I'm not Murong Chong

Tuoba Gui, who had just returned to Pingcheng, looked at the broken head in the wooden box indifferently, and asked the soldier who was kneeling holding the box, "What else did he say?"

"Emperor Yan ordered people to push our envoys out of the camp, and let the emperor tell the emperor—" The soldier tremblingly did not dare to raise his head, and passed the words to everyone in one breath, "He also said the same to the emperor. !"

Changsun Song's old face paled beside him. He has always opposed breaking with Xiyan too early. It was only a fluke to succeed in a sneak attack at Hanguguan. He took the opportunity to remonstrate with Tuoba Gui, apologize to Emperor Yan, and hand over Hangu Pass to prevent the situation from expanding and the war situation eroding.Unexpectedly, in a fit of rage, Murong Chong ignored the custom of not beheading envoys when two countries go to war, and flatly rejected all possibilities for peace—he wanted to behead them all!Changsun Song was afraid that Tuobagui, who was always uncertain, would be punished, so he knelt down first and said: "I didn't think carefully, and caused the emperor to be humiliated before the enemy. He deserves death!"

Tuobagui turned a deaf ear to it, picked up a piece of blood-stained scrap of paper, put it on his nose and sniffed it lightly, the smell of blood seemed to carry the long-lost sword aura of the dragon-scale dagger.He stuck out his tongue and licked the blood that had dried up long ago, and pulled the corner of his mouth silently: he wrote such a touching letter to beg for mercy, but Ren Zhen had long forgotten the old love, and it was a pity that he wanted to die with him.

In fact, he guessed it long before sending the envoy to send the letter. Even if he withdraws from Hangu, or even cedes the country to make compensation, there is no possibility of a successful peace negotiation—he and him are no longer the same as the emotional people in Chang'an City. The miracle of life is doomed to immortality.

At this moment, there was a sudden sound of footsteps outside the hall, and it was Juqu Mengxun who had just been conferred the title of "Founding General" by Tuoba Gui for his military exploits.

Meng Xun bowed to Tuobagui, calling him the commander, the young Cui Hao who had been silent all this time suddenly asked, "Who is the general calling?"

Meng Xun came back to his senses, but he didn't pay attention to the thirteen or fourteen-year-old Han boy at all, he just knelt down to Tuobagui and said, "Your Majesty, forgive me!"

Tuoba Gui ordered him to get up without paying much attention—the establishment of the Northern Wei Dynasty, the establishment of laws and regulations depended entirely on Qinghe Cui's father and son and a group of Han Chinese surrenders. There are more jokes.He squinted at Cui Hao, and said with a smile: "This little clerk has always been serious, even I have to be disciplined by him."

Cui Hao hastily confessed his crime, but Meng Xun knew that the words were for him, so he sneered in his heart, and then said seriously: "I heard that the emperor sent an envoy to seek peace with Murong Chong?" He snorted: "Now It is a great opportunity for the emperor to expand the territory and shake the world, and whoever offers such a bad strategy to the emperor should be killed!" Changsun Song raised his head and glared, knowing that the words were aimed at him - because he boasted of his outstanding military exploits, this man The former "Duke of Northern Liang", who had nowhere to go, has transformed himself into a powerful figure in the army of the Northern Wei Dynasty. After ten years of Tuobagui's confidant, He Lanjun, who is also from the wealthy family of Daiguo, is ahead, and the rest of the old officials are even more helpless.

When Tuobagui heard this, he raised his hand and ordered the others to retreat, and raised his chin at Mengxun: "Do you have a good plan?"

Juqu Mengxun sat cross-legged in front of Tuobagui, leaned forward, and looked into Tuobagui's eyes—these are two pairs of equally fierce, bloodthirsty and resolute eyes. .

"As long as the emperor makes up his mind, fight a life-and-death battle!" Juqu Mengxun held up the paperweight on the case, and said word by word, "We are no longer who we were ten years ago. Ren Zhen blocked our king He must be eradicated completely!" As soon as he finished speaking, the paperweights in his hand turned into dust and scattered one after another.

