Your Majesty's words are clearly asking whether Youzhou has the confidence to fight a war.
Zhang Xutuo said hurriedly: "This is a letter asking for help sent directly from the Khitan. The messenger has arrived in Luoyang. The memorial from Youzhou has not yet been sent, but the Taiwei Mansion has begun to study the possibility of starting a war."
Li Xingchen nodded.
He is not very clear about the current situation in Liaodong, but he just asked Baipao to explore it before.
Still, caution comes first.
The development of the Han Dynasty is now on the right track, and Li Xingchen himself does not expect a war on the two fronts.
After the war in Tuyuhun is over, it will not be too late to deal with Goguryeo.
This was a master who had suffered losses for both Emperor Sui Yang and Emperor Taizong of Tang Dynasty in history, so Li Xingchen had to be as cautious as possible.
"Let's wait for the battle report from Zhangye first." Li Xingchen said in a deep voice, "But regardless of whether we send troops or not, we must put on a good posture. It's best if we can scare Goguryeo."
Zhang Xutuo couldn't help but thought silently in his heart: Goguryeo, a local snake that has been entrenched in Liaodong for several generations, is probably not so easy to scare, especially since there are still interests entangled in it.
However, His Majesty's concerns are justified.
Nowadays, the big man needs to be steady and steady.
Once you win this battle, let’s talk about the next one.
And Li Xingchen couldn't help but sigh.
After the unification of the Han Dynasty, the wind outside was still noisy.
Now I just want to farm with peace of mind and develop industry and commerce to accumulate strength. Can you give me a chance?
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Pei Zilie did not know that His Majesty and the Taiwei Mansion were already discussing the next war.
The decisive battle before him was actually very clear.
Pei Zilie was also worried that the Han soldiers were tired, so the attack pace was not fast.
With Zhang Ye in sight, there is nothing to worry about.
With the main force of the Han army watching, Tuyuhun did not dare and did not have the strength to attack Zhangye City.
While Zhangye City was still in the hands of the Han army, Tuyuhun could not escape.
The people in the dilemma now are the Tuyuhun people, so Pei Zilie is very calm.
The Han army's forward quickly broke through Tuyuhun's defense line, while Murong Chezhong and Murong Fuyun worked hard to outflank them from the north and south, but were calmly blocked by the Han army.
Murong Shifu did not hold on for long, so he led his army to retreat into Murong Chezhong's camp, which was equivalent to actively giving way to the road outside the east gate and allowing the Han army to move forward.
As the sun set, the forward soldiers of the Han army and the brothers Paoze in the city hugged each other tightly.
A brand new red dragon flag soon flew side by side with the riddled flag on the city gate, announcing the end of the Zhangye defenders' lone battle.
But the decisive battle was only the first step.
It was obvious that Murong Shifu was frightened by the Han army's assault last night, so he did not dare to directly compete with the Han army. Part of the reason was that the Han army's cavalry broke out yesterday and burned and destroyed the camp along the way.
There are already gaps all over the center. Even if you want to stop the Han army at this time, you can only rely on human lives to fill them up.
What Murong Shifu cherishes most now is not human life.
Therefore, it is reasonable for him to lead his army to retreat. It is better than standing here and being flanked by the Han army.
However, this also means that the morale of the Han army soldiers is getting higher and higher, and it also means that the main force led by Murong Fuyun and Murong Shifu and others has been separated.
Fortunately, Murong Fuyun did not have no way out. He quickly gathered the soldiers and horses from the Western Regions stationed outside the south gate and wanted to retreat westward. Unfortunately, the Han army did not give them this opportunity. The Han army's artillery on the south gate
The area outside the south gate was quickly covered.
At this time, Shi Wansui personally led the commando team and fought out of the south gate!
Look at the roars, the billowing smoke, and the flying arrows, and countless Han soldiers suddenly rushed out.
Many of them still had wounds on their bodies, which had only been briefly bandaged; many of them still had blood stains on their knives, obviously they had been struggling to resist the enemy's attack not long ago.
But now, they are turning around, piercing into the enemy's formation like sharp knives, and then spreading out to both sides, disrupting everything!
These soldiers who fought hard for a long time finally waited for the day when they could feel proud and proud.
Li Xun's troops of the Han army also followed the city wall towards the south gate and pressed Murong Fuyun hard, forcing him to form a stronghold to defend himself.
The purpose of the Han army is very clear. After dividing and encircling them, they will first defeat the exhausted Murong Fuyun after a long battle!
Murong Shifu also realized that something was wrong and led his army to attack south again. However, Pei Zilie was personally in charge, and the Han troops outside the city had already joined forces. How could he be given this opportunity?
Murong Shifu was naturally unwilling to do so.
He was waiting in Zhangye City, hoping to win Zhangye and feel proud. It was just a trivial matter. The key was to wait for Murong Fuyun to arrive.
As a result, Murong Fuyun was rounded up by the Han army. Didn't Murong Shifu wait here in vain, and let his soldiers see a good scene of "how his brother was hanged and beaten". He refused to save him until he died.
If so, there would be no need to be Murong Shifu, the Great Khan of Tuyuhun.
As a result, the two sides quickly fell into a stalemate.
At the same time, the main force of the Han army also entered the city, passed through the north gate, and directly attacked Murong Xiaojun's troops who were originally hiding behind.
The main force of the Han army, who was looking forward to this decisive battle, and the soldiers and horses of various tribes who were eager to receive the certificate of surrender, attacked each other with horns. Murong Xiaojun couldn't stop him for a while, so he could only turn around and defend with all his strength.
If Murong Xiaojun had not guessed that the Han army might choose to attack from the north to block his retreat, so he still retained a partial force in the camp in the northwest of the city, it would be really difficult to support him at this time.
Tuyuhun's army rushed out from the northwest camp and supported the battle in time, threatening the flanks of the Han army, so Xiao Xun had no choice but to divide his forces with Liang Qucong.
Look, the Han army, which was originally mixed in a mess, was divided into two. Xiao Xun, a civil servant, also went into battle and personally led the Han soldiers to the rear of Murong Xiaojun's command, from the northeast corner of the city to far away.
The desert everywhere is full of soldiers from both sides.
And Liang Qucong also led his men to attack the Tuyuhun partial division coming from the northwest. They were suppressed and beaten at this place last night. Today, the number of the opponent's troops was much smaller. The opponent's backbone, Murong Xiaojun, was not there, and he had people behind him to support him.
, then there is nothing to hesitate about, no matter what, we have to get the place back!
The fighting spirit of these tribal soldiers is no worse than that of the Han army.
Don't forget, at least on this part of the battlefield, they are fighting with the wind going, and naturally they are fighting more and more vigorously. The Tuyuhun partial division that took the initiative to attack all the way was unable to do anything to them for a while, and even began to retreat slowly.
However, Xiao Xun, facing Murong Xiaojun who was going all out, found it difficult to move forward for a while.
Outside Zhangye City, it seemed that the Han army was taking the initiative to defeat the Tuyuhun soldiers and horses. However, in fact, the Han army was outflanking the Tuyuhun soldiers and horses, and the Tuguhun in turn outflanked the Han army's soldiers and horses. There were even some outside the West City Gate.
The almost forgotten small tribe that was loyal to Tuyuhun still attacked the city and was very lively.