After Yang Yi said goodbye to Guo Yin and continued to be salty, he galloped home, and a few days later, he met Liu Yao on the bank of the Yellow River. Liu Yao asked him how the situation was in the state, and Uncle Yang Rong pretended to beat his chest and lied:

"God doesn't bless the emperor Han, I went one step too late...... I heard that Shi Hufang was defeated in Pingyang, and sent Jinyang to ask for grain and materials from Xu Xiaozong, Xiaozong could not conspire with Guo Yin, killed Chao Zan, Liu Hu and rebelled against Zhao and returned to Jin according to Jinyang and Yangqu two cities. I will go to see it immediately, and Shen will take the order of King Yong to hand over the two cities, so that they will not be taken by Shi Hu's rebels.

"Nai He Xu and Guo refused to obey, and wanted to kill me...... Because of the power of the king, he promised to ...... the people in the territory That is, Zhuhu is attributed to the king, so that they will not be Shihu Neiying. That's why I came to report to the king in advance......"

In fact, it was originally discussed to collect ten carts of the property hidden in the treasury - there is not much food, it can't be given, and the gold, silver, silk and silk don't matter - to bribe Liu Yao, but Yang Yi said, this thing should be left for the time being, I should hurry back to stop Liu Yao, the car is slow, I am afraid that I will not be able to keep up.

He was pondering, these treasures, Liu Yao must be disdainful, Liu Yao had brought out a lot of property from the Han Palace, but unfortunately he couldn't eat from hunger, and he didn't have enough clothes in the cold, so it was not as good as a few stones of millet or a few horses of linen, so how could he care about the wealth of Jinyang? Maybe there's a chance I'll be greedy for ink, thinking that I'll need it in the future......

Besides, when Liu Yao heard the news, he was not annoyed - in fact, he did not have the confidence to sneak attack Taiyuan County and firmly occupy it - he just asked Yang Yi: "In Qing's opinion, Jinyang and Yangqu are both rebellious, may they take advantage of the chaos to attack?" ”

Yang Yi shook his head and said, "No." If Shi Hu gets revenge, he will inevitably return in a hurry, and the battle of Jinyang, no matter what the victory or defeat is, I am afraid that it is not coveted by the emperor and Han. With the intention of the ministers, the king should take the opportunity to the west of Luliang to search for the Hu tribe and scatter the people, so as to return to Meiji, enrich the household registration, and leave the ministers in the land of Outuo to watch their victory or defeat. If Shi Hu recaptures Jinyang, it will be stopped, if it can't be restrained, it will inevitably be gone, then you can ask Xu Xian and others for the promised Zhuhu. ”

Taiwan suggested next to him: "I mean that if Shi Hu hears the news, he will be anxious about the loss of Jinyang, and he will continue to be able to take the salty energy, or he will lead the light horse back, and the king can take advantage of the situation to cover it, and if he can attack and kill Shi Hu, he will avenge the revenge of the past." And I have killed Shihu and forced Jinyang, and I will be afraid if I continue to be salty, even if I don't open the city to surrender, the promised wealth will be more. ”

Yang Yi hurriedly waved his hand and said: "This plan is in danger, the king should be careful not to use it!" Xu Xian and the others rebelled against Zhao, how could they not send an envoy to the south to inform the Jin people? The Jin people defeated Shi Hu in Pingyang County, and Shi Hu returned and inevitably chased after him. If it comes slowly, it will be enough, if it comes to illness, the king will lead his troops to go deep into Taiyuan, won't he fall into the net? ! ”

Taiwan retorted: "Although Shihu was defeated, he did not return to Taiyuan, but wanted to ask for grain from Xuxian again, which shows that the army has not been defeated, and there is still a strength to fight." That is, if it goes north to seek to recover Jinyang, it will inevitably be strictly arranged on the front line, how can the Jin people have a reason to come quickly? The king is forced to go east, and he can reap the benefits of the fisherman, and the opportunity must not be lost, and the loss will not come again. If you are cautious, it is better to live in Meiji for a long time, so why come here? ”

