It was Zhang Xun, the general who came to the aid of the Zhongwen Ministry by the order of the crown prince Yang Yong, who came from Pingliang City overnight, bringing 5,000 soldiers from Zhang Xutuo's department. Almost all the soldiers who still had combat power in Zhang Xutuo's department were taken away, and Zhang Xutuo only had 5,000 weak soldiers who were frostbitten and had no combat strength left behind in Pingliang. Because it was the order of the prince Yang Yong, Zhang Xutuo had to obey, although his heart was extremely painful, but he could only look up to the sky and sigh. Slightly relieved, under the strong order of the crown prince, Yang Guang, the king of Jin, agreed to change the clothes of his Hongnong's soldiers. The 5,000 soldiers who went out to Wuwei City all changed into the clothes of the Hedong Jin Army and put on standard cowhide boots, and the morale of the soldiers who went out was suddenly strong.

Under the response of the Wuwei garrison, Zhang Xun rushed into the city with a large group of men and horses before he stopped to breathe, counted the number of military horses, and the 5,000 soldiers only lost less than 800 people, which can be regarded as a strong combat force. Seeing this, the defenders of Wuwei City had to give a thumbs up and praise the combat power of this military horse. In history, Zhang Xutuo himself was originally strong in the generals of the Sui Dynasty, loved soldiers like sons, and his Hongnong's children were also elite soldiers.

"The marshal, the last general Zhang Xun, was ordered by the prince to lead 5,000 soldiers and horses to aid Wuwei." After saying that, Zhang Xun hurriedly gave a salute to Yu Zhongwen, the marshal of the Wuwei garrison who came forward to greet him.

"Who should I be, it turns out that General Zhang, the former head of the forbidden army of the Beijing Division, is here. Hurry up and follow Ben Shuai to the Shuai's mansion to talk. "Yu Zhongwen, as a military attache in the Sui Dynasty who can go to the palace to discuss the affairs of the palace, still has a rough idea of the junior generals, and has noticed this young general in the forbidden army, so he immediately recognized it when he saw it, which also concludes that this is the military horse of His Royal Highness the Prince, and there is no doubt about it. If it is an unrecognizable general, Yu Zhongwen really doesn't believe that this is a general of the Sui army who can easily kill through Tuyuhun Dazhai!

It's just that what Yu Zhongwen never imagined was that what he and the generals saw today was just a preset play, and only the 800 dead Hongnong soldiers were real.

"Yu Dashuai, the last general will rush into the city in danger, first, bring available soldiers to assist Dashuai to defend the city; The second is to pass on the will of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince by mouth. As soon as he arrived at Marshal Yu Zhongwen's mansion, Zhang Xun hurriedly spoke before he sat down.

"Oh? What did the prince say? Yu Zhongwen first motioned for Zhang Xun to sit down and speak, and then asked with disdain. The crown prince Yang Yong is a gentleman, what can he want? It's good if you don't add to the mess.

"Great marshal, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has ordered the Jin King Chitose Hedong Army to choose an opportunity to attack the Tuyuhun rear army, cut off its grain route, and force it to retreat. The commander should pay attention to the movement of the Tuyuhun army outside the city at any time, and if he saw the Tuyuhun army retreating, he would go out of the city and then cover up and kill, so as to achieve full success. Zhang Xun said eagerly.

"Oh? Is this true? It is no wonder that Ben Shuai repeatedly sent people to sneak out of the city to let His Royal Highness the King of Jin enter the city from the weakest part of the defense of Tuyuhun at the east gate, and our army went out of the city to respond, and the King of Jin repeatedly did not obey, and was only stationed outside the south of the city. I thought that he was only attacking with me inside and outside, so that Tuyuhun did not dare to attack the city rashly, but I didn't expect the king of Jin to do this. It's just that the Jin King has a small army, how can he cut off the grain and grass of the army after Tuyuhun? Yu Zhongwen didn't believe in this plan to cut off the grain, because the total number of soldiers and horses besieging the king of Tuyuhun Kadir County was 140,000, and the other 60,000 horses were distributed in the rear army to guard the grain road. The army of the king of Hedong Jin is only 40,000, and the maximum number of soldiers and horses that can be sent to attack and harass is 20,000. It is still unrealistic for the soldiers and horses to complete the task after the attack, not to mention that the ice and snow weather itself is not conducive to long-distance travel.

