To the west of Jinyang City, the Xianbei army camp. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

100,000 Xianbei iron cavalry invaded south, a full four months have passed, and because the main force of the Wei army is in Guanzhong, and the strength of Bingzhou is limited, the focus of defense is concentrated on the line of Taiyuan County with Jinyang City as the core.

Therefore, after Mao Dun led the army south, he broke through Wuyuan, Shuofang, Yunzhong, Dingxiang, Yanmen and other counties in the north of Bingzhou, and the troops went deep into the hinterland of Bingzhou and went directly to Jinyang City.

In less than a month, the Xianbei army broke through the counties of Wolf Meng and Yangqu, and soon entered the front of Jinyang City.

At this time, the Wei army had retreated and had no way to retreat.

As the commander of the Wei army, Wei Qing personally led 30,000 elite soldiers to sit in Jinyang City and hold on without fighting, while the rest of the generals such as Huo Quzhi, Zhang He, and Gao Shun divided their troops to defend the cities of Yuci, Yangyi, Chiaotai, and Jiaoyang around Jinyang, forming a horn trend with Jinyang City.

Because the Xianbei people are good at riding and not good at attacking the city, the Wei army has shrunk before, and when the soldiers of the northern counties are few and the generals are outnumbered, the Xianbei people can still easily break the city.

In desperation, Mao Dun could only use Yelu Huge's strategy to divide his troops to capture the surrounding cities of Jinyang, wanting to clear the periphery of Jinyang and turn Jinyang City into a lonely city.

It's a pity that Wei Qing had already prepared, and under the guidance of Zhang Liang, he also strengthened the outer cities in advance, gathered a large amount of grain and grass, and turned the outer cities into strong fortresses.

The Xianbei people tossed for nearly two months, and gained very little, so they could not clear the periphery of Jinyang, so they did not dare to implement a comprehensive encirclement of Jinyang City, and could only form an arc-shaped semi-encirclement in the north, and the land south of Jinyang City was still under the control of the Wei army, maintaining the connection between Jinyang and the peripheral cities.

It's summer, the weather is starting to get hotter, and for the Xianbei people from outside the Saiwai, their most hated weather is coming.

They have been accustomed to the cold and cool climate outside the Saiwai, and every time they invade the Central Plains, they will also choose to be high in autumn, and after the temperature becomes cold, they will go south.

The weather began to become unfavorable, and the long-term attack on Jinyang City also made the morale of the Xianbei people gradually depressed, and the combat effectiveness entered the end of the strong crossbow.

Single.

Maudun sat on the top, drinking mare's milk wine while discussing with his elite the plan to break the city.

In front of the tent, Shi Le, Yelu Huge, Murong Chui and other confidant generals were gnawing on mutton while expressing their opinions.

These three generals are the new stars that have emerged in the Xianbei departments in recent years, and it is with the assistance of these people that this time they can achieve far more gains than the previous ones.

The first few times the army went south, although the Wei army also adopted contraction tactics, but Mao Dun was helpless against those Wei cities, even if there were few Wei troops stationed, they could not effectively take it, so they could only rely on the mobility of the cavalry, go around the city, and continue to move south.

Therefore, in the first few times he went south, his rear had been harassed by the defenders of various cities of the Wei army from time to time, and it can be said that he was harassed.

This time the situation is very different, these new star elites are not only good at cavalry warfare, but also good at siege warfare, it is with their excellent ability that they can break through the counties north of Jinyang, so that the back road is no longer threatened by the Wei army.

Of course, the abilities of these Xianbei new stars were helpless after they collided with Jinyang City and Wei Qinghuo's illness.

"Our army has been besieging Jinyang for several months, but it has never been able to take Jinyang City, what do you think, tell this Danyu." On the wolf and tiger seat, Mao Dun said with a gloomy face.

In the big tent, the private discussion of the Xianbei leaders immediately stopped, and there was silence in the tent.