Our... road to domination?Tuobagui's eyes flashed, he turned to Mengxun, and nodded slightly: "Okay, Juqu Mengxun, you can break this stumbling block for me!" After a pause, he licked the corner of his lips: "After the matter is completed, I will allow you to borrow one hundred thousand troops to fight back to Liangzhou, and crack the earth to seal the king. What is Fu Jian?

The two had made a plan, and Tuoba Gui was not stingy, and allocated [-] elite soldiers from the Chinese army to Juqu Mengxun, plus Juqu Mengxun had more than [-] foreign troops in his own hands. Not very big.Juqu Mengxun rushed to the front line, climbed high and looked far: this is the remaining vein of Tiaoshan Mountain in the natural barrier of southern Shanxi. The hills are undulating. The military appearance is like a big and small army village, and the virtual and real cover up like a copper wall.He snorted and laughed: he has made progress. Look at this line of troops, they really have the aura of dominance over the world.Ren Zhen, when we first met in Longshan ten years ago, did you and I ever imagine that one day we would meet in battle and command a hundred thousand troops to fight to the death.

If it weren't for you, Yao Song and Fu Jian, we wouldn't have come to where we are today. Now, we can't go back, so - let's fight for life and death!

Xiyan's military strength is superior, like a long barrier separating He Lanjun's troops who are isolated and persevering from Juqu Mengxun's reinforcements. The army has lost more than half of its losses due to continuous fighting. Hangu Pass in the west has already fallen, Nanyan Murongde's army is eyeing it in the east, and the Luoyang-Hulao military defense line that has just belonged to the Eastern Jin Dynasty in the south. Even if he escaped, he might be hit head-on. Naturally, he couldn't take refuge. He was a dumpling. If this continues, the entire army will be wiped out.Although he was in a hurry, he organized several charges and was repulsed by Ren Zhen. Now that reinforcements came with great difficulty, he hurriedly urged Juqu Mengxun to send troops to fight immediately, and flanked himself internally and externally, so as to open a way to retreat .

Juqu Mengxun received the letter without even reading it, and crushed it with one hand. A lieutenant general persuaded him, "General, the Helan family is the family of the emperor's mother. It has a detached status in our country. The emperor ordered us to do our best to rescue it. I'm afraid it will be difficult to explain after I go back." Meng Xun laughed and said: "He Lanjun is also considered capable, why is he trapped here and can't move? Did he fall into the siege of Xiyan? It's a plan to fight for help?! Now that Xiyan has won several battles in a row and is in full swing, I will naturally not go head-to-head with him. What's more, his military strength is superior to mine, so if I divide my troops to rescue He Lanjun, won't I repeat the same mistakes and seek my own death?"

That's true, but he didn't move for a long time, and even Tuobagui was pressured by all parties, and a decree was sent from Pingcheng, urging him to send troops to rescue He Lanjun, so Juqu Mengxun sent a small group of cavalry to attack the Yan army's camp. In front of the powerful snake formation of the Yan army, this offensive was too small. It was just a division of troops to raid various military camps, and the Baili company battalions of the Yan army were intertwined with each other. Can respond, quickly encircle and annihilate the invading enemy - once and twice, the Wei army has also learned how to retreat, occupying the cavalry with strong mobility and repeatedly spying on the Yan army, but in addition to leaving dozens of corpses when they return , Not even a single soldier could cross the Yan army's line of defense to support the trapped Wei army.It was only later that even Ren Zhen couldn't bear the constant nuisance of Juqu Mengxun's blunt knife cutting flesh, and took the initiative to fight, but Juqu Mengxun retreated into the camp, except for strengthening the fortifications, and let the opponent do whatever he wanted outside. When scolding the formation, they turned a deaf ear and stood still—this was really contrary to Juqu Mengxun's usual way of using troops.

This confrontation lasted for several months, until the remnant ice thawed in winter and spring, and the two armies remained at a stalemate.Ren Zhen knew Juqu Mengxun's cunning, and knew that procrastination would be of no avail—the Yan army had left their homeland and had fought in the north and south for more than a year. Although they had more victories and fewer losses, once their morale weakened, the arrogant soldiers became exhausted. They will be counterattacked by the Northern Wei army waiting for an opportunity at any time.

