The battle in Lingwu Valley was bloody and tragic.

Dong Zhuo and Niu Fu's two iron horsemen fiercely pounced on the left and right wings of the Xianbei people. Tuoba Han and Tuoba Han each brought men and horses, relying on their own formation, and greeted them without fear. Soldiers on both sides galloped back and forth on the battlefield for hundreds of paces, fighting bravely.

The front army of the Xianbei people was led by the little marshal Shuo Weng, and charged the Han army with 5,000 men and horses. Shuo Weng himself used the arrows as arrows, and led his soldiers to rush into the phalanx as resolutely and forcefully as tenons, and the army continued to advance in depth, trying to tear through the defenses of the Han army and make a bloody way.

Tuoba Feng sat in the Chinese army and commanded his men and horses to respond.

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Although Dong Zhuo had an army of 30,000, his main strength was infantry soldiers, and he did not have any advantage in strength, and in the face of 20,000 Xianbei iron cavalry who resisted stubbornly, they could only rely on fighting for their lives to gradually consume the strength of the Xianbei people. Dong Zhuo hoped to change the balance of power between the two sides in order to achieve the goal of defeating the enemy.

However, what made him miscalculate was that the Xianbei people had no intention of breaking through at all, but were very patiently entangled with the Han army. They used a dense queue of 100 people, rushed back and forth in rows, covered each other, and firmly pinned down the Han cavalry. At the same time, Shuo Weng's front army advanced all the way regardless of casualties, and with the help of the Chinese cavalry, it successfully tore through the defensive position of the Han army and entered the Chinese army formation that commanded the operation of the entire formation.

Yang Ding saw that the Xianbei people were killed, so he personally rushed forward with his personal guards, he planned to kill the enemy and keep the blocking formation intact.

Tuoba Feng was bent on breaking the Han army's infantry formation. As long as the Chinese army formation is torn apart, the Han army's blocking phalanx will fall into chaos. As soon as the infantry was dispersed, the Han army was bound to be defeated.

He ordered the trumpeters to blow the horn of the charge, and told Shuo Weng, who was fighting in front of him, that even if he had defeated 5,000 men, he would also break the Chinese army of the Han army. Without hesitation, the Overseer stormed.

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Yang Ding saw the spearmen in front of him poke over the enemy horse, pounced on it, and cut off the enemy's head with a knife. Just then, a long arrow struck him in the back. Yang Ding's pain was unbearable, and he staggered back. His speed was too slow, and he watched as he was knocked into the air by the galloping horses, and he could clearly hear the sound of bones breaking, and he rolled in the air, blood gushing out of his mouth.

He fell heavily into a pool of blood, and the arrow from his waist pierced his abdomen in an instant. Yang Ding heard the shouts of the soldiers and saw the guards who came up. He smiled at them, took out the bloody jade pendant from his arms, and clutched it tightly in the palm of his hand. Yang Ding felt that the jade pendant was still intact, breathed a sigh of relief, slowly closed his increasingly heavy eyelids, and died.

The soldiers were furious, they shouted for the Lord, and frantically slaughtered the enemy.

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Tuoba Mu suddenly appeared in Lingwu Valley with 10,000 iron horses.

Tuoba Feng went south to attack the Great Han Kingdom this time, and had already made up his mind to wipe Helian from Danhan Mountain, in order to prevent accidents, he specially arranged for his son to hide near Lingwu Valley with 10,000 horses. It's just that he didn't expect that these 10,000 horses would become his lifeline.

The Han army wanted to ambush him, and he also wanted to encircle and annihilate the Han army, so after the battle, on the one hand, he ordered Tuoba Han and Tuoba Han to entangle the cavalry of the Han army, and on the other hand, he ordered Shuo Weng to break the infantry phalanx of the Han army, the purpose of which was to inflict heavy damage on the Han army. Before leaving, he also wanted to win a battle so that he could make a name for himself on the prairie.

