Yuan Shao, the father of Fanghua in the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 1364 War
After hearing what Jia Xu said, Kobe was silent for a moment.

He was not afraid of death, but he knew that he was very important to the Zhong Xianbei. If anything happened to him, the Zhong Xianbei would be in chaos.

It's not that he doesn't want to take charge personally. There will definitely be a life-and-death battle in the future, and he can't hide behind. But if he goes to the front, will he be tricked by the other side?

Thinking of this, his face darkened, and he looked at Jia Xu, only to find that the other party was contented and not panicked at all, so he said, "Then I will take you as my military advisor, and we will enter Youzhou together!"

Jia Xu bowed slightly and said, "I dare not disobey your order. I will advance and retreat with you, my Lord."

When Kobe saw this, he started to grumble in his heart. He thought the other person was calm and that he was overthinking it.

Inside Sun Quan's tent, Sun Shao and Yan Jun searched outside for a long time to make sure no one was eavesdropping, then walked in and said, "Your Majesty, it's safe."

Sun Quan then said with a gloomy face: "What's going on with Jia Xu?"

"Is he a spy for the King of Jin, or did he really betray me?"

"Why would he speak ill of us in front of Kirbynen?"

Yan Jun hesitated and said, "It should be betrayal, right?"

"Otherwise he should be able to know that there is something wrong with our surrender?"

Sun Shao shook his head and said, "It's hard to say. We didn't communicate with the King of Jin before. Maybe he thinks we are the real traitors, so he came to destroy us."

Yan Jun frowned and asked, "What should we do then?"

"This man is not ordinary. We may not be able to defeat him with our tricks. The key is that his position is unclear. Our actions will inevitably be difficult and we will not be able to avoid his trap!"

Sun Quan snorted coldly, "I've made up my mind, don't worry about him, we'll proceed as usual!"

"As long as we achieve our goal, it doesn't matter who he is, we can just kill him!"

Sun Shao lowered his voice, "But the assassins we brought with us have been dispersed by Kobe, and only a dozen of the hundreds of people are left."

"I heard that they were specially questioned. Fortunately, we did not reveal our real purpose before coming here, otherwise the truth would have been revealed long ago."

"Now these dozen people must be under surveillance. I'm afraid the previous plan will not work at all."

Sun Quan and his men originally planned to pretend to surrender, then look for an opportunity to invite Kobe Neng to a banquet, and then have the ambushed soldiers rush out and kill Kobe Neng, and then everyone would flee back inside the pass.

But after they came over, Kobynen had dispersed the death warriors to other tribes for various reasons, leaving only a dozen or so people around him, while Kobynen usually had dozens of bodyguards with him. With only these few death warriors left, Sun Quan might not even be able to get close to Kobynen!

Sun Shao said, "I wonder if we have been deceived by the King of Jin. Is he treating Sun Hou as an abandoned pawn?"

Yan Jun's heart skipped a beat and he looked towards Sun Quan. They had also experienced what the fierce tiger had done. So what Sun Shao said was really possible!

Sun Quan heard this and sneered, "It doesn't matter. Wu has been destroyed. What else is there to say?"

"Since this is my own decision, I will follow through. If you feel it's dangerous, I will find a chance to send you back."

The two men hurriedly said, "The destruction of Wu is our fault. We are all guilty. We are willing to swear allegiance to the king until death!"

Sun Quan nodded and said in a deep voice: "Next year, the Xianbei will definitely send out troops. We will follow them. Whether they are marching or fighting, it is impossible for Kobe to not reveal his flaws. We will look for opportunities when the time comes, and the rest is up to fate!"

As the weather warmed up in spring, green buds began to appear on the grassland, and the lush green color gradually spread. The Xianbei tribe, who had survived this severe winter, had no time to mourn their fellow tribesmen who had died in the cold. They drove their cattle and horses out to graze, allowing the livestock, which had starved to death in the winter, to fatten up again.

Many tribes also began to migrate slowly towards Kobinen's royal tent, because they received orders to break into Youzhou this year, occupy the hometown of the hateful Han people, and graze on their land!

Although Sun Quan and others knew that Kobineng had a high prestige, they were still extremely shocked to see that nearly a hundred tribes of all sizes came to him within a month. Although Kobineng was not very old, he could command such a high level of support in the Xianbei tribe!
Yan Jun's face was solemn. "I heard that the Central Xianbei were going to enter the pass, and many tribes of the Eastern and Western Xianbei also defected and came to join us."

"This Kobe's momentum is really terrifying."

Sun Shao sneered and said, “I don’t think it’s because of the momentum, but because the severe cold weather in recent years has been too terrible.”

"It is said that in some tribes, nearly half of the people died this winter. I am afraid that entering the country is the only option for them." "Who knows if this severe cold will come again? If it lasts for a few years, I am afraid that everyone will freeze to death. It is better to enter the country and give it a try."

Soon, war broke out on the border of Youzhou.

There were both attacks and defenses around the Great Wall, as well as small Xianbei troops waiting for opportunities to enter the pass and plunder. Of course, the Youzhou Army did not stop its counterattacks, and several of its surprise attack troops were still carrying out raids in the rear of the Xianbei.

Yuan Xi knew that the Xianbei's early entry into the pass was inseparable from his own fierce reaction. If he had not provoked the Xianbei, they might not have taken such a large-scale action a hundred years earlier than later.

But this is also what Yuan Xi wanted to see. A short pain is worse than a long one. If hundreds of thousands of Xianbei people often plunder on the border, Youzhou will have no environment for peace of development. In this case, it is better to end it all once and for all. While the new king of Wei has not yet secured his throne, concentrate on solving the biggest hidden danger, the Xianbei.

