Ask for help from Ding Yuan, the governor of Bingzhou?
When everyone heard Liu Ye's words, they were all dumbfounded. They looked at Liu Ye in disbelief, wanting to see if Liu Ye was joking with them.
Seeing Liu Ye's serious expression, Zhangsun Wuji reminded him softly,""Your Highness, Ding Yuan, the governor of Bing Province, has transferred the troops of Wuyuan and Yunzhong away. His appearance clearly shows that he doesn't want to help us. Asking for help at this time was probably useless.”
"This king knows it's useless, but we still need to ask for help.”
First, we can tell Ding Yuan and the others how dangerous the situation at Yanmen Pass is, so that Ding Yuan won't cause trouble behind us in the name of reinforcements.”
"Secondly, once our army repels the Xianbei army, we can use Ding Yuan colluding with the non-humankind to take Bing Province and destroy him.”
Only then did everyone come to a realization, and they admired Liu Ye even more.
They were thinking about how to defend against the Xianbei's attack, but they didn't think that Liu Ye had already thought ahead of them. He was thinking about the future, how to take down the entire Bingzhou.
Zhangsun Wuji hurriedly cupped his hands and was about to say a few words of flattery when he was interrupted by Liu Ye,""There's no need to say any more compliments. Let's discuss how to face the Xianbei army. This is the most important matter.“
……
In the evening, on the northern plains of Yanmen Pass Fortress.
Dark clouds covered the entire land, indicating that a great battle was about to begin.
Countless Xianbei cavalrymen swarmed over like a gust of wind sweeping away fallen leaves.
The Xianbei cavalry rode on their warhorses and mercilessly trampled on the land of the Great Han.
The Xianbei cavalrymen were wearing leather armor made from animal skins and were wielding scimitars unique to the grasslands. Their hair was disheveled and they looked like evil ghosts.
The leader was a middle-aged man. He waved the scimitar in his hand and shouted,"My sons, the Han territory has food, beautiful women, and countless gold, silver, and jewelry waiting for us. I have orders to be the first to charge into Yanmen and reward 500 cows and sheep and 10 beautiful Han women.”
The person who shouted was none other than the Xianbei Clan's Chief Tan Shihuai's younger brother Tan Shidan.
He had been ordered by his brother Tan Shihuai to lead the 20,000 troops to test the strength of the Yanmen Army.
Although it was just a test, Tan Shidan was somewhat impatient and prepared to attack with all his might.
As a Xianbei who grew up on horseback, he did not have so many scruples.
Tan Shidan was confident that with 20,000 iron cavalry, breaking through Yanmen Pass was only a matter of time.
When the Xianbei cavalry behind Tan Shidan heard his shout, they immediately let out a roar.
At this moment, they were like a pack of hungry wolves, about to pounce into the crowd.
Liu Ye, who was in Yanmen Pass, silently watched all of this.
Even though this was Liu Ye's first time on the battlefield, he didn't show any fear as he looked at the tens of thousands of Xianbei soldiers.
He coldly looked at the Xianbei people who were like locusts in front of Yanmen Pass and said in a low voice,"The Xianbei cavalry is very arrogant. With just 20,000 vanguards, do you think they can break through my Yanmen Pass?”
"Wenyuan. The leader of the Xianbei generals must be Tan Shihuai's younger brother, Tan Shidan.”
"That's right, this person is Tan Shidan. He was also the most greedy and lecherous person in Xianbei.”
Every time he led the Xianbei cavalry. To come to our Han Dynasty to rob, they must be burning, killing, robbing, torturing, and committing all kinds of evil.”
As he spoke, Zhang Liao's eyes were also filled with anger.
Clearly, he did not have any good impression of this Tan Shidan.
"Since they want to break through this king's Yanmen Pass, let them all stay.”
"Wen Yuan, the next battle command will depend on you.”
Liu Ye was very clear about his own capabilities and what kind of person should do.
Zhang Liao had the talent of a general, so this battle was naturally given to him to command.
"Don't worry, Your Highness. I will not disappoint Your Highness."
Zhang Liao cupped his hands towards Liu Ye. Then, he looked at the thousands of Yanmen soldiers behind him and slowly waved his right hand. His five fingers spread out in the air, making a gesture that was difficult for outsiders to understand.
After receiving Zhang Liao's hint, the Yanmen army immediately drew their bows and prepared for battle.
The generals of Yanmen Pass had been guarding it for decades. Even though there was a lot of fresh blood flowing in, their combat strength was much stronger than the combat strength of other places.
The Xianbei cavalry in front of Yanmen Pass advanced at lightning speed. In just a short while, the vanguard had already reached Yanmen Pass. They roared and charged towards Yanmen Pass.
"Archers, get ready to fire!"
Zhang Liao roared and took the lead to shoot the arrow in his hand.
A black arrow pierced through the air and accurately pierced through the head of a Xianbei chiliarch.
After fighting with the nomadic Xianbei for more than a year, Zhang Liao was very familiar with how to differentiate the generals mixed in with the Xianbei cavalry. He had a beautiful first kill.
The thousands of Yanmen soldiers behind him also shot out their arrows.
Instantly, the sound of arrows piercing through the air resounded through the clouds. The arrows covered the sky and pierced through the bodies of the Xianbei cavalrymen one after another.
Yanmen Pass Fortress was located between two mountains. Due to the narrow area in front of the fortress, even if the Xianbei cavalry had the advantage in numbers, they could not enter the battlefield at once due to the geographical limitations.
Thus, the vanguard that Tan Shidan sent out only had five thousand people.
Without any shields or armor to defend themselves, no matter how good the Xianbei people were at riding, they were still heavily injured by this wave of arrows.
Just one round of arrows left nearly a thousand corpses.
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