When Yuan Xi got the news of the defeat of the vanguard team, he did not dare to slack off and accelerated the speed of the march. After joining with the vanguard team, Lou Ban took the initiative to ask the most: "Yuan Tingshi, I have a responsibility and am willing to be punished." Yuan Xi already knew what had happened to the battle, and Zhao Yun interceded, so he did not hold Lou Ban responsible, but comforted: "Victory or defeat is a common thing in soldiers, Lou Ban Shan Yu doesn't have to care, I have also underestimated Kirby's courage and strength." I thought that as soon as my Youzhou Heavenly Soldier arrived, he would be able to Mobei with interest. ”

"Kirby can always be ambitious, he just wants to rely on the geographical advantage of the grassland to resist our army, so that our army will retreat in the face of difficulties." Xu Shu came to such a conclusion through Kirbineng's military arrangements, and continued to analyze: "As long as our army does not seek a quick victory, fights steadily and steadily, and shows the determination to win, Kirbineng will not fight hard with our army, and will lead the army to retreat to Mobei." ”

Yuan Xi thought about it again and again, and made up his mind: "I will do my best to fight in Youzhou this time to solve the external troubles of Xianbei, not only to drive Xianbei back to Mobei, but also to severely damage their army, so that they will not be able to invade the border of our Han Dynasty in the next few decades." Yuan Xi ordered the construction of a fortification, and ordered the Youzhou army to continue to advance towards the hinterland of the Xianbei grassland, and he wanted to set up a simple row of message transmission stations on the grassland, similar to a beacon tower, to prevent the Xianbei army from raiding.

Although Kirby Neng won the first victory, he was also very troubled when he saw that Yuan Xi was not rash and was eager to fight a decisive battle by himself, but arranged an intelligence station every ten miles to prevent him from sneaking up on the logistics troops in Youzhou. Utuqi said: "Yuan Xi is good at using soldiers, and his strength is stronger than our army, so he can't fight with it, the grassland is vast, the Yuan army is mainly infantry, and he has to march every day, and he is not familiar with the grassland, sooner or later the Yuan army will have a tired day, and the adults will lead the army to kill again, and they will be able to get all the merit." "Kirby can obey Utuqi's words, the Xianbei army is dominated by cavalry, and naturally moves faster than the Youzhou army, the Yuan army advances ten miles, and he also retreats ten miles, always keeping a distance and not fighting.

Yuan Xi was also depressed when he saw that Kirby could not fight by himself, and he only sent cavalry, I was afraid that he would not be able to defeat the Xianbei army, and the whole army would advance, and the speed could not keep up with the Xianbei army. At this time, Yuan Tan had already joined forces with Yuan Xi, and the two had nearly 150,000 horses in their hands, and their daily consumption was huge.

Yuan Tan didn't come here to make trouble, he wanted to make meritorious contributions, and said eagerly to Yuan Xi: "Second brother, it's not a way to act so cautiously, when will you be able to catch up with Kirby?" Or I will lead the cavalry first, and when I am entangled with the Xianbei army, you will come quickly, and you may be able to defeat Xianbei. ”

Xu Shu was afraid that Yuan Tan would be greedy and reckless, so he persuaded: "Eldest prince, Kirby can be more cunning than we imagined, even if you can catch up with him, it may not be entangled with you for a long time." Moreover, our army is not familiar with geography, so I am afraid that it will be lost. ”

Jia Xu also said: "I can understand the mood of the eldest son, how can the second prince be willing to consume it here with Kirby, and please take the overall situation as the priority, and don't follow up easily." ”

Yuan Xi also echoed: "Big brother, what the two gentlemen said is very true, Kirby can be familiar with the grassland, even if it is Zhao Yun and Zhang Liao, two generals, who have been marching for many years, they are not his opponents, if the eldest brother is lost, how can I explain to my father, although it is a bit time-consuming to advance steadily, but I don't believe that Kirby can be better than us!" ”

Yuan Tan thought that Yuan Xi's master and servant were afraid that he would rob him of his credit, so he said recklessly: "My Qingzhou army is only here to assist the second brother in dealing with Xianbei, and I don't need to obey the command of the second brother." Since the second brother is unwilling to go, the eldest brother can lead the people of Qingzhou to go! ”

Yuan Xi hurriedly stopped Yuan Xi and said: "Where is the big brother, I have no selfish intentions, it's just that the Xianbei soldiers are strong and strong, and they can't be eliminated for a while, I hope the big brother will think twice." Yuan Tan didn't listen to persuasion at all, and led his headquarters to chase in the direction of the retreat of the Korean army. Yuan Xi had no choice but to send Zhao Yun and Lou Ban to pick up Yuan Tan, in case something happened to Yuan Tan, I am afraid that he would also be suspicious.

