Three Kingdoms

Before the invention of long-range rapid-fire weapons, cavalry had always been the king on the plains. However, this does not mean that more than two hundred cavalry can attack the assembled battle formations without restraint. Besides, the previous Han army had at least a thousand men. , rushing into the attack is not a smart choice. Since there is a chance to win with smaller losses, why should you risk the lives of your men in vain?

After all, the torch was not a permanent light. After burning for a while, it slowly became smaller and extinguished. Both sides of the stalemate in the wild fell into the darkness of night. Captain Qian of Xianbei secretly sent people forward several times, but the people he sent either screamed or didn't even scream, as if they had been swallowed by the devil in the night, which made him finally Not daring to move rashly, he could only keep an eye on the figures in the darkness, waiting for the reinforcements from Dadanghu.

But the result of waiting almost made Xianbei Qianqi Chang lose his head.

In autumn, as the Little Ice Age gradually approaches, the morning fog seems to become thicker. Although the sky is getting brighter, the line of sight is still not clear. When Dadanghu arrived with his army, Xianbei Qian The cavalry commander breathed a sigh of relief.

Naturally, Dangdanghu had more manpower, so he immediately mobilized several hundred-man teams to outflank and investigate. However, it didn't take long for the people who went to investigate came back dragging an object...

After asking a few simple questions, Danghu couldn't suppress his furious anger. He turned around and slapped Qianqianchang on the face with a riding crop. The whip immediately split Qianqianchang's skin and caused blood to flow everywhere: "Idiot! This is it. You idiot, you have been guarding this thing all night! It blinded you!"

Xianbei Qianqi Commander saw the human-shaped straw pole on the ground. He quickly knelt down and knelt down to beg for mercy, regardless of the severe pain on his face and the blood flowing down his face.

Da Danghu closed his eyes and suppressed the throbbing blood vessels in his head and forehead, which seemed to be about to explode. After taking several deep breaths, he managed to calm down the burning anger in his heart and opened his mouth. With one eye, he kicked down the Qianqi commander who was kneeling next to him, and said with a ferocious face: "Go and take your people with you and chase them! If you can't find any trace of the Han dog, you will never come back again." …”

Yes, no matter what, although the Han people have fled now, the traces of those horses will not disappear for a while, whether it is horse hoof prints, the weeds on the roadside that the horses subconsciously gnawed, or one or two piles of horse dung. , to people on the grassland, it looks like a shining mark, guiding the direction of the horses.

And in that direction, there must be a Han army...

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In the middle of the night yesterday, while cleaning up the scouts quietly sent by the Xianbei people, Huang Chenggong was already arranging for the gradual retreat of the people. He only brought 500 people with him. As long as he left the cover of the night or took the initiative to attack, then even if There are only one or two hundred riders on the opposite side, but there will definitely be flaws.

Moreover, once we get into a fight, although there are currently one or two hundred cavalry on the opposite side, they are not far from the Xianbei camp. What if reinforcements from Xianbei come later?

Therefore, after a period of confrontation, when the fog gradually rose in the second half of the night, it was the best time for him to retreat.

So Huang Chengcheng left behind the dummies with torches and retreated silently in batches.

About sixty or seventy miles south of Pingding County, there is a river called Kuye River. On the south side of Kuye River are the remains of the Great Wall left by the former Qin Dynasty.

This Great Wall was not built by Qin Shihuang, but was built earlier.

When King Qin Huiwen was on the throne, the Qin State defeated the Wei State and seized the territory of Wei State's Xihe County and Shang County. However, these two territories were bordered by Linhu and Loufan in the north at that time. In order to prevent the Hu people from When they invaded the south, they ordered the construction of a walled city. Then, the Qin Dynasty launched a large-scale attack on Yiqu, the Hu people, to make them surrender, and established Beidi County. The northern border of Qin State was connected with the Xiongnu. In order to prevent the Hu people from Mobei from raiding the south, King Qin Zhao ordered the construction of the Great Wall at the northern borders of Longxi, Beidi and Shangjun and stationed troops there.

Later, during the Eastern Han Dynasty, these Great Walls of the Warring States Period were maintained. However, as Liu Xiu established his capital in Luoyang, the political and economic center of the entire Han Dynasty moved eastward. As a result, the threat of the Hu people to the capital was not so great. Naturally, these walls were originally protected. and early warning facilities were gradually ignored, and even many counties in the northern part of Bingzhou gave up in the end. These Great Walls also lost their meaning of existence. After being exposed to wind and rain, no one maintained them. The Great Wall defense system made of rammed earth walls quickly declined.

After Huang Cheng joined Ma Yan and Xu Huang, they came here with the abducted Xianbei war horses.

Although the area of ​​Pingding County is a unique folded terrain of the Loess Plateau, millions of years of rain erosion and river bed diversion have formed a relatively special geographical shape together with the river. Although it can be wound around among the folds of the Loess Plateau, There is no problem in going back and forth, but if you want to go south, there are only three routes that can be provided for the army to move.

The other roads are not impossible to walk, but one is difficult to walk. Without the support of water sources, it requires a long field march, which is simply suicide.

Therefore, you can either go east from Pingding, directly cross the river, and then turn south, but that will be a bit far from Beiqu; or you can go south from Pingding, where there are two rivers that can provide supplies to the army, and a cave. River, a bald tail river.

The Tuwei River is further south of the Kuye River. Therefore, as long as Xianbei chooses to go south, it must pass through the Kuye River first...

The sixty-mile journey might take more than a day for a normal march or a heavy army, but for people like Huang Cheng, who had just brought in many Xianbei war horses, it was not a big problem.

Huang Cheng looked around and said with some regret: "If these city walls were in good condition, a lot of things could be saved..."

Ma Yan also looked at it, then nodded and said, "How about it? The Xianbei people will probably chase them, right?"

Huang Cheng was not very sure and said: "Almost, it should be possible, right?"

Xu Huang, who was usually silent at the side, suddenly said: "I will definitely come!" Then he slowly explained in the eyes of Huang Cheng and Ma Yan, "If we were defeated head-on, maybe I won’t come, but…”

Huang Cheng and Ma Yan looked at each other and suddenly laughed tacitly.

Yes, no matter who it is, if they are beaten up by a robber, they may not dare to go to the robber again without finding help; but the interesting thing is that most people find that they have been stolen by a thief. They will grab it subconsciously...

Zhuge Liang was at his desk writing furiously, writing a letter: Zhongda, what exactly are you dissatisfied with about this dress? Is the fabric and style not fashionable enough, or is it too long and not popular enough? If you tell people, they will ask a tailor to help you finish the work overnight! The Lun family is feeling panicked when you keep silent for so long...