Wang Ze hurriedly evacuated the Yao Temple, naturally leaving behind a lot of materials and equipment - in order to travel lightly, all tents and other things had to be discarded - including hundreds of catties of gunpowder.

In ancient times, wars often relied on the power of water and fire, so the necessary things to ignite fire in the army - not only the fire knives and flints used for cooking - then the Jin people have gunpowder, but how can they not bring it? Therefore, before Wang Ze left, he scattered gunpowder and firewood and grass inside and outside the Yao Temple, leaving the seriously wounded who were not good at walking, and only waited for the approaching army of the Qian, first had to set the fire on fire, and then committed suicide - of course, promised that after the war, there would be a heavy reward for his family, even if the country did not care, General Wang would pay out of his own pocket, take care of your parents for the rest of his life, and raise your children until adulthood.

Since it was prepared, the natural fire was very violent, and several wells in the Yao Temple were almost exhausted by the Jin people, Zhang Xiong and the others were blocked by the fire and could not easily break through.

reported to Shi Hu, Shi Hu was even more annoyed. Fortunately, thousands of cavalry in the camp had been ordered to go south around the shrine, and they were the first to respond, and they arrived at this time, so Shi Hu whipped and repelled the blocking troops, and led these thousands of cavalry to cooperate with Zhang Raccoon to pursue the Jin army - only by greatly killing and injuring this fleeing Jin soldier, and even taking off Wang Ze's head, can I vent the hatred in my heart!

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Besides, Duan Mingyi led the army to rush into Guo Rong's array, but he was shot left and right by the cavalry, and his troops were in chaos. Guo Rong was overjoyed when he saw this, so he personally went into battle and raised a spear to kill Duan Mingyi - when he heard the news that there were Jin soldiers coming behind him, he could only fight the enemy behind him if he annihilated the enemy in front of him as soon as possible; As for the enemy in front of him, this Jin general, who is full of arrows and a hedgehog, is very brave, and if he can kill him, he will definitely get twice the result with half the effort.

Duan Mingyi was shouting and fighting, and the soldiers beside him were either shot by arrows or knocked down by spears, gradually exposing him completely. Guo Rong took the opportunity to gallop forward, and stabbed Duan Mingyi in the heart with a spear. Duan Mingyi swung his spear to resist, but he was one step slower - one was that he had grown up with a spear and was inconvenient to use, and the other was that he was covered with arrows, and he ran hundreds of steps, and after a long fierce battle, his physical strength was already close to exhaustion - the enemy spear hit him in the chest, and smoothly penetrated through his armor.

Duan Mingyi shouted, abandoned his spear, stretched out his hands, and grabbed the enemy's spear fiercely. With Guo Rong's bravery, he couldn't pull it out even twice, so he could only wear the enemy general on the tip of the spear, and gallop along the horse, forcing Duan Mingyi to retreat step by step. Immediately, Guo Rong abandoned the spear, drew a knife from his waist, and slashed it flat, cutting Duan Mingyi's throat.

Duan Mingyi's eyes widened, but there was no fear or despair in his eyes, but he showed a slight joy, he just grabbed Guo Rong's riding spear firmly with both hands, and leaned forward, the blood in his throat hanging down like a waterfall. But because of the support of the spear station, he died and did not fall.

Guo Rong galloped past, caught a glimpse of Duan Mingyi's expression out of the corner of his eye, and couldn't help but be surprised - he was dead, what was he happy about? Turning the horse's head, he wanted to call his troops to cut off the enemy's head, and pick up his own spear, who thought that as soon as he raised his eyes, he suddenly saw that behind his own formation, on the distant horizon, smoke and dust were rising......

Before this smoke and dust rises, the wolf smoke is lit far away to inform the Yao Temple to know. It was because of the guidance of the small school, Wang Ze was stunned, and was almost killed by Zhang Raccoon...... Wang Ze was stunned, where did this reinforcement come from? Could it be that Pingyang City sent troops to go around to the south, cross the Fenshui, and then come to meet the Yao Temple? Is it necessary for you to run that far?

