Chapter 235: Misfortune does not go alone

Maybe Wu Mingche, a seemingly rugged general, is actually a person who loves it, maybe he is really worried that the continuous fighting will make the morale of his corporal plummet, in short, no matter what the reason, on the fifth day of the fifth month of May, Wu Mingche finally stopped the attack on Xuyi City and retreated back into the camp.

The whole war lasted only three days, but Chen * army was a loss of soldiers, did not take the slightest advantage, the towering, rock-solid Xuyi city wall is even more daunting Chen * army, at this time, Wu Mingche has understood that wanting to pull out Xuyi directly has become a luxury,

Although there is a threat of rebellion in the twelve states behind Xuyi, Wu Mingche really doesn't dare to expect them anymore, even the elite soldiers under his command who have been baptized by the fire of war will be disgraced when they meet Gao Changgong, and those rabble who have just put down their hoes can help Gao Changgong, their greatest use should be to make the situation in Northern Qi more turbulent, so as to create more opportunities for themselves,

The morale of the soldiers has been quite low for a few days, Wu Mingche is a strong general who is used to fighting, and naturally knows that it is not suitable to start a war in a short time, but he can't be idle, you know, the grain and grass consumed by the 100,000 army is an extremely terrible number, and it is not a good thing for him to drag on for a long time.

After thinking about it a few times, Wu Mingche and Chen Ji changed their countermeasures,

On the tenth day of the fifth month, Chen Qian sent 50,000 troops, commanded by Huang Fayan, from Huozhou in the southwest of Hezhou, step by step, slowly advancing towards Hezhou, at the same time, Chen Qian mobilized 20,000 troops from the capital Jiankang to Hezhou, under the pressure of 70,000 troops, like horns, with the same speed, the situation in Hezhou suddenly became tense.

The location of Hezhou is really not very good, it is located in the power of Chen State, and there is only a Yangzhou in the rear, and the distance is a little far, once Chen Guo mobilizes a large army to besiege and not attack, he can directly cut off the retreat of Hezhou, Wang Lin, who has lost supplies, even if he is good at dancing with long sleeves and can fight habitually, he cannot command the hungry soldiers to defeat the mighty Chen * army,

Slowly speaking, Lu Qian and Wang Lin have a gap, and there will be some difficulties in the rescue, that is, Lu Qian will send troops to rescue regardless of his previous suspicions, and he will also have to worry about Huang Fa's strategy to encircle the point to send reinforcements, as for Huaizhou, basically there is no need to count on it, Wu Mingche's 100,000 army is not a decoration,

And Chen Ji and Wu Mingche's plan is obviously not so simple, since Qingguang and other eleven states are under the banner of opposing Qi to Chen, how can they not be applied, Wu Mingche directly sent Xizuo to break through the blockade line of Northern Qi on the Huai River, came to Renzhou, and carried Chen Ji's imperial decree to meet with Tong, Ren, and Wu Sangui, the assassin of the three states of Eastern Chu.

The two sides negotiated something that everyone does not know, but on the 15th of May, when Huang Fa came to set up a camp twenty miles outside the city of Hezhou, Renzhou, Tongzhou, and Eastern Chu Prefecture of the Northern Qi Dynasty hung the banner of Chen State at the same time, and Wu Sangui was canonized by Chen Ji as a proclaimed marquis, with 600 households in Shiyi, and all supervised the military affairs of Tong, Ren, and Eastern Chu.

On May 16, Wu Sangui raised 80,000 troops from Renzhou, approaching the west side of the city, this sudden change directly made Yangzhou assassin Shi Lu Qian frightened, once the fall of Zhouzhou, then Yangzhou is also about to face Huaizhou, Hezhou is generally isolated and helpless, the terrible consequences are by no means a person can bear,

If Chen's army takes Yangzhou and crosses the Huai River, then the territory of the Northern Qi Dynasty from the Yellow River to the Huaihe River basin will be directly exposed to the iron hooves of Chen's army.

