Chapter 394: Became [Subscribe]

The sky was gloomy and it was drizzling.

Tuoba Jiefen's expression was the same as the sky.

He was followed by Qifushitu and a man named Chiluhan.

Each Xianbei tribe had selected talented fighters, hoping to receive guidance from the legendary warrior Afu Yu.

Afu Yu had many disciples, but only five of them received the true teachings.

Qi Fu Shi Tu and Chi Lu Han were all among them.

Qi Fushitu had a rough and dark complexion and a thin and strong body.

Chi Luhan is tall and strong, a typical grassland man, with narrow eyes and a look that gives off a strong sense of oppression.

His hands and feet are particularly large, strong and powerful.

Years ago, the Western Xianbei were defeated, their leader Kuitou was killed, and Qifu Shitu went back to report to Afu Yu.

This time when the Central Xianbei army marched south, Afu Yu sent Qifu Shitu and Chilu Han to accompany the army to protect the king's tent and avoid any accidents.

Qifushitu and Chiluhan surrounded Tuoba Jiefen and came to the wooden cart.

Although a lot of quicklime was sprinkled.

But in the height of summer, the decapitated heads and ears piled together by the thousands stank to high heaven.

Several Xianbei soldiers who were forced by the Wei army to send back heads stood beside the car with dull eyes like clay sculptures or wooden statues, and were actually so shocked that they lost their minds.

Several of them had numerous ulcers on their faces and bodies, with yellow pus dripping down.

Qi Fushitu stopped Tuoba Jiefen with his arm crossed and said solemnly:

"The plague. They have the plague."

Jia Xu once suggested throwing people with the epidemic into the enemy camp to spread the disease, causing panic and increasing the lethality.

But this time it wasn't intentional.

These Xianbei soldiers had their bodies whipped and festering, and they contracted the plague while transporting corpses along the way.

Tuoba Jiefen stopped a little further away, staring at the heads of several generals on the carriage that were so distorted that they were unrecognizable.

How humiliating is this?
Kill the prisoners, cut off their heads and ears and send them back.

In the gloomy sky, the horn for gathering troops was blown in the royal tent tribe.

Tuoba Jiefen paced in front of the big tent and glanced at his troops:
"The Han people insulted us Xianbei and beheaded us.

If I don't fight him to the death, I will be unworthy of being the king.

All tribes, who can bring back the Han general's head for me? ! "

There is no shortage of arrogant and brave generals under the Xianbei king's tent.

Immediately, several generals known for their bravery stepped forward.

Tuoba Jiefen said: "Announce to the whole army that anyone who kills a Han soldier will be counted as meritorious service once, and after three meritorious service, he can be promoted to the next level.

Anyone who kills an enemy general will be rewarded with a hundred sheep, and a rank of ten imperial commanders will be promoted to a thousand imperial commanders, as a way of showing off their achievements."

The entire army responded with a roar.

The Xianbei royal army set out overnight to reinforce the eastern front again.

"Great Chief, the Han people killed the prisoners and sent them back, I'm afraid they did it on purpose to anger you."

Qifu Shitu reminded Tuoba Jiefen.

"How could I not see such an obvious trick?"

Tuoba Jiefen sneered: "They probably thought that I would send more troops into Liaoxi in a rage, increasing our losses."

"I was just trying to use their own tactics to inspire the bravery of my soldiers.

My plan will not change. I will still focus on conquering Eastern Xianbei and see if the Han people will come to help from Liaoxi.

If they aid the Eastern Xianbei, they will pay the price in blood."

Qi Fushitu said: "There is another possibility. The Han army is used to launching surprise attacks and ambushes."

Tuoba Jiefen: "You mean they sent the prisoners back, expecting that I would send more troops, luring us out, and preparing to ambush our army on the road?"

"Yes, they also ambushed our food supplies in Daxing Mountain last year."

Tuoba Jiefen thought about it, and called another general to lead the troops, forming a layout of two teams, light and dark, to reinforce the eastward.

If the Han army really wants to ambush, this will be a good opportunity to teach them a lesson.

Six days later.

As expected, the Han army ambushed the Xianbei troops in the Daxing Mountain area on their way east.

Both armies were well prepared and fought, but still no one was victorious.

When the news came back, Tuoba Jiefen sneered:

"Lure me to send out troops, and then set an ambush, and it is true."