The two immediately quarreled in front of Liu Yao, and the previous apparent harmony was completely torn, and they each thought to themselves: "This fang is hateful, I will get rid of it!" Liu Yao listened for a long time, and finally waved his hand to stop the two from arguing, saying: "What Qing and the others said has its own reason. However, since I am here, if I can't try to make a big profit, I am afraid that there will be no place to stand in the future - I will go to Jinyang! ”

Yang Yi immediately fell to the ground and pulled Liu Yao's shirt to admonish bitterly. Liu Yao comforted him and said: "Uncle Rong's words, the old theory, but the use of troops cannot be perfect, there is a tendency to do it." Don't say it again, I will live up to my loyalty. Then he pulled off his clothes, got rid of Yang Yi, and went out of the tent to discuss with Liu Lugu about entering the army.

However, to his surprise, Liu Lugu was not interested in continuing to march into the army, and just asked repeatedly: "Has Liu Hu really been killed?" The expression on his face seemed sad, but he couldn't hide the joy in his heart.

Because Liu Lugu went south this time, he was originally forced by the "female envoy" to come, he was grazing freely in Luchuan, and as a chieftain of a department, he had no ambition to expand his territory and prosper his tribes. And even if you have ambitions, you can't do it, there is Tuoba in the north, and now there is Tu Ge in the south, where is there a place to stretch your legs?

In his mind, since Jinyang and Yangqu turned their backs on Zhao to Jin, they would definitely send envoys north to greet the "female envoy", Tuoba Xianbei was still a minister of the Jin Dynasty in name, even in fact, it could be regarded as a hardcore ally, since the state was already part of the Jin, how could he order his own family to continue to advance and go to harass it? It's really heavenly, I just took this opportunity to withdraw my troops.

Liu Yao repeatedly persuaded him, but Liu Lugu just didn't listen and insisted on retreating. In the end, Liu Yao had no choice but to order Yang Yi and Taisan to search for the scattered Hu tribe between Luliang Mountain and the Yellow River, and selected 3,000 elite cavalry to cross the mountain to the east and try to cover Shihu. Then, the two sides met smoothly under Jinyang City.

Shi Hu went to the south of Jinyang City, and in the words of Yin Nong, he divided his troops into four directions to plunder the people and collect grain. A few days later, one of his cavalry was encountering the Hu Han soldiers, outnumbered and dispersed in an instant. The defeated soldiers returned to Shi Hu, and Shi Hu couldn't help but be furious and said: "It's really a tiger falling in Pingyang, even Liu Yao dares to bully me!" ”

So they gathered their troops and went up directly to meet them, and the two sides faced each other on the plain. Originally, the people lived in the Central Plains for a long time, most of them turned to farming, and they were not good at riding and shooting, and the cavalry brought by Shi Hu this time was mostly composed of Huns and Zahu, and their combat effectiveness was not very high - the elite cavalry in the army, originally from Guo Tai, most of them were lost under Pingyang City; The Hu and Han cavalry, with Tu Ge and the Xiongnu as the main body, have been crisscrossing the territory for more than ten years, and they are the strongest forces in the world, and there should be no suspense about the outcome or defeat.

It's just that after the country was ruined and the family died, they were forced to migrate to the so-called Meiji, where the ancestors lived and where the royal court was located, the place was limited, and the water and grass were not abundant. Most of the Hu army has no intention of fighting, and besides, they are only here to plunder, who would have thought that they would fight against the fierce beast of defending Shihu?!

Therefore, when the battle did not waver, Hu's army was defeated and fled in all directions. Shi Hu couldn't vent his anger in his stomach, he still refused to give up, and personally lifted his spear and rode his horse, chasing Liu Yao Daxu, almost driving Liu Yongming to the sky and the ground. Fortunately, the fierce general Ping first got out of his body, held up the halberd of the sixth, let Liu Yao go, and stopped Shi Hu in person. Shi Hu didn't ask, he stabbed it with a spear, but he was held up by Ping Xian with a halberd, and with a twist, Shi Hu said "oops", and the spear almost came out of his hand.

