The marching Dai Guo forward army couldn't help but be taken aback when they saw the main force of the Jin army ambushing on both sides of the valley, but the well-trained desert iron cavalry was not afraid, and they began to retract and resist the enemy under the orders of their generals, and were ready to wait for an opportunity to kill a way out.

However, the Daiguo cavalry obviously underestimated the strength of the main force of the Jin army, they were carried away by the victory for many days, thinking that the Jin army had been disheartened and had become a force without combat effectiveness, but as everyone knows, even if the main force of the Jin army was disheartened and demoralized, the advantage of strength could make up for this disadvantage in a certain way, besides, the 20,000 cavalry under Zhang Hao did not change the morale of the army, and the strength was extremely strong.

After a period of fighting, the 30,000 desert iron cavalry of the Dai Kingdom was not the opponent of the main force of the Jin army, and the casualties were relatively heavy, and the formation was completely dispersed, which surprised the soldiers of the Dai army.

"General, there are too many soldiers and horses in the Jin army, and our army must break through immediately, otherwise, it is very likely that the whole army will be annihilated." A subordinate general looked at the chief general of the acting army and said loudly.

The acting army commander said loudly: "The king's main army, according to this, should not be far away, if our army can hold out for a few more hours, as soon as the king's main army arrives, the Jin army will be unable to escape." ”

"General, the Jin army is attacking on all fronts, it is estimated that our army will not be able to hold out until the arrival of Wang Shang's army, so break through immediately!" The general begged.

The general of the forward general of the acting army was very helpless in his heart, nodded, and ordered loudly: "Break through, break through in the direction of due north." ”

Under the orders of the commander-in-chief, the cavalry of the Dai Army began to concentrate all their strength and break through due north, preparing to open a bloody road. Break out.

Due to the strong strength of the cavalry of the Dai Army, and the unstable heart of the main force of the Jin Army, the encirclement was quickly broken through by the cavalry of the Dai Army, however, the price paid by the cavalry of the Dai Army was not small, and countless soldiers were killed in the process of breaking through.

After the cavalry of the Dai army broke through the encirclement, Xie Ai ordered his cavalry to pursue for several miles, while the main force of the infantry immediately assembled and continued to march in the direction of Jinyang City. In order to rely on the favorable terrain around Jinyang City. Block the advance of the main cavalry of the Dai army, in addition, in the direction of Jinyang City, there are tens of thousands of soldiers and horses under Zhang Ping who can assist. It's not a problem to block the cavalry of the acting army.

The cavalry of the Jin army pursued for more than five miles. After inflicting heavy casualties on the cavalry of Daiguo. He quickly retreated, and after a little assembly, he rushed towards Jinyang City.

The Daiguo cavalry fled for more than ten miles. Seeing that the main force of the Jin army did not pursue, he stopped the rout and began to reorganize the soldiers and horses and count the casualties.

"How many casualties of our army, have you finished counting?" The head of the forward general of the acting army asked softly.

"General, in this battle, our army suffered heavy casualties, with 3,000 men and horses killed, and countless wounded soldiers." The ministry will reply immediately.

The chief general of the forward army of the acting army sighed and said softly: "I really didn't expect that the Jin army, which had fled all the way, would suddenly set up an ambush, catch our army by surprise, and let our army suffer such heavy casualties, I really don't know how to explain to the king!" ”

When the generals heard this, they all bowed their heads and were silent, the reason why they mistakenly fell into the ambush of the Jin army was completely because the enemy was paralyzed, if they paid a little attention to the situation in the valley, or sent scouts to investigate in advance, maybe they would not let the Jin army succeed.

"General Qiyu, the king's main army, is already less than five miles away." At this moment, a pro-soldier whispered.

The main general of the forward army of the acting army glanced in the direction of due north and said softly: "Generals, follow me to ask the king for guilt." With that, he rode his horse in the direction of due north.

Five miles to the north, the acting king Tuoba Shi Yijian is leading the main force of the iron cavalry under his command, marching southward, seeing that there seems to be a group of soldiers and horses gathering in front of him, he asked: "The front is our army and horses." ”

The general beside him hurriedly said: "Back to the king, the main force of the Jin army has long since fled, and there is no doubt that it should be our army." ”

"It's strange, the vanguard of our army should be pursuing the Jin army with all its might, why is it stagnating here, is there something wrong, send someone over to see it." Tuoba Shiyi said with a frown.

"Your Majesty, they have come, and they will be there in a moment." A general pointed to the generals of the forward legion who were rushing and said softly.

Tuoba Wingkey nodded, and rode his horse forward.

Soon, the generals of the vanguard army rushed to the front of Tuoba Shi Yijian, and turned over and dismounted to plead guilty.

"The last general mistakenly fell into the ambush of the Jin army, and asked the king to punish the crime." The striker will clench his fists and plead guilty.

Tuoba Shi Yijian was shocked when he heard this, and hurriedly asked what exactly happened, and couldn't help but be slightly surprised when he learned that the Jin army had set up an ambush with all its main forces and severely damaged the main force of the strikers under his command.

He suddenly realized that the Jin army was not as vulnerable as he imagined, and even the successive routs in the previous days were all deliberately done by Xie Ai, in order to confuse himself and give him the illusion of underestimating the enemy, so as to prepare for setting up an ambush and inflicting heavy damage on the forward corps under his command.

