By the time Dugu Yan realized she had fallen into a trap, it was too late!
Countless arrows rained down like raindrops...
Countless logs soaked in tung oil crashed down the hillside, causing countless deaths and injuries to the Xianbei soldiers—a truly horrific sight!
Furthermore, the army was marching through narrow and cramped mountain paths. In their panic, they pushed and shoved each other, and their horses were startled and jumped and ran away. In a short time, the Xianbei army trampled each other, resulting in countless deaths and injuries!
Fortunately, Murong Lie was calm and decisive, ordering his troops to immediately abandon their horses and launch a counterattack along the hillside!
Admittedly, this approach is naturally inefficient...
After all, people live on higher ground, and arrows and rolling stones can easily cause effective damage!
But Murong Lie had personally witnessed how the main force of the Xiongnu army was annihilated in the heart of Yanshan.
People trampling people, horses trampling people...
Fire, toxic smoke!
Hundreds of thousands of people scrambled for the narrow exit, and the vast majority of soldiers died at the feet of their own comrades...
Rather than that, we should launch a counterattack!
They attacked directly up the mountain, just like besieging a city!
Even under the threat of thunder, smoke, cannon fire, and arrows, there is still hope of turning defeat into victory!
If you just try to run away, you'll only be facing death!
When Murong Lie stood on the mountaintop, he was also reflecting on himself, wondering how he would have resolved his current desperate situation if he were the one who had wronged the Xiongnu Chanyu!
It seems there is only one way: to fight back against the pressure and disregard casualties!
Treat the counter-encirclement like a siege!
It must be said that Murong Lie's choice was correct. His 50,000 troops all obeyed his orders, counterattacked, and charged up the hillside... As long as they could tear open a gap and get up the mountain, the outcome would be uncertain!
Moreover, this operation can also create favorable escape space in the narrow passage at the foot of the mountain, and speed up the retreat and transfer of troops!
Humans are social animals with a strong tendency to conform.
If everyone is fleeing, then I will definitely rush to escape as well!
But if everyone starts to "attack" and counterattack, then he won't be afraid anymore and will join in with everyone!
This is why, during every siege, even knowing that climbing up would most likely mean death, the soldiers still went without hesitation!
Moreover, sieges require ladders; otherwise, it would be difficult to climb up by hand!
But this is a hillside, steep as it may be, but not to the point where it's impossible to climb...
Objectively speaking, it's much easier than attacking a city!
Moreover, Murong Lie's command was excellent; he instructed his men not to launch a chaotic "siege" from all directions, but to find a favorable position to climb and focus their attack on. Once they got up there, the enemy's encirclement would be broken...
It's better to die on the road to killing the enemy than to die trampled by your own people!
Having experienced the "Yanshan Annihilation Battle" commanded by Jiang Ming, the young man absorbed enough experience, along with his own insights and reflections, and finally found the optimal solution in the chaotic situation!
Dugu Yan was completely panicked at this moment, utterly lost and confused!
Inside the bulging belly, the fetus seemed to sense the mother's tension and began to kick and thrash around.
A series of sharp pains came, and under the protection of many Tuoba warriors, she was arranged to evacuate first!
Regret, remorse, resentment, and fear of being blamed by Jiang Ming upon his return overwhelmed Dugu Yan's soul. This strong heroine could not bear the pressure in her heart and burst into tears!
Even when her ex-husband, the leader of the Tuoba tribe, was shot and killed by the Xiongnu at Lone Wolf Mountain, Dugu Yan had never felt such grief and despair...
Because she knew that this time, she had lost everything in her Tuoba tribe...
However, something even more heartbreaking, despairing, and devastating was yet to come.
In order to train her son, Asili, and help him grow up quickly, Dugu Yan brought Asili along to the battle to wipe out the Zhongshan Kingdom.
The original intention was to let him see how his mother led troops into battle.
As a result... they were ambushed as soon as they entered the pass. Dugu Yan and her ex-husband's only son, A Shili, was shot in the temple with an arrow that went straight through his skull and killed him instantly!
In the chaos of the scene, no one noticed this detail.
When news of her son's death in battle reached Dugu Yan's ears, the heroine went mad. Despite being heavily pregnant, she jumped off her horse, found her son's body, and wailed over his body.
Overwhelmed with grief, he suffered a sudden attack of anger!
Dugu Yan fainted immediately...
Meanwhile, the warriors of the Tuoba tribe, following Murong Lie's previous instructions, quickly escorted Consort Dugu Yan out of the battlefield...
In this battle, the Xianbei army suffered heavy losses!
The Tuoba tribe had 30,000 soldiers, of whom 20,000 were killed or wounded...
Murong Lie's 50,000 soldiers who launched a direct assault on the hillside suffered only 7,000 casualties!
This was the result of Murong Lie's decisive action and immediate tactical adjustment!
Otherwise, let the soldiers run back like headless flies.
In that case... these 80,000-plus Xianbei soldiers will likely follow in the footsteps of the main Xiongnu force!
Murong Lie led his army up the hillside, broke through the encirclement, and immediately launched a counterattack, engaging in a fierce battle with the Zhongshan troops... which also bought valuable time for the Tuoba tribe to retreat.
Murong Lie's troops were mostly cavalry.
Impact, long spikes, and arrows—these are their strengths...
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