He Hao will be ordered to go to Xiliang tomorrow to appease him, so the general He Jin specially set up a banquet in the mansion today to give He Hao a meal.

After the banquet was dispersed, the general and several cronies of He Hao and Yuan Shao went to the study to discuss matters.

"Today's court discussion, the Son of Heaven intends to let Zongzheng Liu Yu succeed him as the post of Taiwei, but then he was unanimously opposed by the ministers of the inner and outer courts." He Jin said worriedly, "I see that His Majesty has a resolute attitude, and he has no intention of giving up at all." ”

He Hao and the others had already heard about this, and at this time, they were also frowning deeply and silent.

"Boqiu, before you leave, what are your best ways to deal with it?"

"Liu Yu is a member of the royal family and a confidant of the Son of Heaven, if he is appointed as a lieutenant and in charge of the military affairs of the Quartet, then the power of the clan will be even stronger." He Hao sighed, "Liu Yu himself is very knowledgeable, honest and honest, and loyal to His Majesty, it is not inappropriate for him to be the captain, but he was the former master of Li Hong, the general of the Qiang Zhonglang, and with this relationship, it is very unfavorable for us to be the captain." ”

"Liu Yu and Li Hong's personal relationship is quite good, which can be called irreversible. If Liu Yu became a lieutenant, Li Hong would definitely obey his words. In this way, Liu Yu could directly control and command Li Hong. At the same time, the Son of Heaven will be more handy with Li Hong, such as arm command. With these two powerful ministers inside and outside the court, it is much easier for the Son of Heaven to do whatever he wants. ”

Yuan Shao continued: "With the support of the Son of Heaven inside and the strong support of Li Hong outside, Liu Yu's power is bound to expand rapidly, and the competition for military power and the general will be very fierce. ”

"Once the power of the clan grows stronger, the situation will become more and more unfavorable for the general." Wang Yun, who was engaged in Zhonglang, sighed, "Now it is rumored in Luoyang that the general and Xiliang rebel have dealings, and there are even better people who say that Pingyuan Xiangkai and the general are old friends, and Wang Fen's rebellion is all manipulated by the general behind the scenes." ”

He Jin smiled bitterly and shook his head again and again.

"If this rumor continues, in a few days, it is estimated that some people will say that the Xingyang thief rebellion was secretly instigated by the general." Wang Yun said angrily.

He Jin's heart was shocked, and the smile on his face became more and more ugly. He Hao and Yuan Shao exchanged a look with each other, and their melancholy was even stronger.

"These rumors were deliberately released by the eunuchs." Engaged in Zhonglang Xun You also said, "The traitorous eunuchs have been hit by repeated blows, and they hate the general to the core, and they want to confuse Your Majesty through these rumors, and take the opportunity to instigate Your Majesty to be unfavorable to the general." ”

"If these rumors are allowed to fly all over the sky, it will definitely be bad for the general." Wang Yun said, "In my opinion, the general still met with the traitorous eunuchs Zhang Rang, Zhao Zhong and others privately through the relationship between the queen and the general of the chariot, temporarily quelled these rumors, and concentrated on dealing with the matter in front of him. The general can tell the eunuchs that if Liu Yu is appointed as a lieutenant, their lives will not be easy. ”

"Zishi, you are wrong, Liu Yu is a very flexible person, he has a very harmonious relationship with several traitorous eunuchs, and there has been no conflict. If he becomes a lieutenant, it will be very helpful for the eunuch to regain His Majesty's trust. Moreover, now the traitorous eunuchs secretly support Xiao Donghou to inherit the unification, and His Majesty more or less needs these old lieutenants to contribute in the future, so where did the conflict between them come from? Zheng Tai asked puzzled.

