Emperor Zongrong's Eastern Expedition. Yue Wang Yu Wensheng is the head of the right first army, Jin Guo Gong Pei Ju is the head of the right second army, Suiguo Gong Pu Liuru Jian is the head of the right third army, Qian Wang Yu Wenjian is the head of the left first army, Qi Guo Gongyu Wenliang is the head of the left second army, Guanghua Gongqiu Chong is the head of the left third army, Qi Wang Yu Wenxian and Chen Wang Yu Wenchun are the front army. - "Book of Zhou: Emperor Wu Benji"

With the fall of the historian's pen like a knife, Yuwen Yong's second imperial expedition to the east finally officially began, and the 200,000 troops according to their strategies, like an endless torrent of soldiers and horses, marched through the jade bi (Jishan) with great vigor and spirit, and went to Jinzhou in the Northern Qi Dynasty.

Just like the general trend of history, it is mighty and unstoppable!

Compared with the thousands of recruits who played soy sauce under his command last year, the more than 10,000 soldiers and horses under Shi Zhixuan's jurisdiction this time were actually the elite of the Great Zhou, even among the 60,000 main forces led by Yuwen Yong, they were also among the best.

Similarly, in view of the inaction of many veteran generals in the battle of last year, Yuwen Yong once again increased the proportion of high-spirited young generals in the top echelons of the first-line army, and sent veterans to guard the second-line passes, such as the famous general Wei Xiaokuan, who nested in Yubi City (Jishan County) and was depressed.

However, people with intentions such as Shi Zhixuan and Yang Jian also secretly noticed that Yuwen Yong intentionally or unintentionally transferred the military power to the hands of Yuwen's blood relatives - at least five of the eight main elites of the right third army, the left third army, and the first two armies belonged to the commander of the Yuwen clan.

Obviously, Yuwen Yong is as meticulous as ever, and his methods are generous but cautious, not only reusing Yang Jian and other ill-intentioned but talented Hanchens with different surnames, but also never forgetting to maintain the Yuwen clan's military power advantage, and firmly control the situation with the technique of imperial checks and balances.

Although in this era when people's hearts are not ancient and rebellion is commonplace, nepotism is understandable, Yu Wensheng, Yu Wenjian, Yu Wenliang, Yu Wenxian, Yu Wenchun and others are also handsome, regardless of martial arts and the art of war, they are impeccable, and they are enough to take on great responsibilities, but in the eyes of Shi Zhixuan and Yang Jian, who deliberately accelerated the rise of the Han people and completely broke the constraints of the Hu people, they are also the main backbone of the Hu people, and they are the biggest obstacle to the Han people taking power or even establishing the Han empire.

In particular, they also have a huge military power in their hands that is enough to change the situation in the entire north!

At this moment, Shi Zhixuan and Yang Jian's thoughts were surprisingly similar, that is, after the annexation of Qi State this time, they must try to cut off these thorns in their eyes as soon as possible.

In October, Yuwen Yong finally drove to Jinzhou, and sent Qi Wang Yuwenxian to lead 20,000 elite cavalry to guard the Bird Mouse Valley (now southwest of Jiexiu, Shanxi), and Chen Wang Yuwen Chun rode 20,000 to guard the Qianli Trail (now east of Huozhou, Shanxi). - Blocking the road south of the Qi army to the north of Jinju to prevent the Qi army from coming from Jinyang to rescue Binh Duong;

Sent Zhuguo and King Zhao to ride 10,000 horses from Huagu (now northwest of Jishan, Shanxi) to attack the cities of Fenzhou - to ensure the safety of the road from Fenshui to Jinzhou of the Zhou army;

