The sudden death of Emperor Ling of Han disrupted Li Yi's original battle plan and made the originally good situation confusing. Li Yi didn't know if his northern expedition could still be supported as strongly as when Emperor Ling of Han was in power, because he knew that whether it was a relative, a family, or a eunuch, he was actually not friendly to him, a general with heavy troops, and he wanted to kill him as soon as possible.

In fact, when Li Yi led the army to the north, his relatives, clans and eunuchs all stumbled with him. Not long ago, these people took advantage of the fact that Emperor Ling was seriously ill and fell into a coma, and drew up an edict, wanting Li Yi to merge with another general with heavy troops, Dong Zhuohuo.

Since Dong Zhuo led the army to conquer the Qianghu and suppressed the Yellow Turban Army, he was reused by the imperial court many times because of his outstanding military achievements, and he was constantly promoted, especially after defeating the attack of Han Sui and others, his power grew stronger and stronger, forming a mixed army with Liangzhou people as the main body, and mixed Hu and Han people. Although the imperial court restrained Dong Zhuo, Dong Zhuo, who was becoming more and more full-fledged, became more and more ambitious and had no one in his eyes because of his military exploits and prestige.

In order to achieve the goal of getting rid of Dong Zhuo and Li Yi, the two henchmen, He Jin, Yuan Kui and Zhang Rang's relatives, clans and eunuchs reached a plan to kill two birds with one stone.

Although Dong Zhuo is ambitious and has no one in his sights, he is still aware of one fact, that is, with his current strength, it is impossible for him to be the opponent of Li Yi, the general of the expedition to the north with 200,000 soldiers. And Bingzhou is now the territory of the general of the expedition to the north, let him go to Bingzhou to be the state pastor, such an obvious plan to drive wolves and attack tigers, how can he hide from the treacherous Dong Zhuo?

So, Dong Zhuo pretended to agree, and led his troops to leave the barren Xiliang and go to Hedong County to merge the state. However, after the goods arrived in Hedong County. Under the pretext that the army was short of food and wages, it was nested in Hedong County.

Zhong Xuan, who stayed in Bingzhou, quickly sent someone to report the matter to Li Yi, which made Li Yi feel the crisis. He decided to speed up the pace of his conquest of the steppes and stabilize the northern frontier before the imperial court decided to take more radical measures against him.

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The Great Horde Military Meeting.

Guo Jia, the military advisor of the General Mansion of the Northern Expedition, first explained the situation in Luoyang and Northern Xinjiang to the generals, and then he focused on the importance of going north to find the main force of Xianbei.

Guo Jia said: "Whether or not we can inflict heavy damage on the main force of the Xianbei people will be directly related to whether our Han can permanently occupy the desert and whether we can ensure the stability of our northern Xinjiang and the Han Sheji, so we must not only fight this battle immediately, but also must hit it with one blow, even if the whole army is annihilated." ”

The generals looked excited. Blood boil.

Another military advisor, Jiu Xun Yu, immediately gave a detailed explanation and explanation of the attack strategy for the northward decisive battle formulated by the General Mansion of the Northern Expedition.

"This time, the lord personally commanded 60,000 iron cavalry to go north, and Mrs. Mu Guiying commanded the infantry Zizi Legion, Gengzi Legion and Xinzi Legion, a total of 90,000 foot soldiers stationed in Qiyang City."

"The purpose of this battle is to fight to the death with the main force of Xianbei, and it is to inflict heavy losses on the Xianbei people, so we don't care about winning or losing, we just need to fight with the Xianbei people. In addition, the expedition was too long, and the supply and transportation of grain and grass was a big problem, and judging from our existing grain and grass reserves, it was only enough for 60,000 iron horsemen to go north. And it has to be done quickly. Xun Yu said, "We estimate that the main force of the Xianbei people is about 70,000, and if we 60,000 iron cavalry go north at the same time, the Xianbei people may not risk losing their troops and fighting a decisive battle with us." ”

"You all know that. As long as the Xianbei people can drag on until winter, our army will retreat northward, so whether it is a decisive battle now and when the initiative of the decisive battle is completely in the hands of the Xianbei people. We are very passive. In order to change this situation, we intend to divide the army of the north in two. The 24,000 men of the former army pursued the Xianbei people day and night, even at the expense of using themselves as bait. The Xianbei people were lured to turn back for a decisive battle, and the rear army of 36,000 people followed suit, supported by cameras. ”

"Considering that the officers and men of the Iron Cavalry Army have suffered varying degrees of losses in the early battles, the lord specially recruited some infantry generals and infantry soldiers to supplement them."

Then Xun Yu announced the generals of the army that went north.

The former army was composed of Li Yi, the general of the Northern Expedition, Guan Yu, the general of Xizhonglang, Zhao Yun, the general of Nanzhonglang, Zhang Fei, the general of Pingyu, Xu Da, the general of Xingping, Lu Bu, Chang Yuchun, and Gao Shun.

Li Yi led the personal guard army of 6,000 horsemen. The pro-guard army was led by Tai Shici, Dian Wei and Chang Yuchun. Zhao Yun led 6,000 men and horses of the First Army of the Cavalry Azi Legion, with Lu Bu as the deputy general; Guan Yu led the second army of the cavalry Azi Corps with 6,000 men, and Gao Shun was the deputy general; Zhang Fei led 6,000 men and horses of the Third Army of the Cavalry Azi Legion, with Xu Da as the deputy general.

