Chapter 255: Xianbei and Wuhuan were both stunned [Subscribe]

As dawn approached, the wind on the grassland was very calm.

While galloping, Murong Baizhi suddenly felt a strong sense of crisis.

As a veteran battlefield general, he almost instinctively sensed that something was wrong.

Due to the urgency of the journey, the team's scouts only spread out a hundred feet or so, doing symbolic observation and exploring the way ahead and on both wings.

The place where they were passing had a small hill about 150 feet away on the left wing.

Judging from the terrain, it seems safe.

But the ominous feeling grew stronger.

"stop--"

The sound of Murong Baizhi's shouting overlapped with Qu Yi's shouting to shoot arrows.

Then, thousands of arrows tore through the void.

Murong Baizhi glanced in the direction of the arrow attack.

This glance made him feel like he was falling into an icy cave.

All that could be seen were densely packed black spots, covering the sky and the earth like a plague of locusts, or like thousands of eyes staring at every Xianbei soldier.

"Enemy attack..."

Before the sound was finished, thousands of arrows had already fallen with a creepy cold light.

Murong Baizhi jumped off his horse and fell to the ground.

call out--

Only after the arrow passed by was there a sharp sound of the air being torn apart.

It was still dark and the view was not clear.

But the Xianbei were in dense formation, so there was almost no need to aim; arrows shot in an arc from the air and would always hit the target.

Murong Baizhi watched as his horse was pierced by an arrow in the abdomen.

And after the arrow broke the horse, it was still flying.

The warhorse rushed forward a few steps in great pain before stumbling and falling with a scream.

What kind of arrow is this that can penetrate a warhorse... Murong Baizhi felt a deep shudder surge in his heart.

He is a belligerent and fierce man.

When suddenly attacked, the thought in my mind is to avoid the first round of attack, and then lead the troops to counterattack and kill all the ambushers!
However, the lethality of this arrow destroyed half of Murong Baizhi's idea of ​​counterattacking and killing his opponent.

There was blood mist all around.

After the arrow pierced through the horse and the man, it was still moving, bringing with it a bloody mist.

The only things that were denser than the arrows were screams.

Murong Baizhi lay on the ground and rolled over.

As he moved, he saw his own soldiers and horses falling one after another around him.

The Xianbei soldiers' reaction was not slow. As soon as they were attacked, some of them moved to the sides, trying to disperse.

Some soldiers also demonstrated superb riding skills, hanging on the side of their horses and using them as shields in an attempt to quickly escape from the ambush.

But the next moment, the sharp arrow pierced through the horse, nailing both the man and the horse to the ground!

More Xianbei soldiers were shot into hedgehogs.

On the low slope in the distance, Cao Chun and Cao Hong led their men to stand in two rows, also holding bows and crossbows.

But their crossbows were not powerful crossbows that could be strung by foot pedals, but hand crossbows, so as to protect the crossbow army from interference.

If anyone approaches, shoot him immediately.

"Don't focus on one target, just fire a volley! Third round, shoot!!"

Qu Yi shouted on the hill.

He was trying to increase the lethality as much as possible, and concentrated fire on a single target was a waste of arrows.

With the power of a strong crossbow, it is best to kill the enemy with just one arrow.

If a powerful crossbow is engraved with craftsmanship patterns, even a person wearing light armor will be shot through.

The best angle to ambush cavalry is from the side of the team.

Shot at an elevated angle, the arrows fall from the air in an arc, covering all positions of the enemy, which is a nightmare for light cavalry!
And the flanks are easier to "shoot through", which is a threat to everyone.

Qu Yi chose the best ambush location and angle.

Arrows flew into the sky, four rounds, five rounds... eight rounds were completed, and nearly one third of the Xianbei soldiers were killed or wounded.

In November, the grassland was already showing signs of freezing, and even the ground was splashed with dirt and rocks, as if it had been shot through and was sinking layer by layer.

Howling all over the place.

"Step aside!"

Qu Yi took a step forward, rushed to the front of a divine arm crossbow, and set up the crossbow himself.

He aimed at Murong Baizhi who was leaping low to the ground.

