At this time, Tu Yuan felt a strong sense of powerlessness.
Even when he faced Shen Yi in Shandong two years ago, he never felt this way.
But now, this feeling is extremely strong.
The fate of the country has fallen into irreversible decline.
Today's Daqi, or Zhaowu Dynasty, has fallen into a vicious cycle.
In the beginning, because Emperor Zhaowu was not in the right position, after he ascended the throne, he began to reuse his cronies on a large scale, the most obvious being the Lang family of Emperor Zhaowu's mother clan.
These cronies soon occupied various key positions in Daqi.
If it were peacetime, this would not matter so much. As Emperor Zhaowu's position became more stable, this situation would definitely be alleviated slightly. After all, as an emperor, you cannot watch a certain force grow indefinitely.
But the bad thing is that when the throne of the country was changing, a war broke out between the two countries. Some people who should not have occupied important positions, or were incapable of occupying important positions, occupied the most critical positions, causing the country to not function smoothly. In addition, With the emergence of a monster like Shen, the front line was defeated again and again.
Under this circumstance, the so-called Zhu-Han distinction was born.
Especially in Naxi, after the commotion in Yandu, the conflict between Zhu Li and the Han officials reached its peak, so much so that even Emperor Zhaowu had to use Zhu Li as much as possible in the war.
To be precise with you, I am a close confidant of Zhu Li.
That is, people like Yi Ling'a.
Even though Emperor Zhaowu had foreseen that Yi Ling'a's personal abilities might not be very good, he appointed Tu Yuan as his deputy general. However, General Yi acted independently and did not listen to any of Tu Yuan's opinions. As a result, the situation in the army was unclear tonight. Next, Yi Ling'a actually led the soldiers from his camp and rushed to fight!
This kind of behavior makes Tuyuan's scalp numb!
It's not that one Yi Ling'a can bring about the collapse of Da Qi, but from this General Yi, we can already vaguely see what the entire country is like!
Tu Yuan stood there, stunned for a long time. After a while, he asked his followers to find his mount, got on his horse, and charged towards the direction of the Huai'an army's attack.
In the early morning, in the pitch-black night, the two sides finally started the first round of confrontation.
Xue Wei rode on his horse, first swept his spear away and swept away the enemy, then waved his hand and shouted to the Xuanjia Guards: "Crush their formation!"
Seeing Xuan Jiawei rushing over, Xue Wei turned around immediately and found Wan Zhong behind him. General Xue looked strange.
"Brother, it seems that all these Qi people have turned back to fight..."
This was originally just a more conventional attack on the camp. According to Xue Wei's plan, he took advantage of the low morale of the enemy and the fatigue of the army to come over at night to make a profit. If the enemy retreated and arranged their formation, he would also You can start to retreat.
In this process, how many Qi people can be killed?
Even someone as bold as Xue Wei never thought that at this time, these Qi people, who were not even in neat formation, would have the courage to turn around and fight back!
Wan Zhong nodded silently and said, "According to reports from several thousand-household camps, this is indeed the case."
Xue Wei scratched his head and frowned: "Did someone leak the news? They know we don't have many people?"
Because he went out to beat the autumn breeze every day, Xue Wei naturally wouldn't bring all his belongings with him. It was night anyway, and Qi people didn't know how many people came out of Taiyuan City.
At this time, Xue Wei still led only five thousand-house battalions. Most of the other troops were still resting in Taiyuan City and preparing for tomorrow's battle.
"probably not."
Wan Zhong glanced at Xue Wei helplessly, shook his head and said: "Even the attack on the camp tonight was decided on the spur of the moment by you, General. Who has time to leak the news?"
He looked ahead and coughed: "General, I feel that these Qi people have been beaten so hard that they don't care and want to turn around and fight us desperately."
When Xue Wei heard this, his eyes lit up.
He looked at his partner and said in a deep voice: "Wan Zhong!"
To call him this way is to speak as the leader of the vanguard army.
Wan Zhong quickly lowered his head: "The end will be here!"
"Go back to Taiyuan quickly!"
Xue Wei's eyes were excited: "Deploy ten more thousand-household camps!"
He laughed loudly: "I originally thought that I would have to struggle with these Qi people for at least another month before I could drive them away. Today, it seems that God is helping me!"
"These Qi people dare to fight at night!"
Nowadays, in terms of field combat capabilities, the Huai'an Army is not afraid of any army in the Northern Qi Dynasty, whether it is the Imperial Guard or the Border Army of the Northern Qi Dynasty, the Huai'an Army can fight them all.
The only thing lacking is probably the cavalry.
At night, cavalry could hardly function.
Wan Zhong lowered his head silently: "I will obey your orders!"
After he said this, he looked at Xue Wei.
"General, be sure to stay safe. There is a Northern Qi princess waiting for you at home."
Xue Wei smiled heartily: "Don't worry, they can't hurt me."
Wan Zhong said nothing more. He turned his horse's head and commanded in a deep voice: "Send the order back to Taiyuan and mobilize ten thousand-household camps. Leave the city immediately and wait for deployment!"
The messenger rushed back to Taiyuan, and Wan Zhong also rode back to Taiyuan.
General Xue, on the other hand, laughed loudly and rushed towards Qi Ren on horseback.
"Hit me hard!"
"Today, let's see the outcome here!"
