The grassland in late winter, under the gentle brushstrokes of the setting sun, presents a tranquil and profound picture.

The sky was gradually dyed with a mixture of orange-red and lavender, as if it were the most delicate brushstrokes of nature, slowly outlined on the vast sky.

Sitting on the horse, looking around, the entire grassland is covered with a layer of light golden color, echoing the sunset on the horizon in the distance.

The snow shimmers softly under the setting sun, like a jade blanket covering the world, adding a bit of fantasy and mystery.

There is still a chill in the air, but it is also mixed with the unique fresh smell after the fine soil is soaked in snow water.

General Zhendong took a deep breath, looked up at the eastern sky, and couldn't help but sigh:

"If the Grand Sima were here, he would not be able to recite good prose, but we are not good at writing, so we can only say something good."

In the distance, several low hills have clear outlines, shrouded in light snow and mist, and appear even more clear-cut in the dusk. They are layered on top of each other, like an exquisite ink painting.

In such a beautiful ink painting, there are two waves of people fighting fiercely at an inappropriate time.

Warm blood was spraying freely, and the remaining snow that had long been trampled into mud by the horses' hooves was splashed with warm blood from time to time.

The residual snow, blood, and soil mixed together, making the muddy water not only strange in color, but even a little sticky.

The cold in late winter was unable to prevent the ground from becoming muddy, which shows how brutal the war was.

The blood of human beings gives this exquisite ink painting a somewhat poignant beauty.

Compared to General Zhendong who was relaxed and carefree, Tuoba Liwei was much more irritable.

"Dou Bin, you bastard! You are a cross between a field rat and a vulture, you are worse than livestock!"

"I want to penetrate your mother! I want to peel off your skin, I want..."

Although he knew that yelling and swearing would not help, Tuoba Liwei still couldn't control his arrogant mood and barked like a mad dog.

But the fact is that in the eyes of Tuoba Liwei, who barks like a mad dog, Dou Bin and the tribesmen he brought here are the mad dogs of all sizes.

They are simply humanoid rabid dogs!

As soon as the two sides met, Dou Bin immediately sent a large army to rush over.

There is no probing, no probing, no foreplay, just a prancing horse and a gun, just step up and do it!

Although Karasuma King Ku Xian bought him time and made him more prepared.

But in fact, Tuoba Liwei was almost caught off guard by Dou Bin's unconventional behavior.

Fortunately, the Tuoba tribe is the largest alliance tribe on the grassland.

There isn't much else, but there are definitely plenty of manpower.

There was originally a ditch where Suo's head spent the winter, which was usually used to guard against wolves - and also in case of a sneak attack.

After learning about Dou Bin's attack, Tuoba Liwei had someone dig up another one.

Finally, it was learned from Ku Xian that Dou Bin was assisted by the Han army, and Tuoba Liwei urgently asked people to dig another trench at the outermost edge overnight.

In fact, the extra trench was dug mainly to deal with the Han army.

War on the grassland is not as varied as in Southern Xia.

Because there is no city, the terrain is flat, and both sides are mainly cavalry.

Therefore, if you learn to use the terrain and dig trenches to stop the enemy, you can already surpass most tribes on the grassland.

Don't look down on the simplest civil engineering work of digging trenches. As long as it is deep and wide enough, it is enough to make the prairie cavalry miserable.

The Qinzhi Road from Jiuyuan to Chang'an was artificially dug out in the early Later Han Dynasty. An important reason was to prevent harassment by the barbarians in Henan (i.e. Hetao).

After Feng Dasima resettled Henan, he repaired the Qinzhi Road, which was also the work that the Han Dynasty had never stopped over the years.

No way, at the end of the Later Han Dynasty, some dangerous places on the Qin Zhidao were dug out again...

It can be seen from here that digging trenches seems simple, but it is a powerful weapon against cavalry.

But now, the trench dug overnight has been filled in by Dou Bin.

It was filled with corpses, both human and horse corpses.

One can imagine how crazy Dou Bin was opposite.

It seemed that he didn't care about the casualties of his troops at all, and simply drove his troops to fill the ditch with their lives.

Enter his mother's!

When did Lu Huibu become so brave?

It doesn't mean that there are no fighting styles like Dou Bin on the grassland.

