On the fifth day of the first month of August, the main force of Beifu came out of Qipanling, and Tian Xin's main formation was set up in Houling on the south bank of Bashui.

On the north bank of Bashui was a hastily built defensive line by the Wei army, a gentle river beach suitable for building bridges and forced crossings, and both armies built fences and antlers and fell into a confrontation.

Tian Xin was cruising on the south bank, and the Wei army could be seen a hundred paces away...... They are all servant armies, either Qiangdi, or the reorganized troops of the Southern Xiongnu and Hexi Zahu.

Guo Huai and Wang Zhong have already given up the hegemony in the upper reaches of Bashui, which means that in another day or two, the partial troops of Ma Chao, Zong Pre, and Meng Xing will be able to cross the river from the upper reaches and launch an attack from the north bank of Bashui, so that they can meet the Beifu troops on the south bank and force them to cross, and then the two armies will be flanked.

Although Wu Zhen and Guo Huai have reined in and kept the partial army of the overlord, they are now obviously at a disadvantage of being flanked, why do they still hold on?

Two days, wait two more days, Ma Chao's army will arrive, and a decisive battle will be launched.

If you don't run when you can, now that the situation is so bad, do you still expect a miracle of tactical success?

He inspected twenty miles west of Houling, where there was a stone river, a tributary of Bashui; The Shihe River flows out of the mouth of the valley of Shiheyu, which is a wide valley, so the Shimen Pass was set up and defended by Wei Xing's elder brother Wei Ping.

When Tian Xin came, Wei Xingcai came back from the other side, dejected, and brought Wei Ping's message and a volume of Wu Qian's silk book.

Wu Zhen made a guarantee to Wei Ping, allowing Wei Ping to seek his own future after the defeat of the main decisive battle...... If Wei Ping took the initiative to surrender to the enemy and lost the decisive battle, then Wu Zhen's messenger would definitely arrive in Yedu first and execute Wei Ping and the families of his military officials.

Almost a conspiracy, Wei Ping's subordinates voluntarily trapped in Shimen Pass and did not want to move, but also hoped that the Beifu soldiers would not pass through Shihe.

Wei Xing had a bitter face, and hesitated: "Lord, my brother's officials come from the three counties of Hedong, Taiyuan, and Pingyang, if you surrender...... Can I be repatriated to my hometown after the war? ”

Tian Xin did not rashly agree, and there were 5,000 officials under Wei Ping on the other side, which was a very large amount of manpower and a very considerable combat effectiveness.

Now in many places, there are no 5,000 young men in the whole county...... The number of young and middle-aged men who are registered under the government's requisition and control is even smaller.

The three counties of Hedong, Taiyuan, and Pingyang have been recuperating for a long time since the pacification of Hebei, and their manpower has recovered, and these 5,000 officials are almost half of the young and middle-aged population of the three counties.

There are only about 10,000 men between the ages of 20 and 35 in the three counties; In another ten years, there will be about 40,000 or 50,000 young men in this age group.

And now, too many teenagers have not grown up, and these 5,000 strong men are especially important.

If detention is forced to be used as servitude, then more than 5,000 families are broken; With the style of Zhao Yan and these people, in order to speed up the fertility of the population, they will definitely be eager to force the families of these 5,000 officials to remarry, reorganize their families, and continue to have a population.

In order to solve the problem of lack of daughters-in-law in the army, Zhao Yan even dared to forcibly recruit and distribute married women in the people, let alone bully the families of the guilty army.

As long as there is no major turning point in the current decisive battle situation, Wei Ping's 5,000 people will be transparent.

After the war, these 5,000 people were forcibly detained, and they were forced to attack Hedong and seize the bridgehead in the future...... And not decisive. These people are different from the Guanzhong soldiers, who are in the Wei army system, which is used for consumption, and they can't wait to die.

The detention will lead to the destruction of the family of these 5,000 officials, and such a surrender is inconvenient to digest and cannot be used with confidence.

Just like the Wei army's use of Guanzhong soldiers, they didn't dare to digest it with confidence, nor did they dare to trust it too much and call it boldly.

Each region has a different historical background and a different position.

Staying is obviously doing more harm than good, but I am not willing to let it go like this.

