On May. Yanmen Pass.

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The leader of the Xianbei King and the northern Xianbei Lord Tuoba Feng convened the leaders of the various tribes to discuss the matter.

Since the attack on Yanmen Pass in early April, the army has lost nearly 6,000 men, especially at Gouzhu Pass, which is the main direction of attack, and has lost about 3,000 men. Seeing that Yanmen Pass could not be captured for a long time, many leaders complained and proposed to withdraw their troops. Kuitou comforted everyone a few words, briefly talked about the matter of Youzhou, and then asked Tuoba to explain the current situation in northern Xinjiang in detail.

"Lord Murong Feng has already occupied Yuyang and Lu Longsai, and the large territory south of Yanshan Mountain in the Great Han Kingdom is now the pasture of my Xianbei Country. Now we and Lord Murong Feng's army are in the east and west, protecting the horns, and we have formed an east-west attack on the northern border counties of the Great Han Kingdom. In other words, both we and Lord Murong Feng have already gained a firm foothold in the northern border counties. ”

"The army of the Leopard and the Great Yan Kingdom, as well as the Karasuma people, suffered great losses after the bloody battle in Jicheng, and he is currently being restrained by Lord Murong Feng in Youzhou and cannot move, and it is impossible to return to the aid and annex the state." Tuoba Hui pointed to the map hanging on the side of the big tent and said, "The main cavalry of the leopard is fighting endlessly with the Xiongnu army of the Marquis of Xubu and Baima Tong in the vicinity of the Great Wall fortress. ”

"Let's think about it, in this situation, if we break through the Yanmen Pass, what will it bring us?" Tuoba Yan looked at everyone and said with a smile, "The state is in turmoil, the Han army is completely defeated, and the entire northern frontier is ours." ”

There was a cheer in the big tent.

Tuoba Wei suddenly said: "Yanmen Pass is too difficult to fight, the Han army guarding the pass is very tenacious, and if we continue to fight like this, our losses will be very large." If we want to defeat Yanmen Pass, we need at least 50,000 people, when will those Huns arrive? ”

Tuoba Feng sneered: "Don't count on the Huns. In addition, the Han army also knew that if the Huns supported us, Yanmen Pass would be very dangerous, so they kept attacking northward and threatening Meiji, so as to contain the Huns' forces. However, without the help of the Huns, we can still take the Yanmen Pass, and we still have reinforcements. ”

"Reinforcements?" The big and small leaders in the tent shouted loudly, and asked in a gossipy manner, "Is it Lord Luoluo from the Western Xianbei?" ”

Kuitou waved his hand to signal everyone to be quiet, and he smiled slightly: "Lord Luoluo has arrived in Dingxiang County with an army of 20,000, and he will be able to reach Yanmen Pass in two days." ”

Tuoba Feng glanced at the head and said with a smile: "King, just tell everyone the good news, so that everyone will have the strength to attack the city tomorrow." ”

The head pointed at Tuoba and said with a happy expression: "It's all said, the revenge of the fiasco in Western Xinjiang, this time we will take it back with interest." ”

Everyone in the tent was in high spirits and looked at Tuoba Hui together. Tuoba's hand slowly pointed to the Flying Fox Fortress.

"Lord Murong Feng has persuaded Kamiya Karasuma-sama Gao Chan and Daijun Karasuma-sama Ranran, and the two have gathered 30,000 horses to launch an attack on the Flying Fox Fortress. If the Karasuma people defeated the Flying Fox Fortress, they could cross the Taihang Mountain, and attack Jizhou from the southern part of Daijun to Zhongshan Kingdom, cutting off the Chi Road from Jizhou to Youzhou. As a result, the leopard loses its supply of food and forage, and his army will soon be caught between the north and the south. Once the leopard is defeated, Youzhou will be lost. ”

"Lord Murong Feng originally wanted to use the army of the Great Yan Kingdom and the Karasuma people to lure the leopard into Liaoxi, and then take the opportunity to send troops south to cut off the leopard's retreat and encircle him in the area of western Liaoning, but the leopard attack speed was too fast, forcing the army of the Great Yan Kingdom and the Karasuma people to have a big battle with him in Jicheng, which made Lord Murong Feng's plan to encircle and annihilate in vain, but Lord Murong Feng had already reserved one, which was to attack the Flying Fox Fortress, send troops to Jizhou, and attack the leopard in the north and south. This time the leopard is dead. ”

There was another cheer from the big tent, and it was indeed ecstatic to be able to kill the leopard and avenge the fiasco in the western frontier. The leaders of the various tribes admired Murong Feng very much, and the voices of praise were endless.

