At the beginning of May of the sixth year of Zhongping in the Han Kingdom, Zhang Fei, the general of Pingyu, who had been advancing westward, suddenly led his troops to the east, aiming directly at Longting.

Recently, Yan Liyou, the lord of Xianbei in the west, commanded several of his iron cavalry, pretending to be the main force of the iron cavalry of Xianbei in the west, attacking frequently, making a posture of a decisive battle with the Han army, dragging the Han army to the west, and gradually luring the Han army to the west foot of Zhuoyi Mountain.

Yan Liyou gathered an army of 10,000 here and prepared to attack the Han army.

At this moment, he received a report from the scouts that the Han army had suddenly retreated. Yan Liyou concluded that the Han army was short of food, and immediately led his troops to chase after him.

According to his estimates, Zhang Fei's army had been attacking all the way from Shuofang County in early April, traveling nearly 1,500 miles and lasting more than 20 days, and the grain, grass and livestock they brought should have been exhausted. The reason why the Han army can still be maintained now is because they raided the Xianbei tribe in the early days and plundered a large number of livestock.

Yan Liyou said to his few juniors: "Zhang Fei is retreating now, he must go to Longting to meet the other Han troops, so as to get food and grass replenishment." We will chase after him, and we will beat him no matter what, in order to avenge the blood and the deep revenge, and at the same time show the strong power of our western Xianbei Iron Cavalry. ”

The Xianbei people were chased and beaten by Zhang Fei all the time, and they held their breath, and when they heard that the handsome man was going to take them to chase the Han people, they immediately cheered.

A little marshal reminded Yan Liyou and said: "Dashuai, Lord Zhiluo has urged Dashuai to rush to Yanran Mountain several times to assemble, if we don't go for a long time, it may cause unnecessary misunderstandings." ”

Yan Liyou said disdainfully: "There is no past scenery in Luoluo, he is not strong now, why should I listen to him?" ”

The little marshal hesitated and said, "Isn't the big marshal going to the Dragon Court?" ”

"Of course I want to go. But let's not rush to go, lest we be beaten head-on by the Han army. Yan Liyou said with a smile, "If we can drive the Han people out of the desert this time, our losses can be imagined." At that time, Xianbei is no longer the Xianbei of the past, and the royal court of Danhan Mountain and the Xianbei tribes will be torn apart. ”

He looked at the multitude. said solemnly: "If you want to live a good life and dominate the desert, this is the best opportunity, so this soldier can't be lost." Without strength, we are slaves to others. ”

Yan Liyou's overseers gave chase.

The Han army first used cavalry to slow down the pursuit of the Xianbei people, and then began to abandon the baggage wagons, and finally they killed the cattle, sheep, camels and other livestock that slowed down the march of the army, and let all the foot soldiers ride on the captured war horses to speed up the retreat.

Yan Liyou's confidence has increased greatly. Firmer in his judgment, the speed of the pursuit suddenly accelerated. The distance between the two sides is getting closer. In order to speed up, the Han army threw away all the cumbersome things, even the ballistas. The dozens of ballistae that were discarded, although they were damaged to varying degrees, were just as useful for repair. The Han army was obviously chased by the Xianbei people.

The two armies rushed one after the other, day and night.

When the army of Xianbei people chased to Liangang Mountain at the eastern foot of Zhuoxie Mountain, Yan Liyou was in a hurry. A hundred miles east of Liangang Mountain is Jiluo Mountain, and the Han army can reach Longting in two more days and join the army they arrived in advance.

Yan Liyou thought about it for a long time. Considering that the Han army was not familiar with the terrain of Liangang Mountain, they might not dare to cross it overnight, so he planned to launch a surprise attack at dawn.

Several handsomes couldn't hold back their excitement and agreed repeatedly.

But they never expected it. That night, the Han army surrounded them.

When the mournful alarm horn sounded through the night, Yan Liyou didn't take it seriously. He said to his attendants very confidently: "This is a small group of Han troops harassing cavalry, ignore them and continue to sleep." ”

The attendant said in a panic, "Great Marshal." The Han army is coming. ”

Yan Liyou opened his mouth and was about to scold him for a few words, when he heard an earth-shattering shouting of killing from outside the big tent, and the Han army foot soldiers rushed down the mountain like a tide.

Xianbei people are in chaos. The wolf rushed to the pig, and there were countless casualties.

Yan Liyou took thousands of iron horsemen to fight desperately out of the encirclement, turned around and fled westward. Before they had run five miles, they were passing through a valley when they suddenly came under the frenzied fire of the Han army's ballistas. Then the war horses galloped outside the valley, and 10,000 iron horsemen entered the valley with overwhelming momentum, giving the Xianbei people a heavy blow.

The Xianbei people were surrounded in the valley, one by one like ferocious wolves, rushing left and right, desperately breaking through. Yan Liyou took the guards to the mouth of the valley several times, and the last time they even killed the three hundred iron horses defending the valley, they were only a few steps away from escaping the encirclement, but in the blink of an eye, they were shot back by thousands of strong archers and dozens of ballistae outside the valley. The two sides fought bloodily until dawn.

The Xianbei people are trapped and the beasts are still fighting, and they are fighting endlessly.

Just when Yan Liyou and Xianbei soldiers were exhausted, the attack of the Han army suddenly stopped. A captured Xianbei centurion slowly walked in front of Yan Liyou from the Han army's battle array, and said to Yan Liyou: "The general of the Han people wants to talk to the marshal. ”

Yan Liyou wiped the blood from her face and grinned, "Okay." ”

He turned around and shouted, "Come on, wipe me clean, I'm going to see the general of the Han people." ”

A few handsome were taken aback and hurriedly stopped.

