After a while, Fang Yuanheng said: "It is estimated that Zhao Zhihai and the others have the same idea as you, and they also think that the Rong people will enter the east from Xiao Pass or Mujiao Pass."

But if you change me to the Najon manager, it will be a different way.

Therefore, in my opinion, this Wenshui City is the best front line. ”

After saying this, Zheng and Jiang were stunned, and this time even Edo couldn't help frowning, wanting to ask Fang Yuanheng a question.

Fang Yuanheng sighed, picked up the wine bottle again, and saw Edo and Zheng Lu looking at him, so he didn't drink in a hurry, but said to the two:

"You are wondering, you think that after the Rong people marched eastward, all counties in Yuanzhou were garrisoned by soldiers and horses, how could this Wenshui City become the front line?"

The two of them nodded, both looking at Fang Yuanheng in confusion.

If Yuanzhou becomes the front line, the two of them can still understand, after all, whether it is Yinyangou or Mugao Pass, if the Rong people are desperate and attack with all their might, they will not be able to hold it anywhere, but the premise is that Fang Yuanheng's army does not go to the rescue.

If Fang Yuanheng's army rushed to the rescue in the next few days, even if the two places each sent 40,000 troops, the matter over there would be stabilized.

When the time comes, the fallen border passes will be taken down one by one.

Once Fang Yuanheng and Zhao Zhihai can join forces, it is not impossible to recapture Xiao Pass.

"Could it be that General Zuo wants to take this opportunity to get rid of Zhao Zhihai completely?" , The sudden thought made the two of them startled, and the two of them looked at me, and I looked at you, and they both shook their heads.

Fang Yuanheng is by no means a person who wastes food and has a small belly because of choking, the two of them follow him across the north and south, and they still have a deep understanding of this general with the glory of the god of war.

If there was no war, Fang Yuanheng was more like a rough man with a simple personality in the eyes of the two, which was quite similar to his image.

Seeing the two of them nodding, Fang Yuanheng actually had a hint of smugness on his face, and said with a pretentious look:

"When the two of you just played chess, wouldn't others use the tricks used by Lao Zheng?"

Zheng Jiang and the two glanced at each other again, and Zheng Lu said, "General Zuo refers to the north?" ”

Fang Yuanheng nodded and said, "It's been almost a month, and there should be news." ”

Zheng Lulu stood up and said, "General Zuo, quickly send a sergeant to report to the Lingzhou General Government and Shuofang County Shou." ”

At this time, Edo pulled Zheng Lu's shirt on the side, asked him to sit down and talk, and when he saw that Zheng Lu was just in place, he also stood up and said:

"Brother Zheng, don't worry, when I started my troops from Shuofang County five days ago, I didn't hear the news of a Rong attack in Lingzhou, and since the death of the seventh pass of Sumeru, Qin Lan's five passes have also strengthened the garrison, and the Rong people will not be able to attack easily. Listen to General Zuo first. ”

After listening to Edo's words, Zheng Lu sat down and looked at Fang Yuanheng with stunned eyes.

Fang Yuanheng had a helpless expression on his face, and said: "Lao Zheng, it's time to change your temper, I only got the news of the Yuanzhou Zhuguan two days ago, and then think about the fact that the Rong people have not moved for nearly a month, so I analyzed that they may choose other places to enter the army."

Moreover, Gu "Swallow" came to report three days ago, but there was an abnormality in Lingzhou Zhuguan, and I had already sent a warning to Lingzhou, and I will tell you the situation as soon as you two come today, but everything is not yet determined. ”

Zheng Lu suddenly asked, "Dare to ask General Zuo, what if the Rong people don't advance east from the north?" ”

Fang Yuanheng replied helplessly: "If the Rong people march from Xiao Pass or Mu Jiao Pass, I think Zhao Zhihai is incompetent, and he will always be able to do it if he persists for a few days."

When our army goes to drive the Rong people out of Xiaoguan, it will be half the effort.

However, what we can think of, the Rong people must also think that when Zhao Zhihai has no reinforcements, the Rong people have not yet advanced eastward from the two passes, will they wait until the reinforcements arrive and then march east to fight our army? ”

Listening to the conversation between Fang Yuanheng and Zheng Lu, Edo pondered for a long time and interjected at this time:

"General Zuo estimates what is the probability that the Rong people will advance from the Qin Lan Zhuguan to the east?"

