Promotion Letter for the Chief Executive

The movement of dozens of bombs was not small, at least the Beidi people who were chasing after the Xinzhou Army heard it.

Not only did they hear it, but the scouts they sent after they discovered the change of the Xinzhou Army saw it with their own eyes.In addition, a few fish that slipped through the net from Xirong also rushed to the people of Beidi, asking for asylum.Most of these people were scouts, and they didn't rush back after hearing the noise, so they escaped.There are also a few people who rushed out of the encirclement in the chaos.

When the news came back, Beidi people were reluctant to believe it, but they couldn't help it.

In fact, the Xinzhou Army seemed to be in contact with the city, and when they were about to attack the Xirong people, the Beidi scouts had already sent back the news.If the Beidi army had caught up to intervene at that time, it would be really unpredictable what the result would be.Not to mention anything else, even if they were just rushing outside, opening a gap in the encirclement would be enough for a large part of the Xirong people to escape.

It's just that although Beidi teamed up with Xirong, the interior is not all peaceful.

There are only so many things that can be looted, more people from Xirong, and fewer people from Beidi.Moreover, they were dragged back by the Xinzhou army before, and when they arrived, almost all the territory of Xinzhou had been raided by the Xirong people, and there was nothing left.

So knowing that the Xirong people are going to be unlucky, the Beidi people are naturally happy to watch the fun from the sidelines. ——Consume part of the strength of the Xirong people, and when the time comes to attack the city, they can get the big benefits.

It's a pity that the calculation was overdone, and Xi Rong's nearly [-] soldiers and horses were eaten by Da Chu.

When Beidi people heard the news, they still couldn't believe it.He didn't know whether he didn't believe that Da Chu had such ability, or whether he didn't believe that his allies were wiped out just like that.

It's just that the kind of thing that makes a deafening noise really makes Beidi's heart linger.

Grassland people believe in gods more, because they need to rely on the sky for food more than the farming Chu.And this kind of movement comparable to the sky thunder, in their opinion, only the gods in the sky can make it.

The knowledgeable people at the top can still guess what secret weapon Da Chu has created, but the soldiers below are different.

Originally, among Beidi people, not everyone agreed to join forces with Xirong to come to Dachu to plunder.After the Great Chu established the country and the Taizu led the army to break the Changhe tribe and split them into two parts, the Beidi people were the representatives of the Zhuhe faction.These years they have never come to Great Chu to plunder, although it is because of the suppression of the Changhe Tribe, but the fear of Great Chu is also one of the reasons.

It's just that time has passed too long, and the might of the Chu army has become a story among the old people, and the young Beidi people began to grow ambitions.But for the majority of Beidi people, the strength of the Great Chu and the strength of the army, the faint fear and yearning are still buried in their hearts.

It's just that they encountered the Xinzhou army in the first round before, and they used the method of ambush to take them down easily, which made them think "maybe Dachu is really nothing special now".

But now, shaken by the bomb, that fear resurfaced.

Therefore, many people in the Beidi Army have begun to shake their minds.

Like Xirong, Beidi's army is also composed of various small tribes-the grassland ethnic environment is like this, and there is no way.What makes them even stronger is that they were split from the Changhe Tribe after all, and the leader was the Huyan Clan, known as the "Golden Family" when the Changhe Tribe almost dominated the world.

After the split, Beidi established a new country, and the Huyan clan also became the royal family.With a common leader, Beidi has a closer relationship with the tribes than Xirong.

But in the final analysis, it is still composed of tribes, and the leader of the tribe, the first thing to consider is the population and resources he owns. No one wants to let the soldiers in their hands work hard in exchange for benefits for others.

So after the war ended, Beidi people have been wandering not far from Xinzhou City, never intending to come.

But no matter what, having these people around is always a hidden danger and threat.So the Northwest governor called everyone to discuss how to deal with this problem.Ping An was able to attend because of his special status.

Naturally, the main fighters decided without hesitation to go out of the city to clean up these Beidi people. "Let them know that our Dachu is not a place where we can just come here!"

"Yes! If you don't frighten them, I'm afraid the court will have to face the difficult situation of fighting on the third front." This is a long-term perspective.Over the years, Beidi has been retreating into its own territory, saving Dachu a lot of trouble.It was also because of this that they did not guard against them joining forces with Xi Rong this time.

If they don't frighten them this time, I'm afraid Beidi people won't be so honest in the future.Not to mention anything else, harassing the border every year during the autumn harvest and looting some food is enough to cause headaches.

