In the south of Weishui, Huayin, and outside the city, the commander of the Zhou army, Yuchi Jiong, looked at his nephew, Yuchi Yun, who was covered in bruises and frowned.

Yuchi Yun led his troops to rescue Chaoyi, but he was defeated and broke through under the escort of the left and right. Although he was injured in many parts of his body, he at least returned to Huayin alive.

The doctor has carefully looked at the injury and concluded that Yuchi Yun was mostly injured in flesh and blood, and he did not hurt the vital points, so he would have no worries about his life.

As for the defeat...

Yuchi Jiong felt that it was God's blessing that his nephew could still break out alive to report the news after encountering a strong enemy. He could only say that he had done his best to lose to such a strong opponent.

He said a few words to his nephew, and then ordered the doctor to take good care of him and leave the tent.

The sky was full of morning glow outside and it was bright, which seemed to be a good weather, but Yuchi Jiong was in a mood with dark clouds.

The war was unfavorable, and the Chu army's offensive was very sharp, and two large armies had already attacked Guanzhong.

Tongguan was lost and Chaoyi fell. The two strongholds that the court worked hard to manage were like paper in front of the Chu army, which made Yuchi Jiong feel extremely bad.

Chaoyi fell, and Tongzhou Prefecture to the west could not last long;

The Chu army broke through Tongguan and was not far from Huayin.

He led his army to station here, with the original intention of supporting Chaoyi and Tongguan at the same time, but the two places were lost one after another in a short period of time, and the Huayin army could not even save them.

Next, the two Chu troops advanced north and south, and he could not stop them in Huayin at all.

Then, the safe way is to retreat immediately, give up Huayin, give up the area east of Chang'an, and shrink the troops to Chang'an.

With his back to Chang'an City, he fought a decisive battle with the invading enemy.

Yuchi Jiong was walking on the road in the middle of the camp, looking at the soldiers eating food on both sides, and looking at the huge military camp, his eyebrows were still furious.

The current situation is even more dangerous than the Battle of Shayuan, because his opponent can no longer be judged by common sense.

The opponent is not only strong in troops, but also powerful weapons to assist in battle, both offense and defense, and is an unprecedented strong army.

Compared with Gao Huan's army back then, the Chu army was significantly stronger. What was troublesome is that there were no internal troubles such as discord between generals and generals within the Chu army.

At the beginning, when Yuchi Jiong learned that the commander of the Chu army was actually the crown prince of his country, he felt that he might have a chance.

After all, the prince was in charge of the war and had many concerns. He had to worry about the frontline war and always pay attention to the movements in the capital.

At critical moments, it is easy to hesitate and miss out on the opportunity to fight because of looking forward.

Or some people deliberately make tricks to devalue the prince's prestige.

However, the staff analyzed that the prince of Chu went to war this time, and his father made a detailed arrangement. He had his father-in-law in Hedong to support him and his uncle in Luoyang, so he was very stable.

Then, the Chu king asked his prince to take charge of the war, which must be to establish his authority, and that after he succeeded to the throne in the future, he could suppress the founding nobles.

Therefore, the king of Chu must be determined to win this Western Expedition, arrange the most powerful troops and the most stable generals in the war, and pave the way for his son.

Now it seems that with the strength of the Chu army, there is no need for any strange plan. It only needs to be steady and advance along the avenue to Chang'an.

Faced with such an opponent and such a way of playing, Yuchi Jiong felt that even if he wanted to break the head, he could not think of a way to defeat the enemy.

Thinking of this, Yuchi Jiong stopped and looked up at the blue sky and white clouds.

Now that things have come to this point, there is no need to defend Huayin anymore. It is just to lose all the money in the end.

After thinking about it, if you want to turn the crisis around, you can only rely on your cousin Yuwen Hu's countermeasure.

When they arrived at the tent, the generals had arrived. Yuchi Jiong looked at these long-standing generals. After a long time, he finally made up his mind:

"The entire army retreated and burned all the supplies and supplies that could not be taken away!!"

