Under the afterglow of the setting sun, the figure of Fuqu Chengran was particularly gloomy.

Although Wei Ran seemed to be willing to give them a chance, the arrogant frustration Qu Cheng's inner self-esteem did not seem to allow him to make such a request.

But at present, if he does not take the opportunity to make a request, the battle of Puzhou will fall into a passive situation again, because he has just received the news that the Turks have taken the opportunity to go south, and it is impossible for Zhao Zhao to draw troops from Bingzhou to support Puzhou.

Thinking of this, it was true that it suddenly became difficult for him to speak, although he had already made up his mind to negotiate some conditions with Wei Ran before he came, but when it came to the end of the matter, the words came to his lips and became difficult to speak.

Wei Ran saw the helplessness of Fuqu Cheng, and took the initiative to speak: "I know your intentions, now the battle in the direction of Tongguan is unclear, the power of the Western Qin country is entangled with you in Tongguan, you can't drag it out here, I can stop the army for a month after I occupy Yangcheng, if you can't repel the Western Qin army, don't blame me for taking advantage of the fire to rob at that time." ”

Fuqu Cheng suddenly said in confusion at this time: "If you sneak attack the north of Wancheng, you can directly advance the battle line to the vicinity of the Qinling Mountains, and then all the south of the Qinling Mountains will be yours, and the Western Qin will have no power to resist, why do you choose to cooperate with the Western Qin instead of us?"

Wei Ran said with a smile: "In this era, how much territory is occupied, in fact, it doesn't make much sense, the most important thing is the population, only a steady stream of population can enrich the source of soldiers and increase taxes." You seem to be on a par with the territory of Western Qin, but the population is twice that of Western Qin, and at that time, how can I plot the Northern Expedition, this king is not afraid to tell you the truth, the more trouble you make on both sides, the more joy this king will be in his heart. ”

"Yang Mou, this is a naked Yang Mou." Fuqu Cheng sighed and said: "You know that the two Qin in the north regard each other as mortal enemies, and it is impossible to reconcile, and your Southern Dynasty can only keep putting forward conditions and keep encroaching on the northern land." ”

Wei Ran nodded: "Now, the three kingdoms do not have the strength to destroy the country alone, if you can destroy the Western Qin, I am naturally willing to contribute, on the contrary, if the Western Qin can have the opportunity to destroy you, I will naturally not let it go, but having said that, if the north unites, it will be difficult for my southern dynasty to compete, and it will be difficult to contend with the vertical and horizontal, even so, this is the case, this goes, everything is precious." ”

The Eastern Qin army began to retreat from Yangcheng, and Liu Renye initially suggested pursuing the Eastern Qin army from behind.

Wei Ran looked at the direction of the Eastern Qin army, sighed slightly, and said, "No need, how many of these people can survive on the battlefield?" ”

"The Puzhou battlefield is a meat grinder, since we have won Yangcheng, only one step away from Luoyang, our army is stationed in Yangcheng, Liu Renye, you collect grain and grass from Pengcheng, the more the better." Wei Ran suddenly instructed: "The national strength of Western Qin is already weak, since they have returned my land of Xichuan, let's send them some food, and when they are full, they will have the strength to kill the soldiers of Eastern Qin." ”

After Fuqu Chengran led the army back to Luoyang, Min Shiyuan and Emperor Yuanjiao were in Luoyang Palace at the moment, and hurriedly announced that Fuqu Chengran came to see him, and when he came up, he asked directly: "Is the Qi army retreating?" ”

Frustrated Qu Chengran shook his head: "I didn't retreat, the Qi army knew the intentions of our army, so they only besieged and did not attack, and wanted to trap us in Yangcheng, I used the love of the same door in exchange for Wei Ran to strike the army within a month, but I guess Wei Ran is also a delaying strategy, he will definitely support Western Qin behind his back, Western Qin can support the grain and grass of such a large army, and it must be inseparable from Southern Qi behind it." ”

When Min Shiyuan heard this, he also sighed, in a month's time, if he wanted to defeat the Western Qin army, he must have to take a risk.

But there are indeed people who are taking risks, but the person who is taking risks is Zhao Zhao.

It is said that after Zhao Zhao crossed the Yellow River and occupied Tiandu, he guessed that Hou Moyue would definitely besiege Tiandu.

On the road from Tongguan to Tiandu, there is a place where the reeds are very high, which is especially suitable for ambushing soldiers.

So after thinking about it again, Zhao Zhao decided to lead 20,000 people to ambush Hou Moyue here, at this time Zhao Zhao's strategist Xun You suddenly said: "No, Hou Moyue is suspicious by nature, if you put a fire on this reed, wouldn't the army be dangerous, it is better to stick to Tiandu, Hou Moyue is mostly cavalry, it is difficult to conquer Tiandu." ”

Zhao Zhao also felt that Xun You's words were reasonable, but when he thought of the Turkic cavalry wandering outside Yanmen Pass, he didn't want to stay in Tiandu for a moment.

