Yuwen Zhi ordered the soldiers to dig a small tunnel along the west of Xinting, because the tunnel had to pass through the Qi army formation, so it was dug quite deep, for fear of causing movement, the soldiers dug and stopped, until they were sure that there was no movement above, and then they dared to dig up.

At the same time, Fu Yong had four tunnels dug under the western city wall, only digging under the city wall, and using beams and columns as support to prevent the city wall from collapsing.

At this time, most of the Southern Qi defenders on the periphery have been replaced by the Huainan Army, because of the death of General Yangkan, the Huainan Army is extremely hostile to the Northern Qin Army in Xinting City.

"No wonder the Huainan Army is angry, Yangkan is like Wei Zhi to the Huainan Army." Fu Yong sighed.

Mentioning Wei Zhi, Yuwen couldn't help asking: "If Wei Zhi led the troops, would he be in such a desperate situation?" ”

Fu Yong shook his head, and then sighed: "Wei Zhi, I once fought side by side with him when attacking Dragon City, this person is not only brave and abnormal, but also cautious, extremely careful layout, often left a back hand, although the defeat is bad, but always find a way to gnaw the meat from the enemy's hands, so he is called Wei Hu." ”

Yu Wenzhi was silent, and then sighed slowly: "Such a pillar, it's a pity that he died at the age of thirty-five." Leaving his son behind, today we are forced into a desperate situation, if there is no Wei Ran, the Southern Dynasty may be a different situation. ”

Just when battles broke out on both sides of the Yangtze River, Zhao Youzhi's Northern Expeditionary Army also encountered fierce battles in Beiliang.

Zhao Youzhi led an army of 60,000, only one battle to conquer stability, and then waved Jinchang, because Jinchang City was previously plundered by the Qin army led by Chen Hu, the people of Jinchang were very hateful to the Northern Qin army, when Zhao Youzhi led the army, the people and soldiers guarded the city together, Zhao Youzhi could not overcome it for a long time.

"Why are the people of Jinchang City so hostile to our army? Our army is a heavenly soldier of the imperial court, and although Yuan Xie is in this place, it will not be here. Zhao Youzhi was suspicious, and then asked Min Shiyuan.

In order to show favor to Zhao Youzhi, Min Guan specially asked his second son Min Shiyuan to go out with the army, so that Zhao Youzhi had no worries about grain and grass, Zhao Youzhi knew it, so he often arranged some easy tasks for Min Shiyuan to make meritorious contributions.

As for Min Guan's eldest son, Min Shichuan, who once fought with Wei Ran in Zuixiangju, Min Guan had obviously given up on him and let him linger among the flowers.

"I heard that after Chen Hu occupied Jinchang, the soldiers plundered the city of Jinchang, which caused dissatisfaction among the people of Jinchang." Min Shiyuan replied truthfully.

Hearing this, Zhao Youzhi almost didn't spurt out a mouthful of old blood, and scolded: "This Chen Hu is really a slave, and he has more than enough success and more failures." ”

"According to the humble position, now the people of Jinchang City have the same hatred, and they cannot be overcome in a short time. Min Shiyuan offered advice at this time.

"What is Min Gongzi's plan?" When Zhao Youzhi heard this, he immediately became curious and wanted to hear what this person had to say.

Then Min Shiyuan whispered, and after Zhao Youzhi listened, his eyes lit up, and then he looked at Min Shiyuan and said: "If Min Gongzi's plan is successful, it should be the first credit." ”

Subsequently, the Northern Qin army released the news that it was going to abandon Jinchang and directly attack Guzang.

Zhao Youzhi then led his army to Guzang, but each time he was halfway through the march, he would return to continue the siege of Jinchang.

After repeating this five times, not only did the defenders of Jinchang not dare to relax their vigilance to go out of the city to attack Zhao Youzhi's rear army, but even Lu Yu of Guzang also relaxed his vigilance, feeling that this was Zhao Youzhi's plan to suspect the army, and the ultimate goal was for Jinchang City.

Then Zhao Youzhi seized the opportunity and personally led 5,000 elite cavalry to attack overnight and reach Guzang City, while Min Shiyuan led the army to advance in the rear.

The Guzang defenders were defenseless, it was already a cold winter at this time, the horses in the army had no grass, the Guzang defenders even ordered the horses to find grass and eat, the gate of Guzang City was opened, Zhao Youzhi led the army to rush directly into Guzang Cheng, and attacked Guzang in one fell swoop.

Lü Yu was frightened and hurriedly led the army to fight fiercely with Zhao Youzhi in the city, while Zhao Youzhi asked people to hold the city gate and build an offensive in the city to hold on to Lü Yu.

Lu Yu shouted: "General Zhao, General Yuan was unjustly killed, why do you still help the abuse." ”

Zhao Youzhi snorted coldly and said: "Although Yuan Xie is innocent, but you gather the crowd to rebel, it is disloyal, I am ordered to rebel, what is wrong." ”

Seeing that he could not recapture the city gate, Lü Yu was in a hurry, so he fled from the north gate with Yuan Jie's son Yuan Jun, intending to flee to Jiuquan to gain a foothold.

