Chapter 843 Approaching step by step
The sun is shining brightly and the summer is scorching.
On the post road that has been in disrepair for a long time, the crisscrossing ruts are clearly visible.
On the "mountain foot" between the ruts, dogtail grass sways in the wind, and unknown wild flowers dot it.
Both sides of the post road are dense bushes, with flowers, wild fruits, leaves and buds that are favorites of small animals.
The bushes continued far away, gradually connecting to the rolling hills and transitioning into tall and deep forests.
"Crash!" A carriage drove along the ruts, mud and water splashed everywhere, and all the flowers and plants fell to the ground.
After the carriage passed, the dog's tail grass just straightened up, and soon a second car arrived...
The cars came one after another, as if there was no end.
After the car passed by, there was a large group of cavalry.
They silently led their horses and advanced on foot.
The dog's tail grass was finally trampled to the ground and became part of the soil.
The cavalry did not know how long they were marching, but there were another carriage after another.
After the carriage passed, came the infantry, and the infantry was followed by the carriage...
I don’t know how long it took, but the marching crowd suddenly stopped.
The messenger passed by at high speed, conveying the orders one after another.
The officer also sent out his team of boy servants to inspect everywhere.
The birds in the forest fluttered up, overlooking the earth.
Under the blue sky in the north, there are green grass and picturesque mountains and rivers.
On this landscape painting, groups of "ink stains" are spreading out, covering every corner of the painting.
Looking carefully, this is a sea of black cavalry. They ran from north to south and were so large that they almost completely surrounded the more than 2,000 infantrymen who were marching.
But the infantry advancing from south to north responded early.
According to the terrain, they built a temporary defensive position with sidecars and antlers as the core. They were equipped with bows and crossbows and the infantry dared to fight.
The wave of cavalry passed by the sides of the carriage and the antlers, just like the waves passing by the rocks, helpless.
Ji Shou sat on the soft haystack and thought to himself: "Yu Ju will not be killed by the rope, right? Otherwise, why is there no news at all?"
"Whoosh! Whoosh!" Two arrows flew over the head.
Ji Shou didn't care at all and only looked at the incoming Xianbei people.
They circled in vain, cursing angrily.
Ji Ting laughed after hearing this. If you refuse to dismount and fight on foot, it is impossible for you to stop the army from moving north.
We have only walked more than 40 miles, and we are still 80 miles away from Pingcheng. I can’t hold my breath anymore.
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In the southeast of this "reef", more than two thousand infantry were surrounded by cavalry.
When they received the news from the scouts, they were marching near a village.
Zhao Huai, the owner of the Silver Spear Military Building, made a prompt decision. More than 2,000 people retreated into the village, occupying some houses, and used vehicles to block the outside.
Unlike Jishou, a battle broke out here.
The Xianbei people dismounted and fought on foot. After a brief mobilization, they rushed forward howling.
As expected, they were repelled by the skilled Jin infantry.
After trying this twice, Chief Suotou looked at the two to three hundred corpses lying on the ground, and felt his eyes go dark.
These people have been riding sheep since they were young, and then riding horses as they got older. They herd animals day after day, and their riding skills have reached the level of proficiency.
Someone was drunk and lying on the back of a horse to go home. He was obviously confused, but his body instinctively made various movements without thinking about it to prevent himself from falling off the horse's back.
Several months of the year are the hunting season, and they will also hunt with the nobles to practice their archery skills.
When grazing on weekdays, they also hunt and even drive away wild beasts such as wolves.
A cavalryman with such excellent riding skills, excellent combination of man and horse, and superb archery skills was shot to death by Tian Shefu who had his head wrapped in a yellow scarf when he dismounted for an infantry battle. Is it a loss?
How many "Yellow Turban Thieves" do you have to kill to make up for the loss of such an excellent cavalry?
The noble man sighed and ordered to retreat.
Fortunately, the cavalry still had the initiative to fight or not to fight. If the cavalry did not want to fight, these Jin infantry could not do anything to them.
But——
This initiative has slowly disappeared.
When the Jin army arrived in Pingcheng, did they really have a choice? Yu Ju launched a tragic attack under Guangwu City. Did he want to fight? No, it was because the cavalry under his account had lost the initiative and had no choice but to take the initiative to attack. There was no other way.
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"There is no news about Pingcheng again." Wang Que'er stood by the well, scooped up a ladle of cold water and took a swig.
The Xianbei people sent a large number of light cavalry to cover the roads, intercept and kill messengers, expel the rangers, and firmly blocked all news within fifty miles around Pingcheng.
You don’t know where his army is gathering.
You don’t know if or when he will come to beat you. You can't tell the other person's true intentions from clues.
Some people in the army believed that this was a precursor to Xianbei launching a large-scale attack, but this was just a guess.
Today, more than 40,000 Xianbei cavalry surged southward, which seems to confirm this conjecture.
However, these 40,000 cavalry infantrymen of the Jin army who had been warned by scouts and rangers had no choice but to circle around them in the end and retreat in embarrassment.
Their only result was to hinder the Jin army to the greatest extent, reducing their marching speed to less than ten miles a day.
In addition, thousands of cavalry rushed to Xinping and even Yinguan and other places to see if it was possible to cut off the Jin army's food routes and cause them to collapse without a fight.