Most of his soldiers were people from the state, so that they were not afraid of death one by one, and now the outside of the country took the opportunity to go south, and if the news spread in the army, the army would be unstable.

Zhao Zhao finally decided to take a risk, so he ordered the army to lie in ambush in the reeds.

Hou Moyue led the army to gallop on the way to Tiandu at this time, and just as he entered Zhao Zhao's ambush circle, he suddenly felt that this place was quite eerie and terrifying.

Hou Moyue didn't dare to act rashly, and prepared to send someone to investigate.

Seeing this, Yao Qin knew that if he didn't use himself as a bait at this time, he was afraid that the ambush behind him would be discovered, so he immediately made a decision and led more than 3,000 people from his headquarters to kill the generals directly from the reeds.

Hou Moyue saw Yao Qin killing, his face was as usual, and he smiled at his subordinates and said, "I knew that there was an ambush here, and I really couldn't hold my breath." ”

So he immediately ordered the army to fight with Yao Qin, and when Zhao Zhao learned that there was a battle ahead, he was immediately anxious and wanted to lead the army to the rescue.

But at this moment, Xun You said again: "General, I am waiting here to ambush, they are all foot soldiers, once they fight head-to-head, how to resist Hou Moyue's cavalry, if I guess correctly, Lord Yao will definitely defeat and lead the enemy here." ”

Everything was as Xun You said, Yao Qin really fought and retreated, and slowly drove the Western Qin army to Zhao Zhao's ambush circle.

At this moment, the southwest wind suddenly hung up, and the wind was very strong, and the banners and the soldiers' hats were blown up by the strong wind.

Seeing this, Hou Moyue, who was in the distance, scolded: "Lao Tzu said how did he lose so quickly, it turns out that there are ambushes behind him." Brothers, rush with me. ”

Since the ambush soldiers who were discovered could no longer be regarded as ambushes, Zhao Zhao was ready to take up arms and engage in hand-to-hand combat with the Western Qin army at this time.

Yao Qin in front suddenly felt something, he looked at the direction of the wind, and then looked at the Qin soldiers who had rushed into the reeds, and suddenly his heart was crossed, and he said to everyone: "Take the torch and set it on fire!" ”

At this time, the guards all advised: "Don't be an adult, if you set fire, you will die and live." ”

"Husband, when the horse leather shroud, such a way of death, is it not heroic, am I the one who is greedy for life and afraid of death!" Yao Qin roared angrily, and immediately ordered all the soldiers to shout: "General Zhao, you must lead the Bingzhou army to go further!" ”

On the surface, it sounded like Yao Qin's last words, but Xun You heard the deep meaning, and immediately said to Zhao Zhao: "The general retreats quickly, Lord Yao will set fire to the enemy and die together!" ”

To go further is to get away from the area.

Zhao Zhao is kind, and when he heard this, he hurriedly said: "Why didn't he break through, although Hou Moyue's cavalry is strong, I am not a vegetarian!" ”

Xun You is a member of the Bingzhou clan, a member of the Xun clan in the party, and the most outstanding son of the Xun clan in recent years.

It was also after Zhao Zhao's victory in merging the state that he came to serve Zhao Zhao, and Zhao Zhao was deeply used.

Xun You's ability is not inferior to Cui Huan, at this time he has already analyzed the reason, and hurriedly said: "Now we are not in the state army, as if we are mercenaries of the imperial court, we have a deep hatred for the foreign departments, but we don't have too much hatred for Western Qin. Now that Lord Yao is martyred, he can not only defeat Mo Yue, the Marquis of Western Qin, but also allow the general to better lead the military and people of the state, and his heart is clear. ”

Zhao Zhao knew that Xun You's words were reasonable, but he couldn't do it when he watched Xun You die, Xun You had no choice, so he ordered Zhao Zhao to be pulled away left and right.

The soldiers on the left and right did not dare to act rashly, Xun You scolded: "You also have wives and children, how can you let General Zhao do such a foolish thing, you just have to act, naturally I am responsible for it." ”

In this way, the left and right sides pulled Zhao Zhao backwards.

Yao Qin had successfully introduced Hou Moyue's troops into the reeds at this time, and they couldn't ride horses in many places, and the Western Qin soldiers even jumped off their horses and chased the Bingzhou army like a play.

At this time, Yao Qin suddenly felt a fire behind her, and when she looked back, sure enough, there was already a place in the reeds that had begun to catch fire, which was the direction in which Zhao Zhao was ambushing.

Yao Qin said with emotion: "Xunzifang still understands me!" ”

Then he ordered everyone to start arson, Yao Qin said impassionedly: "Soldiers, we can't be born on the same day and month of the same year, but now we die on the same day of the same year, the same month and the same day, which is also a blessing!" I, Yao Qin, thank you all here! ”

Of course, the sergeants knew what they would face after setting the fire, but there was no fear on everyone's faces, and they just shouted: "There are no people who are afraid of death in the Bingzhou army!" In the past, we followed Zhao Juma and made many military exploits, so it was long overdue to follow Zhao Juma! ”

Yao Qin then gathered his people and set a fire in the reeds.

