After a short discussion, it was finally decided that Zhuge Liang, Yuwen Chengdu and Luo Cheng would lead 30,000 cavalry to carry out the final core task.
Huo Qubing, Long Qie, Ran Min, Luo Yi, and Xiang Yu led 21,000 cavalry, brought all the flags, and disguised themselves as an army marching into Mobei. They continued to execute the scorched earth tactics and at the same time attracted Murong Ke's attention.
past.
When Xiang Yu learned that Long Qie and Huo Qubing were going to leave the fortress, he asked Zhuge Liang to go with them. Zhuge Liang agreed without thinking. After all, with Xiang Yu's level of masters around, Huo Qubing and the others would also be able to cope with this trip.
Safer.
In order to ensure the safety of Huo Qubing during his trip, Zhuge Liang handed over all the bows, arrows, javelins and other cavalry warfare materials in his army to Huo Qubing. After all, the most important thing in cavalry combat was arrows.
The preparations before the army left the fortress were also very sufficient. Eight million arrows were prepared, and a full thousand and six carriages were used to transport them. This also directly emptied the Jinyang armory.
But even if he prepared so many arrows, it was still not enough, because Zhuge Liang didn't know how many battles he would fight, and arrows were consumed very quickly, so before, the Han army would recycle arrows after every battle.
arrow.
But even if the Han army recovered arrows while fighting, the total number of arrows of the Han army continued to decline, and now there are only less than 4 million arrows left.
Zhuge Liang gave all four million arrows to Huo Qubing to ensure that he would have enough arrows to use. In addition, he also gave 21,000 cavalry to the north, all equipped with luxurious equipment of one person and four riders.
Of course, these war horses were all captured from Yuan Meng. After all, they slaughtered more than a dozen tribes of Yuan Meng and defeated Huchuquan's 150,000 cavalry. Now, the most indispensable thing for the army out of the fortress is war horses.
In addition, Zhuge Liang also gave Huo Qubing 10,000 pieces of armor, so that every soldier heading north to Mobei would have armor to wear.
Zhuge Liang gave three-quarters of the army's supplies to the army going north, as if he would not give up until he was armed to the teeth. However, even this could only increase their survival rate, not ensure that they could all survive.
Come back alive.
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Outside Dragon City.
When he learned that Huchuquan not only went to war without permission, but was also defeated by the Han army. When the 150,000-strong army lost 130,000, Murong Ke could no longer sit still and directly abandoned the army and rushed back to Long.
city.
Looking at the capital outside the city, a trace of thought flashed in Murong Ke's eyes. No wonder Huchuquan couldn't help it. Zhuge Liang was too vicious this time.
"Someone will destroy this capital and bury all the bones somewhere." Murong Ke ordered.
"promise."
Later, Murong Ke entered the city with a group of guards and immediately met Tuo Lei and the Manchu civil and military officials from the Yuan and Meng Dynasties.
At this time, the ministers of Yuan and Meng were not as aggressive as before. Most of them lowered their heads and did not speak, while a small number of people were shirking responsibilities to each other.
Murong Ke ignored these people and said to Tuo Lei: "King Tuo Lei, Zhuge Liang's method of provoking generals is so obvious, why didn't you stop King Huchuquan?"
Tuo Lei glanced at Murong Ke and said with a bitter look on his face: "Why didn't I stop him? But the whole court was so excited that he couldn't stop him at all. Besides, no one thought that Zhuge Liang had mastered the lost Fire Ox Formation.
Zhuge Liang and Huo Bing fought all the way and robbed many cows. As long as the Fire Bull Formation is there, our army will not dare to get close. How can we fight this battle?"
Murong Ke knew that now was not the time to pursue the responsibility, so he immediately said: "Don't worry, the advantages of the Fire Ox Formation are obvious, and the shortcomings are equally obvious. I will not give the Han army a chance to use the Fire Ox Formation."
Seeing the confident look on Murong Ke's face, Tuo Lei couldn't help but have a flash of surprise in his eyes. Did Murong Ke find a way to crack the Fire Bull Formation so quickly?
Before Kai Tuo Lei could ask more questions, another soldier suddenly came to report: "I would like to report to King Qi, General Murong, that the entire Han army is marching north, with unknown intentions."
"north?"
Murong Ke and Tuo Lei screamed at the same time. Tuo Lei frowned and said: "One hundred thousand main cavalry will arrive at Dragon City tomorrow. The Han army that must die did not flee south as soon as possible, but went north instead? Did Zhuge Liang really think that just by
Can a Fire Ox Formation be able to resist the power of our Great Yuan Kingdom?"
Murong Ke also frowned. Hearing Tuo Lei's words, he immediately retorted: "Impossible. As a disciple of Guigu, it is impossible for Zhuge Liang to be so unwise. He must have another purpose for this move."
"Then what is his purpose?"
"I don't know, maybe they just want to severely damage me, Dayuan, and have no intention of going back alive."
Although Murong Ke didn't know Zhuge Liang's intentions, he knew one thing, that is, he could not let the Han army continue to slaughter in Mobei.
You must know that most of the tribes in Monan have now migrated to Mobei. At this time, Mobei has nearly half of the population of Yuanmeng. If anything goes wrong, the foundation of Yuanmeng will be severely damaged.
The next day, the 100,000 Yuan Meng main force commander arrived at Longcheng without making any stop, and was led by Murong Ke to Mobei to encircle and exterminate the Han army.
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Hetao, Yinshan County.
"What? You said tens of thousands of Han troops have entered the hinterland of Yinshan County?"
After receiving the news, Murong Ke was shocked at first, and then naturally became furious.
"What is the use of you guys? Tens of thousands of troops are crossing the border, and no one notices it. Are all of them blind? Do you have to wait until the Han army enters Yinshan City before you can see it?"
Murong Chui knew without even thinking that the living Han army that penetrated deep into Yinshan Mountain must be here to save Yinshan City.
After Murong Ke brought the 100,000 cavalry from Zhenbeiguan back to the grassland, Yuanmeng only had 50,000 elites and 150,000 slave troops left in Yinshan County, but even so, it was more than enough to capture Yinshan City.
Under Murong Chui's steady and steady tactics, even Li Jing didn't have much room to perform. Yinshan City's defenses were constantly under attack. Both the main army and the militia suffered heavy losses. Now they are almost running out of ammunition and food.
situation.
If reinforcements from the Han army were allowed to enter Yinshan City at this time, all Murong Chui's previous efforts would be in vain, and the attack on Yinshan would be delayed for who knows how long.
"Come here, drag this guy who has neglected his duties down and deal with him according to military law." Murong Chui ordered expressionlessly.
The commander kneeling below suddenly changed his expression and kept kowtowing to beg for mercy, but Murong Chui had no reaction at all.
Following a scream, a head was brought in by the guards. Seeing this, the generals were all silent, not even daring to take a breath.