On the one hand, Shi Le attacked the Yellow River, and on the other hand, he ordered Cheng Yao to send people to smuggle across the Yellow River to incite the Dongping Prime Minister Xu Niche, and at the same time set up sentry spies on the river to reconnoiter the movements of Luoyang.

However, the city defense was strong, Shao Xu led the Jin army, and the remnants of the Duan clan led by Duan Wenyang, who came from Youzhou, also fought tenaciously, so that the Qian army attacked for ten days in succession, but it was never allowed to advance.

Since Shi Le was determined to be in Luoyang, he naturally refused to drown under the city for a long time, so he released the siege and went west, but made the general Lu Ming close. Lu Mingnai divided his troops into four directions, wanting to plunder all the people in Leling County to Xiangguo. When Shao continued to hear the news, he couldn't help but be filled with resentment, his eyes were split, but he didn't listen to his daughter's advice, and personally led his soldiers and horses out of the city with Duan Wenyang to rescue.

Lu Ming's troops were scattered, and at the slightest contact, the whole line collapsed, but Shao Xu couldn't catch up with twenty miles, and suddenly the four fields were ambushed, and then I heard that Li Han also led the troops to cut off his back road. Shao Sizu fought hard for a long time, could not get out, and finally the people were sleepy and the horses were lacking, and the bow of the department was exhausted, and then it was captured by the Zhao army - only Duan Wenyang led the department to ride more than 100 elite horses, broke the siege fiercely, and suddenly returned to the city.

The pawn tied Shao Xu rope and brought him to meet Shi Le. Shi Le asked in a deep voice: "The Sima clan has no virtue, Jin Zuo is unique, and Hebei is all owned by me, why does the general always disobey the city?" Do you think that Yidi is not enough to be a king? Although the Jin people are revitalized in the west, but they are in the east, but if they are abandoned, Su Jun jumped south of Mount Tai and did not dare to compete with me, you can see it clearly. Even if the general is not bound by my scheme today, do you think that the Jin people will come to save you? If you are tired of the land of projectiles, sooner or later, you will be killed, will you be willing to do it? ”

Shao Xu paused: "In the past, there was a famine, and I had nothing to control, so I entangled the township party clan and occupied the disgust, trying to save the lives of the old and the young." coincided with the beginning of His Majesty's Long Fei, and he was entrusted with the ...... of accepting the quality" This means that he once called Shi Le a minister because his son Shao Yi was captured by Shi Le, and once called Shi Le's minister-"...... If you have rebelled, how dare you hope for forgiveness? After all, he was born as a Jin person, and he returned to be favored, and he had to swear loyalty to avoid ridicule of his virtue.

"Dayu was born in Dongyi, King Wen of Zhou came from Xiqiang, the rise of the emperor, originally granted by the mandate of heaven, is Jin is Di, how dare I talk about it? If His Majesty Yun is a real dragon, then the truth will be false, and he cannot be sincerely attached, and His Majesty will bear me, not me and His Majesty. If Your Majesty wants to kill me and provoke the drum, it is also his duty, but if he hates me in the sinkhole, what can he say? ”

When Shi Le heard his words, he seemed to be remorseful, and said: "Whoever is loyal to his king, I ask for it, if I can wake up suddenly, how can I bear to punish him?" So he personally untied Shao Xu's shackles and ordered him to go and open the gate of the city of Yanci.

Shao Xu went to the city, and the generals in the city were shocked. So Shao Sizu raised his voice and shouted: "I am determined to wash away the shame and hatred of the country, and unfortunately I have come here, how can I hope to live?" Thou shalt strive to encourage yourselves, and do not have two hearts! Shi Le was furious when he heard the report, and immediately ordered Shao Xu to be killed under the city.

At that time, the generals in the city mainly included Shao Xu's nephews Shao Cun and Shao Zhu, son-in-law Liu Yao, and Duan Wenyang - Shao Xu's eldest son Shao Yi had been killed, and the second son Shao Ji was still young. When the generals heard this, they all wept and shed their blood together to show that they would never surrender.

