Chapter 431: Retreat
In this battle, the 10,000 troops of Yi Lie's assassination were completely annihilated by Li You, and only a few hundred of the 10,000 soldiers and horses fled back to the capital. The Qinwang army around the capital gained courage from Li You's great victory, and also began to launch a tentative attack on the northern captives, although they still lost fewer and won more, but it also made the pressure on the northern captives greater, and they felt passive for the first time after going south. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info
The news also reached the ears of the Great Wei court in the inner city, and the empress dowager not only did not feel happy when she heard the news, but was worried about the safety of Li Chong in the camp of the northern captivity, but now they could no longer restrain the Qin Wang army, so they could only send Chen Jing'an here to ask Yuan Zhang to reach a peace agreement earlier.
Arubu also called Yuan Zhang to discuss countermeasures, "I decided to lead the army south and completely sweep away Li You's Qinwang army, I don't know what the national teacher wants?" Although there was a slight disagreement before, Yuan Zhang is still his most trusted courtier.
"The Great Khan must not." Yuan Zhang didn't speak with the previous January appointment, he knew that Li You didn't care about these at all, "If the Great Khan has fewer soldiers, he will annihilate this Wei army without feeling, and if he brings more, the capital will be in danger, at this time, there are no less than hundreds of thousands of Qinwang troops around the capital, if they attack the capital, it will be very unfavorable to my northern country." ”
The south is the territory of Wei, if Arub leads a large army to go on an expedition, Li You will not necessarily confront them head-on, but will choose to use his familiarity with geography to lure Arubu's army deeper, and then find a suitable opportunity to attack, the northern country's troops are precious and cannot be wasted here; In addition, the disagreement with Arubu last time also made Yuan Zhang realize that the northern kingdom was not ready to dominate the world now, so he planned to use another plan.
"Now that the inner city has been breached, it is only an overnight moment that the Great Wei Imperial Court will be completely emptied, compared to Li You's army, it is a trivial matter, as long as our army does not show flaws, they will not dare to harass." Yuan Zhang explained that Li You's soldiers and horses were still a little short now, and they could not play a decisive role in the situation in the capital, "so for now, after they sent the last batch of goods and craftsmen, they would destroy the Great Wei court and bring all the courtiers back to the north." ”
"Listen to the national teacher, which means that we can't take the capital for ourselves now?" Arubu keenly discovered the hidden meaning of Yuan Zhang's words, which made him feel a little unwilling.
"The northern country is sparsely populated, and there is no strength to dominate the world for the time being, if it is hated by people who occupy the capital, it is better to let those Wei people fight for it, and we will take Longcheng as the capital and wait and see what happens." Yuan Zhang said his plan, "The Great Wei will divide the vassal kings everywhere, and if it is peaceful, it will ensure that no one can shake the emperor's throne, but if we take the queen mother and the emperor to Longcheng, then the Great Wei will not be able to find a new emperor who can serve the public for a while, and the wealthy families in various places will definitely support different emperors for their own selfishness, and the entire Great Wei will become a plate of scattered sand, unable to compete with our northern country, and we can continue to slowly accumulate strength at this opportunity and gradually digest Xuanda, After Xuanda can be completely used by me, it is not too late to go south to defeat each of them. ”
Any official of the Great Wei knew that only if they were reunited under the throne of the new emperor would they have the strength to compete with the northern kingdom; But between a vassal king who is resolute but far away from him, and a vassal king who is in his own territory and can control him, they will surely choose the latter, because only in this way can their best interests be guaranteed; Yuan Zhang had a very clear understanding of the thoughts of the high-ranking officials of the Great Wei family.
"It's a shame to give up such a bustling city!" Arubu looked at the capital outside the window, and was a little reluctant for a while, if he retreated this time, he didn't know when he would be able to come back next time.
"Now that the craftsmen and craftsmen in Beijing have been emptied by us, the capital can't be restored without ten or twenty years of hard work, and now it can only become a burden to hold it in your hands." Yuan Zhang continued to persuade, "Therefore, it is better to give it up and throw this big trouble to others, with these treasures and craftsmen, Longcheng will surpass the capital just around the corner." ”
"The best grassland is the best grassland that can be occupied." An Lu didn't say a proverb from Mobei, there are many such things on the grassland, countless tribes that lack strength but are reluctant to occupy the royal court will disappear, and those tribes who know how to abandon will slowly grow, and the harvest of this southward trip has far exceeded his expectations, so Arubu agreed with Yuan Zhang's words, "Since you want to go back, let's do the rest of the things as soon as possible." ”
"Follow the orders of the Great Khan." Yuan Zhang got up and bowed down, "This Li You is a headache after all, the minister wants to set up an ambush before leaving, completely annihilate it, and hope that the Great Khan will agree." ”
"Everything will be done according to the will of the national teacher." Since Yuan Zhang arrived in Mobei, the Mobei army has won many big victories, but it has repeatedly suffered losses at the hands of Li You.
After Arubu left, Yuan Zhang immediately asked people to bring Li Chong from the firewood room, "Since you have already surrendered to my northern country, why don't the queen mother and the ministers of the court come to the Great Khan's tent to meet you?" If the Queen Mother still refuses to come to visit, then blame us for being impatient, and if we don't see them out of the city at noon tomorrow, our northern army will immediately begin to attack the city, and the chickens and dogs will not be left after the city is broken. First of all, the blame scared Li Chong's courage, and then Yuan Zhang comforted him with kind words, "My northern army has been in the capital long enough, and now is the time to return to Mobei, if the Queen Mother and the civil and military officials come out to meet the Great Khan at noon tomorrow and clarify the relationship between the two countries, then I will put you back afterwards, and the capital will be returned to you, anyway, there is nothing left in the capital now, and it is useless for us to take it." ”
Li Chong, who was miserable and worried in the firewood room, seemed to grasp a life-saving straw, promised again and again, and immediately sent his cronies and eunuchs back to the city to deliver the letter.
The Great Wei court immediately panicked when they got the news, but unfortunately they have now lost their courage, and between refusing to defend the city and waiting for the Qin Wangjun to surrender out of the city in the hope that the northern captives can bypass them, the empress dowager and the ministers finally chose the second method; Early in the morning of the second day, the gate of the inner city was opened, and the queen mother and her ministers came to the camp of the northern captives with the last goods in the inner city to ask for surrender.
From the Empress Dowager, the Emperor to the small officials of various ministries, thousands of people slowly entered the big tent of the Northern Captives, and knelt down to Arubu, and the glory of the Great Wei for more than 200 years was completely lost at this time. (To be continued.) )