Chapter 549: Wooing
Wanyan Zongshu's face looked quite strange, there was excitement, relief, and some indescribable things.
The nobles of Donghu have been conquering the Great Wei for many years, and they do not fantasize about the present moment at any moment, but Wanyan Zongshu never imagined that the decisive victory would be obtained in such an easy way in such a place now.
Wanyan Zongshu not only felt worthless for the main force of the Wei army that had been cut off from the grain route, but also for the Donghu soldiers who died on the battlefield for thousands of people.
The two countries competed, the armies attacked each other, Chechen Khan, Wanyan De, Wanyan Zongshu, Yelushu, Yeluming, and those many nobles and thousands of households, those stubborn commanders and ordinary armor soldiers, everyone sacrificed their lives and forgot to die in order to destroy the Great Wei, because every Donghu person understands that no matter how strong and brave Donghu is, as long as Wei can recover its vitality, it is inevitable to exterminate them, as long as Wei's national strength is restored, it will no longer be invaded by Donghu and destroy the vitality of the north, the Wei army mobilized hundreds of thousands of people and slowly marched eastward, It is also quite easy to lock up Donghu and eradicate it.
On the Wei side, in order to protect the family and defend the country, a large number of good ministers and famous generals emerged, and of course, thousands of people who dared to die, fought against the powerful alien cavalry on foot with flesh and blood.
The Donghu people wanted to win, but they were also full of respect for Li Guorui, Yue Zhi, Li Youde, Mai Jitong, Liu Guoding and other famous generals of the Great Wei.
Both sides understand that each other is a man of steel who will do anything for victory, and will do anything for the sake of each other's race.
Even if Li Guorui is a civil official, he has fought fiercely with the Donghu people many times, and in Wanyan Zongshu's heart, Li Guorui's martial arts are no less than any iron-like Donghu iron horseman.
Now that this group of old opponents are trapped, the grain route and the back road have been cut off, and it is a sure thing to be surrounded and eliminated, but Wanyan Zongshu is not very happy in his heart, and even has some awkwardness.
If the two sides are fighting, Li Guorui and others have exhausted their strategy and bravery, but they are defeated in the end, then Wanyan Zongshu will happily rush to the battlefield, wave his horse lance, stab Li Guorui and others to death one by one, and then cut off their heads, smoke them and hang them in the middle of their own houses, nothing to look at the old opponents, and future generations to brag about the difficulty of starting a business back then...... What is this now? This victory came too easily, and it was too weird, and even the opponent took the initiative to leak a flaw, you thought it was a trick, a trap, a dangerous conspiracy, but you were stunned to find that there was no trick and no trap, so you won, really won.
Having accumulated all his strength, he had the consciousness of sacrificing half of the palace tent soldiers to conquer this most important castle, but the result was a punch that missed, and the enemy ran away.
In the past ten years of fighting with the Wei army, Wanyan Zongshu has also encountered this situation for the first time, and he vaguely feels that the Wei people have also used up all their strength, and such loopholes and mistakes seem to be accidental, but it should be an inevitability.
"Arrange the defense line, and the palace tent army will also have to dig a pit." Wanyan Zongshu walked up to the fort city, and saw that the light cavalry in the west was still chasing and killing the Great Wei forbidden army scattered in the mountains and valleys, and the corners of his mouth twitched a few times, he knew that the commander of the fort was the clan of the Great Wei, and he heard that he was still the brother of the Son of Heaven, who originally thought that he was the most noble noble, and he must have the consciousness of fighting to the end, but the nobles of the Great Wei clan were unexpectedly without a sense of honor and dared to sacrifice the quality, which made Wanyan Zongshu also eye-opening.
The nobles of Donghu also have arrogance and greed, but the first quality is to dare to sacrifice, and the timid and timid nobles are destined to not reach a high position.
Status is earned by fighting, and it can only be maintained by fighting and daring to die.
A large number of palace tent soldiers dismounted, to go to the armor, there are instruments is to use instruments, there are no instruments only with long guns, war knives, fortunately the soil is frozen, soft and incomparable, in the visible place of the naked eye, everywhere there are armor soldiers digging trenches, and shallow ditches appear to dig into deep ditches, the time taken is also quite limited.
Everyone spared no physical strength, and everyone also understood that as long as the ditch was dug before the main force of the Wei army arrived, the fruits of victory would be picked in this decisive battle.
In the evening, when the Yuezi banner fluttered in the air, the palace tent soldiers had already rested, holding spears, standing solemnly on the side of the trench, everyone saw the banner of the main force of the Wei army, and the faces of the soldiers showed a satisfied expression, just like a beast holding down its prey with its front paws, and it would not be in a hurry to swallow for a while, but to play with it for a while, appreciating the weakness and despair when the prey struggled.
There was silence on the Wei army's side, but it was obvious that the forbidden army was already desperate.
A trench more than ten miles long and more than a zhang deep lay across the battlefield, and the road to Jinzhou was smooth, but the Donghu cavalry could easily attack from both sides, and the main force of the Great Wei was mercilessly annihilated in such a plain area.
If you want to reconquer Tashan Fort and connect the back grain road, the Wei army has to go beyond the trench and conquer the fort again, even if the two sides are attacked, the main force of the Wei army is to return to the division, but the forbidden army defending the fort and the direction of Yuguan will really be desperate and do their best?
