The West Route Army and the Middle Route Army headed northwest and north respectively under the leadership of Chen Dao and Yang Ru.
Liu Cheng continued the pursuit with more than 10,000 East Route Army troops.
Fifty thousand people set out from Chang'an, but now only more than 30,000 people are left.
A total of more than 20,000 people have been lost, and the battle loss rate exceeds 40%.
This level of loss is not small, but compared to the Tuoba Xianbei people But it is not worth mentioning, just With the loss of 20,000 troops, the Tuoba Xianbei people were almost crippled, leaving only 5,000 or 6,000 troops left among the 100,000 Tuoba Xianbei people.
Moreover, these 5,000 or 6,000 troops were not organized and were all pieced together. , the combat effectiveness is no longer the same.
After Liu Chengdong's Route Army pursued eastward for a day, Yan Xing sent a messenger to report that he had led his troops to pursue Tuoba Jiefen and entered the territory of the eastern Xianbei people.
Ke Bineng, the leader of the eastern Xianbei people, responded quickly and immediately organized troops to attack As pressure comes from the west, Tuoba Jiefen should first send people to Ke Bineng negotiated, but without success, he led his people to the north.
There was no conflict with Ke Bineng's people.
Yan Xing also immediately went to Tuoba Jiefen, who was being pursued, but Ke Bineng might be worried that the Han army would continue Invading his territory, he did not disband his tribe, but stationed himself at the border.
After Liu Cheng received the report from Yan Xing's Pegasus, he thought for a while and issued an order: the entire army turned north and did not need to follow the marching route of Yan Xing's army.
Instead, it slowed down and advanced directly towards Langjuxu Mountain.
At the same time, A large number of reconnaissance and cavalry sentries were sent to conduct exploration and searches within a hundred miles radius, so as to prevent the Tuoba Xianbei people from having the opportunity to escape southward through the gap between the two armies.
When the army was slowly advancing, the generals around him asked Liu Cheng: "Lord, why should our army slow down and advance steadily to Langjuxu Mountain to join Ma Chao and Guo Jia?"
Liu Cheng took out the map and pointed at it and said: "Look, the space in Mobei is too big.
If we are not careful, Tuoba Jiefen may escape our tracking and disappear from our sight.
Look at this The middle section of Gonglu River flows in an east-west direction.
It is a natural location that Tuoba Jiefen can use to escape our pursuit.
If we move too far forward, Tuoba Jiefen will Cross the Gonglu River, and wait for Yan Xing's men and horses to pursue and cross the Gonglu River.
He will then cross the Gonglu River south and leave Yan Xing's army to the north.
We have no troops south of the Gonglu River to stop it, so we must We need to have an army deployed south of Gonglu River to prevent him from jumping south.
Only when he escapes to the vicinity of Langjuxu Mountain can we confidently and boldly advance northward."
After Liu Cheng's explanation, the generals understood his strategic purpose.
He didn't care about Tuoba Jiefen escaping.
If he wanted to escape, he could only flee all the way north.
In this way, the Han army could rely on its absolute advantage in military strength to divide into two groups.
Advance northward several ways to compress their escape space until they surround the Tuoba Xianbei people or engage in a final decisive battle.
Tuoba Jiefen cannot be allowed to lead the Han army in circles.
The next day, Liu Cheng received a message from Yan Xing while he was slowly marching north.
Yan Xing said in the letter that Tuoba Jiefen had led his people across the Gonglu River and left behind some people along the way.
Many of the troops were sick or exhausted, and it was estimated that Tuoba Jiefen's troops were only about 5,000.
After reading the letter, Liu Cheng asked someone to bring a map and found his location.
He also found the location where Tuoba Jiefen and Yan Xing's army crossed the river.
The latitude of the East Route Army was not far from the latitude of where they crossed the river.
Far.
Liu Cheng immediately ordered: "Come here, order the army to stop advancing and camp on the spot.
Send a large number of scouts to search and explore the surrounding terrain and enemy conditions.
Once you find Tuobajie Fennan crossing the Gonglu River, report it immediately."
"Yes, my lord" After the camp was set up, Liu Cheng asked the soldiers to take time to rest, and sent people to search everywhere to further confirm that there were no Xianbei tribes around.
At noon on September 12th, Chen Qun approached Liu Cheng and reported to Liu Cheng: "Lord, our spies found that Kebineng from Xianbei in the east has not disbanded his tribe until now, and seems to have walked out of the border."
Liu Cheng's face darkened when he heard this, and he stood up.
He said to Chen Qun: "Immediately send an envoy to clearly tell Ke Bineng that the territory of the original Tuoba Xianbei people is now the territory of my Han Dynasty, and ask him to retreat immediately.
Within three days, If you don't retreat, you will be an enemy of my big man, and we will make him pay a heavy price."
"Yes, lord" Chen Qun agreed, turned around and walked out.
Liu Cheng shouted again: "Come here, order all the ministries to prepare for departure immediately and set off eastward in an hour."
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"Dongjin" Chen Qun was shocked when he heard it.
He turned around and cupped his hands and said, "My lord, what are you doing?"
Liu Cheng said with a cold face: "I'm afraid that the barbarian Ke Bineng will not be dismissed so easily.
Besides, if he is not allowed to taste the power of my Han army, he will not be afraid and frightened.
Needless to say, we will wait until Ke Bineng is defeated."
It’s not too late to return to deal with Tuoba Jiefen, our army has enough time.”
An hour later, the army on the east route followed Liu Cheng and headed eastward, approaching the east at the fastest strategic march speed, covering 500 miles in three days.
