In November, the temperature in Yuzhou plummeted, and when you woke up in the morning, you could see the frost on the faces of the soldiers. However, the soldiers and horses of the Dongwang army had to be non-stop, and under the coordination of the soldiers and horses of Yuzhou, they pursued in the direction of Qinshui together, and on the second day of November, the two sides had set up a decisive battle on the bank of the Qinshui River.

Qinshui, is a river in the north of Yuzhou is not too wide, the reason why the soldiers and horses of the Li Dynasty of the Western Wangjun chose Qinshui to be stationed is because it can be attacked and defended here, and it is appropriate to choose to retreat through Qinshui and retreat directly to the direction of Guanzhong.

This time, the pursuit speed of the Eastern Wang Army and the Southern Wang Army was slow, and it seemed that the Western Wang Army had an opportunity to take advantage of it. After the more than 90,000 soldiers and horses of the Eastern Wang Army gathered together and were stationed thirty miles away from the east bank of Qinshui, the Western Wang Army sent a small force of tentative soldiers and horses, but they also stopped at a superficial level, and did not start a real and immediate confrontation with the Eastern Wang Army.

At this time, 30,000 soldiers and horses from the Southern Wangfu led by Huang Shilang, the Marquis of Zhennan, also went north along the Qinshui Road, and on the afternoon of the second day of the new year, they were stationed forty miles away from the main camp of the Xiwang Army. At this time, the Eastern Wang Army and the Southern Wang Army were stationed at a distance of twenty miles, echoing each other, and could attack the main camp of the Western Wang Army at any time.

The strength of the two sides, the Xiwang army has 670,000 horses from Cao Baichuan, plus 50,000 reinforcements from the Li Dynasty, the number of soldiers and horses is about 110,000. The combined army of the Eastern King Army and the Southern King Army had 1230,000 troops, and the coalition army had an advantage in the number of soldiers and horses.

In terms of grain and grass supply, it was because most of the grain and grass of the Western Wang's army had just been burned, coupled with low morale, so that the entire battle situation was very beneficial to the coalition forces of the Eastern Wangfu and the Southern Wangfu.

On the evening of the second day of November, Huang Shilang, the Marquis of Zhennan, sent someone to discuss with the Eastern Wangjun how to level the Western Wangjun. At this time, the Southern Wangfu did not know that Han Jian had the intention of making peace with the Xiwangfu. And because Han Jian did not get a definite reply from the West Palace, he did not relax in the plan to enter the army. As he discussed with the empress, if Yang Ping, the king of the west, was acquainted and willing to negotiate peace, then the army of the southern king and the army of the king of the east would go north to take Luoyang, while the army of the king of the west would plot the boundary of the palace of the north. If Yang Pingju is not concerned about the matter of peace, then the battle of Qinshui is inevitable.

At a time when the two sides were tense and saw that there would be a big war in a day or two. At this time, the Western Wangjun suddenly crossed the river overnight on the night of the second day of November. Over the water. It seems to be a retreat to Dragon City and Victoria to the north.

After Huang Shilang learned the news, he pulled out the camp overnight to pursue. On the other hand, the East King Army was quiet, and it didn't seem to be in a hurry to catch up with the West King Army.

"Young son, now the Western King's army has retreated. This is the meaning of withdrawing to Guanzhong. Do we take advantage of the victory to pursue. Defeat it along the way? ”

When they learned that the Western Wang Army was retreating, many soldiers of the Eastern Wang Army were in high spirits. Everyone felt that this was a godsend.

The two armies clashed, and the Western King's army retreated before a frontal battle began. It will make the formation scattered, and then it will not be able to form an orderly resistance. At this time, sending troops around the rear or pursuing head-on will achieve good results.

But Han Jian was obviously not thinking about how to annihilate the Western King Army. In his opinion, Cao Baichuan and Li Dai were very cunning, and they knew that in the case of low morale, the allied forces with the Eastern and Southern Palaces had the upper hand in a head-on battle, so they wanted to rely on the city. Although it is very likely that they will be encircled in this way, it is also a good strategy for the Xiwang army to clean up the morale of the army and wait for follow-up reinforcements.

