After Wei Ran led his army to attack Zhongli, Xiao Ju, the prince of the Southern Dynasty, had been besieging Hefei for a month at this time.

The general Yangkan besieged Hefei City day and night, but did not make much gains.

In the past, Yangkan was ordered to garrison Hefei to resist Wei Zhi, and Yangkan kept repairing the city wall and raising the city defense. Now that it is his turn to attack Hefei, he himself is also blinded.

"General Yang has built a fortified city." Xiao Ju looked at Hefei City expressionlessly, and then made fun of Yangkan.

"Hey, Wei Zhi was brave and good at scheming. The last general had no choice but to build Hefei City, and never wanted to give it to Northern Qin. Yang Kan was indeed embarrassed.

The multi-day fierce battle made the already old Yangkan have a little more gray hair, and his face has become more and more vicissitudes.

"The Duke of Guangling has relieved the siege of Zhongli, and now he is coming from Guangling to Hefei." Xiao Ju looked at Yangkan's white hair, and also sighed: "The old general has worked hard these days. ”

"Harvesting fertilizer is the wish of the last general, and it is not hard to say. However, the city of Hefei is high and deep, and the spies came to report that Yuwen had exhausted the soldiers of Shouchun and planned to rescue Hefei. I don't know how the county prince plans to deal with it? ”

"What does General Sheep think?" Xiao Ju did not answer this question head-on, but asked Yangkan rhetorically.

Yang Kan silently looked at Hefei City, and then looked in the direction of Shouchun: "You must first defeat Yuwenzhi's reinforcements before you can trap the Hefei defenders." ”

At this time, Yuwenzhi had already mobilized an army from Shouchun and went straight to Hefei, and Zhongli's fiasco made him lose face.

The Northern Qin government and the opposition were shaken, and there were many discussions, and Min Guan took the opportunity to impeach Yuan for using unknown people, resulting in damage to Tianwei.

Yuan Zhi also took the opportunity to make trouble, but Yuan Shan had no choice but to let Zhao Youzhi stop pursuing Shanhu and transfer the 60,000 troops of the department to the Hefei battlefield.

After Yuwenzhi got the news, he was furious. The edict ordered him to obey Zhao Youzhi's dispatch and no longer blindly underestimate the enemy.

Yu Wenzhi, who had a strong sense of self-esteem, almost vomited blood immediately, but Zhongli's miserable white was still in his heart, so he slowed down his march and began to wait for Zhao Youzhi's arrival.

In the Jiankang City of Southern Qi, Emperor Xiao Heng of Qi was overjoyed, and praised Wei Ran above the court, and even called Wei Ran a peerless national warrior of Great Qi.

Subsequently, Xiao Heng ordered Wei Ran to become the general of the hussars, and the capital governor of Jingzhou, southern Xuzhou (Guangling to Zhongli), Yangzhou (Linhai County, Wu County, Huiji County, Danyang County), and Yuzhou (Xiaoxian to Hefei) all the military.

Give Wei Ran's mother as a first-class lady.

At the same time, he also expressed satisfaction with the performance of Prince Xiao Ju in Hefei and praised more.

But recently, for some reason, Xiao Heng has repeatedly felt palpitations, and his physical strength is not as good as before, after calling the imperial doctor, the imperial doctor only said that he had worked hard recently, so Xiao Heng didn't care.

It's summer, and the heat is unbearable. The water level was not suitable for the fleet to transport supplies, let alone allow tall ships to sail.

Wei Ran was in the Yangtze River at the moment, and suddenly received a military report from Xiao Ju, and learned that the water level of the fertilizer water could not march, and Wei Ran was worried.

"Nowadays, the safest way to transport supplies is by water, and at the moment it is very hot, and if you want to transport food and grass from the ground, it will be protracted. What do you have to do? Wei Ran stood at the bow of the ship and frowned: "Moreover, Yuwenzhi's army is coming, if we can't transport the troops from various states into Hefei by water, it will be very disadvantageous to our army." ”

Seeing that the generals were helpless, Wei Ran couldn't help but sigh: "It would be nice if Weber was here." ”

It turned out that Weber did not go on the expedition with the army. One is that he is too old to stand this kind of toss. The second is that after Xiao Yanran gave birth to a son, Miaoxiang was also pregnant, and Webb had to stay in Jiangling to take care of the affairs of the house.

At this time, Gao Xiaoshun suddenly said: "County Lord, when the young parents are plowing the fields, the water source in the canal is insufficient, so the flow of water will be blocked, and there will be more water." Can this fertilizer water be like this? ”

After Gao Xiaoshun was accepted by Gao Kun as his adopted son, Wei Ran loved the house and Wu, so he took Gao Xiaoshun with him as a personal guard, and suddenly heard Gao Xiaoshun say this, Wei Ran's eyes lit up.

Later, Wei Ran sent a letter to Xiao Ju and asked him to build a dam in Feishui.

Xiao Ju finally mobilized a large army to build a dam in Feishui, and a few days later, Wei Ran took advantage of the rising water level of Feishui to take a large ship to Hefei in one fell swoop.

