Chapter 392 Unstoppable
Nine days later, the black bear came to Yulin North again.
This time he brought nearly 10,000 cavalrymen. When he climbed to a high place and looked into the distance, he saw the camps of various Qiang and Hu tribes outside the city of Yulin.
It was already winter, and the Qiang and Hu people lacked tools, nor did they have the military skills to lay siege, dig trenches, and lay fences.
Even the Qiang and Hu people who besieged the city lived together in groups based on their original tribes, so that the gathering points were just next to each other, without any fences or low walls for protection!
Such tribes surround Yulin City like scattered stars, so that one cannot see the end at a glance. There are also Qiang and Hu tribes on the nearby mountains.
"Grand Marshal, in my opinion, there are very few beasts here, and there are also few Qiang knights."
Liu Bao drove his horse closer, switched the whip from his right hand to his left hand, and then raised his right arm to point to the Qiang and Hu settlements far and near below the slope: "The inhabitants here should be old and weak, with very few elite troops. It won't be difficult to defeat them."
Budugen also followed on horseback beside him with a blank expression. When he saw Liu Bao's flattering smile, he couldn't help showing disdain.
The Xiongnu had a long history, so Liu Bao wore a sable fur coat, silver-plated armor, a golden eagle headdress, and a headband on his forehead. In the middle of the headband was a bright, azure sapphire like a pigeon egg.
Black Bear just nodded, turned around and said to the guards behind him: "Raise the signal smoke, spread out from east to west, three to the east first, then four to the west."
"Here!"
The personal soldiers rode away, and the accompanying packhorses carried the materials for the wolf smoke, and they could just go over to transfer manpower.
There are still a steady stream of knights marching, so today is not suitable for fighting. They have to set up camp and rest for a night to restore the strength of their men and horses before engaging in battle again.
Only then did Black Bear dismount. One man stood in front, with his hands on his hips, looking down at Yuzhong City: "What a great place."
Liu Bao also dismounted, holding his exaggerated gold and jade belt and swaying it left and right. After steadying it, he stepped forward and looked forward: "Yes, the Grand Marshal should choose a good place to build a stone tower to commemorate the merits."
"It's a good reminder, Shanyu. I almost forgot about it."
Black Bear turned around and smiled at Liu Bao, then asked, "Should the achievements of the Xianbei and the various Hu peoples in Hexi be built in the Helan Mountains or somewhere else?"
Liu Bao glanced at Budugen who came up reluctantly, and said, "From my point of view, the Grand Marshal initially used the army because the tribes in Hexi were provocative and disloyal, and defeating the Xianbei was a convenient move. Therefore, the original intention of this autumn's battle was to pacify Hexi, and the Pingxi stele tower should be erected in the Helan Mountains."
After hearing this, Budugen lowered his head and became even more angry with Liu Bao.
When Liu Bao saw this, he challenged him even more: "Grand Marshal, does the king seem dissatisfied with the Xianbei king?"
Without waiting for Black Bear to reply, Liu Bao turned sideways and looked at Budugen: "If there was no Grand Marshal, you would only be a Xianbei nobleman, how could you have the honorable position you have today? You look indignant, are you dissatisfied with the Grand Marshal?"
"Don't dare."
Budugen bowed to Black Bear and said, "Grand Marshal, please understand. I just think that what the Chanyu said is inappropriate. We Xianbei are much stronger than the other tribes in Hexi. This Pingxi stele is inappropriate. We should use the name of Xianbei. This is not just my own matter, but the matter of the Xianbei tribe. Please make a wise decision, Grand Marshal."
Nearly half of the Xianbei warriors who followed Budugen understood these words and glared at Liu Bao.
Liu Bao also bowed and said: "According to the Xianbei King's wishes, the Grand Marshal will build three stele towers next spring, including the Pingxi stele tower in the Helan Mountains, and the stele towers for the Xianbei and the Qiang people."
"What Shanyu said is inappropriate."
Black Bear looked back at Liu Bao and said, "The Eastern Xianbei are not obedient yet and have not been pacified. How can we erect a Xianbei naturalization monument? The same is true for the Qiang people. Their old and weak are here to attract our troops, while their strong and strong have already left for the four counties of Hexi and headed for the Western Regions. How can I have the face to erect a monument that is only in name only?"
"The Xianbei King has just arrived. I know that the Chanyu is a humorous person. Don't always mention the Xianbei King."
Black Bear said, looking at Budugen again: "It is a fact that the Xianbei are powerful. After we have wiped out the rebellion in the east for you, we will build a tower and swear an oath."
