In the three days starting from the 23rd, large quantities of supplies arrived one after another.
The troops are almost ready one after another.
Before leaving, Shao Xun looked at the way back for the last time.
There are currently more than 10,000 soldiers and horses in Yanmen County. Among them, Yang Huiquan, the governor of the Longxiang shogunate, led the Yanmen prefect (he was dismissed immediately), and he sent a general's troops and his tribe of 4,800 people up the Hutuo River.
, went to the northeastern mountainous area to build a camp at a dangerous location - Shao Xun personally named it "Bottle-shaped Village".
This road was mainly to prevent Qi's mother and son from taking an unusual route when heading west, and suddenly rushed into Yanmen from this place, cutting off the entire army's retreat - they did not do this in the end, but Shao Xun still took precautions.
Liu Run's five thousand cavalry were dispersed throughout Yanmen to suppress the local area. The focus was on keeping the family members of Yuju's tribe in order to increase the cost of their rebellion.
There are also 4,800 soldiers and tribesmen scattered in the passes of Yanmen Pass.
Blind Badong's military department arrived at Yinguan City in mid-June, then handed over the defense to three thousand yellow-headed troops, continued north to the southern wall built by Wang Que'er, and then handed over the defense to three thousand yellow-headed troops...
As of today, Dong Wu's troops have arrived in Xinping.
The four cities of Yanmenguan, Yinguan, Nan, and Xinping (including the temporarily built Tucheng on the south bank of Sanggan River) are the four most important nodes on the rear route of the army. Except for Yanmenguan, they are all garrisoned by the Huangtou Army, which consumes a total of more than 100,000 yuan.
Thousands of troops.
Shao Xun was wary of Wuhuan Zahu who had recently surrendered. He did not trust them at all, so he did not hesitate to leave a large army to cover his retreat.
Yin Xi's troops, who were resting in Mayi, also received orders to move to Yin Guan to the Xinping line to patrol the grain roads and not to be taken advantage of by the enemy - there were no enemies in the rear, and it was easy to know who they were guarding against.
After going over it and finding that the arrangements had been made, on the 26th, he ordered Wang Que'er to lead the Yinqian left camp, a section of the Yi Congjun, 5,000 cavalry from the Yuju tribe, and 8,000 Huangtou troops serving as auxiliaries, and Wu
Huan Ding's force of four thousand, totaling more than twenty-five thousand, left Xinping first and headed straight for Pingcheng, which was more than a hundred miles away.
On the 27th, he led his own army, Yinqian Youying, Chen Liu, Luonan Prefecture soldiers, Yi Congjun first section, Dong Wu tribe, Huangtou army, Wuhuan Dingzhuang 5000, Pu tribe surrendered 7000 troops, the total
More than 49,000 people followed closely behind.
It can be seen that the main force is out in full force and will not give up until the goal is achieved.
With this lineup, even if He Lanai had bad intentions and wanted to compete for Pingcheng, Shao Xun would dare to fight with him.
In the afternoon of that day, several Xianbei envoys arrived from the former army king Que'er.
Shao Xun entertained the envoys in a newly built camp on the roadside - the camp was about forty miles away from Xinping and was still expanding. Its main purpose was to reserve military supplies and food.
"I heard that Liu Yueshi sent you to the throne in the past, but you were not happy, so you were forced to leave." Shao Xun looked at the silver-haired old man in front of him and said curiously: "Later, Liu Yueshi cut five counties in the north of Xingxing and moved the people into Yanmen Pass.
, but you stayed, why?"
Mo Han was also looking at Shao Xun. After hearing this, he came back to his senses and remained silent.
Lu Chen and Zhang Bin, one on the left and one on the right, sat behind Shao Xun. They looked at each other and felt that this person was a bit interesting.
"Stay in Fanju under the orders of Liu Bingzhou." After a long time, Mo Han replied.
"Tuoba Yilu appointed you as General Zuo. He has great trust in you. I'm afraid he doesn't want to leave?" Shao Xun asked softly with a smile on his lips.
