The battle in front of the city gate was extremely fierce, many Qi soldiers were blocked between the city gates, and when the Wei army rushed up, they could only grab the weapons in their hands and fight back to survive.

However, the effect of this unorganized and undisciplined resistance was very limited, and under the orderly rush of the Wei army, a large number of casualties soon appeared.

There are many stumps and broken arms in front of the city gate, the picture is terrible, those Qi soldiers who have been killed and broken courage retreat into the city gate as much as possible, and at the same time pile up the remains of their own casualties outside, hoping that this flesh and blood fence can slightly hinder the enemy's offensive and provide them with some protection.

Inside the city gate, Gao Rui, the king of Zhaojun, was sweating profusely, shouting and directing his own soldiers who were congested between the city gates, and at the same time letting people erect a fence near the city gate to prevent the Wei army from attacking the city.

At the same time, the soldiers of the Qi army scattered in other parts of the city also rushed here, when they saw that the battle between the city gates was so fierce, and even the figures of the Wei army soldiers could be seen appearing between the city gates, these people were naturally panicked, and immediately pulled up the defense line, directly isolating the robes who were still fighting with the enemy between the city gates.

Outside the city of Kim Yong City, Hu Lüjin was still riding his horse and running along the city wall to escape for his life under the escort of his own soldiers, and there were more and more Wei soldiers chasing in the rear. Rao is Hu Lu Jin Rong horse all his life, proficient in riding and archery, but at the age of seventy, his physique is no longer strong after all, and he fled in a hurry along the way, in order to avoid the stray arrows of the pursuers in the rear, he fell off the horse several times, and was extremely embarrassed.

At this moment, a guard sergeant hung down a hanging basket on the horse face of the wall wall in front of him. It's just that the pursuers in the rear are getting closer and closer, so they don't have a chance to stop and get close to the hanging basket.

"Resist the enemy in a certain battle to the death, please go to the city for the time being!"

At this time, those who were still chasing Hu Lujin's side were his most loyal clan generals, and when they saw the pursuers approaching, the first general roared, directly reined in his horse, and rushed towards the enemy cavalry running behind. Seeing this, the other subordinates also followed suit, and under their desperate fighting, they finally temporarily stopped the pursuers and bought time for Hu Lujin to board the hanging basket.

"If you don't die today, I will repay ......."

Hu Lujin shrank in the hanging basket, and as the defenders of the city lifted the hanging basket, he saw that those loyal subordinates were being overwhelmed by the menacing enemy army, and for a while, Hu Lujin couldn't help but cry.

When the pursuers broke through the obstruction of the death of Hu Lujin's personal soldiers, Hu Lu Jin had also successfully arrived at the head of the city on the hanging basket, and the soldiers under the city couldn't help but regret it after seeing this, and shouted loudly: "The old thief is lucky for a while, if he doesn't descend quickly, he will eventually bury his bones here!"

Hu Lujin, who had escaped by chance, had no time to respond to these insults, and as he climbed to the top of the city to get out of danger, his nervous mood relaxed slightly, and soon his muscles and bones became extremely painful, and all new injuries and old problems were revealed.

Then the battle in front of the city gate lasted for another half an hour, and the soldiers of the Qi army who were blocked were either dead or surrendered, and the corpses were piled up high between the city gates. Although the Wei army took advantage of the situation to attack the city gate, the defenders set up a defensive line in the city and resisted to the death, and finally had no choice but to withdraw their troops.

After a day of fierce fighting, although the soldiers were all tired, their spirits were still high. Although it is a bit regrettable that Kim Yong Cheng was not able to capture it in one go, the results that have been achieved are also very gratifying.

First of all, the more than 6,000 men and horses of the Hu Luguang Division of the Northern Qi reinforcements were almost annihilated, and nearly 3,000 people were captured by the captives alone, and only a small part escaped from the battlefield.

Secondly, Kim Yong Cheng's troops also suffered heavy casualties, killing and wounding thousands of enemy troops on the battlefield, and nearly 2,000 people were captured under the city gates. And these enemy troops who were killed or captured were not limited to ordinary sergeants, but also included many generals, and even many of the top magnates among the nobles of Jinyang.

For example, the Northern Qi horse Hou Mo Chen Guile who was killed in the formation, and the enemy general Han who was captured by Han and the tiger was captured in the battle, etc., although these people are not as famous as Duan Shao and other so-called Northern Qi Three Heroes, they are also representatives of Jinyang Xungui. And their death or capture was a great blow to the morale of the defenders in the city.

In the evening, the battle

After the preliminary tidying up of the field, the barbarians who helped the war began to actively repair the long fence of the sand embankment, and Li Tai arranged the camp affairs here, and then returned to Henan City to reward the heroes.

Like the reward of tens of thousands of silks he issued when he fought with Hu Luguang before, as well as the merits of Han Baohu and Li Ya and other generals, they also need to be rewarded, although the relevant rewards are difficult to cash out immediately, but Li Tai still tries his best to issue a batch of physical rewards.

