In mid-June, Longshan Camp.

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After receiving the imperial edict from the court, Zhang Yan was very surprised. He told Xu Rong the emperor's orders as quickly as possible. Xu Rong did not say a word, and wrote a word behind Zhang Yan's letter: "War." Then he asked the fast horse to take the letter back.

Zhang Yan and the generals looked at each other in the work of the General's Mansion in Zhenbei, and everyone was overwhelmed by the word "war". This was a blatant disobeying the imperial edict. Now the Han Dynasty is in danger of foreign affairs and internal troubles, and what is most needed is a stable northern border. Although the northern border has lost some border counties at present, it can still be regained as long as the Han Dynasty recovers its vitality. However, Xu Rong is determined to fight now, and the consequences are difficult to predict.

"Once this battle is defeated, Bingzhou will fall, other battlefields in the northern border will be affected, and the entire northern border may be lost because of this." Li Wei said frightenedly, "It is a small matter to lose the northern border, and it is a big matter to harm the country and the people."

Yang Feng sneered: "Mr. Li, how do you know that we will definitely lose this battle? Is it because our Yellow Turban Army is vulnerable?"

Li Wei shook his hand repeatedly and smiled bitterly: "Mr. Yang, I don't mean that. I have seen the bravery and good fighting of the Yellow Turban soldiers in Western Xinjiang many times. Whether it is the Yicheng War or the Boluogu War, none of the Yellow Turban soldiers embarrass me on the Han Kingdom. They are all heroes of the Han Kingdom."

Although Li Wei did not admit it, no one could tell his concern about his expression. Yang Feng snorted coldly with disdain, looked at the generals sitting around him, and asked loudly: "War, don't fight, everyone will say something."

The generals of the Yellow Turban Army looked solemn and no one answered. The emperor's imperial decree was worthless in their eyes. What they were worried about was defeat, especially some of the Yellow Turban Army generals who participated in the Battle of Tao. They still remember the power of the Iron Cavalry and are still scared. If this battle was defeated, Taiyuan and Shangdang would not be able to save it. The Yellow Turban Army soldiers and thousands of people would flee to the Taihang Mountains, and the miserable days were coming again. Some people were not only worried about defeating the war, but also worried that after the defeat, the army would be gone. What should they do in the future? Flee around like refugees and be slaughtered? The soldiers were enthusiastic about fighting because they wanted to save their land, their families, and some hope in their hearts. But the officers, especially some senior officers, had no idea that their thoughts were not so simple. They thought more about their lives and futures.

Wang Dang suddenly jumped up and shouted loudly in anger: "Why don't you speak? The Yellow Turban Army can fight bloody battles with the imperial army, why can't we fight bloody battles with the Hu people? The dog officials of the imperial court did not let us survive. Do the Hu people want us to survive? Where did your bloody nature, your conscience, and your courage?" The more he spoke, the more angry he suddenly pulled out the battle knife, stomped the table in front of him with a knife, and roared loudly, "If anyone doesn't fight, I will chop him."

The atmosphere in the tent suddenly became tense. Xiaolan looked at the murderous Wang Dang, screamed in fear, and threw herself into Li Wei's arms.

"Fight, don't fight..." Wang Dang stared at his blood-red eyes and raised his sword to roar.

The generals of the Yellow Turban Army looked at Wang Dang, some shook their heads, some laughed, and some looked contemptuous, but everyone stood up one after another and walked to Wang Dang's side. At this time, if they didn't fight, they would be scolded by Wang Dang.

"Okay, this is the Yellow Turban Army. We have fought for four or five years. When did we retreat? We defeated the Xianbei people, which can be regarded as repaying the people who have followed us for several years." Yang Feng stood up and waved his hand and said, "The Yellow Turban Army today is no different from the Yellow Turban Army in the past. We used to fight for the people of the world, today we fought for the people of the world, today we died for the people of the world, today we died for the people of the world."

He turned to face Zhang Yan, bowed and said, "Sir, please give an order."

Zhang Yan stood up silently and handed General Zhenbei's seal to Zuo Yan, "From now on, I will no longer act as General Zhenbei's military, so I will hand over the General Zhenbei Mansion to Lord Changshi."