In desperation, Ren Zhen had no choice but to turn around and suppress the struggling He Lanjun—He Lanjun was desperate, but he didn't have the time and manpower to build a stronghold like Juqu Mengxun. The entire army was annihilated, and the Northern Wei Dynasty was shocked. Tuobagui issued several decrees, ordering Juqu Mengxun to fight immediately.

Juqu Mengxun turned a deaf ear and continued to close the door. No matter how others tried to persuade him, he always replied inscrutablely, "The time has not come".Until the scouts reported back, the Xiyan army intensified their encirclement and suppression efforts, and divided up their troops to attack He Lanjun's remnants. Obviously, they no longer wanted to keep the bait, and wanted to wipe it out in one fell swoop, so that they could deal with Juqu Mengxun on the other side—at the same time, Tuo Ba Gui's seventh imperial edict to urge the battle has just arrived at the barracks.

Juqu Mengxun read it at a glance, rolled up the imperial edict slowly, walked outside the tent, stretched in the dry and warm night wind, and said casually: "Since it is an imperial edict, then send troops."

"Ah?" The lieutenant general was used to him being fooled by "not granting the orders of the emperor outside the country". At this moment, he suspected that he was deaf, and asked again hesitantly. Juqu Mengxun turned around abruptly, his beard and hair stretched out and he yelled: " Order the three armies to fight immediately!"

Although the order was rushed, the well-trained soldiers of the Northern Wei Dynasty still mounted their horses and ready to go at the fastest speed. Juqu Mengxun, who was dressed in iron armor, turned over and jumped on his horse. In this silent spring night, the tide rushed towards dozens The Yan Army Company Battalion inside and outside.

Juqu Mengxun took the lead and rushed to the front, his right hand holding the halberd was trembling with excitement—he had been waiting for this moment for too long!He pretended to be his grandson for three months in order to defeat Emperor Yan's elite cavalry army, and finally waited until the Yan army, which was originally superior in numbers, lost patience, lost their vigilance, and divided their troops to fight He Lanjun. The perfect counterattack opportunity!

Yan Jun's military stronghold is like fish scales joined together, forming a long snake. Although it is comprehensive and interlocking, it can support the enemy from the back and the back, but Ren Zhen forgot-but every snake is seven inches long!The countless times of spying and nuisance before are all to find out which is the main stronghold of the Yan army-the place where the emperor's commander-in-chief is set up must be heavily deployed to rescue and quickly rescue, and that is the seven-inch key point of the Long Snake Formation !

In the blink of an eye, the army of the Northern Wei Dynasty rushed into the Yan Army's barracks like a tiger descending the mountain. Before the Yan Army's investigation post had time to warn, it was smashed to pieces. The next moment, with a sudden scream, the Yan Army's camp In the middle, the sound of horseshoes, shouts of killing, and clangs suddenly exploded the entire night!

The Wei army ran wildly in the barracks, chopping melons and cutting vegetables and killing anyone they saw. The poor Xiyan soldiers never thought that the Northern Wei army, which had been huddled for several months, would suddenly attack at night. They were unprepared before they had time to get up, dress and take up weapons. , and died under the trampling and slashing, but more and more Yan soldiers came to their senses and began to resist tenaciously, but they were unable to stop the decline and retreated steadily.Juqu Mengxun passed on the order, and the tens of thousands of troops that followed all pressed up—he wanted to push these remnants of the defeated army to the Yellow River behind them. There was no way to retreat, and they could only cross the river in a hurry. But it can't stop thousands of troops and horses from trampling together. One can imagine what will happen to these dizzy defeated troops!And he has waited and endured so far, in order to turn the battle of the Yellow River into the battle of Shenhebei, which Xiyan heard of and changed his face!

The Yan army joint battalion is now in chaos like a pot of boiled rice porridge. Juqu Mengxun crossed a halberd, and split the volley in half of an oncoming Yan, and the pouring blood rained down on his head. He wiped his cheeks—blood-red face, blood-red eyes, in the dark night He was like hell among them, looking at the Yan soldiers who were gathering more and more desperately fighting back in front of him, he suddenly twitched the corner of his mouth, knowing that he had come to the right place.

