The court of the Western Zhou Dynasty was busy contacting Southern Chu and not talking about it, and on the Beiling side, with Xiao Pass being taken by Yan Kui, the Zhou army was attacked by the enemy at the beginning and end, and was passive everywhere, and the originally tight front was forced to further shrink.

In the fifteenth year of Liyang, the eighth day of the second month

Di Yi sent troops to attack the city of Beiling Mansion at night, although the Zhou army had already taken precautions and quickly repelled the Jin army, but the fierce attack of the Jin army still made the already low morale of the Zhou army in the city even few.

And what's worse is that while Di Yi was here to contain the main force of the Zhou army in Beilin Mansion City, Yan Kui and Tang Xiang jointly sent troops to suddenly attack Jun County.

Yan and Tang have taken the two important places of Yuhu Beach and Xiaoguan one after another, and have made great contributions, morale is booming, and there is Yan Kui, a fierce general, who is in charge, as soon as he came to Jun County, he broke out with amazing combat power.

In just two days, the Yan Tang Jin army led by Yan Kui beat the Zhou army in Jun County to the point that they couldn't raise their heads.

Even if it weren't for Yan Kui, because he still had to divide his troops to guard Xiaoguan and Yuhu Beach, he only brought less than 20,000 soldiers and horses this time, and there was no way to storm all day, I'm afraid that Jun County would have been lost at this time.

However, although he barely held the city, in the face of the murderous Yan Kui, Li Chengcheng, the defender of the Zhou army in Junxian County, could not continue to support, and hurriedly sent several waves of fast horses to Fucheng to seek help from the lord.

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Ning Dewu and Ji Linbing were startled when they received Jun County's call for help.

Now that Xiaoguan has fallen, the Zhou army has shrunk its front, and the only territory that can be controlled is Fucheng, Junxian, and Xiechun County, which barely formed a horn to separate the Jin army and hold on to resistance.

And if Junxian is lost, then Yan Kui and Di Yi, who are now separated by the Zhou army, will be successfully connected, and the already difficult situation of the Zhou army will be even more precarious.

Moreover, what is more serious than the Jin army's combined forces is that Jun County is the barrier of Xiechun County, if Jun County is taken by the Jin army, then the remaining Xiechun County is also in no danger to defend, and the Jin army can recapture this place in a short time at any time.

Once the last two remaining counties of the Zhou army were occupied by the Jin army, the city of Beiling Mansion would be completely an isolated city, and at the same time, it would lose all room for retreat.

In the future, even if the Western Zhou Dynasty could rely on the Northern Jin Dynasty to force peace talks between the two countries by the Chu State, the Zhou army would not even have the confidence to speak out loud with a lonely city that could not be counterattacked.

Therefore, at this time, for Ning Dewu and them, Junxian must not afford to lose.

So, Ning and Ji didn't dare to slack off, and they didn't care that Di Yi was still eyeing outside the city, so they forcibly squeezed out 50,000 horses, led by Lu Ba himself, and galloped to the aid of Jun County.

What people didn't expect was that Lu Ba rushed to Jun County with his troops in a hurry, and was told by the Jun County guard that Yan Kui had retreated half a day ago.

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Yan Kui suddenly withdrew his troops for no reason, and Lu Ba thought that the Jin army wanted to deceive, so he didn't dare to be careless, so he specially sent scouts to carefully investigate.

In the afternoon of the next day, news came from the dark line of the Zhou army in the direction of Xiaoguan, and Lu Ba learned the inside story of Yan Kui's sudden withdrawal of troops.

It turned out that the Zhou army sent a group of men and horses from Youzhou to attack Xiao Pass, and Yan Kui was afraid that Xiao Pass would be lost, so he waved his army to rescue.

Hearing this news, Lu Ba's heart suddenly moved, Di Yi had Ning Dewu and them blocking him, and he couldn't threaten Junxian's side for the time being.

It is a bit of a waste for his 50,000 Ma Guang to defend the city, so it is better to take advantage of the Youzhou reinforcements to attack Xiao Pass, and he will lead someone to stab Yan Kui in the back.