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The infantry phalanx of the Han army was hit by a swift blow from behind, and there was chaos in an instant. Although Li Su and Hu Zhen tried their best to command the soldiers to resist desperately, they had no skills to return to the sky at this time, so they could only fight and retreat.

Dong Zhuo and Niu Fu had the heart to save them, but they were entangled by the cavalry army of Tuoba Han and Tuoba Han, and they couldn't stop.

Both sides fought on the battlefield with flesh and blood, and the sky was dark.

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"My lord, withdraw! If we continue to fight, we will run out of men. Li Ru raised the bloody long sword in his hand and shouted loudly.

"Can't be withdrawn!" Dong Zhuo stared at a pair of blood-red eyes, and shouted loudly in a hoarse voice, "If we withdraw at this time, we will be finished, and none of us will survive." ”

"Drumming...... Drum ...... Bloody Battle...... Bloody ......

Dong Zhuo galloped towards the enemy, raised his sword and shouted: "Brothers, kill, kill ......"

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The soldiers of the Han army shouted loudly in the passionate and fierce war drums, and their morale was like a rainbow, and they forgot to die one by one, fought bloodily, and never retreated.

With the collapse of the infantry phalanx, the battlefield was divided into two parts. On the left are Dong Zhuo's cavalry and Hu Zhen's infantry, and on the right are Niu Fu's cavalry and Li Su's infantry. After a fierce battle, the infantry cavalry quickly rendezvous, everyone covered each other, and gradually formed a battle formation in which the infantry blocked in the center and the cavalry attacked on both flanks. The Han army did not wait to stabilize its position and immediately launched a counteroffensive.

After the repeated defeats of the Xianbei people, the hatred accumulated in their hearts was finally completely released in the bloody slaughter, they shouted frantically, waved the weapons in their hands to their heart's content, they were like hungry wolves on the desert, vowing to slaughter the prey in front of them.

The war intensified.

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At dusk, Li Hong took 30,000 iron horsemen to kill all the way with the momentum of the wind and clouds.

Tuoba Feng resolutely ordered the whole army to retreat, and the Xianbei cavalry fled in panic.

This is the end of the Battle of Lingwu Valley.

Dong Zhuo killed 12,000 Xianbei iron horsemen at the cost of nearly 20,000 people, this result was something he did not expect in advance, who would have thought that an ambush battle would turn into a tragic bloody battle.

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When Li Hong saw Dong Zhuo, Dong Zhuo was concentrating on wiping the blood on Yang Ding's face.

"He's my brother." Dong Zhuo glanced up at Li Hong and said hello, "When I was a soldier Cao Pengshi, he and the other twenty-seven brothers followed me to fight. We fought together for thirty-five years, and he was the last to fall. Dong Zhuo said calmly, "I buried them all on the battlefield, where they died. ”

Dong Zhuo picked up Yang Ding and walked to the tomb dug by the soldiers.

"When my first brother died, I wept bitterly. Later, more and more brothers died, but my tears became less and less. Now, I don't have any tears, not even a trace of sadness. After a lifetime of fighting, it is not a joy to die on the battlefield. ”

Dong Zhuo gently put Yang Ding on the ground, patted his face, and whispered, "Brother, rest." He took Yang Ding's sword from Hu Zhen and put it on Yang Ding's body.

Dong Zhuo sat in the dirt pit, looked at Yang Ding for a long time, and did not speak for a long time.

"If you die, and I will bury you, and when I die in the future, who will bury you?" Dong Zhuo sighed, stood up, and walked away without looking back.

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Li Hong watched Dong Zhuo's tall back disappear into the darkness, and felt a pain in his heart. Who doesn't grieve when they lose their brother.

"If the general is in a bad mood and is rude, please bear with me." Li Su walked up to Li Hong and said softly.

Li Hong sighed and didn't make a sound.

"Today, thank you for coming to your aid in time, otherwise it would ......"