Perhaps because of the climate problem, this wolf smoke is not obvious, and the information conveyed is also very poor, and there are not many people who see it, for example, Duan Mingyi, who is charging with his head covered, has not seen it. However, Duan Mingyi was speared in his chest, and before he was about to take his last breath, he vaguely saw smoke and dust rising in the distance, which seemed to be the banner of my Jin family, so a smile suddenly appeared on his face. It's just that he really returned to the light and his eyesight improved, and if he still had hallucinations, then no one knows......

However, Jin Aid did arrive, which was completely unexpected by Wang Ze and others.

Originally, before Wang Ze set out on the expedition, Pei Gai told him that because of the shortage of grain, the only reinforcements that could be mobilized for the time being were you, 10,000 foot soldiers, and I hope you can cooperate with Liu Yang and other generals to stick to Pingyang City and wait for the autumn harvest. However, since Wang Ze went, Pei Gai was always uncertain, and returned to Chang'an City a few days later-because it was reported that the Void Division had not come east, and it was estimated that it was going to invade Anding County--he summoned Guo Mo and Yang Qing to discuss, do we still have the strength to send another reinforcement to Pingyang?

At this time, Pei Wei came to report, saying that he had sent someone to discuss with Zhou Fang, and he would urgently loan 15,000 grains and grass to Guanzhong to meet emergency needs, and as for Liangzhou, although there is no news because of the long road, it is estimated that Zhang Wei will not call our return ticket. Yang Qing also reported that he would plan for more than half a month in the end, transporting grain and grass in sections, and saving tens of thousands of nearly 10,000 grains, which could support more reinforcements.

So Pei Gai sent Beigong Chun to lead 3,000 "Liangzhou Horses" to the north to reinforce Pingyang - mainly to strengthen the mobile forces of Pingyang City, and to stick to the city in vain, which is not a long-term strategy. Beigong Chun crossed the Yellow River from Weixi, hurriedly went north, and just after Mo Huaizhong left Jiangyi, he entered Linfen City, and immediately heard that Wang Ze was surrounded by Yao Temple, and it was difficult for grain to enter.

Beigong Chun didn't say a word, so he crossed Fenshui, went to Jiangyi, and then rested for a night, led his troops out of the city, and went straight to Yao Temple. He was afraid that Wang Ze was about to run out of food, his morale was weak, and he couldn't defend the Yao Temple, so he only lit the wolf smoke contact once on the way, and then galloped on his horse.

Originally, it was planned to stay close to the Yao Temple for a while, and then send sentry scouts to check the situation on the front line, so as to stop the line, but who thought that they would meet Guo Rong's troops head-on. "Liangzhou Horse" galloped to the occasion, since it was too late to close the momentum, it simply kept hitting forward, Guo Rong commanded the rear army just turned around, and the formation was not yet complete, and it was directly penetrated by Beigong Chun.

After that, there was basically no suspense, and the three thousand soldiers were attacked by the Jin army in front and back, and collapsed instantly, and Guo Rong was only spared. Immediately, Beigong Chun and Wang Ze successfully joined forces and fought against Zhang Raccoon again.

At this time, Shi Hu led thousands of horsemen to kill, and only then did he save Zhang Raccoon. However, the elite cavalry of the Qianjun army were all under the command of Guo Tai and were left in Fenxi, Shi Hu's department at the moment, most of them were miscellaneous rangers, and their combat effectiveness was limited, how could they be the opponents of the world-famous "Liangzhou Horse"? If it weren't for Beigong Chun coming from afar and fighting continuously, the horsepower was tired and the people were tired, I'm afraid Shi Hu himself would not have been spared......

Wang Ze wanted to retreat back to Jiangyi, but Beigong Chun refused, coercing Wang Ze to turn around and force Zhao Lei - because his name was above Wang Ze, he could naturally snatch the command of the whole army. At this time, Zhang Xiong and the others had just broken through the Yao Temple and entered the south base, but the fire broke out again in the south base...... In a panic, Beigong Chun and Wang Ze successfully cleared several camps set up by the Zhao army outside the southern base, and then broke into the southern base with fire. Zhang Xiong heard that Shi Hu had been defeated, so he had to give up Nanlei and retreat to Yao Temple.

