His soldiers hurriedly tried to dissuade him and hugged his arm holding the knife.
Tuoba Zheng gritted his teeth, slowly put down the knife and nodded.
"You are right. It was my prince who was angry and reckless for a moment. Military Advisor Pang, you are not to blame for this matter. If you are to blame, it is my prince who should be blamed. Now, where should we go?"
He knew that Military Master Pang was very resourceful. If he killed him in anger, it would be equivalent to cutting off one of his own arms. It was a matter of hatred for relatives and for the pleasure of enemies. It would not help the situation, and he would also lose a think tank in vain.
Military Advisor Pang thought for a while and said, "Why don't we go upriver."
"Upstream?" Tuoba Zheng asked with an incredulous expression on his face: "You just said that the enemy has piled sandbags upstream. They are now upstream. If we go there, wouldn't we be throwing ourselves into a trap? Why not go downstream? According to Ben From the prince’s point of view, it’s safer to go downstream.”
He encountered several attacks in succession, which dealt a huge blow to him and turned him into a frightened bird. Not only him, but also the rest of the troops were in panic, for fear of encountering another ambush.
Military Advisor Pang counted the numbers and said: "Your Majesty, we found out in advance that there are three thousand soldiers and horses in Yuezhou City. We didn't see anyone in Yuezhou City just now, which means they only left a very small number of people." After setting fire to the city, the remaining three thousand soldiers and horses must be ambushing outside the city. In the dense forest, we encountered an ambush of a thousand people. After leaving the dense forest, we encountered another ambush of a thousand people. Now when we come to the Baisha River, they Sandbags were piled upstream to block the water, causing us to lose a lot of men and horses. They must have calculated that we did not dare to go upstream, so another ambush of a thousand people should be ambushing downstream. If we go downstream, the real Throw yourself into a trap.”
Tuoba Zheng slapped his thigh fiercely and shouted: "The military advisor is indeed a military advisor and very resourceful. Compared with you, this prince is just a loser! Okay, everyone listen to the military advisor, let's go upriver!"
As soon as he gave the order, all the troops obeyed.
The group rode on horseback if they had horses, and walked if they didn't.
In the panic just now, Tuoba Zheng's horse was also washed away by the river and disappeared.
He couldn't help but feel sad when he thought of his beloved horse that had been with him for several years.
"Your Majesty, please ride this horse." Military Advisor Pang took his horse and handed the reins into his hands.
"What about you, Commander Pang? I am a military commander and can walk, but you are a scholar, Commander. I cannot ask for your horse." Tuoba Zheng returned the horse to Commander Pang.
At this time, one of his soldiers took his horse and handed it to Tuoba Zheng.
"Your Majesty, you are our general. You cannot live without a war horse. I will give you the horses of your subordinates."
Tuoba Zheng nodded, got on his horse, and glanced around at the soldiers following him. He saw that everyone looked in a miserable state, with tattered clothes and armor. Many of them had their eyebrows and hair burned off, like a group of soldiers. The remaining soldiers were defeated, but there was no trace of their former majesty and heroism.
He raised his sword and said with emotion: "Today's defeat is all due to my fault in command. One day, I, Tuoba Zheng, will definitely use the blood of the cowards of Western Chu to wash away today's shame and avenge you!"
All the troops were originally in panic, but after hearing Tuoba Zheng's words, their morale was greatly boosted, and they all shouted: "We will follow the prince to the death!"
Tuoba Zheng returned the sword to its sheath and took the lead, galloping upstream.