Under this destructive raid, the Yan army could gather so quickly and gather together to fight with their backs. There is only one possibility——Yan Emperor Murong Chong is in a tight siege right here!

Thinking of this, he laughed bloodthirstyly, and a burst of ecstasy welled up in his heart, he couldn't wait to capture alive this old enemy who had been separated for ten years and forced him to nowhere!

Juqu Mengxun spurred his horses, leaping into the sea of ​​people like lightning, stabbing left and right, bloody wind, all the Yan soldiers who stood in the way turned into powder and dead souls, all the way was like entering and exiting no one's land, the last burly man stood in the handsome tent In front of him, holding a pair of hammers, with a roar, he rushed towards Juqu Mengxun. Mengxun was not afraid at all, he clamped his horse's belly, grasped the blood-stained halberd and hit him head-on!With a loud noise, the strong man was violently bounced away, and the blunted halberd pierced his chest and abdomen, and thrust him straight on the shaft gate. Shaking endlessly.

Juqu Mengxun jumped over with a blank expression, and finally rushed into the handsome tent. He leaned over and tore off the banner of Yanjun on the tent, threw it to the ground, looked up with a sneer—then, he stunned.

nobody.

There are so many Xiyan soldiers going forward and fighting to protect the handsome tent, and there is no one in it!

The blood of the clamor froze in an instant, and Juqu Mengxun, who had experienced many battles, immediately had an ominous premonition. He hurriedly turned around and went out of the tent. As soon as he looked up, he saw the soaring flames in front of him-it was built by him with several months of painstaking efforts. Fortify the camp, and the Northern Wei defenders who stayed inside, needless to say, must have been wiped out!

It turned out that when his army was pressing down on the territory and kicking the empty camp, Yan Jun took the opportunity to raid his lair!He was fooled and fell into Xiyan's trick to lure the enemy!He, the fox of Liangzhou, has always been the only one who keeps plotting against others, but it turns out that those who shave their heads always shave their heads!

Ren Zhen, he deliberately sacrificed so many people and dragged him into the abyss with thousands of flesh and blood.

In the dark night, with the help of the wind, the fire gradually turned into a prairie fire, which made Wei Jun's army village look like a huge fire-dancing phoenix from a distance. , quickly divided into two wings, and slapped towards the Wei army like a tide.When Wei Jun, who was attacking the ground, was caught off guard, Yan Jun's middle army came again, but this time they did not drive straight in, but blocked the front with heavy armored cavalry, bent their bows and set arrows, but tied flints , shot at the inconspicuous black jars built next to the camp, the sound of shattering and shattering can be heard endlessly, accompanied by the fluffy burning flames, the screams of fleeing and the sound of shouts resounded through the sky, and it is no longer possible to distinguish between the enemy and us , all fell into this sea of ​​​​fire hell-the entire Northern Henan Plain blows mostly northeasterly winds in spring, and the tongues of flames are also raging. While organizing troops to resist, Juqu Mengxun was horrified to find that his army was being destroyed by this man-made war. The fire receded step by step towards the Yellow River in the southwest—it turned out that Ren Zhen, like him, wanted to force the other party to cross the Yellow River!The Wei army's horses are fat and strong, and they are especially superior to the Yan army in carrying heavy loads. If they are forced to the Yellow River when there is no retreat before and after they are blocked, the consequences can be imagined.It just never occurred to him that in order to defeat him, Ren Zhen would abandon the tens of thousands of soldiers and horses on his side that were used to lure the enemy, and watched them being buried in the sea of ​​fire!

The critical moment can no longer allow him to hesitate any longer, but the front is Xiyan's heavy cavalry barrier like a copper wall and iron wall, the east is a raging fire that blows with the wind, and the back is a billowing yellow dragon. The northwest corner desperately broke through.

In the midst of the flames of war, the supreme commander of the Yan army reined in his horse and looked at the bloody and rainy battlefield with a blank expression, as if he was watching from the sidelines—only he himself knew how long he had waited for this day, How much have you prepared.