Li Hong patted Li Su on the back of the shoulder, shook his head and said, "I'm late." ”

The two stopped talking and walked side by side.

"The war in Western Xinjiang has ended, and your lord is going back to Northern Xinjiang?"

"And the state."

"Merge states?" Li Su looked at him in surprise and asked, "Your Excellency is not going back to Northern Xinjiang?" ”

"Zhang Yan captured Jinyang." Li Hong sighed, "I'm going to fight the yellow scarf." ”

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The next day, Dong Zhuo left Lingwu Valley with his army and went to Hanyang County on order.

Li Hong originally wanted to send it off, but after leaving the valley, he hesitated again. What to say? He won the battle and supported Dong Zhuo at a critical time, when he went to see him off, did he still want to ask the old general to thank him?

Li Hong looked at the smoke and dust floating in the air, and his heart was full of emotion.

In the eyes of the imperial court, Dong Zhuo delayed the military plane, even if he was not punished, it would be an excuse to reprimand him in the future. Dong Zhuo probably realized this, crossed the Yellow River with a large army, and prepared to ambush the defeated army of the Xianbei people in Lingwu Valley, in order to atone for his crimes. However, he did not succeed, but was bitten hard by the cunning Xianbei people, and his troops were broken.

"Zhong Yuan, you write a chapter to explain the matter of the Battle of Lingwu Valley in detail to Your Majesty, and ask for military merits for General Dong."

Li Wei nodded and said with a smile: "My lord, I heard that General Dong Zhuo has a very close relationship with the traitors in the court, although he did not win the battle of Lingwu Valley, he will not be convicted, we ......"

"You'd better write a note." Li Hong said, "Now the military power is in Shangshutai, and the people in charge of Shangshutai are Lord Huangfu Song and Lord Lu Zhi, in this matter, Your Majesty will definitely trust them, and will not listen to the nonsense of the treacherous eunuchs." ”

Li Wei shook his head, leaned over to Li Hong's side and said, "My lord, you don't seem to have this intention, right?" ”

Li Hong turned his head to look at him and said with a smile: "Since you know, what nonsense are you talking about?" He is an important minister of the imperial court, and it will not hurt us to improve the relationship. ”

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The Son of Heaven walked back and forth in the study room with his hands behind his back, with a hint of anger on his little face.

"This leopard is always resistant, does he have too many heads, and he has to cut off a few to be obedient?"

Huangfu Song smiled and said nothing. Lu Zhi pretended not to hear it, and wrote at the desk.

"Tell him not to cross the Yellow River, he has to cross." The Son of Heaven said hatefully, "The last time I asked him to stick to Liupan Mountain, he actually ran to the bluestone bank to annihilate the enemy, and he didn't take my words seriously at all. You see, the ministers have been handed in one after another for the impeachment, and I am annoyed. ”

"Didn't Your Majesty prevaricate? Anyone else playing? Huangfu Song asked with a smile.

"I said he was a brute, an idiot, uneducated, and ended up playing more." The Son of Heaven glared at Lu Zhi and said, "It's all your good idea, you provoke right and wrong for no reason, and now you almost don't scold me for being a faint king." ”

Lu Zhi hurriedly knelt down to apologize, "Your Majesty, can't even the head of Helian calm this turmoil?" ”

The Son of Heaven shook his head and scolded: "These people can't fight, and their mouths are more powerful than the other. If they continue to dwell on this matter, I will start collecting money, and whoever wants to play will deduct their monthly salary. ”

Lu Zhi said with a smile: "Your Majesty, tomorrow the court will discuss what should be rewarded, and everyone will have merit for the great victory in Western Xinjiang." ”

The Son of Heaven thought about it, nodded, and then scolded a few words angrily.

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"Your Majesty, General Li has written a book, detailing the beginning and end of the battle of Lingwu Valley, and he admires General Dong very much......

