Great Han Empire

Chapter 299
Looking at the long hillside, Yan Rou frowned.

"The terrain of Boluo Valley is low, if the Xianbei people swarm down from the mountain, their speed and momentum will be astonishing." Yushi pointed to the horse-repelling array behind him, and asked worriedly: "Ziyu, can this thing hold up? "

"It's definitely not a problem to resist for a while." Hua Xiong laughed, "When we were in Fanting Mountain, we used tree barriers to block the Xianbei people for four days, let alone resisted horses."

"The power of rejecting horses is far greater than tree barriers, let alone rejecting horses." Gao Lan praised, "We are all familiar with rejecting horses, but we never thought that rejecting horses can be used in this way. This is a brilliant idea. .”

"If Boluogu's blockade is successful, the soldier who came up with this idea should make the first contribution." Xian Yuyin looked at everyone and said with a smile, "If the Horse Rejection Formation is amazingly powerful, we can use it to drive the barbarians out of Helan Mountain."

"Bo Jun, what joke are you talking about?" Yan Rou shook her head, pointing at the horse-repelling formation, "We cut down the trees on two hilltops, and only set up a five-hundred-foot-long and three-hundred-foot wide horse-defusing formation , if tens of thousands of people or even 10,000+ people confront the prairie, how big a horse-repelling formation do you think you want to put up? Where did you go to cut so many trees? How many horse-drawn carts do you need to transport so many trees?"

"It's easy to set someone on fire." Hua Xiong shrugged his thick eyebrows, and laughed, "I think this horse-repelling formation is only useful when blocking, and it needs to be able to use local materials. It's best to be like this." It is used in mountainous areas. If we fight in the plains or deserts, we have neither the conditions nor the necessity. We have to rely on the large square formation and the tacit cooperation of the soldiers. Since ancient times, there has been no precedent for using weapons to defeat the barbarian cavalry."

"Bo Jun wants to be lazy." Yushi teased, "Bo Jun, are you tired from the war?"

Xian Yuyin smiled and said, "I just want to drive out the barbarians as soon as possible. I'm really suffocating to fight such useless battles all day long."

"I think you have won too many battles, and your spirit is too high." Yan Rou said bluntly, "Recently we have been retreating. Although we lose again and again, it is all to wait for an opportunity to wipe out the enemy."

Yan Rou looked at the crowd and continued: "It's normal for soldiers to have opinions and emotions, but you can't have them. My lord has said again and again that as long as they hurt the Xianbei people, they will become angry and make mistakes. We can find a chance to beat them."

"But our casualties are too great." Zhang He said dissatisfiedly, "We can withdraw a little faster."

"That's right, Ziyu, why did you fight the blocking battle at Fanting Mountain alone, while we stayed behind?" Hua Xiong also complained, "If we take turns going up, your six thousand brothers won't be wiped out. "

"My lord has your own ideas, and we as subordinates can only obey." Yan Rou sighed and said painfully, "The purpose of your lord is nothing more than to let you recharge your energy so that you can use fewer enemies and more enemies here to block the Xianbei people." The follow-up army will buy enough time to wipe out the enemy on the Qingshi'an battlefield."

"Brother Yicong and Your Excellency came out of Lulongsai together. You have a very special relationship. Why didn't you persuade Your Excellency?" Gao Lan asked the silent Yushi with a glance.

Yushi smiled lightly and shook his head, "Your Excellency is the commander of an army, and he is concerned about the safety of the Han Kingdom. If he asked me to guard Fanting Mountain until I die in battle, I wouldn't ask why?"

"We are the citizens of the Han Kingdom, and our brothers are also the citizens of the Han Kingdom. As long as you die for the Han Kingdom, no matter how you die, you are all heroes."

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The sound of horseshoes came from a distance like a violent storm.

"Our scout." Yan Rou looked up at the sky and said, "The battle on Qingshi'an should have started."

"Law Ri's deduction is here." Yushi smiled, "Brothers, as long as we don't die today, we can't take a step back."

"The battle is on, the battle is on..." Hua Xiong roared excitedly, "Everyone returns to the formation, everyone returns to the formation."

The crowd cheered and rode away one after another.

Yan Rou suddenly looked back, opened her eyes angrily, raised her arms and shouted wildly:
"Beating the drum..."

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Lüri was very surprised when he heard that there was a Han army at the entrance of Boluo Valley.

