With a "bang", Wei Chijing kicked over the bookcase, and walked back and forth in the tent angrily, and the generals in the tent did not dare to come out, because now the coach is in an extremely bad mood, and if he is not careful, he will be unlucky.

"There are so many Hongnong defenders! Just like that, someone made it into the city, and the granary was occupied! Occupy the city."

"Hundreds of thousands of grains are over! That's the ration of the army for months, and that's it! ”

"Incompetent, waste! You can't keep a Hongnong! ”

Wei Chijing roared, his face was pale, his emotions were very excited, the generals were sneering, they didn't know how to persuade them, they could only echo the boss, at this moment, not only the boss was angry, but they themselves were also angry.

Early this morning, there was a rout in the direction of Hongnong to report, saying that someone in the city was in turmoil last night, not only captured the granary but also captured the barracks, in the chaos, the defenders suffered heavy casualties, and were routed by the rebels and scattered to flee, and Hongnong has been controlled by the other party.

This news is tantamount to a bolt from the blue for the generals of the officers and troops who are attacking Tongguan, because the vast majority of the grain and grass supply of the whole army depends on the support of Hongnong's granary, and if it only relies on the grain stored in the army, it can not support the arrival of the next batch of grain.

Now that Hongnong is lost, even if it is taken back immediately, as long as the other party lights the granary with a fire before the city is broken, and the official army enters the city, it will also face the dilemma of lack of food.

Tens of thousands of troops, plus the soldiers and civilians, people eat horses and chew a lot of consumption, every month to eat more than 100,000 grains, without the support of Hongnong's granary, the war can not be maintained at all.

The official army attacked Tongguan for several months, relying on Hongnong's grain storage to support huge consumption, and the grain and grass transported from the south of the Henan to the east of Hongnong were also transported by Hongnong, and most of them would be temporarily stored in the granary in the city.

Now that it's all gone, where are the officers and soldiers eager to allocate so much food?

According to the Hongnong rout, the rebellion should be the Hongnong Yang clan, the other party has been the Hongnong clan since the Han Dynasty, there are many clansmen, and there are a lot of Tianke and tribes, and now they have successfully occupied Hongnong City, and the official army is afraid that it will be difficult to recover the city for a while and a half.

Although other counties and counties in Shaanxi are still under the control of the imperial court, Hongnong guards the grain route, which means that the main grain route of the officials and troops outside Tongguan has been cut off.

Seeing that the anger of the commander Wei Chi Jing had decreased slightly after losing his temper, some generals hurriedly came out to offer advice, and their opinion was that once the grain road was cut off, the army's heart would be chaotic, so they quickly mobilized part of the army and the people to cross the Yellow River.

The official army camp is in the eastern suburbs of Tongguan, the north is the Yellow River, and the opposite side of the river is Fenglingjin, the official army also has a camp in Fenglingjin, and there is a pontoon bridge between the north and south banks, if you cross the river now, you can start immediately.

There is grain in the Fengling camp, which is the grain transported from the boundary of the Heyang Governor's Mansion west of Fenglingjin, and the amount is far less than the grain stored by Hongnong, but it can help the army for a period of time, and stabilize people's hearts while rescuing emergencies.

The reason why the generals made such a suggestion was because since the enemy army was able to plan an attack on Hongnong and succeeded, and thought that there would be a follow-up move, then the pontoon bridge connecting the north and south banks of the Yellow River was very likely to be the next target of the other side.

The Yongzhou army stationed in Tongguan is located upstream of the pontoon bridge of the official army, as long as the other side releases a fire boat to burn the pontoon bridge, then as long as the bridge is broken, the officers and troops on the south bank will have no supply of foreign grain and grass, and they will run out of food after a period of time.

At that time, the morale of the army will be in great confusion, and the enemy army will take the opportunity to attack again, and everyone will be doomed, so it is necessary to quickly transfer a part of the army to cross the river to reduce the pressure on the food supply on the south bank, and also appropriately reduce the troops, so as not to be overcrowded when the troops are withdrawn later to cross the river.

