"Ming Gong, someone from the Northern Qin Army has crossed the river through the boats we left on the riverside." Wei Ran left Guyu City at this moment, and was studying the next move outside the new pavilion, Yuan Muzhi suddenly came in and said quietly.

Wei Ran nodded slightly, it seems that Yuwenzhi is not too stupid, but in the past few days, the Huainan Army has launched several waves of tentative attacks, and it can be clearly seen that the combat power of the Northern Qin Army has been greatly reduced, and it has been besieged for five days, and the city has long been short of food, and after the water source is cut off, the only remaining water source should also be urgent.

It has been four months since the army was raised in Jiangling, and hundreds of thousands of people of the Southern Qi civil war fought the people of the Southern Qi Dynasty, although the battle sites were mainly concentrated along the Yangtze River, but this is precisely the most prosperous place in the Southern Dynasty.

Thinking of this, Wei Ran looked at Xinting City with a sad face, although he really wanted to slaughter all the Northern Qin soldiers in the city, but reason told him that he really couldn't withstand a big battle.

"Muzhi, what do you think of Yuwen as a person?" Although Wei Ran had already let Yuwenzhi's people go out to ask for help according to the plan, he still had some scruples.

"Weichen is not particularly familiar with Yuwenzhi, but if Ming Gong's ambition in the future is to dominate the mountains and rivers, he must let Yuwenzhi go back. Northern Qin Yuanshan is currently repeatedly frustrated, there are not many capable ministers around him, if Yuwen dies here, then Min Guan will completely overwhelm Yuanshan above the court, once the Northern Qin court tends to stabilize, I Daqi will not have enough time to recuperate. ”

Listening to Yuan Muzhi's analysis, Wei Ran could only be silent, and then nodded helplessly.

The current commander of the Huainan Army is Liu Renye, this person is the general promoted by Wei Ran, Wei Ran wanted to inform him of the plan and let him let Yu Wenzhi go, but considering the current morale of the Huainan Army, he was not informed, and Wei Ran finally decided to take charge of Ximen himself.

At night, the two city walls southwest of Xinting collapsed, and tens of thousands of Northern Qin soldiers divided into two routes to attack the Southern Qi army.

Wei Ran had already prepared for this, as early as outside the city wall with a fence to erect a wooden wall, although the city wall collapsed, but the Northern Qin army was tantamount to attacking a barracks, fortunately, Yuwen demolished the houses in the city early and built several rushing cars, the Northern Qin soldiers vigorously hit the wooden wall outside the city with a rain of spears and arrows, the two sides fell into a fierce battle, and the soldiers of the Northern Qin army fell like straw.

Wei Ran was sitting on the horse at this time, with a spear on the ground, and watched the performance of the Northern Qin Army with great interest, but after watching it for a long time, he found that there was no figure of Yuwenzhi, Wei Ran suddenly thought of something, and then said: "Yuwenzhi did not command the battle here, quickly send the order to Liu Renye, let him pay attention to the behind, Yuwenzhi is likely to dig a tunnel and sneak attack." ”

Everything was just as Wei Ran expected, in addition to digging tunnels and destroying the city walls in the past few days, Yuwen Zhi also expanded the tunnels used to report the news, leading thousands of people to attack Wei Ran's army formation from the rear to cover the breakthrough of the soldiers in the city.

At this time, Yu Wenzhi and Fu Yong had already crawled out of the tunnel and were about to gather men and horses to kill Wei Ran's rear army.

But at this moment, Fu Yong immediately stopped Yu Wenzhi, and Fu Yong asked Yu Wenzhi to look at the soldiers in front of him. Although the Northern Qin soldiers who followed Yuwen Zhi to crawl out of the tunnel were all elite, they were all sallow-faced, and they had been passing in the tunnel for a long time.

Yu Wenzhi looked at the soldiers in front of him, and couldn't help but sigh in his heart, this part of the soldiers has now lost their combat effectiveness. But looking at the soldiers in the direction of Xinting, Yuwen was in a dilemma for a while.

Just as Yu Wenzhi hesitated, a large number of Qi troops suddenly came to surround him, and the person who led the troops was Wei Ran.

It turned out that Wei Ran had a premonition that Yuwenzhi might dig a tunnel, so he led some of his men and horses to the west, because this place was the closest to the Yangtze River, and if Yuwenzhi crossed the river with one heart, this direction would be the most convenient.

"It turned out to be Wei Ran, you expected me to dig tunnels?" Yu Wenzhi didn't panic when he saw Wei Ran, and said with a smile. At this time, although Yuwenzhi was unkempt, the heroism between his words could not be hidden.