However, the peace faction also believed that Xinzhou City had already consumed a lot due to the successive wars, and the soldiers' endurance was about to reach their limit, so it was not appropriate to start another war.Especially now that the Beidi people are obviously staying outside very honestly, and have no intention of coming to fight head-on.That being the case, there is no need for Da Chu to worry.

Ping An scoffed at this statement.

Beidi people are indeed parked outside, but the outside is also the land of Dachu!Just letting the Beidi people park their troops on the land of Dachu with great fanfare without taking any measures is itself a matter of lowering morale.People from Beidi may think that people from Dachu are afraid!

Besides, Ping An can basically guess that the reason why Beidi people are willing to be honest is nothing more than fear of the power of bombs.But now they can't produce so many bombs at all, and sneak attacks are nothing more than that, and they are basically useless in frontal battles.If Bei Di knew this, what would be the result?

I don't know what these peacemakers are thinking.

Ping An has been staring at these people for research.He originally thought that this time things would turn out like this because there were traitors inside Dachu, who revealed the arrangements and deployment here.And that person may be hidden among these people.

Of course, this is not absolute.Maybe he has done bad things secretly, but on the surface he pretends to be a fierce main fighter to confuse the public?

However, there is basically no room for safe speaking in such a meeting. He can observe slowly, and he may be able to see what is wrong.

As a result, there was a quarrel at the end, but no specific conclusion was reached. The meeting was over, and the Beidi people continued to stay outside Xinzhou City.

Because no one was besieging the city, Ping An also received news from outside.One piece of news that worried him very much was that people from Beidi seemed to have plans to leave here.

The so-called leaving, of course, does not mean just leaving like this, but the people of Beidi saw that Xinzhou could not do anything, so they planned to search elsewhere.For example - under the arrangement of Ping An, Funing County, which has not been breached yet.As long as this city is captured, the vast Qinzhou behind will be a place they can plunder.

Although it has not been confirmed yet, Ping An is also very concerned.After hearing the news, I went to see the governor of the Northwest, hoping that he could send a team to harass the Beidi people, "Even if we don't start a war with the Beidi people, we must keep them here and not put them anywhere else."

The governor of the Northwest is different from others. The entire Northwest is under his jurisdiction. If the Beidi people are allowed to wreak havoc and plunder the people, even if they win the battle in the end, he will not be able to please him.Because at that time he will face the embarrassing situation where there are no people under his rule.

So after hearing what Ping An said, the Governor immediately summoned several of his trusted generals and asked them to go out of the city in turn to harass the Beidi people, making sure that they could not spare their hands.

Probably because he had a good impression of Ping An, so he didn't avoid Ping An when he spoke.These few people, presumably, should not be the ones who leaked the secret.After all, their benefactor is the governor, and if they lose this war, the governor will be the first to be unlucky, so naturally they will not benefit.

As a result, the governor here sent people out, and some of the defeated Qizhou army was chased by the Xirong and Beidi coalition forces behind them, all the way to Xinzhou City!

The combination of Xirong and Beidi is naturally not independent.After the Xirong people blocked the Qizhou army halfway, the Beidi people appeared and attacked back and forth, and the Qizhou army suffered a defeat.There was no city to rely on on the grassland, so they were at a disadvantage at the beginning, so naturally they could only be chased and beaten by the Xirong and Beidi people in embarrassment.In addition, the reinforcement Xinzhou Army has never appeared, and the Qizhou Army was finally defeated. Most of the people were either killed or captured. Only more than 1000 people were able to escape!

Xirong Beidi's army chased after these 1000 people, heading all the way to Xinzhou City.

After receiving the news, Xinzhou City was silent.

It is impossible to say that the other party cannot deal with these 1000 people.Their purpose, I am afraid, is to hope that when the gate of Xinzhou City is opened to accept more than 1000 people, the cavalry will charge and rush into the gate, easily breaking the city defense of Xinzhou City!

This kind of thing has not happened before, so most people advocate not opening the city gate, so as not to be taken advantage of by the enemy.

But these more than 1000 people are also soldiers of Dachu after all, and it is not easy to escape all the way here. It seems inappropriate to shut them out like this.

"Actually," Ping An couldn't help but said, "As long as we send cavalry to confront the opponent when we open the city gate, naturally we won't have such worries. They are exhausted and come from far away, and neither the men nor the horses will be in good condition. It is impossible to defeat us. Perhaps when they saw our cavalry, they took the initiative to retreat."

