Now Situ Tai was not only worried about the situation in the land of annexation, but also annoyed by the attitude of the officials in Luoyang. Because from Li Li's words just now, Situ Tai learned that many officials in Yongzhou put the blame for the difficulty of defending Bishui Pass on him. Completely forgetting that he took the opportunity to defeat Murong Cheng, annihilating more than 100,000 Qi troops, and forgetting that he ordered the Bishui Pass to step up the construction of the Bishui Pass. Speaking of which, the fire destroyed the city was only the buildings in the city, and there was not much damage to the city wall, and the real reason was the large-scale catapult of the Qi army. Now, all of them have been added to himself, can Situ Taiyan not hate?

Reporting from the people who stayed in Yongzhou, it is the governor of Yongzhou who is now the master of Yongzhou, that is, his eldest brother. Not only that, because Situ Lei's health is sick, many major events related to the overall power of King Yong are also involved in the eldest prince. In other words, this governor of Yongzhou has begun to participate in the military and political affairs of King Yong's forces, while he and the rest of the governors are only the governors of the local government. However, they are still subject to the control of Luoyang.

Situ Tai is not only worried that this Yongzhou Metropolitan Governor is using this to weaken himself, but he is even more worried that this Yongzhou Metropolitan Governor is now in a central position, occupying a geographical advantage, and is likely to slowly grasp the power of Yongwang's power.

"Metropolitan Governor, it seems that the actions of the Zhao army in the northern part of Bingzhou have also put a lot of pressure on Murong Cheng, so this Qi army and its coalition forces will act quickly. Regardless of the situation of reinforcements, the top priority now is to resist the southward movement of the Zhao army. As for the rest, we'll have to put it aside for now! Seeing that Situ Tai's face was cloudy, Situ Wen naturally knew what his master was worried about. But at this moment, he could only let Situ Tai put down these messy things and devote himself to the northern part of the state and the southward battle of the Zhao army.

Hearing Situ Wen's words, Situ Tai was also a little determined, and he also knew that at this time, he was not worried about Luoyang, nor was he concerned about reinforcements. What's more important is the Zhao army who responded and began to act, and the rest can only be postponed.

"Reinforcements are not coming, we have insufficient troops, and food and grass are also very scarce. Especially in the past few years, our Bingzhou army has fought with the northern army and the Turkic cavalry, and has not had a good rest and development of the place. In addition, our northern defense line is long from east to west, and now there are more and more Zhao troops in the north of Bingzhou, which is really difficult to deal with. Situ Wen, what do you think? Situ Tai said in a muffled voice, and the anger in his heart could only be suppressed in his heart.

Situ Wen frowned, and said: "Now our 30,000 soldiers and more than 20,000 troops from the Northern Army of Hezhou and the Zhao Army are deadlocked in the south of Yunzhou Mansion, and we can't get out easily, so it can also be said that the two sides have begun to officially fight. And in the places of Jinzhou Mansion, Taiyuan Mansion and Fenzhou Mansion, there are scouts of the Zhao army and small-scale cavalry, and we cannot help but make defensive preparations. If reinforcements do not arrive, we can only let the troops from the south and the east and west go north and deploy defenses along the border between the two sides. As long as we hold on for three months, we will be able to relax a lot as soon as the reinforcements from Liangzhou arrive. ”

Although the words were very relaxed, Situ Wen was not easy in his heart. Unlike the Zhao army, the Yongjun is now facing a three-sided attack. In the southernmost part of the country, there was the Qi army in the land of Jiaozhou. In the middle, it is naturally the onslaught of the coalition forces in the land of Yongzhou. Now in this land of merging states, Zhao Jun has reappeared. It can be said that the Yongjun army is already in a situation of exhaustion, and the loss of armor, equipment, grain and grass materials is extremely great. And what about Zhao Jun? Except for the war here in the annexed states, the rest of the states are developing rapidly. Because there was no war and the new policy was implemented, the Zhao army ruled the lands of the states, and the people had surplus food at that time, the merchants had money to earn, and the soldiers were strong.

Let's talk about it now, what shocked Situ Wen was that the Zhao army conquered the northern land of Bingzhou in a very short period of time with the momentum of thunder, and swallowed nearly 100,000 northern troops and local county soldiers. The logistical materials transported from Youzhou, Dingzhou and other Zhao military jurisdictions, the food to pacify and rescue the people, the officials of the Zhao army who took over the local Zhao army, and the livestock, war horses and other materials seized from the Turks made the Zhao army soon begin the new policy reform of the northern land of Bingzhou. Because it has won the hearts of the people and made the people support, the gentry of the big clan did not dare to oppose it. Therefore, Zhao Jun now has no scruples about making moves against himself in the south, which has exceeded the expectations of himself and others.