In the original history, Shao Xu was captured by Shi Hu and immediately sent to Xiangguo to be killed. Shao Cun and others continued to stubbornly defend and repeatedly defeat the enemy, but unfortunately the rescue of the Eastern Jin Dynasty was delayed, and they only sent a few empty letters of appointment, so that Shao Ji led the troops on behalf of his father, and pretended that Shao Cun was a general of Wu and Wuyi was too guarded. So in the end, the city fell, Shao Ji and others were captured and killed by the Zhao army, Shao Cun broke the siege and ran south, and was also killed by thieves on the way...... Liu Yao and his wife were not in the city at the time, but they were spared.

That's mainly because there are Cao Wei's forces in the south, and they are tired of being enemies on all sides, and the Shao family army has no way to retreat, so they can only hold the city to the death. But in this timeline, Shao Xu has been killed, and the elite soldiers in the city have also suffered heavy losses, and the most critical thing is to cross the Yellow River is the Jin land, so Shao Cun and others are not very strong. Shile did not want to waste too much time and troops under the city of Naji, so he deliberately opened the south gate, but stormed its north to force the defenders to abandon the city.

So in the end, Shao Cun, Duan Wenyang and others led nearly 10,000 soldiers and civilians in the city to open the south gate and fled, and Shi Le sent Li Han to launch a surprise attack from the side that was not too fast, but was repelled by Duan Wenyang in a hard fight. As a result, Shao's army was able to cross the Yellow River in embarrassment and flee into the border of Qingzhou, and then received the bell and Wang Gong to settle them in Le'an.

In fact, on the day of the fall of the city, he had already led his front army to the west to the area of Dongwuyang, that is, he mobilized the ships that had been prepared nearby, crossed the Yellow River in the south, and killed Yanzhou.

Because Shi Le knew that if he wanted to attack Luoyang, he must march quickly, once the Jin people reacted, he dispatched troops and horses in time to fortify layer by layer, even if his army could break through the enemy base and drive straight in, it would eventually become the end of a strong crossbow. Therefore, after killing Shao Xu, knowing that it was no longer enough to be tired of the times, he left Lu Ming and Li Han to continue the attack, and he himself moved quickly to the west along the Yellow River, and finally crossed the river smoothly and advanced into Yanzhou.

First entered the country of Jibei, surrounded by its prime minister Shi Ming in Dong'e. The striker approached Dongping, and Xu Gong was really instigated and sent an envoy to surrender. This has formed a chain effect, Jiyin, Rencheng and other places, thieves have risen one after another, so that the defenders are overwhelmed, and it is difficult to gather troops to resist the army. Immediately, Shi Le appointed Xu Gong as the assassin of Yanzhou, and ordered him to attack Taishan County to the west, in order to contain the soldiers and horses of Su Jun and Yangjian.

The soldiers went down to Puyang, assassinated Shi Xiahou and fled in embarrassment, only to reach Yan County, and bumped into the reinforcements of the imperial court. Shi Le's march this time, the elite in front, the old and weak behind, so the speed is very fast, Luoyang because there is no ancestor in the town, Xun Di and other bureaucratic habits come together, resulting in a slow response, so it is necessary to a few days after the fall of the Yici before officially sending reinforcements.

The first reinforcement was led by the general of the Later Army, Zu Jisuo, about 5,000 men. Xiahou Cheng fled into the Zuji camp, Zu Chuzhong was arrogant, and ordered him to report to the door and enter, and after sitting on the case, he refused to come down to salute. Seeing this, Xiahou Cheng couldn't help frowning, and was about to ask, but Zu Ji asked first: "Why did you come to Yan County when you are not in Puyang (the current Yanzhou Prefecture)?" ”

Xiahou Cheng replied honestly: "The thieves are approaching, the counties cannot be united, and the state soldiers are not enough to resist, so they are temporarily retreating here and relying on the generals......"