Tuoba Feng heard everyone praise Murong Feng, the smile on his face was a little stiff, and he was depressed in his heart.

"Isn't the Black Feather King Nanlou subservient to the Han? Why is this old guy so excited? Tuoba Han asked.

The head of the head said quietly: "I heard that Nanlou was assassinated by the assassins of Buyeo Kingdom last month, and now Kamiya Karasuma is the master of Gao Chan who has the final say." ”

Everyone was immediately aware. If you don't die, it is impossible for the people of Kamiya Karasuma to betray the Great Han Kingdom. Murong Feng has done everything to kill the leopard.

After waiting for everyone's emotions to calm down a little, Tuoba Hui continued: "The leopard uses the Xianbei people to fight the Xianbei people, this method is good, today we will also learn, we will use the Han people to fight the Han people." ”

Everyone was stunned for a moment, and then laughed, "Hao Shuai, are you too excited and start talking nonsense, haha......"

Tuoba smiled and said: "Over the years, we have captured a large number of Han slaves, especially last year, after we occupied the four northern counties and the northern part of Yanmen Pass, we captured about 100,000 Han people. The lord had foresight, and after returning from the western frontier, he immediately selected 30,000 strong men from these Han slaves to start training, and this time, it just came in handy. ”

"My lord, you have to be cautious in this matter, if these people turn against each other......" Tuoba Feng is a tribal hero, he knows this, but he always thought that Tuoba Feng wanted to use these people in the war between the tribes, he never expected that Tuoba Feng would transfer this army in order to capture Yanmen Pass as soon as possible.

"The parents, wives and children of these Han slaves are in our hands, and if they dare to rebel, they know what the consequences will be." Tuoba Feng immediately interrupted Tuoba Wei's words, and said in a stern tone, "When attacking the city, leave half of the people down, as long as one Han Nu rebels, cut down all the others, I don't believe that anyone dares to defect." ”

Everyone stopped talking, thinking that Tuoba Feng's idea was good. In their eyes, Hannu is not as good as a livestock, and it doesn't matter how many people die.

"In a few days, we will have an army of 94,000 men." Tuoba pointed to the Yanmen Pass on the map, and then said, "There were originally 7,000 people in Yanmen Pass, but later the Han army in Hanoi came with 3,000 people, and after more than a month of fighting, they lost at least about 2,000 people. Now, there is a huge disparity in the strength of the two sides, and we have fully possessed the strength to take Yanmen Pass. In the early stage, we attacked Yanmen Pass, mainly to contain the Han army, in order to deal with the Huns and the Youzhou battlefield, but from tomorrow, our purpose is to go all out to take Yanmen Pass and occupy the entire state. ”

Tuoba Feng stood up and looked at the crowd and asked, "What else do you have to ask, if not, go back to the headquarters and start storming Yanmen Pass tomorrow morning." ”

Tuoba Wei hesitated for a moment and asked: "My lord, Taiyuan and Shangdang have Zhang Yan's 50,000 Yellow Turban Army, and Hedong also has Yang Feng's 20,000 Yellow Turban Army, if these 70,000 people rush to Yanmen Pass in time to support, do we have to give up?" ”

Tuoba Feng said dissatisfiedly: "Why are you worried about a lot? The more fierce we fight, the faster the Yellow Turban Army will come, and the faster the Yellow Turban Army will come, the faster the Yanmen Pass will be lost, now do you understand? ”

"What do adults mean......"

"You give me an overseer, don't ask much." Tuoba Feng waved his hand vigorously, "Let's disperse." ”

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Yanmen Pass was fiercely attacked in the next few days, and the Han army suffered heavy losses, and Guo Yun, the Taishou of Yanmen, and Ding Yuan, the commander of Wumeng, sent three urgent letters to Xu Rong asking for help in one day.

There are more and more Xianbei people, and the military tent stretches for more than ten miles, and the momentum is amazing. Guo Yun wrote in his letter to Xu Rong that the Xianbei people had gathered at least 100,000 troops outside the Yanmen Pass, and he saw the battle banner of the Xianbei people in the west laying down the Luoluo Lord, and also saw the Xianbei people driving a large number of Han people to attack the city, and he begged Xu Rong to immediately recruit the Yellow Turban Army to rush to Yanmen Pass to support, otherwise, Yanmen Pass may not be able to hold it.

