The battle in Lingwu Valley was bloody and tragic.

Dong Zhuo and Niu Fu's two iron cavalry rushed to the left and right wings of the Xianbei people. Tuoba Hui and Tuoba Han each brought their troops and came forward without fear. The soldiers on both sides ran back and forth on the battlefield of hundreds of steps and fought bravely.

The Xianbei people's front army was led by Xiao Shuowen, who rushed to the Han army's stalemate with five thousand troops. Shuowen personally took the arrow and rushed into the square formation with the soldiers as firmly and forcefully as a mortise. The army continued to advance in depth, trying to tear open the defense of the Han army and open a bloody road.

Tuoba Feng was in charge of the central army and commanded his troops to help him.

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Although Dong Zhuo had an army of 30,000, his main force was infantry soldiers and had no advantage in strength. Faced with the 20,000 Xianbei cavalry that resisted tenaciously, they could only gradually consume the Xianbei people's troops by fighting with their lives. Dong Zhuo hoped to change the power comparison between the two sides and achieve the goal of defeating the enemy.

However, what made him miscalculated was that the Xianbei people had no intention of breaking through the siege at all, but were very patiently entangled with the Han army. They rushed back and forth in rows, covered each other, and firmly restrained the Han cavalry. At the same time, Shuoweng's front army advanced all the way regardless of casualties. With the support of the Central Cavalry, they successfully tore open the defensive formation of the Han army and entered the Central Army's phalanx that commanded the entire formation.

Seeing that the Xianbei people were killed in, Yang Ding rushed up with his personal guards. He planned to kill the enemy and keep the blocking formation intact.

Tuoba Feng was determined to defeat the infantry formation of the Han army. As long as he tore through the phalanx of the Chinese army, the Han army's blocking formation would fall into chaos. Once the infantry formation dispersed, the Han army would undoubtedly be defeated.

He ordered the horn soldiers to blew the horn of charge, telling Shuowen, who was fighting bloodily in front of him that even if he had finished the five thousand people, he would defeat the central army of the Han army. Shuowen did not hesitate and supervised the army to attack fiercely.

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Yang Ding saw the spearmen in front poking over the enemy cavalry, jumped up and cut off the enemy's head with one knife. At this moment, a long arrow shot into his back. Yang Ding was in unbearable pain and staggered back. His speed was too slow. He watched him fly away by the running war horse. He clearly heard the sound of bone breaking. He rolled in the air, and blood gushed out of his mouth.

He fell heavily into a pool of blood, and the long arrow on his waist instantly penetrated his abdomen. Yang Ding heard the soldiers' shouts and saw the guards surrounding him. He smiled at them, took out the bloody jade pendant from his arms, and held it tightly in his palm. Yang Ding felt that the jade pendant was still intact, breathed a sigh of relief, slowly closed its heavier and heavier eyelids, dead.

The soldiers were angry, shouting at the old man and storming towards the enemy frantically.

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Tuoba Mu suddenly appeared in Lingwu Valley with ten thousand iron cavalry.

Tuoba Feng went south to attack the Han Kingdom, and he had made up his mind to wipe He Lian from Danhan Mountain. In order to prevent it, he specially arranged for his son to hide near Lingwu Valley with 10,000 troops. However, he did not expect that these 10,000 troops would become his life-saving straw.

The Han army wanted to ambush him, and he also wanted to encircle and annihilate the Han army. So after the battle, he ordered Tuoba Hui and Tuoba Han to entangle the Han army's cavalry, and on the other hand, he ordered Shuoweng to defeat the Han army's infantry formation. The purpose was to severely damage the Han army. Before leaving, he wanted to win a battle so that he could make his reputation on the grassland.

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The infantry formation of the Han army was hit by a rapid blow from behind and was in chaos. Although Li Su and Hu Zhen tried their best to command the soldiers to fight to the death, they were already unable to turn things around and could only fight and retreat.

Dong Zhuo and Niu Fu were determined to rescue him, but they were entangled by the cavalry army of Tuoba Hui and Tuoba Han and could not stop.

Both sides fought on the battlefield, and the sky was dark and the earth was dark.

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"Sir, retreat! If we continue to fight, our troops will be exhausted." Li Ru shouted loudly, holding up the bloody sword in his hand.

