The Tuoba Xianbei army arrived at the Xiongnu River in the afternoon of August 19, and the entire team plus the prisoners were dragged a distance of more than 20 miles.
Chen Dao rode a horse and stood on a high hill to observe the team of Tuoba Xianbei people, while the surrounding horses were running around to explore.
Yang Ding, who was beside him, was also sitting on horseback.
He saw that the enemy's front troops had arrived at the river, so he asked: "General Chen, the front troops of the Tuoba Xianbei people have arrived at the river.
They are all drinking water.
We Is it time to attack?”
Chen Da said: "Don't worry, do you know how wild beasts drink water?
Just like them, they drink water while looking left and right, for fear of enemies coming to attack.
Now they are still relaxed, waiting for their front men and horses to drink."
After the water is finished, the people behind will start to become anxious.
Only then will their vigilance begin to decrease.
It is then that we pass the order when we attack.
Before the attack order is given, no one is allowed to make any sound or do anything without permission.
Attack and kill those who disobey orders."
"Yes," Yang Ding agreed, clasping his fists, then turned around to deliver the order.
Yang Ding was Dong Zhuo's old subordinate, and he was from Liangzhou like Hu Zhen.
Among Dong Zhuo's generals, he was the one with the least sense of existence.
He was not as domineering and domineering as Dong Zhuo's other generals.
He is relatively low-key, and his ability to command troops is on par with Li Jue, Guo Si and others, otherwise he would not be on an equal footing with these people.
Li Jue, Guo Si, Zhang Ji and others have now been discharged and returned to their fields, and are taking care of themselves at home.
Although they have a large amount of land, wealth, and titles, they no longer have any power and can only become rich men.
Among the generals left behind after Dong Zhuo's death, only Yang Ding and Duan Xuan were still serving in the army with some qualifications.
The other Xiliang soldiers such as Zhang Xiu, Dong Cheng and others were much younger than them.
Chen Dao looked calmly at the Tuoba Xianbei people's team in the distance, which was slowly moving towards the Xiongnu River, but he was not calm in his heart.
Liu Cheng gave him the task of the first attack because he valued him, but this The task is not easy.
You must seize the opportunity to attack.
When is the best time?
If you are not an experienced general and have a keen judgment on the situation, you will not be able to grasp it.
The time has come for the test.
This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.
The Tuoba Xianbei people have more than 80,000 troops, plus more than 50,000 troops who have just defeated the three major Xianbei tribes in the west and surrendered.
The opponent has a total of nearly ten There are 40,000 troops, and the total strength of the Han army is a little more than 50,000.
The total strength of both sides is almost 200,000.
In one battle, the total number of troops invested by both sides reached nearly 200,000.
A general may never encounter such a large-scale battle in his life, but when Chen Dao encountered it, he was still the commander responsible for launching the first attack.
This is What kind of luck and opportunity, if you don't take advantage of it, you will regret it for the rest of your life.
Chen Dao waited quietly, and the 20,000 Qiang cavalry behind him also waited quietly.
After two years of systematic training, these 20,000 Qiang cavalry have been transformed.
They are wearing armor, helmets, and holding spears.
They have sabers hanging on their waists, and their treatment and equipment are the same as those of the Han army.
This is why they can train with peace of mind and obey orders.
Within two years, they had undergone strict military discipline training.
Once these barbarians put shackles on them and let them form a habit, their enforcement and persistence of military discipline may not even be comparable to that of the Han soldiers.
Their brains They are all of the same mind.
They fight when called to attack and retreat when called to.
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They never ask for conditions or question.
Generals like this kind of soldiers.
A quarter of an hour passed, and the leading troops of the Tuoba Xianbei people had finished drinking water.
They all went ashore to sit or lie on the grass to bask in the sun.
They were very tired.
They had not had a good rest after marching for so many days.
When they arrived, By the Xiongnu River, all of them knew that they would rest here for a few days.
After experiencing the vigilance just now, these people all relaxed.
The people who followed couldn't wait any longer.
They were all very thirsty, and their team began to loosen up.
They all galloped towards the river one after another.
They wanted to seize the best position to wash themselves in the river.
The team behind them Chaos also began, and the rangers cruising on both sides of the team also relaxed their vigilance at this time.
"It's time, order all the soldiers to mount their horses, organize their equipment, and prepare to attack."
Chen Dao issued the order to prepare for the attack.
"Yes, General" Just when Chen Dao's 20,000 Qiang cavalry were preparing to attack, the follow-up troops of Tuoba Xianbei's army could not wait any longer.
Tushenhai was surrounded by a basin surrounded by hills and mountains.
The August sky was dull in this basin.
It was still a bit stuffy inside, so they overtook the Western Xianbei people who had just surrendered in the middle of the team and galloped towards the river.
They also wanted to drink water and take a dip in the water.
Completely losing his vigilance, Chen Dao saw this scene and immediately turned around and headed towards the ambush of the team.
The 20,000 Qiang cavalry were ready.
Each one led a horse, with a spear on the victory hook.
