Chapter 219 Seeing through the truth

On his way back from Zhi County in embarrassment, Mu Guan met Qiu Dui, who was still on his way. Seeing that Mu Guan's face was still glowing when he left, but his face was gray when he came back, Qiu Dui panicked for no reason.

"Lieutenant, why is this so?"

Mu Guan felt relieved after seeing Qiu Dui.

On the way, he looked back several times to see if the Song army was catching up with him. When he saw Qiu Dui, he looked back worriedly, and then he hid his face in pain.

"I'm waiting for King Zhongde to trick me!"

When Mu Guan and Qiu Dui told about the war, Qiu Dui was also shocked.

"How could this be?"

Qiu Dui reined in the horse's head for a moment, not knowing whether to move forward or backward.

If we go backwards, the last hope of the Northern Wei Dynasty will be gone.

No one would regard defeating Liu Yu head-on as the answer, only adopting strange strategies.

Can move forward...

At this time, Qiu Dui looked at Mu Guan with some complaints, but he didn't want to get angry.

If Mu Guan could hold on for a while, he might be able to counterattack and annihilate Wang Zhongde's troops when the Qiudui army arrived from behind.

But now...

One after another, Mu Guan's subordinates have joined the team and described the progress of the battlefield ahead in a panicked tone, causing chaos in their own army.

At present, the morale has been extremely low. If we go to fight with Wang Zhongde's troops who have just experienced the victory, they may be seized by the opponent.

"It's really..."

Qiu Dui forced himself to cheer up and comforted Mu Guan.

"Lieutenant Mu, we will retreat first, and then come back to fight Wang Zhongde after we reorganize our troops!"

"The enemy is just using cunning tactics to confuse us, and his actual strength is only 10,000. We can naturally annihilate the enemy's army if we work together!"

Having said that, regardless of whether Mu Guan believed it or not, Qiu Dui had already asked people to retreat and began to block Mu Guan's cavalry coming from behind, telling them not to spread fear in their own army formation.

Mu Guan had no master at this time, so he naturally followed Qiu Dui, and followed Qiu Dui back to his eldest son in despair.

Compared to Mu Guan, Qiu Dui was even more depressed at this time.

His own subordinates clearly didn't even see the shadow of the enemy, but the morale of Mu Guan's subordinates who escaped back was affected.

Why can each Song army swallow clouds, spit out mist, and summon heavenly fire?

Why are the Song armies so powerful that they can push chariots as high as a hill for thousands of miles in a day?

The most outrageous thing is that Wang Zhongde is a monster with three heads and six hands, just like the Shura God in Buddhism...

Song Jun would be beaten if he really did that!

Qiu Dui also knows why there are such exaggerated rumors.

Most likely it was because some Northern Wei cavalry hated their own cowardice and abandoned their fellow tribesmen.

But they were unwilling to admit that it was their fault, so they began to brag about the enemy's strength to cover up their own incompetence.

There is even the shadow of Mu Guan behind this. After all, the important reason for the failure was Mu Guan's poor command. There may be some factors in this that exonerate himself.

But what if he sees through it? Qiu Dui can still kill Mu Guan and use him as a sacrificial flag?

It is true that Qiudui was a Xianbei noble, but Mu Guan was not only a Xianbei noble, but also the emperor's consort.

Among the nomadic people whose status is based on blood, Mu Guan's status is even higher than Qiudui.

This made Qiu Dui feel helpless and could only pray that Tuoba Si, who was in Hedong, could hold on for a little longer...

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"Your Majesty! I really can't hold it any longer!"

Almost all the Northern Wei soldiers in Hedong were afraid!

No one thought Liu Yu would be so crazy!

For several days in a row, every day was a brutal all-out attack.

Liu Yu seemed to have become a fledgling young man who was using the lives of Song soldiers and soldiers to compete with the Northern Wei Dynasty.

In just a few days, four thousand people were killed in the Northern Wei army and over ten thousand were injured!

