97 Chapter 40 (5)

At this time, the Northern Wei scattered army behind was led by a partial general to follow, and before he could ask for guilt, he fought with the comers. If the two armies are facing each other in peacetime, the combat power of the forbidden army is actually far inferior to that of the Northern Wei army, but now that the Northern Wei Dynasty is showing weakness, it is indispensable for these Lang Jun to show their skills.

Wei Yun's Lang Jun has almost the same temperament as him, but no matter how cold the people are, they naturally don't want to fall behind, and they are like wolves and tigers in the remnants of the Northern Wei Dynasty.

They still remember Ji Rin's first order, only saying that they should snatch horses and flags, and they don't necessarily have to kill the other party, but they saw the other party taking the road and fled, and chased for a while, snatched the flag, horses, some saddles, and weapons, and when they saw that the other party was gone, they also called Jin and withdrew their troops.

Tuoba Ao picked up the army and went to Changping Town, he expected the Eastern Qin to send troops, but he didn't expect the other party to come so quickly! They attacked Jinzhou in preparation to obtain Jinzhou defense from Xiahou Mao, but Xiahou Mao only brought some small towns in Jinzhou in the end, including the people planted by Xiahou's family, only said that Jinzhou had mutated, and it was too late to do anything else.

Emperor Lie didn't look forward to the other party doing something for himself, he was already very happy to be able to get tens of thousands of military horses in the sky, so that the news of Ji Yan's death came, and Emperor Lie feasted his ministers in the palace of the Northern Wei Dynasty, and the monarchs and ministers hunted sheep in the pasture to celebrate.

None of them expected that the reaction of the Eastern Qin center would be so rapid, and they would even be able to draw reinforcements! Compared with the Eastern Qin, the Northern Wei Dynasty was rich in Kyushu, and the land was vast and rich, and the Northern Wei Dynasty, which only occupied Suzhou and Jinzhou, was obviously a sparsely populated existence, and the cold climate made them accustomed to a semi-nomadic life, although all the people in the Northern Wei Dynasty were soldiers, but his number was still too small after all, and this time it was divided into four routes to the south, and each road was only 30,000 or 40,000 soldiers and horses, and even one road was not 30,000 people.

But for the three-way soldiers and horses who raided Jinzhou, their main task was only to contain the attention of the soldiers and horses of Jinzhou, and the Ji family army was obviously the biggest stumbling block for them to enter the Central Plains.

But even so, Tuoba Ao still brought a full 40,000 people along the way, and they never despised Ji Rin's intentions, but Emperor Lie thought that even he would not dare to appoint a hairless young man like Ji Rin as a marshal, but it was the Eastern Qin Scholar Emperor, who they had always looked down on, who made such a decision that was almost against common sense.

As the next emperor of the Northern Wei Dynasty, Tuoba Ao has never despised Ji Rin, and even he attaches great importance to the heir of the Ji family in Jinzhou.

But this time, he really didn't expect that the other party would be able to gain the trust of the Eastern Qin Emperor, and even after losing his father, the other party did not ask to deal with Xiahou Mao immediately, but went directly to the border pass, this is a real open-minded man, but it is a pity that they are on the opposite side.

"Your Highness!" Seeing that he took the lead, he was silent all the way, and the general who followed behind him couldn't help but call.

Tuoba Ao came back to his senses and looked back, but when he saw that the generals were injured, and some soldiers fell to the ground, he was really bitter, and couldn't help crying: "This is all lonely." ”

"Why did Your Highness say this? It's just that the Qin people are cunning and treacherous, and the crime of this battle is not the crime of His Highness. Although the young general in the big red robe next to him was covered in blood, his eyes were bright, and he was obviously a resolute person, "And victory and defeat are a common thing in soldiers, wait for us to go back to Changping County to rest and recuperate, and then compete with the Qin people!"

"Arrow. Tuoba Ao saw that he had fought all night but was still in the spirit of Ryoma, and couldn't help but sigh and patted him on the shoulder, "Lone is not discouraged, nor is it frustrated, but I am sad that I don't know how many bones are buried in a foreign land in this battle." ”

"Your Highness has mercy. Dugu Luo nodded when he heard him say this, "It's just that this time I don't know who the other party's commander is?

