The room was filled with the smell of sour wine, and Tuoba Yi Yin played with the saber in his hand while listening to the ragged soldiers in front of him report the enemy situation in Suizhou, and his face was as usual, without the slightest emotion.

“…… Ding Lu finally ordered me to tell Mo Ning Ling that Suizhou City could only last for ten days at most, and he did not ask the master of the family to save him, but only to avenge the old and young people in the city——! ”

The messenger took his last breath to finish the sentence, and then fainted.

Tuoba Yi Yin waved his hand, and the two attendants carried the clan soldier down for treatment.

"Uncle, how's it going?" Tuoba Yi Yin turned his head and set his eyes on King Luo, who had just returned from the Qingling Gate.

King Luo took a big sip of the wine cup, threw the bowl on the case casually, and said in a hoarse voice while wiping the wine drops on the stubble of his white beard: "I have tried in Luzi Pass, although the defenders are tightly defended, they refuse to go out of the pass to line up, when it is a new soldier, there is no doubt that there will be no enemy situation in the direction of Qinglingmen in the near future." ”

"Avoid the real and attack the false, besiege the city and send reinforcements, Mr. Chunqiu, you Han people's art of war, that's what you say, right?" Tuoba Yi Yin turned his head to Chu Weiyan.

Chu Weiyan laid a map of mountains and rivers made of cloth in front of him, he hung his head and looked at the map, and did not answer the question of the envoy of the Dingyan Army, but said: "The light envoy has always been worried about the situation in Gyeongju before leaving. On the surface, Xiazhou is real and Suizhou is virtual. Li Wenge crossed the Weiping Pass to attack Suizhou, although he seemed to be clever, but in fact lengthened his front. As the war develops to the north, its grain supply lines will become longer and longer, and although the hundreds of miles of Hengshan can be regarded as a barrier at the moment, once Li Wenge's army crosses Suizhou and continues northward, this barrier will become a leaky sieve, and across Hengshan, the main force of our army should be able to move freely, unless Li Wenge deploys his unspecified number of cavalry to the west of Hengshan. However, if this is the case, this cavalry will become a lone guest army, which we can defeat at any time and on the battlefield. ”

Tuoba Yi Yin Muran thought for a while: "You mean that the situation on the eastern front is actually not to be worried, but the quiet in the west is unreasonable?" ”

Chu Weiyan raised his head and said quietly: "This is not a humble opinion, it is the opinion of the light envoy, Li Wenge took Gyeongju, although it was ostensibly to quell the rebellion of the three clans, but at the same time, it also threatened the south and west of Xiazhou. The western land deed Wu Mountain is hundreds of miles long. The area is larger than that of Yokoyama. The mountains are also more precipitous, although the mountain roads are few and many rugged and difficult to navigate, but it is precisely because of this that our tribe and cavalry rarely pay attention to this side, even the most experienced harriers in the army, and they have never explored the Qiwu Mountain, and the situation and geography are not familiar. If Li Wenge takes the southwest and attacks with a partial division, unless he leaves the mountains. Otherwise, it will be difficult for our army to detect the enemy's traces in advance. ”

Tuoba Yiyin closed his eyes and said slowly: "How many soldiers can Li Wenge have?" Such a massive offensive on the Eastern Front left a partial division in the west. How many people can there be in this detachment? If there are more troops on the Western Front, the troops on the Eastern Front will be tight, and if the troops on the Western Front are less, why should he conquer Tongwancheng? ”

Chu Weiyan nodded: "What the marshal said is that he has been thinking about this matter all the time. If the offensive on the eastern front was a feint, the envoy of Yilin would not be unable to judge it. Since the person who came brought a message from Yilin to the emperor's death, then the enemy troops on the eastern front should indeed be the main force of Li Wenge. And that cavalry. Although I don't know where Li Wenge conjured up such a cavalry from. But since this soldier has been hidden for a long time. Naturally, it was prepared as a killer weapon, and this cavalry appeared on the Eastern Front. It seems to have proved that the Eastern Front was the main direction of Li Wenge's attack. ”

King A Luo interjected: "I sent troops to test Luzi Pass, once two cavalry appeared on the flank of our army at the eastern foot of Hengshan Mountain, the number was about two or three hundred, and the harriers who were responsible for probing the enemy's situation did not dare to cross Hengshan, so I don't know the exact number. ”

"What does Uncle think I should do?" Tuoba Yiyin asked.

