After several days of marching, the main army of the Western Wei led by Li Tai also arrived at Fenqu, and then temporarily stationed in Qiaoshan, south of Xiangling.

The reason why the army could not drive all the way into it was because the Mengkeng and Qiaoshan roads in the south of Xiangling were rugged and difficult to travel, which made it inconvenient for the army, especially the baggage, to advance and retreat, and the terrain was much better than that of Emeiyuan in Fennan. If it is not possible to occupy certain favorable conditions in the upper reaches of Fenshui, once the army rushes in, it is very likely that it will be attacked head-on by the enemy.

There are also reasons why the Western Wei Dynasty has not taken this line as the main direction of attack before. Even if Li Tai is unintentional now, he needs to arrange Wei Xiaokuan and other people to advance to Pingyang first, and only after occupying a certain advantage can he lead the main force to follow up.

If the former division did not gain a relatively stable advantage in Pingyang, then no matter how unexpected his military plan was, in the end it would only be a wandering around the border area of the Northern Qi Dynasty without success, repeating the mistake of Yuwentai's intention to enter Hedong.

"Humble greetings to the Lord!"

Outside the camp left by the Qianlu Division Brigade, a group of Fennan officials greeted them one after another and bowed to Tang Gong, who was approaching on horseback.

Before and after coming to the camp gate, Li Tai turned over and dismounted, and then asked, "How is the situation here?"

"Your Majesty, at present, most of the enemy cities between Fenjiang have been uprooted, and only one city in Dongyongzhou is Zhengping in the south of Pingyang."

Lu Shuhu, the son of Lu Shuhu, who served as the chief of Yubi, replied in front of him, and raised his hand to the west of Fenqu as he spoke: "The territory of Zhengping County straddles both sides of the Fenshui River, and Wenxi, Quwo and other places are located in Fennan and are owned by me. Zhengping City, where the government is located, is located north of Fenshui and is based on the enemy, so it is set up as Dongyongzhou. The thief's East Yongzhou assassin Xue Wenshu, the son of the stubborn thief Xue Xunyi, the strong sect in the old domain of his family, and the township is connected......

In the context of this division between the east and the west, not only were the administrative areas of the prefectures and counties of the Northern Wei Dynasty artificially divided, but even the people in the border areas would either actively or passively split between the two countries.

The Xue Xunyi mentioned by Lu Musheng was also from the Xue clan in Hedong. Compared with Pei, Liu and other indigenous clans who have lived in Hedong for generations, the Xue clan in Hedong is a wealthy family that moved in later, and in order to obtain local resources to survive, its martial arts style is relatively strong. For example, Xue Xunyi rebelled against the imperial court in his early years with his strong rural situation, and in the context of the Six Towns Mutiny, his power and official position also grew stronger and stronger.

Later, Gao Huan served as the assassin of Jinzhou under Erzhu Rongba's mansion, and Xue Xunyi was also summoned into his command. Later, Xue Xunyi followed Gao Huanxin and Du Jianyi, and naturally became the founder of the Eastern Wei Dynasty.

After the Battle of Shayuan in the old year, Gao Huan returned defeated, and the Western Wei Dynasty swept and occupied most of the territory in Hedong. Even Pingyang, Jinzhou, Gao Huan wanted to give up for a while and concentrate his forces to hold Jinyang. It was Xue Xunyi who relied on the deep rural situation he had managed in this realm in his early years, and personally led his troops to garrison Pingyang, and kept Jinzhou under the counterattack of the Western Wei Dynasty.

Although the national strength of the Eastern Wei and Northern Qi was stronger than that of the Western Wei, in order to save the cost of governance, local heroes would also be appointed to serve in their hometowns, but they were not as common as those in the Western Wei. Xue Wenshu, as the son of Xue Xunyi, served as the assassin of Dongyongzhou and sat in Zhengping City, which also belongs to this situation.

"A few days ago, I was ordered by General Wei to secretly plan Zhengping City, and I made an appointment with the people of the city to raise things and vote for the city. It's just that Xue Wenshu and his people were too cautious, and they noticed the signs of gathering troops in Baibi City very early, and dismissed the people of the city early ...... the suburbs, leaving only more than 2,000 of his henchmen to defend the city.

A middle-aged man in his thirties walked out and said with a look of shame.

On the Northern Qi side, there were local snakes who could defend the border, and there were also people on the Western Wei side who could plot. This middle-aged man's name is Pei Wenju, a member of the Pei clan in Hedong, and his father Pei Di used to serve as the Taishou of Zhengping and sit in Fenbei in the old years.

When Li Tai was preparing to attack the Northern Qi Dynasty along the Fenshui, Wei Xiaokuan asked this person to be summoned into his palace, and the previous personnel infiltration work in Fenbei and Pingyang through commerce and trade was mostly presided over by Pei Wenju.

After Li Tai heard this, he said with a smile: "It is up to people to make things happen, and if things don't work, Pei doesn't need to blame himself for joining the army. At present, the overall situation has been achieved, and even if Xue Wenshu is anxious and wise, it is difficult to stop the flow of the general trend. Zhengping is lonely and difficult to stop me

On the march, if a man can learn and return to righteousness, he will not lose a rich reward, but if he still persists in doing evil, the day of the destruction of the city will be the time of the beheading!"