In the expectation of Situ Wen, Situ Jian and others, after Zhao Jun took the northern land of Bingzhou, he would rest and recuperate in the northern land of Bingzhou to appease the local area, and then he would take action against his own side. This is also the reason why they sent troops to meet Cao Gang. As a result, the Zhao army immediately launched a counterattack, confronting Cao Gang and the 30,000 Bingzhou army, and the two sides were deadlocked with the southern part of Yunzhou Mansion and the northern part of Jinzhou Prefecture.

"Now we can only do this, on the one hand, we will transfer the troops from the south and the east and west to the north, and on the other hand, we will recruit local young people, train them, and form new soldiers." Situ Jian said bitterly, "In addition, we also asked Yongzhou to support grain, grass and armor equipment. We can delay the reinforcements, but not the armor and food and grass supplies. Half of the annexed states were simply not enough to supply the army to resist the onslaught of the Zhao army. If we don't support it from the south, we can't hold it here. ”

"Although the land of Yongzhou is resisting the onslaught of the coalition army, there is danger there, but we have nothing here. If the annexed state is gone, what is the use of the Tiger Prison Pass and the Bishui Pass being firmly guarded? ”

Situ Tai said coldly: "Don't worry, I will tell Luoyang about these." If we still ignore it, then we can only let the Zhao army go south to Yongzhou from our flank. When the Zhao army breaks through to our army's interception, don't blame the Pontus Governor for resisting unfavorably. ”

Situ Wen and the others' faces changed slightly, the meaning of Situ Tai's words was very simple, if he really couldn't resist it, if Luoyang didn't support him, then he would give way to a passage on the flank and let the Zhao army go south to Yongzhou. Or rather, he will negotiate with Zhao Jun.

"Alas...... Rights ......" Situ Wen sighed secretly in his heart and didn't say anything. Now, we can only hope that the Bingzhou army can stop the Zhao army, and the Zhao army will not attack too fiercely, and I hope that Luoyang can give some support. The merger of the state army is too weak, this is not the lack of efforts of the officers and men of the merge state army, but the foundation is like this. In addition, the enemy is Zhao Jun, and Situ Wen does not have much confidence in this.

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As Situ Wen said, the onslaught of the coalition forces is really related to the actions of the Zhao army.

After Zhao Xun defeated the Turkic cavalry and went deep into the Turkic steppe to win a battle, he sent people to put pressure on Murong Cheng. Originally, both the Qi army and the Zhao army were princes who fought against Situ Lei, and the Qi army directly attacked Situ Lei, while the Zhao army attacked the Turks. Now, Zhao Xun has won a great victory in the north and has also invaded the land of annexed states. And the Qi army had no results, which made Murong Cheng's face very gloomy, after all, the Zhao army won a big victory, but their coalition army did not make any progress.

After Zhao Xun defeated the Turkic cavalry, he sent someone to Murong Cheng to say that if the coalition army was still doing nothing, then it would be the Zhao army that invaded the land of Yongzhou and occupied the center of Luoyang. At the same time, he also made it clear to Murong Cheng that the areas occupied by the two sides were under their respective jurisdictions and were not allowed to attack each other.

Murong Cheng was reluctant at first, but Zhao Xun pulled the Tang Army, the Yanzhou Army and the Xuzhou Army together to put pressure on Murong Cheng. said that after attacking Yongzhou and destroying the traitor Situ Lei, the army would be relocated. Among them, the Tang army divided the territory separately and divided the new territory, the Xuzhou army will also expand the territory, and the Yanzhou army will also be compensated separately. Tang Xian's jurisdiction is the smallest, and there is not much room for maneuver, so he naturally agreed. The Yanzhou Army is another identity of Zhao Xun, so he naturally agreed, and even promised the Xuzhou Army that the land occupied by the Tang Army would be occupied by the Tang Army in the future, and after the Tang Army arrived in the new jurisdiction, the existing territory of the Tang Army would be ceded to the Xuzhou Army, and the Yanzhou Army would expand eastward. At this point, Li Chi of the Xuzhou Army also agreed to Zhao Xun's union.

No matter what the three parties are, they are all to expand their own strength, especially if the Qi army is strong, they will be suppressed by the Qi army. Therefore, after Zhao Xun stretched out his intention to form an alliance, Qi Qi put pressure on Murong Cheng. Even, the Zhao army has now opened up trade with the three parties, and used grain and grass materials as tradable things to trade with the three princes to supplement the lack of grain and grass materials, armor and equipment and war horses of the three princes. In other words, after Zhao Jun now promised not to trade some war preparation materials, the princes of the three parties will be able to expand their current strength.

