Chapter 680 Changing Target
The cavalry squads formed by the Pingzhou Cavalry Battalion chased and killed small groups of Xianbei cavalry.
Tuoba Yu's horse was the first to be injured. He had now changed to an uninjured horse. The other Xianbei cavalry who had not dispersed gathered around him to protect him.
There are probably about 10,000 of these Xianbei cavalrymen.
As the saying goes, catch the leader first.
Qin Sheng led 8,000 cavalrymen to face Tuoba Yu.
The two sides came to a river beach and started fighting.
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bandit!
Yama!
Fearless and fearless!
This is the impression of the Xianbei cavalry who were ambushed on the Pingzhou cavalry who were chasing them.
Pingzhou has cavalry! That's nothing. But after the Pingzhou cavalry split into small groups, they actually had a subtle momentum to suppress them. That was outrageous!
However, Lu Dayou and others did not think it was strange that they defeated the Xianbei cavalry, nor did they think about the fact that they had been living on the edge of a knife before.
They don’t know what it means that the brave prevails when two meet in a narrow road, but they know that when their lives are at stake, they cannot be cowardly, because if they are cowardly, they will die.
Two hours later, Tuoba Yu led his men and rushed out from the hole that was torn open with great difficulty.
Qin Sheng led his men in a pretended pursuit, and after chasing for a mile or two, he pretended that the horses were exhausted and stopped.
Zhuifeng neighed in dissatisfaction. Qin Sheng held the bloody red tasseled spear in one hand and stroked its mane soothingly with the other.
Qin Sheng knew very well that he couldn't kill Tuoba Yu at this moment. If Tuoba Yu died at this moment, it would force the Xianbei to confront them in Pingzhou.
The main battle on Qin Sheng's side ended, and the other cavalry squads of the Jintai Army gradually returned to the team.
Faced with the soldiers who died and were injured in this battle, Qin Sheng was silent for a moment, then ordered people to take them all back.
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When Dugu Zhong retreated with the remaining seven or eight thousand soldiers, he was always on guard against Yang Yingqin or Sun's army catching up, but no, neither Yang Yingqin nor Sun's army caught up.
He guessed that the people from Pingzhou had lied and that Pingzhou and Dali had not joined forces to harm the Xianbei.
If they really join forces, they will definitely not miss the opportunity to hunt them down.
When he was leading the remnants back, he saw traces of fighting along the way and guessed that their Xianbei reinforcements must have been ambushed.
Order the soldiers to be careful of ambushes.
Houyi County
The news that Tuoba Yu and his 40,000 cavalry were ambushed and had to turn back halfway was reported to Tuoba Khan.
"Forty thousand cavalrymen were driven back in such disgrace?" Tuoba Khan couldn't believe it.
"Where is Tuoba Yu?"
"The third prince is outside."
"Let him get in!"
Upon seeing the dusty Tuoba Yu, Tuoba Khan flew into a rage, "Are you a pig? Why didn't you send a small group ahead before the army set out?"
Tuoba Yu lowered his head in embarrassment.
After a while, Tuoba Khan calmed down a little and asked, "How many cavalrymen did the other side send out?"
"About 20,000?"
"Pingzhou's 20,000 new cavalrymen have already slaughtered our 40,000 veteran Xianbei cavalrymen!" Tuoba Khan sneered, "You haven't even reached Jiumen County, and you've already cost me 20,000 cavalrymen. How good of you!"
Others could not help but persuade, "Khan, calm down. Pingzhou is acting with intent but without intent."
"Khan, what now?"
When Tuoba Yu and others came back, the other 40,000 infantrymen had just assembled and were ready to set off. Now that something unexpected has happened, they are now on standby.
"Order Yuchi Rui to lead 20,000 cavalry and 40,000 infantry to Jiumen County." Tuoba Khan knew very well that Dugu Zhong must be waiting for reinforcements.
At this moment, the messenger came and reported, "General Dugu has returned, and he has been defeated."
Tuoba Khan closed his eyes and said, "Please let him in."
Afterwards, when they learned the reason for Dugu Zhong's defeat, the entire Xianbei royal tent fell silent. All they could say was that he lost the entire battle due to one careless move.
