Fufeng Song

Chapter 31 Battle of Banqiao

The first day of December in the first year of Guangxi (AD 306).dawn.

Edition bridge.

This place is located in Nie County, northwest of Shangdang County, within the range of Yeli Mountain, Hujia Mountain and other mountains in Bingzhou.The Qingzhang water originates from the mountains, draws an arc from north to west, and then turns to the east on a slightly gentle terrain.Under the dense cloudy sky, the withered yellow reed grass about the height of a person could not be seen at a glance, forming a natural protection for the flanks of the two armies.

Between the tidal flat reeds and the hills, cliffs and gullies of the remaining range of Hujia Mountain, a small plain was vacated.This is the battlefield chosen by both sides.

While the lazy sun was still lingering on the horizon, three thousand soldiers of the Jin army were already standing here.Some of them were defeated soldiers a few months ago, and some were recruits who had just joined the army. They had incomplete armor and various weapons.Although they tried their best to keep the ranks neat, the occasional clutter revealed the inner tension of many soldiers.Many soldiers were not mentally prepared to face the Huns who were like wolves and tigers so soon.

But Liu Kun didn't seem to take the upcoming battle into consideration at all.Today, he wore a luxurious brocade robe over his armor, and rode his horse to stand in the middle of the army.He controlled the horse with one hand, lightly tapped the saddle with the whip leisurely, and occasionally glanced at the loose Huns army formation opposite.

At the same time, Liu Jing, the general of the Xiongnu, was also looking at the army formation of the Jin people. After watching for a while, he turned his horse around anxiously, swung his whip on a few tired soldiers, and cursed viciously: "You despicable soldiers! You little bastard, restring your bow! Hold the scimitar steady! Whoever dares not work hard for a while, I will chop him alive!"

An unknown soldier in the distance responded loudly: "The army of the Jin people has been frightened by us. They are more cowardly than sheep in war. We only need to deal with them with the strength of catching sheep!" The soldiers burst into laughter.

Liu Jing cursed a few times in a rough and loud voice on purpose, and then ignored them.He has been in a very bad mood this year, and he only feels comfortable and at ease when he is cursing unscrupulously among the soldiers.

Over the years, he has led the great plow and Gutu Shanyu's conquests from east to west, and made great military exploits; when Shanyu formally raised his troops against Jin, he was appointed as the general of Jin, and he seemed to be the first-class general outside of Shanyu's relatives. No one can match the honor and favor.However, all this changed after the early summer of last year.The battle against the Jin people's court went very smoothly. Liyang, Yanjin and other places were conquered successively. There must have been tens of thousands of Jin people, men, women and children captured, and it is impossible to count them.If it's tens of thousands of animals, it's fine, but if tens of thousands of people follow like this, how can they fight?Liu Jing couldn't bear his temper, so he simply led people to push all these captives into the rolling Yellow River.The ancestors often did this on the grasslands. After defeating other tribes, all tribal subjects who were taller than the wheel were beheaded.Liu Jing felt that he really had a good time.

Unexpectedly, after Da Shanyu found out about this, he was furious, and immediately sent an envoy to scold Liu Jing angrily, saying: The only ones that Da Shanyu wanted to destroy were members of the Sima family; ordinary people were innocent, so how could they harm them?

Liu Jing couldn't figure it out no matter what he thought.What kind of talk is this?Isn't the emperor of the Jin people surnamed Sima?If we don't kill all Jin people, how can we eliminate the emperor named Sima?Da Shanyu's career is getting more and more prosperous, but his thinking is getting more and more strange.Perhaps it was because Da Shanyu lived in the capital of the Jin people for too long when he was young, and learned too many strange things about the Han people.

From then on, Liu Jing never got the chance to lead the army alone again.This time, the Shanyu sent his troops straight down to Hedong, and only ordered Liu Jing to lead troops composed of miscellaneous Hus from all over the place to stay in the cities of Jinzhong. Liu Jing felt so depressed.

