A thousand-year-old family that began with the Battle of Makino

Chapter 512: The rise and end of the Tuoba tribe, the pursuit and the ambush on the hill

The book continues from the above article, saying that Emperor Ling sent a three-pronged army to the northern expedition to Xianbei, but unexpectedly failed. Fortunately, Tan Shihuai died of illness soon, and the Xianbei alliance that unified the grassland was divided into three parts: the west and the east.

By the time of the Yan and Han Dynasties, due to the lack of water and grass in the west and the suppression of the Liangzhou area of ​​the Han Dynasty, Xianbei in the west had either fled far away or merged with other tribes and died, and its reputation was not obvious.

Xianbei in the central region formed the Kebi Neng tribe, which took advantage of the melee in the Central Plains to unify Monan and Mobei, threatening the rule of Yanhan for a time.

When Liezu pacified the north, he sent two generals, Lu and Bai, out to the north of the Great Wall and to the south of the desert. They defeated Kebineng's main force in one fell swoop and killed Xianbei's great Chan Yu Kebineng. Xianbei's fortune was once again defeated, and it was completely unable to form a system. .

During the decades when the Yan Han suppressed the world, the Xianbei people had always relied on the influence of the Han people for their existence, and were suppressed by the pro-Han Xianbei king supported by the Yan Han.

Anyone who dares to show his head will be trampled by the iron hoofs of King Xianbei and the Han army stationed in Bingzhou and Youzhou.

Later, the Murong tribe, Duan tribe, and Tuoba tribe in Xianbei successively made great contributions to the Han Dynasty and were allowed to annex. They moved to the Han territory with abundant water and grass inside and outside Youzhou and Bingzhou. After entering the Han Dynasty, they were able to study Sinology and bathe in the royal family. change.

To this day, there are many people who can speak Chinese in the three Xianbei tribes, and the best among them are the beneficiaries of Sinology.

When Sima Yan usurped the Han Dynasty, Xianbei had been very well-behaved until Sima Zhong, Emperor Huai of Jin Dynasty. The Eight Kings Rebellion not only gave the Huns an opportunity to recover, but also gave the Xianbei people an opportunity to get rid of Han control and establish the Xianbei Empire.

The first is the Tuoba tribe. The current leader of the Tuoba tribe and the uncle of the Jin Dynasty Duke Tuoba Yilu, Tuoba Luguan, took advantage of the fact that the top officials of the Jin court were trapped in internal fighting and were unable to manage border affairs.

While pretending to obey the orders of Anbei General Wang Jun, he sent troops to capture various loose tribes in Monan.

Within a few years, dozens of tribes and more than 200,000 people in Monan were all surrendered by Tuoba Luguan.

When the battle in Luoyang became fierce, Tuoba Luguan took Tuoba Yilu and Tuoba Yilu's brother Tuoba Yiyong to attack the Jin Xianbei King in Mobei.

King Xianbei lost the support of the Jin court and was beheaded by Tuoba Luguan, and the tribe was annexed by him.

In the remaining time, Tuoba Luguan sent troops every year, unified the entire southern and northern deserts, and established himself as the Great Chanyu of Xianbei.

However, Tuoba Luguan himself felt increasingly exhausted. In order to prevent the Tuoba tribe from falling into civil strife, he followed Tan Shihuai's example and divided the Tuoba tribe into three parts: the west and the east.

He rules the eastern part and lives north of Shanggu, west of Ruyuan, and borders the Xianbei Yuwen Department on the east;

The nephew Tuoba Yiyun is the lord of the central region and commands the central region. He lives north of Shenhebei in Daijun;
His nephew Tuoba Yilu was the lord of the west and commanded the west. He lived in the old city of Shengle in Dingxiang.

Just after the division of jurisdiction, it happened that Liu Yuan was establishing his country. Tuoba Luguan received an order from Ma Teng of Jindong Ying Company and requested to attack Liu Yuan, Emperor of Han and Zhao.

Tuoba Luguan sent two brothers, Tuoba Yiyun and Tuoba Yilu, to lead tens of thousands of Xianbei cavalry to assist Sima Teng.
Liu Yuan was defeated in Hexi, but Liu Yuan entered the pass and the Xianbei cavalry lost its advantage, so they formed an alliance with Sima Teng in Fendong and returned to the army.

Not long after, they passed away one after another, Tuoba Yiyong and Tuoba Luguan, in the second year of Yongxing and the first year of Yongjia respectively.

