Chapter 645: The Battle Flag of the God of Death
Suli stood under the banner and shouted loudly: "The warriors of the Great Xianbei! Lu Bu came here this time to occupy our grassland, snatch our cattle and sheep, and snatch our women. Can we agree?! Never! Even if we die, we cannot agree!"
Suli rode on a yellow horse, wearing a golden helmet and a golden armor, and a golden cloak, looking majestic. He was just a Xianbei native in the east and dreamed of unifying the desert and becoming the Xianbei Grand Chanyu. However, he was in his fifties, his hair was gray and half-tied. If he did not defeat Lu Bu this time, he would probably have no hope in his life.
Suli's ambition and unwillingness made him hoarse and continued to inspire the Xianbei cavalry: "My warriors! We cannot defeat! Behind us are our cattle, sheep and women!
If you don't want to see their horses trampling on our tabernacle, if you don't want to see their swords and guns slaughter our loved ones, pick up the scimitar in your hand and fight to the death!!”
Suli's words were like sharp arrows, hitting the hearts of the Xianbei soldiers. They all shouted loudly with Suli: "Fight to the death! Fight to the death!!"
Lu Bu sneered: "The gap between equipment and tactics cannot be surpassed by spiritual agitation! However, Su Li is a smart person. He understands that he cannot defeat now. One defeat will lead to a situation of thousands of miles of defeat. Therefore, he must attack, at least after he has shown his momentum, he can slowly retreat. Therefore, we must seize the opportunity, kill and injure the enemy in large quantities, and completely defeat their confidence!"
Although Lu Bu said this, he still asked the Tongtian Cult priests who followed the army to come out to arouse morale.
Lu Bu also stood on the Red Rabbit Horse and delivered a speech on the war against the soldiers of the entire army, talking about the blood hatred of the Xianbei people killing their parents, and talking about the burning, killing and looting of the Xianbei people in Bingzhou, Youzhou and Jizhou over the years to inspire the hatred of the Central Army soldiers towards the Xianbei, and the morale of the Central Army was unprecedentedly high!
The Xianbei people organized an offensive again. He learned the lessons from the previous ones and used the tactic of adding fuel. He sent out four or five thousand troops and was scattered very wide. He hoped to avoid the attacks of thunder chariots and the Breaking Crossbow in this way, and hoped to use this low-density, high-frequency continuous attack to break the Han army's formation.
Suli's idea may have a chance to change the scene, but he has no choice but to face Lu Bu. Suli's tactics can indeed reduce the losses of the Xianbei people to a certain extent, but in this way, the soldiers who can be put into front will be very rare. They have become the targets of the sharp shooting sniper crossbow soldiers among Lu Bu's powerful crossbow soldiers. Many of these Xianbei soldiers were shot and killed without being next to the side. Even if they were on the side, they were solved by the gunmen who had been waiting for a long time.
From the time of the sun to the low night, in three days, the Xianbei people had many opportunities to rush to the next side of the chariot formation. The powerful crossbows and spearmen of the Central Army fought back. Lu Bu led the 10,000 cavalry in the chariot formation to provide assistance with the ejected arrow feathers. Finally, the Xianbei people were defeated.
Three days later, the four or five hundred steps around the Central Military Vehicle Array were filled with arrows like grass, and the original wild grass and flowers were trampled into soil by the Xianbei people. The soil was covered with blood and red.
Because of fear of the plague, Lu Bu agreed to let the unarmed Xianbei people come up to clean up the dead Xianbei people's corpses, otherwise the area within a mile of this radius was full of Xianbei people, and the corpses were everywhere.
This tragic scene also inspired the cruel temperament of the Xianbei people. They rushed up fearlessly, and thousands died and thousands came.
Lu Bu could also see clearly that the Xianbei in the eastern region seemed to have only dispatched 100,000 cavalry, but they also drove more than 10,000 Fuyu people, more than 10,000 Goguryeo people, and more than 10,000 Dingling people to fight for their puppet troops. More than 60,000 were shot to death by Lu Bu’s Central Army, but less than 30,000 Xianbei people were actually damaged.
The war continued, and the shouts of killing were shocking, but the scene was extremely strange. It seemed that only the Xianbei people died, while the Han army seemed to be dead. The crossbowmen of the Han army also shot arrows and killed people without fatigue, like clockwork war machines.
Suli's son stepped forward and advised, "Father, our people have lost 30% of them, and most of the remaining ones are injured. Let other tribes join us!"
Suli looked at the leaders of other tribes. Those leaders turned their heads away and refused to have eye contact with Suli. They knew very well that the current battlefield situation was very obvious, and there was no hope of winning, and they would die if they went up. Although these Xianbei leaders were very unwilling to accept it, they were even more unwilling to die.
Suli's words of motivating morale just now could not impress these men. They were thinking in their hearts that since they could not beat Lu Bu, then run away. Anyway, the grassland is so big, and Lu Bu cannot keep chasing him. Let's still survive in a different pasture, and there is no need to fight with Lu Bu here.
Suli looked at the expressions of these tribe leaders and knew that it would be better to continue like this. He still preserved his strength and ordered the withdrawal of troops. He followed Ke Bineng's advice and estimated that the food and grass Lü Bu was insufficient, so he first surrounded Lu Bu's 30,000 troops and defeated him when Lu Bu's food and grass were exhausted and fled.
