Ji Han Da Sima

Chapter 757 A big gift

The cavalry galloped across the frozen Manggan River one after another. The horseshoe-studded hooves stepped on the ice, making a deafening and death-filled hoof sound that was far more heart-wrenching than ordinary hoof sounds.

As the cavalry stepped over the frozen river, the entire cavalry team drove their horses to the highest speed. The terrifying sound of horse hooves and the cold cavalry, like a bloodthirsty black dragon, rushed straight towards the Xianbei royal court under the setting sun. Their might was like a landslide and a tsunami, and it seemed that they were going to destroy the Xianbei court.

Such a horrific situation immediately caused violent turmoil within the imperial court.

It cannot be said that the Lu court was unprepared, but it can be said that they did not expect the Han army to appear here.

In the felt tents that the Han riders passed by, as the weather gradually darkened, many Xianbei people were either enjoying meals with their families, or couples were doing unspeakable things in their tents. Facing the attack of the Han riders, many Xianbei riders were completely unprepared.

The Xianbei people outside the royal court were the first to be attacked by the Han cavalry, who either shot with bows or stabbed with spears. The Xianbei people in the tents ran in panic, and the old, weak, women and children looked for horses, as if they were going to escape the upcoming chaos.

Knowing that they could attack anyone, the Han cavalry that rushed into the royal court did not need any orders and began the massacre at dusk. Regardless of children or gender, any Hu people who blocked their way were either killed by arrows or hacked to death by sharp spears and swords.

"Wow!"

The Han cavalry used their spears to knock down the felt tents they passed by one by one, covering the Hu people hiding in the tents. Then the cavalry took advantage of the struggle in the tents and deliberately rode their horses to trample on them. Wherever the cavalry stepped on, traces of blood flowed out of the felt tents, and bursts of heart-wrenching screams came from under the tents.

If they encountered cattle or sheep trapped in wooden fences, the Han cavalry knew that they would be their spoils in the future, so they would tacitly avoid them and charge inward along the way, specifically looking for and killing adult males, or women and children who tried to resist.

After breaking through the outer perimeter and reaching the middle, the quick-moving Xianbei Hu people had already mounted their horses, ready to engage in combat with the Han cavalry that had suddenly attacked.

Kebi Neng was able to go out to war at any time, so he organized every ten households together and appointed corresponding chiefs. In an emergency, the head of the ten households could recruit cavalry to fight. Now facing the attack of the Han cavalry, a few heads of the ten households who were not afraid of danger summoned their soldiers to fight.

Cheng Ji, who had enjoyed the Han Dynasty's grace for many years, charged forward without fear of death. He clamped the spear between his shoulders and rode his horse towards the Xianbei ten heads who were shouting and giving orders.

But with a "puff" sound, the tip of the spear pierced through the warm fur cloak, and then pierced through the muscles and internal organs, and came out from the back of the ten-household leader. The huge inertia made the person fly into the air, and then fell heavily to the ground.

Although Cheng Ji released his spear in time, his arm was still numb from the shock. In order to facilitate the fight, Cheng Ji simply ignored the spear, pulled out his ring-handled sword and slashed left and right, killing the Xianbei people he had gathered.

"kill!"

Cheng Ji brandished his ring-handled sword and shouted fiercely, scaring the surrounding old and weak Xianbei people into crying and running away.

The Xianbei riders who wanted to resist were frightened by the might of the Han riders who joined the battlefield. In order to protect their wives and children, even if they wanted to fight for the Chanyu, they could only flee with them.

When nomadic peoples go to war, sometimes they are accompanied not only by cavalry but also by their families. In order to protect their families, these cavalrymen often burst out with amazing fighting power. Now facing the attack of Han cavalry, in order to protect the elderly and children, how dare they leave their families and go to fight the Han cavalry to the death.

