Great Han Empire

Chapter 537 Immediately Shooting the Gun
A dazzling flash of lightning suddenly shot up in the sky, instantly lighting up the entire night.

Ding Lingren was stunned. From the depths of the darkness, from the storm, a Xianbei iron cavalry rushed over with overwhelming momentum.They came to help the Xianbei people fight, but who knew that they had just arrived on the battlefield, but they immediately became the target of the Xianbei people's attack.Ding Ling couldn't believe it, their eyes widened and they panicked.

The lightning was fleeting, and the battlefield was once again plunged into boundless darkness. Dingling people suddenly woke up, fear and anger made them howl like wild wolves in the desert, "Kill, kill them..."

"Murong Feng, you lunatic, the wolf on the desert, Dingling will not let you go." Aguro gritted his teeth and roared to the sky, "Blow the horn, the army retreats to the northeast quickly, retreats quickly..."

The dark night and heavy rain helped the Xianbei people, and they rushed into the Dingling army in a very short period of time, and the sound of killing was everywhere.

"Huho...huho..."

"Kill Aguro, kill Aguro..." Mijia shouted wildly, "Avenge King Tanshihuai...Avenge the dead Xianbei brothers...Kill..."

Accompanied by Mi Jia, [-] iron cavalry from the Eastern Xianbei and [-] cavalry from the western Xianbei Marshal Chongsu rushed to the rescue. They did not know that the battle was about to end. Under the command of Mi Jia, they went straight to the north of the battlefield. The Han army didn't realize it was Dingling until they got close.No one knew why the Dingling people appeared on the battlefield, but the Dingling people and the Xianbei people had a deep hatred. Since they were ordered to attack, the soldiers of course fought hard with the same hatred.

14 years ago, Tan Shihuai led his troops to attack Dingling and failed. When the army was retreating, it was ambushed by Aguro in Xuepu Mountain near Beihai.The Xianbei people suffered heavy casualties, Tan Shihuai was seriously injured, and the army was in danger.At this time, Murong Feng and Tie Gen, who were in charge of the rear end, led the Black Eagle Cavalry into the siege, severely attacked Aguro and Ding Ling's army, and rescued Tan Shihuai.After the First World War in Xuepu Mountain, the Xianbei suffered a lot, and Tan Shihuai also left half of the arrow cluster in his stomach, and this half of the arrow cluster directly led to the end of Tan Shihuai's legendary life at the age of 45. .Another serious consequence of the Battle of Xuepu Mountain was that the Han Kingdom took the opportunity to go northward for an expedition. The emperor of the Han Kingdom sent Tian Yan, Xia Yu, and Zang Min to lead [-] riders northward to attack Xianbei.Although Tan Shihuai defeated the Han army in Sunset Plains, he suffered a great loss.

The Xianbei people did not conquer the Dingling people, and the last battle with the Dingling people also ended in a disastrous defeat. Although Tan Shihuai took the initiative to form an alliance with the Dingling people, this shame and hatred have always been buried in the hearts of every Xianbei person.Today, there is a chance to avenge and kill Aguro. The Xianbei people are very excited. They risk their lives and fight fiercely, forgetting about the Han people.Dingling was caught off guard, and under the fierce attack of Xianbei iron cavalry, they were defeated and fled in embarrassment.

"Blow the horn, pursue, pursue, kill Aguro, wipe out Dingling..." Mijia waved his spear and roared loudly, "Kill up..."

The Xianbei people gave up their lives to chase after the thunder.

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The sudden battle that broke out in the distance left the soldiers of the Han army and the Xianbei people who were fighting fiercely in the dark night and storm at a loss, and everyone was shocked.

The Ding Ling people came to help in time. Although they did not enter the battlefield, they greatly boosted the morale of the Xianbei people.The Xianbei people knew that as long as they persevered, it would be the iron cavalry of the Han army who fell on this battlefield in the end.If the Han army wants to retreat at this time, it must be a dead end. The cavalry of the Xianbei and Ding Lingren will cover up and kill them. How many Han troops can safely escape back to the south of the desert?If the Han army continues to kill, it will also be a dead end.Now Murong Feng firmly disagrees with the withdrawal of the army from the battlefield. He obviously intends to wipe out the Han army. However, if he wants to wipe out the Han army, the Xianbei people's current strength is not enough. advent.

Lie Kuangfeng was very anxious.Now that the Dingling people are suddenly attacked, did the Han reinforcements arrive first?If the reinforcements from the Han arrived first, the entire army trapped on the battlefield would probably be wiped out.He sent someone again to plead with Murong Feng to order the withdrawal of troops immediately.

Li Hong couldn't be sure whether it was Xu Rong who attacked Ding Lingren, and he didn't have time to think about it. He only knew that now was the only chance for the army to retreat.The Dingling people were attacked, and the iron cavalry was entangled. Who else would dare to chase after the army?
Li Hong wiped the rainwater off his face, and shouted loudly: "Withdraw, withdraw from the battlefield, move closer to the Sunset Spring, quickly..."

