Pujin, Bingzhou General Manager Yuchi Jing was watching the other side with a thousand-mile mirror by the river. Today, for some reason, he always felt uneasy, so he was worried and wanted to check the situation of the enemy, so as not to have any abnormal movements on the other side and he could not detect it in time.

Pujin is located on the east bank of the Yellow River. The west bank is Chaoyi, opposite the river. There is a large camp of the Yongzhou Army. The other party has been confronting the Bingzhou Army for several months. Yuchi Qin is observing the other party's camp at this time.

With the Qianli Mile Mile Mile in his hand, Yuchi was able to see the outline of the enemy camp on the west bank. At this time, the flags of the enemy camp were sparse and looked like there was no one. However, according to the return of the post-strikes who ventured to approach the west bank on a boat, the number of enemy soldiers seemed to be small.

All signs show that the enemy troops in Chaoyi seem to have not many troops. If they can make a forced crusade unexpectedly...

This thought flashed through Yuchi Qin's mind again. He had this thought more than once, and he almost couldn't help but want to order, but in the end he still held it back.

The other party is showing weakness, so there must be a conspiracy here, perhaps to lure them across the river and attack, or to really pull away troops and horses, use a small number of troops to restrain the Bingzhou army in Pujin.

What kind of conspiracy would it be?

Yuchi Qin felt that it was possible, but for him, this kind of intrigue was boring. His own combat deployment should never be affected by the enemy, otherwise he would be suspicious all day long and would only be taken the initiative by the other party.

Since you have decided to do everything step by step, you must not act rashly, even if you do nothing for several months.

Of course, for war, it is normal to spend months laying out and finding the enemy's flaws. Yuchi has been through the battle for a long time and will not be impatient because of the temporary slow progress. Because time will only be beneficial to one's own side.

The territory of Yuchi is a place where Qi is, and the rich and abundant resources can be afforded. Even if it has been spent for several years, the other party is still the one who cannot withstand it. Not to mention anything else, the Luozhou army alone is at Tongguan from time to time, and the Bingzhou army is at Pujin, which can make Guanzhong flew.

Yuchi Qin could figure this out, and Prime Minister Yuchi Dun also figured it out, so Yuchi Dun did not urge Yuchi Qin. Yuchi Jing tried every means to quickly attack Guanzhong, but instead put stability first.

Even if it is delayed until winter, it doesn’t matter, because winter is more beneficial to them.

From late summer to the beginning of winter, Yuchi Qin and his younger brother Yuchi Jing did not make any progress, but the time for the decisive battle gradually came, that is, the weather became colder and colder. When the Yellow River freezes, Yuchi Qin could lead the cavalry to cross the river through the ice.

This is the benefit of winter. North and South have fought for hundreds of years. Most of the wars around the Yellow River are determined in winter. This is the reason: the river surface is frozen, the Yellow River has no danger to defend, and the strongholds that guard river defense are then isolated and helpless.

The most typical battle was the Northern Expedition of Yuanjia in the Yuanjia during the Wei and Song dynasties. The Song army took advantage of the rising water levels in various places to launch a large-scale northern expedition in Xia and Qiu, pushing the front line to the front line of the Yellow River and occupying all strongholds along the south bank of the river.

As a result, in winter, the Wei cavalry went south in large numbers, crossing the Yellow River directly on the ice surface, sweeping south like a flood. Henan, the Song army strongholds and cities in the two Huaihe River were like isolated islands, and they watched the Wei army rush to the Yangtze River but dared not go out of the city to fight.

The Wei army was unable to cross the river, so in Henan, the two Huaihe Rivers started a massacre, slaughtering the people of Song's prefectures and counties, and finally left. On the surface, Song did not lose much territory, but in fact, people's livelihood was withered and national strength was greatly declining.

This is the fate that cavalry is not as good as humans. The elite Bingzhou under Yuchi Qin's command did not lack horses at all, so as long as he waited for the Yellow River to freeze, he could cross the river and advance westward and sweep Guanzhong.

Even if Yuwen Liang was in charge of Chang'an, he could move most of the people around Chang'an and even Guanzhong, leaving Yuwen Liang with a broken Guanzhong. After a year or two, the other party could not stay in Guanzhong at all.

