All the examples of war prove that the development and course of war will never proceed according to the prior assumptions of the commanders of both sides, and all kinds of accidents and accidents will inevitably occur.

Zhao Junsheng deeply realized this, if it wasn't for the sudden stop of the wind and rain, he believed that the Rouran people would definitely not have such a high level of vigilance, and if he also launched an attack on time like the Right Guard, he would inevitably crash headlong into the trap laid by the Rouran people.

Under the attack of the right guard led by Zhao Junsheng and Bu Liugu, the Rouran cavalry of the four armies was routed, with heavy casualties, and countless trampled on each other when they fled.

But before these Rouran people could escape, Li Bao shouted to Zhao Junsheng: "Dutong, the Rouran people in the front camp are killing us in the rear!" ”

"Everybody come with me!" Zhao Junsheng roared, it was too late to completely annihilate the Rouran people who were flanked, he could only evacuate quickly with his own men and horses, so as not to be stabbed by the Rouran people from behind, and throw the Rouran people who were killed from behind to the Right Guard, at least the Right Guard Army was attacking head-on, even if there would be losses, it would not be too big.

Superb riding skills played a very big role at this time, and it only took a dozen breaths for Zhao Junsheng to distance himself from the Rouran people who were being flanked, and got rid of them before Pi Li first brought the men and horses of the front camp to kill.

The Right Guard Army completely withstood the frontal impact of the two Rouran cavalry, and the losses were extremely great, which was also the gritted teeth of Bu Liugu and others, otherwise they would have been crushed a long time ago.

At this moment, three consecutive shouts came from the night sky: "Bow-"

"Control—"

"Shoot-"

"Whoosh ······" In the darkness, countless arrows fell among the Rouran people, and a large number of Rouran cavalry fell from their horses with arrows.

The continuous arrows kept falling, and the Rouran people fell in pieces, screaming one after another, and the war horses also let out painful sorrows.

"What's going on, where did the arrows come from?" Pi Li asked in a loud voice, dismayed.

A senior general next to him replied loudly: "Tong Lifa, it seems to be in the direction of the front camp!" ”

"Front battalion? No way, we are from the front battalion, where are the enemy troops in the front battalion? ”

Pi Li Xianten didn't believe it, he pulled out an arrow from a cavalryman who was hit by an arrow next to him, looked at it, and said in a lost voice: "It's not good, this is an arrow shot by the Xianbei people's foot archers!" Quick, turn around with me and crush the Xianbei infantry! ”

After Pi Li Xian finished speaking, he quickly turned around and returned to the front camp to attack Cao Jiao's 2,000 infantry, and at this time, the 2,000 infantry had nearly 1,000 archers constantly firing arrows to this side, causing a large number of casualties to Pi Lixian's Rouran army.

When Pi Li first rushed to the front camp with his men and horses, he found that there were a large number of enemy infantry outside the front camp, lined up in a neat phalanx, with swords and guns, and dense shields.

"Crush them for me!" Pi Li roared first and took the lead in killing.

"Shoot-" Another rain of arrows came, and the Rouran cavalry around Pi Lixian were shot off their horses one after another.

"Boom, boom, boom······" Pi Lixian's men and horses inevitably collided with Cao Jiao's infantry phalanx, which was the first time since the infantry was trained to meet the frontal impact of the enemy cavalry.

A large number of Rouran cavalry and their horses were stabbed to death by spears stuck diagonally on the ground, and a large number of infantry in the first two rows were knocked into by the cavalry.

The dense guns and shield arrays combined to block the impact of these unprotected Rouran cavalry, and under the leadership of Pi Lixian, the Rouran cavalry rushed forward and attacked the infantry phalanx one after another, but they hit their heads again and again, and suffered heavy casualties and failed to break the dense infantry phalanx.

After this actual combat test, it was proved impossible for the light cavalry to break the dense infantry phalanx with a combination of spears and shields head-on, unless the light cavalry took advantage of the mobility advantage to drag the formation of the infantry phalanx, so that it would expose its flaws, find the weak point of the infantry defensive formation, and then launch an attack to divide it.

"Tong Lifa, the Xianbei people are too dense with spears and shields, and the sons and daughters are so killed and injured that they can't be overwhelmed!" Suddenly, he shouted at Pi Lixian, who was covered in blood.

"U-turn and attack from the flanks!" Pi Li shouted first, and at the same time made a move, and as soon as he pulled the reins, he ran to the side, and the Rouran cavalry behind him also ran after him.

Pi Lixian did find the weak point of the infantry phalanx this time, and the flanks were the weak points of defense, which could not be stopped by cavalry attacks.

At this moment, a platoon of cavalry rushed from the opposite side, and the path of Pi Lixian's advance was sealed.