Liu Yu had been an official for many years and was familiar with government affairs, and he had his own set of methods for increasing the tax revenue of the state treasury and resisting foreign invasions. When he was the assassin of Youzhou, he increased the revenue of the state treasury by recruiting displaced people to open up wasteland and fields, farming and cultivating grains, and reducing or exempting taxes, and externally, he actively adopted the methods of internal relocation and appeasement of the Hu people to quell the scourge of war, and achieved remarkable results. Wang Yun explained, "If Liu Yu becomes a lieutenant, the first thing is to solve the problem of the invasion of the Hu people. Both of these methods cost a huge amount of money, and the imperial court simply could not afford it. But for His Majesty who believes in Liu Yu, he will help Liu Yu to implement this strategy, and the final result is that His Majesty will come up with all kinds of ways to exploit the powerful in Luoyang, and the first to bear the brunt is of course these rich princes in the world. The traitorous eunuchs have extorted a lot of money from His Majesty recently, and their hearts are in pain, if they know that Liu Yu will encourage His Majesty to continue to blackmail them after becoming a lieutenant, they will definitely consider it carefully. ”

"In addition, there is a more important reason, that is, after Liu Yu becomes a lieutenant, His Majesty will feel that he is safer and more powerful, and he will be more fearless, and he will be relieved and bold to use a young junior lieutenant like Jian Shuo, in order to gradually replace Zhao Zhong and Zhang Rang. This threat to the old traitors should be more terrible than the loss of money, right? ”

"The master has a point." He Hao praised, "As long as the eunuch does not oppose us for the time being, we will relieve a lot of pressure." ”

"If Liu Yu takes this method to resist the Hu clan after serving as a lieutenant, it is better to let Lord Situ be a lieutenant." Xun You said, "Although Lord Situ said that he would give up some border counties, he would not take actual action. One is that he does not have the support of any ministers, and the other is that His Majesty will not agree. In this way, the DPRK and China will be at peace, but they will not cause any trouble. ”

"Rumors? Rumor? Zhao Qi suddenly thought of something, and suddenly said, "Do you remember the summer before last, when it was rumored in Luoyang that Liu Yu and Xianbei Murong Feng secretly colluded in a vain attempt to kill He Lian? ”

There was silence in the room.

"What the boss means, it's our ......" Yuan Shao hesitated for a moment and asked.

"At this time, when the Xianbei people invaded on a large scale, if it is rumored in Luoyang that Liu Yu and the Xianbei people have colluded, then whether this matter is true or not, he is not suitable to be a captain." Zhao Qi said, "This is an extraordinary time, no matter how much Tianzi likes Liu Yu, he doesn't dare to commit this public anger." ”

"It's still the boss's ingenuity." He Jin clapped his hands happily and praised, "Thank you, sir." ”

"Boqiu, don't worry about going to Xiliang."

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The Son of Heaven looked at the piece in his hand again and again, and asked suspiciously, "Is there collusion between Liu Yu and Murong Feng?" Is there any evidence? ”

Huangfu Song shook his head and said, "Your Majesty, this is pure nonsense. If this was still the year before last, it would be even more impossible, in the spring and summer of the year before last, Murong Feng was commanding the army to invade Youzhou, how could the two collude? If there was collusion between the two, Youzhou would have lost more than half of it long ago. ”

"I heard that he has a very good relationship with the Xiongnu Shan Yu Qiangqu." The Son of Heaven asked again, "Is it true?" ”

"It does." Lu Zhi bowed and replied, "When Lord Liu was the assassin of Youzhou, he got along well with the Hu people in northern Xinjiang. The Xiongnu heard his name in Qiangqu and deliberately met with him many times in Daijun to discuss the opening of the market. It was at that time that the friendship between the two was formed. ”

"There are rumors in Luoyang that are unfavorable to Lord Liu now, and their intention is obvious, that is, not to let Lord Liu be promoted to the position of Grand Lieutenant." Huangfu Song shook his head and said with great disdain, "How can this kind of chasing after the wind and shadows be verified?" But if you don't check it clearly, how can Lord Liu be a lieutenant in a good name? If Your Majesty forcibly decrees, the ministers will definitely not accept it, and if everyone repeatedly plays impeachment, will the mountain of state affairs still have to be dealt with? Those who maliciously spread this rumor are really hateful, and when the war on the border is still tight, they ignore the state and society and play such despicable and dirty tricks. ”

The Son of Heaven threw the piece in his hand on the desk with an expressionless face, pacing back and forth.

