When Yao Jin was still immersed in the grief of Yao Yan's death, Yao Ji had already arrived outside Tongguan with his troops. Although there is no emperor's edict, Yao Ji's left handsome Golden Sheep Banner is the best proof of customs clearance. The door opened, and the Tong Guan guard, who was about to pat his ass frantically, looked at the knife on his neck and Yao Ji's cold and ruthless eyes, decisively knelt on the ground, and swore allegiance.

Then there is Dingcheng, thirty miles west of Tongguan, the defender of Dingcheng Wang Bozhi is loyal to the prince, peeps through Yao Ji's intention to rebel, shoots arrows to kill the generals who came to defraud the city, and vows to stick to the city.

Yao Ji stormed for eight days, due to the lack of a large number of siege equipment, Dingcheng is a tall fortified city defending Chang'an, with heavy casualties, but it has always been difficult to overcome the city!

This gave Chang'an a chance to breathe, Yao Jin successfully ascended the throne and became emperor with the support of his ministers, and immediately promoted Wang Bozhi to be the general of Qinzhou and Zhendong, and sent 10,000 reinforcements to Dingcheng to relieve the siege. At the same time, Yin Zhao, the Taishou of Pucheng, led the naval army south, wanting to cut off Yao Ji's retreat and the river grain route.

Yao Ji's dispatch of troops this time relied on the supply of grain and grass from Hanoi County of Liangguo and Hedong County of the former Wei State that had just been occupied.

Following Wen Ziyou's advice, Yao Ji surrounded Sanque Yi with 8,000 people, personally led 3,000 elite cavalry to the north, defeated Yin Zhao on the bank of the Wei River, and Yin Zhao retreated to Pucheng. Then the horses and whips, day and night, detour to the south of Dingcheng, non-stop, people do not stop, only a few charges to defeat the 10,000 reinforcements from Chang'an, kill and wound more than 3,000 people, capture 2,000 people, can be described as a great victory, but still 5,000 people fled into Dingcheng.

In this way, Dingcheng has added a new force, and the food and grass are abundant, which is more difficult to conquer. Wang Bozhi has always been known for his benevolence and love for the people, no one thought that this Wenchen was still a good defender of the city, how brave Yao Jibu was, and the city was as solid as a rock.

The two sides have entered the stalemate stage!

In the remote Mobei grassland, after more than four months of difficult trekking, Yuanguang went through a lot of hardships and finally found the soft Khan Garden. He led 50,000 elite cavalry, turned to Mobei, no matter how cautious, there will always be many small tribes, in order not to leak the news, often all of them are wiped out, not many died in battle, but the number of deaths from epidemics, hunger and cold and various unexpected conditions is as high as 15,000, that is to say, there is no real war with the main force of Rouran, and nearly one-third of the troops have been lost.

How tragic this is!

If it weren't for the fact that Yuanguang had commanded the army for many years, his prestige was well-known, and he could share weal and woe with the soldiers, and never enjoy special treatment, he could barely maintain the morale of the army without collapsing. If it was another general, it would have been impossible to hold out for so long, so he would have retreated a long time ago and retreated to the south of Yinshan in a gloomy manner.

Therefore, the Rouran Khan Court would never have imagined that Yuan Yu, the lord of Wei, would rather abandon the six towns that had been in operation for a hundred years, and use the Kyoto of Wei as a bait to attract the attention of the ghost army and the Khan Court, just to cover the strange army of Yuan Guang.

Cui Boyu's bold offer, Yuan Yu's ruin, and Wei's gamble on a hundred years of war were all handed over to the divine ancestors of Yuanguang and Daxianbei Mountain.

God, did not abandon the Yuan!

After receiving the report of the scout, Yuan Guang, with the respect of the great master, personally went to check, determined the location of the Khan's court and the deployment of the Golden Wing Army, and then ordered the headquarters to rest for two days and nights, all the surplus war horses were killed, and the only remaining wine and clean water were also released to eat and drink, and the looted women and property were distributed, and the reward for killing the enemy was tripled.

After all the men and horses had rested, that night, the starlight was dim, and the five fingers could not be seen, Yuan Guang and Yuan Mulan's soldiers divided into two routes, with Yuan Guang leading 30,000 people to attack from the front, while Yuan Mulan led 5,000 people to delay for a quarter of an hour and launched an attack from the flank.

