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After Li Hong received the news of the great victory at Yanmen Pass, he was overjoyed and immediately ordered to inform the whole army.

At the same time, he urgently ordered Yan Rou in Yongguan and Wen Chou in the Flying Fox Fortress to gather troops and horses as soon as possible and wait for the opportunity to defeat the Karasuma rebels. The Xianbei people were completely defeated in the Juzhu fortress and withdrew in embarrassment, the significance of the Karasuma people's attack on the Flying Fox Fortress has been completely lost, and Ran Ran and Gao Chan will soon evacuate the Flying Fox Island with the rebels.

Li Hong also sent Zhao Yun with 5,000 iron cavalry to Lucheng to meet Gongsun Zhan, with Gongsun Zhan, the commander of the cavalry, as the main general of the eastward advance, immediately attacked the Tuyin City in the right Beiping, and after taking the Tuyin City, the army continued to march east to Liaoxi to attack the rebels.

Xian Yufu and Zhu Mu raised objections to Li Hong's arrangement. Kuitou and Tuoba Feng withdrew, but this did not solve the threat of the Xianbei people to Yanmen Pass, nor did it solve the threat of Murong Feng to Youzhou. Now that the army's food and salary are cut off, it is all dependent on the Zhenbei General's Mansion to transport food and salary from Bingzhou to barely maintain, and it is okay to garrison troops to fight, but it is not possible to start a war. If the Dai County in the north of Youzhou and the Right Beiping County in the east were to fight at the same time, the defensive forces in the middle would be very weak, and if Murong Feng attacked south from the direction of Yuyang and Lu Longsai, then Youzhou would be very dangerous.

Li Hong insisted on his own opinion. He said that the Karasuma people in Daijun and Shanggu, as well as the rebels in Liaoxi, must be solved first, otherwise, the battle situation in Youzhou will be a dead game. Even if the army has food and salary support, it is difficult for us to fight at the same time on the three battlefields in Youzhou.

At present, Tuoba Feng has suffered serious losses, and we are also unable to attack due to the lack of food and wages due to the floods in the country, which is the best opportunity for the leader and other Xianbei tribes to kill Tuoba Feng and eliminate the Xianbei in the north. From the perspective of stabilizing the Xianbei country and firmly occupying the border counties in the northern frontier, the marshal will definitely not attack south at this time, and he will focus all his attention and energy on the internal stability of the Xianbei country. As long as there are no accidents within the Xianbei country, the land occupied by the northern frontier will be foolproof. In the end, he won the battle of the Northern Frontier. Think about it, what is the reason why the Great Marshal sent the Black Eagle Iron Cavalry to Yuyang, but he still stayed in Huoyun Yuan? For no other reason, he was just worried that once he left Huoyun Plain, the Xianbei tribes would take the opportunity to attack each other and sabotage his plan to invade the south. After the defeat of the Xianbei people at Yanmen Pass, the most anxious thing was the handsome. Now, he may have left Huoyun Yuan and rushed to Danhan Mountain. Xiongba, who was stationed in Yuyang, and Mijia who was stationed in Lulongsai, because Xianbei had just been defeated and the country was unstable, they must obey Murong Feng's orders and defend the city to the death, just in case.

Therefore, attacking the Karasuma people in Daigun and Kamiya at this time is our best opportunity. If we are burdened by food and salary at this time, and the various departments stay motionless in Youzhou, in fact, we have missed the only opportunity to take the initiative to reverse the passive situation in Youzhou.

After a few months, Murong Feng completely stabilized Xianbei's interior, and it was our turn to suffer. On our left are the rebels of Daijun and Kamiya Karasuma, in the middle is the Xianbei army of the great marshal, and on the right are the Karasuma rebels of Liaodong and Liaoxi and the Yellow Turban army of Zhang Ju and Zhang Chun. Whether these three groups of men and horses attack at the same time, or whether they do not move, it is the same for us, we are neither able to take the initiative to launch a three-way attack, nor are we able to resist the attack of the three-way enemy, we can only defend very passively. The best result is to stick to Jicheng. If the battle of Youzhou reaches this situation in the second half of the year, the results of the great victory at Yanmen Pass will be lost, and the battle will be in vain, and more than 100,000 Yellow Turban troops will die in vain, and the situation in northern Xinjiang will not only not improve, but will become worse.

