At this time, the Western Wei army had already traveled some way out of Kim Yong City, and Yu Wentai ordered to be ready to stand by here. The loss of 20,000 iron cavalry is not much, but the armor is still bright, and even the Yuan Bao Torch himself can't believe that it is so easy to break out of the encirclement. Thinking about the fierce scene just now, he was able to retreat with his whole body, and the excitement in his heart had not completely subsided at this moment. He looked around the wilderness, and was full of pride, if he could make his own choice, he would rather not be the emperor and be a general who could really fight for the unification of the society on the battlefield, even if it was at the cost of his life.

When he turned around, he suddenly noticed that Yu Wentai and Zhao Gui not far from him were talking together, and they both looked solemn from a distance. Yuan Baoju was puzzled, but he didn't rush forward to ask. Maybe Yu Wentai and Zhao Gui didn't want him to know about what they discussed.

Just as Yuan Bao Torch was paying attention to the two of them, Yu Wentai and Zhao Gui suddenly raised their heads at the same time and looked in this direction of the emperor. It was too late for Yuan Baoju to retract his gaze, so he simply didn't dodge, and calmly watched the prime minister and the hussar general come over. Only then did the ingot torch get off the horse and take a few steps.

"Your Majesty is all right?" Yu Wentai looked at the bloodstains stained on the Mingguang armor of the ingots torch and asked.

"The prime minister doesn't have to worry, it's good to be lonely." Yuan Bao Ju smiled. He didn't ask Yuwentai where they were going, although he wanted to ask too.

"Your Majesty is fine, this is not a place to stay for a long time." Yu Wentai pointed to the west, "Tongguan is still far away, and there are Dongkou behind us, so we should go west as soon as possible, and only after entering the customs can we ensure that Your Majesty is safe." He looked back at Zhao Gui again, "I can order someone to find Yu Jin, Li Bi, and Li Hu, and order them to come to Tongguan as soon as possible to meet the lord." ”

Zhao Gui received the order and arranged for people to act.

"Your Majesty, don't you think it's too easy to break out of the encirclement this time?" Yu Wentai saw that there was no one else around, and then asked Yuan Bao Ju.

Yuan Bao Torch was stunned by the question. He really didn't think about this question carefully, and he was different from Yuwentai. He has been in the palace for a long time, and when he has never been in battle, he naturally can't compare to Yuwentai's extensive knowledge and deep strategy. I already felt that it was not easy to experience the fight just now, so I was at ease at this moment, but Yuwentai's question made his heart hang again.

"What does the prime minister mean?" Yuan Bao Ju asked worriedly.

"With 300,000 armor, led by the general in charge of the country, he ambushed in Luoyang for a few days, and when His Majesty entered Kim Yong City, he surrounded him, just to capture His Majesty alive. And when His Majesty went out of the city, he almost didn't need to spend soldiers to kill it smoothly, and even Gao Cheng himself didn't show his face, could it be that he really didn't know where His Majesty came out of the city? Yuwentai said it directly.

The ingot torch suddenly realized, but it was even more frightened when he heard it. I thought it was safe, but now it seems that it is still in danger.

"In that case, what does the prime minister mean?" The ingot torch is not acting at this time, but really relying on Yuwentai.

"There is no other way but to enter the customs quickly. Tongguan is still some distance from here, please Your Majesty hurry up. Yu Wentai asked.

"What the prime minister said is extremely true." Although the ingot torch was also a little tired, he was convinced of Yuwentai, and of course he did what he said.

went all the way to the west and bid farewell to the once prosperous Luoyang City behind him. The west of Luoyang City was originally a prosperous commercial city, and with the decline of the capital, the commercial city has long disappeared. Today's Emperor Yuan Bao Torch of the Western Wei Dynasty bid farewell to Luoyang in the iron cavalry guard, and gradually drifted away, and even the Yancun City could not be identified in the snowy field. The farther you go, the more remote it becomes.

The sky was overcast again, and the bright sunlight that had been so short-lived just now could no longer be found, as if it had never been there. The wind gradually rose, carrying flying sand and rocks, and the snow all over the ground was blown by the strong wind, and the sky slowly darkened, as if it was night.

This is the only way to enter Tongguan from Luoyang. There is a small dirt mountain not far ahead, Zhao Gui rushed up and shouted to Prime Minister Yu Wentai, "Lord, the road is difficult at this time, the soldiers have just finished the battle and are waiting to be repaired, the weather is bad, can you take refuge here for a while, and then you can rush to Tongguan after the strong wind passes." ”

Yu Wentai thought to himself that flying sand and rocks at this time was indeed not good for the march, and Tongguan was not a moment away. Since there is a strong wind that is not conducive to the march, it is also not conducive to the pursuit of the Eastern Kou. Yuwentai looked not far ahead in the direction pointed by Zhao Gui, and there was indeed a small dirt mountain to shelter from the wind. It's just weird in my heart that I feel that this little dirt mountain is a little familiar. At this time, he didn't have time to think about it, so he and Zhao Gui escorted the emperor's ingots torch to the earth mountain.

