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Time flew by, and soon it was early October, when the two armies of Wei and Yan had been holding each other in Yinshan for more than a month.

During this period, Tuoba Jue ordered the Wei army Chen Shi to show troops at the northern foot of Yin Mountain, and planted banners all over the country to bluff to deter the Yan army from going north.

The entire northern foot of Yinshan is full of Wei army banners, magnificent, stretching for more than a thousand miles from east to west, and there is no end in sight.

At the same time, Tuoba also sent rangers to cut off the communication link between the Yan army and the rear.

Next, Tuoba began to dispatch troops, and he ordered Tuoba Lie to lead his army south from the grassland, waiting for an opportunity to cut off the retreat of the Yan army.

And he himself personally led the main force of the army and closely monitored the movements of the Yan army north of Yinshan.

When the Wei army quietly formed an encirclement posture against the Yan army, the Yan army on the opposite side was still ignorant.

At the end of August, the Houyan army drove to the foot of Yin Mountain, and Murong Bao ordered the army to be reorganized and marched north.

As a result, more than a month has passed, but Murong Bao has not yet ordered the army to go north.

It's not that Murong Bao is afraid of Tuoba, but that domestic news has involved most of his energy.

Because as early as half a month ago, he lost any information from the rear.

To put it bluntly, Murong Chui is the spiritual pillar of the entire Yan Kingdom and even Murong Bao.

As long as Murong is here, even if he is just sitting in the rear, Hou Yan will have the backbone and dare to argue with any enemy.

As a result, all of a sudden, he couldn't get Murong Chui's instructions and news for most of the month, which suddenly made Murong Bao panic.

Should we continue to go deeper north and fight to the death with the Wei army? Or should we just withdraw our troops? Murong Bao fell into hesitation and hesitation.

At this time, Murong Long, Murong De and others, who had always performed well, also had no ideas, and they were silent.

Only the corner of Zhao King Murong Lin's mouth showed a vague smile, as if he was mocking the prince's incompetence.

Summer went to autumn, more than two months passed in the blink of an eye, and at this time, the sharp spirit of the Yan army had been seriously weakened when it first came, but the morale of the Wei army began to rise.

Murong Bao realized that he could not hesitate any longer, so he ordered to attack north.

As a result, the exhausted and demoralized Yan army happened to run headlong into the Wei army, which was waiting for battle.

Except for the loss of more than a thousand prisoners, the Yan army had nothing to gain, and the morale of the army became more and more low.

Although the Yan army had captured some grain, there was still a shortage of grain and grass after a long time.

And the Yan army originally came from a long journey, and after staying abroad for such a long time, it is inevitable that the soldiers will miss their families.

At this time, they found that there was a gradual shortage of supplies in the army, and everyone began to have insufficient food, clothing, and sleep.

As a result, the morale and morale of the army suddenly dropped to freezing point, and the soldiers began to complain.

At this time, Tuoba Jue began to use deceptive tactics against the Yan army, carried out psychological warfare, and ordered the release of all the captured Yan soldiers.

Before being released, he also forced the Yan army messenger who had been captured before to shout at the Yan army captives, telling them that Murong Chui was dead.

Through the capture of the Yan army, the Wei army successfully spread the rumor that Murong Chui was dead.

The Yan army spread ten, ten and hundred, and the news quickly spread.

At this time, due to the long battle line and the Wei army's deliberate interception from it, Murong Bao had not received news from the rear for a long time.

Murong Bao ordered a thorough investigation of the source, but in the end, no results were found, which made the army's morale unstable.

At this time, Jin An, a warlock who was proficient in divination, sensed the ominous atmosphere and persuaded Murong Bao to retreat quickly.

"If the weather is unfavorable, our side will definitely be defeated, and we will retreat quickly, or we may be able to avoid disaster."

But now Murong Bao is already difficult to ride a tiger, before the war he swore that he would take revenge, but because the enemy spread a few unfavorable news that is difficult to distinguish between true and false, he retreated, as the commander of the army, how to order the generals in the future?

Murong Bao's indecisiveness made the Yan army lose a good opportunity to retreat safely.

As the commander of the army, since you don't believe what the warlock says, then you should take decisive measures to prevent the news from leaking.

The most direct way is to kill the warlock Jin An in the name of bewitching the public, and it will be a hundred.

In addition, you can also send someone to closely monitor the other person so that they cannot easily come into contact with the outside world.

However, the naïve Murong Bao completely ignored Jin Placement, and as a result, this big mouth spread rumors everywhere in private.

"We all have to throw our bodies in this barren mountain and grassland, and we can't go back to our hometown!"

Listen, what kind of nonsense is this?! As a result, the Yan army was in turmoil.

