Chapter 609: Soldiers Approaching the Xianbei Palace

After three days of pursuit by the Breaker Army against the retreating cavalry of the various tribes in the grassland, the operation of the Breaker Army on the grassland did not end there, and Liu Jiqin led an army of more than 3.3 million into the territory of the Xianbei tribe and launched an attack on all the Xianbei tribes encountered.

These 3.3 million troops include 18 cavalry brigades and 4 infantry brigades of the Grassland Legion, 16 cavalry brigades and 6 infantry brigades of the Beiting Legion, these 34 cavalry brigades and 10 infantry brigades, after fierce battles with the grassland coalition forces, still have about 1.27 million people.

The Grassland Legion and the Beiting Legion each had two infantry brigades left in Xinning City in case other grassland tribes killed another horse gun, and Xinning City also stationed 100,000 garrisons of the Beiting Protectorate, which had never had a chance to play in the fierce battle with the Grassland Alliance.

The five cavalry brigades of the Guards Regiment that were withdrawn from the territory of the Donghu tribe, as well as the five cavalry brigades of the Native Legion, will also be temporarily withdrawn to Xinning City according to Liu Ji's order.

In addition to the 1.27 million troops of the Grassland Legion and the Beiting Legion, Liu Ji also brought nearly 170,000 Tang Dynasty Modao soldiers, more than 96,000 Wei soldiers, more than 35,000 soldiers trapped in the camp, more than 24,000 Han Dynasty Tiger Army, more than 18,000 Tang Dynasty Xuanjia soldiers, and about 1.7 million nomadic cavalry of various ethnic groups recruited from the territory of the Beiting Protectorate.

In less than half a month when Liu Ji led the army into the grassland to which the Xianbei tribe belonged, dozens of tribes of the Xianbei tribe of all sizes suffered a catastrophe, and these Xianbei tribes were looted by the Broken Army, more than 150,000 Xianbei people were killed, and nearly 800,000 Xianbei people became prisoners of the Broken Army, while the loss of the Broken Army was less than 5,000 people.

Xianbei Khan Murong Ke originally hoped that like the last time, the Xianbei tribe would pay some price, and the army would be calm, but unfortunately this time Liu Ji's appetite was too great, and he immediately asked the Xianbei tribe for about three million square kilometers of grassland, accounting for almost half of the Xianbei tribe's territory, of course the Xianbei tribe was unwilling to agree, so the Xianbei Khan Murong Ke ordered the various tribes of the Xianbei tribe, as well as the various dependent ethnic groups attached to Xianbei, to do their best to send more cavalry to the Xianbei royal court, The Xianbei Great Khan Murong Ke prepared to start a decisive battle with the Broken Army in the Xianbei Royal Court.

The Xianbei cavalry retreating from Xinning City and the cavalry units of the various subordinate clans of Xianbei were all brought back to the Xianbei royal court by Murong Ke, the Great Khan of Xianbei.

However, the troops led by Liu Ji marched very fast, and on the 13th day of July in the year of 432 of the Great Jin Dynasty, Liu Ji arrived near the Xianbei royal court located north of the Yinle Mountains with more than 3 million troops, and at this time the Xianbei royal court only gathered 1.4 million Xianbei cavalry, as well as nearly 500,000 cavalry of the Xianbei tribes such as Qiluo, Suxi, Yuzhen, Guhun, and Ding Ling.

In a felt bag in the royal court of the Northern Xianbei tribe, Murong Xiong, the king of Xianbei Zuoxian, said to Murong Ke, the great Khan of Xianbei, with a bitter face: "Father Khan, the speed of the Broken Army is too fast, at present, we have only gathered less than 1.9 million cavalry in the royal court, while the strength of the Broken Army is more than three million, many of which are the elite of the Broken Army, if the Broken Army can give us another month, then our Xianbei Clan can gather at least more than four million cavalry in the royal court." ”

Xianbei Great Khan Murong Ke then said in a deep voice: "Order all the men over the age of twelve and under the age of sixty-five in the royal court to join the army, in this way, at least we can get together more than 100,000 cavalry, the Broken Army does not give us time, our Xianbei clan will snatch some time in the hands of the Broken Army, as long as we can form a confrontation with the Broken Army here in the royal court, then there will be more and more Xianbei cavalry and cavalry of the affiliated clans to arrive in the royal court, and in the end, it is not certain who will die!" ”

In order to deal with the broken army, all the men over the age of sixteen and under the age of fifty in the Xianbei royal court have been incorporated into the cavalry unit of the Xianbei tribe.

Murong Xiong, King of Zuoxian, hesitated for a moment and said, "Father Khan, can't you talk to the Broken Army again?" Otherwise, even if our Xianbei clan can defeat the more than three million troops of the Broken Capture Army here in the royal court, our Xianbei clan will also be greatly damaged! ”

Xianbei Great Khan Murong Ke smiled bitterly and said: "The son-in-law of this Great Khan, this time his appetite is really too big, he actually wants half of the grassland of our Xianbei tribe, such harsh conditions, how can our Xianbei tribe agree!" ”

Murong Xiong, King of Zuoxian, opened his mouth, and finally sighed helplessly, and didn't say anything more, the Xianbei clan really couldn't agree to such a condition as the Broken Army, it seems that the Xianbei Clan can only fight with the Broken Army here in the royal court to the end!