The wind swept the ground, the gravel was like a fight, the Western Wei army experienced the fierce battle just now, but I didn't expect it to be such a bad weather, and now everyone is eager to go to the back of the mountain to take shelter from the wind. The emperor's ingot torch was wrapped in the soldiers, and he involuntarily urged the horse forward and accelerated his speed.

Just when everyone was scrambling to reach not far in front of Tushan, the Western Wei army, who was still behind, suddenly saw that the sky in front of them, which was as dark as night, lit up with sparks like fireworks. This change made the ranks of the Western Wei army suddenly stop, and everyone looked up and watched.

Then before the Western Wei army behind could figure out what was going on, they heard the miserable screams of the sergeants at the front of the line. Then a large number of sparks appeared in the sky, and this time everyone in the Western Wei army understood that those sparks were coming at them.

It turned out that it was not a firework at all, it was a rocket fired from a crossbow. The wind was so strong, and the Western Wei army was moving forward against the wind, once the rocket fell on which sergeant was immediately blown by the strong wind, and it would instantly affect the other sergeants behind the arrowman. The Western Wei army, which was already demoralized, was immediately panicked when it was subjected to this reversal.

Yuan Bao Ju had never seen such a scene, and he was wrapped in the chaos of the army, at this time he was surrounded by soldiers with arrows, who could take care of protecting the emperor at this time. The ingot torch just wants to retreat at this moment, and because he is trapped in the army, he has no freedom to advance or retreat.

At the critical time, fortunately, the hussar general Zhao Gui was not far from him, drew his sword and lifted the reins of the horse, and shouted, "The lord retreats!" Zhao Gui himself protected himself in front of the ingot torch, and used the sword in his hand to block the rockets that were being fired one after another, in order to protect the Son of Heaven.

Yu Wentai quickly ordered to retreat at this time. These 20,000 iron cavalry are the only ones to rely on at present, if they are completely lost by this raid, what else can they rely on to protect the emperor and return to Chang'an?

However, at this time, the Western Wei army was already in great chaos, and it could not advance or retreat. The rocket man screamed again and again, and everyone who was not affected was in danger, even if the prime minister's order was not executed. Yuwentai had to order Zhao Gui to first protect the emperor's ingot torch and retreat, and then ordered the generals and generals to clean up their respective people, get out of the burning place first, and then count the people.

Retreating to the east was a good wind, and the Western Wei army, which was like a gall, did not know how far to escape before being stopped by Yuwentai's order.

Yu Wentai first searched for the emperor's ingot torch, and saw that the ingot torch was protected by Zhao Gui in the team, but fortunately, both of them were unharmed, but some of the helmets were crooked, and they were very embarrassed. Yuan Bao Ju panted and looked at Yu Wentai. Yu Wentai's eyes swept away, and he knew in his heart that there were only two or three out of ten of the 20,000 iron horsemen left.

Zhao Gui was also searching around with his eyes, but he didn't want to see how many people were left, and he always felt that the rocket just now was strange.

At this time, the strong wind gradually stopped, and the scene of flying sand and rocks just now was finally gone. The wind came and went strangely, and only the dusk winter sun hid in the thick dark clouds, unable to reveal itself through the clouds. But at last the sky was much brighter than before, and it was no longer as dark as night.

Heading east, that's the same way back to Kim Yong City. To the west is Tongguan, but the ambush just now may be just a small crisis on the way back. Is it to turn back and continue to Tongguan? Or do you want to order someone to find Yu Jin, Li Bi, and Li Hu, and the rest are waiting for reinforcements here?

Before Yu Wentai could make a decisive decision, all the Western Wei troops, including him, saw a large group of cavalry coming from the east at the same time, and in a blink of an eye, they were already overwhelming in front of them like dark clouds. The ranks of the Western Wei army were stunned at this moment, and they watched silently as countless Eastern Wei troops suddenly came to their eyes.

Zhao Gui was about to step forward when Yu Wentai raised his hand holding the horse whip and pointed his arm horizontally, stopping Zhao Gui. Without waiting for Zhao Gui to make the next move, Yuwen Taiyang whipped the horse stock with a whip. His mount at this time was a great horse, which he had used for several years, and he knew his master's intentions well, and immediately galloped out like an arrow off the string.

Because this time from Chang'an, these 20,000 iron horsemen served as the guards of the Son of Heaven, and the purpose of the trip was to worship the temple and pay homage to the mausoleum, not to fight with the Eastern Wei army, so they did not decorate the war horses with heavy armor, and they did not use the Hequ horse, and the Dawan horse they rode was nothing more than to take light and fast.

At this time, the Western Wei army saw that the slender waist and long-legged horse ridden by the prime minister had rushed towards the Eastern Wei army like a cloud. At this time, Yuwentai saw that the former general of the Eastern Wei army was Gao Cheng. At this moment, Gao Cheng is behind thousands of troops, he himself sat down on the good horse, the color of the horse is like lacquer, the head is hooded, the body is shining with bright armor silver, the outfit is extremely neat, and it looks even more majestic and spiritual.

