After the battle, the Zhao army, as always, did not leave a single prisoner, and all of them were killed.

Looking at the Xianbei people wailing in the big pit, Shi Min was thoughtful, but he was by no means pitying anything.

When they take up arms and fight against themselves, they must be aware of this. Of course, it is not impossible to surrender as a prisoner, but you must surrender directly before the battle!

After a while, Li Nong came up with a battle report.

"Governor, in this battle, our army lost a total of 5,422 soldiers, no less than 600 were seriously wounded (disabled), and those who were lightly wounded were not counted. And the Xianbei people were beheaded more than 30,000 in total! ”

Li Nong said with a red face: "Metropolitan Governor, this is really a rare good news for more than ten years!" ”

For the Xianbei people in the north, it is indeed a rare good news that the Zhao army can destroy so many enemies in one battle.

Shi Min bowed his head slightly and did not speak.

At this time, another ride came.

"Report - Metropolitan Governor, Yecheng Urgent!"

Yecheng?

Shi Min was stunned, and then took the urgent report handed over by the little school.

"What's the matter?" Li Nong said suspiciously.

Shi Min looked at the urgent report in his hand, then handed it to Li Nong, squinted his eyes and said, "The army of the Western Expedition to Liangguo has been defeated. Defeated in Sanshui, more than half of the army of my Zhao State's Western Expedition was lost! ”

After reading this urgent report, Li Nong was stunned for a moment and said, "What does the king mean, let us withdraw our troops?" ”

Hearing this, Shi Min pursed his lips and said softly, "It's not necessary." I will prepare a recital, saying that my army to conquer the north has defeated the Xianbei people at Coyote Peak, beheaded more than 30,000, and is about to come to Shengle City! It's good to ask the king if he will continue to attack Shengle and fight down! ”

"Good!"

Li Nong looked excited.

can't blame him and Shi Min for not being kind, but the Zhao Kingdom this time out of the second route army, all the way to the west, all the way to the north, there is always a time to make a judgment.

Now the army of the expedition to the west has been defeated, and the army of the expedition to the north has won a complete victory, and will also conquer the capital of the enemy country! Compared with the two, the army of the expedition to the west is naturally dwarfed.

And the victorious army of the northern expedition, when he returned triumphantly, how could Shi Hu not be rewarded?

Daiguo, Shengle.

Acting King Tuoba Shiyigan sat on the throne, glanced at the ministers in the rather humble hall, and then said in a deep voice: "Everyone, the front line is defeated. Our army was defeated at Coyote Peak, losing 30,000 military horses, and now the general Duguxin is gathering the rout and rushing back to Shengle! The widow wants to raise tens of thousands of troops again to defeat the invading Zhao army! ”

"No! Never, my lord! ”

"Why not?"

As soon as Tuoba Shiyigan's words came out, Liang Gai, who was the captain, stood up, hugged his chest, and said: "King, the enemy army is big and menacing, and now they have the momentum of the great victory of the Coyote Peak, and they will fight with the momentum of the great victory, and the momentum will be like a rainbow!" ”

"Why should Lord Taiwei grow the ambition of others and destroy his own prestige?"

Tuoba Shiyiqian looked displeased, and said: "Although the Zhao army is now overwhelming, after all, there are only seventy or eighty thousand soldiers and horses. On behalf of our country, hundreds of thousands of people, and no less than 200,000 people who control the strings, how can we not win in battle? ”

Hearing this, Liang Gai couldn't help but smile bitterly and said: "King, although my country is known as having more than 200,000 people who control the strings, how many tribes can really be convinced of my Xianbei people and loyal to my country?" ”

"In the territory of our country, there are many Han people, Huns, Wuhuan people and Ding Ling people and other foreign races, but they are ostensibly subordinate to our country, but in fact they are just the general trend! If our army is undefeated, they will add the icing on the cake and teach each other, but now that our army has been defeated by Coyote Peak, what can we do? ”

"Then what do you mean, Lord Taiwei, to let the widow surrender and surrender to Zhao?" Tuoba Shiyigan was greatly dissatisfied.

