Chapter 563 Rapidly Lost
Here, Tuoba Khan was just about to take a rest when he heard bursts of fighting coming from the direction of Daijun.
Tuoba Khan was stunned. What happened in Dai County?
"Khan, we've sent scouts to investigate. News will be coming back soon."
Tuoba Khan couldn't sleep at all, so he got up and went to the royal tent.
Soon, the others arrived. They had just dispersed, and many of them had just lain down. When they heard that something had happened in Daijun, they all got up, cursing and swearing.
"Khan, judging from the sounds, there should be fighting at the east gate of Dai County." A general said so. They had been attacking Yanmen and Dai County for a long time and had conquered the two counties before, so they, the Xianbei generals, were familiar with the two counties.
Tuoba Khan hissed, "East Gate, Pingzhou?"
No one else said anything. The one currently attacking Dai County must be Pingzhou.
Tuoba Khan's guess was soon confirmed.
How could Pingzhou suddenly attack Daijun?
Before, when the Xianbei and Sun family armies were fighting each other to the death, they were both on guard against Pingzhou, but Pingzhou turned a blind eye and seemed to be only focused on itself.
Now Pingzhou suddenly took action, catching them off guard.
At the same time, it also made them very annoyed. They had judged before that Yanmen and Daijun were about to collapse. If they tried harder, they could get these two places. Now that Yanmen was in their hands, it would be perfect if they could get Daijun.
"Pingzhou is doing this, it's obvious that he wants to pick peaches!"
"But, should we send troops?"
Everyone looked at Tuoba Khan.
Tuoba Khan's brows were tightly furrowed at this moment. Just as the incident happened in Yanmen, Daijun was attacked by Pingzhou. How could it be such a coincidence?
Tuoba Khan is currently in a dilemma. If he ignores it, the fruit will be picked.
If I pay attention, what if it's a trap?
At present, the Xianbei army has suffered a heavy blow. Among the 300,000 troops stationed outside Bingzhou, more than half of the Sun family army was lost in the siege during this period. As the attacking party, the Xianbei will suffer even greater losses.
Including this night, the 50,000-strong army lost its combat effectiveness, with an overall loss of nearly half.
If the decision is wrong again, the blow to the Xianbei people will be unprecedented.
But how could they not try? They had finally managed to reduce Yanmen and Daijun to a mere skin, and if they could just fight another siege, they could take them all.
If Pingzhou is allowed to reap the fruits in the end, I will be unwilling to accept it no matter how I think about it!
"Send out the troops, quickly!"
At this time in Dai County, the East Gate and the North Gate looked completely different.
The north gate was on high alert, and everyone was preparing supplies for defense.
At the East City Gate, the overall atmosphere is much lighter.
From a distance, it looked like two armies were fighting, but where they couldn't see, the soldiers on both sides were laughing and joking.
It should be said that the soldiers of the Sun family army in Dai County were eating hot midnight snacks while watching the performance of the Pingzhou soldiers.
The soldier yelled at the top of his lungs, "Everyone, shout with me! Charge! Kill! They can't hold on any longer!" Then, he lowered his voice and asked, "How's that? Is this okay?"
The soldiers below commented, "It's a bit exaggerated and lacks true feelings."
Friends in Pingzhou also said, "Yes, don't just howl, add some emotion."
"Yes, yes, yes, not only should we shout louder, but we should also make it more realistic!"
"Okay, I'll do it again!"
At the north gate, after everything was ready, the soldiers took a short rest.
"Boss, do you think the Xianbei will attack us?"
"Of course!"
As soon as he finished speaking, he heard the soldier next to him shout, "Head, here they come, the Xianbei army is charging over!"
The generals leading the troops this time were Tuoba Yu and Yuchi Rui. They thought that the defenders of Dai County were fighting fiercely with the army of Dongcheng and Pingzhou, and they could gain an advantage by attacking quickly.
But when Yuchi Rui found that their first wave of attack was not going well and was beginning to have doubts, Le Gui appeared on the city wall.
"Hi, General Yuchi, long time no see."
When he saw Le Guicai, Yuchi Rui's heart sank.
Tuoba Yu and Yuchi Rui looked at each other. They both recognized Le Guicai. The general of Pingzhou appeared. Could it be that Dai County had fallen into the hands of Pingzhou?
It was lost so quickly, "The defenders of Dai County must not have defended the city hard enough!" Tuoba Yu said angrily.
Yuchi Rui didn't say anything. There was no doubt that if Dai County had adopted the same attitude as before in defending against the Xianbei, it would never have fallen in less than an hour!
"Let's continue the second wave of attack!" Yuchi Rui said. The troops had already been dispatched, so they couldn't just turn around and leave. Whether they could win or not, they had to give it a try.
Tuoba Yu nodded, although he was still upset about the Xianbei missing the opportunity.
Not surprisingly, the Xianbei's attack on Dai ended in failure and they returned empty-handed.
After taking over Dai County, Pingzhou resisted the first offensive of the Xianbei army. After repelling the Xianbei army, they began to clean up the battlefield.
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Shortly after dawn, patrolling soldiers from Yang Yingqin's army, who were camping in the wild, brought back two men with heavy bags but panicked expressions to see Yang Yingqin, saying they had something to report.
"Are you telling the truth?"
"Yes, sir, we would never dare to lie to you." The two men said in fear and trepidation.
Yang Yingqin did not expect that a landslide accident occurred in Yanmen last night, and both the Sun family army and the opposing Xianbei army suffered heavy losses.
At this moment, scouts came hurriedly to report that a group of tens of thousands of Xianbei cavalry were heading towards them.
Yang Yingqin could only put aside the problem in his mind temporarily and ordered his troops to retreat to the woods to prepare to meet the enemy.
In this encounter, Yang Yingqin's imperial army lost nearly 20,000 soldiers and finally retreated to Xinxing City with the remaining troops.
The losses of this Xianbei cavalry army were very small, with only two to three thousand men lost.
Yang Yingqin, who retreated to Xinxing City, was very upset by the huge gap. But now that Yanmen Pass had been lost, he could only wait for the arrival of the follow-up troops and build fortifications to resist the Xianbei army.
But he always asked people to find out the news about Yanmen and Daijun.
Soon, he learned that Dai County had fallen into the hands of Pingzhou.
In addition, the people who kept fleeing brought back a piece of news: there was an earthquake in Yanmen, and nearly 100,000 people from the Sun family army and the Xianbei army were killed. The city was littered with corpses, and the Sun family army was almost wiped out.
The news spread quickly and in a very organized manner.
Yang Yingqin couldn't believe that the Sun family army in Yanmen was completely wiped out?
No one from the Xianbei side came out to refute, as if they had tacitly agreed to the news.
Xianbei: That night at Yanmen, there was such a commotion. It must have been a dragon turning over! If it wasn't a dragon turning over, was he admitting he was being plotted against? And still so miserable?
Yang Yingqin was unwilling to believe that Yanmen and Daijun had fallen, just two days beforehand! Moreover, there was no sign at all! They fell quietly!
Thinking of the memorials that Sun Ming sent to Chang'an requesting support, the military supervisor Ji Xiufeng's eyes rolled again and again, but he said nothing. He was extremely grateful that he ran fast, otherwise he might be a corpse now. How terrible!
Last night, the author had two things to say but they were swallowed, so I'll post them in the main text. Thank you all for your blessings and thoughts, I have received them all, so I won't thank you one by one. Here are two chapters, and my love for you is all in the text.
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