When the heart of the Yan army became more and more chaotic, several secret hands arranged by Tuoba Jue finally achieved results.

Under the constant bewitchment of Jia Zhen, the king of Zhao, Murong Lin's general, Mu Yusong and others believed that Murong Chui was really dead.

Everyone thought that after returning to Zhongshan, once Murong Bao ascended the throne, they would never have good fruits to eat.

So, in order to keep the glory and wealth, Mu Yusong, Jia Zhen and others plotted to rebel, intending to support Murong Lin as the emperor.

Fortunately, the rebellion was detected by Murong Bao in advance, and this time he did not hesitate anymore and decisively took measures to kill Jia Zhen, Mu Yusong and other rebels.

Although it was later found out that Murong Lin, the king of Zhao, was not directly involved in the mutiny, he was at least an insider.

As a result, King Zhao completely lost the trust of the crown prince, and all his previous efforts were in vain.

However, Murong Lin had long since stopped caring about this, because he had already realized that the Yan army was about to be defeated.

Although Murong Bao finally quelled the rebellion, the Yan army was greatly damaged, demoralized, and collapsed.

The rebellion hit Murong Bao very hard, and his mental state never improved.

On this day, Murong Bao walked out of the big tent of the Chinese army, looking at the boundless wilderness in the distance, and his heart was heavy.

Thinking that Murong Chui's life and death were unknown, and that the army had been spending months in Hetao without making progress, Murong Bao couldn't help but sigh.

Strategist Jia Yi saw Murong Bao's thoughts, so he approached and said: "Your Royal Highness the Prince, you must first settle inside the outside, we don't know anything about the situation in the rear, once something happens, don't you regret it?" ”

"As the saying goes: If you keep the green mountains and are not afraid of no firewood, it is better to return to the dynasty first, and it is not too late to revive the division and destroy Wei in the coming year."

At this time, Jia Bou, Chao Chong and other staff members also stepped forward to persuade.

Murong Bao hesitated for a moment, then finally nodded and agreed to withdraw his troops.

On October 18, Murong Bao ordered people to take advantage of the night to quietly pull out the camp and retreat.

Tuoba Jue soon got the news of the retreat of the Houyan army, and couldn't help but be overjoyed.

Some of the generals suggested that they quickly send troops to hunt down the Yan army.

Tuoba shook his head and said, "Don't worry, the Yan army has just retreated at this moment, and the vigilance is high, so let's talk about it later." ”

Tuoba Jue did not move for several days, but only sent scouts to investigate the movements of the Yan army from afar.

Some Wei generals couldn't hold their breath, for fear that the Yan army would escape, so they shouted: "The Yan army has been retreating for several days, and if we don't send troops to pursue it, I am afraid that the tiger will return to the mountain, and there will be endless troubles in the future." ”

Tuoba Jue and Zhang Yan looked at each other and smiled, and said disapprerovingly: "Hahaha, this is called casting a long line to catch big fish, don't wait." ”

As Tuoba Jue expected, at the beginning of the withdrawal, Murong Bao was indeed worried that the Wei army would take the opportunity to pursue, so he was full of scouts along the way, always paying attention to the movements of the Wei army.

When he set up camp at night, he didn't dare to relax for a moment, and let Murong De personally lead the troops to break off and be on guard.

As a result, the horses were returned for several days, but the Wei army remained unmoved.

Seeing this, Murong Bao couldn't help laughing, and said disdainfully to the generals: "Hahahaha, that little kid Tuoba Jue has been frightened by our army, and he didn't dare to move at the northern foot of Yin Mountain. ”

Murong Wunu, King of Luyang, Murong Daocheng, King of Guilin, Murong Yinguo, Duke of Jiyin, and other clans all looked at the crown prince and the horse, and they echoed it when they heard it.

"What His Highness said is very true, Suo Lu has long been frightened by the momentum of our army, I am afraid that Tuoba Jue is hiding in the corner of the grassland in panic at this time, how dare he come to pick the prince's tiger beard?"

"Hmph, even if Suo Lu dares to come, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is wise and martial, how can he be provoked?"

In addition to a few people such as Murong De and Murong Nong, even Murong Lin flattered Murong Bao regardless of his face.

Originally, Murong Bao had a contempt for Tuoba, but now under the bewitchment of everyone, he completely relaxed his vigilance.

A few days later, after getting the news, Tuoba Jue immediately led 20,000 elite horsemen south to Yinshan and hurried east to pursue Houyan.

Although the Yan army acted in advance, because it was a mixed formation of infantry and cavalry, the speed was far inferior to that of the Wei cavalry.

So, seven days later, when the Yan army was about to arrive in Sanhepi, it was finally bitten by Tuoba's tail.

A big war that will decide the fate of the two countries is about to begin......