As expected by Liu Cheng, Kebineng did not withdraw to the border immediately after receiving the envoy's note.
He ignored the envoy's stern warning and even planned to detain the envoy.
In the early morning of September 16th, when the 10,000 troops of the Xianbei army in the east were still asleep, Liu Cheng had already led his troops to arrive ten miles west of the camp of Kebineng's army.
However, by this time they had been captured by Kebineng.
The mounted patrol sentry discovered and reported it to Kebineng as soon as possible.
Ke Bi was awakened from his sleep and heard that the Han army had arrived.
When it was less than ten miles away, he was shocked.
He immediately ordered the army to form an array as quickly as possible, and at the same time sent an envoy to meet Liu.
Cheng asked about his purpose, hoping to delay the attack so that he could have enough time to assemble his army.
When Liu Cheng and his army were approaching Kebineng's army, the envoys sent by Kebineng came.
There were three people in total, one of whom was holding a staff.
When the three men were only sixty meters away from Liu Cheng, Liu Cheng took out his bow and arrows.
Three sharp arrows were attached to the Baodiao bow at the same time.
The envoy was so frightened that he fled away.
The three men immediately turned around and ran away, but how could they outrun the arrows?
Three arrows were fired in succession, and the three messengers were hit by arrows one after another and fell off their horses.
Liu Cheng put the precious eagle bow back into its pouch and continued to advance with the army.
The whole process did not stop for a second.
When the army arrived two miles away from Kebineng's camp, Kebineng's army was able to complete a rough formation.
The formation was loose and uneven, and there were many people looking for their own team.
But it was too late at this time, Liu Cheng's army had already arrived.
Kebineng rolled his eyes, led a few men to ride up to meet him, and shouted: "General of the Han Dynasty, why do you want to invade my leader of the Xianbei people, Kebineng?"
territory" Liu Cheng continued to press forward with his army, and responded as he walked: "It's just because your feet have already crossed the boundary."
Seeing that Liu Cheng's army had not stopped advancing, Ke Bi Neng's expression changed and he continued: "The boundary line is not clearly demarcated.
I didn't know that we had crossed the border.
If there is any offense, I, Ke Bi Neng, would like to inform you, General.
Apologize and say something like this will never happen again.”
Liu Cheng shouted: "Four days ago I sent an envoy to convey my will to you, but you did not obey and pay attention to it.
I will give you a chance.
It is you who propose a toast yourself and do not eat or drink as a fine.
No need to say more nonsense.
Since you You have been doubting the determination and strength of my big man, so let us weigh each other's weight, soldiers, come to me."
"Come on!"
Countless shouts of killing came from behind Liu Cheng, and the sound shook the world.
The war horses began to accelerate, the formation became more and more tight and strict, and the spears were already raised.
Facing the Han army's accelerating attack, Ke Bineng panicked.
At this time, he and several followers were forty or fifty meters away from the military formation.
If they came up to meet the Han army, they would inevitably fall into the Han army's formation.
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If they retreated and returned to the military formation, If he turns around and comes back, he is afraid that the Han army has already rushed over, and his army will have no room to accelerate.
How will this battle be fought?
You can't retreat, you absolutely can't retreat.
Once you retreat, it's over.
He didn't expect Liu Cheng to be so unruly, but at this time there was no time to reason with Liu Cheng.
He could only grit his teeth, pull out his weapon and yell: " Sons and gentlemen, kill them for me."
"kill" When Ke Bi Neng rushed towards Liu Cheng's army with a few guards, the eastern Xianbei army fifty meters behind him also began to charge towards the Han army, but the formation was relatively scattered.
Liu Cheng was carrying a broken army boring horse and galloping in front of the military formation.
He kept an eye on Ke Bineng.
Ke Bineng's army was slightly less disciplined.
If he could kill Ke Bineng at the first time, it would definitely trigger an attack by the Xianbei army in the east.
Chaos, then if you attack again, you can easily defeat the opponent's military formation.
Didn't Kebi Neng also have this idea?
He decided to do so when he decided to launch a direct attack.
He held the reins in his left hand and the scimitar in his right hand, waving it constantly, howling in his mouth and rushing towards Liu Cheng.
"Death to me."
The moment the two of them met, Liu Cheng burst out with murderous intent.
He used 95% of his strength and Pojun Boring to stab Kebineng at lightning speed.
Ke Bineng was about to slash at Liu Cheng with his sword, but he found that if he slashed past him, he would be pierced through the chest by Liu Cheng's broken army boring machine before the sword could reach him.
He had to change his move and slash at Liu Cheng midway.
The broken army is boring.
With a "dang" sound, the scimitar struck Pojun Boring, but Pojun Boring had already pierced into Ke Bineng's chest.
Although the armor on his body was thick, it still could not block Pojun Boring's penetration.
The whole person was lifted into the sky by Liu Cheng.
Liu Cheng held up Kebineng and shouted: "Kebineng is dead.
Soldiers of the Han army, it's time for you to fight the enemy bravely and make achievements.
Kill them for me.
Kill them all."
"Kill, kill them all" "Kebineng is dead, kill them all" The morale of the Han army officers soared, and they were in high spirits.
They roared and rushed towards the Eastern Xianbei Army.
When the Eastern Xianbei Army saw Ke Bi Neng being lifted up in the sky, his body was still twitching.
It was obvious that he would not survive.
For a moment, their morale was low.
After a heavy fall, most of the people lost the courage to continue fighting, and stopped and planned to escape, but the Han army did not give them time
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