Facing the invading territory, Liu Bei showed no fear at all.
He led his troops forward and soon encountered the main force of the Xianbei cavalry more than 30 miles south of Zhangye County, and the two sides started a fierce battle.
There is nothing to say about the outcome of the battle. The Xianbei cavalry faced off against the Han army and was surrounded by the superior Han army. They were defeated and almost completely annihilated.
After the war, Liu Bei looked at the corpses of Xianbei cavalry everywhere and could only sneer.
"I really thought they were capable of fighting, but I didn't expect that they are such a bunch of losers, and they dare to invade Liangzhou like this? If they dare to invade Liangzhou like this, then I will not be rude to them!"
Jia Xu, who was fully armed next to him, could hardly hold back the smile on his face.
Conscience of heaven and earth, you old man fed the Han army soldiers three meals a day to make them fat and strong. They ran in circles every day to exercise their physical strength. You also conducted various combat trainings. You also gave them enough money. After the expedition, their weapons and armors all followed. Don't pile up money for soldiers.
In his entire life, Jia Xu has never seen such a professional and strong army.
The Northern Army in Luoyang may not be as complete as the elite equipment under Liu Bei's command.
Liu Bei's army was basically an army piled up with money. The soldiers were covered with money. When the army moved, it was like a huge sum of money was moving. Jia Xu was dazzled by it.
The strength of this army can probably be compared with Emperor Wu's cavalry that swept across Mobei, okay?
The Xianbei people are indeed fierce, but there are also differences between the rich and the poor within the Xianbei people. Not everyone can have a full stomach, or simply say they go south to plunder because they don’t have a full stomach. Fat and strong elites do exist. , but the skinny monkey is the main body.
At best he is a hungry wolf, not strong.
If you take a group of tigers armed to the teeth to fight against a group of hungry wolves, is there any reason why you can't win?
To be honest, when facing the Han army, this Xianbei cavalry indeed showed the courage to fight fiercely with the Han army. Although there were obviously fewer people, they took the lead in launching an attack, as if they would not defeat the Han army. The posture that takes it seriously.
They did take their riding and shooting skills to the extreme.
However, the defense of the Han cavalry was too good. The Xianbei horse bows could not break the Han army's armor and could not cause effective damage to the Han cavalry. However, many people were taken away by the Han cavalry's hand crossbows and were killed. The person who shot was thrown off his back.
Then the attacking cavalry of the Han army started to attack with their spears straightened out. Seeing that the Xianbei cavalry could not benefit from shooting with crossbows, the opposing Han army was also a cavalry, so they had no choice but to fight the Han army with all kinds of weapons in their hands.
That sentence is so true.
Weakness and ignorance are never obstacles to survival.
Arrogance is.
Facing the superior Han army, these Xianbei people actually took the initiative to confront the Han army head-on.
The ending is self-evident.
The sophisticated weapons and solid armor of the Han army came into play in this way. In the fierce battle, the Xianbei cavalry was knocked off their horses one after another. The Han army's cavalry moved forward indomitably, and the Xianbei cavalry quickly fell into a disadvantage and was defeated.
During the battle, Cheng Pu and Han Dang each led a thousand cavalry to launch an assault. This was their first military operation as Liu Bei's subordinates. They were fully committed to making contributions and demonstrating their abilities, so as to gain a foundation for their careers.
Therefore, they showed great bravery and personally led the assault. Two of them attacked the Xianbei cavalry on the left and the other on the right, and turned the Xianbei cavalry on their backs.
Cheng Pu held up his spear and stabbed to death a Xianbei general who was dressed in extraordinary clothes.
Han Dang was even more decisive. He approached a Xianbei general on horseback, picked up his hand ax and went up, smashing the Xianbei general's head directly.
The performance of the two men was very impressive in this battle.
Finally, the leader of the Xianbei cavalry tried to escape, but being surrounded by Han cavalry, he could not escape at all. He rushed left and right, and happened to bump into the guard cavalry led by Liu Bei. He was knocked down by Liu Bei with an arrow. He fell to the ground and died.
