On the empty field on the north shore of the river, the noise soars into the sky.

Thousands of thieves were crushed and crushed backwards.

At first, the rout was broken up into only a few units.

However, with the brave pursuit of the Silver Spear Army, the enemy army became more and more outrageous, from more than 1,000 people to hundreds of people, and then to 100 people. In the end, groups of routs appeared, and the collapse was really terrible.

No one is trying to gather the rout, and now is not the time.

Wang Sang galloped wildly surrounded by his own soldiers, followed by a few empty horses.

Chang Cang led the government soldiers to pursue, shouting loudly, "Don't go Wang Sang".

Wang Sang was anxious, and when he looked back at an arrow, he missed, but it also startled Chang Cang.

There was a rout ahead.

Wang Sang turned his horse's head and rushed towards the relatively few people.

"Bang!" The man who stood in the way was knocked out directly.

Wang Sang clamped the horse's belly hard and fled desperately.

After rushing out more than a hundred steps like this, he finally got rid of the large group of routs.

Wang Sang looked forward, only to feel suddenly enlightened, and suddenly breathed a sigh of relief.

At this moment, dozens of horsemen rushed straight from the left front, and the first one was tall and powerful, wielding a particularly thick and long horse lance, and swept down the two of them with one shot.

"Liu Ling!" Wang Sang's eyes widened, full of disbelief.

"Haha, Wang Sang, follow me to see the prince." Liu Ling slapped the horse forward, poked the horse lance, and then seized the opportunity of Wang Sang to avoid it sideways, and carried Wang Sang in his hand like a chick, and swept it horizontally on the horse's back, flashing people with smoke.

Wang Sang's own soldiers shouted angrily and rode their horses to catch up.

Liu Ling didn't bother to do anything with them, so he went around in a circle, and after leading the pursuers to the vicinity of the government soldiers, he disappeared behind the crowd.

"Bang!" When Wang Sang was thrown to the ground and fell to pieces, Shao Xun glanced at Liu Ling in surprise and asked, "This is Wang Sang?" ”

"Back to the prince, this is Wang Mi's younger brother Wang Sang, the pseudo-Han Pingbei general, and the scattered cavalry." Seeing that Wang Sang wanted to get up, Liu Ling stepped on his back and replied respectfully.

"You were General Pingbei before, right?"

"Exactly."

Shao Xun nodded.

Liu Han's official lord is worthless, he has it when he goes, and his name is more bluffing than the other. What is the king of Pingjin, the general of the Jin Dynasty, the general of Andong, the general of Pingbei, etc., as if they don't want money.

Wang Sang's ability is limited, and at the beginning, he only sealed a relatively empty official position such as a free horseman, or for the sake of his cousin Wang Mi.

If it weren't for Liu Ling being captured and General Pingbei being vacant, Wang Sang might not have been able to get his turn.

can't even mix with generals who don't want money, and Wang Sang is also enough to eat, which makes Shao Xun despise him a little.

You're not even as as Zhao Gu.

"Take it down and interrogate it properly." Shao Xun said: "After the trial, wait for the opportunity to send Luoyang. ”

"Yes." Several of his own soldiers rushed up, first stuffed a ball of rags into Wang Sang's mouth, lest he defile people, and then dragged him away like a dead dog.

"Clean up the battlefield quickly." Looking at Wang Sang's figure struggling away, Shao Xun said and ordered: "The whole army will go to the ancient city of Xinzheng and rest for three days. ”

"In addition, Chen Liangfu from Yingchuan will send another batch of grain and grass over."

After defeating Wang Sang's department, the thieves who went south to Yuyan to capture and plunder should be deterred.

In the winter, their supply of grain and grass is not sufficient. At the moment, it can be grabbed and robbed, and if it is consumed, it will be difficult to grab more, and under the stalemate, the troops may be withdrawn.

That's the end of the story.

******

Liu Yao, who was sitting in Luoyang, waited for several days to get the news.

