Verse 90 A wolf or a sheep
The Emperor's apprehensions soon turned into military action.
Liu Yu, who was in obscurity in Taoguang, was repeatedly urged by the envoys of the imperial court, and had no choice but to take out another 20,000 soldiers and horses to approach Gaonu from the east.
At this time, he is no longer the same person he was five years ago.
In front of the powerful Chen State, the Tuhut in the north and the increasingly stable Dongxia, the remnants of the enemy who were pursued by them, the small tribes that survived in the cracks, those with ambition and vision would forcibly cross the Shangjun and directly surrender to the Jingkang court to accept the resettlement, while those who were not ambitious would come to beg him to be contained...... Military strength is also not what it used to be.
As soon as he sent troops, the first person to be pointed at by his soldiers was Tuoba Jiuxing, who was hiding outside the battle circle. Tuoba Jiuxing made a mistake and ran outside the battle circle, at first he wanted to tear apart the defense line laid by Dongxia, and plunge into it to join Tuoba Black Cloud, but when he went to find the weak place of Dongxia's defense, he suddenly noticed an abnormality, and the grassland was boundless Dongxia soldiers and Ding Zhuang, with the help of a small river barrier, from west to east, it was already pierced like an iron bucket.
Naturally, he would no longer try to drill into Dongxia's pocket.
Dongxia saw that there was a group of fish that slipped through the net here, and beat him twice.
Once he hit, he ran back into Liu Yu's territory, and once he hit it, he ran back to Liu Yu's territory, but he became a thief who killed Liu Yu's house.
Liu Yu originally raised 30,000 soldiers and horses, not so much to encircle and annihilate Chen with the Eastern Xia, but to say that his family suffered.
Tuoba Jiuxing itself had more than 8,000 soldiers and horses, and lost more than 1,000 people when he entered Dongxia, but after he came out, he brought those small tribes scattered by Dongxia, and some of the troops of the Tuoba clan in the two Tuoba mountain passes, and the number of troops doubled.
Fight a few battles with Liu Yu.
The two had a relationship.
As soon as it was dawn on both sides, there was a tacit understanding to send troops to line up, send hundreds of people to fight, and then retreat to the camp.
Liu Yu didn't fight Tuoba Jiuxing, he couldn't explain to Jingkang and Dongxia, and he was afraid that Tuoba Jiuxing would plunder his hinterland, and the arson army was fiercely fighting, Tuoba Jiuxing had nearly 20,000 troops, and a vicious battle would be a big attrition, and he would win quickly, and he had to fulfill the agreement of the vassals to help Dongxia fight, who knew how Dongxia would drive him at that time? Why should he be in such a hurry to defeat the enemy?
Tuoba Jiuxing was also beaten by Liu Yu, if Liu Yu didn't fight him, the Dongxia army would fall towards him, Liu Yu would fight up, and the Dongxia army would ignore him.
He is a guest army, defeating Liu Yu, it is difficult to occupy the opponent's territory, and it will also make Dongxia draw troops to support Liu Yu, what do he and Liu Yu have to fight for?
Two people, two armies, just looked at each other cordially, fake war and blind attrition, the most fierce Cheng dΓΉ was just that, suddenly one side retreated more than ten miles, the other party caught up with Bali, and then chased Bali back ten miles, and then retreated ten miles and then caught up with Bali.
Tuoba Jiuxing and Tuoba Owl Pet also surprisingly did not produce friction.
Millions of people and horses are concentrated in a radius of dozens of miles, and unless it is a camp that is connected by itself, no news can be transmitted or entered.
Cut off by a huge number of people in Eastern Xia, a cloud of suspicion shrouded the sky over the entire army.
Although Tuoba Owl Pet tended to go to the convergence with Tuoba Black Cloud, they tried, but this road did not work, and he was chased by Dongxia twice, and he did not insist on it.
On the contrary, he and Tuoba Jiuxing became close.
They themselves are brothers who have not come out of the five suits, it is easy to establish trust, Tuoba Xiaopet has strong military ability, Tuoba Jiuxing naturally has to rely on him, Tuoba Xiaopet himself has no henchmen and troops in his hands, and he can't withstand Tuoba Jiuxing's fan, and he is willing to be sent.
Every day the sun rises and sets, and the battlefield changes rapidly, send people out, whether the news is sent to Tuoba Heiyun I don't know, seeing that a few days have passed, Liu Yu has increased his troops by 20,000, and Tuoba Jiuxing's head immediately has two more black lines.
is like this, no matter how much Liu Yu doesn't contribute, it is also a dead end.
He called the Tuoba Owl Pet to come to the tent for dinner, and invited some thousands of households, thousands of commanders, and Bayi Wusun, who had cultivated a little more physically, also invited him to discuss what to do.
Duan Hanzhang also participated.
She simply hugged a child and sat next to Tuoba Jiuxing.