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Tongguan, Guanlongdao marching governor, marching governor, and crown prince Li Fang, listened to the staff of the General Staff to analyze the development of the war in the big tent.

Coming from the front, the vanguard of the government army had arrived in Huayin.

Before this, the Zhou army in Huayin burned the baggage and retreated to Chang'an.

The Chaoyi and Wuxiang, Tongzhou, north of Huayin, in the west bank of the Yellow River, have been successively captured by Hedong soldiers.

In short, everything went smoothly according to the combat plan. Next, two armies advanced north and south to march towards Chang'an.

The State of Zhou will definitely gather the troops that can be gathered and resist stubbornly outside Chang'an City.

In this decisive battle, as long as the official army wins, Chang'an will be like a treasure, and the Zhou Kingdom will be destroyed, and the Longyou area can be declared.

Calculate the speed of the march and the decisive battle, only more than ten days later.

Because as long as the main force of our side arrives outside Chang'an, in this decisive battle, the other side must fight, and if they don't fight, they must fight.

Listening to the analysis of the staff, Li Fang couldn't help but breathe a little short: the contribution of destroying the country is not far away!

But the more this happens, the more calm you need.

He cannot forcefully command the decisive battle in order to show off;

In order to show kindness, we cannot become a pedantic Duke Xiang of Song, revealing flaws and giving others the opportunity to take advantage of it.

This time he went on a war, he only needed to wait patiently for victory on the front line. With reputation and credit, all the generals were happy.

As for the reconstruction of order after the city was broken, the maintenance of military discipline, the disposal of civil and military officials in Zhou State, and all matters, there were naturally relevant personnel to be responsible.

And the "prime task" he had to do was to prevent assassins.

The strength of the Zhou army is much worse than that of the official army, so regardless of offense and defense, as long as the official army does not make any mistakes, the other party has no hope of winning the battle.

The opponent's general must understand this. If you want to turn the tables, you have to use an external move: send assassins to assassinate.

The Zhou Kingdom wanted the army of the Western Expedition to stop advancing, which was difficult to do on the battlefield, but it could use the assassin to assassin to kill him in exchange for a stagnant life.

This assassin can be any identity, such as a surrendered civil and military official, a fascinating and beautiful woman, or anyone disguised as he or she is close to the headquarters.

Then, Li Fang is more concerned about his own safety than directing the decisive battle himself.

Before breaking through Chang'an, you must beware of assassins. After breaking through Chang'an, he always wants to enter Chang'an. At that time, you must also beware of assassins.

Of course, he personally needs to guard against assassins and also guard against the enemy's fraudulent surrender in marching.

For those enemy generals who lead their troops to surrender, they should not be careless. They should take precautions and strictly implement them.

Li Fang has some explanations about this:

"If it is necessary to eliminate 10,000 enemy troops, then beware of the ten thousand enemy troops that surrendered will probably use 10,000 official troops."

"If we need to use these ten thousand surrendered soldiers as hawks and dogs to take the lead in the decisive battle, then we may have to use 15,000 people to defend ourselves so that we can use these hawks and dogs with confidence."

"Otherwise, if these surrendered soldiers turn against each other in front of the formation, the consequences will be very serious."

"So, even if the Zhou army generals lead their troops to surrender, our army will deal with it properly, confiscate weapons and armor, place them in the shelter camp, and give them two meals a day."

"But the shelter camp must be equipped with firearms, and once it changes, a few guards can solve it."

The staff members had no objection to this, because after thinking about it, if the Zhou army wanted to reverse the situation, they could only use fraudulent surrender or assassination.

After a while, the meeting ended. Li Fang sat alone in the big tent, looked at the map, and looked forward to it again.

The world was unified by the attack and destruction of the Zhou Kingdom. Although he was just a famous coach, he was still very excited.

Thinking about the many beautiful prospects his father had expected to him, Li Fang suddenly felt that life was so short.

There are so many things I need to do after I ascend the throne in the future.
Chapter completed!