However, considering the existence of a large number of Wuhuan "rebels", it seems that Qingqi's deep raids behind enemy lines have become a dangerous job, making it difficult for the grassland tactics that have been passed down orally since ancient times to work——
To put it simply He said that he sent elite cavalry to the front, fought and walked, and lured the enemy step by step, so that the enemy would pursue them behind them. The battle line became longer and longer, and the troops became more and more dispersed.
For Pingcheng Xianbei, this move is difficult to implement unless the Wang family is persuaded to betray Shao Thief...
"Captain." The sound of horse hooves sounded outside the yard, and a messenger jumped off the horse, Said: "Your Majesty's military order."
Wang Que'er wiped his hands, took it and opened it, a little surprised.
"Send the order, Yi Congjun goes out to clear the way, don't hesitate." Wang Queer gave the order to his staff.
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For the nobles in Pingcheng, the news that the Jin army was approaching step by step was really upsetting.
On the 27th, the vanguard of the Jin army was less than seventy miles away from Pingcheng.
The cavalrymen sent to harass more than a thousand people were killed or injured, and some leaders of small tribes simply escaped halfway and never returned to Pingcheng.
Although the large tribes did not flee, they secretly transferred the property of the old, weak, women, children, cattle and sheep.
On the 28th, the Jin army was still more than fifty miles away from Pingcheng.
The attack and harassment of various tribes killed and injured more than 3,000 cavalry, but they still had no way to defeat the Jin infantry. The only result was the defeat of the Jin cavalry who opened the way.
Helan Aitou worshiped the sky on the grassland with such great momentum that some tribes near Pingcheng left the pasture and went to seek refuge.
Of course, more people went south to join the Wang family. After all, everyone was from Wuhuan and easy to talk to.
On the 29th, the Daxi family surrendered tens of thousands of people to the throne of Prince Feng.
This is news that shocked everyone in Pingcheng.
The Daxi family originally kept the broken hind, and their fighting ability was good. They fought with Chen Yougen, and won more than they lost. But after they won, they surrendered - of course they couldn't vote for Shao Xun. Wang Feng, the attorney for Wang’s mother and son.
Almost on the same day, the shepherd official (born in the Daxi family) who was grazing in the areas of Mushui (Yuhe) and Yangshui (silt river) ran eastward with tens of thousands of horses and presented them to Wang Feng - very soon Obviously, this has been planned for a long time.
As soon as these two things came out, everyone smelled something unusual.
On the 30th, the Jin army was less than thirty miles away from Pingcheng.
Qi fell ill in the palace in Pingcheng.
Her hair turned white overnight and she seemed to have figured out a lot of things.
"That bitch Wang is the second me, haha." Ms. Qi was lying on the couch, looking at the roof with her eyes blankly: "It really seems like it."
Tuoba congratulated Li but stopped talking.
Is now the time to consider such a thing? I want to go back to Dongmugen Mountain. Mother, hurry up and agree.
Unfortunately, the Qi family has fallen into her own emotions and is still saying: "Why can't we win? It's more than three hundred miles from Pingcheng to Yanmen. I can't think of a way to pinch him in these three hundred miles. Stop?”
“If you continue to wait and see, Yu Wenqiu will be the next one.” It’s that bitch of the Wang family. Without her surrender, Shao’s future would have been cut off.”
Tuoba Heli didn’t want to listen to his mother’s nonsense anymore.
He walked out cautiously - even now, he was still a little afraid of the Qi family - and tried to discuss with his younger brother Huna.
Pingcheng is no longer a suitable place to stay.
If that doesn't work, they can just go back to Dongmugen Mountain. If you can't stay there, then go to Ruyuan.
The tribes there will support themselves no matter what - no, more accurately, they will support their mother Qi.
Just like the many Wuhuan people recruited by the Wang family, their allegiance is not even to Tuoba Shiyiqian, but to Shiyiqian's mother, the Wang family - the problem of the mother's too strong power has always been Tuoba Xianbei's old problem is getting worse. There is a competition between the Concubine Feng and Concubine Lan in the distance, and the dispute between Mrs. Qi and Mrs. Wang in the near future. If things continue like this, she may have to kill her mother and keep her son in order to be at ease.
In the past few days, Tuoba Heli has been listening to the thoughts of his close ministers.
Few people are fools, and many people point out that if he runs to the grassland, Shao Thief may not pursue him. He may even hope that He Li is still alive and can gain support from some people on the grassland.
He Li nodded repeatedly after hearing this, wishing he could pack his bags now and return to Dongmugen Mountain first. However, his younger brother He Na believed that if he fled without fighting, he might be killed on the way. Of course, he didn't say a word, and he might be killed if he lost the battle.
After hearing this, Tuoba Heli hesitated again. In addition, my mother fell ill and was unable to walk, which made me even more upset.
On the first day of July, the Jin army left the city more than ten miles away.
Tuoba Hena personally led his troops south to attack, and the Yi Congjun attacked again. The two sides fought more than ten battles, each losing no less than 2,000 cavalry, which was very tragic.
Since the Yi Congjun's Northern Expedition, they have lost more than a thousand cavalry sporadically, and recently they have lost nearly three thousand people. The army, which has just expanded its army and is no more than a year old, has been basically crippled.
After nightfall on the second day of July, countless torches suddenly appeared in the wilderness south of Pingcheng, almost like stars in the sky.
The Jin army is coming.
(End of this chapter)