Facts have proved that what Murong Ke was chasing was obviously not all the Han troops who left the fortress, so where did the rest go?
The answer is of course to go back to Zhenbeiguan in a roundabout way, otherwise where would the Han army attacking Zhenbeiguan from the north come from?
At the beginning, Yuanmeng also prepared to capture Zhenbeiguan with a double attack, and Murong Ke was the commander of the South Route Army at the time. However, Yang Ye, as the guard, knew the weakness of Zhenbeiguan, and in order to protect this weakness from being discovered by Yuanmeng, Yang Ye
Ye even voluntarily abandoned Zhenbeiguan to confuse Yuanmeng, so the Han army later counterattacked to retake Zhenbeiguan.
Murong Ke was the one who formulated the two-pronged attack on Zhenbeiguan. He knew very well what Zhenbeiguan meant to Yuanmeng. Once lost, more than 400,000 troops would be in danger of being annihilated.
When he thought of this, not to mention that Huo Qubing's army had already lost more than half of its casualties, even if there was only one out of ten, Murong Ke was not in the mood to continue to waste time with Huo Qubing in Mobei. He simply wished he could fly back immediately to retake Zhenbeiguan.
"Come here, give the order immediately, abandon all subsequent tasks, divert the entire army, and march towards Zhenbeiguan at full speed."
After issuing this order, Murong Ke seemed to have been drained of all his strength and slumped down on the chair.
Through this period of fighting, although Murong Ke chased the Han army all the way, he still realized the power of Huo Qubing.
Although powerful generals such as Ran Min and Long Qie caused more trouble for Murong Ke, and even General Yu once again relied on his personal bravery to kill Murong Ke until he had to temporarily force him to humiliation again, the threat of Huo Qubing in Murong Ke's heart was
Ten times theirs.
What the Han people lack most is talented cavalry commanders, and Yuan Meng is also most afraid of such people being born among the Han people.
In Murong Ke's mind, Huo Qubing was a genius cavalry commander. He had never commanded a few cavalry operations, but his understanding of cavalry operations was not inferior to that of a famous grassland general like him.
Anyway, if the identities were exchanged, Murong Ke was not sure that he could use 20,000 cavalry to withstand the pursuit and interception of hundreds of thousands of cavalry for so long, and also broke through the encirclement of hundreds of thousands of people several times.
Murong Ke really didn't let go of the water at all, but Huo Qubing was still alive and well, so he was so afraid of Huo Qubing.
Murong Ke knew clearly that if he could not kill Huo Qubing this time, Huo Qubing would definitely lead more cavalry out of the fortress in the future. This man would be a disaster for all the grassland people if he lived.
Although Murong Ke wished that Huo Qubing died of illness, he still knew his priorities. After all, compared to the more than 400,000 troops still in Hetao and Emperor Temujin of the Yuan Dynasty, Huo Qubing was nothing to mention.
Getting rid of the latter will only eliminate a major future trouble for Yuanmeng. If the first two are lost, the entire Yuanmengji will face the risk of annihilation.
Therefore, Murong Ke basically did not hesitate at all and decisively chose to recapture Zhenzhen Beiguan.
Murong Ke led one hundred thousand cavalry in a hurry back to Longcheng from Zhenbeiguan, and now he hurried back from Mobei.
Murong Ke could only place his hope in Tuo Lei, hoping that he could work harder and completely leave Huo Qubing behind.
Murong Ke's departure also created the only way to survive for Huo Qubing's army, who had narrowly escaped death.
Compared to Murong Ke, Tuo Lei's ability to command troops is still far behind. Murong Ke couldn't defeat Huo Qubing with an army of hundreds of thousands, so how could Tuo Lei do it?
Tuo Lei dispatched most of Longcheng's troops and united with the major tribes in Mobei to jointly encircle and suppress Huo Qubing. However, not only could they not leave behind the less than 10,000 disabled troops, but they also paid a heavy price for themselves.
Of course, Huo Qubing also fought extremely hard, and even Huo Qubing himself almost died in the battle.
In this way, leaving the fortress became the most difficult part of the Hetao War.
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When the news of the fall of Zhenbeiguan reached Ningxia County, Temujin decisively chose to block the news without any hesitation. After all, if the news spread, it would be a huge blow to the entire army.
Regarding the fall of Zhenbeiguan, Temujin was shocked and frightened, but he was not too angry or unwilling.
This time the Han army's plan was a complete one. Even Temujin himself didn't find any clues. Instead, he was led by Qin Hao all the time, so naturally he couldn't blame others.
The Yuanmeng generals in Yinshan County, especially Murong Chui, were extremely worried about the fall of Zhenbeiguan, fearing that Temujin would pursue their responsibilities. However, Temujin not only had no intention of holding them accountable, but even issued a flying eagle
He sent a kind letter to comfort Murong Chui who lost his beloved son, which also made the generals of Yuan and Meng in Yinshan heave a sigh of relief.
After appeasing the generals in Yinshan, Temujin began to appease the generals in Ningxia.
Although Temujin tried his best to block the news, such an important matter could not be blocked.
After the Yuanmeng generals in Ningxia learned that Zhenbeiguan had fallen and their retreat was cut off, they all clamored to go to Liangzhou and retreat to the grasslands to prevent the army from running out of food and being annihilated. Naturally, Temujin would not agree to this.
"What are you arguing about?"
After Temujin yelled, the hall, which had been like a vegetable market before, instantly became quiet, and no one dared to speak anymore.
Temujin was astonished and said in a deep voice: "Do you think we should withdraw our troops?"
A senior general stood up tremblingly and said cautiously: "Your Majesty, the battle with the Han army has been protracted, but our army's retreat has been cut off. From now on, we will no longer be able to get the supply of food and grass from the grassland. If we don't withdraw, we will wait.
If the food and fodder seized from the Hetao is exhausted, we will really be unable to evacuate even if we want to."
This general spoke out what everyone wanted, and most of the Yuanmeng generals nodded in agreement. After all, although there was a lot of food and grass seized from the Hetao, it could not hold up to the large number of people in the Yuanmeng army, and sooner or later it would be eaten up.
for one day.
"Huh, short-sighted."
Temujin snorted with disdain, and then asked: "The journey back to Longcheng from Liangzhou is more than a thousand miles. Even if we are willing to leave the Hetao, will Qin Hao be willing to let us go back to the grassland?"
Temujin's question also made everyone speechless. Yes, how could Qin Hao watch them withdraw from the Hetao.
Based on Temujin's understanding of Qin Hao, since such a big trap has been laid, there must be a back-up plan waiting for him, and in Temujin's view, retreat is the only path to death and no life.
With Yuanmeng's total force in Hetao, if he concentrated his forces to retreat, the Han army would really have nothing to do with him from the front, but they could continue to send troops to harass Yuanmeng during his retreat, delaying the speed of the withdrawal, and wearing down Yuanmeng's force bit by bit.
, I am afraid that not even half of the people can actually return to Dragon City in the end.
Yuanmeng had already paid a huge price to get the Loop this time, but in the end he had to pay an even greater price, but in the end he got nothing. How could Temujin accept this?