Although the inside of the big tent is as warm as spring, but Yan Qi's heart is like the cold outside, directly cold to the bones, from the oath to the present, less than two months of effort, the appearance of full of confidence at the beginning, now it is on the verge of despair, he can't figure it out, what is this for?

The cavalry that fled sporadically from the other side brought the bad news that shocked everyone, Murong Kun encountered an ambush on the way to Dubo, and the whole army was annihilated, even Murong Kun was killed on the spot, and there were almost no survivors of the 10,000 cavalry. Without thinking too much, he could think that the grinding in Dubo must also be unlucky.

He couldn't figure out why Mo Yandu's 10,000 cavalry and thousands of foot soldiers attacked these stockades centered on Dubo, and it took so long to take them down.

Yan Qi has now completely figured out the other party's arrangement, first Tong Wancheng suddenly attacked Aziz by some method, defeated Aziz's army, and then the other party swung his army across the river, and he made a fatal mistake here, mistakenly thinking that the other party was going to Dubo to attack Mo Yandu, but what he never expected was that the other party actually fought the idea of sending reinforcements from his own, that is to say, the other party was sure that he could defeat Mo Yanlu with only Helanyan's more than 4,000 cavalry.

This is exactly the case, after Helan Yan defeated Mo Yanlu at a very fast speed, he ran for more than 80 miles, intercepted Murong Kun who was ambushed and retreated on the side of the Liao River, and then flanked the soldiers and horses of Tongwan City, and once again annihilated Murong Kun's soldiers and horses.

All links, like a button.

Of course, Yan Qi didn't know that the battle of the Eastern Army was so smooth, and there was a force of more than 100 people in this battle involving tens of thousands of people, which played an unexpected role for him, and it was their preservation that allowed Helan Yan to defeat Mo Yanlu lightly. Then he went to the Liao River to intercept Murong Kun. If it weren't for that, with Murong Kun's vigilance and determination, he could have retreated.

A small detachment that seemed to have little impact on the battle decided the final outcome of this battle.

Now what? Yan Qi covered his head in pain.

On the east bank, Helan Yan and Luo Weiran have joined forces, Yan Peng, who is in charge of Wancheng, unexpectedly went out of the city and slowly pressed towards the pioneer city, Xu Yuan, the pioneer city who was still in the city two days ago, has now led a group out of the city, this is the rhythm of planning to annihilate himself.

Decisive battle. Yan Qi is not afraid at all, even if he has lost 20,000 cavalry now, and there are still 5,000 cavalry near Dayan City, but in his hands, there are still 25,000 cavalry, including 5,000 palace guards, he is not afraid of a decisive battle, he even expects the other party to really fight with him.

But he knew it was impossible.

Strike on your own. The other party will only stick to it, grind with himself, and drag it with himself, because of his own throat. The grain road is now in the hands of the other party, and from now on, he will not get a grain of food, a little supply.

People can save a little bit of food. It will last a few more days, but what about horses? In this season, even the forage has to be brought in from the rear. Not to mention the need for food, if you don't eat for a day, the horse will be bored, and if you don't eat for two or three days, the horse will be wasted. The Donghu people who did not have war horses were still considered warriors, and when they got off the horse, how could they fight against the well-trained foot soldiers of the Eastern Army?

The thick curtain was lifted, and a cold wind blew in his face, Yan Qi raised his head and looked at the people who came in, "Qutu Algen, how is it in the army now?" ”

"General, the two generals Mo Yanlu and Murong Kun were killed, and the news of the destruction of the 20,000 army has spread in the army, and now the army's heart is a little confused, and the enemy's appearance on the east bank means that our grain route will be cut off, which even the most ordinary soldiers understand."

"What do the generals down there say?"

"Everyone means to withdraw immediately, otherwise I am afraid that the whole army will be wiped out here." Qutu Algen lowered his head, a little afraid to look into Yan Qi's eyes.

"What do you mean?"

"General, you can't do anything, we have lost this war, retreat!" Qutu Algen said boldly.

"I want to quit too!" Yan Qi smiled bitterly, "You also read today's sentry report, do you think it is easy for us to retreat?" ”

"Retreat, or a lot of people will die, but with our combat effectiveness, we can always highlight a part of it, so that we won't all die here, but the later we retreat, the greater our losses will be, and maybe, even one person won't be able to break out." Qutu Algen Road.

Yan Qi pulled the map and placed it in front of Qutu Algen, "You see, our grain route has been cut off, in fact, now Jingyuan, Ningyuan's side is no longer able to send food, because it is sending supplies to the Eastern Army, how far is it from us to Ningyuan Jingyuan?" More than 800 miles. Even if we rush with all our might, it will take four or five days, but do you think the enemy will give us this time? Can a horse run with all his might without eating? ”

"But we can't sit still!" Qutu Algen Road.