"My little prince thanks the great Sima for his tolerance and consideration."
As Budugen spoke, he knelt on one knee and clasped his fists heavily. After standing up, he glared at Liu Bao again, snorted disdainfully, and turned his head to Liu Bao.
Liu Bao had a good temper. Seeing this, he just smiled and said, "Grand Sima, the Xianbei King is quite temperamental."
The black bear just smiled and continued to look into the distance.
The view was vague, and the only thing I knew was that Ma Chao's 20,000 infantry and cavalry were in the south of Yuzhong, and Zhang Xiu's 5,000 Xiongnu volunteers were in the east of Yuzhong.
The follow-up teams found it difficult to quickly build seven beacon fires, let alone construct a camp.
There was still a long time to wait. While I was at it, I saw another group of Qiang cavalry approaching slowly, about a hundred of them.
Black Bear thought for a moment, and then said to Liu Bao: "Chanyu, do you still remember the heroic figure of Taishi Wengong?"
"Replying to the Grand Marshal, I will never forget this in my life."
Liu Bao bowed and answered solemnly, his eyes shining: "May I be lucky enough to see General Taishi Wengong break through the enemy lines today?"
Black Bear just smiled, slowly raised his right hand, and waved it at the Qiang cavalry four or five miles away.
Without saying a word, Lu Bu beside him, wearing a golden helmet, golden armor, white robe and white cloak, jumped on his horse and rushed down with a Fang Tian Ji in his hand.
Behind it, forty knights in silver armor and white robes holding spears followed.
As they rushed down the gentle hillside, the forty-plus knights reorganized their formation to form a sharp-angled cone.
Budugen had also heard of Taishi Wengong's bravery, and he also heard that his brother and cousin had both died in battle at the hands of the enemy.
I had some doubts at first, but now, seeing the bravery of the enemy in breaking through the enemy's formation and the skillful cooperation of the accompanying cavalry, I believed it about 70%.
The distance of four or five miles is really short for puppet knights like Lu Bu who charge forward from a high position and directly increase their speed to the highest level.
Although the Qiang cavalry was twice or three times their number, faced with such brave and heavy-armored cavalry charging towards them like a wall, the Qiang cavalry immediately split into two, and those who reacted quickly turned around and rode away.
Those who were slow to react were stunned for a few breaths, then quickly turned their horses around and ran away.
Except for the Qiang cavalry who fled to the left and right, the Qiang cavalry who retreated along the original route were caught up by the puppet knights and were stabbed and fell off their horses one after another, and no one could match them.
Black Bear turned his head to look at Dian Wei who was holding a large banner beside him, and then looked at Gao Shun who was holding his long flag decorated with red, blue and white tassels.
Gao Shun approached with the flag in hand. Black Bear caught the long flag, pointed it diagonally towards the southeast, and just held the flag motionless.
The more than 40 riders who had rushed down changed direction in an orderly manner and charged towards the east of the Qiang camp.
From time to time, the Qiang cavalry who had gathered spontaneously came forward to intercept and kill them, and there were also spear-wielding infantry who hastily assembled spear formations, and phalanx soldiers with spears, all trying to intercept and kill them.
But after more than forty riders fought their way around seven or eight camps, they followed Black Bear holding the banner and headed southwest.
So the more than 40 riders turned back along the same route and charged westward again.
Almost no one dared to take the responsibility, and they watched from afar as the conflict between man and horse was very smooth.
The repeated agitation disturbed more than twenty settlements and camps. More than a thousand cavalry followed but it was always difficult to catch up, and it was also difficult to gather and assemble a solid cavalry array in the front.
The Qiang cavalry could only watch the puppet knights charge left and right. Apart from harassing them with bows and arrows, they had almost no way of catching up.
With the Qiang cavalry in such a state, the Qiang people's spear formations and square formations that they relied on were completely helpless.
You can only form a formation and defend when the puppet knight passes by, or harass them with stones or javelins.
But more than 40 riders charged back and forth in a range of more than ten miles between east and west, and fought seven times. Seeing that the Qiang riders were tired, they stopped chasing them.
The black bear smiled and stood at attention with the long flag decorated with three colors of tassels in his hand.
The forty or so riders who received the signal began to evacuate.
The Qiang cavalry could only pant, face north, and watch the other side leave.
On the hillside, Budugen and the Xianbei warriors were deep in thought.
As for the two brothers who were killed in this way, they were no longer so important at this moment.
(End of this chapter)