Chapter 480 Invasion like fire

Tuoba Tao's courage obviously infected other Wei troops. These Xianbei warriors raised their weapons high and followed Tuoba Tao and roared.

One day later.

Tuoba Tao finally saw the Song Army's sentry post.

This opportunity was the easternmost bridgehead of the Song Army. Before they could discover him in advance, Tuoba Tao led his men to directly touch it and surrounded the sentry post.

"Woo! Woo!"

"Enemy attack! Enemy attack!"

The Song troops at the sentry post immediately issued an urgent cry, while others were eager to light the beacon fire at the sentry post.

Tuoba Tao bent his bow and set up an arrow. He had been familiar with bows and horses since he was a child. Even though he was two hundred steps away, he could still shoot an arrow through the throat of the Song army and kill all the Song soldiers in the sentry post.

Arriving at the sentry post, Tuoba Tao watched the corpses of Song soldiers fall one after another on the path where the beacon was lit, and followed their footsteps to the beacon tower at the back of the sentry post.

The last Song soldier was only one step away from here, and with the burning torch in his hand, he was only a few inches away from reaching the beacon tower.

Tuoba Tao leaned down and took out the torch from the hands of the Song soldiers, and then raised it high.

"It's up to me to light this fire!"

After saying that, all the Wei soldiers threw the torches into the beacon tower with excited expressions.

"Let this beacon fire follow Yanshan Mountain, Fenshui River, and Guanzhong to inform Liu Yizhen and inform the world. I! Tuoba Tao! is back!"

The raging fire exploded from the beacon fire, and the huge wolf smoke shot straight into the sky, which was particularly dazzling in the sky.

The officers and soldiers of the Wei army also cheered.

"We're back!"

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"Report! General! Xi Jin leads five thousand cavalry to approach Fan Yang!"

"Report! General! Qiu Dui leads five thousand cavalry to attack the Bohai Sea!"

"Report! General! Tuoba Tao is leading the main force of the Wei army to surround Yan County at this moment!"

"..."

As soon as Tuoba Tao entered Hebei, his aggressive combat attitude was clearly exposed!

Zhu Chaoshi and Shen Qingzhi, who were responsible for guarding Hebei, both understood after hearing the news from the front line that Tuoba Tao was serious this time! Instead of just harassing him like last time!

"Looking at it this way, I'm afraid the strategy of the imperial princes has not worked."

Zhu Chaoshi and Shen Qingzhi knew the court's attitude, which was not to fight the Wei army as much as possible, but to wait for two or three years to wait for the north and the Central Plains to recover before engaging in a decisive battle with Tuoba Tao.

But judging from Tuoba Tao's current offensive, this plan is likely to go bankrupt.

"The main force of Tuoba Tao appears in Yan County, and it is obvious that Yan County cannot be saved!"

"But Fan Yang must not break it! Once Fan Yang breaks it, the whole of Hebei will be in danger!"

Yanjun was originally a buffer zone between the two countries, and most of its population had been moved to the interior. It didn't hurt to lose Zhu Chaoshi, and the court would not blame him.

But Fanyang is located to the north of Fanshui, and is a rare strategic military town in Hebei. Once Fanyang is lost, the entire Hebei will be exposed to Tuoba Tao's military strength.

"And Bohai."

Shen Qingzhi has been by Zhao Lunzhi's side all year round to help him analyze the situation, and now he is quite familiar with the situation.

"Once the Bohai Sea is lost, the cavalrymen can go south along the Bohai Sea and reach the Qingzhou area!"

If Tuoba Tao really touches Qingzhou, it will inevitably cause turmoil in the Central Plains. By then, the two of them will be guilty!

"General Shen! You immediately bring 10,000 people north to support Fan Yang!"

As for the Bohai Sea, Zhu Chaoshi planned to go there in person.

"Also, please send a report to the court as soon as possible."

"Now, it is not a question of whether we want to fight, but a question of whether we must fight!"

Zhu Chaoshi and Tuoba Tao had fought against each other several times, and he had some understanding of Tuoba Tao's temper.

"This man is like a greedy tiger. If the battle goes smoothly, his bloodthirsty nature will be stimulated, so when fighting him... you must not give up an inch of ground!"

Shen Qingzhi gritted his teeth when he heard this: "I will definitely defend Fan Yang! I won't give Tuoba Tao a chance to advance!"

"good!"

After Zhu Chaoshi finished the arrangement, he also led his troops towards the Bohai Sea: "I hope the imperial court can wake up a little bit! If Tuoba Tao is really released, the next battle will be difficult!"

In addition to dispatching troops and punishing generals, Zhu Chaoshi also sent a document to Hejian King Liu Yilong, now the nominal supreme commander of Hebei Province, asking him to immediately organize people in the rear to support the front line.

Just when Zhu Chaoshi rushed to Hejian Kingdom, Liu Yilong secretly greeted another big shot here.

"Captain Du, long time no see."

The person coming was none other than Du Ji.

Du Ji secretly rushed to Hebei from Chang'an, just to forcibly cut off the lines between the aristocratic families and the Northern Wei Dynasty.

After seeing Liu Yilong, Du Ji's eyes also lit up.

During the years when Liu Yilong was guarding Hebei, he himself also grew up rapidly. Not only did he get rid of the carefree look he had when he was a child, he even gave people some dazzling feelings.

"King Hejian, His Majesty's documents have arrived a few days ago. I think King Hejian also knows that this matter is of great importance and must be resolved quickly."

"Don't worry, Governor Du, I know this."

Liu Yilong was indeed wearing some shadow of Liu Yizhen at the moment, and he was neither humble nor overbearing when he spoke, and he easily explained the situation in Hebei to Du Ji.

"The Hebei aristocratic family has been away from the imperial court for a long time. They have stayed together for so many years to be able to resist the barbarians in the north."

"But because of this, the intimacy between these Hebei aristocratic families is far beyond our imagination. Their families have intermarried with each other, and they have long been able to have me among you, and you among me. Their power cannot be counted only in one county and one county. among the states.”

Liu Yilong also gave Du Ji an example -

"The Cui family of Qinghe, where Cui Hao, the prime minister of the Northern Wei Dynasty, was born, not only has the same family as the Boling Cui family, but is also related by marriage to the Lu family of Fan Yang, the Guo family of Taiyuan, and the Liu family of Hedong. The situation is not optimistic."

When talking about the Guo family in Taiyuan, Liu Yilong paused and marked: "That's the Guo family in your majesty's harem."

"Ahem."

Du Ji coughed a few times and looked at Liu Yilong helplessly.

He is considered an old man next to Liu Yizhen, and he also knows that Guo was sent to Liu Yizhen's bed by the unreliable King of Hejian...

Liu Yilong felt a little guilty when he saw Du Ji's eyes. As soon as he felt guilty, his previous momentum disappeared.

"But fortunately, these aristocratic families are not all monolithic. For example, with the Bohai Gao family..."

While Liu Yilong was still analyzing the chaos of the Hebei family to Du Ji, Zhu Chaoshi's scouts finally arrived at the Hejian Kingdom.

"Tuoba Tao has begun to attack!"

Just when Liu Yilong and Du Jiru were struck by lightning, a secret report from the Jin Yiwei was quietly delivered to Du Ji.

After Du Ji read the secret report, he, who was always calm, actually stood up and uttered a curse word.

Liu Yilong felt a little dizzy when he took the secret report.

I saw the secret report clearly written——

"Guo Yi, the governor of Yecheng, rebelled!"
Chapter completed!