"how many people?"

"There are about 2 people." Mang Zhengji replied, "It should be all the infantry of the Han army."

"Where's the leopard? Where's the Han cavalry?"

"Not found. The scouts we sent earlier were probably killed by them, so we don't know the situation in the valley."

Law Ri deduces silently.

"Is there any news about the king?" Tuoba Han asked.He is one of the four great commanders of the Tuoba tribe. This time, under the order of Tuoba Feng, he and the young commander Bu Chuihong led 1 horses and marched in parallel with the army deduced by Luri.

"The last time we heard about him was in the morning, when he had already passed through Boluogu." Mang Zhengji looked at Luri's deduction and shook his head, "Your Majesty told us that there is no Han army in Boluogu, and asked us to follow up immediately. in, but now..."

Lv Ri Deyan and Tuoba Han glanced at each other, secretly feeling something was wrong.

"Immediately send someone to tell your lord that Boluogu found the Han army." Tuobahan turned his head and shouted to the messenger, "I want your lord to come here immediately, quick, quick!"

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The Xianbei cavalry army stopped on the hillside outside the valley entrance, waiting for the order to attack.

Lv Ri Deyan and Tuoba Han rushed to the top of the slope, and looked into the valley.

"The Han people set up a lot of rejecting horses at the entrance of the valley, which seems to be a blocking formation." Bu Chuihong pointed to the rejecting horse formations down the slope with the whip in his hand, and introduced, "The Han people connected the rejecting horses with straw ropes to form one by one. Small phalanx, it is impossible for us to move these rejecting horses away, so we can only rush over by force. But after we rushed in, the horses lost their speed because of the blocking of the rejecting horses."

"We can only fight hand-to-hand with the Han soldiers inside Juma." Mang Zhengji said, "After we charged in, the advantage of the cavalry was gone, so we had to fight bloody ahead, and the losses would be huge. The Han people are too cunning."

Law Ri deduced for a long time, and slowly said: "Leopard's army suffered a lot in Fanting Mountain. Now even if all his follow-up troops arrive, there are only 6 people. Now he has deployed more than 2 people here to stop us. What did the 4 people under it do?"

"The leopard must have taken the cavalry to ambush the king and Mu Gaiting." Tuobahan said, "the king has not sent any news so far. There is only one possibility, and that is that the leopards have already surrounded us. The Han infantry is here to stop us. It’s to buy time for the leopards.”

"Leopard only has 3 cavalry. If he wants to ambush the king's 3 horses, it may be very difficult. Moreover, if his soldiers suffer heavy casualties, will Chang'an City still be able to defend?" Lüri said doubtfully, "Even if he We have wiped out the king's [-] people, and we still have [-] troops coming in behind. Doesn't he want to fight the next battle? Leopard wouldn't be so naive as to think that if Helian is dead, we will withdraw our troops and return to the desert, right?"

Tuobahan smiled and said, "Maybe Leopard thinks so. He concentrates his main force and strives to win the first battle. Han people have always been self-righteous."

Lu Ri deduced and stroked his beard, looking at the Han army in the valley with banners and flags unfurling, waiting in full force, hesitating.Suddenly, he frowned, as if he understood the leopard's intention.

"No, Leopard is not Han, he is from Xianbei." Lüri Deduced glanced at Tuobahan, and said seriously, "If he can't beat us, he will definitely run away. Think about the battles he fought, how many times he was killed Fortunately, he will not be so stupid as to use 4 people to beat Helian's 3 people, he must have another trick."

Tuoba Han was taken aback for a moment, and looked at him in amazement, with a confused expression.He hesitated for a moment, pointed at the Han army downhill in puzzlement and asked, "Then what's going on with these people?"

"They are infantry, with only two legs." Li Ri deduced with a smile, "How could they run over the four legs of a war horse?"

Tuoba Han couldn't help but laugh and said, "Marshal, stop joking. Are we going to attack or not?"

"Haha..." Lv Ri deduced with a big laugh: "If it were you, would you give away the lives of [-] soldiers in vain?"

Tuoba Han suddenly came to his senses, "Commander, you mean the leopard is in the valley?"

