Chapter 310
Tan Shihuai's face was gloomy and cold, but there was an anxiety in his eyes that could not be concealed. In the distance, the shadow of the Han army was vaguely visible, and he could even hear the singing floating down the wind, but he just couldn't catch them.
Two days ago, Tan Shihuai launched an attack on the Han army. As he guessed, the Han army was simply bluffing. The horse's hoof print revealed that their real troops would not exceed 2,000, but he did see the red horse of Huai Zong. When they were closest, they were only more than a hundred steps away.
But he couldn't catch the man who made him grit his teeth and couldn't sleep at night. Seeing him running away from his eyes again and again, he could no longer suppress his anger.
The three thousand Xuanwu Camp chased less than two thousand Han troops, and it seemed to be easy to capture. However, when the pursuit began, Tan Shihuai found that these Han troops were as slippery as fish. No matter how hard he tried, the other party could always escape at the last moment. When they chased them the nearest, it was often the most uncomfortable time. The Han army was also shooting at them while running away. They were equipped with a large number of crossbows, with a range of at least 150 steps, which was dozens of steps further than the bows used by Xuanwu Camp. In addition, they were running in front and Xuanwu Camp was chasing behind. In this way, Xuanwu Camp seemed to be coming up and being shot by them, and they suffered a lot of losses.
After two days of pursuit, the two sides never faced each other head-on battles. Xuanwu Camp lost more than 100 soldiers and more than 400 war horses - soldiers could avoid them, but the war horses could only bear them. Their huge bodies were the best target of the Han army - and the Han army had almost no losses, except for two warriors who fell off the horse because of turning around and shooting arrows.
This result made Tan Shihuai finally angry, especially half of the more than 100 warriors died at the hands of "Liu Xiu". The damn man rode Huai Zong's war horse and always ran at the end. He had superb archery skills and could shoot left and right. His hit rate within 150 steps was as high as 60%. Within 100 steps, it was a perfect example. The soldiers of Xuanwu Camp began to chase them too hard, and he shot eleven people one after another. Even Tan Shihuai himself almost got arrows.
The battle that was originally guaranteed to win became a ridiculous game. Although the Xuanwu Camp was twice the number of people and the combat power was very strong, if it could not catch up with them, even if it was full of strength, it would be in vain. Just like a powerful warrior fishing in the water, although he stirred the pond and splashed the water, the hateful fish was still free and free, swimming around at his hand, constantly stimulating his nerves, making him unable to stop, but he had no choice.
Tan Shihuai hesitated between continuing to pursue and going back to defeat Yuan Shu. From rationality, he knew that these two thousand Han troops were suspicious troops and they could not affect the situation of the war. He should go back and take Mijia, Suli and others to defeat Yuan Shu, cutting off Yuan Shao's last hope. However, every time he wanted to leave, he saw the once familiar war horse in the distance, and when he thought of Huai Zong's aggrieved death in battle, he could not curb his anger and desire to take revenge.
With Mijia and the others watching, Yuan Shu didn't dare to move around, and with Murong Feng watching, Yuan Shao could only sit and wait for death. It might be better to go back two days later. He told himself this and continued to pursue him regardless of the situation.
It was too difficult for these three thousand people to pursue these Han people in the desert. Tan Shihuai was considering whether to transfer some more people to join the roundup, but he also found it ridiculous that the Three Thousand Xuanwu Camp could not capture the two thousand Han troops, so he actually had to transfer other people?
Before we knew it, time flew away, and the Tanshihuai became farther and farther away from the setting sun.
Five miles away, Lu Bu stood on his horse, his expression was far less relaxed than Tan Shihuai imagined. These days he had to lure Tan Shihuai to chase him, but he could not get too close. There were several times when he was almost surrounded by Xuanwu Camp. If he hadn't had many horse thieves under his command and had rich escape experience, he would have been defeated by Tan Shihuai long ago.
Lu Bu was very proud. When Liu Xiu sent him here, he said that you must fight such a war. Remember, don’t fight against Tan Shihuai. Just lead him from the sunset is the first achievement. Tan Shihuai and his Xuanwu Camp are not something you can eat. You can do the foreplay first, and then we will ravage him together. He will definitely make him want to die and cannot stop.
