Five days later, the 100,000 elite Jin army was ready and ready to go on the outskirts of Luoyang City, and it only took Hua'an's order to immediately march in the direction of Liangzhou. XsHuotXT

"Your Majesty, the 100,000 elite army is ready to set off at any time." A subordinate general rushed to Hua'an and reported loudly.

Hua An nodded, and said with a straight face: "Pass the order, let General Wang lead the army to set off immediately, and this king will catch up later." ”

"Yes, Your Majesty." The generals led the troops galloping away.

Hua An walked to the ministers who saw him off and greeted them one by one.

"The western expedition is difficult and dangerous, and the king of the north takes care all the way!"

"With the prestige of the king of the north, Tuyuhun will definitely be able to win it in one fell swoop."

"I'll wait in Luoyang City for the triumphant return of the Northern King."

The ministers who saw them off said one after another.

Hua An didn't have much interest in these compliments, he walked up to Xie An's side, and said with a smile: "During this king's western expedition, there was Lao Xie Situ Duoduo to assist the emperor. ”

Xie An replied with a smile: "As a courtier of the Great Jin Dynasty, it is my duty to share the emperor's worries, and the lower officials will definitely go all out to assist the emperor, and I hope that the king of the north can return triumphantly as soon as possible." ”

"Xie Situ rest assured, Tuyuhun is just a clown jumping off the beam, as soon as the king's army arrives, he will definitely be able to exterminate Tuyuhun and include Tuyuhun in the territory of the Great Jin Dynasty." Huaan said confidently.

"Xiaguan will definitely set up a celebration banquet in Luoyang City in advance." Xie An said with a smile.

"It's a deal." Hua An responded, looked at the ministers who saw them off, and said, "Everyone, please go back!" After saying that, he stepped on his war horse and ran westward under the escort of a group of personal soldiers.

Watching Hua An and his entourage drift away, the ministers began to return to Luoyang City one after another. And went to their respective government offices and began to deal with various things.

A minister looked at Xie An and said softly: "Xie Situ, this Tuguhun is really daring to eat the courage of an ambitious leopard, and he actually dares to raid Liangzhou in my Great Jin." I really don't know whether to live or die. ”

Another minister said, "Yes! I have millions of male soldiers in the Great Jin Dynasty, and the king of the north is even more eloquent, repeatedly recovering lost territory, beating the northern heroes with urine flow, and the king of Tuyuhun is really sick! actually dared to brush the tiger whiskers in the north and took the opportunity to make a move on the Great Jin. Now that the king of the north has personally led the troops to fight, I am afraid that it will not be able to end. ”

"That's right, Tuyuhun's sneak attack on Liangzhou just provided a good excuse for the Northern King to annex Tuyuhun, and the lower officials were suspicious. By the side of King Tuyuhun, is there a fine work of the King of the North! Otherwise, no matter how stupid King Tuyuhun is, he will not invade the Great Jin! Another minister said in surprise.

Obviously, all the ministers felt that Tuyuhun's sneak attack on Liangzhou of the Great Jin Dynasty was a completely crazy act, after all, Tuyuhun's national strength was not comparable to that of the Great Jin, and the weak country openly provoked the strong country. It's extremely stupid.

Xie An smiled slightly at the corner of his mouth when he heard this, expressing contempt for the shallow understanding of the ministers.

"What does Xie Situ think?" Seeing Xie An's expression, a minister asked curiously.

Xie An sighed. Zhengse said: "Tuyuhun King Shaxi is a monarch with great talent, but when it comes to your mouth, he has become a madman, and when you mislook at King Tuyuhun, he is not crazy, and he will not be crazy." ”

"Xie Situ, since King Tuyuhun is not crazy. Why did he dare to challenge the Tiger Whiskers of the Great Jin, he was so confident that he could defeat the million-strong master of the Great Jin. One of the ministers retorted.

Xie An said with a smile: "The elite of the Great Jin Dynasty has successively attacked the Yan Dynasty and other countries. And in the north, he established the Andong Metropolitan Protectorate and the Anbei Metropolitan Protectorate, even if Tuyuhun did not invade the Great Jin. Can the Northern King let Tuyuhun go again? Besides, after 100,000 soldiers and horses in Liangzhou conquered the Western Regions, Tuyuhun would be surrounded by the Great Jin Dynasty on three sides. ”

When several ministers heard this, they suddenly realized something, and nodded one after another.

"Xie Situ's meaning is that after the Northern King recovers the Western Regions, the next target will be Tuyuhun, and Tuyuhun saw this from the elite of Liangzhou to the Western Regions, so the dog jumped over the wall to attack Liangzhou, trying to prevent the Great Jin from recovering the Western Regions, as long as the Great Jin gives up the Western Regions, the western part of Tuyuhun will be safe." A minister said.

