There was a deathlike silence among the crowd. These arrogant knights who considered themselves the proud sons of heaven were not brainless fools at least in terms of military literacy. They also went into battle to attack during the Battle of Linqu. Under the command of Lou, they rushed through the Jin army's front army formation.
And these proud men of heaven saw with their own eyes how many of their companions were able to block and surround the well-trained Jin army with formations such as eight-stone running oxen crossbows, large shields and long spear formations, and horse-rejection and cart-wall formations. Killing, killing, and watching the well-trained Jin army operate like a machine.
Whether it is a large group of a hundred people or a Beifu Army squad of three or five people, they can flexibly intersperse among thousands of troops. Within an hour, they can block and counterattack the assault of tens of thousands of armored cavalry. It is not that Murong Chao's escape is The reason for their defeat was, in fact, that before Murong Chao escaped, all the armored cavalry had been indisputably defeated by the Jin army!
Gongsun Wulou looked at these silent and bowed sergeants and sneered: "You still have self-awareness. You know that this time the enemy is still strong and we are weak, so we can't fight head-on."
One team member said unconvinced: "But, all the Nanyan Xianbei people are in Guanggu City, where are the foreign aids?"
Gongsun Wulou said in a deep voice: "What do you know? It's just that the people of the Murong tribe have come over. In this huge world, the Murong tribe is not the only one who has the Nanyan army. Just like the Helan tribe, they still have tens of thousands of tents in the north. Luo, the nobles protected by Murong Lin who broke out just now are the envoys of the Helan tribe, and they brought their tribe's tokens to the north to recruit reinforcements."
There was a burst of excited discussion among the crowd: "What, will Helanbu really come? That would be great."
Some people shook their heads pessimistically and said: "All the elites of the Helan tribe came with Helan Lu and the others. There are only old, weak, women and children in the tribe. Even if there are people who can come, they are only a few thousand people, not to mention those powerful Han people. On the contrary, if their tribe was wiped out by these Han people, they still don’t know if they are still in the same place?!"
"That's right, if the Helan tribe was good, they would have found a way to call people a long time ago. Couldn't that Mingyue Flying Gu be able to leave the city? We also sent two groups of envoys to go out to find reinforcements. Wasn't Zhang Gang one of them? Prime Minister Han is also out, won’t they go find Helanbu?!”
Gongsun Wulou listened to these voices and sneered: "I have heard everyone's worries. What I want to say here is that the Helan tribe is still there, and Mingyue Feigu went to find them, but they insisted that they can only watch Only when you get the ancestral token from the Helan tribe can you obey orders. You also know that the Helan tribe came from the Northern Wei Dynasty to surrender and were only taken in by Dayan. They have always only listened to the orders of the tribal leaders and are not counted as people of Dayan. They are also afraid of Leaders like Helan Lu are no longer here, and we want to take the opportunity to annex the Helan tribe. Everyone comes from the grasslands, aren't these worries normal?"
Many people in the crowd nodded secretly. Indeed, the law of the jungle and the strong taking advantage of the opportunity to merge are routine operations among various tribes on the grassland. It is not surprising.
Gongsun Wulou was secretly happy, with a trace of pride flashing across his face, and continued: "Of course, the strength of the Helan tribe is limited. Even if we can send some troops and horses to help, it will be difficult to relieve the siege. But as long as our envoys can reach Helan Lanbu, you can move all the way to reinforce the troops, and you can also take care of the useless Han tyrants. Let them see that our armored cavalry is still there, and the elites of the King of the North Sea are still there, then maybe they will turn to support Dayan, send troops to help."
There was a burst of cheers from the crowd, and hope flashed in many people's eyes again. .
But some people still shook their heads in disbelief and said: "With only a few hundred soldiers and horses, how can we make people believe that Dayan is still there? The Helan tribe has limited strength, so I'm afraid it won't be able to help. To break the enemy's siege, we need stronger ones." Just give me a helping hand.”
Gongsun Wulou shouted loudly: "Well said, we do need stronger reinforcements. This is the purpose of our trip. We only need 500 troops and horses to go to the Helan tribe, and our two thousand armored cavalry are going to the rear. Qin’s Zhongyuan prefectures and counties!”
At this time, everyone opened their mouths in surprise, and many people shouted: "What, we are going to Hou Qin, to the Central Plains?"
"I won't go, even if I die, I won't go. My wife and children are still in the city. Even if I die, I will die in Guanggu, with them!"
"Yes, we have to go to the Central Plains, thousands of miles away, and we don't know when we will arrive. Besides, haven't all the states and counties in the west rebelled? How can we survive?!"
Gongsun Wulou suddenly raised the token high and said sternly: "Why, do you not believe me, your Majesty, or the Imperial Master?"
All the doubts disappeared, but there was still a sense of resistance in the wordless silence. Obviously, everyone did not accept this fact.
Gongsun Wulou sighed and put away the token: "Foreign aid and foreign aid, besides the Helan tribe in the north, who else can become a powerful foreign aid for Dayan now? Isn't it just the Later Qin? They are the Great Yan in name only. Yan’s suzerain country also has hundreds of thousands of troops. If we don’t ask them for help, who else can we ask for help?”
Someone said in a deep voice: "Didn't you send troops to ask for help a long time ago? Han Shangshu has been there for more than a month, why haven't reinforcements from Later Qin arrived yet?!"
Gongsun Wulou said coldly: "Because as you just said, the states and counties to the west of Dayan have rebelled and changed the flag of the Jin army. The Qin army, who is not clear about the situation in Dayan, does not know the truth. A hundred thousand troops stayed in the Central Plains and refused to come."
Many people looked at each other, still doubtful. After all, Gongsun Wulou's name was so bad on the street, and it affected the credibility of his words. Everyone could recognize the token in his hand, but it didn't mean they had to believe what he said. of these words.
Gongsun Liuxiu hurriedly followed up and said: "Brothers, what the Lord on the Fifth Floor said is true. The last time Zhang Gang was on an envoy, he didn't even see the Lord of Qin Yao Xing. Because of his low official position, the Lord of Qin thought that we despised him. , so later we sent Han Fan, who was the prime minister, as an envoy, and the Lord of Qin did indeed send troops. One hundred thousand Qin troops were gathered in Luoyang, ready to set off at any time. This was not only because of our envoy, but also because the Eastern Jin Dynasty was also During the civil war, Tianshi Dao raised troops and targeted Jiankang, making Later Qin think it had a chance!"
A team member was saying: "I believe this. I heard that the Later Qin also sent a tribe of Longyou tribe soldiers to Jingzhou to cooperate with the Tianshi Dao to fight. But in this case, why didn't the Qin army come to rescue us? I Look, let’s delay deliberately. There is no benefit in saving Dayan. Going to Jingzhou can still take advantage of the opportunity to occupy territory. Otherwise, how can those rebellious states and counties be able to stop the 100,000 Qin army?"