This is also because he is too light on the enemy, and he doesn't take Hu Bing and General Hu in his eyes at all, whoever wants to make a mistake is careless, and he almost makes a fool of himself. Hurriedly withdrew the spear, calmed his spirit, circled with Ping Xianma, and fought fiercely. There were more than ten rounds, and there was no winner or loser.

However, the Hu army had been defeated, and Ping Xian did not dare to fight after all, so he sold a flaw, turned the horse's head, and hurriedly chased Liu Yao. Shi Hu hurried for a ride, and when he saw that it was not easy to catch up, he immediately shouted: "What is General Hu's name, can you report it?" ”

"Before the Emperor Han Yongwang drove, Xiao Xiaoping was the first!"

In fact, Ping Xian has long been canonized as a heavy general, Hu Han was almost wiped out, and the officials were broken nine out of ten stops, and the remaining one percent, how could there be no generous rewards, and the reason for indiscriminately filling the number? But he deliberately wanted to sign up and say "small school level first", that means, even a small school can't fight, Shi Hu, are you ashamed? !

Shi Hu had already heard the name of Pingxian, so he shouted again: "You are very brave, are you still just a small school?" If you are willing to surrender to me, you will be awarded the title of Wupin General! ”

Ping Xianxin said that I have four grades, do you still care about the temptation of your five grades? Besides, if you really want to recruit me, how can you call me "Qing", or even call "Jun" directly, it's not too much, and even "you" come and "you" go, such an arrogant and rude person, who is willing to obey you?! Without looking back, he rode his horse away.

After Shi Hu chased and killed for a while, he immediately collected his troops and returned. Although he won this time, the soldiers suffered a lot of losses, and they didn't get much baggage - because Liu Yao took Luliang Mountain as his forward base and led a light horse to search for Shihu, and he only brought about ten days' rations and a small amount of horse exchange. What was obtained afterwards, but dozens of grains and more than 100 war horses, for Shi Hu, it was actually a transaction of piles and discounts.

returned to Jinyang City, and Yuci's reinforcements also arrived, but there were only more than 1,000 old and weak soldiers. Shi Hu asked his general: "How much grain is still in the treasury of Yuci Mansion?" Why not bring it along? The general replied with a bitter face: "A few days ago, Jinyang sent an envoy to collect all the county treasury, even if the last general came this time, it was all rations borrowed from the big merchants in the city temporarily......"

Shi Hu couldn't help but be furious, so he ordered Yu Ci's soldiers to attack Jinyang City.

The soldiers sent by Yuci County were originally some local soldiers, with poor equipment and training, and half of them had never been on the battlefield, and they were tired from afar, and Shi Hu was so angry that he didn't even let them rest or eat, so he rushed to the battlefield. As a result, after two rounds of arrows in the city, Yuci's soldiers were crushed, and even his generals were shot in the back and died in front of the moat.

Shi Hu originally planned to let these waste soldiers attract the attention of the city, so that Yin Nong could lead his troops and horses to follow from behind. Who would have thought that Yin Nong's headquarters was still more than a stone's throw away from the moat, and there would hardly be a single Yuci soldier in front of him...... He didn't dare to rush forward, so he had to return to Shihu in a daze.

Shi Hu had nothing to do, so he couldn't help but pause and said: "In this way, only by ordering Zhang Raccoon and others to lead the main force to the north can Jinyang be recovered...... But I hope that they are near Jiuze, and they have already raised enough grain. "Immediately send the horse south to visit Zhang Raccoon.

Just two days later, Kuaima brought back a shocking news - the Jin people have entered the state!