The retreating horn finally sounded in the dark night, and the horn sounded through the storm and echoed on the bloody battlefield.The generals and soldiers of the Han army moved after hearing the trumpet, and all the ministries covered each other and retreated slowly.

The Xianbei people cheered in unison, and they quickly started to retreat without waiting for the retreat horn to sound.The Xianbei's retreat horn sounded immediately.

On the battlefield a few miles away, fierce battles were in full swing, and the sound of fighting accompanied by rumbling thunder resounded through the night.

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The Han army withdrew to Sunset Spring.

The scout Pegasus reported back that the Xianbei people were retreating northward rapidly.Li Hong asked in surprise: "The battle over there is over? Is it the surprise attack launched by Mr. Xu?"

"My lord, it's not Master Xu, it's from Xianbei."

Li Hong let out a long breath, and then asked suspiciously: "Xianbei people? Is it Mi Jia and Xiong Ba?"

The scout said that it was dark and raining heavily, so he couldn't see clearly, and he didn't dare to get too close, so he didn't know, "The battle is still going on, the Dingling people are fleeing in front, and the Xianbei people are chasing behind, very fast."

Li Hong ordered to investigate again.

"Huzi, there are still many seriously injured brothers on the battlefield that we haven't brought out. You go to them immediately and take them all out quickly..." Huzi promised, leading more than 2000 people into the night.

Li Hong then ordered Zhao Yun, Sheyingtong, Lu Huanyang, and Baili Yang to lead five thousand cavalry to detour through Langjuxu overnight and rush to the Duluo River camp. .Li Hong told Zhao Yun that after arriving at the Duluo River, he immediately wrote to Xian Yufu and Zhang Yan to tell the truth about the battle at Luoriyuan, and at the same time ordered Zhang Yan to go north as quickly as possible to meet the army's retreat south.

Li Hong also ordered Qu Yi, who was slightly injured, to take Yan Rou, Yan Liang, Liu Ming, Lou Lu, Yan Wuwei, Zhang Zhen, Yang Ming, Duan Xuan and other generals who could not afford serious injuries, and Li Su, She Hu, Sun Feng and other generals The [-] cavalry, all wounded soldiers, and thousands of captives retreated towards Langjuxu Mountain overnight in the heavy rain.Qu Yi said, Your Excellency General is also injured, it is better for your Excellency General to lead his troops to retreat first, and I will cut off the rear.Li Hong said, I am familiar with the Xianbei people, and I am even more familiar with the Marshal, so let me stay.

Li Hong personally brought seven thousand cavalry from Fengyun Cavalry, Black Leopard Yicongying, Xian Yuyin, Jiang Wu and other tribes, while Liu Bao's two thousand Xiongnu soldiers stayed behind at Sunset Spring.

Yu Peng and Yin Si knelt down to plead guilty.Ding Lingren suddenly appeared from the north of the setting sun, but the scouts of the Han army did not notice it, which almost wiped out the entire Han army.Li Hong hastily pulled the two of them up from the muddy water, "Bohan, Zhongzhi, the scout battalion was running low when the leader was besieged. The serious shortage of scouts and my lack of defense against the north of the battlefield are all my fault. Wrong, none of your business."

Yu Peng and Yin Si looked ashamed and bowed their heads in silence.

"With 2000 people, it is not easy for you to search for wounded soldiers, guard prisoners, and control the overall situation. This time we were able to draw with the general, and you have contributed a lot." Li Hong patted the two on the shoulders, He comforted, "Some things are fate, and they are beyond our control. You guys hurry up."

"My lord, let's stay here for the time being." Yu Peng said, "There are still our wounded soldiers on the battlefield five miles away. Lord Wei is leading people to search for them now. When Lord Wei returns, Zhongzhi and I will take these Withdraw the wounded."

Li Hong nodded.Yin Si asked in a low voice: "My lord, although the Xianbei people were beaten badly by us in this battle, they still have the power to fight. The Dingling people came, and Mijia's reinforcements arrived in time, but why did they survive in this kind of life and death?" When they gave up attacking us, they went to attack Ding Lingren instead? Why? Could it be that Murong Feng is crazy?"

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Li Hong was silent for a long time, then suddenly said: "The rain is light."