The reason why Kobe had the courage to confront Yuan Xi was that most of the Jin State's military forces were confronting the Wei State, and the troops that Youzhou could mobilize were no more than tens of thousands of people at most. This time, the Zhong Xianbei tribe moved south with a population of over one million and more than 200,000 soldiers, intending to break through Youzhou in one fell swoop!

But they didn't know that most of Yuan Xi's troops that were besieging the three sides of Wei had actually quietly withdrawn.

In addition to Gao Gan on the upper road and Wei Yan on the lower road to contain the Wei army, Yuan Xi has secretly transferred several generals and almost all the elite troops back to the vicinity of Dai County, just waiting for the Xianbei to enter the pass and deal a fierce blow to the enemy from the side and rear!
After that, the war expanded and intensified, and soon spread to the entire territory of several states north of Youzhou. Not only the Jin State and the Central Xianbei were involved, but also the Wuhuan Goguryeo and the Eastern and Western Xianbei.

The Eastern and Western Xianbei also began to split. Many people saw the hope of the Xianbei people entering the pass, so they decisively defected to the Central Xianbei to further strengthen its strength. However, Budugen and Suli, due to the accusation of helping the Han people fight the Xianbei people, did not dare to openly undermine Kobinen's plan, and could only wait and see.

The two of them realized that Kobe Neng's move was really putting them on the fire. If Kobe Neng successfully entered the pass, the Eastern and Western Xianbei would be torn apart in an instant and then annexed by Kobe Neng!

The entire northern part of Youzhou, along the Great Wall, has become a battlefield for all kinds of battles, large and small. The Qin Dynasty's city walls have long been useless and have been demolished in more than a dozen places, allowing the Xianbei cavalry to move freely.

Yuan Xi didn't care about this. His strategy did not rely on the Great Wall. What he wanted now was just the lives of the young and strong Xianbei people.

So all kinds of tricks were used, and improved bombs that could stab or maim people were also produced. The bamboo tube was replaced with a cheap and fragile bronze shell, and the size was also smaller, but the power of the explosion was greater.

The fragments produced could cause injury or disability, and were often used in surprise attacks. After a burst of explosions, the Jin cavalry would retreat, leaving behind only hundreds of Xianbei wounded soldiers.

After these people were injured by the explosion, metal fragments remained in their bodies and caused suppuration, making the wounded soldiers suffer terribly. Not only could they not fight, but they also needed someone to take care of them, which seriously affected their combat effectiveness.

The burden of wounded soldiers caused a sharp decrease in the number of healthy young and strong people in each tribe. The offensives of many tribes were hindered, and the news soon reached Kobinen's ears.

Now, King Kobineng's tent has moved south to the border of Youzhou for more than a hundred miles. Every day, a large number of young and strong tribesmen leave the tent and enter Youzhou. What Kobineng has to do is to use continuous offensives to push the Youzhou army's defense line to the limit.

When Kobe thought about the news that the Jin army's bombs had caused casualties, he only thought for a moment and then decisively issued an order. Regardless of the Jin army's cavalry's obstruction, the army would bypass Jicheng after entering through the gap in the Great Wall, and go all out from Daijun to Beixincheng in the south, occupying the passage to Jizhou from the south.

He no longer divided his troops, and his plan was to use his superior forces to push forward. As for why he chose Beixincheng to the west of Jicheng, it was purely because there was a coalition force of Wuhuan and Goguryeo in Liaoxi to the east, which would be easily blocked.

However, his wishful thinking was soon shattered half a month later. The vanguard of 50,000 Xianbei troops was blocked by the general of the Jin army in Dai County and suffered heavy losses. They retreated without even seeing Beixin City.

After Kobe learned the details, he realized that he had fallen into the Jin army's trap. The Jin army had actually predicted his route and sent elite troops to ambush there in advance!
He angrily said to Jia Xu: "Are there any spies from the Jin army on our side?"

Jia Xu looked innocent, "Your Majesty, you sent troops to Beixincheng, but you made the decision on the spot. No one knows about it except Your Majesty."

Seeing that Kobe was speechless, Jia Xu sneered in his heart. Why would he need a spy? There were only a few easy paths to take. If he gave a little hint, Kobe would definitely choose the one that would bring him the fastest and greatest benefit.

As for whether the Jin State would anticipate it, that is a problem for their advisers. If Kobe could really get away with it, it means that the Jin State is nothing special.

Kobe pondered for a moment and said, "Pass my order. Starting tomorrow, the king's tent will lead everyone to attack the front line of Beixin City with all their strength. No matter how many Jin troops try to stop us, I will destroy them all!"

Jia Xu's heart skipped a beat. This was a desperate attempt. The Xianbei would mobilize hundreds of thousands of people for a decisive battle. It might be the largest in the world in the past twenty years!

Although the State of Jin had been prepared for a long time, could it mobilize such a large number of troops?

At the same time, the waterways of various states under Yuan Xi's rule were fully operational, and troop transport ships were sent one after another to carry the soldiers trained in various states in recent years to Youzhou.

They came from Jizhou, Qingzhou, Xuzhou, Yangzhou, and even Yuzhou and Yanzhou. Every state tried to mobilize as many as possible, because for both generals and soldiers, this might be the best opportunity to make merit before the unification of the world.

This was also the first time that the State of Jin carried out a full-scale conscription of soldiers. During this conscription, nearly 200,000 people rushed to Beixincheng to prepare for a decisive battle with the Xianbei.

(End of this chapter)