"If Lone guessed correctly, this time it must be Ji Rin who used the soldiers. Although Tuoba Ao even lost the red tassel on his hood and his hair was half-scattered, he still showed a kind of graceful and suave appearance.

"If that's the case, it's not unjust to lose!" Dugu Luo patted the horse's neck and muttered, "But the master is only eighteen years old this year, the master is not as good as him at this time, will he not be as good as him in another ten years?"

"Ah Luo has this ambition, and he needs to forge ahead more and more!" Tuoba laughed loudly, "Ah Luo and Lone together, let's run for a while, and wait here to rest for a while!"

Everyone was originally a little discouraged, but now they heard a few words from Tuoba Ao and cheered up, buried the pot and added to it, and even the seriously injured horse, the veterinarian saw that there was no cure, so he cut the horse meat and roasted it to eat. There are a lot of war horses in the Northern Wei Dynasty, and the boys are used to dealing with livestock, and now they see that the war horses are seriously injured, although their hearts are sour, they don't feel sad.

This Tuoba Ao took Dugu Luo, and the two of them ran on the horse for a while, but the last bit of frustration in their hearts was gone, and they looked at the soldiers behind them who had been thrown aside, so they turned the horse's head, got off the horse, and slowly walked back with the horse.

"Your Highness, you said that it was Ji Rin who led the army, but I didn't see him last night. Dugu Luo led the horse with one hand, pulled the withered yellow grass next to him with the other, and kicked the grass under his feet, "How can you judge that it is him?"

"The defenders of Shuoxue Pass and my Great Wei have been in a stalemate for several months, and the day before they attacked the camp, we will count it as a draw, Shuoxue Pass does not have so many manpower, naturally it can only be reinforcements. Tuoba Ao held the reins in one hand and behind him with the other, with a majestic expression, "Besides, we also have a fine work in Chang'an, although we can't figure out how many reinforcements the other party has, but Ji Rin is known to the world as the governor of Jinzhou." Yesterday's battle, in the chaos of the army, I saw the majesty of the opponent's army, but it was not decisive enough to fight, but it was not as good as the enemy army in Shuoxue Pass, you are now young and have not seen the majesty of Ji Rin's army in the royal city a few years ago, the courage of the Ji family army is unparalleled in the world, only the elite of the Great Wei Wangcheng can sweep its edge, it is a novice to judge the local reinforcements as a novice, and can bring out such soldiers and horses in a few days, looking at the sixteen states, only know Ji Rin alone!"

"Since His Highness has decided that the other party is a novice, why don't I kill him with a horse pistol?"

"Ji Rin is bold and careful with his soldiers, yesterday he dared to let the new army rush into battle, he has something to rely on, I think he must have hidden a team to respond, if the lone leader kills back, I am afraid that he will fall into his trap, is it to wait for me or return to Changping Town to rest first. The two gossiped a few words, Tuoba Ao ate and dined with many soldiers, and washed up on the undried stream on the grassland, Tuoba Ao turned over his horse again, and ordered the general to count the number of people and horses, so that there were 8,678 people and more than 2,000 horses.

Tuoba Ao thought about it and turned over and dismounted, and ordered the whole army: let those who were seriously injured and could not do it get on their horses, and those who were lightly injured helped each other. Everyone followed the order, and when they saw that Tuoba Ao had even let his own horse go out to teach a seriously injured soldier to ride, Dugu Luo naturally dismounted and followed him. Seeing this, the soldiers followed suit, whether they gave up their horses or were carried by horses, looking at Tuoba's proud eyes were slowly convinced and respected, and more emotional, tears welled in their eyes, everyone used to only hear the reputation of the prince, but now seeing his actions, only hatred can not repay his courtesy.

It's just that in this way, the trip has to be slowed down, and when everyone sees the county seat of Changping County, more than an hour has passed.

"Your Highness!" Somehow, the closer he got to Changping Town, the more Dugu Luo's heart was like a drum, and he couldn't help but reach out and drag Tuoba Ao, with a bit of solemnity in his eyes, "Are we really going to enter the city?"