Of course, the Song army was not having a hard time. When counting the corpses at night, Tuoba Si was sure that the casualties of the Song army were only a lot more than those of the Northern Wei Dynasty.

The problem is...

Liu Yu has more people than Tuoba Si!

And several times more!

If this continues, even if we fight to the death of the last Xianbei tribesman, we may not be able to win.

"Liu Yu, Liu Yu!"

Tuoba Si was frightened by Liu Yu's madness.

This desperate attack seemed like the Song army was the one being violated. Each one of them was brave and fearless of death, which made the Northern Wei cavalry feel inexplicably aggrieved.

Obviously I am the one who is forced to take up arms and resist!

Now this makes the opponent's will stronger than mine?

Tuoba Si also understood what was going on with this confused emotion.

But he couldn't say.

Having said that, the legitimacy of the Northern Wei regime was completely gone.

The order of legitimacy of Liu Song is Early Han, Later Han, Cao Wei, Western Jin, Eastern Jin, and Liu Song.

This is also the reason why Liu Yu did not restore the country's name to "Han".

If Liu Yu restored the "Han" title, he would be taking over the baton directly from the Eastern Han Dynasty and not recognizing the legitimacy of Cao Wei and the two Jin Dynasties.

Not recognizing the legitimacy of these two dynasties means not recognizing the existence of the family regime.

At that time, the aristocratic family will definitely fight to the death with Liu Song, and the entire aristocratic family class will go against the Liu Song regime. This is a matter of principle.

The northern nomads also have their own "legitimacy."

When Liu Yuan of the Xiongnu proclaimed himself emperor, the country's name was "Han", which also showed that he inherited the orthodox power of Liu Chan, the later master of the Shu Han Dynasty, and set up a banner for his rebellion against the Jin Dynasty and his family.

After Liu Yuan's death, the former Zhao Dynasty and Later Zhao Dynasty, which split apart, naturally inherited Liu Yuan's legitimacy.

Later, Ran Wei and Qian Yan took over the position of Later Zhao.

Fu Jian of the former Qin Dynasty inherited the legitimacy of the former Zhao Dynasty.

The current Northern Wei Dynasty took over from the former Qin Dynasty.

Don't ask how a Xianbei regime could take over from Fu Jian, who was a member of the Di ethnic group. That's what people say anyway!

After all, even Liu Yuan, a Huns, dared to take over from the Han clan. Is there any problem with Xianbei taking over from the Di clan? No problem!

But that being said...

The top brass all know that the legitimacy of the northern regime is nonsense...

The true orthodoxy has always been in the hands of the Jin Dynasty, but now it is in the hands of Liu Yu.

This kind of "orthodoxy" brings power in Confucian culture that is comparable to the level of "belief."

Therefore, it is not surprising that the Song Army is so fierce.

On the contrary, the Northern Wei Dynasty claimed to have inherited the former Qin Dynasty, and their own people were confused.

What?

I have something to do with Fu Jian?

Are you kidding me?

Who is Fu Jian? Do I know him?

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This kind of inner self-confidence advantage could not be established by the soldiers of the Northern Wei Dynasty, which is why they gradually began to fear the Song army.

At this time, Tuoba Si had been defeated from the front and had even given up any hope of holding Liu Yu back.

He just hoped that Mu Guan and Qiu Dui would never let him down. In this way, the Northern Wei Dynasty would have a chance to turn defeat into victory!

What Tuoba Si didn't know was that not only Mu Guan had lost control, but also Liu Yu, who was opposite him, had seen through the reality of the Northern Wei Dynasty.

"As I expected, the Northern Wei Dynasty indeed divided its troops and went to Shangdang County. General Wang Zhongde has already noticed the Northern Wei Dynasty's intention."

In that case...

Doesn't it mean that Tuoba Si is really empty now, instead of having an ambush waiting for him?

Thinking of this, Liu Yu raised the corners of his mouth.

You dare to divide your troops in the face of me...

Tuoba Si, have you always been so brave?
Chapter completed!