"If Your Majesty doesn't like Lord Situ, there are still two candidates, Your Majesty can consider it?" Lu Zhi whispered.

"Aiqing said it." The Son of Heaven said, "Who else is there besides Guanglu Xunding Palace?" ”

"Servant Yang Biao." Lu Zhi said, "Lord Wenlie Hou Yang is the eldest son of the former Taiwei Yang Ci, and his family has been loyal and good for generations, and his people are knowledgeable, loyal and upright, and can be the Tai Lieutenant. ”

"I promoted him to the rank of servant, and immediately promoted him to the rank of lieutenant, too fast, too fast, and the ministers would definitely say that I was nepotistic." The Son of Heaven shook his hand again and again, "The old man is my teacher, and with this relationship, I have to think about it more. ”

Lu Zhi and Huangfu Song glanced at each other and hung their heads silently.

The Son of Heaven was still shaking his head. Yang Biao is not an ordinary loyal and upright, but bold, and the Son of Heaven is a little afraid to use it, for fear of asking for trouble.

More than ten years ago, when Yang Biao was appointed as Jing Zhaoyin, he found that Wang Fu, the Huangmen Ling, who was in power at that time (he and Zhongguan Cao Jie launched the Beigong Incident together and killed the general Dou Wu), conspired with his protégés to embezzle and accept bribes of 70 million yuan. Without hesitation, he immediately denounced, and together with Yang Qiu, the then commander of the Sili school, he simply brought down Wang Fu and killed Wang Fu's father and son, along with more than 300 disciples. Yang Biao is famous all over the world because of this incident.

The Son of Heaven did not intend to hand over the military power subordinate to the Tai Lieutenant, so he did not want to move Yang Biao to the Tai Lieutenant. If this Yang Biao became a lieutenant, he dragged a group of ministers to quarrel with him every day with the Great Han Law, and he would be a little overwhelmed.

Although Guanglu Xunding Palace found the queen mother and gave a heavy gift, the Son of Heaven did not want to have a direct conflict with the general because of this matter of military power. If Ding Gong became a lieutenant, the general would definitely have to unite with the ministers to force him to hand over the military power, which would be even more troublesome.

"Your Majesty, according to the law of the Han Dynasty, Shang Shutai cannot handle military affairs, so this matter of the Taiwei cannot be delayed again and again." Huangfu Song bowed down and said, "If the country can't do it, there will be chaos, and Your Majesty, as the king of a country, can't break the law and mess with the law, so ......"

The Son of Heaven doesn't like to hear it anymore. He glanced at Huangfu Song coldly and said, "You concentrate on dealing with the war in Western Xinjiang, don't be too distracted." I see that you and Lu Aiqing are very tired, so we just sleep in Shangshutai and don't go home. ”

Huangfu Song and Lu Zhi bowed down to receive the order.

The Son of Heaven thought for a moment and asked, "If Lord Situ is allowed to take over, what is the opinion of the two Aiqing?" ”

Huangfu Song hurriedly said: "The minister does not agree. Lord Situ has always adhered to the strategy of abandoning the border counties, and if he served as the captain, the war in the western Xinjiang could be stopped. ”

Lu Zhi also played: "If Your Majesty proposes that Lord Situ take over the post of Tai Lieutenant, I am afraid that there will be more opposition above the court meeting. ”

The Son of Heaven pondered for a long time and said, "I think it is still suitable for him. I can make him a lieutenant, but when there is a war, the power of military affairs will be in the hands of Shang Shutai, how about it? ”

Huangfu Song and Lu Zhi finally understood the mind of the Son of Heaven, he seemed to be addicted to war, and he had to seize this military power.

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Scouts Pegasus reported that the army of Helian and Tuoba Feng was hurrying forward.