These very obscene words made Lu Bu smile and deeply agree with them. He felt that speaking to him like this was a great trust in him, and he treated him as a brother, not just Shangguan and subordinates.
Lu Bu was very helpful and grateful. It was not that he had taken the risk of approaching Tan Shihuai, but as Liu Xiu reminded him, Tan Shihuai was very powerful and he was unimaginable. Lu Bu once shot three arrows in one breath, but he easily avoided them. He even grabbed an arrow and reflected it back. His bow was strong. If Lu Bu had not penetrated the iron armor, he would have been pierced by him with one arrow.
If that were the case, Lu Bu would be too embarrassed and be shot to death by his own arrow. If this is passed back, wouldn’t he be thrown into the river for a lifetime?
Lu Bu gave up his adventurous intention and patiently circled with Tan Shihuai. He believed that perhaps only Liu Xiu could deal with such an inhuman master, because Liu Xiu was also a little almost inhuman, especially the scene of saving Guan Yu from his feet that day, which Lu Bu still cannot forget, and maybe he will never forget for his whole life. He saw with his own eyes that a person's speed could be so fast.
Just a glance was enough to be amazed, although Liu Xiu could not reproduce that scene later.
"Brothers, prepare to run, Xianbei dogs are chasing again." Lu Bu shouted at the smoke and dust in the distance. The soldiers responded in a verbal manner, galloping wildly, and at the same time began to string the strong crossbow on the horse's back. In order to give them enough advantages, Liu Xiu lent them the best-sported war horse, and at the same time equipped them with nearly a thousand three-stone arm crossbows. Although the speed of the crossbow was a little slower, it was better than the range of the Xianbei people, at least fifty steps further than the Xianbei people's bow. These fifty steps seemed not far away, but allowed them to attack freely outside the Xianbei people's range, which made the Xianbei people suffer a lot, and were passively beaten but unable to fight back.
The chase began again.
As Lu Bu rose and fell, at the highest point, he pulled the three-stone strong bow and shot an arrow. The feather arrow flew over 150 steps and shot a Xianbei man who was rushing in front. Then, Wei Xu and others also pulled the crossbow machine in their hands.
Feather arrows were flying, and the Xianbei people were all dismissed.
The Xianbei people were also fighting back, but their arrows could not even touch Lu Bu's ponytail. They lost their strength after flying halfway, and flew softly and flutteringly. Since their establishment, Xuanwu Camp, which had been invincible and invincible, found that it had fallen into a very embarrassing situation.
Lu Bu led them around in circles, and led them south intentionally or unintentionally in circles one by one.
At Sunset, Huangfu Song continued to confront Mijia and others with Yuan Shu's banner.
Tianma Yuan, Murong Feng looked at Yuan Shao's camp with vigilance, waiting anxiously for the news from Tan Shihuai.
In the Han army camp, Yuan Shao looked at the news he had just delivered, and was mixed with joy.
Yuan Shu let go of their grudges and arrived with food and supplies. With these food and grass, he could continue to patiently entangle with Tan Shihuai and step by step back to the Inner, so as not to fall into the situation of Li Ling back then. This surprised him and made him happy. No matter how stubborn Yuan Shu was, the same bloodline flowing in his blood vessels still allowed them to help each other in the most difficult times.
If he had known this, he shouldn't have asked Liu Xiu for help, but Yuan Shu. Now Yuan Shu came after he was ordered by Liu Xiu. Liu Xiu also arranged famous generals like Huangfu Song and the Northern Army, and the Western Liang Army to assist him. After this battle, no matter what the truth is, Yuan Shu rushed to help thousands of miles away and saved the main force of the Northern Expedition from the Xianbei people. The story of Yuan Shao's rescue from the Xianbei people will spread all over the world. Yuan Shu, who was originally not an opponent in his mind, would inevitably have a great reputation and even stepped on his shoulders. Yuan Shao believed that with Yuan Shu's ability, he could not think of this, and it must have been Liu Xiu's intentional or unintentional cause.
And this is what Yuan Shao is most worried about.
If brothers are not in harmony, they will definitely be taken advantage of by outsiders. Yuan Shao understood this principle, but he could not avoid it. He could only watch Liu Xiu provoke trouble among their brothers.
"Attacking the Xianbei camp." Yuan Shao made an unexpected decision.
