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Until the army was surrounded by the firewood wall, Yao Fang woke up like a dream.

He originally wanted to lead the army to break through, but the Hexi army was large in number and surrounded Chaibi, and no one answered, so how easy was it to break through alone?

After giving up the breakthrough plan, Yao Ping carefully and carefully surveyed the terrain of Chaibi.

He found that Chai Bi was easy to defend and difficult to attack, so he ordered the Qin army to hold Chai Bi and at the same time asked Yao Xing for help.

When receiving Yao Ping's urgent report for help, Yao Xing led his army to cross the Yellow River and arrived at Puban.

In the big tent of the Chinese army, Yao Xing tightened his face, carefully scanned Yao Ping's letter in his hand, and there was a general of Houqin standing around.

The situation is changing too fast, far beyond everyone's imagination.

Originally, they came to rescue Yao Shao, but not only Yao Shao had already died in battle, but even Yao Ping was trapped in the firewood wall.

Di Bozhi sighed and said helplessly: "Your Majesty, the Duke of Dongping was unfortunately killed, and the Duke of Yiyang was trapped in the wall again, and the situation was extremely unfavorable to Daqin. ”

"If you continue to attack lightly, I am afraid that you will fall for Hexi's treacherous scheme."

"What does Di Qing mean by this?"

"Your Majesty, the minister is worried that Chaibi is deliberately besieged by Hexi but not attacked, in order to lure my army north."

Di Bozhi's worries are not unreasonable, after all, the Hexi army has even captured Qianbi, and there is no reason why it can't capture Chaibi.

Now it is besieging but not attacking, obviously it has another calculation.

"Di Qing's words are certainly reasonable, but if you abandon 20,000 robes because of this, what face will I have with Zhongqing to go back to see my father and fellow villagers in Guanzhong?"

Speaking of this, Yao Xing glanced at everyone with a firm face, and said conclusively: "The army will go north immediately to rescue Chaibi." ”

Seeing that Yao Xing had made up his mind, Di Bozhi stopped admonishing.

He thought for a moment and reminded: "Your Majesty, to relieve the siege of Chaibi, the army must quickly move north, preempt the Hexi army, and take the natural danger on the west bank of Fenshui - Tiandu." ”

"In this way, our army only needs to set up a pontoon bridge on the Fen River, which is enough to get in touch with the defenders of Chaibi on the opposite bank."

"At that time, the two armies will converge, and there will be nearly 70,000 horses, and the Hexi army may not be easy to start."

"Okay, according to Di Qing's wishes, the army quickly went north and seized Tiandu."

"In addition, I think I should also inform Hou Yan and the Northern Wei Dynasty, and let the two countries send troops to respond."

Yao Xing insisted on going north to save Yao Ping, in addition to feeling sorry for the 20,000 horses, he also had the idea of competing with Wei Shuo again.

If he does not wash away the shame of the fiasco in the Battle of Shangjun, Yao Xing will feel that he will not be able to raise his head for the rest of his life.

For this reason, he even did not hesitate to forcibly pass the pro-conscription proposal in the court, and quickly cut off the chaos and set up his eldest son Yao Hong as the crown prince.

It can be seen from this that Yao Xing attaches great importance to this war.

Before leaving Chang'an, Yao Xing ordered Yao Xian, Yao Huang, and Yin Wei, three auxiliary ministers, to assist the crown prince Yao Hong in guarding Chang'an.

Uncle Yao Shuode guarded Yongcheng and was responsible for the defense of the Western Front.

After arranging the rear, Yao Xing led an army of 47,000 people, supervising the general Guangyuan Dang'e, the Lijie general Lei Xing, the Yue cavalry captain Tang Xiaofang, and the crossbow general Yao Liangguo and other Later Qin generals to cross the Yellow River eastward.

It can be said that at this time, Yao Xing's command, except for Yao Shuode's department, gathered almost all the main elites in Later Qin, and wanted to start a duel with Wei Shuo on this basis.

Yao Xing worked so an expedition, in addition to wanting to be ashamed, he also saw that it was the best time to severely damage the Hexi army.

The joint sniping of Hexi by the three countries this time will definitely distract Hexi's energy, and it will inevitably be unable to deal with Hou Qin with all his might.

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When Yao Xing traveled north day and night, Wei Shuo also received the news that Hou Qin's reinforcements were about to arrive.

At this time, the Hexi Army had set up a large camp on the periphery of Chaibi and surrounded Yao Ping's regiment in Chaibi.

Several military camps are on the periphery of the Chaibi, towering on the banks of the Fen River, and the sun and moon military flags fluttering high can be seen in the distance.

The swords and guns on the wall are bright, and the crossbow lies horizontally; The camp was dusty and dusty.

At this moment, the time is coming to an end, the sun is in the west, and Wei Shuo leads people to inspect the military camp.

At noon, there was just a fierce battle, and there were blood stains everywhere on the river beach, and through the bloody battle, the Hexi army successfully blocked the Chaibi Qin army.

Just came to a large camp gate, but saw Wang Zhongde riding a horse.

"Meet Daduhu." In front of him, Wang Zhongde turned over and dismounted, wanting to kneel and salute.

Wei Shuo hurriedly stepped forward, grabbed Wang Zhongde with both hands, looked up and down, and saw that his armor was damaged, bloodstained, and his face was tired.

