Everything was as Wei Ran expected, under the charge and killing of the cavalry, although the Qingzhou army still had combat strength, more than half of the war horses were slaughtered, especially the war horses by the lake, driven by the cavalry of the Southern Qi Dynasty, scattered and fled, and the camp was in chaos.

Wei Ran's Southern Qi infantry had also joined the siege at this time, building an offensive outside the camp and digging horse pits to prevent the Qingzhou soldiers from breaking through.

At this time, He Batsheng saw that all the horses in the camp had fallen to the ground, and the horses in the camp were scattered and chaotic, but the losses of the soldiers in the battalion were not particularly much, most of the Xianbei soldiers had gathered in formation and could start to effectively resist the impact of the Southern Qi cavalry, He Batsheng began to think about what the real purpose of Wei Ran's move was.

If it was to decapitate enough Xianbei cavalry, then at first there was time to raid the camps and create more chaos, rather than attacking the horses.

But then when he saw the Southern Qi infantry outside and began to build fortifications, He Basheng immediately knew in his heart that Wei Ran was going to annihilate them all here, and the military rations they brought were actually not much, because the distance from Luoyang to Tongguan was not far, and Tongguan had enough military rations to feed 20,000 people, and secondly, after they lost most of their horses, in fact, their combat effectiveness was not necessarily stronger than that of the Southern Qi soldiers who were familiar with the battle array.

He Batsheng immediately made a decision and ordered his general He Liu to gather more than 5,000 people and forcibly attack the Southern Qi soldiers who were building fortifications on the east side.

Because he keenly found that in fact, the fortifications on the east side were built the slowest in the east, which should be so that the Southern Qi cavalry could evacuate, so he wanted to seize this loophole and take advantage of the chaos to kill the generals while the Southern Qi fortifications were not completed.

But Wei Ran wanted to let the Southern Qi cavalry retreat, how could he not think of this, there were no horse pits and ravines built here, but because Wei Ran was equipped with chariots and crossbows here, just at the same time as the Qingzhou soldiers impacted, the shield hands suddenly dispersed, and then launched dozens of ballistas, each ballista can send out eight long crossbows at the same time, the momentum is heavy, because the combat area is quite narrow at this time, the cavalry can not be used at all, so He Basheng's Qingzhou soldiers just charged halfway, only to see the sky of long crossbows breaking through the air.

The momentum was so strong that some long crossbows could penetrate several people, and under a round of volleys, the Xianbei soldiers suffered heavy losses, and He Liu was also seriously injured and was unable to fight again.

Seeing this, He Basheng was greatly shocked in his heart: "Wei Ran must have been plotting for a long time, and it is not easy to transport such chariots."

At this time, He Basheng was quite annoyed, if he had arranged the sentry earlier, he would not have been able to detect such a large-scale march, but at this time, it was useless to say more, and the situation in the Hukou Stream was already very unoptimistic.

After a period of charging and killing, the Southern Qi cavalry and the Western Qin cavalry had already retreated according to the original route, and He Basheng immediately gathered his troops and wanted to rush out after the Southern Qi cavalry.

But I didn't expect the Southern Qi cavalry to be fearless of death, and actually left more than 300 people behind, separating the large army from the Qingzhou soldiers at a distance of dozens of meters, and after the Southern Qi cavalry had all entered the military formation, the remaining Southern Qi soldiers all jumped off the war horses and stabbed the war horses with long knives.

Subsequently, the surviving Nanqi cavalry took advantage of this gap and retreated safely behind the chariot array.

Seeing this, Duan Weiyang breathed a long sigh of relief, this behavior was quite thrilling, and he accidentally gave up his previous achievements, fortunately, Wei Ran brought the elite of the Tianxiong army, and the execution was undoubted, even Duan Weiyang had to sigh that it was really the world's heroic army.

After seeing that the Southern Qi army had retreated to the fortifications, He Basheng angrily nailed the long knife in his hand to the ground and scolded: "Nanqi child, there are endless conspiracies and tricks, it is really an angry old man. ”

Duan Weiyang saw He Basheng and quipped: "He Ba Mountain, you can think of whether there is today." ”

The mountain is He Basheng's expression, and He Basheng saw Duan Weiyang actually teasing him like this, and said angrily: "Bastard, you have the ability to fight with the old man." ”

Duan Weiyang said with a smile: "He Ba Lao'er, fighting alone, do you ask yourself?" Is it my adversary? Don't deceive yourself here. ”

With the complete construction of the three fortifications, most of the Xianbei soldiers have no possibility of breaking through, unless Wei Ran's army is dispersed.

He Basheng fell into despair at this time, and his generals persuaded one after another: "The top priority is to send the dead to ask for help in the direction of Tongguan and Pusaka, most of our people do not know the nature of water, but we can carry people with better water ability to break through from the north and go to the rescue." ”

He Basheng's eyes suddenly lit up, although the Southern Qi army surrounded him, but after all, this is the territory of Eastern Qin, Wei Ran's troops are here, but the number of people will not be too much, if you can gather reinforcements and attack Wei Ran before and after, Wei Ran will definitely be defeated.