Li Hong smiled: "He chased so tightly that he had to fight." ”

"It's better to hit that head." Li Wei said, "If we withdraw too quickly, it will alert Helian and Tuoba Feng." If they see through our intentions and decide not to go through Liupan Mountain, things will be tricky. ”

Li Hong shook his head and said, "They have been calling all the way, and they have found nothing, and they will not stop easily." ”

"The Xianbei people have run for more than a thousand miles, and they haven't even caught a sheep, how can they be willing?" Yan Rou said with a smile, "If I were a Xianbei person, thinking about the mountains of treasures in Chang'an City, I would have killed Liupan Mountain even if I was desperate." ”

Lu Yi asked Xie Mingdao: "According to the fastest itinerary, can Jade and Gao Ran rush to Fanting Mountain tomorrow?" ”

"Before leaving, the Lord repeatedly told them that they must arrive on time in order to provide the army with much-needed food and grass." Xie Ming replied, "Lord Koji, please rest assured, nothing will go wrong." ”

"Will the army's food and grass be able to sustain it until tomorrow?" Xian Yuyin hurriedly asked, "We traveled lightly all the way, and the rations we carried with us have been eaten." ”

"Barely so." Song Wen said, "I checked it just now, and it can last for a day, but the day after tomorrow, we must meet with Lord Jade, otherwise we can only drink water." ”

After discussing the details of defending the city with a group of leading generals, Li Hong immediately ordered the soldiers to enter the city to rest. After days of running, everyone is exhausted.

"Keep the word, immediately send someone to Fanting Mountain, let the people who stay there continue to go south, don't stop." Li Hong said to Zheng Xin, "You take the scout camp and Zhang He's troops, and take the wounded soldiers to Fanting Mountain first." ”

"Keep the word, be vigilant when you sleep at night, and don't kill the Xianbei people." Xian Yuyin said with a smile, "It is possible that the Xianbei people will bypass Chaona City and directly occupy Fanting Mountain in order to cut off our retreat. ”

"Can you say something nice, am I so unlucky?" Zheng Xin patted Xian Yuyin's shoulder and said with a smile, "If you don't worry about me, go with me?" ”

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Tens of thousands of people escorted the first batch of grain and grass to Linjing City.

Zhao Yun and Liu Ming also rushed to Linjing with five thousand Changshui Camp iron horsemen.

Xian Yufu, Xu Rong and others were introduced by Zhao Yun and met Liu Ming, Lu Xian, He Feng and other Changshui camp generals.

After Xian Yufu gave a brief introduction to the military situation, he asked, "Have Yan Liang and Jiang Wu already left the grain and grass baggage?" ”

"According to the orders of the adults, they were all left at the ferry port of Kasakazu, and they are coming day and night, and it is estimated that they will be able to arrive in three or four days." Zhao Yun said, "Are we still waiting for them here?" ”

"No waiting." Xian Yufu pointed to the Jingshui River on the map and said, "Let's go north along the Jingshui River and set up an ambush here." ”

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At dusk, Helian and Tuoba Feng arrived at the city of Chaona with a large army.

He Lian demanded an immediate attack, but Tuoba Feng tried his best to dissuade him. Tuoba Feng said: "The soldiers started marching in the middle of the night, and there was no rest along the way, and now everyone is physically tired and mentally exhausted, and it is difficult to launch a fierce attack. Moreover, attacking the city at night, our losses were too great to outweigh the losses. ”

He Lian couldn't listen, he was worried that Li Hong would run away with someone in the middle of the night. He Lian said: "Now Ye Lao's army has not yet arrived at Fanting Mountain, if the leopard abandons the city in the middle of the night, regardless of whether there is a Han army stationed in Fanting Mountain, Ye Lao will be quickly eaten by Li Hong's tens of thousands of troops, so now we must immediately attack the city and drag the leopard." ”

Being able to wipe out the tens of thousands of Han troops in front of Li Honghe in front of him to the north of Liupan Mountain is extremely beneficial to the army's attack on Chang'an City. With this in mind, Tuoba Feng reluctantly agreed to the siege. He asked for a two-hour rest so that he could wait for the arrival of the army of Ritsuri and Yan Liyu before launching an attack.

He Lian was helpless, and instead asked Tuoba Feng to allocate 10,000 horses to Fanting Mountain to help the wild old army occupy Fanting Mountain and fight leopards behind closed doors. Tuoba Feng hesitated, but still refused.