King Ah Luo raised his head, and there was a slight tiredness in his eyes: "This enemy is very slippery, his strength is actually not weak, but he is not willing to fight us head-on. The most tricky thing in Xiazhou now is not the enemy's offensive on the Eastern Front, but the fact that our local soldiers are scattered all over the country and have not been able to gather into fists. Now in addition to the 2,800 elite cavalry in the Tongwan City, there are less than 700 fine seal soldiers, if the clan is mobilized, it can get another 1,000 to 2,000 soldiers, but these new recruits may be okay to defend the city, and I am afraid that it will not be possible to fight in battle! ”

Tuoba Yi Yin stood up, paced a few steps around the room, and said, "It's not difficult to turn over the arsenal of the whole city, and it's not difficult to gather five thousand people to equip armor. But even so, it was still less than 3,000 elite soldiers who could fight. The three major tribes of Suizhou, Fei Ting's family collapsed, Yeli's family fell, and our clan in Suizhou City was surrounded by more than 500 soldiers who could fight. Although there are nearly 500 capable warriors in the Fang Masters of Yinnan in Suibei, when this large army is pressing, the elders of its tribe are afraid that they will not be willing to transfer all these soldiers to Xiazhou. The only thing we can count on this year is the three clans of Xia Nan. ”

Tuoba Yi Yin nodded: "The second golden arrow has been sent, and the soldiers of the three clans should be able to reach Tongwan City within three days. With soldiers, who shall we fight against? Do you want to go east to rescue Suizhou? ”

King Ah Luo shook his head: "How we fought the ground thirty years ago, we should fight today." We should not despise the enemy just because they are outnumbered, and this young new enemy has proven to be very fierce and cunning, and if we are not careful, we will be weakened or even swallowed up. ”

Tuoba Yi Yin was stunned: "Uncle means that we should be like thirty years ago, all the people and livestock of the eight major tribes distributed in the territory of the four states should be gathered in Tongwan City, fortified and cleared, and then hid in the fortified city and waited for the enemy to attack?" ”

King Aro nodded, and then sighed: "This war should have been fought like this from the beginning, but unfortunately, this time the enemy is much smarter than the enemy thirty years ago, and they didn't give us a chance to regain the tribal lands. Now it is impossible for the three families of Fangdang, Feiting, and Yeli to be collected. The fate of the Tuoba family in Suizhou is also doomed. What we can do now. Only the remaining three tribes and the Tuoba tribe of Yinzhou were gathered to dominate the ten thousand cities. It's a little late, but it's better than nothing. ”

Tuoba Yi Yin frowned: "But in that case, we will lose Suizhou and Yinzhou." ”

King Aro looked at his nephew, "Have we not lost yet?" ”

Tuoba Yi Yin shook his head in confusion: "Although the situation on the eastern front is tense, after all, the house owner is still there, and if Li Wenge wants to gnaw Suizhou, it will take at least a month, which is already the limit." If he is not greedy enough and wants to go north to seize Yinzhou, he will be killing himself. Our army only needs to gather its forces. From the west of Hengshan, they could choose any direction to attack Li Wenge's grain road. When the time comes, Li Wenge's soldiers are exhausted, what tricks can they play? ”

King Luo shook his head slowly: "At the beginning of this battle, we have already lost Yinzhou and Suizhou. The tactics you are talking about are, of course, belligerent, but they are wishful thinking. First, we do not have any exact information on the east side of Hengdong, how many troops the enemy has, how many cavalry there are, and what the grain routes are like. How to divide the defense zone. None of this is clear. After accommodating the Yeli family, Li Wenge was able to mobilize at least 6,000 to 7,000 troops, and at least 4,000 to 5,000 of them were strong soldiers with considerable combat power. With such strength, it is very easy to control Suizhou, and it is not difficult to cut off Hengshan. We concentrate our forces, and although we can choose a little bit to attack and investigate, it is difficult to defeat or annihilate a part of the enemy army in a short period of time. Li Wenge will not be so stupid, he will not ignore the north and go to Yinzhou. Show your ass and kick us ......"

"If so, won't Yinzhou be saved? Why did Uncle even lose Yinzhou? The Tuoba family patriarch asked puzzled.

