Chapter 41: Soldiers Approach
"Lord, why don't you gather those defeated soldiers?" Continuing to rush, Qiu Chi looked at Ye Zhao in confusion. Although he had been defeated, he was somewhat of a combat force. Now that Macheng has been broken, it is not easy to conquer it. If there are more people, there will be more chances of winning.
"The courage has been dispersed. When fighting, it is not useful if there are too many people." Ye Zhao shook his head. If he gave him time, he could restore the morale of these defeated troops little by little, but the problem is that what he lacks the most now is time.
"But now our soldiers are only 3,000 now. It will take some time for Li Xing to reach Macheng, so how can he break through?" Qiu Chi looked helpless. He could no longer see hope of breaking Macheng.
"I have my own plan." Ye Zhao's face was cold and he could not see his expression.
It would be a good thing that Sun De and Liu Mao ran away. If Liu Mao fell into the hands of the Xianbei people, then the matter would be difficult. Although Ma Cheng is no longer under his control, if Liu Mao had any problems, who knows whether Liu Yan would take his anger on him?
The most important thing now is to take down Macheng first, and then talk about the others.
After passing Guangning, it was not far from Macheng. After an afternoon of marching, Ye Zhao led his army to the area of Danhan Mountain, but did not attack immediately. Instead, he set up a camp twenty miles from Macheng.
The Xianbei people have many soldiers, and it is not advisable to attack forcefully. Ye Zhao is preparing to take down the two lost levels first.
"Meng Hu." Ye Zhao said to Meng Hu while commanding the soldiers to camp.
"The last one is here!" Meng Hu ran out of the crowd and came to Ye Zhao.
"You send someone to see if the other sixteen levels are still in the hands of our army, and order the whistle detectives to divide into ten groups to monitor the movements of Macheng." Ye Zhao said in a deep voice.
Although the two main passes were lost, there were sixteen other passes distributed in the Danhan Mountains. These passes were not as magnificent as the two main passes, but they were all set up in a dangerous and narrow place. There were only a dozen people in one passes, but it was easy to defend and difficult to attack. Although these passes were not as important as the two passes, which were abolished by Qiushui, once the main passes were lost, and if the company wanted to escape back to the grassland, they could only escape from these sixteen passes.
Ye Zhao was not prepared to let the new Xianbei Shanyu go back alive this time. Since his subordinates didn't want him to live, it would be better if he was cheap. Killing the Xianbei Shanyu was a great achievement. No matter whether this was a plot between the Xianbei people or not, for Ye Zhao, this was definitely a gift for his success!
No matter what the reason is, if you want to gain Liu Yan's connections as you expected before, after this, Ye Zhao no longer has hope. It has nothing to do with the reason. Ma Cheng is prosperous in his own hands. Liu Mao took office for only three months, but was beaten by the Xianbei people and fled. Even for his son's career and reputation, Liu Yan could not have had a good relationship with Ye Zhao again. Since that is the case, he would take this opportunity to make a great contribution, so that Liu Yan could not suppress his contributions.
"Here!" Meng Hu agreed and turned around and left.
"Guan Hai! Ding Li!" Ye Zhao clicked again.
"exist!"
Guan Hai and Ding Li took a step forward.
"You two bring two troops to the front of the pass to drown. See how the defenders react and report to me. Don't attack the city without authorization. Pay attention to sending mail cavalry to pay attention to the movements of the city. Once the city sends troops, withdraw the troops immediately and do not fight in love." Ye Zhao looked at the two seriously and said, "He could not afford to lose his troops.
"As for the order!" Guan Hai and Ding Li agreed, ticked two troops and set off immediately, and rushed to Guancheng before dark.
After the generals left, Ye Zhao and his men began to make pre-war deployments in the temporarily secured camp. Since Ma City has been broken, they have to wait for Li Xing's men to arrive.
"Lord, the tribes outside the Great Wall have always been friendly with our army. Why not send people to invite Na Jutu and others to lead their troops to fight?" After the generals left, Qiu Chi finally couldn't help asking.
When Ye Zhao defeated Mohan's tribe, the main force was the Jutu tribe. In the past two years, the Jutu tribe has developed well, and it should not be a problem to provide Ye Zhao with two thousand soldiers. In addition, both the Xianbei and Wuhuan people in the Danhan Mountain area were once controlled by Ye Zhao. Each tribe has divided some people and horses, plus the troops of the Wuhuan Captain's headquarters, and it is possible to gather an army of ten thousand people. At that time, you can fight against the elite troops of the Helian royal court.
"Two years ago, Jutu was willing to be sent by me to deal with Na Mohan, thinking that we had Macheng in our hands. If Mahan had captured Macheng, then Jutu tribe would not be able to rise. So for its own benefit, Jutu must also help me." Ye Zhao shook his head and looked at Qiu Chi and said, "What is the capital we have to fight against the royal court now? Now Jutu tribe is still a large tribe in the area of Danhan Mountain. If Macheng is in my hands, I can still ask him for troops, but Macheng has now fallen into Helian's hands. Do you think he will come to help us? Or do you think Jutu is really loyal to us?"
"But..." Gao Sheng, who was standing beside him, looked at Ye Zhao in confusion: "Didn't he always want to be naturalized?"
"Do you believe this?" Ye Zhao said disdainfully: "If I really let him naturalize, then Ditu will definitely be the first to defect. On the grassland, he is the overlord of the domineering side, but if he is really naturalized, do you think he can still live as well as he is now? When will a Hu overlord be needed on the territory of my Han family?"
"So, the lord didn't use the Daotu Tribe?" Qiu Chi said suddenly. If he could use the Daotu Tribe, he might be able to catch Kuitou and Bu Dugen off guard.
"It's just one reason. Since Kuitou and Bu Dugen are not interested in fighting, our goal is just to join the company and there is no need to cause trouble. Besides, if Kuitou and Bu Dugen are both dead here, who can restrain Ke Bineng on the grassland? I don't want to see a unified Xianbei royal court appear again." Ye Zhao nodded and said.
An hour later, the camp was built and Ye Zhao was arranging people to patrol, but he saw a scout coming and rushed into the camp before turning over and dismounting. He quickly ran to Ye Zhao and bowed and said, "Lord, the two levels of Qiqiu Shui are already two empty passes. The two generals Guan Hai and Ding Li have confirmed several times that there is no one above the city of Guan City. He sent Bei Zhi to ask whether to occupy the city of Guan City."
"Are you leaving?" Ye Zhao frowned. Kuitou and Bu Dugen left really simply, but this was good, saving a lot of trouble. He nodded and said, "I ordered him to leave a garrison on the city gate, and the rest of the troops would return as soon as possible."
"Here!" The scout agreed, turned over and galloped away again.
Meng Hu sent people to investigate the other sixteen passes and returned one after another. Kuitou and Bu Dugen obviously had no intention of occupying these small passes. They are still in the hands of the Han army and have been successfully accepted. Ye Zhao ordered these people to continue to stick to the passes and no one is allowed to enter and exit.
Chapter completed!