"This rain is good. Without this heavy rain, our entire army might be wiped out." Yu Peng wiped the rain from his face and said in a hoarse voice, "My lord said before leaving that as long as we can seriously injure Xianbei The main force is to buy time for the northern migration of the Hu people and the stability of Hanbei County, and to buy time for the settlement of the northern Xinjiang and the resettlement of the victims, even if the entire army is wiped out. Judging from today's battle situation, if our entire army is wiped out, Xianbei There are not many people left, that is to say, all the goals of our expedition to the north have been achieved, but the Xianbei people are gone, and the desert will become the territory of our Han Dynasty from now on. Murongfeng is obviously unwilling to lose the whole country in order to win this battle. Damo lost the entire Xianbei clan, so he couldn't wait to retreat, to preserve Xianbei's strength, and strive to make a comeback in the future."

"With Mijia's reinforcements and the help of Ding Lingren, Murong Feng can defeat us at any time, and then he will calmly withdraw from the battlefield." Yin Si asked, "Why did he suddenly attack Ding Lingren? What benefits does it have for him to preserve his strength and make a comeback?" ?Murong Feng's strength is greatly weakened now, if he wants to dominate the desert, he should form an alliance with the Dingling people so as to get the help and support of the Dingling people."

Yu Peng laughed, "Zhongzhi, if you say this in front of the teacher, the teacher will be angry. Tan Shihuai has repeatedly attacked Ding Ling, why? Apart from expanding his territory, he mainly wants to prevent Ding Ling from going south Compete with your own people for grassland. The Dingling people live in the cold place of the desert and live in poverty. Their purpose of going south is the same as the purpose of the Xianbei people attacking my big man. After the Xianbei people lose both of us and lose their strength, the Dingling people will What are you doing? Of course, I took the opportunity to go south to attack the Xianbei people. Whether it’s revenge, going south to snatch the pastures, or ruling the desert, Ding Lingren will not let go of such a good opportunity.”

"So, Ding Lingren was tricked by Murong Feng." Yin Si suddenly said, "No matter what the outcome of today's battle, and regardless of whether Ding Lingren participated in the battle or not, they will all be killed by Murong Feng in the end. Thoroughly eradicate hidden dangers to stabilize your rear. Dingling people are here to die."

"The situation in Xianbei this year is very bad. If the Dingling people help the Xianbei people win this battle, the Dingling people will definitely benefit a lot, so the Xianbei people don't worry that they won't be fooled." Li Hong shook his head and said, "The Xianbei people killed The Dingling people are not only to avoid the troubles that the Dingling people will bring them in the future, but more importantly, for the present. If the Xianbei people lose now, they can take the opportunity to defeat the Dingling people's cavalry and sweep the Dingling tribes in the Hongshui River and Beihai area , looting the livestock and property of the Dingling people, so that the Xianbei people can successfully support the Beihai area until next spring."

Yu Peng and Yin Si nodded repeatedly, "My lord is right."

"Although the commander-in-chief deliberately gave up the livestock in Flying Star Valley to lure us to divide our troops to attack, he has no way of knowing whether he will win or lose this battle, so he wants to leave a way for his army, and this way is the livestock of the Dingling tribe in Beihai. "Li Hong said, "Now it seems that the commander-in-chief has succeeded, and he will go to Beihai soon. The only thing that the commander-in-chief miscalculated was the sudden northward withdrawal of the leader. Cut off, forcing him to rush to a decisive battle with me. After this battle, although he lost a lot, our loss is not small, and there will be more battles in the desert in the future."

Thinking of how powerful Murong Feng is, the three couldn't help but look at each other, full of worries.

At midnight, the heavy rain gradually stopped.

Huzi came back, and Xu Rong, Kuangfengsha, Gan Xiang and more than 2000 cavalry came with him.Li Hong and all the generals were overjoyed, and stepped forward to greet them one after another.

"Zi Lie, are you seriously injured?" Li Hong looked at the bleeding wound on Xu Rong's shoulder and asked with concern, "Where are the others? Are you still in Duluo River?"

Xu Rong's face darkened, "We are dead. Chen Ming, Ji Wei, Xinhu, and more than 2000 soldiers were all killed." Xu Rong then briefly explained the situation, "After it rained, Xiong Ba immediately brought people Withdrew, I followed all the way. How is the situation here?"

Li Hong smiled bitterly: "Although we have severely injured the Xianbei people, the trouble is even greater."

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In the northeast direction of the setting sun, there is Mount Paektu.

Dingling was surrounded by groups on this hill sixty miles away from Sunset Spring.

Last night, all the soldiers who escaped from the sunset spring battlefield returned to the army one after another, including Xie Guini and Bu Dugeng.After the leader was killed, the two jumped into the lake and hid under the floating corpse under the cover of their personal guards. They escaped in the dark until it was dark and raining.Mijia is the uncle of the two, and they fled directly to Mijia's army.

Chongsu, the commander of Xianbei in the west, asked Murongfeng to let Luo Luoying go back. He patted his chest and said, I promise that Luo Luoying will not cause trouble and will not cause trouble to adults.Now that Luozhi Yan Luoluo had died in battle, Luo Luoying would automatically inherit as Lord Xianbei in the west. Murongfeng had no reason or qualification to detain a tribe leader.Without saying a word, Luo Luoying returned to Xianbei's camp in the west with his remaining 2000 horsemen.

