A thousand-year-old family that began with the Battle of Makino

Chapter 511: Enemy reinforcements lead to a dilemma, and the war becomes domineering.
August 25
Baishu's 40,000 men besieged Guangping for a month, and they became increasingly depressed.

Just when Bai Shu was about to issue the order to attack, a meteor horse came to report:
"Da Sima, thirty miles north of Guangping, there are enemy cavalry standing out, about 20,000 people."

Before Bai Shu could react, another meteor horse entered the account:

"Reporting to Grand Sima, a large group of troops appeared in the northeast of Guangping. Judging from the banners, there were about 30,000 people."

All the generals in the tent were whispering to each other and discussing countermeasures.

"Da Sima, now Sima Jiao is fighting against our army based on the advantage of the city, and enemy reinforcements are coming. If he stays here any longer, he may be taken advantage of by the enemy. The general will think that it is better to avoid the edge temporarily and retreat to Quliang. Make plans again.”

Hu Yanying, the governor of the tent and the captain of the hussar camp, came out to propose.

"Yes, Grand Sima, our army has been attacking the city for several days. We have suffered heavy casualties and are very tired. The enemy has a large group of cavalry. The situation is completely unfavorable for us. I also think that temporarily retreating from Quliang is the best policy.

I also heard that General Anton has already captured Yangping and is on his way here to join General Anton. The troops are somewhat sufficient. With the elite of our army, we may be able to achieve a great victory in a field battle with the enemy. "

Guan Fan, who joined the army, also agreed with Hu Yanying and suggested retreat.

The other generals Duan Jie, Ma Xie and others also persuaded Bai Shu to retreat.

Seeing that all the generals agreed to retreat, Bai Shu was about to give an order when another order came to report:

"General Anton has arrived twenty miles south of the camp. He will arrive in the afternoon."

The emergence of this news caused a sudden 180-degree change in public opinion on the field. The original one-sided retreat turned into a call for war.

Among them, Hu Yanying and other generals believed that since Yuan'an had arrived, there was no need to retreat to Quliang. They only needed to lead the army back ten miles and wait for the enemy to attack before they could defeat the enemy camp.

Only Guan Fan believed that although Yuan'an arrived, he captured two counties and rushed to Guangping overnight, so his troops must have suffered losses and his soldiers must be as exhausted as our army.

Moreover, even if the Yuan'an Army is included, our own strength is less than 50,000.

The enemy's two reinforcements totaled 50,000 troops. Coupled with the thousands of people in Guangping City and the 10,000 people deployed by Sima Jiao in Xiangguo, they also participated, and there were more than 70,000 people. Our side was in a critical position. Disadvantages.

Moreover, there were at least 30,000 cavalry in the two enemy reinforcements. It was difficult to claim a complete victory with only the elite five battalions under Bai Shu and Yuan An.

We should retreat to Quliang, take a short rest, use tricks to drive a wedge between the three parties, and then look for opportunities to defeat them. We can capture Guangping and even capture Sima Jiao at the minimum cost.

Hu Yanying thought that Guan Fan was afraid of fighting, so he hugged his chest and slapped his armor and stomach, making a bang bang sound:
"Guan Canjun, you probably haven't seen the Sixth Battalion of the Bai Kingdom in action. Do you have any misunderstandings about our combat power? I can tell you that my cavalry battalion alone can defeat the enemy's 20,000 cavalry."

Guan Fan didn't want to waste words with Hu Yanying, so he turned to Bai Shu and said:
"Da Sima, the military is a major event for the country, and the place of life and death cannot be ignored. Famous generals throughout the ages should not take risks personally if they are not completely sure."

"Da Sima, you have worked hard to recruit junior generals into the camp. You have also eaten and slept with us and other six battalion soldiers, so you know the strength of our six battalion soldiers.

Our Sixth Battalion has always followed the king's order and has been trapped in the Bai Kingdom. It rarely has the opportunity to fight directly with the outside world. Now the soldiers below are telling the general that they want a hearty battle to show that the Sixth Battalion of the Bai Kingdom The military name of the camp.

Please also ask Da Sima Chengquan! "

"Please give it a go, Da Sima!"

