Chapter 538
Such a battle situation has already doomed the Huns' defeat. The target of the Huns' return reinforcements this time is Zishi City, but now that Zishi City has been lost, this battle has become meaningless to them.
The Huns, who had lost their will to fight, were in low morale. Facing the sudden attack of the Wei cavalry, they had no psychological preparation, so a defeat inevitably occurred.
Liu Bao wanted to organize the Hun cavalry to counterattack, but once the Hun cavalry's rout began, it would be out of control. Even if Liu Bao, as the commander of the left army, King Zuo Xian, still could not stop the Hun cavalry's rout.
The Hun army was in such a state of defeat that they were in such a state that none of the Hun cavalry who were lucky enough to find their horses stayed to fight. They all chose to escape in unison.
When Liu Bao saw that the situation was over, he no longer insisted on fighting, but took the lead in fleeing northward under the escort of his own soldiers.
Liu Bao all fled, and the Huns army was leaderless and in chaos. In order to escape for their lives, many people started to snatch their horses and kill each other.
Because they knew very well that without a war horse, no matter how fast they ran, they would not be able to escape the pursuit of the Wei cavalry. If they wanted to escape from the pursuit, they must at least have a war horse. In this way, it would be possible
Escaped the pursuit of Wei cavalry.
Liu He and other Xiongnu leaders also fled, but Liu He was not so lucky. On his escape route, he happened to encounter Yue cavalry who were killing all directions. Liu He wanted to change his escape route, but was unable to do so.
It was too late, and he was surrounded by groups of Wei cavalry.
A feathered arrow shot over, hitting the head of Liu He's war horse. The horse fell to death immediately, knocking Liu He off guard and throwing him to the ground.
Liu He felt that his right leg was broken, and the severe pain made him break into a cold sweat. When he stood up holding on to a seriously injured leg, Wei Jun's sword and gun were already pressing on his neck.
So Liu He also became a prisoner of the Wei people.
The battle was a one-sided situation. In the chaos, no one knew how many Huns were killed. Anyway, those Huns cavalry who were lucky enough to escape with their lives fled wildly and did not want to stay here for a moment.
The Yue cavalry camp and the Tun cavalry camp achieved great results, killing countless Xiongnu soldiers and capturing thousands of horses. However, to the regret of the Yue cavalry and Tun cavalry battalions, Liu Bao escaped.
Of course, the Yueqi battalion and the Tun cavalry chose the right attack at the right time, so they could easily defeat the Huns cavalry.
However, with the current number of Wei cavalry, it is not difficult to defeat a Huns cavalry, but it is simply unrealistic to annihilate the entire Xiongnu team.
The advantage of the cavalry lies in their speed, which requires speed not only when attacking, but also when retreating. A quick retreat ensures that they will not be surrounded and annihilated by the Wei army.
Liu Bao escaped from the attack range of the Wei army's cavalry and gathered up the remaining defeated generals. He actually lost more than half of his troops, leaving less than 10,000 of his 20,000 troops.
Now that Zishi has fallen, Liu Bao's team has also suffered heavy losses. Not to mention that they are unable to break through the Wei army's defense line. Even if they have the strength to fight again, they have lost the meaning of attacking. Therefore, Liu Bao simply looked north and fled to the
Take the direction of Jinyang.
Jinyang had armies from the other three Xiongnu tribes, and Liu Bao hoped that he would lead his army to join the other three tribes, reintegrate their forces, and then fight to the death with the Wei army.
The Wei army did not pursue too much. Instead, under Cao Liang's order, they immediately gathered their troops and moved to fight against the Zi family.
Liu Bao had already looked north and fled. There were no more reinforcements waiting in Zishi City. Now it was time for the Wei army to take Zishi.
It did not take long to return to Zishi from Laoye Ridge. Under the leadership of Cao Liang, the army quickly arrived at Zishi City regardless of the fatigue of continuous battles, and implemented a siege on Zishi City.
At this moment, Zishi City was already in chaos. The chaos that Liu Yuan and Liu Hong brought to Zishi City when they fled did not stop. Instead, it only increased. The entire city fell into a state of gloom and gloom.
Hope was the city's last spiritual sustenance, and they waited in vain for the arrival of Liu Bao's reinforcements, although as time went by, this hope became increasingly slim.
The large-scale siege by the Wei army represented the beginning of the siege battle, but Cao Liang was not in a hurry to attack, but had other plans.
The victory in the battle of Laoyeling was entirely due to Huan Fan's ingenious plan. He used the capture of Liu Yuan and Liu Hong to falsely claim that the Zi family had fallen, which completely disrupted the Huns' minds and shattered their hopes.
Hope dampened the Huns' confidence and made the final battle extremely easy.
Who says the same strategy can't be used twice? Cao Liang didn't believe it. When cleaning the battlefield, Cao Liang specially ordered people to rummage through the corpses of the Huns and found a man who looked about seven or eight times the same as Liu Bao.
They separated similar corpses, then chopped off the heads and hung them on the top of the pole, pretending to be Liu Bao's head.
In order to increase this credibility, Cao Liang also deliberately brought Liu He, who had a broken leg, to deal with Liu He with the same methods as Liu Yuan and Liu Hong.
Liu He was the eldest son of Liu Bao. After he was captured, he knew that he was destined to die, so he had a tyrannical attitude and refused to cooperate with Cao Liang, assuming a posture of waiting for death.
Cao Liang disagreed. Using Liu He was just a means. If Liu He refused to cooperate, then he might as well chop off his head first and tie it with the fake Liu Bao's head. This would also improve the authenticity and make Liu Bao more authentic.
People in Zishi City believe that Liu Bao is indeed dead.
Similarly, if Liu He doesn't cooperate, Cao Liang can push Liu Yuan and Liu Hong out and let them perform another show.
Liu Bao is the spiritual support of the people who stayed behind in Zishi City. As long as Liu Bao is still alive, they can continue to maintain hope and carry out a tenacious resistance.
And if the news of Liu Bao's "death" reaches Zi's city, then all hopes will collapse in an instant. Huan Fan's strategy will make Liu Bao's army lose their fighting spirit. If Cao Liang repeats his old tricks, Zi can also be defeated.
The Huns gave up hope.
The success of this strategy is based on the fact that under the situation of information asymmetry, Cao Liang can even have both sides. He never tires of deception. It is difficult to deceive once, but Cao Liang is actually able to deceive twice.
When the knife was placed on Liu He's neck, Liu He finally gave in. When there was hope of survival, integrity could not be eaten, and even if Liu He refused, it would not help. Wei Jun's attack on Zishi City was
Chapter completed!