"Don't underestimate the soldiers and horses of the King of Jin, he ------" Zhang Xun wanted to continue to explain, but was interrupted by Yu Zhongwen waving his hand.

"The general doesn't need to say any more, he's tired all the way, so let's go down and rest first! Ben Shuai has his own plans. After that, Yu Zhongwen beckoned his subordinates to lead Zhang Xun down to rest.

After seeing Zhang Xun out of the Shuaifu, Yu Zhongwen was thinking alone in the hall. The current situation is not how complicated the Tuyuhun army is, but two princes came over at once, one is the crown prince who supervises the army, and the other is the king of Jin who is the commander who assists Wuwei to lead the army. In the midst of it, to whom should I obey? How far should this war be fought before it can end? originally hoped that he could get a medal in front of the two armies, but now it's okay, three tables of people actually came to eat a table of dishes, and the people at his own table obviously couldn't go and grab it with the two of them. Oops! Headache to death. Yu Zhongwen didn't dare to think about it anymore after thinking of these deep-seated things, at least it still contained the meaning of the two parties competing for merit, and he was still trapped between the two parties, not to mention that he had gained fame, it would be good to be able to protect himself, Emperor! Can't you send other great generals?

"Marshal, how do you arrange General Zhang Xun and his 4,000 soldiers?" When Yu Zhongwen was in the hall in distress, a general walked in outside the door, it was Yu Zhongwen's subordinate who accompanied the deputy general, he had just found a temporary place for Zhang Xun's soldiers and horses, but he needed to ask for specific instructions on the placement method of the marshal, after all, this army could not be placed in the current West Gate, and the West Gate defense soldiers and horses were enough, not to mention that in recent days, the Tuyuhun army outside the West Gate has not attacked the city.

"Huh? Ben Shuai plans to place these 4,000 men and horses at the north gate, where there are fewer soldiers to defend us, although it is not the focus of the Tuyuhun army's attack, but it is always good to strengthen it, and it is better than letting him wait at the west gate but it is easy to cause chaos. Arrange it now. Yu Zhongwen thought about it for a while and made arrangements for Zhang Xunjun to strengthen the defense of the north gate. Due to the topography, the north gate could not be fully deployed by the besieging side, so it did not become the focus of Tuyuhun Kadir's attack.

After Zhang Xun led the army to the north gate, he wrote a secret letter after a short rest, handed it over to his cronies and guards, and asked him to go down to the city to send the crown prince Yang Yong to the crown prince Yang Yong that night.

At this time, Yang Er was listening to Tanma's report in the big tent of the Chinese army.

"What? There are thousands of soldiers and horses who beat the banner of my Great Sui, and they rushed into the city from the weak defense of the Tuyuhun army at the east gate. Who is the leading general? Yang Er was taken aback when he heard the report, only 40,000 horses and horses were stationed outside the city among the officials and troops of the Great Sui in this vicinity, could it be that the Tuyuhun army opened the city gate under the banner of our army? Yang Er couldn't help but be a little nervous when he thought of this, if this was the case, then his plan would be greatly affected.

"Tell the prince, the little one only saw a big banner in the Chongcheng army from a distance, with the word "Yang" written on it, and the soldiers and horses were not at all like Tuyuhun wearing, they must be my Great Sui military horses. Tanma described it in detail.

"Okay, let's explore and report again." Yang Er sent the probe horse out, and fell into deep thought. Could it be the Zhang Xutuo Department sent by my imperial brother Yang Yong? This is not the style of the prince! Now that the reinforcements have arrived, there is a stalemate inside and outside the city, although the Tuyuhun is powerful, but Yu Zhongwen has a good way to defend the city, there is no need to risk adding troops to the city at this time? Yang Er was puzzled by the prince's approach.