We can only take advantage of the short time when the Xianbei people are hesitant to launch an attack, and first cut off all the left and right wings of the Xianbei people, so that by the time the Xianbei people stabilize the prairie, their first opportunity has been lost, and they can only wait for a duel with us. At that time, they will not fight, and we will also launch a strong attack and drag Murong Feng's army to the death, so as to provoke civil strife in Xianbei.

Xian Yufu asked, we decided to abandon Yanmen Pass and lure the enemy deeper, the purpose was to inflict heavy damage on the strength of the Xianbei people to stimulate the contradictions among the Xianbei tribes, and then use their internal strife to consume their strength, so as to defeat the Xianbei people. Now that the battle of Yanmen Pass is over, and we fought it perfectly, why can't we wait now? Could it be that Murong Feng would definitely be able to suppress the contradictions among the Xianbei tribes and prevent civil strife? If the contradictions between the various Xianbei tribes intensify and civil strife breaks out irrepressibly, Murong Feng and Tuoba Feng will have no time to look south, and they will both withdraw their troops back to the prairie, and we can regain the lost territory without bloodshed. Without the support of the Xianbei people, what are the rebellious Karasuma people and Zhang Ju Zhang Chun's rebels? A battle is decided.

Zhu Mu also dissuaded that instead of risking the risk of losing all the grain and grass in Youzhou now, it is better to garrison troops to defend and ensure half of Youzhou.

Li Hong shook his head resolutely and disagreed. He said that Xianbei people are not fools and idiots. If there is no war in the northern Xinjiang, Murong Feng's army will be looking at both the north and the south, not to mention the leader, even Tuoba Feng will swallow his anger. As long as the war in northern Xinjiang is raging and Murong Feng's army is too busy to take care of itself, Kuitou and Tuoba Feng will naturally fight without scruples. If you want the Xianbei people to mess up, not only to hurt them and provoke them, but also to provide them with an opportunity to fight, and to add fuel to the fire, otherwise the Xianbei people will be peaceful and unanimous with the outside world under the mediation of Murong Feng. After all, the benefits obtained from infighting and the benefits obtained from invading the Great Han Kingdom cannot be compared, if there are greater benefits and temptations, who will infighting? If the war drags on until next year, Tuoba Feng recovers a little bit of vitality, and Xianbei will be even more chaotic.

Xian Yufu was persuaded by Li Hong, he said with a smile, you have repeatedly urged Xu Rong to launch the Battle of Yanmen Pass as soon as possible, and the prospect of the Battle of Yanmen Pass has been said to be fantastic, and in the end you still have to fight, and you are still fighting in this situation, so it is too dangerous. Youzhou War, how to ensure food and salary? How to fix it? Will Your Majesty and the Imperial Court agree?

Li Hong sighed and said, Your Majesty and the imperial court are easy to deal with, just say that the Karasuma people and Xianbei people took advantage of the fact that the army's food and salary were cut off, and the army had to fight back. We used this reason to beg His Majesty and the imperial court to provide food and salary support, telling them that if they did not fight, Youzhou would be completely lost. I think that in this case, His Majesty will still agree.

Zhu Mu frowned, shook his head and sighed, General, you only care about the safety of the northern Xinjiang, and completely ignore the life and death of the Great Han Kingdom, you insist on going your own way, you will drag the Great Han Kingdom into the abyss of even more suffering. Li Hong said unhappily when he heard this, I am the general of Zhenbei, and my mission and responsibility is to ensure the integrity and security of my Han territory. I am wholeheartedly for the Han Kingdom, how can I drag the Great Han Kingdom into the abyss of suffering by doing this? Did I recapture the northern frontier or harm the Great Han Kingdom?

