Chapter 672: The Last Struggle
In May 438, Buliu Guli commanded 50,000 troops on the grounds of the Qing monarch's side, and waved his army north, with great momentum.
When the Pingcheng Imperial Court got the news, the monarchs and ministers were panicked, and Tuoba Jun convened the ministers and generals overnight to discuss countermeasures.
Tuoba Jun asked the ministers with a melancholy face: "Zhuqing, how many soldiers and horses do we have available?" ”
Everyone looked at each other, and Tuobahun stood up and said, "Your Majesty, in addition to the unmovable defenders of the passes in various places, there are still 15,000 people in the forbidden army, if you can organize all the families, you can make up 20,000 horses!" The minister asked for an order to lead the army to meet the traitor Bu Liuguli, and asked His Majesty to order each family to hand over their families and go to war with the army! ”
The old minister Dou Lu Luyuan stood up and said to Tuoba Jun: "Your Majesty, the old minister thinks that if he can not fight, he will not fight, once the fight starts, the court and Buliu Guli will not die, with the strength of the court now, coupled with the courage of Buliu Guli, the court is only afraid that he will not be able to beat him, it is better to send someone to appease him and let him retreat!" ”
"It's just gibberish. Dou Lulu Yuan, I think you are getting more and more confused, the older you get, the more timid you become! Tuoba Hun immediately jumped out to object, he couldn't help but object, it was he who instigated Tuoba Jun to marry Princess Wuwei to Bu Liu Guli, and installed a large number of assassins in the dowry team to assassinate Bu Liu Guli, who knew that the matter was revealed, and in the end he lost his wife and soldiers!
Appease Buliu Guli? If Bu Liuguli asked the court to execute him Tuoba Hun, wouldn't it be tantamount to killing him if he didn't stop it?
Therefore, it is absolutely not advisable to appease, at least he can't let the imperial court take a pacification strategy, if he wants to keep his power and want to live, he can only kill Buliu Guli first, Tuobahun is very sober about this!
"Your Majesty, things have come to this point, even if Your Majesty gives up the throne to Bu Liuguli, he is only afraid that he will not let His Majesty go, although he released his words to get rid of the so-called traitorous minister, but in fact he pointed the finger at Your Majesty, does Your Majesty think that the court executed the minister, and he Bu Liuguli will stop there?"
Tuoba Jun has not cared about state affairs in recent years, and has lived a drunken life in the palace, but people are not stupid. Not to achieve their own political goals?
But I heard Tuoba Hun continue: "Your Majesty, since Buliu Guli has raised troops, it is an iron-hearted rebellion, and he doesn't put the court in his eyes at all, and he doesn't put His Majesty in his eyes at all, if the court compromises on this, the people of the world are afraid that they will never take the court and His Majesty seriously, and if the court wants to establish authority, it can only kill chickens and monkeys, first send troops to get rid of Buliu Guli, kill his nine clans, and see who dares to ignore the existence of the court!" ”
Tuoba Jun hesitated for a while, but finally decided to take Tuoba Hun's suggestion and send troops to quell the rebellion.
"Okay, who can fight Buliu Guli?"
Of course, Tuoba Hun couldn't sit still, he clenched his fists and said: "Your Majesty, the minister is willing to lead the troops to meet Buliu Guli!" ”
Immediately, some people objected, only to see Dou Lu Luyuan stand up and say: "King Nanping, you are too young, how can you be the opponent of Buliu Guli?" It's okay for you to be a pioneer, but if you want to be handsome, you're still too far away! ”
"You old horseman, dare you bully me like this?" Tuoba Hun was angry, and he rushed up to beat Dou Lu Luyuan, but fortunately, the two generals next to him pulled him back, otherwise a full martial arts show would be staged on top of this hall, and then there would be a lively look.
Doulu Luyuan was originally taken aback by Tuoba Hun's appearance of wanting to beat people, if he was twenty years younger, he would definitely not be afraid of Tuoba Hun, but now that he is old and decrepit, how can he be the opponent of Tuoba Hun, a young descendant.
Doulu Lu Yuan's son Dou Lu Mi Moth is the capital of Beizhen, he saw Tuoba Hun actually bullying his old father, and immediately jumped out: "Tuoba Hun, you are presumptuous, what kind of ability is it to bully the old man, there is a kind of battle with me outside the palace for three hundred rounds!" ”
Tuoba Hun's arms shook, and he got rid of the pull of several people, "Hit it, the sword and gun have no eyes, and it doesn't matter if you live or die!" ”
Tuoba Jun couldn't stand it anymore, and shouted: "Enough! ”
The two had no choice but to silence.
Tuoba Jun said: "King Nanping, you are the vanguard, commanding 3,000 troops!" ”
Tuobahun didn't expect that he only got the official position of a pioneer, but he couldn't shirk it, the vanguard has 3,000 people, this is also a military power, how can he give up? He promised, "Yes!" ”
Tuoba Jun asked again: "Zhuqing, who can be handsome?" ”
An old minister stood up and clasped his fists and said: "Your Majesty, the old minister recommends a person, Zhang Li, the former general of the Northern Expedition, is currently idle at home, this person has the talent of a commander, and he can be Gu Bi as a supervisor!" ”
Tuoba Jun heard that these two people were old people who were seeking the country, but they were also ministers during the Tuoba Tao period, although he didn't like to see these two people, but now the state affairs are difficult, and he can only rely on these old ministers.
"Okay, order Zhang Li to be the commander, lead the troops to quell the Buliu Guli rebellion, and use Gu Bi as the supervising army!"
