Winter is slowly approaching, the sky is drifting with goose feathers of heavy snow, the cold wind overwhelmingly swept the rivers, seas, mountains and rivers in the north, the whistling cold wind sandwiched the fluttering heavy snow, the past rushing and roaring Fen River frozen into thick ice, quiet and submissive, the whole world presents a silent and solemn atmosphere.

Not far away, on the ancient road of sheep intestines, a team walked quietly, led by a handsome face, wearing black and simple Mingguang armor, about forty-five years old, and to the left of this general was a young man wearing Mingguang armor and dark skin, with an average appearance but a very tall figure.

This general is Duan Shao, who was appointed by Gao Huan as the head coach this time, and the young man with dark skin on his left is Gao Yang, and on Duan Shao's right is Tang Yong, who was assigned by Gao Huan to assist Gao Yang, with thick eyebrows and big eyes, Si Swenwen, wearing armor and more like a Confucian general. The one on the far right has a beard, a tiger's back and a bear's waist, this is Qi Lian fierce, and further down is Fu Fu, who is also majestic. There were about 15,000 people in this expedition, most of whom were cavalry, with the Xianbei people as the main force and the Han people as auxiliaries.

The army walked for two days, and had already penetrated deep into the territory of the Western Wei Dynasty, although they also encountered some Western Wei rangers on the way, but they were all wiped out by their own vanguard army.

Speaking of which, the reason why he did not encounter a large number of enemy troops in the Western Wei Dynasty this time was also thanks to Gao Huan who led the Eastern Wei army to defeat the Western Wei army of Yuwentai in Bishan.

In the end, the Western Wei Dynasty was almost wiped out, but Gao Huan almost died in this battle, but fortunately, Duan Shao arrived at the horse, and saved Gao Huan with one arrow, and finally the Eastern Wei Dynasty eased up, Gao Huan led the army to counterattack and defeated the Western Wei.

The victory of Bishan almost wiped out all the living forces of the Western Wei Dynasty, which also made the Eastern Wei attack Yubi in the past three years, the Western Wei Dynasty obviously knew the military situation, but there was nothing to do, there was no army to adjust, and it was impossible to quickly dispatch the army to rescue Yubi, but fortunately it was Wei Xiaokuan who defended the city, otherwise it was inevitable that the Western Wei would be destroyed.

It was also because of the victory in Bishan that this time the army that went deep into the territory of Fennan in the Western Wei Dynasty almost did not encounter the enemy, so that the army was able to recharge and seize the initiative.

The army soon approached Fennan, with its back to the Lu Liang army, condescendingly looking at the city of Fennan not far away, looking at this city built by mountains and waters, although it was not big, it was easy to defend and difficult to attack.

Duan Shao couldn't help but sigh with emotion: "The land of Hedong produces heroes, no wonder those who have won Hedong have won the world since ancient times, the terrain is so undulating, easy to defend and difficult to attack, it seems that the battle of Fennan will take some effort." ”

Tang Yong looked at the city built on the side of Luliang Mountain, and couldn't help but agree with a wry smile: "That's true, this city is leaning on Luliang Mountain on three sides, and only one gate can enter and exit, and according to the formation of the defenders in the city, it is estimated that they have already known about our arrival, and it seems that a big war is inevitable." ”

Duan Shao pondered for a moment, and said with a smile: "Since the old man led the army into Fennan, he never intended to pray that the enemy would not find out, if that is the case, he is not worthy of being the opponent of my Great Wei, although the enemy has discovered the arrival of our army, but it is not so quick to assemble, and the order will go down, and the whole army will start to attack the city and take this city as soon as possible." ”

Soon, the military order was issued, and the whole army in the front of the army launched a fierce charge, driving ladders and assault carts, and the archers who followed behind the assault carts kept shooting arrows into the city, suppressing the defenders of the city, and constantly closing the distance between them and the city.

On the city, the general who defended the city kept shouting, commanding the soldiers to keep shooting arrows, many Eastern Wei soldiers fell from the ladder and fell to death under the city, some dodged the bow and arrow, but were smashed by the stones and rolling logs thrown by the enemy soldiers on the city, and even some of the ladders were just erected, and they were destroyed or hit by the enemy using crash cars.

After attacking for more than three hours in this way, many soldiers who had already stepped on the battlements were killed, and no Eastern Wei army attacked the city later, and the soldiers defending the city, as Duan Shao said, were constantly rushing to support and gradually stabilized the situation.

Gao Yang knew that he could no longer capture Fennan, so he drove his horse to Duan Shao's side and said respectfully: "General, the enemy has stabilized the situation, I think it is better to let the soldiers retreat and rest for a while, and then wait for the opportunity to move, what do you think?" ”

Duan Shao didn't answer immediately, but looked intently at the fierce battlefield in the distance, and then said lightly: "Well, the whole army is ordered to retreat." After saying that, he no longer paid attention to the fierce battle, and drove his horse back to the camp.

