Danzheng Gorge is the most important pass at the southern foot of Liupan Mountain, the mountain is steep, Jingshui goes south out of the Benwei River, Wu Du'er gave up like this, indicating that the other party is very cautious; It's just that if you don't take advantage of such a dangerous pass, it's a good thing that the Sui army has reduced casualties, but if you want to surprise attack Wating Gorge, it's an impossible task. Li Jing knew that Wu Du'er had taken advantage of the mountains around his county to build a town and fort, and had turned his county into a huge fortress, and now he was undoubtedly planning to defend it.

When Li Jing launched a fierce attack on the Wating Gorge Pass, Song Laosheng had already approached the city and launched an attack on Guoer Mountain and Yuhuang Mountain. Guarding the Wating Gorge is Sima Fan, Yang Yanshi led by 5,000 elite soldiers, Sima Fan took advantage of the steepness of the mountain, to respond to all changes, no matter whether Li Jing is menacing or old and weak, Sima Fan just does not fight, waiting for Li Jing to tackle the problem.

Li Jing prepared a variety of siege equipment, which were damaged by the rebels on the city again and again, and the extra-long arrows fired by the opponent's crossbow took the lives of thousands of soldiers. Seeing that another attack was repulsed, and dozens of cloud cars turned into ashes in the flames, the Red Whisker Girl smiled bitterly: "With the opponent's defensive skills and a steady stream of crossbow arrows, no one will believe anyone who says that it is not Yang Chong." ”

Li Jing stared at the pass, and said in a deep voice: "The most terrifying thing is the carefulness and tenacity of the other party, the scouts and action teams we sent have tried more than a dozen ways up the mountain, all of them are defended by people, and they are heavily guarded, our people either fall into the trap or are shot to death." Now I can only watch Song Laosheng's. ”

Huangfu Wuyi faced his cousin Han Shige, there was no chance at all, the only hope was that Huangfu Wuyi could drag Han Shige and prevent Han Shige from coming back, as long as Song Laosheng could defeat Talou County, Wating Gorge would be a waste pass. What Li Jing didn't know was that Song Laosheng's condition was not better than that of the Wating Gorge, not to mention the strict defense, Liu Harizi's cavalry came out of nowhere and robbed Song Laosheng's grain and grass, and the army's rations had lasted less than five days.

A large number of horse thieves suddenly appeared in Beidi, Pingliang, Lingwu and other counties, robbing not only officials and soldiers, but also merchants, as long as it was grain, cloth, salt, ordnance and other materials, they would not let go. The local Eagle Yang Mansion is tired of coping, the most important thing is that these horse thieves are different from the past, as long as all the things that can't be taken away are set on fire, what the people of Eagle Yang Mansion chase is often a remnant of the fire.

Li Jing and Song Laosheng had to take out a part of their forces to maintain the replenishment of food, which weakened the intensity of the attack, and they held each other for half a month, and the only victory was the attack led by Qu Tutong with 3,000 horsemen, killing Liu Harrier's team of nearly 1,000 people. Just then, a thunderbolt came that the Golden City had been captured by a rebel army.

Tuyuhun Murong Fuyun made a comeback again, united with more than 60,000 Qiang people to kill the plateau, and Qinghai County was in an emergency; Xue Ju, the captain of Jincheng Yingyang Mansion, was the military leader proposed by Hao Ming, the commander of Jincheng County, who led more than 6,000 troops who had just been recruited, and imprisoned county officials on the grounds of arresting rebels. Zhong Juqiu echoed in Di Dao, Wei Ji fled to Guanzhong, and Guo Rong died of illness; Xue Ju selected 2,000 elite soldiers to attack Caohan County, defeated Huangfu Juan in one fell swoop, and took advantage of the situation to capture Caohan.

Xue Ju's sworn brother Zhong Lishu led 20,000 people from Minshan Qiang to surrender, and Xue Ju's army was greatly boosted, and then captured Xiping County and Douhe County. Xue Ju occupied the land of the four counties in less than a month, and was equal to Yang Chong in Hexi; Liu Quan couldn't resist the Tuyuhun people, and led his army to flee from Fuqi City and retreat into Jimo County.

