The Eastern Qin cavalry, who was captured, suddenly threw a mouse trap and looked at each other.

Hu Shao was quite backbone, and shouted: "Don't worry about me, now the whole army will be led by General Mo Duolou." ”

Hearing this, Duan Weiyang sneered, and then threw Hu Shao to the guards, and shouted: "Tie up this fang and give it to King Qin." ”

At this time, the battle between the three parties had reached its most intense time, and when all three sides were almost exhausted, morale and faith became the driving force to support the fighting of the three sergeants.

After Duan Weiyang captured Hu Shao alive, he quickly annihilated all the Eastern Qin cavalry that had lost the backbone, and Mo Duolou was invincible at this time with only more than 300 horsemen left, and with He Basheng's more than 2,000 Xianbei cavalry, he took the opportunity to break away from the battlefield, and after a roundabout, he intended to attack on the west side of Yuwenzhi.

But it was very unfortunate that they happened to encounter the Southern Qi cavalry who also intended to bypass the Western Qin army to attack Fu Yuan's infantry phalanx, and after the two sides suddenly encountered, they began to engage in hand-to-hand combat.

Mo Duolou Invincible had a headache when he saw the elite armored cavalry of Southern Qi, and then looked at the Xianbei cavalry who were all thinly armored, and suddenly felt that there was almost no suspense in this battle.

The Xianbei cavalry held their breath at this time, and when they saw the Nanqi cavalry, they rushed over without saying anything.

Mo Duolou was invincible and couldn't hold back, so he had to say to the left and right: "I'll wait and see what happens!" ”

The leader of the cavalry of Nanqi saw the Xianbei cavalry babbling towards him, and he couldn't help laughing, and then shouted: "Formation!" Defend against the enemy! Kill! ”

Soon the battlefield on the flesh and blood, the Xianbei cavalry in the Southern Qi wolf tooth cavalry under the impact of the collapse in an instant, the Xianbei cavalry used the most commonly used running tactics, and suddenly found that the short spear was difficult to penetrate the armor of the Southern Qi army, only a few wolf tooth cavalry fell off the horse because of the impact, but they were only slightly injured, not injured.

The wolf-tooth cavalry picked up the sky-shaking horse, and after a volley, launched a charge at the Xianbei cavalry, the thinly armored Xianbei cavalry was unable to resist the power of the sky-shaking crossbow at all, and after suffering a round of volleys, they were either killed or wounded, and fell a large piece.

Then the cavalry of the Southern Qi began to harvest the lives of the Xianbei cavalry like cutting leeks, He Basheng was frightened when he saw it not far away, and hurriedly ordered his troops to retreat, at this time he noticed that Mo Duolou was invincible, and complained at the moment: "Why doesn't the general go up?" ”

Mo Duolou sneered and said: "This is the elite cavalry of the Southern Qi Dynasty, we are not an opponent, I haven't reminded him, the general rushed up, what does it have to do with me." ”

He Batsheng was speechless for a moment, at this time there were only more than 1,000 Xianbei cavalry left, Mo Duolou was invincible and immediately let He Batsheng lead his men and horses to retreat, and more than 1,000 people ran all the way and left the battlefield without looking back.

Fu Yuan's infantry army array had already broken down Yuwenzhi's main formation, but with the collapse of the Xianbei army and cavalry troops, the pressure on Yuwenzhi was greatly reduced, and with the support of the Southern Qi soldiers, the Western Qin army, which had almost collapsed, regrouped and began to launch a counterattack against Fu Yuan's army.

Fu Yuan's army was gradually unable to support the sudden pressure, Fu Yuan was a veteran of a hundred battles, and in the face of the sudden change, he immediately noticed the reason, it must be that the rest of the troops were all scattered, so Western Qin could gather all the main forces to attack him.

Thinking about this joint, Fu Yuan was not in love with war, and immediately ordered the whole army to retreat in formation.