As a last resort, Lu Qian finally gave up his plan to rescue Hezhou, and at the same time sent the emergency document to Yecheng like snowflakes, hoping that Gao Wei would make plans as soon as possible.

For the people of Northern Qi, May is really not a good day, the turbulent situation in the Huai River valley has made the entire Northern Qi fall into an inexplicable panic, but at this time, the Northeast suddenly reported that Gao Yanzong, the king of Ande, had colluded with the Khitan and Kumoxi (sorry, there was a typo in the front), and the Hu people had already gathered 100,000 iron horsemen and were about to go south.

Khitan and Kumoxi are located in the northeast of the Northern Qi Dynasty, these two foot soldiers are vassals of the Turks, they go south, naturally representing the meaning of the Turks, for Gao Wei, the Huai River Basin is just a grass arrow-like existence, can be abandoned at any time, but the Yellow River Basin is his foundation, there can be no mistakes,

The frightened Gao Wei changed his cowardly surname to the past, and strictly ordered Han Changluan, the king of Changli, to lead his army south and garrison the Yellow River, and at the same time, Gao Wei issued a final warning to Gao Yanzong, hoping that he could recognize the situation, turn back to the shore, and do not betray his ancestors, otherwise he Gao Wei would rather abandon the entire Northern Qi Dynasty than break Gao Yanzong's body into ten thousand pieces.

On May 20, just when Wu Sangui feinted to attack Qiaozhou, Huang Faqi besieged and attacked Hezhou, and Wu Mingche attacked Huaizhou again, Gao Yanzong, who received Gao Wei's ultimatum, immediately jumped up from his sickbed and sent 80,000 troops to Gao Sihao to Bingzhou.

The throne of the Ninety-Five, which can be ignored in the world, except for the so-called saints, it is estimated that no one or person can resist the supreme power and glory.

Gao Yanzong pretended to be sick, in addition to being afraid that Gao Wei would not be good for him after entering Yecheng, he actually had some attempts to watch the fire from across the shore and want to reap the benefits, but at this time, the Northern Qi Dynasty was about to face the danger of collapse, and Gao Yanzong could no longer deal with it calmly.

Although Gao Yanzong is as fat as a pig, violent and unscrupulous, which is not a good thing, he is very loyal to Northern Qi, and compared with Gao Wei, he has a kind of temperament that the latter does not have.

In history, when Yuwen Yong destroyed the Qi State and plundered Gao Wei and Gao Yanzong to Chang'an, Gao Wei was like Liu Adou, who was not happy, he didn't have much nostalgia for the fall of the country, but enjoyed himself as always, but Gao Yanzong often looked up to the sky and sighed, remorseful and guilty, and wanted to commit suicide several times, so it can be seen that Gao Yanzong is not useless.

With Gao Yanzong's if, Gao Sihao, who was already in decline, only had the power to parry, and had no ability to fight back, Gao Sihao retreated and retreated, just ten days of effort, and was beaten by Gao Yanzong and others to lose his armor and run back to the base camp Shuozhou, as for Xianzhou and Xianzhou, it returned to Gao Wei's hands.

Eloquent, ambitious, and bent on annexing the state of Qi, Yu Wenyong has been closely watching the situation in Northern Qi, and now the south of Northern Qi is almost completely ignited by the flames of war, the north is in turmoil, rumors are spreading, the people's hearts are in turmoil, the entire Northern Qi is in turmoil, and it is in a precarious situation, how can Yu Wenyong give up such a good opportunity,

On the first day of June, when Gao Yanzong's troops approached the territory of Shuozhou, Yuwen Yong immediately summoned a core civil and military minister to closely discuss the strategy of destroying the Northern Qi.