Fang Yuanheng, who was still talking to Zheng Lu, heard Edo's question, so he said with a serious face: "Ninety percent, and one percent is going to gamble on what strange things happened to the commander of the Rong people in the past few days and suddenly died. ”

Edo ignored Fang Yuanheng's somewhat playful way of talking, and asked seriously: "Then General Zuo estimates when the Rong people will advance eastward." ”

"If they really want to attack the Lingzhou Passes, I'm afraid they have already attacked it now." Fang Yuanheng said softly, and raised his head to drink the bottle of wine that he had held in his hand for a long time.

Fang Yuanheng was able to lead the soldiers and horses of the Qin State to fight everywhere in the past ten years, in addition to being a rare good general in the world for more than ten years, there was also the most important reason, that is, he had an intelligence agency "Yanwu" comparable to the "Black Ice Platform" of the Qin State.

However, the difference between his intelligence agency and the "Black Ice Platform" in charge of the chief is that Fang Yuanheng will only use this set of institutions in wartime for military and intelligence matters in wartime, and will not use it for other purposes.

This made Qin Gong a little less jealous, and he was still able to tolerate its existence.

As early as when Xijing got the news that the Rong people invaded the pass in advance and Xiao Pass was besieged, Fang Yuanheng ordered the "Yanwu" to be activated.

The 3,000 "swallows" in Xijing and even the entire Great Qin were moved by the order, and in the following time, they kept passing the news of the soldiers and horses from all over the country to Zuo Gengfu.

After the Sumeru Pass was broken, Zhao Zhihai led the troops to rescue Xiao Pass, and later many military affairs, Fang Yuanheng was always able to get the news one step ahead, and this was the case with Qin Gong.

He only waited for the right time before accepting the invitation of the Duke of Qin and taking command of the expedition, but what he didn't expect was that Zhao Zhihai suddenly escaped from Yuxiao Pass, and he could only sigh that the creation made people.

But Fang Yuanheng would not sit idly by and watch Zhao Zhihai fall after all.

As Zhao Zhihai expected, after he learned the news that Zhao Zhihai divided his troops to guard various key roads during the march, he also knew that Zhao Zhihai was forcing him to go to the rescue quickly, and he also thought about a series of strategic and tactical details of the march and even the decisive battle.

However, in recent days, he suddenly analyzed the possibility that the Rong people were going north to advance eastward from the Qinlan Zhuguan from some clues, so he simply sent troops to Wenshui City, and while waiting for news from the north, he hoarded the grain and forage of the army in Wenshui City.

Three days later, Fang Yuanheng finally got the news of the "swallow" from Lingzhou, and the three passes of Jinqi, Shuilian, and Tuli in the Wusan Pass of the Qinlan Mountains were broken at the same time, and the soldiers and horses of the Rong people had already marched eastward. And in just four days, Lingzhou City has been besieged by the Rong people, and four of the seven counties in Lingzhou have been broken.

And nearly ten days have passed since this news was received and then delivered to them by the "swallows".

After weighing the pros and cons, Fang Yuanheng did not immediately bring the soldiers and horses to Lingzhou or Qinlan County, because one was because ten days had passed since the time stated in the news, and no one knew where the Rong army had arrived at this time.

The second reason is that Lingzhou and Qinlan County are located in the great plain where the yellow water hits out, and there is no danger to defend.

Third, because Zhao Zhihai had already taken away the local soldiers and horses of Qinlan County, the whole county was empty of defense, and if he was surrounded by enemies everywhere and there was no reinforcements, it was easy to be besieged by the Rong army.

Therefore, after thinking about it for a long time, he made the decision to continue Chen Bingwen Shuicheng to observe the movements of the Rong soldiers.

After sending a large number of scouts to the north, he also immediately sent the news he found to Yuanzhou, Xijing, Lingzhou, and Qinlan County, whether it was timely or not.

At the same time, he is also waiting for the arrival of new news about "Swallow" before making further plans.

At this moment, Zhao Zhihai, who was still stationed in Wushi County, received the news that the Rong people were advancing eastward from Qinlan Zhuguan, and it was already six days later.

It has been 16 days since Fang Yuanheng's "swallow" found that Qin Lan had broken through the three passes, and Lingzhou was besieged.

After the shock at the beginning, Zhao Zhihai immediately ordered the whole army to go to Yuanzhou, ready to rescue Lingzhou or defend according to Yuanzhou at any time, and at the same time wrote a letter to Fang Yuanheng himself, meaning that if he received the news that the Rong people had not yet broken through Lingzhou, he asked Fang Yuanheng to immediately march to Qinlan County and attack the Rong people from the east.

