Chapter 680 Changing Target

The cavalry squads divided into Pingzhou cavalry battalion chased and strangled small groups of Xianbei cavalry.

Tuoba Yu's horse was the first to be injured. At this moment, he had replaced his horse with an uninjured one. The other Xianbei cavalry who had not dispersed gathered around him to protect him.

There are about ten thousand Xianbei cavalry.

As the saying goes, to capture the thief first capture the king.

Qin Sheng led eight thousand cavalry and faced Tuoba Yu.

The two sides came to a river beach and started fighting.

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bandit!

Yama!

Brave and not afraid of death!

This is the impression of the Xianbei cavalry who encountered an ambush on the Pingzhou cavalry who pursued them.

There are cavalry in Pingzhou! It's nothing. But after Pingzhou's cavalry was divided into small groups, they actually had the momentum to suppress them. It was outrageous!

Lu Dayou and others didn't think it was strange that they defeated the Xianbei cavalry, and they didn't think about it. They had lived a life of licking blood from the edge of a knife.

They don't know what it means to be brave in a narrow encounter, but they know that when their lives are at stake, they cannot give in. If they give in, they will die.

Two hours later, Tuoba Yu led his troops and rushed out through the hole that was finally opened.

Qin Sheng led his men and horses and pretended to pursue him. After chasing for a mile or two, he pretended that the horses were exhausted and stopped.

Zhui Feng neighed in dissatisfaction. Qin Sheng held the bloody red tassel gun in one hand and stroked its mane comfortingly with the other.

Qin Sheng knew very well that Tuoba Yu could not be killed at this time. If Tuoba Yu dies, Xianbei will be forced to fight with them in Pingzhou.

The main battle on Qin Sheng's side was over, and the other cavalry squads of the Jintai Army gradually returned.

Facing the soldiers who died and were injured in this battle, Qin Sheng was silent for a moment and then ordered people to take them back.

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When Dugu Zhong retreated with the remaining seven or eight thousand soldiers and horses, he was always on guard against Yang Yingqin or the Sun Army's pursuit, but no, neither Yang Yingqin nor the Sun Army caught up.

He then guessed that the people in Pingzhou had lied just now, and that Pingzhou and Dali did not join forces to harm Xianbei.

If they really join forces, they will definitely not miss the opportunity to hunt them down.

When he returned with the remaining troops, he saw traces of fighting halfway along the road and guessed that their Xianbei reinforcements must have been ambushed.

The soldiers were ordered to be careful about ambush.

Houyi County

The news that Tuoba Yu and his 40,000 cavalry were ambushed and turned back halfway was reported to Tuoba Khan.

"Forty thousand cavalry were driven back in such a dejected state?" Tuoba Khan couldn't believe it.

"Where is Tuoba Yu?"

"The third prince is outside."

"Let him get in!"

As soon as he saw the disgraced Tuoba Yu, Tuoba Khan became furious, "Are you a pig? The army is setting off, why don't you order a small group to go first?"

Tuoba Yu lowered his head in embarrassment.

After a while, Tuoba Khan calmed down his anger and asked, "How many cavalry did the other side send out?"

"About twenty thousand?"

"Pingzhou's 20,000 new cavalrymen killed our Xianbei 40,000 old cavalrymen to pieces!" Tuoba Khan sneered, "You didn't even reach Jiumen County, but you lost 20,000 cavalrymen to Ben Khan. It's really good. ”

Others couldn't help but persuade him, "Kang, please calm down. Pingzhou is doing this out of spite."

"Khan, what now?"

When Tuoba Yu and others returned, the other 40,000 infantrymen had just assembled and were ready to set off. Now that something unexpected has happened, they will be waiting in place.

"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 to report, "General Dugu is back, defeated and defeated."

Tuoba Khan closed his eyes and said, "Invite him in."

Later, when they learned the reason for Dugu Zhong's defeat, the entire Xianbei King's tent fell into silence. It can only be said that he lost the entire battle due to one careless move.

Then, they reported their losses. This time, they lost a total of more than 40,000 troops.

Everyone looked at each other. Xianbei had not suffered such a big loss for a long time. The last time they lost so many troops was in Yanmen.

"Khan, what should we do now?" Should we send troops to attack Jiumen County?

In the Xianbei King's tent, everyone looked at their superiors.

Tuoba Khan asked Dugu Zhong, "Have you found out the cause of the eldest prince's death?"

Dugu Zhong said after careful consideration, "It is certain that the eldest prince encountered an earthquake. I will eventually hear what Pingzhou revealed, as if Pingzhou and Dali have joined forces..."

"Impossible." Tuoba Khan said flatly.

Dugu Zhong nodded, "Of course, this may also be a plan to alienate Pingzhou. In this regard, Dali is silent, neither admitting nor denying."

"No matter what, Pingzhou is one of the culprits after all." Tuoba Khan said quietly.

The people below all understood that the Khan wanted to continue attacking Jiumen County to avenge the eldest prince.

At this time, Tuobalian looked at this and that, and couldn't help but say, "Father, Dali is also the culprit, shall we fight Dali? Those who achieve great things should abandon their personal grudges."

Tuoba Khan slammed the table hard and cursed, "You bastard! The Pingzhou army killed your eldest brother!"

Tuobalian stopped talking. He thought to himself, there is no such thing as immortality in a war. Forget it, it's him who talks too much. Father Khan will naturally turn around when he hits the wall.

Now Tuobalian has rich experience in predicting the outcome of their Xianbei and Pingzhou competition.

"Khan calm down -"

The seventh prince faced the Khan's anger and gave very pertinent opinions, so the other generals present were naturally willing to speak out to protect him.

Finally, after discussion, everyone agreed that Yuchi Rui would lead an army of 60,000 to Jiumen County.

Before, Tuoba Khan dared to send 110,000 troops to Jiumen County, but now he couldn't.

Pingzhou has a cavalry camp, and its strength is not weak.

They also need to leave enough troops in Houyi County where the Xianbei king's tent is 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 to lead a team to meet Qin Sheng, and then let the others start working. First, they had to reinforce the entire city.

Materials such as cement were brought by Sun Ming and his men when they came here, and they will come in handy now.

There is strength in numbers. When Yuchi Rui led the army to Jiumen County without any danger, what he saw was the newly raised and widened city wall.

Yuchi Rui: ...

This time, the Sun family army and the Jintai army defended the city and did not fight with the other side in the field.

Yang Yingqin in Zhongshan City was relieved when he learned that the Xianbei and Pingzhou were fighting again in Jiumen County.

Unfortunately, the Xianbei siege was not smooth.

The 60,000 troops led by Yuchi Rui could not capture the Pingzhou army in Jiumen County for a long time.

"Everyone hold on, it won't be long before the Xianbei army will retreat." In Jiumen County, the generals of Pingzhou encouraged their soldiers like this.

As long as they survive this wave, they can live a good life next.

Yuchi Rui failed to capture Jiumen County, and Tuoba Khan's anger could not be released.

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 withdrew his troops.

Watching the Xianbei army leave, cheers rang out in Jiumen County.

Then, the Xianbei went south from Changshan to attack Leping County under the pretext that "Da Li 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 Da Li.

This was just right, otherwise Da Li had just given them so many counties in Changshan, and the two sides had tacitly stopped fighting, so it would be difficult for them to tear their faces apart.