The shape is in danger, if you are defeated here, you are caught by Dia Bird's people, or you are caught by Liu Yu and given to Dia Bird, who knows what will happen?
What is the hypocrisy at this time?
Before Tuoba Jiuxing could speak, she started first.
She glanced at it majestically and asked crisply, "What do the generals think of this battle?" Will we Chen Guo win, or will Dongxia win? β
The state of Chen is now too big, both in terms of territory and population.
Although the generals knew that the shape of this army was not good, they did not think that Chen Guo would be defeated, after all, an army of more than 300,000 people, no matter how bad it was, could fight to be evenly matched.
In this discussion, almost half of them were sure that Dia Bird would eventually be defeated.
But there are still some generals who have passed through the brain.
They gave a two-pronged answer, that is, the outcome of the war depended on who supported Jingkang and Tuoba Khan first.
Tuoba Jiuxing and Tuoba Xiaopet are also inclined to this point of view, otherwise if they think that no matter how Chen Guo fights, he will definitely win, and they will not call the generals to discuss.
Of all the people, only Bay-Usun did not speak.
The news of Bao Lan, a Tibetan soldier in Eastern Xia, was brought back by him.
He said that there were a lot of soldiers hidden, and everyone didn't expect that there would be so many, and dozens of miles of grassland would be filled soon. Last time in the territory of Dongxia, he advocated withdrawing immediately, and the final result was that this conclusion was right, with the impression of the last time, Duan Hanzhang asked him to say: "Commander Bayi Wusun, you can talk about it." Don't have any scruples, our people here are trapped in a Jedi, and they are all grasshoppers on a rope. β
And all the people focused their eyes on him. Now, these generals and nobles who used to be powerful and prosperous couldn't solve the situation, and they had no ideas, and encouraged him one after another: "Commander Bayi Wusun, you have taken refuge in the little Khan, we are all a family, what else do you dare not say?" Just if you escaped from Baolan and told us that there are soldiers hidden behind Diao, no matter what you claim, no one will doubt you anything. β
Bayi Wusun stubbornly said, "I'm afraid that Dongxia will win." β
is worthy of a character who has been on the grassland for many years, he said it quite decently, not judging who will win, but "afraid".
Duan Hanzhang was ruthless and asked, "What do you think Dongxia can win, what is your reason?" β
Bayi Wusun hesitated for a moment and said, "The king of Eastern Xia, Dia Bird, uses soldiers like a god. He has bet so many people on him that he must have won with his heart. β
Tuoba Owl Pet immediately exposed his implication: "Who fights without the intention to win?" Don't hide it, one tongue has three sections, you are also the famous Battle, why don't you dare to say it? β
The generals who advocated that "Tuoba Weiwei comes first, and Chen Guo will win" also refuted him: "He uses soldiers like a god, so what about our Khan?" β
Baywusun was forced to do his part, but he calmed down and said, "The enemies of the kingdom of Dia Bird have either been slain by him or submitted to him. He made a son for the Central Plains people, married the most precious daughter of the Central Plains Emperor, hoarded countless grains from the Central Plains in his hands, and the soldiers wore the armor given to him by the Central Plains people, and held the weapons made for him by the Central Plains people, these armors and weapons were sharper than those used by ordinary soldiers in the Central Plains. Battle, who opened the bow of three stones, and the soldiers who were facing him fifty paces away, couldn't nail it in, let alone shoot it......"
With fear in his fear, he asked, "There is a lack of food and clothing on the grassland, how many Battelles can shoot a three-stone bow?" β
He suppressed the vast majority of the people.
This is an indisputable fact, the Eastern Xia army was not only brave in battle, with arrows piercing the face and not blinking eyes, but also they had good weapons and armor...... Everyone is fed.
Tuoba Jiuxing said angrily: "We are the descendants of Tuoba God and the blue wolf, but he is the descendant of the two-legged sheep, can the wolf not be able to beat the sheep?" β
This is a rhetorical statement.
Bayi Wusun didn't dare to refute him, but Tuoba Owl dared and said, "Brother." Don't talk about these useless things. He is also a wolf, but he is good at disguise, and the people of the Central Plains think he is the same kind. Who knows whose descendant he is? How many people on this grassland don't know who their ancestors are? His father said that they were Yongren, not greedy for the wealth of the Central Plains, and the Central Plains people could give him officials, why didn't Xiahou Wulu use his Yong identity to publicize it? Didn't Lord Khan also say that we are of the same origin as the Yong people? Except for me, Abba, a small number of them believe, do you and I believe? We don't believe it. β
These disputes may be the most useless, but they are also the most useful.
In the eyes of these nomads, wolves eating sheep is a natural thing and a natural enemy, which is also a tenacious belief in their bones.
Whenever the nomads and the Central Plains people fought, they had this contempt in their hearts, which was enough to support them in the midst of disadvantage.