"Yes." Lu Ri deduced with a smile, "You are not stupid. It is still possible for 6 people to beat us with 3 people, but it is absolutely impossible for 4 people to beat 3 people. You think Leopard is really an idiot. "

"The leopard first deliberately let Helian's [-] troops go, and then set up an infantry formation in Boluo Valley to stop us. It has only one purpose, and that is to make us mistakenly think that he is going to ambush the king. If we fall into the leopard's trap He thought that he was now fighting the king in full swing, and thought that their strength was almost the same, and it would be difficult to tell the winner in a short time, so he rushed to support. In the valley, he was completely wiped out by him without any defense."

Lü Ri Deyan pointed to the top of his head and said, "Look at the sky, it's almost dusk. Tuoba Feng won't march at night for safety's sake. If he comes here, he won't be until tomorrow morning at least. Where's the king? He probably arrived early." It’s Linjing City. Under such circumstances, it’s strange that we don’t get eaten by his 6 people.”

"After the leopard ate us, Tuoba Feng didn't have any news from the king, and saw that our army was wiped out, so he definitely didn't dare to take the risk. What about the leopard? Instead, he can rush to Linjing City to attack the king without hesitation."

Tuoba Han nodded in admiration, "The commander-in-chief is right. We don't have any news about the king now. It's not that the king is besieged, but the people who sent the news were all intercepted and killed by the leopards. Commander, how should we deal with it?"

"Hmph..." Lu Ri deduced with a sneer, "The leopard is plotting against me, how can I let him go."

"Send someone to inform Tuoba Feng again, and let him come to help quickly."

"Immediately send someone to go around Boluo Valley, catch up with the king, and tell him that the leopard is in Boluo Valley." Lv Ri deduced and said to Tuoba Han, "The king hates the leopard to the bone, and as long as he gets news of him, the king will go to sleep overnight." Lead your troops to fight back and block the leopard's retreat."

"9 people besieged and annihilated 6 people, happy." Tuobahan said excitedly, "Marshal, should we attack Boluogu now?"

"Of course we have to fight. If the leopard realizes that its plot has been exposed, it will run away immediately." Lv Ri deduced and said, pointing to the surrounding mountains, "We are not familiar with the terrain here. Once we let him escape, if we want to catch him Difficult.".

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Inside the valley, the sound of war drums is like thunder, shaking the earth and mountains; outside the valley, the sound of ox horns is loud and clear, shocking the mountains and fields.

Xiaoshuai Xiaoao led two thousand Xianbei cavalry roaring down the hillside.

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The sky full of long arrows roared fiercely and came across the sky, which was soul-stirring.

"Shhh... ding ding... dong dong..."

The long arrows shot into the horse-repelling formation, and nailed all the obstacles like rain, and all kinds of sounds were intertwined, which made people shudder.

The soldiers of the Han army hid in the horse rejection formation, held their shields high, and let the Xianbei cavalry shoot wildly.

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"Ah... I got hit by an arrow, I got hit by an arrow..." A Han soldier's shield was suddenly pierced by a sharp long arrow. The long arrow pierced his arm and then penetrated into his leather armor.

The soldier howled and fell on his back.Immediately, more long arrows shot fiercely.

Lei Zhong jumped up, holding the shield in one hand, grabbing his comrade's leather armor with the other, and ran quickly behind the shield formation.

"Shhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh.

Lei Zhong felt his hands sink and couldn't move anymore.He roared and pulled hard, but it still didn't move.Lei Chong suddenly turned his head, and saw that his comrades had been shot by several arrows, and they were already dead.

Lei Chong was about to burst into tears, raised his shield and cried out, "Kill Hu...Kill Hu..."

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The Xianbei people howled all the way, and rushed into the horse rejection formation aggressively.In order to avoid the blocking of the rejecting horses, they had no choice but to slow down, dodge, slow down again, and dodge again. Before they had advanced thirty steps, the horses could hardly find their way in the formation.

The Han soldiers couldn't hold back and rushed out.They picked and killed the cavalry with spears and spears, chopped off the horse's legs with battle knives and axes, and a few soldiers dealt with a Xianbei man, killing blood and blood.

There were more and more Xianbei cavalry, and the Han soldiers gradually couldn't resist and retreated to the depths of the horse rejection formation.The Xianbei cavalry in front were fighting bravely, but the Xianbei soldiers behind them were very busy moving and dismantling the horses.