In this battle, the Han army's losses could be said to be very small, but the results were very great.
This Xianbei cavalry plundered a lot of property and even captured more than 3,000 Han people and took them back as slaves. They were all rescued by Liu Bei.
All the Xianbei cavalry who died in the battle were beheaded, and all the living prisoners were also beheaded on Liu Bei's order. The corpses were dug in big pits and buried, and the heads were treated with lime in preparation for building a Jingguan.
After the war, Liu Bei held a military meeting to prepare for the expansion of the war.
"The Xianbei barbarians don't know how to live or die. I thought they were so elite and brave, but I didn't expect them to be just a bunch of bidders. In this case, how could I not buy all their heads?"
After Liu Bei prepared to defeat the Xianbei cavalry who invaded Liangzhou, he pursued them along the same route and went straight to their home base to give them a big surprise.
"It's disrespectful to come and go without coming back. If they dare to invade my territory, kill my elders, and steal my property, I will build a palace in their place!"
In this regard, both Qianzhao and Jia Xu supported this, thinking that this was okay, and that the arrogance of the Xianbei people might come to an end today.
Gai Xun was also inspired by Liu Bei's heroic ambition and bravery, and also believed that fighting back was a good choice.
"The elders of the counties and counties in Liangzhou have been suffering from Xianbei for a long time, and the monarchs are heroic and ambitious. If Xianbei is defeated, the elders of the counties will definitely be grateful for the kindness of the monarch, and every household will be willing to obey the orders of the monarch. Then no one in Liangzhou will dare to disobey the monarch again. The one who gave the orders.”
So Liu Bei made a decision and ordered the Liangzhou capital to prepare for the expedition of the 15,000-strong Han cavalry.
Of course, you don't necessarily need to prepare too much food. Once you enter the opponent's territory, if you go deep into it, fighting to support war is an inevitable choice.
Just like after this battle, Liu Bei captured more than 10,000 good horses with no injuries, more than 3,000 injured horses, more than 3,000 dead horses, and about 50,000 sheep, which was a large scale.
Liu Bei then ordered the good horses, the injured horses that were not seriously injured, and the sheep to be sent back to the Animal Husbandry Department for management. He also ordered the soldiers to slaughter all the dead horses and the injured horses that were too seriously injured.
With the help of the Huotou Army, the soldiers picked out the good horse meat, and then marinated it with fine salt specially provided by the army to increase the shelf life of the horse meat. They also selected 10,000 fat sheep to accompany the army, and used the horse meat. and fat sheep as rations for the army.
With such a great victory in the first battle, the morale of the Han army was greatly boosted, and they continued to move forward with Liu Bei, successfully relieving Zhangye County's worries.
Liu Bei did not enter Zhangye County City, but met Zhangye County Governor outside the city. Zhangye County Governor greeted Liu Bei tremblingly and thanked Liu Bei for his rescue.
"Continue to do what you are supposed to do, and provide support for the army's logistics. The war is not over yet, and the army will continue to fight back. You must not slack off."
Liu Bei gave a few instructions and continued to lead his troops towards Jiuquan County.
Seeing Liu Bei's army leaving in an orderly manner, without any sign of disturbing the people, Zhangye County's meritorious officer Mu Lan sighed to the Zhangye County Governor.
"Many people say that Liu Shijun is strict in managing the army, good at using troops, and dares to win decisively. Now I see, how can such a powerful and powerful army not win? The Xianbei people are probably going to suffer this time."
"The barbarians who invaded my territory deserved to suffer. I just don't know if the envoy is dissatisfied with me. If he is dissatisfied with me, how can I disobey his orders? It's just that this time, it's really not mine. My fault, how can a county resist the looting of 10,000 people?"
Zhangye County Sheriff looked miserable, shook his head, sighed, said nothing more, and turned to prepare for the logistics work of the army.
He only hoped that Liu Bei would not replace him because of this matter.
The lessons learned from the past mistakes of the Wuwei County Sheriff are still in front of him, and he knows them clearly.
