In the Eastern Wei Dynasty, Gao Cheng straddled the horse, looking at the sixteen thousand horses under the command of Yuwentai to ride west, and couldn't help but sigh that in the face of the general trend, personal intelligence seemed so insignificant.

The victory or defeat of this battle had been foreshadowed as early as three years ago, although Gao Huan failed miserably in the first westward expedition, but because Gao Cheng captured Tongguan and threatened Chang'an, Yuwentai failed to go east.

Even if the Eastern Wei Dynasty died down later, in just three years, Yuwentai could not make up for the loss of seventy or eighty percent of the population in the Guanlong area due to the drought, and no matter how much he encouraged childbirth, he could not expect two or three-year-old dolls to pay taxes and go to the battlefield.

At the same time, the fall of Huayin (Yubi) also allowed the Eastern Wei Dynasty to gain a bridgehead in Guan.

Originally, although the pass was able to avoid the dangerous pass, the long supply line, and the slightest mistake, were enough to make the army fall into a place of no return.

But with the material transfer station of Yubi City, not only the army entered the customs smoothly, but the risks and pressures faced by logistics and transportation were greatly reduced, and Guanzhong was also in danger.

In the second western expedition, due to the Eastern Wei Dynasty building a city in Weibei, Yuwentai was forced to go to meet the enemy and look for fighters, which caused the rear to be empty, and under the cover of Yuwen's sister-in-law, Murong Shaozong was able to contact the Eastern Wei Dynasty to surrender and cause chaos around Chang'an.

There was chaos in the rear, Yuwentai was worried that he would be ambushed when he returned to the division, and the fact was just as he expected, Xue Guyan did receive an order to advance westward and ambush Yuwentai on the way back, waiting for the tail army to attack back and forth.

It's just that after learning that Yuwentai pulled out the camp and went east, Xue Guyan was chased back by Gao Huan.

He knew the gap between the two sides, although they were both about 200,000 troops, but one side was pure soldiers, and the other side was mixed with nearly three-quarters of the state and county soldiers.

So Yuwentai used the army as bait and tried to lead the elite cavalry to carry out the beheading plan, but because Gao Cheng prevented Gao Huan from putting the reserves into the battlefield in time, he resisted the temptation of completing the final blow to the Western Wei Great Array and completely defeating the enemy army, and also made Yuwentai helpless in front of the 50,000 infantry array.

At this time, returning to the Western Wei Dynasty was tantamount to throwing himself to death, and only then did Yuwentai lead the elite cavalry to withdraw westward from the battlefield.

Wan Qi Pu, Zhang Qiong and others, who commanded an army of 50,000 as a reserve, saw Yuwentai fleeing, and congratulated Gao Huan and Gao Cheng one after another, after all, the enemy commander had abandoned the army and withdrawn from the battlefield, making it clear that the victory was decided.

Wan Qianpu originally belonged to the Guanxi forces, and was appointed as the assassin of Qinzhou, but with Zhu Hunyuan, Liu Feng and others, he was also interested in the Eastern Wei Dynasty, and his son Wan Qiluo was ordered by his father to travel to Hebei to serve under Gao Huan's tent when he was in Gao Huan's Xindu Jianyi.

Guanlong drought, Wan Qian father and son and other people who were willing to Gao resolutely returned to the east, Gao Huan rewarded them a lot, especially Wan Qianluo, but because of his identity as a general and Xindu Yuancong, he was deeply used, but unfortunately died of illness last year and missed the Western Expedition.

Wan Qipu saw that the main force of Guanxi was about to fall, and couldn't help but be overjoyed by the decision of the year, if he didn't resolutely return to the east, he was afraid that he would be a general on the battlefield today, how can there be today's scenery, when he first arrived in Jinyang, he was named the county prince of Hexi by Gao Huan, just participated in this battle, according to the previous Gao Cheng promise, as a county prince, he could not be promoted to the first rank, but he could also get a thousand food.

Now he has the credit of forcing Yuwentai away, and if he works hard in the future, he will make some meritorious achievements, and maybe he can fight for a prince before he dies.