Although Fu Yuan's army retreated in an orderly manner at this time, the intention of retreating was already very obvious, and Yuwen Zhi keenly seized the opportunity, hoping that the cavalry troops of Southern Qi would start to pursue.

Wei Ran also felt that the opportunity could not be lost, but he also felt that it was enough to repel Fu Yuan, and he didn't want to lose his troops, but because of Yuwenzhi's earnest words, he asked Duan Weiyang to lead a thousand people to pursue, and at the same time warned: "Don't chase the enemy too deeply." ”

Duan Weiyang naturally knew Wei Ran's intentions, but he just pretended to be pretending, and after pretending to pursue for more than ten miles, he killed hundreds of Western Qin soldiers and led the army back.

The battle of Hukoujian finally came to an end, and Duan Weiyang of the Southern Qi Dynasty captured Hu Shao, killed more than 10,000 Xianbei soldiers, and more than 6,000 Western Qin cavalry, which can be described as a fruitful battle.

Western Qin Yuwenzhi also defeated the living forces of Tongguan and Puzhou, which can be regarded as a lot of gains, Wei Ran and Yuwenzhi then met in the camp of Southern Qi, Yuwenzhi looked at Hu Shao, and said to Wei Ran: "It is not much benefit for the King of Qin to keep the prisoners of Eastern Qin, otherwise give Hu Shao to me, what does the King of Qin think?" ”

Wei Ran was surprised at the moment and asked, "What does General Yuwen want this prisoner to do?" ”

Yuwen Zhi didn't go around the bush, and said directly: "My younger brother Yuwen Ji was captured by Eastern Qin and has been sent to Luoyang, I want to exchange this person for Yuwen Ji, so I came to open my mouth to the King of Qin." ”

After Wei Ran heard this, he didn't answer directly, but instead put his eyes on Hu Shao, and thought for a long time before he spoke: "Hu Shao is the son of Hu Hua, Sikong of the Eastern Qin Dynasty, and his identity is extremely expensive, and Hu Hua is Min Shiyuan's teacher, is it too much to suffer by exchanging Hu Shao for Yuwen Ji?" ”

Yuwen Zhi heard this, and his heart was also unspeakably sour, if Yuwen and were not captured, Hu Shao would naturally be able to exchange for great benefits, but now that Yuwen and he were captured, after his grandfather and father died one after another, only this brother remained, so naturally he couldn't sit idly by.

However, Wei Ran said again: "Originally, I thought that it would be okay for this Hu Shao to be given to General Yuwen, but Hu Shao was personally captured by Duan Weiyang, the general under my command, if it is so handed over, I am afraid that I will not be able to explain to General Duan." It is true that I do have the right to call the shots, but in this way, it is inevitable that my subordinates will be chilled, what do you think, General Yuwen? ”

Yuwen Zhi complained in his heart, but he still had to say: "Since this is the case, it's just that now that I am in a weak position, I myself have no good things to exchange with King Qin." ”

In fact, Wei Ran also knew that although Yuwenzhi was now in a high position, it was true that the power of Western Qin was weak now, and the battle of Tongguan Puban suffered heavy losses, if the exploitation was too great, I am afraid that Yuwenzhi would also turn his face on the spot.

After hesitating again and again, Wei Ran said: "My Wei family, many people have been exiled to the land of Liangzhou as slaves, now I will give Hu Shao to you, General Yuwen has to send all the clansmen sent to the land of Liangzhou by my Wei family back to Southern Qi, if the general agrees to this matter, I will immediately hand over Hu Shao to General Yuwen." ”

It turned out that after Wei Zhi was framed for treason, he was ordered by Yuan Jian to punish the nine clans, and then under the mediation of the old department of the DPRK, he finally changed to exterminate the three clans of the immediate family, and the rest of the clansmen were assigned to Liangzhou.

Wei Ran is now in a high position in Southern Qi, and the clansmen are still suffering in the north, I didn't want to mention these things before, because I didn't want to confuse private affairs with state affairs, and now I just use Hu Shao as a personal favor, isn't it beautiful.