Yu Yi was sent from Shaanxi to Jiuqu, attacked and built a stream and other cities, and went to Luoyang - stationed elite troops outside Luoyang City, containing the 30,000 elites of Dugu Yongye, and preventing them from sneaking north to attack the Great Zhou army of Jinzhou;

sent Zheng Guogong Da Xi Zhen to ride 10,000 troops to defend the army of Sichuan (now west of Shilou County, Shanxi) - blocked in the northeast of Jinju to prevent the Qi army from moving south;

sent the general Han Ming to guard Qiziling (now east of Yuanqu County, Shanxi) with 5,000 cavalry in order to resist the attack of the Qi army from Luoyang;

Yin Shengbu, the Duke of Wushi, rode 5,000 to Shougu Zhongzhen (now north of Yuanqu County, Shanxi), and Xin Shaobu, the Duke of Liangcheng, rode 5,000 to guard Pujin Pass (now east of Dali County, Shaanxi).

The emperor and commander Yuwen Yong led the elite troops of the left and right six armies, and Wang Yi was the supervisor of the army, attacking the city of Jinzhou (Pingyang).

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Looking at the overall situation, Yuwen Yong formed an encirclement of the army on the periphery of Jinzhou (Pingyang City), pinching the various key passes leading to Pingyang City, whether the Qi army was from Jinyang to the south or from Luoyang, Henan, there were Zhou troops blocking it, and it was impossible to reinforce Pingyang City in time.

After the periphery was so carefully arranged that it could not be repeated, Yu Wenyong led the Sixth Army to personally supervise the siege of Pingyang City, and the cruel and tight siege battle was out of control, and the casualties on both sides of the attack and defense increased day by day.

It's just that, compared to the 60,000 elite cavalry outside the city because of the emperor's imperial driving and morale, the morale of more than 10,000 Northern Qi garrisons in the city is not high, and then see Yu Wenyong's bright and yellow chariot has been patrolling the most conspicuous place outside the city from morning to night every day, the defenders, whether generals or pawns, all feel the determination of the Great Zhou Emperor to Pingyang City, with the greater the casualties, the more panicked the Northern Qi defenders will become......

This is indeed the case, Yuwen Yong planned to defeat Jinzhou (now Linfen, Shanxi) first, and then stay behind a small number of elite troops to garrison Pingyang City, attracting Gao Wei to come to counterattack, and use this anti-guest strategy to consume the main force of Northern Qi brought by Gao Wei from Jinyang under Pingyang City, and then fight a decisive battle with the exhausted Gao Wei main force, and then take advantage of the victory to defeat Jinyang (now Taiyuan, Shanxi), and finally take Yecheng (now Handan, Hebei), complete the destruction of Qi, and unify the north!

Shi Zhixuan saw all this from beginning to end, and he also felt more and more that Yuwen Yong had improved his strategy and tactics qualitatively, at least in the first battle now, this tactic of attacking the heart of exerting psychological pressure on the enemy group was very clever, and it had the effect of surrendering without a fight.

Maybe last year Yuwen Yong Faqi was actually well-planned, definitely not hasty, but he was still ambitious, and he couldn't help but be low in strategy and tactics, and he was mediocre, but this time it was very different, whether it was a surprise strategic plan or an upright attack tactic, he had reached the level of the world's top generals.

Today's Yuwen Yong, every move is indeed impeccable eloquence, the only thing missing is a vigorous victory, establishing the name of its hero.

"It's a pity that the royal family of the Yuwen clan has been the last obstacle to the restoration of the glory of the vast number of Han forces, and Yuwen Yong has offended Buddhism too deeply, and the only close Confucianism is full of undisciplined sectarian clans, which are not enough to rely on.

Once the talented princes and nobles of the Yuwen clan are gone, the altar of the Yuwen clan will definitely collapse, and there will be no room for turning over from now on......"

The war was in full swing, Shi Zhixuan was riding on a horse, deep in the midst of the army, but he saw the situation thoroughly from a more transcendent perspective than any onlooker, and his crystal eyes flashed with an intriguing look, "Everything is not accidental, but inevitable, and its hidden dangers have been buried at the beginning of the founding of the Northern Zhou Dynasty!"