Although Zhang Qiong, another general who commanded the reserve army, was given the surname Han, he was indeed a representative of Xianbei.

He had participated in the Six Towns Uprising and served under Ge Rong, so he met Gao Huan, after all, He Liuhun had been mixed in the Hebei Righteous Army in the early years, and had also served under Ge Rong, a fellow countryman in Huaishuo.

Ge Rong was defeated and died, Zhang Qiong was appreciated by Er Zhurong and retained, and after Er Zhuzhao was defeated, he returned to Gao Huan's command.

Gao Huan originally didn't think much of the Erzhu clan generals who surrendered after the Hanling War, and only Hou Jing, a nostalgic old friend, was reused, but Zhang Qiong surrendered after Erzhu Zhao died and the Erzhu clan completely withdrew from the historical stage, but he also retained the qualification to lead the troops.

The rest are not very reliable in Gao Huan's eyes, or they are generals who have betrayed their masters, and almost in these years, they have been stripped of their military power by Gao Huan one after another and transferred to civilian positions.

Listening to the compliments and congratulations of the generals, Gao Huan smiled even more on his face, and his mouth was about to grin to the root of his ears, there is no doubt that this battle basically wiped out the main force of the Western Wei Dynasty and washed away the shame of three years ago.

Gao Cheng was also smiling, but he didn't forget that the front line was still fighting, so he suggested:

"Please move forward with the father's army, Yuwentai's surprise attack is by no means a temporary intention, even if he has been plotting for a long time, his generals will definitely know, as long as his father and Wang Shuai stand on the battlefield, the west will know that Yuwentai is defeated, and his people will inevitably collapse!"

Gao Cheng's suggestion was deeply in line with Gao Huan's heart, and under the command of Wan Qipu and Zhang Qiong, who had returned to their own formation, the 50,000 army hurried to the front line of the battlefield.

The reason why the 5,000 cavalry of Mo Duo Lou Daiwen was not allowed, and the 20,000 cavalry under the command of Dou Tai and Gao Ao Cao, who then rushed back, went to chase Yuwentai, on the one hand, the cavalry under the command of Yuwentai was used as a reserve and had been recuperating, while the Eastern Wei cavalry fought on the battlefield and ran back and forth, people could stand it, but the war horses also needed to take a breath.

On the other hand, it is also because these three people are more than brave, and their resourcefulness is insufficient, if they really want to chase too deeply, they will inevitably fall into Yuwentai's scheme.

In the face of the general trend, individual talent and intelligence are indeed insignificant, but they can play a decisive role in local battlefields.

Gao Huan, who was straddled on the horse, glanced at Gao Cheng beside him from time to time, and felt great regret in his heart: I knew that there was such a mastermind who could be so worry-free, and I should have taken Ah Hui with me three years ago.

And Gao Cheng is thinking about the possible place of Yuwentai, Beitou Rouran? Xitou Tuguhun?

But these two points were ruled out by Gao Cheng, Rouran is a grassland overlord who has no heart, in the context of Gao's unification of the north, Anapu will only choose to continue to deepen friendship with Gao, how can he fight with Eastern Wei for the sake of Yuwentai.

As for Tuyuhun, even if Yuwentai is accepted, he only needs the 200,000 troops of the Eastern Wei Dynasty to press the border, and send someone to ask Tuyuhun Khan whether he wants peace or war, Tuyuhun estimates that he will cut Yuwentai in exchange for the withdrawal of the Eastern Wei army.

After all, everyone knows that as soon as Yuwentai dies, unless the Gao family's father and son are crazy, they will ignore the great Jiangnan and want to blow a cold wind on the plateau of Qinghai Lake.

Gao Cheng never thought about the possibility of Yuwentai guarding Longxi from beginning to end, and the great man once had a poem:

'It is advisable to chase the poor bravely, not to sell the name of the overlord. ’

The danger of Longshan will be taken over no matter what, Gao Cheng estimates that Yuwentai has only one way to enter Shu, but he doesn't know if he is willing to be a guest general, or he still wants to take Bashu by himself, after all, Xiao Ji's 50,000 Shu soldiers are still fighting with the Eastern Wei Middle Route Army on the frontal battlefield.