"Can't withdraw!" Dong Zhuo stared at his blood-red eyes and shouted in a hoarse voice, "If you take it down at this time, we will be finished, and none of them will survive."

"Beat the drum...beat the drum...should fight to the death...should fight to the death..."

Dong Zhuo rode his horse towards the enemy, raised his sword and shouted: "Brothers, kill, kill..."

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The soldiers of the Han army shouted loudly in the intense and fierce fighting drums, their morale was like a rainbow, and they sacrificed their lives and fought bloody battles, never retreating.

As the infantry phalanx disintegrated, the battlefield was divided into two pieces. On the left were Dong Zhuo's cavalry and Hu Zhen's infantry, on the right were Niu Fu's cavalry and Li Su's infantry. After fierce fighting, the infantry and knights quickly met and covered each other, gradually forming a battle formation where infantry sieges to block and attack on both wings of the cavalry. Without waiting to stabilize their position, the Han army immediately launched a counterattack.

After the Xianbei people were defeated one after another, the hatred accumulated in their hearts was finally completely released in the bloody killing. They shouted wildly and waved their weapons to their hearts. They were like hungry wolves in the desert, vowing to slaughter the prey in front of them.

The war is getting more and more intense.

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At dusk, Li Hong led 30,000 cavalry to fight with the wind and the remaining clouds.

Tuoba Feng decisively ordered the entire army to retreat, and the Xianbei cavalry fled in panic.

The battle in Lingwu Valley ended like this.

Dong Zhuo killed 12,000 cavalry of the Xianbei people at the cost of losing nearly 20,000 people. This result was something he had not expected in advance. Who would have thought that an ambush would turn into a tragic bloody battle?

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When Li Hong saw Dong Zhuo, Dong Zhuo was concentrating on wiping the blood on Yang Ding's face.

"He is my brother." Dong Zhuo looked up at Li Hong, saying hello, "When I was a military officer, he and his other twenty-seven brothers followed me to fight. We fought together for thirty-five years, and he was the last one to fall." Dong Zhuo said calmly, "I buried them all in the battlefield, buried them where they died."

Dong Zhuo picked up Yang Ding and walked towards the tomb dug by the soldiers.

"I cried bitterly when my first brother died. Later, more and more brothers died, but my tears became less and less. Now, I no longer have tears, and even I don't even have a trace of sadness. It may be a happy thing to die on the battlefield after fighting a war for a lifetime."

Dong Zhuo gently put Yang Ding on the ground, patted his face, and whispered: "Brother, rest." He took Yang Ding's sword from Hu Zhen's hand and placed it on Yang Ding's body.

Dong Zhuo sat in the pit and looked at Yang Ding for a long time, and didn't speak for a long time.

"You are dead, and I will bury you. If I die in the future, who will bury you?" Dong Zhuo sighed, stood up, and left without looking back.

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Li Hong watched Dong Zhuo's tall back disappear into the darkness, and felt a pain in his heart. Who would not be sad when he lost his brother?

"The general is in a bad mood and is rude, please forgive me." Li Su walked to Li Hong and said softly.

Li Hong sighed without saying a word.

"Today, thank you for coming to help in time, otherwise..."

Li Hong patted Li Su on the back of his shoulder and shook his head and said, "I'm late."

The two stopped talking and walked side by side.

"The war in Western Xinjiang has ended. Is it going back to Northern Xinjiang?"

"Bingzhou."

"Bingzhou?" Li Su looked at him in surprise and asked, "Will you go back to the northern border?"

"Zhang Yan captured Jinyang." Li Hong sighed, "I want to fight the Yellow Turbans."

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The next day, Dong Zhuo and his army left Lingwu Valley and were ordered to Hanyang County.

Li Hong originally wanted to see him off, but after leaving the valley, he hesitated again. What did he say? He won the battle and supported Dong Zhuo at the critical moment. At this time, he went to see him off. Do you still want to ask the veteran general for thanks?

Li Hong looked at the smoke and dust floating in the air, and felt a lot of emotion.

