Chapter 598: The Right Wise King of the Xiongnu Qubei
After resting for less than a quarter of an hour, they saw several cavalrymen galloping from the west of the army. Soon, several Xiongnu cavalrymen came in front of everyone, dismounted, and greeted them: "My lord, generals, there are only a few hundred people in Guangwu City who are temporarily staying there. They know nothing about the arrival of our army."
After hearing this, the knight looked at the two generals around him and said happily: "Okay, order the army to rest for another quarter of an hour. Guangwu must be occupied before dark, and then defense preparations must be made to deal with possible attacks tomorrow!"
As he said this, the knight turned to a Xiongnu general beside him and said, "General Qubei, when the battle begins, your cavalry will be divided into two groups. You will lead one group to block the north gate of Guangmu City and make sure no one escapes. The other cavalry will patrol around the city to prevent anyone from escaping. General Gao Lan will lead the rest of the troops to enter the city from the south gate, quickly attack the city, and eliminate the enemies in the city."
If other players saw this situation, they would be shocked to the point of breaking their glasses. When did the Xiongnu Right Xian King Qubei actually get conquered by the knight? Judging from the posture, he led at least 2,000 Xiongnu cavalry to surrender.
In fact, the reason why the knight was able to conquer Qubei was largely thanks to Huangfu Chaobo.
It is said that half a year ago, the Right Xian King still had 6,000 Xiongnu warriors in his hands, and it can be said that he was invincible in Hedong. However, due to his greed, he was asked by the Yellow Turbans of Baibo to attack Luoyang City in Henan. As a result, he failed to steal the chicken but lost a handful of rice. Only less than 3,000 of the 6,000 cavalry escaped, and his top general was also killed under Luoyang City.
The dusty Right Wise King did not even say hello, and led the remaining cavalry to run back to Hedong. After looting several villages and towns in Hedong, Qubei's Xiongnu cavalry finally came to their senses.
Seeing that winter was about to come, Qubei led his remaining cavalry to loot a large amount of food and grass, and hid in a valley in Baibo Valley, preparing to spend the winter here and make plans in the spring of next year.
It was also bad luck for the Right Wise King Qubei. In early February, the knight led more than 15,000 soldiers and civilians to disembark from the Hejin Ferry near Pishi. As Zhou Tai said, the troops were divided into two groups. Fu Xun led a thousand soldiers to guard the civilians and the people, carrying food and other supplies, all the way up the river, preparing to arrive at Sangjin Ferry and then take a boat to the north.
The knight and Gao Lan led nearly 4,000 soldiers all the way north along the Fen River, preparing to enter Bingzhou. Who knew that after passing Linfen, it suddenly snowed heavily. Gao Lan had no choice but to ask people to find a valley where they could avoid the wind and snow, and prepare to wait until the heavy snow stopped before the army moved forward.
The scouts searched and accidentally found that there seemed to be a large number of people and horses gathered in a valley, and then immediately sent the news back to the central army. The knight and Gao Lan were shocked, thinking that someone was going to harm them. So the two of them personally led people to investigate. When they saw it, they were both shocked. There were thousands of Xiongnu cavalry and nearly 10,000 horses in it.
Under the heavy snow, the Huns, who were not vigilant at all, did not notice that someone was attacking their camp outside the valley. In fact, it was not the Huns' fault, but they had never been invincible in Hedong, and they had no vigilance on the grassland. After seeing the horses in the valley, the knight could no longer move his feet. Seeing the Huns' unprepared appearance, after thinking for a while, the knight discussed with Gao Lan whether he could do a vote.
After the two discussed for a while, Gao Lan felt that he had a deliberate plan, and there was only one exit in the valley, which was equivalent to the Huns putting him in the pocket. Gao Lan's greatest confidence was that he had a thousand crossbowmen. He only needed to set up obstacles in the valley, and then he could eliminate these thousands of Huns with the crossbowmen, and he might even be able to recruit some cavalry.
After making the decision, the two took advantage of the heavy snow to arrange overnight. When the snow stopped the next morning, the Huns cavalry scouts were preparing to leave the valley when they suddenly found that they were surrounded in the valley.
After receiving the news, Qubei was terrified and immediately organized a cavalry breakout. However, the Luonan Town army, which had already arranged defenses, under the command of Gao Lan, took advantage of obstacles and the large yellow crossbows in their hands to deal a fatal blow to the Xiongnu cavalry. After several rounds of arrow rain, the Xiongnu cavalry suffered heavy casualties. Several attempts to break out failed. Facing the powerful crossbow attack, after more than a thousand cavalry were killed and injured, the Xiongnu cavalry soldiers were depressed. Finally, they had no choice but to surrender. In the end, the knight successfully forced the surrender of two thousand Xiongnu cavalry with almost no damage, collected nearly eight thousand horses, and added more than four thousand horses in his own hands, so that the number of horses in his hands reached thirteen thousand, and the number of troops in his hands also exceeded six thousand troops, of which two thousand were Xiongnu cavalry skilled in archery and horse riding. After subduing Qubei and the two thousand Xiongnu cavalry, the knight ordered a day of rest in this valley before the army set out again. Of course, another reason was that Qubei had just surrendered and his loyalty was too low, so the knight planned to use a day and a night to test his loyalty.
On the third day, the knight, who had done his best, finally raised Qubei's loyalty to more than 70, barely enough to take him out for a stroll. He was originally planning to stay for a few more days, but time was too tight, so he had to set out with the army.
With Qubei, a guide who had been wandering in Bingzhou for several years, the knight's army quickly rushed to a place more than ten miles east of Guangmu City. Seeing that they were about to reach their destination, the knight ordered the army to stop and rest for a while, and immediately sent Xiongnu cavalry to Guangmu City to investigate the enemy situation, which led to the previous scene.
After resting for half a quarter of an hour, with the order of the knight, the soldiers all got on their horses, with two thousand Xiongnu cavalry as the vanguard, and the six thousand troops headed towards the direction of Guangmu County.
Guangmu City is a county town under Shuofang County, located on the north bank of the Yellow River, with only two gates in the north and south. Although it is called a county town, it is actually not comparable to the county towns in the Central Plains. It is similar to Luonan Town in Luoyang where the knight is located. The city wall is about five miles long and more than ten feet high. The city can accommodate up to 30,000 to 40,000 people.
The sudden attack of a large number of cavalry caught the Zahu tribe in the city off guard. Not long after the patrol outside sounded the alarm, the Xiongnu cavalry was almost near the county town.
The troops and horses of each unit quickly took their positions according to the pre-arrangement, and soon surrounded the hundreds of Zahu tribes in the county town. After dozens of people were shot and killed by crossbows, the entire tribe was captured by Gao Lan. The whole battle lasted less than two quarters of an hour.
After receiving the news that Gao Lan had cleared out the enemies in the city, the knight ordered the rest of the troops to enter the county, leaving only dozens of Hun cavalry to patrol and guard around the county.