The lesson of losing thousands of leopards in Youzhou the year before last was too profound, this leopard was alert and cunning, elusive, and easy to use soldiers, completely helpless. Fanting Mountain is related to the retreat of tens of thousands of leopards, so an important position, will he not let people go? Maybe there's a trap there. Tuoba Feng no longer entangled with Helian and turned around and returned to the camp.

The law day deduction and the banquet Liyou and others were slow, and the army was slow to arrive, and it only arrived in the middle of the night.

He Lian immediately summoned them to the Great Tent to discuss the matter and demanded a siege in the middle of the night, but no one agreed. He Lian was a little annoyed. As the army invaded the Han realm deeper and deeper, the weight of Helian's words became lighter and lighter, and the marshals of various tribes even confronted and mocked him to his face. In the final analysis, Helian still has no merits, and it is difficult to convince the public. In the prairie, because his father Tanshi Huai is still famous, everyone more or less gives some face, but once he leaves the prairie, especially when it is related to his own life, no one takes him as a thing anymore.

In this big tent, Tuoba Feng, Ri Deduction, and Yan Liyou were all fierce generals under Tanshi Huai's tent, and no one was convinced, so everyone fought for a long time, but there was no result. Xu Ji yawned and said, "I'm going to sleep, you can discuss it, and then call me." ”

In addition to the fatigue of the soldiers and the fear that their losses would be too great, an important reason was that they suspected that this city was also an empty city.

"Such a big Gaoping city, there is nothing but stones." Yan Liyou grabbed his bare head and said, "The Han people have obviously made sufficient preparations and don't give us anything. Hmph, don't give? If you don't give it to us, you will go to Chang'an, where there is everything, as much as you want. ”

"If the city is also an empty city, is it worth it for us to attack it with such great effort?" Ritsuri said with a smile, "If the leopard is in a hurry, he will run away when he drops his butt, and we haven't beaten it in vain." The king, since the leopard has given up the three levels and Gaoping, he will naturally give up Chaona, and then stick to the area of Liupan Mountain to wait for reinforcements. I think we are still resting there for a few days, and then we will cross Liupan Mountain and go straight to Chang'an City. ”

He Lian shook his head and said, "Leopards are the biggest threat to us. If we completely kill the leopard and his 20,000 cavalry north of Liupan Mountain, then after crossing Liupan Mountain, the Han people will not have the strength to stop us from entering Chang'an City. ”

He immediately told him about sending Ye Lao to take the lead in occupying Fanting Mountain, and He Lian said quite proudly: "Now is the best time to annihilate the leopard north of Liupan Mountain. As long as we drag the leopard here and give Ye Lao enough time to occupy Fanting Mountain, all that remains is to see how we kill this leopard. ”

Ritsuri and Yan Liyou looked down at the map, and then exchanged a horrified look with each other. The two turned their heads to look at Tuoba Feng, whose face was gloomy, and they were speechless for a long time.

"Two marshals, can you agree to attack the city immediately?" He Lian saw that the face of Riri's deduction and Yan Liyou's face was uncertain, as if he was calmed by his own brilliant plan, and he was secretly proud in his heart.

"Hehe......" Ri Ri stroked his beard and said with a dry smile, "Since the king has decided to close the door to fight the leopards, and let Ye Lao lead the army to occupy Fanting Mountain to cut off the retreat of the Han army, I don't think we need to rush to attack the city." ”

"Oh?" He Lian asked in surprise, "Can Dashuai tell me the reason?" ”

"If the leopard knows that he has lost his way out, he will retreat in a hurry, and we can kill it in pursuit." "The siege of the city can neither exert the power of our iron cavalry, nor can it deal a heavy blow to the strength of the Han army, and can only bring us greater losses, so ......"

He Lian sneered, thinking to himself, you just don't want to attack the city, a group of cunning bastards.

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The law day deduction and feast Liyou walked out of the big tent with a heavy heart.

