The farmland has been covered with a thin layer of snow.

Anyone familiar with farming knows that a few more snowfalls will surely lead to a good harvest next year.

Inside the low earthen walls, the vegetable beds are neatly planned.

The hemp rope on the shaft has been frozen to a solid foundation, and a straw hut has been built on the well, which has fallen with snow.

Dozens of huts were enclosed by earthen walls.

Although the house is simple, it has a lot of life.

There are a few handmade small objects hanging under the eaves, which should be for children to play.

There were several vegetable baskets at the door, and there were freshly picked salted vegetables in the baskets.

The color of the salty mushroom is golden, and the pickle is just right, and at a glance you know that the hostess is very virtuous, and the housework is in hand.

The interior of the house was spotlessly clean.

Although the house is simple, it is neatly placed, most of them are new, only one jewelry box is a little old, which may have commemorative significance.

"Bang!" The cold wind blew, and the bedroom door was suddenly blown open and slammed against the earthen wall.

A dark red trail of blood stretched from the threshold to the inside.

Walking along the bloodstains, what I saw was the corpse of a baby.

The baby was supposed to have been thrown to death, with his eyes closed, his small fists clenched, and a stream of blood spilling from the corner of his mouth.

Farther in, a woman leaned against an earthen wall, naked, her lower body in a mess, and she had been dead for a long time.

After carefully searching the other houses, the corpses of the old people could be seen everywhere, followed by children, women the least, and Ding Zhuang did not see any of them.

The soldiers quickly withdrew from this fort wall.

There are several "fresh" corpses outside the gate of the fort wall, and the outfits and hair accessories should be Huns.

On the post road beyond the fort wall, the torrent of steel rolled eastward without stopping.

Groups of knights walked on either side of the torrent, bows hung at their waists, spears in their hands, and hideous heads under their saddles.

The knight in gold armor came from behind, and everyone saluted him.

In the battle of Jianshui, more than 4,700 Hun infantry cavalry were killed before and after, completely defeating the cavalry advantage that he was proud of.

It turned out that the cavalry had no advantage when the logistics were sufficient, the soldiers were capable and brave, and they fought on the inside line, with multiple stops and resting points along the way.

When the Jin army forcibly crossed the stream, they even lost the initiative on the battlefield to fight if they wanted to, and left if they didn't want to fight, and were forced to attack the well-defended elite infantry with short and long attacks, resulting in a heavy defeat.

Song Zhou in the battle of Mengjin, if he carried more than a month's worth of grain and grass and set up a village at the ferry, with the strength of the 5,000 right guard forbidden army, he would not necessarily be wiped out.

But he made the wrong choice. This shows how important it is to follow the right person – and now everyone understands it.

The snow is getting heavier.

One after another, cold and biting.

The long queue of cars is less than a day's distance from Luoyang, and it will be able to reach the city tomorrow morning at the latest.

What will the Huns do?

Continue to stop them at all costs, or simply retreat home?

The choice is in Liu Cong's hands.

Theoretically, he still holds the initiative.

If you go now, with the more than 30,000 light cavalry surviving, in the open Luoyang Basin, you can completely use the numerical advantage to grind down and even encircle and annihilate the cavalry of the Jin army little by little.

And the Jin infantry that could fight, under the harassment of the light cavalry, could not increase their speed, and could not catch up with the retreating Liu Han infantry.

He can get out of the way, and he can just leave if he wants to.

******

Let's turn back the clock a few days.

Just when Shao Xun led his troops to leave Ganshuikou and go to Jianshui, a major event occurred in the Dayang Ferry in Hedong.

The great Sikong Hu Yanyi, who was urged by Liu Cong, did not raise enough food and grass to set off from Pingyang with 50,000 or 60,000 infantry troops and arrived in Dayang on the night of the first day of November.

The weather was cold and frozen, and the infantry troops from the Xiongnu, Han, Di, Qiang, Qian, Xianbei and other miscellaneous Hu were undersupplied, not only shivering from the cold, but also having their rations cut in order to save more food and send it to the front line for the cavalry to consume.

This ignited their anger.

Combined infantry is inferior to cavalry, right?

The Jin Kingdom is all cavalry with infantry to fight, should we have to reverse it here, and the infantry with cavalry to fight?

Hu Yanyi is a relative of Liu Han's descendants, how respected? Of course, he knew the dissatisfaction of the soldiers, but it was difficult for a good woman to cook without rice and could not turn into food, what could he do? Although he is still big fish and meat tonight, he is a beautiful woman, and his life is boundless.