At this time, Yuwenzhi led the army to Hefei and camped in the north of Hefei to cover the transportation of grain and grass.

Hearing that Wei Ran was building a dam in Hefei and the army arrived, Yu Wenzhi couldn't help laughing: "Although Wei Ran has built a dam and the waterway is passable, he can't disturb the rear of our army through the water army." ”

All the generals said yes, at this time on the battlefield of Hefei, 200,000 Northern Qin troops and 150,000 Southern Qi troops had been assembled, and Xiao Heng also transferred 20,000 Yulin troops from Jiankang and 50,000 troops from Sanwu to Hefei by water.

In the camp tent, Xiao Ju was indeed worried, now that the Qin army was more numerous than the Qi army, and occupied the advantage of defending the city, the Southern Qi army could no longer take the initiative to attack.

Wei Ran also thought so, but there was no better way.

Wei Ran frowned, and said to Xiao Ju: "Now that the two sides have reached this point, it is already a struggle for national strength, similar to the Battle of Changping, it depends on who can't hold on first." ”

At this time, the Northern Qin army was also very exciting, and the horse Zhao Youzhi led the army and horses of the headquarters had arrived in Yuwen to the camp.

Zhao Youzhi looked at the exhausted Northern Qin army in front of him, and he couldn't help but sigh in his heart. But he didn't have to be bitter when he marched for days, and the more important thing was that he had just left on the front foot, and the Shanhu tribe went to loot it again.

"Li Ke is a wreck, and he also conspired with Min Guan to backstab Wei Zhi in this way." The more Zhao Youzhi thought about it, the more angry he became.

"Why is Zhao Yuma displeased?" Yu Wenzhi had a keen insight into Zhao Youzhi's emotional changes.

"Don't hide it from Yu Wenxian's nephew, as soon as I left Bingzhou on the front foot, the Shanhu tribe on the back foot went south to plunder, and Li Ke couldn't resist it. Fortunately, before I left, the strong wall was cleared, and the Shanhu tribe did not have too many supplies. Zhao Youzhi's tone was grim: "This Li Ke's ability is worse than Wei Zhi, I don't know how much." ”

Yu Wenzhi's face was flushed after hearing this, and he always felt that Zhao Youzhi was secretly sarcastic that he didn't stop Wei Ran, and he couldn't even stop Wei Zhi's son.

"Now the two armies are facing each other, but our army's food and grass supply is not comparable to the Qi army, I came this time, I have a plan, not only to keep Hefei, but also to make the Southern Dynasty chaos, and even kill Wei Ran." Zhao Youzhi stroked his beard and said indifferently.

"What's the general's plan?" Yuwen Zhi's curiosity came up after hearing this.

Zhao Youzhi whispered softly to Yuwenzhi, and Yuwenzhi hurriedly said: "The general's plan is too dangerous, and there are too many variables." ”

"Now there is only a dangerous move for the army, the Shanhu tribe is plundering in the north, if it has been so confronted with the Southern Qi, our dynasty will be in a civil change." Zhao Youzhi shook his head: "This is also a helpless move, I also like to defeat the enemy head-on on the battlefield, but now the form is forced." ”

"It's just a pity for Wei Ran, can the colt really bear it?" Yu Wenzhi asked tentatively.

Yuwenzhi knew that Princess Changqing and Wei Ran's mother had a very good relationship, and Zhao Youzhi also watched Wei Ran grow up, and now that this plan involved Wei Ran's life, Yuwenzhi was also shocked in his heart, and his gaze at Zhao Youzhi couldn't help but change.

"Wei Ran is now an important minister of the Southern Dynasty, and for the sake of our dynasty, it can only be like this. The reason why I am willing to help Da Sima balance Min Guan is not simply because of the last fake military order, but to stop the internal friction of my dynasty. Zhao Youzhi was full of emotion.

After analyzing it later, he did feel that Min Guan had no reason to harm him. It's not that he didn't suspect Yuan Shan, but the incident has already happened, so he has to stop the loss quickly.

"If Wei Ran is allowed to occupy Hefei, Shouchun will also be in danger. When Xiao Ju ascends the throne, Xiao Ju is much more martial than our Majesty, and has the wind of the Ming Lord. ”

Yuwen Zhi looked at Zhao Youzhi with deep admiration in his eyes at this time, and Zhao Youzhi looked at Yu Wenzhi and said: "Among the younger generation of my dynasty, if anyone can fight against Wei Ran, there is only a general at present." If I use this strategy to get rid of Wei Ran, the court will be stable many years later, and the general will lead the army south by then, and it will definitely be successful. ”

"How can the little nephew He De, when the time comes, it will be a good thing to lead the troops to dominate the world." Yu Wenzhi hurriedly excused himself.

"The princess and I both believe in Buddhism, and now that I am using this poisonous plan, I will also suffer from the cycle of cause and effect in the future. The virtuous nephew should remember that the most important thing to be a loyal minister is to do everything for the country, even if he is wrong. After Zhao Youzhi finished speaking, he stood up and shouted: "Let Zhao Zhong come to the camp quickly, there is something important to discuss." ”