Thinking of this, Tuoba Shi Yijian finally realized Xie Ai's cunning, however, he also realized that the military strength of the Jin army had indeed declined greatly, otherwise, with more than three times the strength, the advantage of the terrain, and sufficient preparations, it would be impossible to just annihilate the three thousand men and horses under his command.

"Your Majesty, Xie Ai has inflicted heavy losses on the advance of our army, so that our army has lost 3,000 soldiers, this revenge must be avenged, the main force of the Jin army is mainly infantry, and the main cavalry of our army pursues day and night, and the main force of the Jin army will be able to catch up within one day." One of the generals said loudly.

"Your Majesty, the last general is willing to make meritorious contributions, personally lead the soldiers under his command, and open the way for the king." The striker will cry out for help.

Tuoba Shi Yijian waved his hand and said softly, "You all get up!" It was this king who underestimated the enemy first, how could he put all the blame on the heads of the generals? After speaking, let all the generals of the forward corps get up.

"Xie Ai led the whole army to set up an ambush in Yuxian County and severely damaged our army's forward corps, in order to warn this king, so that this king should not be overly persecuted, otherwise our army will suffer huge losses again." Tuoba Shi Wing Key guessed softly.

"Your Majesty, how can the warriors of my country be frightened by Xie Ai, the last general will build yì, the main force of the whole army quickly pursued, and after catching up with the main force of the Jin army, they will all be annihilated and take the state in one fell swoop." One of the generals said loudly.

"Your Majesty, from Yuxian County to Jinyang City, there are more and more steep terrain such as valleys and cliffs, if the Jin army takes advantage of the steep terrain and sets up an ambush again, it is difficult to guarantee that our army will not be ambushed again, and the last general thinks that he will advance slowly, send more scouts, and do not ambush again." Another general expressed a different opinion.

Hearing this, Tuoba Shi Yijian fell into hesitation, if he pursued at full speed, it was very likely to be ambushed by Xie Ai again, and if he advanced steadily, it was possible to let the main force of the Jin army flee into Jinyang City, so as to join the soldiers and horses under Zhang Ping's command, forming a force that was difficult to deal with.

Acting Wang Tuoba Shi Yijian naturally did not want to let his soldiers and horses suffer losses from ambush again, for this reason, he was determined to advance steadily, even if the main force of the Jin army retreated into Jinyang City and joined the soldiers and horses under Zhang Ping, he was not afraid, he believed that the strength of the army under his command could completely break through Jinyang City, thereby severely damaging the main force of the Jin army, and then occupy the entire state.

After some preparations, Tuoba Shi Yijian and his main troops and horses continued to pursue southward, and successively occupied the cities along the way, and the troops pointed directly at Jinyang City, the capital of the state.

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In the direction of Guanzhong, the soldiers under Wang Meng's command, after receiving Wang Meng's flying pigeon transmission, arrested all the officials sent by the imperial court to Guanzhong, and collected the illegal evidence of their fish and common people, and then sent a team of men and horses to escort these officials sent by the imperial court to Luoyang, ready to escort all the officials arrested in the direction of Luoyang to Jiankang City, handed over to the Great Jin court, and presented all their crime records.

After Wang Meng arrived in Chang'an City, he began to take charge of all things in Guanzhong again, and reactivated all the officials who had been cut down and imprisoned by the court officials.

In order to stabilize the hearts and minds of the army and the people, the first thing Wang Meng did after his arrival was to return all the fertile land confiscated and annexed by the court officials to their original owners.

With Wang Meng's efforts, the people of Guanzhong once again owned their own land, and the people's hearts gradually stabilized, and the families of the officers and soldiers in the army were naturally very happy to see that the fields were back in their hands, and immediately wrote a letter to their relatives in front of them.

In order to further stabilize the hearts of the people and allow Guanzhong to fully restore its previous stability, Wang Meng gave additional preferential treatment to those people who had suffered losses, and gave certain bereavement to those who unfortunately died in the process of protecting the fields, and asked lower-level officials to appease these people so as not to cause chaos.

Seeing that the direction of Guanzhong was gradually becoming stable, Wang Meng was quite happy and began to study the next step to make Guanzhong more prosperous.

Wang Meng's initial idea was to carry out comprehensive improvements in many aspects, such as officials, people's customs, farming, water conservancy, and the army.

In order to make Guanzhong continue to be rich and strong, it is first necessary to rectify the rule of officials, so that all officials should always keep in mind the purpose of serving the people, and give corresponding punishments to officials who fish and meat the common people, and those who are strict must be executed, so as to have the effect of killing one and setting an example.

In addition, the cultivation of talents is also an important factor in the prosperity of Guanzhong, only with enough talents, in order to make all walks of life in Guanzhong run smoothly.

Agriculture is the foundation of the country, so the improvement of agriculture and water conservancy is also imminent.

The people of Guanzhong are strong, and the internal fighting is relatively strict, and the armed fights caused by problems such as neighborly feuds and disputes between villages for agricultural water abound, and this must also be changed.

In order to enhance the combat effectiveness of the armed forces, we must not slack off in the research and development of military equipment and the replacement of equipment, and we must step up preparations. (To be continued......)