However, as the commotion outside became more and more intense, he was quite drunk and had to leave the arms of the beauty and go out to inspect.

After encountering a few tribal marshals who openly contradicted him, he was furious and ordered him to be killed left and right.

And at this moment, an arrow was shot in the darkness, right in the throat of Hu Yanyi, and came out through the neck......

The consequences of this arrow were very serious, and tens of thousands of troops lost their restraints, and they all returned from Dayang, returning to their respective tribes and dock forts, and it was impossible to be recruited to Luoyang in a short time.

The news that Hu Yanyi was killed by his subordinates was sent to Luoyang by 500 miles of expeditious delivery, and was submitted to Liu Cong's desk in the middle of the night after the fourth day of the Lunar New Year.

After dawn, Liu Cong, who had a gloomy face, convened the generals to discuss the matter and announced the bad news on the spot.

There was a moment of silence in the tent.

Since the division was released, the two generals of Huyanyi and Huyanhao have been damaged, and the losses of soldiers and horses in each battalion are no less than 15,000.

Although most of them were either Ding Zhuang under the account of Zhao Gu, the general of Anbei, or miscellaneous Hu from all walks of life, the soldiers and horses of the Xiongnu headquarters who died in the war also reached an astonishing 3,000.

Moreover, the loss of miscellaneous soldiers is too much, and it is not without negative effects.

At least, the morale of the whole army is a little low at the moment, and it is really not suitable to fight anymore.

But who is to say this?

Everyone, you look at me, I look at you, and in the end, it was Liu Yao, the general of Long Xiang, who came out to speak: "Governor, retire." ”

Liu Cong was silent, but his expression was obviously not very happy.

Liu Yao ignored him, and said to himself: "Although everything is being raised today, the grain and grass in the army have never exceeded the needs of seven days. Oh, the field battle has been lost recently, and the siege is unfavorable, and many people have died, and there is a little surplus of grain and grass, which may last more than ten days. ”

Liu Yao said this, it's really a hell of a joke.

Everyone looked at him, and then at Liu Cong.

Liu Cong still didn't have any expression.

Liu Yao didn't seem to realize what he meant at all, and only listened to him continue: "The Jin army has counterattacked on all fronts on the periphery, and if you don't withdraw at this time, the results will be lost. ”

Achievement?

In Liu Cong's understanding, the results may be limited to those goods and women who were brought back by the grain transportation team.

Perhaps there is also a blow to the prestige of the Jin Kingdom.

But this kind of thing can't be seen or touched, you say there is, if people don't recognize it, then there is no, how can it be used as a real credit?

"Governor, withdraw. No infantry army will come, and Luoyang City cannot be captured. Liu Yao looked at Liu Cong and said earnestly: "I am willing to lead the headquarters to be cut off." After the army returns to Binh Duong, it may be possible to take a detailed look at it, and it may not be impossible to come back next year. ”

When Liu Cong heard this, he was a little moved, Yongming is really thinking about national affairs.

Yesterday's siege ended in failure again.

He personally supervised the battle, and he could see it clearly, Zhao Gu was really hardworking, he didn't hide his secrets, but his strength was not good, the Jin army was not paper-based, and the number was numerous, and he could only be defeated in the end.

Perhaps, as Yongming said, Luoyang will really not be able to be won this year.

After all, the Jin Kingdom still has some luck, and it has to be dissipated for a while, and then it will attack before it can be captured.

Thinking of this, Liu Cong sighed and said, "Let the Son of Heaven decide this matter." The camps - retreat to the north of the city first. ”

Liu Yao frowned slightly and retreated.

When the king of Chu said this, he actually still had a little thought in his heart.

According to his heart, he probably didn't want to withdraw his troops so hastily. Helplessly, the situation is here, and he can't help it. In the end, it can only be pushed to the Son of Heaven and let the Son of Heaven make the decision for him.

Fortunately, the Son of Heaven is much stronger than the King of Chu.

He should have known about Dayang earlier than the King of Chu, maybe the angel had already traveled day and night and rushed to Luoyang.

The retreat of the army has been in a moment.

******

Situ Peng Lezhao hurriedly entered the Xie Mansion.

The smell of fat powder fills the air. Sniff carefully, and there may be aromas of wine and meat.

In the deep winding path, the sound of silk and bamboo bursts, and the laughter of men and the coquettishness of women are mixed in.

After turning a shadow wall, the sound suddenly became louder.

