Chapter 291: Building a Bridge Lowers Xianbei Morale
Chapter 291 Building a bridge to reduce Xianbei morale
He Lian looked at Tuoba and Tuoba and immediately ordered: "Two generals, now the Wei Dynasty is invading with heavy troops. If we cannot defeat them, we will have to leave the city and be controlled by the Wei Dynasty from now on. We will not have the carefree life we had before.
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"So, I ask you to lobby the various tribes and convince them that they must unite to resist the Wei Dynasty. Otherwise, once we are defeated, the Wei Dynasty will kidnap our relatives as recognition, force us to sacrifice cattle, sheep, horses, and return
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"When that day comes, I, a Xianbei man, will never be able to succeed again!"
Tuoba Chi and Tuoba Jinghong were frightened by such a future, and immediately exclaimed: "It's so serious. In this case, we are willing to go out for the king, gather an army for the king, and come here to fight against the Wei Dynasty.
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"There is no need to come here." He Lian waved his hands and said with a look of determination on his face: "You can just choose a place to assemble and become the enemy of Wei."
"Ah? Why is this, Your Majesty? Aren't you with us?" Tuoba Chi was stunned.
"I am the King of Xianbei. I lost more than 100,000 warriors in this battle. I am not worthy to continue to be your king. I will contain the Wei cavalry here for you and wash away my sins with my death!"
Seeing He Lian's resolute look, the two of them were instantly shocked, so they left Junji Mountain that day and went to the surrounding tribes to lobby.
Just one day later, Zhao Yun had already arrived with a large army. One hundred thousand troops killed everyone in the enemy, but he did not suffer any casualties.
When they arrived outside Junji Mountain, Zhao Yun's army was like a forest of flags. The army stretched for several miles. It looked neat and terrifying.
The Xianbei Royal Court in Junji Mountain was built not long ago. The city is small and the walls are short, which is not enough for defense.
Therefore, Helian deployed his troops on several hills early to protect each other. Once the Wei cavalry charged the mountains, they would compete with each other.
Guo Jia watched below for a while and said with a smile: "Zilong, do you think there is a good chance of winning if you rush now?"
Zhao Yun immediately shook his head: "These Xianbei people seem to be determined to die, and they are condescending. If we rush up, we will be overwhelmed by them. On the contrary, we will be discouraged and it will not end well."
Guo Jia nodded: "This is exactly what we need to do to deplete their morale."
Zhao Yun immediately cheered up: "How to spend it? If their morale is low, I will dare to lead my troops and charge forward!"
Guo Jia looked around. If he wanted to go up, he would have to withstand the attacks of these Xianbei people. Obviously, it would be difficult to do anything from here.
So Guo Jia said: "We have more soldiers and they have fewer soldiers. We can go around from other places and see if there are other passages to get in."
Upon hearing this, Zhao Yun quickly separated a group of soldiers and surrounded them.
Half a day later, many soldiers came back, and several of them said excitedly: "General, military counselor, there is another road to the south, but it is blocked by the river. If you want to get across, you need to build a bridge."
"Is the river wide?" Guo Jia immediately beamed with joy.
"It's not wide, just less than two feet apart."
Hearing this, Guo Jia laughed and said: "Haha, let's go, take me to see, if possible, we will build the bridge today. I want to see if the Xianbei people will go down the mountain to stop us from building the bridge!"
So, Zhao Yun continued to guard here, while Guo Jia took people to take a look, and found that the river was indeed as the soldiers said, the distance was not wide, and a bridge could be built to cross it.
Immediately, Guo Jia mobilized an army of 30,000 people, cut down Populus euphratica from a short distance, and quickly built it.
Although trees are difficult to find on this prairie, relying on the large number of people, the thirty thousand people brought back a total of fifty logs of different thicknesses by nightfall.
"Tonight, light a fire and build a bridge!"
Guo Jia gave the order, and there was a clanging sound immediately by the river. All the soldiers were using weapons to cut open the trees and tie them together to make a simple bridge deck.
In order to ensure that the war horse would not fall off, every tree was cut straight, leaving as few gaps as possible.
This is a project that involves slow work and meticulous work, and there are too many people to help. However, during this period of time, someone has already reported the news to He Lian.
When He Lian heard this, he was immediately shocked: "The river is not wide and it is easy to pass through. Hurry, quickly cut off their bridge to prevent them from coming."
Soon, Helian mobilized 3,000 cavalry from the 50,000-strong army and rushed out, each holding a broadsword and axe, with the intention of cutting down the bridge.
"Commander, look, someone is coming from the other side!" Many soldiers looked up and saw a group of cavalry rushing from the opposite side, holding torches high.
Guo Jia sneered and said: "Don't panic, even if we can't cross the river, we can still involve them here."
The cavalry arrived quickly, laughed loudly, and swaggered over to cut the bridge in pieces.
Guo Jia ordered the soldiers to suddenly take out their bows and arrows, and then the sky was filled with arrows.
Whoosh!
The overwhelming arrows dealt a concentrated blow to the 3,000 cavalrymen on the opposite side. The 20,000 Wei cavalrymen fired more than 100,000 arrows in an instant. All the Xianbei people on the opposite side were nailed to the ground, and each of them was covered with arrows.
After several waves of arrows, no one survived.
After those Xianbei people fell, torches were thrown everywhere, and the surrounding area suddenly became a sea of fire.
Guo Jia sneered and said: "Continue to build the bridge and make sure the war horses can pass safely."
In order to cross the river quickly, Guo Jia ordered the bridge to be made wider so that three war horses could pass side by side, leaving a distance of three feet to the left and right to prevent the horses from accidentally falling into the river.
However, the scouts sent by Helian quickly discovered the situation here and immediately reported back the killing of three thousand cavalry.
He Lian was immediately shocked again: "No, hurry up and increase the number of troops. Go with 10,000, and then go with 10,000. We must stop them from thinking about crossing the river!"
Just after transferring 3,000, another 10,000 were transferred. Now Helian's soldiers to resist Zhao Yun are now less than 40,000.
However, what he was more worried about was whether the ten thousand soldiers could hold the river bank and prevent the Wei cavalry from coming.
When the 10,000 people came to the river bank, Guo Jia's army had already built the bridge deck, and they just needed the last step to cross the river!
However, seeing the Xianbei people coming from the opposite side, Guo Jia did not dare to let the army cross the river at this time. If they were intercepted by the enemy when crossing the river, they would be unable to advance or retreat.
However, there is no point in confronting the Xianbei people on both sides of the bridge. It can only contain 10,000 people, and the contribution to Zhao Yun's side is not very great.
Therefore, Guo Jia is still brewing a bigger conspiracy.
"Listen to my order and don't move. Wait for those Xianbei people to come over. All troops will retreat in two directions. If they cross the bridge, wait for them to cross the bridge and suddenly kill them back. If they don't come over, then we will go back and confront them.
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Guo Jia still has great confidence in the Xianbei people.
After all, these Xianbei people were known for their bravery and bellicosity. They killed three thousand of them and then pretended to be afraid to escape. The key point was that the bridge was built so wide that they were not afraid of not chasing them.
Seeing the Xianbei people rushing up from the opposite side, Guo Jia suddenly shouted: "Retreat!"