"What does he mean?" The Son of Heaven asked, "Do you want to say that Dong Zhuo is meritorious?" ”

Huangfu Song and Lu Zhi did not speak, obviously very dissatisfied with Li Hong's statement.

"These two people, one of them did not obey the order, the other delayed the military plane, and they also praised each other and protected each other, which is too unusual." The Son of Heaven said angrily, "If you don't win the battle, hum ......"

"Dong Zhuo's battle was inexplicable and unnecessary, and he lost 20,000 horses in vain." Huangfu Song said with a little excitement, "If he had occupied Lingzhou earlier and cut off the retreat of the Xianbei people, how could the Xianbei people escape?" They have long been surrounded by us in the area of the Qingshui River. Dong Zhuo's delay of the military plane is one crime, and sending troops to Lingwu Valley without authorization is two crimes, where did the military exploits come from? ”

"Forget it, forget it, I said it, forget it." The Son of Heaven said, "I can't be too mean, not to mention that the Western Frontier still depends on him to defend it, and promote him to a higher official position." ”

"Your Majesty's unclear rewards and punishments will make these people pampered and arrogant, and they will become more and more lawless." Lu Zhi advised, "Since ancient times, ......"

"Alright, alright, don't say it, just do it." Seeing that Lu Zhi had a tendency to speak at length, the Son of Heaven hurriedly waved his hand to interrupt Lu Zhi's words, "He Hao, can there be any news?" ”

"Yes." Huangfu Song replied, "Yesterday, He Hao sent a recital. ”

"Why don't you tell me if there's news?" The Son of Heaven asked dissatisfied.

"Your Majesty......" Huangfu Song smiled bitterly, "This He Hao, when he saw that General Li had won the battle, he immediately turned his face. ”

"Turned your face?" The Son of Heaven asked in surprise, "What face?" Fell out with a traitor? ”

"It's not a falling out." Lu Zhi sighed, "He fought with the Xiliang rebels. ”

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Ten days later, Xian Yufu rushed to Lingzhou with a large army and joined Li Hong.

The Xianbei captives were accustomed to being slaves of the victorious side after defeat, and both the soldiers of Danhan Mountain and the northern part of the western part of Xianbei were happy to hear that they belonged to the Maiha tribe from now on and could be spared. Shooting Yingtong and Shooting Tiger became the new owners of more than 20,000 people.

Li Hong was very happy to see that the captive's mood was very stable, and rewarded the two of them, Shooting Yingtong and Shooting Tiger, and at the same time wrote to the Son of Heaven, hoping to promote the little marshal of the Wuye tribe to Shooting Yingtong as a captain, because the Xianbei army of more than 20,000 people needed a leader.

Anding County soldier Cao engaged in Duan Xuan came with the army. As a soldier of Anding County under Li Hong's control, he and more than 100 soldiers also came to serve under the account of the general under the edict. His injuries had not healed, and he could have asked Taishou to resign, but he resolutely brought his injuries to Lingzhou.

Li Hong immediately reorganized his army in Lingzhou City.

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The 50,000 cavalry army was divided into five battalions, front and back, left and right, and was commanded by Zhonglang General Xu Rong, Zhonglang General Liyi was deputy, and Song Wen was the marching Sima.

The middle camp is the wind and cloud iron horse. The Fengyun Iron Cavalry was expanded to 10,000 with Xianbei cavalry, led by the captain Heng Sacrifice, and the deputy of the school captain Loulu. There are five divisions, which are led by Lou Lu, Tie Yue, Lu Huanyang, Lei Zi and Tube.

The front camp is the Huangzhong Iron Cavalry. The front battalion was dominated by Huangzhongqiang soldiers, with 10,000 men. Captain Nie Xiao commanded. There are five departments, led by Jiang Wu, Nine Sheepskin, Chopping Horses, Camels, and Baili Yang.