In a flash, the Hu court was broken into by the Han cavalry. The Xianbei men, women, old and weak fled in all directions. The horses collided in panic. The resisting Hu people were all killed. The four thousand cavalry rushed into the Hu court like a flood that broke through a dam.

Inside the tent, Kebi could hear sounds coming from all directions, his heart filled with anxiety that he had not felt for a long time.

Yu Zhugan rushed in from outside, holding a knife in his hand, and said in a panic: "Chanyu, this Han army is led by Huo Jun, and his troops are attacking from all directions. The royal court is unprepared, and the various tribes are in chaos. It is difficult to gather troops to fight."

"Huo Jun?"

Ke Bineng was stunned for a moment and said in disbelief: "Most of the Han army went out of Yanmen, how could Huo Jun suddenly appear here? Is he a god?"

Yu Zhugan didn't care about that and said, "Chanyu, Huo Jun is the Han prime minister, and his status is extremely noble. He led his troops to attack here, which means that there must be a large army behind him. Our army's royal court was suddenly attacked, and most of the troops have not yet assembled. It is difficult to hold on now. Chanyu is better to flee."

"Where?"

Ke Bineng asked subconsciously.

"Go to the north of Daqing Mountain and gather the various tribes in Shuoshan to compete with the Han army. If that fails, the Chanyu can still flee to Mobei." Yu Zhugan said.

Kebi Neng opened the tent curtain and listened to the shouts and cries of killing, feeling anxious. But he could not accept fleeing from the king's tent.

"Come here, stop the Han army and raise the Chanyu flag!"

"Chanyu!"

When Yu Zhugan saw that Ke Bineng was thinking of holding on and fighting, he couldn't help but shout out in surprise.

"Obey the order!"

Ke Bineng looked serious and scolded those around him.

"promise!"

The Han cavalry generals remembered Huo Jun's instructions and that it was their top priority to first deal with the Xianbei nobles in the royal court. However, some people were unfamiliar with the royal court and kept charging and killing in the royal court until Kebi was able to raise the Chanyu flag, which was then seen by everyone.

"Kebi Neng is there!"

Qian Zhao looked up and saw the Chanyu's flag. He urged his horse forward and shouted to the hundreds of riders on both sides to charge.

"kill!"

Dozens of cavalrymen served as the vanguard of Qianzhao's troops. They advanced along the loose wilderness between the tribes, roaring and galloping, killing several Xianbei knights along the way and dispersing dozens of old and weak Xianbei people to create panic.

If the Xianbei cavalry resisted, they would be in a difficult fight because they were wearing iron armor. Then Qian Zhao led a large group of cavalry to sweep over and kill the resisting Xianbei cavalry.

On the high slope north of the royal court, a group of mounted archers charged forward. These people were the Xiongui cavalry led by Ding Feng. They shot and killed hundreds of Hu people at close range, and terrified thousands of old and weak Xianbei people.

Of course, it’s not that there were no Hu cavalry who could compete with them in archery. It’s just that the Xianbei were good at archery but lacked armor, and in the case of a surprise attack, even fewer people would wear armor.

The Huqi cavalry dared to use their iron armor to resist injury and approached the Xianbei cavalry, but the Xianbei cavalry could not withstand the close-range attack of the Huqi cavalry. Now, under the attraction of Kebi Neng Chanyu's flag, Ding Feng, as a veteran of the battlefield, led the cavalry to press towards the royal court, posing a threat to the ya tent. While using arrows to attack the brave Hu cavalry, he created chaos and burned the felt tents and fodder.

The appearance of the Chanyu flag made the Han army clear about its battle objectives, and they continued to charge towards the central tent, which was beyond Kebi Neng's expectations.

Hearing the shouts of the approaching Han cavalry, Kebi Neng became angry and asked, "The Han cavalry is coming, where are our warriors?"

The noble ladies around didn't know what to say, and their Han concubine was so frightened that she kept crying.