I don't want to be able to recapture Xiaoguan in one fell swoop, as long as Tang Xiangbu of Yuhu Beach is involved, it can be regarded as helping the Youzhou reinforcements share some of the pressure.

As a front-line general, Lu Ba is also one of the main responsible persons of the Zhou army's current predicament, so he can't wait for Youzhou reinforcements to recapture Xiaoguan and revitalize the game of chess of the Zhou army in Beiling.

Yes, seeing that he had the opportunity to help the reinforcements in Youzhou, of course he spared no effort to make a move.

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February 18th of the 15th year of Liyang (6th year of Amano).

Qin Botao, the right general of the Western Zhou Dynasty, sent his general Xue Yang, the general of Annan, to lead an army of 50,000 and rushed to Xiaoguan.

At night on the same day, when he learned that Xue Yang was coming, Yan Kui, who had just led his troops back to Xiaoguan, led 2,000 cavalry to prepare a night attack on the Zhou camp and give Xue Yang a dismount.

But he didn't want Xue Yang to be on guard, the camp was neatly defended that night, and the garrison was tight, Yan Kui led people around the Zhou camp, and he didn't dare to rush to the camp rashly, and returned in vain.

The next day, February 19

Xue Yang led his troops to attack the city, Yan Kui commanded the soldiers to defend, the two sides attacked and defended for half a day, the Zhou army threw down more than 1,000 corpses, and Mingjin collected the troops.

After a few days, Xue Yang used several siege methods, and heavy siege equipment such as ladders, crashes, and trebuchets also took turns to play, with great momentum and amazing power.

However, the Zhou army's offensive was fierce, and Yan Kui was not covered, in the face of Xue Yang's endless offensives, he commanded his men to deal with it one by one, and he simply blocked Xue Yang's 50,000 Zhou troops under the pass, and it was difficult to move an inch.

Yan Kui, who has always been known for his bravery, showed his commanding skills in front of the world for the first time, and faintly had the style of a famous general in the world.

Of course, Yan Kui was not without similar agility and wisdom before, but he was mostly a subordinate of the deputy general at that time, and if he had any ideas, people's first reaction was due to the wise leadership of the main general at that time, and it would not be counted on Yan Kui at all.

On the contrary, Yan Kui's bravery and ferocity are even more impressive.

Over time, everyone praised the fierce general Yan Kui, but ignored that in addition to Yan Kui's charge, commanding troops was also what he was good at.

Today's Xiaoguan Guard Battle can be regarded as a battle of Yan Kui's name after leading the troops and horses.........

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Yan Kui and Xue Yang were fighting lively, and Tang Xiang from Yuhu Beach also met Lu Ba who came to stab him.

The two are acquaintances, and they have done a game in Yuhu Beach before, and they don't know the specific winner or defeat, but strictly speaking, Liluba, who occupied the home field at that time, has a slight upper hand.

Now, when old rivals meet in the old place, it is a life-and-death battle.

However, what is different from the last time is that this time it has become Tang Xiang who occupies the advantage of the home field, and the morale of the Zhou army under Lu Ba's subordinates is mediocre, although the troops are superior, they are still defeated by Tang Xiang.

Within a few days, Lu Ba was forced to change his battle plan. From the initial attack on Yuhu Beach, it was changed to building a camp and confronting the Jin army, with the main purpose of involving the Jin army's troops.

To be honest, although Lu Ba was born as a general of the forbidden army, he also fought a few tough battles in the early years, and now he is so embarrassed that he can't look down on himself.

But there is no way, the soldiers under his command are not angry, the morale of the army has long been disrupted by the Jin army, and they dare not fight with it at all, and they can only consume human lives in vain if they are reluctant to go into battle, so they are helpless, and Lu Ba can only camp to avoid the battle.

For this reason, Tang Xiang also specially sent people to the Zhou military camp to laugh at him, and the angry Marquis Lu fell a lot of dishes and tables.