There was no way, their messengers had to cross the Yellow River north, detour through Jijun, Hanoi, and then south to Luoyang.

You may also try to cross the Songshan Mountains, but there are many bandits in the mountains, and there are many homeless people living in the docks, and if a few messengers pass through, the danger is too great, and they will disappear if they are not careful.

When the messenger arrived outside the Ximing Gate, it was just when Wang Mi and Zhao Gulian sent envoys to request a retreat.

Liu Yao thought about it for a long time, and finally agreed that they would rest in the Luoshui River Valley, but they were not allowed to retreat.

He understood their situation.

Attack the cloud dock first, and repeatedly fail to overcome. More than 2,000 were killed or wounded in Zhao Gubu, and no less than 1,000 were killed or wounded in Wang Mibu.

At this point in the war, it's not that it can't be fought, it's really unnecessary.

The terrain is so dangerous, the other party can exchange several people for you, and it is a great loss.

Overall, for most of the month, the Luoshui River Valley only caught more than 3,000 people and a small amount of grain, and on the whole it was beyond its means.

This way, in fact, it can be withdrawn, but Liu Yao didn't dare to give an order, and he had to report to Pingyang and listen to the opinion of the Son of Heaven.

As for the news he had just received that Wang Sangbu had lost most of his life and only ran out of more than 1,000 people, he didn't care very much.

When they went south to loot and met Shao Xun, count them unlucky.

What really made Liu Yao think of withdrawing troops was the defeat report from Daibei.

In order to take revenge, Liu Kun humbly lobbied Xianbei Tuoba Lu to invite soldiers. Yilu Xuzhi sent his nephew Tuoba Yulu to lead 20,000 cavalry to help.

Xianbei was ferocious, broke the Xiongnu Tiefu clan and Baibu Xianbei, attacked its camp, and slaughtered it on a large scale. The second department couldn't resist, and while asking Pingyang for help, he led the crowd to flee west, crossed the Yellow River, and ran to the boundary of Shangjun - Tiefu's Xiongnu and Baibu Xianbei returned to Liu Kun last year, and switched to Liu Han after being conquered by Liu Cong.

Tuoba Xianbei made such a great achievement, Liu Kun was ecstatic, and praised Yilu as the big single Yu and the acting county duke. Due to the blockade of Luoyang, the chapter could not be sent in, and it had not yet received a response from the imperial court.

But Tuoba Yilu took it seriously, and with the relationship between the fief and the tribal steppe, he led more than 10,000 people to fall into Yanmen.

Obviously, no matter how bad the land of the Central Plains is, it is stronger than the grassland. The 10,000 tribes were not all of Tuoba Yilu's capital, they were just the people he sent to occupy the pit.

Wang Jun was very dissatisfied with Liu Kunkang's behavior of others—Daijun belonged to Youzhou—and resolutely disagreed, so he fought with Tuoba Xianbei and retreated.

So far, Tuoba Xianbei's center of gravity has moved to Yunzhong, Yanmen, and Daijun.

This is a decent piece of land, suitable for grazing and farming. In the Tang Dynasty, the Datong Army was set up to envoy the festival, stationed in the clouds, to control the grassland departments, Tuoba Yilu even had more Daizhou than the Datong Army - the Western Jin Dynasty County was Ulzhou in the Tang Dynasty, and the Yanmen County was the Daizhou in the Tang Dynasty.

Liu Kun may also realize that it is not very suitable to raise Tuoba Xianbei too fat.

But people aren't stupid either. Tuoba Yilu and Liu Kun are sworn brothers, what's wrong with me taking some brothers' land? After so many battles and so much blood for you, you want to get rid of it?

Liu Kun had no choice but to move the people of the northern counties of Yanmen who had just recovered from the Xiongnu inward, after all, he would have to borrow troops from Tuoba Xianbei in the future.