Seeing this, Murong Cheng could only agree to Zhao Xun's request and use their respective places of attack as their respective jurisdictions. Of course, Zhao Xun also vaguely said to Murong Cheng that the place that Zhao Jun sought was the northern region of the soldiers. As for Yongzhou and its southern part, it was handed over to the Qi army for acceptance. Of course, the premise is that the Qi army can take these places as soon as possible. Even, Zhao Xun's envoy also vaguely expressed his willingness to support him to take over the throne of Dayan.

Under internal and external pressure, under the pressure of interests, Murong Fu began to increase the attack on the two passes of Yongzhou, which also caused the pressure on Yongzhou to increase suddenly, making it impossible to get effective support for the land of Yongzhou. In order to attack Luoyang as soon as possible, in order to occupy the land of Yongzhou as soon as possible, and in order to prevent the Zhao army from capturing Yongzhou without retreating, Murong Cheng accelerated the conscription of troops in the states under his jurisdiction, the collection of grain and grass materials, and stormed the land of the two passes. This move also made the Qi army enter the stage of full preparation for war in all the states under its jurisdiction, and the pressure on the people was much greater for a while. Many young men were recruited by the government as new soldiers, trained a little, and sent to the frontline battlefield.

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Compared with Murong Cheng, Situ Lei was more nervous. The Zhao army made a surprise attack and defeated the Turkic cavalry. After the news that Zhao Xun, the king of Zhao, personally commanded the cavalry into the Turkic steppe, causing heavy losses to the empty Turkic tribes in the rear, reached Luoyang, Situ Lei felt bad.

What the strength of Zhao Jun is, Situ Lei knows better than anyone else, and he is also very clear about the situation in the land of Bingzhou. Although geographically, the Zhao army is not comparable to the Qi army. However, the Zhao army won consecutive battles in the north, the territory expanded rapidly, and because it had not been mixed with the dispute in the Central Plains, the states under the jurisdiction of the Zhao army were in the stage of recuperation in recent years. Although the Zhao army was under a lot of pressure because of the dredging of the river, within the states under the jurisdiction of the Zhao army, the implementation of the new policy, the people's joy, and the encouragement of commerce, so that the potential of the Zhao army was the greatest among the princes in the world.

However, before he could make corresponding preparations, he sent people to ask for help. Situ Lei immediately asked Yongzhou to send troops to support, although the governor of Yongzhou and Situ Tai of Bingzhou had a struggle for the prince of the king, but he also knew what the consequences of the fall of the governor of Yongzhou were. Immediately prepared to send reinforcements from the two passes to the north and state support, but before they could act, the Kwantung coalition army began to storm the two passes, so that the support was killed in the womb. At this time, the Zhao army began to rumor in the dark that Bishui Pass was difficult to resist, and the reason why reinforcements could not be dispatched was because Situ Tai set fire to the dangerous pass in the past, which made the inner city defense of Bishui Pass completely lost. The rumors were mixed in, and when Situ Tai heard about it, he naturally had a trembling voice.

Situ Lei knew the danger of the rumors among these officials, so he sent a letter to Situ Tai, telling him to ignore it and forbidding the officials to talk about it. But on the contrary, it made Situ Tai's heart even more difficult to calm down, thinking that Situ Lei was on the side of the eldest prince in this matter, which made him feel resentful in his heart.

No matter what Situ Tai thought in his heart, he still had to do it to resist Zhao Jun. In Sangqian County, Cao Gang's 20,000 remnants of the Northern Army and 30,000 troops were stationed in the three cities of this county. Among them, Sangqian City and Sanggancheng are cities under the jurisdiction of Sangqian County, while Xinglong City is the northern city of Jinzhou Prefecture.

It was not that Cao Gang and the Bingzhou army did not want to continue to withdraw into Jinzhou Mansion, but that they were targeted by the Zhao army. As soon as Cao Gang retreated all the way south, the cavalry of the Zhao army was like a hungry wolf, and from time to time they would bite hard.

At first, Cao Gang and Yang Li, the commander of the Bingzhou Army who responded to the Northern Army, didn't care too much. However, as the Zhao army increased and the action became more and more rampant, the two realized that on their sides and in the rear, the Zhao army had gathered an unknown number of cavalry troops.

When they arrived in Sangqian County, more than 10,000 people from the Northern Army and the Northern Army of Bingzhou were killed in the surprise attack of the cavalry of the Zhao Army. Even the Cao clan that migrated with Cao Gang was raided by the cavalry of the Zhao army, and a large number of property was taken away by the Zhao army. After entering Sangqian County, the outside of the city became the world of the cavalry of the Zhao army.

