Wei Ran was very entangled in his heart at this time, on the one hand, he was marching to the northwest to avenge Zhang Da, and on the other hand, he was marching to Pengcheng to gain a greater strategic advantage for Southern Qi.

Liu Renye saw that Wei Ran had been entangled after reading the letter, so he reached out and picked up the secret letter that Wei Ran put on the case, and after reading it, Liu Renye showed ecstasy: "King Qin, this is a great opportunity, Shouchun to Pengcheng can be reached in a few days, if Fu Yuan has already transferred the main force out, then a battle can determine Pengcheng." ”

Wei Ran naturally understood this truth, but now that he had been honing in the court for a long time, he did have other worries.

Wei Ran's concern is that with the current national strength of Southern Qi, there is not enough strength to digest dozens of cities and millions of people in the Lianghuai region.

Although he wholeheartedly wants the land of Lianghuai, but now he easily pockets the Lianghuai region, and the strong men in the Lianghuai region have almost all been pulled into the army by Fu Yuan, so even if Nanqi takes the land of Lianghuai, I am afraid that it will take many times to develop it again.

After Liu Renye listened to Wei Ran's words, he was also silent, with many expressions on his face, and finally sighed and said: "A great opportunity is right in front of you, if you ignore it, it will be a pity." ”

Wei Ran had already sat back on the main seat at this time, and then supported his head with his hands, and began to close his eyes and meditate.

I don't know how long it took, Wei Ran suddenly slapped the table hard, and the loud sound startled Liu Renye, and then looked at Wei Ran with puzzled eyes.

Wei Ran said: "The opportunity must not be lost, you and Zhang Gui led 50,000 soldiers and horses to cross the river from Huaiyin to Pengcheng, even if you do not occupy the entire territory of Huaibei this time, you must link Pengcheng and Huaiyin together, and I will lead people to attack Xuancheng." ”

Liu Renye was about to go out when Wei Ran suddenly stopped him from behind: "If the defenders of Pengcheng are sufficient, it will be difficult to conquer in a short time, don't attack strongly, retreat to Huaiyin, and try again in the future." ”

On the battlefield of Luoyang, after Yuwen Zhi's troops left Tongguan, he hoarded troops in Hongnong, and after hearing that Duan Pi's enemy also joined the battlefield, he immediately ordered another 30,000 troops to be transferred from the pass.

Hongnong was devastated by the war, and the once wealthy Hongnong people are now hungry and starving.

Seeing that many people even began to pawn their daughters in exchange for rations, Yu Wenzhi became more and more irritable, so he ordered the grain in the general to help the victims, and at the same time applied to the imperial court to allocate grain and grass here.

But the luck is not good, the drought in the Guan, the disasters are repeated, the people in the Guanai are also miserable, after the Yuanshan in Chang'an City gets the news, he will levy grain and grass to Yuwenzhi.

But it was stopped by Sikong Fang Xing, who dissuaded him above the court: "Your Majesty, this year's drought in Guanzhong, our army has been fighting for many years, and there is not much grain in stock. ”

Suddenly, everyone in the court began to whisper, after Yuan Shan ascended the throne, there were many natural disasters, on the other hand, the land of Hebei, the wind and rain were smooth, which couldn't help but remind people that God was questioning the legitimacy and legitimacy of Yuan Shan.

Of course, Yuan Shan knew the little Jiujiu in the hearts of the ministers, but he was powerless to stop such gossip, after all, the unjust things about his kingdom were known to the world.

Yuan Shan pondered for a long time, but still asked without giving up; "Aiqing has any other way? General Yuwen's army was outside, and Luoyang could not easily give it up. ”

Fang Kexing is indeed a rare talent, he thought about it, and said: "Your Majesty, there are two ways now, one is to borrow grain from Nanqi, but I'm afraid that Nanqi will not easily agree, we can buy grain and grass from Nanqi at the market price, and the other is that General Yuwenzhi is outside the pass, he can let him raise grain and grass by himself and solve it on the spot." ”

The so-called on-the-spot solution is to imply that Yuwen Zhi went to grab the grain of the people outside the customs, anyway, in short, it is not possible to collect grain from the customs.

Borrowing grain from Southern Qi, Fang Kexing felt that it was not impossible, but what he did not say explicitly was that gold and silver could not buy grain from Southern Qi, and could only be exchanged for cities.

Yuan Shan was already anxious about this matter, so he said: "Let Yuwenzhi raise food and grass by himself outside the customs." ”

Poor Yuwenzhi, transferred the army from the Guannei, but Yuanshan did not give grain and grass, and now the 60,000 army is near Hongnong, and he actually got an edict to let him solve the grain and grass by himself, Yuwenzhi was anxious at the moment.

He also helped the people of Hongnong like a living bodhisattva, trying to win the hearts of the people for Western Qin.

In desperation, Yuwen Zhi could only write to Fu Yuan first, asking him to allocate some military rations, and then sent people everywhere to inquire about the news, just to find out the news that Huo Zhen led the army to cross the river, Yuwen decided to take the risk of fighting Huo Zhen quickly.