"Da Danyu, although our army has captured several counties in the north of Bingzhou, but Wei Qing's kid has moved most of the grain, grass, cattle and sheep in each county, and what we have looted is not enough to feed our 100,000 army, and now our grain and grass are not enough, and the weather is getting hotter, which is not conducive to our siege again, I think it's time to withdraw our troops back to the grassland."

The person who spoke in front of the account was Murong Chui, the leader of the Xianbei Murong Tribe.

When the words fell, Na Shile objected: "Da Danyu, we have entered the fortress several times, only this time we have gained the most, and we have captured the five border counties of Wei in a row, as long as we take Jinyang, and the state is our Daxianbei, we will be equivalent to gaining a firm foothold in the Central Plains, and we will have the hope of winning the Central Plains, so we must not withdraw." ”

Mao Dun's expression moved slightly, as if he was moved by Shi Le's sentence "Winning the Central Plains".

"Who doesn't want to win the Central Plains, but our food and grass are almost exhausted, and the soldiers can't eat enough, so what can we do to attack the city?" Murong Chui objected.

Na Shile said without thinking: "We are not Central Plains soldiers, we are warriors on horseback, we can still be dragged down by grain and grass, Jinyang can't be attacked, let's divide him tens of thousands of iron horses, cross Jinyang and directly grab the grain, grass, cattle and sheep behind him." ”

Shi Le's words made Mao Dun's eyes light up, and he nodded: "What Shi Le said makes some sense, I heard that Hedong County, south of Jinyang, has gathered thousands of cattle and sheep that have moved from the five counties in the north, if we rob these cattle and sheep, we will not be afraid of not having enough to eat." ”

Murong Chui said worriedly: "Da Danyu, our Jinyang City has not been taken yet, if we go around and loot Hedong County like this, is it a bit risky." ”

The voice fell, Shi Le said disdainfully: "I said Murong Chui, you also think too highly of the Wei people, there are indeed tens of thousands of soldiers and horses in the Wei State in the cities of Jinyang, but they are all infantry, do you think they dare to go out of the city to copy our back road, as long as they dare to go out of the city, I guarantee that the Da Xianbei Iron Cavalry who stay behind will kill them without leaving a piece of armor." ”

Shi Le's confident and bold words made Murong Chui speechless.

Not only Mao Dun, but the leaders of the Xianbei people present nodded one after another, obviously Shi Le's words really spoke to their hearts.

They dared to cross the city without attacking, leaving the back road to the Wei army, relying on their 100,000 troops, all of which were the advantage of cavalry.

Mao Dun's expression was clearly inclined to Shi Le's proposal, but before making a decision, his eyes fell on the military general in the corner of the big tent.

He took a sip of mare's milk wine and asked, "General Ma, you have been fighting with the Wei army for many years, you should know their details very well, do you think Shi Le's plan is feasible?" ”

In the big tent, the eyes of the Xianbei generals invariably looked at the silent general.

Ma Chao.

Not long ago, the night before the decisive battle of Dunhuang, Ma Chao took his Ma brothers and 3,000 Xiliang soldiers to abandon Cao Cao, crossed the desert to the east, and came to join the Xianbei King Maodun.

Ma Chao was powerful and cool, and the daimyo even Mao Dun had already heard of it, and he came to defect from thousands of miles away, Mao Dun was naturally overjoyed, and gave great trust to Ma Chao, and directly let him participate in the military discussion at the highest level.

Ma Chao took a light breath and asked, "I don't know if Da Dan Yu wants to hear the truth or falsehood of Chao." ”

"Needless to say, of course Ben Shan Yu wants to hear your truth." Mao Dun laughed.

