A thousand-year-old family that began with the Battle of Makino

Chapter 532: Bingzhou broke the siege of the capital of Dai, and the death of Dai was not far away.

August

Just as Tuoba Yina was preparing to further attack Jinyang and completely occupy Bingzhou, a piece of news came.

Guangchang in Daijun was forcefully attacked by Prince Bai Kai.

Guangchang is the southern gate of Dai County, which means that the Xia army from Youzhou can continuously pour into Bingzhou from Guangchang, and they can also join forces with Yan Qi's army to attack Tuoba Yihuai, who was left behind in the Dai capital.

Tuoba Yina hesitated, not knowing whether he should return to Fangdai County or continue to advance towards Jinyang.

Because Jinyang, which had only a few thousand defenders at this time, was already crumbling under the constant attack of the rebels. With the strength of the cavalry, he could easily snatch it from the hands of the Bingzhou rebels.

But if the war goes unfavorably and they are dragged back to Jinyang, once Daijun is captured by the Xia army and their capital city falls, military morale will definitely plummet.

Moreover, Daijun is the core of his control over the entire Tuoba tribe. Losing it means losing his throne and he has to save it.

August

Another piece of news came, which made Tuoba Yina no longer hesitate.

Hu Yanying's troops, which detoured from Changshan County, finally arrived in Jinyang and defeated the rebels surrounding the city.

At the same time, the army of Anping Wang Baiyi, who set out from Hedong County, had defeated the tens of thousands of rebel leader Chen Cong's army, beheaded Chen Cong, and recovered Pingyang.

This shows that the rebellion in Bingzhou is about to be put down by Xia Ting.

It would be unprofitable to go to Jinyang by myself.

So He Lianmou, the city gate general who surrendered in Guangwu, was appointed as the Zhennan General, leading 10,000 infantry soldiers to garrison Yangqu.

He took 50,000 cavalry with him and rushed to the aid of Daidu.

August

The court finally learned of the death of Wang Baiyi of Guangping, and the government and the public were furious.

In particular, the emperor Bai Shu, who was observing mourning in the imperial mausoleum, issued an edict for the first time to bring Tuoba Yina's head back, otherwise it would not be enough to comfort his ancestors and appease his relatives.

August

The imperial court appointed Prince Bai Kai as Grand Sima, leaving Youzhou Governor Tian Tian to solve the chaos in Youzhou on his own. Governor Bai Lin immediately led the imperial army to Daijun to join Bai Kai.

Everyone who obeys Bai Kai's order to attack Dai Kingdom must bring back Tuoba Yina's head.

August 25
The imperial troops who were still quelling the Xianbei Rebellion in Youzhou received a gathering notice and rushed to Dai State without stopping to join Bai Kai in attacking Dai.

September
Tuoba Yin's troops arrived in Guangchang, but were blocked by Guangchang's Xia generals.

Tuoba Yinna had no choice but to bypass Guangchang and go straight to Daidu.

At this time, Daidu was already surrounded by Bai Kai.

Relying on the elite infantry of the Xia army, Daidu resisted with great difficulty.

Upon hearing that Tuoba Yina had arrived, Bai Kai ordered to abandon the siege and instead besieged the city, and built a circle of camps outside Daidu and around Daidu.

The generals were surrounded in the middle.

Tuoba Yina circled Xia Jun's camp several times, but couldn't find any flaws.

Seeing that the Xia army had stopped attacking the city, they found a place to set up camp, ready to threaten the Xia army at any time.

September 19

Bai Linbu, who had traveled a long distance from Youzhou, finally arrived.

When Tuoba Yin saw tens of thousands more Xia troops arriving, he quickly retreated ten miles to set up camp.

September 23
Yan Qi arrived with more than 30,000 Yuwen tribe cavalry.

The Xia army that besieged Daidu reached 140,000 troops.

However, Tuoba Yin only had more than 40,000 people in his hands. Adding the more than 20,000 people besieged in the city, that is 60,000 people, which was not enough for half of Xia's army.