Li Wei opened his mouth to speak, but Zhang Yan stopped him, "Sir Sima, don't persuade him anymore. Lord Xu has made up his mind, how can I retreat? This battle was decided by Zhang Yan, the General's Mansion of the Central Army, and all the soldiers of the Yellow Turban Army decided to fight. It has nothing to do with General Zhenbei and General Zhenbei Mansion. In the future, if Your Majesty blames me, I, Zhang Yan, will bear it alone."

He faced the generals and said firmly: "Even if the Yellow Turban Army is fully fought, they will drive the Xianbei people out. If anyone retreats in the end of this battle, I, Zhang Yan, will never be ruthless and will not forgive me."

"The army will set out tonight, and all the troops will quickly arrive at Yuanping City and fight to the death."

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In mid-June, Yanmen Pass.

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The Xianbei people learned through various channels that the Yellow Turban Army had gathered in Longshan Camp, which made them feel a crisis, and then stepped up their attack. If the Han court tamed the Yellow Turban Army and drove them to Yanmen Pass, even if there were 100,000 troops, they could not defeat the pass. After all, it was different from the decisive battle in the plains. The more people defending the city, the harder it was to fight. Although Murong Feng repeatedly sent people to contact him, he said that Zhang Chun's inner support in the Yellow Turban Army in Bingzhou, as long as the Yellow Turban Army arrived at Yanmen Pass, the pass would be ready every night, but Tuoba Feng believed that the Han people were Han people. Who knew whether these people would change their minds? It was up to him to do so. The Xianbei army was under the command of Kuitou, Tuoba Feng and Luozhi Cai Luoluo, and finally seized the pass. In mid-June, the Han people were in sight. The Han people suffered heavy casualties, and their defense was getting weaker and weaker, and they could no longer hold on.

Kuitou convened Tuoba Feng and Luozhi Cai Luoluo to discuss their actions after entering the pass. According to the news summarized by all parties, there are no reinforcements in Bingzhou now, except for the vulnerable Yellow Turban Army.

In their eyes, the Yellow Turban Army was a group of refugees and had no combat power. I remember that the Han general Huangfu Song used less than 50,000 ordinary Han army to defeat Zhang Jiao, the leader of the Yellow Turban Army, and the hundreds of thousands of Jizhou Yellow Turbans led by him, and killed more than 100,000 of them in one battle. The Leopard was even more powerful. He defeated Zhang Niujiao's army under the Yingtao City with only 10,000 iron cavalry. Now the leader of the Yellow Turban Army, Zhang Yan, is the survivor of the war.

The army is not a mistake for the court of the Han Dynasty to call them ant thieves. The thieves like ants rely on more people to rush up when fighting. How could these people be the opponents of the Xianbei Iron Cavalry? The Xianbei Iron Cavalry swept across the desert and killed the Huns who dominated the prairie for hundreds of years without a trace. Even if they fight against the powerful Han Dynasty, they will win more than lose less. Tens of thousands of Xianbei Iron Cavalry will kill more than tens of thousands of Yellow Turban Army, which is not a trivial matter that can be captured. The Xianbei people did not take the Yellow Turban Army seriously from beginning to end.

"After these two and a half months of siege, we have lost more than 23,000 people in total, including more than 11,000 Xianbei people and more than 12,000 Han slaves." Tuoba Hui said with a smile, "At present, according to our estimates, there are at most more than 2,000 Han troops left in Yanmen Pass, especially Gouguanguan, with only more than 200 people at most. Tomorrow, we will gather all our forces and attack comprehensively, and the main attack direction will be Gouguanguan. Once Gouguanguan is taken, Yanmen Pass will basically be ours."

"A few days ago, we saw Xu Rong's battle flag and thought he brought the Yellow Turban Army. Now it seems that he did not bring the Yellow Turban Army, but brought the last bit of left-behind forces from the General Zhenbei Mansion. Xu Rong was the left-behind general who acted as the General Zhenbei Military. He personally rushed to Yanmen Pass, indicating that the Han people had no support at all. Although he still had thousands of cavalry, they were all Xianbei people. He dared not use them at all, so he could only send them far away to Hedong."

"The problem now is, after we take down Yanmen Pass, should we go south to attack Jinyang in batches, or go south to attack Jinyang together." Tuoba Hui pointed to Jinyang City on the map and said, "After leaving Yanmen Pass, go south along the Chidao, pass through Loufan, Beishan, Wushan to Yuanping City, the whole journey is about 100 miles. The terrain of this 100 miles is relatively complex, and surrounded by mountains, and accidents are prone to occur. When we arrive in Yuanping City, there are still three hundred miles away from Jinyang. These three hundred miles are easier to walk. The closer we are to Jinyang, the flatter the terrain, and the iron cavalry can pour down without any obstacles."