But such a situation of disregarding casualties and wishing to put the last bit of family wealth on the line is basically only when the tribe faces the final moment of life and death.

If not, even if they win, it will be a tragic victory. With their vitality severely damaged, they will be hunted by other tribes' mantises and oriole behind.

That would really mean defeat without defeat.

And if you lose, it will be even worse, and you will not even have the chance to come back.

When Tuoba Liwei attached himself to Dou Bin, he often led his tribe to follow Dou Bin and fight against the Xianbei tribesmen in the west.

The worst defeat was when Dou Bin was almost caught by the opponent - if Tuoba Liwei hadn't given Dou Bin his war horse in time.

Even so, Dou Bin escaped back to his clan and rested for a few years, and he could regain his breath.

If anything, if Dou Bin was as crazy as he is today, he would have been devoured by others in those years without any bones left.

Where is the Wuluhui tribe, which is the second largest tribe in the grassland now?

"It's cold and you should be calm and don't be impatient. There are only about 20,000 people who can't control the strings without the Luhui tribe, and there are only about 10,000 people who can charge into battle on horseback."

The black-clothed deacon who followed him like a shadow waited for Tuoba Li to yell and curse slightly and was breathing heavily before he said in a deep voice:

"People like Dou Bin are so unorganized and only focus on driving the warriors of the clan into battle. Even if they rely on their temporary bravery, they will not last long."

Tuoba Li exhaled a little forcefully, stared ahead, and tried hard to calm down his tone:

"How could I not know? What I am angry about is not only Dou Bin's betrayal, but that he secretly colluded with the Han people and came to attack us!"

Doesn’t he know what Xianbei in the west is like now?

Didn't he see the plight of Kebineng, Xie Guini and others from Xianbei in central China?

He actually dared to collude with the Han people, and the person he colluded with was Feng Wen, who was notorious on the grasslands for eating people without spitting out their bones.

It’s simply asking for death!

Tuoba Liwei didn't believe that Feng Wenshen would be so kind to help.

It's just that Dou Bin is seeking his own death, but his purpose is to drag the Tuoba tribe into trouble. How can this not make Tuoba Li Wei lose his temper?

This bastard who repays kindness with vengeance!

I wish I could join all the women in that clan!

The horse should not have been given to this old beast back then. He should have been caught and killed by the Western Lord!

However, if I hadn't saved the old beast that time, I'm afraid there wouldn't be Tuoba Xianbei now...

Tsk!

Tuoba Li thought about this for a moment and couldn't help but cursed:

"I wish I could enter his mother!"

"Ke Han, we are facing a powerful enemy, so don't act on your own initiative."

When the black-clothed deacon saw that Tuoba Liwei refused to listen to his repeated advice, he almost wanted to say something like "Mother of the Cold" in his heart.

Just thinking about it, Tuoba Liwei's mother's surname is still Han, so I can only give up.

As if he heard the anger in the black-clothed deacon's tone, Tuoba Liwei finally restrained himself:

"Don't worry, deacon. I've already sent people around from the north. As soon as we see movement on the left rear of the opposite side, we can launch a charge from the front."

Filling a ditch is nothing.

Aren’t there two more items?

As long as the cavalry sent out to look for opportunities from the opponent's flanks can harass the opponent's rear, it will be fine.

Cavalry in different eras have different uses.

In the pre-Qin era, they were mostly used for guerrilla raids, cutting off food routes, chasing defeated armies, etc. There was not much room for use on the frontal battlefield.

But by the time of the Chu-Han struggle for hegemony, cavalry had begun to be used in frontal battles.

I don’t know when and who initiated the cavalry frontal assault strategy, but to carry forward this strategy, it is inseparable from one person.

Xiang Yu.

When Chu and Han were fighting for hegemony, Liu Bang was driven to ecstasy by Xiang Yu's cavalry.

Therefore, it is not unusual that cavalry began to be used in frontal battles from the Pre-Han Dynasty.

The former Han Dynasty opened so many horse farms in border counties and raised hundreds of thousands or even millions of war horses. It cannot be said that they were all used on the flank battlefield to assist the infantry, right?

As for the Huns of that era, in terms of cavalry use, compared to the Han army, they were rubbish.
To be continued...