Everyone looked at each other, and Han Fu said tentatively: "General, our food and grass are about to be gone, and we are nearly a hundred miles away from the setting sun. It is still time to rush over now. If we attack the Xianbei camp, we..."
"If we defeat the main force of the Xianbei people, can he let us go with peace of mind?" Yuan Shao explained calmly, "The Xianbei people have always had the upper hand, not because of their strong strength, but because of their king Tan Shihuai." At this point, Yuan Shao's mouth was a little bitter. Tan Shihuai was the well-deserved leader of the Xianbei people, but he, the general of the Northern Expedition, was not the soul of the Northern Expedition Army. "Now Tan Shihuai is restrained in the Sunset Plain, and his clones are too weak. Xianbei people are walking corpses. If you don't attack him at this time, when will you wait?"
He clenched his fists and made an unshirkable posture: "Only we can slowly return to the south by defeating the main force of the Xianbei."
"The general is right, that's right." Shen Pei stood up and raised his hand to agree.
He Yong also stood up and nodded in agreement.
Seeing that the two people agreed, neither Jizhou nor Ruying had any comments, and they all agreed. Yuan Shao immediately ordered that all the cavalry be divided into two parts and arranged on the two wings, with infantry in the middle, forming a standard infantry and cavalry joint attack formation. He pretended to retreat south first and lured the Xianbei people to attack. After the infantry entangled the Xianbei people, the cavalry on both wings would encircle them.
The generals agreed.
At the command, the Han army camp roared together and everyone took action. The Xianbei scouts did not dare to be negligent and quickly reported the news to Murong Feng. When Murong Feng heard that the Han army was preparing to retreat, he quickly summoned the tribes to discuss matters. He conveyed to them the news that Tan Shihuai had arrived at the Sunset Yuan and had a lot of food and grass. The king's order was to prevent Yuan Shao from meeting the reinforcements, and he had to keep Yuan Shao in Tianmayuan. Now that Yuan Shao is leaving, we must unite and not let Yuan Shao escape.
It was heard that it was Tan Shihuai's opinion, but no one dared to object. Under Murong Feng's command, some people pursued, and some people went around the south of Yuan Shao to prepare to intercept. The Xianbei people were mainly cavalry, and they would not line up to fight against the Han army. It was exactly what the Han people wanted. They were more willing to use the cavalry's impact ability to constantly harass the Han army and delay their speed. Once the flaws of the Han army were discovered, they would rush in and kill them.
They have defeated the Han army countless times with this tactic, but today is just another time.
Seeing the Xianbei people coming out of the camp, the Han army was ready to fight, and did not dare to neglect, so they covered each other and moved south alternately. Murong Feng ordered an attack, and two teams of thousands rushed out of the battle formation, galloped wildly, and used the most primitive power to attack the Han army's formation.
The sound of war drums suddenly exploded, the Han army roared in unison, fired bows and crossbows, and raised swords and halberds, and fought back bravely. Yuan Shao stood in the command car and watched closely the complex battlefield. From the Xianbei formation, he could see that Murong Feng just wanted to stop him, and had no intention of fighting with him.
But he didn't want to take the initiative to fight back. He wanted to take advantage of Tan Shihuai's absence to severely damage the Xianbei people and lock in his credit.
Yuan Shao gently shook the battle flag and ordered the infantry to attack and advance.
As the sound of war drums changed, the three infantry phalanxes in the front began to move forward. The two square formations on both sides rushed the fastest, and the formation slowly turned into a half-moon shape. Two thousand Xianbei people who were tempted in the future were surrounded by them. Yuan Shao saw that at the front of these two square formations, there was a small infantry formation of about a hundred people, and they killed the fastest. Wherever they went, the Xianbei people were on their backs and the others followed them, and the square formation slowly turned into a sagittal assault formation.
"Who is that?" Yuan Shao knew that the left-wing infantry formation was commanded by Shen Pei. The one he rushed to the front should be Gao Lan, whom he recommended. Gao Lan was a powerful man in Jizhou, but he had no background in classics, so he could only follow a big clan like Shen Pei. The square formation on the right was commanded by He Yong, but he didn't know which warrior under He Yong was so good at fighting.
Guo Tu blinked: "Yan Liang, a native of Langya, nicknamed Yan Hutou, is a murderer who never blinks."
