To the north from Yanzhou, where Gaoping County is located, are Zhongzhou, Jizhou, and Youzhou of Wei. To the west of Youzhou is the state of Wei, which is adjacent to the Shang County and Shuofang County of Puqin; To the north of Youzhou is the Daibei region controlled by Tuoba Xianbei.

To the east from Yanzhou, are Xuzhou and Qingzhou of the Wei State. From Yanzhou to the west, there are Yuzhou and Jingzhou of Wei.

Yanzhou here, occupying important Jin, extending in all directions, is the heart of Murong Wei.

And the Yellow River, which roughly divides Wei into two regions, northwest and southeast, also flows through the northern part of Yanzhou, and He Hun is now standing on his own, and it is foreseeable that Yanzhou will become the core of his fierce struggle with Wei.

The north wind was howling, the clouds were thick, and it was snowing.

The falling snow covers everything, far and near are only white, and the lake and land city of Gaoping County is decorated like a Qionglou Yuyu, like a fairyland.

On the third day after Feng Yu and the others escaped, the camp of the Qiang people a few miles away turned into hell after the barracks were built.

Diao Zhi gave an order, and killed all the people who were in the same team as Zhao Shuo, Feng Yu, etc., and the blood stained the snow red, and in order to deter the rest of the people, the heads of those who were killed were cut off, and the trees were planted in the simple camp where the people lived. The Heads all kept the distorted expressions of fear and struggle before they died, and some of their eyes were still open, but their eyes had long since lost their sparkle. I don't know if any of them regret it, it is better to follow Zhao Shuo, Mrs. Feng, and Feng Yu to fight to the death, even if they die, they will die happily! And what is undoubtedly true is that when many of them were dying, they did not hate the Qianren, but cursed Zhao Shuo, Feng Tai, Feng Yu, etc.

The soldiers and Xianbei soldiers faced off inside and outside Hulu City, and Lou Tizhibi sent people to Changyi to ask for help, but Diao Zhi waited patiently, and there was no need to say more.

Facing the wind and snow, from Gaoping County to the west, to Luozhou (Luoyang), more than 600 miles away.

Pushing aside the dark clouds, looking down from the sky, I saw that the rivers here are crisscrossed, the mountains are intertwined, and the goose-feather-like snow flakes are fluttering on it.

In the Huoyang Mountain to the south, there are thousands of people, wearing colorful clothes, some wearing Tang robes, some wearing Hu people's pleats, and even women's skirts. The weapons they were armed with were also varied, and they were heading out of the mountain along the narrow mountain road. At the head of this team, a big flag is waving. The words on the flag are red, with gold hooks and iron strokes, and there are only two "beggars". They were beggar soldiers in the Luozhou area, and they wanted to take advantage of the heavy snow to sneak attack Liang County in Shannan in order to grab some subsistence food.

The tiny sparrow could only cower in its ugly nest in such weather, and let out a wail of submission, but if there was a goshawk that refused to give in to this cold winter despite the cold, it flapped its wings at this time, passed through the tyrannical wind and snow, and flew north, passing through Shangdang County, Wuxiang County, and Taiyuan County in Chengzhou, and outside Luliang Mountain on the west bank of the Fenshui River, almost at the same moment, it would see that there was also an army of three or four thousand men, under the same banner, besieging a strong dock fort in the snow.

From here to the southeast, Jizhou, Changshan County, Jingcheng County on the township road, the same flag in the snow majestic display, the township teenagers rushed to see; To the northeast, Youzhou, Yuyang County, and Guangping County, a banner of "begging" led groups of Tang warriors, and hundreds of galloping horses and screaming Wuhuan cavalry, rushed towards the city gate that had just been attacked.

The snow is getting heavier and stronger, the wind is getting wilder, the eagle is striking at the sky, the cold winter, although the rivers of the north are frozen, the rivers and mountains are magnificent, the dragon probes the head in the abyss, that little bit, little bit, irrepressible flame, but it seems that it will soon be able to burn into a fire of the plain,—— the difference, just a person, just a shout, just a call for thousands of warriors to die for it.

Mrs. Feng, Feng Yu and others went to vote, and they were begging near Luozhou. Gaoping County is on the north bank of Jishui, Luozhou is on the south bank of Jishui, they go west along Jishui, the total distance is about 600 miles, the road is quite long, and they need to pass through several important towns of the Wei State.

Feng Tai, Feng Yu and others, who hid in Tibet and trekked hard under the snow, were hungry and cold, and looked up, and Luozhou didn't know when they would be able to reach it. Luozhou borders with Hedong and Hongnong counties of Puqin, enters Hongnong County along the west of the Yellow River, arrives at Luozhou of Puqin, crosses at Fenglingdu, goes north of the Yellow River, leaves the Yellow River, and then continues to the west along Weishui, two or three hundred miles, that is, to Xianyang, the capital of Puqin.