In response to this suggestion, Wei Chijing replied: "Now that the weather is cold and the flow of the Yellow River is decreasing, it is impossible to say that after a while, the river surface will freeze, so it doesn't matter whether there is a pontoon bridge or not." ”

"Chief, although the weather is cold now, when will the Yellow River be frozen, I'm afraid no one knows in their hearts, if it is..."

"Then build a new pontoon bridge downstream, just in case."

Wei Chijing said so, but in fact he had already made his attitude clear: Do you want to persuade me to withdraw the army? No way!

The generals' suggestion was actually very tactful, and on the surface, it was suggested that some troops should be transferred across the river to eat and reduce the consumption of grain and grass by the officers and soldiers on the south bank, but in fact it was to persuade the lieutenant to make plans sooner or later, and to withdraw as soon as possible, otherwise he would not be able to leave.

What is the hardest battle to fight? It is a general who retreats in front of the enemy, and the general who can calmly complete the retreat in front of the enemy, even if he is not a first-class famous general, is almost the same.

If the enemy army is large, the number of troops after the break cannot be small, and these armies are actually sent to death, because after they cover the retreat of their comrades, there is no one to cover their retreat, and the enemy army will not let them go.

Therefore, when the enemy retreats, no matter how well it is arranged at the beginning, as soon as the battle is actually engaged, the army responsible for the broken rear will basically be defeated very quickly, and then the whole army will be pursued and killed by the enemy, and the army will be defeated like a mountain.

In the current situation, the officers and troops can only withdraw to the north bank of the Yellow River, and now the Yellow River has not been frozen, and the only way to cross the river is to take a boat or take a pontoon bridge, but there are only two pontoon bridges, and tens of thousands of troops and civilians cannot cross the river safely in a short time.

At that time, the enemy army will take advantage of the situation to cover up and kill, I am afraid that some people will be squeezed into the Yellow River and drowned, not to mention that once the pontoon bridge is burned down, the officers and troops on the south bank will be cut off from food, and they will not be able to leave, and it is not impossible for the whole army to be wiped out at that time.

Many generals meant that they had to make a decision on the spot, first to keep the army, and then the official army moved to the north bank, leaving the elite to set up a fortress on the south bank, so that the defenders of Tongguan could not attack to support Hongnong.

It is necessary not only to ensure that the main force of the army is not lost, but also to buy time for the friendly army to recover Hongnong, this is a safe policy, Wei Chijing is not unaware, but in this way, the fighter plane is gone, and I don't know when there will be next time.

The opportunity must not be lost, and the loss will not come again, Wei Chijing has already won the small pass, and it is not far from breaking through the Tong Pass.

That night, the officers and soldiers set up an ambush to wipe out all the enemy troops who sneaked out of Xiaoguan, and then asked for the password, and sent the elite to pretend to be the elite of the Yongzhou army to "return the same way", earn the door and successfully capture the Xiaoguan.

The strategy was successful, and Wei Chijing immediately increased his troops at Xiaoguan, preparing to go around to Tongguan's back to attack something, and at this time, the news of Hongnong's loss came.

As a result, Wei Chijing was faced with two options: the whole army immediately retreated to the north bank of the Yellow River, or rushed to break through Tongguan before the food ran out.

Retreating now means that the offensive has failed in the past few months, he and his brother Wei Chi have been busy for a long time, and in the end, the bamboo basket is empty, and once the Yuwen clan eases up, they may not have the current situation if they attack Guanzhong in the future.

And the other choice is to make a desperate bet, as long as Tongguan is won, the Guanzhong will be shaken, and the people's hearts will be in chaos, and those families who are swaying from side to side will completely give up the Yuwen clan, and the overall situation will be settled.

Wei Chijing has a detailed understanding of the current grain storage situation in the military camp, and his own side can probably last for more than ten days with the grain storage, so as long as Tongguan is broken during this period, all problems will be solved.

