Chapter 2257 The decisive battle forced to participate
Murong Xiaojun said hurriedly: "According to the report from the sentry, there should be another twenty miles."
Murong Shifu immediately sat up: "Is it so fast?"
Murong Xiaojun smiled bitterly: "Pei Zilie led the army to chase them all the way behind. We didn't have time to form a formation to fight back, so we had to be chased all the way to Zhangye City."
Murong Shifu was silent.
He has realized that the war situation is getting more and more dangerous.
The reason why Murong Shifu insisted on waiting here was actually to wait for the arrival of the elite soldiers and horses of the Murong clan brought by Murong Fuyun. Otherwise, Murong Shifu himself would not be sure whether he would survive after returning to Fuqi City.
Deal with those people in the country who are eyeing you.
After all, Tuyuhun is a scattered tribal alliance country, and there is more than one Liang Qucong who wants to be the Great Khan.
If he did not have enough soldiers and horses to obey him, then a coup would be enough for the Murong clan.
Historically, Murong Shifu died in a coup within Tuyuhun, which is enough to show that the internal affairs of Tuyuhun are far from monolithic.
Only the soldiers and horses led by Murong Fuyun were Murong Shifu's biggest support. Even Murong Xiaojun, Murong Chezhong and other members of the Murong clan's side royal family were not necessarily reliable.
Therefore, Murong Shifu would rather pay a higher price and stick here to support Murong Fuyun.
Obviously, the Han people already knew something about the internal situation in Tuyuhun, and even said that they had planned to take advantage of it.
Pei Zilie clung to Murong Fuyun, apparently knowing that Murong Shifu would not be able to give up on Murong Fuyun.
A strong man can cut off his arms, but he can't cut off his head.
Therefore Murong Shifu could only wait.
"Are we going to prepare for a decisive battle next?" Murong Shifu said slowly.
Shi Shiren, he originally launched the attack on his own initiative. He wanted to take advantage of the big man's unpreparedness and gain something. He even imagined that he could enter the pass and if he couldn't defend it, he could share half of the mountains and rivers with the big man. As a result, the battle later turned into a stalemate.
, it was a tug of war between Tuyuhun and the northwest Han army, and later it turned into a retreat, and ended up being stuck in Zhangye.
It doesn’t matter if you leave, and it doesn’t matter if you don’t leave.
The retreat suddenly turned into the impending decisive battle.
To be honest, Murong Shifu was really not prepared.
But he knew he had no choice.
When Yu Wenxin led his army to break open the gate of Zhangye City, the initiative on the entire battlefield was actually no longer in his hands. All he could do was to preserve as much strength as possible for Tuyuhun and wait for a possible comeback.
Murong Shifu did not want to fight this decisive battle.
But now that it's over, he can't run away.
"I think we should continue to attack the city first." Murong Chezhong, who had lowered his head and said nothing, couldn't help but say at this time, "If we can break through the city wall and weaken the defenders in the city to the point where they cannot pose a threat to our army, even if
Even if we don't capture Zhangye, the Han dogs in Zhangye will not be able to stop us from crossing Zhangye and continuing to retreat to the northwest."
Murong Xiaojun couldn't help but said helplessly: "Brother, can we capture the city now?"
Murong's car was heavy for a moment.
If it could be beaten, I would have done it long ago.
After a hard night's fighting, the Tuyuhun soldiers were confused and didn't know what was going on. They could only be transferred here and there in an awkward manner. Finally, they suddenly realized that it was a struggle and a defeat, so the morale of the departments outside the city was now very low.
, On the contrary, the Han people in the city have made it clear that they are ready to fight to the death. The current Tuyuhun army may not be able to take down the outer city wall.
Even now, Tuyuhun has lost Liang Qucong's soldiers and horses, and has lost the support of many small tribes. Moreover, even the soldiers and horses from various countries in the Western Regions, which have always been like licking dogs, are standing still in the south of the city. Their generals have suffered heavy losses in the army.
The reason for not coming to see Murong Shifu was to stabilize the morale of the army. Although this was not a rebellion, the intention of not cooperating with the work should not be too obvious.
Therefore, now Murong Shifu must face an embarrassing problem. The soldiers and horses under his command have even been unable to gain an advantage over the city.
So if we attack the city at this time, it's okay to capture the city's periphery. But what should we do if we can't capture it? What if the enemy is always ready to launch a counterattack like last night?
Murong Fuyun was already very close to here, which was only a few hours ago.
For a few hours, it will definitely be impossible to do this.
And this also means that in a few hours, Murong Shifu will need to lead the various troops in Tuyuhun to prepare for the main attack of the Han Dynasty.
Even if the main force of the Han Dynasty came from afar, they should be exhausted. This cannot be dealt with by their own tired and demoralized army.
Therefore, the choice left to Murong Shifu was actually the last one.
Stand firm here, join Murong Fuyun, and then fight to the death with the main force of the Han army.
Before Murong Xiaojun said anything, Murong Shifu already understood the truth and could only helplessly shake his head.
This is the so-called "conspiracy".
Step by step, everything is arranged properly.
Murong Shifu fought left and right, but in the end he had no choice but to find that he had no choice at all.
They can only be forced to face the coming war.
For a moment he had a different feeling.
This is the place where the bones are buried.
"Khan?" Murong Xiaojun shouted.
Murong Shifu trembled and felt cold sweat break out from his back.
Why did this idea suddenly come to me?
Really...it's really ridiculous!
Murong Xiaojun realized that Murong Shifu was distracted, and hurriedly gave him a step down: "Please also ask the Great Khan to give an order. All ministries must prepare for war. They must not relax, and be ready to meet Brother Fu Yun's troops at any time."
Murong Shifu agreed.
Murong Xiaojun was a little worried and exchanged glances with Murong Chezhong and other important ministers.
Khan's worries about gains and losses obviously made them feel the crisis.
Khan is like this, let alone the soldiers and generals below.
Could this battle really be the battle to destroy Tuyuhun?
Murong Shifu had already steeled himself and looked around: "Everyone, your life or death is at stake in this battle. I hope you will work together to protect the foundation of our Tuyuhun ancestors!"
Murong Xiaojun and others could only accept the promise generously, but at the same time they couldn't help but murmur in their hearts.
The purpose of this war has changed from opening up territory for Tuyuhun to protecting the foundation.
The Great Khan is really cowardly.
In fact, aren't they themselves a little timid?
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"My sons, let's outflank them from the left!" Sima Yongzhi shouted, brandishing his sword.
The Han army's infantry and cavalry rolled up smoke and dust, rushed into Tuyuhun's military formation diagonally, and charged and killed them wantonly. Most of these Han army's infantry and cavalry went into battle lightly, and the Tuyuhun troops they intercepted were all left behind.
The baggage convoy was like a wolf among the sheep for a while.
Wei Yuancheng had previously made many military exploits as a vanguard of the army.
As Sima Yongzhi who had fought alongside him, of course he was unwilling to do so, so he asked himself to be the new vanguard of the army and pursued Murong Fuyun's men to the death.