Zhu Mu was not afraid of Li Hong's reprimand, and retorted loudly, Your Excellency General, have you considered it, now millions of people in the Han Kingdom have suffered from floods, they are displaced, hungry and cold, and mourning all over the wilderness. The imperial court's top priority is to save those poor refugees, not to rekindle the flames of war and exhaust the last bit of financial resources of our Great Han Kingdom for the sake of the barren and uninhabited frontier lands. Your Majesty and the Imperial Court have repeatedly issued orders for you to withdraw your troops and stop fighting for disaster relief, but what did you do, General? The general not only forced Lord Xu and the Yellow Turban Army to launch the Battle of Yanmen Pass, but also about to launch the Battle of Youzhou, Lord General, are you not arrogant and arrogant, what is the law of the country? In addition to fighting in the northern Xinjiang, do you still have the Son of Heaven of the Great Han Kingdom and the people of the Great Han Kingdom? Your battle will cost a lot of money, but the Karasuma rebels may not be able to be completely annihilated, the ant thieves may not be able to be pacified, and the lost territory in the north may not be recovered. But what about the victims? They will die of hunger, they will die of disease, and will the lives of millions of my victims not be worth these frontier wastelands? When a person dies, it is gone, and the land is lost, but it can still be recaptured, compared with the two, which is more important, can't the general weigh it? This battle can't be fought, and I can't afford it. The lower official implored the general to withdraw the military order for the sake of the Great Han Kingdom and the people of the Great Han Kingdom, and withdraw his troops back to Jicheng.

Li Hong thought about it again, looked at the silent generals in the tent, and finally shook his head. He told Zhu Mu that if this battle was not fought, the opportunity to recover the lost territory in northern Xinjiang would be missed in the short term. Missing this opportunity, the battle of Yanmen Pass was fought in vain, and the time to recover the lost territory in northern Xinjiang will be extended indefinitely, and I don't know how long it will drag on in the end. If it drags on for five years or eight years, it will probably be even more difficult for these border counties to be recovered. Li Hong said: We can calculate an account, and we will recover the lost territory in northern Xinjiang in five years, and within five years, we will need more troops, we need to fight more battles, and we will lose more soldiers because of this. As a result, the people of the Great Han Kingdom will have to pay more taxes, and the Great Han Kingdom will have to carry a heavy burden for five years, and the military funds spent in these five years are even more staggering, and this huge military capital may really drag the Great Han Kingdom into the abyss of suffering. We are now waging the Youzhou War, striving to regain all the lost territory in northern Xinjiang in one year, compared with recovering the lost territory in northern Xinjiang in five years, which is more important than the two? Even if millions of refugees starve all over the country because of the Youzhou War, we are still a good deal. Everyone must think that within five years, because of the loss of the border counties in northern Xinjiang, how many people in the Great Han Kingdom were ravaged and died under the iron hooves of the Hu people? In the past five years, in order to pay more and more taxes, how many people have been forced to leave their homes and become displaced people, and have died tragically? For the sake of the future of the Great Han Kingdom and the future of the people of the Great Han Kingdom, the northern Xinjiang must be stabilized as soon as possible, and the lost territory in the northern Xinjiang must be recaptured as soon as possible.

Zhu Mu was heartbroken when he saw that he could not convince Li Hong, and he tried his best to persuade him again, and now that the scourge of the Yellow Turbans in the Han Dynasty was becoming more and more serious, and if the millions of victims could not be relieved and resettled in time, they would immediately rise up under the bewitchment of some rebellion, raise troops and riot, attack the city in all directions, burn and loot. General, think about it, once millions of victims riot, what will happen to the four prefectures of Ji, Yan, Qing, and Xu? What is the situation in my Han Congress? If you go outside, you must first settle inside, this is the law of the ancestors, how can it be wrong?

Li Hong didn't care, he smiled and said to the generals that the scourge of the Yellow Turban has gradually become rare in recent years, and even if there are individual rebellions, they can't set off any big waves, and they can't shake the foundation of the Han Dynasty. The northern frontier must be in the south, the army is going south, what rebellion cannot be quelled? What's more, there is still the Northern Army in Luoyang, and there are still county soldiers in various states and counties, what are you worried about? Back then, Zhang Jiao Zhang Niujiao had such a big momentum, and it was not killed in a blink of an eye.

Li Hong didn't explain more, waved his hand and ordered all the generals to return to their headquarters and prepare to feint against Yuyang, in order to respond to the attack on the rebels by Yan Rou and Gongsun Zhan.

