At dusk, Tongguan, the city of Guancheng smoke everywhere, the enemy army besieging the city died down, stepped on the snow back to the camp, in a bunker at the head of the city, Deng Xiaoru, the main general of the Tongguan defenders, looked at the enemy camp outside the city through a clairvoyant mirror.

After another day, the enemy army returned again in vain, looking at the trebuchet that was gradually moving away from the city, Deng Xiaoru couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief: every day to look at the trebuchet outside the Guan, watching the countless stones, fire oil bombs, and thunder thrown by the trebuchet fall to the city, this feeling is not good.

The trebuchet is the weapon that the Shannan Zhou army took the lead in making, and the same is true of the thunder, the governor of Anzhou, Gongyu Wenliang of Qiguo, relying on the trebuchet and the thunder, commanded the Anzhou army to attack the city and pull out the village, and gained a firm foothold in Shannan.

The Shannan Zhou army took the lead in putting trebuchets and thunderbolts into battle, and naturally they were very familiar with these two weapons, and there were corresponding restraint methods, and Deng Xiaoru, as the main general of the Anzhou Army that year, was of course familiar with these methods.

Tongguan, since ancient times is an important barrier in the pass, is the east gate of Chang'an, if you want to guard Chang'an, you have to guard Tongguan, and after thousands of years of wind and rain, under the transformation of the Yongzhou army led by Deng Xiaoru, it has changed its appearance at this time.

In order to counter the strong power of the thunder explosion, the officers and men of the Yongzhou Army guarding Tongguan learned from "advanced experience" and mixed sandbags/dirt bags with wood to build various bunkers in Tongguan.

Soldiers can hide in bunkers to avoid being damaged by thunderstorms, and can hide in bunkers to shoot arrows calmly when the enemy army is attacking the city with trebuchets.

Such a fortification, the first to be put into use in Fangcheng, Jingzhou, Shannan, is said to have a very good effect, and the current situation of Tongguan also proves this, and the bunkers built by the soldiers do have a good protective effect.

The enemy attacked Tongguan, which lasted for several months, and Rulin's trebuchet threw a large number of stones, mixed with thunder, if the soldiers of the Yongzhou army hid in the cave as in the past, they could not effectively suppress the enemy soldiers who took the opportunity to attack the city.

If they gather at the head of the city, facing the attack of stone rain and a large number of thunderstorms, I am afraid that more than 10,000 soldiers will die every month.

Deng Xiaoru, as the chief general, couldn't care about emotion after thinking of this, looked at his pocket watch, and then instructed his generals to urge all departments to repair fortifications, extinguish embers, and arrange for soldiers to rest in turns, not only to guard against night attacks, but also to ensure that they can have a good rest at night.

Deng Xiaoru and his generals spoke a little loudly, not because they were born with a loud voice, but because in the past few months, the enemy's siege has been quite quiet, and there was a "boom" explosion in their ears all day long, and everyone felt that their ears were a little bad.

In fact, this is an illusion, mainly because with cover, the generals often command the battle on the front line at the head of the city, stay for a day, and naturally speak louder in the noise, and over time develop a habit.

Deng Xiaoru turned out of the bunker after finishing the arrangement, stood behind the female wall and looked outside the gate, feeling the cold meaning brought by the north wind, from the beginning of the war to now, several months have passed, it was still summer and autumn, and now it is winter.

Inside and outside Tongguan, one side is white, it is the snow scene rendered by the light snow, and the red flowers blooming in the white snow are the flowers of life stained red by the blood of the dead, disappearing in the cold wind.

Deng Xiaoru looked at the enemy camp outside the pass, tightened his cloak, and began to patrol the city, and the soldiers asked questions, as the main general, he has been doing this from time to time in the past few months to boost morale, after all, morale is the most important thing.

No matter how strong a pass is, the defenders have no morale, and the enemy can easily take it, Deng Xiaoru knows that the safety of Tongguan is not trivial, so he does not dare to take the pass defense lightly.

Deng Xiaoru is a close confidant of Yongzhou Mu, Otsuka Zai, and Qi Wang Yuwenliang, as Yongzhou Sima, he was ordered to lead the troops to guard Tongguan, and to block the enemy in the east of Tongguan, which is easy to say, but not easy to do at all.

Tongguan is the gateway of Guanzhong, it is the pass on the road between Chang'an and Luoyang, the terrain is dangerous, but it is not yet dangerous to the point of "one husband is not open".