Unaware of the imminent catastrophe, the Rouran Khan Court was still immersed in the joy of the victory of the Ghost Fang Army in breaking through the defense line of the Six Towns and putting the outskirts of Maping City, lighting countless bonfires, singing and dancing, unguarded.

When the outermost herdsmen felt the trembling of the grassland land, their ears were full of sudden explosion of hooves, and they turned their heads in surprise and inexplicably, as if the dark clouds swept by the storm, covering the entire grassland with lightning speed.

The fierce battle of Xinting continues.

Tan Xiaozu exhausted all his tricks, showing the enemy weakness, Shen Du will never be greedy for merit, just see good; besieged Xinting, but was rushed by several members of Shen Du's command; Desperately attached to the ants, the terrain of Xinting is dangerous and dangerous, easy to defend and difficult to attack; sent people to deceive and surrender, but Shen Du saw through it, and he planned to defeat Tan Xiaozu, and lost more than 1,000 lives to escape back to the sailor's boat.

Later, he simply ignored Xinting, and arrived at Stone City from Bailuzhou and Caizhou, and the stone guard stated that he was originally the master of a small team in the East Palace, and because he was promoted from Long Yougong to the high position of the general of the left army, he won the trust of An Xiuming the most, so he was ordered to garrison the stone and defend the last line of defense in Jinling. But this person has no strategy, seeing that the Jingzhou army is sharp, he was frightened and panicked, and immediately asked Jinling for help, and told Shen Du about the black state, saying that he deliberately set the enemy deep into the depths and raised his own respect, obviously Xinting could stop the Jingzhou army, but it was just a small fight, allowing the enemy to drive straight in by boat. If the stone is not guaranteed immediately, Shen Du will be able to sit on the ground and raise the price, maybe he has secretly colluded with the king of Jiangxia.

An Xiuming was shocked and suspicious, and immediately sent the palace guards to pass the order, asking Shen Du not to slow down and send troops to rescue the stone. Shen Du argued that the Jingzhou army was trying to trick the Chinese army out of the city, relying on the strength of the water division, and planned to fight a decisive battle in the river. However, the Chinese army's naval divisions were transferred to the downstream to deal with the Yangzhou army, and the upstream could only rely on the advantageous terrain of Xinting to defend hard, and if they went out of the city to rescue, they would inevitably be defeated.

But Jinling indirectly stated 17 emergency statements in one day, saying that the Jingzhou army completely attacked Shicheng and almost mobilized 100,000 people, where is there still the spare strength to set up an ambush in the middle of the river? If Shen Du, who has most of the strength of the Chinese army, does not come to the rescue, he has no choice but to commit suicide to serve the country to thank His Majesty for his kindness.

An Xiuming issued three edicts in succession, asking Shen Du to overcome difficulties and immediately send troops. Shen Du could no longer disobey the order, and that night ordered the general Duan Luohan to lead his troops out of Xinting, copied the back road of the Jingzhou army, and agreed with the statement to attack before and after. It was feasible to reach Bailuzhou, the army was really ambushed, Xue Xuanmo had been waiting for a long time, countless rockets were fired in a salvo, and the burning warships almost reflected the red river.

Just when the Jingzhou army thought it was a great victory, they found that these burning warships were bait, and most of them were dummies made of grass and trees, except for the boatmen and a few soldiers who operated the boats. When he was frightened, Shen Du led the main force to appear later, mostly taking Mengchong, Tuqiu, Chima and other small boats, fast and flexible, cruising between the big ships of the Jingzhou army, arson, scuttling boats, jumping gangs, short-handed encounters, the most elite Jingzhou army and the Chinese army of Chu State fought together, from late night to dawn, the dead and wounded were not counted.

In the end, Shen Du received the news that He Zheng, the auxiliary general who was responsible for staying in Xinting, had rebelled, and Tantai Douxing had led 3,000 people to take Xinting, and they were coming together to support Tan Xiaozu. Seeing that there was nothing to be done, Shen Du ordered a retreat, and the Chinese army suddenly lost its sharpness, plunged thousands of miles, and retreated to Chapu Fortress, which was across the river from Stone City, and rebuilt the defensive line.

The statement fled even faster, the Chinese army had not yet left the battle, and he had already led his troops back to the stone. This battle of Bailuzhou, which is destined to go down in history, ended in the disastrous victory of the Jingzhou army, which not only allowed Tan Xiaozu to complete the psychological transformation of Shen Du, but also occupied Xinting and made great strategic progress.