At this time, in Western Xianbei, Yiluotodu also led reinforcements to join forces with Budugen.

Its troops along the Hexi line have reached more than 70,000, and its military strength is at its peak.

The army is overwhelmed!

Budugen personally presided over the oath-taking ceremony, slaughtered livestock, and offered sacrifices to the shaman god, praying for his blessing so that the Xianbei people would win every battle.

The next day.

The Western Xianbei troops advanced towards Hexi on all fronts.

Its right wing sent out troops first, penetrated into the neighboring southwest and attacked the Western Regions.

Budugen's goal was to capture the Western Regions in order to pull the Wei army's defense line westward.

If the defense line changes, he may be able to find the weak points and look for opportunities to break through the defense.

Unfortunately, the Han army was not fooled. In the western region, Huang Zhong had been stationed for a long time and led his troops to meet the attack.

Budugen then sent out several more troops to test the Hexi defense line again.

At this time, the number of enemy and our own troops involved in the battlefield had exceeded 100,000, and they were in a panic.

Cao Cao remained leisurely in Dunhuang.

At noon, he walked into a bedroom.

Most of the other wives and concubines took care of the children themselves, but Yu Qing was a lazy woman. She let the servants follow the eldest princess and the young girl was taken care of by the wet nurse.

She ran to Diao Chan's room to see Wen Ji, and Diao Chan and she settled the accounts.

For a period of time, Yu Qing also wanted to take charge of the accounts and told Cao Cao about it several times.

Cao Cao gave her a portion of the income and expenditure accounts that were collected from the land of the gentry to try.

After two days of management, Yu Qing waved her hands and yelled, "I'm so tired. I feel dizzy from looking at the accounts."

Then he started to cheat and didn't care.

She transferred this part of the account to Wen Ji.

The two girls were calculating the bill with their heads down, while Yu Qing was eating some nuts as snacks on the side.

Cao Cao came in from the door, and Yu Qing came to greet him in small steps:

"My dear, I see that there have been a lot of troop movements recently. In the past few days, generals from all over the country have come to see you one after another, and they have led their troops to garrison in various places. Is the war situation tense?"

"On the contrary, the battle was a bit tangled at the beginning, and the situation was unclear."

Cao Cao: "After fighting for a while, it has gradually become clear that our advantage is growing." "Oh."

Yu Qing immediately felt relieved and picked up a piece of dried fruit to reward herself.

Diao Chan and Wen Ji quickly finished their account and came over to talk.

"Whenever there is a war, the inner treasury must be used. When we took back Jiangdong some time ago, many nobles fled. We got a lot of money, but now we are spending it again."

“From a macro perspective, the amount of money is constant; it will not increase or disappear out of thin air.

We have fought many wars in recent years, which cost a lot. Everyone is trying to figure out where the money came from.

In fact, it is very simple. Part of the wealth was taken from the tomb, part was intercepted from the spoils of war, part was obtained from the Ten Attendants in his early years, and another part was intercepted by Dong Zhuo.

What is more important is the money of the gentry.

They have accumulated wealth for hundreds of years. If we don't let them spit it out, what can we use to fight the war?"

"The money flows from their pockets to our hands."

“Most of the troops we defeated chose to cooperate with the nobles, and most of the money was taken away by the nobles.

They can't see through this truth, so they never understand where our money comes from."

Cao Ying was controlled by Cao alone, without so many "partners". Money flowed in and was distributed uniformly. From the perspective of conservation, it was naturally able to support his war consumption.

The other princes, lacking the knowledge of later generations, went astray from the very beginning.

"Same principle. If we defeat the Xianbei this time, we can use the spoils we take from them to replenish our inventory."

Diao Chan and Wen Ji listened with great interest.

However, Yu Qing felt sleepy when she heard this, so she pulled Cao Cao and took the others out for a walk.

evening.

Cao Cao came to the study and first paid attention to the Taoist Master.

He had entered the huge stone door in the mountain wall.

Surprisingly, after Daozun beat Ajimo to death, he squeezed a drop of blood from his fingertips and drew two talismans on Ajimo's forehead and chest.

The talisman between the eyebrows gathers the soul.

The talisman on the chest gathers energy and blood.

The two merged, and the dead Ajimo became a zombie-like puppet, and was briefly "resurrected".

It's not a resurrection from the dead, but rather superficial operations as normal.

