Chapter 68: Faced with a Choice

"O virtue! Calm down! Liu Gaozhi smiled: "This battle, of course, must be fought, and we have to take down the slippery platform, but it is not possible to fight like this, our brothers in Beifu are not easy, and we can't waste it in vain!" ”

"But......" Liu Yu was a little anxious, he was still young after all!

"Deyu!" Liu Gaozhi's expression became serious: "You are an understanding person, do you know why this is happening?" stumbling behind his back, saying good things to his face, it's not been a few years since he was handsome in the court, can't you see this? ”

"So what do we do!"

"What to do!" A smile curled into the corner of Liu Gaozhi's mouth: "Didn't I just say it?" Slide platform, we have to take it down, as long as we can take the slide platform, let those people have a lotus flower, and we can't smear our merits! If we run enough, they just want to drag their feet, can they drag it! ”

"Your Excellency has a plan!" Liu Yu was overjoyed.

"Not yet!" Seeing that Liu Yu's smile stopped abruptly, Liu Gaozhi smiled: "But the way, people came up with it, and the living can still suffocate urine to death, give the order, and collect the troops!" Fight again tomorrow! ”

"Yes!"

Murong De at the head of the city was dressed in armor and held a sword to supervise the battle, but at this time his clear face was slightly melancholy, and a pair of narrow eyes were squinted, he was not worried about the situation in the city, he had 30,000 people in his hands, and the slip was also a big city, with plenty of food and grass, purely from a military point of view, he had absolute confidence to hold the slide.

However, war is never just about military affairs, it is politics outside of the military.

In fact, as the sixth son of Emperor Murong Haode of Yan State, the 47-year-old Murong De has never given up on recovering Yan State, but he is more confident in his brother Murong Chui, Murong Chui's talent, temperament and judgment have convinced him who also thinks highly of himself, and is willing to worship him as the Lord, and his brother has repeatedly said that he will have to wait for the time to make many Xianbei nobles represented by himself endure the mentality of being ready to move after the Battle of Weishui.

But the trouble is that his nephew, Murong Hong, the son of his second brother Murong Jun, couldn't bear it after all, and preemptively erected an anti-flag.

Originally, after Fu Jian's fiasco, many people had ulterior motives, but no one dared to provoke the head, because the gun shot the first bird, just a few years ago, the iron cavalry of the Great Qin Empire was still unstoppable, I didn't expect that now Murong Hong thousands of people can make such a big formation, the Yellow River is already floating in the hearts of the people, and the chieftains from all over the country have been connected in series, and there is a great trend of mountains and rains.

But the Jin State is not surprised by the Northern Expedition, and now this is a difficult problem for Murong De, if he resists with all his might, no matter whether he wins or loses, he will lose his strength in vain, you must know that most of his 30,000 people are absolutely worthy of his trust Xianbei warriors, that is the capital of his own life, but if he does not resist, now the Jin Army's Northern Expedition is progressing smoothly, if they are allowed to gain momentum, causing a complete collapse in the north, at that time, the Jin State will see that there is hope for victory, and the government and the opposition will not drag their feet, and they will inevitably work together, After recovering the old land, even if he cooperated with the fifth brother to successfully raise troops, he was definitely not the opponent of the Central Plains orthodoxy to call on the Jin army with a winning momentum.

What to do.

But when Murong De was still thinking hard, the Jin army below suddenly withdrew his troops, and the archers of the Jin army sent out the last salvo, Murong De knew that it was to cover the Jin army to take advantage of the chaos to snatch back the wounded soldiers and corpses, the Beifu army was one, and would never abandon the robe until it was absolutely necessary, whether it was life or death, this was also admired by Murong De, who was also a warrior, so he did not give the order to go out of the city to attack, leave a line in everything, and see each other in the future, Murong De did not have to make too much trouble with the Jin State for the sake of the Qin State.

As for the Fu Mao who was sent to oversee the army. Although he brought 3,000 iron horses, the Yishi Di people were originally the descendants of the lineage, but although this Fu Mao was the cousin of Yangping Gong Fu Rong who died in battle, he was honest and simple, and he had no ability when he was old, except for being loyal to Fu Jian, he was useless, for such a person, Murong De naturally would not look down on it in his heart, it was nothing more than to coax him to watch from the side.

Fortunately, this Fu Mao is really very self-aware, and he generally does not come forward and lets Murong De call the shots, which is also because Fu Jian's policy has always adopted a tolerant and trusting attitude towards these other Hu chieftains, and let go of their power.

Since the Jin army has collected troops, Murong De naturally has nothing to do, it is easier to hold on to change after all, and it is fundamental to preserve strength, so Murong De immediately ordered the troops to be collected, except for leaving the necessary people to patrol the city, the other soldiers took turns to rest.

Hurriedly returning to the city guard's mansion, Murong De just dragged off his armor, he heard a knock on the door, Murong De heard the sound of three short and one long, and knew that it was his close confidant Liu Zao, who was in charge of intelligence work in various places, so he hurriedly said: "Come in!" ”

Liu Zao, who hurriedly came in, saw that Murong De was changing into his regular clothes, and after making a salute, he hurriedly said, "See King Fan Yang!" ”

King Fan Yang is Murong De's title when the Yan Kingdom was not destroyed, and this can only be called by extremely close people, otherwise Murong De and the others are nominally obedient to Fu Jian, and they are the courtiers of the Qin Empire, and once the news leaks, there will be big trouble.