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A thousand knives and axes stood still in the center of the horse rejection formation.In order to avoid the riding and shooting of the Xianbei people, they gathered outside the range of the long arrows of the Xianbei people.

Zhang He raised the shield in his hand, pointed his right saber at the sky, turned his head and roared, "Brothers, kill..."

Xiaolan fought with sword and shield, and shouted loudly: "Brothers, take revenge..."

"kill……"

The Han soldiers let out a terrifying roar, and they followed the two superiors, along the winding path in the formation, roaring like a tide, and rushed towards the Xianbei people at high speed.

The killing sound is shocking.

The Xianbei people were caught off guard and were instantly overwhelmed by the angry flow of people.

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The corpses of Xianbei people and war horses were filled within a hundred steps of the horse rejection formation, and bloody severed limbs and arms could be seen everywhere.

The soldiers of the Han army who had won a great victory ran in the formation, shouting and running, and many of them chopped off the heads of Xianbei people with knives and axes and hung them on the top of Juma.

The blood stained the refusal formation.

Lv Ri Deyan raised his arms and shouted furiously: "Kill, kill, kill me..."

Bu Chuihong roared, and raised his sword on his horse, "Brothers, kill..."

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Helian leaned against the tree trunk panting, in great pain.

Leopard's thunderous blow shattered his dream of making great achievements.First, Leopard snatched his woman and his property, then Leopard and Murong Feng joined forces inside and outside, and forced him to give up part of the royal power. Completely cornered.

Originally, he wanted to take advantage of the contradictions of all parties in the Xianbei Kingdom to jointly send troops to invade the Han Dynasty, so as to rebuild the powerful Danhanshan royal court and once again dominate the prairie. After a bloody storm, he disappeared without a trace.

The commander of the guards, Xiao Shuai Nan Beiyun knelt down on the ground with a pale complexion, and whispered: "My lord, let's go quickly, the Han army will soon be chasing us."

He Lian smiled miserably, looked at the few dozen attendants around, and said weakly, "Let's go? Where are we going?"

"Your Majesty, let's go to Boluo Valley. Lüri deduces that the Marshal's troops must be there."

He Lian shook his head and bowed his head in silence.

"My lord, if you don't come to Luri's deduction commander's army, we will bypass Boluogu and go directly to meet Lord Tuobafeng."

He Lian looked at Nan Beiyun and smiled wryly. The laughter was worse than crying. He reached out and patted Nan Beiyun's shoulder, and sighed sadly: "You don't understand, you don't understand..."

Nan Beiyun looked at Helian very puzzled, and asked strangely: "Your Majesty, Mr. Tuoba Feng has been favored and trusted by His Majesty these past few years. He..."

He Lian shook his hand at him, signaling him not to speak.

He Lian slowly raised his head, looked at the big tree covering the sky, and slowly closed his eyes.As soon as he closed his eyes, the tragic fight on the Qingshi Bank immediately rushed into his mind.

Thirty thousand soldiers were surrounded by the cavalry and infantry regiments of the Han army near the narrow Jingshui River, with nowhere to escape.The long arrows of the Han army were raging, the swords of the Han army were flying, and the spears of the Han army were howling. The Xianbei soldiers were cut down to the ground by countless weapons like piles of leeks, and there was no chance of fighting back.Hundreds of soldiers with their horses fell into the Jingshui River, and the blood-red river was covered with corpses of Xianbei people.More soldiers fled into Qingshi Mountain, but the crazy Han people kept chasing them until they were hacked to death.The corpses of the Xianbei people were piled up on the bluestone bank, higher than the hill; the blood stained the bluestone bank redder than the setting sun.

The horrific cries of the Xianbei people suddenly exploded in Helian's head, Helian yelled in fear, and opened his eyes in amazement.

"Where is the polu? Why hasn't the polu come? The polu..."

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty..." Nan Beiyun hugged He Lian, who was insane, and shouted loudly: "Your Majesty, wake up, wake up, the handsome Polu is dead, and he won't come again."

Helian was panting violently, the muscles on his face were twitching nervously, and his eyes looked extremely flustered.

"My lord, we will go wherever you say, even back to Khan Mountain." Nan Beiyun cried out in pain with tears in his eyes, "If there is no horse, I will carry you back."

"Go to Fanting Mountain." He Lian whispered with trembling lips, "Let's go to Fanting Mountain to find Xu Gui."

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(End of this chapter)