The captains of the Sixth Battalion all came out to ask for a fight, and the Sima and captains of the New Army did not want to be left behind at this time, so they also came out to ask for a fight.

Guan Fan looked at the overwhelming situation in the field and was speechless. He just looked at Bai Shu, but from the look of Da Sima, his suggestion was obviously not adopted.

Seeing the high morale of the generals, Bai Shu was unwilling to go against their hard work. He also believed that the Bai army had been in peace for a long time and needed a cruel war as a transformation.

When preparing to issue military orders as requested by the generals.

A figure opened the military tent and walked in.

Guan Fan took a closer look and saw that it was Bai Shu's personal secretary, Secretary Supervisor Zuo Cheng Wang Shi.

Wang Shi said something in Bai Shu's ear, Bai Shu's eyes changed slightly, and Guan Fan knew that things had changed.

Sure enough, I heard Bai Shu order:

"Send the order, all the troops will retreat to Quliang. Call Yanying, you will lead the hussar camp to hold back the whole army to prevent the enemy cavalry from pursuing them."

Hu Yanying wanted to say something, but his habit of obeying military orders made him swallow what he said and only uttered one word:
"Yes!"

Seeing that the generals were frustrated, Bai Shu comforted him and said:
"You are all leaders in the army, and you should know the importance of change. The battlefield situation is changing at any time, so those who will take advantage of the nine changes know how to use their troops.

In short, it is flexibility.

I don’t want to hide it from you, but I was indeed prepared to comply with your request just now, but things have changed and I have to rearrange it. I don’t mean to look down on you.

As for what has changed, please forgive me for not being able to tell you. The generals will go down first and lead the armies to retreat and act according to orders. When the time comes, I hope you will not hesitate, so as not to miss the good military achievements. "

After hearing what Bai Shu said, the generals felt much better and acted according to the order.

August 25th night

Because reinforcements from Wang Jun and Liu Kun arrived. The Bai army slowly evacuated Guangping City. Yuan'an, which was still twenty miles away from Guangping, also received Bai Shu's order and turned to Quliang.

August
In the early morning, Wang Jun and Liu Kun's reinforcements arrived at Guangping City, and Sima met with the generals who came from them.

Wang Jun sent Wang Chang, the governor, and Ruan Bao, the prefect of Zhongshan, with 10,000 infantry, and 20,000 cavalry from the Xianbei Duan family including Duan Ji, Lujuan, Duan Wenyang, son of Duan Wuwuchen, the Duke of Western Liaoning, and the Great Chan Yu, rushed to the aid of Guangping.

Liu Kun sent General Fenwei Linghusheng and Tuoba Yulu, the nephew of Tuoba Yilu, the Duke of Dai and the leader of Tuoba Xianbei, to lead 20,000 Xianbei cavalry to aid Guangping.

Wang Jun was different from Liu Kun. Duan Bu Xianbei was attached to Wang Jun, and the Wuhuan people and him had to accept Wang Jun's orders as soon as they accepted Wang Jun's control.

Liu Kun, on the other hand, completely became a puppet of the Tuoba tribe.

Not only did he become brothers with different surnames, Tuoba Yilu, the leader of the Tuoba tribe, he borrowed troops from him to recapture his two counties of Yanmen and Xingxing, but he also declared to the court that he was the Duke of Dai, and regarded Daijun as his of food.

Daijun belonged to Youzhou, and it was at that time that Liu Kun and Wang Jun began to have grudges.

If Sima Jiao hadn't come to ask for help, the two might have started fighting.

Now Liu Kun relied on the Tuoba tribe who occupied Mobei and Monan to make enemies with Wang Jun in the west and attack Han and Zhao in the east.

This was precisely because Liu Kun was going to fight Tuoba Yilu and Zhao Han in Jinyang, so he could only mobilize 20,000 people, otherwise Liu Kun would come in person.

In order to cater to these Xianbei people who came from afar, Sima Jiao collected all the food and wine in the city, as well as some women, and sent them to the military camps of Youzhou and Bingzhou to reward the soldiers of the two armies, hoping that they would do their best in the next war. Do your best to help yourself.

Linghu Sheng, Tuoba Yulu, Wang Chang, Ruan Bao, Duan Ji Lujuan, Duan Wenyang and other major generals naturally entered Guangping City to participate in the banquet hosted by Sima Jiao at the palace.