Ma Chao said in a deep voice: "Since Da Dan Yu wants to hear the truth, then Chao will tell the truth, the destruction of the Qin State has become a game, I think that after the pottery merchant destroyed the Qin State, he will soon return to the east, and it is very likely that he will go straight to the state at that time, and then the pottery merchant will come with the power of destroying Qin, and the morale of the Wei army is high, and then with this thief's treacherous use of troops, Chao is only afraid that we may not be his opponents, but it is better to take advantage of him before he comes, and it is the best policy to retreat and return to the north." ”

Ma Chao's words, listening to Mao Dun's smiling face, couldn't help but become gloomy.

Obviously, he was inclined to continue the battle in his heart, and he asked Ma Chao's opinion, in fact, he wanted to hear his advanced answer, but he didn't expect Ma Chao's answer to disappoint him.

Before Mao Dun could speak, Na Shile sneered: "I said General Ma, your Qin State was destroyed, that is because you are too incompetent, do you think that our Great Xianbei Iron Cavalry Warriors will be as incompetent as you Qin people?" ”

Ma Chao was sarcastic, his face changed immediately, a trace of gloom burst out of his eyes, and he wanted to attack, but in the end, the fire that mentioned his throat and eyes was swallowed back by him.

He suddenly remembered that he had come to join the Xianbei people as a minister of the dead country, and how could he offend an important Xianbei person like Shi Le before he was under the fence and had a firm foothold.

Thinking of this, Ma Chao had no choice but to swallow his dissatisfaction back, and said with a dry smile: "The combat power of the Qin army is naturally inferior to the iron cavalry of Da Xianbei, I just told me about my past experience, maybe it doesn't apply to the present, this has to be decided by Da Dan Yu." ”

Mao Dun weighed it for a moment, and opened his mouth to make the most judgmental decision.

At this moment, a scout hurriedly entered and shouted: "Yu Da Danyu, I have sent back the news from the south that the Wei Emperor potters have arrived in Chang'an City in the near future, and now they have been diverted to the north to Pubanjin, obviously planning to cross the Yellow River from Puban to the east and come to relieve the siege of Jinyang!" ”

As soon as this news came out, the big tent immediately caused a burst of surprise among the Xianbei generals.

"It seems that the Qin State has fallen, but Dunhuang is thousands of miles away from Chang'an, and the potters will return to Chang'an so soon? That's too fast! Murong Chui was the first to let out an exclamation.

The rest of the generals, even Shi Le, were amazed by the speed of the Wei army's march.

Knowing that their entire army of Xianbei people is cavalry, coming and going like the wind, speed is the magic weapon they are proud of, and the speed of the potter's march is far superior to them, how can they not be amazed.

"I didn't expect it, Cao Cao actually lost that battle, how could this be, the pottery thief crossed the Gobi Desert, there should be people and horses, Cao Cao waited for work, and he would lose ......" Ma Chao was full of amazement, and his eyes burst with unbelievable suspicion.

Obviously, although Ma Chao thought that Cao Cao would be defeated sooner or later, according to the actual strength of Qin and Wei in the first battle of Dunhuang, even if he Ma Chao took away 3,000 soldiers and horses, Cao Cao would definitely win.

As a result, Cao Cao was defeated by the potters, and the Qin State was destroyed, how could this result not shock Ma Chao.

That Mao Dun's expression was also startled, and a hideous murderous intent immediately appeared on his face, and he sneered in his mouth: "Ben Dan Yu went south several times, and the pottery thief disdained to confront Ben Dan Yu head-on, this time he finally had to pay attention to Ben Dan Yu, and personally led the army to fight with Ben Dan Yu, very good, pottery merchant, this time, Ben Dan Yu will let you taste the fear of my Xianbei Iron Horse......

After sneering, he jumped up suddenly, waved his hand and shouted: "Chuan Ben Shan Yu, immediately divide 60,000 troops to bypass Jinyang City, go to the south to rob the cattle and sheep of the Wei people, let my great Xianbei warriors eat and drink enough, and kill the Wei Emperor potters without leaving a piece of armor!" ”