Great Han Empire

Chapter 485
Tuobawei and Xukui demanded to return to the Yinshan area immediately, and when the Han army did not conquer the Yinshan pass and cut off the army's retreat, they quickly returned to aid Wuyuan.Tuobawei said, no matter what, we must control Yinshan Mountain to ensure that the army can advance and retreat freely, otherwise we will die and die.

After Xubu Qiyang received the news that Xubu Guduhou wanted him to return to help urgently, he immediately ordered his [-] cavalry to go out of the city to assemble, and prepared to cross the barren water overnight and retreat to Wuyuan County.Bai Matong said angrily, your hasty withdrawal will definitely shake the morale of the army. If the soldiers know that Jiuyuan City has fallen and all the tribes have been captured by the Han army, do you know what the consequences will be?They would flee and return to Wuyuan County to surrender to the Han people. For them, their tribe and relatives were far more important than Shan Yuting.

Xu Bu Qiyang said, the Han people massacred our clansmen in the Jiuyuan area, whether Shan Yuting, tribes, or relatives of soldiers, they have all died long ago. What else can we do except revenge?No one will surrender.

"What do you know?" Baimatong scolded angrily, "Yu Fuluo, Liu Bao, and Qubei all led their troops to fight with the Han army. How could they watch the Han people massacre their own people? Jiuyuan, of course, will start massacres, but once Jiuyuan City is captured by the Han, they will have no reason to continue massacring unarmed old and young women and children. If they insist on killing, they will definitely anger Yu Fuluo, Liu Bao and other ministries Chief, what good does this do for the Han people? The goal of the Han people is to recover the border counties, not to slaughter us all, do you know? If a tribal leader wishes to surrender all of them, the Han people and Yu Fuluo will not only raise their hands to welcome them, but also We will do our best to forgive sins, so that more people will surrender and flee, how many people will we have left in the end? How will we fight this battle? I am afraid we will not even be able to get through Yinshan Mountain."

"If we don't say it, who knows that Jiuyuan City has fallen and Wuyuan County has been lost." Xu Bu Qiyang said angrily, "If we don't retreat as soon as possible, we will soon be surrounded by Han people, and everyone will die without a place to die. "

"If we don't tell them, don't they know?" Bai Matong snorted, "Once the morale of the army is lost, we will die, and no one will survive."

He looked at the crowd with a murderous look, and said word by word: "Don't retreat for now. We already have a chance to defeat the leopard, so we can't miss it."

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Tuoba Wei and Xu Kui looked at each other with mocking expressions in their eyes.Xu Bu Qiyang asked in amazement: "Defeat the leopard? Under such circumstances, can we still defeat the leopard?"

"Yes, if we can defeat the leopard in the cloud, the Han people's encirclement strategy will fail immediately."

Bai Matong pointed to the map and said, "Look, after the Han people cross the river, they can quickly go north to attack the key points of Yinshan Mountain. It is only more than 100 miles from Jiuyuan to Yinshan Mountain. At present, the Han army must have begun to attack Gaoque and Weique. We are now rushing back day and night. , and we couldn’t rush to Gaoque to join the Great Chanyu ahead of the Han people. When we rushed to the Daqingshan area exhausted, we would be blocked by the Han people. Xu Ronghui and the leopards who came after us attacked us. Surrounded by the southern foot of Daqing Mountain."

"In order to quickly seize the key points of Jiuyuan and Yinshan Mountains and complete the encirclement of us, the Han people must have a huge force crossing the Hebei River. I estimate that the four armies of Xu Rong, Qu Yi, Yang Feng, and Zhao Yun who were originally gathered at the Liao River will all go north. Including Yu Fuluo, Liu Bao, and Qubei's iron cavalry, the number of troops crossing the north is probably more than [-]."

"It has been four days since the loss of Jiuyuan City. If we retreat quickly, it will take three days at the earliest to reach Daqingshan. The Han people can cross the river at least 7 people in seven days. These [-] Han people are waiting for work. It is absolutely possible to block our [-] exhausted troops under Daqing Mountain." Bai Matong looked at everyone and asked with a frown, "Which one of you has the ability to defeat these Han troops, break through the encirclement, and make it to the Yinshan Pass?"

"You mean to say that we currently have an advantage in military strength on the battlefield in Yunzhong?" Tuoba Wei asked suspiciously, "Are you sure that the four armies of Xu Rong, Qu Yi, Yang Feng and Zhao Yun will all cross the north? "

"We have been fighting against Leopards for a month. Can you see the army of these four?" Bai Matong looked at Xu Kui and asked, "You have been fighting Xu Rong on the right, but every time you send troops to attack you are Yushi, have you seen Yang Feng and Zhao Yun? Apart from seeing their battle flags, have you ever fought against them? They never crossed the river in Jiling City. It was all a trick of the Han people. Their purpose was to Lure the troops of Wuyuan County into the clouds so that they can raid Jiuyuan City."

Xu Kui shook his head with a wry smile and said, "We always thought that Xu Rong was gaining momentum, who knew..."