King Luo stared at his nephew and said softly, "Mo Ning Ling." At this point, will the Volcano King continue to be a low-eyed obedient citizen? Diggers - will they miss a godsend opportunity to weaken us? ”

Tuoba Yi stood up with great enthusiasm, his eyes widened, but his hands and feet were cold, and the blood in his body seemed to have coagulated at this moment......

On May 24, the third year of Guangshun, the head of Linzhou City.

Yang Hongxin, the envoy of the volcano festival, tore off the Han flag hanging above the enemy tower and threw the flag down the city. The flag fluttered. Fell into the dust at the feet of the three thousand Yang Jiahu Ben outside the city.

A gust of wind blew, blowing Yang Hongxin, who was emaciated at the head of the city, crumbling for a while.

Yang Hongxin coughed violently. The weak-crowned young man who followed him, his second son Yang Chongxun stepped forward, took out a white silk handkerchief and handed it over, Yang Hongxin took it and covered his mouth, and then put his hand away. Yang Chongxun could see clearly, on the snow-white silk handkerchief, a touch of bright red was held in his hand by his father at a glance.

"Daddy, go down and rest, there are children here!" Yang Chongxun helped his father who was seriously ill, and said sadly.

Yang Hongxin shook his head, stood firm, pushed his son away, his eyes flashed, and his voice commanded loudly: "Raise the banner of the Great Zhou—"

With a dense and majestic sound of snare drums, the banner of Hou Zhou slowly rose to the top of the city......

Yang Hongxin stood up straight, faced the hunting north wind on the head of the city, and shouted loudly to the three thousand sons under the city: "Yang Hongxin, Hequ Yang Hongxin, swear here today——"

The three armies were solemn -

"The soldiers and civilians of Linzhou, the Yang clan of Hequ, from now on will be attached to Zhou Zuo, from now on, the soldiers of Linzhou, no longer give half an inch of land to the Khitan Yuyi, and no longer accept a grain of millet to the Liu clan in Taiyuan - the emperor's thick soil is on it, if you violate this oath, for example!"

As he spoke, Yang Hongxin had already drawn his saber and slashed down towards his left hand without hesitation, only to hear a sound of "Du", and the index finger of the left hand of the sick and fragmented Linzhou Thorn Shi had already fallen down from the city along with the previous Northern Han flag!

Volcano Jun - Mighty -

The three armies shouted in unison - helping his father down the city, Yang Chongxun was busy bandaging the wounds on his father's hands, and he had a blaming look on his face full of disapproval.

Yang Hongxin didn't shed much blood, so he wiped it and bandaged his severed finger.

"I'm old, there's not much blood to be shed......"

Yang Hongxin didn't feel the slightest pain. Just whispering self-deprecation.

"Daddy, this kind of thing, it should have been done by my son-" Yang Chongxun finally couldn't help but complain.

Yang Hongxin smiled and shook his head: "You are the one who is about to go to the battlefield, one less finger on the battlefield is one less chance to save your life." Breaking the finger and vowing, this kind of thing, of course, is only appropriate for your terminally ill old father to do. After all, I am the rightful lord of Linzhou. How many times have I tossed over the years, and everyone in the world says that Yang Xin is a capricious villain. Who can understand the Yang family's suffering for all these years of struggling to survive? Good thing for such a thing. Finally I don't have to do it anymore......"

Yang Chongxun nodded: "There is a decision to order the Duke to respond in Yanzhou, and this joint attack from the north and south can at least kill Li Yiyin's half of his life!" ”

"Half-Life——? Yang Hongxin glanced at his son, and the expression on his face became cold: "Given that the difficult army is left with half a life, so that they can continue to coerce Linzhou?" ”

Yang Chongxun smiled: "Who can say for sure about the war!" ”

Yang Hongxin snorted heavily: "Your old father won't live long, he should have let go of the serious illness last year, and every day after that, it was for nothing for your father." You are the one who wants to lead the Linzhou land. Gentleness and humility can't stop the Khitans. You've got to think about it. This burden, Daddy is no longer able to bear it, if you are not confident, I might as well entrust Linzhou directly to your third uncle——"

Yang Chongxun's face darkened: "Daddy, can't you turn around between you and your eldest brother?" ”

Yang Hongxin coughed heavily, and said hoarsely and weakly: "Even you think that Daddy is a person who is cold by nature and doesn't miss the love of father and son?" ”

Yang Chongxun's lips moved, but he didn't speak. Just lightly pounding his father's back.