Xianbei Great Khan Murong Ke then asked: "Do the Xiongnu and Khitan have any answers?" ”

After the army entered the grassland to which the Xianbei belonged, the Xianbei sent a letter of help to the Xiongnu and the Khitan, hoping that the Xiongnu and Khitan would lend a helping hand.

Murong Xiong, King of Zuoxian, shook his head and said: "Father Khan, the Xiongnu and Khitan clans, there is no news from them, and they have no intention of sending troops to reinforce our Xianbei clan, and our Xianbei clan can only rely on ourselves this time." ”

Xianbei Great Khan Murong Ke gritted his teeth and said: "The Xiongnu and Khitan seem to want to sit by, don't they know the truth of the cold lips and teeth?" If our Xianbei tribe is annexed by the Broken Army, then it will be the turn of the Xiongnu or Khitan tribe next! ”

At this time, in a huge felt bag in the court of the Xiongnu people, Luan Tisu, the king of the Xiongnu Zuoxian, frowned and asked Luan Ti, the great Khan of the Xiongnu: "Father Khan, don't we Huns really send troops to support the Xianbei tribe?" If the Xianbei tribe is annexed by the Broken Army, it will be even more difficult to drive the Broken Army out of the grassland in the future! ”

The Great Khan of the Huns, Luan Ti, shook his head with a wry smile and said: "This time, our seven strong clans once again gathered tens of millions of cavalry, but they were defeated by the Broken Army, and even lost more than half of the cavalry troops. ”

Zuoxian Wang Luan Tisu then frowned and said, "Father Khan, are you watching the Broken Army annex the Xianbei Clan?" ”

The Xiongnu Great Khan Luan Ti hesitated for a moment and said: "After all, the Xianbei tribe still has millions of cavalry, and it is not so easy for the Broken Army to annex the Xianbei Tribe, and this crusade against the Broken Army, our Huns have suffered heavy losses, only our own cavalry has lost millions, and the various ethnic groups that depend on our Xiongnu have also lost nearly 800,000 people, even if our Huns want to rescue the Xianbei Tribe, they are also powerless!" ”

After a pause, the Xiongnu Great Khan Luan Timao said again: "I hope the Xianbei clan can hold on this time, and it is best to fight with the Broken Army!" ”

And in a huge felt bag of the Khitan royal court tribe, the Khitan Great Khan Yelu Enemy Lie said in a deep voice to the Khitan Zuoxian King Yelu Mingbao and the Khitan Right Xian King Yelu Chuji: "This time, the Broken Army has invaded the territory of the Xianbei Tribe, and it is obvious that it wants to annex the Xianbei Tribe, but our Khitan Tribe's battle with the Broken Army this time has suffered a very heavy loss, and we have no strength to support the Xianbei Tribe." ”

Yelu Mingbao, the Khitan Zuoxian King, frowned and said: "Great Khan, at present, our several strong tribes in the steppe can be described as cold-mouthed, if we allow the Broken Army to annex the Xianbei Tribe, our Khitan Clan is likely to face the danger of being annexed by the Broken Army in the future." ”

Yelu Chuji, the right sage king of Khitan, also said: "What King Zuo Sage said makes sense, you can't let the Broken Army swallow the Xianbei tribe like this!" ”

The Khitan Great Khan Yelu Lie sighed and said: "The Xiongnu have decided not to send troops to rescue the Xianbei tribe, what can we Khitan do alone?" ”

When Yelu Mingbao, the Khitan Zuoxian King, and Yelu Chuji, the Khitan Right Xian King, heard that the Xiongnu were not ready to send troops, they immediately shook their heads with a wry smile, and no longer said anything about sending troops to rescue the Xianbei tribe.

On the evening of July 13, in the camp of the Broken Army south of the Xianbei Palace, Liu Ji gathered many of the civil and military generals under his command, and among these civil and military generals, there were a few new faces.

After three days of chasing and killing the cavalry of various tribes of the grassland coalition army, as well as entering the grassland of the Xianbei tribe for more than ten days, the soul value in Liu Ji's hands accumulated another 560,000 points.

Liu Ji immediately tentatively summoned two top generals, Liu Ji's luck suddenly became better again, and the two top generals summoned had a force value of 99 points, which means that Liu Ji will get two more top ministers.

Lu Junyi, force value 99, intelligence value 76, commander value 79, the leader of Liangshan during the Song Dynasty, nicknamed "Jade Qilin", strong martial arts, unparalleled in the world, Jianghu people called "Hebei Three Uniques", ancestral residence in Beijing Damingfu, there is a wife Jia, housekeeper Li Gu, servant Yan Qing, was originally a rich businessman in Hebei Damingfu, a rich man, a member of the staff, was used by Wu Yong and others Li Gu and Jia's adultery, so that Ji earned Liangshan, and later became the second leader of Liangshan, Lu Junyi and Song Jiang were recruited together, and conquered Liao, Tian Hu, Wang Qing, Fang La, The official is a martial arts doctor and a pacification envoy in Luzhou.