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The situation in Xiaoguan and Yuhutan was stable, and after sending 50,000 horses and horses to aid Jun County, the Beiling Fucheng side suffered a great loss of troops, and it was not Di Yi's opponent, and was trapped in the Fucheng by Di Yi's troops, unable to move.

At the same time, the Nanling Mansion, which had just been recaptured by Di Yi, with the cooperation of Hua Wenzheng and Qin Qi, quickly swept away the influence left by the Zhou army before, and gradually regained its former vitality.

It can be said that since entering the new year, the Jin army has won victories in the entire battlefield of the front line of the two countries.

This excellent performance made Emperor Liyang and all the subjects of the Northern Jin Dynasty very excited and smiled.

Moreover, as the situation in Beiling became more and more favorable to the Northern Jin Dynasty, people began to make suggestions to Emperor Liyang, asking the imperial court to reward the three armies, boost morale, and then destroy the remnants of the Zhou army and regain the lost territory.

Looking at the steady stream of good news from the front line, Emperor Liyang, who was happy with Long Yan Dayue, gladly accepted this suggestion, and specially allocated a sum of silver taels from the internal treasury to the household department to reward the three armies.

In addition, Emperor Liyang also sent two princes of the clan, King Zhong and King Shun, as special envoys, to rush to the front line to encourage and comfort the generals in his place.

Prince Lao Jun.

Emperor Liyang's will is a very high standard, you must know that the blood of the Northern Jin Dynasty clan is thin, and there are only three adults among the sons of Emperor Taizong Kanghua.

Emperor Liyang is counted as one, and the rest are King Zhong and King Shun.

These two princes are also the only two princes of the Northern Jin Dynasty, in addition to the three princes of Emperor Liyang, and their status is prominent.

Among them, King Zhong is still the younger brother of Emperor Liyang is a mother, and is deeply trusted by Emperor Liyang, not only serving as the Zongren Mansion Zongzheng, but also holding the position of deputy commander of the forbidden army, holding military power, and has a wide influence in the court.

In contrast, King Shun is much more low-key, his biological mother is just a small nobleman in Taizong's harem, and he died early, and he has no maternal family to borrow, and he was kicked out of the heir before he became an adult.

Later, relying on the identity of the son of the former emperor, King Shun got a prince, but Emperor Liyang had the brother of King Zhong by his side, and after ascending the throne, he did not treat King Shun, the half-brother, very much.

And King Shun is also interested, and he easily does not go to Emperor Liyang, except for the deputy Zongzheng of the Zongren Academy, who has no real power, he eats, drinks and has fun the rest of the time, and lives out of an idle prince, although he has no rights, but he is also at ease.

This time, the labor army did not have anything to do with the king, Liyang's original plan was to only send King Zhong to go alone, but some ministers proposed that the two princes work together to make it more grand, and the soldiers of the three armies can better feel Emperor Liyang's concern for them.

Emperor Liyang was said to be moved, so he deliberately added King Shun in, from the beginning of the king alone, to two kings together.

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At the beginning of March of the fifteenth year of Liyang

The two princes of King Zhong and King Shun led the reward team to the front line of Beiling, and encouraged the foreign government to increase the reward of silver, and the morale of the Jin army was great.

The words of shouting to rush into the city of Beiling Mansion and capture Ning Ji's two thieves alive made the Zhou army in the city think that the Jin army was going to launch a general attack, and they were scared enough to be on guard for several days.

And just when Beiling was worried, Pang Yidian, who set off from the Western Zhou Dynasty, finally arrived at Tianjing, the capital of Southern Chu, under the care (escort) of hundreds of soldiers in Southern Chu.

However, before Pang Yidian could take a good look, Tianjing City, which had not been back since he left after he was five years old, suddenly a group of people rushed up at the city gate to stop the convoy of Western Zhou envoys.

The head of the person is an old man, well-dressed, not angry and self-assured, and after stopping the convoy, the old man clenched his fists and reported himself to his home.

"Xia Chun, the chief butler of Princess Anya's mansion, meet the eldest prince."