The mantis stalks the cicada, but the oriole is behind. Just as the Xianbei coalition forces were fighting to the death with Gongsundu's Liaodong army, Zheng Yu suddenly sent troops to the north and east. He also sent the main force of the northern and southern armies to enter the fringes of the Liaodong battlefield for deterrence. Su Li and Yuwen Mohuai were unexpected, and hit their fatal point with one blow. Eastern Xianbei faced a critical moment of life and death.

The family was gone. The army's logistics supply line was cut off. Even the important places for storing grain, grass and other combat supplies were taken away by Taishi Ci. He formed a strategic encirclement of the Xianbei Allied Forces, putting the Xianbei Allied Forces in an extremely unfavorable situation of being besieged and annihilated from the north and the south. At this time, Su Li and Yuwen Mohuai had less than 100,000 troops in their hands. How to escape these 100,000 people was the top priority before them.

Inside the main tent of the Xianbei Allied Forces outside Tucheng, the atmosphere during the meeting seemed extremely dull.

The soldiers in the tent all lowered their heads and looked sad. But this is a fact. It can no longer be changed. Therefore, the soldiers who were furious at first and wanted to kill back for revenge faced the two huge weapons deployed by Zheng Yu. In front of the pliers, I had to give up the idea of ​​marching westward. I knew that once these two pliers were closed, it would be the end of the Xianbei Allied Army.

Yuwen Mohuai and Suli, the leaders of the dignified tent, looked extremely gloomy. When they learned that Zheng Yu suddenly sent troops to sneak attack on their tribe's territory, all their families were captured, and they occupied the allied army's grain and grass material reserve and cut off the material supply line. Both of them were so shocked that they fell to the ground, their faces turned ashen.

I was thinking in my mind, "It's over. It's completely over."

After the generals in the tent heard such bad news, they all asked to go back to their hometowns and fight to the death with Zheng Yu's troops. Among them, Su Li also insisted on marching westward to fight Zheng Yu's troops. "His mother. Yes. Zheng Yu's move is too cruel. It is equivalent to putting the Xianbei tribe in the east to death. Brother Huaitou, now we must open up a retreat to the west and return to the territory. Otherwise, this Liaodong is already our death place. There is no way. It’s full of life.”

Su Li secretly sighed and said, He is the most powerful general of Xianbei, while Yuwen Mohuai is resourceful and decisive. Both soldiers are brave men in battle. They are a very effective army. They took advantage of Wuhuan and Gongsun. Use the opportunity to fight and advance into Liaodong. The final goal is to occupy Liaodong and Goguryeo and other places, open up territory for Xianbei, and plan to move the Xianbei tribe to this area to live.

They sent troops to Goguryeo very quickly and decisively and quickly occupied most of it. After killing Jinyang and occupying Wandu, they did not rest. Instead, they immediately took the opportunity to attack southward in an attempt to quickly eliminate Gongsun Du's main force and occupy Liaodong County. They all thought they had a plan, but they didn't expect that Zheng Yu would suddenly send out troops with a thunderous force, cutting off their retreat and occupying their lair, causing the Xianbei Allied Forces to immediately face a critical moment of life and death.

"Alas." Yuwen Mohuai sighed. Then he added: "Su Li, do you think we can still go back? In the land of Liaodong, Zheng Yu's Zheng Family Army is the most combat-effective army. Not to mention Zheng Yu is a hero in the world, with great martial arts skills. Even his generals are all fierce generals. There is no chance of winning against him. When the time comes, all the capital we have is spent, and Xianbei is really finished. Completely finished."

After being shocked, the two men immediately calmed down. They knew that if anything went wrong at this time, the entire army would be annihilated. They shouldered the heavy responsibility of letting these 100,000 people escape. They had to be cautious.

"Then what do you think we should do?" Su Li said in a low voice. For him, this battle was a great shame. Although he was unwilling to accept it, he did not dare to joke about the lives of the last 100,000 people. The key is not to I dare to joke about these last seeds in eastern Xianbei.

The two armies are a temporarily formed coalition. According to the agreement between the two parties, when fighting together, Yuwen Mohuai will serve as the commander.

At this time, he looked resolute and said decisively: "We have no home now. We can only sink our boats and go east. Keep going east. It would be best if we can annihilate the Liaodong Army. If not, we must seize Gongsun Du's food and grass. Let us survive for a while. After a while. If we can finally cross the Mazi River, we may be able to cooperate with Wu Da to completely annihilate Gongsun Du, occupy Lelang, and lead the way to find a place to live."

The generals in the audience could only nod in approval. After they calmed down, they also understood that Zheng Yu's open pincer shape was a huge trap waiting for the Xianbei army to jump in. The shadow of a human bark tree. Zheng Yu's reputation has long been It created a huge deterrent among the Xianbei army. They were unwilling to fight the Zheng Army. They felt that the Liaodong Army could fight.

This is the reason why weak enemies are always picked on the battlefield.

Su Li's face was sad, but he could only say: "The way back is cut off. We can only move forward. Everyone wakes up. We must capture the Tucheng immediately. There is a large amount of food and supplies in the city. As long as we seize these food and supplies .We can survive this winter safely. We all must fight with all our might to fight against Liu Yi's Liaodong Army."

Next, a battle of unprecedented scale broke out outside Tucheng. In addition, the moat was completely frozen. The Xianbei people's attack became more fierce. Tucheng looked like it could not be defended.

On the wall of Tucheng, Liu Yi and Yang Yi discussed strategies against the enemy.