Tuoba Hui turned his head to look at Kuitou, Tuoba Feng and Luozhi Cai Luoluo, looked at the generals, and smiled bitterly: "We were defeated in Western Xinjiang, and if we suffer losses, we suffer losses on the terrain. Liupanshan is in a dangerous terrain, and the chasing road is narrow. At that time, we thought that we could support each other by division of troops to go south. As a result, due to the different speeds, the distance between the armies was too large. They were ambushed by the Han army and defeated one by one. However, if we went south together at that time, there would be one problem, that is, the chasing road is narrow and everyone squeezed together. If the Han army surrounded by superior forces, the casualties would be even more severe."

Luo Zhiluo sneered: "At that time, the leopard's troops were not superior." He glanced at Tuoba Feng with a cold expression and mocked, "The defeat in Western Xinjiang was all due to improper use of troops. So many veterans on the battlefield actually made such a fatal mistake. Why?"

Luo Zhiluo is in his fifties, tall and strong, with long beards on his face, a wide forehead, and a pair of shiny eyes, looking very scheming.

Tuoba Feng snorted coldly and ignored him.

Kuitou hurriedly said, "I won't talk about the matter of Western Xinjiang today. This time, as long as Taiyuan and Shangdang are captured, we can make up for all the losses in Western Xinjiang overnight. Everyone should work together to fight the battle in front of us. Haoshang, continue to talk."

"We must not be careful about the gathering of the Yellow Turban Army in Jinyang. Although the force of the Yellow Turban Army is not worth mentioning, if they set up an ambush between Beishan and Wushan, we will be in trouble. In the mountains, the Yellow Turban Army still has a certain advantage, especially the large number of people, which will take some effort to fight. In order to prevent such accidents, I plan to use five thousand cavalry as a team, each with ten miles apart, and go south in a row. In this way, our southward army can not only support each other but also preserve the overall strength of the army. In addition, the army is more than 100 miles apart, that is, when our front army reaches Yuanping City, our rear army is still at Yanmen Pass. At such a long distance, the Han army cannot find a place to attack the ambush. Moreover, once the Han army attacks us, it will be surrounded by us immediately and cannot escape even if we want to escape."

Xie Guini smiled and said, "Hao Shuai, you are too careful. In my opinion, the Yellow Turban Army will not run to the Yanmen Pass to ambush. They can rely on the advantage of being large inhabited by Jinyang City and rely on the tall and strong city of Jinyang to defend the city. It is much safer to defend the city than to ambush."

Tuoba Hui shook his head and said, "Yesterday, we got the news from Jizhou that the Yellow River in the Great Han Kingdom broke its dam, with a thousand miles of water. There were as many as seven affected counties and countries, and millions of people were displaced and homeless. At this time, the top priority of the Great Han Kingdom was to do their best to rescue the disaster, rather than fighting with us in the northern border. The food and salary of the Han army in various parts of the northern border will immediately become short of food and money, and the Han army in various parts will retreat immediately. Therefore, the Yellow Turban Army will not defend Jinyang to the death. First, they cannot defeat us, and second, they have no reinforcements and food. In this case, they will only escape to Taihang Mountain to avoid disaster. If they wanted to defend the city, they would have been to the Yanmen Pass long ago. Guarding Yanmen Pass can protect Taiyuan and Shangdang, and guarding Jinyang can not save anything, and even their lives cannot be saved."

When I heard that the Yellow River in the Han Dynasty broke its dam, the big tent suddenly cheered everywhere, and everyone looked excited, as if they had built Yanmen Pass.

"No wonder the king was in a hurry to take down Yanmen Pass. It turned out that the Han Dynasty was hit by disaster. It was really God who helped the Xianbei."

"This time, we can not only avenge the defeat of Western Xinjiang, but also occupy Taiyuan and Shangdang. Bingzhou is ours and we have made a fortune."

Kuitou was full of joy. He captured Yanmen Pass and occupied the entire Bingzhou. From then on, he became a myth on the grassland. The Xianbei Kingdom suddenly became so powerful in his hands. Such extraordinary achievements must be unprecedented and no one can compare with him. He stood up and raised his hand and shouted, "Tomorrow, take Yanmen Pass."

