Chapter 190: The Battle of the Two Di
Chong'er Yu went to Baidi in the fourth year of Lu Xugong, and after that, there were constantly fugitives from the Jin Kingdom who rushed to him. Chong'er's power swelled rapidly, so much so that half a year later, he had an armed force of 500 men under his command.
Bai Dizi treated Chong'er as a guest, gave him a vast and fertile land, and sent several groups of scholars to learn farming, construction, military and manufacturing techniques from the exiles of the Jin Kingdom.
Since the Chidi group had destroyed Xing and Wei, the door to the Hebei Plain was opened; Chidi began to move a large number of people to the east. In this way, Chidi's strength in Taihang Shanxi weakened. Bai Dizi decided to take this opportunity to find the bad luck of the old enemy.
Although Chidi's strength in the west had declined, Bai Dizi still felt that his strength was insufficient, so he summoned some of the tribes of the same tribe in Hexi; He promised them that if he defeated the enemy, he would allow them to settle in Hedong, so that they would no longer have to be subjected to the endless bullying of the Qin people.
In the spring of the sixth year of Lu Xugong, a large number of Baidi soldiers in Hexi crossed the Yellow River east and went ashore at the ferry port of Caisang (now Xiangning, Shanxi). After a short rest, these armies joined up with the main force of Baidi in Hedong, and the army marched all the way east.
The marching path chosen by Bai Dizi avoided the densely populated areas of the Jin Kingdom and the Darong forces. During the march, Bai Di in Hedong was relatively duty-bound and tried not to provoke the villages, towns and tribes along the way, while Bai Di in Hexi did a lot of bad things.
Although Yao Zhiru's military strength was at a disadvantage, his sense of honor and warlike nature drove him to take the initiative to decide to attack. The leader of the Chidi army was the monarch's son Ziyang, and his two newly grown sisters, Shu Kui and Ji Kui, also joined the ranks of the battle.
The area of the battlefield chosen by Chidi is a narrow strip of land with mountains on one side and valleys on the other, which is not beneficial to either side; In this way, courage and individual combat effectiveness became the main factors determining victory or defeat, and the numerical superiority of Bai Di's army could not only be brought into play, but could also become the cause of defeat.
Bai Dizi arranged the main force in a wide area and lined up the strikers into a dangerous road. As a result, the two vanguards met in the middle, and the sergeants in front quickly squeezed together. Although the soldiers on both sides were equally tall and mighty, due to historical reasons, the psychology of the Chidi people was in a dominant position, and they did not even bother to shout to deter the enemy, but only silently and constantly used their weapons to knock each other to the ground.
Bai Dizi and Chong'er observed the situation on the hillside, and when they saw that Bai Di's vanguard was gradually overwhelmed, Chong'er proposed that the rear team of the striker retreat to the hill and wait for the opportunity to launch a waist attack on the enemy; Ask the front team to retreat and lead the enemy army through the open field.
Bai Dizi was already in a hurry to become a big living monkey, and he was quiet after listening to Chong'er's plan. He gave the order based on the advice of Heavy Ear. But before Bai Dijun could complete the first two steps, the front team was defeated. The striker turned around and pressed the rear, the sergeants huddled together, and the whole forward immediately collapsed and fled backwards. Since this was a real rout, the Chidi army did not see any flaws, so they did not hesitate to pursue and kill the enemy.
Chidi's vanguard quickly chased them out of danger, and they were met by the main force of the enemy who was waiting for them. Ziyang saw that the enemy's numerical advantage was too great, so he ordered to stop the attack and prepare to retreat; However, Bai Dizi suddenly gave the order to attack, and the ambush soldiers who fled up the hillside jumped up, instantly cutting the Chidi army into several sections, so that the enemy could not care about each other.
Ziyang finally panicked, and he rushed left and right, gathering several scattered armies. Ziyang is very familiar with the terrain here, and he is ready to break through from a direction that seems to have no way out and is weakly defended. Ziyang and his two younger sisters rode high-headed horses and led the forwards to attack Bai Di's defense. Bai Di rushed up and tried to stop him, but Ziyang's attack was extremely fierce, and those who dared to approach him were all ghosted, leaving a column of corpses on the route of his charge.
The Bai Di people were all frightened, and they unconsciously dodged a way. Just as Ziyang was about to rush out of the defensive line, Hu Yan, who was not afraid of heaven and earth, led a cavalry to kill from behind the breakout. Fox Yan started from the rear team and killed until he was in front of Ziyang; As a result, the first warrior of the former Jin Kingdom and the bravest man of the Yuan Jin Kingdom inevitably fought a decisive battle.
Ziyang recognized the identity of the other party from the gold-inlaid jade-encrusted meteoric iron sword held by Fox Yan in his hand, which Hu Yan snatched from the defeated after defeating Li Rongzi that year.
The two fought on horseback, and after a few rounds, the two fell from their horses to the ground with their arms in their arms. The soldiers on both sides all stopped fighting, jumped off their horses, and surrounded the two in a circle.
The fight to the death began. In terms of his own conditions, Ziyang has an advantage in terms of physical fitness and age; He plays with a wide open and close style and wants to be quick and fast. At first, the fox Yan could still make a hard move with the other party, but soon he couldn't parry; Every time there was physical contact, he was staggered by the impact of the other party. Fox Yan had no choice but to change his tactics and focus on dodging and dodging; But he soon became exhausted by the opponent's fierce offensive and physical exhaustion.
Ziyang suddenly raised his foot and kicked the fox into the air, and the back of the fox's head hit a tree hard, and he was suddenly unconscious. His body slid silently down the trunk of the tree, the meteoric sword thrown far away, his helmet crooked to the side. Ziyang picked up his opponent's sword, waved his hand exaggeratedly, and vented his emotions to the people around him, the Chidi people waved their weapons and cheered loudly, and the Bai Di people hung their heads.
Ziyang slowly walked towards the fox in cheers, knelt on one leg, and threw his helmet aside, ready to cut off his head. But he was too careless. The fox pretended to be unconscious, and secretly pulled out a short knife from his boot; When Ziyang grabbed his hair braid and was about to cut off his neck, he opened his eyes violently and stabbed Ziyang through the jaw with a knife, all the way through the base of his skull; The tip of the knife stabbed out from the back of his head, and Ziyang was killed in an instant. His sudden death also made the battle decided, and the cheers came to an abrupt end, and the Chidi people were shocked and motionless, and then gave up their resistance, and threw down their weapons and surrendered to the enemy.
Bai Di won a complete victory, and Bai Dizi awarded Chong'er the first credit of the war. At this time, Chong'er had reached the age of marriage, and Bai Dizi gave him Shu Kui and Ji Kui. Chong'er considered that Zhao Yuan blocked an arrow for himself in the battle, so he gave Shu Kui to Zhao Yuan, and he only left Ji Kui.
The two women, with their stubborn temper and strong temperament, shouted hysterically, claiming that they would rather die than marry an enemy of the state.
But Chong'er reminded the sisters that death is impossible, and they have a second choice, which is to act as the ** of the Bai Di people, and when they are old and decrepit, they will be sold to Xirong to continue to be **; And if they marry themselves and Zhao Yuan, they will not only get safety, but also dignity, and even one day become the most respected figures in the Jin Kingdom. He also reminded the two not to forget that their mother was a prisoner of war in Darong, and the current prince of Jin was also the son of a prisoner of war in Lirong.
The sisters thought about it, felt that he had a point, and were satisfied with the outcome.
Later, Ji Kui gave birth to Gongzi Boxiu and Gongzi Shuliu, and Shukui gave birth to Zhao Dun, who was later known as the iron-blooded prime minister.