Next, they reported the losses. This time, they lost a total of more than 60,000 soldiers.
Everyone looked at each other in bewilderment. They, the Xianbei, had not suffered such a great loss for a long time. The last time they lost so many soldiers was at Yanmen.
"Khan, what should we do now?" Should we send troops to attack Jiumen County?
Inside the Xianbei king's tent, everyone looked up.
Tuoba Khan asked Dugu Zhong, "Have you found out the cause of the eldest prince's death?"
Dugu Zhong said thoughtfully, "It is certain that the eldest prince encountered an earthquake. From what I heard from Pingzhou, it seems that Pingzhou and Dali have joined forces..."
"Impossible." Tuoba Khan said flatly.
Dugu Zhong nodded. "Of course, this could also be a divisive ploy by Pingzhou. Regarding this, the Dali side has remained silent, neither admitting nor denying it."
"No matter what, Pingzhou is one of the main culprits after all." Tuoba Khan said darkly.
Everyone below understood that the Khan wanted to continue attacking Jiumen County to avenge the eldest prince.
At this time, Tuoba Lian looked at this and that, and could not help but say, "Father Khan, Dali is also the culprit. Let's fight Dali? Those who want to achieve great things should put aside personal grudges."
Tuoba Khan slammed the table hard and cursed, "Asshole! The Pingzhou army killed your elder brother!"
Tuoba Lian fell silent. He thought, "There are always casualties in war. Forget it, forget it. He was the one who spoke too much. When his father Khan hits a wall, he will naturally turn back."
Now Tuoba Lian has rich experience in predicting the outcome between the Xianbei and Pingzhou.
"Khan, calm down—"
The Seventh Prince, despite the Khan's anger, gave very pertinent advice, so the other generals present were naturally willing to speak up to defend him.
Finally, after discussion, everyone agreed that Yuchi Rui would lead an army of 60,000 and march towards Jiumen County.
Before, Tuoba Khan dared to send 110,000 troops to Jiumen County, but now he can't do that.
Pingzhou has a cavalry battalion, and its strength is not weak.
They also needed to leave enough troops in Houyi County where the Xianbei royal tent was stationed.
This time, Yuchi Rui walked very slowly. He sent a team of people to explore the way ahead to ensure that there was no ambush.
In Jiumen County, after Dugu Zhong and Yang Yingqin led the remnants away one after another, Sun Ming sent Muye with a team to meet Qin Sheng, and then let the others start working. First, they had to reinforce the entire city.
Materials like cement were brought by Sun Ming and his team when they came here, and they will come in handy now.
There is strength in numbers. When Yuchi Rui led his army safely to Jiumen County, what he saw was the city wall that had been raised and widened again.
Yuchi Rui: ...
This time, the Sun family army and the Jintai army defended the city and did not fight against the other side in the field.
Yang Yingqin in Zhongshan City breathed a sigh of relief when he learned that the Xianbei and Pingzhou had once again confronted each other in Jiumen County.
Unfortunately, the Xianbei's siege did not go smoothly.
The 60,000-strong army led by Yuchi Rui faced the Pingzhou army in Jiumen County and was unable to defeat them for a long time.
"Everyone, just hold on a little longer. It won't be long before the Xianbei army retreats." In Jiumen County, the generals of Pingzhou encouraged their soldiers in this way.
As long as they can get through this wave, they will be able to live a good life next time.
Yuchi Rui was unable to capture Jiumen County, and Tuoba Khan was so angry that he couldn't vent it.
Under the persuasion of others, he had to consider adopting everyone's opinions and changing the target of attack.
Therefore, Yuchi Rui was the first to receive the order and slowly withdraw his troops.
As the Xianbei army left, cheers rang out in Jiumen County.
Then, the Xianbei marched south from Changshan and attacked Leping County under the pretext that "Dali and Pingzhou colluded to kill Tuoba Xun, and they wanted to avenge Prince Tuoba Xun."
In fact, they also suspected that this was a divisive plot by Pingzhou, but what did it matter? It did not prevent them from using this excuse to attack Dali.
This is just right. Otherwise, Dali has just given them so many counties in Changshan, and both sides have tacitly agreed to suspend the fighting, so it would be difficult for them to fall out.
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