The southwest wind was blowing extremely violently at this time, and the fire was extremely rapid, and before the Western Qin army could react, the fire had already reached the side.

In the sky-high firelight, it can be vaguely seen that thousands of Bingzhou troops have turned into burning people, but everyone is not afraid, just standing in place and waiting for death.

Hou Moyue saw that the fire had started, and immediately summoned and ordered the withdrawal of the troops.

But how can the speed of a person keep up with the footsteps of the upper hand, the fire quickly reversed towards Hou Moyue, and Hou Moyue couldn't care about anything else at this time, so he slapped his horse and ran back.

When the Western Qin army saw that the commander had fled, they also fled backwards, but the fear in their hearts overcame reason, and when the two sides fled, they panicked and trampled on each other.

Before many soldiers could run out of the fire, they were pushed to the ground by their companions, and for a moment, the wails of the Western Qin soldiers resounded throughout the land.

Zhao Zhao, who was dragged into the distance by the soldiers, looked at the fire in front of him, reflecting the entire sky in red, and couldn't help but feel sad from it, and couldn't help but kneel on the ground, with tears in his eyes.

The Bingzhou army was also silently looking into the distance at the moment, and they all knew that Yao Qin and his 3,000 people would never come back.

I don't know who cried first, but the first person cried. The second person also cried, and under the rendering of emotions, more than 10,000 people from the state army were all crying.

Xun You saw that the time had come, and immediately shouted: "The feelings in the hearts of all the soldiers, General Zhao and I both know!" The thieves of Western Qin, first robbed our land and homeland, and then killed 30,000 of our colleagues in Taihang Mountain, Lord Yao Qin is the smartest person in our state, and now he also died in the hands of Western Qin, this revenge will not be avenged, I Xun You swear not to be a person! ”

Zhao Zhao also shouted at this time: "Exactly, if this revenge is not avenged, what kind of face do I, Zhao Zhao, have to face the fathers and villagers of Bingzhou!" ”

At this time, the state army was excited, and the slogan of killing all the Qin thieves was endless.

Hou Moyue escaped by luck and began to gather the remnants, and found that only more than 6,000 of the 30,000 people fled back in disarray, Hou Moyue waited for a long time, and found that there was no return of the Western Qin soldiers, so he knew that everyone had died in the fire.

Hou Moyue felt a grief in his heart at the moment, more than 30,000 elites, and now they were burned, and in desperation, he had no choice but to plead guilty to Chang'an on the one hand, and inform Yu Wenzhi of the situation on the other.

But at the moment, where he is going is a problem, Tiandu will definitely not be able to take it, and this point is also cannon fodder when he goes to Tongguan, in order to preserve his strength, Hou Moyue decided to withdraw his troops and return to Tongwan City.

The news of the battle of Tiandu reached Chang'an, Yuan Shanqi scolded, Hou Moyue's troops were brave and good soldiers of Western Qin, mostly composed of Xiongnu, Mongolian, and Xianbei people, although there were many races, but the combat effectiveness was quite strong, with the equipment of Western Qin, it was like a tiger with wings.

Before, he lost 20,000 yuan in the upper valley, and now he lost more than 20,000 yuan in Tiandu.

In the past, Northern Qin was able to crush Southern Qi and Shanhu, relying on the Huainan Army, the Bingzhou Army and the Xiazhou Army.

Now that the Huainan Army has returned to Wei Ran, and the Bingzhou Army has returned to Min Shiyuan, half of the Xiazhou soldiers have disappeared, how can he rest assured.

Yuan Shan scolded: "Where is this Hou Moyue now? Why don't you come to Chang'an in person to ask for guilt. ”

Cui Jin said at this time: "It is estimated that he has returned to Tongwan City, he knows that he is deeply guilty, so he returned to Tongwan City in order to protect himself, at this time the Eastern Qin is using troops, it is not suitable to deal with him, His Majesty can issue an edict to encourage Hou Moyue, so that he quickly reorganized his troops and horses to go to Tiandu, we are under the pretext of increasing troops from Chang'an, waiting for the two armies to meet, taking the opportunity to empty his military power, to be liquidated afterwards." ”

Yuan Shan pondered carefully, and now there is only this way.

Yu Wenzhi, who got the news from Tongguan, also scolded at this time: "The soldiers of Xiazhou, although they are brave, are a group of pigs without brains. only knew that burning, killing and looting, and the slightest trick would collapse the army, when Han Jiu'er was there, because of Hou Moyue's bravery, he was appointed as a deputy general, and His Majesty actually used a pig to lead the strong troops in Xiazhou, which was really ridiculous. ”

But scolding and scolding, now Zhao Zhao has gained a firm foothold in Tiandu in the short term, if the next step is to attack Huazhou, Puzhou will become a lone army completely, Yuwen asked at this time: "Where is the Southern Qi army now?" ”

"After the Southern Qi army captured Yangcheng, they did not move, but they sent five thousand stone of grain."