"If he wants to fight to the death, will his generals be willing? No one is a fool, as long as everyone knows that the captain is finished, who will follow him to the funeral? Besides, do you want to give him the same treatment as Sima Chuzhi, and listen to the tune and keep announcing it? It is enough to have one Sima Chuzhi, if there are a few more people in this dynasty who listen to the tune and keep preaching, sooner or later something big will happen! ”

Zhao Junsheng admits that Dongfang Chen's concerns are justified, and he must force Wei and his relatives to make a choice as soon as possible, once Bu Liuguli arrives in Chang'an with the Wei court and 50,000 troops, things may be uncertain.

If the lieutenant is desperate and resolutely refuses to hand over the military power, and wants to drag the Wei court and the princes of all walks of life to send troops, then it is necessary to solve the captain's dependents before the Wei court and the princes of all walks of life send troops.

Zhao Junsheng thought for a while, and issued an edict: "Order the lieutenant to hand over the military power within three days from the receipt of the edict, and set off for Qianjing to meet him, and Xue Andu will take over the Luoyang army!" ”

Luoyang.

A few days later, Zhao Junsheng's edict was sent to Xiangzhou by 800 miles of expedited horses, and Wei Guan, the younger brother of Wei Guan, got the edict and quickly returned to Luoyang, accompanied by officials sent by Xiangzhou Assassin Shi Pang.

That night, the lights in the town guard's mansion were bright, and several of the captain's younger brothers and confidants were notified to come over to discuss the matter.

The lieutenant sat on the main seat and looked at everyone, picked up the edict on the desk and said: "This is an edict sent by the king of Qianguo, ordering me to hand over the military power to Xue Andu within three days after receiving the edict, and immediately set off for Qianjing to meet him!" What do you think about this? ”

Wei Lijin, the younger brother of Wei Lijin, was furious when he heard this: "How can this be true, Qianguo is really too deceitful!" Big brother, we still have 20,000 horses, I'm afraid that he is a bird, let's fight with them! ”

A senior general stood up and said: "General, the national strength of Qianguo is strong, we can't fight, the key is that we don't have any foreign aid now, the soldiers in the army and the residents inside and outside the city are panicking, if Qianguo really sends troops on a large scale, we can't resist it at all!" ”

Several officials also stood up and took a pessimistic attitude towards the outcome of the war and advised the lieutenants and their dependents to accept the edict of the Qianguo.

Wei Guan asked his most talented and resourceful younger brother Wei Guan: "Eighth brother, what are the chances of our army winning if we start a war with Qianguo?" ”

Wei Guan smiled bitterly and shook his head: "Big brother, it's not that the younger brother is the one who wants to destroy his prestige, it's really ······ If there is a war, our army has no chance of winning, and under the siege on all sides, our army can not even break through the encirclement, so it can only defend to the death, but it will eventually lose if it is held for a long time! ”

The lieutenant pondered and asked, "Is there a way to delay the day when the imperial court will unite all parties to send troops to fight against the Qianguo?" ”

"Big brother, don't have this illusion, Qianguo will not give us this opportunity, the edict clearly stated, within three days to transfer the military power and set off to the north to meet us, there must be someone staring at us, once the eldest brother does not do what the edict requires, the soldiers and horses of the Qianguo will be killed!" According to the news sent back by the spies sent by the younger brother, the cadres of Xiangju, Jeju, and Hongnong are already waiting for the end! ”

Wei Duohou, the son of Wei Duohou, a young military general, stood up and clasped his fists and said: "Father, we have 20,000 soldiers and horses, if we concentrate all these 20,000 soldiers and horses in Jin Yong City and Luoyang City, with the material reserves and fortified cities in the city enough to support more than three months, or even longer!" We don't need to go to Qianjing to be angry, if we hand over the military power to go to Qianjing to meet us, this is tantamount to putting our net worth and life into the hands of Zhao Junsheng, the king of Qianguo, and he can't kill him as much as he wants? ”

Wei Digan, the younger brother of the captain, stood up and said: "Nephew, although what you said is reasonable, have you thought about it, do you want to fight to the death, will the soldiers below fight to the death like you?" Now more than seventy percent of the soldiers of our army are locals, and they all have families here, and they will pull the whole family to follow their nephews to fight to the death? As long as Qianguo announces that he will only punish the first evil, my Wei family will be isolated immediately, do you believe it or not? ”

Yu Duohou opened his mouth, and then looked miserable: "Is there no other way?" I can only wait for the king of Qianguo to take pity on us and show mercy to spare us? ”

The sad atmosphere in the lobby began to spread, what kind of scenery has the Wei family been in these years? It's sad that he can't decide his own destiny until now!

After a long time, Wei sighed: "I miscalculated the situation, the situation has reached this point irretrievably, and the only choice is to return to the Qianguo!" There has never been a precedent for killing and demoting generals in Qianguo before, and presumably it shouldn't be this time! I have made up my mind to do what the edict requires! Weiguan, you have been in contact with the Qianguo side, you go to tell the envoy, just say that my lieutenant is in the edict, three days later, he will hand over the military power to General Xue outside the west gate of Luoyang City, and ask General Xue to come and receive it on time! ”

"Yes, big brother!" Wei Guan agreed.

