Two days later, outside Zhongshan City, the Northern Wei army camp was located.
Tuoba Gui wore a feather crown on his head and held a scepter that symbolized the majesty of the supreme Lord of the Desert. His eyes were coldly staring at the two gray-headed people kneeling in front of him. On their bodies, the extraordinarily expensive cloaks and armors were worn.
It was already crooked and full of dust. Even people who did not understand military knowledge knew that these were two defeated generals. If you look at the fine rhinoceros leather boots on their feet, you would be surprised.
The two of them will be unspeakably noble leaders of a large tribe, and questions will arise. What happened to make two such noble people end up in this situation?
Tuoba Gui's voice was cold and emotionless: "Tuoba Yi, Helan Lu, you two are the leaders of the two major tribes. Your subordinates are the most important members of our Wei Dynasty, except for the Tuoba clan's own men.
Elite troops, an army of 80,000, besieged a city in Ye. The defenders in the city were less than 40,000. With a two-to-one advantage, even if the siege failed, it would not mean that more than half of the 80,000 troops were lost overnight. Even if it was 40,000
If you have people lining up to kill a pig, I'm afraid it won't be possible to kill it all in one day. I really want to know how this battle was fought?!"
Tuoba Yi gritted his teeth and touched his head directly to the ground: "The guilty minister has written a detailed report of the battle and submitted it to Your Majesty. Your Majesty, please review it carefully!"
Tuobagui suddenly said sternly: "Tang Bao Tang Bao, if you only want to read this Tang Bao, what are you doing here? I just want you two to report this in front of all the leaders and adults.
Explain clearly how the war was fought!"
Tuoba Yi gritted his teeth and raised his head almost at the same time as Helan Lu. Their eyes collided and sparks of anger ignited at the same time. They pointed at each other in unison and said, "It's all him!"
Tuoba Gui sneered and said: "Very good, now I have seen two completely different reports, so now I want you to confront each other yourself and explain the matter clearly!"
Tuoba Yi said solemnly: "The defeat of Yecheng this time was entirely because the Helan tribe took the credit first. They arrived at Yecheng first and did not obey the king's order. They did not follow the military order and handed over the task of capturing Yecheng to
Instead, our troops took the lead in attacking Yecheng. I emphasized His Majesty's will to He Lanlu over and over again, but he just refused to listen."
Helan Lu said loudly: "Your Majesty, before my subordinates set out, the order you issued is for the states and counties in Hebei. Everyone can take it according to their own abilities. Those who arrive first can attack the city, and those who arrive later can only cooperate with other troops. We have already established the regulations.
It took half a day to reach Yecheng. According to your wishes, Yecheng should be captured by my troops. Why do you want me to leave based on his Tuoba Yi's words? There is no such reason in the world!"
Tuoba Gui curled up his lips: "It was my order to let Tuoba Yi attack Yecheng later. I didn't have time to inform the ministries, so he held my golden arrow to restrain the ministries. Didn't he show you this golden arrow?"
Helan Lu gritted his teeth: "He has shown it, but without His Majesty's personal formal decree, how can we convince the hearts of our Helan tribe? The golden arrow can only be used to mobilize troops, but it cannot forcibly stop the ministries from following your orders.
The previous decree to attack the city is the rule of the grassland, and even the Great Khan cannot violate it."
A trace of displeasure flashed across Tuoba Gui's face: "Even if you refuse to withdraw, what will happen if the two armies attack the city separately after you have a meeting and negotiate? You have 80,000 troops and attack from the north and the south together. Even if
If we can't conquer the city, we can't say we've lost more than half of it."
Tuoba Yi said: "Our army originally did not have siege equipment. The plan was to rest for two days and prepare all the attack equipment before attacking the city. However, the Helan tribe wanted to gain credit and forcibly attacked the city without sufficient preparation.
, not only did we suffer heavy losses, but we were also forced to attack together. As a result, we only lost the lives of thousands of soldiers in vain, but Yecheng remained motionless."
Tuoba Gui said coldly: "Tuoba Yi, this is your problem. Since you discussed before the formation and decided to take Yecheng together, even if you don't cooperate, don't undermine each other. If you attack yours, he will attack others."
Yes, the enemy troops in the city will always be divided because of this, how can we say there is no joint force? If you are not prepared, you should prepare well, and you should not lose the lives of soldiers to vent your anger."
Tuoba Yi gritted his teeth: "The most disgusting thing is here. The Helan tribe's attack on the city was not a real attack at all, it was just a bluff. Not only that, they also asked the soldiers to sing, saying that only the Helan tribe is the real prairie man. I
The troops will just sit back and watch the show. Your Majesty, tell me, who can bear these words? The brothers went to war because they were really angry, and that's why they suffered heavy losses."
Tuoba Gui looked at Helan Lu: "Is this the case?"
Helan Lu gritted his teeth: "I have never given such an order. Maybe, maybe this is a trick of the Yan army in the city."
Tuoba Yi said loudly: "No, it was clearly your front department commander Martin Jian who commanded his subordinates to sing in unison. How could this be a trick of the Yan army? Also, our army suffered heavy losses that night and was in the midst of a low morale and was resting and appeasing.
, but you ran away overnight. Could it be that this was also a trick of the Yan army?"
He Lanlu sneered and said: "That's because Ding Jian is a traitor. He said that there was a fire in your camp because you were going to burn the camp and retreat. So I believed what he said and took the initiative to withdraw. Soon after, your troops
We also followed, but this Ding Jian led his men to surrender to the Yan army, and also led the Yan army to pursue us. In the dark night, without distinguishing between ourselves and the enemy, our two armies killed each other, while the Yan thieves were shooting arrows outside.
Overnight, our 40,000 warriors were lost forever. If it hadn't been for the fire in your camp, how could I have fallen into Ding Jian's alienation plan?!"
Tuoba Yi's face turned red with anger: "Ding Jian is your former Sima and a subordinate who has followed you for many years. You didn't see through his identity as a spy, yet you believed his words. Instead of examining yourself, you still blame me?
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Helan Lu bit his lip: "You can't even see the main camp well. You set fire to the camp at night. Can you blame Ding Jian? My troops retreated in an orderly manner and were prepared to cut off the rear, but you caught up with me.
At that time, there was a swarm of bees, disorganized, and disrupted our formation, so that the Yan army could take advantage of it. If not you, who should you blame?"
Tuoba Gui suddenly roared like a thunder: "That's enough, isn't it embarrassing? The two generals did not cooperate at all and were as vindictive as children. They failed so miserably and did not reflect on themselves deeply. They still blamed themselves.
When it comes to others, if all the ministries and armies of the Wei Dynasty were like you, I am afraid that all the bones of my 400,000 strong men will be buried in Hebei and never return to the grassland!"
This chapter has been completed!