"Now that the Han people have made a surprise attack, we are basically surrounded. Retreating is a dead end. The only way to break through the Han people's encirclement and turn defeat into victory is to defeat the leopard." Bai Matong punched the map and said loudly, "Leopard all the way The violent attack brought heavy losses and the soldiers were extremely tired. Judging from the Battle of Baiqushui, he currently has only Yushi, Yan Rou, Yan Liang, Lou Lu, Zhang Yun and Pound's troops, and the number of troops will not exceed 8. , and half of them are pawns, we are absolutely sure to defeat him."

Xu Kui stared at Bai Matong with a pair of terrified eyes, thinking that he was a lunatic at all, "You... you said you can defeat the leopard?"

Tuobawei lowered his head in frustration and said: "I would rather face Xu Rongquyi than Leopard. You have to know that Leopard has never been defeated in frontier fortresses in the past few years. It is undoubtedly a dream to defeat him. As long as he has 1 people can be invincible, not to mention that he has 8 people now. Let's withdraw our troops. We have [-] cavalry, can't we break through the blocking of tens of thousands of Han troops?"

Xu Bu Qiyang persuaded in a low voice: "Let's retreat, let's retreat. Now it seems that it is difficult for us to stick to the rainy season. After withdrawing from Yinshan Mountain, we still have a chance to breathe, and there is a possibility of a comeback."

Bai Matong pointed at the three of them and said angrily: "The leopard is already scarred and exhausted. As long as they reach the city in the cloud, we can use the fortification of the city in the cloud and the narrow terrain between the two rivers to fight against him. At that time, the Han people had no reinforcements, and we would be able to win a big victory. If we miss this opportunity, we will never have a chance to stand up again."

Xu Kui sneered and said, "Even if we win this battle as you wish, how many people can we have left? What should we use to fight Xu Rong?"

"If this battle is won, Xu Rong will lose the support of his flanks. He will be surrounded and flanked by us if he goes deep alone, and the news of the leopard's defeat will also shake the morale of the Han army. Can the Han people continue to stick to Jiuyuan? ? After the rainy season, the Yellow River surged, and the transportation of the Han army’s food and supplies became a big problem. Once the food and grass are not available, what will Xu Rong do?” Baima Tong’s thick eyebrows were erected, furious, “As long as we defeat the leopards, Xu Rong will withdraw the army , you can't see such a simple thing?"

"Our people are all finished, what will we do in the future? If the leopards attack outside the fortress again, what will we do?" Xu Bu Qiyang said excitedly, "Do you want us to exterminate the whole family?"

"The leopard was defeated. How could the emperor of the Han people go around him? He is dead." Bai Matong waved his hand and said, "This time, the emperor of the Han people used all his national strength and mobilized 20 troops to attack outside the Great Wall. If he loses this battle, how can the Han people The coming national power continues to send troops to fight? If there is no ten or twenty years, the Han people will never regain their vitality. Ten years later, 20 years later, what will happen to us? At that time, we have already conquered the Great Wall and occupied the northern border. How can we stay here? ?”

"What if we are defeated?" Tuobawei said, "Why do you say we will be able to defeat the leopards? Do we have several times the strength of the leopards? Do we have a winning strategy? Now that Jiuyuan has been lost, Wuyuan The cities in the county are all occupied by the Han army, and all the livestock of the clan have been taken captive. What do we eat and drink? Where is our backup? Will we eat grass to survive until the rainy season?"

"But we retreat, who of you can guarantee that the army will be able to break through the blocking of the Han army and reach the Yinshan Pass?" Bai Matong stared at Tuobawei and said, "If we are surrounded by the Han army in Daqingshan, the whole army will be wiped out. Which is more likely to succeed than staying in the cloud and fighting a decisive battle with the Han army?"

"Which one is more powerful, Leopard or Xu Rong?" Xu Kui said without showing any weakness, "If Leopard still has backup, and if there are not as many Han troops crossing the north as you imagine, then of course it is most appropriate to retreat to the north of Yinshan Mountain gone."

Baima Tong was so angry that he was about to burst, he punched the case table, and shouted loudly: "Retreating at this time, we are in the middle of the Han people's encirclement plan, and we will definitely die."

"If we don't retreat at this time, all the important passes in Yinshan Mountain will be lost, and then we will surely die." Tuoba Wei said resolutely, "Quickly retreat."

"If we want to fight, we have to fight at the foot of Yinshan Mountain, not here. Fighting in Yinshan Mountain, we can not only advance and retreat freely, but also get support from Tuobafeng." Xu Kui said, "We used to plan like this, Now it's just a little bit ahead of time. Only with soldiers can we be invincible, and this is the best strategy."

Bai Matong argued with Tuoba Liang, Xu Kui, and Xu Bu Qiyang for a long time, but in order to preserve their strength and their lives, no one of them wanted to take the risk of a decisive battle with the leopard.Baimatong couldn't convince the three of them, so he had no choice but to agree to withdraw from Yunzhong.

