After about an hour, Achi and Pochaoqi prepared weapons, equipment, dry food and other supplies, and each led their elite cavalry to leave Dangjincheng City, galloping towards the east like lightning. The whole army was composed of one person and two horses, and there were more people in front of them.

There was no strong enemy, and the marching speed was at least twice as fast as before. At this time, in the meeting hall of the city guard's mansion, Yang Ji and others gathered together with Mai Tiezhang, who had been separated for many years, and the atmosphere was extremely joyful.

"Your Majesty, we have just received another good news. General Wei Yunqi successfully annihilated Murong Xun. In this battle, he killed 20,000 enemies, captured more than 3,000 people, seized weapons and equipment, and countless grain and grass supplies. The enemy general Murong Xun, Tuoba Kuan was killed

They all died in battle." Zhu Can rushed in excitedly and said happily: "The enemy's three major battalions were all defeated miserably, and the main force in the western battlefield was lost. Now the west of Xitieshan is our army's world!"

"Has Murong Xun finished the game?" Yang Jizheng was discussing the next plan with everyone, thinking about where to encircle Murong Xun's army, but at this time, he suddenly heard the news that Wei Yunqi had killed him, and everyone was a little shocked.

"Well, Murong has finished his tour!" Zhu Can nodded fiercely and said excitedly: "The other one is General Pei Xingyan. After confirming that the Lenghu Camp was safe, he led his army eastward to join General Wei."

"Well done!" Yang Ji raised his brows with joy and said to everyone: "Now, the west is free from worries. Even if there are people who disobey the Sui Dynasty, it is only a small group of enemy troops and not a big deal. We can concentrate our troops next and push without any worries.

We’re in the area around Xiti Mountain.”

"Your Majesty's words are absolutely true!" Yang Shanhui bowed his hand and suggested: "If Murong Xun is defeated, there will be no need to rescue Leng Huyuan. I suggest that these good news be passed on to Zhang Dinghe, the general guard, and he should immediately return to Fulu County.

, join forces with Li Daliang and Dugu Pingyun to eat the 20,000 Tuyuhun troops in Tuolai River. At the same time, we should also pass on these good news to General Li and General Dugu, so that they can launch an attack immediately."

"Your Majesty, Chang Shi's method is very good!" Hao Yuan added: "The beacon smoke sent out by Murong Yong must have frightened the enemy soldiers in Tuolaihe, and our military strength in Fulu County is not much worse than theirs.

It is the right time for General Li and General Dugu to attack at this time."

Yang Ji nodded and said to Shen Faxing: "Shen Zhizhi immediately followed the instructions of Yang Changshi and Hao Zhubo and wrote combat instructions to the two armies."

"Yes!" Shen Faxing responded and retreated.

"Your Majesty, if our entire army attacks, what should we do if we become Jincheng? Don't we want to do it anymore?" Zhu Can looked at Yang Ji in confusion. Considering his IQ, he couldn't quite understand such a problem.

"The soldiers used their lives and blood to find this. How could they not want it?" Yang Ji told Kong Desao: "Immediately send a message to the Zhangye Prefectural Pastoral Office and ask Yu Shinan to send some officials to manage it."

"Here!" Kong Desao saluted and retreated.

"Your Majesty, there are many prisoners in Dangjincheng and Dingyang City. General Wei will also send the prisoners here next. If these tens of thousands of people make trouble, it will be a big trouble." Xue Shixiong said: "At this moment, we still have to leave people to guard it.

Yes, but I don’t know who is left behind?”

Hearing this, everyone's eyes suddenly fell on Yang Shanhui.

Yang Shanhui's face turned dark, as he always does, so when he heard Xue Shixiong's words, he knew that this was the case, but who made him the governor of Liang? Who made him a civil official? However, just when he was about to express his position, the person who lowered his head

However, Mai Tiezhang held up his hand and said: "Your Majesty, General Mo is very familiar with this area, so General Mo should stay here!"

After hearing this, everyone was stunned.

This guy, Mai Tiezhang, is the most belligerent person in everyone's mind. No one expected that he would actually ask to stay.

Yang Ji asked curiously: "General Mai, you don't want to march eastward?"

"To be honest, I have been fighting and escaping for these years. I am really exhausted!" Mai Tiezhang gave a wry smile and said to Yang Ji, "I want to stop and have a rest."

It suddenly dawned on everyone that they had never experienced the suffering that Mai Tiezhang had endured over the years, but they could imagine it.

"That's fine!" Yang Ji nodded and said, "Then you take your generals and wounded soldiers and sit here. When the civil servant Wang Cong comes, he will be in charge. If anything happens, you can discuss it."

"Here!" Mai Tiezhang breathed a huge sigh of relief and returned to the arms of "ancestor mother".

