Perhaps everything has a certain number in the dark, Hongnong's victory is the biggest victory that the Northern Qi can achieve in this East-West War, and even if more efforts are made in the future, it will be difficult to achieve greater results, and even the situation will irretrievably slide downward.

Tongguan as the world's first pass, is indeed worthy of the name, when the Northern Qi Ping Qin King Gao Guiyan led 10,000 horses to arrive in front of the pass, to Tongguan launched a fierce attack, but was met by the stubborn resistance of the defenders in the city, a fierce battle down the loss of the army but not an inch of advance.

At the same time, the latest changes in the situation in Heluo also reached Hongnong. When they learned that Li Boshan had indeed led his army to Heluo and had besieged Kim Yong Cheng, all the generals of the Northern Qi Dynasty could not help but be secretly worried, especially Hu Luguang, who was worried about his father's safety, and immediately issued a voice suggesting that he immediately return to the division to help.

However, this proposal was rejected by Gao Guiyan, who had just returned from defeat: "The Tongguan thieves still stubbornly resist and do not surrender, and the former has already made some achievements in the strong attack, and now it is appropriate to send more men and horses to continue the attack. Once the Tongguan is broken, the pass is under the foot, when the opportunity is right, how can I look back? What's more, the king of Xianyang is a famous general of the country, Su Lao, and he has tens of thousands of elite troops to strengthen the city of Kim Yong Yong, how can he not be able to defeat Li Boshan, who hastily marched north?"

"If Tongguan has really made meritorious contributions, why did the king retreat to Hongnong? Regardless of whether Kim Yong Yong guards or not, isn't it the gist of the military family to retreat?"

Hearing Gao Guiyan's nonsense, Hu Luguang couldn't help but feel angry and asked unceremoniously.

Gao Guiyan sneered when he heard this: "Hu Lu Kaifu knows that I am useless? Besides, even if I am useless, isn't it because I don't have enough troops? Now you are in a hurry to go, causing me to fail, and when I return, you are willing to ask for your guilt? If I am willing to go, if I don't, whoever asks to go will be defeated by my army!"

Gao Guiyan was not a knowledgeable person, and after some fighting, he also realized that Tongguan was easy to defend and difficult to attack, and he also had the intention of retreating in his heart, but he refused to bear the responsibility of taking the initiative to withdraw the army.

When he saw that Hu Lüguang was eager to return to Kim Yong Cheng, he wanted to create a strong and thirsty character for himself, so that even if he returned to the country and was questioned by His Majesty the Emperor, he could blame others.

Duan Shao frowned when he heard this, but Hu Luguang had already taken the first step and said in a deep voice: "After the master returns, if the lord really asks for the guilt, I will tell myself how the army is today, if the guilt should be taken by myself, and the king of Qin will be held responsible!"

On the one hand, they also understood that Gao Guiyan was talking nonsense, even if the army continued to hold on, it would be difficult to break through Tongguan, on the other hand, Li Boshan's deterrent power was still not small, if they really gained a firm foothold in Heluo, then their army's retreat would be affected.

"Today's withdrawal is the result of the situation, not anyone's personal plan, and there is no need to blame anyone. If anyone thinks that he can continue to fight, I will give him to stay in Hongnong for the time being, and then ask for help after returning to the Lord."

Duan Shao raised his hand to suppress everyone's discussions, and then said meaningfully. After Gao Guiyan heard this, his face suddenly changed, and his head shrank and he was silent.

So the army still took Hu Luguang as the vanguard, and led the troops and other troops with a total of 6,000 men and horses to take the first step, and went straight to Xin'an along the Beikun Road to aid Kim Yong, while Duan Shao led the main force to return along the road from which he came. And when their army withdrew, they also burned Hongnong City.

Hu Luguang was worried about his father's safety, and the speed of the march on the return journey was several points faster than when he came, and he traveled day and night along the way, and even the war horses in the army died on the way. And the whereabouts of this group of people are also constantly being passed on to Kim Yong Cheng.

Although Li Tai did not stay in Heluo for a long time, his prestige in Heluo surpassed that of many generals, especially among the Yiluo barbarians who had always been on the margins.

Previously, a number of Feng and others took advantage of Li Tai's prestige among the barbarians to get cooperation and help, and they successfully opened up the Yique channel. Now that Li Tai has arrived in person, these barbarians are naturally more enthusiastic to respond to his military operations.

Although the barbarians are so-so in terms of combat effectiveness and organization, they still have quite an advantage as a mountain barbarian native, and they can play a big role in many places

For example, as eyes and ears to detect information and spread news, and so on.

Before, more than 100,000 Chinese and foreign armies poured into the Heluo area, but when the Battle of Bishan retreated to Yiyang, there were only 50,000 or 60,000 people left, except for the nearly 10,000 disciples of Li Bi's department, the loss of more than 30,000 people, in addition to the casualties on the battlefield and captured by the Qi army, there were also a considerable number of soldiers who fled between Heluo.

In the next period of time, the Qi army did not have time to systematically clean up between Heluo, so that those men and horses could still wander and hide in Heluo Township. As the barbarians ran to contact and publicize, these fleeing men and horses also learned the news of the Taiyuan king's army entering Heluo and besieging Kim Yong City, so they also defected one after another.

After Lee Tae besieged Kim Yong Cheng for ten days, the size of his army also grew rapidly. The barbarian troops who came to defect and the fleeing troops from the Chinese and foreign governments added up to 20,000 people, almost double the strength of his army when he first came to Heluo.