After Qu Yi took aim, the soldiers on both wings pulling the crossbows released the bowstrings, the bowstrings rebounded, and the crossbow arrows were shot out with an astonishing initial velocity.

On the battlefield, it was as if a flash of lightning flashed across the sky, heading straight towards Murong Baizhi.

Qu Yi grasped the timing just right.

It was another arrow that fell towards Murong Baizhi. The moment he took off into the air, Qu Yi predicted its trajectory.

The Xianbei, like the Xiongnu who previously ruled the grasslands, worshipped shamanism.

The shaman's blessing spell is painted on Murong Baizhi's body.

When the arrows came, threatening his life.

There seemed to be a shadow of a white wolf emerging above him.

The arrow flew past, and the shadow of the white wolf exploded.

Murong Baizhi only had time to move sideways slightly before he let out a painful groan and was hit by an arrow.

The strong inertia of the crossbow arrow caused his body to move two or three feet before he fell to the ground with a thud.

Unfortunately, the slight obstruction of the White Wolf Shield prevented him from hitting the vital points and he was unable to shoot the beast dead on the spot.

Murong Baizhi endured the pain and continued to escape.

There was a blood groove on the side of his waist and abdomen, and the injury was quite serious.

Although Murong Baizhi dodged an attack, the fear in his heart increased instead of decreasing. Even the blessing of the White Wolf Shield could be penetrated.

Less than half an hour after the attack, most of his soldiers were shot dead or wounded.

After the arrow attack, there was an even more brutal fight, and the pursuit had not yet begun!
Just in the direction where Murong Baizhi and other Xianbei people were fleeing, about two or three hundred feet away, another Han army in neat formation appeared and approached at high speed.

After being attacked, the only way to escape the effective coverage of arrows relatively quickly is to run in the opposite direction. Running to the sides is an invalid movement for arrows shooting horizontally.

If Qu Yi hadn't thought of reserving a team on the opposite side of the attack area to cut off the opponent's retreat, he wouldn't have had the idea of ​​annihilating the entire enemy.

After shooting arrows, the enemy must be followed up with hand-to-hand combat in order to completely annihilate the enemy.

Leaving troops behind on the opposite side in advance and coordinating the two sides is the whole plan of an ambush.

There were arrows behind them and an ambush of the Han army appeared in front of them.

The psychological blow to the Xianbei soldiers was particularly severe.

"Follow me and kill all the Xianbei people!"

Qu Yi rushed down from the low slope.

When he dealt with Gongsun Zan's Youzhou cavalry, he shot first, then drew his sword in close combat, hacking and killing the rest.

……

On another battlefield, Taishi Ci was personally leading the troops and also fighting a tough battle!
There was a guard garrison under the Eastern Xianbei king's tent.

They did not dare to divide their troops, but sent out a large team of 5,000 people to patrol the surrounding tribes.

When Taishi Ci's troops attacked a tribe, the other side got the news and rushed over quickly.

But what the Xianbei people did not expect was that Taishi Ci, Le Jin and Zhang Xiu did not run away, but instead charged forward to attack them.

The two sides met on a narrow road!
After a close combat, Le Jin jumped off his horse.

Although he was short, he was extremely agile and could actually shuttle under the horse's belly, making full use of his small stature.

噈！
As Le Jin climbed onto the horse, he swung his knife upwards, and the blade pierced through the horse's belly.

The captain of a thousand men on horseback couldn't dodge in time, and suddenly felt a pain in his lower body, and then... even more pain, his eggs were broken and his body was leaking out.

The screams of the centurion could be heard throughout the battlefield.

……

In the morning, the sun rose into the sky.

Tadun stood in Tuoboben's camp with a pale face.

The Xianbei people were going to withdraw, which was bad news for him!
"Do you have to go?"

Tadun asked Tuo Boben.

The camp that the Xianbei had just set up was completely cleared out and the entire army evacuated.

Tuoboben withdrew after Murong Baizhi, or more accurately, he was the rear guard and needed to be on guard against the Han army's pursuit.

So he couldn't leave as quickly and happily as Murong Baizhi.