Liu Yao was not interested in Liu Kun's troubles, he only knew that Yanmen County was lost, and Baibu Xianbei and Tiefu Xiongnu ran to Hexi. Although he still declared himself a vassal to Pingyang, his strength was greatly damaged, and he could not send many troops to fight for the imperial court in the short term.

He is now more worried that Tuoba Xianbei will not be satisfied, and if he enters Xinxing County and even the north of Taiyuan, it will threaten the grazing land of the Xiongnu.

He had a strong desire to retire.

On the 21st, Liu Cang, the king of Hanoi, arrived at the camp outside the Ximing Gate.

"Shiguang, I have decided to withdraw from the army." After thinking about it for a few days, he had already made up his mind.

Liu Cang was not surprised at all, and only asked, "But because of the lack of grain and grass?" ”

"There are many locusts, and there is never enough food and grass." Liu Yao smiled bitterly: "There is only enough food in the camp for more than ten days, what about you?" ”

"Pretty much." Liu Cang replied: "Shi Le didn't have any grain and grass? ”

"He's not as good as me, he will support it for ten days at most, and then he will have to go back to Yecheng to eat." Liu Yao said: "I didn't grab much, I can't make ends meet, I can't fight this battle." ”

Liu Cang had nothing to say.

Last year, he fought Luoyang, and in the end, he retired because of the lack of food.

The past two years have been really difficult, and the commanders of the dock fort are also tough to death, not that they have suddenly become brave, but they really can't take out too much food.

On both sides of the road, there were starving people lying on the ground.

As long as you are willing to give porridge for disaster relief, it doesn't matter how many soldiers you want, but no one can turn food into food.

That's it, that's it.

"Will you come next year?" Liu Cang felt a little pity.

Luoyang, the center of the world.

Not to mention that Ah Weng (Liu Yuan) never forgot it before he died, he also yearned for it, and the urge to conquer it was very strong.

"Let's talk about it." Liu Yao said uncertainly.

He felt in his heart that there was no need.

As long as Luoyang is not short of food, it will be difficult to take it, just like this expedition.

Or the Jin State forbade the army to go out of the city to fight, but this also seems impossible.

In short, it's difficult.

"To the south of Yique, I heard that there are counties such as Guangchengze, Liangxian, and Xiangcheng, which have been stable for many years and are quite wealthy." Liu Cang said: "If you can rush over and plunder, you will get a lot of money." ”

Liu Yao shook his head, he didn't believe it very much.

Drought and locust plagues are widespread and cannot be avoided without affecting the local area.

Even if it is better than other places, it is only limited. Shao Xun's grain stocks are probably about to bottom out.

Both sides were exhausted from the battle and had to rest.

"Next year, I want to tackle the problem, what does the King of Hanoi think?" Liu Yao asked.

"If King Shi'an is the governor of the capital, I am willing to lead the troops as the vanguard." Liu Cang said.

Liu Yao smiled lightly.

Although the king of Hanoi is a prince, he is not a crown prince. There is no prince in the Han Dynasty, only the imperial brother (Liu Yi).

Since the Son of Heaven personally promised in front of everyone that he would return the throne to the King of Beihai when he grew up, this matter could not just be talked.

The King of Beihai is now the emperor's younger brother and the prince of the Han Dynasty.

Perhaps, the king of Hanoi was also disappointed, right?

Or, there is a trace of ambition and wants to make more contributions, squeeze out the imperial prince in the future, and become the crown prince? This possibility, even a high possibility, cannot be ruled out.

But what does it matter to him?

After the Son of Heaven ascended the throne, it is unlikely that he will be personally recruited. In the future, in addition to the nobles of the Huyan clan, there will only be the Liu clan relatives who will lead the troops to fight, and the king of Hanoi will have many opportunities, so it depends on whether he can grasp it.

Liu Yao took one last look at Luoyang.

There seem to be people on the Ximing Tower who have climbed the city to look at it.

"Let's make you proud for a while." Liu Yao secretly thought: "Maybe one day you will have your own civil strife, and it will be effortless to take Luoyang at that time." ”