Great Han Empire

Chapter 304
Tuobafeng and Luri Deduction ran into Yanliyou on the way to retreat.

After listening to the narration of Lu Ri's deduction, Yan Liyou scratched his bare head and asked, "Are you sure the king has escaped?"

"So what if you're not sure?" Lu Ri deduced with a wry smile, "We have suffered consecutive defeats and our morale is low. We can no longer fight this battle, we can only retreat."

"Back to the grassland?" Yan Liyou said unwillingly, "This is our largest southward battle since the death of King Tan Shihuai. I thought..."

"Hey..." Lu Ri Deyan patted him on the shoulder, and sighed, "If the king is still alive, or..." He glanced at Tuoba Feng and said with emphasis, "It's Commander Murong Feng who leads the army. Such a fiasco."

Tuoba Feng's heart skipped a few times for no reason, he snorted coldly, looked at the lush mountain without saying a word.

Yan Liyou understood, and immediately mocked: "Some people are not very capable, and they have a lot of concerns. They get a little reputation on the prairie and think that they can dominate the prairie and conquer the world. In fact, they are all bullshit, even Murong Feng. Even the attendants can't beat it, so what's the point of talking about conquering the world, it's a joke."

Tuoba Feng's face turned cold, and another sneer came out of his nose.

"This idiot, He Lian, didn't count on losing himself, and even harmed us." Lu Ri deduced his whip angrily, and said angrily: "Langtou, let's cross the Yellow River, go back, and don't give it to others." Be a crutch."

"What about the king?" Yan Liyou asked, "We have to wait for the exact news from the king before going back, shall we?"

"That's Lord Tuoba's business, and it has nothing to do with us." Lu Ri deduced and looked at Tuoba Feng and said, "My men and horses are all exhausted. Now I have more energy than I want, so staying here will only help Tuoba." Master Ba is causing trouble, why don't you go home?"

Tuoba Feng glanced at him expressionlessly, nodded, and said, "Going home? I'm afraid it won't be that easy, right?"

"The leopard fought two battles in one day, and he was so tired, how could he still chase after him?" Lu Ri Deyan said with his eyes wide open, "If he dares to chase him, I'll kill him."

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Tuoba Feng suddenly received a message sent by Xu Gui.

"What did that cunning coward say? Are you going to run away?" Yan Liyou said disdainfully, "This kid has lost all the face of the Qiang people."

"Although the Huns were defeated by us, at least there are Tu Geren to support them. The Qiang people..." Lu Ri deduced with a sneer, "The Qiang people? This time we were defeated by the Qiang people. This enmity, we You must report it. This kid doesn’t want to cross Liupan Mountain, he must have a ghost in his heart.”

"What nonsense are you talking about?" Tuoba Feng folded the wooden tablet in his hand and threw it into the bushes by the side of the road, "Your Majesty has disappeared."

Lvri Deduction and Yanliyou were overjoyed at first, and then looked at each other solemnly.

"The king has arrived at Fanting Mountain?" Yan Liyou said in surprise, "He lost the battle and didn't meet us face to face, so he was in such a hurry to go back? Is this the virtue of my king of Xianbei?"

"He would rather trust the Qiang people than us. It's too disappointing." Lv Ri deduced and sighed, "Forget it, let's go back. He is finished, even if he returns to Danhan Mountain, he is also finished, Xianbei Kingdom His king is no longer Helian."

Tuoba Feng looked at the figures of Lv Ri Deyan and Yan Li You who were gradually going away, with a smile on his face.

Tuoba Hui walked behind Tuoba Feng and whispered, "Will Lao Niu and Langtou get in the way?"

"No." Tuoba Feng laughed, "Helian is suspicious by nature, he doesn't trust anyone, he has gone too far."

Tuoba Feng looked back at Tuoba Hui, and said, "Actually, I've always been wary of him asking for help from Langtou. After all, Helian is the king of Xianbei and the son of Tan Shihuai. If he and Lao Niu protect Helian It's really difficult for me to go back to Khan Mountain, but..." He shook his head and didn't continue.

"The person who delivered the letter to Danhan Mountain should have passed Fanting Mountain and got ahead of Helian." Tuobahui said, "Now Helian is in Xugui's army, but Huanghe won't act alone. Shall we let Xu Gui..."

Tuoba Feng shook his hands, "This kind of thing can't be said, once it gets out, how will we gain a foothold on the grassland in the future? It's still the old way, let the leopard handle it."