Zhu Mu looked up to the sky and sighed, his heart aching. He said to Song Wen and Yu Peng, who were sitting on the side, that in order to make meritorious contributions, the general had already thrown the fate of the country and the people out of the clouds, and a group of generals were even more earnest in making meritorious contributions, obeying the general's words and plans, and did not consider whether the general's decision was right or wrong. He asked the two of them, why did the two adults not say a word from beginning to end? Could it be that the two adults also agree with what the Shogun did? The two adults are also greedy for fame and power? Song Wen said with a smile, Lord General has Lord Zhu's ideas, Lord Zhu has Lord Zhu's views, and Lord Yu and I are not good at interfering, but we think that compared to Lord Zhu's views, Lord General should see a little more far-reaching. Yu Peng went on to say that Master Zhu was too pessimistic. The foundation of my Great Han Kingdom for nearly 400 years, how can a bunch of ant thieves shake it, Lord Zhu underestimates my Great Han Kingdom too much. Zhu Mu was so angry that he almost fainted, and he scolded hatefully, if the general insisted on going his own way, the Great Han Kingdom would be buried in his hands sooner or later. Song Wen hurriedly shook his hand and said, Lord Zhu, don't talk nonsense, this kind of thing can't be said casually, you have to cut off your head. Zhu Mu scolded, I'm going to be angry, and I'm afraid of cutting off my head?

Looking at Zhu Mu with a long sigh and walked away, Yu Peng said worriedly: "Brother Gongding is crazy. ”

Song Wen smiled: "It's good to be crazy, so as not to be cut off by adults." ”

Li Hong wrote to the Son of Heaven, saying that the Karasuma rebels had launched an attack on the Flying Fox Fortress again, and Zhang Ju and Zhang Chun had also regrouped their troops and started a counteroffensive, and the army had already divided its forces to meet the enemy. He told the Son of Heaven that this battle might not end in a short time, and in order to ensure that Youzhou was held, he begged the Son of Heaven to raise military funds to support the great war in northern Xinjiang. At the same time, he also explained in detail to the Son of Heaven the situation in northern Xinjiang and the possible profound impact of the development of the war situation in northern Xinjiang on the Great Han Kingdom. Li Hong hoped that his recital would convince the Son of Heaven and the ministers of Shangtai.

Li Hong also wrote an urgent letter to Xu Rong. In the book, Li Hong explained the reasons and possible consequences of launching the Youzhou War, and he asked Xu Rong to do everything possible to provide food and ammunition for the Youzhou battlefield, even if the people of Youzhou were only allowed to eat one meal a day, they had to maintain the food and grass needs of the Youzhou battlefield. Li Hong said that if the Son of Heaven and the imperial court did not agree with him to continue the fight and asked him to withdraw his troops from Jicheng, he planned to resist and disobey. Li Hongxin vowed that he would lead the army to win this battle, take back Yuyang and Lulongsai, take back Liaoxi and Liaodong, put down the rebellion of the Karasuma people and ant thieves, and drive out the Xianbei people. Otherwise, he would not have returned to the state and would have died in Lulongset.

In addition, Li Hong also wrote a letter to Liyi, asking him to make every effort to overcome the difficulties of cutting off food and wages, and to find ways to send troops to Meiji to drag the Xiongnu rebels south of the Yellow River, so that they could not support Tuoba Feng. Tuoba Feng lacked the strong support of the Xiongnu rebels, just like a wounded fighter with another broken arm, and his strength was even weaker.

After Yan Rou received Li Hong's military order, he immediately summoned Yan Wuxing, Lu Pofeng, and Mo Ci to discuss, and then hurried to the area of Daicheng in Daijun with nine thousand iron horsemen to look for opportunities. At the same time, Lu Pofeng took a hundred guards to Baishan. He went to find Lou Lu.

In the middle of this month, Lou Lu was ordered by Li Hong to rush back to Youzhou from the Great Wall fortress with a thousand soldiers of Baishan Karasuma. Li Hong said, you take people back to Baishan, first gather your father's people, if anyone does not listen to you, cut it with a knife. Behind you are the Son of Heaven of the Great Han Kingdom, the Zhenbei General's Mansion, and tens of thousands of troops of the Northern Expedition, who dares not to listen to you? After you became the leader of the clan, you immediately gathered the Karasuma clan that did not participate in the rebellion in Hakuyama and elected the king of Kamiya Karasuma. Of course, this king must be you, otherwise, when I finish fighting the Xianbei people, I will wave my army into Baishan and exterminate all the tribes of Baishan for the crime of rebellion.