Judging from the posture of the Xia army, they are determined to conquer the capital of Dai and destroy the country of Dai.

October
The climate in the north is already very cold, but the capital of Dai is still under heavy siege, and convoys transporting baggage for the Xia army from Youzhou continue to arrive.

Guangchang has become the rear granary of the Xia army, the capital of the dynasty.

Tuoba Yinna tried many times to cut off the Xia army's food route, but was blocked by the joint cavalry of the Xia army and the Yuwen tribe, and failed.

In the capital city.

Tuoba Yihuai, who stayed behind in Daiguo, was very pessimistic about the war in front of him, especially after Tuoba Yina killed Baiyi, the Xiaguo clan member.

I understand, now, Dai Guo and Xia Guo are going to fight to the death.

This situation now confirms my suspicion.

Not only did Tuoba Yihuai complain about Tuoba Yin's killing of Bai Yi, the other Tuoba tribe adults also had the same idea.

They believed that it was Tuoba Yina who attracted the Xia Kingdom as a rival for the Tuoba tribe.

First, he helped Duan Pixi, the traitorous general of the Xia Kingdom, and then he killed Bai Yi, a member of the Xia Kingdom's clan, which really offended the Bai Kingdom.

"Lord, all the ministers are here."

Tuoba Yihuai asked people to invite the leaders of the Tuoba tribe in.

Different from the Central Plains, the Dai State implemented the coexistence of Han officials and Hu officials. Han officials were used to govern counties and counties, and Hu officials were used to govern tribes.

Han officials were mainly in Shanyu Taichung, while Hu officials were mainly in Shanyu Taichung.

On the grassland, Dai State was still managed according to the original tribal system, dividing the people among the various adults of the Tuoba tribe, most of whom were nobles of the Tuoba clan.

Therefore, the ministers have great political power in Daiguo. So facing these people, Tuoba Yihuai showed great humility.

"My lords, the Xia army has been besieging the city for several months now. Da Shanyu is leading his troops wandering outside the city. They can neither enter the city nor retreat. It can be seen that if we want to save our lives, we can no longer count on him. We still have to It’s up to us.”

At this time, an adult who had always been at odds with Tuoba Yin said:
"It's not Tuoba Yin who killed the king of Xia Kingdom, otherwise Xia Kingdom wouldn't have been besieging us in this ice and snow.

In my opinion, this catastrophe was entirely caused by Tuoba Yi. He is no longer worthy of being our king, let alone our great chanyu.

Because he can no longer lead our Tuoba tribe to victory.

I propose that Tuoba Yihuai be elected as the new king and the new chief chanyu of the Tuoba tribe. "

"I agree!"

Half of the dozen or so adults present spoke out in support of Tuoba Yihuai's ascension to the throne as the new king.

But the adults who were loyal to Tuoba Jina did not agree, so that some adults who liked to wait and see did not vote in favor.

But Tuoba Yihuai is not worried because he has already understood who supports him and who does not.

After the meeting, he found those wavering adults, multiplied the pros and cons, and told them clearly that the food and grass in the city were no longer enough, and if no changes were made, the city would be destroyed and people would die tomorrow.

The adults who were finally neutral all chose to accept Tuoba Yihuai's proposal and elect him as the new king.

October 23
Tuoba Yihuai, who held military power, sent people to rush into the houses of the adults who opposed him, hunted and killed them all, and divided their tribes equally among the remaining adults, thus gaining the support of all the adults.

October 25
With the recommendation of the adults of various tribes, Tuoba Yihuai became the chief chanyu of the Tuoba tribe and the acting king of the country.

On that day, Tuoba Yihuai sent an envoy to Baikai outside the city in the name of the king, hoping to negotiate peace.

"Dear Lord Xia, the only person you care about is Tuoba Yin. This is because he killed your king, but now Tuoba Yin is no longer the king of our country. Please don't vent your anger on us. Innocent people.

