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Chapter 449: Barbarians Heading South
In the fourteenth year of Emperor Xiaozong’s reign, in October, frost fell!
"Lun Heng" says: Clouds and fog are signs of rain. In summer they become dew and in winter they become frost. When it is warm, it becomes rain and when it is cold, it becomes snow. The frozen rain and dew all come from the ground, not from the sky.

Of all the four seasons, only on this day is the air filled with the withering and decay of autumn.

On this day, the army of Yuezhou, which had been dormant in Dayang for hundreds of years, marched south.

Hundreds of thousands of barbarian troops, divided into two groups, rushed towards Lanqing City in Jizhou and Pingliao City in Haizhou like tigers descending from the mountains!

When they were outside the Pingliao city, they encountered an ambush by the Longjing Army and did not gain any advantage at all.

On the contrary, Lanqing City, a city that had been fought over for several years, fell into the hands of the barbarians again after Fang Xuan helped Jizhou Governor Gu Kaizhi to take it back from the barbarians.

After capturing Lanqing City, the vicious barbarian army directly tore open the gate to Jizhou. Within just five days, three counties of Jizhou fell.

The northern city of Jizhou appeared intact before the eyes of the barbarian army.

At this time, Gu Kaizhi was still immersed in the misery of Jizhou, where refugees fled to the mountains to become bandits, natural disasters continued, and people in various places had to eat their own children.

In the Jizhou City Lord's Mansion, the women in the backyard were chattering everywhere, making the place a mess.

Some news cannot be concealed after the overall situation changes.

The barbarian army is about to attack Jizhou City, and many of the city's dignitaries have secretly packed their bags and are preparing to evacuate.

Inside the City Lord’s Mansion, Gu Kaizhi and a group of Jizhou officials looked at each other with heavy expressions.

An official looked very solemn and said, "Sir Governor, the three northern counties have been captured, and now Jizhou City is in danger. Should we discuss retreat?"

Once someone speaks up, more opinions will be expressed.

"I heard that the barbarians were brutal and brutal. They massacred all the people in the cities they conquered! Of the 400,000 people in Yangyuan County, less than 3,000 managed to escape. It was tragic! It was too tragic!!"

"Not only that, those barbarian monks also used the blood and essence of the common people as bait, and even skinned their corpses and made them into witch drums!!"

The more people talked, the more solemn the atmosphere in the City Lord's Mansion became.

Gu Kaizhi sat in the upper seat, his face gloomy.

Although Jizhou cannot be said to be wealthy, it is definitely hundreds of times better than Yuezhou. Moreover, after the turmoil in Dayang, there were conflicts in various states, and only Jizhou remained united.

With such military strength, he didn't understand why even Jizhou City fell into chaos within a few days.

Gu Kaizhi looked at all the officials present with cold eyes, and finally shouted angrily: "Escape, escape, escape, you only know how to escape. If we don't want Jizhou City anymore, where should we go? To Haizhou? Or to Daqian to serve as officials?"

"Wei Yu, as the commander of Jizhou, what do you think?"

Wei Yu, who was wearing an official uniform and bowed his head in silence, pondered for a moment, then stood up and said to everyone, "Gentlemen, although my Jizhou City only has 100,000 city troops, there are still 200,000 troops in the three counties to the south. As long as we can defend Jizhou City for five days, reinforcements will arrive!"

The officials looked at each other.

Wei Yu continued, "Sir, if we move south now, the people in the north will all become slaves of the barbarians."

"Millions of common people, are you willing to abandon them?"

Gu Kaizhi stood up, his eyes firm:

"From today on, no one is allowed to retreat. Anyone who violates this rule will be executed!"

……

late at night.

In a military tent a hundred miles away from Pingliao City, Tuoba Ren sat at a conference table with a copper basin in front of him containing a freshly roasted leg of lamb.

He held the lamb leg in his left hand and took a strong bite out of it. The long knife in his right hand was still dripping with blood.

On both sides of the conference table were silent generals. A great war had just ended, and the Yuezhou army under Tuoba Ren's command had marched south from Yuezhou three days ago.

Their target was Pingliao City in Haizhou, but in order to attack Pingliao City, they had to cross a pass in Jizhou first.

In the past few days, they have successfully repelled the Jizhou defenders and finally arrived at the city of Pingliao on the third day.

The generals glanced at Tuoba Ren secretly. No one dared to speak at this time. The atmosphere in the military tent was extremely tense. Only the sound of Tuoba Ren biting the lamb leg could be heard.

Yuezhou originally had an army of 200,000, divided into two groups. One group was an army of 100,000 led by Tuoba Ren, and their target was to pacify Liao City.

By now, three counties in Jizhou have been captured, and the 100,000-strong army has even reached the city of Jizhou.

And Pingliao City has not been taken yet.

Not only did they fail to take it, but the Yuezhou army under Tuoba Ren suffered heavy casualties when attacking Pingliao City.

Tuoba Ren is also a fierce general in the entire Yuezhou. He has great personal combat power. In addition to being a warrior of the fourth level, his ability to lead troops is also outstanding.

He originally wanted to gather all his forces as quickly as possible and attack Pingliao City directly.

However, they underestimated the artillery fire of the elite infantry of the Dragon Whale Army. When the army entered the attack range of the Dragon Whale Army, there was a sudden burst of artillery fire on the top of Pingliao City, and a light network intertwined half of the sky.

The fierce barbarian army was stunned at the first encounter!
After a fruitless siege, the barbarian army retreated hastily.

Although Tuoba Ren didn't know which general was guarding Pingliao City, he had to admit that the guy was definitely a qualified leader.

Unable to take the city by frontal assault, he decided to split his troops into two groups. One group would continue the feint attack from the front, while the other would attack from the dangerous peaks in the east under the cover of night. As a result, the 30,000-strong barbarian army fell into various traps set there before they could even penetrate the mountains and forests.

In addition to the masters who followed the army, thousands of barbarian soldiers died in deep pits filled with sharp wooden stakes.

After the risky tactic of sending troops failed, Tuoba Ren decided to launch a night attack.

As a barbarian, Tuoba Ren had read many military books since he was a child and knew the principles of truth and falsehood in warfare.

So that night, there was a loud drumbeat outside Pingliao City, alarming the entire army guarding Pingliao City.

However, Tuoba Ren did not send out troops. He just wanted to disrupt the Dragon Whale Army's rest in this way.

After all, he took the initiative to launch a night attack, so the decision was in his own hands.

It was effective at first, but after a few times, the gates of Pingliao City were wide open.

Among them, a burly general led thousands of dragon whale soldiers to charge out!
The barbarians never expected that the enemy would take the initiative to attack them while they were attacking the city. Their army formation was instantly defeated, with heavy casualties.

Tuoba Ren was in a very depressed mood. He didn't know whether he was too weak or the Jizhou defenders were too weak.

After a while, Tuoba Ren swallowed the last bite of meat, glanced at the generals coldly, and said:

"Damn it, how could such a small city like Pingliao be so difficult to conquer!"

"How many troops are left in the army now?"

The general closest to Tuoba Ren at the conference table said hurriedly: "Including the wounded, there are more than 80,000 people in total."

"We have been disturbed by the Dragon Whale Army these past few days, and the soldiers are seriously lacking sleep!"

Tuoba Ren stood up, stuck the long knife in his right hand on the conference table, and said angrily:

"Let the soldiers have a good sleep tonight!"

"Sleep well, and attack the city with all your strength tomorrow!"

(End of this chapter)