Murong De fastened his buttons, smiled and said, "My own person, no need to be polite, what's the matter now!" ”

"The king of Jibei now has more than 100,000 people, the prestige is huge, the states and counties of Hebei are spread, Zhongshan is reversed the day before yesterday, but the situation is not secret, the result is suppressed, thousands of dead and wounded, in addition, all the Qin troops are not daring to enter, the king of Jibei has a great momentum!" Liu Zao said with a little excitement, he was originally an old minister of the Murong family, and after the Murong family surrendered as a whole in the past, he had no choice but to surrender, and he was appointed to an official position because of his outstanding talent, but he was also a person who never forgot his old master, and he wanted to recover the Yan Kingdom day and night, so Murong De trusted him very much.

What the King of Jibei said was Murong Hong, Murong De listened, smiled slightly, and said: "That's because if the king is still paying attention to the southern front today, the Jin army is now aggressive!" He didn't dare to move the remaining elite in the country at all, but if my good nephew didn't know how to converge again, I'm afraid it would ......"

"Lord Wang......" Liu Zao was a little surprised, but Murong De waved his hand and said: "I know about this matter, and I will cooperate with him if necessary, but you have to remember that our Great Yan Kingdom wants to recover, but we can't make wedding clothes for the southerners, understand?" ”

"Humble duty understands!"

"What about Liangzhou? I heard that Lu Guang is also reversed, what is the situation now! Murong De said with great interest.

"Not bad!" Liu Zao said in a deep voice: "Lu Guang claims to have an edict in his hand, and he is ordered to return to the king of Qin in the east, and he is currently sending troops to Jiuquan, and Liang Xi of Liangzhou Assassin Shi sent his son Liang Yin to lead an army of 50,000 to rescue Jiuquan as the governor of the capital, but at present, due to the long distance, there is no result!" ”

"Liang Yin!" Murong De smiled: "This person is a cadre, but the Liangzhou army is not good at combat effectiveness, I don't think it is Lu Guang's opponent, and Zhang Dayu who can't be killed, this Liangzhou, I'm afraid it's going to change hands!" ”

After sighing for a while, Murong De asked again: "Then what is the reaction of the imperial court to this!" ”

Liu Zao's face was a little strange: "The imperial court hasn't reacted yet!" ”

"No response!" Murong De raised his eyebrows, and then smiled: "Yes, if you don't react, it's a reaction, it's a tacit acquiescence, it seems that our Heavenly King His Majesty can't control so much, and has decided to admit a fait accompli!" ”

After pondering for a while, Murong De said solemnly: "I'll repair a book immediately, you take this letter to see the fifth brother, and then, after reporting to him, in his name, send a reliable person to Liangzhou!" ”

"Go see Lu Guang!"

"Not bad!" Murong De said affirmatively: "There is probably no one in Liangzhou who can stop Lu Guang, it is better for us to get in touch earlier, in today's world, one more friend, there is one more road, and you don't have to go to Jiuquan, just go to Guzang directly, when you get to Guzang, I think it should be Lu Guang who was sitting in the lobby of the Thorn History Mansion at that time!" ”

"Let's do it!"

"Well, be careful on the road!" Murong De patted Liu Zao's shoulder with concern.

"Lord Wang~" Liu Zao's tears of emotion came out, in fact, he is actually a Han man, but he has a strong identification with the Xianbei tribe, because he is an abandoned orphan, he was raised by the Murong family, and the Murong Chui and Murong De brothers are even more kind to him, so he almost swears to repay him, and the Murong brothers also trust him very much.

After Liu Zao left, Murong De stretched his waist and relaxed, in the end, he was a little older, and his energy was not as good as back then, although he did not let the Jin army take advantage of it today, but he had to admit that the Beifu Army was indeed one of the best elites in the world. Although there were not many people, they were not afraid of death when they started the battle, and they rushed desperately towards the city. Although they didn't succeed in the end, their losses were not small, and they were distressed! Those are all warriors of the Xianbei clan! Hit one is almost one less.

Alas! It's a pity that his son is not angry, and no one shares his worries! Murong De worries every time he thinks about it, maybe his father is too lucky, his son gave birth to a lot, and he gave birth to six at once, in addition to the eldest brother Murong Jiao, the second brother Murong Jun is the son of heaven, the third brother Murong Zun, the fourth brother Murong Ke and the fifth brother Murong Chui are all very outstanding talents in Wen Taowuluo, but this also caused the fifth brother and his own sons. Although it looks like that, I am an old man, and I always feel that they are missing.

Except for one person, except for Murong Ling, the eldest son of the fifth brother, that is a real young man, brave and old, brave and brave, able to make good decisions, tolerant and kind, a typical portrait of a human king, is the most outstanding talent of that generation, all the uncles and uncles are very convinced, willing to fully support him, and regard him as the greatest hope for the recovery of Dayan.