That night, the moon was dark and the wind was high.
In the pitch-black night, the torches raised by the two armies seemed to form two long dragons.
The heads of these two long dragons quickly came into contact and then collided hard!
By the time they were separated, blood was already flowing everywhere!
Xue Wei was right in the center of this "leading head". He spat, looked in the direction of the vaguely visible Qi Ren, and said fiercely: "Catch up, we can't let them run away!"
On the other hand, the Qi army after the first round of contact suffered between one and two hundred casualties.
The already low morale of the Qi army could hardly be organized for the second round of charge.
Many Zhu Li people's inner defenses have completely collapsed, and they have a deep sense of fear towards Chen Jun.
Yi Ling'a was in the military formation, and he shouted angrily: "The southern thieves are coming again!"
"Stand up! Stand up!"
"Meet the enemy!"
Under his call, the Yandu Imperial Army, which had been harassed for ten days, reluctantly formed a formation and had a second round of collision with the Huai'an army.
If we talk about the first round of collision, Xue Wei took advantage of it, but this time, the Qi army's battle formation was directly smashed into pieces!
Yi Ling'a, the leader, saw that the situation was not right, turned around on horseback and ran away.
Xue Wei immediately got on his horse, looked at the direction Yi Ling'a was escaping, and waved his hand: "With so many guards, he should be a high official!"
"Follow me!"
As soon as he mounted the horse, someone grabbed his sleeve. A Qianhu from the vanguard army looked at Xue Wei and reminded: "General, be careful of the knife trick!"
"We are outnumbered!"
"This is exactly what they want them to do!"
Xue Wei laughed and said: "Otherwise, we would let them run away!"
"Number of people?"
General Xue said with a smile: "It's so dark, how do they know how many of us there are!"
"By breaking up their formation, we can chase them down even if we only have 500 people!"
After saying that, Xue Wei directly mounted his horse and pursued him with his personal guards and a group of Xuanjia guards.
After chasing for two or three miles, the distance got closer and closer. Xue Wei stretched out his hand to wave, and a Xuanjia guard behind him drew his long bow, and an arrow hit Yi Ling'a's mount!
The Northern Qi general fell from his horse and fell directly to the ground. He lost his breath and passed out.
General Xue rushed forward and lifted Yi Ling'a up with one hand. After looking at him for a moment, he looked at the armor on his body and then threw it aside.
"The price is not low, at least it's a commander or above. Take it and take it back to Taiyuan."
After saying this, Xue Wei mounted his horse again, squinted his eyes, and waved his hands fiercely: "These idiots dispersed as soon as they rushed. Come forward, hold them back, and don't let them escape!"
"
All the Xuanjia guards bowed their heads deeply.
"I obey my orders!"
After saying that, they all rushed forward like wolves and tigers.
This battle lasted for one day and two nights.
It wasn't until noon on the third day that the pursuit barely came to an end.
In this battle, at least five to six thousand people of the Northern Qi army stationed near Taiyuan were annihilated. Counting those who surrendered, Xue Wei killed about ten thousand people of the Northern Qi army in this battle!
At the same time, it was also announced that if the Northern Qi Dynasty stopped sending troops, the vanguard army would be in Taiyuan and nearby Taiyuan.
Do whatever you want!
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When the news of the great victory reached Shen Yi's ears, it was already three days later. At this time, Shen Yi was watching the battlefield of the right route army.
The Northern Qi frontier army, which had retreated for a period of time, finally stopped retreating northward, and instead turned back and fought several battles with Ling Su's troops.
These battles come and go.
What is gratifying is that whether it is Su Ding's left army or Ling Su's right army, it is now much easier to deal with the Qi people's frontier troops and cavalry, and it is no longer as difficult as before.
On this day, when the Taiyuan battle report was quickly delivered to Shen Yi, Shen Yi was sitting with Ling Su having dinner.
In the Chinese army's tent, Mr. Shen read the battle report hastily, put it on the table silently, wiped his mouth, and put down his chopsticks.
"General Ling, let's take a look."
Ling Su also immediately put down his chopsticks, took the document and looked at it. Then his eyelids jumped and he couldn't help but look up at Shen Yi.
"Shen...Mr. Shen, this is..."
Mr. Shen was sitting in his seat with a calm expression, but the joy in his eyes was hard to hide.
"The Great Victory in Taiyuan."
He looked at Ling Su and smiled: "This Qi army in Taiyuan is so stupid that I am surprised."
"If I were in Taiyuan, or General Ling, or General Su were in Taiyuan, I would be intimidated by these Qi troops, for fear that they would set up an ambush and not dare to pursue."
At this point, Mr. Shen could no longer hold back and laughed: "Who knew that these idiots would meet Xue Da!"
Ling Su couldn't help but smile too.
"It's true. We attacked the camp late at night and defeated more than 10,000 Qi soldiers with five thousand soldiers and horses. Only General Xue can do such a thing."
He lowered his eyebrows and said, "I'm afraid the general wouldn't dare to do it."
Mr. Shen sighed with emotion: "It's hard to explain things like the fate of the country, but it is indeed a bit mysterious."
After saying this, he looked at Ling Su and said slowly.
"With this great victory in Taiyuan, we have spent several years on the Northern Expedition, and we have finally made all the preparations here."
Shen Yi stood up silently, looked outside the tent, and said slowly.