Li Tai deployed these horses between the fortresses between Yiluo, which greatly strengthened his control over Heluo, and also used it to know the movements of the Qi army. When Hu Luguang led his troops to rush through Xin'an, he already knew about it here, and he was ready to face it.

During this time, due to the erection of the Heyang cannon on the siege of Tushan, a few cannons were fired at Kim from time to time, and the city was no longer blindly defended, and several raids were launched against Tushan, but all of them were repelled by the garrisons outside the city without exception. However, in the case that Li Tai did not order the ants to attack the city, the intensity of the battle between the two sides was not strong.

However, due to the intricacy of the construction of the sand bank outside the city, it is no different from building an outer city outside the city of Kim, which seems to be very dangerous and precarious, and this is the important message that Li Tai wants to send to them as soon as the reinforcements return.

When Hu Luguang led his troops to Luoxi and saw the scene outside Kim Yong City, he couldn't help but gasp, although it was not clear what Li Boshan's intention was for this battle, but when he saw this siege that was difficult for ordinary people to do, he felt very dignified.

For the sake of prudence, Hu Luguang did not immediately attack the enemy troops outside the long perimeter, but temporarily stationed his troops near the White Horse Temple, and he led a light cavalry around the city to observe the enemy's layout loopholes, and the crew blew the horn to convey the news that reinforcements had arrived in the city, so as to calm the hearts of the defenders in the city.

Li Tai was worried that Hu Luguang would not be able to grasp the center of gravity at the first time, so he set up his Chinese army near Tushan in the south of the city, and when Hu Luguang led his troops to rush through the suburbs, he ordered the Heyang cannon of Tushan to smash a few rounds into the city, accompanied by the roar of the cannon stone entering the city, and made people shout in unison: "Birds and beasts still have the righteousness of feeding, Hu Lu Mingyue sees that his father is in danger and does not save him, and birds and beasts are not as good!"

"The thief deceives people too much!"

When Hu Luguang in the wilderness heard this shout, his heart was furious, and his eyes were torn, and he ran all the way back to help, exhausted, just to relieve the siege of Kim Yong Cheng as soon as possible, and how could he endure such humiliation.

Although he knew that the other party was deliberately humiliating the general, when he heard the insult in his ears, "Hu Lu Mingyue is not as good as the beast", Hu Lu Guang was also indignant, and went to the camp of the White Horse Temple to summon a thousand elite horsemen, and personally led the men and horses to attack the weak flank of the enemy formation.

However, what he faced this time was not the defeated army of the Western Wei Dynasty that could be expelled and brutalized and wantonly slaughtered on the Cuihan Road, but the Xiangyang Division and Brigade that were recuperating and waiting for work.

The seemingly weak flank was of course only a hole deliberately left, and as the Qi cavalry rushed towards it, the scattered soldiers here quickly withdrew to the inner formation, and at the same time, the heavy infantry hidden by these scattered soldiers appeared. And this is not the real killing move, behind the layers of sandbanks appeared a row of crossbowmen, each with their crossbows shot towards the Qi army that rushed to kill.

In the cold winter months, the power of long-range weapons such as bows and crossbows has been greatly reduced. However, due to the lack of motivation of the southerners, they especially need to rely on the damage of long-range weapons when fighting with the northern dynasties, so there are also many crossbows and maintenance methods to deal with severe cold weather.

War is fought with all kinds of preparations, so-called

In fact, there are not many opportunities to use in the case of a relatively obvious gap, and now the gap between the two sides can no longer be described as more obvious, so when Hu Luguang's light cavalry just rushed into the attack range, it was immediately harvested layer by layer like a weed, and more than 100 people were killed and wounded in just one charge.

"How can you be burdened by the common name, and vainly think that you are short and long!"

Hu Lujin at the head of the city was also paying close attention to the movements outside the city, and when he saw Hu Luguang's irrational behavior, he paused and sighed, and at the same time hurriedly sent a group of men and horses out of the city to attack Tushan, trying to make a little response.

Seeing Kim Yong Cheng's actions, Li Tai asked people to change the content of his shout: "Hu Lu Jin can't shrink in front of him, and the defeat of Guanzi will save the lives of the soldiers, how can the soldiers of Jinyang have no father and no son?" The old thief harms people and saves his son, and he is shameless!"

Hearing the shouts of the enemy troops outside the city, the faces of the defenders in Kim Yong Castle changed suddenly, and they exchanged words and discussions, and even some of the soldiers who had already gone down the city through the hanging baskets were only wandering under the city at this time, and did not attack the dirt mountain. It is indeed a fact that there are strict hierarchies in the army and military orders are like mountains, but when this truth of favoring one over the other is torn open and nakedly placed in front of them, not everyone can accept it calmly.

"Li Boshan, fighting is fighting, humiliating people, I swear to stand with you!"

When Hu Luguang heard that his father and son had suffered such humiliation, he was even more angry, and even if he was a little fuller, he continued to rush towards it.

Li Tai stood at the bottom of the Daxu and shouted forward, "The two countries are at war, and there is no righteousness. In the past, I was in the blood of Kansai Erlang in Heluo, and I didn't regret it, but now my army is here, just revenge! Since Hu Lu Mingyue is called loyal and filial, I am convenient to wait for you, if you don't come, I will kill your father!"