Xie An nodded, and said: "It should be like this, with the wisdom of Sha Xi, he should have long seen that the North King has the ambition to unify the world, he wants to prevent the North King from further expanding, so as to keep Tuyuhun's foundation, but unfortunately he still has no self-knowledge, the North King is eloquent, how can he stop the pace of expansion because of Tuyuhun's resistance, Tuyuhun will eat from the tiger's mouth, and he will inevitably die in the tiger's mouth." ”

"According to Xie Situ's meaning, the Northern King's western expedition will inevitably destroy Tuyuhun and merge the land under Tuyuhun's jurisdiction into the Great Jin." A minister said.

Xie An smiled and said, "It must be the case, is there any doubt about this?" ”

All the ministers nodded in approval and expressed their admiration for Xie An's foresight.

However, Xie An did not tell the ministers that Hua An's personal expedition to Tuguhun had another purpose, of course, this meant that Xie An's reasonable guess was not confirmed, so naturally he couldn't say it, and he couldn't say it to the person he trusted the most.

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In the western capital of Xiping County, Liangzhou, Tuyuhun King Shaxi and all the generals under his command are on the city wall to overlook, at this moment, the vanguard task of 50,000 soldiers and horses have been killed to the capital of Liangzhou, Guzang City, however, Tuyuhun King Shaxi's heart has been hesitating.

At the moment, there are two roads in front of him, one is to capture the entire Liangzhou, block the passage of the Great Jin into the Western Regions, and completely trap the Great Jin in the east, however, the strength of the soldiers and horses under his command is limited, and may not be able to block the crazy retaliation of the Great Jin court, and the other is just to show force and negotiate with the Great Jin to let the Great Jin give up recovering the Western Regions, so that the Great Jin can not pose a mortal threat to the western part of Tuyuhun.

"Your Majesty, the king of the Northern Jin Dynasty is very ambitious, and it is a matter of time before he annexes Tuyuhun, for the foundation of our ancestors, we must fight to the death, so that it is possible to keep the foundation of our ancestors." A Tuyuhun general Zhengse said.

"Yes! On the king, the elite of the Great Jin Dynasty successively conquered the Yan Dynasty and other countries, and established the Andong Protectorate and the Anbei Protectorate in the north. In this way, it is very likely that the Great Jin Dynasty will establish the Anxi Protectorate in the Western Regions, if this is the case, I Tuguhun will be attacked on three sides, but I am afraid that it will be difficult to survive for a long time. Another general said.

"Your Majesty. As long as we can capture Liangzhou and hold it, Liangzhou and the Western Regions will be my Tuyuhun land in the future, and after many years, I Tuyuhun should have the strength to compete with the Great Jin. A general said confidently.

"Your Majesty, most of the elite soldiers and horses of the Jin army and powerful generals are all in the Andong Metropolitan Protectorate and the Anbei Metropolitan Protectorate. There will not be many soldiers and horses who can be allocated to reinforce Liangzhou, so our army will definitely be able to capture and occupy Liangzhou. A general who knows the inside story of Dajin, Zhengse said.

King Tuyuhun frowned and thought for a moment. Zhengse said: "Since the intention of the Jin Kingdom to unify the world has been irreversible, this king has no choice but to fight hard, and if we win, we can keep the foundation of our ancestors, and once we fail, it is a big deal to die and the country will be destroyed." ”

"We are willing to follow the king to the death and fight the Jin army to the end." The Tuguhun generals responded with a straight face.

Tuyuhun King Shaxi looked at the generals, and said: "Pass the order, the whole army will immediately set off to reinforce the forward, and our army must capture Guzang in this battle." And take Liangzhou as his own. ”

"Yes, Your Majesty." The Tuyuhun generals replied loudly.

Subsequently, the main army of 80,000 Tuyuhun was raised. Leaving the western capital, he went to the direction of Guzang City for reinforcements, preparing to join the 50,000 horses of the former army, taking advantage of the emptiness of Liangzhou, to capture Guzang City in one fell swoop, and control the entire Liangzhou. Cut off the connection between the Great Jin Dynasty and the Western Regions, so as to dominate the West. Achieve independent status.

And just when Tuyuhun almost poured his troops into Liangzhou, the 40,000 main forces of Yizhou and Liangzhou in Shuzhong. In addition, 40,000 soldiers and horses from Yongzhou and Qinzhou were also assembled in Longxi, Qinzhou, and marched in the direction of Xiping County, preparing to reinforce Liangzhou and relieve the pressure on the legions left behind in Liangzhou.

At the same time, Song Cheng, who was attacking the Western Regions, immediately gave up the attack after learning the news of Tuyuhun's sudden invasion of Liangzhou, and gave up all the cities that had been captured, and led all the elite camel cavalry back to Liangzhou, preparing for a decisive battle with the invading Tuyuhun army, so as to drive away the enemy and recover the lost territory that Liangzhou had been captured.