Because Gongsun Du returned to Xi'an, Liu Yi was appointed as the commander in charge of the defense of Tucheng. His purpose was to defend Tucheng. When the Xianbei army retreated to the west to fight against the Zheng family's army, he could either attack it from the tail, or continue to sit on the mountain and watch the tiger fight. But the result was completely unexpected. The Xianbei army not only did not retreat, but instead attacked Tucheng even more fiercely.

"What happened?" Liu Yi asked Yang Yi beside him with a cold face. He really didn't understand.

"Yeah. I really can't understand. The Xianbei Allied Forces have been taken away from their home and taken the retreat. Aren't they ready to go back?" Yang Yi stared at the Xianbei Allied Forces who launched a desperate siege. Her heart was full of doubts. "Maybe they want to annihilate our army and continue to develop eastward."

Liu Yi looked at it for a while and then said: "It seems so. Su Li and Yuwen Mohuai are both crazy. They are trying to attack our Liaodong Army. They even want to annihilate me and seize Liaodong for a place to live. There is another way. It may be that they are trying to march eastward to the east of Mazi River. They are following the example of the Wuhuan coalition forces in Wuda. Damn it, it is really a waste of money. We must be prepared to withdraw our troops. We will never fight to the death with the Xianbei coalition forces. Send people there immediately. Lord, the battle situation in Liaodong may undergo major changes."

After Liu Yi finished speaking, he took Yang Yi and Shi Shi's attendants and hurried down the city to the main tent.

Although Liu Yi was a civilian official, he was a decisive person. Once he decided to withdraw, he would never be sloppy. Instead, he immediately made deployments and sent 10,000 troops to start heading eastward. At the same time, he dispatched fast cavalry to show the latest situation of the Xianbei coalition forces. and informed Gongsun Du of his thinking and judgment on the development of the war situation.

It had only been more than a day since the forward troops were dispatched. Liu Yi received a report saying that he had found more than 20,000 cavalry in Xianbei, bypassing Tucheng from the south and heading towards Xi'anping. This news frightened Liu Yi and Yang Yi to the point of despair. They immediately ordered the entire army. Alternate cover and withdraw to Xi'anping.

A large-scale battle broke out between the armies of both sides outside Xi'anping. Then, after capturing Tucheng, the main force of Xianbei immediately marched eastward. Following Liu Yi's army, they attacked eastward. Liu Yi had to give up the encirclement and annihilation of the Xianbei surprise attack troops and retreated instead. Xi'anping stood firm. However, in this battle, the Liaodong Army lost more than 10,000 people. The main force safely retreated to Xi'anping City.

Gongsun Kang led more than 10,000 people from the east bank of the Mazi River to cross the river for reinforcements. He informed the Wuhuan coalition forces in Wuda that they had begun to evacuate Daifang County and returned to the Han River line. Ma Bian had been completely occupied by the Wuhuan coalition forces. They are now Rest and recuperation. Gongsundu was worried that Uda would attack again, so he had to reserve 80,000 infantry and cavalry in the leadership for emergency response.

Because Liu Yi led his troops to retreat in a hurry, the Xianbei allied forces took away a considerable part of the grain and grass supplies. The food shortage problem was temporarily alleviated. Then, the Xianbei army took advantage of the ice on the moat and immediately launched an siege campaign against Xi'anping. Gongsun Du gave the order again Thirty thousand cavalry were mobilized from the Lelang and Daifang front lines to come for reinforcements.

In the ice and snow, both sides went back and forth, killing each other until rivers of blood flowed.

By the time the news reached Zheng Yu's camp, several days had passed.

In the main tent, Zheng Yu sat at the head of the throne. Li Ji and Wu Min sat on either side. Zhao Yun, his officers above the rank of captain, and Lu Ziqi, who had just returned from the north, all looked at Zheng Yu seriously. They heard that Xianbei had captured Tucheng. Taking advantage of the victory and marching eastward to surround Xi'anping, it was inevitable that I would feel happy.

Li Ji curled her lips and said with a smile: "Gongsun Du is stealing chickens but losing rice. The Battle of Tucheng and the subsequent encounter with the Xianbei sneak attack troops caused the Liaodong Army to lose at least 10,000 people." A large amount of food and supplies. This rice is quite eaten." After saying that, she couldn't help laughing. But she suddenly thought that it was a military meeting, so she quickly covered her mouth and gave Zheng Yu an embarrassed look. .Looking apologetic.

Zheng Yu didn't take it seriously. He also had a happy face. He said in his heart that Gongsun Du's power continued to be weakened. It would be most beneficial to the Zheng family army. He thought silently in his heart: Let's fight. Keep fighting. He also grinned when he thought of the happiness. Laughing loudly. The generals in the audience were happy to see their lord. They also whispered to each other and laughed non-stop.

Most of them were brought out from Qingzhou by Zheng Yu. Now they are basically all captains of thousands.

Wu Min took over and said: "I think Liu Yi is a great talent. He was very decisive in breaking out. If he had not broken out in time this time, he would have been outflanked by the Xianbei coalition forces. Forty thousand people would have been wiped out." Then he turned to ask Zheng Yu. : "Master Governor, right?"

Before Zheng Yu could answer, the audience laughed softly. Wu Min felt it was strange. But Li Ji told her, "When you call me husband, sometimes you call me husband and sometimes you call me an adult. No wonder they laugh."

Wu Min blushed and defended in a low voice: "When there are outsiders, I call you Lord Governor. When there are no outsiders, I call you Sir. Is that wrong?"

Li Ji said with a "chichi" smile: "Don't say it anymore. You don't have a good grasp at all. When there are outsiders, you often call me husband." Wu Min usually doesn't pay much attention to it. It's really uncomfortable to be said like this by Li Ji. Feel good.
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