It doesn't matter if you run out of grain just after taking Tongguan, because by relying on the Fenglingjin River Bridge, you can also transport some grain and grass to the south bank, and Fenglingjin is far from Pujin upstream, although there is a big mountain between them, but it is less than a hundred miles away.

It is not a very difficult thing for the friendly army in Pujin to send ships to Tongguan downstream to deliver grain and grass, if it is another general, Wei Chijing will be worried that the other party will be bad, and deliberately stuck grain in order to compete for merit, so that he can not continue to march because of lack of food, but now that his brother is sitting in Pujin, this kind of thing cannot happen.

So, the capture of Tongguan is imminent, and you let me withdraw my troops?

Wei Chijing focused on the overall situation, hoping to seize the fighter plane to conquer Tongguan as soon as possible, and never give the Yuwen clan a chance to breathe, so even if his own losses were large, it didn't matter, but he thought very clearly, the estrangement within the family will be talked about in the future, and it is the most important thing to kill the external enemy first.

At that time, the Erzhu family intrigued before the strong enemy Gao Huan was resolved, and the consequence was that the children of the Zhuerzhu clan each held troops and watched and scattered, and were broken by the other party one by one, and then none of them could escape.

Wei Chijing doesn't want his family to repeat the mistakes of the past, so he has to focus on the overall situation, even if he suffers heavy losses, but his brother Wei Chi Qin sits on the elite of the state, and is not afraid of being taken advantage of by the Wang family.

The princess of Shu Wang is not only partial to her two sons, but also partial to her mother's family, and the sons of the Yu Chi family have worked hard to lay the foundation, and they have actually made the children of the Wang family who are inactive a lot of light.

Wei Chijing, like his brother, can't swallow this breath, sooner or later he will have to settle the account, but not now.

In the future, I will talk about it later, Wei Chi Jingli overrode public opinion, chose to take the risk of the army, and rushed to break through Tongguan before the food was cut off, but he also adopted the advice of the generals, built a new pontoon bridge just in case, and then sent troops to Hongnong to prevent the situation from deteriorating.

Of course, the most important thing is to increase the number of troops in Xiaoguan, and at the same time step up the frontal attack on Tongguan, and strive to break through this gate as soon as possible, so as to deal a fatal blow to the Yuwen clan.

Swept away the angry mood, Wei Chijing quickly finished the deployment, and when the generals dispersed, he wrote a letter and asked his henchmen to send it to Pujin, as soon as Wei Chijing learned the news of Hongnong's loss, he sent someone to Pujin to report, and now, he has to discuss some key things with his brother.

The situation has developed to the present, and there is one thing that Wei Chiqin and Wei Chijing did not expect, that is, their niece and son-in-law, Xiyang Wang Yuwenwen, rushed back from the distant Lingbiao and actually became a spoiler, causing the situation to get out of control.

However, Yuwen Wen's heroic performance in a certain direction could not reverse the overall disadvantage of the Yuwen clan, and Wei Chijing planned to discuss with Wei Chiqin how to divide the troops after attacking Guanzhong, so as to stabilize the situation in Guanzhong as soon as possible.

At that time, the Yuwen clan will only be left with Shannan and the newly attached lands of Ba, Hunan and Jiangzhou, which will be finished sooner or later.

And their brothers sat in the land of Hedong and Guanzhong, and then supported Wei Chishun in Yecheng with great fanfare, and when the time came, the opinions on family affairs could not be ignored.

Toffee... No, I'm afraid that she will already be the queen mother by then, and she can't unscrupulously promote the children of the Wang family to take advantage of the Wei Chi family.

But that was later, Wei Chijing is now concerned about Xiaoguan, he turned out of the big tent, looked at the direction of the south, watched the army out of the camp and drove south, this is to reinforce the soldiers and horses of Xiaoguan, not only to hold the pass, but also to repel the enemy.

Then join forces with the existing garrison in Xiaoguan and outflank Tongguan.

