ps: Chapter Anti-theft, will be corrected later...

First of all, Cao Liang recruited Xiangyong not to piece together a temporary defense force, but to train these people as a regular army.

The weapons and equipment provided by Cao Liang to Xiang Yong are the same as those of the regular army. Whether they are cavalry or infantry, the training methods are no different from those of the regular army.

Therefore, Bingzhou's rural warriors are actually not much different from the regular army.

In recruiting troops this time, Cao Liang took advantage of this loophole in the court to expand the army's establishment. He also used the name of Xiang Yong to prevent someone in the court from impeaching him. After all, this time Xianbei invaded and the enemy was facing a powerful enemy, he could only rely on Bingzhou's appearance.

Some armies are not strong enough to resist, so it is reasonable and reasonable to recruit local warriors.

In three years, Cao Liang successively recruited more than 30,000 people. Excluding those who died in the battle with the Xianbei people, the number of available troops reached more than 25,000, which also brought the total strength of the Pingbei Army to

Fifty thousand people.

With 50,000 troops, Cao Liang had the capital to fight back against the Xianbei people. Moreover, after three years of war, these recruits have gradually grown up. Cao Liang is now basically ready for everything. He just waits.

It's an opportune time.

The entire war situation in northern Shanxi has also undergone subtle changes. It seems to be more appropriate to describe the Xianbei people by saying that they made great efforts and then failed three times.

In the fourth year of Zhengshi, the Xianbei people first entered northern Shanxi. They came with great force and momentum, and their offensive was extremely powerful. They rushed all the way and ravaged all the lands in northern Shanxi.

However, in the second year, the offensive momentum was not as strong as the first year. It seemed that the previous year's failure to achieve anything had a great shadow on their psychology. This year, the Xianbei people played more honestly, and they changed

After attacking indiscriminately like a headless fly the year before, this year they concentrated almost all their forces, focusing on attacking Yanmen Pass on the northern front and Jiuyuan on the southern front, hoping to open up a breakthrough on the north and south sides.

But contrary to expectations, the Wei army's tenacious and solid defense allowed the Xianbei people to return without success. Xianbei's retreat before winter seemed dejected.

Compared with the low morale in the first five years of the Zhengshi period, the Xianbei people's offensive in the sixth year of the Zhengshi period was even more sluggish. They originally launched the attack in February, but they did not arrive until mid-March.

This time, Tuoba Liwei gave up attacking Yanmen Pass. In the previous three years, one of the most important targets of the Xianbei people's attacks was Yanmen Pass. Giving up attacking Yanmen Pass this time meant that Tuoba Liwei admitted that Yanmen Pass was unbreakable.

If the fight continues, it will only increase casualties.

This time Tuoba Liwei focused his attack on the Northern Shanxi Iron Triangle. The Xianbei attacked Jiuyuan, Dingxiang and Yuanping at the same time, preventing the Wei army from looking at each other and losing the opportunity to support each other.

If Tuoba Liwei had adopted this style of play two years earlier, it would have been very possible to break through this iron triangle, because at that time the main force of the Wei army was concentrated at Yanmen Pass, and there were only a small number of garrisons in the three cities of Jiuyuan. If the Xianbei people devoted all their strength to attacking the three

It would be difficult for the Wei army to resist the city.

But Tuoba Liwei missed this opportunity in the end. When he changed his strategy and abandoned the north and attacked the south, Jiuyuan and other three cities had already strengthened their combat power by recruiting local warriors. When the Xianbei people came to attack,

These three cities are completely as solid as a rock. Even if the Xianbei people use all their strength, they may not be able to attack these three cities.

And this time Tuoba Liwei also made a huge mistake. He thought that attacking three cities at the same time would make it difficult for the Wei army to look after each other and prevent each other from reinforcing each other. But again, Xianbei troops divided into three groups and made a mistake.

It is a taboo of military strategists that even if they concentrate the power of one fist to hit someone, they may not be able to hit someone. Now that the force is divided into three groups, it has seriously weakened the ability to attack. Facing the increasingly strong Wei army, the Xianbei people can only look at the city and sigh.

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Adviser Fan Jian gave Tuoba Liwei an idea, asking him to bypass Jiuyuan and attack Jinyang directly in the south. Jinyang is the prefecture of Bingzhou, and its prosperity and wealth are unmatched by all other cities combined. If Xianbei

If people can capture Jinyang, they will definitely be able to reverse the current unfavorable war situation.

Tuoba Liwei was excited when he heard this idea. This time he attacked Bingzhou, his ultimate goal was of course to capture Jinyang, but now the Xianbei army is trapped in the cities in northern Shanxi and cannot advance even an inch. If the Xianbei army bypasses

If we cross Jiuyuan and attack Jinyang to the south, not to mention that the defense of Jinyang City will definitely not be lower than that of cities like Jiuyuan and Dingxiang, the long logistics supply line of the Xianbei Army alone will make Tuoba Li extremely weak.

Headache thing.

The supply line that is four to five hundred miles long is extremely vulnerable to sneak attacks and attacks by the Wei army. In the past few years, the elusive cavalry of the Wei army has attacked the Xianbei people's transport teams many times, causing considerable harm to the Xianbei people.

The losses made the already extremely difficult logistics supply even worse.

And this is when the supply line is short. If the supply line is extended another two to three hundred miles south, its vulnerability will be even more overwhelming.

So Tuoba Liwei hesitated again and again, but finally did not adopt Fan Jian's suggestion.

As the prefecture city of the Wei army, Jinyang's city walls are much stronger than those of Jiuyuan and other cities, and there are more defensive troops. With the current ability of the Xianbei people to attack fortresses, they have not taken down these cities in northern Shanxi.

To break through Jinyang City, which is more difficult, is tantamount to wishful thinking.

Although Jinyang is good, the attack on the city must be done step by step. If we don't take Yanmen Pass and Jiuyuan, we will never be able to open the door to Jinyang.

After the fight reached this level, Tuoba Liwei might have secretly regretted it for a long time. It was inappropriate to leave the grassland overlord alone, but he insisted on running to the Central Plains. When he encountered such a disgrace, he really didn't look back until he hit the south wall!

It was August, the autumn air was crisp, and the climate was extremely pleasant. However, Tuoba Liwei might not be able to feel it, because his thoughts were already focused on withdrawing the troops.

Autumn is coming, is winter still far behind? Tuoba Liwei seems to have seen the coming of cold winter. The march towards Wei for four consecutive years has also emptied his Tuoba Xianbei tribe's many years of savings, but in the end he gained nothing.

This winter will undoubtedly be the coldest and most difficult winter for the Tuoba tribe. Although there are still two months until winter, Tuoba Liwei seems to be unwilling to wait any longer. He issued an order to withdraw his troops.

The Xianbei armies were asked to withdraw from northern Shanxi and return to the prairie as soon as possible.
Chapter completed!