Lou Lu was furious and said, "What do you mean, General? I, Lou Lu, with Karasuma Iron Cavalry, followed you to fight in the south and north, and there is no merit and hard work. Could it be that I fought for a few years and finally brought such an ending to Hakuyama Karasuma? ”

Li Hong said unceremoniously: "You are you, they are them, do you think you can save the entire tribe with your merits?" If you want to save them, you can also call the Shangya Karasuma tribe to immediately elect you as the king, otherwise ......"

Lou Lu said: "This king is self-appointed by the adults of our tribe, and the emperor of the Great Han Kingdom has never recognized it, so it's useless." ”

"Who says it's useless? According to your military exploits, it is more than enough for the emperor of my Han Kingdom to crown you as the king of the entire Youzhou Karasuma. Don't worry, I will write to the Son of Heaven and ask the Son of Heaven to canonize you as the king of Kamiya Karasuma. As soon as the decree arrives, I will send it to you immediately, and I want to see how many Karasuma people dare to disobey the decree of my Emperor of the Han Dynasty. ”

Lou Lu forced him to have no choice, so he had to take a thousand men and horses back to Baishan overnight. Loulu has been gone for more than half a month, and there is no news from the sea. Now that the decree of the Son of Heaven has arrived, he has not even sent a message to the camp. When Lu Pofeng went to Baishan, he was ordered to deliver the holy decree, accompanied by an official who came from Beijing to announce the decree. Yan Rou said, Dashuai, you will go on a trip in person, with your reputation in Kamiya Karasuma, Hakuyama Karasuma will not dare to do anything to you. If something happens to Lou Lu, you should come back immediately, but don't send the news to the general first. Lu Pofeng was slightly stunned and asked why? Yan Rou said that something happened to Lou Lu, and with the general's temper, he was bound to kill, but this killing, Youzhou was even more chaotic. The Karasuma people have been subjugating to the Han for many years, and although there have been occasional rebellions, this does not mean that all Karasuma people are rebels. If we want to pacify Youzhou as soon as possible, we must focus on appeasing the Karasuma people, supplemented by killing, so that the situation in Youzhou can be quickly stabilized.

Lu Pofeng and Mo Ci were very moved when they heard Yan Rou say this. Lu Pofeng asked, if something happens to Lou Lu, the general will know sooner or later, and he can't hide it. Yan Rou said, let's first tell the news to Lord Liu of Youzhou, and then Lord Liu will tell the general, and this matter will be settled. When Lord Liu was in Youzhou, he attached equal importance to the Karasuma people and did many good deeds for the Karasuma people, and the Karasuma people were very grateful to him and worshiped him as a god. Lord Liu repeatedly told the general that in order to quell the rebellion in Youzhou, it is first necessary to quell the rebellion of the Karasuma people, and there is a very simple way to quell the rebellion of the Karasuma people, that is, to appease. The general has already killed them, and the rest is to send people to Liaoxi and Liaodong to appease them. Lord Liu said that if he came forward to appease him, he would definitely be able to get twice the result with half the effort. I heard that Lord Shi Wei, the chief of the Youzhou Pastoral Mansion, has secretly rushed to Liaodong. Therefore, as long as you tell Lord Liu about this, Kamiya Karasuma will be safe. Lord Liu used to be the general's superior, and he had the grace to support the general, and the general could still listen to his words.

Daijun Karasuma-sama Ran Ran and Kamiya Karasuma-sama Gaocian received the news of the defeat at Yanmen Pass sent by Murong Feng, and immediately withdrew their troops. But when they rushed to the vicinity of Daicheng, they suddenly heard that Daicheng and Dangcheng had all been lost overnight, and the retreat of the army was completely blocked by Yan Rou. Yan Rou's sudden appearance caught them off guard, and the two of them thumped their chests and stomped, full of remorse.