In the eyes of the court, Dong Zhuo delayed the military aircraft, and even if he did not punish him, he would be an excuse to scold him in the future. Dong Zhuo probably realized this and led his army across the Yellow River, preparing to ambush the defeated soldiers of the Xianbei people in Lingwu Valley in order to make a loss of punishment. However, he failed, but was bitten hard by the cunning Xianbei people, causing losses to lose their troops.

"Zhongyuan, please write a memorial to report the battle in Lingwu Valley in detail to Your Majesty and seek military merits for General Dong."

Li Wei nodded and smiled and said, "Sir, I heard that General Dong Zhuo had a very close relationship with the traitor and eunuch in the court. Although he did not win the battle of Lingwu Valley, he would not be convicted. We..."

"You should write a memorial," said Li Hong. "Now the military affairs are all in the Shangshu Desk. Lord Huangfu Song and Lord Lu Zhi are in charge of the Shangshu Desk. In this matter, Your Majesty must trust them and will not listen to the nonsense of the traitors."

Li Wei shook his head, leaned over to Li Hong and said, "Sir, it seems that you are not using this intention, right?"

Li Hong turned his head and looked at him, and smiled and said, "Since you know, what else can you say nonsense? He is an important official of the court. It will be no harm to us if we improve our relationship."

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The emperor walked back and forth in Shangshu Room with his hands on his back, with a hint of anger on his little face.

"This leopard always resists the order. Is his head too much? He has to cut off a few before he will be obedient?"

Huangfu Song smiled but said nothing. Lu Zhi pretended not to hear it and wrote a letter at his desk.

"Tell him not to cross the Yellow River, he insisted on passing by." The emperor said hatefully, "Last time he asked him to stick to Liupan Mountain, he actually ran to the Bluestone Bank to annihilate the enemy, and did not take my words seriously. Look, the impeachment memorials of ministers were handed over one after another, and I was so annoyed."

"Didn't Your Majesty get all out of here? Someone else has submitted a memorial?" Huangfu Song asked with a smile.

"I said he was a barbarian, an idiot, uneducated, and more reports were reported." The emperor glared at Lu Zhi and said, "It was all your good ideas. You caused trouble for no reason. Now I almost called me a fool."

Lu Zhi hurriedly knelt down and apologized, "Your Majesty, can't even calm the storm?"

The emperor shook his head and cursed: "These people are not good at fighting, and they are more polite than the other. If they are entangled in this matter again, I will start collecting money, and I will deduct the monthly salary if I report it."

Lu Zhi smiled and said, "Your Majesty, tomorrow the court will discuss that you should reward what you should reward. Everyone has made contributions to the great victory in Western Xinjiang."

The emperor thought about it, nodded, and then cursed a few more indignantly.

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"Your Majesty, General Li wrote a letter, explaining in detail the whole story of the battle in Lingwu Valley, and he highly praised General Dong..."

"What does he mean?" asked the emperor, "Do you want to say that Dong Zhuo has made contributions?"

Huangfu Song and Lu Zhi did not speak, and were obviously very dissatisfied with Li Hong's statement.

"One of these two people, one of whom did not obey the order, the other delayed the military plane, and even praised each other for favor. It would be too unreasonable." The emperor said angrily, "If it weren't for the victory, hum..."

"Dong Zhuo's battle was inexplicably fought, and it was unnecessary, and he lost 20,000 troops in vain." Huangfu Song said with a little excitement, "If he had occupied Lingzhou earlier and cut off the retreat of the Xianbei people, how could the Xianbei people escape? They would have been surrounded by us in the Qingshui River area. It was a crime to delay military aircraft, and it was a crime to send troops to Lingwu Valley without authorization. Where did the military achievements come from?"

"Forget it, forget it, I said, forget it." The emperor said, "I can't be too mean, let alone Xijiang has to rely on him to defend him and promote him to a higher-level official position."

"Your Majesty's rewards and punishments are unknown, which will make these people arrogant because of their favor and become increasingly unpredictable." Lu Zhi advised, "Since ancient times..."

"Okay, okay, don't say it, just do it." When the emperor saw that Lu Zhi had a long discussion, he hurriedly waved his hand to interrupt Lu Zhi's words, "Who is there any news coming?"

"Yes." Huangfu Song replied, "He Yong sent a memorial yesterday."

"Why don't you tell me if you have any news?" the emperor asked dissatisfied.
To be continued...