Tongguan is located on the south bank of the Yellow River, the north of the pass faces the river, and the enemy army is impassable, and the south of Tongguan, although it is a plateau terrain with ravines and ravines, but a small group of enemy elites can bypass the pass.

The so-called "plateau", is a kind of landform formed by the erosion of flowing water, the surrounding is steep, the top is flat and platform-shaped, from a distance, it looks like many ravines, and the ravines on the south side of Tongguan are north-south directions, like a natural trench, can block the main force of the enemy, but can not stop the small elite force.

Therefore, there is a pass in the southeast of Tongguan, named "Xiaoguan", according to the Yongzhou army guarding Tongguan, a division of troops is stationed in Xiaoguan, Xiaoguan is the same as the "main pass" Tongguan, and has endured the fierce attack of the enemy army for several months.

To defend the east gate of the pass, it is not enough to guard the "main gate" Tongguan, if the "side gate" small pass is lost, Tongguan will be bypassed by the enemy, and there is a dangerous situation of being attacked by the enemy on the belly and back, so if you want to guard the first line of Tongguan, the number of troops can not be less.

The Yongzhou army was divided into two armies, one led by Yuwenliang, the king of Qi, and sat in the Chaoyi on the west bank of Puban, while the other was led by Deng Xiaoru, guarding Tongguan and Xiaoguan.

Liang Shiyan, the governor of Qinzhou, led his troops to guard Sanguan and resist the army of Xi Piluo, the governor of Yizhou, and the situation in Guanzhong was initially stable, and in the direction of Shannan, the situation was also stabilized.

Cui Hongdu, who attacked Jiangling, has been defeated, and the enemy army that invaded the five passes of Dabie Mountain has been annihilated.

Yuwen Wen relieved the siege of Fangcheng by besieging Wei and saving Zhao, defeated the enemy army in succession, and met the son of heaven who was in distress, forcing Prime Minister Wei Chi to lead the main force to besiege the city.

Yuwen's from the beginning of the catch off guard, to now stand firm, the situation is getting better and better, but Deng Xiaoru knows that this is just a good appearance on the surface, the actual hidden danger is not small, once it is not handled properly, the good situation will collapse in an instant.

The hidden danger is that those wealthy families in Guanlong are still watching from both ends of the first rat and watching from the wall.

The main force of the Yongzhou army poured out of the nest and gathered in Tongguan and Chaoyi, while the direction of Sanguan was still guarded by Liang Shiyan, the governor of Qinzhou, and the troops left in Chang'an were a little nervous, which belonged to the situation of being strong on the outside and weak on the inside.

Once those wealthy clans in Guanzhong, such as Jingzhao Wei's family, decided to take refuge in Wei Chidun and led the rebellion of their private soldiers, the defenders of Chang'an may not be able to suppress it, and once something happens in Chang'an, the army located in Tongguan, Chaoyi, and Sanguan will inevitably be in turmoil.

This situation is very dangerous, Deng Xiaoru and others did not remind King Qi to be careful, King Qi also knew that there were hidden worries in this situation, but there was no better way: Wei Chi's army was in front of him, if he did not confront the opponent, if he waited for the other party to attack the pass, everything would be over.

Chi Qin, the commander of the state who was eyeing Pusaka, was like a very patient hunter, who was not in a hurry and waited for the opportunity to garrison Pusaka, while the commander of the enemy army who led the army to attack Tongguan was Chi Jing, the governor of Heyang, who was also not impatient and very patient.

Wei Chiqin and Wei Chijing are brothers, and Deng Xiaoru can probably figure out the thoughts of these brothers, that is, if it drags on like this, dragging the main force of the Yongzhou Army outside, the longer it drags on, the more likely it is to change the empty Chang'an.

The main force of the Yongzhou army is hundreds of miles away, Chang'an's troops are relatively weak, once someone in the city wants to rebel, the chance of success is not small, once successful, it will cause the Yongzhou army to collapse, then these people welcome the Wei Chi army into Chang'an, but the first hero.

Such a temptation can't help but be tempted by ambitious people, although King Qi made corresponding arrangements in Chang'an, but Deng Xiaoru always felt unsteady.

Fortunately, the situation is improving, because the Son of Heaven arrived in Shannan, sent envoys to Chang'an, announced to all places that the imperial court was about to be rebuilt, and called on the Guanlong people to be King Qin, with the righteousness of the Son of Heaven, those families at both ends of the first rat will at least tend to stand on the side of the Yuwen clan.