"It's okay for Helian to play intrigues and tricks in Danhan Mountain, but when it comes to fighting, he can't compare to King Tanshi Huai and his brother Huai Zong." Ritsuri sighed, "Fanting Mountain is the choke point leading to Guanzhong, and the leopard must be stationed to guard the three passes and the city in a row in case of accidents. This kid took it for granted that it was an empty mountain, thinking that he could just send 10,000 people to occupy Fanting Mountain and cut off the leopard's retreat. A self-righteous idiot. ”

"Why didn't Tuoba Feng stop it?" Yan Liyou said worriedly, "I don't think he has any good intentions." He tried his best to instigate Helian to go south to fight Chang'an and build a world-famous career, what good would this do him? If Helian becomes the peerless overlord of the grassland, he Tuoba Feng is just a dog at Helian's feet, and he is not as majestic as he is now. ”

"Will he want to use this opportunity to go south to kill Helian?" Ritsuri deduced and looked around, and then leaned into Yan Liyou's ear and whispered, "As soon as Helian dies, Danhan Mountain will immediately fall into a battle for royal power, and the power of the four lords of Xianbei Kingdom will be even stronger." ”

Yan Liyou's face changed greatly, and his expression was shocked.

"Tuoba Feng is very ambitious, he may want the Tuoba tribe to dominate the prairie, and then destroy Danhan Mountain and dominate the prairie. He wants to be the King of Xianbei. ”

Yan Liyou smiled and sneered, "Just him? Bullshit. ”

Ri Ri deduced glaring at him solemnly, and said in a low voice: "Now Helian's son Qianman is young, if Helian dies, Qianman will definitely succeed him." Tuoba Feng is Qian Man's uncle, and it is natural for him to assist Xiao Wang in governing the Xianbei Kingdom. With the help of this convenience, Tuoba Feng can greatly expand the strength of the Tuoba tribe, and in time, ......"

Yan Liyou slapped his bald head suddenly, and said in a lame voice: "Yes, yes, it makes sense." Murong Feng is now in Baitan City, and the leader is in the area of Yanmen County, and if He Lian is dead, it will be difficult for the news to reach their ears for a while. By the time they knew, Tuoba Feng had already gone to Danhan Mountain to support Qianman to succeed him. High, high, this meter is really high. Then he looked at the Ritsuri deduction suspiciously, and said with a strange smile, "It's not okay to fight with Lian, but playing this, Tuoba Feng may not be better than him." ”

Yan Liyou waved his hand and said: "Forget it, forget it, don't guess, even if Helian loses 10,000 people, it doesn't matter if it doesn't matter, we still have 110,000 horses, and we can still enter Chang'an City." ”

The look in Ritsuri's eyes wandered, not knowing what he was thinking.

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After Tuoba Feng walked out of the big tent, he hurriedly caught up with the law and day deduction and banquet liyou.

"Why didn't the two marshals persuade the king to transfer the wild old army's army back in time?" Tuoba Feng complained, "I have dissuaded many times, but the king insists on going his own way. ”

Yan Liyou glanced at Tuoba Feng in surprise and said, "Ye Lao's army is about to arrive at Fanting Mountain, what else to dissuade?" If you want to persuade you, it should be an adult. Why didn't you explain the situation on the battlefield to the king last night? ”

"The king said that the leopard will withdraw from Liupan Mountain, and he will lure us to the south of Liupan Mountain, and then look for an opportunity to defeat us." Tuoba Feng reluctantly explained, "He didn't listen to me at all. ”

Ri Ri sneered and said: "Part of the leopard's army has rushed to Hanyang County to quell the rebellion, and some of the infantry have not arrived at Liupan Mountain because of their slow action. ”

"The Han people would not have thought that the king and your army would appear in Muxia Pass." Yan Liyou also said, "The leopard suddenly found that he had to defend against an army of 120,000, what else could he do but retreat quickly? Is he going to throw all his men and horses north of Liupan Mountain? Then Chang'an's defense is really not wanted? My lord, have you explained all these situations to the king? ”

Tuoba Feng nodded again and again, and said seriously: "I said it all, I also said that if the leopard dares to give up Liupan Mountain, he will be beheaded by the emperor of the Great Han Kingdom, but the king is bent on encircling and annihilating the leopard north of Liupan Mountain, and he can't listen." ”

Ri Ri and Yan Liyou glanced at each other, their eyes were full of suspicion, and the two did not speak.