Originally, since the civil strife of the Han people in the Western Jin Dynasty led to the Wuhu Rebellion, the Hu ethnic groups in the Central Plains founded the country, and all of them used their own children as soldiers as the core force to defend the regime, so as to firmly suppress the Han people, and the Han people were not so much harsh governance, but purely as low-level serfs who provided money and food for the Hu people's soldiers and horses.

Even if a few Han people were occasionally reused by the Hu regime because of their outstanding talents, they would be given the surname Hu and forcibly Hu, and they would never be given the opportunity to lead the Han people to rise again.

This situation continued until the end of the Northern Wei Dynasty, Gao Huan and Yuwentai divided the northern land, each set up the Eastern Wei and Western Wei, and attacked each other year after year.

The Western Wei in the Guanlong area was unable to support the Xianbei population because it was smaller than that of the Eastern Wei Dynasty. As a result, Yuwentai had to begin recruiting soldiers from among the Han Chinese and accepting the Han landlords in the Guanlong area.

As a result, the Han people began to enter all strata of the Hu regime in large numbers, and with the frequent attacks between the Eastern Wei and Western Wei dynasties, and even the Northern Qi and Northern Zhou dynasties, the Han soldiers accounted for an increasing proportion of the Northern Zhou army, and now they are the absolute main force.

Unless the Yuwen clan of the Northern Zhou Dynasty dared to ignore the safety of the society and try to eliminate the war and reduce the troops, the trend of the Han people's great prosperity could no longer be contained, and the Yuwen clan would eventually replace it......

In the final analysis, the Han nationality not only has an advantage in numbers, but also has obvious superiority in economic and cultural level, even if it will be suppressed by foreign Hu people for a while due to civil strife, it is impossible to be suppressed for a lifetime.

As long as there is enough time, the Han people can assimilate any invading foreign tribes, and once the Hu regime decays or a long-term civil strife breaks out, and the Han people can no longer be effectively suppressed single-mindedly, then the Han people will inevitably turn over and re-dominate, and in turn suppress and completely swallow the Hu people.

Throughout history, no force or regime has survived. Whenever the Han regime was corrupt or civil strife, and the state was weakened, the Hu people in the north invaded and suppressed the Han people. Similarly, if the Hu people who entered the Central Plains were corrupt or had civil strife, the Han people with lofty ideals would take advantage of the situation to restore the Han unification, and the Hu people who came to the Central Plains would be swallowed up to the dregs.

In this reciprocating cycle, the history of Middle-earth is the history of the integration of the Han people and the Hu people, and the root cause of the Han people who may be silent for a while, but they can always stand tall is their unparalleled population base and profound cultural heritage!"

Under the earth-shattering Pingyang City, from Emperor Yuwen Yong to the Zhou army's pawns, they were all eager to establish immortal achievements, but no one knew that Shi Zhixuan was looking at this war related to the fate of countless people with a transcendent attitude.

No one even knew that after many years, the unique feeling of investigating or even grasping the general trend of humanity once again surfaced in Shi Zhixuan's heart, not the emperor, but the emperor.

In the dark, Shi Zhixuan's mind soared infinitely, and he felt that the vast world was filled with endless brilliance, and it was disillusioned and disillusioned all the time, changing in thousands of ways, but its circulation was faintly its own eternity.

In a trance, countless large and small black, white, red, yellow, and blue five-colored qi in Middle-earth converged into two green and one yellow, and the three hornless dragons each had their own side, which was majestic and ethereal.

Huang Jiao is in the west, and a pair of red dragon eyes reveal infinite greed, opening his teeth and dancing claws at the frog in the northeast, extremely provocative, but Huang Jiao's seemingly mighty and vigorous body is also infected and corroded by wisps of gray and black qi, which is clearly a cause for Xiao Wall......

The frog roamed the east, moving slowly, his body scattered, and his expression was gloomy, as if it was showing signs of falling apart......