The horses were all fed, and their mouths were tied so that they could not make a sound.
Chen Dao rode up to the 20,000 Qiang cavalry all over the mountains and plains.
This place was seven or eight miles away from the Tuoba Xianbei troops.
He could have encouraged his soldiers before attacking, but he didn't.
He knew that these Qiang cavalry were After two years of systematic training, they have grown into qualified warriors.
Once the order to attack is given, they will rush to the enemy without fear of death.
Chen Dao rode his horse back and forth in front of the Qiang cavalry in the front row.
Then he turned around and faced forward.
He raised his right hand and waved forward.
He took the lead in riding his horse and walked forward slowly.
Behind him were 20,000 Qiang cavalry.
Row after row followed, and the team was not scattered at all.
It was extremely terrifying for 20,000 troops to walk out of the mountains and forests, and to do so quietly and in tight formation without deformation.
This required countless days and nights of non-stop training.
"General Yang, I think it is necessary to send some sharpshooters to take the lead in killing the surrounding Tuoba Xianbei rangers.
Although these people will not have much effect on our attack, they can turn around and run back to report the news.
We are here There are still seven or eight miles away from the position of the Tuoba Xianbei people.
Even if they cannot completely gather during this period, they can at least gather 20,000 to 30,000 troops, which is not good for us."
"The sharpshooter is ready-made and ready to attack at any time.
The general will make arrangements right away."
Yang Ding clasped his fists and agreed, immediately riding his horse and running to the side.
After a while, some sharpshooters wearing Xianbei costumes but with red ribbons on their arms scattered and rushed towards the front.
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They dressed up as Xianbei people to confuse the Tuoba Xianbei rangers ahead. , The red belt on the arm is for identification by others, so as not to be accidentally injured by others.
Chen Dao's hand was very good.
Those Tuoba Xianbei rangers who were lazily walking around on their horses were not too wary of the arrival of these people of the same tribe wearing the same clothes.
When they realized that something was wrong, they came across from the opposite side.
The arrows have been shot over like lightning.
The Tuoba Xianbei Rangers scattered around were eliminated one by one, but Tuoba Xianbei's army did not notice it at all.
It was not until Chen Dao led the army that he appeared three miles away from where Tuoba Xianbei's army was, that Tuoba Xianbei discovered the horizon in the distance.
A black line appears on it.
This black line is the front row of the cavalry of Chen's army.
Because they are still far apart, it looks like a black line composed of countless black dots.
The experienced Tuoba Xianbei soldiers shouted in horror: "The enemy, the enemy is coming, the enemy is coming!"
The Tuoba Xianbei people began to panic.
They looked around for their weapons and horses.
The leader of the Tuoba Xianbei people, Tuoba Jiefen, changed his face and immediately shouted: "Send orders for the first and twenty thousand troops to form a formation in front to block the enemy's army." , and ordered the other troops to quickly assemble in the rear and prepare to meet the enemy."
Tuoba Jiefen was the most accomplished Xianbei leader after Tan Shihuai.
Under his leadership, the Tuoba Xianbei people controlled the vast Mobei grassland north of Yinshan Mountain, and gathered more than 70 tribes with Xianbei surnames under his banner.
When he was on the high hill, because it was a high place, Chen Dao could easily see Tuoba Xianbei's team in the distance.
After coming out of the mountain forest, because the earth was round, he could not see the enemy.
When the distance between the two sides was less than three miles, he finally saw the enemy again.
"Now we can see the Tuoba Xianbei people, and the Xianbei people must have discovered us.
Send the order, light the cannon, and attack with the sound of the cannon."
Chen Dao gave the order and took off the spear hanging on the victory hook.
The team of 20,000 people is too large, and this is in the wild.
They are all cavalry.
They do not carry war drums and other things.
It is a good idea to use the sound of cannons as a signal to attack, and it is loud enough.
It is large and can also transmit the signal to Liu Cheng.
When Liu Cheng hears the sound of the cannon, he will know that his side has launched an attack.
A loud "boom" sound came out, and everyone was shocked.
Chen Dao raised his spear and shouted: "Soldiers, follow me to kill!"
"Kill" the 20,000 Qiang cavalry soldiers yelled, raised their spears, lined up in neat lines, and began to gallop slowly on their horses.
"Rumble, boom, boom, boom" bursts of roars came out, and the momentum brought by the 20,000 cavalry running together was extremely huge.
This momentum inspired them even more, and everyone felt the blood boiling in their bodies.
The 20,000 horses were divided into five parts, each with 4,000 cavalry.
They galloped forward side by side.
The gaps between each part were extremely small.
It was impossible for the Tuoba Xianbei people to open gaps through these gaps.
Chen Dao had already made calculations.
As long as the 20,000 cavalry lined up in a shorter depth, they would be able to create a wide enough cross-sectional impact area.
Coupled with the neat and dense formation, once they attack, they will be as fast as a wall.
Advancing, who can remain calm in front of such a dense formation of cavalry and spears: