May is coming. Yanmen Pass.

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The Xianbei king Kuitou and the northern Xianbei master Tuoba Feng convened the leaders of various tribes to discuss the matter.

Since the attack on Yanmen Pass in early April, the army has lost nearly 6,000 people, especially the main attack direction Gouzunguan, which has lost about 3,000 people. Many leaders have complained when they see that Yanmen Pass cannot capture it for a long time and propose to withdraw their troops. Kuitou comforted everyone, briefly talked about the matter in Youzhou, and then asked Tuoba Hui to explain in detail the current situation in northern Xinjiang.

"Mr. Murong Feng has occupied Yuyang and Lulongsai. The large tract of territory south of Yanshan Mountain in the Han Dynasty is now the ranch of my Xianbei Kingdom. Now our army and Murong Feng's army are protected as a supporter, and have formed an east-west attack on the northern border counties of the Han Dynasty. In other words, both us and Murong Feng have already gained a firm foothold in the northern border counties."

"The army of Leopard and the Great Yan Kingdom, as well as the Wuwan people, suffered great damage after the bloody battle in Jicheng. At present, he was pinned by Lord Murong Feng and could not move in Youzhou. It is impossible to return to Bingzhou." Tuoba Hui pointed to the map hanging on the side of the tent and said, "Leopard's main cavalry is in the Great Wall Fortress and the Hou of Subu Gudu. The Xiongnu army with white horses and bronze continues to fight. Qu Yi is now in a panic and has no ability to take care of Taiyuan at all."

"Look at it, under this situation, if we break through Yanmen Pass, what will we bring to us?" Tuoba Hui looked at everyone and smiled, "Bingzhou is in chaos, the Han army is completely defeated, and the entire northern border is ours."

There was a sound of cheers in the big tent.

Tuoba Wei suddenly said, "Yanmen Pass is too difficult to fight. The Han army guarding the pass is very tenacious. If we continue to fight like this, we will suffer a great loss. If we want to conquer Yanmen Pass, we will need at least 50,000 people. When will the Huns arrive?"

Tuoba Feng sneered: "Don't count on the Huns. These guys are now arguing about the position of the Great Shanyu. In addition, the Han army also knew that if the Huns were asked to support us, Yanmen Pass would be very dangerous, so they kept going north to attack and threaten Meiji to restrain the Huns' troops. However, without the help of the Huns, we could still capture Yanmen Pass, and we still have reinforcements."

"There are reinforcements?" The leader in the tent shouted and asked in a slight manner, "Is it the Master Cai Luoluo of the Xianbei in the West?"

Kuitou waved his hand and signaled everyone to calm down. He smiled and said, "Lord Luo Zhiluo, with his 20,000 army, has arrived in Dingxiang County. In two days, you can reach Yanmen Pass."

Tuoba Feng glanced at Kuitou and smiled and said, "Master, let me tell you all the good news so that you can have the strength to attack the city tomorrow."

Kuitou pointed at Tuoba Hui and said happily: "I've said it all, the enemy of the defeat in Western Xinjiang is a ferocious one. This time we will take it back with all our capital and interests."

Everyone in the tent was excited and looked at Tuoba Hui. Tuoba Hui's hand slowly pointed at Feihu Fortress.

"Master Murong Feng has convinced Gao Chan, Lord Shanggu Wuwan and Ran Ran, Lord Daijun Wuwan. The two gathered 30,000 troops and were about to launch an attack on the Flying Fox Fortress. If the Wuwan people captured the Flying Fox Fortress, they could cross the Taihang Mountains and go straight to Zhongshan Kingdom to attack Jizhou from the southern part of Daijun, cutting off the road from Jizhou to Youzhou. In this way, the leopard will lose its food supply, and his army will soon be trapped in the north and south attack. Once the leopard is defeated, Youzhou will be lost."

"Mr. Murong Feng originally wanted to use the army of the Great Yan Kingdom and the Wuwan people to lure the leopard into western Liaoning, and then take the opportunity to send troops south to cut off the retreat of the leopard and encircle him in western Liaoning. However, the leopard attack speed was too fast, forcing the army of the Great Yan Kingdom and the Wuwan people to fight him in Jicheng, which ended up making Lord Murong Feng's encirclement and annihilation plan empty, but Lord Murong Feng had already reserved a plan to attack the Flying Fox Fortress, send troops to Jizhou, and attack the leopard from north to south. This time the leopard was dead."

A cheer came out in the tent again, and it was indeed ecstatic to be able to kill the leopard and avenge the defeat of Western Xinjiang. The leaders of various tribes admired Murong Feng at the extreme, and praised him endlessly.

When Tuoba Feng heard everyone praise Murong Feng, his smile on his face was a little stiff and he felt depressed.

"Isn't the Hei Ling King Nanlou surrendered to the great man? Why is this old guy moved?" Tuoba Han asked.

Kuitou said calmly: "I heard that Nanlou was assassinated by the assassin from Fuyu Kingdom last month. Now Lord Gao Chan has the final say in Shanggu Wuwan."

Everyone immediately understood that the Han Dynasty was not dead, and the Wuwan people in Shanggu could not betray the Han Dynasty. Murong Feng had already tried everything to kill the leopard.

After Tuoba Hui and others were slightly calmed down, they continued to say: "Leopard uses the Xianbei people to fight the Xianbei people. This is a good method. Today we also learn it. We use the Han people to fight the Han people."

Everyone was stunned at first, and then burst into laughter, "Hao Shuai, are you too excited? You started talking nonsense, haha..."

Tuoba Hui smiled and said, "In recent years, we have captured a large number of Han slaves, especially last year, after we occupied the northern four counties and Yanmen Pass, we have captured about 100,000 Han people. The adults have a vision. After returning from the Western Frontier, they immediately selected 30,000 strong men from these Han slaves to start training. This time, it came in handy."

"Sir, you must be cautious about this matter. If these people turn against each other..." Tuoba Wei was a tribe's hero. He knew this, but he always thought that Tuoba Feng would use these people in the battle between tribes. He never expected that Tuoba Feng would transfer this army to the end in order to capture Yanmen Pass as soon as possible.

"The parents, wives and children of these Han slaves are in our hands. If they dare to rebel, they know what the consequences are." Tuoba Feng immediately interrupted Tuoba Ve and said in a stern tone, "When siege, leave half of them down. As long as one Han slave rebels, he will cut off all the others. I don't believe anyone dares to turn against him."

Everyone stopped talking and thought Tuoba Feng's idea was good. In their eyes, Han slaves were not as good as a livestock, and it didn't matter how much they died.

"A few days later, we will have an army of 94,000 people." Tuoba Hui continued to say Yanmen Pass on the map, "There were originally 7,000 people in Yanmen Pass, but later the Han army in Henoi came to another 3,000 people. After more than a month of fighting, they lost at least about 2,000 people. Now, the troops on both sides are very different, and we are fully equipped to take down Yanmen Pass. In the early stage, we attacked Yanmen Pass mainly to restrain the Han army to support the Huns and Youzhou battlefields, but from tomorrow, our goal is to fully defeat Yanmen Pass and occupy the entire Bingzhou."

Tuoba Feng stood up and looked at everyone and asked, "What else do you have to ask? If not, each of them will return to the headquarters and start attacking Yanmen Pass tomorrow morning."

Tuoba Wei hesitated for a moment and asked, "Sir, Taiyuan and Shangdang have Zhang Yan's 50,000 Yellow Turban Army, and Yang Feng's 20,000 Yellow Turban Army in Hedong. If these 70,000 people arrive at Yanmen Pass in time to support, will we give up?"

Tuoba Feng said dissatisfiedly: "What are you worried about? The more we fight, the faster the Yellow Turban Army will come. The faster the Yellow Turban Army will come, the faster the Yanmen Pass will be thrown away. Do you understand now?"

"What is the meaning of the sir..."

"You supervise my army and attack hard, don't ask a lot." Tuoba Feng waved his hand hard, "Let's go."

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Yanmen Pass was attacked violently within the next few days, and the Han army suffered heavy losses. Yanmen Prefect Guo Yun and Wu Meng Duwei Ding Yuan asked Xu Rong for help three urgent letters a day.

There were more and more Xianbei people, and the military tents were continuous for more than ten miles, with amazing momentum. Guo Yun wrote in a letter to Xu Rong that the Xianbei people gathered at least 100,000 troops outside Yanmen Pass. He saw the battle flag of the Xianbei people in the west, and also saw the Xianbei people driving away a large number of Han people to attack the city. He begged Xu Rong to immediately recruit the Yellow Turban Army to rush to Yanmen Pass for support, otherwise, Yanmen Pass might not be able to defend it.

At this time, the people in Taiyuan and Shangdang did not feel the danger of Yanmen Pass. They were happily preparing to go to the ground to harvest winter wheat. Countless refugees wandered among the fields, looking at the green seedlings, their hearts were full of hope for the future. The Jinyang City was even more noisy day and night, as if they had returned to the prosperity of the past.

Xu Rong was in a heavy mood and could not help. He replied to Guo Yun and Ding Yuan, saying that he would recruit the Yellow Turban Army to Yanmen Pass as soon as possible. The wheat in the two counties is about to be harvested, but the Yellow Turban Army in the Black Mountain took the opportunity to go down the mountain to grab grain. The situation in the two counties was not good. In order to stabilize the people's hearts and ensure that the grain was stored, the two adults should be asked to overcome all difficulties and hold on for a while.

Guo Yun and Ding Yuan were very angry. They jointly wrote a letter to the emperor to impeach Xu Rong, begging the emperor to issue an order immediately and directly ordered Zhang Yan, the general of the Central Army to quell the reign of the reign, to lead his troops to Yanmen Pass north to support him.

After hearing the news, Xu Rong was not angry. He urgently ordered Zheng Xin, who was secretly investigating the generals of the Yellow Turban Army in the two counties to speed up the progress and try his best to find out the wrongdoers as soon as possible. At the same time, he sent a large amount of military and food to Yanmen Pass continuously.

The old man Zhao Qi received a letter from Guo Yun and was worried about the critical situation of Yanmen Pass. He personally visited Zhang Yan and Zhang Baiqi, persuaded the two to volunteer to work hard to defend the border. Once Yanmen Pass was lost, the Yellow Turban Army might be driven back to Taihang Mountain, but the losses would not be too great. At most, they would be hungry. Millions of refugees and hundreds of thousands of people in Bingzhou would suffer. Zhang Yan and Zhang Baiqi did not know that the Xianbei people outside Yanmen Pass had increased their troops to a huge 100,000. After seeing Guo Yun's letter, they were worried, but they were very cautious about sending troops and did not say anything for a long time.

Xu Rong sent people to block Yuanping City and cut off all the connections and news between Yanmen Pass and the two counties. Everyone knew what his intention was, but Xu Rong neither informed Zhang Yan and Zhang Baiqi of Yanmen Pass, nor had any intention of recruiting the Yellow Turban Army. His actions were puzzled. Does he not believe in the Yellow Turban Army or has another way to win? Zhao Qi believes that Xu Rong does not believe in the Yellow Turban Army. When the Hu people invaded, Yanmen Pass was in danger, and Bingzhou was in danger, they were both great men and people, so of course they should work together, share the same hatred of the enemy, and kill the enemy side by side. He believes that Xu Rong thought too much and looked down on the Yellow Turban Army.

Zhang Yan shook his head and said, "Old Master, let me tell you the truth. The relationship between the Yellow Turban Army is too complicated. Although I am the commander of the Yellow Turban Army, the generals of the Yellow Turban Army are not obedient to me. After so many years of fighting and being repeatedly massacred by the Han army, the generals of the various departments have long changed their minds. They are neither as simple as they were when they were just in the uprising, and are wholeheartedly trying to overthrow the Han Kingdom and rebuild the country, nor are they tame and obedient like they are now. They often think about themselves, their own power, and the army that ensures their survival.

Why are the Yellow Turban Army in Heishan unwilling to be dependent? Why did Baibo's Yellow Turban Army not surrender until death? It was because they did not believe in the emperor of the Han Dynasty and did not believe that the court of the Han Dynasty would give themselves a happy future. Why are Yang Feng and I obeyed? Because we really couldn't hold on anymore, we ate pickled human flesh in Taihang Mountain. Do you know? We spent the long winter by eating pickled human flesh. That's it. There are still batches of refugees who die. We can't hold on anymore. There are only one way out for reluctance. Otherwise, millions of people will die in Taihang Mountain in a few years. But some people don't think so. They are willing to live by burning, killing, looting, and plundering. As long as there is an army, they would rather be bandits. Being a bandit can make a fortune and make a fortune, and being a small official who is dependent on being a little salary for a month. If you have a corruption and bribery, you will be beheaded. Compared with the two, what kind of life is better?

Master, look, my 50,000 army is divided into ten divisions. Since the Hu people invaded Yanmen Pass, the generals of each division led their own troops to live everywhere. I don’t know if they noticed that they were all stationed near the Taihang Mountains. Do you know why? Zhang Yan smiled bitterly and shook his head. We have grudges with the emperor of the Han Kingdom, with the Han army, and with General Li. We are entrusted to eat and live without fighting. In such a short time, not many people will think that I want to thank the emperor, I want to go for heaven.

