1. Yao Hong finished writing the last word, stamped it, raised his head and smiled and motioned to the envoy, the governor of the Chinese and foreign military, and the general Yao Shao to come and see.

On the paper are four large characters: the dry city of the country.

Below is a line of small characters of Zhong Xuan: its speed is like the wind, its Xu is like a forest, the invasion is like fire, and it is not moving like a mountain. The righteousness of Sun Tzu is really true to the general.

The words are very strong, but the words are full of softness in the bones.

Yao Shao sighed secretly. This nephew, full of talent and learning, has a soft belly, is a rare good person, but he is not an iron-fisted emperor.

And what this world wants is an iron fist.

If it weren't for his blind softness and indulgence, it would not have been that when Liu Yu's army was approaching the city, Yao Hui and Yao Yi would have dared to make trouble one after another.

Yao Hong gave Yao Shao a word, which was to praise him for his speed in using soldiers.

From December last year to the first month of this year, Yao Shao first drove Pusaka for a long time, pacified Yao Hui in a war, and incorporated most of his rebels into the army sequence loyal to the imperial court, and then turned around and blitzed Yao Yi, cutting off his head when he was still dreaming of the emperor's spring and autumn period, and instantly beat a mutiny that approached Chang'an into powder.

But there is no respite.

The Jin army's forward is fierce, and Wang Zhenxi, Tan Daoji, and Shen Linzi have already captured Tongguan.

Yao Shao came to ask for the fall of Tongguan.

After he pacified the civil strife, he immediately arrived at Tongguan with 50,000 elite soldiers. When he found that the number of people in the Jin army's Wang Zhen Evil Station was not large, he decided to give up the passive defense and take the initiative to go out.

If this Jin army is eaten, then after Liu Yu's main force arrives, there will be no one to answer the striker, and it will be difficult for the away team to gain a foothold, and the shape will be much worse.

But he underestimated the ferocity of the Jin army.

As soon as the two armies engaged, the limelight was not right.

The Janissary Guards led by Yao Shao, all the nobles of the Qiang people and the children of meritorious heroes, were the elite of the elite of the Qin State. Although it has been peaceful for a long time, its combat effectiveness cannot be compared with that of the ancestor Yao Xingshi, but it is a ruthless character that is difficult to deal with on any battlefield. According to the previous experience of dealing with the Han Chinese army, it was difficult for their infantry formation to withstand the trampling and charging of the Yulin cavalry, and it would disintegrate after one or two charges.

But this Jin army did not disintegrate.

At the same time as the Yulin rode up and charged, they actually rushed head-on.

They are not suicide attacks.

A dense rain of arrows swept over their heads and fell diagonally on the heads of the charging cavalry. By the time the horses had lost their impact, the screaming Southerners had already rushed into the pile of cavalry that was spinning in place.

The archers of the Qin army watched as the enemy dismounted the cavalry with their lances and cut off the legs of their horses with their elongated ring-headed knives, but they could not fire their arrows at the mixed crowd. And they soon found that they needed to flee quickly, because the cavalry of the Jin army had already outflanked them from both flanks, and although the number was small, it was more than enough to deal with the archers who had nothing to do.

By the time Yao Shao gave the order to retreat, the Jin army had already marched and swarmed to kill.

When the officers and soldiers defending Tongguan saw that the Jin soldiers were following closely behind the Qin army, their first reaction was to quickly close the city gate.

But the defeated army blocked the passage, and the city gates could not be closed at all.

The Jin army bit the tail of the defeated soldiers and rushed into the city, and the defenders had nothing to do but flee from the place of death quickly.

Tongguan was lost, and the east gate of Qin was opened.

According to the old rules of the Qin State, if the important town is lost, Yao Hong should order Yao Shao to be removed from his position, or even throw him into prison. But he wasn't going to do it. After carefully examining the baskets of the entire Qin State, how could he still find a veteran like his uncle who was loyal and good at commanding? Therefore, not only could he not drop a stone the size of a grain of rice on his head, but he also had to soothe him with the handwriting of the royal gift.

Yao Shao also knew that there were no generals to choose from, but the emperor's understanding and tolerance still made him cry.