Wei Ran sighed in his heart: "It is worthy of being the grandson of Yuwenshu, but it is a pity that he is too conceited." ”

"I didn't think of it at first, but in the past, General Fu Yong fought quite bravely, but now I haven't seen General Fu in the fierce battle of Xinting, so I guess that you should have other ways to get out of the city. The only way to think about it is to dig tunnels. Wei Ran said with a smile.

Then Wei Ran looked at the Northern Qin soldiers beside Yuwen Zhi, who had led the soldiers for many years, and he could see at a glance that this group of soldiers was already a group of poor soldiers, who had just been born and died, and it was not appropriate to be forced to a dead end. Wei Ran pondered for a moment and said: "Your receiving boat should arrive at the riverside, and my father will not embarrass you, Fu Yong will stay, and the remaining soldiers will drop their weapons, and I will let you go, Yu Wenzhi, what do you think?" ”

Hearing that there was a way to live, Yuwen Zhi and the soldiers behind him were all moved. Yuwen Zhi secretly said in his heart that it was not good, where would such a soldier be willing to fight to the death.

"Wei Ran, if you let me go, aren't you afraid that your majesty will blame you?" Yu Wenzhi asked tentatively.

"Your grandfather Dingbian Marquis is my grandfather's robe, now you and I are our own masters, I am willing to let you live, just leave Fu Yong, and at the same time you swear to the Yangtze River that you will not participate in the war between the two Huai within three years." Wei Ran looked at Yu Wenzhi with a stern face.

Fu Yong said at this time: "If General Wei can let go of the soldiers in Xinting City, Fu is willing to be killed." ”

"You don't have the qualifications to negotiate terms with Ben!" Wei Ran shouted at this time: "General Yang died at the hands of your brother, and my father needs you to pay tribute to General Yang's soul." ”

At this time, outside the Xinting City, the Huainan army mourned the soldiers, the morale was high, after the Northern Qin army pushed to Muqiang, the two sides fought together, the Huainan army was not afraid of death, and some soldiers still had to stab the knife in their hands into the enemy's chest with several knives.

What's more, even if the arm is cut off, he will not retreat, change his hand to fight again, the outside of Xinting City is like a hell on earth, and the Northern Qin army will not be able to break through the defense line of the Southern Qi army in two hours of battle.

Liu Renye waved his hand at this time, and slowly pushed out dozens of chariot crossbows from the rear of the military formation, each strong crossbow fired three arrows at the same time, and the strength was so great that it could penetrate several people at the same time, the Northern Qin army was already short of food, the combat power declined, and the war spirit inspired by the desire to survive was now exhausted, and gradually the Northern Qin army retreated into the city, and could no longer launch a powerful offensive.

"Dingdong", some soldiers threw away the weapons in their hands, with the first person to start, other Northern Qin soldiers also lost their weapons one after another, sadness spread throughout the entire Northern Qin army, with the surrender of the Qin army in the entire Xinting City, it was also announced that the plan of the Northern Qin to cross the river was officially declared bankrupt.

The anger that erupted in the eyes of the Huainan army made them want to slaughter this group of soldiers, but fortunately, Xiao Ju arrived at this time to stop a tragedy of slaughtering prisoners.

On the edge of the Yangtze River, Fu Yong was already lying on the ground dying at the moment, and Yu Wenzhi and the soldiers boarded the Northern Qin ships that came to meet them.

It turned out that not long ago, Wei Ran promised to give Fu Yong the dignity of a soldier and fight with him.

Wei Ran got off the horse and fought with Fu Yong on foot with his sword, Fu Yong recognized this as Wei Zhi's Taiping Sword at a glance, and shouted: "The Taiping Sword is a famous sword given to your father by Du Xiang, but it was used by you to kill the generals of Great Qin. ”

"Great Qin? If it weren't for the traitor in the court, how could my father have died unjustly! Hearing Wei Zhi, Wei Ran was even more angry in his heart, and he was ruthless.

Although Fu Yong is a fierce general, he is very old, and he has been short of food and grass in recent days, so he can't eat enough, and he is completely at a disadvantage, and he was stabbed to the ground by Wei Ran several times in a short time.