Yu Zhugan pulled Kebineng's arm and said, "Chanyu, the royal court was attacked by the Han people. Because I have families to take care of, the troops are not willing to fight."

"Yes!"

The attendant noticed the change in the Han cavalry and said, "The troops of various divisions are not interested in fighting now, but the Chanyu has raised a large flag, which has attracted the Han cavalry here."

Kebi Neng's wrinkled face looked particularly gloomy. It was really ironic that his Chanyu flag did not attract his own warriors, but instead attracted the pursuit of Han cavalry.

"Chanyu, Huo Jun dares to lead an isolated army here, he must have a large army behind him. Our army should not get entangled here, but look for an opportunity to gather a large number of troops." Yu Zhugan persuaded again.

Looking at the Han flag visible to the naked eye, Ke Bineng sighed deeply and said, "Lead the troops to evacuate under the cover of night."

"promise!"

Ke Bineng pulled the attendant's horse and climbed up nimbly.

Seeing this, the Han concubine cried and threw herself on the warhorse, saying, "I can't bear to leave the Chanyu!"

Ke Bineng was already upset because of the defeat, and now seeing his concubine crying like this, he became even more upset. He drew out his jade-inlaid curved knife and said, "To save you from losing your virginity and being humiliated by the Han people, this is the only way!"

"No!"

"Single~"

"what!"

Before she could finish her words, the delicate Han concubine was stabbed in the throat by Ke Bineng. She fell to the ground and died unwillingly, holding the blood flowing from her throat.

"go!"

In order to escape, Ke Binengke did not care about so much and led the nobles and confidants who followed him to flee towards Daqing Mountain.

Just when Ke Bineng abandoned the royal court and fled, Huo Jun had already rushed into the royal court with the cavalry.

"Hold the flag and move forward, and fight with other troops until they reach Kebinengya's tent."

Huo Jun shouted loudly and rode forward, signaling Huo Quji, who inherited his father's business, to hold the flag and move forward, and not to get involved in the battle with the small group of Xianbei people.

Due to the intense and long running, the sweat of the warhorse under Huo Jun's crotch splashed along with its mane, and it kept breathing in hot air from its mouth and nose.

After running a few hundred steps, Huo Jun saw Ding Feng's flag.

Ding Feng led his cavalry to fight against hundreds of Xianbei cavalry, but the Xianbei cavalry, unaware that the Chanyu had fled, fought for Kebi Neng with all their heart and soul. This group of Xianbei was quite elite, including iron-armored and leather-armored riders, who fought against the Hun cavalry with their superb riding skills.

However, the archery of the Xianbei cavalry was beyond their expectations. They simply gave up long-range shooting with bows and arrows, charged in front of them, and used the powerful bows in their hands to shoot at the faces of the Xianbei cavalry.

After a wave of arrows came down, more than ten Xianbei cavalrymen were shot dead on the spot. The rest had a brief exchange of blows with the Xianbei cavalry and then scattered and ran away.

"Xiangguo!"

Upon seeing Huo Jun's flag, Ding Feng led his troops hurriedly back.

"go!"

Huo Jun pointed at the Chanyu flag not far away and signaled the cavalry to make destroying Kebinen's royal court their top priority.

After the two armies joined together, the cavalry were numerous, and because Kebi was able to escape, they were able to easily reach the empty tent.

"Prime Minister, Kebi can escape!"

Looking at the empty tent, Ding Feng felt depressed and kicked down the Chanyu flag.

"Kebineng, you old dog, can run so fast today!"

Seeing that Kebi Neng had escaped, Budugen became a little angry and cursed in Xianbei language.

Huo Jun was calm, he turned over from his horse and strode into Kebineng's tent. But although Kebineng had left, there was another gift waiting for Huo Jun.

"Distribution map of the Xianbei in Shuoshan!"

Ding Feng looked carefully at the contents on the map and said in surprise.

"Chengyuan, put the map away!"

"promise!"

(End of this chapter)