After three more days of stalemate, Suli estimated that Lu Bu's food and grass were exhausted. Seeing that the Central Army soldiers in Lu Bu's car formation were preparing for war. It was estimated that Lu Bu was going to break through, so he ordered the remaining 70,000 Xianbei soldiers to prepare for ambush.
At this moment, the Xianbei rear reported that Zhao Yun, the general under Lu Bu and Yan Xing led 5,000 cavalry to take a detour to the Xianbei Mountain. The elites in the tribes under the Xianbei Mountain were taken to the mouth of the Raoleshui River by Suli to besiege Lu Bu. The tribes behind were empty. Zhao Yun and Yan Xing sent weapons and horses to the Han people, Fuyu people, and Dingling people slaves, so that they could take care of the Xianbei prisoners, and easily defeated forty or fifty tribes.
Suli was shocked: "Didn't that Murong Bai say that Zhao Yun and Yan Rou went to Bailang Mountain to meet Tadun to deal with Gongsun Du?! Alas, the wife, children, and livestock are our foundation. No, we can't fight against Lu Bu anymore. We must withdraw our troops quickly!"
Ke Bi Neng quickly advised: "Mr. Suli, if our army retreats now, the soldiers will definitely know that there will be changes in the rear. When the retreat comes, it will become a fugitive. If Lu Bu chases and kills behind, I am afraid that all the 70,000 Xianbei soldiers will die here!"
Suli was silent and asked quickly, "What should we do?"
Ke Bi Neng said coldly: "Mr. Suli, as long as we completely annihilate the more than 20,000 Lu Bu's men, we will have no worries and can retreat calmly!"
Su Li was preparing to follow Ke Bineng's plan. At this time, someone reported that Yuwen Mona had led more than 20,000 cavalrymen from the Yuwen tribe and subordinate tribes to retreat first.
Suli cursed: "Yuwen Mona, this bastard, runs like a rabbit!"
Ke Bi Neng was unwilling to give up: "Master Suli, Yuwen Mona is gone. We still have more than 40,000 troops, and Lu Bu has only 10,000 cavalry. We can deal with it. Please don't give up easily!"
Suli looked at the soldiers under his command and shook his head vigorously and said, "My 40,000 troops have been fighting against Lu Bu for more than ten days. I was exhausted and injured. Although Lu Bu only had 10,000 cavalry, his 10,000 cavalry has been replenishing his energy without any losses. Moreover, his 10,000 cavalry includes Tiger, Leopard Cavalry and Qilin Guard. They are one of the top special cavalry under Lu Bu's command. They are all the best elite soldiers in the world. I want to fight with him and defeat Lu Bu. My 40,000 troops will be destroyed!"
Ke Bineng thought to himself, if you are disabled, I will have a day to make a comeback, so I still want to persuade Su Li to deal with Lu Bu.
Suli glanced at Ke Bineng sinisterly: "I have decided, you don't have to persuade me anymore! Let's do this, I will withdraw my troops first, and you will cut off the rear for me!"
Ke Bineng had over 10,000 grass-rooted horses in his heart. He originally thought Su Li was simple and brave but not wise, but now he seemed to be a cunning old fox. If he could not figure it out, he would have planned it instead.
Suli rectified the cavalry under his command. After retreating for more than ten miles, he saw a large group of cavalry appearing in front of him, with about 30,000 to 40,000 people and two flags in the formation, one was Yan Rou, the general of the Wuhuan Central Army, and the other was Wuhuan Shanyu Tadun!
Suli was shocked and confused: "Didn't that Murong Bai say that Yan Rou went to Bailang Mountain to deal with Liaodong Gongsun Du? Why did he come here?"
Suli rectified the 40,000 cavalry under his command and rushed to Tadun. Yan Rou's 35,000 cavalry. Although Tadun and Yan Rou were intensive, the combat power of the Wuhuan cavalry was still obviously not as good as that of the Xianbei cavalry. In addition, the Xianbei cavalry wanted to rush back to save their tribe, so they fought desperately. Not long after, Tadun and Yan Rou's 35,000 cavalry began to retreat step by step.
At this moment, ten thousand cavalry rushed to the south, including four thousand cavalry, fiery red war horses, fiery red cloaks, all with long halberds. From a distance, it looked like a pile of sky fire burning on the grassland. Suli was frightened: "Ah! This is Lu Bu's Qilin Guard!"
Lu Bu waved the Fang Tian Hua Ji and instigated the Red Rabbit Horse, like a red lightning bolt, and rushed into the Xianbei cavalry formation with the Qilin Guard, like breaking the waves. Wherever he went, there was no one-union enemy, and it turned into smoke and dust under the Qilin Guard's long halberd.
There were two thousand cavalrymen, one of the same black war horses, black cloaks, all of them were spears. From a distance, they were like a thick dark clouds. Suli shook his heart again: "Ah! This is the tiger and leopard cavalry! Hey, can Kebi not cut off the back? How could Lu Bu chase so tightly!"
Suli's scout said tremblingly: "Sir, it's not good. Kebi can give up cutting off the rear for us and follow Yuwen Mona and escape to the Xianbei in the west!"
Suli was furious: "What a good Ke Bineng, it was you who encouraged me to besiege Lu Bu, and it was you who abandoned me and ran away. Don't let me catch you again, otherwise you will be skinned and thrust your tendons!"
Suli had no time to find Ke Bieneng to be discouraged. He saw Lu Bu biting his rear army tightly, and Lu Bu's Qilin Guard formed a cone formation, with Lu Bu as an arrow, and everywhere he went, a tragic bloody storm was rolled up.
Chapter completed!