"Speaking of attacking the battle array, your brother is an unborn talent, given time. Even the third child of the folded family may not be his opponent! ”

Yang Hongxin said lightly.

"Guarding Linzhou, you need such a good general, compared with the two, although your growth in the past two years is not small, compared to your brother, it is still a big ......"

"It was precisely because he was born with temperament and intelligence that I threw him to Taiyuan. And not you-"

Yang Chongxun's hand beating his back suddenly stopped.

There was an indifferent smile on the corner of Yang Hongxin's mouth: "We are returning to Zhou at this moment." How can Liu Chong's old puppet give up, if it is not the nobleman who is a proton in Taiyuan Mansion at this moment, but you. Can you handle it? ”

Yang Chongxun smiled bitterly: "The father is hardworking, and the son knows the land, but it is just two brothers in a family, and they belong to the enemy country in the two dynasties, so this kind of thing is a little miserable, right?" ”

Yang Hongxin turned his head and looked at his son for a long time, and said with a very serious expression: "The world has been in turmoil for nearly a hundred years, and now the north of the river is the Zhou and Han dynasties. If Zhou wins the world, our Yang family naturally doesn't need to say it, if the Northern Han Dynasty suddenly gets excited, and the dead tiger turns over and destroys Guo Zhou, who will continue the bloodline of our Yang family at that time? ”

Yang Chongxun was taken aback: "Daddy-"

Yang Hongxin closed his eyes: "Things in the world are ever-changing, who can say clearly?" If you don't have more preparations, what will be the Nai Yang family? ”

Yang Chonggui asked hesitantly: "Why doesn't my father say this to my eldest brother?" ”

Yang Hongxin still closed his eyes: "Only if you are not open, Daddy needs to speak clearly." At this level, you still say that your brother doesn't know? Do you want to hear me? ”

Yang Chonggui was puzzled: "Why didn't the eldest brother refuse to be considerate of his father, and even sent him to Linzhou to cut off family ties with his father?" ”

Yang Hongxin didn't care at all: "So what? He was born to me, a blood relative, and if he said that he would be cut off, he would be cut off? That eldest brother of yours has always been arrogant, but he understands everything, but he can't swallow this breath in his heart......"

As he spoke, Yang Hongxin opened his eyes, glanced at the southeast, and said softly helplessly: "It's okay to ...... this."

On May 24 of the third year of Guangshun, Yang Xin, the assassin of Linzhou in the Northern Han Dynasty, changed his banner at the head of the city, announcing to the world that he would break away from the Northern Han Dynasty and join the Bianliang Zhou Chamber. On May 25, after Zhou Yong'an's military festival, Zhede led 3,000 horses and infantry troops to Linzhou, and the two families joined forces.

On May 28, the cavalry of the Yang family appeared on the south bank of the Kuye River, and two pontoon bridges were erected on the river.

On May 29, the Zheyang coalition army composed of more than 5,000 infantry cavalry crossed the Kuye River, captured Yincheng County on the same day, and beheaded all the 200 Tuoba soldiers who remained in Yincheng County.

On 1 June, Linzhou Yanei commanded Yang Chongxun's troops to cross the Yanshui River and march to Kaiguang City.

On June 2, the Kaiguang defenders abandoned the city, carrying a large number of cattle and sheep to retreat south, and were attacked by the Yang cavalry in the south of the city fifteen miles, with heavy casualties, and the county seat of Kaiguang was occupied by Yang Chongxun.

On June 6, the Zhejia infantry crossed the upper reaches of the Rulu River along the ancient Great Wall and appeared in Zhenxiang County.

Zhenxiang County is the last county town north of Yinzhou Prefecture, if Zhenxiang is lost, there will be no barrier in the north of Yinzhou.

In just one month from the fifth day of May to the sixth day of June, the Yong'an Army, the Volcano Army, and the Eighth Route Army of the Guanbei Army launched a large-scale offensive against the Dingyan Army from the north and south. Although Xiazhou and Youzhou, which are located in the west of Hengshan, still maintain tranquility, most of the Yinzhou and Suizhou in the east have fallen, with a total strength of 15,000 people......