Cai Jing and other traitors summoned Lu Junyi to return to Beijing and put mercury in the meal given to him by the emperor, Lu Junyi was so painful that he couldn't ride a horse, so he had to take a boat back to Luzhou, and on the way he fell into the water and drowned.

Wang Yansheng, force value 99, intelligence value 72, commander value 80, the founding hero of the Northern Song Dynasty, Wang Yansheng served in the Later Tang Dynasty, Later Jin, Later Han, Later Zhou, successively served as the Eastern Class Chengzhi, Inner Temple, Protector Commander, Long Jie Right Ninth Army Du Yuhou, Iron Cavalry Right Second Army Colonel, he followed Zhou Shizong to conquer the Southern Tang Dynasty, the Khitan, accumulated military exploits, and was reappointed as the commander of the scattered troops.

In the first year of Jianlong, Wang Yansheng participated in the Chenqiao Mutiny, supported Zhao Kuangyin, the Taizu of the Song Dynasty, and killed Han Tong, the general of the Later Zhou Dynasty, and was awarded the commander of the left wing of the iron cavalry, and soon because of the blackmail of the prime minister Wang Pu, he was demoted out of the capital, out of the town of Tangzhou, and then guarded Shenzhou, Fangzhou, Yuanzhou, Kaibao seven years, Wang Yansheng died of illness in Qianzhou on the way back to the court.

After Liu Ji summoned Lu Junyi and Wang Yansheng, he immediately consumed 400,000 soul points, purchased two marrow washing and hair cutting pills from the system, and rewarded Lu Junyi and Wang Yansheng respectively.

Huang Ba, force value 48, intelligence value 93, commander value 83, minister of the Western Han Dynasty, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, Emperor Zhao of the Han Dynasty and Emperor Xuan of the Han Dynasty, Huang Ba studied law since childhood, rarely ambitious, in the last years of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, donated officials, successively served as Henan Taishoucheng, Tingweizheng, Yangzhou Thorn History, Yingchuan Taishou and other local official positions, Emperor Xuan of the Han Dynasty Wufeng for three years, served as the prime minister, feudal Chenghou, the general charge of the Dynasty Gang Sheji, manna for three years, Huang Ba died, and was called Dinghou.

Huang Ba is good at governing counties and counties, is an honest official, wide outside and bright inside, has a good way of governance, and has outstanding political achievements, and later generations often take Huang Ba and Gong Sui as representatives of "followers" and call them "Gong Huang".

Gong Sui, force value 45, intelligence value 90, commander value 80, Western Han Dynasty officials, at the beginning of Changyi Guolang lieutenant commander, serving Changyi King Liu He, Liu He misbehaved, Gong Sui repeatedly persuaded him, Liu He succeeded to the throne, arrogant and lascivious, Gong Sui repeatedly admonished, Liu He still did not correct, and finally reigned for 27 days and was deposed, Liu He's subordinates more than 200 people were killed, only Gong Sui and lieutenant Wang Yang were spared from death for many persuasions, but shaved their hair and sentenced to four years in prison, after Emperor Xuan of Han succeeded to the throne, Gong Sui served as the Bohai Taishou, Gong Sui quelled the thieves' rebellion, encouraged Nongsang, He was very politically successful, and was later promoted to the rank of lieutenant of Shuiheng, and finally died in office.

Lu Junyi, Wang Yansheng, Huang Ba and Gong Sui were all in Liu Ji's tent at this time, in addition to the four of them, there were dozens of civil servants and military generals in Liu Ji's tent, which was not small.

Liu Ji smiled and said to the Wenchen generals under his command: "According to the information obtained by Heishuitai, now the Xianbei clan has only gathered less than two million troops in their royal court, as long as our Broken Army can capture the royal court of the Xianbei Clan this time, then the entire Xianbei Clan may be captured by our Broken Army!" ”

At this time, Zhang Liang said: "My lord, we want to capture the royal court of the Xianbei tribe, it is best to fight quickly, this time the speed of our march is very fast, so that the Xianbei tribe has not gathered enough troops in the royal court, once our broken army and the Xianbei army in their royal court have reached a stalemate, then the reinforcements of the Xianbei tribe will continue to rush to the royal court of the Xianbei tribe, according to the strength of the Xianbei tribe and its affiliated tribes, it is not difficult to get together another two million cavalry." ”

Liu Ji nodded and said: "The reason why we marched so fast this time is to be able to capture the royal court of the Xianbei tribe before the Xianbei clan gathers all their forces, and now our army of the broken army has come to the Xianbei royal court, which is more than three million, and the Xianbei army has gathered less than two million cavalry troops in their royal court, it is a good opportunity for our broken army to defeat the Xianbei tribe, forget it today, early tomorrow morning, we will attack the Xianbei royal court, and strive to conquer the royal court of the Xianbei tribe in the shortest possible time!" ”