Pi Lixian's eyes widened, and he saw Zhao Junsheng and the dense spear cavalry formation behind him at a glance, and shouted: "Go to the right, go quickly!" ”

Pi Li Xian did not dare to hedge with Zhao Junsheng's dense spear cavalry formation, so he could only turn in the direction of the rear camp again, but his team only had time to turn a third before Zhao Junsheng led people to collide.

"Puff, puff······" The loose Rouran cavalry were knocked to death by the neat array of spear cavalry, and after the impact, the ground was littered with the corpses of the Rouran.

"Soldiers, kill me—" Gao Xu shouted from the slopes of Gaogang Mountain.

The dense infantry rushed down from the hillside with weapons and hit the Pi Li Xian team that was coming to the rear camp, and the Pi Li Xian team lost its speed when it rushed to the high post, and was rushed by Gao Xu's army on the hillside, and the whole team was in chaos.

The Rouran cavalry, having lost their speed, became lambs on the sidelines, and one by one they were stabbed off their horses with spears by the infantry.

Besieged! Pirison suddenly felt desperate and was surrounded on all sides, which was a death for the cavalry who had lost their speed.

"Tong Lifa, we will escort you to break out, go quickly!" Kuhehan shouted at Pi Lixian, and after speaking, he led a group of men and horses to slash and kill the Rouran people who were blocking in front, and some personal guards and cavalry guards followed behind Kuhehan by Pi Lixian's side.

Unexpectedly, he was killed by Kuhehan with ordinary people, and the Rouran soldiers in front rushed to the cavalry led by Zhao Junsheng.

"Want to escape? How can it be so easy! Zhao Junsheng roared, swept the spear in his hand, and several Rouran soldiers who rushed in front were stopped and swept off.

One after another, the Rouran cavalry came over and wanted to break out, but they had lost their speed, and the Wei cavalry collectively stabbed out their spears again and again, stabbing the Rouran cavalry who wanted to break through to death.

Seeing that they could not break through in this direction, they could only choose another direction, but they returned in vain in front of Cao Jiao's infantry phalanx, and killed in the direction of the right guard, and there were still some Rouran soldiers in front of them blocking the way, and they could not break through at all.

Time was wasted in their constant re-selection of the direction of the breakout, the encirclement was getting smaller and smaller, the sky was gradually brightening, and after the sun jumped out of the horizon, all the Rouran people, including Pi Lixian, felt tired, and they had not slept for two days and two nights, and after an hour of fierce fighting, they had exhausted the last trace of physical strength, and they could no longer kill.

"Whoosh ······"

"Whoosh ······"

Arrows kept shooting from the north and south directions, and the Rouran people who were surrounded in the middle kept being shot off their horses.

The Right Guard, which had lost most of them, finally withstood the repeated onslaught of the Rouran people, and when they saw that the Rouran people were finally surrounded and could not escape, they were all excited and their morale was greatly boosted.

The encirclement is still tightening, there are more and more dead and wounded Rouran cavalry, the Rouran people have almost no strength to fight back, the outermost contact place of the Yue Wei army is still fighting, the two sides keep fighting with long weapons, and the sound of weapons resonating continues to come out.

Zhao Junsheng saw that the Rouran people were completely in the point of being beaten passively, and they had no power to fight back, so he immediately shouted loudly: "Stop, stop all, Wei Jun listen to my orders, all take a step back!" ”

The attack stopped, and the infantry, who heard the order, took a step back and opened contact with the Rouran, and the cavalry on the east and west sides slowly moved back.

There were about 2,000 cavalry left in the surrounded, and these people were brazen and frightened.

"Get out of the way, get out of the way in front!" Li Bao brandished an axe and shouted, rode in front to let the Wei soldiers in front of him make way of a passage, and Zhao Junsheng walked to the innermost layer of the encirclement with some of his own soldiers.

Zhao Junsheng stopped at the innermost layer of the encirclement and looked at General Rouran, who was in the middle of the Rouran people, and shouted: "Your Excellency is Tong Lifa Pi Lixian?" ”

Pi Lixian, who was protected in the middle, apparently did not understand Chinese.

Zhao Junsheng shouted to the nearby Bu Liugu Qi: "General Bu Liugu, will you speak soft words and translate to him!" ”

Bu Liugu scolded secretly in his heart, this guy actually asked Lao Tzu to be a general to be his interpreter, it was really not a son of man, he slandered in his heart, and still told Zhao Junsheng's words to Pi Li Xian in a soft language.

The Rouran people were originally a branch of the Xianbei people, and the two had their language in common.

