Crowned the New Han Dynasty

Chapter 1103: Retreating troops is faster than advancing troops!

The battle situation was being sorted out here, and suddenly another soldier came in with a message.

"What's wrong? Is there something going on in Goguryeo again? It's really worrying." Zhang Fangfang asked.

The messenger replied: "Reporting to the Colonel, the second batch of military rations shipped by Murong's Department has arrived. Do you want to accept it?"

"Of course I'll accept it!" Zhang Fang's eyes lit up, "Take as much as you can, are you worried that they might poison you? What Murong Bu wants most right now is to make me feel comfortable, so that I don't have to give them eye drops in front of my lord! That's right! , don’t forget to tell the Murong people who are transporting supplies that their horse materials are not very good, so next time they must send the best ones!”

The messenger promised and left.

Zhang Fang said to the deputy generals and staff on the left and right: "We talked about the Murong Department, and their people came. These people from the Murong Department really know how to pretend to be grandsons. It doesn’t exist anymore, but I have to admire them, being able to pretend to be a grandson is a skill, and I can live for a few more years. I just couldn’t pretend to be a grandson, so I let those grandsons in Luoyang plot against them, and almost died!"

Hearing this, the lieutenant generals and staff below did not dare to speak easily, but they couldn't help but mutter inwardly: You don't really know how to pretend now!
Indeed, in the eyes of his subordinates and colleagues, whether Zhang Fang is a person or a soldier, it is a road that leads to the dark side, and there is no time to pretend to be a grandson.

The previous aggressive conquest greatly changed the situation in Pingzhou, and even the Duan tribe surrendered, forcing the King of Goguryeo to personally come to supervise the war. As soon as Zhang Fang heard the news, he wanted to capture the king directly and end the eastern expedition.

But just as they had some success, Murong's tribe suddenly entered the situation, and the situation changed instantly, heading towards an unfavorable situation. Especially the Yuwen tribe, which was recruited by Zhang Fang, also had repeated conflicts because of Yuwenkai's call. During the period, there were internal and external troubles.

On the other hand, the Murong Division was originally a force in Pingzhou, and its operations had been rooted for a long time. It could be said that it was a big tree with deep roots, and its influence had never dissipated.

They not only rescued Yuwen Kai from prison, but also rebelled against some of Yuwen's troops. They immediately took control of the general situation, disrupted the situation in Pingzhou that Zhang Fang had sorted out, and seemed to be completely entrenched.

The situation was very critical at that time. In order to defeat Goguryeo in one go, Zhang Fang also planned to force the Duan family to become an allied army. For this reason, he aggressively suppressed the logistics of the rear, and the bigger problem was the emptiness of the rear defense.

So when Murong's troops suddenly attacked, Zhang Fang's retreat and supplies were immediately cut off, making his situation difficult.

However, Zhang Fang was a man who had been fighting for many years, so he was so arrogant that at the critical moment, he forced many small tribes to hand over their grain and grass to support their own soldiers and horses. At the same time, he also led the Xie Congjun to plunder Goguryeo's soldiers and horses. , barely maintained for a while.

However, the Murong tribe had been recuperating for many years. Although the soldiers and horses they raised were not as good as those of the Xuanjia Army, they were much stronger than the soldiers of ordinary tribes. As soon as they went out, they were defeated several times by Zhang Fang. The Xie Congjun who stayed in the rear, while growing in popularity, also frightened some small tribes, and they defected one after another and submitted to Murong's tribe.

As a result, the battle situation in Pingzhou was immediately reversed. The Murong family cut off Zhang Fang's retreat, and Goguryeo also made a comeback, fighting with Zhang Fang from the front. Even Duan Bu, who had already promised to surrender, became ambiguous.

In this unfavorable situation, Zhang Fang relied on [-] Xuanjia troops to break through several sieges and followed up in Liaodong County. He had the momentum to switch from offense to defense.

On the other side, Murong's power expanded rapidly. After repelling Deng Fei's army who wanted to rescue Zhang Fang, they almost completely controlled the western part of Pingzhou.At this moment, an army that had been lurking under Deng Fei's command for a long time appeared. It was led by Zu Ti. As soon as this army appeared, it showed extraordinary combat power, disrupted the layout of Murong's tribe, and made Zhang Fang got a chance to breathe.

The balance of victory did not completely tip to Murong's side.

"I know very well what Murong's troops were thinking when they sent out troops," Zhang Fang couldn't help but interject after hearing several staff members sorting out this part of the situation.

An aide took over the words, nodded and said: "That's right. They saw Mr. Chen personally leading his troops to the west. They thought they had an opportunity and wanted to occupy Pingzhou. This method was very straightforward. They wanted to take advantage of Xuan Xuan. The main force of Army A fought fiercely with the Xiongnu in Bingzhou and seized other territories."

"Yes, but the people of Murong's tribe didn't expect that the lord would pacify Bingzhou in a short period of time, so that the soldiers and horses of Murong's tribe had not been fully mobilized, and they hurriedly mobilized back. The embarrassed The posture is really embarrassing!"

When Zhang Fang talked about this paragraph, his expression was wonderful. He was relieved, yet resentful, and even more unspeakable. Apparently, the siege was finally resolved, which prevented him from falling into a dangerous situation and did not lose much of his mystery. The Jia Army has kept its reputation and the Xuan Jia Army's invincible reputation.

But those who had not personally defeated Murong's tribe were still like a thorn in Zhang Fang's heart, which was difficult to remove.

In fact, the news of Bingzhou not only frightened the Xianbei people, but also shocked the Xuanjia Military Colonel. He thought that his record was strong enough, although he was slightly eclipsed in the siege of the Murong Ministry. But in general it still makes sense.

Moreover, even at the most dangerous moment, Zhang Fang supported him and formulated a slightly crazy counterattack plan. He planned to launch a long-distance attack, detour directly to the north, and surprise Murong's headquarters to break the situation.

As a result, before he could make any move, Murong's Ministry took the initiative to withdraw his troops and horses, and then sent Yuwen Kai's head over, and even sent envoys one after another to confess his guilt and surrender.

"The grandsons of the Murong Ministry really dared to do it. I heard that even their prince was tied up and sent to Youzhou. They said that they were letting the lord do what they wanted. They even sent a letter asking Murong Han to go back and inherit Shanyu's position and return it to me. Sending money and food, supporting me to fight Goguryeo, I heard the news spread, and when the old king of Goguryeo was dying, he was so angry that he vomited blood, and I don’t know if he died of anger.”

One of the aides said: "The Goguryeo tribe was originally bewitched by Murong, but Murong behaved like this. Of course they were angry."

"But this is the situation now! Goguryeo is still fighting, which is really disturbing. Today I don't have enough troops to destroy it. If I have a large army in the future, I will definitely capture the King of Goguryeo and whip him! "

After finishing speaking, Zhang Fang stood up and called for a soldier.

"Send me a message to Murong's Ministry, saying that he doesn't need to send this food and grass, but first lend me [-] troops to attack Goguryeo!"

(End of this chapter)