Meng Lang was extremely concerned about the situation in Wei, and sent many spies to Wei, the news that Murong Wei died of illness and He Hun raised troops to stand on his own was earlier than Xin Er and Cao Fei in Dingxi, and the news had already reached his case before Diao Zhi entered Hulu County.

Go back a few days ago.

As soon as Meng Lang received the information, he immediately ordered a car and rushed to Miyagi in the southern city of Xianyang.

When I arrived at Miyagi, I asked to see Pu Mao.

Pu Mao is really diligent in government, today is not the day of the court meeting, the snow has been falling for four days, even if the fire dragon is burning, the palace is very cold, but he got up early in the morning, went to the palace where he handles government affairs on a daily basis, and reviewed the military and political sparseness submitted from all over the country, which is no different from usual.

Hearing that Meng Lang asked to see him, Pu Mao continued to browse and reply to the recital while summoning him in.

When Meng Lang came to the hall, Pu Mao put down the brush in his hand and got up and smiled.

"It's a cold day, Master Meng is not at home to avoid the cold, why is he here?" As he spoke, Pu Mao saw that Meng Lang's shoulder was wet, and asked, "What's going on?" ”

"When Shi Cai entered the palace, a section of ice on the eaves of the temple fell off and fell on the shoulders of the ministers."

Pu Mao was furious, reprimanded the eunuchs who were serving in the palace, and said: "The eaves of the palace are frozen, don't you know how to clear them?" It doesn't hurt to fall down and hit Lonely, in case Meng Shi is injured, what is good? I killed you, and you can't afford to pay! ”

The eunuch was so frightened that he fell to his knees and kowtowed repeatedly.

The relationship between this eunuch and Meng Lang is not bad, Meng Lang is interested in relieving him of the siege, and said with a smile: "The king, although the minister is over fifty years old, he often practices the five bird operas in his spare time, and when he accompanied the king to hunt last month, didn't the king praise the ministers for riding horses?" The bones of the body are still healthy, and being hit by an ice cube is nothing. Tell the eunuch, "Why don't you go and knock off the ice on the eaves, so as not to hurt the king!" ”

Without Pu Mao's order, the eunuch did not dare to move.

Pu Mao said, "Go ahead! ”

After saying this, the eunuch dared to get up, hurried out, and instructed the eunuchs, palace maids, and guards outside to clear the ice on the eaves.

Pu Mao invited Meng Lang to sit down, put away his anger, and asked with a smile: "Meng Shi rushed into the palace with snow, there must be something, right?" ”

Meng Lang got up, presented the secret report sent by Wei Dixizuo, and did not go back to sitting, so he stood on the side of Pu Maolong's couch and said, "King, Murong Wei is dead, and He Hun has betrayed Wei!" ”

Pu Maoleng paused and said, "Huh? Immediately overjoyed, immediately unfolded the secret report, and watched carefully.

After seeing this, Pu Mao was overjoyed, slapped his thigh twice, couldn't sit still, stood up, went down to the hall, took the secret report, paced around, and said, "Good, good! Murong Hui finally died, and He Hun finally couldn't help it! He stood still, stopped in front of Meng Lang, his face was full of joy, waved the secret report, and said, "Master Meng, our opportunity to enter the Central Plains and Hebei has come!" ”

Murong Hui's illness and death, He Hun's rebellion, as early as Meng Lang's prediction, and even based on the summary of intelligence from all sides, he had already concluded that these two events would happen one after another within half a year at the latest, but it was not sure when the specific time would occur, and the next two events really appeared within his expected time period, which was consistent with his prediction, because he was not as excited as Pu Mao, and still remained calm.

He said, "What the king said is very true, but in the opinion of the ministers, it is not yet time for us to send troops. ”

Pu Mao said: "What Master Meng means is that when He Hun and Xianbei'er fight you to the death, will we take advantage of the gap to send troops?" ”

"This is one of them."

Pu Mao smiled: "Master Meng's meaning, I know!" Second, it must be Dingxi. ”

Meng Lang nodded and said, "Exactly!" ”

Pu Mao said: "Dingxi, shouldn't you be worried? ”

Meng Lang said: "Why does the king think so? ”

Pu Mao talked eloquently and said: "There are Gou Xiong Town, my Shuofang, Pu Badger Sun Tun, my Longxi, and the two of them are all my generals above Qin. With the two of them dividing the north and the south, even if it is not good to counterattack Dingxi, at least they can defend the lonely western border, right? In the first two months, Zhao Ran interfered with my Shuo Fang, didn't he return in vain? Gou Xiong and beheaded several of his generals. ”

He also said, "Moreover, Dingxi has to regain the land and Hanzhong, and it is estimated that the troops, people, and financial resources in its country should already be stretched thin, and it may not be enough to protect the land and Hanzhong,...... Master Meng, how could he offend me again? ”

Meng Lang said: "According to common sense, this is indeed the case. ”

Pu Mao smiled and said, "According to common sense? What, is there any reason for this? ”

Meng Lang said: "Xin You's book is very reasonable. ”

"What do you mean by that?"