The three-way army plus the left-behind legion in Liangzhou has more than 200,000 troops, and Tuyuhun does not have so many soldiers in the whole country, so the development of the situation is unfavorable to Tuyuhun, of course, Tuyuhun has been forced to a dead end, even if the situation is unfavorable, he must reluctantly fight, so as to fight for himself the opportunity to keep the ancestral inheritance.

However, Tuyuhun didn't know that Hua'an had personally led 100,000 elites to kill from the direction of Luoyang City, so Tuyuhun would be at an absolute disadvantage, and there would be no hope of winning.

A few days later, Tuyuhun's 130,000-strong army arrived at Guzang City, the capital of Liangzhou, and surrounded Guzang City, preparing to attack.

Guzang City is a city that is easy to defend and difficult to attack, in addition to the tall city walls and moats, there is no shortage of defensive facilities such as urn cities and suspension bridges, and the difficulty of capturing is very great, however, Tuyuhun has more than 100,000 troops, and the Jin army in the city is only more than 10,000, and the difference in strength is huge, so Tuyuhun King Shaxi still has great hopes for capturing Guzang City.

"Your Majesty, the whole army is ready to attack the city." A Tuyuhun general reported loudly.

Sha Xi nodded, and said: "Then what are you waiting for, immediately attack Guzang City, before the main force of Liangzhou returns, Guzang City must be attacked." ”

"Yes, Your Majesty, the last general will break the city as soon as possible." General Tuyuhun said.

"Woo woo woo ......" With the sound of a horn, more than 100,000 troops of Tuyuhun launched a siege battle.

Although the more than 10,000 Jin soldiers who defended the city felt very frightened, they knew very well in their hearts that once Guzang City was breached, they were very likely to be slaughtered, and even, the people of the entire city would be slaughtered.

The soldiers of the Jin army put up a desperate resistance, so that the Tuyuhun army attacked for a whole day without making substantial progress.

In the siege battle on this day, the Jin army lost more than 1,000 people, and the attacking Tuyuhun army lost 5,000 men and horses, which made the Tuyuhun king Shaxi very angry, and reprimanded the general in charge of the siege.

"Your Majesty, the resistance of the Jin army is unexpectedly stubborn, and the losses of our army's assault are too great." A general frowned.

"Your Majesty, the reason why the Jin army resisted stubbornly was because our army slaughtered the city, and our army slaughtered the city in Xiping County, which naturally caused the Jin army to be afraid, so they swore to resist." One of the generals explained why.

Sha Xi said angrily: "The defenders of Xiping County let our army lose more than 1,000 soldiers, if we don't slaughter the city, how can the soldiers vent their hatred." ”

Obviously, the order to slaughter the city was given by Sha Xi, and the general said the reason why the Jin army resisted to the end, which was tantamount to accusing Sha Xi of giving the wrong order, and Sha Xi was naturally furious.

"Your Majesty, now the resistance of the Jin army is extremely tenacious, and Guzang City is also extremely easy to defend and difficult to attack, if we continue to attack like this, the losses of our army will be too great, and we must think of a way." A general frowned.

Broken Xi nodded and said softly, "Let this king think about it." ”

"Your Majesty, it's better to persuade you to surrender! Pledge not to kill a single person in the city, as long as they are willing to surrender. One of the courtiers said.

Although Sha Xi didn't believe that he could persuade him to succeed, he still responded: "Yes, you can go and try it!" ”

When the courtiers heard the order, they immediately went to Guzang City and explained their intentions.

The defenders of Guzang City, seeing that Tuyuhun had sent his courtiers to come, put down the drawbridge and hanging basket and let the Tuyuhun envoys arrive at the city wall.

After arriving at the city wall, the attitude of the Tuyuhun courtiers was extremely arrogant, and he looked up at the sky, looking extremely imposing.

"Broken Xi sent you, what's the matter? Say it! General Jin asked.

When the Tuyuhun courtiers heard this, they were furious and shouted: "Bold, you dare to call my king by his name." ”

"What's the matter, isn't the chief of Tuyuhun just called Sha Xi? Changed your name? General Jin yelled.

As soon as he heard that the Jin general called the king of Tuyuhun the chieftain, the courtiers of Tuyuhun were furious again, and said angrily: "The king of my family kindly sent me to persuade me to surrender, but you are so ignorant of what to do, just wait to be slaughtered!" Hum! ”

"Slaughter the city, let Ben slaughter you first." The Jin general was furious and drew the dagger he had brought with him.

Tuyuhun's ministers were shocked and scolded: "What do you want to do, the two countries will not be killed." With that, he took a few steps back.

General Jin strode forward, waved his dagger, and scolded: "Ben will cut off a stinky mouth for you first, and give Sha Xi a warning." After speaking, the upper and lower lips of Tuyuhun have disappeared from his body. (To be continued)