Chapter 545: Dissenting
This time, Liu Bao was defeated a little miserably, not only the more than 20,000 horses he brought back were lost in half, but the most important thing was that the old nest of the left Xiongnu was lost, and the entire left tribe fell, such a heavy loss was almost the same as that of the southern Xiongnu.
Even Liu Meng, who had a competitive relationship with Liu Bao, after hearing the news, it was difficult to have the idea of gloating, but more of a sad sigh of the rabbit and the fox.
With the loss of the Zi clan, the left Xiongnu lost its foundation, although Liu Bao still retains an army of more than 10,000 people, but Liu Bao has been reduced to a lost dog, and now he is in the five Xiongnu departments, not to mention wanting to compete with Liu Menghe for the position of Shan Yu, even the northern Xiongnu and the central Xiongnu are much inferior.
I'm afraid that the only thing Liu Bao can surpass is Liu Yue of the Southern Huns, Liu Yue has lost all his capital and has almost been reduced to the status of a lonely person.
The reason why Liu Yue can still attend the high-level meetings of the Xiongnu from time to time is because he still has the name of the five marshals, and everyone gives him some face.
A commander who has no soldiers and no power is naturally not qualified to sit on an equal footing with other commanders.
And Liu Bao is different, although he has lost his base, he still has men and horses in his hands, and he still has a certain combat effectiveness, so he will not be despised by others.
Of course, this is also relative, now that Liu Bao's strength has been greatly damaged, his position is naturally not as strong as before.
If the defeat of Liu Yue of the southern Xiongnu did not attract enough attention from them, but the defeat of Liu Bao this time shocked all the Xiongnu tribes.
Liu Yue's southern Xiongnu power has always been relatively weak, and the southern Xiongnu were placed in Puzi in Hedong County, which is equivalent to breaking away from the circle of Bingzhou and wandering outside the Xiongnu's sphere of influence.
The rebellion originated from the Xiongnu on the right, and soon the central, left and northern parts responded one after another, forming a joint force on the land of Bingzhou, while the southern Xiongnu joined the rebellion very late, and after the incident, they also went alone, and did not join the big family of the Xiongnu Alliance.
Therefore, the fall of the Xiongnu in the south did not arouse the vigilance of the Xiongnu departments, just after the Wei army reinforcements had marched from Hedong County to Bingzhou, the Xiongnu departments were still blindly optimistic, thinking that the Wei army's reinforcements of more than 10,000 people were not to worry, and the target of their attack was still placed on Jinyang, the state capital of Bingzhou.
But this time Liu Bao's fiasco undoubtedly brought a huge shock to the other departments, the strength of the left Huns, which was recognized by the Huns, among the five departments, even if he could not rank first, the worst had to be ranked second, however, this time Liu Bao was defeated so miserably, in just a few days, lost his division and lost his land, lost his troops and generals, from the top of the top forces, suddenly fell to the last force, such a tragic record, how not to attract everyone's attention.
As soon as Liu Bao arrived at the periphery of Jinyang, he immediately asked to convene all the ministers to discuss the meeting, and the location was in Jiaoyang. Due to the urgency of the matter, the commanders of various ministries also arrived as scheduled, including Liu Yue, the southern marshal.
Liu Bao's face was very haggard, he seemed to be much older than when he left Jiaoyang a few days ago, and it could be seen that this defeat hit him very hard, but Liu Bao still stubbornly straightened his waist, as if to tell everyone that he would not collapse because of this.
"The reinforcements sent by Wei this time are very strong, although they are not too many, but they have terrible combat effectiveness, and the cavalry that has been trained for many years is not his opponent, so I warn you that you must not take it lightly, postpone the attack on Jinyang, unite and go all out to destroy this support army of Wei." Liu Bao said solemnly.
Liu Jiao, the commander of the central Xiongnu, has always been on good terms with Liu Meng, because the central Xiongnu and the left Xiongnu are close to each other, it is inevitable that some small-scale conflicts will be caused by some land or hostages, so the relationship between the two departments has been relatively stiff.
After listening to Liu Bao's story, Liu Jiao just snorted lightly and said, "King Zuo Xian suffered a defeat, so he was afraid that the Wei people would become like this?" If it weren't for King Zuo Xian's rescue of the Zi clan this time, the light troops rushed forward, and they were ambushed by the Wei people, how could there be a defeat in Lao Yeling? Therefore, this battle is not because the Wei people are strong, but because the king of Zuo Xian is too careless, so there is this defeat, in my opinion, the Wei people have nothing to fear, if they dare to come, they will kill them without leaving a piece of armor. ”
Now the siege of Jinyang has reached a critical time, the Xiongnu departments have paid a lot of casualties in order to attack the city, seeing that the defense of Jinyang City has reached the end of the strong crossbow, as long as the Xiongnu departments work harder, they will definitely be able to take Jinyang City.
And at this moment, Liu Bao suggested that the Xiongnu troops give up attacking Jinyang and turn to deal with the reinforcements of the Wei army, which is simply a big joke, if the Xiongnu departments withdraw their troops, then all the previous efforts will be in vain, and those Hun soldiers who died in Jinyang City will die in vain.
Therefore, Liu Jiao did not agree with Liu Bao's proposal, and scoffed at Liu Bao's fear of Wei army reinforcements, thinking that Liu Bao's words were exaggerated, but he was bitten by a snake once and was afraid of the well rope for ten years.
Of course, Liu Bao would not expect Liu Jiao to agree with his opinion, after all, for many years, the two sides have fought very fiercely, and they will not give in to each other, and letting him be consistent with himself is simply seeking skin with the tiger.
Liu Bao looked at Liu Teng, the northern Xiongnu was his ally, and at this time Liu Bao hoped that someone would come out to support him.
Liu Teng said: "The main reason for the failure of King Zuo Xian this time is that he fell for the tricks of the Wei people, and the Wei people concentrated their main forces on Lao Yeling, and besieged the Zi clan but did not attack, but they falsely claimed that they had captured the Zi clan, so that the men and horses under the command of Zuo Xian Wang lost their fighting spirit and were discouraged, and finally took advantage of it with ambush troops. In this battle, the Wei people only won by trickery, not the advantage of strength, if the last battle was a real battle, King Zuo Xian might not be defeated. So the Wei people are not terrible, what is terrible is that we ourselves are cowardly, as long as our various departments work together, why fear the Wei people? ”
Liu Bao was secretly taken aback, Liu Teng has always been his ally, in the previous agreement, Liu Teng's northern Xiongnu is fully supportive of himself, if Liu Bao takes the lead in taking Jinyang and becomes Shan Yu, then the position of King Zuo Xian will be given to Liu Teng to sit.
But I didn't expect Liu Jiao to oppose him this time, and Liu Teng, who was an ally, also sang against him, did he really respond to that sentence, the dragon was trapped in Qiantan and was played by shrimp, and the tiger fell in Pingyang and was bullied by dogs, he had just suffered a big defeat, and his strength had plummeted, and even his former allies betrayed him?