"Your Majesty exempts the minister from capital crimes, and the minister is already grateful, how can there be an old face to receive this favor."

In the twilight of spring, warmth comes in through the window, accompanied by dark cloves.

Yao Hong's heart was sad.

He was originally a person who believed in everyone, but now gradually no one dared to believe it, and he could only dare to speak his heart to Yao Shao.

His elder brother Yao Xing was very wary of Yao Shao during his reign, because he had a close relationship with Yao Xing's political rival Yao Bi, and he also reported to Yao Xing when he started to purge Yao Bi.

But Yao Hong didn't want the clan to be like the enemy country, and after coming to power, he deliberately appeased the envelope, and Yao Shao's reward for him was to fight in the east and west.

Now Yao Shao is just in his early 40s, but he has internal and external troubles, endless battles, and his beard has turned white. The originally tall and straight body began to be slightly rickety.

I can't bear to put any more pressure on him.

But the country is in danger, who else can share the weight of a thousand pounds?

"Uncle, once Tongguan is lost, can we only watch the Southern Army go deeper and deeper?"

Yao Shao has already made a decision about this, he doesn't have to comfort Yao Hong, it is enough to tell his judgment truthfully:

"The minister's loss of Tongguan was caused by the light enemy. The Jin army is indeed a small number of forwards, although they took advantage of the situation to grab Tongguan, but they are still lone in depth, and the biggest weakness is that the logistics supply cannot keep up, and the lack of food and straw. They want a quick solution, and if they drag it out, they will only be exhausted and starved to death. The more this happens, the less we fight them. The minister plans to stick to stability, like a rat in a rat hole, and block them in Tongguan. After that, I will send a good army to cut off their food routes, so that they will not be able to fight and ask for food, and it will happen to be the season of green and yellow, and there will be no crops to grab in the fields. When they are almost exhausted, I will counterattack in full. When the time comes, if His Majesty can increase the number of troops to me, the chances of victory will be even greater. I've figured out how many ways they fight, and I won't give them another chance this time! ”

Yao Hong's bloodless face was flushed:

"Uncle Gao Ming, this is exactly the strategy that Li Zuoche proposed to trap Han Xin back then, the ancients didn't use it, we used it!"

Yao Shao nodded slightly. Although the emperor is purely on paper, it is already very good to be able to agree with his own strategy. It takes a long time to hold back the enemy in the deep ditch and high fortress, if the emperor does not support it and is anxious for the results of the battle, there are a few cats and dogs with half a bottle of vinegar around him who fan the wind and ignite the fire, and a holy decree comes down to ask you to fight quickly, so you have to bite the bullet and drill the ghost gate.

Thinking of this, I decided to consolidate the consensus a little more:

"Although this plan is good, you need to be patient, don't be anxious, don't be impatient, don't change your determination lightly."

Yao Hong smiled:

"Uncle, just rest assured, although I am a layman in the army, at least I know the harm of the king's remote control. You just have to fight according to your own ideas, and I will not interfere with it, and I will not allow anyone to hinder you. ”

After thinking about it, he felt that his words were not enough, and reached out to remove his waist knife from the wall:

"I haven't used this knife to kill anyone, so I'll give it to my uncle today. If anyone goes to the front to make an irresponsible statement, whether I sent him or not, my uncle can just cut him with this knife! ”

This is a more direct dictatorship than "envoys and governors of Chinese and foreign military affairs", Yao Shao took the waist knife and knelt down with tears in his eyes:

"Your Majesty is so appointed as a minister, and the minister's liver and brain are not enough to be rewarded. The minister will take his family members to the army, and if he is defeated, the whole family will return to the court, and if he is defeated, the whole family will go to the trouble! ”

After saying that, he got up, turned around and strode out, the sound of his boots stepping on the floor tiles was sonorous and resolute.

Yao Hong was stunned for a moment in the empty room, smelled the cloves, and slowly crossed the threshold.

The fragrance of flowers will fade, and this one can't be stopped.

But I ask God to bless the kingdom of the Qiang people after the fragrance of flowers retreats, and do not rain down the bloodshed of the city.