Longyou was shocked, Guanzhong was in an uproar, Yang Chong's invincible male division was nearby, but the Great Sui lost five counties in a month, if it weren't for the edict of Wei Xuan instead of Wang Yang Yu before, how could state affairs be eroded to this point. Looking back, Yang Chong's two accusations of Wei Xuan were not arrogant, but insightful.

The imperial historians participated in Li Jing and Wei Xuan's excerpts like flowing water, Xue Ju's rebellion may not be Li Jing's business, but Li Jing should rush back to Jincheng to quell the rebellion as soon as possible, is Liupan Mountain more important than Jincheng County and the entire Longyou? Now that Xue Ju's troops are approaching Tianshui and other places, he is about to open a road with Li Hong, and it will be even more difficult to do it at that time.

When the news of Xue Ju's rebellion reached Chang'an, Yin Shishi and Yuan Wuji proposed that either Li Jing should return to the division from Liupan Mountain, or order Yang Chong to send troops to recover Jincheng County; However, Wei Xuan believed that Xue Ju was also Yang Chong's person, and the rebellion in Jincheng was a plan to encircle Wei and save Zhao, that is, to ask Li Jing to withdraw from Liupan Mountain. Therefore, the Left-behind Division finally decided to send Wei Ji to lobby Zhong Juqiu, separate Xue Ju's rebels, and ask Li Jing and others to capture Helou County as soon as possible.

Now, all retribution has come, and countless people sigh that the country will not be a country. In the main hall, the little face of the acting king Yang Yu was tense, and he looked at Wei Xuan angrily; More than 20 days have passed, Li Jing has just captured Wating Gorge, and has not yet completed the encirclement of Helou County, and the situation in Hexi is out of control. Yang Chong did not send troops to Jincheng and Qinghai, but sent the news to Chang'an as soon as possible every day, and the latest news was that Xue Ju claimed to be the overlord of Western Qin, and the year name was Qin Xing.

Wei Xuan actually couldn't hold back anymore, and swept his eyes to the Yin World Master, Gu Yi and others, no one came out to say a word, the situation has come to this point, everything is empty, and even the grain and grass of Li Jing's army may not be supplied. Wei Xuan gritted his teeth and said: "Acting King, the current situation is not as good as ordering Li Jing to lead the troops of Anding, Beidi, Pingliang, Lingwu and other counties, raise grain and grass, and recover Jincheng County. ”

Acting King Yang Yu looked at His Royal Highness, no one squeaked, so he asked Wei Xuan: "Duke Wei, state affairs are important, this king doesn't care about face, can you make Yang Chong send troops, even if it is good to recover Qinghai County." ”

Yang Yu can be regarded as giving Wei Xuan a step, and Wei Xuan doesn't have to stay in the court if he doesn't agree, so he plans to send it to Zhangye; Gu Yi and the others could guess with their feet that Wei Xuan treated Yang Chong like this, even if Qinghai County was recovered, Yang Chong would play many tricks. Before Yang Yu's will left the main hall, the urgent report of Anding and Beidi counties arrived, and the Turkic army crossed Huaiyuan Town and appeared within the boundary of the two counties.

This is bad news, which means that Li Jing can only deal with the Turks in the north first when he withdraws his troops, and cannot withdraw to Jincheng County. If Qu Tutong, Zhen Zhengrong and others sent troops from Bingzhou and Hedong, it might trigger a full-scale conflict, Wei Xuan had no choice but to inform Li Jing to defend the city first, and said with hatred: "Wait for the situation in the Central Plains to calm down, report to the Holy Son of Heaven, transfer back 100,000 elite soldiers in Guanzhong, and then settle accounts with them one by one." ”

When Liu Quan, the guard of Qinghai County, and Chu Liang, who joined the army of Hu Cao, fled to Shanshan Town, Yang Chong invited Liu Quan and Chu Liang to Zhangye to discuss matters, and the 5,000 men and horses of Qinghai County who fled one after another were transferred to Jimo and Yiwu counties respectively to supplement the teams of Shi Daqian, Liu Hongji, and Li Wenxin.

(End of chapter)