"Pursue slowly, do not rush to battle, and if anyone speaks lightly, he will be punished by military law."

Han Jian's attitude was resolute, that is, he followed the Xiwang Army first, waiting for the opportunity.

In the early morning of the third day of November, the Dongwang army crossed the Qinshui. After crossing the Qinshui, the soldiers and horses of Huang Shilang of the Southern Wang Army and the soldiers and horses of the Eastern Wang Army were still less than 20 miles apart.

After Qinshui, it was more than 50 miles away from Victoria, and Han Jian saw from the news that Kuaima got that the Xiwang army did not plan to withdraw to Victoria, but turned the road in the direction of due north. From Victoria to Luoyang, there are about more than 400 miles, that is to say, the Dongwang Army is not too far from the frontline battlefield in Luoyang.

The Eastern Wang Army and the Southern Wang Army were also cautious on the march, after all, although the morale of the Western Wang Army was frustrated, it was only a lack of food, and the Western Wang Army was higher than the Eastern Wang Army and the Southern Wang Army in terms of combat experience, plus Cao Baichuan can be said to be scheming, even if Li Dai is still inexperienced, it is also insidious and treacherous. I'm afraid that this withdrawal of troops is fake, but in fact, I am secretly waiting for the opportunity to suddenly kill and kill the Southern Wang Army and the Eastern Wang Army by surprise.

The army of the Western King withdrew for six days, and by the ninth day of the first day of November, it passed through Hanzhou, which was less than 150 miles away from Luoyang, and at this time, the soldiers and horses pursued by the army of the East King and the army of the South King had just arrived in Hanzhou. At this time, the soldiers and horses on both sides had already left the boundary of Yuzhou and entered the range of the Luoyang Tun army since ancient times.

……

……

On the tenth day of November, the camp of the Beiwang Army thirty miles south of Luoyang City. In the camp tent of Zhou Yuan, the marshal of the Northern Wang Army, Zhou Yuan was discussing with several of his generals how to enter Luoyang.

The Beiwangfu withdrew troops from Yuzhou, clearly saying that there were 200,000 soldiers and horses, but the actual soldiers and horses in the Beiwangfu were also 1450,000. Moreover, it was to arrive in two reinforcements, just to conquer Luoyang before the battle of Yuzhou had a result, and to achieve the imperial dream of Yang Ke, the king of Xiaobei.

In the past two months, the soldiers and horses of the Northern Wangfu have launched several offences from the southeast, northwest, and northwest directions of Luoyang, but they have all returned in vain. The whole Luoyang city defense is the most solid, and this time the Dongwang army after occupying Luoyang, and the city guards and horses to carry out the rectification, although the Dongwang army really defended the city of only one or two thousand soldiers and horses, but there are Zhang Xing such experienced generals to guard, in the face of the North Wangfu offensive, the defense is impregnable.

Zhou Yuan was born in the army, and his status in the Northern Wangfu is the same as Huang Shilang's status in the Southern Wangfu. The biggest difference between him and Huang Shilang is that he does not have any kinship with the clan of the Northern Wangfu, he is famous for only recognizing the transfer of troops, as for who is the king of the north, there is no difference to him. Even if Yang Ke, the king of Xiaobei, used abnormal means to take the throne, he was the first to say that he would support Yang Ke, and then his position was more stable than before.

When Yang Ru was in power, Yang Ru was still wary of Zhou Yuan. And because Yang Ke is young after all, he wants to stabilize the situation in the Beiwang Mansion, so that a group of heroes can listen to his orders, he must rely on it. And the person he chose to rely on was Zhou Yuan.

This time he invaded Yuzhou with the Xiwang army, Zhou Yuan wanted to sit on the mountain and watch the tiger fight, and when the Xiwang army and the southern Wangjun were killed in Yuzhou, the North Wangfu took the opportunity to gather the apprentices in Yuzhou, and then invaded Jiangdu. In this way, basically the two forces in the south are swept away, and they can come back to capture Luoyang with peace of mind.