So will the Yellow River freeze?

It should be that the weather is getting colder and colder. Yuchi Jing asked the local people in Pujin that in the current weather, it would be a matter of time before the Yellow River freezes, so he was preparing for war in Pujin and was waiting for the surface of the Yellow River to freeze. But before that, Tongguan might be broken through by his younger brother.

Yuchi Jing, who attacked Tongguan, formulated a plan to "lead snakes out of the cave". The success was only a few days ago. Yuchi Qin was quite looking forward to this, so he looked at the other side of the river and put away the Qianli Mile Mile Mile Mile Mile Mile Mile shortly after he rode his horse back to the camp.

As soon as I got on the horse, I saw more than ten riders galloping on the official road in the southeast and heading towards the camp in the north.

Seeing this, Yuchi Jing couldn't help but feel moved: Could it be that there was a good news from Tongguan?

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In the northern suburbs of Xuanhu City, the central army camp was surrounded by soldiers outside the tent, and everyone was silent. The tent was also silent. The generals stood like wooden men. After the first letter of the case, the Prime Minister and King Shu Yuchi Dunxi looked at the battle report in front of him, with a blue face.

This battle report was sent from Luoyang and was handed over to him shortly after it was handed over. The content was a report on the battle of Tongguan. Tongguan decided to win two days ago: the army led by the general manager of Heyang, Yuchi Jing, was defeated by the Yongzhou army and suffered heavy losses.

The rough process of this battle was clearly described in the battle report: Yuchi Jing saw that he had been attacking Tongguan for a long time and did not go down, so he designed to lead the snake out of the hole and successfully occupied the small pass. He thought he could bypass Tongguan and break the pass with something, but he was hit by the other party's plan.

At the beginning, the Yang family of Hongnong volunteered to serve Yuchi Jing to lure the snake out of the hole. As a result, the other party then sneaked into Hongnong and cut off the official army's food route.

The food route was cut off, and the official army should have crossed the river to the north bank immediately to prevent the food from being surrounded, but because of the small lock-up, Yuchi Jing planned to make a try, but he was hit by the Yongzhou army's plan again.

The Yongzhou Army buried a large number of sky-bombing thunders in the Xiaoguan Pass. The detonated sky-bombing thunders caused heavy casualties. King Yuwen Liang of Qi led the main force of the Yongzhou Army to take advantage of the situation and attacked Yuchi Jing with the Tongguan defenders.

Because the food supply was cut off, the defenders of Xiaoguan were wiped out, and the morale of the officials and soldiers outside Tongguan was in chaos. They were defeated shortly after the battle and fled north in a hurry. There were only two floating bridges connecting the south bank Daying and the north bank Fenglingjin, which could not accommodate so many people to cross the river for a while.

In the crowds, many people fell into the river and drowned, and the Tongguan defenders released fire boats upstream and burned the two floating bridges one by one. As a result, most of the official troops broke on the south bank, and most of the ones who fled to the north bank were cavalry, as well as generals such as commander Yuchi Jing.

The army of tens of thousands of people, along with the young, armored, and baggage, was over.

This news was a messenger who spent more than a day and rushed from Shanzhou to the camp outside Xuanhu City through Luoyang and sent it to the Prime Minister. After seeing it, Yuchi Dun felt that five thunders hit the top: the defeat of Tongguan means a major change in the situation.

After receiving the news in Pujin, Yuchi Qin immediately sent troops to attack Chaoyi on the other side. However, the Chaoyi garrison resisted stubbornly and forced himself to the main force of the Yongzhou army to return, and the Bingzhou army returned in vain.

After this great victory, the Yongzhou army will sooner or later control the entire Shanzhou area. Then Luoyang, east of Shanzhou, will be in danger and need to be dispatched from elsewhere to reinforce Luoyang to prevent accidents. As a result, the imperial court's troops began to be tense.

But this is secondly. With the great victory of Tongguan, Qi, Yu and Wen Liang will inevitably stabilize the hearts of the people in Guanzhong. Those major families of Guanzhong who were originally viewed on the wall are likely to make the final decision.