Mo Han's expression did not change at all, he just sighed: "Your Majesty is right. In the past, I started as a businessman and worked in various transportation departments. I also met my late grandfather (Tuoba Yilu) and we had a very close friendship. Liu Bingzhou called me
Familiar with Xianbei's internal affairs, he established it as
When I was working as a lieutenant and relocating the people, Liu Gong asked me to stay in order to contact Xianbei. After hearing this, my late father invited me to join the court as an official, which he did. My family has been engaged in grassland and Central Plains business for several generations, and most of the family business is here.
Xingbei, I really can’t bear to leave.”
"You are quite honest." Shao Xun said with a smile: "Yesterday, the scouts came to report that your manor was built like a city, with three gates. On top of the city, there were brave warriors and strong women operating the swords. Even the manor was built like a city.
Old people and young people can shoot bows and arrows, so this industry can be managed well."
"If not, how can we protect ourselves in Xingbei?" Mo Han did not avoid his family's manor.
The city's name is Mohanbi. From the name, you can tell that it is a small but strong city, located on the east bank of Sanggan River (today's Yijing Township, Ying County). It is not on the marching route of the army, otherwise Shao Xun would like to visit it.
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The Mo family is a typical frontier tycoon. They protect themselves by force and get rich through business. They have both sides in the Jin Dynasty and the Jin Dynasty. Both Liu Kun and Tuoba Yilu want him to be an official. The former wants a middleman, while the latter is a united front official.
In addition, the wealthy families indeed lacked talents, so they were reused. In the Tuoba Yilu era, Mohan was ranked second to Wei Cao, Wei Xiong, Ji Dan, Fan Ban, Duan Fan and other Han or Han Chinese people, but his suggestions were also
Often adopted.
"Are you here to bring a message to congratulate Li?" Shao Xun asked, "My army has already marched north from Xinping, don't you think it's too late?"
While he was talking, the carriages and horses on the road not far away were like dragons, and the soldiers were like rain.
The scene of tens of thousands of people marching is unimaginable unless you see it with your own eyes. When you climb up and look into the distance, you feel a sense of satisfaction, as if the world is in your hands.
Mo Han glanced at it unconsciously.
The first time he saw Shao Bing's appearance, to be honest, he was quite shocked. It was much stronger than Sima Teng and Liu Kun's soldiers back then. Perhaps, only such a confident and strong soldier could dare to face Tuoba who dominated the grassland.
Let's fight Xianbei.
The winner from the Central Plains is really confident.
"The king's words are wrong." Mo Han cleared his throat and said: "Defeating the king of Dai (Tuoba Hesei) will only benefit Tuoba Yihuai fisherman, so why bother? Your king has already conquered the five counties of Xingbei.
I must be eager to immigrate to this place.
In fact, educating the barbarians is not something that can be done overnight. If we continue to rush forward greedily and lose the generals, Dongmugen Mountain may be obtained by Yihuai. By then, he will command all the tribes and become the co-leader, wouldn't it be more troublesome than now?
?”
Shao Xun was noncommittal and ordered Huang Zheng, the military governor of the army, to get the map and said: "If the city cannot be pacified, the counties in Xingbei will never be stable. Xingbei is uneasy, Yanmen and Kelan are uneasy, and I have trouble sleeping and eating."
"Your Majesty, must you take Pingcheng?" Mo Han frowned.
"Why don't you tell me what Mrs. Qi is thinking." Shao Xun said: "In this situation, if you don't do something, just retreating with one word will only make people laugh."
Mo Han's heart moved.
What King Liang said is interesting. If you think about it carefully, there seems to be room for improvement.
"If your Majesty can delay the advance of troops, after my lord goes north to defeat Helan Aitou, I would like to dedicate Pingcheng to your Majesty and return to Dongmugen Mountain to clean up the old troops." Mo Han said: "If Your Majesty sends his troops to advance in a hurry, our lord will be forced to withdraw his troops.
We face the battle, regardless of the outcome, but it gives Helan Ai a good opportunity to attack the city and win over the tribes. Isn’t it contrary to the king’s wishes?”
Shao Xun thought deeply after hearing this.
