At the closure of Heyang, seeing that the enemy's reinforcements arrived in time, so that the people and horses of both roads returned with feathers, Hu Lujin couldn't help frowning.

Xue Guyan, who was defeated and returned, was also depressed, and after seeing Hu Lujin, he said in a deep voice: "Now that the reinforcements of the thief army have arrived, it is difficult to repel them in a hurry." Please let me recruit 500 dead soldiers, attack the south of the bridge and fight to the death, so that the army can go south and kill the enemy together! ”

"The thief army has to occupy the southern city, and they can attack me halfway, if they can't rush up to bury their divisions, it will only consume my men and horses in vain."

Hearing Xue Guyan's request to fight, Hu Lujin said in a deep voice.

Since the defense line of the three cities of Heyang was built in the first year of Yuanxiang, no such situation has occurred. The three cities were set up because of the river and were self-contained, and the loss of the south city made it impossible for the soldiers on the north bank to reach the south bank quickly and smoothly, and formed a strong combat effectiveness in a short time.

The combat environment of the river bridge is too special, and the stronger the team, the greater the restriction on the combat effectiveness of the side. Hu Lujin also imagined attacking by land and water at any cost, and captured the southern city in one go, but he was worried that the enemy was not only in front of him.

Once the losses of men and horses here are too large, it will be difficult for the country to replenish the troops in time before the war in Henan is decided. If the enemy's brigade continues to attack, it may be difficult to continue the battle, and the defense of Ha Duong may collapse even more.

Hearing that Hu Lujin did not support him to launch a strong attack from the front, Xue Guyan was a little anxious, and hurriedly said: "The last general and the former communist thief army fought, and the soldiers I saw were only more than 3,000 disciples, and now they are all stationed in the south of the bridge. If we can't destroy these disciples as soon as possible, and wait for their followers to gather more, I'm afraid it will be even more difficult to overcome them! ”

Unlike Xue Guyan, who was obsessed with the enemy here, Hu Lujin needed to consider the threat to the border defense of Heyang as a whole and even the entire Western Wei regime, so his focus was not limited to the people who were rushing in front of him.

Of course, it is also because he doesn't know that the main commander of this team is Li Tai, otherwise it would be worth Hu Lujin to command the army to rush up and kill Li Tai in the riverside, which is not a small boost to the morale of the people in the country.

For Heyang Nancheng, Hu Lujin can't think of any effective means of attacking for the time being, even if he attacks again, it is nothing more than continuing to advance together like just now, but the scale needs to be expanded, winning is gratifying, and not winning will make morale even more depressed.

"The three cities of Heyang are each other's lips and teeth, although the thieves have to occupy the southern city, but it is difficult to enter an inch. This rush of apprentices is nothing more than an occasional thorn that pierces the skin, although subtle but difficult to get rid of, only if the successor thief continues to come to help, it will endanger the muscles and bones. ”

After pondering for a while, Hu Lujin said again: "Heyangzhi and the Western Thief must be taken by the army, and if his disciples know that they have already obtained a city, they will fight rashly. There is not only one big river crossing, and the thieves can only set up obstacles around the river bridge, if a division crosses from the upstream, advances along the river, and breaks the thieves' army vertically and horizontally, it will be able to make great gains. The thief army has not seen help for a long time, and he knows that he is lonely, so he will also beg to go, and then two combined strikes, the thief army will be defeated! ”

Hu Lujin used more soldiers to learn the Xiongnu method, especially good at and admired cavalry and archery field warfare, because he saw that the southern city was easy to defend and difficult to attack, so he was no longer enthusiastic about the cost-effective combat method of continuing to attack head-on, and then gave birth to the idea of besieging the division to help.

The men and horses of Heyang Nancheng could not enter or leave at this time, and they used it as bait to lure those reckless Western Thief Divisions and brigades, so that they could carry out a relatively concentrated purge against the local forces active in the entire Heluo region, of course, provided that the men and horses sent to Henan were elite and brave, and could win many battles.

He knew that Xue Guyan was eager to win, eager to be able to make meritorious contributions, and he was brave and good at fighting, coupled with the new defeat, he must be able to be cautious, and he was a very suitable candidate, so he said: "The division is impermanent, and a defeat is not a big crime, can the Duke of Ping Qin be willing to hate the south and kill the thief happily?" ”

After Xue Guyan heard this, he immediately showed hesitation and hesitation. The reason why he was eager to conquer Heyang Nancheng was that in addition to wanting to make meritorious contributions, he also wanted to return to Heluo as soon as possible and regather his defeated and scattered troops again.

Especially at this latter point, if his cronies are all lost in this battle, then even if the imperial court does not reproach him deeply for this matter, then his situation and status among the generals of Jinyang will plummet.

So for Hu Lujin's proposal, he is still quite excited. However, the previous defeat was embarrassing and painful in the past, and the soldiers behind the river bridge took the initiative to retreat, which also made him hesitate and dare not accept it directly.

Seeing that Xue Guyan didn't agree immediately, Hu Lujin no longer forced him, but said: "Ping Qin Gong went around a few days ago, and he was tired and couldn't get rid of it, and it would be unsympathetic for me to go south immediately, so I will accept this matter for the time being, and you will temporarily close the door and recuperate a little." ”

Hearing Hu Lujin say this, Xue Guyan thanked him again and again with a shy face, and said that when he recovered from his physical and mental adjustment, he immediately went south to carry out Hu Lujin's order.