Uncharacteristically, Juqu Mengxun couldn't shrink back, but kept sending troops to spy on the truth. There was only one possibility. He was looking for the Yan army's flaws, and then waited for the ice to thaw, and launched a surprise attack. He hit them all and forced them all to die in the Yellow River.

That being the case, why not use his own way to deal with his own body, using his superiority in numbers, pretending to attack He Lanjun, but actually taking a detour to hide in order to wait for an ambush - what he has to deal with has never been He Lanjun who is stubbornly resisting, but this Juqu Mengxun, who hates everyone!

At this moment, there were several whistling sounds on the battlefield, and a large golden lacquer banner was raised high in the night. Wei Jun, who was scattered in the dark, seemed to have a backbone again, and began to stand out from the encirclement to the commander regardless. As they approached, the flow of people converged into a crowd, and they gradually gathered into an army, fighting and retreating toward the northwest where the flames were slightly weaker.

Ren Zhen squinted his eyes in the flames soaring into the sky, Juqu Mengxun really should not be underestimated, under such turmoil, he can still stand firm, clean up the mess, and not be defeated.He stretched out his hand coldly, and the lieutenant immediately presented the divine arm bow. He took a deep breath, and pulled back the ten-stone bow—this was a weapon newly developed by General Murong Yong of Xiyan when he was in Hanzhong. An improved version of the Lianzhu crossbow, with sandalwood as the bow, iron as the chamber, steel as the mechanism, and silk as the string, the shooting range is longer but the lethality remains the same.

Juqu Mengxun was still desperately commanding, when he suddenly heard a gust of wind behind his head, years of experience in the battlefield made him instinctively bend over, clamped his legs between the horse's belly and quickly swayed to one side, speaking quickly and sharply The arrow cluster flew past the red tassels on the top of the helmet with a whizzing sound, and hit the big banner held high on the left and right, and the flagpole snapped in response!

At the same time, the Yan army changed formation, the light cavalry gave way, and the armored and heavy cavalry lined up, and savagely rushed towards the Wei army. The Wei army was originally a sneak attack, and they were all wearing light armor. They all screamed and fell off their horses, their bones and tendons were broken, and the defense line that had been rebuilt with great difficulty began to crumble again.Juqu Mengxun was so angry that he threw off the general Wei standing in front of him, whipped his horse and drove away—at this moment, escape was the most important thing, and he could no longer care about these soldiers who were doomed to escape. What is more important than keeping green hills? !Juqu Mengxun fled regardless of the road, and wherever he passed with his long halberd, no matter whether he was the enemy or himself, he was all reduced to powder——so, he just killed a bloody road!

Ren Zhen saw it clearly, his heart was almost about to burst, he gritted his teeth and shouted angrily: "Chasing!"

After the Northern Wei army left thousands of corpses, it was finally able to break through. Juqu Mengxun was able to collect thousands of remnants along the way, and fought and retreated. The entire Boshan joint venture is all for Juqu Mengxun alone, who is willing to let it go, naturally he is red-eyed and will not let go.He himself knew that Monsun was cunning and good at fighting, and the opportunity was fleeting. Although his side had just won a big victory, the hardware conditions for individual combat were still slightly inferior to the Wei army. Daidi produced good horses since ancient times. The frontiers were sealed off and one horse was not allowed to go out. Xiyan recently only relied on the horses provided by Fu Jian's Xiliang, which was not enough to support continuous large-scale military operations.Although the arrogant cavalry army brought this time is called elite, they are not as good as the Wei army, and they are not as good at commanding as the emperor's personal guard Huben army.

The two sides had occasional encounters, and there were fierce battles. The Wei army was in a hurry to escape and had little power to fight back, but the Yan army was unable to annihilate them in one fell swoop. Tuobayi, the prefect of Hedong in the Northern Wei Dynasty, sent an urgent letter asking him to send troops to support him so that he could retreat into the Zhongtiao Mountains. In the dense forest and mountainous area, the Wei army has a good horse, and he will be able to escape the pursuers and escape, and he will have a way to recuperate and make a comeback.