"But it's too dangerous. We've already lost 1 people, and even Bu Chuihong's life was lost." Tuoba Hui dissuaded, "My lord, it's better to be on the safe side."

"What is 1 people?" Tuoba Feng said disdainfully, "Back then, in order to kill Helian, Murong Feng led an army of [-] people to fight him against Ben Niuyuan, but Ke Zui turned his back on him and wiped out the entire army. Get up, what am I? If Helian can be killed, the Xianbei Kingdom will be torn apart, and our Tuoba tribe can take this opportunity to rise up in the prairie."

Tuoba Feng looked up at the sky, and said loudly: "I want to see, on the prairie, is it me, Tuoba Feng, or his Murong Feng who is the stronger?"

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Lü Ri deduced and looked at Mang Zhengji who had hurried away, feeling worried.

"Lao Niu, don't worry so much. Last time we sent someone to send a message to Mr. Luoluoluo. He should take people to the palace in consideration of the situation in Danhan Mountain. He is Helian's father-in-law. , and Tan Shihuai's sworn brother, he won't see Danhan Mountain fall into chaos." Yan Liyou comforted, "Even if Helian dies, the royal court of Danhan Mountain will not disappear from the grassland."

Lv Ri deduced a wry smile, and said with a dejected expression: "Helian, this Helian is too chilling. Think about it, Master Luoluoluo is his old father-in-law, I am his wife-in-law, and he is your wife-in-law , He didn’t believe us, but he actually believed in a Qiang.”

"Isn't Tuoba Feng also his wife-in-law? With his personality, it's normal not to believe us." Yan Liyou said with a smile, "Because of the fact that we and the commander-in-chief forced him to give up part of the royal power the year before last, Helian has been With a grudge against us, it's impossible for him to trust us?"

Li Ri deduces silence.

"Langtou, if the young Qianman becomes the king of the Xianbei Kingdom, the Xianbei Kingdom will be torn apart immediately. Who will obey a child? Who will look at Tuoba Feng's face? Once the Xianbei Kingdom exists in name only, it will immediately be in flames of war. Tan Shi King Huai and the thousands of miles of mountains and rivers we have worked so hard to build will disappear in a blink of an eye." Lu Ri deduced and sighed, "In Xianbei Kingdom, the Tuoba tribe is the most powerful right now, and Tuoba Feng will definitely take advantage of the chaos and attack everywhere. The first to bear the brunt is you and me."

Yan Liyou's smile gradually faded, and a murderous look appeared on his face, "There is still a commander in Xianbei, and it's not his turn to show off Tuoba Feng."

"Yes." Lu Ri deduced and sighed, "I'm afraid that the commander-in-chief is old, and he will never have the bravery of the past."

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Li Hong put together the broken wooden tablet, looked at it for a while, and became murderous.

"Helian has run to Fanting Mountain." He suddenly turned his head and roared: "Order the army, speed up the march, and rush to Fanting Mountain immediately."

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When Tuoba Feng and others arrived at Fanting Mountain, He Lian and Xu Gui had already led the army to retreat to Gaoping City.

Without further ado, Tuoba Feng immediately ordered to abandon Fanting Mountain, and hurried to Gaoping City to join Helian.

Xu Gui originally wanted to rest in Gaoping City, but he couldn't stand Helian's persuasion, so he led people to continue retreating to Sanguan overnight.

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When he arrived at Fanting Mountain, he didn't even see a Xianbei person, so Li Hong hesitated a little.If he continued to pursue, he would go deep alone, and once he was bitten back by the Xianbei people, the loss would be great.

He discussed with Xu Rong, Qu Yi and others for a long time, and finally decided that he would lead the Black Panther Yicong and Kuangfengsha's Lingqiang about 7000 people first.With enough rations and weapons, they headed north overnight and continued their pursuit.

Xu Rong and Qu Yi led the rest of the cavalry a hundred miles away from him and followed up.At the same time, inform Xian Yufu to quickly lead the army across Liupan Mountain and come to meet up as soon as possible.

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Li Hong urged the document to be delivered to Luoyang.

"General Li Hong's army has already gone north to chase the enemy. It is very fast, and it is estimated that it has reached the Sanguan area." Huangfusong pointed to the huge map in the Shang's study and introduced to the emperor, "Helian and the defeated generals are fleeing along the Qingshui River. , and will arrive in Fuping, Shanghe, and Dingxi cities in Beidi County in a few days."