"Ah Luo, what's wrong?" Tuoba Ao saw that he looked like he was facing a great enemy, and couldn't help but reach out and pat his cousin's shoulder.

"I just feel that my heart is not very stable! Probably because the houses built by our Great Wei are all made of stones, and I don't think it's proper to see this pile of earth. Dugu Luo stretched out his hand and scratched his head.

"Changping Town is small, and there are not many wounded soldiers stationed, if this is the case, you will first take everyone to set up camp, and Lone will take a hundred and ten personal guards to escort the wounded into the city first. Tuoba Ao saw that his face showed a little unsteady, thinking that it was the little boy who had suffered the first defeat in his life, and he was worried that the people he was familiar with would lose face, so he smiled tolerantly and arranged things for him.

"The last general commands!" At this time, Dugu Luo never thought that this farewell would become the farewell of this life, the monarch who would pat him on the shoulder and encourage him never had the opportunity to follow him back to the Northern Wei Dynasty, and many years later, the Dugu general, who went away to a foreign land with the remaining little blood and blood of the Northern Wei royal court, remembered the first expedition when he was a teenager, and he was still in tears.

Tuoba Ao took more than 2,000 wounded soldiers and a total of more than 3,000 people to march forward, passing through the city gate to see two soldiers in Northern Wei armor guarding the door, seeing him coming, they all hugged their fists and saluted, even when they saw that they were embarrassed and did not squint, they nodded in their hearts, it seems that this month, the soldiers who stayed in Changping County did not slack off.

One of his division commanders is from the Eastern Qin, he followed the other party to learn the words of the Eastern Qin Hundred Schools, and he understands how terrible the Qin people are, they seem to be born with tolerance, and they can easily attract others to envy him and follow him, and how easy it is for the Qin people to make the strongest soldiers slow down their pace, and the gentle township hero mound is never a lie.

And just as the last soldier who was carried by the war horse turned the city gate and walked to the right towards the county office, the two soldiers guarding the gate slowly entered the door and quickly closed the city gate.

The city gate of Changping County is a solid wooden door with a thickness of three inches, with bronze as the door shaft, although it weighs hundreds of catties, but it is extremely convenient to open and close, this is the common feature of the city gate of all large and small towns in Jinzhou, all of them are of good bronze as the rotating shaft, and special personnel are sent to maintain it every year, and the opening and closing of the ordinary city gate is faster than the kung fu of a cup of tea, especially the city gate of Yongning City, which is more ingenious. Yongning City was built for more than 600 years, since the first ancestor of the Ji family settled here, he sought the help of the children of the Mo family at that time to build the city gate, more than 600 years, even though the war passed, but it has never been captured.

Tuoba Ao walked away, and gradually felt hesitant in his heart, the people of Changping Town were sold as slaves to the Northern Wei Dynasty, but this town was stationed by his generals and soldiers, even if the number was a little smaller, it should not be so quiet. There wasn't even a single sentry patrolling all the way, so there must be something strange about it.

"Let's go, go out of the city alone!" even though he made a quick decision, it was still too late.

Countless soldiers are like snowfields blown by the spring breeze, countless green grasses wake up from the middle of winter overnight, dyeing the earth with a layer of green, Tuoba Ao found that there were Qin troops in front of him and behind him, spearmen, shield hands, and swordsmen split around, and there were archers holding □□ on the roofs on all sides, black pressed one, and the bow and arrow faced the noon sun, which became more and more sharp and compelling.

"I'm the master of the tiger and wolf of the Great Wei, why be afraid of death!" Tuoba Ao's heart sank, at this moment he knew that he was falling into a trap, but no matter how he advanced or retreated, he must not be restrained, he drew his sword at that time, and shouted, "All the soldiers listen to the order and go out of the city gate with the lonely kill!"

"I have heard for a long time that His Royal Highness the Prince of the Northern Wei Dynasty, wise and brave, if His Royal Highness is willing to surrender, my lord can spare his life. "Gale Pavilion, originally built to ascend in September, Ji Rin was wearing a Xuanyi armor to lead the army to ride a horse standing here, followed by him is the Xuanyi Army's famous words chattering willow catkins, at this time he is rare to stand beside Ji Rin in white clothes and silver armor, indescribably graceful, embroidering flags behind them, and the military formation is serious.