Tuoba Shiyiqian had long been unhappy with Liang Gai, if it weren't for his prestige in Tuoba Xianbei and the strength in his hands, Liang Gai might have been a corpse long ago!

Back then, Tuoba Shiyiqian's eldest brother Tuoba Yiqian succeeded to the throne, so he sent the nine-year-old Tuoba Shiyiqian to Houzhao as a hostage and asked for reconciliation. There are more than 5,000 people who went to Houzhao with Tuoba Shiyiqian, and Tuoba Shiyiqian lived in Houzhao for ten years!

In October of the first year of the founding of the People's Republic of China (338), Tuoba Huai was critically ill, and before his death, he ordered all the lords of the ministry to welcome Tuoba Shiyiqian to succeed him, so that the society could be stable.

After Tuoba Yihuai's death, Liang Gai and others thought that the old lord was in mourning, and Tuoba Shiyiqian was still far away from the country, and they were afraid that it would cause chaos after his arrival, so they prepared to re-establish a new king. Tuoba Huai's second brother Tuoba Qu, fierce and deceitful, not as good as Tuoba Qu's brother Tuoba Gu benevolent, so he killed Tuoba Qu and set up Tuoba Gu, Tuoba Gu disagreed, and personally went to Zhao to ask Tuoba Shiyi to return to China.

In November, Tuoba Shiyiqian succeeded to the throne north of Fanyi City, at the age of nineteen, changed the Yuan Dynasty to establish the state, and divided half of the country to Tuoba Gu.

Because of Liang Gai and these people, Tuoba Shiyiqian almost couldn't inherit the throne of acting king, do you think he can not be angry?

Liang Gai was silent.

At this moment, from the left side of the throne, the rhythmic sound of crutches hitting the floor suddenly sounded.

The ministers looked over and saw a woman with charm still coming out of the bead curtain.

"Ministers, see the Queen Mother!" Qunchen Mountain shouted.

Tuoba Shiyiqian still has a lot of respect for his mother Wang, so at the first time, he stood up and saluted: "Erchen has seen the queen mother!" ”

"King, the old man heard that the Zhao people defeated my army on behalf of the Coyote Peak, and he is about to cross the fancy and come straight to my Shengle, I don't know if it is or not?" Wang asked slowly.

"Yes." Tuoba Shiyigan replied respectfully.

"I don't know how you plan to deal with it, King?"

Hearing this, Tuoba Shiyiqian groaned for a while, and then said: "After returning to his mother, Erchen wants to raise troops again to defeat the invading Zhao army. ”

“……”

Wang was silent for a moment, glanced at the ministers in the main hall again, and said: "The old body was originally a woman's family, according to the etiquette of the Central Plains and the rules of the Han people, he should not interfere in national affairs. But now that the country is in trouble, the old man, as the mother of the king, has to stand up and say what she thinks in her heart! ”

"But it doesn't hurt to say the queen mother."

"King, I don't know what chance you think that the soldiers and horses temporarily recruited by our Xianbei can win against the menacing Zhao army?" Wang asked rhetorically.

"This ...... The strength of our army is more than that of the Zhao army, and most of them are cavalry, which is conducive to fighting in the field and has a favorable location. Now, it is the turn of autumn and winter, and the people of the Central Plains are not good at fighting in winter, but my warriors can adapt to this harsh natural environment. Moreover, now it is the Zhao people who are coming to commit it, and I am united from top to bottom on behalf of the country, and there are people and! ”

"Sun Bin Art of War: Moon War" said: The time, the place, and the people, the three are not allowed, although there is a victory. Now that my country has the right time, the right place, and all three, why can't we win it by fighting? ”

Seeing Tuoba Shiyigan's appearance of being so full of ambition and swearing, Wang couldn't help but shake his head with a look of disappointment and said, "Your Majesty, you have really disappointed me and disappointed my subjects on behalf of the country!" ”

"Mother, why do you say that?" Tuoba Shiyi said stunned.