"Ladies and gentlemen, now that there are wars in the country of Qi, rumors are spreading, and the people's hearts are fluctuating, I want to take this opportunity to send troops to attack Qi, and in one fell swoop, what do you think." Yu Wenyong sat on the dragon chair high-end, his deep eyes flashing with wisdom and scorching light,

"Back to Your Majesty, Weichen thinks that there is something wrong with cutting Qi at this time." Qi Wang Yu Wenxian, who was dressed in military uniform (in April, Yu Wenxian, Yu Wenzhao and other people from the Zhou royal family were mostly promoted to the king) immediately stepped forward, saluted Yu Wenyong respectfully, and then said in a deep voice,

"What's wrong?" Yu Wenyong did not have the slightest displeasure on his face, and looked at Yu Wenxian with curiosity,

Yu Wenxian's face was serious, and he looked at Yu Wenyong respectfully and seriously and said: "Back to Your Majesty, since the debate of Buddhism, Taoism, and Confucianism, and after you abolished the two religions of Buddhism and Taoism, although I have recruited hundreds of thousands of soldiers in the past few months, most of them are disciples of Buddhism, and they lack the courage to kill in their hearts, and the training is short, I am afraid it will be difficult to form combat effectiveness. ”

"Well, what the imperial brother said is very true." Yu Wenyong frowned, and then asked, "I don't know if you have any other opinions." ”

"Your Majesty, what the King of Qi said is true, but at this time, we still have a great chance of winning."

A person walked out behind Yu Wenxian, although it was an old man with gray temples, but he was in good spirits, without a trace of Mrs. Longzhong, her eyes were bright and sharp, and her whole body was calm and fierce.

"I don't know what Wei Aiqing's plan is." Yu Wenyong's eyes lit up, he bowed forward slightly, and asked with some excitement,

This old man's name is Wei Xiaokuan, nearly seventy years old, and he is the assassin of the Northern Zhou Xunzhou (Jishan County, Shaanxi Province, the state capital is in Yubi City).

Wei Xiaokuan, the name Shuyu, the word Xiaokuan, Han nationality, Jingzhao Duling (Xi'an, Shaanxi) people, the Northern and Southern Dynasties of the Western Wei Dynasty, the Northern Zhou Dynasty outstanding military strategist, his surname is Ge Qimin and Zheng, good at reading the scriptures and history, resourceful, offensive and defensive, and very good at using the room,

This person not only played a pivotal role in the war between the Northern Zhou Dynasty and the Northern Qi Dynasty, and it should be said that the Eastern Wei Dynasty and the Western Wei Dynasty played a pivotal role, but also helped Yang Jian gain a firm foothold and assisted him in creating the prosperous Great Sui.

When Gao Huan was in charge of the Eastern Wei regime, the Western Wei supported by Yuwentai was at an absolute disadvantage, and in the war between the two sides, Yuwentai was even more defeated and less victorious, but even though Gao Huan was brave, he never destroyed the Western Wei, and there was an extremely key figure in it, that is, Wei Xiaokuan,

is in charge of the entire history of the Northern Zhou Dynasty, and really on the frontal battlefield, only Wei Xiaokuan can defeat Gao Huan.

Wei Xiaokuan once single-handedly stopped Gao Huan outside the city of Yubi for a full fifty days, so that Gao Huan's corporal died and injured countless times, and finally Gao Huan was angry and attacked the heart and became ill, so as to withdraw the troops and relieve the difficulty of Yubi, but Gao Huan returned to Jinyang but was ill, and finally died with helplessness and grief and indignation.

"Back to Your Majesty, Weichen thinks that there are three strategies for Vaqi." Wei Xiaokuan smiled slightly, looking confident,

"Aiqing, please speak." Yuwen Yong urged, a column of longing, the destruction of the Northern Qi, the unification of the world, is not only the embodiment of his Yuwen Yong's dream and personal value, but also the wish of several generations of the Yuwen royal family, now the opportunity is in front of him, he will surpass his ancestors to achieve supreme merit and glory, even if Yuwen Yong City Mansion is very deep, can not bear the agitated emotions in patience,