At this time, the people of Taiyuan and Shangdang did not feel the danger of Yanmen Pass, they were full of joy and ready to go to the field to harvest winter wheat, and countless displaced people wandered in the fields, looking at the green seedlings, their hearts were full of hope for the future, and the city of Jinyang was even more noisy day and night, as if it had returned to the prosperity of the past.

Xu Rong was in a heavy mood and at a loss. He replied to Guo Yun and Ding Yuan, saying that he would recruit the Yellow Turban Army as soon as possible and rush to Yanmen Pass to support. Now the wheat in the two counties is about to be harvested, but the Yellow Turban Army of Montenegro has taken the opportunity to go down the mountain to grab grain, and the situation in the two counties is not good. In order to stabilize the people's hearts and ensure that the grain is in storage, the two adults are still asked to overcome all difficulties and hold on for a while.

Guo Yun and Ding Yuan were very angry, and the two jointly wrote to the heavenly impeachment of Xu Rong, imploring the Son of Heaven to immediately issue an order and directly order Zhang Yan to lead his troops north to Yanmen Pass to support.

After Xu Rong heard the news, he was not angry, he urgently ordered Zheng Xin, who was secretly investigating the generals of the Yellow Turban Army in the two counties, to speed up the progress and do everything possible to find out the ill-intentioned people as soon as possible, and at the same time, he sent a large amount of ordnance and food to Yanmen Pass.

The eldest Zhao Qi received Guo Yun's letter, and was worried about the critical situation of Yanmen Pass, so he personally visited Zhang Yan and Zhang Baiqi, and persuaded the two to take the initiative to ask for help and contribute to the defense of the frontier. Once Yanmen Pass is lost, the Yellow Turban Army may be driven back to Taihang Mountain, but the loss will not be too great, at most they will be hungry, and millions of displaced people and hundreds of thousands of people in Bingzhou will suffer. Zhang Yan and Zhang Baiqi did not know that the Xianbei people outside Yanmen Pass had increased their troops to 100,000, and after they saw Guo Yun's letter, although they were worried, they were very cautious about sending troops, and they were speechless for a long time.

Xu Rong sent people to blockade Yuanping City, cutting off all contacts and news between Yanmen Pass and the two counties, what his intentions were, everyone knew in their hearts, but Xu Rong neither informed Zhang Yan and Zhang Baiqi of the news of Yanmen Pass, nor did he have any intention of recruiting the Yellow Turban Army, so his move was incomprehensible. Does he not believe in the Yellow Turbans or is there another way to win? Zhao Qi thinks that Xu Rong does not believe in the Yellow Turban Army. When the Hu people invaded, Yanmen Pass was in danger, and the state was in danger, the same people of the Han Dynasty must of course work together, hate the same enemy, and kill the enemy side by side. He thinks that Xu Rong thinks too much, and he simply looks down on the Yellow Turban Army.

Zhang Yan shook his head and said, Boss, let me be honest with you, the relationship between the various departments of the Yellow Turban Army is too complicated, although I am the commander of the Yellow Turban Army, the generals of the Yellow Turban Army are not obedient to me. After so many years of fighting, the Yellow Turban Army was repeatedly slaughtered by the Han army, and the minds of the generals of various departments have long changed, they are neither as simple as they were when they first started, they are bent on overthrowing the Han Kingdom and rebuilding the community, nor are they as tame and obedient as now, they think more often about themselves, their own forces, and the army that ensures their survival.

Why are the Yellow Turbans in Montenegro unwilling to be appeased? Why did Bai Bo's Yellow Turban Army not surrender to death? It's all because they don't believe in the Son of Heaven of the Great Han Kingdom, and they don't believe that the court of the Great Han Kingdom will give themselves a happy future. Why was Yang Feng and I cared for? Because we really can't hold on, we eat pickled human flesh in Taihang Mountain, do you know? We survive the long winter by eating pickled human flesh, and that's it, there are still batches of displaced people who have died, and we can't hold on, only the way out is to be cared for, otherwise, millions of people, or a few years, will die on the Taihang Mountain. But some people don't think so, they are willing to live by burning and looting, as long as there is an army, they would rather be a rogue. Being a rogue, you can make a fortune, make a windfall, be a petty official who is cared for nothing, a month is so rich, corruption and bribery will be beheaded, compare the two, what kind of life is better?