Tian Xin weighed left and right and said, "If our army wins, the Shimen army can surrender." This year, the Shimen Army will be used as a laborer, and I will be repatriated to the Shimen Army when the lunar month comes. During this period, I will discuss with Cao Ziheng about the redemption of the surrender army, so that the surrender army can be properly arranged. At the time of repatriation, winter clothes will be given. ”

Now at the beginning of August, it is not too much of a loss to leave this group of people to work for three or four months, and to lose it to Cao Pi.

The repatriation of troops is likely to be larger, which is necessary in exchange for a long truce.

Armistice for three or five years, make good savings, and fight a war of annihilation with Wei.

After getting Tian Xin's conditions, Wei Xing crossed the river again to negotiate.

After dealing with these things, Tian Xin returned to the Houling Formation to the east, and Yu Shifang and others were still sorting out the military books in the curtain.

There are also many recitals to be submitted to the imperial court, which will be kept as official records in Lantai for future generations to study and discuss.

"On August 31 of the fourth year of summer, the public governor's vanguard attacked Lantian Pass at night, and the night fog dissipated in the middle of the day, and the thief army knew nothing, as if with the help of God. On the same day, the green dragon was seen in the mountain, the defenders were terrified, and they fell into the mountain stream in panic, and the protector Wang Xiong raised his troops to surrender. ”

"The rebel general Wu Ban saw the green dragon in front of the battle and went crazy, his army was defeated, and Wu Ban died in the chaos. Collect bones and relics and transfer them to his home. ”

Tian Xin picked up some drafts and looked at them, and asked with a smile: "How many benefits did Wang Xiong give, and he actually concealed that he assassinated his colleagues?" ”

Yu Shifang glanced at the draft in Tian Xin's hand, and then turned back to proofread the text of the official document in his hand: "The ministers think that returning to protect Wang Xiong is also conducive to promoting the prestige of our army." ”

Anyway, Yan Pu is dead, and it is Ma Chao who has a grudge against Yan Pu, it doesn't matter how he died, and no one cares about it.

Instead of this, it is better to arrange a relatively decent cause of death to set off your own image.

For Wang Xiong, there is no shortage of feats such as assassinating Yan Pu and raising troops before the battle; For Langya Wang, it's more like a stigma.

Maintaining Wang Xiong's reputation is not a good thing, but it can also avoid some negative effects.

Tian Xin looked at these deceitful things and put them back in their places, and said with a little emotion: "I don't know what Wu Zhen wants to do, I've seen people seeking death, but I've never seen people seeking death like this." ”

Yu Shifang didn't look up: "Public, Wu Zhen has no way to retreat, and his subordinates have no way to retreat." ”

"Hmm."

Tian Xin hummed lightly, turned around and came to the edge of the curtain, raised his hand to lift the curtain and drilled out, looking at the north here, you can see piles of flags standing everywhere, the Wei army's Tuhuang military flag is very inconspicuous, and it is not spiritual at all.

He untied his belt and watered a clump of grass in front of him, his eyes still looking around the Wei defense line across the river in the distance, three or four miles away.

Wu Zhen had no way to retreat, and there was no way out for the army reorganized by the Southern Xiongnu and Hexi Zhuhu under Wu Zhen.

These nomadic tribes have endured the harsh climate, and the gentle Guanzhong ...... It was heaven for these tribes.

In the winter of Guanzhong, there is no terror, freezing and killing everything; The water system in Guanzhong is complex, and there are plenty of water and grass to raise livestock in summer nomadic herding.

It has been six or seven years since the Wudu people moved to Guanzhong and have learned to farm; The good life of herding and farming at the same time is in the eyes of these nomadic tribes...... If there is anything missing, there is a lack of mulberry gardens for raising silkworms, and textile skills.

If there was no Beifu, these nomadic tribes would have carved up all parts of Guanzhong under the leadership of Wu Zhi, and quickly multiplied and grew.

And now that the North Mansion is here, no matter how empty Guanzhong is, it will also be the North Mansion in charge in the future, these nomadic tribes...... Either the vitality is seriously injured and runs back to the outside of the Saiwai to continue to struggle and survive in the harsh climate and dangerous human situation; Either give up the glory of the warrior and become a servant of the Northern Mansion.

Wu Zhen has a desperate consciousness, and the Zhuhu servant army under his command also has this kind of consciousness...... Similar to defending the homeland?

It's really strange that these people have been in Guanzhong for a few years? Do you think this place is your hometown?

Perhaps now the Wei army officers are wandering around, inspiring these nomadic servants to defend their homeland to the death......