Zu Ji sneered: "Do you know what kind of crime is it to abandon the city in front of the enemy and leave the defense area?" ”

When Xiahou Cheng heard what he asked, he was aggressive, and he couldn't help but stiffen his neck and said: "I am the Yanzhou Thorn History, where I am located in the boundary of Yanzhou, how can I say that I will leave the defense area?" What does Zu Chu Chongru want?! ”

Zu Ji pursed his lips: "Yan County is less than a hundred miles away from Sizhou in the west, if I hadn't come here, the envoy would have run out of bounds, right?" Then he glared and said: "Bearing the heavy responsibility of the court, I don't want to serve loyally, but I will flee first when I hear the wind, and I should be killed according to the law!" ”

Xiahou Cheng was taken aback when he heard this, and hurriedly said: "Even if I am guilty and should be beheaded, it is not the one you can talk about!" Even if you hold the festival, you can't kill me! ”

Awarded by the emperor to the festival to represent the special military power of the "holding festival", "false festival" and other names, there was no distinction between high and low in the past, until the Jin Dynasty, this gradually divided the rank. The lowest is the "false festival", which means that the festival is temporarily granted, the second is the "holding festival", and the highest is the "envoy holding the festival", which has the right to depose the officials within the scope of authority, and even holds the power of life and death to a certain extent. Therefore, to a certain extent, it is because the false festival can only kill middle and low-level generals and colonels who violate military orders, and military officials who hold the festival can kill military officials below 2,000 koku, and those who have no official position, and the envoy can kill less than 2,000 koku.

In the Han system, the county guards 1,000 to 2,000 stones, and the history of the thorn is 600 stones, but then the history of the thorn gradually rises from the supervision official to the local military and political officials, and the grade naturally rises. According to the Jin system, the history of the assassin is also 2,000 stones, but the actual grade is naturally higher than that of the county guard - the state assassin history and the leader of the army is the fourth grade, and the county and the state are the fifth grade. So theoretically, not to mention that Zu Ji did not receive the scepter, even if he was the highest-level "envoy", he would not be able to kill Xiahou Cheng's head.

However, Zu Chuzhong sneered: "Although I can't kill you, I have someone who can kill you!" He immediately ordered Xiahou Cheng to tie up the ropes, got into the car, and escorted him to the east, taking the opportunity to annex the thousands of Yanzhou soldiers led by Xiahou Cheng.

However, Zuji did not continue to advance eastward, but only stationed troops in Yan County and Wating to the east, built fortifications, and repaired the city defenses in case the Qian army invaded. However, in two or three days, Shi Le led his troops to arrive, and the advance general Wu Yu stormed Wating, and the barrier was about to be broken two days later. The remnants of the Jin army retreated into Yan County.

Shi Le advanced to the city of Yanxian, but did not attack, and seemed to be waiting. Sure enough, two days later, suddenly a large force of the Qiang army descended from Jianjin in the north to Yanjin, which was the vanguard of Lu Ming and Li Han, after making a gesture to raid Yan County. Seeing this, Zu Ji couldn't help but sigh: "It's the right time. "Give up Yanxian in time and retreat into Sizhou.

Almost at the same time, the reinforcements of the Jin Dynasty finally arrived in Xingyang belatedly.

To the east of Xingyang, there is mostly plain terrain, and there are only a few tributaries of the Yellow River such as Beji, which barely divide the battlefield; And to the west of Xingyang, there are mountains towering, and there is a famous pass into Gao, which protects the east side of Luoyang. That is to say, if the Xingyang army breaks through Xingyang and enters the Chenggao Pass, the Jin will no longer have the strength to fight, but can only take a defensive position. If the Zhao army breaks into Gao, the light cavalry can reach the city of Luoyang in one day and night, even if Sima Ye does not abandon the city and flee, it will cause great panic and chaos among the government and the opposition, then Shi Le and Zhang Jing can basically be regarded as achieving the strategic goal.

For the Jin people, the best battlefield against Zhao was in Hebei, followed by Yanzhou, if the enemy army was put into Sizhou and threatened Chenggao, it would be quite unfavorable. Therefore, when the new commander of the Chinese army, that is, Xu Liu, the leader of the central army and the leader of the festival, led the army into Xingyang City, beat drums and gathered generals, and discussed countermeasures, he was first confronted by Zhang Ping, the general of the left army, and Fan Ya, the general of the right army.

