Chapter 969 The Son of Heaven predicts things like God
Yuwen Tuo did indeed escape without a fight, but Tai Shixiang could not understand why their emperor Yan Liang could expect that Yuwen Tuo would flee without a fight long before the war started.
Although Tai Shixiang knew that the emperor was unparalleled in his ingenuity, he could not imagine that the emperor's ability to predict events could reach such an extent.
After Zhang Liao sighed with emotion, he told Taishi Xiang the key points given to him by Yan Liang in a respectful tone.
In order to achieve the goal of attacking the east and attacking the west, it is of course impossible for Yan Liang to send a large number of troops to the Yanmen front line in advance. In that case, how could he induce Tuoba Liwei to be fooled and take the main force to the east to collect fishing profits.
Therefore, Yan Liang could only send Zhang Liao with three thousand light cavalry to capture the Evil Yang Ridge by surprise.
After taking Evil Yang Ridge, Zhang Liao was ordered to plant more flags and create a situation where tens of thousands of troops were pressing down on the border, and even Yan Liang came to the front line in person. Naturally, he did this to scare Yuwen Tuo.
Judging from the current situation, Yuwen Tuo abandoned the city and fled, obviously falling into Yan Liang's plan.
As for this strategy, it was originally jointly proposed by Xu You and Xu Shu, but Yan Liang made modifications to the strategy of capturing Dingxiang and used his own strategy.
It is precisely for this reason that Zhang Liao admires Yan Liang's ability to predict events.
After hearing this, Taishi Xiang realized something, but he still doubted: "Even if Yuwen Tuo was deceived by us, Dingxiang is an important place for the Xianbei people. Even if he knew that my army was approaching, he should have defended it to the death. How could he be like this?"
Easily retreat without a fight?"
"This is the fatal weakness of the Xianbei people." Zhang Liao sneered, "Xianbei is not as big as Chu. As long as the emperor gives an order, you must hold on to the city even if only one person is left."
Zhang Liao looked far away and continued: "The Xianbei people are different. Tuoba Liwei is just the co-leader of the Xianbei people. Yuwen Tuo is first the leader of the Yuwen Department, and then Tuoba Liwei's subordinates. Think about it, he will do it for
With Tuoba Liwei's orders, do you risk greatly damaging your tribe's strength and defend Dingxiang City to the death?"
Zhang Liao's meaningful words completely awakened Tai Shixiang. Only then did this young general understand the truth.
It turned out that Yan Liang actually took advantage of the weakness of the Xianbei people who seemed to be one, but each had their own agenda. Each tribe put the interests of their own tribe first, so he defeated Yuwen Tuo without wasting a single soldier.
"Your Majesty's grasp of people's hearts is truly rare in the world." Tai Shixiang sighed.
"That is natural. Otherwise, given your humble background, how could there be so many heroes who would follow you to the death?" Zhang Liao said in a respectful tone.
Taishi Xiang sighed with emotion for a long time, admiring Yan Liang even more. He was glad that he had convinced his father, Taishi Ci, that the father and son could work together with Yan Liang and other heroic masters.
"Then General Wenyuan, what should we do now?" Tai Shixiang came back to his senses and thought of business.
Zhang Liao got on his horse and pointed his whip down the mountain: "Does this need to be said? The whole army marched into Dingxiang City and reported the news of the Hulu's escape to Your Majesty as soon as possible. I think Zilong and Ziqin have two troops.
It’s time to take action.”
After the order was conveyed, three thousand soldiers of the Chu army, who had gathered strength and strength, packed up their gear, descended to Evil Sun Ridge, and quickly captured Dingxiang, which was already an empty city.
When Zhang Liao captured Dingxiang with 3,000 troops, Yuwen Tuo was leading 10,000 cavalry and retreated hurriedly towards Baidao City.
The Xianbei people used Yinshan Mountain as their base camp, and Baidaocheng was their second big city after Dingxiang.
The Hu people lived as nomads and originally lived in pursuit of water and grass. In order to imitate the Central Plains Dynasty and want to unify the Xianbei tribes, Tuoba Liwei built the Baidao City.
Although Baidao City is not as strong as the big cities in the Central Plains, it is located in the hinterland of the Monan Grassland and is surrounded by vast grasslands, making it easy for cavalry to maneuver.
Yuwen Tuo thought that if he could successfully retreat to Baidao, he would join Tuoba's main force of 40,000 who came back for reinforcements, plus the Xianbei soldiers and horses coming from the Tieshan area, and the 60,000 to 70,000 cavalry would be enough to control the situation.
grassland.
Although Yan Liang has many soldiers and horses, most of them must be infantry. If he dares to enter the vast grassland, he will be called upon to destroy as many as he can.
While running, Yuwen Tuo was thinking about how to deal with the enemy, and even thinking about how to explain to Tuoba Liwei that he had abandoned Dingxiang City without fighting.
A group of scouts chased from behind and shouted: "Commander, the Chu people have occupied our Dingxiang city."
"How many are there, thirty thousand or forty thousand?" Yuwen Tuo asked.
"Not many, less than three thousand people."
"Three thousand people?" Yuwen Tuo was shocked and looked like he couldn't believe it.
The battle flags covering the sky and sun on the Evil Sun Ridge, the fog-like dust billowing on the road to the south, and various signs indicate that tens of thousands of Chu troops have arrived at the Evil Sun Ridge, and the imperial flag representing Yan Liang has appeared.
On the Evil Sun Ridge.
But now, how come there are only 3,000 people?
The dizzy Yuwen Tuo vaguely realized that he was most likely to have fallen into a trap.
"Could it be that the Chu army in Evil Yang Ridge is just a suspected army, and there aren't actually many of them at all!" Such an astonishing thought suddenly flashed through Yuwen Tuo's mind.