Yuwenzhi did not hesitate, and agreed immediately.

The speed of the promise was so fast that even Wei Ran couldn't help but be stunned, and couldn't help but speak: "Isn't there a need to discuss with Yuan Shan at this time? ”

Yu Wenzhi shook his head and said: "Now that the two countries are on good terms, if the people of King Qin's clan stay in Beiliang as slaves, it is unreasonable, although Your Majesty is not... But he still understands the truth here. ”

Wei Ran couldn't help but sigh, and finally returned to the topic and said, "What is General Yuwen's plan?" Now the frustration canal is admittedly a heavy loss, but the troops in the pass can be sent to attack Tongguan, I returned to Yangcheng to order Liu Renye to wave Luoyang, Luoyang's soldiers can not rescue Tongguan, Tongguan can be broken soon. ”

Yuwen thought so, but when he thought of Zhao Zhao who was in Chaibi, he had a headache and said: "Having said that, but Zhao Zhao is currently leading the army to be stationed in Chaibi, and he can also support Tongguan. ”

Wei Ran smiled without saying a word, glanced at the north, and said seemingly unintentionally: "It's autumn soon, and the Turks are going south to fight the grass valley again." ”

The defeated troops of the Eastern Qin Dynasty fled all the way to the outside of Tongguan, and after Fuqu admittedly brought people into the city, he only saw Mo Duolou Invincible and He Basheng, but did not see Hu Shao, and asked at the moment: "Where is General Hu?" ”

Mo Duolou was invincible and ashamed and didn't dare to speak, and He Basheng said in a nuonuo voice: "The general forgives the sin, General Hu was captured by the Southern Qi, and he doesn't know whether he is alive or dead." ”

Fuqu Cheng was suddenly shocked: "Hu Shao is the son of Sikong, and now he is in the hands of an enemy, what should we do?" ”

But this is not the most important thing, after carefully inquiring about the battle situation, Fuqu said gloomily: "Originally, if our army occupied Tongguan, it would open the door to Chang'an, at most three years, the thieves can be destroyed, Wei Ran is now directly involved in the war, not swaying from side to side as before, we are equivalent to returning to the Three Kingdoms at the end of the Han Dynasty, or even worse, Cao Cao still occupied the land of Guanzhong in the past, and we did not even have the land of Guanzhong." ”

Mo Duolou Invincible was indignant at this time, and scolded angrily: "The people of the Southern Dynasty are all jackals, in the past and the tiger skin, I feel very inappropriate, now it seems that the future is endless, since the Qian Dynasty moved south, the southern people are getting richer and richer, I see Wei Ran's elite division, all holding sharp blades, wearing fine armor, unordinary sergeants can be compared, field battles can be a ten, so suffered this defeat." ”

When Fuqu heard this, he could only sigh: "The Southern Dynasty has a vast geography, a territory of thousands of miles, and can trade with overseas, plus in recent years, it has been constantly attacking cities and conquering places, so Wei Ran has such financial resources to raise elite soldiers, and now our great enemies can only be thieves in the Western Dynasty, Wei Ran is brave, if it is not complete, it is invincible." ”

But then several people were worried about Hu Shao's affairs, and Mo Duolou's invincible eyes suddenly lit up, and said: "General Zhao Zhao captured Yuwenzhi's brother Yuwenji, and we can discuss with Yuwenzhi and exchange Yuwenji for Hu Shao." ”

Although Frustrated Qu admittedly agrees with this plan, he feels that it is slightly inappropriate, Yuwen and after all, he is a partial general, not even a general, and he is more noble Hu Shao, I'm afraid it is a little difficult, besides, Hu Shao is in the hands of Nanqi, how can he exchange it with Yuwen Zhi?