At the same time, Chen An had already led his troops to break Guo Quan, temporarily ignoring the cattle and sheep, and went straight down to the sorghum. Gaoliang was originally just a ruin, Guo Quan had just built some earthen fortresses, and his troops were both outnumbered and weak, so it was naturally difficult to be Chen An's edge - General Chen had been trapped in Pingyang City for a long time, and he had no way to vent his strength, so he couldn't stop killing him. After the Jin cavalry entered Gaoliang, he immediately set fire, burned the tens of thousands of grains and tens of thousands of loads of forage stored here, and then turned around and went straight to the bank of the Fen River to burn the pontoon bridge.

As soon as Shi Hu retreated back to the camp, he heard the bad news, and in desperation, he had to summon Zhang Xiong, Wang Hua and other troops to go to the pontoon bridge together. However, the soldiers and horses were scattered, it was difficult to assemble in a hurry, and it was impossible to ensure its combat effectiveness.

A big battle on the Fenshui River, until the red sun fell to the west, and finally the pontoon bridge was burned down, the soldiers died in battle and threw themselves into the water and died, Shi Hu was forced to retreat to the camp, and Beigong Chun and Wang Ze took the opportunity to recapture the Yao Temple, and even the north base.

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Shi Hu retreated to the base camp and counted the losses, almost tens of thousands. He was ashamed and angry, and immediately pointed at Guo Rong and Guo Quan-Guo Taishang had not returned in Fenxi, and his life and death were unknown--and scolded: "It's all your brothers who misunderstood me!" The front can't block the Jin reinforcement, the back can't guard the sorghum, the east can't refuse the pontoon bridge, and the west is trapped by thieves! Today's defeat makes it difficult for your brother to escape his guilt! "Ordered Er Guo to be tied up and beheaded for public display.

The Guo brothers did make many mistakes in today's daytime battle, but except for Guo Tai's ambush in Fenxi, there is no excuse, in other battles, in fact, Shi Hu must bear the main command responsibility, Guo Rong and Guo Quan are outnumbered and strong, even if there is no mistake, it is estimated that they will not be able to win.

Shi Hu is instinctively blaming others, because in his mind, when it comes to fighting, Lao Tzu is almost the first in the world, so how can he lose the battle when the army and the situation are superior? Even if there are occasional setbacks, how can they lose so badly? This must be the fault of all the generals, I am affected by them! His temper, the generals are also well aware, lest once this head is opened-Shi Huyu has not had a precedent of killing two generals in a row after the war - after a short time, he will inevitably be stabbed in the meal, so they have come out one after another, pleading bitterly for mercy.

After persuading for a long time, Shi Hu barely discouraged his anger, and immediately ordered the two Guo and Zhang Raccoon to be pushed out together, and each of them was whipped twenty times, in order to set an example - "Temporarily send you and other items to the first level, so as to see the after-effects." If you can't atone for your sins, you will be punished by military law on another day! ”

Then discussing what to do next, Zhu Liang, who joined the army, came out and played: "I have suffered setbacks in many places today, Yao Temple has been gained and lost, sorghum and pontoon bridges have also been burned, morale is low, it is really not appropriate to fight again." The intention of the last official is that when the army goes north, collect the cattle and sheep all over the mountains as soon as possible, gather some supplies a little, and then evacuate Pingyang and temporarily return to Taiyuan, so as to raise ...... later"

Before the words fell, Shi Hu said angrily: "But if you encounter a small setback, how can you have any reason to retreat?!" Battle planning, all Fu you and others joined the army, but they couldn't expect the enemy to take the lead, but instead led me to abandon Pingyang and go to Yao Temple, Shexi Ping and Tun Gaoliang, and even today's defeat - do you still dare to keep screaming and messing with our army's heart?! "Give the order now, push the general out, cut!

In fact, it was Zhang Qun's idea to wade across Fenshui and attack Yao Temple, and it was Wang Xu's idea to place grain, cattle and sheep in Gaoliang. It's just that Shi Hu is blocked by the generals, and he can't cut Erguo, and the breath in his chest is difficult to vent, but Zhu Liang doesn't know what to do, and he bumps into the general at this time, and wants to take a bitter medicine, so who else can he kill if he doesn't behead?