No one expected that the Dongwang Mansion would actually send troops to enter Luoyang in such a passive situation, and the ghost made the god worse that Yang Yu was shaken by the heart of guarding Luoyang because the rebels had tossed Luoyang before, so he abandoned the city and took the Dongwang Mansion cheaply. Zhou Yuan took advantage of the stalemate in the battle of Yuzhou in the Xiwangfu and couldn't pull away, and decisively withdrew his troops to Luoyang, originally wanting to take Luoyang in one fell swoop, but after the initial rounds of fierce attacks, in the end it could only turn into a war of attrition, waiting for Luoyang City to collapse without a fight.

But I saw that in winter, the supply line of grain and grass for the soldiers and horses of the Beiwangfu was also very long, and the soldiers and horses of the Beiwangfu surrounded Luoyang, but there was no progress. It is one thing to lack soldiers and food in the city, but seeing that the battle of Yuzhou has dragged on and on, except for the battle of Pingcheng, the entire battle of Yuzhou has not been a major battle after the dispatch of the Dongwang army. And now the Xiwang army withdrew its troops in the case of lack of food, and did not return to Guanzhong, but also came in the direction of Luoyang. In Zhou Yuan's view, the withdrawal of the Xiwang Army this time was not simple.

"General, Yang Pingju did not transfer the soldiers and horses back to Guanzhong, something is wrong. From the point of view of the last general, this time Han Jian's child wanted to take the opportunity to rescue Luoyang, maybe ...... I can't say what kind of conspiracy he has with Yang Pingju. ”

Zhou Yuan thought about it, and finally shook his head and said: "The Dongwang Army burned the grain and grass in Pingcheng, and Cao Baichuan and Li Dai are both people who want to make meritorious contributions. I think that this withdrawal of troops is not Yang Pingju's intention, but Cao Baichuan and Li Dai, who want to atone for their crimes, lead the pursuing troops to the direction of Luoyang, and stir up the situation. ”

Zhou Yuan's words convinced the generals present.

After all, Zhou Yuan was an old minister of the Three Dynasties, and he had so much combat experience. It also has a unique set of insight into the battlefield situation.

Zhou Yuan said so, and others did not dare to have special "alternative" opinions, which also reflected their respect for Zhou Yuan.

"But general, if the three roads of the West Palace, the South Palace, and the East Palace, continue to approach Luoyang, we ...... Are you still sitting idly by? The general who raised the objection just now continued, "Needless to say, the Eastern Wangjun Army is now in the hands of the Eastern Wangfu, and it is the great enemy of our army under the combination of the inside and the outside. And now Yang Luochuan is also in cahoots with Han Jian's little wolf bèi, if he goes to Luoyang, the Southern Wang Army and the West Wang Army will not chase the West Wang Army, but will attack our army...... Whether ......"

Zhou Yuan glanced at this person coldly. The general in front of him was very young, named Wu Hui, who was a close confidant of Yang Ke, the king of Xiaobei, and was even believed by Zhou Yuan to be the person sent by Yang Ke to monitor him. Therefore, Zhou Yuan has never had a good impression of this person. However, because he misunderstood that it was Yang Ke's person, even if this person talked a lot on weekdays, he didn't say anything. Now Wu Hui is here to openly say something that makes him feel embarrassed, and he can't help but feel a little annoyed in his heart.

"General Wu, what do you mean...... What is the conspiracy of these three parties, ready to come over and plot against my Luoyang land? Zhou Yuan asked coldly.

"The last general will not dare." Wu Hui saluted.

Zhou Yuan saw that Wu Hui's attitude was also respectful, and he originally wanted to make an example of chickens and monkeys, but it was not a good thing to offend Yang Ke like this.

"Then make preparations with both hands, one is to wait and see what happens, if Cao Baichuan and Li Dai still lead the pursuers in the direction of Luoyang City, our army will consider taking the initiative to attack and kill the pursuers by surprise......"

Zhou Yuanzheng was talking, and suddenly a herald came to report.

"What?"

Faced with the reason for the long herald, Zhou Yuan looked at the herald who came in.

"The Western Wangjun sent someone to write to the general!" The herald handed over the letter written by Cao Baichuan. (To be continued......)