He believes in this truth, and it is impossible for others to fail to think of it.It's just that none of these generals wanted to lead troops out of the city by themselves, so they simply kept silent.Hearing Ping An's proposal now, no one even turned their heads to look at him, as if it had nothing to do with him.

The governor's expression was also embarrassing.There are not many cavalry in Dachu and less training, and it is even more incomparable with the cavalry of Xirong and Beidi.Usually these people are placed behind the formation, and now they are asked to go out to meet the fleeing soldiers, naturally they will not be willing.

If there is a loss in hedging against the enemy, isn't it unlucky for him?No one wants to lose precious cavalry.

After all, those outside are all the Qizhou Army, not our own.Qizhou belongs to the Southwest Road. Although this time the war is presided over by the governor of the Northwest, and the Qizhou Army is also within his command range, but after all, there is still a difference between closeness and estrangement. Let him order his generals to rescue the Qizhou Army. The Northwest Governor There are also some dilemmas.

At this time, someone suddenly stood up to support Ping An, "Yeah, since these people went straight to the city of Xinzhou, they may still plan to break the city. If they can consume a little of their strength now, the attack will be less. Pressure. If no one is willing to go, the end will be willing to go.”

Ping An turned his head to look, a little surprised.This General Zhang was one of the few people who was born in the Zhang family of Xinzhou, but did not lead the army in Zhuozhou, but stayed in Xinzhou.On weekdays, he kept a low profile and held several meetings, but Ping An never heard him speak.It is really surprising that he would take the initiative to stand up at this moment.

However, what he said made Ping An very fond of it.

The governor was naturally overjoyed, someone willing to go, it was better than his roll call, so he agreed immediately and asked him to dispatch troops.He also deliberately asked him to pick hundreds of Xirong horses that had been captured before, which made the others envious and jealous.

General Zhang continued, "My lord sent people out of the city to harass the Beidi army before, but now that group of troops is still outside the city. If we can contact them and cooperate with the outside, maybe we can teach the new Xirong Beidi coalition army a lesson."

"Wonderful!" The governor's eyes lit up immediately, "It's just that this matter is a bit troublesome. How do you notify the troops outside the city and let them cooperate with your actions?"

General Zhang turned to Ping An, "I heard that Eunuch Qi has an expert around him, who is very skilled in martial arts. He once went to the city to contact the adults, and I must let him go out of the city to contact him, and he will definitely be able to complete it."

The previous good feelings are all fed to the dog.Ping An's heart trembled, and he looked in General Zhang's direction.The other party happened to be looking at him, and when their eyes met, General Zhang smiled slightly, but Ping An felt a little uneasy.It's normal for Kaiyang to be noticed by his side, but... Ping An always feels that there seems to be something wrong inside.

After all, Kaiyang is really low-key on weekdays, except when he went to the city to make contact, he has never shown his ability in front of others.Even those people who came out of Funing County with Ping An probably only think that he is quite powerful, and they don't think he is some kind of expert.

This General Zhang...

"The general is absurd. He only has some martial arts skills, but if he wants to run for tens of miles, he will not have an advantage over the cavalry. I think the general should let the scouts under his command notify, so as not to delay the effort." Pingan pressed Uneasy in my heart, I replied.

General Zhang said with a smile, "This is the eunuch Qi's modesty. Besides, what I valued was his martial arts, so that he would not be picked off by the Xirong people or the Beidi people. If it is my cavalry, the riding skills are of course Not bad, but it’s hard to guarantee a breakout.”

This is what it means to be strong.Ping An's complexion is not very good.Although Kai Yang listened to his orders, it was because of Zhao Can's orders. In fact, he was not under Ping An's control at all.It is even more inconvenient for him to do such a dangerous thing.After all, it is not safe to be in danger.

But General Zhang opened his mouth, and it would be even more inappropriate not to agree.In the end, Ping An said with a calm face, "So, let him try."

Turning around, he told Kai Yang that when rushing out, he must show the appearance of "doing his best", and don't let people think that he is really strong in martial arts, and he can come and go freely among thousands of troops.It's not Zhao Yun, who doesn't need such a reputation.

Kai Yang expressed his understanding.Then he followed General Zhang's men out of the city gate.Ping An was called to the top of the city by the governor, and watched the match outside the city with him.