Ran Ran and Gao Chan have been cautious and cautious since they led the army to attack the Flying Fox Fortress, and this time it was completely Yan Rou's carelessness. Ever since Yan Rou led his troops into the garrison of Zhuolu, they had been closely monitoring Yan Rou, lest their back road be cut off by this famous horse thief. Both of them stationed a considerable number of troops in both Dangcheng and Daicheng, but after Yan Rou stayed in Zhuolu City for a few days, he hurriedly retreated and retreated to Juyong Pass. The two thought that Murong Feng had launched an attack in the direction of Yuyang and Lu Longsai, and Yan Rou went out to support, so they relaxed their vigilance. How did they know that Yan Rou had been staying at Juyong Pass and had not left the pass at all.

The two of them were careless, and Yan Rou seized the opportunity and hit with one blow, and the Karasuma rebels suddenly fell into a desperate situation.

The reason why the two raised troops to rebel was because they believed in Murong Feng's intelligence and strength. Murong Feng promised them that as long as the two of them led their troops to attack the Flying Fox Fortress, contain the strength of the Han army, and help themselves take Youzhou, the land of Daijun would be given to Ran Ran, and the land of Shanggu would be given to Gao Chan. How could the two of them refuse such a huge temptation? Moreover, Murong Feng just asked them to feint to attack the Flying Fox Fortress, and did not ask them to attack the Flying Fox Fortress with all their might, it would be an idiot not to agree to such a good thing without risk. But the development of the battle situation was completely beyond Murong Feng's expectations, and it also affected Ran Ran and Gao Chan. The two not only lost three or four thousand men and horses in the Flying Fox Fortress, but were also surrounded by Yan Rou and the White Deer Tribe and the Wuye Tribe in Taihang Mountain.

Just when the two were discussing the storming of Daicheng, Wen Chou rushed out of Feihuyu with 6,000 Han army foot soldiers and completed the encirclement of the Karasuma rebels with Yan Rou's cavalry army. Now more than 20,000 Karasuma iron horsemen are surrounded between the more than 50 miles of mountains from Daicheng to Feihuyu, and they cannot enter or leave. Ran Ran and Gao Chan's souls are scattered, and the Overseers are storming Daicheng, preparing to fight a bloody way. But as soon as they began to attack Daicheng, Wen Chou attacked their rear army, forcing them to be unable to take care of the end and embarrassed.

Ran Ran said to Gao Chan in despair, even if we defeat Daicheng, there is still a Dangcheng behind, and when we conquer Dangcheng, it is estimated that there will be few people left. It's better to surrender. Gao Chan thought of the lifting that was wiped out by the leopard Li Hong, and his heart was cold and very frightened. He said to Ran Ran, surrender now, we will definitely die, the leopard will not let us go, let's fight, just rush out. Ran Ran said that now Youzhou is in charge of Liu Yu and Lord Liu, and he will definitely survive if he surrenders. In that year, Wuyan, the king of Khan Lu, and the Xianbei people Suli and Que Ji failed to attack Lulongsai, and were raided by leopards in Bailing Ranch, and the whole army was annihilated, what was the result? Liu Yu, Lord Liu, let them all go. If we surrender to Lord Liu and send more livestock treasures to make amends, not only will we not be killed, but he will also let them back to continue to lead our tribe. Gao Chan pointed to the Han army and said, That's the leopard's iron horse, not Lord Liu's army, don't dream. Let's think about the consequences of surrender. Leopards and Gongsun Chan are the same, and they are murderous. When the leopard was fighting Titu in Hengling, he killed Titu and his soldiers cleanly, have you forgotten?

Yan Rou was worried when she saw that the Karasuma rebels were attacking too hard. First, he was worried that his losses would be too great, so that the Karasuma rebels would break through and escape, and second, he was worried that killing all the Karasuma rebels would be a big blow to the Karasuma rebels who were appeasing Liaoxi and Liaodong. If the Karasuma people in Liaoxi and Liaodong refuse to be appeased because of this, the counterinsurgency in Youzhou may have to drag on for a long time.

"Urgently write to Lord Liu, ask him to immediately send someone to Daicheng to appease the Karasuma rebels."

Zhao Yun hurried to Lucheng with Li Hong's military order.

When Gongsun Zhan heard that he was going to send troops to attack Tuyuan, he was overjoyed, and immediately arranged for Han Qiong, the governor of Bohai County, to take 2,000 soldiers to guard Lucheng, and Zou Jing of Qingzhou to take 2,000 soldiers to guard Yongnu, and he and Zhao Yun rushed to Tuyin City with 8,000 iron cavalry and 6,000 foot soldiers.

