Chapter 689: All-out Attack
Tuoba Khan sent two generals, Yuchi Rui and Dugu Zhong, each with 50,000 troops to support Yanmen and Xinxing.
As for the Sushen tribe, it was too far away. After thinking about it, he could only ask Murong Jie of the Eastern Xianbei to provide support.
Tuoba Khan did not yet recruit the Xianbei from Hexi to support Yanmen.
Now, most of the five counties of Bingzhou have fallen into the hands of the Xianbei. In addition, Leping, Xinxing, and Yanmen have become their territory, and he intends to plow this area.
To send troops from Leping back to support Yanmen, they need to pass through Xinxing. Two generals and 100,000 soldiers are enough to sweep this area.
Tuoba Jin hesitated and said, "Father Khan, Murong Jie has evil ambitions—"
Murong Jie was from the Eastern Xianbei and had never been very submissive to the Tuoba Xianbei. If they respected him now, even if they could save the Sushen tribe from danger, there would still be many troubles in the future.
Tuoba Khan waved his hand, "I don't care about that anymore!"
Tuoba Khan always had doubts in his heart.
Because Pingzhou is a rising power, it has always been relatively tolerant. What it likes to do most is to let Dali and their Xianbei fight each other, so that the fisherman can benefit from the conflict between the snipe and the clam.
Why are they suddenly launching a large-scale attack on the Xianbei?
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The Sun family army was responsible for attacking Xinxing. Sun Ming, Guo Chong and others also expected that the Xianbei would definitely send reinforcements to Yanmen and Xinxing, so they sent several waves of scouts early to inquire about the movements of the reinforcements.
"Here I come."
"Judging from the size of this reinforcement force, there must be at least 100,000 soldiers and horses."
"Everyone, please stay out of the spotlight first!"
When marching and fighting, the most important thing is to obey orders. As soon as the order was given, they immediately broke up into small groups. Some retreated to the north of Changshan, while others hid directly in the mountains...
Anyway, they knew that at least half of the 100,000 soldiers belonged to them.
At present they can't eat a single bite.
Furthermore, they could not use gunpowder, otherwise they would be exposed first, which would increase the difficulty for the Jintai army in the rear.
"Half of these 100,000 troops are definitely going to support Yanmen. They can't stay in Xinxing forever. Let these troops go first!"
I guess the Jintai army is setting a net and waiting for them.
When Yuchi Rui and Dugu Zhong arrived in Xinxing with 100,000 troops, they could no longer find any large-scale Sun family troops except for the Sun family army camp located north of Changshan.
However, Yuchi Rui had to go to support Yanmen and could not accompany Dugu Zhong to attack the Sun family army camp.
"What a pity." Yuchi Rui said.
Dugu Zhong also felt it was a pity. He had thought that the two of them would join forces and, with the power of a hundred thousand troops, first destroy the Sun family army and resolve the crisis in Xinxing, but now the Sun family army had retreated.
Yuchi Rui said: If the other person doesn't show up, it will take a lot of effort to find him, and he can't wait any longer.
"Let's go." Yuchi Rui and Dugu Zhong said this, and then led the army to continue heading north.
After they entered the territory of Yanmen, they found that the official road had changed from one to two, and both official roads could reach the Yanmen city gate.
"General Yuchi, which way should we take?" asked the young forward.
Looking at the two wide official roads, Yuchi Rui decided to split his troops into two groups.
The Xianbei had been ambushed once before in Jiumen County, so even though they had to march quickly this time, Yuchi Rui did not dare to be careless.
Moreover, they later heard that it was the Jintai army that ambushed their three princes.
It is said that the commander of this Jintai army is the husband of Lu Songli, the lord of Pingzhou, and the youngest general of the Qin family.
Now, the Pingzhou army attacking Yanmen is the Jintai army, and there is no guarantee that they will not use the same method again.
The reason why the third prince suffered heavy losses was also because the march was too intensive.
It was with this in mind that he planned to divide his troops.
He led one army himself and let his subordinate Yang Min lead another army.
Yang Min was an extremely brave and intelligent man, and he was always highly valued by his father.
After dividing the troops, he gave a final warning, "Be careful of ambushes!"
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Yang Yingqin led his army to evacuate Zhongshan City.