Thinking of this, He Batsheng left and asked, "Is there someone with better water ability who can break through from the north?" ”

If you want to break through, you have to swim to the other side of the lake, and it is the best time to take advantage of the fact that Wei Ran can't camp on the other side of the lake now.

After some deliberation in the army, they selected a number of people with better water skills, ordered them to swim to the opposite bank, and then asked for help from Tongguan and Pusaka.

At this time, someone said: "It's a pity that the war horse can't cross the river, so I'm afraid that I have to rely on my legs to call for help." ”

At this time, He Batsheng said: "If you can find a horse around, you can take it." ”

Duan Weiyang said to Wei Ran in the middle of the army formation at this time: "If He Basheng wants to ask for help, he must leave from the north. ”

Wei Ran nodded, and then pondered: "Yes, so I sent someone to leave a few horses there." ”

After saying this, the two looked at each other and smiled: "If you rely on your legs, I'm afraid that when the reinforcements arrive, He Basheng will not be able to support it for a long time." ”

The main purpose of Wei Ran's attack on He Basheng was to force the reinforcements from Puban and Tongguan to come to the rescue, and then surround the point to send reinforcements.

He Basheng was unable to break through at this time, Wei Ran was not in a hurry to attack, the two sides fell into a delicate balance, and the battlefield with more than 40,000 people gathered was not moving, which was also a great spectacle in the world.

But Wei Ran would not let He Batsheng be so comfortable, and from time to time he would send people to launch some rockets into the camp to harass He Batsheng, and he had nothing to do.

That's not all, after Wei Ran thought about it, he asked the soldiers on the arrow tower to throw dung into the camp, and suddenly the entire Xianbei camp was really stinking.

He Basheng shrank in the tent, and when he saw such a ridiculous thing, he couldn't help but feel angry, and said to the left and right: "How can Wei Ran be so vulgar if he is still such a prominent person. ”

scolded and scolded, but for the behavior of the Southern Qi soldiers, He Basheng was really powerless to stop them, so he could only let the Southern Qi soldiers keep insulting them.

The Xianbei people who crossed the river really found a few war horses, and they were all war horses with excellent foot strength, but this group of simple-minded people didn't feel anything wrong at all, and just thought about taking the war horses and leaving.

The soldiers of the Southern Qi pretended to be merchants, and after a little resistance, they pretended to scatter and fled, allowing the Xianbei soldiers to take their horses and leave, and then a small number of people followed in the distance, and the rest went back to return to Wei Ran.

After Wei Ran learned that the Xianbei soldiers had captured the horses, he couldn't help laughing: "Cheng Ye, if Tongguan and Puban don't save them when they see death, we will swallow this Xianbei elite, and it can be regarded as revenge for General Zhang." ”

After dawn, Fuqu admittedly saw that there were no Yuwenzhi's subordinates on the east side, and thought that Yuwenzhi had escaped, and regretted at the moment: "Yuwenzhi turned out to be the end of the crossbow, and he missed the opportunity yesterday." ”

Sima Linhai attacked very fiercely on the west side, but suddenly found that the number of Tongguan defenders seemed to increase, and it became clear at the moment that Yuwenzhi did not launch an attack on the other side, thinking that he must have other ideas, so after attacking for a while, Sima Linhai ordered to collect his troops.

Frustrated Qu admittedly saw that Sima Linhai retreated so quickly today, and he also figured it out, it must have been Sima Linhai and Yuwenzhi who had an agreement, and now that Yuwenzhi is not attacking, Sima Linhai naturally does not move.

Just when Fuqu was admittedly relieved, suddenly Hu Shao hurriedly ran and said, "There are two or three people outside the gate who came to ask for help. ”

"Asking for help?" Fuqu Cheng suddenly felt strange, how to ask for help

Hu Shao immediately explained: "The last general has already asked, Your Majesty ordered the governor of Qingzhou, Shi He Basheng, to lead the Xianbei cavalry to support Tongguan, and he didn't want to be ambushed in Hukou Stream, and now that the army is besieged, it is impossible to break through at all." ”

Fuqu Cheng frowned, and said to Hu Shao: "Are you laughing again? Yuwen has more than 10,000 people, how to besiege these tens of thousands of Xianbei cavalry? ”

Hu Shao suddenly smiled bitterly, and said in disbelief: "The Xianbei people said that it was not Yuwenzhi who besieged the camp, but the army of Southern Qi, and Wei Ran personally led the army, and the last general also felt quite mysterious, but it didn't look like a fake." ”

Frustrated Qu Cheng immediately received the two messengers, and when he saw that they were still holding the seal of the great general of Ho Batsheng, he knew that it was indeed Ho Batsheng's army that was besieged.