"Brother Shi, Yu Wenhua and Mr. Wenhua's letter are here." While he was thinking, Zhong Jian entered from outside the account.

Yang Er frowned suddenly, and hurriedly took the letter and unfolded it.

"Huh! Mr. Hua's letter is really timely. After reading the letter, Yang Er had a general understanding of what was happening. It turned out that the crown prince Yang Yong was unwilling to wait and see in Pingliang City, and wanted to find an opportunity to win some credit, so he divided Zhang Xutuo's Hongnong Army into two parts, one was the 5,000 soldiers and horses led by Zhang Xun, who had entered Wuwei City, and the remaining soldiers and horses were wounded soldiers who had no combat power to garrison Pingliang. This Zhang Xun is also bold and brave enough.

After figuring out the reason, Yang Er stopped thinking about it. Because Yu Wenhua's heart has written his judgment clearly, the crown prince Yang Yong has done it in the matter of competing with himself, not to mention that he still has a think tank Yu Wenkai by his side? It is unrealistic to let him sit on the sidelines and watch the tiger fight, watching his own achievements.

"Brother Shi, is there any news from General Wu Yunzhao?" Izuchen, who was sitting quietly on the cushion on the side, saw Yang Er, who was originally frowning, changed his face, and after regaining his composure, he asked softly.

"Sister Chuchen, the Wu Yunzhao Department is already thousands of miles away, and even if there is this news, it will be on the snow road. What's more, in order to ensure that his whereabouts are hidden, his brother specially told him that he does not need to pass on the news. Just complete the mission. If this king is not wrong, the current Tuyuhun Kadir army will be in chaos within 3 days! Yang Er whispered with a smile on his face, and continued to look at the map of Tuyuhun Country on the desk without raising his head.

Chuchen got up and walked slowly to Yang Er's case, picked up the hot pot on the charcoal stove and changed a hot tea book for Yang Er. Seeing that he was just looking at the map in front of him, he asked curiously: "Brother Shi, my little sister only sees you staring at this map for the past few days, isn't Brother Shi's intention to resist the enemy in Wuwei City?" ”

"Huh! Sister out of the dust, you still don't know, Wuwei's rejection of the enemy is General Yu Zhongwen's business, the loss of the city is his full responsibility, and the enemy's retreat will have the merit of this king. For my brother, I came all the way here to be frozen, how could I only see the small credit in front of me. If so, do you still send Yun Zhao to risk the generals? Yang Er raised his head and said with a smile, and pointed to the map and continued: "Sister Izuchen, you come forward to see." ”

Izumi said, and also approached curiously, looking down at the map on the desk.

"Sister, look at the entire terrain and cities of this Tuyuhun country. In the land west of the country of Tuyuhun. What do you see? Yang Er pointed to the map and gestured to guide the dust to think. Chuchen looked at the places pointed at these points with a confused face, and didn't know how to answer.

"This place in the northwest of Tuyuhun, including the big city in the northwest of Wuwei City, is Zhangye City, in the west is Yumen Pass, and further west is the land of the Western Regions that used to be the territory of my Han Dynasty. Now there are all small countries in the Western Regions, and there are more than a dozen of them! These small countries are very rich, and their production is different from that of the big countries in the Central Plains. For my brother, this time I sent troops here to take the opportunity to open up the trade routes from Wuwei to Zhangye to Dunhuang, and to pass through the Western Regions through the Yumen Pass, and to traffic the products of Hedong to the entire Western Regions. The minimum result of this expedition to Tuyuhun was to ensure that Zhangye, Dunhuang, and Yumen Pass, which originally belonged to the Tuyuhun Kingdom, were owned by our Hedong Army. Other credits for the brother are regarded as dung also! Hum! Yang Er's eyes at this time were full of white flowers and silver flickering. If Wu Yunzhao's plan to pierce the heart with one arrow succeeds, Tuyuhun Murong Shan Yu will be forced to go into the wilderness, or be killed, and the Sakun Zuoxian King he has set up will become a new generation of Tuyu Hun Shan Yu, then his biggest gain will be to gain the Hexi Corridor area including Zhangye, Dunhuang, Jiuquan and Yumen Pass without a fight. In this way, the gate of the Western Regions was opened in one fell swoop. Of course, the premise is to find a way to establish good relations with the Western Turks, and the countries of the Western Regions are still within the scope of the Western Turks.

