued to command with flags and drums from the outside. Suddenly, he discovered that Tuoba Xianbei's cavalry appeared out of nowhere. They dispersed the Bailu who were still stranded at the gate of the city, and then headed towards the city.
In the smoke, the Tuoba tribe's cavalry rushed out continuously. There were many of them, but in comparison, the Xifu soldiers who entered the city were only a handful. Soon, smoke was billowing everywhere in the city, and screams were heard one after another. At this time, Tuoba Xianbei was setting fire to looting. Although a small number of Han soldiers also participated in the fight, most of them still followed the military discipline of not looting the city. As a result, almost all the goods, men and women in the city were occupied by the Heng people who followed.
As for Murong Xianbei's army outside the city, they completely stopped resisting before dark. Murong Ninghu and his two nephews were captured alive. Murong Ning died of his injuries and died before dawn.
The next day, most of the Han army entered the city. Zhou Bujie seemed to turn a blind eye to the fact that Tuoba Muyan had robbed most of the population and property. Then the two captured princes and other Murong clan members were handed over to Tuoba Muyan. Mu Yan was extremely happy and said to Zhou Buji: "Now I finally understand the general's intention of not attacking the city by force. You are really a wise and brave person. I think the next prime minister of the country must be you." The kidnapped children were given to Zhou Buyi, but Zhou Buyi smiled and refused to accept them.
Jiang Xu, who was accompanying him, disagreed and said privately: "The Tuoba tribe did not contribute much in the battle and was at the forefront in looting. Although the military discipline is so, after the city was captured, there were no trophies to reward the soldiers. People are not saints, how can they not have opinions? Could it be? General Zhou believed what the prisoners said and wanted to imitate the Prime Minister and pretend to be noble?"
Having said that, Zhou Buyi actually picked out some gold and silver from the baggage he carried and distributed it to the meritorious soldiers. Those Han soldiers who also participated in the looting privately, Zhou Buyi did not ask them to hand over. The five thousand war horses captured outside the city were taken away and placed in the military camp of the formation.
Soon, the Han army and the Heng army withdrew. Before leaving, the city was empty. All the buildings in the city, all made of wood, were burned down. It leaves behind a solid stone wall that is really difficult to destroy. Then he took the prisoners obtained in the battle, obtained the road, and headed west over the mountains to Heisei District 2.
Let's talk about Murong Mohuba's headquarters. He had already asked for reinforcements from the Liao people and the Kucheng officials to come all the way to rescue Jicheng. Halfway through, I heard that the city had been captured, so I had to stop. Mo Huba guessed that the Han army was slow to move with prisoners, so he wanted to attack them on the road. Bailu erected a fence at the valley pass of the Daxianbei Mountains, and at the same time, he meandered up the mountain and circled for dozens of miles, blocking the only way for the Han army to return to the city. Mo Huba's plan was to block the Han people's return route here. Within half a month, they would run out of food, and by then they could win without a fight. They searched for the lone patients left by the Han army along the road, killed them all, and built their heads in front of the fence to form a palace.
Unexpectedly, when the Han army's vanguard discovered the fence, Zhou Buyi ordered the entire army to speed up and arrived at the mountain pass that night. At the end of the next morning, the Han army, armed with silk armor and swords, rushed towards the gate of the fence like black clouds. After a drum, countless sergeants rushed out from the Han army holding long poles. On the long poles, they carried cloth, furs and other objects soaked in beef and mutton oil. They piled them on the fence and then threw the torches towards the fence. The flames suddenly burst out. Jumped up. Black smoke billowed into the air, and the smell of burnt smoke blew upward along the mountain pass.
At the beginning, Murong Xianbei jumped down to put out the fire, but most of them were driven back by the foul-smelling black smoke. Even though some people covered their mouths and noses with cloth towels and tried to get closer and use spears to push the burning objects away from the fence, the Han army archers on the opposite side fired arrows at random, making this attempt to put out the fire in vain. Murong Xianbei on the mountain could only watch the fence being burned down by fire.
Seeing that the fence at the entrance of the valley was burned to black charcoal and fell together indiscriminately, Guo Huai, who was immediately in the formation, couldn't help but sigh: "Last year, I was trapped in Zhuoxian by the fence and couldn't get out for more than a month. Why?" The sergeants were originally dissatisfied with Zhou. He is unquestionably dictatorial, but one has to admire his resourcefulness, especially his good at attacking difficult situations, always using his wits to defeat enemies, and causing very few casualties. This is very popular among the public.
Seeing that the situation was good, Jiang Xu invited Zhou Buji to fight: "Now that the fence is broken, I am willing to lead a thousand cavalry into the battle array first!"
Zhou Buyi pressed his hand and said, "You have already taken the lead in the battle of Thorny City. This time, just stay behind and let the Beifu army go first."
Unexpectedly, Tuoba Muyan couldn't bear it anymore. He grabbed the translator and challenged Zhou Buyi to fight. He said: "It's very hard for Master Wang to attack the city. Let's attack first now!"
Zhou Buji didn't get what he asked for, but he said: "You don't have many troops, how about I send the Beifu army to follow you into the battle?"
After hearing this, Mu Yan rolled his eyes and said loudly: "General, you don't know. We Tuoba tribe are all warriors with one against a hundred. A few white prisoners are not enough for us to kill!" He pointed to his saber and said: "Tuoba means Lord of the Earth. It often refers to tigers on the grassland. Just look at how powerful our tigers are in the flock of sheep!"
