Night 5 Another Farewell (1)

The last time they entered the main line of the Northern and Southern Dynasties, the Donghai team participated in the battle of Tuoba Jue to destroy Liu Weichen from the end of 391 to the beginning of 392. Liu Weichen's youngest son, Helian Bobo, became the only survivor of the clan, and was exiled to the Xue Gan (also known as Qi Gan) department, and later transferred to the Wuyi cadres under the command of Yao Xing of Later Qin. And Wu Yigan itself is also a tribe that rebelled from the Northern Wei Dynasty, and the new and old hatreds are combined, and sooner or later the two sides will have a war.

In the fifth year of Tianxing (402), Tuoba Jue heard that Murong Xi of Later Yan sent an army to conquer western Liaoxi, which means that there was no pressure on the eastern border of the Northern Wei Dynasty for the time being, so he sent troops to the west to fight and captured Gaoping City, which was defended by Yigan and Helian Bobo, and plundered all the population and materials here.

In addition, Tuoba also let the Zhuzhou troops be stationed in Pingyang to deter the eastern border of Later Qin.

Under such circumstances, if Yao Xing did nothing more, he was afraid that he would make the people of his vassal tribes panic and fall apart. So in May of this year, he asked his younger brother General Anbei and Yiyang Duke Yao Ping to lead 40,000 troops to the east, captured Pingyang, and then took the fortress Qianbi, which can be regarded as regaining a little face. And Yao Xing himself led a follow-up army of nearly 50,000 people to follow up, preparing for a decisive battle with the Northern Wei Dynasty.

The vanguard had a total of 60,000 elite cavalry, led by the general of Zhenxi, Biling Wang Shun and Changsun Fei, and marched to the east bank of Fenshui, approaching the Chaibi located in the southwest of Qianbi.

After the defeat of Liu Weichen in 392, Tuoba Jue personally commanded several battles, the most famous of which was the Battle of Shenhepi with Hou Yan in 395. After this battle of defeating the strong with the weak, the hegemony of the Northern Wei Dynasty in the north was established in one fell swoop, and the Later Yan also collapsed from then on.

At this time, Emperor Daowu of the Northern Wei Dynasty was already in his early thirties, and he was no longer the reckless young man he was at the beginning, and his military talent and command ability even made the three old birds of the East China Sea team sigh to themselves.

Although he still trusts Sima Fuqiang, the mature Tuoba Jue will no longer obey him, but has his own judgment and opinions.

From the study of history, he already knew a lot about Tuoba's personality - rigid and self-serving, and brutal temperament, Sima Fuqiang also knew that at this time he was not suitable to teach this immortal king as he did at the beginning, which would only bring disaster to himself, so he simply kept a low profile and maintained his duty between monarchs and ministers, as long as he could ensure the leading position of the East China Sea team in the Northern Wei camp.

Tuoba Jue is also quite satisfied with the peace and security of these old ministers, after all, Sima Fuqiang's group can also be regarded as his military enlightenment teachers, and now they are willing to take the initiative to stay away from right and wrong, which is exactly what he hopes to see.

The three stinkers participated in the court and military meetings every day, and they did not say a word like mud bodhisattvas, quietly listening to the deliberations of Tuoba and his young generals.

According to Sima Fuqiang, this is probably the last time the East China Sea team will see Tuoba, and the next time they enter the main line of the Northern and Southern Dynasties, they should see his eldest son, the Ming Yuan Emperor of the Northern Wei Dynasty.

At the age of thirty-nine, he was assassinated by his own son Tuoba Shao because he was too cruel and ruthless, which led to a mental disorder, and he failed to witness the grand cause of the Northern Wei Dynasty to unify the north.

This happened seven years after this battle, and during these seven years, there were no major wars in the Northern Wei Dynasty worthy of going down in history. In other words, even if the East China Sea team can enter the main line of the Northern and Southern Dynasties on the first night of next week, the timeline will definitely come after the death of Tuoba Jue in 409.

Although the person in the dream did not have the opportunity to see the scene of Tuoba's death, this meeting is probably also a farewell, an alternative farewell. That's why the three stinkers were willing to say nothing so calmly, more because they wanted to witness Tuoba's curtain call with their own eyes, and they didn't want to meddle in it anymore and steal the limelight from Emperor Daowu.

For the dreamer, the meaning of the dream of war is to obtain benefits and increase strength. The East China Sea team has a big business, and it can't even look at the little points that can be obtained from every war dream, so even if you don't take the initiative to improve your evaluation, it won't have much impact.

The time soon came to the first day of the seventh month (August 15, 402), and the 60,000 elite cavalry on the front line had already confronted Yao Ping's Later Qin army in Chaibi.

At this time, Tuoba Jue was no longer as vigorous and resolute as he was when he was young, and he set up the emperor's score, and traveled all the way until the ninth day of August (September 21) before Shi Shiran arrived at the battlefield of Chaibi.

Although the person in the dream was anxious, Sima Fuqiang knew that this was the historical process, and he was dragged by Tuoba.

After Tuoba Jue's army entered Chaibi, it formed a siege with the vanguard of Yao Ping, and besieged the Later Qin army of only 40,000 people with an army of more than 100,000 people.

If this incident had happened more than ten years ago, the young Tuoba Jue would have brazenly launched a general attack and devoured Yao Ping's army in one fell swoop. But after nearly 20 years of military career, he has a deep understanding of the way of using soldiers, and at this moment he chooses to surround but not fight.

Time dragged on for nearly 20 days in one go, and it came to August 28 Jiazi Day (October 10).

Early this morning, Huang Zhi asked Sima Fuqiang in confusion, "If Tuoba Jue doesn't take advantage of this great opportunity to eat Yao Ping's army, when will it be?" For these battles of the Northern Wei Dynasty, he is still not as familiar with the Three Kingdoms as he is after all.

Sima Fuqiang naturally showed a smile of relief, "He thinks farther than us, the Hou Qin army is not terrible, Yao Ping is not terrible, it is too easy to destroy them." But now once Yao Ping is destroyed, Yao Xing, who has less than 50,000 horses on hand, will definitely be frightened. Once he retreats to Chang'an, it will be hard to eat him again. ”

Huang Zhi's eyes lit up when he heard this, "You mean, he took this opportunity to come to the rescue and swallow the main force of the Later Qin Army once and for all."

"That's right, that's what he thought." Sima Fuqiang nodded.

"Haha, the military advisor who knows me is also" A hearty laugh suddenly came from outside the tent, and the burly Tuoba Jue then walked in.

Huang Zhi and Sima Fuqiang were taken aback, fortunately they didn't talk bad about Emperor Dao Wu behind their backs, otherwise just Huang Zhi just named the founding emperor of the Northern Wei Dynasty by name, which was enough for them to drink a pot.

"Visiting the Malay newspaper, Yao Xingjun is already on his way. I will immediately lead my troops across the Fenshui River and ambush them in Mengkeng, all of you Aiqing come with me" Although it is already more than thirty, but I can hear Sima Fuqiang, who was also a teacher and a minister, praising his military level behind his back, Tuoba Jue is still a little excited.

The members of the East China Sea team followed Emperor Daowu to the temporary ferry in a daze, the pontoon bridge had been erected, and the army had passed more than half, just waiting for Tuoba Jue to cross the river before it was about to be pulled.

Tuoba Jue only left a few troops around Chai Bi to bluff, and continued to besiege Yao Ping, while secretly transferring all the tens of thousands of mobile cavalry. In the afternoon, the Northern Wei army had already set up an ambush circle in Mengkeng.