That is to turn to Yuwen!

A good situation collapsed like this. Although it would not collapse or reverse the situation, it meant that the strategy of quickly destroying Yuwen's family failed. Yuchi Dun was extremely angry, but he didn't know how to vent.

To be fair, if he replaces Yuchi Jing with him, he will suffer this great loss: he would never have thought that the Yang family of Hongnong would be so harboring evil intentions.

Collude with the Yongzhou army and then betray the other party's elite, so that the official army can easily earn small passes, and use this to deceive the official army's trust. But he suddenly attacked Hongnong, occupied the granary, and cut off the grain channel. This attack was really fatal.

Because the official army was in hand, they tried to take all their gambles and seize Tongguan before the food was cut off instead of retreating.

As a result, a large number of sky-blasting thunder were buried in the small gate. After the "rumble", it was all over.

With such a vicious plan, Yuchi Dun knew that he might be fooled and would end up with the same defeat as Yuchi Jing, so what else could he say?

Yuchi Jing was defeated, but at least he made the right choice in the chaos: he retreated the cavalry to the north bank first. With this cavalry there, the Yongzhou army did not dare to cross the river easily and occupy Fenglingjin.

The key to the problem is that the betrayal of the Yang family of Hongnong has a bad idea. Next, it is very likely that other families will be ready to move, and the court cannot start a large-scale killing without conclusive evidence, so as to avoid losing people's hearts.

Thinking of this, Yuchi Dun became more and more annoyed. Last year, as the commander of the Sui Dynasty, he marched west from Luoyang and passed through Hongnong. During the Hongnong time, local families such as the Yang family of Hongnong welcomed the king's army. Yuchi Dun also met many children of the Yang family and said a lot of good things to show his comfort.

I have no deception, no self-inflicted, but I treat you sincerely, and that's how you reward you!

Yuchi Dun regretted it and thought that Hongnong Yang was really an ungrateful wolf. If he had destroyed the other party at that time, how could he have suffered the current defeat in Tongguan!

He was sulking. The generals had read the battle report and their faces were solemn, but now that things have come to this point, it is useless to sigh and sigh. We must find a way to solve it and make up for the loss.

"Prime Minister, the Bingzhou army is still in Pujin now, so Yuwen Liang must not dare to advance east easily. However, if Hedong is a key area, the Bingzhou army cannot be easily transferred, otherwise there will be changes in Hedong and endanger Jinyang..."

"Prime Minister, Luoyang has more than 10,000 troops. If the young and strong soldiers are recruited immediately, and the total number of troops is tens of thousands, it will definitely be safe in Luoyang!

"Prime Minister, the main force of the Heyang Army's cavalry is still there. If you enter Mangshan through Heqiao, you can protect the northern wing of Luoyang, and you can also station in Fenglingjin to restrain Yuwen Liang."

"Prime Minister..."

The generals were talking, and Yuchi Dun felt upset when he heard it, but he suppressed his anger and listened quietly to the generals' opinions. Although the defeat in Tongguan was very miserable, he was not at the point where he lost everything and could not lose his own position.

As the prime minister who governs the military affairs of China and abroad, he must not be in chaos!

Yuchi Dun was patient and discussed countermeasures with the generals. The situation has changed now. He felt that staying in Xuanhu again would do more harm than good, and letting the elite field troops surround Xuanhu now seem a bit out of place.

The government army has not been able to take down Xuanhu until now, and Yuchi Dun has no choice but to do anything about it. King Yuwen of Xiyang managed Xuanhu like a rock, and consumed a large amount of manpower and material resources of the government army, but was unable to attack the city.

But even so, Xuanhu still had to surround him. Even if he couldn't take it down for a while, he would still have to cloak the Xuanhu, so as not to run out of the city to bite people everywhere. Then something would happen, it would be bad.

Therefore, the main force of the encirclement of Xuanhu will be formed by the soldiers of other prefectures and counties in Henan. Anyway, the official army can rely on the large number of people and long-term siege to siege the city. The enemy troops in the city will not be able to attack for a while, and the official army can use stone snatching machines to throw stones to destroy the city wall.