Look, my 50,000 army is divided into ten parts, since the Hu people invaded Yanmen Pass, the generals of each department have lived separately with their own troops, I don't know if the adults have noticed, they are all stationed near the Taihang Mountain, do you know why? Zhang Yan smiled bitterly and shook her head. We have an enmity with the Son of Heaven of the Great Han Kingdom, a grudge against the Han army, and a grudge against General Li, and we are cared for to feed our stomachs, so that we can live without fighting, and in such a short period of time, not many people will think that I will thank the Son of Heaven, and I will go to fight for the Son of Heaven. In our opinion, there is no difference between the Great Han Kingdom and the Son of Heaven being the Great Han Kingdom. After the army is finished and the Yellow Turban Army is gone, we will not talk about the future of the generals of the various departments, but we will talk about these displaced people. Except for General Li, who else will treat these homeless people as human beings? Who else will give them a piece of land? Only we, the Yellow Turbans, are originally outcasts, and only we will not insult them, kill them, or abandon them.

Zhao Qi looked at him in surprise and said, the Hu people have all been killed at the doorstep, at this time, you are still fighting bloodily for your Great Han Kingdom, you are still thinking about how to preserve your strength, thinking about escaping back to Taihang Mountain, are you still the people of the Great Han?

Zhang Yan smiled bitterly and said, "Boss, what did the Great Han Kingdom give us?" What does it give us besides endless suffering, endless blood and tears? When the two families exchanged their children and ate them, who would have thought that they were the children of the Great Han Kingdom? When the whole family starved to death and didn't even have a chance to bury it in the ground, who would have thought that they were the people of the Great Han Kingdom? When we sit naked in the wind and snow and eat pickled human flesh, who would have thought that we were the people of the Great Han Kingdom? Boss, it's not that we don't want to kill the enemy to serve the country, but we don't want to kill the enemy and then be devastated and killed by the Great Han Kingdom, do you know?

Zhao Qi was furious, he pointed at Zhang Yan and Zhang Baiqi and scolded them for forgetting their ancestors and forgetting their roots. The two are ashamed, but what can they do? After all, the Yellow Turban Army is not their private property, and it is not something they can bring if they want to take the Yellow Turban Army to Yanmen Pass, it is the road to death, and those who are full of hatred in their hearts may not be willing to follow. When Zhao Qi couldn't scold, the two said, whether it is General Li or Lord Xu, there is a reason why they are unwilling to recruit our Yellow Turban Army, and they are worried that some people in the Yellow Turban Army will defect and open the Yanmen Pass, then the matter will be out of control. Zhao Qi scolded and scolded, his mind was still very calm, he said, if the Yellow Turban Army did not support Yanmen Pass, the result would be the same, as it was, it was better to gamble. Zhang Yan asked, does the boss have any tricks?

Zhao Qi said that now that the displaced people have land and seedlings have been planted, their hearts are full of hope. Say you want this hope to be shattered in a blink of an eye? Nobody wants to. Tell the people of the two counties, and say that 100,000 Xianbei people are going to come in, Yanmen Pass is going to be lost, and those who can hold knives and guns will go to Yanmen Pass, you see, how many people will be willing to go to Yanmen Pass to kill the enemy? There is not a million but a hundred thousand. At this time, I want to see how you Yellow Turbans handle yourself? Whether to go to Yanmen Pass to kill the enemy or save strength and prepare to escape back to Taihang Mountain. If you don't kill the enemy and protect them, you will flee back to Taihang Mountain in the future, and the displaced people will see through you and will not follow you anymore.

Zhang Yan thought for a long time and asked, "Boss, what if the people's hearts are in chaos and the displaced people disperse in a hurry?"

Zhao Qi said, I have lived in this world for 80 years, I have seen countless people who do not hesitate to break their bones for the sake of the Han Kingdom, I don't believe that the people of my Han Kingdom are all cowards, all of them are bad seeds, I believe that the people of my Han Kingdom are all heroes who sacrifice their lives to serve the country, no one will retreat, absolutely no one.

Zhang Yan and Zhang Baiqi knelt down to teach.

The three of them immediately rushed to the Zhenbei General's Mansion to discuss with Xu Rong about sending troops to Yanmen Pass. Xu Rong hesitated. He was not only worried that the rebels with two hearts within the Yellow Turban Army would take the opportunity to rebel, but also worried that the people of the two counties would flee in large numbers due to panic after learning of the crisis at Yanmen Pass. Xu Rong summoned the senior staff of the Zhenbei General's Mansion to discuss for a long time. Zuo Yan, Li Wei and others all felt that Zhao Qi's method was too risky and not good, and before Yanmen Pass was lost, the Yellow Turban Army was in chaos first, and the people of the two counties fled when they heard the news, and they couldn't stop it if they wanted to.

Xu Rong sat in the big tent, looking at the flickering candle flame, dazed.

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