Ajimo was controlled by the Taoist Master, holding the Buddhist Hinayana scriptures, and led the way into the mountain.

There were many Buddhists exploring the mountain.

These people were all indirectly controlled by Dao Zun using Ajimo.

The Buddhists' manpower in the Kunlun area was deceived by the Taoist priest and turned around to become pioneers.

There are great secrets in Kunlun Mountain. Buddhists have been exploring it for many years, but they can only stay on the periphery and find it difficult to go deeper.

Dao Zun and Totem True Dragon have just entered and are currently on the periphery, so they haven’t been able to see much of the truth yet.

Cao Cao quickly retracted the idea.

He took out the message bead, contacted the generals, and sent a message to Zhao Yun: "Zilong, the time has come, send out the troops!"

After putting down the inquiry bead, Cao Cao came to the window.

It is almost September, and the night sky of Dunhuang is filled with stars.

That very night, Zhao Yun sent troops from Bingzhou and headed straight north, aiming for the Xianbei's central military tent.

The Xianbei marched southward, and the number of soldiers in their central army once reached 80,000.

After the first round of fighting, Tuoba Jiefen dispatched 20,000 troops from the central army to reinforce the eastern front.

In order to guard against a surprise attack by Cao's army, a group of 10,000 troops were secretly ambushed.

Afterwards, Cao's army ambushed them in Daxing Mountain.

The two sides engaged in battle, neither winning nor losing.

Thirty thousand Xianbei troops entered Eastern Xianbei and attacked Buyeo, hoping to lure Cao's army out of Liaoxi and start a war in Eastern Xianbei.

At the same time, Yiluo Tuodu also took away 30,000 troops to support the Western Xianbei in their military operations.

As the battle situation changed, the Xianbei central army withdrawn 60,000 troops.

There were 20,000 elite soldiers left in the central army tent to protect Tuoba Jiefen.

Zhao Yun led his troops and marched straight in, heading straight for their army.

However, the Xianbei also had hidden means.

He led his troops to Yiluotudu of the Western Xianbei. On the surface, he took 30,000 troops with him, but in fact he only had 20,000 soldiers with him.

Another 10,000 people hid in the dark and stayed near the central army.

Tuoba Jiefen and Yiluo Tuodu were both veteran generals on the battlefield and had led their tribes in battles for many years.

The two were not completely unprepared for the possibility that the Wei army might attack the central army after a large number of troops were withdrawn.

Therefore, the number of soldiers and horses left behind in the central royal army, whether openly or secretly, was as high as 30,000.

When the Wei army attacked, Tuoba Jiefen was not surprised but happy, and prepared to strike back.

However, in addition to Zhao Yun's troops, what surprised Tuoba Jiefen was that Zhang Liao also rushed from western Liaoning and led the Xianzhen Camp to join forces with Zhao Yun.

The two routes attacked the Xianbei central army simultaneously, creating a strategic situation of surprise within surprise.

These two generals joined forces and attacked the Xianbei central army with all their might.

Although Tuoba Jiefen was prepared, he was still defeated.

In the darkness of night, the sounds of shouting and killing shook the grassland.

In the early morning, the Xianbei central army was defeated, and Tuoba Jiefen retreated northward with the protection of his followers.

Prior to this, Tuoba Jiefen sent his troops to the Eastern Xianbei in an attempt to lure out the Wei army and take the initiative.

His strategies in deploying troops and mobilizing the war situation were quite brilliant.

However, Cao Cao's order to Zhang Liao was to attack the central army from western Liaoning, and he ignored the Eastern Xianbei.

The two sides seemed to be fighting each other.

The Xianbei wanted to lure the Han army to the Eastern Xianbei, but Cao Cao played another game. Not only did he not join the game, he also turned the tables and attacked their central army.

Tuoba Jiefen's defeat led to his retreat to the north, and the entire Xianbei army was affected.

Zhao Yun and Zhang Liao attacked relentlessly, chasing their army to death.

In early September, Tuoba Jiefen retreated again and again.

The troops under his command, who were originally heading to the royal tent of Eastern Xianbei, had to rush back to rescue him upon hearing the news.

The entire battle situation also underwent major changes as a result.

Cao Cao made several moves and finally created a perfect opportunity, dragging the entire Xianbei army into the situation he had designed.

Next will be the time to reap the fruits of victory.

In mid-September, Cao Cao personally left Dunhuang and led his troops northward into the battlefield.

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