After listening to the translation, Pi Li Xian said loudly: "I am Rou Ran and Li Fa Pi Li Xian, dare to ask who the general is?" ”

Zhao Junsheng listened to Bu Liugu's translation and said: "I am Zhao Junsheng, the commander of the Jinling camp of the Great Wei Dynasty, and the defense envoy of the defense line from Nantianbao to Da'e Mountain!" Pi Lixian, your department has been surrounded, and blind stubborn resistance can only bring about self-destruction! Pontus does not want to slaughter those who have no power to fight back, and if you lead your troops to surrender, I will spare you from waiting to die!" Your subordinates will also be spared by your wise choices! ”

Pi Li was silent for a long time, and then shouted: "If we surrender, will you really promise to spare us from death?" ”

Zhao Junsheng pointed to all the generals around him: "All the generals under the command of Bendu can testify!" ”

"I believe in you!" Pi Li first said and turned his head and shouted to all the Rouran cavalry around him: "Everyone put down their weapons and bows and arrows, dismount and surrender!" ”

Someone hesitated for a moment, dropped their weapons and bows and arrows, and the other Rouran cavalry also dropped their weapons and dismounted one after another.

In the end, only Pi Lixian and Kuhehan and a few personal soldiers remained.

Pi Li Xian said to Khuhehan: "Khuhehan, you must live, I command you to live!" You are going to my mother in the Khan's court and tell her that I miss her so much! ”

"Fortune ······" Suddenly, Hehan's voice choked.

Zhao Junsheng said loudly: "Pi Lixian, it's time for you and your guards, put down your weapons, everyone can live!" ”

"Hahaha······" Pi Lixian laughed loudly, "I am the brother of the Khan, the Rouran Khanate, and the others can surrender, but I can't!" If I surrender, will not the Rouran Khanate be laughed at by the surrounding nations? Zhao Dutong, please fulfill my loyalty! ”

After that, he drew his knife and killed himself, a large amount of blood spurted out of his neck, and his body slowly lay on the horse's back.

"Tong Lifa!" All the Rouran people screamed loudly, weeping bitterly one by one, and were overwhelmed with grief.

The impact of this scene on Zhao Junsheng was too great, he had only seen it in TV and movies before, but now he saw it with his own eyes, how much courage does it take, the ants are still stealing life, not to mention a person whose status is equal to that of a prince!

At this moment, Zhao Junsheng finally understood that some people regard dignity as more important than life! You can despise the savagery of the Rouran, but you can't despise their dignity.

"Since the Qin, Han, Wei and Jin dynasties, there have never been ministers who committed suicide and martyred because of the death of the country, only the Wu mourning king Ran Min created the Ran Wei Dynasty when the death of the minister committed suicide and martyrdom, I don't want to see it in this desert north today, Pi Li is worthy of being a loyal and righteous person!" Zhao Junsheng sighed, "Where is Gao Xu?" ”

"The subordinates are here!"

"Bury the Rouran Khanate with the gift of the prince!"

"Yes!" Gao Xu clenched his fists and agreed, jumped off his horse and waved his hand to beckon a few soldiers to come over, and made a stretcher with two spears and cloaks.

The Rouran people got out of the way one after another, and Pi Lixian's body was taken off the horse by Gao Xu and others, put on a stretcher, and carried away on his shoulders.

The Rouran people followed behind Pi Lixian's corpse one by one, Zhao Junsheng waved his hand, a passage was away, and the Wei generals followed them on both sides on horseback.

"Wait!"

Pi Lixian's body was stopped by Zhao Junsheng when he passed by, he took off the scarlet cloak on his shoulder and covered the corpse, slowly bowed his head and saluted, then raised his head and waved his hand: "Let's go!" ”

Bu Liugu came over on horseback, took off his helmet, touched the back of his head, and said, "Zhao Dutong, is it necessary to make it so grand?" It's nothing more than a worm man's big official, if he dies, he will die, you are good, and you have to be buried with the courtesy of the prince, this funeral item is not a small amount! ”

Zhao Junsheng turned his head to look at Bu Liugu, did not speak, and walked away.

Bu Liugu wondered: "What's the matter, is this going to be wrong?" ”

The son Bu Liuguli, who was following him, said a little angrily: "Father, how can you say that? Hostile status aside, isn't Pi Lixian's integrity worthy of admiration? ”

Babakang also came over and said, "Uncle, what kind of funeral goods are you talking about, you are really ······ this time It's not that the little nephew doesn't help you, the little nephew also thinks that Zhao Dutong is doing the right thing, Brother Li said it well! ”

Bu Liugu was said by the two juniors, his face was blue and white for a while, and he suddenly couldn't hold his face, and scolded: "You two little rabbit cubs, dare to talk to me like this, come back to me!" ”8)