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Chapter 135 The Great Victory at Fenglingdu

The rumble of horse hooves filled the sky, and the cries of the Qiang and Hu made the birds on Shouyang Mountain fly in all directions.

If ordinary soldiers saw this scene, they would definitely tremble with fear from the Qiang Hu's aura.

However, on the Fenglingdu side, the faces of the soldiers under Liu Xuan's command were filled with excitement.

There are so many enemy troops, they will definitely be killed.

Zhang Liao pulled down the visor on his helmet, raised his hand to hold the rear end of the spear half a meter away, and tucked the tail of the spear under his arm.

"Iron Buddha, prepare to attack!"

With an order, the alloy steel face shield was pulled down with a swipe, and the spear was pointed diagonally. A thousand iron pagodas were like a thousand steel behemoths, and they began to accelerate towards the Qiang and Hu cavalry in front.

The iron pagoda production process introduced by Tiangong Kaiwu took care of almost all the details of the heavy cavalry.

The perfect defense and exquisite connectors allow the horses and soldiers to be fully armored, but it does not affect the movements of humans and horses at all.

The iron hoofs are dull, and the silver iron tower is getting faster and faster.

The spear was pointed at an angle, fighting spirit rising.

If a Qiang and Hu leader can become a tribal leader, he must have experienced many battles and is well-informed.

With such a heavy cavalry charge armed to the teeth, no one of his warriors could compete head-on.

But when it comes to riding and shooting, how can it only be a head-on confrontation?
The leader rode on his horse and ordered the warrior next to him,

"Go around from the side and walk him a few times first."

With that said, he waved his horse's head and led a part of the Qiang and Hu cavalry to avoid the front of Tiefu Tu.

Although the impact of the heavily armored cavalry was unparalleled, after the cavalry and war horses were put on heavy armor, the load increased, and the war horses could not have more endurance than their Qiang Hu light cavalry.

The leader's move was quite insightful.

But in the first battle of Iron Buddha Tu, how could Liu Xuan allow the barbarians to play tricks on him?
When the Qiang and Hu cavalry rushed to about 300 meters away from Tiefu Tu, suddenly the sound of horse hooves on both sides of the battlefield was like thunder.

A cavalry appeared on each side, like two silver torrents sweeping in from the outside.

The cavalry on horseback were wearing silver armor and holding two-meter-long machetes. They approached the Qiang and Hu soldiers outside with unusual ferocity.

The Qiang and Hu soldiers on the outside quickly took out their bows and arrows to shoot. However, the armored cavalry were not afraid of bows and arrows at all, and all of them had extraordinary martial arts skills. They lowered their bodies to deflect the arrows aimed at the horses, and in a few breaths they urged the horses to rush to the outside. In front of the Qiang and Hu soldiers.

The Qiang and Hu soldiers were unable to resist the sword that was in their hands.

These two cavalry teams are the three thousand tiger battalions commanded by Zhao Yun.

They had been ambushing on both sides of Fenglingdu for a long time. Their mission was to compress the battlefield.

The terrain of Fengling Ferry was not open at first, but was attacked by the Tiger Battalion on both sides. More than 5000 Qiang and Hu cavalry had to turn slightly inward.

At this time, the Qiang and Hu cavalry who originally dispersed from the middle to both sides gathered in the middle again.

The speed of the war horses did not slow down, and the Qiang and Hu cavalry in the middle had no room to turn and could only rush towards the Iron Buddha Tu.

The steel torrent on this side, without any hesitation, silently plunged into the Qiang and Hu cavalry formation.

The one-meter-long prairie scimitar looked so small in front of the four-meter-long cavalry spear.

The steel spear with a thick arm used the inertial force of the sprint to penetrate the Qiang and Hu cavalry's bodies without any hindrance, thrusting their bodies off the horse's back. Then, with a flick of the spear, the body was thrown off, and then they sprinted towards the next target.

The few Qiang and Hu warriors relied on their superb equestrian skills to avoid the iron pagoda's thrust, and went around to the side of the iron pagoda to attack.