Yuan Shao turned his head and glanced at him, without saying anything. He knew that Guo Tu had originally despised the warrior, and after being humiliated by Liu Xiu last time, this mentality became more paranoid.
Seeing that the Xianbei people were in danger of being surrounded, they dared not fight and quickly withdrew from the battle formation. The Han army was very energetic and shouted in unison, and their speed of advancement increased again. When Murong Feng saw it, he had to behead the two commanders who had just escaped and sent another 5,000 people to attack. He must destroy the morale of the Han army and force them to form a formation to defend.
The two armies were fighting each other again, Shen Pei and He Yong commanded the army to move forward bravely, and Han Fu, who was in the middle, did not dare to neglect and rushed to the front of the formation to boost morale.
In front of the sharp bow, hard crossbow and spear, the Xianbei people could not resist the slow and resolute pace and were beaten to retreat step by step. Murong Feng was furious and ordered the retreating one after another to kill him, and sent another 5,000 people to barely block the attack of the Han army.
Seeing that the time had come, Yuan Shao ordered Tian Yan and Xia Yu to attack.
Since Xia Yu and Tian Yan were defeated by Tan Shihuai's Xuanwu Camp one after another, the Wuhuan cavalry and Xiongnu cavalry led by them have not participated in the battle much and have been resting. Yuan Shao often invited them to drink and calm the morale of the army. Now he learned that the reinforcements were a hundred miles away, and as long as they met with the reinforcements, they would have hope of survival. Tan Shihuai, who once severely damaged them, was not here. They finally plucked up the courage, roared out of the battle formation, and surrounded the two wings of the Xianbei people.
The resentment and depression accumulated for nearly half a month turned into vigorous murderous aura and poured it out to the Xianbei people. When the courage returned to them, they once again exerted their strong combat power and were indistinguishable from the Xianbei people.
The two sides fought hard for half a day. At the critical moment, Yuan Shao ignored the strong dissuasion of Guo Tu and others, put on his armor and drove out with five thousand personal guards. The main general went to fight in person, and the morale of the Han army reached a new climax. More than a dozen drummers used all their strength to beat the war drums to the sky, turning into a torrent, and pounced towards the Xianbei people.
Yuan Shao stepped on the stirrups and stood up bravely as he was shot by a stray arrow. The iron halberd pointed straight ahead and turned around to shout at the knight behind him: "Follow me - kill the enemy-"
His courage inspired the soldiers to be excited. The knights ran wildly on horseback and shouted in unison: "Kill the enemy--"
The infantry who was fighting hard heard this and stomped his feet and shouted: "Kill! Kill! Kill!"
The earth was trembling and dust was flying. Yuan Shao took the lead and led five thousand iron cavalry out of the formation and rushed straight to Murong Feng's central army.
Murong Feng's face was pale. Yuan Shao tried his best to boost morale himself, but he was seriously injured and could not sit steadily. He could not do the same as Yuan Shao. All he could do was to mobilize more people to block his presence. This rule made him look very cowardly and his morale was uncontrollably depressed.
Yuan Shao kicked the war horse hard and rushed towards the Xianbei centurion who was rushing towards him. The centurion let go of the bowstring and the long arrow roared away. He hit Yuan Shao's chest and shot iron armor, but he could no longer move forward. Yuan Shao didn't even look at it, his hands were halberd, and a halberd roared, and a halberd pulled the stunned centurion off the horse.
In an instant, he seemed to have returned to the Qingyan Lake and galloped side by side with the soldiers of Changshui Camp, following Liu Xiu's fiery battle flag. His blood was boiling, and he couldn't help but roar: "Kill--"
"Kill--" the knights shouted loudly, and rushed in like the wind.
The Xianbei people were shocked. They used swords near and bows and arrows far away. However, Yuan Shao's five thousand guard camps were the best equipped team in the northern expedition army. Horses were the strongest war horses, and people were the bravest warriors. Everyone had iron armor made of iron. The swords and arrows of the Xianbei people were helpless to them. Yuan Shao was hit by several arrows, but his courage was even stronger. The iron halberd in his hand made one Xianbei knight after another stabbed off the horse like a storm.
His courage inspired all the soldiers. The intense war drums sounded like a wave. The roars of the soldiers gradually formed a surging wave, pounced towards the Xianbei people and the central army of Murong Feng, which made the Xianbei people look pale, and the war horses whine, and they could not move forward.