Zhao Youzhi led the cavalry out of the north gate to pursue, and after three days of pursuit, he finally surrounded Lu Yu in a mountain pass.

Lu Yu knew that he had no way to escape, so he shouted to Zhao Youzhi: "I died for General Yuan Jie, and I have no regrets, but General Yuan's son is not guilty, he is still a child, can the general leave him alive." ”

At this time, there were only dozens of guards left around Lu Yu, Zhao Youzhi looked at Yuan Jun, Yuan Jun saw Zhao Youzhi, and shouted childishly: "Uncle Zhao, did you bring so many people to take Jun'er home?" ”

Zhao Youzhi suddenly couldn't bear it, and he didn't know what to do for a while, so he persuaded left and right: "Dashuai, this is a traitor, don't let it go." ”

When Zhao Youzhi heard this, he was even more sad in his heart, he and Yuan Xie had fought side by side, and now his son didn't know it, and he was coerced by Lu Yu to make trouble, what can a five-year-old doll understand.

Yuan Jun broke away from Lu Yu in a daze at this time, walked towards Zhao Youzhi, and shouted in his mouth: "Uncle hug." ”

Zhao Youzhi picked up Yuan Jun, his expression was even more lonely, he turned to Lu Yu and said: "I will bring Jun'er back to Chang'an, Yuan Xie has made great contributions, let Your Majesty decide, if you can, Ben Shuai will naturally let him live." ”

When Lu Yu heard this, he kowtowed to Zhao Youzhi and said: "Yuan Wang Ye has a great kindness to me, I am afraid that Yuan Shan will not let go of his son to make trouble, and now that the matter has come to this, Lu has nothing to say, but I ask Zhao Yu to keep the blood of Yuan Wang Ye." ”

Zhao Youzhi couldn't bear it, and then turned around and stopped looking at Lu Yu, who kowtowed to Yuan Jun and said, "Young master, I'll go first." ”

only heard a plop, Lu Yu fell to the ground, and the guards around him also cried bitterly, and then killed themselves.

"Dashuai, what should I do with this son?" Zhao Youzhi's guard beside him asked.

Zhao Youzhi let out a long sigh and said, "Take it back to the camp first, and see what Min Gongzi has planned." ”

After Lü U fled, Jin Chang also surrendered, and after Min Shiyuan pacified the people of Guzang, he returned to Jinchang and strictly enforced military discipline to prevent Jinchang from regenerating.

In Jinchang City, Min Shiyuan saw Zhao Youzhi holding a son in his arms, and then asked, "This son is Yuan Jun?" ”

"Exactly, I want to take him to Chang'an by His Majesty's decision, what can I do to ensure this son's life?" Zhao Youzhi asked Min Shiyuan.

"This young child is ignorant and ignorant, but the crime of rebellion is even the nine clans, Your Majesty may not be able to let it go, Lord Zhao must not be lucky. If it is private, not to mention how many eyes are staring, although the world is big, how can this son be home. Min Shiyuan advised.

Zhao Youzhi nodded slightly, then sighed, and asked people to take care of Yuan Jun, and then returned to the court.

But on the way back to the court, for some reason, Zhao Youzhi suddenly fell into a trance, then fell off the horse and fainted to the ground.

When the military doctor arrived, Zhao Youzhi had no medicine, and after the military doctor checked it, he shook his head and said: "Zhao Youma has been fighting for many years, and his body has long had hidden dangers, and now he is chasing Lu Yu all the way, and his body and mind are even more exhausted, and he has become ill from hard work, and he has no power to return to the sky." ”

Because he was on the march, Zhao Youzhi had to lie on a wooden plank, Min Shiyuan looked at Zhao Youzhi, and Zhao Youzhi said slightly: "Life and death are fate, everything is a certainty." After I die, I will send a suicide note to Your Majesty, and Master Min can take over my position. ”

It turned out that after the battle of Luhun Valley a year ago, Zhao Youzhi ate horse meat and human flesh with his subordinates in order to satisfy his hunger, and his body was gradually sick, and then he did not recuperate well, so he went all the way to Pingshan Hu, Dinghuai South, and conquered Beiliang, and all the hidden dangers under the hard work of the day broke out completely, Zhao Youzhi had already felt that his body had changed before, but he and Yuan Zhi also conspired to return to Chang'an to kill Yuan Shan, so he has been strong.

Who would have thought that the pursuit of Lu Yu did not close his eyes for three days, and now there is no medicine and stone, Zhao Youzhi lamented in his heart: "Big things can't be done." ”

Min Shiyuan was about to excuse himself, but Zhao Youzhi was speechless at this time, and after two "clucks", Zhao Youzhi closed his eyes.

This Northern Qin concubine, who rose from the end of the micro, married the sister of Emperor Wu of Qin and became a concubine, all the way to the Northern Qin and Southern Expeditions to the North, and made immortal military exploits, so he died on the way back to Chang'an.

But what Min Shiyuan didn't know was that Zhao Youzhi and Yuan Zhi's plan was miscarried, and after returning to Chang'an, Zhao Youzhi's sudden death became the last straw that completely crushed Yuan Zhi.