Chapter 263 Endless

In the battle of Youzhou, on the whole, Tuobayi did not lose many people.

50,000 troops, 20,000 were killed by the Jin army, but only 4,000 people were killed in the battle, and the rest were scattered, and some fled north with Tuoba Yi, who escaped from the city.

The 30,000 horses in the city escaped, but not many of them. The main reason was that the Jin army acted too quickly. Before Tuobayi's order to summon the people to escape came out, the Jin army came in.

After the inventory, more than 10,000 people were captured in the city, and so many Wei troops were captured alive at one time, which has never been seen since the beginning of the war between Jin and Wei.

After Lu Qiang captured Youzhou, he was not in a hurry to catch up with Tuoba Yi. On the one hand, he ordered Zhang Bang Anmin, and on the other hand, he ordered the prisoners to repair the city walls, clean up the streets, and bury the Wei soldiers who died in the war.

In fact, since this battle, Lu Qiang's previous expected goals can be said to have been achieved. In the next step, as long as the Wei army is completely expelled from the Great Wall, this place occupied by the Xianbei people for more than 100 years has finally returned to the arms of the Central Plains.

However, with the current strength of the Jin Dynasty, it is not the time to start a full war with the State of Wei.

Lu Qiang meditated for a long time and ordered Han Fan to come in.

In the past, Lu Qiang always felt that rumors were not necessarily reliable for the legendary orator, but from Han Fan's performance, this kind of capable person still exists.

Since Han Fan fought in the Jin army, he felt that he had lived in vain in the State of Yan.

Yan does not have a powerful monarch like the Emperor of Jin, and there is no invincible iron army.

Han Fan has been to Luoyang. He can't see the hungry people begging along the streets like walking corpses, let alone the luxury and deadness of Yan's officialdom.

Looking around, there is vigorous vitality everywhere. In such an army and country, he seems to be several years younger and seems to be full of endless energy.

Unfortunately, Lu Qiang has not assigned him a specific position until today. Han Fan felt that he had the opportunity to show his talent again.

Lu Qiang has endless memorials every day, and it's the same when he walks there. When Han Fan came in, he put down the memorial in his hand and smiled, "I'm busy with military affairs. I'm waiting for Mr. Han these days. Please don't blame me."

Han Fan was shocked. He had heard that Emperor Jin was amiable, but he never thought that the emperor would speak to a foreign minister like him in this tone.

Factory bowed and said, "Your Majesty, don't say that. Kill the little minister."

"Hehe! Don't always be a little minister. Are you small? I have thought that with my talent, I can indeed serve as the servant of the Ministry of Ceremonies. If you have no objection, that's it. After returning to Beijing, I will order the cabinet to formally draft a decree."

Is it really a servant of the Ministry of Ceremonies?

Han Fan was surprised that Lu Qiang could appoint such a high-ranking official as him. Although Lu Qiang had promised him before, he did not believe it very much, because the servant of the Ministry of Ceremonies was second only to the Minister of Ceremonies. In the Jin Dynasty, he was definitely a high-ranking official, but when he was in Yan, he was just a small official. Isn't it the same as one step now?

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty, I have made a little contribution, but I dare not accept such an official position. Please think twice"

Lu Qiang nodded and said, "I'm not proud of my achievements. I really didn't see the wrong person. I asked you to come today. In fact, there is another thing. I want to hear your opinion that I am not ready to start a full-scale war with Tuoba Kui, but in the Great Wall, I will never allow Wei people to exist. Mr. Han, help me think about how to fight the next battle?

Han Fan understood that the emperor's examination questions came out.

After meditating for a moment, he said, "Your Majesty asked, and I dared to make a fool of myself. I think our army should focus on the military, supplemented by diplomacy, and a two-pronged strategy to deal with Tuoba Kui."

"As far as I know, Tuoba Gui has returned from his majesty twice, and his prestige has been seriously damaged. Although he is eager to defeat his majesty to save his gradually lost prestige, at present, what he has to do is probably eliminate domestic opposition forces, re-stabilize his regime, and finally fight with his majesty. xiong”

"I boldly suggested that the Wei army in Dai County should besiege and not fight, in exchange for Tuoba kyo's full withdrawal of the army. In addition, I recommended myself to see Tuoba kyo and persuade him to accept your majesty's conditions and never set foot in the customs from now on."

Lu Qiang wanted Han Fan's words and nodded and said, "Han Qing's idea coincides with me. This battle is similar to the previous two times. It is necessary to hurt Tuoba Kui first, otherwise he will not easily retreat."

"In addition, Han Qing went to Tuoba's camp. Safety should be the first priority. If you can't do anything, you can return immediately. As long as Tuoba's camp really has the courage to fight in an all-round way, I will definitely accompany you to the end."

Han Fan was moved and bowed and said, "Your Majesty, don't worry, I will live up to my mission."

Tuobayi was on the way to Daijun at this time. It was not bad. She rowed all the way. At this moment, there were nearly 30,000 horses around her, but they fled in such a hurry that they didn't bring out a grain. They could only go on their way hungry.

It is said that Zhuo County is the closest to Youzhou City, but Zhuo County has long been occupied by the Jin army. Tuoba Yi and others can only take a detour to Dai County.