After that, he ordered the accompanying cavalry to attack. What he was carrying was not a heavy Xianbei horse in the traditional sense. Instead, he was wearing a leather hat, no armor, a large quiver with more than a hundred arrows on his back, and a broadsword hanging from his waist. They raised their bows and urged their horses, not avoiding the difficult and dangerous mountain roads, and passed through the lingering black smoke straight into the mountain pass. The Tuoba knight galloped silently on his horse without making any noise. Only the horse's hooves touched the ground, which was like thunder vibrating; fine pebbles splashed like heavy rain falling to the ground. As the flying horse rode forward, the knight on the horse loosened his reins, drew his bow and fired arrows continuously. Thousands of arrows flew forward, and struck as fast as lightning.
Zhou Bujie immediately watched the battle, turned to the generals and said: "King Heng has followed the late emperor and the prime minister for many years, and he has indeed learned a lot from military training. Compared with Bailu, he is just like a hog, dog, cattle and sheep!" This is of course true. As I said, Murong Xianbei defeated the enemy with a small number, and he lacked courage. In addition, it was difficult to form a majestic formation in the mountains, so it was normal for him to lose. But Tuoba Liwei has been in Bingzhou for more than ten years and has indeed learned a lot of great things. Xianbei Muyan's flying cavalry archery was very good just now. He obviously learned it from the Xiongnu Qingqi, and he was better than his master.
Within two or three moments, Tuoba Xianbei, who was in the vanguard, had defeated the Bailu. The Beifu army that followed took advantage of the situation and dismounted their horses and marched forward in armor. They surged through the fence like a flood, dividing and surrounding the coalition forces that had been defeated by Tuoba tribe. The victory or defeat on the battlefield was already over. It was decided that Zhou Buyi would not take action again.
The remnants of the coalition forces were driven up the mountain, and many people were still resisting. The hillside was so rugged that Tuoba Muyan couldn't climb it on horseback, so he only shot randomly from a distance. Many of the captives on the mountain were Fuyu people who grew up in Liaodong. They were covered in cowhide and were extremely tall, a head taller than the Xianbei and Han people. Tuoba Xianbei dismounted and stood in front of the mountain. Most of them were short and thick, especially with short legs. Standing on the ground was not as powerful as galloping on their horses. Compared with those Fuyu people from deep in Liaodong, they are even smaller.
The tall and powerful endowed man, armed with a long knife that could only be wielded with two hands, roared and rushed down to chop people. The Tuoba soldiers in front were unable to escape and many of them died violently. Tuoba Muyan and his troops retreated one after another, using only their bows and arrows to shoot intensively, shooting the giants like hedgehogs. After several rounds of back and forth, those coalition prisoners who refused to surrender were all shot to death. Only then did the Han and Heng people rush up the mountain and kill the wounded who fell to the ground. Some cut off the enemy's heads and showed off on the tip of their knives.
The coalition forces were originally defending by danger, but once the fence was broken, the steep mountains became an obstacle to escape. Therefore, this battle almost wiped out all the troops. Except for Murong Mohuba and some Liao generals who escaped, almost 90% of the coalition soldiers could not survive. Tens of thousands of people were beheaded and captured, and dozens of horses, cattle and pack animals were captured. There are as many as ten thousand.
The Han army continued its march to Dongxing and, as agreed in advance, met with King Heng Tuoba Liwei at Danhan Mountain. After crossing the Daxianbei Mountains, Tuoba Muyan led his troops back first. At this time, Liwei also captured Longcheng and captured Mo Huba's wife and family, as well as thousands of nobles, palaces, craftsmen, and monks, and gained a large amount of treasure. treasure. The army of Hengguo was stationed at the foot of Baishan Mountain, waiting for the Han army to come and meet.
After Tuoba Muyan met the Khan, he spoke highly of Zhou Buyi's wisdom and bravery, saying that he had three victories in three battles, each with a different fighting method, and that he killed prisoners without calculation and suffered very little personal losses. After Tuoba Liwei listened, he was greatly impressed. He couldn't wait for most of the Han army to arrive, so he took more than a thousand Qingqi and went to see Zhou Buyi in person. Zhou Buji heard that Tuoba Liwei was coming personally and rushed to meet him with more than a dozen riders. King Heng came to the tent door in person, took Zhou Buyi by the hand, and led him into the tent.
Tuoba Li slightly noticed that Zhou Buyi had a slender figure, a powdered face, a good appearance, and a manner that was neither humble nor overbearing. He admired it very much. He turned around and said to his followers: "This is what a wise and brave person in the Celestial Dynasty should look like. It reminds me of The prime minister from more than ten years ago." He called Zhou Busui and sat down side by side, drinking happily. Zhou Bujie Guantuoba was weak and similar in appearance to Muyan, but his figure was more majestic, his weapons were extraordinary, and he spoke and behaved like a Confucian scholar. However, he was very different from the image of the fierce and exposed Xianbei leader in his imagination.
After the banquet, Liwei clapped his hands and called his followers. He stood up, grabbed Zhou Buji, and walked to the tent door. I saw the servant leading a black horse standing outside the tent. Except for a tuft of white hair on its forehead, this horse has not a hair on its body. It is eight feet tall, strong and handsome, and looks like a rare horse at first glance. Tuoba Li pointed at the horse slightly and said to Zhou Buji: "This is my mount. It is a good horse produced under the Jinshan Mountain. I named it Bai'e Wuzui and gave it to the general." Zhou Buyi was quite impressed. Unexpectedly, I hurriedly declined. Liwei said sternly: "The horse has to meet his heroic master. At this time, the good thing that he can't ask for. If you continue to shirk it, I may be unhappy. General, please ride up quickly and let me see."
Zhou Buji had no choice but to use his subordinates. He got on his horse in front of the tent and asked his subordinate to lead his original mount. After bidding farewell to King Heng, Tuoba Liwei watched him riding away before entering the account.