"Of course not, I have already sent a messenger to see Tuoba Hong, he led five thousand cavalry to monitor the soldiers and horses of Dayan City, I asked him to immediately turn around, detour to Crescent Lake, that place, there should still be a lot of Xiongnu tribes, from those Huns, they can get supplies, and even raise some supplies for us."

Qutu Algen's eyes lit up, "You mean, we are from that line?" ”

"Of course, on that line, it is the men and horses of Tongwan City who are blocking us, and the main force of Yan Peng of Tongwan City has been taken away by Luo Weiran, so he is the weakest among the men and horses surrounding us now. Defeat him, we will pursue Tuoba Hong, and as long as he can raise enough food and grass for me, we will return home alive. ”

"What the general said is very true."

"You, Qutu Argen, take 20,000 cavalry, launch an attack in the direction of Tongwan City, destroy them, and then march quickly to Crescent Lake, don't look back, don't fall in love with the battle, hurry up, with your limited food, you must meet Tuoba Hong at the time." Yan Qi stretched out his hand and grabbed Qutu Argen's hand, "I handed over the 20,000 cavalry to you." Hopefully you'll bring most of them home. ”

Qutu Algen was taken aback, "General, what about you?" ”

Yan Qi's face was miserable, "I am valued by the king, and the army of the army conquered the Hetao, but now it ended in a fiasco, and so many Donghu Jian'er were buried on the bank of the Liao River, what face do I have to go back to see the king, when you are attacking Yan Peng, the vanguard city will definitely attack and contain it, and Helan Yan and Luo Weiran on the east bank will also send troops, so you need an army to contain the opponent." ”

"General, you lead the army to break through, and I will stay behind to break the rear." Qutu Argen was hot in his head and said loudly.

Yan Qi smiled and shook his head, "I know your loyalty, but if you can't see me, Gao Yuan will guess what we want to do, so I can only stay." I will take 5,000 palace guards, they are the heroes of Donghu, they will never take a step back in front of the enemy on the battlefield, and there are 10,000 foot soldiers left, you only need to leave us three days of food. ”

"General!" Qutu Algen burst into tears.

"Go ahead, go down and make arrangements. You only have one day to prepare, bring enough food, grass and weapons, and nothing else. Someone has to die, and this person can only be me, and after returning to Helin, I will confess to the king on my behalf. Yan Qi waved his hand, turned away, and no longer looked at Qutu Algen.

Qutu Algen knelt down, slammed his head to Yan Qi three times, stood up, wiped a handful of tears, turned around and strode out of the tent.

Qutu Algen had been gone for a long time, and there was a faint noise in the camp, but it calmed down again, and Yan Qi slowly turned around, but his face was full of pain.

"Qutu Algen, I'm sorry, what I can think of, how could Gao Yuan not think of it, I can only attack the east and the west, give up you and the 20,000 cavalry, I want to take these 5,000 palace guards home, they are the elite of Donghu, as long as the palace guards are still there, Donghu will not perish." In the entire Donghu Royal Court, there were only 30,000 palace guards, and they couldn't afford to lose. He covered his face in pain.

In Yan Qi's plan, the 20,000 cavalry and the 10,000 foot soldiers under the command of Qutu Argen were all abandoned people, and they would launch the most ferocious attack on the enemy, all for the purpose of covering his retreat with 5,000 palace guards.

It is true that Qutu Argen only left three days of food, but this includes 10,000 foot soldiers, and these 10,000 foot soldiers will not get a grain of food, and they will all become the last straw for him Yan Qi and the 5,000 palace guards.

In the vanguard city, there was a joyful atmosphere, Helan Yan and Luo Weiran joined forces to connect and destroy the two troops and horses of Mo Yanlu and Murong Kun on the east bank, which made Yan Qi have to shrink the soldiers and horses, the current situation is no longer the Donghu people surrounding the pioneer city, the situation is reversed, but now it is surrounded by the Eastern Army from three sides, leaving only a road to Dayan Lake for the Donghu people, but it is a dead end.

The communication that had been cut off for a long time was finally restored again, Gao Yuan stood on top of the city, gently touched the military stab that had not been used for a long time and the Mo knife erected beside him, and said with a smile: "Old man, you have a place to use again." ”

Xu Yuan strode up to the top of the city, "Dudu, Ni Huazong and Tao Jiawang have already set off. ”

"Very good, I'm going to leave too, and I'll leave this pioneer city to you." When General Gao Yuan stabbed in his boots, he turned his head to look at Xu Yuan and smiled. "The enemy's siege will not last long, when you have defeated your opponent, do not pursue these foot soldiers, they will not run far, there is no food, no supplies, in this ice and snow, if you don't be our prisoners, they will only starve to death and freeze to death."

"The last general understands that I will go to besiege and annihilate the opponent's men and horses attacking Tongwan City." Xu Yuan nodded vigorously. "But Governor, do you really need no support?"

"No!" Gao Yuan said lightly. "Tongwancheng is the main force of the enemy, as for the so-called palace guards, hey, a group of lost dogs, do you really think they are invincible in the world?" (To be continued......)