Xiong Ba is also back.He was seriously injured, [-]% of the five thousand cavalry were lost, and he was in a terrible state.

After the First World War in Sunset, there were more than 1 Xianbei Lord Murongfeng left in the central area, more than 7000 left in the western Xianbei, and Mijia's army in the eastern Xianbei had the smallest loss, with more than 9000 cavalry.This is all the strength of the Xianbei people at present.

In the early morning, Murong Feng convened the leaders of various ministries to discuss matters. He directly explained the intention of killing Aguro and Dingling cavalry.After killing Aguro and the elite cavalry of the Tianhai tribe, the Dingling tribes in the Hongshuihe and Beihai areas will have little strength. The army can sweep across Mobei and rob the Tianhai tribe's people, livestock and all other properties. In this way, we Not only can they survive the winter safely, but also completely eradicate the future troubles of the Xianbei people.

Murong Feng said, let's persevere, this year we will spend the winter in Beihai, and next year we will wait for an opportunity to counterattack.The leopard was scarred by us this time, more than half of his cavalry was damaged, and his strength was greatly reduced. The court of the Han Kingdom will not let go of such a good opportunity, and will definitely take the opportunity to weaken his power.I have told you many times about the situation in the northern border of the Great Han Kingdom. As long as the leopard and his cavalry cannot pose a threat to the imperial court, the northern border will be in chaos.We wait patiently for a while, the desert will still be our world sooner or later.

At this time, Luo Luoying spoke, "The king has already died in the Sunset Spring, Xianbei cannot be left alone for a day, and all the Xianbei tribes in our west are willing to support Xie Guini as the new king."

Murong Feng's expression turned cold, and a murderous look appeared on his pale face.

Mijia hesitated for a moment, he looked at Murong Feng, and said slowly: "The emperor of the Han Kingdom supported Qianman as king, and he is going around in the desert to appease all the tribes in the name of Qianman. If we don't elect a new king immediately, I'm afraid the various ministries in the desert will..."

Murong Feng snorted coldly, his murderous eyes swept across the leaders of the various tribes in the tent one by one.Everyone was chilled and lowered their heads not daring to look at each other.Gritting his teeth, Xie Guini suddenly raised his head and said, "I am the descendant of Tan Shihuai..."

Murong Feng stared at him fiercely, his eyes were as chilling as a sharp sword.Xie Guini was so shocked that he didn't dare to say the following words again.

"After the first battle in Luoriyuan, the thousands of miles of land conquered by King Tanshihuai has been wiped out." Murong Feng said word by word, "If you want to be the king of Xianbei, then you must bring back the land of thousands of miles."

There was silence in the big tent.

"You want to be king?" Luo Luoying stood up abruptly, drew out his sword and yelled loudly, "Then ask me if I agree with this sword?"

Que Kun and Kebi Xiong jumped up, drew their swords and stood beside Murong Feng.

"How did the king die? How did my father die?" Luo Luoying pointed at Murong Feng with a sharp knife, and she was about to burst into tears, "You killed it, you killed it. Sunset Spring is only five miles away from the battlefield , The [-] army can't be killed for a long time, do you think we are all fools? Are we all idiots? You Murong Feng wants to be the king of Xianbei, go ahead and dream."

Luo Luoying cursed loudly.Murong Feng waved his hand, and the guards waiting outside the big tent rushed in, dragged Luo Luoying out and beat her fiercely, the screams were endless.Luo Luoying's personal guards were about to rush up to save her, but they were immediately surrounded by Que Kun's men.

Chongsu knelt down and begged bitterly.

"Return to camp and attack immediately."

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At noon, Sunset Spring.

Li Hong was awakened by Pound in his sleep.

"My lord, just now the scouts arrested a Xianbei man named Que Kun. He said you were his uncle Leopard. He wanted to see you and said there was something urgent."

Li Hong was stunned for a moment, then suddenly turned over and got up, and asked anxiously, "Where is the person? Where is the person?"

"Outside the tent."

Li Hongfei ran out normally.Que Kun was drenched in blood, and there was a line of blood cut by a sharp arrow on his bloody head.

"Uncle Leopard, we are surrounded by Dingling people, and the general has been shot by arrows, so it's too late..."

Li Hongru was struck by lightning, trembling all over, and roared angrily: "Where are people? Where are your people?"

"Betrayed, they all betrayed the commander, Mi Jia, Xie Guini, Luo Luoying, Chongsu, they all betrayed the commander..."

Betrayal, betrayal again.

"My lord, don't hesitate, send troops immediately..." Xu Rong stood behind Li Hong and said resolutely, "Save Murong Feng, the desert is ours."

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(End of this chapter)