Baimatong immediately sent people to inform the defenders stationed in Yuanyang and Beiyu to abandon the city and retreat westward, and at the same time ordered the army to withdraw across the barren water in three ways.

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Li Hong was very excited when he received the news of the retreat of the Hu coalition forces, and hurriedly commanded the army to occupy Yunzhong City, ready to cross the river to pursue at any time.

Xu Rong's battle report was delivered to Li Hong.

Jiuyuan City was captured by the Han army, and the good news that most of Wuyuan County had been recovered immediately spread throughout the Han army camp. The soldiers cheered and their morale was unprecedentedly high.

While Li Hong and the generals were happy, they were also a little worried.Because Baima Tong got the news of the fall of Jiuyuan City before the Han army, he evacuated Yunzhong City as quickly as possible with his iron cavalry, and quickly crossed the barren water and went north. The attack of Yunzhong City caused Baima Tong to escape.Baimatong withdrew quickly, leaving less time for Xu Rong to deploy his troops, and it became much more difficult for the Han army to stop the retreat of the Hu people on the front line of Daqingshan.

Li Hong decided to pursue immediately.At this time, Xian Yufu rushed to send an urgent letter, and the emperor passed away.

Li Hong was stunned for a moment.

The news about Xian Yufu came from the Hedong Wei Clan.He said in the letter that the emperor died suddenly of a serious illness, leaving no will, and no crown prince.Now the situation in Beijing and China is unclear, and it is unknown who will inherit the great power.He advised Li Hong to stop the attack immediately and prepare for withdrawal.

Li Hong was very frightened.The war in northern Xinjiang has entered the most critical stage of encirclement. If the imperial court ordered the withdrawal of troops at this time, or Luoyang caused great chaos due to the dispute over the imperial line, resulting in a cut off of food and payment, the war in northern Xinjiang will not only waste all previous efforts, but also the army is very likely to be turned back by the Hu coalition forces. He returned after a disastrous defeat, especially Xu Rong, who had already crossed the Hebei River. He was in the most dangerous situation. Now there were [-] Hu allied forces in front of him, and the Yellow River was behind him. If he was not careful, the entire army would be wiped out.

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty..." Li Hong gritted his teeth and whispered to himself, "If Your Majesty solves the imperial order earlier, why is the crisis today?"

Seeing Li Hong's expression was wrong, Li Wei hurriedly asked, "What's wrong? What happened?"

Li Hong handed Xian Yufu's letter to Li Wei, and took up his pen to write it down.He asked Xian Yufu to do everything possible to ensure the supply of food and grass for the army on the West Road, and if there was chaos in Luoyang, he would immediately notify Xu Rong to withdraw his troops.Then he wrote another letter to Xu Rong, telling him not to attack the Yinshan pass, but to put all his troops on the front line of Daqingshan. Once Luoyang is in chaos and the supply of food and grass is cut off, he will immediately withdraw all troops without any hesitation. .

Li Wei sneered, and put Xian Yufu's letter on the table, "My lord, this is the best time."

Li Hong knew what he wanted to say, so he waved his hand to stop him and said, "I was entrusted by Your Majesty to defend the northern borders for the Han Kingdom, and I will never send troops south. Don't say those useless things, tell me something useful." listen."

"The emperor has passed away, the young master has ascended the throne, and a traitor is in power. Even if there is no chaos in Luoyang today, there will still be chaos in the future, and the country will still perish. Why do you insist on making the world miserable?" Li Wei said excitedly, "My lord, your majesty has returned to heaven. No matter whether the battle in Northern Xinjiang continues or not, my lord will surely die."

"Death is death, what am I afraid of?" Li Hong said indifferently, "I just need to bring my brothers back."

Li Wei was so angry that he shook his hand and left.

"Order all the troops to cross Hebei tomorrow."

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Immediately after Xu Rong crossed the river, he led his troops to Jiuyuan, and Qu Yi, Zhao Yun, and Liu Bao each led their cavalry to the north quickly.

All the tribes of the Xiongnu scattered in the south of the Yin Mountain were captured by the Han army.Liu Bao ordered his subordinates to immediately move these people to the Yangshu Lake area, as far away as possible from Jiuyuan and Daqingshan to escape the war.

Zhao Yun entered Manyi Valley, Liu Bao attacked Gao Que, and the two led their respective troops to launch a battle to capture the key pass of Yinshan Mountain.Qu Yi and Yang Feng led their troops to station in Daqingyuan at the southern foot of Daqing Mountain, preparing to stop the Hu allied forces returning to aid.

Xu Rong received an urgent letter from Xian Yufu.The emperor died.

Xu Rong sat blankly in the big tent and thought for a long time.

"My lord, when are we going to leave?" Wen Chou walked into the big tent and asked, "Every battalion is ready."

Xu Rong stood up slowly, and handed the letter to the guard standing behind him, "Burn it."

"Order the battalions to set off immediately."

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(End of this chapter)