However, the scimitar slashed open the wound, but there was nothing he could do with the hard steel armor.

The Qiang and Hu cavalry who fell to the ground were trampled mercilessly by the horses. With blood and flesh flying, Tiefutu had already sprinted to the end of the Qiang and Hu cavalry formation.

The first wave of killings passed through, and the bodies of Qiang and Hu people were everywhere on the ground. Most of them were trampled until they were no longer human.

The horse that lost its master ran wildly from the central battlefield to the distance by instinct.

With 5000 Tiger Battalion light cavalry and [-] Tiefutu heavy cavalry, against more than [-] Qiang and Hu cavalry, there is no suspense in winning.

In one wave of charges, the Qiang and Hu cavalry lost at least 2000 people, and the remaining thousands of soldiers were still in confusion.
It seems that he can't believe the battle situation in front of him.

It wasn't the first time they fought against the Han cavalry, but it was definitely the first time they lost so miserably.

The Han's armored cavalry was almost unscathed, while the light cavalry that came from both sides only lost some horses.

What kind of elite team is this?
Before they could think about this problem clearly, the iron pagoda that had been killed had already turned around and started fighting again.

"Iron Buddha, charge!"

Zhang Liao gave the order and charged again with the moving tower.

Dawan Liangju is known for its endurance, and short-distance charging is not a problem.

What's more, the full-body armor made of alloy steel is actually not heavy, and is completely within the endurance range of the war horse.

Tiefutu charged again, and the Tiger Battalion cavalry on both sides continued to press in.

Drive the Qiang and Hu cavalry on the outside toward the center.

Surrounded on three sides, the Qiang and Hu cavalry had only two choices: either continue to move toward the periphery and engage in battle with the Tiger Battalion, or be driven to the center and receive the baptism of iron armor and spears.

It’s just that Iron Buddha and Tiger Camp didn’t give them a chance to choose.

This time, the impact of the iron pagoda spread out the formation. The two teams were nearly ten meters apart, nearly doubling the width of the charging formation.

This width is enough to connect with the Tiger Battalion teams on both sides.

There are no blind spots on the battlefield.

The cavalry rushed past, and the Qiang and Hu cavalry could only resist slightly, and then watched helplessly as they were penetrated by spears.

The killed Qiang and Hu cavalry had just realized that if they knew that the Han Dynasty had such a powerful cavalry team, they would definitely choose to graze on the grassland and would not dare to invade the Central Plains even if they eat dirt.

There were more than 5000 Qiang and Hu cavalry, but less than a thousand escaped with their lives.

The Qiang and Hu leader managed to escape with his life under the protection of his subordinates, and led his remaining soldiers back to the remaining soldiers waiting at the foot of Shouyang Mountain.

There are also thousands of robbed Han women, children and countless livestock, money and food here.

If they could bring these things back to Hexi, their tribe would still have a chance to rise again even though they had lost thousands of warriors.

It's just that the Qiang and Hu leaders are now helpless and very frustrated.

Liu Xuan marched quickly with one move and blocked Fengling Ferry. He really had a firm grasp on the lives of the Qiang and Hu people who were going south to thresh the grass in the valley.

To the east of Hedong County is Taihang Mountain, beyond which is Bingzhou, with the dangerous Huguan Pass in the middle.No matter how stupid the Qiang and Hu leaders are, they will never be so stupid as to use a cavalry team to attack Huguan.

To the south is the river, and the only ferry port, Mengjin Port, has been blocked by Liu Bei. Other Qiang and Hu tribes have tried it, and ended up with 1000 people being wiped out.

If you go north, you can enter Xianbei territory through Yanmen Pass.But bringing so many women and animals into the Xianbei territory would be like letting a sheep enter a tiger's mouth.

The Xianbei people are much stronger than the Qiang and Hu people, and they will not be lenient when they snatch things from the Qiang and Hu people.

When the Qiang and Hu leader made such a calculation, his heart suddenly went cold.

A good operation of clearing the grass valley suddenly turned into a situation of being besieged on all sides.