His troops were cautious and left in batches to the north of the battlefield.

Tuoboben said to Tadun:
"The Han army attacked the king's tent of the Eastern Xianbei. Murong Baizhi has already withdrawn. If you don't have the confidence to fight the Han army alone, you can return to the city and defend it.

If you want to join forces with us to fight against the Han people again, it will have to be early spring next year at the earliest.

The steppes are starting to freeze over. If we retreat, we won’t be able to send troops again this winter.”

"The Han army attacked the camp in order to lure you away. It's too late to go back now, so why not stay and defeat the Han army together?"

Tadun advised: "Besides, General Murong has already gone back, which should be enough to deal with the Han army's surprise attack. You stay and we will unite and defeat the Han army."

"Our Xianbei are scattered. If the Han army intends to attack, it will not be safe for Murong's troops to return."

"No more words."

Tuobo was just about to mount his horse when he saw his personal soldiers and a Xianbei soldier running towards him in panic.

"what happened?"

The faces and bodies of the Xianbei soldiers who came closer were covered in blood:

"Last night we followed General Murong and marched north at full speed. We were about fifty or sixty miles into the grassland when we were suddenly attacked. Their arrows were so powerful... There were arrows everywhere, pinning people to the ground..."

"What's the damage?"

"There were 500 of us in the team, but only about 70 were left after we escaped. General Murong was seriously injured."

"Other teams may have even fewer people escaping. After the battle, we blew the battle horn to gather the troops, but only gathered more than 3,000 people. The enemy is still chasing our army. Please ask General Tuobo to send troops to rescue us as soon as possible."

There was a loud bang in Tuo Boben’s head!
Tadun, who was listening in, had the same reaction. He felt as if he was hit in the face by a hammer and his eyes went black!
Many Xianbei and Wuhuan people nearby, including Yuan Xi who came with Tadun, all looked pale.

Of the 15,000 elite troops of the Eastern Xianbei, only 3,000 were left and fled by half an evening, and the battle was almost a complete annihilation.

How could the loss be so heavy?

“…I have never encountered such a powerful arrow!” the soldier muttered.

"Walk."

Tuoboben mounted his horse and rode away with his troops.

Tadun stood there in a daze, his heart feeling as if there were raging waves, one higher than the other, and it was difficult to calm down.

The fear of repeated defeats in previous battles between the Wuhuan and the Han army rose again.

"We will also withdraw our troops and retreat to Liucheng immediately, quickly!"

"Don't take the baggage, let's go!"

Tadun sent out nearly 60,000 troops this time, almost all of them. Who would have thought that the allies would withdraw as soon as they agreed to join forces?

He was as stunned as the Xianbei people.

It's noon in the border town of Youbeiping County.

Huang Zhong stood on the top of the city wall: "Attack and defeat the enemy! Kill the entire Wuhuan army and take back Youzhou!"

He added: "The other two armies have sent back news that they are fighting well. As the central army, we must fight even better. Tell all the troops to follow the governor's orders and annihilate them completely. Kill!"

The gate of the border town military fort opened with a rumble.

The Wuhuan people had suffered setbacks in previous battles, and now their allies, who they considered to be strong aids, suddenly withdrew.

From Tadun onwards, everyone was in panic.

In this situation, morale and combat effectiveness are at most 50% to 60% of the usual level.

The border town of Youbeiping was less than thirty miles away from where the Wuhuan people camped.

When Tadun received the report from the scouts and learned that Cao's army had left the city, he immediately led his troops to withdraw, even leaving some of the baggage in the military camp.

It was right for him to withdraw. Their morale and strength were inferior to those of their opponents. If they stayed to fight, it would be even worse!
So Tadun led the Wuhuan army in front, and the Cao army chased after them.

Huang Zhong did not seem to be in a hurry to pursue them too closely, and he drove the Wuhuan people eastward like driving sheep.

"The governor said he wanted to fight a major battle to completely defeat the Wuhuan people. I wonder how the governor has arranged it?"

Huang Zhong thought: If we win this battle, we can take back Youzhou. The opportunity to rebuild the country is in the hands of Yanzhou!

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