Gao Cheng thought about it, but decided to leave Xiao Ji's 50,000 Shu soldiers in Guanzhong, instead of really putting them back to compete with Yuwentai.

Yuwentai was not allowed to attack Bashu, but when he saw the return of Xiao Ji's Shu soldiers, he temporarily changed his mind and was a guest general in Nanliang.

Ten birds in the forest, it is better to have a bird in hand, annihilate the 50,000 Shu soldiers, and the Southern Liang will also lose 50,000 living forces, and now the Western Wei Dynasty will die, in this competition between the mixed Huaxia, there are only two players left in the Gao clan and the Xiao clan, no matter who Bashu belongs to, these 50,000 Shu soldiers must not let them escape.

A total of 25,000 cavalry soldiers from Dou Tai, Gao Ao Cao, and Mo Duo Lou Daiwen were transferred together, holding high the banner of Huan Shuai, shuttling back and forth through the three-way battlefield, chanting in unison:

"Yuwentai failed to rush into battle, and the soldiers were defeated and died!"

The shouts echoed through the sky.

Hu Luguang, who commanded the infantry of the left army to fight with Pan Le, heard the shout, and also put down the big stone in his heart, after all, no matter how well they fought on the front line, once something happened to the Gao family father and son, it was also the situation of the collapse of the army's morale to greet the Eastern Wei Dynasty.

Now that Gao Huan and Gao Cheng are unharmed, it is the Western Wei Dynasty that has collapsed.

The Eastern Wei cavalry was spreading rumors that Yuwentai was dead, for the generals of the Western Wei Dynasty, it didn't matter whether Yuwentai was dead or not, Gao Huan's handsome banner could appear here, which was enough to prove that Yuwentai's beheading operation failed.

And the only hope of the Western Wei Dynasty's counterattack also dissipated, and the gap in combat effectiveness between the state and county soldiers and the off-duty soldiers could not be made up by courage alone, not to mention that the Eastern Wei Dynasty was spreading the news of Yuwentai's death, if Yuwentai couldn't come forward to refute the rumors, the fake could also become true.

The three-way army of the Western Wei Dynasty, the first to rush was the left army where Zhao Gui and Li Bi were located, Dou Tai, Gao Aocao, and Mo Duo Lou Daiwen shouted for a while, and then united with Peng Le to rush to the left army of the Western Wei Dynasty again.

This time I really can't blame Zhao Gui, the left army of the Western Wei Dynasty only has 16,000 soldiers and 20,000 county soldiers, a total of 36,000 people, and the 30,000 foot soldiers under the command of Yao Fen, Yao Jie, Hu Lu Qiangju and others, plus the 30,000 main cavalry led by Dou Tai, Gao Aocao and Peng Le, a total of 60,000 foot cavalry, are already crumbling.

Now there is Mo Duo Lou Daiwen to help, and then with the rumors of Yuwentai's death, Zhao Gui's tight string that was struggling to support was finally broken, he abandoned a group of foot soldiers, due to Yuwentai's requisition of a large number of cavalry in various departments, Zhao Gui concentrated all the cavalry in the army, less than 500 people, led the 500 light cavalry to withdraw from the battlefield, and broke through to the west, obviously saving the plan to enter Shu from Longshan.

If Yuwentai is not dead, he will follow him into Shu, Yuwentai will be Liu Bei, he Zhao Gui will be a Shu general, if Yuwentai is dead, he can also serve Nanliang.

Zhao Gui is not the only one who has such thoughts, the Six Pillars Kingdom is all in the know of the beheading plan, and the left and right sides abandoned the foot soldiers, and only led a small number of cavalry to flee with the generals.

