Chapter 1043: Prelude (1)

A fast horse galloped south on the grassland at the edge of the big pine forest.

Soon after, half a day later, the fast horse galloped into the Wolf Mountain Fortress and delivered an urgent information to Zhang He.

"It's finally begun!"

Zhang He muttered, handing the information in his hand to Zhou Yu on the side, Zhou Yu looked at it for a moment, frowned, and said: "The Jin people have mobilized an army of 760,000 this time, which is really menacing!" โ€

Zhang He said with some concern: "There are only the First Legion, the Fifth Legion, the Xuanjia Cavalry and the Northern Protectorate Garrison in the entire Northern Protectorate, so I'm afraid it will be difficult to give effective help to the South and North Siberia!" โ€

Zhou Yu smiled, "General Zhang is too pessimistic!" Although the Jin people are powerful, due to the previous battle losses, more than half of them are new troops who have not been in battle, and the dangerous terrain of Rapba will not be a problem in the short term. โ€

Zhang He nodded, frowned, and said, "However, the situation here is still beyond previous expectations, and it must be reported to Your Majesty immediately!" โ€

"Of course! But we can't wait for His Majesty's orders! It takes two days to go back and forth, and two days can sometimes make or break the tide of battle! โ€

"Zhou Shangshu, what do you have in mind?"

The two came to the sand table, Zhou Yu pointed to the position of the big pine forest and said: "The first army will go out to camp on the side of the big pine forest according to the original plan, and at the same time ยทยทยทยทยทยท."

On the same day, the Wei army stationed in the northern capital began to move urgently, and at the same time, several carrier pigeons with red feathers flew towards the south

The Jin army fought fiercely with the North and South Siberian forces in the hilly area dozens of miles west of Raba, and the battle lasted for almost a day and a night, and finally the North and South Siberian forces were forced to retreat into Raba.

Although Rabah is the capital of Northern Siberia, but there are no walls in the traditional sense, even so, do not think that this place is very easy to capture, Rabah is surrounded by lofty mountains, only three mountain passes can be entered, it is definitely an easy to defend and difficult to attack fortress place

The combined forces of North and South Siberia, which had retreated into Raba, immediately built fortifications, and at the same time sent envoys to ask for reinforcements from the Great Wei.

At this time, Cao Cao, who was far away in Chang'an, received an urgent message from Zhang He, and immediately decided that Ma Chao would lead the Second Army and the Third Army to the north to reinforce the army, and at the same time ordered the garrisons of Jizhou, Bingzhou, and Youzhou to assemble immediately.

"It seems that the golden people are going to fight hard!" Cao Cao looked at the sunset on the golden tiles of the Qianqing Palace and muttered.

Xun You said with a smile: "Actually, Jinren's move is quite unwise! โ€

Cao Cao smiled bitterly: "That being said, I feel very stressed!" The reason for this is nothing more than the fact that our army has also suffered a great loss in strength because of the previous war! โ€

"Your Majesty's words are extremely true! However, the time, place, and people are completely on our side! Xun You said with confidence.

"I understand what Gongda means, but this brother-in-law of the Emperor of the Jin Kingdom is a little unexpected!"

"Actually, Your Majesty doesn't have to worry about this person! As His Majesty said, this person is indeed not a mediocre person, but according to Yang Tong's intelligence, this person has never been on the battlefield, and he is eager to win, and it is difficult for a person who has never been on the battlefield to grasp the changes in the situation on the rapidly changing battlefield, and the desire to win is his fatal wound! โ€

Cao Cao smiled and said, "That being said, this battle is very important, and we can't be cautious!" โ€

"What Your Majesty said is very true!"

"Tell Zhang He and Zhou Yu that they are the commanders of this battle, and they have the right to make decisions on the spot, so they don't need to ask me for advice!"

"Your Majesty is wise!"

"By the way, what is the opinion of the people in Chang'an City on the war now?" Cao Cao asked

"Most people are in favor of foreign wars!"

Cao Cao smiled with satisfaction.

"Your Majesty, with all due respect, ordinary subjects and ordinary people, as long as they do not harm their vital interests, they will never oppose the policy of the imperial court, and if the war is beneficial to them, they will approve of the war!"

Cao Cao nodded and said, "What Gongda said is true!" In fact, this is the real national righteousness! โ€

Xun You was stunned for a moment, and then understood that Cao Cao meant that the collective interest gathered by the private interests of the vast majority of the people was the national interest.

Cao Cao returned to the harem and happened to meet Wu Yao who had left.

"Little sister, why did you leave so early today?" Cao Cao asked with a smile.

Wu Yao hurriedly bowed, and said in a voice like a mosquito: "Today, Wei Zhongdao Wei Gongzi held a poetry meeting at home, I want to go and see it!" โ€

"Oh." Cao Cao nodded.

"Wei Gongzi, hehe, I almost forgot about him"

Wu Yao raised his head and glanced at Cao Cao quickly, "Actually, in fact, Your Majesty's literary talent is far above Wei Gongzi, if Your Majesty is present, it will definitely make the poem a good story that will be passed down through the ages!" โ€

Cao Cao smiled, Cao Cao in history is secretly, but I can't, just with my few pieces of material, I'm afraid it will become a laughing stock that will be passed down through the ages.

"Little sister, although this idea is good, but the state affairs are complicated, I can't go to such an occasion, at least not now!"

Wu Yao nodded with some disappointment, raised his head to look at Cao Cao, and said with a respectful face: "Your Majesty's palm is the world, and all the people admire!" There was a bit of a stupid look, and then his face turned red and he hung his head a little uneasily

Cao Cao smiled, "After listening to my little sister's words, I am really a little fluttering!" โ€

Wu Yao's face turned even redder and she didn't speak.

The two were relatively silent for a moment, and a royal forest soldier rushed over from the direction of Qianqing Palace.

"Your Majesty, Xun Ge has something important to see! ๏ผŒ

Cao Cao frowned and said to the Imperial Forest Army, "I'll be here soon!" โ€

"No." The Guards said yes and retreated.

Cao Cao said to Wu Yao helplessly: Little sister, you see that I am going to be busy again! โ€

Wu Yao pursed her lips and smiled, wanting to say something, but with a look of hesitation, and finally Wu Yao said softly: "Your Majesty, the people's daughter, the people's daughter has retired!" โ€

Cao Cao looked at Wu Yao's beautiful back and smiled.

The First Legion of the Wei Army approached the side of the Great Pine Forest in the shortest possible time, and in the evening of the same day, the First Legion had a fierce battle with the army of Tokhtobuhua, who was after all the First Legion, and repulsed the superior army of Tokhtobuhua head-on, and Tokhokbuhua had to lead the army back to the camp in the hilly area to defend it by danger.

The 1st Army was victorious in its first battle, but did not pursue, but retreated to the camp and confronted Totobuhua's troops, while the main army led by Flamo began to attack Raba's western defensive line, the mountain pass to the west.

The battle lasted for a day, and the two sides fought at night, and finally Vramo failed to break through the mountain pass and temporarily retreated.

Although the North and South Siberian coalition forces were closed, they also paid a great price, with nearly 10,000 casualties and shocking casualties, and of course the cost of Kim was even greater, with 15,000 casualties. (To be continued.) )