"If everything is as Master Wei said. Then I was able to successfully escape from Shuozhou this time, am I also happy that I did it intentionally? Yu Yi's face completely changed, and he looked at Wei Xiaokuan in disbelief, his words were full of shock, even shock.

The more Yu Yi thought about it, the more likely this was to be, and his face couldn't help but become more and more difficult to look at. Before Qin Qiong escorted Yu Yi's 50,000 troops to Shuozhou, Yuwen Zhao and Li Yuan took the opportunity to wound the guards and get out of trouble, but Yu Yi was personally monitored by Qin Qiong and never found the opportunity, until he arrived in Shuozhou, he took advantage of the joy that Qin Qiong and the two no longer escaped.

However, Yu Yi was unlucky, and as soon as he escaped, he was noticed by Shuozhou and launched a thousand-mile pursuit of him. From Shuozhou to Jinzhou, along the way, the Shuozhou army chased after him, and many times he was forced to be in danger in the wing, if he was not a battlefield general with rich experience, I am afraid that he would have been captured back to Shuozhou long ago.

Frightened and scared along the way, Yu Yi was always nervous, and it was only at this time that he completely calmed down, but when he thought about it, there was a lot of fog.

It stands to reason that Yu Wenzhao and the others escaped earlier than themselves, and the news should have been transmitted back to Pingyang long ago, but looking at the appearance of Wei Xiaokuan and Liang Shiyan, they obviously didn't know anything about what happened to their 50,000 people.

Zhao Wang Yuwen betrayed the state of Zhou? As soon as this thought popped up in his heart, Yu Yi shook his head and vetoed it. He has worked with Yuwen Zhao for many years and knows a lot about his people. Yuwen Zhao and Yuwen Yong have always been kind, and they are also loyal to Zhou Guo, how could they do anything to surrender to the enemy, not to mention that his family members are in Chang'an City.

To say that Yuwen Zhao returned to Zhou, although this possibility exists, it is not big. There is no shame in failure, but if Yuwen Zhao escapes back to Zhou alone, the nature will be completely different, this is a deserter, and the punishment will definitely be extremely severe. Yuwen recruits you as a prince, and his status is respected, so there is no need to do this.

Through the encounter with Qin Qiong, Yu Yi had a more intuitive and profound understanding of the cavalry division in the hands of Gao Xing and the foot soldiers in the hands of Fu Fu in Shuozhou. And as Yu Yi learned more about his opponent, his resentment about defeat became weaker and weaker.

Yu Yi once thought very conceited that no matter how elite the Shuozhou army was and how deceitful he was, he still couldn't help himself, so he successfully got out of trouble and returned to Jinju safely.

Now that he thinks about it, this is probably not as simple as he thought, and everything seems to be expected with joy. In the process of escaping, Yu Yi was almost captured by the Shuozhou army several times. Originally, Yu Yi was supposed to be blessed by God, but now he knows that this is probably deliberately happy.

Success is no accident, Yu Yi understands that Qin Qiong can capture his own 50,000 horses with a weak force almost bloodlessly, and the elite of his troops and the treacherous changes in command can be seen.

Happy did not kill himself, nor persuaded him to surrender, but let himself return to Jinzhou safely, combined with Wei Xiaokuan's analysis, Yu Yi thought about it, and Happy did this for only one purpose, that is, to break the morale of the Zhou army and make the Zhou army's heart turbulent.

When the iron hooves of the Zhou army set foot on Jinju, almost everyone knew that a 50,000-strong right army was moving south in the northwest, intending to encircle and annihilate Gao Wei together. However, until Gao Wei was defeated and fled to Yecheng, Yuwen Yong led the army to Jinyang, Bingzhou, but Yu Yi and the 50,000 were lost in the sea, and there was no news.

Now, the Zhou army is newly defeated, people's hearts are fluctuating, and Yu Wenyong is seriously ill, once the news of Yu Yi's annihilation comes out, it can be imagined what a huge blow to the Zhou army in Pingyang today. It is true that the vast majority of people don't know what they really think, but Yu Yi's disgraced and embarrassed appearance fell in the eyes of everyone.

A high-ranking general, with blood in armor, is worthy of reverence, but if he appears alone in ragged clothes and unkempt like a flower child, there is only one conjecture in everyone's hearts: he was defeated and killed.

Thinking of this joint, Yu Yi's face couldn't help but become extremely ugly, his brows were twisted into the word "Chuan", and his fists were clenched tightly, squeaking. Anyone who is toyed with in the bulge will not feel good, let alone Yu Yi, who is famous and always respected by acquaintances.

"What a deep scheming!" Liang Shiyan and Wei Xiaokuan glanced at each other, and both saw the horror in each other's eyes, and the latter shook his head with emotion, his tone full of melancholy and gloom.

Although everything was their speculation, Wei Xiaokuan and the others believed that this was the truth. Happy to appear on the battlefield at a critical moment to influence the situation of the battle, once can be said to be accidental, but how many times in a row?

Just a few days ago, Yuwen Yong's decision to launch a surprise attack at dawn was a brilliant strategy, not to mention the lack of troops in Jinyang City and the lack of supplies, even the great victory during the day was enough to make the Qi army overjoyed and relax their vigilance, and the Zhou army had a chance to take advantage of it.

However, Xing Xing seemed to have known Yu Wenyong's plan for a long time, and lay in ambush on the side, waiting for Zhou Jun to rush into the ambush by himself.

The two ruthless fires not only buried the strategic plan of the Northern Zhou Dynasty to destroy the Northern Qi Dynasty, but also burned the dignity of Yu Wenyong and the first Zhou generals. In fact, what made Yu Wenyong and Wei Xiaokuan feel the most heartache was not those ordinary soldiers, but more of those elite generals.