Shi Zhixuan's heart was shocked, and he faintly realized, "The Northern Zhou belongs to the earth, the Northern Qi belongs to the wood, and the luck of the three-point world is not enough to be a true dragon, and it stops at the ear of the dragon!"

Heaven and earth are all popular because of different shapes, resulting in a thousand changes, but if the source is traced back to its flow, the cover is one.

Although the luck of humanity is ethereal and hazy, it ultimately originates from the convergence and rise of the spirit of all peoples, and it is also a unique and strange atmosphere evolved by the vitality of heaven and earth, and it is also faintly traceable because it is rooted in the general trend of humanity.

Presented in the "Dharma Eye" of the moral master, the spirit of the people is just like a variety of Ambilight, flowing and gathering between the villages, towns and cities on the land, and finally gathering small streams into rivers and breeding dragons.

This dragon of luck not only symbolizes the strength of the country, but also reflects the will of the people, and indicates the rise and fall of the general trend of the world, and the cycle of five virtues.

While his mind was turning, Shi Zhixuan turned his mind to the south, but he "saw" a lush and pale frog towering and entrenched, and its body size was not larger than that of the frog of the Northern Qi Dynasty, but the scales and armor were all over the place, calm and extended, and it was obvious that the Southern Chen country was stable.

It's a pity that Nanchen Qingjiao's dragon eyes are half-open and half-closed, and there is a faint sense of languish and death, which seems to be a sign that the lord of the country is "terminally ill" and will die soon!

Shi Zhixuan retracted his mind, and the thousands of weather disappeared for a moment, and he couldn't help but flash a deep groan in his eyes-Chen Xu, the lord of the Southern Chen Country, was a top master at the level of the current grandmaster, and now he was only in his early fifties, and he was in his prime, how could he be terminally ill?

Either Chen Ji's old injuries recurred and his true yuan failed, or Chen Ji fell for some kind of plot, such as being seriously injured by assassination or poisoning...... Thinking of Chen Baxian, who also died early at a young age, there is a chance that **8**9 out of ten is the latter.

The internal friction of the Han people in the Southern Dynasty is really nothing, as long as it is a slightly stronger male master, basically he will not live long, no wonder since the Jin Dynasty moved south for two or three hundred years, the Northern Expedition has repeatedly ended without a problem, and it has always been a mirror.

In the final analysis, it is also the Han people of the Southern Dynasties who have not yet shaken off the shackles of the poisonous legacy of the Wei and Jin dynasties, who are decadent and extravagant, more than cunning and cunning, and not enough pragmatic and enterprising, unlike the Han people of the Northern Dynasties, who injected the new blood of the Hu people into martial arts and pragmatism, with high morale and high ambition.

Silently perceiving himself, Shi Zhixuan only felt that his spirit was becoming more and more mixed and complete, and he was clear and psychic, showing that he had just benefited a lot from his humane luck, and he was closer to the realm of the void that was empty of the spirit and encompassing all things.

Although he also has a great understanding of the art of looking at qi, he doesn't care much, and he won't be complacent and indulge in it because of this.

The art of looking at qi has existed in ancient times, and according to legend, it can glimpse the changes of the three talents of heaven, earth and man.

However, in fact, ordinary Qimen people are angry, and what they see is only seeing flowers in the fog, or they can occasionally glimpse the scales and half-claws of humane luck, which is also like taking a quote out of context, which is not enough to rely on, and stops at the level of magic, which may be unbelievable for ordinary people, but it is actually not worth it in the eyes of Taoist masters.

A true cultivator never stands out for his strange arts, but focuses on penetrating the mysteries of heaven and earth and life, and once he reaches the supreme realm of [the unity of heaven and man], he has his own incredible supernatural powers, and even if he does not understand the art of qi, any subtle changes in human qi and luck cannot be hidden before his discernment.

The Tao is the foundation of the art, and the art is the end of the Dao!

Shi Zhixuan's enlightenment again is still imminent, how can he abandon his roots? (To be continued.) )