After the Yongzhou army guarding Tongguan learned that Xiaoguan had changed hands, they immediately transferred troops over to try to recapture the pass, but the terrain around Xiaoguan was somewhat broken and not suitable for large-scale deployment of the army.

And then, it's time for them to take the initiative!

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The life of the rat in the cave on weekdays, Li Mulin now has experienced it firsthand, he can't stretch his legs and feet to his heart's content, let alone eat, drink and Lazar are in the hole, and all kinds of smells are enough to choke him.

Of course, he has long been accustomed to the smell of his own feces and urine, the key is the smell from the dung pit outside, even if his nose is blocked, he can smell it, and whenever he eats dry food, he will feel sick to his stomach and even vomit.

Fortunately, the smell around the dung pit is overwhelming, and the people outside will not notice that there will be people in the wall, those enemy soldiers who occupy the small pass, only care about defending the Yongzhou soldiers who come from the west, but they didn't expect that there was a Yongzhou soldier in the wall next to the dung pit.

Li Mulin seems to be thirty-five years old this year, the reason why he seems to say it is because his parents died when he was a child, so he can't remember what year he was born.

After many years of fighting, he made some small contributions, saved money to repay the kindness of his neighbors, and later married a daughter-in-law and had a son.

With a home and a son, Li Mulin has a thought, when he goes to the battlefield, he no longer rushes forward stupidly, desperate for meritorious service, but tries to save his life, he wants to go home alive, as the pillar of the family, if he dies, the family will collapse.

So, when that time comes, should we light the fire?

Through the sunlight leaking in from the cracks in the wall, Li Mulin looked at the fire sickle in his hand, which is a gadget that can make a fire, composed of flint, iron sickle, and fire velvet, Li Mulin can skillfully use the fire sickle and light a fire in a short time.

Then light that one twist, and the twist burns to the end....

Thinking of this, Li Mulin shuddered, the fire sickle in his hand almost fell to the ground, the space of the wall where he was hiding was narrow, and the light was poor, if the fire sickle really fell to the ground, it would take a while to pick it up.

Or, just as if the fire sickle was dropped and couldn't be found?

A thought flashed in Li Mulin's heart, this thought had appeared several times, coupled with a strong homesickness, Li Mulin didn't want to die more and more, even if Shangguan promised a generous pension at that time, now he is not rare.

He just wants to live, go home alive, live with his wife and children, if he dies, his daughter-in-law takes a pension and remarries, and his son has the surname of his stepfather, then what is he?

What a "stand up", no one burns incense and worships when I die!

Thinking of his daughter-in-law remarrying and his son following his stepfather's surname, Li Mulin's heart was dripping blood, and this time the enemy army easily captured Xiaoguan, of course, it was not his own negligence, but that Shangguan set a trap to kill all these people "boom".

There are a large number of thunderstorms buried on the ground in the pass, and as long as they are ignited, all the soldiers and horses stationed in the pass will be finished.

This is a vicious strategy, which requires a dead soldier to "come forward", hide somewhere in the pass, and when the time comes, ignite a fire twist, detonate a thunderbolt, and die with the enemy.

The dead man would hide with his rations, wait for the shrill sound of the horn outside, and then light the fire with a fire sickle, and his family would receive a rich pension, including 200 acres of fertile land.

The selection of dead soldiers was carried out in secret, and Li Mulin became the winner, he was unwilling in his heart, but he did not dare to disobey the will of the officials, and he was also worried that his family would be implicated, so he could only pat his chest and agree.

One of the reasons why Shangguan chose him was that he had a family and performed well on weekdays; The second is that you never snore when you sleep, even if you are tired, you don't snore after you fall asleep, so that even if you fall asleep in the wall, you will not be exposed because of snoring.

Therefore, Li Mulin became a dead soldier, hiding in the sandwich wall next to a certain dung pit in the camp area of Xiaoguan, waiting to hear a piercing horn from outside, detonate the thunder, and die with everyone in Xiaoguan.

In this way, the official army will be able to turn defeat into victory, and his family will receive 200 acres of fertile land and a generous pension.