Linghu Sheng, Wang Chang and other Han people were fine, but Tuoba Yulu, Duan Ji, Lujuan, and Duan Wenyang, several Xianbei generals who had never seen the Central Plains court banquet, seemed a bit unsightly.

He stared straight at the dancers dancing on the field, even though his body was wet with wine, there was no reaction.

Duan Ji, Lu Juan and other Duan generals, because their status was lower than that of Wang Chang and others, saw that they did not take action, so they had to restrain their nature.

But Tuoba Yulu had no scruples. Linghu Sheng couldn't control him at all. It was equivalent to just being sent by Liu Kun to join the army without any military power.

So he went too far and pulled the maid who was serving him wine over, hugging him in his arms, not caring about the maid's crying.

Sima Jiao didn't seem to notice this, he just kept urging them to drink, hoping that they could contribute in the next war, and it would be best to get the three counties of Baijun back for him.

Tuoba Yulu seemed to be drunk, his face was red, his clothes were disheveled and he stood up and said to Sima Jiao:
"Don't worry, Your Majesty, our Tuoba tribe has been traversing the grassland for more than a hundred years, and even the Huns don't take it seriously, let alone the small Bai Kingdom.

I saw that they only had six or seven thousand cavalry, while I, Tuoba, had more than twenty thousand cavalry. Sooner or later, I would be able to kill them off.

I heard that among the Han people, the richest country is the Bai Kingdom. Today I, Tuoba Yulu, am here, and I accept all the money and beauties from the Bai Kingdom, hahaha! "

Hearing Tuoba Yulu's arrogance, Sima Jiao had to apologize, but Wang Chang was not used to him. He knew that the Bai Kingdom was very powerful, and wanted to inspire Tuoba Yulu to pursue the Bai army, so he directly said:

"Everyone can tell big stories, but I don't know if the White Army will kill you Tuoba Yulu, or will you Tuoba Yulu run away like a lost dog?"

Tuoba Yulu was furious and was about to draw his sword. Suddenly he remembered that the sword was placed outside the door when he was attending the banquet. He pointed at Wang Chang and said:
"Big talk, who is talking big talk? Han people, weak chicken Han people like you, it's not like I, Tuoba Yulu, have never killed, maybe thousands if not a hundred.

If you're not convinced, come out and let's practice alone? "

Wang Changli ignored him and just looked at the wine glass and said:
"Barbarians are barbarians. They have no brains, so they just go to the white army to catch them and fight them. What do dogs call here?"

Tuoba Yuluben only knew Chinese but not Sinology. How could he speak better than Wang Chang? He was so angry that he kept insulting Wang Chang in Xianbei dialect.

Wang Chang looked at him as if he were a clown, without any sign of anger.

Tuoba Yulu was so angry that he immediately slammed the door and left, leaving only one sentence:
"Let's see how your grandfather brought back the head of Bai Guo'er."

Linghu Sheng wanted to stop him, but Tuoba Yulu kicked him over:
"You bitch, I didn't come out when I was scolded so much that I couldn't speak. Why come out now?"

Then he got on his horse, took dozens of his own riders, and headed towards the military camp outside the city.

Sima Jiao looked at everything that happened and said to Wang Chang worriedly:
"Wang Hujun, it doesn't matter if General Tuoba goes like this, right? The White Army is not that easy to deal with."

Wang Chang raised his wine glass and said respectfully to Sima Jiao:

"Your Majesty, please relax. Even if Tuoba Yulu is defeated, they have the advantage of cavalry and will not suffer much loss. It will just dampen their spirit.

And where are General Duan and the others here? Don’t worry! "

Sima Jiao looked at Duan Ji and Lu Juan and received a reassuring reply before continuing to drink and have fun with everyone.

Sima Jiao was also dissatisfied with Tuoba Yulu's domineering attitude. He was just worried that it would affect his war with the Bai Kingdom. Now that he had received Wang Chang's affirmative reply, he felt much relieved.

As for why the Duan tribe and the Tuoba tribe both belong to Xianbei, but they never interact with each other until death?

This brings us to the story that has happened in the grassland since Sima usurped the Han Dynasty.

(End of this chapter)