"How far is it to Lingzhou?" the emperor asked.

"About sixty miles." Lu Zhi replied, "Xianbei people cross the river from Lingzhou and can quickly reach Liancheng, and then go to Helan Mountain through Lingwu Valley. Xianbei people can escape from the border of our Han Dynasty by crossing Helan Mountain."

"Where's Dong Zhuo? Has Dong Zhuo already captured Lingzhou City?" The Son of Heaven said happily, "If Dong Zhuo captures Lingzhou City before the Xianbei people, we can surround the Xianbei people and pursue them fiercely."

"We haven't heard from General Dong Zhuo for more than half a month." Huangfusong said with a frown, "Since we don't know where he is, His Majesty's imperial edict urging him to capture Lingzhou as soon as possible, the messenger has never been delivered. Although the mountains are high and the roads are far away, it is inconvenient to send letters, but there has been no news for more than half a month, which is really incomprehensible."

"He won't get lost, right?" The emperor smiled, "Anyway, the Xianbei people have already fled in a big defeat, and it doesn't matter if they can't be wiped out."

"Why can't it matter?" Huangfusong said dissatisfiedly, "Dong Zhuo has fought wars in Xiliang and Bingzhou for decades, and he is very familiar with the terrain of Western Xinjiang, especially the area around the Great Wall Fortress. He has been stationed there for several years. How could he get lost when he blocked Tan Shihuai's invading army at the fortress? I think he did this on purpose to preserve his strength."

"Even if you get lost, shouldn't you lose contact with the court?" Lu Zhi also said angrily, "If the Xianbei people successfully cross the river from Lingzhou, Dong Zhuo will be guilty of delaying the military plane and should be severely punished."

"Dong Zhuo occupied Lingzhou and cut off the retreat of the Xianbei people. Not only can we wipe out the Xianbei people, but we can also kill Xianbei King Helian." Huangfusong said angrily, "If Helian dies, Xianbei will be in chaos. In order to fight for the kingship of Danhan Mountain, there must be a fierce struggle. The Xianbei Kingdom was in chaos and their strength was greatly reduced, so they would not be able to invade the south. In this way, the border county of our Han Kingdom can at least get a few years of recuperation, and we can also take the opportunity to regain the former They occupied Wuyuan and Yunzhong counties. Such a good opportunity was lost because Dong Zhuo could not occupy Lingzhou City in time, shouldn't he be severely punished?"

"If you win the battle, forget it." The emperor waved his hand disapprovingly and said, "Maybe he really lost his way. Besides, the two lovers don't know what's going on thousands of miles away, so they just sit here and guess. Really, let’s wait until we have news.”

"You draft another imperial decree to urge Li Hong to go to Bingzhou as soon as possible."

"Your Majesty, the battle in Western Xinjiang is not over yet." Lu Zhi said, "General Li is going north to chase the enemy, and he comes to write every day, urging for food and reinforcements, and is going to lead the army to Helan Mountain. At this time, tell him to go to Bingzhou , isn't it too early?"

"The Xianbei people have already been defeated. It's meaningless to chase them to Helan Mountain and kill a few more people." The emperor said, "Dong Zhuo will reach Lingzhou City sooner or later. Let him cross the Yellow River and fight to Helan Mountain."

"What about the rations and reinforcements?" Huangfusong asked, "If Your Majesty wants General Li to go to Bingzhou immediately, we can send the rations and supplies directly to the Great Wall Fortress, which is the only way for General Li to go to Taiyuan County."

"According to Aiqing's opinion, but you tell him that there are no reinforcements." The emperor smiled, "Doesn't he like to recruit captives as soldiers? In the battle of Boluogu, he had [-] captives. Isn't that enough for him? "

Huangfusong and Lu Zhi were taken aback.

"Your Majesty, are those Xianbei people? If we confront Xianbei people in the future, the consequences will be disastrous." Huangfusong said, "Your Majesty, this is absolutely impossible."

"General Li fought very fiercely in the battle of Boluogu, half of the 10 people were lost." Lu Zhi said, "It is indeed a little less with 5 people to fight against Zhang Yan, the yellow scarf ant thief, with hundreds of thousands of troops, Your Majesty ..."

"What's the matter with the Xianbei people? They were captured, and they are the spoils of my Great Han Kingdom. It is already a great gift if I don't kill them. Let's do this. I don't have reinforcements, and I want to build an army myself. The Son of Heaven said, "When Li Hong was in Jizhou, he had only [-] cavalry. Didn't he also defeat Zhang Niujiao later? Why can't it work now?"