Hu Lujin comforted him with a few words of warmth, and then waved his hand and retreated to rest, and then turned to look at his son Hu Luxian, who was with him in Zhenheyang and was in the hall, and said: "You crossed the river to attack the thieves of Henan Zhulu, do you dare to go?" ”

"Since it is Ayadingce, what am I afraid to do? You can go south at any time, but if you encounter a thief, you will not be spared! ”

After hearing this, Hu Luxian hurriedly lowered his head and said, but soon his expression changed to anger and said: "I just think that Aya treats these generals too leniently, so that they don't know how to be in awe and don't obey orders. This Xue Guyan is the general of the defeated army, Aya is tolerant and unpunished, and is still willing to give him a chance to make up for his mistakes, but he shirks the blame, which is really pitiful! ”

"Alas, after King Gao went, all the generals lost their lords. The prince seems to be shrewd, but he has a lack of confidence in the people of Jinyang. The generals may not learn the scriptures and principles, but they are all survivors of the tribulation, who will be shorter than observing the situation? Now Hou Jing is in chaos, and the people in the country are uneasy and each has a deep defense. If you force the masses to coerce the masses, it is tantamount to self-isolation. ”

Hu Lujin sighed again, looked at his son and said: "I and King Gao are righteous and righteous, and we do not doubt each other, the king gives me an honor, and I repay it for my great achievements." What is the strength of the son, it has not yet been fully revealed, and it is better to keep the mediocrity than to force excellence. You and other lowly people may be able to compete for confidants, but the old slave and the young master, someone must eventually forbear before they can stay in peace. If I continue to fight in all things, I am afraid that I will resist the schemes of the sons of the world. ”

When Hu Luxian heard his father's teachings, his expression was also quite stunned, and he bowed his head and said, "Aye's teachings, I must keep them in mind." But if you want to become a confidant, I'm afraid it will be very difficult. The prince likes to be crowned with a person, and he is a good planner, all of which are not good at our martial arts......"

Hu Lujin raised his hand to knock on the case, signaled his son not to continue, and then said: "Although my family's disciples are riding and ejaculating fiercely, Xue Guyan is still defeated in Henan, and you must remember not to underestimate the enemy." When you encounter the enemy, you can't fight infatuously, and you can't chase the enemy for ten miles......"

As a father, Hu Lujin's expectations and worries for his son are no different from ordinary people, not only hoping that they can create a career, but also worrying that they will be difficult to deal with complex situations, and their feelings are conflicted and entangled.

At the end, Hu Lujin couldn't help but sigh again: "It's a pity that Mingyue is not here with the army, it's not that your skills are not as good as your brother, but if you talk about planning and then moving, you will be meritorious, you are indeed not as accurate as your brother." ”

Hu Luxian has been accustomed to his father's differential evaluation of their brothers since he was a child, and he was not sad or angry when he heard this, but he bowed his head again and said: "I will do my best to do a good job this time when I go south, so as not to disappoint Aye!" ”

The ferry on the Yellow River is not the only place, as Hu Lujin said, Li Tai can control the only part of the river bridge near the left, as for the farther away, it is beyond the reach of the whip. In addition, Hu Lujin deliberately concealed the movement of his subordinates to cross the south, so Li Tai did not know that such a group of people had already gone south.

In the past few days since he arrived at the river bridge, he has been busy transforming the city's ordnance reserves into combat effectiveness, dozens of bed crossbows are erected on the river embankment defense line, which can be described as bursting with self-confidence, and he is even looking forward to the attack of the men and horses from the north, let him try the firepower.

But although the opposite side also organized several offensives, they were not as fierce as before, not so much an attack, but a harassment that did not want them to be too relaxed, so that each other could relax.

In the past few days, several heavy rains have caused the water level of the Yellow River to rise a lot, and the boats under the river bridge have also been soaked with river water and rainwater, so that the previous preparations for burning the river bridge have been destroyed, but fortunately, the enemy army has not launched a strong offensive.

But this strange calm was obviously abnormal, and Li Tai was a little confused about what the enemy army on the opposite side was brewing. What also worries him a little is that there is still no clear news coming from the back road.

According to the time to extrapolate the process of the army, the Chinese army led by Li Bi and Zhao Gui must have arrived in the Luonan area, and may even go further, even if they do not send reinforcements, they should be able to reach the river bridge if they just convey some instructions, but there is no news at all.

It is estimated that they are also a little blind in the face of this situation, worried that once Li Tai is given any instructions, if things cannot develop for the better, they will become the party behind them.

The attitude of the Chinese army was delicate, and the righteous teachers of western Henan that Li Tai hoped for did not bring any good news, and the first to arrive was Li Yisun, the opening of the mansion.

Li Yisun is a native of Luonan Yichuan, inheriting his father's trilogy and having his brother-in-law Wei Fabao to help him, and he still has a lot of appeal in the Shannan barbarians, so the tribal force is not weak, but when he arrived at the river bridge, there were only dozens of people around him, looking like a frightened defeated army, and told Li Tai a shocking news that they were attacked by the Eastern Wei cavalry in Luobei at the site of Jin Yong City!

Rao is Li Tai had already guessed that the other side was not holding back any good fart, but after learning about this situation, he was also a little dumbfounded, and it seemed that Lao Tzu's retreat had been copied! If there is no strong support, this may really be difficult to withdraw, is it really going to swim to Bohai Bay?

But fortunately, Li Tai did not pin all his hopes on the unreliable backup, and he was still preparing other ways to break the game, and he was still hesitating before, but now that the back road has been blocked, there is no room for hesitation, roll up his sleeves and continue to work north!

(End of chapter)