The Qiang and Hu leaders immediately decided not to go anywhere, but retreated into the hinterland of Hedong, contacted other Qiang and Hu tribe leaders, and waited for them to attack Fenglingdu again.

It's just that Liu Xuan's army marched all the way. Although they didn't launch an attack, the scouts scattered around had already clearly investigated the enemy's situation along the way.

This large Qiang and Hu tribe army was wiped out, and the remaining 3000 people still wanted to protect the Han people and their property. It was simply a delusion.

Some of Liu Xuan's elite infantrymen mounted their war horses and turned into light infantry. Together with the Tiger Battalion, a total of six thousand light cavalry pursued them all the way from Fenglingdu.

The Qiang and Hu people with their property and slaves could not move fast at all, and were soon overtaken by six thousand cavalry.

The frightened Qiang and Hu people had no intention of fighting, abandoned their belongings and fled with the Han slaves.

Six thousand cavalrymen pursued separately and killed more than 1000 people before returning to Fenglingdu while protecting the robbed women, children and property.

. . .

Xudu court.

The hot topic of discussion among the ministers in the DPRK today was still the war situation in Hedong.

There has been no battle report from Liu Xuan's army for seven days. Everyone, including the emperor, thought that Liu Xuan was too boastful and would not come back, so he went to Hedong to find a place to hide.

Because in the past two days, another group of Qiang Hu who tried to cross the river to attack Mengjin Port were defeated by Liu Bei's defenders. Liu Bei's army gained another victory of more than 600 people.

This also caused some ministers in the court who had old ties with Liu Bei to once again suggest that the emperor reconsider the candidates for the title.

However, just when everyone was talking about it, a high-pitched announcement sounded outside the court hall,
"The great victory in Hedong, Huaiyang King Liu Xuan blocked the Qiang and Hu tribes at Fengling Ferry, killed more than 3000 Qiang and Hu people, rescued [-] robbed Han people, and recaptured countless livestock and property!!!"

Ah this~~~
The sounds in the court suddenly stopped and it was surprisingly quiet.

Only the voice of the messenger echoed in the court.

Great victory in Hedong.

Killed more than [-] Qiang and Hu people.

Everyone heard clearly that more than [-] people were killed.

Emperor Liu Xie's eyes widened, and his expression became more and more excited. He patted the dragon throne for the last time and stood up.
"Okay! Great! Hahahaha, I really saw the right person."

In the past few days, Liu Xie has indeed been under a lot of pressure because of Liu Xuan's incident.

This was the first time that he privately used the power of the emperor to summon Liu Xuan to the palace, and made the decision on his own to let Liu Xuan inherit the throne of Huaiyang King.

If Liu Xuan really made no achievements in Hedong as the ministers said, then Liu Xie's little prestige would be completely gone.

The news could not have come at a better time.

It was too shocking.

In one battle, 6000 Qiang and Hu men were killed. Looking at the entire Han Dynasty, it was enough to be regarded as a brilliant record.

In such a comparison, Liu Bei's victory of more than 1000 men by relying on danger and defending immediately became less conspicuous.

"Quickly, tell me how King Huaiyang achieved such a victory?" Liu Xuan still couldn't believe it and hurriedly said to the messenger.

"Reporting to Your Majesty, the King of Huaiyang crossed the river and marched quickly to capture Fengling Ferry before the Qiang and Hu people retreated. The leader of the Qiang and Hu tribes led a charge of [-] cavalry, but was defeated by the King of Huaiyang with a heavy cavalry charge. , Huaiyang King Liu Xuan surrounded the back road with elite light cavalry ambushing on both sides, trapping [-] Qiang and Hu cavalry within the charging range of the heavy cavalry."

"The Qiang and Hu people were defeated. The tribal leader led hundreds of people to break out. The King of Huaiyang ordered Qingqi to follow and pursue them. They killed the remaining 3000 Qiang and Hu people and rescued the Han people and their property."