The messenger of this order was originally going south along the Fenshui to the nearest Daling County, where he heard some gossip and did not dare to confirm it, so he galloped to Pingtao. Ma Qiu welcomed in, informed the south, and said that I had just received an order from General Zhang from Zhongyang, asking all the troops to gather in Zhongyang to prevent the Jin people from going deeper......

The messenger told Ma Qiu of Shi Hu's order, asking him to report to Zhang Raccoon, and then rode north overnight to report to Shi Hu. Shi Hu's surprise was not trivial, and he immediately scolded: "Zhang Xiong can't hold the pass of the mountain pass, how incompetent!" "Yin Nong said that we can't delay with Jinyang City any longer, we must go south immediately and gather troops, so that we can hope to fight with the Jin people again-"If the king is not in the army, the tribes are scattered, and the Jin people will be defeated!" ”

Shi Hu was unwilling and reluctant, so he had to give up Jinyang and return to the south. In fact, at this time, a large number of people poured into Jinyang City, and the food was insufficient, and they were about to be cut off, and the Hu people in the city rioted many times, but they were finally suppressed by the Guo family, and the Hu people killed reached as many as four or five hundred. If it weren't Shi Hu outside the city, but Liu Yao, maybe even those "Zhao people" would have wanted to simply open the city to welcome the surrender...... But Shi Hu is famous for his fierceness, and this time he defected from the Zhao family, so the big guy guessed that with Shi Hu's temper, it is estimated that even if he falls, it will be difficult to escape.

Death on the left and right, is it better to starve to death with dignity...... Besides, the big families still have some private grain, and they will always die a few days later than the ordinary people.

As a result, he was lucky enough to hold Jinyang City, and when he saw Zhao Qi going, the city couldn't help but be thunderous. Guo Yin hurriedly sent people out of the city to investigate, and after learning that Shi Hu had indeed retreated, he hurriedly sent a message to Yangqu City, as well as his own village outside the city, to let him carry some food to help the emergency.

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Shi Hu sent an order, and the army gathered in Pingtao and Xicheng to prepare for a decisive battle with the Jin people. However, after waiting for four whole days, the main force of the Jin army had already entered Taiyuan, not only defending Jiexiu and Wu County, but even Beigong Chun took advantage of Zhang Racco's retreat from Zhongyang City to easily capture Zhongyang, but Shi Hu never waited for the news of the Guo brothers.

It turned out that the Guo brothers were in Zhongdu, and finally got their cronies to come over the mountain, and reported the news, saying that the uncle had been found, and he planned to sneak through the sentry of the Jin people, go over the mountain to Shangdang, and return to Xiangguo after returning to Shangdang, and go to sue Shi Hu first. Erguo Fang was relieved and received Shi Hu's general order.

Guo Quan said: "From this point of view, Shi Hushi failed to recapture Jinyang, so with tens of thousands of remnants, insufficient food and straw, and no follow-up, is it possible to fight with the Jin people?" That is, to guard the city, Pingtao, Xi County and other treasury are empty, the city is not wide, how to defend it? Moreover, since the Jin people are good at defending the city, they must be familiar with the siege of the city......"

Guo Rong frowned and said: "The meaning of the virtuous brother, is Taiyuan no longer defensible?" ”

Guo Quan smiled bitterly: "Shi Hu is rigid and light, and the matter has come to this point, and the sin is in his body." Whether Taiyuan can be defended, my brother really does not dare to say anything, but I am afraid that my brother will go west to join forces with him, and when he is angry, he will punish me for no reason...... The whip marks of the past are still on his back, does Brother still want to suffer such humiliation again? ! ”

Guo Rong slapped his thigh and said, what the virtuous brother said is reasonable, I might as well retreat - "If the king of heaven asks, he will say that the army is exhausted, and he has no choice but to go west to Jizhou!" So he immediately killed the messenger sent by Shi Hu, pretended that we had not received any orders, and then gathered his troops and horses, that is, from the east of the central capital, and fled into the mountains along the path......