Liu Yue and Wang Teng were defeated and returned to the city, and Wang Teng immediately said to Liu Yaoyan, saying that with our current military morale, no matter how many soldiers and horses are useless, they are definitely not the opponents of the Jin people.

Yang Yi interjected next to him, saying What do I say, if you can't fight, you shouldn't go out of the city to fight.

Wang Teng glanced at him in disgust, and then said: "The only way to do this is to hold on without a fight, and urge the Quartet to join the soldiers and horses." ”

The so-called "Quartet Qinwang soldiers and horses", in fact, the remnants of Pingyang County, a total of 5,000 poorly equipped and high-quality villagers came out; Shangdang's Gan'an is separated by lofty mountains and mountains, and it will definitely not be able to catch up for ten days and a half months; Therefore, Pingyang City can place its hopes on only one Shi Hu.

Wang Teng said to Liu Yao that even if he knew that he was drinking to quench his thirst, he had no choice but to go to the central government to sue Shi Hu. Liu Yao was impatient, so he asked Taiwei Fan Long to come out, and then urged Shi Hu, and at the same time sent Shangshu Cao Sui out of the city to discuss with Zhen Suixiang - how can you be willing to withdraw from the army, make a condition to come out.

Of course, I can't think of any suitable conditions here, and it is estimated that Zhen Manzi's mouth will be difficult for Hu Han Junchen to accept, this move is mainly to delay time and slow down the hearts of people.

Cao Xun is Liu Yao's old friend, who originally relied on his humerus and obeyed his words, but since Liu Jun arrived, he was jealous of Cao Yao and spoke ill of him in front of Liu Yao many times, which made Liu and Cao increasingly estranged. Now Cao Sui inevitably sighs for his salary, although Liu Jun is dead, he even climbs ahead of Yang Yi and Taiwan.

is to persuade Zhen Sui to retreat, or at least shake his heart, so as to regain Liu Yao's trust - Cao Sui immediately gladly accepted the order, went down to the city, and came to see Zhen Sui. Who wants Zhen Sui to open his mouth is: "If you want the master to withdraw from the army, it will be done, but you can send Liu Cong's body out first, let the old man behead him, and return to Chang'an." ”

Zhen Sui didn't want to withdraw from the army at all, even if you offered a sky-high price, or even if you really sent Liu Cong's concubine out for him to sleep, it would be useless. He was still hesitating in Pingyang to attack, but when he met Wang Teng and Liu Yue, he killed thousands of Hu soldiers' corpses, and his courage immediately became stronger. Before Cao Sui arrived, Zhen casually sent a fast horse to send the victory to Chongshan, and asked Pei to go north immediately to help-

"Although the Hu army is numerous, it has not been fought, and tens of thousands of people will be regarded as a mustard in the end. Only Pingyang City is high and dense, and the last general is not good at attacking the city, and he must be commanded by the governor himself before he can enter the city to take Liu Yao's head and Liu Cong's rotten bones. ”

So when he faced Cao Sui, he opened his mouth, which was absolutely impossible for Hu Han to agree to - to give you the bones of the first emperor and let you behead him? This is more shameful than a direct surrender, who will agree!

Cao Xun said: "The general's words are very rude. The two countries are fighting, the outcome is unpredictable, now I am on the party general Qin Wang's division, two or three days will be able to arrive at the city, I don't know if the general will be able to go to the city in two or three days? If we retreat now, we can still maintain our undefeated performance, and our country is willing to return Sima ...... Your country is filial to the emperor's bones, and cut off Linfen, Jiangyi and the generals......"