The more he thought about it, the more he realized that this was the case, so he quickly disbanded the army to stop escaping, and sent scouts back to Xiangcheng to find out the true strength of the Chu army.
If the Chu army really only has 3,000 people, he will fight back at any cost and retake Dingxiang City. Otherwise, if people find out that he was scared away by a mere 3,000 Chu army, he Yuwen Tuo will still be here today.
What qualifications do you have to gain a foothold on the grassland?
More than ten thousand Xianbei people from the Ministry of Culture and Culture stopped at this, and teams of scouts were sent out, back to the direction of Dingxiang.
Yuwen Tuo then ordered the remaining men to rest and wait for news from the south.
After waiting for half a day, it was already dusk.
The troops were hungry, so Yuwen Tuo ordered pots to be buried to make rice. Soon, there were fireworks on the grassland, and tens of thousands of Xianbei people gathered around the fire to eat mutton cakes and mutton cakes.
Wuwuwu~~
The distant horn sound suddenly rang in his ears. Yuwen Tuo jumped up alertly, raised his eyes and swept towards the south.
Yuwen Tuo was worried that the trumpet was coming from the Chu army in the south to pursue him. After all, there was no definite reward for how many Chu troops there were in Dingxiang City.
It was quiet in the south direction, and the sound of the horn seemed to come from the west.
Yuwen Tuo turned around to look for sound, but saw on the western horizon, a thick line that had been plated with gold by the setting sun was slowly moving.
The black line was gradually getting thicker, approaching them like a cloud clinging to the ground.
As the black clouds approached, the ground beneath my feet seemed to be shaking faintly, and it was becoming more and more violent.
The instinct of living in the grassland for a long time made Yuwen Tuo realize that it was a cavalry regiment, rushing towards this direction.
"Why are there cavalry in the west? Are they our reinforcements? I wonder which tribe they are from?" Yuwen Tuo thought to himself.
The rumbling sound of iron hoofs has drowned out the breathing of the Xianbei people. Under the setting sun, the black wave rushes in.
It was a cavalry regiment without a flag. Even when approaching Yuwen's cavalry, they did not make any slowdown. Instead, they assumed an impact posture and accelerated and ran wildly.
This attitude of Lai Riding aroused Yuwen Tuo's vigilance. He quickly got on his horse and looked up carefully.
In the blink of an eye, the enemy cavalry was already five hundred steps away.
Due to the backlight, Yu Wentuo couldn't see Lai Qi's true face clearly. It wasn't until the opponent was approaching more than 300 steps that he could vaguely see clearly.
The armor of that cavalry was not Xianbei cavalry at all, but more like the Chu army.
That's right, it's Chu Jun!
In an instant, Yuwen Tuo was shocked. He never expected that a Chu cavalry regiment of nearly ten thousand people would appear mysteriously near Baidao and to the west of him.
"It's from Chu, get on your horse quickly and prepare to fight!" The horrified Yuwen Tuo shouted in a trembling voice.
More than ten thousand Xianbei people who were chewing meat suddenly woke up. Each of them didn't even have time to wipe their mouths. They climbed onto their horses in a hurry. They were in such a mess that they had no time to form a formation, so they hurriedly prepared to meet the enemy.
A few hundred steps away, the Chu army's cavalry was roaring like a violent wind.
The Chu general in front was carrying a big gun, wearing black armor, and was as powerful as a god general.
It was Wen Chou who was the most powerful general in Chu.
These ten thousand Chu troops did not come out from Yanmen, but from Hexi and marched north along the Yellow River. Only in this way could they avoid the Xianbei people's eyes and ears and appear unexpectedly to the west of Baidao City.
Wen Chou's army was the second leg of Xu Shu's three-way attack plan. The purpose of this army was to completely crush the fleeing Yuwen tribe halfway and seize Baidao City.
The panicked enemy was right in front of him, and a murderous sneer curled up at the corner of Wen Chou's mouth.
"The emperor's plan was really flawless. The Xianbei dogs fled to Baidao City. It seems that I arrived just in time. Today is a great opportunity for me, Wen Chou, to reap the rewards."
Wen Chou's fighting spirit was furious, he raised his big gun and struck hard at the enemy group.
"kill--"
"kill--"
The roar that shook the sky erupted from the roars of more than ten thousand soldiers of the Chu army, converging into a roaring thunder that changed the color of the world.
Ten thousand cavalry, like a huge steel chariot, crashed up.
In an instant, it hit.
People were thrown on their backs, blood was flying everywhere, and countless panicked Xianbei soldiers were tied into meat skewers and crushed into minced meat.
Wen Chou took the lead, a big gun danced with numerous gun shadows, and its sharp blade was like the fangs of the god of death, frantically snatching Hulu's life.
Although Yuwen Tuo also had 10,000 men and the two armies were equal in strength, they were caught off guard and completely lost their morale and formation.
With such a disadvantage, how could they stop the well-prepared Chu army.
The 10,000 Xianbei troops were torn apart in a blink of an eye and fell into a state of panic and chaos. Wen Chou's legions went back and forth to kill, like a meat grinder, crushing the Xianbei people on both wings.
Wen Chou only led his army to charge back and forth twice, and then the Xianbei people collapsed and fled in all directions, abandoning their helmets and armor.
The Xianbei people who were intercepted in the north fled towards Baidao City in panic, while the more than four to five thousand soldiers and horses who were intercepted in the south were not so lucky, and their way was blocked by the Chu army.
"Kill all the wild dogs and kill them for me, general!" Wen Chou shouted, like a god of murder, and slashed into the chaotic Xianbei cavalry with his troops. (To be continued)