After all, the second Guo is not only Shi Zhao's heavy general, but also Shi Hu's in-law, and there is still the general Guo Ao standing behind him, even if Shi Hu is angry for a while and kills the second general, most of them will regret it later; Zhu Rail is not only a scholar of the old Jin Dynasty, but also has no backer - Zhang Bin is not a group or a party, even if he is here, he may not be able to protect Zhu Rail - it is really good to sacrifice the knife and blame.

As for Zhang Qun and Wang Xu, they were already stupid by Shi Hu's sentence "You wait to join the army", not to mention that they had no friendship with Zhu Rail, even if they were emotional, they didn't dare to take the initiative to stand up and touch the mold at this time - it was useless to touch it, most of them had to accompany the tie-up and death - so they were all silent. Zhu Liang wailed repeatedly, but no one paid attention to it at all, so he was pressed to the ground by the pawn, tied up, and dragged out of the tent.

Shi Hu remembered again: "Zhang Raccoon's subordinates have a horse, named Ma Chi, the order is unknown, and he should be beheaded!" ”

So the time was not long, and two bloody heads were hung in front of the gate.

Besides, Guo Rong and Guo Quan were whipped, beaten with blood on their backs, and returned to their tents by their own soldiers to rest. The two Guo camps were originally adjacent, so not long after, Guo Quan ordered someone to bring him to Guo Rong's account again - he was young, so he naturally had to take the initiative to discuss with his brother.

Guo Rong first said to his brother: "The eldest brother is in ambush, his life and death are unknown, and he should immediately send someone to wade across Fenxi to find ......."

Guo Quan asked: "If you find the eldest brother, what will you do?" ”

Guo Rong was slightly stunned, and then asked his brother: "What do you mean by this?" ”

Guo Quan lowered his voice and said: "We were ordered by Shi Hu, either to guard the high beam, or to go south to intercept the Jin people, and fought hard, because of their lack of strength and defeat, originally innocent, who would want to be whipped...... And the eldest brother really violated the general's order, and went out lightly, causing the trap of the Zhongjin people, even if he didn't die, if he returned with his whole body, I don't know what Shi Hu would do with him...... If you are not like Zhu Rail, will you be hanged? ”

When Guo Rong heard this, he couldn't help but tremble slightly, and hurriedly said: "The eldest brother is different from Zhu Liang, why is this ......?"

Guo Quan smiled bitterly: "Shi Hu has always been jealous of the virtuous and jealous, and he is too good to blame others, so he really has to guard against it." The foolish brother's intention, if the eldest brother is still alive, he should not return to the camp, it is better to retreat to Xihe, return to the party, and flee to Xiangguo. In one day, there were repeated defeats, and the army of 40,000 was lost two or three out of ten, and now there is no basis for advancing and retreating, and it should have been evacuated, but Zhu Liang made a statement, but was killed by Shi Hu...... The tired soldiers continue to patrol the enemy's territory, not to mention reversing the situation, I am afraid that it is also an extravagant hope to retreat with their whole body. Maybe my brothers will die here!

"Only the eldest brother has not returned to the camp, it is better to flee back to Xiangguo, and ask my father to appeal to the king of heaven, saying that although Shi Hu is brave and good at fighting, he is stubborn and self-serving, and does not accept the words of the generals, and despises the lives of the soldiers, and it is really not suitable to make the heavy army in charge, calm and merge the state......

"If Xiangguo urgently orders to transfer Shi Hu away, and don't let the heavy generals, preferably my father, guard and merge the state, my brother may be able to save his life, otherwise, I am afraid that he will die with Shi Hu!"

Guo Rong frowned and muttered: "After all, the king of Taiyuan is our in-laws, and the little sister is a concubine with him, if it is as Qing said, it is because we don't think about friendship, and we go against him......"

Guo Quan raised his eyebrows: "Brother, when he called us out to be beheaded, how could he have taken into account any friendship?" If it weren't for the generals' plea, I'm afraid that the head of me and my brother would be hanging high in front of the gate at this time! ”

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