Yang Nandang brought 6,000 soldiers and horses when he came, and when he left, there were only 3,000 people left, and he lost half of them when he attacked Chen Cang, but when Zhao Junsheng sent him away, he was happy.

Zhao Junsheng and the ministers and generals of the army sent them out of the barracks, outside the barracks, Dongfang Chen looked at the Qiu Chi army in the distance, and said: "I can't figure it out, although this Yang Nandang is a barbarian leader, he doesn't look stupid, but he is very shrewd, how can he be persuaded by the king so easily?" ”

Zhao Junsheng's expression was indifferent: "Without him, it's just driven by interests!" Qiu Chi has not received any benefits since he was the suzerainty of the Southern Dynasty, the reason why he relied on the Southern Dynasty was that he was threatened by the Wei State, and he had to do it, but now the threat of the Wei State to him has been lifted, and the Southern Dynasty is at large-scale war with our country, and he is too busy to take care of himself, Yang Nandang has neither a threat from the Wei State, nor does he have to look at the face of the Southern Dynasty, and the conditions given to him by Lone make him unable to refuse! ”

"After all, it's all because of greed, and greed makes his little shrewdness useless!"

Dongfang Chen arched his hand: "The king's means are clever, and he admires him!" ”

The other ministers and generals also clasped their fists and said, "Admire the ministers!" ”

Zhao Junsheng waved his hand: "Next, let's think about how to break the city!" ”

Although the Qiu Chi army has not broken through Chencang City in the past few days, it has already crippled the defenders in the city, and the defenders of 3,000 people have lost most of them by this time, leaving only more than 1,300 people.

The defender Dou Lutong was in a very bad mood, and he was already in a hurry, Chen Cangcheng was attacked and fought by the cadres for several days, and Chang'an did not send troops to relieve the siege, and Dou Lutong even suspected that Chang'an would not send reinforcements at all.

In the afternoon of the same day, Zhao Junsheng ordered the soldiers and horses surrounding the east city gate to be withdrawn, let go of the east city gate, and surround the three queyi, so that the defenders' will to resist will be loosened, and they will not resist to the end.

Sure enough, at dawn the next day, the genius Ma Ma Liang came to report that Zhao Junsheng had woken up from his sleep.

"King Qiyu, Chen Cang's guard Dou Lutong escaped from the East City Gate with the defenders in the city!"

Zhao Junsheng yawned and asked, "When did you break through?" ”

"Just a moment ago!"

Gao Jinzhi, who was on duty next to him, hugged his fists and said: "King, please lead the army to pursue!" ”

Zhao Junsheng waved his hand: "Forget it, where can they run?" It's nothing more than fleeing to Chang'an, sooner or later it will fall into our hands, and let them live happily for a few more days! Gao Jinzhi, you take the people of your headquarters into the city as soon as possible to control the situation, lest someone take advantage of the fact that no one in the city is under control to burn and loot! ”

"Yes!" After Gao Jinzhi agreed, he quickly ordered the soldiers and horses of his headquarters to enter the city to take over the defense of the city, arrange patrols and sentry posts, and post notices for the people.

Zhao Junsheng only ordered the soldiers and horses surrounding the east city gate to be withdrawn, and let the defenders break through, so that Chen Cang was obtained without blood, if Yang Nandang was still here, he would definitely widen his eyes and show an expression of disbelief.

Three days later, the envoys sent to Tuyuhun and Beiliang returned.

"Wang Can, what is the result of this trip to Tuyuhun and Beiliang? Can the King of Tuyuhun and the King of Northern Liang agree to send troops? ”

Wang Can arched his hand and said: "The king, the king of Tuyuhun and the king of Beiliang all refused on the grounds that the country was weak and outnumbered, but they still sent envoys with a large number of treasures and livestock to meet the king, and at this time the envoys of both countries were on their way to Chencang!" ”

Zhao Junsheng snorted coldly: "Tuyuhun and Bei Liang gnawed off a large piece of meat on Wei this time, taking a huge advantage, if it weren't for my Qianguo to contain most of Wei's troops, how could they have been so smooth?" This time, Lone just let them send troops to strengthen their momentum, and they didn't let them really fight with the Wei State, they even pushed back, it was really unreasonable! ”

Wang Can persuaded: "The king is angry, what if they don't send troops?" With the might of the king and the majesty of the soldiers, why can't you destroy the Wei State? ”

"Hmph, wait until the Wei State is destroyed and then go to them to settle this account, they think they will be fine if they hide in a remote place? Lone wants to beat them, even if they are at the ends of the earth, Lone can destroy them! ”

Soon, Liu Xing, who led the army to attack Tianshui, sent people back to report that Tianshui had been captured, killing more than 800 enemies and capturing more than 1,300 people.

After another two days, Fu Zhan, who led his troops to attack Jincheng, also sent people to report that Jincheng had been captured by Fu Zhan, and the defenders only resisted two, and the day opened the city gate to surrender due to low morale, and then Fu Zhan quickly sent troops to take over the cities around Jincheng to prevent Tuyuhun and Beiliang from continuing to take advantage of the lack of local forces and send troops to occupy.

Zhao Junsheng was relieved after listening to the messenger's report, and said to Shen Hui: "You write secret orders to Gao Xiu, Zhang Xing, and Xue An respectively, and ask them to send troops together to advance in the direction of Chang'an on May 28, and if they encounter obstacles, raise troops to attack!" ”

"Yes, King!"

Shen Hui immediately began to write secret letters, and soon wrote three secret letters and handed them to Zhao Junsheng for seeing, Zhao Junsheng read them and asked them to copy them, and then stamped them and sent messengers to take them to Gao Xiu, Zhang Xing and Xue Andu.