King Qi and his cronies, including Deng Xiaoru, couldn't believe that there would be such a turnaround.

Everyone thinks that the Son of Heaven has been killed by Yu Chidun, and Yu Chidun also slandered King Qi as a murderer on the grounds that the Son of Heaven was "seriously assassinated and died", which made King Qi's situation more and more difficult.

As a result, the Son of Heaven, who has become the "first emperor", is still alive, and he actually let the king of Xiyang meet him in Xuanlu, and then arrived in Anlu unscathed, met with officials from all over the world, and the news obtained from countless channels proved that this was true.

Deng Xiaoru actually doesn't care whether this son of heaven is true or not, anyway, he is a member of the Qiwang Group, but this news has a great attraction for the people in Guanlong, who are at both ends of the first rat and watch from the wall.

The Son of Heaven wants to rebuild the imperial court, which is a rare opportunity for these people and the families behind them, after all, it is better to be an official in the rebuilt imperial court than to take refuge in Wei Chidun, because the other party already has his own cronies and basic plates, but the current Son of Heaven does not.

These people defected to Wei Chi Dan, they can't compare to Wei Chi Dan's cronies, and they can't compare to Wei Chi Tang's descendant civil and military officials, at most they are a high-ranking official with no real power, watching people eat meat, and they can only drink soup.

And being an official in the rebuilt imperial court has a great chance to be a big official, grasp real power, and let the clansmen be stained.

But there is a premise, that is, the Yuwen clan can really gain a firm foothold in Guanzhong, otherwise these essences will not bet on the side of the Yuwen clan with their net worth.

So what can Yuwen do to make people feel that they are really gaining a foothold in Guanzhong?

It's not difficult to say, that is, to repel the army of Wei Chi, fight a big victory, prove your strength, just like Taizu did back then, repel Gao Huan who came several times, prove your ability to everyone, and unite people's hearts.

Therefore, only when King Qi repelled the attacks of the two brothers, Wei Chiqin and Wei Chijing, coupled with the temptation of the Son of Heaven to rebuild the imperial court, could the Guanlong people who were watching from the wall sincerely join the camp of the Yuwen clan.

However, it is not easy to defeat the two brothers Wei Chiqin and Wei Chijing, the other party has a military advantage, many soldiers and horses, and strong combat effectiveness, and now the Yongzhou army is on the defensive, unless the other party makes a faint move, it is difficult for their side to have a chance to turn the tables.

Wei Chiqin has been in battle for a long time, can be called a battlefield general, this time, the use of troops, at the beginning of the attempt to attack Chang'an for a long distance, after the failure did not rush forward, but unhurriedly gathered troops, looking for opportunities, it is difficult to imagine that Wei Chiqin will make a big mistake.

Wei Chi Jing, who attacked Tongguan, used his troops in a decent manner, and he had his brother to respond, and there was no shortage of food and grass, so it was probably unrealistic to wait for the other party to have a flaw.

The five cousins of the Wei Chi clan seem to have some personal grudges, and King Qi has not thought of using a divisive strategy, but it seems that it will not work at present, and these five people have no possibility of turning against each other, at least for now.

On the contrary, it is the brothers who work together, divide their own labor, and arrange everything in an orderly manner.

Wei Chiqin and Wei Chijing, the two brothers, attacked Guanzhong, and there was no problem of intrigue, and on the other side, Wei Chi Dan personally led the troops to attack Yuzhou Hanging Gourd in the upper reaches of Huaishui, and Wei Chi Youqi sat in Huainan, and the two brothers naturally did not intrigue.

Wei Chishun, who is sitting in Yecheng, is responsible for stabilizing the hearts of the people in the rear, he and Yu Chi and Yu Chi Youqi are not half-brothers, it is said that there is an estrangement, but the grandson of the puppet emperor who was set up as a puppet emperor is outside with Yu Chi Shun, and Wei Chishun can't make trouble in Yecheng if he wants to.

It is almost impossible for the Yuchi clan to have a flaw at present, and it will not give the Yuwen clan a chance to turn around, and the Xiyang King, who has the only chance on the Yuwen clan's side, is now trapped in the hanging gourd, so the Guanzhong side must find a way to create an opportunity.

King Qi urgently needs a victory to open the situation, and the opportunity is in Tongguan, in the small pass southeast of Tongguan, just like back then.

