The news has long been leaked out from different channels, and the officials and guests in the hall are whispering, in fact, many private talks involve this sensitive topic, and some people say it in more detail than the fine seal of Bulai, saying that Tuoba Chici commanded Tuoba Qiang to suddenly attack Qinghai and unite with some tribes of Tuyuhun; And Tuoba Ningcong's army attacked Di Dao and other places, to block the Great Sui reinforcements that might come from Bashu.

The people who said and the people who listened believed it, because the messenger of Tuoba Chici had not yet arrived, and the party Tuoba Qiang and the fine seal Qiang were the first Qiang tribes to take refuge in Yang Chong, and the leader of the fine seal Qiang was personally the messenger, and arrived in Xianyang ten days in advance. Murong Fushun was sweating like rain in the crowd, if his father Fu Yun chose to do it with his sister's father-in-law Tuoba Chici at this time, it would be regardless of his own life and death.

A member of the main and guest division walked up to Fu Shun quietly, bowed and saluted, "Lord Murong, Meng Shilang wants to talk to you. ”

"Nope." Of course, Fu Shun knew that Meng Shilang was Meng Fang, and he was Yang Chong's advisor from Hexi, as a squire, his power in the Ministry of Rites was second only to that of Shangshu Cui of the Ministry of Rites, and Fu Shun used all his strength to say: "I am a messenger, you can't treat me like this." ”

The official nodded politely and said, "Lord Murong, the villain understands that Lord Meng is the official in charge of reception in the Ministry of Rites, and it is normal for him to want to exchange opinions with you." Master Meng said that he has no ill will towards you, and today's conversation is only good for you and Tuyuhun, and there is no harm. ”

Fu Shun understood that at this moment, he recruited all the guards, and in the eyes of the Great Sui people, it was not worth mentioning at all; I could only follow the officials behind and come to a Xianyang palace behind. The palace is very old, and it is also the reason why Emperor Wen of Sui abandoned Xianyang, walking on the exquisite printed brick pavement, you can see the cobblestone ground on both sides and the painted murals with dazzling lines everywhere, the vicissitudes of life and the unique aesthetic orientation, let people have a sense of barren grass and majestic mixture.

Fu Shun didn't expect to walk into the main hall, and saw a forest of swords and guns on both sides, each standing with a row of guards, Meng Fan, the waiter of the Ministry of Rites, also standing, and Yang Chong, the king of Yue, sitting on the chair of the Taishi in the middle. Yang Chong's face was serious, and he asked Fu Shun coldly: "Do you know about Tuyuhun's matter, how much did you participate in?" ”

Fu Shun's body trembled, and he hurriedly knelt down and said, "King Yue, my father rebelled, and I didn't participate; Tuoba Chici is my sister's father-in-law, and he has nothing to do with me. ”

Meng turned over the pen and paper without saying a word, and Fu Shun wrote a confession without any psychological burden, and drew a charge; Since the family doesn't care about their own lives, there is no need for them to die. After reading the confession, Yang Chong said: "I still have compassion for Tuyuhun, I will give you a Chen Nuo, as long as you cooperate with the work of the Ministry of Rites, the Chaka County Order is still yours." Meng turned and arranged another place for Fu Shun to stay, so that no one would disturb and hurt him. ”

Fu Shun smiled bitterly, this is Yang Chong is afraid that someone will save him, in fact, his father Fu Yun will not have such concerns and kindness, his son has it, and he doesn't care about himself. What Fu Shun didn't know was that Tuoba Qiang was suddenly in trouble, and the passage to the west was all in the hands of the Hexi Army, and Tuyuhun hadn't gotten the news yet, but one of his confessions could be regarded as convicting Fu Yun, and he was destined to be unable to retract his confession in the future.

Yang Chong saw that Fu Shun was escorted away, took a sip of tea, and asked Liang Shuo, who walked in with the military intelligence report: "How is Jicheng?" ”

Liang Shuo smiled and said: "Since Xiang Yizu was transferred to Jicheng, he established the Glaive Urn City on the city wall according to Zhuge Quan's design, although there were only 3,000 elite soldiers, plus more than 2,000 people in the city, and he held out for eight days in the face of more than 20,000 Qiang troops, until the reinforcements from Yuwen Chengdu arrived, and Tuoba Jin had retreated. Tuoba Guang attacked Qinling and was repelled by Shen Guang; Wang Zhongbo took the lead to occupy Di Dao and stopped Tuoba Ye. ”

It was something that Yang Chong did not expect when all the three fronts were able to stand firm when the troops were in a weak position, and after reading the newspaper, he said: "Shen Guang is brave and strategic, so it is a pity to be a Qinling defender, and when this matter is over, find someone to ask him if he is willing to participate in the attack on Goguryeo." ”

Shen Guang is a diehard loyalist of Yang Guang, facing the situation in Chang'an, although he knows that a series of problems are not Yang Chong's responsibility alone, but he is still obsessed; After Chang'an was recovered by the Hexi Army, Shen Guang found his former bosses Zhuge Jiahui and Zhuge Quan, and asked to go to remote areas on an errand.

Zuotunwei's army marched along the Wei River and fought a battle with Tuoba Qiang in Gangu, Tuoba Ningcong's army had actually not fought a bad battle for decades, plus the difference in equipment between the two sides, but the whole army was defeated in three hours. Tuoba Jin was not familiar with the tactics of the Hexi Army, and did not flee immediately after the defeat of the whole army, but concentrated all his forces in an ancient castle to defend to the death, and as a result, the Thunderbolt battalion bombarded the castle at dawn, and the Qiang army broke and fled, and was defeated twice in two days, Tuoba Jin was killed in battle, 20,000 Qiang troops were killed, and 3,700 people were captured.

Tuoba Ningcong's own tribe was full of less than 50,000 people who controlled the strings, and after this battle, there was no room to fight back; The 3,000 soldiers mobilized by Zong Luohu and the 5,000 cavalry of his own headquarters reinforced Di Dao's army, and joined forces with Wang Zhongbo to defeat Tuoba Ye in Dongchuan, killing and capturing more than 7,000 people. Minshan Qiang and Qingyi Qiang then took the initiative to announce that they would go out to fight against Tuoba Qiang, and each of the two tribes had an army of 10,000 people trekking from the flank, in order to seize the fat land; Xuzhou panicked, the local small tribes in Xuzhou fled one after another, Tuoba Qiang fought a decisive battle with the Great Sui, and he couldn't do his best.

Tuoba Chici, who attacked Qinghai, was defeated without warning when he had the advantage of troops. Knowing that he could follow Tuoba Anhu to live in Xianyang, Tuoba Qiang ran more than 8,000 people overnight; Most of the rest are the Qiang and Tuyuhun tribes who are attached to the Tuoba tribe, and when they saw Li Wenxin's reinforcements arrive, they took the initiative to surrender, and Tuoba Chici could only retreat to Chaka with more than 10,000 men. Tuyuhun attacked Heyuan and Haixi, but was defeated by Li Zhongwen and Guo Shancai respectively, and could only respond to Tuoba Chi's dismissal.

Outside Xuzhou City, Tuoba Ningcong personally went into battle, entangled the elderly, women, children over the age of thirteen, plus the remaining 10,000 soldiers, formed an army of nearly 40,000 people, and fought with the Zuotunwei soldiers. The two sides fought fiercely for a day and a night, Zuo Tunwei killed more than 13,000 people under Tuoba Guang, when it was found that Zong Luohu had broken through Xuzhou, the whole army fled, Tuoba Ye led the guards to break off, and was killed by Yuwen Chengdu in front of the battle.

(End of chapter)