"Ah----? Brother Shi, you haven't finished eating the bowl yet, and you're already looking at the pot! Out of the dust was surprised, and without thinking about it, he blurted out such a sentence that had the flavor of the afterlife. Obviously, he was damaged by Yang Er in the past six months of contact with Yang Er.

"Where did my sister say that? These should have come to my brother's bowl. Hehe! Yang Er is in a particularly good mood now, because this is not a bull B who brags in front of beauties, but a goal that is about to be achieved. If you want to play, play big!

However, then looking at the large territories of the Turks to the west and north, Yang Er seemed to calm down a little. This Turk is still a little too powerful now, like a mountain pressing on the head of the Great Sui Dynasty.

Seeing that Yang Er restrained his smile, and stared at the map again, Chuchen didn't bother. Instead, she walked to the charcoal fire and began to keep turning the roasted sweet potatoes on the side, and in the eyes of the dust, this sweet and soft sweet potato is her favorite, and she can eat three in one go. But the premise must be to roast it yourself, of course, there are also Yang Er's ones. Smelling the bursts of aroma, Izuku's eyes were full of happiness.

Soon the harmony and tranquility in the big tent were destroyed by a big man who suddenly broke in, and it was the majestic sea that entered.

Xiong Kuohai came to Yang Er's case and shouted: "My lord, the prince's soldiers and horses can break into the camp, and the last general will ask to go to war." Anyway, I want to provoke a few of his generals, and ask the lord to allow me to fight. ”

"Ordered Xiong Kuohai to be the vanguard, Yuwen Chengdu pressed the formation, and led 5,000 troops to fight the Tuyuhun Kadir Army. Remember, don't live this time, but don't rush into battle, and go out to make it clear to General Yuwen. Yang Er saw that Xiong Kuohai was in the account and asked for battle, so he agreed without hesitation, a continuous heavy snow, so that the generals were really depressed for a few days, and now they need to boost their morale; The second is that the generals such as Xiong Kuohai will fight, and it can also be said that it is like a joke, and it is not impossible to let a few of them go out to earn some small achievements.

"Well, my lord, then please! Look at the end of the will give you a few generals' dog heads back. With that, he turned and laughed and ran out of the tent. He was going to call Yuwen Chengdu to attack with some troops.

"Little Brother Hualong." Yang Er saw Xiong Kuohai running out of the tent, and was busy calling the Yu Wenhua Dragon who was guarding outside the tent.

"Hualong, you go with him, if your brother is addicted to killing, he will inevitably follow Yang Yong's example and rush into the Tuyuhun army to fight, it will be dangerous, when he wants to rush the Tuyuhun army, you immediately call the gold, let him collect the troops and return to the camp to pay the order." Without waiting for Yu Wenhua Dragon to speak, Yang Er hurriedly instructed him. After hearing this, Yu Wenhualong immediately understood and hurriedly ran out of the tent.

Yang Er didn't want to go out to watch the battle, Wu Yunzhao didn't move for a long time, although he didn't say it, he was still a little worried in his heart.

Outside the account at this time, there were bursts of shouting and killing, and the war drums were ringing loudly, accompanied by bursts of applause, which was extremely lively. Yang Er was in the tent with Chuchen and Zhong Jian, and the three of them were peeling and eating hot sweet potatoes! Don't think about the worries for a while.