Zhen Sui laughed and said: "Linfen and Jiangyi were already taken by me, why do you need to return them?" As for the bones of the first emperor, in my opinion, it is not as useful as Liu Cong's head. If you attach so much importance to the dead, then I will ask a few living people to tie up Liu Heng and Liu Yao and send them out of the city, and the lord will withdraw immediately. ”

Cao Sui saw that Zhen Sui didn't eat hard, so he had no choice but to lower his posture and speak politely. Who would have thought that the barbarian would not eat all the soft and hard, and finally got tired of hearing it, so he ordered Cao Sui to be tied up, gagged with a cloth, and escorted to the city, and then the soldiers shouted upwards:

"The city sent this man out and begged my general to retreat, but he did not know how to speak, and angered the general. You don't send people here, your taste should be above this person - any big prime minister, big single can be. ”

Liu Yao was so ashamed and angry that he almost collapsed on the spot, so he had to pretend to be deaf and dumb and step on it unjustly - of course, this will inevitably aggravate the morale and morale of the army. finally suffered for two days, and finally got the report - Shi Hu is coming!

Shi Hu also didn't expect Zhen Sui's advance speed to be so fast-mainly because the Hu army south of Pingyang was basically defeated like a mountain-he had just arrived at Yong'an City, and he received the fourth edict from Liu Yao (naturally nominally Liu Heng), for fear that the Jin army would get Pingyang first, so he hurriedly urged the soldiers and hurried away.

After the army entered the city, he looted the treasury and the large households in the county to replenish military funds, and also plundered nearly 1,000 young people to help carry grain and grass. Two days later, it entered the territory of Yang County, and it was concocted again - but the county seat of Yang County was slightly easterly, and Shi Hu sent Guo Taibei to lead an army to ravage.

Shi Hu himself continued his main force southward, then crossed the Fenshui River and arrived at the city of Pingyang. He asked to enter the city for a while, how dare Liu Yao let him in, only said that the Jin army has reinforcements, it seems that it is building siege equipment, and I believe that it will soon launch a fierce attack - Shangdang Gong still broke the Jin Kou before, and then enter the city to pay homage to the Son of Heaven.

This was expected, Shi Hu couldn't help but sneer, and said to the left and right: "Let's wait for me to break the Jin people first, and see if Liu Yao has any reason to perfunctory me." If you still refuse to accept me, I will punish him for the crime of establishing the Son of Heaven and attack Binh Duong! ”

The excuse is easy to find, after all, Liu Heng is not the crown prince, and after Liu Cong's death, it is theoretically not his turn to succeed to the throne. Although Liu Cang is dead, he should support Liu Yi, the king of Hejian, or Liu Yi, the king of Pengcheng, who is one or two years younger, Liu Kui, the king of Gaoping, Liu Ji, the king of Jinan, and others. If you want to be young, Liu Yuangong, the son of Liu Cang, seems to be still alive, even if his uncles set him up, it is more reasonable than Liu Heng.

So he led the army around to the west of Pingyang City, which is close to Fenshui in the east of the city, and it is inconvenient to use it as a battlefield, and set up camp, wanting to compete with Zhen Suiyi. However, the scout cavalry went out first, and the Jin ranger fought between the two bases, but the army suffered a lot of losses, and the remnants returned to report: "The Jin cavalry are all tall, the horses are strong, and the felt hat and fur fur seem to belong to Liangzhou." Its camp is neutral as the pennant of the 'Great Sima Metropolitan Governor'......"

Shi Hu couldn't help but be stunned and said, "Is Mr. Pei also coming to Pingyang?" "The left hand is uncontrollably trembling slightly.

Next to him, Chao Zan said: "Pei should be far away in Chang'an, how can he rush to Pingyang?" I'm afraid it's a bluff, or he only sends hundreds of elite horsemen to help, and he may not be able to lead the army......"

Shi Hu pursed his lips and said, "Or he wanted to expect the chaos in Pingyang first, so he left Chang'an early, and he didn't know ......."

Guo Rong, his brother-in-law, asked, "Does the general have no intention of fearing Pei Gai?" ”

Shi Hu "snapped" and shook a whip and scolded: "How can this be reasonable, why am I afraid of who will come?" However, Mr. Pei's wisdom, even the right marquis is also fearful, and now he is in charge of Guanzhong alone, and he has only defeated Liu Cang's 200,000 soldiers, how can he not deal with it carefully? "After thinking about it, I said that it would be better for me to come to the front of the battle, call Mr. Pei to come out and talk, and take the opportunity to investigate the reality of the Jin people.

