Chapter 780: Sunrise in the East (5)

The fall of Ningyuan and Jingyuan was nothing more than a bolt from the blue for Thorpe. After the defeat of Yan Qi, Dong Hu had already shown its decline, including Yan Qi, Murong Kun, Aziz, Tuo Bahong and other generals. Donghu's death in battle severely damaged Donghu's vitality, and 50,000 cavalry were buried in the Hetao. Donghu was already stretched thin in terms of military strength. The Donghu people have never been a country famous for its large military strength. What he relied on was the sharpness of his cavalry. But when their cavalry lost its usual power in front of the Eastern Expeditionary Army, they were almost helpless.

It was precisely because of the lack of troops that Thorpe thought of forming an alliance with the Yan State to jointly deal with the increasingly powerful Dongzheng Army. The Yan Army came from the south, and the Donghu cavalry came from the east and west. They attacked from both sides and defeated the common enemy Gao Yuan. , but the hope is full, the reality is very skinny. Gao Yuanqi's troops stand out, and in a very short time, they beat the Yan State to the ground without any power to fight back, humiliatingly asking for land from their former subordinates. When this bad news came, Donghu's country was almost silent, which meant that in the following days, they would have to face the siege of the Zhengdong Army alone. The Yan State, which had lost Langya and Yuyang, was almost ready to attack Zhengdong. The Eastern Army has completely lost its threat

In his palace, Thorpe loudly cursed Yan Guo's incompetence, but before his curse could land, Ning Yuan and Jing Yuan fell into the hands of the Eastern Expedition Army almost at the same time.

The loss of Ningyuan and Jingyuan caused Yulin to lose its barrier. If Yulin was lost again, Helin would be like a big girl who took off her clothes, standing naked* in front of the powerful man of the Eastern Expeditionary Army.

Yulin must defend this is the unanimous consensus of Donghu

Thorpe issued a nationwide mobilization order. People from all over Donghu, old and young, north and south, all gathered towards Yulin.

After Yulin was burned to the ground by Gao Yuan, it never recovered its vitality. After several years of rest and reorganization, the city wall was built with great effort, but when the Yan army attacked. It was demolished into rubble again, just two or three years ago. With the financial resources of Donghu, it was really difficult to build another city wall in Yulin. At that time, everyone from King Suopu of Donghu to ordinary people in Donghu believed that the Yan army's 100,000 standing army had been crippled. There will be no invasion from foreign enemies, so the reconstruction of Yulin has been delayed again and again.

But times have changed. Obviously exceeding everyone's expectations, the Eastern Expeditionary Army swelled like a snowball in just a few years. When the Yulin city wall had just laid a foundation, it once again faced an invasion by a powerful enemy.

Countless Donghu people came from all directions to Yulin, men and women, young and old, and took slaves with them. They rushed to Yulin together, carrying their packs on their backs. Start repairing the city wall

The young men were mobilized and mounted their war horses, while Thorpe finally pressed down on the palace guards at the bottom of the box. They even transferred 10,000 troops to Yulin at once. In Thorpe's view, the battle in Yulin was almost a battle of life and death for Donghu.

Disaster never comes alone,

As luck would have it, just when Thorpe mobilized the whole country to rush to repair the city wall in Yulin, bad news came again from the Liaoning Guards. Agu Huai'en had rebelled, and he led more than 10,000 former Agu soldiers. He sacrificed the Liaoning Guards and sent the rest of the Donghu soldiers there into the tiger's mouth of the Eastern Expedition Army.

Helan Xiong's Eastern Field Army took control of the Liaoning Guard. This posed a huge problem for Thorpe, because He Lanxiong might attack Yulin together with the Northern Field Army of the Eastern Expeditionary Army. But it is also possible to attack He Lin directly.

Insufficient troops had to be divided up for defense, which made Thorpe anxious.

"Your Majesty, Agu's rebellion is extraordinary. This momentum must be suppressed." Tulu had a different view on Agu Huai'en's rebellion. "During the Helin Incident, many tribes were forcibly suppressed." Going down, the king's strength made some small and medium-sized tribes fearful and had to surrender. But now Agu Huai'en has made a very bad start. People who have resentment towards the king may follow Agu Huai'en. Gao Yuan surrendered to Gao Yuan, because Gao Yuan accepted Agu Huai'en, which meant that he had no intention of exterminating the Donghu people. This was an extremely vicious move, so Your Majesty, no matter how difficult it is, you must treat Agu. "Put it out"

"I know that too, but where do the soldiers come from?" Thorpe was upset.

"Your Majesty, please use Helin's palace guards. There are still 10,000 palace guards there. Recruit 5,000 palace guards, plus some tribal troops. With the palace guards suppressing the formation, these tribal troops will never dare to have any different intentions. , even slaves can be armed and go into battle. The batch of slave armed forces we trained a few years ago still have a certain degree of combat effectiveness on the battlefield. Yulin is holding on, but on the Liaoning guard side, we must attack. The main force to attack and then attack Gao Yuan is in Hetao. In this direction, he will never take it lightly because he has his foundation there. And in the direction of Liaoning Guard, he only has He Lanxiong's group army, with a strength of no more than 30,000. The number of people, including Agu Huaien, is only over 40,000, and it is hard to say how much combat effectiveness Agu Huaien's soldiers and horses will have when they face the palace guards."