The rear army consisted of the cavalry B Regiment and the C Legion, with a total of 36,000 men and horses. The generals of the army included Zhang He, the general of Anyi, Gao Changgong, the general of the expedition, Zhang Yan, Zhang Liao, Zhang Baiqi, Fang Bao, Li Xun, Li Qiong, Li Zhong, Li Xin, Li Yi, etc.

Xun Yu finally said: "General Yue Fei led the 60,000 troops of the infantry T-shaped army and the Wuzi army to garrison Mrs. Fan's city, and was responsible for transporting grain and grass to us. ”

"The army will go north tomorrow."

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At the end of May, Yanran Mountain, Xianbei camp.

The Han army finally went north, and this news made the leaders of the Xianbei tribes very excited. But everyone in the excitement has a sense of uneasiness and fear. This time, can we defeat the Han army again like we did twelve years ago?

After Budugen, Kebineng, Mijia, Suli and Que Ji led their troops to Yanran Mountain, Western Xianbei undertook the food and horse material of nearly 70,000 troops and more than 100,000 war horses, and in less than a month, Western Xianbei almost exhausted all its reserves.

For this reason, the leaders of the large and small tribes in the western Xianbei complained. Even if this battle is won in the future, the vitality of Western Xianbei will be greatly damaged, and it will be difficult to recover in a short time.

Although Budugen and Kebi Neng repeatedly promised them that as long as they drove the Han people out of the desert, they would not only give them the most war torture, but also all the territories of Xianbei in the north. But everyone can see the situation in the desert today, the Xianbei country is over, and the promises of Budugen and Kebineng are simply empty words.

However, in the face of Budugen and Kebineng and others, who were far stronger than themselves, Zhi Luoluo could only swallow his anger and send thousands of livestock into the camp in a steady stream.

Now, Lord Xianbei of the West can let out a long sigh of relief. Budugen and Kebineng are finally leaving, do they also retreat with them? Am I going west or north?

During this time, Yan Liyou and some of the leaders of Xianbei in the west kept encouraging him to make peace with the Han people while his strength still existed.

Make peace with the Han people, and the large and small tribes of Xianbei in the west will break away from the Xianbei country, and they will be able to meet the source left and right. If the Han people win, they are heroes, not only can they be kings, but they can also be rewarded by the Han people, and when Kebi can fight in the future, they can also get the help of the Han people. If Budugen and Kebi can win, their strength is still there, but they are already dying of strength, at that time, they can be strong and touched, and they can retreat and Budugen and Kebi can equally divide the desert, and there is no need to look at their faces.

Yan Li lobbied: "How can you miss this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity? Even if we help Budroot and Kobi to win this battle, what do we gain? At most, it's just a piece of northern Xianbei territory. But that place was originally ours, and a few years ago someone jointly designed and poached that place from our western Xianbei, have you forgotten? The Han people were defeated, hundreds of thousands of people and millions of livestock were taken captive by them, what do we want to do in that bare place? Do you want to be able to resist the attacks of the Han Chinese for Budugen and Kebi? The bald Pi Gu just died in Baiyun Mountain, and the law day deduction also died in his own tribal territory, and you want to repeat the same mistakes?

He said loudly, "Lao Zhiji, are you going to take us to the west, or are you going to follow Budugen to the north?" ”

Zhi Luo Luo hesitated, because he found that the Han people's attack on the desert this time was different from before.

In the past, the Han people attacked the desert just like the Hu invaded the Han people, burning, killing and looting, with the main purpose of annihilating and severely invading the Hu people. But this time, the Han people were unusual, occupying the desert as their main purpose, which all the Xianbei leaders did not expect, including Kebineng, who was surprised and frustrated. After receiving all kinds of news from the southern part of the desert, he stayed in his big tent for several days and meditated on how to deal with it, but in the end he could only sigh and be at a loss.

The Han people set up Qianman as the king, the Han people pacified the Xianbei tribes, the Han people built Hanbei County in the desert, the Han people moved north to the Hu people of all ethnic groups to re-enter the desert, and the Han people divided the Hu kings.

If the Han people and the Hu people of all ethnic groups are allowed to gain a firm foothold in the southern part of the desert, and the Han people are allowed to unite the Hu people of all ethnic groups to dominate the desert, the Xianbei people will not only lose their territory and lose their country, but also the disaster of extermination. The Huns were exterminated by themselves, is it possible that they will be exterminated by the Han people again in the blink of an eye?

When Budugen convened the leaders of the tribes, everyone had a consensus that if they could not defeat the Han army before winter came. Then next year, after the Han people and the Hu people of all ethnic groups have gained a firm foothold in the newly built Beiting Metropolitan Protectorate, the next thing is not that the Xianbei people launched a counteroffensive to attack the Beiting Metropolitan Protectorate, but that the Han people and Hu people of all ethnic groups in the Beiting Metropolitan Protectorate have attacked the three Xianbei of the eastern, central and western regions.

How could the Xiongnu, Qiang, and Karasuma people let go of the Xianbei people who had reached the end of their rope for the sake of pastures, cattle and sheep, and for decades or even hundreds of years of hatred?

Kebineng changed his original strategy of retreating to Wolf Juxu Mountain, and he advocated staying in Yanran Mountain, waiting for an opportunity to attack, so that he could do his best to defeat the main Han army before winter came.

For the survival of the Xianbei people, they have to fight to the death. (To be continued.) )