Seeing that Yuwentai was running to the front of the battle alone, heading towards Gao Cheng, Zhao Gui could no longer be calm in the Western Wei army. If he must choose one person between Yuwentai and Yuan Bao Torch, he will naturally choose Yuwentai. In case Yuwentai is dead or alive at this moment, even if he follows the emperor Yuanbao torch back to Chang'an, he can imagine what the future of Western Wei will be. Yuwentai has long been his choice, and now is the time for him to pay for his choice.

There is only death, Zhao Gui did not hesitate to raise his hand and whip it, urging him to step forward.

Warhorses without counterweight armor were particularly sensitive to this whip. And when the war horse galloped out, when Zhao Gui's eyes swept away, he was shocked to find that the emperor Yuan Bao torch behind him had already ridden out one step ahead of him.

In fact, Zhao Gui couldn't know that when the ingots torch whipped out and galloped out, he was also shocked when he saw Zhao Gui also doing the same. Compared with Zhao Gui's consternation, the ingot torch was a little more chilling. Zhao Gui was first of all a courtier of Great Wei, and then a subordinate of Prime Minister Yu Wentai. At this critical moment, he lost the virtue of a courtier, abandoned the Son of Heaven and protected the prime minister. However, this thought only flashed in the heart of the ingot-treasure torch, and there was no time to think about it.

The Western Wei army watched in amazement as the emperor and the hussar general's mounts also galloped into battle. The two armies faced each other, and the Eastern Wei general Gao Cheng was one enemy and three in front of him, and in front of him were the emperor Yuan Baoju of the Western Wei Dynasty, the prime minister Yuwentai and the hussar general Zhao Gui.

"Why didn't the prime minister say goodbye? Is there something urgent in Chang'an? Gao Cheng's deep green eyes glanced at Yuwentai, Yuanbaoju, and Zhao Gui, and asked Yuwentai alone. He didn't look at the ingot torch again. This greeting seems to have come to see him off, not to ask for his life.

"The general is the ruler of a country, how can he not say it? Isn't that a big deal? What Yuwentai meant was that Gao Cheng had agreed with him to attack the city after three days, but Gao Cheng had broken the agreement between them. He suddenly felt that Gao Cheng was becoming more and more like his father, Gao Huan, the prime minister, and the radiant young man he met in Jiankang had disappeared from his memory forever.

"The prime minister's question really makes me feel heartache." Gao Cheng couldn't act, and said angrily, "Cheng regards the prime minister as a brother, so he has this appointment with the prime minister." It is the prime minister who makes the plan first, and Cheng responds last, and the prime minister still has this question, so how can Cheng face the world? He slowed down, and asked again with a little sadness, "Actually, the prime minister made a false agreement at the beginning, using the three-day period as the reason to contain me, just to wait for reinforcements, right?" ”

Such a pair of beautiful green eyes are simply irresistible when they are sad. Even the Yuan Bao Torch and Zhao Gui on Yu Wentai's side looked at him speechless. The sadness is real, but the reason is not necessarily just because Yuwentai broke the three-day covenant.

From Jiankang to Jiankang, about brothers, to today, Gao Cheng and Yuwentai have become the Optimus Pillar of the Eastern Wei and Western Wei after the split. The two Wei are the same as the puppet of the Son of Heaven, and the powerful minister is in charge of the country, but the two can no longer go back to the time when Jiankang first met, and they can no longer be simple brothers. The major affairs of the country are in their hands, and the fate of each person will inevitably be in line with the general trend of the world. None of them can be pure themselves anymore, and it is not up to them to decide whether they are still brothers or not.

"The same is true of the general, isn't it? The black otter has always been a brother to the general, even today, no matter what the general trend of the world is in the future, the general will always be a brother in the heart of the black otter. Since they are brothers, they know each other tacitly. Although Yu Wentai did not move, he had already clenched the hilt of the sword at his waist. What he can deliver his life is the unification of the society and the rule of the world peacefully.

"Didn't the prime minister think that dirt mountain was familiar just now?" Gao Cheng suddenly asked with a smile. But at this time, there was already murderous aura in his eyes.

"The general doesn't have to worry about him, if you want to take the life of my Yuwen black otter, you can take it, if you want me to go to Yecheng with the general, I will not obey my fate." Yu Wentai didn't think about anything in his heart. There is no help before and after, only on your own. At the age of eighteen, he was born with the hatred of the family and the annihilation of the family, from the Daibei Wuchuan grassland, until today, he relies on only himself.

"No wonder the prime minister forgot. lured the emperor to go west to Chang'an, that was when the prime minister was proud. He suddenly glanced at the ingots torch, "I heard that the king of Nanyang is in a hurry to go back to Chang'an to marry Princess Rouran as his bride, do you still remember the old man?" ”

Yuan Bao Ju was shocked, Rouran was about to send the princess to Chang'an and relatives, how did Gao Cheng know about this? Doesn't the "old man" mentioned by Gao Cheng refer to the deposed queen Yi Fushi?