The geographical location of Zhengping City is relatively important, because it happens to be on the north bank of Fenqu. If the Western Wei army turned into Fenshui along the Longmen and went upstream, if Zhengping City was not conquered, the road would be difficult to open.

However, this time the Western Wei army did not come from Longmen, but passed through the Yuncheng Basin in the hinterland of Hedong, and entered here through the Shushui River, so the importance of Zhengping City could not be reflected, and the army could directly bypass its city and gather under Pingyang City.

In history, Emperor Wu of Zhou, Yuwen Yong, annihilated Qi, and also directly bypassed Zhengping City in Dongyongzhou, and successively attacked Pingyang, Jinyang, and even Yecheng were conquered, and Zhengping City is still holding here.

At that time, Fu Fu, the defender of the Northern Qi Dynasty, could be regarded as completing a legendary achievement, of course, because the Northern Zhou Dynasty had never regarded Zhengping City as an object that needed to be attacked, and the facts also proved that whether this city could be taken or not had little to do with whether it could destroy the Northern Qi Dynasty.

Of course, if Zhengping City can be taken, it is better to capture it. Because the two armies are expected to confront each other in Binh Duong and its surrounding areas for a long time, in the long run, Zhengping City is in the hands of more conducive to controlling the supply line of Fenshui.

Therefore, after Li Tai arrived at the camp of Qiaoshan, he ordered Han Guo, the assassin of Fenzhou, who had entered the Fenbei region, to lead his army to besiege Zhengping City, and strive to capture this city as soon as possible.

Soon after the army arrived at Qiaoshan, news came from the north that with the cooperation of Gao Le and He Ruodun, the forward division and brigade had successfully held the two main roads of the Bird Mouse Valley and the Qianli Path, and it was difficult for the Northern Qi army on the Jinyang side to go south directly, and the rear army could rest assured that it would go north.

"These two are really brave and daring, and they live up to expectations!"

After Li Tai learned the news, he couldn't help but high-five and applaud the two of them.

In this battle, one of the most critical factors was whether it could control the southward passage of the enemy army on the Jinyang side. If it can, then the active advantage of the Western Wei army will be further expanded, if not, then the situation will become a little passive, and it will be difficult to achieve the most ideal results.

So Li Tai then ordered the brigade to continue to advance, while he himself took the first step to lead his soldiers through the Mengkeng and towards Pingyang.

At this time, outside Pingyang City, there is a long fence in the north and south that extends from the bank of Fenshui all the way to the east, and finally converges in front of the piyuan in the east of Pingyang City, firmly wrapping the entire city in it.

Nearly half a month has passed since the first enemy army appeared outside the city and went around the north of the city, and during this time, although the soldiers and civilians of Jinju City have been constantly strengthening the city defenses, they have never left the city to fight.

The defenders of the city watched more and more enemy troops arrive outside the city, and unhurriedly built a camp and a long siege, although the enemy army has not launched an attack on the city, but this situation of catching turtles in the urn is becoming more and more obvious.

"Still no reinforcements?"

In the early morning, Changle Wang Wei Cang once again climbed the city tower and asked in a tired voice. During the time he was under siege, this became the most common question he asked every day.

When the enemy army first arrived, he did not have the courage to go out of the city to fight, and now that the number of enemy troops outside the city far exceeded the number of defenders, and there was a solid and stable way of besieging the city, he completely gave up the idea of lifting the siege by his own ability, and pinned all his hopes on reinforcements.

When he heard the negative answer from the general's mouth again, Wei Cang's face became more and more ugly, and he couldn't help but scold: "There are many arrogant soldiers and fierce generals in the country, who are always brave and invincible, and now that the country is in trouble, where are these madmen? The gate of the great country, I am the only one who sticks to it, is this Qi family only my family enjoying!"

He has enjoyed the glory and wealth of half his life with the shade of his parents, and today's words can be said to be the toughest, the city has been surrounded for so many days, and there is no trace of reinforcements, and he only feels that he is the only one in the whole world who is trying to hold on, and the safety of the society is all on his shoulders. Although he really didn't do anything during this time, the heavy responsibility still weighed him a little out of breath.

He's here again

After inspecting the city, he waited until the sun was drying out in the morning, and then he planned to go back to the house to rest. However, at this moment, a series of long-lasting cheers suddenly sounded in the enemy camp outside the city, and Wei Cang was deeply frightened, and hurriedly asked, "What happened?"

"King Qiyu, there are enemy troops coming from the south and south!"

The general on the southern wall hurriedly arrived, and said with a somewhat ugly face.

"Again, how many are coming?"

When Wei Cang heard this, his face became even more ugly.

When the general heard this, he just said astringently: "Boundless, no head and tail......

"Hu, nonsense! How could a Qiang thief and a Qiang thief have so much power......

Wei Cang scolded in his mouth, and he also moved towards the southern city wall, and when he saw the torrent of enemy troops coming towards him, his face suddenly turned pale, and he collapsed directly behind the battlement wall.

When Zhencheng Xian Yu Shirong stepped in to support him, he held the other party's wrist and said in a trembling voice: "Quickly, quickly arrange for the messenger to swim out of the city and cross the river, and report to Jinyang and Yedu, and the 300,000 thief army will all enter my city, and come to help quickly...... The thief is fierce, I can't be it, if the rescue is late, I will not be among the thieves! If the generals in charge of the army do not come to their aid, they will be all sinners and all of them!"

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