Although it is said that with the faith and prestige he has accumulated in the army for many years, the heroes are not in a hurry to cash in the reward. However, the visual impact of physical rewards is difficult to replace by any other form of reward, and after a great battle, soldiers also need such pictures to soothe their feelings.

The rewarded heroes laughed from ear to ear, and Li Ya, who was dug out of the pile of corpses and could be called a survivor, was even more happy, and the arm that had just been treated after the fracture was resting on the rewarded silk silk and was reluctant to move.

After the end of the Jiangling period, this kid was a rich man for a short time, and then he was fined and all his property was handed over to a number of phoenixes for safekeeping, and then he fell into abject poverty, and now he has given up his life to make meritorious contributions, and his life finally has hope again.

Li Tai knew that today's battle did not mean complete victory, so after rewarding and encouraging the soldiers, he did not indulge the soldiers to celebrate wantonly.

After a big victory, although the situation has improved, there has been no fundamental reversal on the whole. Through the interrogation of the captives of Hu Luguang's department, Li Tai learned that the situation in Guanzhong had not yet developed to the worst situation, and Tongguan was finally defended, which also made him secretly relieved in his heart.

But at present, the pressure he is under has not been reduced, Hu Luguang's troops are only the vanguard of the Northern Qi army, and there are tens of thousands of main forces under the command of Duan Shao who are returning to Heluo from the Nankun Road.

Although Kim Yong Cheng was defeated and lost this time, the city was still preserved, and the number of defenders in the city was still very impressive. It's still very difficult to launch a strong attack.

Another point is that Heyang also has a considerable number of Qi troops stationed, and as long as Heyang is still defending, the Northern Qi State can still mobilize a steady stream of men and horses from the south to reinforce it.

After counting it like this, the situation in front of Li Tai is still very serious. Moreover, this is only the hostile force of the Northern Qi side, and the Guanzhong side has not yet considered it.

Although Tongguan was defended, it only allowed Guanzhong to avoid being directly plundered and looted by the Northern Qi army, but in fact, with the defeat of the Chinese and foreign governments and the death of Yuwentai, the impact and destruction brought to the Western Wei regime could not be avoided.

Especially as early as the withdrawal of troops in Yiyang, the signs of civil strife were already revealed. No matter how high Li Tai is here in Heluo, it is really difficult to predict what moths will breed in Guanzhong at the same time, after all, the subjective initiative of those goods in Guanzhong is also very strong.

Li Tai also understands that no matter how much he thinks about it at the moment, he is beyond the reach of the situation in Guanzhong, and only by quickly dealing with the situation here in Heluo can he calmly return to Guanzhong to preside over the overall situation.

Hu Lujin's father and son suffered a fiasco inside and outside, although the power of Northern Qi here was also weakened a lot, but on the whole, it was still stronger than Li Tai's current strength in Heluo.

After determining that the Qi army did not return from Tongguan, Li Tai also planned to transfer troops from Chubei to the north, after all, he did not want to start a fateful battle with Northern Qi in Heluo at this moment, what was needed was to make good use of the power in his hands to weaken the power of Northern Qi as much as possible, so as to avoid being robbed by Northern Qi and interfering with the turbulent situation of Western Wei in the future.

Next, for Li Tai, the ideal direction of the situation is for Hu Lüguang to go north to Heyang, and send the Heyang garrison south to save Kim Yong Cheng, and then Li Tai repeats the previous steps again, besieging Kim Yong Cheng and defeating the army on the Heyang side, and taking control of Heyang Nancheng.

In this way, apart from Kim Yong Cheng, the only thing Li Tai needs to face in the Heluo area for the time being is Duan Shao's men, who can gather his troops to give the opponent a head-on attack, and even if the battle is unfavorable, he can turn west and evacuate Heluo.

However, the so-called ideal state is that the probability of occurrence may not be too high, Heyang and Jin

Yongcheng is not far away, and it has been a long time since Li Tai marched to besiege Kim Yongcheng, but Hayang has not sent troops to rescue him.

In the final analysis, Hu Lujin is not the old son of Zhu Hunyuan, but Zhu Hunyuan will certainly not be as emotional as Hu Luguang is squeezed by love. Especially in the case of the defeat of Hu Lujin's father and son, it is even more impossible for his people to risk leading the Heyang defenders south to reinforce, at least not before the arrival of Duan Shao's main army.

If Zhu Hunyuan can't hold on, then the next situation will be a bit tricky. It must be known that Duan Shao's army still has tens of thousands of troops, even if there is no help from other aspects, this force far exceeds the men and horses of Li Tai's department. If the Qi army gathers up and down, Li Tai will not dare to say that he will win, no matter how crazy he is.

So at the moment, Li Tai first sent an order to Gao Le, who was stationed in the direction of Luoshui, to intercept Duan Shao's army near Yiyang as much as possible, and then began to arrange pressure and inducement battles against Kim Yong Cheng and Ha Yang. Only by solving one of these two places could he have the confidence to fight Duan Shao next.