Yuwen led 50,000 cavalry, set out from Hongnong, deliberately crossed the river to the north, and plundered the counties of Eastern Qin all the way.

Huo Zhen was stunned by Yuwenzhi's operation, at this time he was planning to ambush Yuwenzhi on the way to Luoyang, but after waiting for Yuwenzhi for a long time and sending spies, he learned that Yuwenzhi did not support Luoyang, but plundered Dongqin County all the way.

Huo Zhen was shocked, so he sent someone to inform Min Shiyuan of the situation, and led the army to pursue Yuwenzhi from behind.

But Yuwen to this time but a big bend, after plundering the county, taking advantage of the night to lead the army of 20,000 from Tiandu to cross the river to the Guannei, the rest of the army is to continue to pretend to loot in the territory of Eastern Qin, Yuwen Zhi even divided the troops to plunder, only pick small cities and Hao fortresses, do not attack the big cities, many Hao fortresses in order to protect themselves, they took the initiative to provide food and grass to Yuwen Zhi, Yuwen Zhi and harvested a lot.

Huo Zhen was led by the nose and pursued all the way, but after going around and around, Huo Zhen found that something was wrong, Yuwenzhi's army seemed to be plundering north, but it was always around the Yellow River and near Tiandu, but Huo Zhen couldn't figure out why.

That night, Huo Zhen camped outside Tiandu, at this time Tiandu has been occupied by Yuwenzhi's troops, the city is full of Yuwenzhi's flags, Huo Zhenren is sleepy, thinking that Yuwenzhi is in the city, so he occupies a dangerous position and then orders the soldiers to repair.

But Yuwen Zhi had already crossed the Tiandu, and landed elsewhere at night, and he had been following Huo Zhen's buttocks.

The so-called dark under the light is like this, Huo Zhen's whistle didn't notice that there would be a force following him all the time, so when Huo Zhen's attention was on Tiandu, Yuwen Zhi took advantage of the night to bypass the mountain from the other side and occupy the high point.

That night, Yuwen Zhi made people attack Huo Zhen's camp from top to bottom, Huo Zhen's attention was on the main road outside Tiandu, he didn't expect Yuwen Zhi to appear above him, in a panic, Huo Zhen had to rush to meet the battle, at this time the Tiandu West Qin army took the opportunity to attack Huo Zhen, and Huo Zhen's army, which was already in a rout, collapsed in an instant.

Seeing the foot soldiers fleeing in all directions, Huo Zhen hurriedly drank: "The fugitives will not be forgiven!" ”

But no one in the chaotic army listened to Huo Zhen at all, Huo Zhen killed two soldiers with the intention of establishing authority, but the Eastern Qin soldiers couldn't care about anything else at the moment, and some people had even begun to resist Huo Zhen and slashed at Huo Zhen.

Huo Zhen only came to his senses at this time, knowing that the defeat was irreversible, so he planned to escape.

But Yu Wenzhi had been staring at Huo Zhen for a long time, and when he saw that Huo Zhen had the intention of escaping, he immediately rushed to Huo Zhen in person.

Before Huo Zhen could calm down, he saw a spear stabbing at him, Huo Zhen stepped forward with a long knife to resist, and after a few hands, Huo Zhen exclaimed: "You are Yuwenzhi!" ”

Yu Wenzhi didn't speak, just kept attacking Huo Zhen, Huo Zhen could only resist, seeing that there were more and more Western Qin soldiers around him, Huo Zhen was even more flustered, and after a false shot, he ran away to the east.

Yuwen Zhi chased after him, the distance between the two sides was not far, at this time Yu Wenzhi only hated himself for not bringing a bow and arrow, but suddenly saw a spear standing on the ground in front of him, Yuwen Zhi rode over, grabbed the spear, and then threw it towards Huo Zhen's heart.

only heard a scream, Huo Zhen fell from the horse, Yuwen Zhi stepped forward and found that Huo Zhen was out of breath, so he cut off Huo Zhen's head and returned to the place of battle, making Huo Zhen's head hang on the spear.

Huo Zhen's troops saw that Huo Zhen was dead, so they laid down their weapons and surrendered, Yuwen returned with a great victory, and then returned to Hongnong with the prisoners of Eastern Qin and Huo Zhen's head, so that the prisoners and Huo Zhen's head were sent to Luoyang, and the Luoyang defenders were suddenly greatly inspired.

In this battle, Yuwen captured countless heavy grains and grasses, which slightly solved the dilemma of the grain and grass in front of him.

The news of Huo Zhen's death reached the ears of Min Shiyuan in Heyang, and Min Shiyuan was immediately sad and ordered the whole army to mourn for Huo Zhen.

But what worried Min Shiyuan even more was that Huo Zhen's entire army was wiped out and he died, which made him have another layer of haze for taking Luoyang.