In addition to the Six Pillars and Yuwenhu, Wei Chi Hui and others who fled with Yuwentai, the generals of Wuchuan also had Yuwentai's nephew Yuwendao, the same clan Yuwengui, nephew He Lanxiang, henchmen Da Xiwu, Hou Mo Chen Shun, Yang Zhong, Han Guo, several Hui, Wang De, etc.

Non-Wuchuan generals also include Wang Xiong, Wei Xiaokuan, Xin Wei, Liang Chun, Liu Liang, Tian Hong, Helianda, Chang Shan, Yi Feng, Cai You, Li Yuan, Dou Luning and others.

When the general trend is declining, the geographical background often determines the attitude, and the generals of Wuchuan nationality have fled to the west, they have already made a decision, if it does not work, they will gather in Longshan, and then make plans.

Among the non-Wuchuan generals, there were also Yuwentai's hardcores who tried to go to Longshan, but people from Jingzhao County, such as Li Yuan and Wei Xiaokuan, had other thoughts after the front collapsed.

If Yuwentai can keep Chang'an, Li Yuan and Wei Xiaokuan, the natives of Guanzhong, will naturally offer their loyalty to him.

But now that the battle situation is clear, Chang'an will definitely fall into the hands of the Gao clan, how could Li Yuan and Wei Xiaokuan be willing to abandon the clan and follow Yuwentai to find another place to make a comeback.

Not everyone is like the six towns Xianbei, the fire of Anapu burned down the six towns, so that they are already homeless, how can there be any homeland that is difficult to leave, whether it is Chang'an or Chengdu, for them where is not entrepreneurship.

In fact, even the Six Pillars Kingdom, not all of them are fleeing westward, Li Bi after Zhao Gui fled, facing the siege of Gao Aocao, Dou Tai, Peng Le, Yao Fen, Yao Jie, Hu Lu Qiangju and others, he happily erected the flag of surrender, and Li Bi's generals Dou Luning and others also descended to the Eastern Wei Dynasty with him.

Li Bi and Yu Jin are the only two generals in the Six Pillars of Real Power who do not belong to Wuchuan, but there are also differences between the two.

But Li Bi is different, he came from the assassination of Hou Mo Chen Yue, Hou Mo Chen Yue, when Hou Mo Chen Yueshan was exhausted, Li Bi betrayed him without any psychological burden and switched to Yuwentai.

Now that Yuwentai is poor, under siege and hopelessness, how can Li Bi sacrifice his life for righteousness, it can only be said that Zhao Guixi is too fast, otherwise maybe Li Bi will take Zhao Gui as a meeting gift to the Gao family.

Dou Tai and others divided part of their men to collect and kill the fleeing enemy, and organized a large army without rest, and continued to kill the Chinese army of Western Wei.

The left route army to which Hu Luguang belonged, slightly later than Dou Tai, Gao Aocao and others broke the formation, Li Hu and Dugu Xin led their cronies to flee, Hu Luguang had no horse, took a strong bow in the run, and shot Wang Xiong, the general of the Western Wei Dynasty, off the horse with an arrow, but he could only watch Li Hu, Dugu Xin and others flee without a trace.

The next thing to do is similar to Dou Tai and others, that is, to divide the manpower led by Pan Le to accept the soldiers, chase and kill the defeated soldiers, and Hu Luguang led the remaining more than 30,000 foot soldiers to surround the Western Wei Middle Route Army.

The Chinese army of the Western Wei Dynasty was the largest number of the three roads, with 60,000 county soldiers from the Western Wei Dynasty and 50,000 Shu soldiers from Xiao Ji, totaling 110,000 people, accounting for more than half of the total strength of the Western Wei Dynasty.

Previously, the Eastern Wei Middle Road Army only had 40,000 foot cavalry led by Hu Luping, Xue Guyan and others, compared to 60,000 foot cavalry on the left side and 55,000 foot cavalry on the right side, the pressure on the Western Wei Middle Route Army was not great.

But now that the left and right roads have been defeated, Dou Tai and others led the Eastern Wei Right Route Army from the south, and Hu Luguang led the Eastern Wei Left Route Army from the north, and the pressure increased.