As expected, things did not go beyond General Zhang's expectations. Seeing that there were people coming out of the city to respond, and they were all cavalry, they hesitated for a while, so they missed the best time to charge the battle. In the end, they could only embarrassingly fight with General Zhang's army in the city. Outside stalemate.

So at this time, Kaiyang who was still charging was very eye-catching.Some Beidi people bent their bows and set up arrows, and shot arrows in his direction.Ping An's heart tightened, and he noticed that Kai Yang seemed to be trying to hide, but he couldn't dodge in the end and was shot by an arrow.

He gritted his teeth fiercely, if General Zhang didn't do anything unnecessary, Kai Yang wouldn't need to suffer this injury at all.This enmity has been forged, once the war is over, send people to investigate immediately, I don't believe he can't be caught!

This is the first time Ping An has come up with the idea of ​​favoritism.But at its root, the reason why he made such a decision was that Kai Yang was someone Zhao Can gave him. It was originally to protect his safety, but in the end something happened to Kai Yang, and Ping An would feel ashamed. See how Zhao Can feels.

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Although hundreds of miles away, Feng Yutang seemed to have sensed the explosion under Xinzhou City, and turned his head to look in that direction.

After such a long trek, many of them escaped the traces of Xirong people and Beidi people, and this group of people struggled to catch up with the Zhuozhou army. ——It is not appropriate to say that, because the Zhuozhou Army has actually stopped.

What happened to them was much worse than Feng Yutang's small group of people.After all, Feng Yutang had few people, so he could escape in advance, but the Zhuozhou army was here to fight, and it was impossible for the army to avoid other people.So even though they were harassed by small groups of troops along the way, the losses were not small.

Among the three-way army, they are the only army that is still proceeding according to the pre-war plan.Although a lot of people were lost, Dao arrived at the scheduled location after all, and the result was not bad.But what disturbed the Zhuozhou army was that after they entered the grassland, they never received any supplies from the rear.

Although he brought a lot of food and grass with him when he was on his way, it was almost exhausted after such a long time.But to build fortifications here, and even resist the entry of the Xirong people, more supplies are needed, not only food and grass, but also bows and arrows and other things.

When Feng Yutang and the others arrived, the Zhuozhou army was almost out of food.I said "almost" because after realizing that there was no supply, they had consciously reduced their daily rations, so as to save as much as possible, and now everyone can still drink two meals of porridge with wild vegetables a day. ——In fact, there are not many wild vegetables dug up on the grassland in winter, and there is little food, so in this gruel, only water is the most solid.

It was in this situation that Feng Yutang brought his own people to the Zhuozhou Army.Knowing that they had brought bows and arrows and supplies of food and grass, the Zhuozhou army immediately rejoiced and had a big meal before someone invited Feng Yutang to speak.

After Feng Yutang explained the vicissitudes of the situation outside, the Zhuozhou army was all dumbfounded.

They were just eager for meritorious service and walked so fast, why did so many things happen outside?Xirong people actually colluded with Beidi?Da Chu's direction may have been compromised, and the enemy circled behind them?It's no wonder that along the way, they didn't encounter a large army of Xirong people, and they always harassed by small troops of dozens or hundreds of people. I thought it was their luck, but it turned out to be just a trick of the other party?

"Then what do we do now?" someone asked.

The best way is of course to go back.After all, they are now isolated on the grassland.When Xi Rong and Bei Di Teng make their move, they will definitely be the first ones to deal with.It is impossible to say that the whole army will be wiped out.

But...without the order from the court, they didn't dare to just retreat like this.It would be bad luck if he was recruited for disobedience to military orders.

But after some hesitation, everyone decided to leave.After all, it is better to be referred to than to die.

When a person dies, there is nothing left.Because this time it was an accident caused by a strategic error, even if he died, he probably wouldn't get any commendation, and maybe he would even bear infamy.For example, the living people blamed all their mistakes on them and so on.This possibility is still very high, anyway, the dead can't speak, can't protest.

The generals in the Zhuozhou army are all Zhang family members in all likelihood, and they are not Zhang family members but also relatives.So when a decision was made, no one objected, and they quickly returned along the way they came from.

As expected, I met no one at all along the way.It is estimated that the Xirong and Beidi people have already entered the territory of Dachu.

After leaving the grassland, I heard that the territory of Zhuozhou was also plundered by the Xirong people. The soldiers who held back their energy took a sweeping gesture and wiped out all the Xirong people wherever they passed.Then received the news that the Xirong and Beidi coalition forces were still under the city of Xinzhou, so some troops were sent to rescue.