Garrisoned by the rebel general Zhao Cheng and Liaoxi Karasuma's small marshal Badun, there were 3,000 foot soldiers and 5,000 iron cavalry. Seeing the Han army killing violently, without saying a word, he fled with his iron horse. This was specially given to him by Qiu Liju, the king of Bailang of Liaoxi Karasuma, before evacuating the mound. Qiu Liju said that if the Han army came to attack, he would immediately evacuate and return to the territory of Liaoxi Karasuma directly with the iron horse. The Karasuma people lost more than half of this time, if they don't preserve their strength, they will be wiped out in the future, and if they are not killed by the Han people, they will flee to Xianbei to be slaves.

Zhao Cheng led his troops to defend the city, and the two sides fought fiercely for a day. That night, the gate of Tuyin City was opened, and Gongsun Zhan and Tian Kai rushed in with their foot soldiers, slashed everywhere, and took Tuyin City. Zhao Cheng had just escaped from the city with his personal guards, when he was cut to the ground by Liu Bei, who followed him, and was beheaded with a knife. In the middle of the night, he led people to kill and disperse the rebels, and the one who opened the city gate was a subordinate of the late Liu Zheng, the Taishou of Youbeiping. In order to avenge his old master, this man endured humiliation and surrendered to the rebels, and today his wish has finally been fulfilled.

Li Hong was overjoyed when he received the good news from Gongsun Zhan, and without hesitation ordered him to lead his troops into Liaoxi and attack Feiru. Feiru is the temporary capital of the Great Yan Kingdom built by the rebels, and it is only more than a hundred miles away from the mound, and it can be reached in one day. The leaders of the rebel army and their families, the last remaining 60,000 horses, and a large amount of looted money and materials are here. Neither Zhang Ju nor Zhang Chun expected that Li Hong would command the army to fight so quickly. Although they also made preparations in advance and transferred some of their families and money to Xiangping City in Liaodong, Xiangping City was seven or eight hundred miles away from Feiru, and the trails along the way were rugged and difficult, and the migration was very time-consuming and laborious. Moreover, Liaodong is very desolate and poor, and many people are unwilling to leave their hometowns to live so far away, even Zhang Ju is unwilling. Earlier this month, the rebel leaders all high-fived and celebrated when they heard that the three prefectures of Hebei and Yanqing in the Great Han Kingdom had been flooded. In their opinion, the Han army will not be able to defeat it no matter what. Youzhou now has the Karasuma rebels in the upper valley of Daijun attacking the Flying Fox Fortress, and the Xianbei Murong Feng occupying Yuyang and Lulongsai, plus the Han army itself has lost food support and is unable to move, so that the rebels are completely safe, and they can sit down and breathe comfortably. However, after only more than half a month, the Han army suddenly killed Feiru, which made them frightened, so they had to defend the city.

Gongsun Zhan garrisoned on the west bank of the Xuanshui River, facing several times his own garrison troops, he was not afraid, thinking about ways to break the city day and night.

Li Hong kept transporting him grain, grass and ordnance, and at the same time urged him to lay down Feiru as soon as possible, and break through the city at all costs, quickly, quickly. Li Hong said that grain and grass could be transported for a maximum of ten days, and after ten days, not only Gongsun Chan had no grain and grass, but even Li Hong's Northern Expeditionary Army had no grain and grass. Li Hong is now giving all the grain, grass and ordnance stored in the Northern Expeditionary Army to Gongsun Zhan. Now, Gongsun Chan can only continue to maintain the attack of the army by defeating Feiru and using the spoils of Feiru City to replenish the army's needs.

In June, Jinyang.

Xu Rong first received Li Hong's letter, and he immediately recalled Xie Ming, the commander of the salt and iron capital. After Xie Ming arrived at the Longshan camp, Xu Rong immediately summoned Zuo Yan, Li Wei, Tang Fang, Tang Yun and Xiao Lan and other senior officials of the Zhenbei General's Mansion to discuss the matter. After reading Li Hong's letter, everyone was dumbfounded, and it was hard to believe that this letter was written by Li Hong himself. It's not that Li Hong's decision is wrong, but that Li Hong's decision was used at the wrong time. Now the imperial court has almost completely cut off the food and salary of the armies in northern Xinjiang in order to relieve the disaster, and it is incredible to rely on a small Zhenbei General's Mansion to support the grain, grass and ordnance of the entire Youzhou battlefield. In fact, this is simply impossible, and the general of Zhenbei, Li Hong, has gone crazy.