In the main camp, the generals were sitting at the table, arguing about the siege plan, when a general opened the curtain and said, "Damn, damn sparrow, Lao Tzu will twist the heads of the defenders off to pee when he captures this city." ”

This person is Qi Lianmeng, this time the forward siege soldiers are under his command, but in the end they did not capture the city, which made him very angry, the dignified elite of the Eastern Wei Chinese army did not capture this small city in one go, and Qi Lian was so angry that he scolded his mother.

Gao Yang smiled and comforted: "General Qilian, Fennan City is close to the battle line, built on the mountain, and the defensive measures are strong, it is inevitable that our army will not be able to capture it for the time being today, but it has also figured out the enemy's situation, it seems that the Yuwentai puppet army is really injured in Bishan, otherwise even such a dangerous fortified city in Fennan has not arranged so many elite guards." ”

Qi Lian sighed fiercely, shook his head and said: "Of course the old man knows, but Yuwentai is mobilizing the whole country to support the army, if our army can't capture Fennan in a short time, then once the enemy's reinforcements arrive, whether it is for the main force attacking Yubi or attacking our branch in Fennan, it will be a big risk." ”

Qi Lian bravely crowned the three armies, and the force value of the Eastern Wei Army was first-class, and Xue Guyan had to fight, although the strength was slightly inferior to Xue Guyan, but it was better in archery.

According to historical records, Qi Lianmeng was loyal, and he refused to be held hostage and rebelled against Er Zhu Zhao, and finally he was willing to surrender after Gao Huan eliminated Er Zhu Zhao, and finally followed Gao Huan to fight in the north and south, and later accompanied Gao Yang to the north to defeat the Hu people, and made a lot of contributions, which won Gao Yang's trust and appreciation.

Gao Yang nodded and analyzed: "That's true, General Qilian is right, don't look at the fierce offensive of our army, but since our Great Wei 100,000 army attacked Yubi and suffered a setback, the morale has been deeply hit, and although the Yuwentai army has been hit hard, but now that the whole country is mobilized, the entire Guanlong is united in front of foreign enemies, plus waiting for work, our army does not have an advantage." ”

Duan Shao was noncommittal, and said with a smile: "Then the second son said what to do with my army?" ”

Gao Yang stood up and said to everyone: "Generals, the main goal of our army is to disrupt the enemy's military deployment, so that the enemy army cannot gather troops in Yubi, outflank or even cut off our army's rear route, so as to give our main army more time to conquer Yubi, so my branch army can't lose too many troops in Fennan, otherwise even if Fennan is captured, it will not be able to withstand the enemy's reinforcements."

I personally suggest that in addition to storming Fennan, we also need to quickly send troops south to attack Yizhou not far away, although the terrain of Yizhou has no jade wall and Fennan is steep, but it is backed by Henan, and can be supported by Hou Shangshu's troops at any time. As long as there is a large army to capture the city, of course, if both sides conquer the city, that is better, we all have more initiative and have more choices. ”

After listening to Gao Yang's analysis, Duan Shao showed a praising gaze, nodded and said: "Putting it to death and then rejuvenating, yes, in terms of military strength, my Great Wei still has the initiative, and the old man thinks this plan is feasible." After speaking, he looked at the generals on both sides again.

Tang Yong asked worriedly: "If you don't capture Fennan, but capture Yizhou, what should the enemy do if they are indifferent and fully support Yubi?" ”

Gao Yang sneered: "Hmph, if this is the case, our 15,000 men and horses will continue to go deeper, and then borrow some troops from Hou Shangshu, and the whole army will continue to march west to Chang'an along the Yellow River, to see if Yubi is important, or Chang'an is important. ”

The generals shuddered after hearing Gao Yang's words, is this still the second son of a fool called by others? With such scheming and IQ, how can you be stupid, it seems that the rumors are all false.

There was silence for a moment, and finally all the generals nodded in agreement, after all, it was not the people in the territory who died, and for this group of generals who had experienced countless life and death battles, the life and death of the people were not as important as victory, and there were no dead people in battle.

Looking at the expressions of disapproval of the people's life and death of the people, Gao Yang sighed slightly, the most painful thing about the war is the people, for him, a modern person from the era of peace, he still can't bear it, this is the result he least wants to see, but if it really comes to this point, he can only do this, after all, this is the war in the era of cold weapons.

In fact, the risk of this strategy is quite large, first of all, Tongguan is not so easy to overcome, Gao Yang is just betting on the current military of the Western Wei Dynasty, there are not too many troops to dispatch, and after the defeat of Bishan, he must have become cautious. Secondly, Hou Jing is not in unison with the Eastern Wei Dynasty, otherwise in this battle of the Yubi Siege, he would not stand still and watch the fire from the other side, but at present, Gao Huan is still alive, and Hou Jing does not dare to be too presumptuous.

Seeing that all the generals had no objections, Duan Shao held the sword around his waist, stood up suddenly, and ordered loudly: "Okay, everyone agrees with the second prince's strategy, then according to this strategy, order Qi Lianmeng to continue to increase the attack on Fennan, and not let the enemy rest for a moment." At the same time, he ordered Tang Yong to be the main general and Fu Fu to be the deputy general, and led 3,000 iron cavalry to raid Yizhou, and he must conquer Yizhou within seven days. ”