Tuobayi, the prefect of Hedong, received the letter and ordered Wei Bing, who was desperate to report the letter, to be taken down to rest, while he went back to the room without saying a word. Next to the desk, a Xianbei man with braided hair and Hufu stood with his back facing him, holding a scroll in his hand. I was fascinated by it.

Tuoba Yi knelt down hastily, and gave the other party a Chinese salute he had learned just now: "Your Majesty, Juqu Mengxun really asked for help." He relayed the general tragedy.

Tuobagui turned around slowly, and looked at his cousin who had defected to him after he proclaimed himself emperor: "Reply to him, Hedong is the important town of Yanchi in my dynasty, so there must be no loss. As the prefect of Hedong, you dare not lead an expedition. We had no choice but to leave the city a hundred miles away, wait in ambush near Dulong Mountain, and let him continue to insist. As long as we retreat to the predetermined location, we will immediately take him into the mountain—Juqu Mengxun even pushes his own brother and son out in order to survive. Those who are sent to death will insist on fleeing even if they are begging for nothing."

Tuoba Yi nodded in agreement, swallowed and said: "Juqu Mengxun has already wiped out Lao Di in this battle, it is said that there are less than [-] of the nearly [-] elite soldiers left, and we still need to send troops to rescue them? "

Although Juqu Mengxun has made outstanding military exploits and is highly valued, but he is cunning, domineering, cruel and ruthless, and he is not very popular in Xianbei Wei State. Tuobayi rarely sees him lose his army and lose his generals.

Tuobagui knew it in his heart, but he glanced at him calmly, and threw the scroll on the case in a serious manner. Tuobayi secretly regretted his slip of the tongue, for fear that his selfishness would be punished by this wayward emperor. Ji, quickly explained: "The last general means that Juqu Mengxun is like a dog in mourning. Murong Chong has abandoned all his luggage in order to chase him, and went deep alone. It is a big taboo for military strategists, let alone a personal conquest? Murong Chong has just wiped out the arrogant cavalry army, recovered Hangu Pass, and captured a large area of ​​land in northern Henan and southern Shanxi. To face the front of the army, it stands to reason that he should stop and retreat, and return to Chang'an to clean up the government and stabilize the morale of the army..."

Indeed, it has been more than a year since Ren Zhen left Guanzhong since he dispatched troops to the south of the Yangtze River. Chang'an is basically controlled by several royal families headed by Murong Yong. For any emperor, it is taboo to stay away from the central power, let alone to Chasing a group of remnant soldiers and defeated generals, a majestic monarch will chase hundreds of miles in one go, regardless of life and death.

It's a pity that he was Ren Zhen first, and then the emperor - he would never have the heart of a ruthless emperor.Tuobagui pushed a brocade box in front of Tuobayi, his sharp eyebrows and eyes were even more sinister under the light: "Send this thing to the Yan army in the name of Juqu Mengxun. Whether it's the ends of the earth or the dragon's lake and tiger's den, they will definitely continue to chase—unstoppable."

Tuoba Yi looked intently, and in the brocade box was a red cloak that was once as beautiful as the morning glow, but it was stained with layers of blood, and it condensed into a thick and ominous dark cloud.

Tuobagui paced back and forth with his hands behind his back, taking a moment to say: "Send another letter to Murongde, telling him that Tuobagui recognizes that Nanyan established the country, and that he will not invade an inch of his land in the south during his lifetime; Wannaijuqu Mengxun first beheaded and then played a crime. I am also deeply indignant, and I will definitely give him an explanation in the future—as long as he breaks off diplomatic relations with Yan and becomes an alliance with our country. Otherwise, when the war here is over, I will send my troops to conquer him personally. The capital of the country is vast and solid!"

Tuoba Gui's tone was flat, but Tuoba Yi couldn't help but shuddered, and hurriedly concealed, leaning over and bowing his head in response: "The final general obeys the order."

After Tuobagui walked away, he dared to release his eyes and turned to the scroll that Tuobagui had read just now. It was a volume of "Zhuangzi", and it was said: The mantis wanted to eat the cicada, but he didn't know that the oriole was behind him, so he held up his neck If you want to peck and eat it.