Half an hour later, the 20,000 cavalry led by Murong Ba converged with Murong Ke's main force and stopped on the spot.

Murong Ba rode his horse to Murong Ke's side, bowing his head and looking lonely.

Seeing this, Murong Ke suddenly had an ominous premonition in his heart, paused, and asked, "Fifth brother, what happened, didn't you go to stop Tuoba Invincible?" How did you come back alone. ”

"Fourth brother, I'm a step too late, Tuoba Invincible is already ......," Murong Ba said halfway and suddenly stopped.

When Murong Ke heard this, his heart suddenly cooled down, and he hurriedly said: "What's the matter, Tuoba Invincible has already fought with Ran Min, what is the loss?" Where is the Dai Guo army now? ”

Murong Ba sighed, bowed his head and said: "Fourth brother, Tuoba is invincible and invincible to Ran Min, he has been killed in battle, and the 30,000 troops of Daiguo have escorted Tuoba Invincible's coffin and have returned to Shengle City." After saying that, I was extremely lonely.

Murong Ke trembled violently, he never thought that Tuoba Invincible, who was the first warrior of the Dai Kingdom, would actually die in battle like this, Tuoba Invincible's death was a huge loss for the Dai Kingdom, and it was also extremely unfavorable for the Yan Kingdom, which was very likely to completely disrupt the strategic planning of the Yan Kingdom, which would have an extremely adverse impact on the hegemony of the Great Yan Kingdom.

"Tuoba Invincible is actually dead." Murong Ke looked up to the sky and sighed.

"Fourth brother, Tuoba Invincible's death in battle is indeed a huge loss for the two countries of the Yan Dynasty, but this is not our responsibility, it is Tuoba Invincible who is too arrogant and underestimates the enemy, if he hadn't left the camp overnight and rushed to Anxi City, he would not have lost his life so lightly. The arrogant army will be defeated! Murong Ba suddenly said angrily.

Murong Ke shook his head and said softly: "Tuoba is invincible and rash of the enemy, and he is indeed to blame for his own death, but we can't be completely without responsibility!" After all, he left overnight in the camp of our army, and we did not stop it in time, so as to lead Zhì Tuoba to the battlefield invincible, which is mainly the responsibility of me, the main general. I will ask my second brother for my guilt. ”

"Nope. Fourth brother, I also have responsibility, if my cavalry can speed up, maybe we can catch up with Tuoba Invincible. Together, we pleaded guilty to the second brother. Murong Ba said angrily.

Murong Ke was silent for a moment. He said softly: "The army will camp immediately." I'm going to write a letter to my second brother, no, it's not clear in the letter. It's safer for you to run in person, thank you for your hard work, fifth brother. ”

"Yes, fourth brother, I'll return to Jicheng." Murong Ba responded, and then led less than a hundred personal soldiers to ride his horse in the direction of Jicheng.

After Murong Ba left, Murong Ke let his army set up camp and strictly trained his soldiers, ready to launch a fierce attack on Ran Min's army at any time.

Murong Ke knew that Tuoba Invincible's death would definitely anger Tuoba Shi Yijian, and at the same time, it would also make his second brother Murong Jun very indignant, in order to maintain the alliance between the two countries in the Yan Dynasty, Murong Jun would definitely be eager to give an order, let himself lead the main army under his command to annihilate Ran Min, so as to avenge the death of Tuoba Invincible.

Annihilating Ran Min and his beggar guards will be an important task that Murong Ke must complete, Murong Ke knows that his preparation time is running out, for his own political score, Murong Jun will not give him too much time, he must do his best to prepare for the annihilation of Ran Min, so that he can complete the task assigned by Murong Jun.

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On the outskirts of Gaodu City in Shangdang County, 5,000 soldiers and horses under Cao Fu and 10,000 soldiers and horses under Zhang Jin converged here, although the city has been recovered by Xie Ai, however, there is no Jin army stationed here, only hundreds of local powerful forces, the force can be described as extremely weak, if they want to break through Gaodu City, it will be extremely easy.

However, at this moment, Cao Fu and Zhang Jin have no intention of attacking Gaoducheng, after all, the Jin army's 100,000 troops have already occupied Hanoi County, and Gaodu City is not very far from Hanoi County, even if they can break through Gaoducheng, they will soon be retaliated by the Jin army, rather than this, it is better to bypass the city and continue to march north.

It's just that Zhang Jin still has to wait here for a while, and after the arrival of the army at Mengjin Ferry, they will march north together, of course, Zhang Jin doesn't know that the main army of Mengjin Ferry has been completely annihilated by the Jin army.

"General Zhang, it's not that I'm talking cold, now that the Jin army has taken control of Hanoi County, the 20,000 main forces of your department are only afraid that they are already fierce, so don't wait, if the main force of the Jin army chases after us, we will be in trouble." Cao Fu looked at Zhang Jin and said softly.

Zhang Jin was furious when he heard this, and said loudly: "What do you mean by this, if it weren't for your Cao Fu's carelessness and letting the Jin army smuggle into Chenggao Ferry, how could our army be so wolf-like, it's all your fault." ”

"Okay, okay, even if I didn't say it, we'll wait another day, if there is no news, your 20,000 main forces will definitely not be there." Cao Fu said softly.

"Hmph." Zhang Jin snorted slightly.

