Rejuvenation of the Han Dynasty in the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 72

The men and horses rested for a day, and after everyone decided to take the initiative to attack, with Liu He as the main general, he led all the generals to go straight to Shanggu County.

The northern exit of Jundu Xing is the Badaling Great Wall built in the Ming Dynasty. At this time, it is opposite to the south entrance, and the locals call it "Beikou". Although the Badaling Great Wall has not yet been built at this time, the Yan State built the city wall a long time ago, and it was abandoned by the Queen Qin. , but there are still many residual walls and piers.

After the Ming Dynasty, there was a saying that the danger of staying in the mediocrity was not at the pass but at the Badaling. Liu He Beishang took the first step along the mountain to defend the north entrance, because he wanted to seize the initiative.

Exiting the north entrance is a large basin. In later generations, it was the Huaiyan Basin that defended the capital. This is the outer line of defense of Youzhou. All generations have set up military towns to control it. Juyang, the prefecture of Shanggu County, is here.

Liu He, Cheng Xu and others observed the terrain and entered the pass on the mountain, and reported carefully. After the Wuhuan people retreated to Daijun, the Xianbei army commander drove straight in. A group of people and horses went south along the water control to attack Daijun.

Cheng Xu frowned when he heard the report and said: "The Xianbei people have great ambitions here. They may be interested in all the land outside the customs, and even covet Bingzhou and Youzhou."

Liu He sneered and said, "This leader has a really big appetite. I'm afraid he doesn't have the ability to eat so many places."

Cheng Xu said: "Now Daijun has three armies from Wuhuan, and all the people of Wuhuan can serve as soldiers, plus [-] defenders, the total strength is more than [-]. As long as they can repel the Shanggu Xianbei army, Daijun An enemy can't fight alone."

"Well, that's what I have in mind!" Liu He looked at the map and muttered: "The most urgent task is to take Juyang as a stronghold before the Xianbei army arrives, and then deal with the Xianbei army."

Cheng Xu nodded when he heard the words: "Young master's words are very good, but the Xianbei army has tens of thousands, and our army is less than [-]. Can you be sure?"

Liu He said with a smile: "Skills are the most important thing in a soldier. Hu people mainly use cavalry and are not good at attacking cities. As long as we hold the pass, we can be invincible first, and it will not be too late to deal with them slowly."

Cheng Xu praised: "Sir, you are really thoughtful. Even if you can't win this battle completely, when the snow falls in winter, and the Xianbei army has no food, how can you be invincible?"

Liu He smiled slightly, but didn't say any more. This safe strategy is just to appease Cheng Xu and others, so that they don't have to be too nervous.

For the invading Xianbei people, Liu He naturally had his own plan. To deal with these foreigners, he had to use sticks and candies, and the combination of fighting and pulling could convince them.

Liu Yu used his benevolence to prove that these people can also be grateful to Dade, but they can't just appease and treat them blindly, this will only encourage their greed, and eventually they will breed tigers.

They will never be merciless to the greedy and brutal, but they will not suppress them excessively, so as not to arouse their hatred. Like the Huns who have plagued the frontier for hundreds of years, integration and appeasement is the long-term solution.

This time, we want to kill chickens to warn monkeys, but also to win over and appease them, so as to show other Xianbei and Wuhuan people that as long as they obey the government orders, they will benefit themselves, but they don't know how to advance or retreat, and what awaits them is only perdition.

While discussing, the defenders came to report that the Xianbei army sent troops from Juyang to Guanxia to kill them. It seems that there were about [-] people.

"They're finally here..." Liu He stood up and sent an order: "Ming Jin and beat the drum, the whole army meets the enemy!"

At the critical moment, the sound of bells and drums was loud, echoing in the distant mountains, startling countless birds, Guan Yu, Zhang Fei and other generals had already led their troops to stand ready at the critical moment.

Flags fluttered on the wall, the autumn wind blew, the flags fluttered, and there was a murderous atmosphere.

When Ji Chou saw Liu He coming, he greeted him and said, "My lord, the front of Xianbei has been dispatched, look far away—"

Liu He looked up and saw dust flying in the distance, birds flying all over the mountains and fields, and the rumble of horse hooves sounding like muffled thunder, with great force.

Zhang Fei laughed and said: "I heard that Xianbei people are all cavalry. We are suffering from insufficient mounts. This is a horse for us."

Ji Chou said: "The Xianbei people are brave and good at fighting. Both women and children can be soldiers, and the strength of the troops is also uneven. They are all tribes, but they don't know which soldiers and horses they are."

Guan Yu stroked his beard and said with a sneer: "No matter who comes, since he is a mob, just kill him with one knife, so that he will not dare to offend me in the Central Plains again."

Xu Rong also said: "The commander of the Xianbei army drove straight in, and Wuhuan and the defenders couldn't stop them. His heart must be arrogant. The Hu people are afraid of the strong and bullying the weak. We should defeat them with thunder to deter the bandits."

"Okay, let them know the might of my great army!" Liu He nodded.

These guys are only afraid of the strong. Before conquering them, they must first show their strength. Without deterrence, they will not listen to just reasoning with them.

It's not that big fists make sense, but big fists make others listen to your reasoning!

Not long after, I saw the Xianbei army swarming like a tide, all galloping on horses, and I heard horses neighing and people shouting from a distance, their arrogance was very arrogant.

When everyone looked at Guancheng, they saw that more than 1 cavalrymen were surrounded by darkness. The originally empty area was instantly filled up. These people surged in like a wave, surrounding several generals in the middle. There was no formation at all. .

Xu Rong said with a smile: "The Hu people only know how to attack, kill and loot, but they don't have the art of siege. They only have cavalry, but they don't have siege equipment. So what if they come with [-] troops?"

As he was observing, he saw a tall man walking out of the formation. He was wearing a fox fur hat and leather armor.

The man urged the horse to wander around the pass, laughing and said: "You sheep who only know how to escape, don't you rush to open the city and surrender, are you willing to kneel down and beg for mercy if we kill the city?"

Although this man's Central Plains dialect was not very fluent, it was very clear, and it spread far and wide in the autumn wind. When the Xianbei army behind him heard it, Qi Qi pointed at the city and laughed.

Seeing that there was no answer after closing the door, the man squinted at Liu He and others, and shouted proudly: "You will hide in the city, but will anyone dare to go out and fight?"

Zhang Fei said angrily: "Just these few thieves, dare to be arrogant here, leave them to me!"

Xu Rong and others also couldn't understand the arrogance of the Xianbei army, and they all asked to go out to fight.

Liu Heyan said: "This battle is going to demoralize the Xianbei army and let them know the strength of our troops. It is enough to leave the first battle to Junyi!"

Zhang He had been waiting under the closed door for a long time. After listening to Liu He's order, he rushed out on his horse.

Ever since he followed Liu He, Zhang He had fought with Zhang Fei and others in the barracks, and they respected each other. This was his first battle against the enemy, and Zhang Fei was not easy to fight.

With the sound of drums shaking the sky, Zhang Yun led the troops out of the pass, followed by Xu Rong's raiding formation. Although the Han army was only two thousand, they were well-equipped and well-organized, and they were not weaker than the enemy's momentum.

Liu He told Zhang Fei, who was a little frustrated, "Yide and Yunchang each brought [-] cavalry, but when they saw that they had won the battle, they rushed out immediately and surrounded them from both wings."

"Obey!" Zhang Fei finally turned his worries into joy, and took Guan Yu's order to quickly step off the critical moment.

(End of this chapter)