Speaking of Deng Qiang's side, after he occupied Raofeng Pass, he soon went south to Xicheng County and launched a fierce battle with the Jin army led by Huan Zhen. If you really want to talk about it, in fact, the war on the side of Xicheng County ended at the earliest, even before Li Xin's side. After all, with Deng Qiang's army of 20,000, it is really not difficult to deal with more than 10,000 people in Huan. Originally, Huan Zhen heard the news that Huan Wen was about to arrive, and was planning to defend Xicheng County, so he was waiting for Huan Wen's support.

But what he didn't expect was that Deng Qiang didn't give him this opportunity at all, and as soon as the army arrived, he directly led the army to storm the West Gate. Where can the small Xicheng County stand up, and even the city wall will be blown down in less than a day.

Huan Zhen's army was suddenly defeated and lost, and had to lead the remnants of the army to retreat from the south of Xicheng County and flee towards Shangyong County south of Weixing County.

On the one hand, Deng Qiang divided his troops to attack other counties in Weixing County, and on the other hand, he also led people to pursue Huan Zhen and others. This chase hardly stopped, because Huan Zhen was defeated and retreated in several counties of Shangyong County, but he resisted and fled one after another.

In the end, the pursuit battle was fought from Xicheng County, Weixing County, through Shangyong County, and then to Xincheng County. Xincheng County is just west of Xiangyang County, and when he arrived here, the news of Huan Wen's retreat to Xiangyang had already arrived, and Fangling County, where Huan Zhen was located, was only two or three hundred miles away from Xiangyang.

If Huan Zhen escapes again, I'm afraid Deng Qiang will chase all the way to Xiangyang. And at that time, I am afraid that the stubborn defense of Xiangyang that Huan Wen wanted would be destroyed by the Tang army coming from the west. For this reason, Huan Zhen had to defend Fangling County, and on the other hand, Huan Wen rescued Xiangyang.

After Huan Wen in Xiangyang heard the news, he was immediately shocked, but he couldn't ignore the threat from the west. In a way, he had to send Luo Chong, the Taishou of Jingling, and Chen You, the champion general, to lead an army of 20,000 to Fangling County to support Huan Zhen.

On the battlefield of Yanzhou, Yuzhou, Huan Chong and Yuan Zhen were also facing tremendous pressure after Zhao Ji and Chen Kang launched a counterattack. Originally, it was planned to enter Xingyang, Jiyin and other places, so as to force ~ force the Tang army to withdraw from Liangzhou.

At this time, when he heard that Huan Wen was defeated, especially when Xuchang and other places were under siege from three sides, he hurriedly withdrew his troops from the north and wanted to return to Suiyang and other places where the previous garrison was located. But it is clear that the imposing Tang Army will not let them retreat so easily.

The cavalry of the Tang army launched a large-scale counterattack in Yuzhou and Yanzhou, cutting off the back grain routes of Yuan Zhen, Huan Chong and others. Originally, they were counting on warships to transport grain to alleviate the danger ahead, but unfortunately, after the warships encountered oil, it was really hopeless.

There was a problem with the navy, and after the back road was cut off, the soldiers and horses of the Jin army in the north were in danger of running out of food. Although there is still some grain in the counties, it is already difficult to supply the locals, and it is absolutely impossible to supply the army for a long time.

As a result, Yuan Zhen, Huan Chong, Huan Yun and others had to retreat overnight after learning the news of the destruction of the navy. From the original Xuchang, Suiyang and other places, they continued to retreat south.

In the end, Yuan Zhen led the army to retreat to Zhiqiao County, Huan Chong retreated to Xuancheng City, Runan County, and Huan Yun retreated to Nandun Pass to hold on. So far, most of Yingchuan, Xiangcheng, and Liangjun in the north have been taken by Zhao Ji and Chen Kang.

The battle lines of the Tang and Jin dynasties moved southward, and if they were in the area of Hanging Gourd City, they would almost get close to Huaishui. The Jin troops in Pengcheng, Peijun, Xiapi and other places also mobilized to the front line at this time, wanting to block the Tang army as much as possible in the area north of Qiaojun, Nandun Pass, and Hanging Goucheng.

As for the Yan army in the east, it repeatedly attacked the Yimeng area defended by the Tang army without success, and at this time, the Jin army was continuously defeated and retreated, in order to avoid being burned, it immediately stopped the attack and retreated to the original place.

So, on the whole, the fighting in the area south of the Yellow River and east of Shangluo has gradually ended. At this time, it was still in a state of great war, and there was only that place in Qiu Chi Kingdom.

But the war of Qiu Chi has come to an end, and at this time, the army led by Yang An has already killed under the capital of Qiu Chi and surrounded it.

As the former prince of Qiu Chi Kingdom, Yang An's own ability is good, and at the same time, he knows everything in Qiu Chi very well. Therefore, after this battle started, after two decisive victories, the remaining rebels of Qiu Chi basically retreated to the original place.

The Qiuchi Yang clan was originally a Di clan and migrated to Qiuchi Mountain many years ago. Qiuchi Mountain is a special place, that is, the mountain is steep and cliffed, and only a few trails can wind up to the top of the mountain.

The most peculiar thing is that the top of the mountain is not a towering cliff, but a flat land with a radius of hundreds of miles. The Yang family led people to cultivate and live in this area, and gradually gathered a lot of people. Later, taking advantage of the chaos in the world, the Yang family simply established the country and stood on its own.

Although it is said that there is only a land of hundreds of miles, it can't hold a heart of hegemony! In addition, the terrain of Qiuchi Mountain is dangerous, and there is no problem with life on the mountain, which can support tens of thousands of people. Therefore, later Zhao and other forces simply divided Qiu Chi to the Yang family, thus playing the role of recruiting peace.

It's just that the Yang family is not a peaceful person, and when they saw the chaos in the world, they gradually began to expand their power outside. Until this war with the Tang Army, the territory of the entire Qiuchi Kingdom had already increased by two or three counties.

But such a small country often has civil strife, which wastes national strength in vain, so that the people in the country are not particularly loyal to the Yang family. In this way, when Yang An came over, they were not able to organize a decent counterattack at all, even if they did their best to gather more than 50,000 troops.

At this time, the remaining more than 10,000 people of Qiu Chi Kingdom and some officials and princes of the Yang clan all retreated to Qiu Chi Mountain. Although it was besieged, the current Qiu Chi Gong Yang Shi obviously planned to hold on to this place and resist to the end.

Yang An was very familiar with the situation on Qiu Chishan's side, and knew that with ordinary means of attacking, he couldn't capture this place at all, so he didn't try to attack at all. After hearing that the war in other places was gradually coming to an end, he finally used one last resort.

That is to send people to persuade surrender, of course, this is not empty words, it should be said that it is coercion by force. He had Yang Shi told him, and he hyped it up to the people on the mountain, saying that if they did not surrender, they would set fire to the mountain.