Finally, his tense heartstrings relaxed, so he was very tired of fighting at the moment and wanted to rest.

Fortunately, Yang Ji is reasonable.

........

The tax system in Tuyuhun is "the state has no permanent tax, and the expenses are not paid...just take what is enough." This "take only what is enough" method of arbitrary collection and collection without customization is more stringent for the people of Tuyuhun than customized taxes.

Harsh. Murong Fuyun maintained a huge army in order to defend against the Sui army in recent years, and he continued to "take only what is enough" to the end. As for whether the tax officials took the opportunity to levy excessive taxes, he did not care.

Although this move made the people of Tuyuhun miserable and full of complaints, it actually allowed him to accumulate a lot of wealth, which was continuously transported to the western battlefield. In order to implement the battle plan of "strengthening the wall and clearing the country, luring the enemy deep", Murong Yong also prevented

This kind of thing happened today, so

Not only did he set up five logistics points in the distance of more than a thousand miles from Dangjincheng to the Muli camp in Xitshan, but in the process of recruiting large and small tribes in the west, he also "taken what was necessary" for the herdsmen, so

Even though he lost his base camp, he still had plenty of supplies in hand.

In the evening of that day, generals Murong Yong, Murong Xiaojun and others led an extremely desperate Tuyuhun Army soldiers to the first supply point east of Dangjin City. This was a small town called Yema Town, which was a short distance from Dangjin City.

Two hundred miles away. The deserters were already exhausted after marching all the way here. The first thing they did when entering the town was to find food.

However, although this army had no worries about food and clothing, its strength was very worrying. Just as Yang Ji told Kong Desao, the cold weather had a devastating blow to the deserters. They were separated and died along the way.

This originally numbered over 10,000 people

There are less than 3,000 people left in the army. Including the 2,000 defenders in this town, there are only more than 5,000 people. Morale is low. Yesterday's disastrous defeat made them afraid of the Sui Dynasty and had no intention of resisting. At this time, they were afraid of hearing

The news of the Sui army's arrival will disappear in a hurry.

Inside the big tent, messy snowflakes flew in one after another from the wide open door, and the flames in the fire pit were dying in the wind and snow. Murong Yong was sitting alone on the main seat. He grabbed a few pieces of dry cow and sheep dung and threw them away.

When I entered the fire pit, I looked at the flames that were getting bigger and bigger, and I was motionless in a trance.

"Commander, the military advisor and General Tuoba are here." A respectful guard reported outside the tent.

"Oh..." Murong Yong didn't even want to raise his eyelids, and whispered: "Invite them to come in!" Then there was the sound of footsteps breaking through the ice and snow, and Murong Xiaojun and Tuoba Yuan walked in.

"Commander!" the two saluted.

"Sit down!" Murong Yong asked nonsense: "How is the military morale?"

"It's very bad!" Murong Xiaojun whispered: "The whole army has completely lost its soul and has no fighting spirit at all."

A bitter smile appeared on the corner of Murong Yong's lips, and he sighed lowly: "This is all my fault. If we had not separated our troops earlier, if we had withdrawn earlier, we would not have been defeated like this."

"It's not the commander's fault!" Murong Xiaojun shook his head, looking at the coach, and said seriously: "The commander-in-chief's decision is not wrong. If we can enter Dunhuang County, everything will be rewritten. However, Yang Ji is the leader

The Sui army was truly terrifying, their strength exceeded everyone’s expectations.”

It is a fact that the Sui army was powerful, but Murong Yong could not say such a thing, let alone attribute the defeat to the enemy's strength.

Seeing that the coach was silent, Murong Yuan said: "The momentum that our army finally accumulated was lost due to the tragic defeat. Now people are panicking. We must win a battle to boost the morale of the army. We ask the Great Khan for help.

Bar!"

"Asking for help? How can the Great Khan have extra troops to help?" Murong Yong shook his head and said with a bitter smile: "What's more, the Sui Dynasty wanted the entire Tuyuhun, so the key now is how to defend the area east of Xiti Mountain.

Not Ezei.”

"Then, what should we do now?" Tuoba Yuan hesitated for a while, then quickly asked: "We can only go to Muli Camp?"

"We have no other choice. The only way is to gather our troops and keep the Sui army out of the Muli Camp." Murong Yong said: "What we have to do at this time is to stabilize the morale of the army as soon as possible. You should immediately let all levels

The general reassured the soldiers and said that we would march eastward at dawn tomorrow."

"Commander, if we don't gather the defeated troops, we won't wait.

Deputy Commander?"

"No! We must go to Muli Camp to set up defenses as soon as possible. There is no time to delay here."
Chapter completed!