It didn't take long for four or five ragged people to rush over, although they were dirty, but Zhang Jin could see that they were all wearing the military uniforms of his captains.

"General, General, we have finally escaped." One of them said first.

Zhang Jin was slightly startled, he was already sure that the four or five ragged soldiers in front of him were all low-level officers stationed at the Mengjin Ferry under his command.

"Why just a few of you, and the others?" Zhang Jin hurriedly asked.

A small colonel said: "General Qiyu, our army was attacked by the Jin army before and after the Mengjin ferry, and the losses were extremely heavy, only 3,000 cavalry escaped from the encirclement, but the Jin cavalry chased after it, and our army was extremely wolf, and then, our army's 3,000 cavalry was ambushed by 10,000 Jin troops in Yewang City, and the 3,000 cavalry had to abandon their horses and go up the mountain, and the Jin army blocked the road, and our army almost collapsed, and a few of us escaped. ”

When Zhang Jin heard this, he paused like a thunderbolt from the sky, and said weakly: "The 20,000 main forces of our army are all gone, all gone." After speaking, his eyes were a little dull.

Cao Fu on the side smiled slightly at the corner of his mouth, and said softly: "General Zhang, don't be sad, in the battle with the Jin army, our soldiers and horses lost at least 40,000, which is twice as many as your soldiers and horses. If you don't leave, the Jin army may chase after you. Then he rode his horse and headed north.

"Let's go." Zhang Jin had no choice but to order his army to continue to march north.

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In the palace of King Yan in Jicheng, Murong Jun, the king of Yan, received two letters of surrender, and his heart seemed extremely happy, these two letters were naturally the surrender letters of Cao Fu and Zhang Jin.

In fact, Murong Jun didn't look down on the tens of thousands of soldiers and horses under the command of Cao Fu and Zhang Jin at all, but both of them were veteran generals of the Zhao State, and their surrender to the Great Yan State could add a lot of political points to Murong Jun, so that it would be easier for the Yan State to obtain the land of the original Zhao State.

In the main hall, the smile on the corner of Murong Jun's mouth had not completely dissipated, and Murong Ba hurriedly walked into the main hall.

Murong Jun looked sideways and saw that Murong Ba was back again, he couldn't help but be slightly surprised, and hurriedly asked: "Fifth brother, it's only been a few days, why are you back again, did you bring back any good news, if there is really good news, then today is really a double happiness, haha!" He laughed.

Seeing Murong Jun laughing, Murong Ba didn't know how to speak, just lowered his head and stood in place with a lonely face.

Seeing that Murong Ba's face was extremely ugly, Murong Jun couldn't help but feel very uneasy, and hurriedly asked, "What's the matter, fifth brother, did you bring back any unfavorable news?" ”

Murong Ba nodded and said softly, "Second brother, Tuoba is invincible and died in battle. ”

When Murong Jun heard this, his heart was shocked, and he hurriedly took a few steps back, and said in shock: "Tuoba Invincible is the number one warrior of the Dai Kingdom, how can he die in battle so easily, this is impossible, this is absolutely impossible." ”

"Second brother, Tuoba invincible light enemy rash advance, in the middle of the night, secretly led the army to leave the camp, rushed to attack Anxi City, I and the fourth brother learned, led 20,000 cavalry to meet overnight, but it was still a step late, when I arrived near Anxi, Tuoba invincible has been killed, on behalf of the country 30,000 troops escorted Tuoba invincible corpse, has returned to Shengle City, the fourth brother is afraid that the letter is not clear, so let me return in person." Murong Ba Zhengse said.

When Murong Jun heard this, he paced back and forth in the main hall, Tuoba Invincible's death was something he never expected, which completely disrupted his plan and caused a rift in the relationship between Yan Guo and Dai Guo.

Although, Tuoba Invincible's death was his own fault, but after all, Tuoba Invincible led a large army to reinforce Yan State, and after entering the Yan State camp, he led the army to leave alone, Yan State no matter what, has a certain responsibility for Tuoba Invincible's death, at least, if Yan State did not beg for reinforcements from Daiguo, Tuoba Invincible would not have led the army into Zhongshan County, and naturally would not have died in battle.

"Second brother, Tuoba Invincible has been killed in battle, what should we do now?" Murong Ba asked.

Murong Jun frowned and thought for a moment, and said: "Tuoba Invincible's death, I will personally explain it to the acting king, what you have to do now is to return to the camp immediately and tell the fourth brother that you must exterminate the elite of the beggar army under Ran Min and his command within ten days." ”

"Yes, second brother, then I'll go back now." Murong Ba said that he was about to leave the main hall.

"Wait." Murong Jun stopped Murong Ba and said, "The generals of the Zhao State, Cao Fu and Zhang Jin, have already submitted their orders to surrender, and now, their two armies are on their way to Jicheng, I will send my henchmen to order them to enter Changshan and confront Su Hai, the general under Ran Min, so that some pressure can be relieved for you." ”

Murong Ba nodded, turned around and left the main hall, leading a group of personal soldiers to rush back to the Yan army camp as fast as possible.

After Murong Ba left, Murong Jun personally wrote a letter to apologize to the acting king Tuoba Shi Yijian, and said that he would definitely annihilate the elite army under the command of Ran Min within ten days and avenge the invincible general Tuoba . (To be continued......)