Seeing Fu Yong fall to the ground, Yuwen Zhi closed his eyes in despair. Wei Ran said: "If General Yuwen doesn't leave, you won't be able to leave when the Huainan Army comes." ”

So the Northern Qin soldiers dropped their weapons one after another, and Yuwen Zhi shouted bitterly: "Wei Ran, although you let me go this time, sooner or later, I will personally lead the troops to defeat you, but I will also give you a chance." ”

Wei Ran shook his head: "You will never have such a chance." ”

With anger and unwillingness, Yuwen Zhi retreated to the boat, at this time the fog on the Yangtze River was filled, under the cold wind, gradually the ship disappeared, Wei Ran sighed, and then looked at Fu Yong: "General Fu, you are also a masterpiece of a generation, if you will be humiliated in the army, you will kill yourself." ”

"You are very different from your father. Your father likes to fight openly and crush the enemy in the front, beat the enemy until he loses confidence, and fights until he does not dare to fight again, but you are good at intrigues, why is this? Fu Yong said while coughing up blood at the moment, the wound was even more painful to tear under the cold wind.

"The soldiers are good at scheming, then the soldiers, the second is the soldiers, and the next is the siege of the city, the life of every soldier is precious, and my father's prestige is bought with the blood of the soldiers, I don't like this.

"Although Yuwen is so stubborn, but he does have something extraordinary, if you let him go today, it will also be a disaster for the Southern Dynasty in the future, why is this so?" Fu Yong had already stood up with difficulty at this time and asked the last question.

Wei Ran looked at Fu Yong's crumbling body, put the Taiping Sword back into the scabbard, and then said proudly: "Yuwen Zhi is the most trusted person of Yuanshan, and now he has returned in a fiasco, and 100,000 elites are lost on the south bank. ”

Wei Ran said again: "Yuan Shan is this person, and so is the jackal." My housekeeper Weber once said that Yuan Shan either made great contributions to usurp the throne, or took the risk to kill the king and usurp the throne, this person is not a person who has lived under the people for a long time. If Yuwen dies here, Yuan Shan will no longer have anything to rely on. Although Min Guan is cunning, he is indeed more suitable for governing the country than Yuan Shan, so why should I bother to get rid of the great enemy for Min Guan. ”

Fu Yong only realized at this time, and sighed sadly: "Wei Zhi really gave birth to a good son, if he had half of your scheming, he wouldn't be like this." ”

Wei Ran shook his head silently, then turned his head and stopped looking at Fu Yong. Fu Yong understood, and then pulled out his knife to kill himself, and the momentum was so strong that he cut off his head directly.

Wei Ran heard the sound behind him, and then slowly turned around, and when he saw Fu Yong's body separated, he just sighed slightly, and then asked Fu Yong's body to be buried by the river, and then picked up Fu Yong's head and went to the new pavilion.

At this time, in Xinting City, more than 40,000 Northern Qin soldiers were all discarded and guarded by the Southern Qi soldiers in ten groups. It was also quite difficult for Xiao Ju to deal with these captives for a while, so he had to wait for Wei Ran to come back and make a decision.

After Wei Ran rode his horse to Xinting, he heard that Xiao Ju was also in the city, so he hurriedly rode his horse to the front of Xiao Ju's camp, and saw Xiao Ju sitting in the camp tent, and hurriedly said: "Your Majesty's injury has not healed, how can you move lightly?" ”

Although Xiao Ju was wearing a yellow robe and a big jacket at this time, he coughed slightly when he saw Wei Ran coming.

Wei Ran looked at Xiao Ju's side and saw a bright woman with a face like a peach blossom, it was Wei Ran's wife Xiao Yanran.

"Sister Yanran has just arrived at my aunt, and I heard that Brother Wei is in Xinting and has to come to the camp. I didn't care about me at all, I had no choice but to bring her. Xiao Ju quipped, obviously the arrival of his sister also made Xiao Ju feel quite good.

"It's hard work, how about your mother?"

"Everything is fine with my mother, Miss Li and Miss Chen are also fine, Miss Li was also found to be pregnant today, and when her husband and brother take Jiankang, you can take Jiankang for reunion." Xiao Yanran replied, and then without waiting for Wei Ran to ask, she took the initiative to explain the situation of Yuan Shu and Miaoxiang.

Wei Ran nodded slightly, and then summoned Liu Renye: "General Liu, Yuwenzhi has escaped, but Fu Yong has already given the head, and Fu Yong's head is now in the hands of Gao Xiaoshun, and the general can use it to pacify the Huainan army." As for the Northern Qin army, the prince has his own plans. ”

Liu Renye took the order and left, and soon there was a tsunami-like sound of long live outside the camp.

Xiao Ju asked Wei Ran about the capture of Northern Qin, Wei Ran held the hilt of his sword, closed his eyes and pondered, opened his eyes after a while and said: "You can drive the Northern Qin soldiers to the Vermilion Bird Bridge, and hang Fu Yong's head on the flagpole, the Jiankang defenders will definitely collapse when they see that the reinforcements are gone, and after capturing Jiankang, they will send people to discuss with Northern Qin, and exchange the land of Southern Xuzhou that was captured before for prisoners." ”