As everyone in the court listened to the messenger describing the Battle of Fenglingdu, it was as if they could witness tens of thousands of cavalry charging back and forth. The heavily armored cavalry was invincible, and they were all so excited that they couldn't help themselves.

Liu Xie clenched his fists with both hands and laughed with eyes shining,
"Haha, it's so exciting. This battle was really enjoyable. Huaiyang King Liu Xuan won the first battle. It's really a blessing for the Han Dynasty and the royal family."

"When you come, please convey my decree immediately and appoint Liu Xuan as General of the Northern Expedition, taking charge of the affairs of the Hedong Ping Hu."

Liu Xie was a little too excited. After saying this, he looked at Cao Cao next to him hesitantly. Seeing that Cao Cao had no objection, he sent out the imperial edict.

Cao Cao really didn't care about making Liu Xuan the general of the Northern Campaign. Even the King of Huaiyang had already made him a general, so what's the point of being a mere general.

The most important thing is that Cao Cao was very excited when he heard the messenger reporting Liu Xuan's killing of the Qiang and Hu in the court.

In previous years when the Qiang and Hu invaded the east of the river, Cao Cao mostly sent troops to garrison the south bank of the river, as long as they did not cause greater losses.

This time Liu Xuan personally led the army straight to the hinterland of Hedong. This action made Cao Cao admire him.

More importantly, Cao Cao also encouraged Liu Xuan to continue his campaign against the Qiang and Hu. In this way, he would have the strength to fight Yuan Shao again.

Let's talk about Hedong County. Liu Xuan ordered [-] infantry to camp at Fenglingdu, build a fortress, and deploy troops to resist the horses.

This completely blocked the Qiang and Hu's westward retreat.

Then, with Tiger Camp as the vanguard and Tiefutu as the center, they pursued and killed the Qiang and Hu cavalry in all directions of Hedong County.

After a few days, the troops made countless gains, and no Qiang and Hu troops could compete head-on with Tiger Camp and Tiefu Tu.

However, after a few days, Liu Xuan's team basically encountered no Qiang and Hu cavalry.

There is no other reason. Tiefu Tu's reputation spread far and wide. Qiang and Hu cavalry fled away when they saw it from a distance, and did not fight Liu Xuan's team at all. Anyway, Hedong County is a big place. Even if they can't go back to Hexi, they will wander around Hedong while looting and waiting. Opportunities are also available.

At least so far, only Liu Xuan's army from the Han Dynasty has entered Hedong. It is definitely impossible for thousands of cavalry to pursue tens of thousands of Qiang and Hu troops.

Moreover, because of Liu Xuan's attack, the Qiang and Hu people also began to carry out retaliatory killings against the people and officers and soldiers in Hedong.

In just a few days, the number of people, officers and soldiers who died in Hedong County due to Qiang and Hu plundering increased dramatically.

Zhang Liao and Zhao Yun led Tiefutu and Tiger Camp back to Daofenglingdu Camp, but there was no joy on their faces at capturing Qiang and Hu heads.

Zhang Liao said with an ashen face: "Lord, our army has killed more than [-] Qiang and Hu cavalry in the past five days. However, as we get to the rear, the Qiang and Hu cavalry are less and less able to be killed. They do not fight with our army at all."

"But according to the statistics of the Hedong County Sheriff, the Qiang and Hu have massacred more than [-] people in Hedong in the past few days."

"Lord, this is not the way to go. We block the Qiang and Hu's retreat, and they will kill the people in revenge. As time goes by, the people will suffer too much, and they will eventually become unbearable."

Liu Xuan said calmly: "Wenyuan, don't be anxious. Since the Qiang and Hu have invaded Hedong, no matter whether we kill the Qiang or not, the suffering of the people will be inevitable."

"And what I want to do is to end it once and for all, so that the people in Hedong will no longer suffer this kind of suffering in the future."

As Liu Xuan spoke, he asked Jia Xu, "Mr. Wenhe, have everything we planned been arranged?"

Jia Xu nodded and said: "Don't worry, my lord, the arrangements have been made a few days ago, and the news should spread in these days."

(End of this chapter)