He couldn't help but praise: "Zhongde has worked hard, thanks to the general's strength today, he successfully thwarted Yao Ping's attempt to break through." ”

"This is the duty of the last general, why do you have to say that it is hard?"

Wang Zhongde glanced at Wei Shuo and said worriedly: "Lord, although Yao Ping has never been able to break through the blockade of the army, the Qin army has good combat strength, and it is not easy for our army to eat the Qin army in one bite." ”

"In case the Houqin reinforcements arrive in time, and the enemy exerts forces inside and outside at that time, the Hexi army will be in danger."

Wei Shuo bowed slightly, raised his eyes to look at the turbulent Fenshui in the west, turned his head and said to Wang Zhongde: "Don't hide it from Zhongde, Shuo has received an urgent secret report from the scout, and Qin Yaoxing is hurrying north to Chaibi. ”

To be honest, Yao Xing's personal expedition was a bit unexpected by Wei Shuo.

He expected that Hou Qin would not give up Pingyang County easily, but he didn't expect Yao Xing to go out in person.

After all, Yao Xing had just ascended the throne, and the domestic situation was still unstable, so as the head of a country, how could he easily leave the capital.

How did Ran Weishuo know that Yao Xing came to avenge him.

As night fell, Cui Hao, Zhang Teng, Jiang Ji, Wang Zhongde, Kuai En, Gao Jinzhi, Kang Long and other Hexi civil and military forces gathered in the big tent of the Chinese army to participate in the military meeting.

Just after the hour, Wei Shuo came to the big tent of the Chinese army, only to see that there were people inside, Cui Hao, Wang Zhongde, Zhang Teng, Jiang Ji and others had been waiting for a long time.

Just as everyone was discussing military affairs in a whisper, Wei Shuo raised his steps into the big tent and sat down with everyone.

Wei Shuo sat upright on the main seat, raised his right hand, signaled everyone to be quiet, and then leaned forward, propped his hands on the desk, and looked at everyone.

"Ladies and gentlemen, you have also fought with the Later Qin people several times recently, how do you feel?"

"Later Qin is worthy of being one of the military powers, the combat power of the Qin army should not be underestimated, Yao Ping is not a mediocre talent, and it is difficult for the Hexi army to take Chaibi in a short period of time."

"Not bad." Wei Shuo nodded, looked at the generals, and said, "And this is the reason why Shuo did not order a strong attack. ”

"Although the Hexi army is strong, there is no reason to attack and attack the fortress when it sees it, otherwise no matter how rich the family is, it will not be able to withstand such consumption."

Wei Shuo paused, glanced at everyone and continued: "When fighting with a strong opponent, you can't fight hard, you must know how to use the art of war, adapt measures to local conditions, and win with wisdom. ”

"I just received a report from the scout, saying that Yao Xing has personally led nearly 50,000 troops to cross the Yellow River and arrived in Pusaka, and is going north to rescue Chaibi."

"What to do next, please speak freely."

"My lord, originally our Hexi Army raided Pingyang to enter the Shangdang from the southwest Qinshui Valley, but I didn't expect the Later Qin to react so fiercely, and actually sent a large army to help, and in the end, even Yao Xing had to go out in person."

"At this time, the army should suspend the plan to enter the party in the east, and instead solve the reinforcements of the Later Qin first, otherwise there will be enemies in front and behind, and our army may be in danger of being annihilated."

"Since the casualties in the storming of Chaibi are too great, and then the Qin reinforcements are rushing north, it is better to leave Yao Ping and send reinforcements with a siege."

"Reinforcements?"

"Exactly, our army first surrounded Chaibi with heavy troops, and seized Tiandu on the west bank of Fenshui, and finally stationed troops north of Mengkeng."

"Mengkeng, which is the throat of Puban along the east bank of Fenshui to the north of the firewood wall, runs through the east and west."

"Its east is by Qiao Mountain, west of Fenshui, by the mountains and rivers, east and west long 30 miles, wide 1 kilometer, deep about 30 zhang, for a huge loess gully, only the east and west sides of the narrow path can pass"

"When they learned that Tiandu was occupied by our army, the Qin soldiers could not cross Fenshui to the west to save Chaibi, and could only go north through Qiaoshan at the east entrance of Mengkeng."

"At that time, our army will be arrayed in the mountains, and we will be able to deal a heavy blow to Yao Xing."

Zhang Teng, who had just taken refuge in Xiyan, was familiar with the local geography and people's conditions, and offered Wei Shuo a plan to encircle the point and send reinforcements.

"The Art of War: The high ones are inhabited by the enemy, and the deep ones are imprisoned by the enemy!"

"As long as most of the capital guards the surprise troops to occupy Tiandu first, and then wait for work in Yiyi, Qiaoshan at the east entrance of Mengkeng, and repel the reinforcements of Hou Qin, then Chai Bi will take it without a fight!"

"Okay, the dragon sparrow's plan is very good, and Shuo will act according to the plan."

At that moment, Wei Shuo divided the army into three, led by Wang Zhongde, and continued to surround Chai Bi to prevent Yao Ping from breaking through.

The other route was led by Sima Xiu, and crossed the Fenshui River to the west to seize Tiandu.

The last route was led by himself, and the army went south to Mengkeng, preparing to snipe Yao Xing.