Tuoba Jun also has his own ideas about this arrangement, Zhang Li and the supervising army are both outdated old ministers, and they have no foundation and team in the army, and it is unlikely that these two people want to support the army and even rebel.
After three days, Tuoba Jun left 5,000 forbidden troops in Pingcheng, and ordered the major families to hand over their families to form an army, plus the original 10,000 horses, forming 15,000 people, known as 30,000 troops to meet Buliu Guli.
Tuoba Hun and Buliu Guli can be described as mortal enemies, at this time he will not be polite, as a vanguard, he took the lead in leading the army to set off, but did not put the order of the marshal Zhang Li in his ears, and led the troops to break away from the main army for more than twenty miles.
After the army set out from Pingcheng, it went all the way to the south, and at this time, Buliu Guli was approaching Yanmen Pass with the army.
During the march, Tuobahun got the news that Buliu Guli was attacking Yanmen Pass, and decided to speed up the march by taking a long detour and attacking Buliu Guli's flank for a long distance.
On May 20th, Tuoba Hun led the army to attack the flank of Bu 6 Guli on the way to encounter an army in Guangning County, this is a partial division of Bu 6 Guli, it turned out that Bu 6 Guli saw that the high wall of Yanmen Pass was thick, and it was difficult to capture it in a short time, so he also thought of sending a partial division to travel lightly and simply around the long road to attack the back of Yanmen Pass, under the attack from both sides, the defenders of Yanmen Pass will be panicked, and then there is a great possibility of breaking through Yanmen Pass with a hard blow.
The east and west sides of this Yanmen Pass are lofty mountains, although there is a long way to bypass, but the road is not so easy to walk, although the Great Wall has not been built in this area at this time, but it is not so easy for the army to cross the lofty mountains and mountains to go outside the Yanmen Pass.
Tuoba Hun was leading the vanguard army to climb the mountain and prepare to climb over a mountain, and met the Jinyang army under the command of Buliu Guli from the opposite side of the mountain.
Tuoba was caught off guard, and in the process of climbing up the mountain, he couldn't organize an attack at all, and he couldn't defend at all, so he was hit by the Jinyang army and rushed to pieces.
Tuoba Hun 3,000 men, when he got rid of the Jinyang army, there were less than 1,000 people left, he himself was slightly injured, seeing the demoralization of the remnants of his defeated generals, he had to take the remaining more than 800 people to the north to withdraw and join the main force.
Zhang Li saw that Tuoba Hun did not obey the order and came back from the defeat, he was so angry that his white beard was cocked, and in a fit of anger, he ordered to kill Tuoba Hun, but was stopped by the prison army Gu Bi.
"Marshal, the main army is still killing the general for the start of the war, is it ominous, now that it is the time to employ people, it is better to leave Tuobahun's life first, let him make meritorious contributions!"
After Gu Bi finished speaking, he pulled Zhang Li aside and whispered: "He is His Majesty's cousin, and he is deeply favored, if he is beheaded, even if the marshal quells the rebellion, there will be a thorn in His Majesty's heart!" ”
Zhang Li sighed secretly, the court has become what it is now, who else in the world takes this court in his eyes? There are so many dirty things going on.
"Forget it, since the prison army intercedes for you, Ben Shuai will leave your head for the time being for you to make meritorious contributions, and if you don't obey orders again, you will be killed!" Zhang Li shouted loudly.
Tuoba Hun escaped from death, rejoicing, where did he dare to shout with Zhang Li at this time, and promised repeatedly: "Thank you for the grace of the marshal not to kill, thank you for the intercession of the prison army, the last general will no longer dare, everything is to be seen with the order of the marshal!" ”
Zhang Li waved his hand to let Tuoba Hun get up, and said to the generals: "Now Buliu Guli is attacking Yanmen Pass in the north and south, once Yanmen Pass is lost, Buliu Guli's 50,000 troops can drive straight into Pingcheng, and our army must rush to reinforcements as quickly as possible, and it will change later!" Passing on the commander's military order, the army rushed to Yanmen at full speed! ”
"Tuoba Hun, you still have eight or nine hundred people, this commander will give you another thousand men and horses, you quickly take these nearly two thousand men and horses to Yanmen Pass to kill the six lonely divisions, and the main force of my army will come to meet your department as quickly as possible!"
"Obey!" Tuoba Hun immediately clenched his fists and agreed, turned around and picked up a thousand people, and together with the remaining eight or nine hundred people, he marched towards Yanmen Pass.
A day later, when Tuobahun rushed to Yanmen Pass with nearly 2,000 men and horses, the battle on Yanmen Pass had entered a white-hot stage, and the defenders of Yanmen Pass who were attacked on their backs were almost beaten to collapse and surrender.
After the threat of Yanmen Pass's back was lifted, the defenders and Tuobahun's soldiers and horses began to defend themselves against the attack of the Buliu Guli army in the south.
Qianjing City.
Lu Xuanbo hurriedly walked into the main hall and reported to Zhao Junsheng, who was reviewing the chapters: "Your Majesty, there is the latest news from the Imperial Court of Heping City over there in Bingzhou!" ”
"Oh? Say! ”
"Buliu Guli ordered to requisition a large number of people and craftsmen to build siege equipment, planning to storm Yanmen Pass, this Yanmen Pass has not been repaired for many years, and the defense of the city is facing the north, it is much easier to attack from the south, as long as Buliu Guli has enough people and creates powerful siege equipment, it is not difficult to break through Yanmen Pass!"
"In addition, now that the two sides are facing each other at Yanmen Pass, the Pingcheng Imperial Court has given an order to the captain's family to lead the army to attack Buliu Guli and quell the rebellion! The news that has just come from Luoyang shows that the lieutenant has decided to send troops! ”