Tuoba Yilu then took charge of the three tribes and unified them, becoming the new leader of the Tuoba tribe and the Great Chanyu of Xianbei.

He also established good diplomatic relations with Murong Xin, the leader of Xianbei Murong Tribe.

Later, Liu Kun, the governor of Bingzhou in Jin Dynasty, sent an envoy and sent his son Liu Zun as a hostage, asking for troops to prevent Han Zhao and Wang Jun from occupying Bingzhou.

Tuoba Yilu praised Liu Kun's sincerity, but also wanted to use Liu Kun as a breakthrough to enter the Han territory under Liu Kun's banner.

In return, he gave generous gifts and sent tens of thousands of cavalry for Liu Kun to drive.

Not long after, in order to completely win over the Tuoba tribe, Liu Kun sworn brothers with Tuoba Yilu. He also reported to the court that Tuoba Yilu was the Great Chanyu of Xianbei, and he was named Dai Guogong, and Dai Jun was his subordinate. of food.

Daijun was the boundary of Youzhou, so it was naturally resented by Wang Jun.

Tuoba Yilu led more than 10,000 tribesmen into Yanmen from the clouds and asked Liu Kun for the land north of Gouzhuxing because his fiefdom was too far away from where he lived. area.

Liu Kun couldn't control him, but he didn't dare to offend him, and he still wanted to rely on him as his back-up.

Then all the people in five counties including Loufan, Mayi, Yinguan, Fanju and Naoxian were moved to the south of Guzhuxing to rebuild the town.

Give Tuoba Yilu all the land connecting Daijun in the east and Xihe and Shuofang in the west, with a radius of hundreds of miles.

Tens of thousands of Han households were forcibly relocated by the Xianbei people. During the journey, due to greed for Han property, the Han-Hu conflict reached its peak. In the end, only about 30,000 households arrived at the destination. Hundreds of thousands of people died due to various reasons. On the road.

The Beggar Army was also established during this process to resist the Xianbei people.

August 27
Bai Shu was commanding the army, driving slowly on the road to Quliang.

At this time, a shooting star horse came to report, and a cavalry attack came from the rear.

Bai Shu pondered for a moment and said:
"Let Duan Jie lead the strong crossbow battalion to ambush on the hill that we just passed. If the hussar battalion is not completely blocked, let it block the enemy to the north of the hill.

If the hussar camp succeeds, follow immediately. "

"Yes."

After Duan Jie received the order, he immediately drove into the military column where Qiannu Camp was located and said loudly:
"According to the order of the Grand Sima, the strong crossbow camp will follow me in the future!"

Yuan Lei, the captain of the Qiannu Battalion, received the military order and inspected it. He immediately agreed and led the Qiannu Battalion to break away from the main force, go upstream from both sides of the official road, and follow the Duanjie.

Arriving at the hill five miles behind him, Duan Jie looked around for a moment, and then asked Yuan Lei to lead 2,500 troops to the mountain and hide in the bushes. He led 2,500 troops to occupy the official road and form an array on the hill.

When he was waving flags and drums, he shot at the enemy's flanks and rear flanks.

The strong crossbow camp has just been set up here, and the 20,000 Xianbei cavalry led by Tuoba Yulu are only a few miles away from the hill and are about to arrive. A killing cry is highlighted on the right side.

I saw that the hussar battalion had already increased its horse speed and was approaching the side of the Xianbei cavalry formation.

Tuoba Yulu asked his general to lead five thousand cavalry, go out to the right to hold back the enemy's cavalry, while he led fifteen thousand and continued to advance rapidly.

As the flag swayed and the horn blew regularly, a cavalry team of 5,000 people separated from the rolling Changsha of Xianbei and came towards Hu Yanying's hussar camp.

Hu Yanying's eyes were cold when he saw that the enemy general looked down on him so much. He ordered the hussar battalion to be divided into two, and used cavalry bows that were more advanced than the Xianbei people to shoot at the Xianbei cavalry.

Because the cavalry bows used by the hussar camp were made by craftsmen from the Bai Kingdom, combined with the cavalry bows from the grasslands, and then searched for wood from all over the world and modified them, the range and accuracy are much better than the cavalry bows used by the Xianbei people.

The Xianbei general saw that his side had no advantage in riding and shooting, and was suppressed. He was very angry and ordered to give up riding and shooting, and approached the white cavalry, letting the white people have a taste of the Xianbei's saber.