Le Zhao didn't stop and entered the hall.

The warmth of spring rushed to his face, which instantly dispelled the chill in his body, making him so comfortable that he wanted to moan.

As far as the eye can see, the woman's white skin and the man's black chest hair complement each other.

The smell of medicine was in the air.

White flesh worms wriggled in the arms of the drunken-eyed man.

Some people laughed, some people kept drinking, some people chanted poems, some people scolded, and so on.

The servant cautiously walked over a few stalls of drunken rotten meat, walked lightly in front of Xie Kun, and whispered a few words in his ear.

Xie Kun was still sober, raised his eyes to look at Le Zhao, and said with a smile: "Hongmao is here, can you drink a cup?" ”

Le Zhao smiled reluctantly, bowed down, and said, "Join the army, Situ is invited." ”

"Oh? What's the matter? Xie Kun glanced at the hall, where many of Situ's staff could wander.

"The Xiongnu in the west and east of the city are retreating, and Situ has gone to the Ximing Tower, inviting Liu, Pan Erchangshi, you to join the army, and the generals of the battalions to the city tower to watch the thief's situation." Le Zhao replied.

Actually, Le Zhao doesn't look down on Xie Kun.

This person was born in the Xia Xie clan of Chen Junyang, famous for Confucianism, and good at talking about "Lao Tzu" and "Zhou Yi", can sing, be good at drumming and piano, do not cultivate prestige, and disdain to run general affairs.

In the first year of Guangxi (306), he entered the palace, was willful and indulgent, and was not bound by etiquette and law, and was later expelled from the list.

After going home to live idlely, I saw that the Gao girl next door was beautiful, and I went to flirt again.

Others made fun of him about this, and Xie Kun said proudly: "It doesn't affect my singing!" ”

Because Xie Kun was famous, when Situ went out of Yanzhou, he became one of the soldiers and asked for military advice from time to time.

"Well, that's the right thing. Wait a moment. After listening to Le Zhao's words, Xie Kun nodded, got up and went to the inner room, washed his face first, changed his clothes, and then left with Le Zhao.

When the two arrived at Ximing Tower, they only saw a group of people pressed by the black.

But the strange thing is that so many people gathered here and it was very quiet, and everyone looked out of the city with serious faces.

Xie Kun and Le Zhao squeezed to the front, looked down, and were stunned.

In the wilderness to the west, drums were beating, and a convoy of about 10,000 people was slowly moving forward.

Wherever the convoy went, it seemed to chop waves and push the Hun cavalry that spread all over the field outward.

After the convoy passed, the waves of cavalry gradually closed again.

After a while, the convoy stopped, head to end.

Suddenly, a large group of soldiers crossed the chariot formation and advanced to the left and right sides.

The dark armor, the silver gun, the neat pace, and the solemn bearing all tell people that this is an elite division.

The soldiers held their guns steadily, and in the heavy snow, they were moving forward step by step.

They took a step forward, and the Hun cavalry took a step back.

It wasn't until thirty paces had they all stopped, helmets and armor, and stood in the snow.

The formation began to adjust.

After a few moments, an oval formation was adjusted.

The cavalry moved and launched an assault on the Hun light cavalry in the distance.

The government soldiers also got on their horses one after another, and after rushing forward, the Hun light cavalry avoided one after another.

The infantry began to draw their ranks, half forward, half backward.

After withdrawing half of the men, the other half also withdrew under the cover of strong crossbows and rifle bows.

The cavalry and government soldiers who stirred up the Huns' light horsemen, chickens, dogs, and jumps also withdrew, and many of them still had arrows stuck in their bodies, but their expressions were relaxed and high-spirited, and they laughed and entered the car formation.

The car array suddenly closed, as complete as ever.

The Huns seemed to be annoyed and angry because they had been tricked, and thousands of horsemen surrounded them from all directions, circling and shooting.

But in the wind and snow, the arrow is not accurate, and it can't shoot far. On the contrary, the strong crossbow can still be used improvised, and every time it is fired, it can always take away a few unlucky Huns.

The Huns soon found that this was too much of a loss, and Hulala withdrew into the distance. It didn't take long for everyone to head north, disappearing into the horizon.

Calm returned to the battlefield.

Shao Xun climbed a temporary high platform and looked at the city.

The Yue generals at the head of the city were dumbfounded.

The soldiers of the forbidden army at the head of the city were dumbfounded.

Wang and Pei were dumbfounded.

Luoyang was dumbfounded.

Is this - all the way through?