Chapter 991 Xianbei Invasion

"Marquis Wen, Duke Qin has an order, ordering you and me to lead an army to conquer Liaodong. What suggestions do you have?" Xu Huang said politely to Lu Bu. Liu Ye specifically told him that Lu Bu was aloof and arrogant, and asked Xu Huang to take care of Lu Bu's emotions. Xu Huang naturally took the overall situation into consideration, so he would ask Lu Bu's opinion first in everything.

Lu Bu sneered and said: "Liaodong is nothing worth mentioning. I can defeat it with ten thousand cavalry!"

Lu Bu has led cavalry in battles since Dong Zhuo's chaos, so he is naturally experienced. In his eyes, the only elite cavalry in the world are Liangzhou cavalry, Bingzhou wolf cavalry and Youzhou Xiaoqi. As for the Liaodong cavalry, they are still not very good. Especially since Gongsun Du had just been wiped out by Cao Cao, his elite troops were naturally burned to the ground.

"What Marquis Wen said is not unreasonable, but our army still has to leave a branch to guard Cao's army in the Pingyuan Kingdom to prevent future troubles." Qingzhou is mainly distributed south of the Yellow River, but the Pingyuan Kingdom in Qingzhou is in Hebei, and is In the hands of Cao Jun, it poses a threat to Jizhou and Youzhou.

"Okay, in that case, I will leave an army and horses to defend the Pingyuan country, and our army will march from western Liaoning to sweep across eastern Liaoning!"

After Xu Huang and Lu Bu discussed for a while, they finally formulated a strategy plan for Liaodong: leaving five thousand cavalry to guard the Bohai Sea to prevent Cao's army from attacking from Pingyuan. Xu Huang and Lu Bu sent troops together, with 40,000 infantry and cavalry to attack Liaodong. Cao's army was relatively weak in Liaodong, so it should be easy to attack Liaodong.

And just when Xu Huang and Lu Bu had just discussed the countermeasures, suddenly a person from outside the door ran in and fell to his knees.

"Marquis Wen, marching to the north, the latest information! Master Kebineng of Xianbei led an army of 50,000 men and tens of thousands of cattle and sheep to invade south, and his troops were directed towards Yanmen County!"

As the saying goes, the three armies move forward before using food and grass. When fighting in the Central Plains, they often worry about food and grass. However, the food and grass of nomadic people are naturally different from those of farming people. They do not farm, but raise horses and sheep. Therefore, when they usually go to war, they just drive a bunch of them. When the sheep are gone, they usually eat sheep. When the sheep are eaten and the battle is not over, they will naturally retreat. This is why the Han army often obtains thousands of sheep after defeating the Xiongnu army. This is their forage.

When Lu Bu heard this, he was naturally furious: "What a Kebineng, it really makes my skin itch!"

Lü Bu was quite prestigious in Bingzhou in his early years, and was called a flying general. Lü Bu was compared with the famous flying general Li Guang of the Han Dynasty, which shows that the nomads were deeply afraid of Lü Bu. Later, Ding Yuan also heard about Lü Bu's bravery. Therefore, Lu Bu was recruited into the army as the chief secretary. If not for this, maybe Lu Bu could really grow into a famous border guard general like Li Guang.

"Marquis Wen, please don't be anxious. The situation has changed." Xu Huang said solemnly: "Our army is now defending the enemy from three sides. The number of enemy troops is not small. I think our army should not act rashly. Please give me instructions." The general is the best."

"How long have you asked the general for instructions?" Lu Bu said anxiously: "The Xianbei cavalry is advancing very fast, with one person, two horses or even three horses. They can reach Yanmen County within seven days. The terrain of Yanmen County is flat. How can they stop the enemy?" Attack!"

It's not that Xu Huang didn't understand this truth. After all, he was a famous general who could "drive straight in". If he stayed where he was and asked Liu Ye for instructions, he would definitely be at a disadvantage in this war.

"Well, let's send someone to ask the general for instructions now, but we can't remain indifferent. How about asking General Lu to lead the Bingzhou cavalry north to Yanmen County to defend against the enemy. How about I lead the infantry to go north slowly?" Xu Huang suggested.

Lu Bu nodded, and immediately led the Bingzhou generals to rush out the door: "I will organize the cavalry tonight and set off to let these thieves and slaves know the power of my great Han Dynasty!"

Seeing Lu Bu rushing out in a hurry, Xu Huang couldn't help but shook his head and said with a smile: "This Marquis Wen is really..."

In September of the 15th year of Jian'an, Ke Bineng, a lord from central Xianbei, led 50,000 cavalry southward with great momentum, reaching as far as Yanmen County. However, the nomads during this period were actually far less terrifying than the Liao, Jin and Mongolia during the Song Dynasty. They did not have heavy cavalry such as iron pagodas and iron kites, and they still used arrows made of bones.

Famous generals at the end of the Han Dynasty, Zhang Huan and Duan Ying of Sanming in Liangzhou attacked the Qiang at the same time. The Han army only injured a few hundred people, but killed tens of thousands of Qiang people. Behind this huge disparity in numbers, there were billions of military expenditures. expenditures.

Therefore, Lu Bu led 15,000 cavalry and went north. The difference between the two armies was only three times. Isn't this battle a success?

At the same time, Xu Huang took out his sentry cavalry and galloped towards Liu Ye's army.

"How dare the Xianbei people offend my great Han Tianwei? Huh, you really don't know how to live or die." Liu Ye looked at the letter sent by Xu Huang and couldn't help but smile coldly. The Han people have endured severe disasters since the Western Jin Dynasty. Liu Ye had zero tolerance for the Hu people. He even planned to defeat Cao Cao, and then follow the example of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty and lead a large-scale northern expedition against the Hu people. The disaster was completely eliminated. Unexpectedly, these Xianbei people dared to jump out and seek death. In this case, don't blame him for being cruel!

Guo Jia said: "General, there is something fishy behind this matter. Xianbei has always been respectful to the imperial court. How come he suddenly turns against him now?"

Liu Ye raised his eyebrows: "What do you mean?"

"Didn't brothers Yuan Xi and Yuan Shang run away that day? It is said that when Yuan Shao was here in the past, he did not hesitate to spend a lot of effort to win over the Xianbei people. I am afraid that brothers Yuan Xi and Yuan Shang escaped to the Xianbei people, and then..."

Liu Ye nodded slightly. This is indeed the case in history. After Yuan Shang and Yuan Xi failed in their fight against Cao Cao, they first fled to Liucheng to seek asylum in Wuhuan Tadun. After Cao Cao's expedition to Tadun defeated Wuhuan, he fled to Liaodong again, but was captured by Gongsun Du. He cut off their heads and took the initiative to send the two heads to Cao Cao.

Now that Gongsun Du is gone, the Xiliang army can only take matters into its own hands.

"Yuan Shao really put a lot of effort into winning over the Xianbei people. He never imagined that he would cause so much trouble to our army after his death." Ma Chao said coldly, and then asked Liu Ye for orders: "General, Ma Chao is willing to lead five thousand cavalry to the north. , capture and kill Ke Bineng’s head and present it under the tent.”

"Haha, why would General Ma do it himself? Someone will naturally offer Ke Bineng's head under the tent." Jia Xu laughed.

"It seems that Wen He has also thought of it. The heroes really think alike." Guo Jia said with a smile.

Jia Xu and Guo Jia laughed, but Ma Chao was confused. He was confused and said to them: "Two gentlemen, please tell me if you have any clever ideas. Ma Chao cannot guess it."