After Yang Li and Cao Gang converged in Sangqian County, they were ready to continue southward, but the forward team of more than 5,000 soldiers encountered a fierce attack by nearly 10,000 Zhao cavalry, and in just half an hour, the 5,000 allied soldiers were all killed, so that the coalition troops who had just left the city retreated back into Sangqian City. Later, the two learned that the attacking Zhao army turned out to be the Hu clan. After inspection, the two learned that this was the Khitan Eight Banners team under Zhao Xun.

Although the Khitans were annexed by King Zhao and began to assimilate, the number of the Khitan Eight Banners was not canceled. Not only that, among the Khitan Eight Banners, there were not only Khitans, but also foreign cavalry of various ethnic groups such as the Tatars, Turks, Murwei and Uighurs. These Hu cavalry, they are good at riding and archery, and they can be described as the best among the cavalry. In addition, this Khitan Eight Banners is the same as the Eight Banners of the Indigo Ta, and there are also Han knights among them.

Although the two fought the Eight Banners of Khitan and the Eight Banners of the Indigo, Zhao Xun implemented the acceptance of all foreign knights who were willing to serve as soldiers. Of course, they also need to obey the strict military rules and discipline of the Xiaoguo Army and obey the commander of King Zhao. The reason why Zhao Xun maintained these two Hu clan banners was to recruit those foreign knights to serve him.

After Cao Gang and Yang Li discussed, the two were stationed in a city to defend against the Zhao army. In addition, the situation here was also reported back to Jinyang City. At the same time, Zhao Xun, who had just prepared to move south in person, issued an order to the Khitan Eight Banners in the south: Harassing Sangqian County, the 50,000-strong army must not be allowed to continue to move south.

In addition, Zhao Xun also gave orders to Xue Qinglan, the general of the Third Town Army, and Li Hu, the general of the Seventh Town, who were operating in the southern land, to increase the harassment of the southern regions of Bingzhou, and if necessary, to storm the lands and even occupy these places, so as to attract the southern and southern Zhenzhou troops to gather north.

For a time, the war in the southern parts of Bingzhou, especially at the junction of the Bingzhou Army and the Northern Zhao Army, suddenly became tense. Yang Li and Cao Gang of Sangqian County sent three times to prepare to wave their troops south, but they were all defeated by the Khitan Eight Banners. The Jinzhou Mansion, Xihe Mansion, Fenzhou Mansion and Taiyuan Prefecture were all harassed by the Zhao army.

Situ Tai was forced by the tension of the war, and successively recruited and transferred the state army and local county soldiers in the south and the east and west, and assembled to the north to resist the southward advance of the Zhao army.

At this moment, Li Huaiyuan, the general manager of the Jizhou march, took Zhao Lin's ninth town, Zhao Xiong's tenth town, a total of 50,000 town soldiers and 30,000 logistics teams, fully armed, and appeared in the eastern city of Shangdangfu, which is also the junction of Bingzhou and Jizhou - Huguan.

The eldest son is located fifty miles southwest of Changzhi. The city was not large, let alone grand, but it was built with strong fortifications: the walls were two feet and a half feet high; There is a moat more than three meters wide and two meters deep along the city, and the water in the trench is waist-high, and there are some sharp iron products in the water; In particular, the structure of the castle wall is very ingenious and unique, and it can be fired directly and sideways with crossbow arrows on different horizontal lines, so it is heavily guarded and difficult to attack. At this time, there were many sentinels standing on the city wall, and the sentries in groups were also coming and going all the time, if they wanted to sneak into the city, even if they were the elite of the special elite, they would be helpless. This eldest son city, together with the defenders in the city, is a flamboyant elite army of about 8,000 people. Anyone is twice as big as the special elite, and even if the special elite is ten, he is not sure that he will win this kind of city head-on. The only thing that is reassuring is that I haven't heard of any well-known generals in this city, otherwise this battle will not be easy to fight.

Shangdang Mansion is located in the south of Jinju Province, the north of Yongzhou Hanoi Province, and the western part of Jizhou. It can be said that Shangdang Mansion is the junction of Bingzhou, Yongzhou and Jizhou, and the topography is very crucial. However, Yongzhou is the same force as Bingzhou, and Shangdang Mansion and Jizhou are separated by Taihang Mountain, which is not a very dangerous place.

Between Jizhou and the Shangdang Mansion, there is a dangerous pass, which is the dividing line between the state and Jizhou, which is the pot pass of the Shangdang Mansion.