It was more than 50 years ago, when the Eastern and Western Wei Dynasty were fighting, the Eastern Wei Dynasty minister Gao Huan personally led the army to the west, when the Eastern Army (Eastern Wei Army) soldiers were divided into three ways to march westward, the north road took Puban to cross the river into the pass, the middle road attacked Tongguan, and the south road passed through Shannan Jingzhou and took the Wuguan Road to force Chang'an.

Gao Huan personally led the army of the North Road to Puban, the forward crossed the river and set up the village and then built three pontoon bridges to threaten the west bank of the court, and the South Road was under the leadership of the fierce general Gao Ao Cao, all the way to Wuguan, the form was very severe for the Western Wei Dynasty.

The Western Wei Wenwu believed that there was a priority, and it was necessary to first block the main force of the Gao Huan army that was about to cross the river in Chaoyi, but Prime Minister Yu Wentai tried his best to overcome public opinion, and threw the main force of the Western Army (Western Wei Army) into Tongguan.

Because he judged that the main direction of attack of the Eastern Army was Tongguan, and the other two routes were feints.

Dou Tai, the main general of the Eastern Army in the middle route, can fight well, is Gao Huan's henchman, and the two are brothers-in-law, and Dou Tai does bear the heavy responsibility of the main attack, but when the general led the troops to arrive near Tongguan, he was sneak attacked by the Western Army who came out of Xiaoguan.

Xiaoguan defeated the Eastern Army in a battle, and the desperate Dou Tai killed himself, the news came, Gao Huan retreated, and Gao Aocao, the commander of the Eastern Army of the South Road, learned that Dou Tai was defeated, so he had no choice but to retreat east.

Fifty years have passed, a similar scene happened again, Yu Chi's eastern army attacked Guanzhong, and Yuwen's western army confronted each other in Chaoyi and Tongguan, but at this time Yuwen's situation was slightly better, and Yu Chi's southern army was blocked to the east of Fangcheng in Jingzhou, Shannan.

Chi Qin, the governor of the prefecture, gathered a large army in Pusaka and built a large number of boats, as if to build a pontoon bridge, or to force the Yellow River by boat, this scene is similar to Gao Huan, who built a pontoon bridge and bluffed back then.

Wei Chi Jing, the younger brother of Wei Chiqin and the chief manager of Heyang, is now the commander of the middle road army, and he is sitting in the camp outside the Guan, although he is only attacking the city every day, but it is very likely that he is the same as Dou Tai back then, and bears the heavy responsibility of the main attack.

Deng Xiaoru wanted to repel Wei Chijing, but it was difficult to succeed in a frontal attack, because the opponent had many soldiers and a solid camp as a stronghold, so there was basically no possibility of a successful sneak attack.

Then, if he sent the elite to attack from Xiaoguan, find a way to go around the rear of Wei Chijing's camp and Hongnong County, the grain and grass distribution center, and burn the other party's mountain of grain and grass with a fire, Wei Chijing's army would be finished.

Wei Chi Jing was defeated, and Wei Chi Qin in Pusaka was lonely, so he could only give up the plan to cross the river and withdraw the army, and the Yongzhou army could withdraw the main force and transfer to Sanguan, and repel Xi Piluo, so that the situation in Guanzhong was stable, the new imperial court was established, and the people's hearts were settled.

Thinking of this, Deng Xiaoru looked in the direction of Xiaoguan in the southeast, and now that night is falling, he can't see the movement in the direction of Xiaoguan, so he can only take out his pocket watch and look at the time on fire.

It was now eight o'clock in the evening, and according to the agreement, the elites who had eaten a full meal in Xiaoguan were about to set off, and they would go east at night, trying to bypass the enemy outposts, bypass the big camp, and find a way to hoard grain and grass in Hongnong County.

Will Wei Chijing not be wary of this hand? No, the other party will definitely make corresponding arrangements and set up beacon vigilance, under normal circumstances, it is impossible to succeed in a sneak attack, but if it is....

If the general in charge of vigilance deliberately did not see it and made an internal response for the Yongzhou army, it would be different.

Hongnong Yang, is Hongnong's surname family, this time Wei Chi Jing led the army to attack Tongguan, many Yang children with the army to serve, and among these people, some people privately contacted Deng Xiaoru, willing to act as an internal response, lead the Yongzhou army to Hongnong to set fire to the grain.

If you seize this opportunity to be able to make a final decision and turn the situation around, this is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity!

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