Tang Yun smiled bitterly: "My lord, you should find someone else to do my errand, I really can't do it anymore." If you chop me into minced meat, that's only enough for one person to eat a few meals, not for a few months. ”

Xu Rong said unhurriedly: "Discuss and discuss first, and think of a way." ”

"My lord, there are now more than 70,000 infantry cavalry troops in Youzhou, and they are also distributed in different battlefields, and the amount of food, grass and ordnance required is very amazing, there is no way to think about it." Tang Yun said, "Now we can't buy food even if we have money. The Son of Heaven has decreed that all prefectures and counties across the country should requisition the surplus grain from all prefectures and counties and send them to the disaster areas, and no one is allowed to use them for other purposes or buy and sell them privately. ”

"Isn't there any grain in the granaries of the rich men in various places?" Xu Rong asked.

"Yes, and very much. As far as I know, the food hoarded by the rich people in the Sanfu land of Chang'an alone is probably enough for three months' rations for an army of 70,000, and maybe more than three months. But we can't afford it, and now the price of each stone valley in Chang'an City is five times the usual price, and we can't afford to buy it if we want to. ”

Xu Rong looked at Xie Ming. Xie Ming said that the money can be raised some, but the grain is so expensive, no amount of money is enough. Xu Rong asked, can't you raise more money? Xie Ming said in embarrassment, unless all the profits of salt and iron handed over to the Son of Heaven every month are deducted, but that is the money of the Son of Heaven, who dares to touch it?

Li Wei shook his hand and said that the method of raising money to buy grain was inappropriate. The more we buy food, the more the price of food rises, and in the end we still can't afford it. In my opinion, it is better to wait and see if His Majesty will agree to the general's strategy for the northern frontier. If Your Majesty and the Imperial Court agree to this policy and allow the General to go to war, then Your Majesty and the Imperial Court will have to find a way to raise military funds for the army, if not all of them, at least a large part of it can be solved, so that the burden left to our Zhenbei General's Mansion will be much smaller.

Zuo Yan looked at everyone and said, "Didn't you adults think about the general doing this, isn't it very inappropriate?" Especially for the current Great Han Kingdom, this kind of near-reckless military practice may drag down the entire Great Han Kingdom. ”

Everyone looked at Zuo Yan in surprise. Xiao Lan said softly: "Should we jointly advise the general to give up the strategy of northern Xinjiang." After this battle, the damage we have caused to the Great Han Kingdom is far greater than the damage caused to the Great Han Kingdom by the Hu people's captivity of Youzhou. ”

Xu Rong frowned slightly, his expression slightly dissatisfied, obviously he was not used to hearing this kind of opposition. Li Wei, Xie Ming, and Tang Yun looked stunned, as if they had no idea that they could oppose the general's decision.

Tang Fang put forward the same opinion as Zuo Yan and Xiao Lan at this time, and he directly expressed his opposition. In his opinion, the more than 50 million people of the Han Dynasty were far more important than those counties outside the northern Xinjiang. In order to preserve the vitality of the Han Kingdom, in order to stabilize the hearts of the people in the world, and in order to save the lives of the people, he would rather give up the land temporarily. Tang Fang said that the country has declined, the people's hearts have been lost, and the people have died, so what's the use of asking for those pieces of land? Even if it is recaptured, will it be able to hold on? If the country is strong, the people's hearts are stable, and the people are rich, not to mention recovering a few pieces of lost territory, it is also a trivial matter to lay a large piece of territory.

Xu Rong's face was expressionless, and he was very unhappy in his heart. He and Li Hong have the same thoughts, and they would rather cut off their heads than lose their land. What is the Great Han Kingdom? What are the people of the Great Han? What is a Han soldier? If you can't even defend your own land, are you still a Han people, or a Han soldier? Giving up the land was impossible for him, and he would rather let 100,000 soldiers die on the battlefield than let the Hu people occupy an inch of land in the Great Han Kingdom.

"We'll talk about it tomorrow."

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