Hu Yanying put away her fine cavalry bow, drew her Bailian sword, pointed at the Xianbei cavalry and shouted:
"Brothers, let the barbarians have a taste of the power of our Han cavalry. Let them know that in close combat, we Han are their ancestors! Kill them!"

The cavalry from both sides fought together and fell into a melee.

The white soldiers all wore non-reflective gray armor. The ropes on their bodies were made of white, so they were gray and white. The tassels on their heads were also made of white feathers.

At first glance, there is a surge of darkness.

The Xianbei people use cowhide armor, which is brown.

Because the armor used by the Xianbei people is not as hard and sophisticated as the white army's armor, and the weapons are not as sharp as the white army's.

Therefore, the White Army can only be seriously injured by hitting its vital points, while the White Army only needs to use a little more force to cut through the enemy's armor with one knife.

In this way, as time passed, the Xianbei people suffered huge losses.

The Xianbei general was decapitated by Hu Yanying. Seeing that the general was beheaded, the Xianbei cavalry dispersed with a roar.

Seeing that his men wanted to pursue him, Hu Yanying quickly stopped him, leaving more than a hundred cavalry to clean up the battlefield, and led the army to chase in the direction of Tuoba Yulu.

A partial army was sent here to resist the obstruction of the Hussars camp. Tuoba Yulu soon saw the shadows of most of Bai Shu's White army.

Seeing that the other party showed no sign of stopping or taking precautions, Tuoba Yulu was overjoyed and asked the troops to speed up.

Unexpectedly, when they rounded a small hill, they saw a white army team standing in front of them.

Tuoba Yulu didn't care either. They were just crossbowmen. They had not yet formed a large scale and could not make any big waves. He led his men towards Duan Jiebu without losing speed.

Duan Jie estimated the distance between the two armies. The billowing yellow smoke caused by the Xianbei cavalry's horseshoes made it impossible to see how many people were behind him.

Seeing that the cavalry was still ten steps away from the shooting range, Duan Jie gave the order to fire arrows.

There were 2,500 people in the Qiannu Battalion, equipped with Zhuge Liang's repeating crossbows. They fired ten crossbow arrows at once, and in an instant, 25,000 arrows enveloped the Xianbei cavalry.

Tuoba Yulu was stunned. He only had time to give the order to control the arrow, raised the small shield on his arm, curled up on the horse, and tried to be as defensive as possible.

"Boom!"

Several arrows were stuck in the small shield on Tuoba Yulu's left arm.

Not only that, Tuoba Yulu also felt a tingling pain in his right leg. When he lowered his head, he saw a crossbow arrow stuck in his thigh.

Looking around, many people in the front of Xianbei were killed in this round of arrows. They fell under the horse and could no longer survive.

Tuoba Yulu was angry and frightened. He threw away his small shield, drew out the saber on his horse, and roared:
"The white man has run out of arrows. Warriors, kill!"

As they were about to approach Duan Jiebu, they saw the enemy retreat a few steps, revealing behind them densely packed large trees and rocks that had been temporarily dragged out of the forest.

The Xianbei cavalry couldn't control it, and the horses suffered fractures one after another, like dumplings being thrown out of the pot, falling one after another. Tuoba Yulu and a few others relied on their equestrian skills to escape the anti-cavalry formation with narrow escapes.

But the speed of the cavalry has dropped rapidly, and it cannot cause impact damage.

Seeing the motionless battle formation on the opposite side, Tuoba Yulu knew that his trip was in vain, and roared an order to retreat.

When passing by the hills, they were hit by a rain of arrows from Yuan Lei's troops on the hills, causing heavy losses.

Then they were met by Hu Yanying's troops who had returned to the army. They relied on the speed of their horses to escape the pursuit of the Hussars Battalion.

When they returned to Guangping, everyone in Tuoba Yu's law office was injured, and some horses even stopped suddenly and died suddenly.

Twenty thousand troops were sent out in the early morning, but when they came back, there were only 14,000, and among them there were 3,000 wounded, and almost no gains were made.

Not only was it a huge blow to Tuoba Yulu's arrogance, but it also hit Guangping's military morale.

Wang Chang and others thought that although the White Army was elite, Tuoba Yulu would not suffer such heavy losses with his war horses.

Unexpectedly, nearly half of them were lost. This may cause changes in the subsequent war.

(End of this chapter)