In fact, Tuobayi is not sure. I don't know if the Jin army that besieged Dai County will use the trick to attack Youzhou? In that case, I'm afraid Daijun will also become a family at this time.

But fortunately, Tuobayi learned from the scout that the Jin army that besieged Dai County was only besieged but not fought, and Dai County was still in the hands of General Feng Zhen.

There are still more than 100 miles away from Dai County. It is not close, but it is not far. However, in order not to be discovered by the Jin army, Tuoba Yi had to order the team to slow down, find a dense forest, and order the soldiers to hunt by themselves, get some food, refresh themselves, and then enter the city with a breath.

A very strange psychology. Under normal circumstances, Tuoba Yi should contact Feng Zhen, and then combine with the inside and outside to break through the Jin army camp in one fell swoop. Maybe after this battle, he can turn defeat into victory.

But he just returned from the defeat in Youzhou, neither in morale nor in Tuobayi's own psychology, he felt that this battle could defeat the Jin army.

Tuobayi even has a feeling that this land of the Central Plains is no longer a horse farm where their grassland people can gallop at will, and those Central Plains are no longer soft lambs under the leadership of the emperor of the Jin Dynasty.

After receiving orders, the hungry soldiers got into the woods one after another and carefully looked for possible prey. Now their eyes are green and they want to eat anything, which is no different from hungry wolves.

How many prey do nearly 30,000 troops need to fill their stomachs? But now I can't take care of so much. As long as it can be eaten, everything will not be let go.

In fact, there are so many troops around, Tuobayi is not worried that the Jin army will attack. Of course, if the emperor of the Jin Dynasty leads the army to chase him, it is another matter.

I found a stone by the forest. As soon as I was about to take a rest, I saw my soldiers coming back with a few pheasants, which could only be eaten after being roasted.

Somehow, looking at the movements of his own soldiers, Tuobayi suddenly remembered the fire in Youzhou City, so she blurted out, "Be careful, don't make the fire too big"

The soldiers couldn't help laughing: "General, it's just a pile of bonfires, not as big as that"

While speaking, he lit the fire with a flint, but to everyone's surprise, as the lit branches were placed on the ground, things like earth suddenly burned on the ground, and the fire quickly spread to the trees next to them. In a blink of an eye, sparks were sparks around Tuoba Yi and others.

What you are afraid of will come. As soon as you see the spark, Tuoba Yi will be the first to jump up, and then run to the open area. He is not stupid. At this time, why didn't he understand that Jin Jun had already calculated that they were going to make a fire and eat here, so he sprinkled those magical flammable materials here.

Of course, the team of nearly 30,000 people will not be the first to set fire by Tuoba Yi's personal soldiers. Tuoba Yi is better by the woods,

Those soldiers who were extremely hungry in the woods caught the fire directly after catching their prey. This was terrible. After a fire started, it quickly spread to the surrounding area. In a blink of an eye, the whole forest burst into flames from more than a dozen places, and this was just the beginning.

In this case, who is still in the mood to hunt and flees out of the woods.

It's easy to get in, but difficult to get out. Together with the fire, many soldiers run around like headless flies. In this way, some soldiers even go further and further until they are surrounded by the fire and can no longer turn out.

Fortunately, it is not the season when the trees are dry, otherwise Tuoba Yi will have to explain this. Now it is messy and can't count the specific loss.

Looking at the burnt soldiers, Tuobayi wanted to cry without tears. Isn't the Jin army too negative? It seems that there is no idea that they can't come up with.

In fact, these were all arranged by Tan Daoji. According to his previous plan, he was ready to take advantage of the situation to kill and completely eliminate the Wei army that escaped from Youzhou. However, before he could launch it, he received Lu Qiang's instructions to release this group of leaking fish into Dai County.

In order to replace the county, Tan Daoji has long set a plan to encircle and help, and on the way that the Wei soldiers of Dai County may be in and outside, he ambushed three ambushes to eliminate the Wei army as possible.

However, since the emperor ordered him to let this group of Wei troops into the city, he could only secretly shout regret, and then led the troops to quietly leave and return to the camp outside Dai County.

In fact, Feng Zhen in Dai County is not unaware of Tuobayi's coming, nor does he want to send troops to respond. It's really that Tan Daoji's tricks are too sinister.

In order to prevent the cavalry of the State of Wei from exerting their advantages, Tan Daoji ordered the soldiers to scatter iron and thistocks on the roads around Dai County. Not to mention that, he asked the soldiers to dig countless small pits one foot deep.

In this way, how can the war horse run to his heart's content? Once the Wei army gets off the horse, it is no wonder that they will not be completely eliminated in front of the dominant Jin army.

So I'm worried about the truth!

While secretly celebrating that the Jin army did not take advantage of the situation, Tuobayi tried to collect people and horses, and finally found nearly 20,000 soldiers who were set on fire like little ghosts.

What should I do? Should we continue to flee north or enter Dai County?

was hesitating. The scouts just sent came back to report that the Jin army made way, and they could enter the city from there.

"What? Did the Jin army take the initiative to make way?"

Tuoba Yi understood that the emperor of the Jin Dynasty was going to catch them all!