The late night of the beginning of summer became extremely deep, there were animal chirping in the quiet wilderness, on a secluded official road, suddenly from a distance there was a deafening sound of horses' hooves, from far and near, instantly appeared a lot of torches like a tide rushed over, the whole official road was illuminated, a group of orderly, murderous troops were marching in a hurry.

One person led by the army rode alone, wearing a black helmet, black armor, black cloak, bronze beast face on his face, and the ring-headed sword on his waist glittered in the night.

After passing through the long official road, came to a very large military camp, only to see the sentry on the barracks fence waving flags to signal to open the fence, the army entered the camp and came to a large military tent to stop, led by six or seven people dismounted, hurriedly walked into the military tent, in the dim candlelight, only to see this person at this time after taking off the beast face, it turned out to be the Yongzhou Thorn Shi of the Western Wei Dynasty, the general and the governor of the Chinese and foreign military, the prime minister Yuwentai.

Yu Wentai put the beast face he took off on the table in the middle hall of the big tent, and said to the generals who followed while taking off his helmet: "All the generals, go and rest, tomorrow the military tent will be discussed, and wait for the scout to report!" ”

The generals behind him saluted while holding their hands and said in unison: "No! ”

Yu Wentai put the black helmet he had taken off on the desk, and hurriedly turned around and said, "General Da Xiwu and stay!" ”

Da Xiwu turned around at this time and saluted and replied, "No, what does the lord command?" ”

At this time, Yu Wentai took off his cloak and gave it to Cai You, the guard next to him, came to the table in the middle hall of the big tent and sat down and said, "Immediately spread all your scouts to investigate the situation of the enemy's three ways!" ”

Da Xiwu held his hand and saluted: "No! Lord! I've already scattered all the scouts in Chang'an, waiting for news! ”

Yu Wentai was not surprised, and said casually: "Okay! Go and rest! ”

Da Xiwu replied while bowing his hand: "No! Lord! ”

It was already late at night when he came to Guangyang, and then he said to Cai You, the guard beside him: "Chengxian, call the master book to see!" Cai You hurriedly walked out of the big tent!

After a while, the scholar Lu Wei came to the big tent and was about to bow his hand.

Yu Wentai hurriedly said: "Master book, no courtesy!" ”

Lu Wei asked, "My lord! Is there an urgent matter when the ministers come here late at night? ”

At this time, Yuwentai untied the ring head sword from his waist, put it on the table in the Chinese army's account, frowned and said: "Since the pacification of Guanzhong and Longyou, I have been worrying all night long, how to enrich the country and strengthen the army, solve the current predicament, and return the world to peace!" ”

Lu Wei saw Yuwentai's difficulties, and saluted: "The lord is too worried, and now he needs to focus on this battle of life and death, if he can't successfully repel the Eastern Wei army, our army has no place to stand, how can we talk about a strong country?" Lord, since ancient times, there is no other way to strengthen the country, only by implementing reform, can we enrich the country and strengthen the army, and can we solve the current situation of few soldiers and young generals!"

Yu Wentai seemed to think for a while, and then asked, "The main book is clear, where to start?" Can you? ”

Lu Wei immediately replied: "The minister has been with the lord for many years, the lord knows very well that the minister, the minister can plan state affairs, as for the reform and strength, it really needs a master and can't, at present, my Western Wei is not stable, all aspects are in the stage of creation, military and government affairs must complement each other, and a partial waste can lead to overturning!" ”

Yu Wentai stared at Lu Wei and said, "What you say is reasonable! ”

At this time, Yu Wentai got up and walked out of the middle hall and came to Lu Wei.

Then he walked outside the military tent and said, "Master, I don't feel sleepy at all, let's go outside the big tent!" ”

Lu Wei then followed Yuwentai out of the big tent. The two guards standing guard outside the big tent saluted one after another.

The two walked outside the tent while talking, and Lu Wei looked at the sky at night and said: "The lord is in the sky tonight, the Big Dipper is shining, and the lord will win this battle!" Yuwentai stared at the starry sky at night.

In the early morning of the next day, Yuwentai fell asleep on his stomach on the desk in the middle hall of the big tent, and the guard Cai You took a cloak and draped it on Yuwentai, and at this time the scout general ran into the big tent and shouted: "Military intelligence report!" ”。

At this time, Yu Wentai, who was sleeping soundly, immediately woke up and blurted out, "How is the situation?" ”

General Da Xiwu held his hand and saluted and half-knelt and said: "My lord, summing up the situation from all walks of life, Gao Huan's Chinese army is unhurriedly building a pontoon bridge in Pusaka, it seems... Not in a hurry to cross the river? ”

Yu Wentai pondered: "The general is exempt, can the situation be true, but what about the other two situations?" ”

Da Xiwu got up and replied: "The situation is true, the 10,000 iron cavalry of Doutai in the middle road are attacking Tongguan, and the high road in the south is attacking Luoshui!" ”

Yuwentai then motioned to the guard Cai You and said, "The shogunate gathers generals!" ”

After Cai You walked out of the big tent and picked up the drumsticks to beat the three-way drum, the generals walked into the big tent of the Chinese army in a while.

Yu Wentai rubbed his eyes, got up and came to the military map behind him, looked at it carefully, pointed to the military map and said: "Everyone, the Eastern Wei Gao Huan Chinese army is indeed just pretending to contain our army, focusing on the middle and south roads, how do you say our army responds to the enemy?" ”

The generals will not answer.