Duan Pidi had already led the army to Heyang and Min Shiyuan at this time, hearing Min Shiyuan's worries, Duan Pidi also frowned, but then he said to Yuwenzhi: "Now I have received the news, the drought in the Guannei is in short supply, and the army can be defended along the river, and Yuwenzhi is not allowed to plunder to the north, hasn't the general already sent someone to intercept the reinforcements from Pengcheng?" I suggest that the reinforcements can be put into the vicinity of Luoyang City, then send cavalry to cut off the Lianghuai to the grain road, Yuwenzhi can not loot to the north, and the grain and grass can not be transported from the Lianghuai area, can only ask for grain from the Guannei, if the people in the Guannai mutiny, Yuwenzhi will definitely return to the division to defend Chang'an, and then the Luoyang defenders will collapse themselves. ”

Min Shiyuan was at a loss, but when he suddenly heard this, his eyes immediately lit up, but he was quite wary of Duan Pidi in his heart, this person seemed to be a rough man, but he was so delicate, no wonder he could dominate Qingzhou for so long

But Min Shiyuan didn't show a smile on his face, just pretended to be embarrassed and said: "My original intention was to drive the reinforcements back to Pengcheng, so as to prevent the Southern Qi from taking advantage of the fire to rob and take the opportunity to forcibly occupy Pengcheng. ”

Duan Pidi himself is a great figure, and his height is much higher than Min Shiyuan, and when he heard this, he couldn't help but squint at Min Shiyuan,

He also despised Min Shiyuan in his heart, and now when he heard Min Shiyuan's words, he was even more disdainful in his heart, but he still said: "Gongzi's words are bad, and now it is a sure thing to be robbed by Nanqi while he is on fire, two tigers fight, there will be an injury, Nanqi will not get a cheap in us, but will also take advantage of Yuanshan, at this time Nanqi's attitude is quite important, if Xiao Ju, the emperor of Nanqi, is ruthless and supports Yuanshan grain and grass, I will wait for this war to be really bottomless." ”

When Min Shiyuan heard this, he was suddenly shocked in his heart, and immediately said: "We have an alliance with Nanqi in hand, and it doesn't stop there." ”

Duan Pidi smiled coldly and asked rhetorically: "If he conquers Chang'an one day and the north is unified, will we not attack Southern Qi according to the covenant?" The so-called covenant is nothing but self-deception, Xiao Ju is generous, but Wei Ran is not a righteous gentleman. Don't think about it too much, Peng Cheng will let it go, now the Southern Qi lord is strong and the ministers are strong, and they can rely on each other, if he has a change in the future, the lord is weak and the minister is strong, what will he do?"

After hearing this, Min Shiyuan also felt that what he said was reasonable, and then immediately called people to the front line to transfer back the army that ambushed Pengcheng's reinforcements, and wrote a letter to send to Shouchun, saying that Pengcheng was empty, and Nanqi could take advantage of the situation.

In the Jiankang Imperial Court, Xiao Yi came to Jiankang, and after entering the position of Dazai, there was an endless stream of people who came to visit the door every day, although everyone did not say it explicitly, but they all hoped that Xiao Yi could carry the banner of the clan and deal with Wei Ran unanimously.

After a long time, Xiao Yi didn't take Wei Ran in his eyes a little, feeling that he was an official to Dazai and a relative of the emperor, but he wanted to be like a subordinate in front of Wei Ran, and he gradually resented in his heart.

Xiao Ju keenly noticed the change in Xiao Yi's attitude in the court, so after the dispersal of the dynasty, Xiao Yi was left in the palace for dinner.

Xiao Yi didn't dare to slack off, followed Xiao Ju to the Imperial Garden, Xiao Ju set up a banquet in the Imperial Garden to entertain Xiao Yi, after three rounds of wine, Xiao Ju suddenly said: "The King of Qin gave me a play, saying that he wanted to marry the King of Xiang." ”

When Xiao Yi heard this, the wine glass in his hand suddenly stopped in mid-air, and he didn't know how to answer for a while.

When Xiao Ju saw Xiao Yi like this, he pressed Xiao Yi's hand down with his hand and said, "Your son Xiao Zifang, I look at it, is a benevolent person. Wei Ran has a new righteous sister, who is beautiful and has great perseverance, just right for your son. ”

When Xiao Yi heard this, he was immediately unhappy, and said to Xiao Ju dissatisfied: "Your Majesty, although the son of the minister is not a tiger, he is also an important member of the clan, and the king of Qin can match the son of the minister by casually recognizing a woman as his sister, so it is not very ridiculous." ”

Hearing this, Xiao Ju silently put down the wine glass, looked at Xiao Yi, and was silent for a long time.

Xiao Yi was hairy by Xiao Ju. I don't know what to do for a while.

After a long time, Xiao Ju spoke: "I know what you mean, the reason why I chose you to be Dazai, the leader of the ministers, is to hope that you and Wei Ran can lead me to the top with one master and one outside, but in terms of governing ability, Mu Zhi, Cui Huan, Ze Mao, which one is not as good as you?" I don't use them not because they are Wei Ran's henchmen, but because there can be countless clans in the world, but there is only one Wei Ran, and he goes with Wei Ran one day, and the clan is powerless, what should I do? ”

After finishing speaking, Xiao Ju couldn't help but staggered with tears: "I was stabbed in the heart and lungs by Xiao Luan that day, the destiny is not long, the prince is young, the king of Xiang should work together with the king of Qin to help me Daqi Sheji, what does the king of Xiang think?" ”