Of course, Li Yan also knew that it was not that the soldiers of the Northern Zhou Dynasty did not work the contrary, they were also fighting as much as possible. Every time the Han army wanted to take a step forward, they had to pay a heavy price - they could only achieve this goal if all the Northern Zhou soldiers in this platoon fell.

But this flesh-and-blood defense line cannot be strong and unshakable after all, seeing that the Han army's foot soldiers are getting closer and closer to the Chinese army, Li Yan is already very clear, there is no suspense about victory or defeat.

At this time, it would be nice if the city of Qizhou could still hold out and even launch a counteroffensive······

"Report, General!"

A sentry rushed over with a bloody face, and he didn't know how many interceptions he had been killed along the way.

Li Yan's gaze looked at him directly, hoping to get news from him about victory and hope.

The sentry only took a breath at this time: "Qizhou is lost!" ”

It's like the last straw that broke the camel's back.

Li Yan lowered his hand weakly: "Order, Mingjin withdraws the troops!" ”

This war between two generations ended in his defeat.

Yu Qing obviously couldn't count on it, and now he had to bring back the remaining soldiers as much as possible······

Li Yan glanced back at the wilderness behind him.

It also seems like a luxury.

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On the first day of April in the first year of the new year of the Han Dynasty, Yang Jian fought against Yu Wenxian in Puban, Yuwen Gendarme's army was defeated, Yang Jian took the opportunity to cross the river to break through Puzhou, but Yu Wenxian led the cavalry to make a comeback, and the two sides fought fiercely for two days without winning or losing, Yu Wenxian could only retreat first, and the two sides relied on Puzhou to pull a tug.

Shanxi Jindi, throughout the ages, has been called "mountains and rivers in the surface", and after taking Puzhou, it means that Yang Jian can go straight to Jinyang to the north, and Yecheng can be threatened to the west. This is also the first time that Yang Jian has reversed the disadvantage that has been maintained in a series of battles that broke out around Pusaka, the northwest entrance and exit of Guanzhong, and the first time he has crossed the river.

But fortunately, Wei Chi Yu finally saved face for Yu Wenxian on another battlefield, and two days later, Wei Chi broke Wei Xiaokuan to Tao Linsai.

In history, Wei Chi Hui and Wei Xiaokuan are actually at the level of the best, and this has been proved in the previous battles. It's a pity that the urgency of the battle at Wuguan and the fire in Shangluo made Wei Xiaokuan's hands both troops and grain and grass urgent, and at the beginning of the war, he adopted the tactics of fighting and retreating, but in the end it was irrepressibly evolved into a big defeat, retreating all the way to Tongguan, and Wei Chi Yuan followed closely and attacked forward, carrying out the genuine thunderbolt car of the Han army in exchange for equipment in exchange for the city, and bombarding Tongguan day and night.

Yang Jian knows that it may be difficult to move forward from Puzhou, after all, he has to find a way to defeat the Xianbei cavalry in the hands of Yu Wenxian, which is unlikely to be achieved from the current point of view, especially the previous Chang'an Rebellion, which has completely made the Xianbei people see Yang Jian's face clearly, so they will not buy Yang Jian's account, so Yang Jian began to shift his focus to Guanzhong, and he only tried to strengthen the defense of Puzhou, but fortunately, Puzhou was originally considered a heroic city, and the last time Yang Jian did not take advantage of Yu Wenxian's defeat and attack with all his might, I'm afraid it's also difficult to take down Puzhou directly.

In contrast, Li Xinchen's Han army had already threatened Guanzhong in the southeast and west at the same time, and Wei Chi Hui was also going to knock on Tongguan to enter Guanzhong, so Yang Jian had to make a trade-off. The foundation of Guanzhong must not be lost.

As if to push Yang Jian to make this decision, five days later, on the sixth day of the fourth month, the Han army entered Qizhou, and the gate of Guanzhong was wide open.

When Yang Jian began to shrink his forces towards Chang'an, there were still a few fires in Qizhou that had not been extinguished—Yu Qing still put up a stubborn resistance at the last moment, but he did not know that reinforcements had been stopped outside the city and returned defeated.

These resistances of his were undoubtedly futile.

In the end, Yu Qing took advantage of the fact that the Han army had not yet rushed into the mansion, and set himself on fire in the mansion, and when his body was pulled out by the soldiers with the stench, it was completely burned, and his mouth was still trying his best to breathe, and he didn't know if Yu Qingze regretted it at the last moment of his life?

Niu Hong ordered Haosheng to wrap the corpse and directly ordered someone to return it to Chang'an, anyway, this is also a veteran of the Northern Zhou Dynasty, Niu Hong had the honor to see him when he was young in Chang'an, and now although he has become his own defeated general, Niu Hong still has respect for such a veteran who once supported the entire northern defense line of the Northern Zhou Dynasty.

At the same time, sending such a pile of coke back also had the purpose of damaging the morale of the Northern Zhou Dynasty.

Yu Qing insisted on the time was not shorter than Li Yan's insistence, Niu Hong and the others had just stepped into the mansion full of corpses and ashes, and got the news of Li Yan's defeat, Li Yan finally lost 20,000 foot soldiers, and retreated to Fufeng under the cover of the Northern Zhou cavalry, and Han Baohu did not pursue, chasing the cavalry with foot soldiers, he was not so stupid, just let Hou Mi and Yu Xi bluff around.

Since it is to scare and scare Li Yan, it is better to do a more comprehensive trick.

"Qizhou has taken it," Niu Hong looked at the map unfolding in front of him and stretched out his hand, "The next road is not so easy to walk." ”

Li Jing said in a deep voice: "Tongguan is in an emergency, Wuguan is in an emergency, Yang Jian is not easy to do." ”

"But whether it is Tongguan or Wuguan, there is no threat from us who came directly to Sanfu," Niu Hong said helplessly, "So what I am most worried about now is whether Yang Jian will increase his troops in Fufeng and prepare to launch a counterattack against us?" ”

Li Jing pondered for a while and shook his head: "Probably not, Fufeng still has 50,000 soldiers and horses, Yang Jian will at most send a capable general or official to supervise the army, as long as Fufeng can be held, then Chang'an is not in danger, not to mention that our total strength is only sixty or seventy thousand, in fact, it is difficult to pose a threat to Fufeng." The real threat is still Tongguan and Wuguan, especially Tongguan, after entering Tongguan, Chang'an is really the door is really open. ”

"I hope so." Niu Hong smiled bitterly.

Indeed, if these people really face Li Yan, who blindly wants to defend himself, it is estimated that there will be no way to make a breakthrough in a short period of time. Yang Jian should have seen this situation clearly, and it was precisely because of this situation that Han Baohu and Niu Hong agreed with Li Jing's seemingly wild idea.

"If only we had two thousand more cavalry."

"You can be content, this time our two thousand people scattered five thousand, which is already very good."

There was a sound of talking and laughing at the door, and Niu Hong hurriedly strode out: "Two young generals, I have heard of the two heroes in the Northwest Army for a long time, and I can see it today, sure enough!" ”

"The last general will see General Niu!" Hou Mi and Yu Xi hurriedly bowed.

Although Niu Hong is not much older than them, his official rank is still on top, so they naturally dare not slack off.

"Where's my master?"

"General Han went to interrogate the prisoners of war." Yu Xi hurriedly said, "Let's two come over first." ”