Standing halfway up the hill, Liu Wei could see the movements of the Xiongnu people clearly.
When he saw the Xiongnu cavalry split into two waves, one retreating south and the other attacking the mountain, he couldn't help but sneer.
"Even when facing certain death, a group of old, weak, sick, and disabled people still want to fight like cornered beasts?"
Perhaps those pedantic scholars, faced with the remnants of the Xiongnu army, would raise the banner of benevolence and righteousness, hoping to influence them with their compassion.
But Liu Wei would never do that.
If you're going to kill, kill them all; leave no one alive.
They choose to submit now in order to survive, but once they become powerful, they will quietly take your life.
The Xiongnu were defeated by the Han Dynasty and split into two parts, the Southern Xiongnu and the Han. The Southern Xiongnu chose to submit to the Han and were governed, and remained peaceful for more than a hundred years.
As a result, by the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, the court's control weakened, and these Xiongnu people became restless.
Taking advantage of the Yellow Turban Rebellion, the Eastern Han court was unable to attend to the borders, and the Southern Xiongnu people expanded recklessly, occupying the four commanderies of the Hetao region and preparing to cross the Yanmen Pass to move south.
Now, King Guli, at his wit's end, still dares to dream of using his old, weak, and disabled soldiers to perish together with him. Liu Wei can only say that he is overthinking things.
"Send out signal smoke again, ordering Zhang Liao's cavalry to pursue and kill the fleeing Xiongnu cavalry with all their might. We don't need to worry about this area!"
"A mere two thousand old, weak, sick, and disabled men, Commander Wang, I believe you should be fine, right?"
Wang Fangyi immediately said, "My lord, although we are outnumbered, we are in a commanding position and guard the key passes. One man can hold the pass against ten thousand!"
"No matter how many people come, they'll only leave behind corpses!"
Wang Fangyi was chosen by Li Shimin as a personal bodyguard not only because of his outstanding archery skills, but also because he was a fierce and capable general.
He participated in numerous battles against the Turks and repeatedly achieved great feats.
"Okay, go and make the arrangements!"
Liu Wei nodded.
Just as three more smoke signals rose from the mountaintop, Zhang Liao, who was leading five thousand cavalrymen from afar, also saw the order!
"Pass down the order: pursue and kill the Xiongnu cavalry at full speed, leave no one alive!"
Zhang Liao's face displayed a coldness and maturity that were extremely disproportionate to his age.
It's hard to imagine that a sixteen-year-old boy is already the commander of an army of ten thousand.
Zhang Liao now commands more than 10,000 troops.
When he served as the Prefect of Shuofang, he had 5,000 spearmen under his command, as well as 5,000 archers under the Prefect's Assistant Li Su.
Ordered to seize Qingyan Lake and lead an expedition to Dongsheng to build a city, Zhang Liao took his five thousand infantrymen with him.
At the same time, Yao Guangxiao ordered Zhang Xun in Yunzhong to send 10,000 laborers to help him build the city.
Liu Wei was on his way to Luoyang, and upon arriving at Zhang Liao's place, he devised a plan to annihilate the remaining forces of the Southern Xiongnu along the way.
Considering that the Xiongnu were mostly cavalry, Liu Wei supplemented Zhang Liao with two thousand light cavalry.
These cavalrymen are the Beiwei Army, a yellow-quality unit from the in-game store!
The Beiwei Army was an elite cavalry force commanded by Yue Fei during the Southern Song Dynasty.
During the Southern Song Dynasty, Yue Fei's Yue Family Army was the most powerful, and his "Beiwei Army" was the elite of the elite, representing the essence of the "Yue Family Army".
A template for the Beiwei Army costs the same amount of gold as the Xuanjia Cavalry, 2000 gold coins.
Liu Wei used 4 million people to exchange for gold coins and purchased 2,000 Beiwei Army soldiers to supplement Zhang Liao's mobile forces.
Xue Rengui had the Xuanjia Cavalry and the White-Robed Army, while Di Qing had the Mo Dao Battalion and the Three-Bow Crossbows, so Zhang Liao couldn't be allowed to humiliate him.
In addition to the 2,000 Beiwei soldiers, Zhang Liao was also equipped with 100 catapults, 3,000 soldiers to operate the transport vehicles, and 3,000 mules and horses.
There are also 3,000 cavalrymen wearing blue-quality equipment and white-robed military templates.
Liu Wei spent over 7 million yuan, but there are still 10 million people left in the system!
This also allowed Zhang Liao to make advance preparations for taking over the entire Shangjun and directly marching towards Guanzhong.
After all, besides the old King Guli of Guluo City, there is also the corpse of Sheyanze.
Once Zhang Liao's army reaches Gaonu, Guanzhong will inevitably be shaken, and Dong Zhuo of Bingzhou will certainly not remain indifferent.
If Zhang Liao only had the original 5,000 spearmen, he would be severely stretched thin.
Now, we have more than 13,000 infantry and cavalry combined, as well as siege equipment.
Liu Wei believed that Zhang Liao would be able to sweep through Shangjun, resist Dong Zhuo in the east, and wipe out the remnants of the Xiongnu army in the south.
They just captured Guluo City together with Liu Wei!
Liu Wei introduced himself and used a diversionary tactic to lure King Guli and his 5,000 troops out of the city.
Zhang Liao's army, which had already circled around to a spot five miles west of Guluo City, brought these ten catapults. Seeing that the Xiongnu army in the city had gone far away, they quickly came to the city.
In less than fifteen minutes, ten catapults were assembled and unleashed a barrage of bombardment.
The city of Guluo, which had long been eroded by wind and sand, collapsed with a roar before the city gates could withstand two volleys of fire.
Five thousand cavalrymen surged in like a tide.
The three thousand Xiongnu soldiers in the city were powerless to resist and were almost all killed or wounded, with only a few scattered groups abandoning the city and fleeing.
Gu Luo City was captured so easily.
Zhang Liao left a portion of his troops to control about 10,000 to 20,000 Xiongnu women and children in and around Guluo City, and then immediately led a large army eastward.
The Xiongnu cavalry that Liu Wei lured away were the main force.
Only by annihilating them can the remaining Xiongnu forces under King Guli be completely eradicated.
"General, what about the prince on that hill? Are we just going to ignore him?"
When Zhang Liao ordered a full-scale attack on the fleeing Xiongnu cavalry, the generals around him were all shocked.
Their prince is still on the hill, surrounded by the Xiongnu!
"The prince's orders only instructed us to pursue the enemy, not to provide him with support!"
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