Zhang Ping and Fan Ya are both born in Yuzhou, and they are in high positions because they have returned to Zu Ti, and Feng Tie who was born in the Zu Ti tribe, Wei Ce and others who followed the army, and they are not Zu Lian, Zu Ji and other ancestral sons and nephews, and they have a sense of alienation from the entire ancestral army collective. They only obey Zu Li, even for the long history Zhang Chang, who relied on Zu Ti when he first started the army, he refused to give in, let alone Xu Liu, who was only promoted to military Sima in recent years?

Fan Ya first said: "Because the hussar general is seriously ill, and the elders of the court do not understand military affairs, it leads to a slow response, a tired fall, and General Shao was killed, especially to say." However, the leader of the army has a heavy responsibility, leading us and others to the east to go out to the thief, why did he only travel more than 20 miles a day, ignoring the ancient precept of the soldiers, so that the thieves trampled on Yanzhou? The matter has come to this, and the thief is outside Sizhou, why did he enter Xingyang City and not go forward to guard Juan County and Yangwu? ”

Xu Liu explained: "The army has not been sent, and the grain should go first. Now that we have been ordered to send troops to the expedition, the grain and straw in all directions have not been exhausted, and we are forced to follow, how dare we rush forward at this time? If we encounter the enemy and the grain cannot be followed, will it not be dangerous? ”

Zhang Ping asked: "There has already been a letter to Luoyang, the thieves will be a big move after the autumn, even if they don't attack the times, they will also kill Hanoi, the leader of the army is the Hussar General's Mansion Sima, responsible for the overall planning of grain and materials, why not plan early, but to raise temporarily?" Even Sima is not competent, let alone leading the army?! ”

What he said was aggressive, but Xu Liu was not angry, and patiently explained: "Because the hussar general is seriously ill, I am his son-in-law, and I should be in front of the bed. However, the imperial court ordered me to be the leader of the central army, and to hold the festival, so that the governor led the seven armies and five schools, and the secretary and others should obey the military order. Today, we can only talk about military affairs, and there is no need to talk about anything else. ”

Zhang Ping pursed his lips and said: "If you talk about military affairs, I think we should leave the city immediately, continue to the east, meet the Zuhou army (Zuji), and resist the enemy to the east of Yangwu." Do not delay in this city. ”

Xu Liu shook his head and said: "Yangwu, Juan County, the city is small, it is difficult to tolerate the army, and if you face off with the thief in the wild, he is prosperous, and it is not easy to be it." And if the thieves are in a hurry, he will summon the army of Hanoi to cross from Huting to the south, and after covering me, he will threaten Chenggao, and the situation will be critical.

"Therefore, I intend that even if the ancestral army guards Yangwu, I will send another general to defend Juan County, and Xingyang will be in a horn situation. And I was in Xingyang, and I also divided my troops to defend Licheng, Longcheng, and Guancheng, which were within the big city, and then set up small cities and small bases within the big fortresses, and set up small bases at all levels, so that the thieves could not escape. And when its Chaorui has been lost, you can try not to go out and ride south from Bolang Changsha and plunder it. If the thief does not summon the Hanoi army, it will be broken by me; If he summons the Hanoi army again, then General Li (Li Ju) can take the opportunity to recover Hanoi - Qing and others think, can this plan be sold? ”

Fan Ya pouted and said, "It's pure wishful thinking, foolish talk...... The leader of the army stuck to Xingyang and did not move, only showing the cowardice of our army. Or is it actually cowardly leading the army and not daring to confront the thief head-on? ”

Xu Liu Zhengse said: "The general is cautious, you must know that military law is not merciful. After a pause, he said: "To tell you the truth, this plan was not done by me, but by the hussar general before leaving, it was appropriate to give the opportunity ......."

Zhang Ping laughed and said: "The leader is a big lie, in the name of his grandfather, he wants to suppress me?" Even if the grandfather really has this plan, in order to give the leader, I tell you the truth, the matter is man-made, if the grandfather is here, this plan can be sold, but the army will lead the generals, and it will never be done! "Because you don't have the prestige of Zu Ti, let alone his ability to change in battle!

Before the words fell, I suddenly heard a phlegm cough behind the screen, and then a sentence came out: "Since Qing and others have made this thought, this plan will definitely be successful, no doubt!" ”

When Zhang Ping, Fan Ya and other generals heard this, they were all shocked, and then they all bowed to the ground.