"Xin You, this person, who was unknown before, has been unknown since the death of Linghu Feng, in the past two or three years, he has suddenly risen to prominence. The minister did not pay much attention to him earlier, and after he invaded Xingdi, the minister made a careful analysis of him. King, this person should not be underestimated. ”

"How not to be underestimated?"

"This person has endured for many years, and he does not show his edge, which is his temperament!

"Its west is set in the Western Regions, the south is taken by Ranxing, and the merit covers the west, and the two resignations are the marquis, which is its ambition!

"He made a big deal of use of Yu Shi and Han Shi in Dingxi, and his masterminds Yang Chao, Tang Ai, and Zhang Gui were all Yu and Han people; He created the system of honorable officers, carried out martial arts, and set up a camp of athletes, which was in addition to collecting the Han and Yushi people, and recruiting the white Ding heroes of the Longdi people. These measures of other kinds of categories are clearly in the gathering of cold and Shu to resist the gate valve of Long, and now he chases the Song clan, kills the Western clan, suppresses the Yan, Zhang, and the alliance Koji clan, coercs the fox puppet king, the power is tilted into Longjiang, the people are holding their breath, and the wings have been completed, and it is its power to the public!

"Dingxi hangs in the northwest, the land is barren and the people are sparse, when the sea is in turmoil, relying on the danger of its mountains and rivers, the martial arts of the Longren, it is indeed possible to protect a corner of itself, and then wait for the world to decide, this projectile land, the easy to extinguish; Therefore, since Xin was in power since he was young, he has poured out the power of the west to attack and fight endlessly, and what he has done is nothing more than hoping that before my Great Qin unifies the north, he can give the west a passage to my Guanzhong and a passage to the Central Plains, in order to be able to give the west a life, this is of course an unrealistic fantasy, but the situation faced by Longdi, this is really the only way to find a way out for Longdi, is its resourcefulness.

"Although the country is great, the warlike will perish, and the poverty of Long? He was reckless, and he was flying and domineering in the Dingxi Dynasty, and he was really dead in the eyes of his ministers! However, this Kou Xiaozhi, and the strength of the people has perseverance, in order to give the west to hang his life, when our army is going east to capture Wei, even if as the king said, the strength of the soldiers and people in Dingxi is almost exhausted, but in the Western Regions, there are more than 10,000 elite soldiers in Dingxi, and he is bound to transfer the soldiers and horses of the Western Regions to the east, desperately, and invade our territory, and he must not be unguarded. ”

Pu Mao pondered for a while and said, "If he offends me, where will he attack from?" ”

"Hanzhong, Longxi, Shuofang, all possible."

"Then I will give Gou Xiong and Pu Badger Sun a few more troops each."

"Instead of dividing troops into various towns and passively defending, how can we gather all the way and take their voice first?"

"What does Master Meng mean by this?"

"As the king just said, the strength of the soldiers and people in Dingxi must now be overstretched, and as the minister said, Xin Youzhu is arrogant and domineering in Dingxi, then, if our army can rush to transfer the Long soldiers in the Western Regions to Longdong in Xin Youzhu, and before committing me, take advantage of his weakness and beat him to a falling flower, the minister concludes that those local lords and scholars in the Dingxi Dynasty who were suppressed by him will inevitably attack him because of his defeat; In this way, Longdi will fall into infighting, and it is not enough to worry about me. ”

Pu Mao stroked his palms and praised, and said, "Master Meng is clever in this strategy!" He asked, "Then where shall we settle in the West?" ”

Meng Lang said: "The soldiers are divided into two routes, one way to the division, west to the south bank of the river, cut off the reinforcements of Jincheng, Xingtang and other counties, and then use Ran monks and slaves to provoke the Rong chieftains of Yinping and Wudu to chaos the north of Longxi; Then focus on Longxi County! ”

"When will we send troops to fight?"

"In the middle of winter, He Hun and Wei will not engage in a large-scale battle, and now is only a prelude to a war between their two sides, at least until next spring, when they will fight each other; Our army can stay until the beginning of spring next year, and then send troops to attack Longxi! ”

Pu Mao comprehended another meaning that Meng Lang did not say, and said with a smile: "Although He Hun is proud of his strong soldiers, the Wei soldiers are not weak, and in less than a year and a half, he can't tell the winner from the two sides. When our army recovers Longxi, it not only prompts the internal strife in Dingxi, but also can take advantage of this great victory, return to the east, attack Wei and He Hun evil evil, the Central Plains, Hebei for me to have a problem! Master Meng's plan kills two birds with one stone, and the one above is also! ”

Outside the hall, the wind and snow are urgent, and the pines and cypresses stand upright, sheltering the flowers and plants below; Longzhou in western Qin, vast and majestic, open its arms to meet the ice knife frost sword.

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