Then, Zhao Junsheng sent people to Liu Xing and Fu Zhan to order, asking them to arrange the affairs of Tianshui and Jincheng as soon as possible, leave enough troops to garrison, and then lead troops to Chencang to converge.

On May 25, Liu Xing and Fu Zhan led their troops back to Chencang, where they rested for two days.

On May 28, according to the established day, Zhao Junsheng led his army along Weishui to Chang'an, at this time Gao Xiu, Zhang Xing and Xue An also sent troops from Changcheng County, Puban, and Tongguan respectively to Chang'an.

Many of the leather leopards were the first to be attacked by Xue Andu in the army outside Tongguan City, and now Xue Andu is in the prime of life, and his martial arts have reached the peak, leading the cavalry into the Wei army like no one's land, and the Wei generals who were killed by him were as many as 30 people.

The remnants of the Wei army under the city of Tongguan fled in the direction of Huazhou, and Xue Andu led his men and horses to chase and kill, killing and capturing countless people along the way, until he stopped killing under the city of Huayin.

In the afternoon of the same day, Xue Andu's army of 15,000 soldiers surrounded Huayin.

Huayin is the front line of the leopard Wei army hoarding place of grain and grass, the defenders have more than 3,000 people, but after being besieged by more than 15,000 Xue Andu, the defenders are already frightened, after a night of suffering, the Huayin guards are still frightened to open the city gate and surrender.

Xue Andu saw that the defenders had surrendered, but he was not embarrassed, and reorganized these surrendered troops, took over the grain and grass hoarding land, and then prepared to flank the leopard army in Chaoyi County with Zhang Xing.

The leather leopard only had 15,000 men and horses in his hands at this time, and he could no longer sit still after learning that Huayin had lost, and once he was outflanked from the north by Gao Xiu's Bingzhou army, his 15,000 men might be surrounded by the cadre army.

On the first day of the sixth month, the leopard led his troops to the west in a panic, and in order to escape from the encirclement of the cadres, he ordered the army to discard a large amount of baggage.

It only took one day for the Leopard's army to retreat to Xiatai, but Xue Andu quickly broke through Zheng County and was far away from the Leopard, and Zhang Xing had already led his army across the Yellow River to approach downward.

As the cadres approached Chang'an in several directions, the monarchs and ministers of the Wei State, the government and the opposition were already panicking, and the troops in Chang'an were not 10,000 when they were full, even if the 15,000 people controlled by the leopard were counted, there were only 25,000 people, and the total number of men and horses in the four roads of the cadre army was nearly 70,000.

Chang'an Imperial Palace.

Twelve-year-old Tuoba Huang sat on the throne and trembled, and the ministers quarreled in the palace, some people said that they wanted to fight to the death with the cadres, some ministers said that the cadres were defeated, some people said that they would watch the changes of the times, and some people said that they wanted to negotiate peace with the cadres.

"Alright, shut up!" Buliu Guli roared.

Tuoba Huang was so frightened that he trembled all over, almost urinating on his buttocks, and the ministers and generals who were still arguing just now in the main hall all closed their mouths, it can be seen that although Buliu Guli lost the battle in the hands of Zhao Junsheng, his power in Chang'an City is still very large, and no one dares to provoke him casually.

Buliu Guli's eyes flashed and fell on Xi Huan: "General Xi, what do you think?" ”

Xi still has three or four thousand soldiers and horses in his hands, so his weight in the court is still relatively heavy, which is why Buliu Guli asked him.

Xi Yi frowned and said: "Now that the cadres are in full swing, our army has few troops, the morale has long been taken away, and there is almost no chance of taking the initiative to attack. Asking for help from the Southern Dynasty or Rouran, or sending envoys to Qiuchi, Tuyuhun and Beiliang, and asking them to send troops with heavy benefits, this must be done by a competent lobbyist! Second, stick to it and wait and see how the times change! ”

Buliu Guli said: "The Rouran people have been dispatched, but Zhao Junsheng has also made a deployment, there are 30,000 cadres have arrived in Huaishuo, the front line of the fertile field is maneuvering with the Rouran people, the Rouran army wants to break through the 30,000 troops into the pass to force back the cadres and troops from all walks of life is not easy, and the East Rou Le soldiers and horses are looking for revenge on the Rouran people, this time the Rouran people go and return, I am afraid that the East Rou people will pour the strength of the whole clan to fight to the death with the Rouran people, we want to expect the Rouran people to force back the cadres and troops from all walks of life to contact the danger of Chang'an, I am afraid that it is unlikely! ”

Xi Yan said: "So you tend to defend Chang'an, wait and see the changes of the times, and at the same time send people to Qiuchi, Tuyuhun and Beiliang, so that these three countries can send troops to attack the Qianjun?" ”

"Now it seems that this is the only way to go! Otherwise, we can only wash our necks and wait for Zhao Junsheng to bring someone to cut us, or open the city gate and let Zhao Junsheng fall, maybe he will pity us and spare our dog's life! ”

Buliu Guli's words were full of bitterness, and she seemed to be endlessly unwilling.

There was no sound in the hall at the moment, and some people could hear it breathing louder.

After a long time, Xi Yan said: "Then let's defend it, with the grain, grass and ordnance reserves in Chang'an City, as well as the height and solidity of the city wall, as long as we unite as one, even if we defend it for two years, it will not be a problem, but we must transfer the soldiers and horses of the leather leopard back, otherwise only 10,000 horses in the city will still be thin in terms of troops!" ”

Buliu Guli nodded, hugged his fist to Tuoba on the throne and said, "Your Majesty, I will order the leather leopard to lead the army back to Chang'an!" As for the candidate for the lobbyist, it is better to ask Li Situ to come out, and it is possible to succeed! ”

Tuoba Huang has no master of the six gods, and when he saw Buliu Guli say this, he could only agree: "Yes!" ”