In Xuzhou, Xu You personally led an army of 20,000 troops to the north along the ditch, and Huaiyang County was guarded fifteen miles out of the city, kneeling to greet the general of Zhengbei. Then Xiapi County, Jiyin County, Donghai County and others surrendered one after another, and arrived in Pengcheng a few days later.

Pengcheng Taishou Wang Mao wanted to hold on to the city, but he was drunk by Du Chen, the county Cheng who was bribed by Ming Chisi, tied his hands, and opened the door to offer the city. Xu You personally untied the rope, good words and comfort, Wang Mao felt his demeanor, bowed his head and surrendered, Xu You still ordered him to serve as the county guard of Pengcheng. As for the prince of the county, after Xu You talked to him, he found that this person was lively and very smart, so he stayed by his side and made a record to join the army.

The fall of Pengcheng dealt a fatal blow to the other counties, Langya County and Lanling County also surrendered successively, and Qingzhou Thorn Shi Butian was obviously restless, and led 20,000 Qingzhou troops to the south, crossed the border of Qingdao and Xu, and occupied Dong'an County.

At this point, except for Dong'an County, the entire territory of Xuzhou has been under Xu You's control. After a short repair, Xu You went north along Mushui, arrived in Ju County, and camped at an interval of thirty miles with the Qingzhou army to confront each other.

Ju County, in the Spring and Autumn Period was the location of Ju State, Gongzi Xiaobai fled to Ju, returned to Qi the following year, became the Duke of Qi Huan, the princes of Jiuhe, a Kuang world, so there is an allusion not to forget in Ju, that is to say, people do not forget the original.

This place is surrounded by mountains on all sides, the middle plains and depressions are staggered, and the Mu River, Xiu River, and Mao River are meandering and dense, which is very unfavorable to the heavy cavalry of the Qingzhou Army. Not long after camping, Yang Shun hurriedly came to see him, carefully reported the information he had obtained from this trip, and said, "...... Opinions in the Qingzhou army are not unified, some people are the main ones, some people are the main battle, and some people are the main peace. Most of the people who surrendered were not optimistic about the Battle of Jinling, believing that the Jingzhou army would inevitably win, and most of them were local generals in Qingzhou; The people who fought the main battle were afraid that once the Jingzhou army was defeated, they would be affected, and most of their families were in Jinling, for fear of affecting their parents and children; There are not many people in the main harmony, only a small part, they suggest waiting and seeing, first talking to the lord and the snake, talking about the conditions to delay the time, waiting for the score of the Jinling side, and then making the next decision......"

"What about Bu Tian?"

Bu Tianshang was hesitating, he preemptively occupied Dong'an, just to give Lord Hao a dismount, so that the Cuiyu army would not dare to act rashly. However, he occupied Dong'an for many days, but he was unwilling to attack Langya again, indicating that he did not want to completely tear his face with Lord Hao. ”

"Then in your opinion, is it possible for Bu Tian to win it over?"

"Fifty percent of the time!" Yang Shun said with great certainty, and said: "As long as he can be convinced that Qingzhou is still in charge of him, the imperial court will only give a higher reward, and the safety of his family in Jinling can be guaranteed......"

Xu You shook his head and said, "What you said is not the main factor that can persuade Bu Tian to surrender......

Yang Shun was stunned and said, "Please give me advice!" ”

"If you want to belong to Bu Tian, you must first let him understand that An Xiuming's murder of his father is true, and what he is loyal to is a beast without a father and a king!"

"This ......" Yang Shun smiled bitterly and said: "Yan must have read the text of Yan joining the army, but An Xiuming doesn't admit it, everyone has their own reasons, Bu Tian may not listen to our family!" ”

"He doesn't believe it, so the blood edict of the first emperor should be believed, right?"

Yang Shun was dumbfounded.

Zuo Yan is also strange, An Zidao's blood edict has already been given to the king of Jiangxia, how can it be changed into an identical blood edict?

Xu You smiled and said: "Have you forgotten that my book style is called a divine product by Wei Shinan, which is enough to be on a par with Zhang Zhi and Zhong Xuan......"

Zuo Yan suddenly.

With Xu You's cognition of calligraphy and the subtle divine illumination of the Taoist heart, it is not difficult to forge a blood edict, but the difficulty is the jade seal on the blood edict, which cannot be imitated, but fortunately, the jade seal of the country has always been in Xu You's bag, and even the king of Jiangxia and the king of Linchuan do not know about this matter.

stamped with the jade seal, and the content is indeed true, then you can't believe it!