Thousands of troops are easy to obtain, but one general is hard to find. From Pingyang to Jinyang, although the Zhou army attacked the city and conquered the city along the way, the Qi army was defeated and retreated, but its own losses were no longer few.

Da Xizhen, Yi Sheng, Yu Wenchun, Han Ming, Wang Rail, Han Baohu, He Ruobi, these people are all fierce generals in a thousand, but now they are either killed in battle or become prisoners of the enemy. Especially Wang Rail, in Yuwen Yong's heart, he is by no means a simple courtier, but a friend, but he was annihilated by the crazy Qi army for Yuwen Yong, and he didn't know whether he was alive or dead, but Wei Xiaokuan knew that the chance of Wang Rail surviving was not great.

"Lord Wei, the lower officials think that we should send the emperor to Chang'an as soon as possible, I'm afraid that something will change later!" Liang Shiyan said very solemnly, this is the second time he has made this suggestion to Wei Xiaokuan.

As a general who has been a general for most of his life, Liang Shiyan has long been put aside from everyone's life and death, but he can't let Yu Wenyong have any accidents in Pingyang, otherwise not only himself, but even the entire Liang family will become sinners in the Northern Zhou Dynasty, and there will be no place for him from now on.

"What Lord Liang said is very true." Wei Xiaokuan nodded and said: "In this way, you and I will go to the city to inspect the school and practice the soldiers and horses in a while, attract the attention of the Qi army, and then select five thousand elite warriors to escort the emperor out of the city under the leadership of General Yi, try to take the small road, and don't arouse the idea of the Qi army." ”

After a pause, Wei Xiaokuan said again: "At the same time, let all the cavalry in the city concentrate on standby, once the Qi army has any changes, we will take the initiative to attack, and we will send the emperor out of the city safely no matter what!" Do you have any doubts? Although Wei Xiaokuan was an inquiry, both his tone and his demeanor were decisive and crisp, and there was no doubt.

"Everything is as Lord Wei commands!" Liang Shiyan and Yu Yi glanced at each other, got up at the same time, and saluted respectfully, which can be regarded as solemnly receiving the military order.

The current situation is in crisis, Yu Wenyong is unconscious and cannot preside over government affairs, Wei Xiaokuan is more than two of them in terms of official position and prestige, and it is best for him to preside over the overall situation.

"In that case, let's hurry up and get ready, and let's get started after dinner! It's up to the two of you! Wei Xiaokuan solemnly returned the salute with a fist and said earnestly.

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"I heard that General Yu Yi, the head of Anzhou of the Zhou army, has returned, but he is alone, and 50,000 troops have been captured by Shuozhou Assassin Shi of Qi State."

"Not only that, the prince of Sui and the prince of Beiping County are happy to be the incarnation of the god of war, it is said that a few days ago, he flew through dozens of battles from the city, and killed tens of thousands of soldiers of the Zhou army alone, and even Emperor Yuwen Yong of Zhou was almost captured by him."

"You're not right, I heard people say that it was because the crown prince of Zhou wanted to usurp the throne, colluded with Liang Shiyan and Wei Xiaokuan with foreign enemies, and deliberately let Emperor Zhou fall for the enemy's tricks.

"Emperor Zhou Yuwen Yong has not shown up for a few days, I am afraid that the injury is not light, and he may have already died, but it is very possible that Zhou will not mourn secretly."

"His Royal Highness the King of Sui personally led 50,000 Qi troops into Jinzhou, and the prince is happy to help, even if Yuwen Yong is still alive, I am afraid that he will not be able to avoid the end of failure."

"The Zhou army is defeated, and the banner on Pingyang City is about to change!"

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From the time Yu Yi stepped into Pingyang City, in just three hours, rumors were spreading in the city, and they were intensifying.

Wei Xiaokuan, Yu Yi, and Liang Shiyan reunited, the faces of the three were extremely gloomy, their eyes were full of anger, the muscles in the corners of Wei Xiaokuan's eyes twitched slightly, and he forcibly suppressed his anger and said: "Have you found out, who is deliberately spreading rumors and deliberately causing trouble?" ”

Liang Shiyan shook his head, and said helplessly and a little frantically: "These rumors are spread from all over the city, and the source cannot be found at all. Xia Guan has sent people to control a group of people who spread rumors, but they can't arrest everyone in the city. ”

"Damn it!" Although he knew that it was in vain to ask, when Liang Shiyan said this fact, Wei Xiaokuan couldn't help but be annoyed, and gritted his teeth and said: "The mouth of the people is more important than the defense of Sichuan, happy, what a poisonous scheming!" ”

According to the intelligence of Wei Xiaokuan, how can they not understand that this rumor is happy to find someone to walk, the purpose is nothing more than to shake the morale of the Zhou army, let them mess with themselves, and Pingyang will not attack itself.

And this also proves that Wei Xiaokuan and others' guesses are correct, everything is happy and premeditated. The emperors of the two countries, tens of millions of soldiers and civilians are happily under control, or in the calculations of Gao Changgong, the king of Sui.

The highest level of falsehood is to divide the truth into the truth, and the truth to divide the false. If Yu Wenyong can come forward intact, the turbulent military spirit will inevitably be calmed down in an instant, and all rumors will be self-defeating, but the problem is that Yu Wenyong is indeed seriously ill and unconscious.

Wei Xiaokuan wanted to use iron-blooded means to suppress it, but he didn't dare. Once Wei Xiaokuan's behavior is excessive, it will inevitably cause a violent backlash from the people, and when the time comes, the city will be chaotic, Gao Changgong will take advantage of the situation to attack, and Pingyang will be broken.