He knew very well that Mo Han was trying to drive a wedge between Liang, Wang and Helan, and in fact these three parties had their own agendas.
Although the Wuhuan Wang family has careful thoughts and their own interests, the overall situation is still controllable. They also really want to capture Pingcheng and connect with Daijun and Guangning, which they think is the basis for their survival - this is actually already
It was larger than the territory owned by Wuhuan King Kuxian back then.
According to the conditions set by Wang Feng before the war, they were willing to sacrifice Daijun and Guangning in order to restore the country.
What does this mean? They want to have all the territory of Tuoba Xianbei, including Shengle and the northern and southern capitals of Pingcheng. For this reason, they can abandon Daijun and Guangning.
But is this the result Shao Xun hopes for? Of course not.
His highest strategic goal is to build the defense line to the Yinshan Mountains and establish a puppet regime north of the Yinshan Mountains to permanently split Xianbei. For this reason, he only used the Wang family and the Helan family and did not really help them.
If the highest goal cannot be achieved at the moment, he will review the battle situation and make flexible adjustments.
Based on this idea, considering that Helan Aitou's progress is really rapid, maybe it really should be adjusted?
Seeing Shao Xun thinking, Mo Han breathed a sigh of relief.
What Mrs. Qi said was true. Shao Xun absolutely did not want to see Helan Ai and Tuoba Yihuai, the uncle and nephew, getting stronger day by day. He was just taking advantage of the Wuhuan Wang family. If the situation did not go as he hoped,
direction of development, he will definitely adjust his strategy
According to the strategy, the most miserable person will not be their mother and son, nor Yi Huai or Helan Aitou, but the Wang family and Shi Yijian - they may get nothing, and the best outcome is to establish a country in Xingbei and Pingcheng.
But all the power in the country was in the hands of Shao Xun.
"I'll think about this again." Shao Xun waved his hand and said.
Huang Zheng understood and stood up to ask Mo Han to leave.
Mo Han bowed, turned and left.
"Your Majesty." Seeing Mo Han walking away, Zhang Bin immediately said, "The Qi family is definitely not willing to offer Pingcheng. This is a tactic to delay the attack."
Shao Xun nodded slightly.
Pingcheng is the southern capital of the Dai Kingdom, and it has certain political significance. After the Qi family returned to the army, they did not go straight to Dongmugen Mountain, but came to Pingcheng. There was a reason for this - if Pingcheng was not defended, the prestige would be further lost, and the tribes would rebel.
Just more.
According to Mo Han, the Qi family and their son would sacrifice Pingcheng after defeating Helan Aitou. This is nonsense because it is political suicide.
"If your Majesty is troubled by the rise of Yi Huai, I have a plan." Lu Chen suddenly said.
"Tell me." Shao Xun was a little surprised that it was not Zhang Bin who suggested the idea first.
Lu Chen stood up, bowed first, and looked a little excited.
He spread out a map and said: "Helan Aitou has led the elite of the country to the east. This meeting should be in the northwest of Dongmugen Mountain to recruit the tribes to surrender, and may also make an alliance with the leaders of the tribes. The king may wish to select the elite,
From Mayi to the north, pass through the old territory of Yanmen in the Han Dynasty, and go straight to Shengle. Yihuai's troops are gathered from all directions. They have no people's hearts and have shallow foundations. Once they are attacked, they may not really be willing to fight to the death. If
If we continue to use the banner of Shi Yi Jian, we may be able to break some people's hearts."
Shao Xun was silent and didn't say anything.
Lu Chen's plan is too taken for granted, and even if it is really implemented, now is not a good opportunity and can only be used as an alternative.
"Your Majesty, it's better to go north at this time." Zhang Bin said: "If we don't even reach Pingcheng, not many people will be willing to come and vote. Moreover, if we openly betray the alliance and damage our reputation, we will gain temporary benefits, but there will be endless troubles in the long run."
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Lu Chen's face turned slightly red when he heard this.
"Go north, don't stop!" Shao Xun thought for a moment, then eliminated all interference and made the final decision.
Chapter completed!