The lieutenant said to the brothers, sons and nephews: "Go back and tell your daughter-in-law and children that you should get ready in the next two days, pack up your soft and luggage and prepare to go to Qianjing, and set off immediately after the transfer of military power in three days. ”

The brothers and nephews hugged their fists one by one in frustration and agreed: "Yes!" ”

Zhao Junsheng said to the generals and officials under his command: "Everyone, before handing over the military power, please try your best to restrain the subordinates and take care of the affairs of the yamen, so as not to cause turmoil. ”

The generals and officials clasped their fists one after another: "Obey the general's order!" ”

Three days later, Xue Andu rushed from Hangu Pass with a large army to meet with the captains outside the west gate of Luoyang City.

"General Xue, according to the king's edict, Wei is here to hand over Luoyu's military power to you, please accept it!" Wei Wei said to Xue Andu.

An official stepped forward with a tray of stamps and a roster.

Xue Andu waved his hand, and a junior colonel next to him stepped forward to take the tray and return to its original position.

Wei said: "Previously, Wei had issued orders to the officials and garrisons in Luoyu, and sent people to post notices in various places that Wei and the garrisons and officials in Luoyu would return to the Qianguo!" The generals stationed in Luoyang are here at the moment, please count the generals, and after completing the transfer of military power, Wei will take his family members to Qianjing to meet the king! ”

"General Wei is well aware of the righteousness, your choice has saved the people of Yuluo from a disaster, and the people will thank you!" Xue Andu said and waved his hand, "Come on, count the number of people!" ”

An hour later, the garrison was all counted, there were no problems, the transfer of military power was completed, and the captain and his family members took Xue Andu and set off for the north with more than 200 people from their families and maids.

The day after the family had just crossed the Yellow River, Buliu Guli arrived in Chang'an with the Yunzhong Imperial Court and more than 50,000 troops, and issued an edict to crusade against the Qianguo with the emperor's order, ordering all the princes to raise troops together.

At this time, it was too late for the captain to regret it, so he could only continue to take his family north.

The Emperor of Wei issued an edict to canonize the leopard as the general of the chariot and the king of Huaiyang; canonized Xi as a hussar general and the king of Nanyang; Canonized Daqian as the general of the expedition to the east and the king of Luling! ordered Daqian to send troops from the clouds to attack Pingcheng; ordered Xi to send troops from Tongwancheng to cross the Yellow River to attack and conquer Bingzhou; Ordered the leopard to lead the army across the river to attack Hedong, and the regent Buliu Guli led an army to attack Huazhou.

Zhao Junsheng ordered Gao Jinzhi, the general of Pingcheng, Gao Xiu, and Zhang Xing, the general of Hedong Town, to implement the policy of fortifying the wall and clearing the wilderness, giving up the small city, only guarding the big city and the dangerous pass, and ordered Xue Andu to defend the Tongguan Pass to block the army of Buliu Guli from entering the eastern part of the country.

In December, when the weather is cold and the Yellow River is generally frozen, it is very difficult for Xue An to hold Tongguan, because Buliu Guli's army can cross the Yellow River on ice and go straight to the back of Tongguan.

But Xue Andu's luck is very good, this winter, the Yellow River in Tongguan turned east but did not freeze, the water here is fast, the river is wide, want to freeze the river surface needs to be very low.

The attacking Hedong Leopard Army was blocked by the Yellow River, and the Buliu Guli Army was also blocked under Tongguan.

The leopard set up camp in the south of Weishui and on the west bank of the Yellow River, waiting for the Yellow River to freeze, but the Yellow River has not been frozen, so he had to stop there, and Buliu Guli had to stop attacking after breaking through Huazhou and arriving at Tongguan, and had to stop attacking Tongguan for two consecutive days without success, waiting for the opportunity.

What is the timing for Leopard and Buliu Guli? It was the Yellow River that froze, they could only wait for the Yellow River to freeze, and they wanted to cross the river but there were no boats, and a large number of boats had already been collected by Xue Andu and transported to Fenglingdu.

In the blink of an eye, in the first month of 440, when the temperature gradually warmed up, the freezing of the Yellow River that Buliu Guli and the leather leopard were looking forward to was no longer possible, and the two had to organize craftsmen to build boats on the banks of the Weishui River.

Qianjing.

The lights in the dormitory were flickering, Zhao Junsheng was sitting at the table with chicken legs and gnawing on them, Hua Mulan sat opposite and poured him a glass of wine, and asked, "Have you decided?" ”

Zhao Junsheng gnawed on the chicken leg and said vaguely: "It's decided, send troops to Yunzhong, I will personally lead the army to go, and I will solve the problem first!" ”

Hua Mulan thought about it and felt that it seemed inappropriate, "What about Tongguan and Hedong?" Buliu Guli and the leopard's soldiers and horses add up to seventy or eighty thousand people, don't look at Tongguan is a natural danger, if Buliu Guli does not hesitate to kill soldiers, Tongguan will not be able to hold for long! ”

Zhao Junsheng took a sip of wine and said: "I know all this, so I ordered Xue Andu and Zhang Xing to defend to the death, what is the death guard?" Even if you die, you won't take a step back! As long as the defenders are resolute, Buliu Guli and Leopard will not be so easy to capture Hedong and Tongguan! ”

"What we need now is time, as long as they can hold out for two to three months, our army can take various methods to break up their joint offensive!"