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When the news came out that the Hexi army went south to fight with the Later Qin army in Pingyang, it caused an uproar in all directions.

Some gloat, some worried, some excited, and still others turn a blind eye.

The one who gloated the most was Xiyan Murong Yong.

In the face of the large-scale invasion of the Hexi Army before, he was helpless for a while, and even had to present a map to his old opponent, Murong Chui.

Just as he was holding on to his eldest son and waiting for the Hexi Army to come to the door, the news came that the other party had turned south and attacked Pingyang.

In addition to rejoicing, he also gloated and said to his subordinates: "Yao Xing deserves to be unlucky, if he hadn't sent troops to occupy the two counties of Hedong and Pingyang, the widow would not have ceded the West River to Hexi, so there would be no disaster today." ”

Seeing that Murong never took the opportunity to think of a strategy to defend against the enemy, but instead laughed at his allies, Li Xian couldn't help but be disappointed.

There is really no harm if there is no comparison, in the past, Li Xian compared Murong Yong with Murong Hong, Fu Pi and others, and always felt that Murong Yong was still like a wise man, and he was also obedient to himself, and he was worthy of assisting the other party.

But now that I look at Tuoba Jue, Wei Shuo, and even Yao Xing, they are much more far-sighted than Murong Yong.

Since the eldest son of Dingdu and the establishment of Xiyan, Murong Yong has been messing around since then, except for the first few years.

Now that the Hexi people have fought at the door, it is time to unite their allies to defeat each other in one fell swoop.

Which Cheng wanted to put the opportunity in front of him, but Murong Yong not only didn't know how to take advantage of it, but laughed at Yao Xinglai.

Li Xian sighed lightly, took a step forward and said: "Great King, taking advantage of the fact that the Hexi Army is deep in the Pingyang battlefield at present, we should unite with Houyan as soon as possible, invite Murong Kai and Murong Shao to send troops together, and annihilate the Hexi Army in Pingyang in one fell swoop." ”

"Huh? This...... This, wouldn't that be too risky? ”

Murong Yong's brows were furrowed, his face was full of displeasure, the Hexi Army's deep siege in Pingyang was exactly what he wanted.

Even he held the idea that his friends of the dead Dao would not die in the poor Dao, and secretly cursed the Hexi Army to fall into the Pingyang War forever, so that Xiyan would be safe.

"The king's words are wrong, if you don't care whether Pingyang lives or dies today, once the Hexi army repels the Hou Qin army, there will be no worries."

"It is very likely that they will follow the example of the Warring States Qin Army and break into Shangdang from the Qinshui Valley in the southwest, and the Western Yan will be in danger at that time."

"Yes...... But Li Qing, I, Xiyan, am weak and not enough to protect myself, how can I have the spare strength to support Hou Qin? ”

"Not to mention that there is still Wang Zhen in the north, if he takes advantage of me to support Pingyang to go south, wouldn't he put his eldest son in danger?"

Although Murong Yong didn't care about Yao Xing's life or death, he was very concerned about his own survival. However, Xiyan's strength was limited and he was unable to support Hou Qin.

"Alas, the only way to do this is to ask for help from Murong Kai, who is stationed in the high capital."

……

Unlike Murong Yong, who has no intention and no power to rescue Pingyang, Murong Kai is powerless.

As a famous general of Houyan, Murong Kai saw very clearly that once Pingyang was lost, Shangdang would open the door in the southwest.

And without the containment of Hou Qin, the Hexi Army has no worries, and General Bi will try his best to join the party.

Moreover, once Pingyang was lost, Later Qin was bound to retreat back to Guanzhong, and only Northern Wei and Later Yan were left in the Triple Alliance.

Don't look at the strength of the Northern Wei Dynasty, but in Murong Kai's eyes, the Northern Wei Dynasty, which is far away in Yanmen Pass, is far less important than the Qin Dynasty.

Even if you don't consider the festival with the Northern Wei Dynasty, at best, the Northern Wei Dynasty can only be regarded as a restraining force.

On the contrary, it was Hou Qin, because it occupied Pingyang and was adjacent to Shangdang, regardless of its weak strength, but it was quite crucial in the plan to defeat Hexi.

Seeing the situation in Pingyang deteriorating day by day, Murong Kai was so anxious that he couldn't wait to fly to Pingyang with his wings.

It's a pity that he only has a total of less than 30,000 troops in his hands, except for guarding Tianjing Pass, Gaodu (now Jincheng), Changping (now Gaoping) and other passes, only a few thousand mobile troops remain.

Not to mention how much of a force this force can play, just how to get from Gaodu to Pingyang is a big problem.

Gaodu is located in the Jincheng Basin in the later generations, and between the Linfen Basin, where Pingyang is located, there are many distances, and there are only two roads to go.

First, either go south to Hanoi through Taihang, and then cross the Zhongtiao Mountain from Hanoi to the west and go north.

Second, either directly cross the two major natural hazards of Wangwu Mountain and Fenshui Valley, and go west.

No matter which one you choose, it is full of dangers, and the gains outweigh the losses.

Therefore, Murong Kai could only stand at the head of the high capital and pray secretly to the northwest, praying that Yao Xing would defeat Wei Shuo.