Our new king is willing to negotiate peace with your country. We only hope that your country can cease its war and the two countries can return to the honeymoon period of the past.

In order to show our sincerity, our king is willing to hand over Tuoba Yinna to appease your country's anger. At the same time, he will give your country 50,000 horses and 200,000 cattle and sheep. He only hopes that the good relations between the two countries will remain as before. "

Faced with the generous conditions offered by the envoy of the country, Bai Kai couldn't help but be moved.

Because as the climate continues to decrease, the Xia expeditionary force in Daidu has too many people and the logistics pressure is too great. They have to transport food and winter clothes. Many soldiers have frozen to death in the past few days.

Moreover, most of the soldiers here were those who quelled the Youzhou Rebellion. It had been more than half a year since the expedition, and they were very tired.

So Bai Kai hopes to end this battle as soon as possible.

However, the imperial court strictly ordered that Tuoba Yina's head must be captured to comfort King Guangping's spirit in heaven.

But Tuoba Yu's troops were all cavalry, and they were so cunning that they were run away by him every time.

He had no choice but to use Daidu as bait and hang Tuoba Yina in Daidu.

In today's civil war, who would not be willing to give generous rewards and Tuoba Yina's head?
However, Dai Guo cannot be allowed to end this war so easily, otherwise he will not remember it for a long time.

So after five or six days of intense negotiations, the two sides finally reached a basic consensus.

First, Xia Jun promised to withdraw from Dai after receiving the gifts promised by Dai and Tuoba Yina's head.

Secondly, Daiguo must return Yanmen and other Bingzhou counties that were unjustly seized.

Furthermore, the two sides sent envoys to each other and established embassy as a channel for exchanges between the two countries.

Finally, the Xia Kingdom and the Dai Kingdom established a mutual market in Guangchang. Neither side was allowed to send troops to garrison. This was a city shared by the two countries.

Because the Xia army had an absolute advantage in this battle, it was very unfavorable to Dai, but Tuoba Yihuai still held his nose and admitted it in order to survive.

November 3rd

Tuoba Yihuai sent a general from the Tuoba tribe to pass through the many camps of the Xia army and found Tuoba Yin's location.

Tell Tuoba Yihuai to pretend to surrender to the Xia army, and take advantage of the Xia army's relaxation to attack the Xia camp with the king, so that the siege of the capital can be solved.

Tuoba Yina was very happy and agreed to Tuoba Yihuai's suggestion and agreed on a time for the general to return to the city to report the news.

What Tuoba Yin didn't know was that before the general returned to the city, he met with many generals in the army.

November 8

The day agreed with Tuoba Yihuai came.

As expected, Tuoba Yina heard the shouts of killing and the sounds of fighting from the capital city, and immediately led his troops, braving the wind and snow, to storm the Xia army camp where the fighting was taking place.

As if God was helping him, Tuoba Yin easily rushed into the Xia army's camp and rushed to the place where the killing was called. He only saw the Xia army waiting in full formation, but not the Dai army in the city.

Tuoba Yina realized that he had been tricked and retreated quickly.

At this time, many generals behind him suddenly shouted:

"The adults from various ministries have said that Tuoba Yina is no longer our king, our king is Tuoba Yihuai.

Following the king's order, the rebellious Tuoba Yina was captured and killed. "

Under the leadership of these generals, Tuoba Yin's army immediately fell into civil strife and attacked each other.

Xia Jun also took the opportunity to charge and kill.

Tuoba Ying's eyes were about to burst, and he kept yelling at Tuoba Yihuai for treason, but to no avail.

Fortunately, Tuoba Yi had a personal guard camp of more than a thousand people who were loyal to him.

Under the desperate protection of the bodyguard battalion, he finally broke out of the rebel army and escaped with only more than 300 bodyguards.

But at this time, he met the Yuwen cavalry blocking the road again. Facing more than ten thousand Yuwen cavalry, Tuoba Yina fell into despair.

(End of this chapter)