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Pei Gai also arrived in Binh Duong not long ago.

He had received a good news from Zhen Sui, saying that Pingyang City was high and the troops were weak, and he only needed the governor of the capital to lead the army to join him, and he had a great chance to conquer it. So he left 500 soldiers to garrison the camp at the western foot of Chongshan, and he sent 2,000 elite cavalry and Yao Yizhong and Guo Yu to the north to meet Zhen Sui. The Jin army swelled to nearly 10,000 people.

The situation near Pingyang was absolutely favorable to the Jin side, one of the soldiers was strong and strong, and the momentum of victory, and the Hu army was cowering in the city, and the forty or fifty thousand people did not dare to go out of the city again, and the morale almost fell to the bottom. Moreover, Pei Gai has just received a report, and there are grain and straw resources in Hedong County that are continuously transported to Linfen and Jiangyi, and I believe that even if he fights a long-term siege war, he can survive longer than Liu Yao.

Some of these materials were temporarily requisitioned by Li Rong, and more were supplied and transported by the Hedong clans - especially Fenyin Xue and Wen Xipei, who were closest to Pingyang.

Although Xue Ning followed Zhen Sui to take Anyi, and then accompanied Pei Gai to Chongshan, it was naturally impossible for him to have no arrangements at home - at least he had to prevent his brother from escaping back. Previously, he sent his cronies into the county seat of Fenyin to spread rumors, which eventually led to the county order to trap and kill the general who defended the city, and took the initiative to change the banner. Immediately, Xue took the grain stored in Fenyin Mansion and his own savings over the years, and supplied it to Linfen in accordance with the instructions.

As for the Pei family, Pei Shuo was released back into the clan, worried that Pei should really "break the Pei clan and cut down Pei Bai" as he said - when the young man said this, his eyes were like eagles and falcons, and his face was not wavering, not like a joke, or a false threat, maybe he was ruthless enough to really do it - but he didn't dare to commit suicide again, and ordered the grain and grass materials in the clan to be transported to Jiangyi in a hurry.

Although since the winter of last year, the materials of the two clans have been consumed dramatically - the Pei family was mainly repeatedly asked for tribute by the Hu army, and the Xue family spent all the money and grain on raising soldiers - but the emaciated camel is bigger than the horse, and it can still easily produce tens of thousands of grains. At this time, it is the top priority to meet the big Sima, anyway, the autumn harvest will be in a few months, and the big deal is to remove two dishes during the daily banquet, and the tenants and dependents can always survive by eating a month's chaff.

However, Pei Gai also knew that if he didn't wait to eat all the food, the battle of Pingyang would have to be decided. The key Shi Hu is in Jinyang, even if he has no loyalty to the Hu Han and Liu clans, he must not want to be occupied by the Jin people in Pingyang, and will lead the army to help. Since Zhen Suichu arrived at Pingyang City, no matter how slow Shi Hu's movements were, he should have arrived in a month, and he was afraid that he hadn't been able to eat half of the grain in Linfen and Jiangyi.

Moreover, the 40,000 or 50,000 troops in Pingyang City, as well as tens of thousands of officials and people, were previously conquered by Liu Cang's westward expedition, and the treasury was almost emptied...... Pei should be a little pitiful of Liu Yao, when the soldiers are exhausted, what other way do you have to think of besides surrendering?