……

It took a lot of evening for the Northern Wei Dynasty to receive the critical information in Pingyang, and when Tuoba Jue received the urgent report, the battle in Pingyang was nearing the end.

However, unlike the heartless and powerless Western Yan and the heartless Houyan, the Northern Wei Dynasty was truly powerful and heartless.

In terms of strength, the Northern Wei Dynasty was the strongest country in the Triple Alliance, and even if most of its energy was involved by Youzhou, it still had the strength to rescue Pingyang.

However, the Northern Wei Dynasty had no interest in this at all.

In addition to the current focus of the Northern Wei Dynasty on Youyan, it is also related to Pingyang being too far away, and secondly, Tuoba Jue also hopes that Hexi will fall into Pingyang.

In this way, the Northern Wei Dynasty had the opportunity to capture Yanmen Pass and then capture Jinyang.

When the news of the Hexi Army moving south to Pingyang came, the Northern Wei Dynasty immediately stepped up its offensive against Yanmen Pass.

General Xi Jin personally supervised the formation and launched a day and night attack on Yanmen Pass.

Yanmen Pass is an important pass on the Great Wall, known for its danger, and has the saying that "there are nine stops in the world, and Yanmen is the head".

Seki Castle was built along the mountain and had a circumference of five kilometers.

The southern end of the wall is connected to the east and west wings of the castle, and to the north it extends along the ridge to the valley floor, where a gate is built.

Outside the siege, there are also three large stone walls and twenty-five small stone walls, which act as barriers.

After extending north from the east and west ends of the castle, it was eventually connected to the Outer Great Wall.

Since Tan Daoji and Xue Tong captured this pass, it has become an important pass to defend against the invasion of the Northern Wei Dynasty.

After the start of the war, the Northern Wei Dynasty gathered 50,000 heavy troops to open up the passage to Jinyang in the south, and invaded Yanmen Pass under the leadership of Xi Jin.

At this moment, the entire Yanmen Pass has been shrouded in the clouds of war, and Hexi and the Northern Wei Dynasty have gathered tens of thousands of troops here to start a battle to the death.

In the distance, you can hear the sound of killing in the direction of Yanmen Pass, and there are 30,000 Northern Wei troops besieging Yanmen Pass.

"His grandmother's ......" Xue Tong took a deep breath and couldn't help but burst into a foul mouth.

I don't know what happened, the Northern Wei Dynasty suddenly launched a fierce attack on Yanmen Pass, and the pass was densely packed with Xianbei cavalry.

"How can I say that the enemy army has more than 30,000 horsemen, and there are only less than 10,000 defenders in the pass, so this is more auspicious......"

He frowned, full of worry, and said, "Dao Ji, do you think we can stop the Wei army?" ”

"Of course!" Tan Daoji nodded firmly.

"Although our army has a small number of troops, it is enough to defend the city! In addition, Yanmen Pass is dangerous, and there are all kinds of bed crossbows to help, how can there be a saying that you can't stand it? ”

"Actually, I wish the Northern Wei Dynasty would attack Yanmen Pass, so that we can also relieve some pressure for Daduhu."

Xue Tong smashed his mouth, nodded and said, "That's the same!" ”

Then he raised his eyes and found that the Wei army was attacking again, so he immediately pulled out his horizontal knife, turned his head and shouted at Tan Daoji: "Daoji, wait a while, Lao Tzu will go and kill a few Suo Lu first." ”

As soon as he turned around, Xue Tong rushed to the wall with a few personal soldiers and started a bloody battle with the Xianbei people.

……

The sun rises slowly, and the golden sunlight shines on the majestic and majestic pass, looking at it from a distance, the golden light is shining, and it is very beautiful.

It is very coincidental that the two major battlefields of the north and the south are in a stalemate at the same time, and the next thing is to see who can't hold on first.

Yao Xing, who was standing on the hillside, looked at the tragic battle scene not far away with an expressionless face, and his heart was full of helplessness.

On the front line of Qiao Shan in front of him, he ordered the army to attack at least dozens of times in a row, but each time he was defeated in front of the battle, and there was no gain except for the sacrifice of a large number of soldiers.

It is likely that this time it will be the same, after paying hundreds of casualties, it is still fruitless.

Looking at this inconspicuous temporary barrier in front of him, for some reason, Yao Xing was afraid from the bottom of his heart.

Originally, I thought that with the advantage of troops, I could take advantage of the situation to capture Qiaoshan and open the portal to Chaibi, but I didn't expect to be ruthless.

After the attack for most of the month, the Later Qin people had left nearly 20,000 horses in Qiaoshan, but they could not shake the Hexi army front in the slightest.

At this time, Yao Xing regretted coming a little, he should not insist on conquering Pingyang in person, nor should he attack Qiaoshan rashly.

"Your Majesty, stop, it won't help if you continue to fight."

"Di Qing, what do you say I should do?"

"Your Majesty, it's really not possible, let's cross the river to the west and detour north from the west bank of Fenshui."

"Didn't the Qing family say that Tiandu is in the hands of Hexi, and it's useless to go to the west bank?"

"This time and that time! At present, our army has no way to take Qiao Shan, so we can only find a way from elsewhere. ”