Chapter 1326: Murong Chui: It’s too difficult for me
Soon, the news that Temujin was killed by Jia Fu spread throughout the Hetao. All the Han people cheered and were extremely happy, while the Yuanmeng people knelt down and cried bitterly, as if the sky had fallen.
In the hearts of all prairie people, Temujin was the wisest king in history. He united most of the tribes to establish an empire, created Mongolian script, and vigorously developed science and technology.
Under the rule of Temujin's Yuan-Mongol Empire, the living standards of the grassland people were far higher than before. They no longer had to wage wars to grab food due to food shortages in the cold winter. Every household had a surplus of cattle and sheep that could be traded.
But such a wise emperor, in order to strive for a happier life for the grassland people, fell on the road of conquering the Central Plains. This made all Yuan and Meng soldiers full of hatred for Jia Fu.
However, for most people in the Yinshan Yuan Army, Temujin's death was not a very sad thing.
Of the 200,000 Yuan-Mongol army in Yinshan, 150,000 were made up of slaves. They did not have a high sense of belonging to the Yuan-Mongol empire and the army, and they were even more resentful towards Temujin, who made them slaves. , naturally can't feel the feeling of losing faith that other Yuanmeng people have.
Therefore, when the news of Temujin's death in battle spread throughout the Yinshan Yuan army, there were two completely different reactions.
The main force of the Yuanmeng army was crying and howling;
The slaves organized an army but were indifferent.
The attitude of the slaves in reorganizing the army after Temujin's death naturally aroused the collective dissatisfaction of the main force of Yuan and Mongolia.
In their view, His Majesty Temujin was wise and kind, and gave this group of humble slaves the opportunity to get rid of their slavery. Therefore, these slaves were filled with gratitude and offered tears for His Majesty's death. However, not only did these people not cry, some of them People even make sarcastic remarks, which is simply unforgivable.
Temujin's death not only did not arouse the mourning of the Yinshan Yuan army, but instead intensified the conflict between the slave army and the main force.
If Murong Chui hadn't intervened and killed hundreds of slave soldiers to appease the main force of the purge, there would have been a fight between the two Yuan armies.
For Murong Chui, Temujin's death was a bolt from the blue.
Zhenbeiguan had fallen before, and although the road for Yuan and Meng to retreat north was blocked, they could at least go south and return via the original route to Liangzhou, so they were not desperate.
But now, with the death of Temujin, the main army of Ningxia County was defeated, and even the retreat route to the south was blocked by the Han army. The 200,000 yuan army in Yinshan has become a turtle in the urn, and the Han army can do whatever they want. .
Now Murong Ke has also arrived at Zhenbeiguan. Although Murong Chui and Murong Ke wanted to attack Zhenbeiguan from both sides, they were restrained by Li Jing outside Zhenbeiguan and were unable to attack Zhenbeiguan with all their strength.
Murong Chui not only had to find a way to seize Zhenbeiguan, but also devoted his energy to mediating internal conflicts.
Murong Chui: It’s so difficult for me!
Under such circumstances of internal and external difficulties, it was almost impossible to capture Zhenbeiguan.
If Zhenbeiguan cannot be taken, the Yuan army will not be able to get supplies. Once the food is exhausted, the 200,000 Yuan army in Yinshan will collapse on its own without the Han army attacking.
Murong Chui naturally realized that what he was facing now was a difficult situation with a narrow escape from death, and if he continued to fight against the Han army, he would be in a desperate situation.
Such a one-sided situation can no longer be reversed by relying on personal ability. No matter how powerful Ren Murongchui is, he cannot reverse such a situation. Retreating to preserve strength in order to make a comeback is the best way out.
Now it is impossible to return to the grassland through Zhenbeiguan. There is only one way in front of Murong Chui, which is to break through the encirclement south and return to Liangzhou via the original road.
But even if Murong Chui wanted to retreat south, it would not be an easy task.
As Wokuotai retreated into Yinshan County, the Han army had completely recovered all of Ningxia. Yuanmeng had no supply space in the central and southern parts of the Hetao, and the difficulty of breaking through to the south more than doubled.
Murong Chui couldn't blame Wo Kuotai for this. After all, the 20,000 troops in his hands could not stop the Han army even if he stayed. They would only lose their lives in vain. Going north to move closer to the main army was the only way to save their lives. .
Wokuotai did make the most correct judgment, but his actions were only beneficial to himself, but only increased Murong Chui's burden.
In addition to supplies, if Murong Chui wanted to lead his army to break out, there was another unavoidable problem, and that was the marching speed of the slave reorganized army.
Temujin's positioning of the slave reorganized army was to consume the cannon fodder of the Han army defenders, so all the slave armies entering the Hetao were infantry.
In a normal siege battle, these slave armies can naturally play a major role, but now Murong Chui wants to escape, and the slave armies are all infantry. If he takes these 150,000 infantry to escape with him, this will drag down the Yuan Dynasty. The marching speed of the entire Mongolian army.
After thinking about this, Murong Chui naturally understood that not only would it be impossible to escape from the river with these infantry, but it would also drag down the main army.
But giving up the slave army like this is indeed a bit too wasteful. After all, it is an army of 150,000 people.
Today, there are only a total of 2.78 million troops on the grasslands of the Yuanmeng Empire, of which the main force is only 140,000 to 50,000, and the rest are still new recruits. These 150,000 slave troops account for more than half of the total military strength of Yuanmeng. .
It was definitely impossible to take them away, but to give up like this, Murong Chui felt it was too wasteful, so he gave the slave army a death order, an order to break through Zhenbeiguan even if there was only one soldier left in the battle.
Murong Chui also knew that orders alone could not make the slave army fight to the death, so he vigorously promoted among the slave army that the Han army never kept foreign prisoners. Now that the Yuan army's retreat route was blocked, food and grass were about to be exhausted. , so only by breaking through Zhenbeiguan can we return alive and adopt.
Murong Chui promoted among the slave army that the Han army would not keep foreign prisoners of war, but in the main army he vigorously exaggerated the grief and indignation, calling on all soldiers to fight to the death to avenge the death of the holy king Temujin, in an attempt to arouse the sadness of the main army, hoping that Transform the main force into a continuous mourning army.
And when his 50,000 main army, plus Wo Kuotai's 20,000 army, all become the first Ai army, the 70,000 Ai army will be absolutely invincible when it comes out.
In addition, there were 150,000 slave troops to hold back the Han army in Yinshan, and the Han army in the south was already a tired force, and the Han army could not encircle it from all sides. This gave Murong Chui a great opportunity to defeat Qin Hao. blockade and successfully escaped from the Loop with minimal casualties.
It can be said that Murong Chui took everything into consideration, but in the end he still missed one person, that is Meng Tian who was guarding the junction of Hetao and Bingzhou, and he still had 60,000 Jin troops in his hands.
Murong Chui felt that Qin Hao was also afraid that he would be defeated and he would directly lead his troops into Bingzhou to wreak havoc, so he would never use Meng Tian's 60,000 troops. However, Qin Hao was not even afraid of Tiemuzhen, so how could he be afraid of being surrounded by many people? Murong Chui?
Murong Chui made one miscalculation and ended up losing everything.
Just after Murong Chui led the Yuanmeng main force south and before the 150,000 slave army fought to the death, Meng Tian led the 60,000 Jin army to Yinshan and replaced Li Jing to fight against the slave army, while Li Jing, Jiang Song, Gao Chong and other generals , led all the cavalry south to participate in the siege of Murong Chui.