It was to join forces with Zhen Sui, and Zhen casually offered Cao Sui to the front of the car. Pei Cai asked Cao Sui: "Is Liu Yao willing to surrender?" Cao Sui said: "King Yong received the favor of Emperor Guangwen and the first emperor, how can he be justified in surrendering?" If you defend it with a strong position, your army will be able to break the city, but it will also suffer heavy losses, why not make conditions, the two families will make peace and share the peace? ”

Pei Gai couldn't help laughing and said: "I am dressed in brocade today, and what I face is just a beggar, so what can the beggar give me except to kneel on the ground and beg for mercy?" Unless...... I only want to get Liu Yao's head! ”

Without waiting for Cao Sui to say anything, he waved his hand, ordered someone to untie the ties, and said loudly: "You will return to Liu Yao, and quickly send Liu Heng out of the city, I promise not to kill the Liu family, send it to Luoyang, and hand it over to the Son of Heaven to dispose of - that is, the Son of Heaven wants to be the Liu family, I am also willing to ask for forgiveness, and save one or two points of blood for Liu Yuan." The ancestral hall of the Liu family will be destroyed, but Liu Yuan's tomb may not be issued. If you don't allow me to say, once the city is broken, the young elders of the Liu family will be killed, and Liu Yuan's coffin should be broken, and Liu Cong's corpse should be whipped, thinking that Emperor Xiaohuai will avenge him! ”

I'll have this condition, you can go back and discuss with Liu Yao quickly.

Cao Sui fled back to Pingyang City in embarrassment, and relayed what Pei Gai said to Liu Yao, Liu Yao was furious, and scolded with his halberd finger: "Zhuzi is also crazy!" ”

To tell the truth, Pei should have prescribed conditions, in fact, for the Jin and Han countries, which have deep grievances, can almost be worthy of the word "generous", think about what did he do after Liu Yao entered Luoyang? He didn't kill Sima Chi immediately, but for Hu Han, Jin was a victorious country, and it was right to treat the king of the dead country according to the convention, but Liu Cong finally poisoned Sima Chi. As far as the Jin Dynasty is concerned, the Liu family is a rebellion, and this rebellion has always been a first-class felony for the destruction of the three clans, Pei Gai actually promised not to kill the Liu family, and not to dig Liu Yuan's grave, it is really "benevolent".

But the problem is that Pei should not be the Son of Heaven after all, he can't be the master, and in the end he has to send the Liu clan to Luoyang, and life and death are all in the hands of Sima Ye. Do you know that Sima Ye will not do as desperately as Liu Cong did to Sima Chi? Even if Liu Yuan's mausoleum, eighty percent will still plan.

As a minister, Pei should be able to offer such conditions, which is already commendable - the main thing is that Pei should be worried about the arrival of Shi Hu's reinforcements, so he showed generosity. In the same way, if he hadn't heard that Shi Hu had led the Qian army to Pingyang, Liu Yao might not have scolded him, and since Shi Hu was coming, he would of course take Pei Gai's words as a deaf ear - if he didn't scold, how could he see my loyalty?

In the Jin camp over there, Cao Sui had just gone, and there was a report from the Malays, saying that the army had arrived on the outskirts of Pingyang, but it was only half a day's journey. Pei Gai felt deeply regretful, but on the surface, he remained silent, and smiled, saying: "It's okay, when Shihu is broken, Liu Yao will no longer have delusions." ”

Immediately, the two armies of Jin and Liang threw out rangers to each other, fighting between the camps, and when the cavalry returned to report to Shihu, the "Liangzhou Horse" also returned to report to Pei Gai, saying that the army of Jin and the sun seemed to be more than our army, and the morale was quite high, which was very different from the Hu Kou who were guarding in the city.

Guo Pu advised Pei Gai for this reason: "Ming Gong, before coming, Pei Sima and others repeatedly advised that when you advance, you will advance, and when you retreat, you will retreat, and don't use soldiers lightly for small gains." Now that Shihu has arrived, it is advisable for our army to temporarily retreat. ”

Pei Cai waved his hand and said, "If I don't come, I can order General Zhen to retreat temporarily. People in the world should laugh at me for being cowardly, and oppose the thief's momentum. ”

He estimated that he probably wouldn't be able to take Pingyang City this time-Shi Hu came faster than he expected-but for the sake of face, and for the sake of military morale, morale, and even the courage of the subjects of the Jin Dynasty all over the world, he had to fight with Shi Hu before he could retreat.

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