Yan Liyou scolded: "Isn't it just a loss of head? Afraid of what? ”

He pointed to his head and asked, "Is there still blood?" ”

The little handsomes shook their heads and didn't dare to persuade again.

"Let's go, I'll go with you to see the Han general." Yan Liyou raised his leg and kicked the centurion who was kneeling on the ground, and said angrily, "Chasing after me, it turned out that I was fooled, it is unreasonable." ”

Zhang Fei sat on a tree stump and looked at Yan Liyou for a long time.

Yan Liyou suddenly bowed down and said, "Is there something wrong with the general looking for me?" ”

Zhang Fei smiled, pointed to a big stone on the opposite side and said, "You can sit down." It's a small thing to find you, and you should know it very well in your heart. ”

Yan Liyou sat down opposite Zhang Fei unceremoniously, and said with a very resolute expression: "If I don't surrender, my people won't surrender either." ”

Zhang Fei smiled: "So, are you willing to be like the bald Pi Gu and the law day deduction?" ”

"Bald?" Yan Liyou was startled, squinted her small eyes and asked, "How do you know about bald hair?" What happened to Bald Pi Lonely? ”

"My second brother Guan Yu and third brother Zhao Yun have already met in the Dragon Court." Zhang Fei said in a slow voice, "They sent someone to the west to find me, and I received the news from them three days ago. The bald Pi Gu was ambushed in the Baiyun Mountain last month, and the whole army has been wiped out. Budugen has fled to the Dragon Court, and Danhan Mountain has been taken by us. ”

Yan Liyou's face was shocked.

"My eldest brother, Li Yi, the general of the expedition to the Northern University, has now led the main army into Qiyang City, and it is estimated that he will soon arrive at Longting." Zhang Fei stretched out his huge palm and shook it twice in front of Yan Liyou, "Xianbei is over, no matter if you can do it, no matter if you put it down, no one can turn the tide." ”

"Can Kebi get to the Dragon Court?" Yan Liyou asked.

"Yes." Zhang Fei nodded and said, "Maybe you think that Kebi can save Xianbei, but I can tell you that he can't do it this time, because my eldest brother has no intention of attacking Wolf Juxu from afar, and our battlefield is here." In July, this desert is no longer your Xianbei clan. At that time, it was not us who wanted to fight you, but the Huns, the Qiang, the Karasuma people, and the Xianbei people who belonged to the Great Han Kingdom were going to fight you. From this moment on, the Xianbei people are no longer the masters of the desert. ”

Yan Liyou looked at Zhang Fei suspiciously.

Zhang Fei didn't explain, and continued, "You can choose to surrender, so that you can preserve your strength, and in the future you will still be the leader of your tribe, and you can even claim the throne in your own territory." Of course, you can also go back and start a new war with us, and make your tribe disappear from the desert forever. ”

Yan Liyou was silent. After a while, he asked, "What are the conditions for the general not to kill me?" ”

Zhang Fei said: "You go and tell Zhi Luoluo that if he talks peace with us, the Great Han Kingdom is willing to make friends with the Xianbei in the west for generations, and the Great Han Kingdom is willing to help him become the Xianbei King in the west." ”

Yan Liyou asked, "I'm leaving, how will the general settle my men?" ”

Zhang Fei said with a smile: "No matter whether you can convince Zhi Luoluo or not, as long as you go to Zhiyang City, my eldest brother will return your army to you, and maybe, you can also become the king of Xianbei in the west." ”

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On the September side, the city of Zhiyang.

Li Yi successively received military intelligence reports from the army advancing north on the third route. At present, the three-way army has successfully joined forces according to Li Yi's requirements.

Due to the repeated bloody battles, the three-way army suffered losses to varying degrees.

The 50,000-strong army led by Guan Yu and Zhang He on the East Road annihilated nearly 20,000 enemies and lost about 10,000 foot cavalry.

Yue Fei and Zhao Yun in the middle of the road led an army of 50,000 to annihilate 15,000 cavalry in the northern Xianbei, killing the bald people of the northern Xianbei, and losing about 4,000 people.

Zhang Fei and Gao Changgong of the Western Road led the army to behead 8,000 people, killed the great marshal of Xianbei in the west, captured more than 6,000 people, and lost more than 6,000 horsemen.

In the course of nearly a month, the Han army fought 27 battles, occupied all the territories of Xianbei and Danhan Mountain in the entire north at the cost of 20,000 losses, plundered nearly 240,000 people, annihilated 50,000 enemy cavalry, beheaded 20,000, captured 30,000, and captured more than 3,29,700 cattle, horses, mules, donkeys, and camels.

Because many tribes in Xianbei were mainly concentrated in the vast territory of Xianbei and Danhan Mountain in the north, after this battle, nearly half of the population of Xianbei became prisoners of the Han army.

Li Yi reported the victory to the imperial court, and at the same time urgently wrote to the generals of the army in the Dragon Court.

Li Yi ordered the general Yue Fei to temporarily command the armies, and the generals of all departments were under his control. Li Yi also told Yue Fei that although the Xianbei people were caught off guard and were attacked by us thousands of miles away, the three parts of the Xianbei people were strong. If they launch a counteroffensive against us under the command of Kobineng, there is a possibility that the situation in the desert will be reversed.

Li Yi said in his letter: "Now that the grain and grass are still supportable, and the morale of the soldiers is also high, you must use this time to maintain a strong deterrent to the Xianbei people, so as to ensure the preparation of the Beiting Metropolitan Protectorate and stabilize the Xianbei tribes within the territory of the Beiting Metropolitan Protectorate." If the Xianbei people have not assembled for a long time, you have to wait for the opportunity to attack, and it is best to rush Kebineng to the area of Yanran Mountain to reduce the threat of the Xianbei people to the Beiting Protectorate. (To be continued.) )