"Your Majesty..." Huangfusong wanted to explain, but the emperor immediately interrupted him by raising his hand.

"Don't talk about it, Aiqing. I recently sold a lot of Marquis of Guan Nei, and made a fortune. In my opinion, I should give more military pay and more weapons. In the future, they will guard the border. The weapons are too poor. Neither."

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Dong Zhuo led his army to the vicinity of Lingzhou City.

The scouts who arrived at Lingzhou City in advance gave him a shocking news: the Xianbei army was defeated by Li Hong in Boluo Valley, and they suffered heavy losses. Now they are retreating rapidly, and the former army has reached Fuping City.

Dong Zhuo sat on the horse and didn't speak for a long time.He knew that Li Hong was powerful, but he didn't expect that Li Hong was so powerful that he defeated the 12 Xianbei army.He was excited, but also a little disappointed.In any case, everyone is happy to defeat the powerful Xianbei and become a big Han.

Lost, because he didn't fight this battle. If there are 10 horses, he thinks he can defeat the Xianbei people.Dong Zhuo secretly sighed.

"My lord, let's capture Lingzhou City immediately." Li Ru said excitedly, "At the same time, we sent cavalry to Dingxi City quickly and attacked overnight. We are late, late."

"This leopard really wants it!" Dong Zhuo praised loudly, "Changsheng, is my divination correct? I said we will win."

Li Ru shook his head, lazily entangled with Dong Zhuo on this matter, he kept urging troops to be dispatched.

"Originally we planned to rest here for a few days, but we didn't expect that the development of the battle situation would be so amazing." Dong Zhuo showed a relaxed smile and said unhurriedly, "Changsheng, we have already won the battle, so don't worry. gone."

"My lord, we must rush to Shanghe before the Xianbei people." Li Ru said anxiously, "Did your lord forget that Xianbei people can also cross the river from Shanghe."

"It's too late." Dong Zhuo said leisurely, "It's too late."

"My lord..." Li Ru looked at Dong Zhuo, hesitant to speak.

"Are you trying to say that I'm jealous of Li Hong? Are you trying to say that I don't want to block the Xianbei people in the Yellow River and add military merit to Li Hong?" Dong Zhuo suddenly laughed, "Yes, I'm jealous of Li Hong. I'm jealous of him, I've fought all my life, but I don't have a single battle that can beat him, how can I not be jealous?" Dong Zhuo shook his head again and again, sighed, "I was getting old when I got a general, and he was a flower It was bought with money, but what about him? I am afraid that His Majesty has already decreed that he be promoted to general, and maybe even a marquis, how can I not be jealous?"

"I was also cut with a knife, why am I not as good as him?" Dong Zhuo looked at Li Ru and smiled helplessly, "Am I not as good as him?"

Li Ru sighed.

Dong Zhuo suddenly turned his head back and roared loudly: "Here's an order to bypass Lingzhou City and cross the Yellow River."

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up the river.

Looking at the turbulent Yellow River, Helian let out a long breath.

"Your Majesty, you want to cross the river from here?" Xu Gui asked strangely, "It takes a lot of detours to cross the river from here to Liancheng through the Wolf Howling Valley. Why doesn't Your Majesty cross the river from Lingzhou City to the north? Liancheng is only a hundred miles away."

He Lian smiled and asked, "Are you going back to Eastern Qiang directly from Lingzhou City?"

"Now that Lingzhou City is in my hands, of course I have to take a shortcut." Xu Gui replied, "If Your Majesty wants to cross the north from here, then I won't send it. Take care all the way, Your Majesty."

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Godin.The place where the Qingshui River and the Yellow River meet.

Law Ri Deduction and Yan Li You bid farewell to Tuoba Feng.

"Let's go back the same way." Lv Ri deduced, "If you meet the king, please report it on your behalf. If there is any order, I will wait until death."

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After watching them leave, Tuoba Feng smiled and said to Tuoba Hui: "Your Majesty is crossing the river from Shanghe, Lao Niu and Langtou are crossing from Gaoting, Xu Gui is going from Lingzhou to Dongqiang, what about us?"

"We cross the river from Lingzhou." Tuoba Hui smiled, "I'd like to see where the leopard is chasing."

"Haha..." Tuoba Feng laughed loudly, "He must be at a loss, standing here looking around blankly."

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(End of this chapter)