Xu Shu shook his head and said, "I didn't expect the eldest prince to be so impulsive, but I was afraid that he would be ambushed by the Xianbei people." ”

Jia Xu was not as worried as Xu Shu, but said lightly: "The defeat of the eldest prince may not be a good thing for our army, and the officers and men of our army will no longer question the lord's hard conscience. ”

Yuan Xi also smiled bitterly, Jia Xu was really ruthless, and let the lives of the Qingzhou soldiers exchange for the morale of the Youzhou soldiers, but Yuan Xi was still worried: "Although the eldest brother is prejudiced against me, I can't let him die." Should the army in my rear speed up the march? ”

Jia Xu suggested: "The lord has sent General Zhao to pick up the eldest prince, the eldest prince will be safe and sound, our army cannot speed up, on the contrary, it should slow down!" ”

Slow down? Yuan Xi thought about Jia Xu's suggestion, seemed to have a little eyebrows, and said excitedly: "Wen He means that Xiang Xianbei knows that our army is already unbearable to march all day, and his fatigue is revealed, so that Kirby can think that there is an opportunity to take advantage of it?" ”

Jia Xu nodded and said: "Kirby can not know the reality of our army, blindly retreat, as long as our army rests and continues to advance, although the Xianbei army has a small victory, it will also lose the Monan grassland." He will surely make a desperate bet and lead the victorious army to a decisive battle against our army. Our army is tired, we must not engage head-on, deliberately retreat, send troops to cut off Kirby's way back, the Xianbei army will be chaotic, our army can take the opportunity to counterattack, and defeat Kirbyneng! ”

Yuan Xi heard Jia Xu's clever plan and praised: "Xianbei wants to lead our army deep into the hinterland and cut off the grain and grass, then our army will return the body of others in the way of others, in addition to cutting off the back road, we should destroy its grain and grass!" Xu Shu and Jia Xu bowed.

Let's say that Yuan Tan led the Qingzhou soldiers and horses to quickly catch up with Kirbyneng, how could Kirby feel that Yuan Xi was uncharacteristic and eager to fight by himself? Utuqi was suspicious: "Lord Shan Yu, Yuan Xi has not been able to fight with our army for a long time, so it is estimated that he has lost his patience. If our army does not speed up and let this team be entangled, it is very likely that this team is the bait sent by Yuan Xi. ”

Kirby Neng ordered the Xianbei army to speed up, and gradually Yuan Tan's troops distanced themselves from Yuan Xi's army. Kirby could find out that something was wrong, and discussed with Utuqi: "I don't think this team is a bait, so chasing our army really thinks that the Xianbei warriors are afraid of him and the Han army can't succeed?" Utuqi also hesitated again, and Tuoba Yu asked: "Kirby can be single, this person is so aggressive, as long as our army is divided into two ways and killed before and after, this army will definitely panic and flee in confusion." Kirby saw that Tuoba Yu was right, so he asked him to lead 10,000 troops to retreat in the other direction.

Yuan Tan saw that he chased Xianbei people and fled, he was very proud, don't you Yuan Xi think Xianbei is very powerful, why was he chased around by me? Seeing that the Xianbei army was divided into two groups and headed in different directions, his officers persuaded: "The eldest prince, our army has chased the Xianbei people for dozens of miles, so let's wait for the second prince's army first!" Yuan Tan said angrily: "I didn't see that the Xianbei people were divided into two armies and fled for their lives, and they were about to defeat the Xianbei army, you actually asked me to wait for Yuan Xi, is he the only one who can defeat the Xianbei foreign barbarians?" I don't believe it, and I chased this group with a lot of people, and I caught up with this general and got a lot of rewards. The Qingzhou army had no choice but to continue to chase after Kirbineng's army.