It's all over.
The coaches of both sides are experienced and determined, but Li Guorui is forced to act, and there are still flaws after all, while Chechen Khan has eliminated all interference, and the balance of victory is tilted to the side of Donghu, which is not without cause.
Wanyan Zongshu rode to the side of the ditch, and Yue Zhi on the opposite side seemed to have a heart and a horse, and he also rode forward.
The two commanders looked at each other, the forty-year-old Yue Zhi's face was calm, there was nothing abnormal, and there was no smug look on Wanyan Zongshu's face, and the expressions of both of them were very calm.
"Can't think of it, right?" Wanyan Zongshu said loudly: "Three years ago, I was defeated by you in Hebei, and I was disgraced, and after I came back, I was fined a hundred cows by the Great Khan, which made me ashamed. Now, I'm going to get my money back, and it's just a matter of time to wipe you all out. ”
"You're having a hard time, too." Yue Zhi's face was still very calm, and he responded: "There is not enough food and grass, the people are tired, the people of my Great Wei who have been plundered are almost killed in this battle, right?" My army has enough food and grass to last at least half a year, can you last half a year? It is impossible for my Great Wei Emperor and the Prime Minister of the Two Prefectures to sit idly by and watch my army be trapped, and they will definitely gather another army to come to the rescue, so you are so sure that you can carry the 200,000 forbidden army of my Great Wei again? If you want to eat us, you don't have such a big stomach and no such hard teeth. ”
Wanyan Zongshu showed a smile on his face, Yue Zhi's words were obviously to cheer up the army behind him, and he was suddenly cut off from the back road, the Wei army was afraid that the morale had fallen to the bottom, and now not only could not attack the fort, but also had to be careful that the palace tent army bypassed the long trench and took the initiative to attack, with Yue Zhi's old spicy and calm, of course he would not give Wanyan Zongshu a chance now.
For Wanyan Zongshu, it is meaningless to expose Yue Zhi now, the Hebei Forbidden Army, the Hedong Forbidden Army, and the Northwest Forbidden Army around Yue Zhi are all extremely strong and tenacious, and they have not reached the last moment of despair, and they want to shake their military hearts with verbal blows.
Wanyan Zongshu just smiled slightly and said, "Let's see in half a month." Yue Zhi, the Great Wei is finished, you are defeated, and it is only a matter of time before the Great Wei is destroyed by us. As a lieutenant, if you belong to my Donghu, of course, you will not be stingy, I can speak for the Great Khan first, if you are attached, Han Min slaves, and belong to the forbidden army, they are all your subordinates, you can be a Nayan, and we are on an equal footing! ”
Even Yue Zhi was a little moved.
Wubu Nayan is the cornerstone of Donghu Kingdom, the Yelu family and the Wanyan family are the top nobles in Donghu, and only these two families are qualified to become Nayan.
If Donghu can attack the Great Wei country, there will definitely be more nobles, and in order to master such a large territory, it is not surprising that the Donghu people will also share some authority.
For example, they gave the name of some attached Bohai people or the marquis of the Northern Captives, who were marquis for generations, and controlled their own troops and territories, and after entering the Great Wei, they would obviously have a complete set of methods to win over the forbidden army and high-ranking officials and dignitaries of the Great Wei Dynasty.
The upper echelons of Donghu are very sober, knowing that it is impossible to conquer the world with 200,000 Donghu troops, not to mention anything else, there are more than 10 million people along the way to the Great Wei, more than 20 roads, more than 10,000 people are stationed all the way to the Donghu army, more than 10 million Wei people have resisted, dozens of states and counties on one road, everywhere is opposed, a county can only garrison a few hundred, the Donghu soldiers are elite, not immortals, without the loyalty of the Han people, it is impossible for the Donghu people to control the Great Wei and obtain the right to rule China.
To win over a famous and high-status general like Yue Zhi, of course, it is not possible to do it without spending blood.
Give Na Yan the title, give Yue Zhi the tribe, the soldiers and horses have it, and there will be territory in the future, and the status is not under the Wanyan Zongshu, in terms of the royal power of Donghu, the old qualified and powerful Na Yan can not even shake off the Great Khan, which is much more comfortable than being a courtier in Dawei.
The only price is to sell the long-standing belief and persistence, the righteousness and ancestors, as well as relatives, friends and people.
A smile appeared on Yue Zhi's face, he didn't say anything, the expression on his face was the answer.
Wanyan Zongshu sighed and said, "Why is Brother Yue so insistent? What are the Xu family of the Great Wei that you are loyal to, the Son of Heaven, and the Xu Ziwei who guards Tashan Fort? Such a clan, such a nobleman, is worthy of a man like you to serve them, are they worthy? ”
Yue Zhi smiled slightly and said, "There are thousands of people in my Great Wei Sect, and there are indeed no outstanding people, and there are even lawbreakers. But for more than 200 years, I don't know how many people have served in the army, and there are no fewer people who have died in battle than those from the Jiangmen family, and I don't know how many people who have obeyed the law and become a generation of famous Confucians, or those who are willing to give. As far as the current situation is concerned, Xu Ziwei's father and son are indeed rats, but among the clan, there is no shortage of talents, even God-given talents......"