This time he learned that the Han army was coming, he seemed to be as excited as a beast that smelled blood, and hurriedly summoned the scattered troops.But it was so easy for the teams scattered in many cities and villages to gather together. Although Liu Jing hurried on his way, he still arrived three days later than expected.And it was during these three days that the mob of enemies he faced turned into a large-scale army.

"Uncle!" A vigorous voice rang in his ears, and a young warrior urged his horse to come to Liu Jing's side: "The high-ranking official from the Jin Dynasty on the opposite side wears so conspicuously on the battlefield, is he stupid? You Send me to go first, and watch me crush the enemy army and kill that guy with one blow!"

This young man is Mi Qi, Liu Jing's nephew, who has always been loved by Liu Jing.He is like the Huns who galloped on the grasslands in Mao Dun Chanyu's time, fierce and easy to kill, full of vitality, unlike the Huns officials who surround Da Shanyu today, all of them are as cowardly as Han people.

Liu Jing looked at the army formation of the Jin people on the opposite side.Behind the brightly armored general of the Jin army was a plain "Liu" banner flying high behind him.Liu Jing rubbed his wide bearded chin vigorously, thought for a while, but he didn't remember who was surnamed Liu among the generals of the Jin army in Bingzhou.He hesitated for a moment, then ordered: "Mi Qi, you take three hundred light cavalry to charge! If the enemy's formation wavers, I will immediately lead the army to cover up and kill them. If the enemy's formation does not move, you can outflank the flanks and shoot arrows, and I will respond to you .”

Mi Qie replied loudly: "I obey!" Amid the sharp sound of the bone flute, three hundred Hun cavalry rushed out immediately after him.

After the Hu people moved inward, almost all of them transformed from a pure nomadic people to a semi-nomadic people who both plowed and herded.Therefore, except for the Huns cavalry with less than a thousand people, the rest of this army are infantry.If it weren't for Liu Jing's deep confidence in his nephew's bravery, he would not have easily handed over [-]% of the elite cavalry to his leadership.

The distance between the two armies was only a few hundred steps, and the Xiongnu cavalry galloped on their horses, and they covered more than half of the distance in a blink of an eye.They shouted wildly on horseback, wielding heavy weapons such as hammers and broadswords, and their momentum was terrifying; according to outside experience, most of the Jin army would flee in panic at this time, and the Huns cavalry just rushed in.

But the Jin army in front of him is different from usual!Their front line never wavered, and with the sound of an order, hundreds of spears held high were lowered flat, and the shiny sharp points were layered on top of each other, and the entire front line suddenly became like a hedgehog.

Mi Qi sneered, even a well-trained Jin army would never be an elite opponent of the Xiongnu; he had defeated such a dense infantry formation countless times.He is a warrior with many battles, and he has carefully observed the terrain of the battlefield before leading his team to charge.In front of the right side of the Jin people's army is a sloping land with strange rocks, which is connected with the wide reed marshes on the right side.This is a good terrain for the infantry to fight against the cavalry, but it is not conducive to the galloping of the cavalry.So he yelled, and led the cavalry to turn to the left and advance in a direction parallel to the Jin army's line.

Slightly slowing down the galloping speed of the horse, Michi reached out and took off the long-tipped hornbow on his back.At this time, the three hundred cavalry drew their bows and arrows almost at the same time. This is the technique of running across the grasslands that the Huns relied on!At this distance, a Xiongnu sharpshooter like Mi Qi can almost hit a hundred shots, and the spear pawns of the Jin army are just targets.

Mi Qie had already set his sights on the high official from Jin who was surrounded by many soldiers.He was about to draw his bow when he suddenly exclaimed.

On the left side of the Jin army camp, directly in front of the Huns cavalry who slowed down.The Jin infantry separated to both sides like waves splitting.A group of cavalry suddenly appeared like ferocious beasts. They were wearing heavy armor, horses covered with iron armor, and holding six-meter-long lances. They slammed into the cavalry team of the Huns amidst the sound of thunderous hooves!

This team of heavy cavalry must have been hidden behind overlapping banners with great care, and none of the Huns were aware of it before they came out.Mi Qie, who was at the front of the team, felt his eyes go dark, and his field of vision was completely occupied by the armored cavalry.