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Xu Rong ordered a retreat.

Guo Yun refused to leave, and he said he had no shame to go back. He wanted to die at Yanmen Pass to avoid humiliating his ancestors. Xu Rong heard the report from his personal guards and walked up to the city tower.

Inside the house, Guo Yun was lying on a stretcher, and Ding Yuan was squatting beside Guo Yun, talking nonstop. Guo Yun's eyes were covered with tears, his sword was in his arms, and his expression was firm. Xu Rong waved his hand to let the soldiers in the house avoid it.

"Mr. Xu, Your Majesty has repeatedly issued an order to recruit the Yellow Turban Army to defend Yanmen Pass. Why do you insist on resisting the order? Did Zhang Yan and his Yellow Turban Army escape to Taihang Mountain?" Guo Yun couldn't help but ask loudly when he saw Xu Rong, "You ordered to give up Yanmen Pass, and you would be killed by the nine clans. Why do you do this? Yanmen Pass cannot be kept, can Jinyang defend it?"

"We don't guard Jinyang." Xu Rong said calmly.

Guo Yun and Ding Yuan were shocked. They stared at Xu Rong and shouted in unison: "Are you going to run away?"

Ding Yuan was furious and suddenly pulled out his sword, pointed at Xu Rong and shouted loudly: "Xu Rong, you immediately order to give up the retreat, otherwise I will kill you."

Xu Rong took a step back and said calmly: "Zhang Zhonglang has assembled an army of 200,000 and is preparing to fight to the death with the Xianbei people in Yuanping."

Guo Yun and Ding Yuan were shocked again. The two looked at Xu Rong in disbelief and did not speak for a long time. Ding Yuan slowly lowered his sword and asked, "Why did Lord Xu tell us now?"

Xu Rong was silent.

Guo Yun suddenly pointed at Xu Rong, and was furious, and opened his mouth and shouted wildly: "Mr. Xu, you have an army of 200,000 on your hands, why don't you come to guard Yanmen Pass? Why? The soldiers of Yanmen Pass are dead, and you still don't send reinforcements, why?"

Ding Yuan returned to the sword and said angrily: "Mr. Xu, you are too much. Lord Guo and I want to write a letter to impeach you and impeach you." Thinking of the death and injuries he brought to the Hanoi soldiers, and the cavalry he regarded as treasures, were almost finished fighting, Ding Yuan couldn't help but raise his hand and shout, "I want to impeach you."

Xu Rong had a expressionless face and remained silent.

Guo Yun and Ding Yuan vented for a moment, and their mood gradually calmed down. Guo Yun raised the long sword in his hand and pointed it at Xu Rong, trying his best to suppress the anger in his heart, and asked: "Mr. Xu, why are you willing to give up the easy and difficult? Why don't you guard Yanmen Pass and fight against the Xianbei people in Yuanping? The 200,000 Yellow Turban Army may not be able to block the iron hoof of the Xianbei people. Once defeated, the situation in the northern border will be unimaginable. Even if we die, we cannot give up our guilt."

Xu Rong said lightly: "Preserving Yanmen Pass will not help improve the crisis in northern Xinjiang, but only defeating the Xianbei people."

Guo Yun and Ding Yuan looked at each other and realized in their hearts.

"Mr. Xu, your heart is so cruel. In order to lure the Xianbei people into the pass, you watched thousands of Han soldiers fall into a pool of blood without any hesitation. Your heart is so cruel." Ding Yuanyu was still angry and glared at Xu Rong and said gritting his teeth, "Do you trust the Yellow Turban Army so much? Are you so confident in defeating the Xianbei people?"

Xu Rong did not answer. He looked at Guo Yun and asked in a low voice: "Sir, can you leave?"

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The Xianbei people occupied Yanmen Pass.

The pass was full of the bodies of Han soldiers. On the road behind the pass, fire was burning and thick smoke was rolling.

"The Han people were scared and ran faster than rabbits. They didn't even bury the bodies of the dead soldiers." Luo Zhiluo shook his head and said, "The despicable and shameless Han people."

"This fire is quite burning." Tuoba Feng smiled with his hands behind his back, "The Han people were filled with trees on the road, thinking that this fire could stop us from moving south quickly, which was simply a joke."

"Order Hannu and clear the road immediately."

"Tell all departments to rest on the spot and set off tomorrow morning."
Chapter completed!