The strategy of fortifying the city and clearing the countryside proposed by the subordinates previously was a complete failure.
Zhongshan is next to Zhuozhou and Hejian. The people in Zhongshan City have heard about how Pingzhou captured these two cities and pacified the people after entering. Some of the news was even told to them by their relatives in Zhuozhou or Hejian, and they believed it without a doubt.
Moreover, they would learn about the daily life of the people in Pingzhou from newspapers from time to time, and they all yearned for it.
Finally, he took a look at Zhongshan City. The common people were indifferent and apathetic when watching the withdrawal of their Dali army. Some people even showed a hint of excitement on their faces.
Time is not on my side, and nothing can be done. These eight words came to Yang Yingqin's mind.
"General, these people are so hateful!" the deputy general couldn't help but say.
"Forget it, let's go." After all, they are all Han Chinese.
In such a world, as long as the common people have a house to live in, clothes to wear and food to eat, they don't care who is above them. If the one above them can collect less taxes and let them do less labor service, he is a good monarch.
Yang Yingqin led his army to retreat to Julu.
In the afternoon, news came out that as soon as they left, the people of Zhongshan City, led by Xiang Kun, opened the city gates to welcome the Pingzhou army.
Yang Yingqin was dejected when he heard this.
At this time, the deputy general came in excitedly, holding a piece of paper, "General, the fighting has begun!"
"What's the fight?"
"The Pingzhou army and the Xianbei are fighting!"
"Um?"
"General Yang, we just received news that Pingzhou is attacking Yanmen, Xinxing, and the Sushen tribe."
"What?" Yang Yingqin was shocked.
Pingzhou's move was really beyond his expectations.
Moreover, this move is similar to the strategy of besieging Wei to save Zhao.
This confused Yang Yingqin.
What is Pingzhou doing? They just surrounded Wei to save Zhao, and now they're intensifying their attacks on Zhongshan. It doesn't seem like they're helping Dali.
The city gate guard stumbled in and said, "General, this is bad! The Pingzhou army is coming!"
Yang Yingqin was shocked when he heard this. How could the Pingzhou army come so quickly?
When Yang Yingqin and his generals climbed up the city wall, they saw flags fluttering and an army that was obeying orders and exuding a murderous aura.
The leading general was dressed in military uniform and rode a tall horse. He looked elegant and heroic.
He recognized that the leader was Qin Heng.
Seeing him, Yang Yingqin couldn't help but think of his father Qin Yue.
Behind Qin Heng and the other generals stood a group of armored soldiers, each with a gleaming gaze and their weapons gleaming coldly.
Yang Yingqin took a deep breath and asked loudly, "Qin Heng, what are you doing?"
Qin Heng laughed out loud and said, "General Yang, now that I have my troops at the gates of the city, it is obvious what I intend to do."
The deputy general next to Yang Yingqin couldn't help but shouted loudly, "Qin Heng, don't be greedy. You just got Zhongshan City and you want Julu?" This is too much!
Yang Yingqin raised his hand to stop the deputy general beside him and asked, "Qin Heng, are you sure you want to start a war with us Dali at this time?"
This is what Yang Yingqin found incredible.
Pingzhou has already invested a large number of troops to fight against the Xianbei. At this time, shouldn't it make a truce with Dali and tacitly put an end to the conflict temporarily?
"For your father's sake, if you retreat now, I will not pursue you."
"General Yang, for my father's sake, please accept the surrender and avoid unnecessary sacrifice."
“Arrogant!”
"General Yang, Julu and Pingzhou must be captured."
"Also, let me tell you that we in Pingzhou not only want Julu, but also Anping, Qinghe, Pingyuan and other places. We will also take them into our pockets."
Yang Yingqin took a deep breath. He understood that in addition to Julu, Pingzhou would also send troops to Anping, Qinghe, Pingyuan and other places at the same time.
Together with the three armies that went to attack the Xianbei, Pingzhou was attacking on all fronts.
Is Pingzhou crazy?
With so many battles being fought on the same front at the same time, how could they have so many troops?
Well, even if they have enough soldiers and horses, can they sustain the food supply?
In Yang Yingqin's opinion, even when Dali was at the peak of its national strength, it would not dare to launch so many battles at the same time.
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