But he also understood Fang Yuanheng's distress, so he wrote in the letter: If the Rong people break through Lingzhou and have already marched into Qinlan County, then ask Fang Yuanheng not to go deep into the plains alone, but please send troops and horses in time to meet the fleeing people.

This is all Zhao Zhihai can do for his hometown.

Although he was a general, he overpowered Fang Yuanheng in both his title and military rank, but he understood that it was just a formality.

At this time, his descendants had less than 40,000 soldiers and horses, where was he qualified to force Fang Yuanheng to send troops, not to mention that it was not in line with the art of war to do so.

At the same time, Zhao Zhihai ordered that the defense of the five passes of the fall of Sumeru be handed over to the local army, and he led the recently recruited 5,000 soldiers and horses, 10,000 soldiers and horses under his command and nearly 20,000 soldiers and horses left by Zhao Zhiliang to Yuanzhou.

He understood that if the Rong people advanced eastward from the Qinlan Pass, the main force would also be in the Qinlan Pass, and the four passes of Sumeru did not need to arrange too many troops.

No matter how powerful the Najon people are, it is impossible for them to travel thousands of miles and then come to Sumeru from north to south to fight.

From leaving Yuxiao Pass to garrisoning Wushi, in the past nearly a month, he has also wondered why the Rong people sit back and see the opportunity but delay in making a move.

However, his own troops were scattered and he had no ability to take the initiative to attack, so he could only repair his troops and horses in Wushi County, and let a newly promoted military attache like Zhu Lihua recruit troops and expand his military equipment, waiting for news from Fang Yuanheng to come.

After receiving Fang Yuanheng's news, he also thought about letting Wang Min lead his troops to attack and recapture Xiao Pass, but after thinking about it, he still gave up, at this time, retaking Xiao Pass would not help the overall situation at all, and he could only consume the already insufficient troops again.

Therefore, he could only lead the army to Yuanzhou, and after merging with the 30,000 soldiers and horses of Yuanzhou City, he would decide whether to go north to rescue Lingzhou.

As early as when Fang Yuanheng marched into Wenshui City, Zhao Zhihai and Chen Bing Wushi County, Lingzhou Mansion was already in a mess.

This border city, known as the right arm of Great Qin, was finally completely breached after being besieged for seven days because of the Yellow Water Irrigation City led by the Rong people last night.

To be precise, this city was breached by Huangshui, and the Rong people also lost the ability to attack the city after Huangshui broke the city.

Last night, when they were stubborn in the river, the inexperienced soldiers just stubbornly took the yellow water according to Shan Yu's instructions, but they did not find that the day before they stubbornly the river, it rained all day and night in the yellow water. Before the embankment could be pierced, the turbulent river broke the embankment and rushed towards Lingzhou without the control of the soldiers.

Not to mention that Lingzhou City was attacked, even the hundreds of soldiers on the stubborn shore and the 40,000 soldiers behind the shore who were ready to attack the city after the flood were almost killed.

It was also a loss to Xiao Jinxing who kept an eye on it, placed the army on a high ground, and finally saved the lives of the remaining tens of thousands of people after losing one or two thousand people and some supplies and grain.

Two days later, Lingzhou City.

The tall city wall that is not inferior to Yuanzhou has traces of being blistered every few miles, and the Rong people took a raft into the city from these collapsed gaps and found that Lingzhou City, where 200,000 people lived, was now full of floating corpses.

There were soldiers, and there were people, and there were livestock.

The huge Lingzhou is like a purgatory on earth, and there is no living person at all.

Xiao Jinxing hurriedly ordered all the troops to withdraw from Lingzhou to prevent being infected by the plague, and then in the afternoon of the same day, the whole army pulled out the camp and attacked Qinlan County in the southeast.

Lingzhou and other counties were originally stationed with 100,000 Qin soldiers, but in less than 20 days, they were all wiped out under the attack of Huangshui and the Rong people.

Originally, there were 50,000 soldiers stationed in Lingzhou City, and under the leadership of Lingzhou Secretary Dong Xiao and Lingzhou General Zhang E, they also went out of the city to meet several times during the seven days of confrontation with 40,000 soldiers.

In the case of more victories and fewer losses, they were full of confidence that they could hold on to Yuanzhou, seven hundred miles away, and Xijing soldiers and horses thousands of miles away, when none of the seven counties of Lingzhou had reinforcements arrived, but they did not expect that overnight, yellow water would rush into the city, turning all their hopes into vain.