Murong Feng felt ashamed. He knew that he was not Tan Shihuai. If Tan Shihuai were here, he would be able to control the situation. He would definitely rush up like Yuan Shao, and even kill Yuan Shao on the spot. He even thought that if Tan Shihuai was commanding the battle, Yuan Shao would not have the courage to rush out at all.
In the face of the ferocious attack of less than 30,000 Han troops, more than 50,000 Xianbei people began to panic, began to waver, and retreat, and eventually collapsed. The tribes led their troops out of the battle formation and fled in scattered. Murong Feng was powerless and could only leave a battlefield under the protection of the soldiers and escape into the depths of the desert.
All he could do was send someone to Nan to find Tan Shihuai and tell him the unfortunate news.
Yuan Shao jumped off the horse, Guo Tu, He Yong and others hurriedly met up, looking at the feather arrows embedded between Yuan Shao's Jiaye, they were both afraid and excited.
He Yong laughed loudly and said, "General, this battle defeated the main force of the Xianbei people, and the northern border will be peaceful from now on."
While taking off his armor with the help of his personal guards, Yuan Shao stroked his hair soaked with sweat. Although he wanted to make himself look more steady, he still couldn't suppress his ecstasy. With a hard blow, he actually defeated the famous Xianbei general Murong Feng, and defeated twice the main force of Xianbei with a tired army that had fought hard for many days. No matter what, this is a happy credit.
He has the capital of pride and excitement.
"It's all your life that Shao is grateful." Yuan Shao bowed and bowed to everyone who surrounded him: "Please rest assured, Shao will definitely report your contribution to the court and ask for your contribution."
"It's the mighty master, and we're just following the master's tail and doing our best." Shen Pei smiled slightly while stroking her beard, her eyes full of excitement.
"Zhengnan has won the award. If Zhengnan hadn't fought with your soldiers and attacked the morale of the Xianbei people, I wouldn't have the determination to fight to the death with the Xianbei people." Yuan Shao laughed, and pulled Shen Pei with one hand and He Yong with the other: "Where are the warriors of your subordinates, why don't they invite them to see you?"
Shen Pei and He Yong smiled at the same time, turned around and invited Gao Lan and Yan Liang behind him. Gao Lan had a medium figure, a round face, and looked kind, but Yan Liang was tall and mighty, eight feet and five inches long, wearing heavy armor, and an iron helmet in his arms. As soon as he walked to Yuan Shao, he was attracted by Yuan Shao's elegant and heroic appearance, and even forgot about saluting.
Guo Tu was very unhappy and shouted: "Don't be rude, don't you pay homage to General Zhengbei."
Yan Liang hurriedly bowed and bowed. Yuan Shao smiled and helped Yan Liang up with both hands: "No need to be so polite, the hero is like a tiger. I feel ashamed of myself when I see him. It is my blessing that Yuan Shao can get help from the hero."
Yan Liang was very grateful and thanked him again. Yuan Shao held his hand and looked him up and down, his joyfulness was beyond words: "Where is the hero from?"
"Liang was originally from Langya, but his ancestors were from Zhao. When he heard that the general was expeditioning north, he came to serve. Mr. Meng Boqiu refused to abandon him and became a general of the army. It is a honor for Liang to be able to follow the general and Mr. Boqiu."
Yuan Shao laughed: "I must have read books after listening to your words. Do you know if the art of war?"
Yan Liang smiled slightly: "The ancestor Yan Gong was the most general in Zhao State. He followed Li Mu to fight. He passed on Li Mu's military skills. Unfortunately, Liang's qualifications were slow, and there was no ten."
"It turns out to be the descendant of the general." Yuan Shao nodded and said ashamed: "I was negligent. There are wise men in the wild, and we can't help but blame me. Bo Qiu, you and I should take this as a warning."
He Yong cooperated and blamed himself a few words, and the soldiers around him were even more admired and were impressed by Yuan Shao's demeanor. Yuan Shao immediately asked the generals to discuss matters and defeated the main force of the Xianbei. They can now go back safely. The next step is to retreat south and join reinforcements. Yuan Shao also sent someone to send a letter to Yuan Shu, asking him to hold his position and not act rashly. When he arrived, he would attack Mijia and make profits, so as to avoid losing food and grass.!!!
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