Yuchi Dun decided to let the emperor return to the north, but the Yellow River was stationed in the area of ​​Yingzhou. Of course, he had to accompany him. In Yingzhou, he could easily command the defense and combat in Luoyang, Yecheng and Xuanhu.

The elite combat troops he led also went north and stationed in the Yecheng area, guarding against Shannan's troops sending troops from Fangcheng to attack Yecheng, capture Yecheng and attack into Henan, and relieve the siege for Xuanhu.

"King, as far as the last general is concerned, the main attack direction of Shannan may not be Yecheng. Please ask the Prime Minister to continue to sit outside Xuanhu City."

Some generals put forward different opinions, but Yuchi Dun did not have an attack, but signaled the other party to continue talking.

"King, Fangcheng is the best direction of the assault in Shannan, but our army must do its best to deploy defense in Yecheng. The opponent should know this. Therefore, if the strategy of using the east to attack the west and the opponent's actual assault direction, he will eventually think that it may be Guangzhou Guangcheng."

Under the rule of the Yuzhou General Administration, Guangzhou was located on the northern foot of the Dabie Mountains. A few months ago, the imperial court sent five troops south to attack the Five Passes of Dabie Mountains at the same time, but the entire army was wiped out. The Shannan army soon attacked Guangcheng and then attacked Xuanhu.

The government army attacked Xuanhu, but now it cannot be captured for a long time. However, the government army in Guangzhou Prefecture could not be captured for a long time. The army besieged Xuanhu was more than 100,000 troops commanded by Yuchi Dun himself, while the army besieged Guangcheng was more than 10,000 Yangzhou army, which was significantly weaker.

If Yuwen chooses a breakthrough direction, he will inevitably tend to choose a weaker direction.

The Yuwen family's Shannan army has only three channels to serve as breakthrough directions for breaking into Henan: Yewandao in Jingzhou, the three passes of Yiyang in Tongbai Mountain, and the Guanghuangdao at the foot of the Dabie Mountains.

For the official army, if you block Ye Wandao, you only need to defend Yecheng. The Shenzhou Pingyang, which is blocked by the three passes of Yiyang, is now controlled by the Anzhou army. However, the direction of Pingyang is a trap set by the official army to "siege the city and fight aid". The other party dares to rescue Xuanhu through Pingyang, but the official army cannot ask for it.

Now the main force of the government army besieging Xuanhu is more than 100,000 troops and horses, which can take into account both the direction of Yecheng and Pingyang, and the direction of Guangzhou Guangcheng in the southeast. Therefore, the general's opinion is to ask the Prime Minister to continue to sit outside Xuanhu City.

Just in the "center" position outside Xuanhu City, waiting for Yecheng, Pingyang and Guangcheng, the real main force of the enemy in Shannan appears, and then decide on the next action.

As for the safety of Luoyang, there are naturally Hebei troops coming to rescue him, so there is no need to miss one thing.

The Anzhou Army, which was guarding Xuanhu, was an extremely dangerous tumor and had to be removed. If Tongguan was defeated, the official army could also block the passage from the Yuwen family to the east with Luozhou area where Luoyang was located. Even if the other party occupied Shanzhou, it would not be able to threaten Hebei and Henan.

But if the government army cannot recover Xuanhu, it will have to maintain a huge army to siege the city. Too much troops consumed for this, it is really not cost-effective.

It doesn’t matter now that winter is now. By the spring of the next year, the young and strong people who were confiscated were unable to return to their hometowns, which delayed the farming season. In autumn, Henan, especially in the surrounding areas of Yuzhou, is likely to have large-scale harvest failures, which will lead to a famine. By then, refugees will be everywhere, and the situation will be irreversible.

"It makes sense..." Yuchi Dun was convinced by the other party. After learning that Tongguan was defeated, he was anxious. Even if he was forced to calm down, he was still a little confused. He forgot why he personally led a large army to surround Xuanhu.

Xuanhu must be recovered, and Yuwen Wen, the mad dog, must die!

"Prime Minister, our army attacked Xuanhu for several months, but it had little effect. It seems that a strong attack is not possible. I finally thought that the plan should be continued."

"The plan will be released?"
Chapter completed!