"He Lanxiong and Meng Chong are both close generals of Gao Yuan. If we want to attack in the direction of Liaoning Guard, who should lead the troops? Should we transfer Arundai or Wusu Suotan?"

"Your Majesty, I recommend Yu Wenke"

"Yu Wenke?" Thorp couldn't help but change his expression and said angrily: "The defeat of the Hetao began with Yu Wenke. At the beginning, the Eastern Expedition Army had not established a stable foothold in the Hetao. If Yu Wenke could defeat the Eastern Expedition Army at that time, why would it be in today's predicament? "

"Your Majesty, Yuwen Ke almost succeeded. His failure, which was not a crime of war, can only be said to be bad luck. Under the circumstances at that time, who could have known that Gao Yuan's reinforcements would suddenly arrive? At that time Yuwen Ke Later, the king, including Yan Qi and other generals, also reviewed it again and again, and found that there was indeed no problem at all. Otherwise, why would the king have thought that Yu Wenke and his son had been convicted of the death penalty and just abandoned them and were facing conquest at that time? It is not easy for Yu Wen Ke and his son to fight their way back despite being surrounded by the Eastern Army. Please ask the king to re-enable Yu Wen Ke. This talent is not comparable to that of Allen Dai. This is not the comparison with Wusu Suotan, who has rarely fought in big battles. What is more important is that at this time, the king re-appoints Yu Wenke. This person will definitely shed tears of gratitude and help the king."

"Do you want to call the palace guards from the Holy Land?" Thorpe asked suddenly

"Your Majesty, among the white mountains and black waters, thieves have come and gone over the past year or so. Although the troops stationed there have repeatedly attacked and suppressed them, they have become more and more powerful. Now, the bandits headed by Mu Gulu have gathered. Thousands of people have been killed. If the palace guards there are transferred, how can the holy land be preserved? Countless generations of ancestors of the royal family rest there. Besides, where are the palace guards left? They have to retreat to their hometown. When the time comes, I won’t be at a loss,” Turu said

Thorpe stared at Tulu. He never expected that this veteran minister would have thought of one day returning to the place where the Donghu people originated, in the barren mountains and rivers.

"This king will never lose this war." He waved his fist fiercely, "Just as you said, Yu Wenke will be appointed as the general of the East Road, commanding 5,000 palace guards, and at the same time, he will recruit 20,000 tribal troops and slaves. , under his overall command, attack in the direction of the Liaoning Guard. If He Lanxiong cannot be defeated, cannot come back with Agu Huaien's head, and cannot recapture the Liaoning Guard, then there is no need for him to come back."

"The king is wise!"

"Also, Yu Wenke's son Yu Wenming will be transferred to the king's side as a personal guard. At the same time, Yu Wenke's family will strengthen control. Tulu, do you understand what I mean? The rebellion of Agu Huaien must not be repeated again. "

"Your Majesty, don't worry. Yuwen Ke has a deep hatred against the Eastern Army. His brother Yuwen Chui died in the hands of the Eastern Army. In that battle, countless Yuwen clan members died in battle. Agu will join the Eastern Army. "Yuwen Ke will never do it." Tulu bowed. "Yu Wenming is a military general. It's better to put him on the front line to fight. Your Majesty, the Yuwen tribe doesn't have many soldiers anymore. They have nothing else but to rely on the king." There is still a way to go, so there is no need to recruit Yuwen Wenming, as long as the Yuwen family members stay in Helin."

Thorpe thought for a moment and nodded, "Then it will be as the chief assistant said!"

As Tulu said, Yuwen Ke hated the Eastern Expeditionary Army to the core. In the first battle of Hetao, the backbone of Yuwen's troops was almost completely lost. Among the generals who dared to fight, only he and his son Yu Wenming escaped. , but because of this huge defeat, Thorpe was furious and left him idle. In fact, it now seems that his defeat was lighter than Yan Qi's. At least, he still had some The troops fled back, but Yan Qi's entire army was destroyed.

Yan Qi's failure made Yuwen Ke sad, but it also gave him hope for a comeback. There were not many generals in Donghu who could fight. During the two years when he was dismissed and idle, Yu Wenke did one thing. After studying the fighting methods of the Eastern Conquest Army for several years, he gained quite a lot. As for the generals under the Eastern Conquest Army, he also had some detailed understanding of each person's character and military characteristics. Analyzing the details one by one, he waited patiently for Thorpe to call him again.

His patience finally paid off. When Thorpe's royal order was delivered to him, Yuwen Ke almost didn't delay at all. He and his son Yu Wenming immediately mounted their horses and went out with the remaining 100 cavalrymen of the Yuwen family. The official who went to deliver the order was greatly shocked, as if Yu Wenke had been waiting for this moment every day.

When Yu Wenke began to organize his troops in Helin and prepared to attack the Liaoning Guard, He Lanxiong, Meng Chong, and Agu Huai'en were also standing on the Liaoning Guard's city wall, watching the soldiers reinforce the Liaoning Guard's wall defense. This will be their logistics base for attacking the Donghu base camp, so naturally they cannot relax at all. Moreover, at this time, they also have to wait for the order from Zhengdong Mansion. The next step is whether to attack Yulin or go straight to Helin. At this time, None of the three people thought that Yu Wenke's army had already set off from Helin and rushed towards them. (To be continued)