The rear battalion is the first zero iron cavalry. The rear battalion is mainly based on Xian Lingqiang, with 10,000 people. Captain Tempest Sand Commander. There are five departments, led by Yan Wuxing, Xinhu, Gao Geng, Yang Chun, and Duan Xuan.

The left battalion is the Changshui Iron Cavalry. The left battalion was dominated by the cavalry of the Changshui battalion, and the Xianbei cavalry was expanded to 10,000 people. Commander Zhao Yun. There are five departments, led by Liu Ming, Lu Xian, Yan Wuxin, Red Cedar, and Zongliu.

The right battalion is the Dancing Leaf Iron Cavalry. The right battalion is full of Xianbei iron cavalry, 10,000 people. Captain Shoot Yingtong in command. There are five divisions, led by Beard, Shooting Tiger, Arc Ding, Abandoning Shen, and Little Lazy.

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The 20,000 infantry army is divided into three battalions, the upper, middle and lower battalions, which are commanded by Zhonglang General Xian Yu Fu, Captain Yan Rou as his deputy, Xie Ming as the marching Sima, and Yu Peng as the Zuojun Sima.

The upper battalion is led by the captain Yushi, and the captain is rarely in the silver vice. There are three departments, led by He Feng, Lin Xun, and Panta.

The middle battalion was commanded by Captain Yan Liang, and Captain Wen Chou was deputy. There are three departments, led by Zhang He, Chen Hao, and Liao Lei.

The lower battalion was commanded by Captain Hua Xiong, and Lieutenant Gao Ran was deputy. There are three departments, led by Fan Li, Zhang Xiao, and Ding Bo.

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Capture the general's camp.

Changshi Zuoyan, Sima Li Wei, engaged in Zhonglang Tang Yun and Yin Si. Assassination and defense of the government. Lord Bo Xiaolan. (This is Li Hong's own idea, although Li Wei and Wei Zheng have repeatedly expressed their opposition, but Li Hong insists on his own opinion and does not listen to anyone.) In Li Hong's view, Xiaolan is both civil and military, no worse than Li Wei, why can't he serve in the Chinese army? Little woman? What does it matter to the little girl, these days, where to find such a learned little woman? Someone has to use it, and it can't be wasted. Can't there be women in the barracks? Li Hong pointed to Xiao Lan, who was dressed in armor, and said, who said she was a woman, I said no, no. ）

Captain Zheng Xin commanded the scout battalion, and Chen Ming was his deputy. Captain Tian Zhong led the Cao battalion, and Ji Wei was the deputy.

The Black Panther Yi battalion of 3,000 people, led by Pang De, with machetes and Tan Nu as deputies, and Chang Gong and Chen Jian as fake Sima.

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After Li Hong's personal inquiry, the matter of the soldier Tian Zhong was finally exempted. Li Hong then promoted him to the rank of military marquis and followed Yan Liang's army.

Fu Gan, the son of Fu Xie, the Marquis of Zhuangjie, insisted on staying in the army and was unwilling to go to the palace of the Great Confucian King to study. Li Hong had no choice but to take him with him and let Zuo Yan and Li Wei teach him his studies.

At the end of this month, under the urging of the imperial court's holy decree, Li Hong led an army of 70,000 and more than 300,000 cattle, sheep and other livestock along the Great Wall to Bingzhou.

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Murong Feng made a move to the end, he rushed to Danhan Mountain with an army of 30,000 before Tuoba Feng, and with the support of the Xianbei Lord in the west and the Xianbei Lord Mica in the east, he elected the leader as the king of Xianbei.

Tuoba Feng was furious and led an army of 50,000 to attack Danhan Mountain.

Murong Feng was forced to give in, and after many negotiations with Tuoba Feng, the four Xianbei lords finally reached an agreement: ten years later, the son of Helian, Qianman, became an adult, and the leader would give up the Xianbei king to Qianman. In the past ten years, the Xianbei country was supervised by the head of the country.

A huge Xianbei civil strife quietly dissolved between Murong Feng's chats and laughter.

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