"Lone has lived in the world for twenty-five years, and I still don't know what to mean by descending the word!" When he was ambushed on all sides, Tuoba Ao became more and more calm, he immediately let out a long howl and said with a smile, "I have long admired the name of the state pastor, but I don't know that the lone can fight with the state pastor?"

"The general of the defeated army, how dare you make a request?" Liu Xu laughed.

"The prince bravely asked for battle, Rin responded to the battle, only heard for a long time that the cavalry of the Northern Wei Dynasty was brave, I don't know if I can fight with the prince's horse?" Ji Rin held a gun in one hand, turned over on his horse, and everyone got out of the way, and Tuoba Ao in the crowd also turned over and got on his horse, and □□ in his hand to meet him.

The two had already found out the ending before they fought, Tuoba Ao knew that he must not be able to resist Ji Rin, who had been guarding the border all year round, but he knew that Ji Rin was not a villain, he fought to the death with him, even though his subordinates could not break out of the encirclement, but compared to the unilateral slaughter of the other party, it was able to drag on for a moment so that the soldiers outside the city heard it and fled first, and it was a point far away.

Ji Rin knows it even more, he has not forgotten the beginning of the year, the Northern Wei Dynasty asked for a kiss to Princess Huayang, he and Qingzhou coincidentally set three strategies, although each has its own focus, but the core of the strategy is to get rid of the Northern Wei Dynasty prince Tuoba Ao, he advocated that the soldiers pretend to be the person who sent their relatives, on the day of the Northern Wei Dynasty, the two sides made an appointment to fight, and killed the prince of the Northern Wei Dynasty, and the Pingling Emperor ordered the dead to hide in the new house, and to light the fire during the banquet to assassinate the prince in chaos- In general, Emperor Lie is getting old, and Tuoba is the leader among the princes, he is the prince, and everyone is convinced, but once he dies, the princes of the Northern Wei Dynasty will inevitably compete for the position of the prince, and how many families in the world are declining only because of the disaster.

And before he led the army to Shuoxue Pass, according to his temperament, he must not take the forbidden army to risk, but Pingling Yu's message described the characteristics of the forbidden army in detail, and calculated Tuoba Ao's temperament, pointing out that Changping Town must be the place where the other party died, since the two met, Ji Rin has trusted and relied on Pingling Yu more and more, since according to the other party's message and combined with the actual situation of Shuoxue Pass, now the other party is really as Pingling Yu expected.

But unlike Pingling Yu, Ji Rin has a more open temperament, and even though there is a blood hatred between the Tuoba clan and the Ji family, he appreciates this opponent, even if he sees that the other party is delaying time, but under the arrangement of Pingling Yu's exhaustive strategy, he is also willing to meet the other party's last wish; moreover, he is confident that the gate of Changping Town will not be easily breached if it is not betrayed by someone; the most important thing is that the current forbidden army is still inferior to him after all, and he needs them to grow up quickly, and this battle with the Northern Wei Jedi Lone Army is obviously a good touchstone。

"Your Highness!" followed Tuoba Ao into the city to get 3,000 people, one-third of them were seriously injured, these Northern Wei Erlang, who didn't know a few big words, didn't even know the etiquette of loyalty and filial piety, but how Tuoba Ao treated them, they understood that the soldiers died for their confidants, this is their unspeakable but able to practice the belief - now they know that they are dying, but they are generous, just because there is still a faint hope in their hearts, if they fight to the death, can they find a way out of life for their beloved Highness?

"It's worth the trip to fight with Ji Zhoumu in this life!" Tuoba Ao is not a fool, on the contrary, he has insight beyond everyone, how he doesn't understand the friendship in the eyes of these Lang Jun who even need to stand up and need the support of the robe, but he knows that since the moment Ji Rin appeared, things have not changed, but he didn't say it, so let these simple soldiers think that he was young and lonely, and he regarded himself as high, so he fell into the hands of the enemy and died here!