At this time, the general Li Bi came to the side of the military map and pointed to the side and said: "Lord, you should divide your troops to resist, Gao Gao in the south and Gao Huan in the north are like two-headed snakes, if you are not careful, our army will face a flanking attack!" ”

Yu Wentai then said: "Right now, our troops are weak, and dividing our troops to resist is tantamount to hitting a stone with an egg, and any way to strike will fall into passivity, and when Chang'an is not guaranteed, it will fall into death, and Gao Huan of the Eastern Wei Dynasty may be waiting for this!" ”

Yu Wentai held his chin with his right hand, looked at the military map thoughtfully, and suddenly pointed to the military map and said: "The point of this battle is a --- fast ---- word!" ”

Everyone looked at each other, as if they didn't understand what they meant!

Yu Wentai said unhurriedly: "Concentrate all the main light cavalry to annihilate one first, and the other two will collapse without a fight!" ”

General Yang Zhong came out of the column and saluted while holding his hand and said, "Lord, which way do we take first?" ”

At this time, Yu Jin, the governor of a black armor and black cloak (this duke is brave and strategic, and has always been the most powerful strategist and cadre around Yuwentai) entered the account, and went straight to the side of the military map and pointed his finger and said: "Lord, scout detective, Gao Huan built a pontoon bridge on the bank of the Yellow River in Puban, it takes at least three days, and the strange thing is that the soldiers of the Eastern Wei Army are not in a hurry to build a pontoon bridge, probably intentionally to show our army!" ”

When all the generals heard someone speak, they all subconsciously turned their heads to look at Governor Yu Jin who came in.

Yu Wentai continued: "Gao Huan intends to contain our army, then our army will give him a plank road to repair, secretly Chen Cang, and let Gao Huan of the Eastern Wei Dynasty see the combat strength of our army, if he doesn't put a few bold words, he can let me wait to worship to the east!"

Metropolitan Governor Yu Jin continued: "Our army should pay attention to the middle and south roads, and take advantage of this gap to cut off one of their fingers and make them frightened!" ”

Yu Wentai nodded excitedly and said in admiration: "Well, Yu Dadudu's words can be described as high-level!" ”

Yu Wentai got up and picked up the ring-headed sword on the desk, and said sharply: "Generals, the most important thing at the moment is time, don't worry about it!" ”

So Yu Wentai instructed Yu Jin to say to the Governor: "Yu Governor, you stay in the Guangyang Chinese Army, grant you the right to make a decision on the spot, lead 10,000 Chinese troops to confront Gao Huan, and let out the wind, saying that our army is powerless to fight, and retire Longyou to confuse Gao Huan on the east bank of the Yellow River, and I will lead the main force to return to Chang'an!" ”

Yu Jin held his hand and saluted: "No! Lord Father"

Yu Wentai walked up to the Governor of Yu Jin, shook his hand vigorously, and gestured.

Yu Jin Dadu Governor understood his meaning, and then said: "There are ministers, don't worry, the ministers must act cautiously, and the ministers are waiting for the lord's good news!" ”

Yuwentai didn't take off his armor when he came, so he was afraid that something would be too late, so he put on his helmet and cloak and said, "Okay! Waiting for the good news! ”

Yuwentai and the generals walked out of the big tent of the Chinese army, all of them were black armor and black cloaks, and six thousand iron horsemen poured out of the camp like a black whirlwind, and then disappeared into a puff of dust and rushed to Chang'an.

At this time, the Eastern Wei army on the east bank of the Yellow River was stepping up to build a pontoon bridge on the Yellow River, Gao Huan overlooked the surging Yellow River on the high mountain, with an incense burner behind him, and a Go board. ”

The strategist Xue Qian behind him sat next to the chessboard with a small feather fan, shook his head and listened quietly, and suddenly Gao Huan stopped chanting poetry and said to Xue Qian beside him: "How is the battle situation between Gao Gao and Dou Tai?" ”

Xue Xuan hurriedly replied: "Lord, scout urgent report, at present, General Dou Tai is attacking Tongguan for half a day, Gao Xingtai has entered Luoshui, and is marching towards Lantian, we are here to contain the main force of the Western Wei army, that is, to drag the Western army to death, to buy time for the middle and south roads!" ”

Gao Huan overlooked the surging Yellow River, stretched out his arms, closed his eyes and felt the surrounding environment, which happened to coincide with his own state of mind.

Suddenly, the scout came in a hurry and shouted, "Emergency military situation... ”

Gao Huan subconsciously turned around and looked at the scout who came running.

The scout came to Gao Huan's side and knelt on one knee with both hands, and hurriedly reported: "Lord, Yuwentai led the main force of the iron cavalry to return to Chang'an, and made a big noise and said: I am afraid of my Eastern Wei offensive, and I want to surrender Longyou!" ”

Gao Huan laughed and said: "Our army has overcome all the obstacles and is invincible, at this moment I really regret that I was in Jinyang and accidentally let Yuwentai go, resulting in the current long drive of 100,000 troops to hunt with Guanzhong!" ”

Xue Juan got up and came to Gao Huan's side, and said with a twist: "Lord, don't mention the past again, the minister is thinking at the moment, Yuwentai returned to Chang'an, is there any fraud in it?" ”

Gao Huan said proudly: "Fraud? The Western Wei army is weak, the foothold is not stable, the grain is scarce, our army is full of fine food, the morale is high, and the three-way army is invincible! ”

Xue Xuan shook the small feather fan and fanned the wind, and said thoughtfully: "But as the lord said, in the past, my Eastern Wei army was pacifying Zhongerzhu and pacifying the strong and powerful in various places, and our army knew itself and knew the enemy, but now that it is pacifying Guanzhong, the minister has no bottom in his heart, and the minister always feels like he is on the edge of the abyss!" ”

Gao Huan looked at the strategist Xue Xuan with disdain and said: "There is nothing in the world, mediocre people disturb themselves, wait for the news!" ”

At this time, the supreme commanders of both sides understood in their hearts that if you retreat one foot, I will advance one foot.