When the son fights, in our opinion, the Han Kingdom is the emperor, and the emperor is the great Han Kingdom. There is no difference. After the army is over, the Yellow Turban Army is gone. Let’s not talk about the future of the generals of each division. Let’s talk about these refugees. Except General Li and the adults, who else will treat them as human beings? Who else will give them a piece of land? Only we, the Yellow Turban Army, are refugees, and only we will not insult them, will not kill them, and will not abandon them.

Zhao Qi looked at him in surprise and said, "The Hu people have reached the doorstep. At this time, you are still fighting bloody battles for your great Han country, but you are still thinking about how to preserve your strength and escaping back to Taihang Mountain. Are you still the people of the great Han Dynasty?"

Zhang Yan smiled bitterly, "Old Master, what has the Han Kingdom given us? In addition to giving us endless suffering and endless blood and tears, what has it given us? When two families exchanged and ate their children, who would think that they were the people of the Han Kingdom? When all the family starved to death and even had the chance to be buried in the soil, who would think that they were the people of the Han Kingdom? When we sat naked in the wind and snow eating pickled human flesh, who would think that they were the people of the Han Kingdom? Old Master, it was not that we didn't want to kill the enemy to serve the country, but that we didn't want to kill the enemy and suffer the destruction and killing of the Han Kingdom. Do you know?

Zhao Qi was angry. He pointed at Zhang Yan and Zhang Baiqi and cursed, calling them forgetting their ancestors and their roots. The two were ashamed, but what could they do? After all, the Yellow Turban Army was not their private property, and they could lead them to Yanmen Pass by taking the Yellow Turban Army to kill Yanmen Pass. That was a road to death. Those who were full of hatred might not be willing to follow. When Zhao Qi could no longer curse, the two said, "General Li or Lord Xu, there is a reason why they are unwilling to recruit our Yellow Turban Army. They were worried that some of the Yellow Turban Army would turn against each other and open Yanmen Pass, and then things would be out of control. Zhao Qi scolded him, but his mind was still very calm. He said that if the Yellow Turban Army did not support Yanmen Pass, the result would be the same. If this is the case, it would be better to take a gamble. Zhang Yan asked, "Is the boss's trick?"

Zhao Qi said that now the refugees have land and the seedlings have been planted, and their hearts are full of hope. I said that this hope will be shattered in a blink of an eye? No one is willing to tell the people of the two counties that 100,000 Xianbei people are going to invade, Yanmen Pass is going to be lost, and those who can take swords and guns will go to Yanmen Pass. Look, how many people will be willing to go to Yanmen Pass to kill the enemy? There are still 100,000 without a million. At this time, I want to see how you Yellow Turban Army deal with yourself? Should you kill the enemy at Yanmen Pass or preserve your strength and prepare to escape back to Taihang Mountain. If you don’t kill the enemy and don’t protect them, you will escape back to Taihang Mountain in the future. The refugees will see through you and will not follow you again.

Zhang Yan thought for a long time and asked, "Master, what should I do if the people's hearts are in chaos and the refugees scatter in a hurry?"

Zhao Qi said, I have lived in this world for eighty years, and I have seen countless people who are willing to break their bones for the sake of the Han Dynasty. I don’t believe that the people of my Han Dynasty are all cowards and cowards. I believe that all the people of my Han Dynasty are heroes who sacrifice themselves for their own sake. No one will retreat, absolutely no one will.

Zhang Yan and Zhang Baiqi knelt down to teach.

The three of them immediately rushed to the General's Mansion of Zhenbei to discuss the matter of sending troops to Yanmen Pass with Xu Rong. Xu Rong was very hesitant. He was worried that the rebels with two hearts within the Yellow Turban Army would take the opportunity to rebel, and he was also worried that the people of the two counties would flee in large numbers due to panic after learning about the crisis of Yanmen Pass. Xu Rong summoned senior aides of the General's Mansion of Zhenbei to discuss for a long time. Zuo Yan, Li Wei and others thought that Zhao Qi's method was too risky and was not done well. Before Yanmen Pass was lost, the Yellow Turban Army was in chaos, and the people of the two counties even fled when they heard the news and could not stop them.

Xu Rong sat in the big tent, looking at the swaying candlelight, helpless.
Chapter completed!