Outside the city of Puzhou, Fu Yuan, who led the army to retreat to Puzhou, saw the bright moon in the city, and immediately cried bitterly and said: "The last general is incompetent, and the three armies are involved, and the army is defeated by the Southern Qi army in Hukou Stream." ”

When Hu Lu Mingyue heard this, she was also depressed in her heart, and then said: "General, please get up, the southerners are cunning, and they collude with the western thieves, the disparity in the strength of the troops, the time is not in me, and the crime of non-general warfare is also, now the elite of Tongguan has lost more than half, and the western thieves will inevitably take this opportunity to attack Tongguan, I have to quickly contact Zhao Tingshi to seek a way to protect Tongguan, if Nanqi and Western Qin send troops to attack Tongguan together, then Tongguan is in danger." ”

Just when the two were discussing, Zhao Zhao, the assassin of Bingzhou, came to Puban City in person, and the two of them were stunned, not knowing the deep meaning of Zhao Zhao's coming.

Zhao Zhao said straight to the point: "Now if you want to keep Tongguan, the only way to turn defense into offense, cross the Yellow River to attack the pass, we will take Puban and Chaibi as the foundation, go deep into the Guanzhong area, and force the Western Qin army not to dare to stay in Tongguan for a long time, so as to ensure that Tongguan is foolproof." ”

Zhao Zhao has grown a lot now, and then ordered someone to take the map and said: "We can attack Huazhou first, and then go all the way west, Bingfeng points directly to Chang'an, then Sima Linhai will definitely return to help, Tongguan to the danger can be solved, and then we can attack Luoyang, retreat into Tongguan, build a camp outside Tongguan, build a long-term defense line, and wait for the west thief to collapse." ”

Zhao Zhaozhi's suggestion made the two of them light up, and it was indeed a good idea to switch from defense to offense.

But then Hu Lu Mingyue was a little confused: "Forced into the pass, there are many soldiers and horses needed, where do the soldiers come from?" ”

It turned out that now the Qingzhou army has suffered heavy losses, and it is difficult to recruit in a short time, and the troops of Luoyang have to guard against the Southern Qi army in Yangcheng.

Zhao Zhao naturally came prepared, and said unhurriedly: "I thought that I would send 30,000 troops from Jinyang again, and I would be able to reach Pusaka in a few days. ”

The so-called soldiers and horses have not moved, grain and grass first, Puban is the most suitable city for hoarding grain, then go deep into the hinterland, Puban's grain road is extremely important, Zhao Zhao then said: "Now I personally sit in Puban, General Hu Lu and General Fu these days led the army to quickly build the city defense, I have asked people to go to Luoyang to report, let His Majesty find a way to raise grain and grass, grain and grass and I and the state army arrived, we will immediately pull. ”

At this time, outside Luoyang City, once again fell into panic, the Southern Qi army made a comeback, and the soldiers were even worse, Wei Ran led an army of 100,000 to besiege Luoyang City, and this time it was even more direct, taking advantage of the unpreparedness of the Luoyang defenders, bypassing Luoyang in one fell swoop to conquer Kim Yong City, and sending troops to attack Heyang South City, intending to occupy Nancheng, occupy the Yellow River Bridge, and prevent Yecheng reinforcements from going south to rescue Luoyang.

Min Shiyuan in the city was shocked by this, but there was no good general in his hands for a while, and Shi Shen Wenxiu, the commander of the Qingzhou march who stayed in Luoyang City at this time, suddenly said to Min Shiyuan: "Duke of Jin, if you want to go further now, you must personally lead the army to relieve the siege of Luoyang Nancheng, if you can force back the Southern Qi army this time, then the Duke of Jin is the first achievement, and he will definitely be able to enter the king." ”

When Min Shiyuan swayed from side to side, Hu Hua also comforted: "What Lord Shen said is very true, although our dynasty has a vast land and sufficient population, but the Duke of Jin has not made outstanding military achievements so far, if he can defeat the Southern Qi army in one fell swoop, then no one in the court dares to criticize." ”