Chapter 1116: Escape

Su Li suddenly discovered that his control over the tribe was far from what it was a few years ago. Since the defeat at Lulong Fortress a few years ago, some small and medium-sized tribes under his control had betrayed him and joined him. Most of the other tribes, and some of the tribes that still followed him, were no longer as obedient as before. Leading troops to invade the south this time was the best time to gather the tribes, but he once again hit a rock. From the time he sent the troops to the present, he has not gained anything. If this time is not handled well, the strength of the Suli tribe will be reduced. It may plummet, from a large Xianbei tribe to a small and medium-sized tribe, and it may even be annexed by other tribes.

Thinking of this, Su Li finally calmed down and said to the commander of the guards: "Please invite all the tribal leaders and generals to come into the tent and speak!"

After saying that, he went back to the main seat and sat down. In this short moment, Suli had returned to his former calm and majesty, at least that was how it seemed to Fu Mencha on the surface.

Soon, all the tribal chiefs and generals filed in. After entering the big tent, everyone saw Su Li holding a pearl of wisdom. Everyone's panic suddenly calmed down. Some of them even exchanged words with each other. After a few glances, I have to say that Su Li's control over the tribe is very good, or Su Li's prestige among the tribes he controls is not low.

Seeing that everyone had calmed down, Su Li said in a deep voice: "What? You are all people who have experienced strong winds and waves, and you are also well-known people on the grassland, but now you are so restless?"

"Sir, it's not that we can't hold our breath, but this news is really shocking. Although there are not many soldiers in the rear camp, there are five thousand elites. Now not even a single soldier can escape. The entire rear camp The camp was taken away by the Han people, and now there is only a few days of food and grass in the camp. If you are not careful, the army of hundreds of thousands will not even have a chance to retreat to the grassland." One of the clan leaders said;

"yes!"

"That's right. Please make arrangements for Sir Su Li to return as soon as possible to retrieve the food, grass, cattle and sheep from the rear camp."

"good..."

His words quickly gained support from several people. Suli knew that these people were from tribes that usually treated him secretly. Suli knew that they were still secretly communicating with Mika and Queji, and they probably wanted to find someone. There was an opportunity to take refuge with one of them, and now there was a chance to damage their own reputation. There was no reason why a few people would not take advantage of it.

Su Li glanced sideways at a few people, but did not speak immediately. Instead, he turned to look at the tribal leaders and generals who were usually more loyal to him, and said, "Do you see it the same way?"

Among the Xianbei tribes controlled by Suli, in addition to his own Suli tribe, Yuwen, Murong and Fumeng tribes were all his die-hard supporters. The rest, such as Qujin and Chulian tribes, and more than a dozen small and medium-sized tribes The tribe is now somewhat aloof from Suli.

Seeing Su Li looking at him, Murong Hong stood up and replied: "Sir, I have thought about it again and again. Even if the rest of the army does not turn back, we must send troops and horses to take back all the cattle and sheep from the rear camp, otherwise it will be very detrimental to our army. "

Seeing Murong Hong supporting him, the tribal chiefs who had already become somewhat separated from Su Li also smiled happily.

"In General Murong's opinion, what is the best way to act?"

"According to the accounts of the herdsmen who escaped, the Han army that attacked the rear camp should have about 20,000 cavalry, so I think we can send an army of 50,000 to 60,000 people north to retake the supplies of the rear camp, and at the same time, the Han army that attacked the rear camp will be Eliminate it.”

The Suli army has a total of 130,000 troops, plus about 70,000 people. However, after two months of fighting, Suli has lost more than 20,000 soldiers and horses. Now plus the rear camp has lost 5,000 Xianbei. The cavalry caused Su Li to lose almost 30,000 soldiers and horses, and now there are only just over 100,000 soldiers and horses left.

After listening to Murong Hong's words, Su Li's heart moved. It was already the end of October, and in more than half a month, the first heavy snow in the grassland is expected to come.

If Longhua City really couldn't be captured, it would be better to lead the troops directly back to the grassland, and he would take advantage of this opportunity to eliminate all those who had strange thoughts.

Thinking of this, Su Li ordered: "General Fumeng, you will lead 50,000 soldiers and horses to continue the attack on the city. I will personally lead 50,000 troops back to the north to recapture the cattle and sheep supplies of the rear camp."

Saying that, Suli gave Fumengcha five thousand palace tent cavalry, plus ten thousand ordinary cavalry from Suli's headquarters, plus Yuwen, Murong, and Fumeng's three troops, totaling ten thousand troops, and then designated several more troops totaling two With an army of 15,000 people, these soldiers and horses are responsible for continuing to attack the city. Su Li led another 50,000 troops north. In addition to Su Li's 10,000 palace cavalry and 10,000 ordinary soldiers, the other 30,000 soldiers and horses were the most loyal to Su Li.

Among the 50,000 troops left to attack the city, except for the 25,000 soldiers and horses who were loyal supporters of Su Li, the other 25,000 were basically tribes that opposed Su Li or were wavering tribes. Soldiers and horses, although they were helpless but unable to oppose Su Li's arrangement, after all, Su Li's headquarters' 5,000 palace cavalry and 10,000 ordinary cavalry also stayed to attack the city, and the number one under Su Li was responsible. general.

Everyone had no choice but to accept the order. After everyone retreated, Su Li quietly summoned Fu Mengcha and explained to him in detail before ordering him to retreat.

Afterwards, the Xianbei camp began to get busy. Suli led 50,000 troops to make a lot of dry food overnight, and then quickly left the camp at dawn the next day and headed towards the rear camp in the north. After dawn, Fu Mengcha led 50,000 troops to continue to launch a fierce attack on Tangtougou Pass.

After a day of fighting, the Xianbei army lost thousands of soldiers. Today, it was Suli's trusted army led by Fu Mengcha who attacked. After the war, Fu Mengcha summoned all the generals and arranged the attack order for tomorrow's war, and then he no longer cared about the rest of the army.

The war on the second day was still the same. The troops responsible for the attack were obviously perfunctory, but Fu Mengcha looked at them with his eyes wide open, but he could do nothing about it. After the war, he got angry in the tent and then stopped fighting.

On the third day of the battle it was the turn of Fu Mengcha's troops. However, just when the troops were preparing to continue watching Fu Mengcha's excitement, they found that the morning's dispatch time had already passed. Although there was constant movement in Fu Mengcha's camp, no troops left the camp. After waiting for nearly half an hour, they realized that something was wrong.