The two armies collapsed in an instant, and in the face of the three-way army of the Eastern Wei Dynasty that surrounded them, Yu Jin didn't know where to run if he wanted to, and Xiao Ji was as anxious as an ant on a hot pot.

He was now full of remorse, and if he had raised an objection at the pre-war meeting and placed himself on the flank, he would have led the light cavalry away by this time.

However, Na Yuwentai hinted that there was no need to fight fiercely in the Chinese army, so Xiao Ji was fooled.

Of course, the most important thing is that although the number of the Chinese army in the Western Wei Dynasty is 60,000, they are only state and county soldiers, and the combat effectiveness and will to fight can be imagined.

And the deputy generals Li Yuan and Wei Xiaokuan, two locals with Chang'an hukou, also had other thoughts, they took Yu Jin on the spot, and asked the Eastern Wei to surrender, Yu Jin saw that the 60,000 county soldiers had fled, and he was offered as a capital for promotion, and he couldn't help but be messy in the wind: The tree fell and scattered, is it so real?

The Eastern Wei army came from the south, north and west, Xiao Ji led 50,000 Shu soldiers to retreat to the east, but was intercepted by the Eastern Wei cavalry on the way, and as a last resort, Xiao Ji had to abandon the foot soldiers, and only led less than 1,000 cavalry to the east to flee into Xitong Pass.

But Xitong Pass is also a dead place, there is Tongguan to the east to block, and the west side is the Eastern Wei army, to the north is tantamount to the south, and it is impossible to cross the Qinling Mountains to return to the Southern Liang to the south.

Even in modern society, there are many people who have disappeared due to wild travel through the Qinling Mountains, not to mention the Qinling Mountains in the sixth century AD.

After Gao Huan learned the news, he left only Mo Duo Lou Daiwen to lead 5,000 cavalry to watch Xitong Pass, while the rest of the armies cleaned up the battlefield on the spot and counted the results.

Prior to this, Li Yuan, Wei Xiaokuan and other generals and the captured Yu Jin and others were escorted to Gao Huan to wait for their arrival.

Gao Cheng knows Gao Huan's stinky temper, and if he can't guarantee it, he will follow Fu Jian.

How did Fu Jian do it?

The Eastern Jin Dynasty Xiangyang supervised Li Bohu secretly descended the former Qin, and under the combination of the inside and the outside, he captured the Xiangyang guard Zhu Xu, but when he arrived in Chang'an, Fu Jian actually thought that Li Bohu was not loyal to the Eastern Jin Dynasty, and put him to death, thinking that Zhu Xu, who had been stubbornly resisting, had integrity and reused.

So in the battle of Weishui, Zhu Xu and other Erwuzai, who were forgiven by Fu Jian, repaid him fiercely, and shouted in battle: 'The Qin army is defeated! ", so that the former Qin army was defeated.

Li Yuan, Wei Xiaokuan and others betrayed the main general, which is tantamount to betraying the master, Gao Huan hated these people the most, and almost killed Qiao Ning and Zhang Ziqi, the two generals.

Gao Cheng was afraid that he would make the same mistake again, so before Yu Jin and the others were escorted, he reminded Gao Huan of Fu Jian's story.

A big victory, Gao Huan was inevitably fluttering, but fortunately, he could listen to the persuasion, he smiled:

"Ah Hui and rest assured, he will not be Fu Jian for his father."

When Wei Xiaokuan, Li Yuan and others came to the horse, Gao Huan was naturally looking at Yu Jin, who was tightly bound, but Gao Cheng's attention was on Wei Xiaokuan, who was a general.

This is an old acquaintance, although he has never been masked, but he has been friends for a long time.

When he was a teenager, every time he was beaten by Gao Huan, Xiao Gao Wang always had to hold back in secret, thinking about letting Wei Xiaokuan and Wang Sizheng accompany Gao Huan to bury Gao Huan in the future, but he just wanted to put Gao Huan outside and put the two of them inside, to see if Gao Huan could get in.