At that moment, Fuqu Cheng asked, "Can you ask Pusaka for help?" ”

Xianbei Bing nodded and said: "The general ordered me to ask for help from Tongguan and Puban, I waited for Tongguan to come, and a few people went to Puban." ”

Frustrated Qu Chengran then asked, "Have you ever informed Luoyang?" ”

Xianbei soldiers shook their heads: "Hukou Stream and Luoyang are far away, we are not good at food and grass, if we wait for Luoyang to come to the army, we will definitely starve to death in the Hukou Stream, and now only Tongguan and Puban can send troops as soon as possible to break the siege." And my general said that Wei Ran should be a lone army, at most twenty or thirty thousand people, as long as the reinforcements attack from behind, the Southern Qi army will undoubtedly collapse, and there is a chance to capture Wei Ran alive. ”

Although the idea was a good idea, Fu Qu admittedly thought of Yu Wenzhi who suddenly disappeared, and suddenly had a bad thought in his heart, and then looked at Hu Shao and said, "Do you say that it is possible for Yu Wenzhi to join forces with Wei Ran?" ”

These words also startled Hu Shao. If Western Qin and Southern Qi join forces to fight, then the situation will be serious, after all, it is one thing to fight separately and echo each other, and it is another thing for the soldiers of both sides to cooperate sincerely and dispatch each other.

Hu Shao pondered for a moment, but still didn't dare to make up his mind.

But at present, He Basheng is in danger, and it is true that if he does not save him, not only will the imperial court lose the support of Qingzhou, but if Qingzhou is allowed to fall to Southern Qi, it will be very bad.

And Fuqu is indeed Min Shiyuan's hand-picked general, and it will also affect Min Shiyuan's reputation.

Fuqu Chengran then said: "General Hu, you send five thousand elite soldiers from the pass to the rescue. ”

Hu Shao immediately dissuaded: "No, there are more than 10,000 people in Tongguan, and 5,000 people are withdrawn, if Sima Linhai and Yuwenzhi come from both sides, how can they hold on?" Let's wait for Kasaka to send troops. ”

Fuqu Cheng just shook his head, looked into the distance with deep eyes, and said: "Pusaka will also send troops, there is no doubt about this, but the Pusaka garrison is now more than 20,000 people, too many levies, it is easier to be broken by Western Qin's crossing of the Yellow River, we can only wait like this, I will let people inform Pusaka, or leave most of the city to defend the city." ”

Frustrated Qu admittedly then asked people to take the Xianbei soldiers down to rest, and he explained to Hu Shao: "Now it is a dilemma to save or not, but if you really see death and don't save it, you will inevitably lose the hearts of the people in Qingzhou. ”

Hu Shao's heart warmed, and he immediately understood the deep meaning of Fuqu Cheng, whether he could save He Basheng is one thing, but whether he can save or not is another thing, as long as he sends a soldier, he will give Qingzhou an explanation to Luoyang.

Pu Ban also got the news at this time, Hu Lu Mingyue and Mo Duolou were invincible, and Fu Yuan and the three of them discussed: "The lone army of Southern Qi is deep, this is a good opportunity for the world, I guess Wei Ran must have come to Henan by water, there are not many cavalry, most of them are foot soldiers, if they can take advantage of the situation to encircle, it is also a great credit." ”

As soon as these words came out, Mo Duolou Invincible and Fu Yuan glanced at each other, and they both felt that the opportunity was not easy to come by.

Hu Lu Mingyue analyzed: "Besides, He Basheng is the history of the governor of Qingzhou, representing the hearts of the people of Qingzhou. ”

Mo Duolou's invincible is not valued in the court, Fu Yuan is a general, the two of them were defeated in Puzhou before, if it weren't for Hu Lu Mingyue to come to the aid in time, I'm afraid that both of them would be demoted to civilians, and now they have the opportunity to make meritorious contributions, how can they miss it.

Mo Duolou was invincible and said at the moment: "Since this is the case, I led the elite soldiers in the city out and captured Wei Ran Xiao'er in one fell swoop. ”

But at this moment, Fu Yuan said: "There are only more than 20,000 people in the city now, if most of them are transferred, the West Qin crosses the Yellow River, and the Puban city defense has not been repaired, and it is very easy to be taken advantage of by the West Qin, it is better to transfer 5,000 elite cavalry to cover and kill the Southern Qi army formation, no matter what, at the same time, just in case, you can go to the direction of Chaibi to inform Zhao Tingshi to see if he can send troops to come, if he can send troops, I will send more manpower, this is a safe way." ”

Hu Lu Mingyue thought so, and then ordered Mo Duolou to lead an army of 5,000 to support Hukou Stream, and asked Fu Yuan to gather 10,000 soldiers who were good at fighting, as a backup, if Zhao Zhaoken sent troops, he could send all these 10,000 people.

Hu Lu Mingyue then ordered people to strengthen their vigilance on the east bank of the Yellow River, and if there were signs of crossing the river in Western Qin, they must be reported as soon as possible.

After the arrangements were made, Hu Lu Mingyue sighed with emotion: "The wind and clouds will meet, almost all the talents of the three kingdoms have gathered in this land of Henan. ”