"The king and the leopard have a personal vendetta." Tuoba Feng said, "The leopard once killed the king's woman in Huahongyuan, robbed the king's treasure, and made the king lose face, so the king always wanted to catch the leopard with his own hands to vent his hatred." ”

"That time, wasn't the handsome Tuoba Hong of the adults also in the hands of the dead leopard?" Yan Liyou said with a smile, "The adult's son was also killed by a leopard, and the adult's mind is probably the same as the king, right?" ”

Tuoba Feng smiled faintly and said, "Of course I also want to cook the leopard, but I want to enter Chang'an City even more, so tomorrow's siege ......"

"As I said, there is no need to siege the city at all." Ritsuri flatly refused, "Let's wait for the leopard to abandon the city and flee, and then pursue along the road." The big battle should be on Vantin Mountain. ”

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Ritsuri watched Tuoba Feng's majestic back disappear into the night, and there was a hint of murderous aura on his face.

"Wolf head, we have to be careful on this road."

"He's lying to us." Yan Liyou sneered, "We have been fighting with him for decades under the tent of King Tanshi Huai, who can he deceive with his little tricks?" ”

"Look, did we send someone back to inform Luo Luo and ask him to pay attention to the situation in Danhan Mountain?" Ri Deduced and whispered, "If we in the western Xianbei take the lead, we can knock Tuoba Feng hard." ”

"It's fine." Yan Liyou nodded and said, "Tuoba Feng wants us to be a backer for him, and we have to pay a price." It's just a king......"

"Meritorious deeds?" Ritsuri deduced and sighed, "If you and I are replaced, my mind will not be clear." If we defeat Chang'an this time, Helian can still return to Danhan Mountain safely, he is the second overlord on the grassland after King Tanshihuai, that is, the handsome Murong Feng, will bow his head and worship. ”

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In the middle of the night, Zheng Xin and Zhang He led the men and horses up to Fanting Mountain.

Dozens of bonfires were lit on Fanting Mountain, and many of the people who fled from Chaona City remained on the mountain and did not want to leave. In their opinion, there were many Han troops on Fanting Mountain, and after a period of fighting, they would definitely help them recapture the city. After the Xianbei people were defeated, they could immediately go home nearby, saving them hundreds of miles of running back and forth.

Zheng Xin and Zhang He hit the mountain and were pleasantly surprised to find that they were greeted by Jade, Gao Ran, and Beard.

"Congyi, Zhengqing, bearded ......" Zheng Xinfei dismounted and ran over with cheers, "When did you arrive?" When did you arrive? ”

"It's in the afternoon." Jade Shi smiled, "Due to the urgency of the military situation, we were worried about delaying things, so we hurried day and night, and finally advanced by a day." What is the situation ahead? ”

"As soon as the lord arrived in Gaoping, he immediately ordered us to abandon the three passes and retreat on all fronts, and now we have withdrawn to Chaona City." Zheng Xin smiled, "It's great that you guys are here, we have solved the problem of grain, grass and weapons, and we can immediately fight the Xianbei people." ”

"That's what your lord said?" Gao Ran asked happily, "Do you want to fight a battle in Fanting Mountain?" ”

Zheng Xin smiled.

Zhang He smiled slightly: "My lord asked us to continue to withdraw, until we withdrew from Liupan Mountain, but someone sent us to the door to fight, we can't stop fighting, don't you say?" ”

"Where are the Xianbei people?" Beard exclaimed, "Where?" ”

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Ye Lao looked at the dark Fanting Mountain, hesitating.

"Marshal, the scouts reported that there was no trace of the Han army in Fanting Mountain, but a large number of fires were found, and they were still warm, obviously there were a large number of men and horses stationed on the mountain not long ago." Xiao Shuai Ying Yiyu reported, "Da Shuai, should we go up the mountain now?" ”

Ye Lao shook his head and said, "Stay on the spot and wait until dawn." ”

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