The Xiongnu used light cavalry to attack the infantry of the Jin people, but what they used was an old trick that the grassland people had fought against the army of the Central Yang Dynasty for thousands of years.But the Jin people used their tricks to beat the Huns' light cavalry with their heavy cavalry!

As a result, the Huns immediately fell into a passive position.The few Xi people who rushed to the front didn't even have time to utter an exclamation. They had already been dismounted by the galloping armored cavalry of the Jin army, and they immediately stepped on the meat mud.

After all, Mi Qie was an extremely elite Hun warrior. Although he was in adversity, he still fought fiercely and unremittingly.He raised his hand and fired an arrow, which hit a Jin army cavalry in the face.At the same time, dozens of Huns who reacted quickly also shot arrows one after another, but they were not as accurate as Mi Qie, and most of the arrows were directly bounced off by the heavy armor.

Two cavalry confront each other, how fast is the speed of contacting the enemy?The Jin people approached instantly.And many barbarians didn't even take out their melee weapons until the two groups of people staggered together.

Before Mi Qie had time to take out the knife, a few long spears rushed towards him with strong wind.With a loud roar, Mi Qie threw the horn bow towards his face, then wrapped his hands around the horse's neck, and rolled over under the horse's belly.The speed of the two cavalry's confrontation was so fast, and within a short time, the cavalry of the Jin army passed by him and continued to charge forward.

In the blink of an eye, Mi Qie rubbed his body and passed under the horse's belly, and sat on the horse's back again from the other side of the horse. This series of movements was purely relying on the strength of his arms and waist, and he was as flexible as an ape. Everyone should applaud.He shook his backhand, and Dao Senhan's radiance appeared in his palm. In the blink of an eye, he identified an extremely fierce Jin army cavalry with a knife, and urged his horse to rush over.

It was Wang Xiu who was wielding the saber and killing all directions. The saber in his hand weighed more than forty catties. Every time he swung the saber, a Hun would fall from his horse with a howl.Seeing Mi Qie coming on a rampage, Wang Xiu swung his sword and slashed.Unexpectedly, with a soft sound of "铛", the horse-chopping sword made of fine steel in Wang Xiu's hand was cut off like tofu. Take Wang Xiu's chest!

Seeing that the sharp blade was only a few inches away from Wang Xiu, a ferocious smile appeared on the corner of Mi Qie's mouth, who knew that there was a sudden gust of wind in his ear, obviously someone stabbed him with a long weapon!Mi Qi didn't care about killing Wang Xiu, so he turned around and swung his saber to block it.The knife in his hand may seem short, but it is really a high-grade precious knife with a sharp blade selected from countless trophies. It can cut iron like mud. It is expected that no matter whether it is a spear, a lance or a long halberd, it will be cut in two.

Unexpectedly, the long spear seemed to be alive, it changed several angles in an instant to avoid the dancing blade, and the tip of the spear slapped heavily on his chest.This lance is light and agile, but the power it contains is surprisingly great.Even amidst the roar of the horse's hooves trampling on the ground, the sound of cracking and cracking was still clearly discernible, and it was unknown how many sternums Mi Chiu had broken, and he immediately spurted blood and fell headlong.

The one who can make the spear so flexible is naturally Lu Yao.His family's marksmanship is indeed unpredictable, and when he fired the spear, seven or eight barbarians were killed in a short time.This barbarian who fell to the ground was actually the first to force him to change his moves.Lu Yao coldly glanced at Mi Qi, who had fallen to the ground, and saw that his fur hat was decorated with white feathers. He should be a famous figure known for his bravery; one.

Wang Xiu knew that he had turned around at the gate of ghosts and came back, so he only yelled: "Daoming! Thank you for saving my life!"

Lu Yao had no time to pay attention to it, and continued to attack.

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I have something to do tomorrow, and I posted it in the morning.Thank you readers for your support.Ashamed to say: I am very, very much looking forward to the collection.Thank you everyone.

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