"How can there be such a simple reason for the country to fight war? As the saying goes, if you kill a thousand enemies, you will lose 800 yourself! The combat effectiveness of the Zhao people is obvious to all. As for what you said, these old people don't know very much, but I only know one thing, that is, we represent the country, we are Tuoba Xianbei, and we can't withstand such a toss! ”

"In the battle of Coyote Peak alone, my country lost more than 30,000 soldiers, of which more than half of the warriors of my Tuoba Department were killed! We are Tuoba Xianbei Division, but there are only four or five hundred thousand people! If one man dies, one less will be able to withstand such a toss? ”

Wang couldn't help but say bitterly: "This is hitting the stone with beautiful jade!" It's not worth it! Even if you can raise your troops again, what if you defeat the invading Zhao army? Zhao is a big country in the Central Plains, with a population of seven or eight million, and can mobilize an army of more than one million people at any time! ”

"Can you beat them once, a second time, a third time? We Xianbei people can't consume their Zhao Kingdom! And the warriors of our Xianbei people are one less to die, without these warriors, what will you use as this acting king? What do we use to deter the Xiaoxiao of the various departments? ”

"What the queen mother said makes sense, and the son has been taught." Tuoba Shiyiqian said with a guilty face.

At this time, Taiwei Liang Gai lowered his hand and said: "What the Queen Mother said is very true! The minister heard that the commander of the Zhao army this time was Shi Min! Who is Shi Min? Although this person is young, he is a person who can fight well, and he is a general who is relied on by Shi Hu. can defeat my army under the predicament of water cut, this person's ability can be seen! ”

"Oh, it's Shi Min?"

When Wang heard this, he was stunned for a moment, and then nodded and said, "For this person, the old man has heard of it a little. In the battle of Changli, the Zhao army was almost defeated, if it weren't for Shi Min's efforts to turn the tide, maybe Zhao would not have been able to launch this war against our country now. ”

"Yes."

Liang Gai bowed his head and said: "Shi Min is really a victorious general!" Not to mention anything else, it was last year's battle of Zhao State's expedition to the south, he shined, won more with less, killed the Jin general Cai Huai, and killed 20,000 Jin troops. Then Yicheng offered advice, quickly broke through the southeast fortified city of Yicheng, and then turned the tide in Hulukou, killing 40,000 Jin troops with fire attack! ”

"With such a famous general, how easy is it to defeat him?"

Hearing this, Wang nodded and said: "Zhao Guo can have such a famous general, it is really a blessing for Shi Hu and Zhao Guo, but it is a great misfortune for our country!" ”

At this time, Tuoba Shiyiqian asked: "Queen Mother, since you can't fight the Zhao army again, then I don't know how we can deal with the upcoming Zhao army?" Do you want to surrender to the Zhao people as Liang Gai said? ”

"Nope." Wang shook his head and said, "It doesn't have to be like this. O king, have you forgotten the habits of our Xianbei people? ”

“……”

Hearing this, Tuoba Shiyiqian hesitated for a moment, and then said, "Queen Mother, you mean, migration?" ”

"Not bad." Wang sighed faintly and said, "King, the old body knows that you are unwilling, but the general trend is inevitable, and you can't force it!" My Xianbei people are originally a nation on horseback, and it is our habit to live by water and grass, so there is no need to fight to the end with the Zhao people. If you can't beat it, you can fight, and if you can't beat it, you can run! ”

"King, do you remember what the old man told you?"

"The country has lived nomadically since its predecessors. Now in the wake of the turmoil of the country, the foundation is not stable. If you build a castle to live, once the enemy comes, it will be difficult to move in a hurry! The king then canceled the plan to set the capital in the second year of the founding of the People's Republic of China, but in the spring of this year, you moved the capital to Shengle Palace in Yunzhong County. This caused Zhao Jun to invade my country. ”

Wang closed his eyes and said, "King, I'm not accusing you of anything. Now that the enemy is present, the only countermeasure is to avoid it without fighting! When Zhao Jun's grain and grass are exhausted and there are no supplies, they will naturally retreat. ”

"Okay."