And my daughter-in-law will definitely remarry after taking the pension and good land, and the son will follow his stepfather's surname, and no one will worship me!

The more Li Mulin thought about it, the more excited he became, his breathing began to be short, and then a voice came from outside the wall: "Ouch! Why are you pooping and gasping for breath! How hard is that? ”

Another voice rang out: "Who do you say?" Who's gasping for air? Who's! ”

It turned out that the two enemy soldiers who were shit in the pit heard the movement inside the wall and began to wonder, Li Mulin was shocked and quickly shut up, he didn't want to die, so he must not reveal his position, otherwise it will be over.

But hiding in the wall is not a solution, he carries a limited amount of dry food, at most two days to eat will be gone, so he has to come out of the wall, and then he will be captured.

Thinking of this, Li Mulin suddenly had a flash of inspiration in his mind, he felt that it was better to surrender and confess honestly, maybe the enemy would be rewarded and his life would be saved.

Then find a way to go home, as for whether his family will be implicated in his actions to join the enemy, it doesn't matter: Yu Chi's attack on Guanzhong, Yuwen's is finished, where can I care about settling accounts with him and his family?

"Woo woo woo !!"

The terrible sound of the horn suddenly came from a distance, startling Li Mulin in the middle of the wall, the sound was the signal agreed between Shangguan and him, after he heard this sound, he should use the fire sickle to ignite the fire twist and detonate the thunder.

However, Li Mulin decided to give up, he didn't want to die, he didn't want his son to change his surname with his stepfather, what bullshit "came forward", he didn't want to, it was forced by Shangguan!

"Hey, what's the smoke coming out of that wall? Could it be that there is a fire in the wall? ”

"Let's talk about it! How can a fire go off in the wall, unless someone lights a fire inside? ”

The enemy soldiers who squatted in the pit and, their discussion made Li Mulin who was separated by a wall stunned, he obviously didn't light the fire twist, how could there be smoke coming out? Looking out through the crack in the wall, his pupils shrank:

In his sight, there was white smoke coming out of the crack in the earthen wall opposite the thatched pit, and Li Mulin knew that this meant that his comrades were hidden in that wall, and at this moment, the other party was carrying out the final task, which was to detonate the thunder.

He didn't want to die, but there were people who were willing to die with the enemy.

"No, no!! Quick, get rid of the wall and put out the fire! ”

Li Mulin shouted hoarsely, so frightened that the enemy soldiers who were outside the wall almost fell into the dung pit, he slapped the wall and tried to rush out, at this moment, the ground shook.

It seemed that countless war horses were galloping, and the ground suddenly boiled like boiling water, and then countless fires burst out of the earth, mixed with a huge whistling sound, and swept everything.

A thick mushroom cloud rose up in the small pass, and the pass was swallowed by the fire and smoke, and the great movement alarmed the four fields, and the huge muffled sound was like an invisible mallet, smashing heavily on the chest of Yuwen Liang, the king of Qi.

He is no longer the strong-blooded teenager he used to be, and his heart can't be strongly stimulated, but this stimulation is nothing, because there is a greater stimulus to come.

Yu Wenliang deliberately showed weakness in Chaoyi, and confused Wei Chi Qin of Pujin on the other side with suspicious soldiers, and then dispatched the main force to Tongguan overnight.

He wanted to defeat Wei Chijing, who was attacking Tongguan, before Wei Chiqin could react, and turn the situation around in an instant.

Rather than being pinned down by the enemy and dividing the troops in all directions, it is better to take the initiative to attack, learn from Taizu to seek near and far, and cut off the enemy's arm, this is Yuwenliang's choice, and it is also the struggle of the Yongzhou army.

Behind him, there was a black oppressive field of soldiers, with no end in sight, and the small pass in front of him, which was originally guarded by enemy soldiers, had disappeared into the thick smoke.

A general came from the front and saluted Yuwenliang: "King, the enemy soldiers in Xiaoguan are finished!" ”

"Very good, strike right away!"