In the morning, in the military camp outside Xuchang City, Duke Yuchi Shun of the Kingdom of China was looking at the map in the tent. Half an hour ago, he received an urgent report that in the early morning of the day before yesterday, the prime minister personally led his troops to besiege Yuwen Wen, but was defeated by the other side, with heavy casualties and the entire army fled.

The battlefield was on the north bank of Shashui, near the ancient city of Ningping, east of Dan County. The enemy formed a chariot formation and guarded it. The troops on his side had been besieged for a long time. As a result, when they were about to fully attack the chariot formation, the formation suddenly became a strong light, and the battle situation changed instantly.

Their own side was defeated and their troops were defeated. A carefully planned annihilation battle was fought by the other side. Except for some cavalry escaped, most of the soldiers were not in this battle.

Whether these people were killed or captured, they were defeated in a complete defeat for the Yuchi side. After losing so many elite troops, the next battle would be even more difficult to fight.

The teams that attacked this time, whether it was Yuchi Dun's side or Yuchi Shun's side, sent elite troops and a large number of cavalry, but they almost lost all their money. In the following battle, it would be difficult for both sides to join forces.

In this way, it is easy to be defeated one by one by the other.

Thinking of this, Yuchi Shun felt a sense of powerlessness in his heart. His son-in-law Yuwen Wen was really good at fighting. In the battle of Ningping's ancient city, when he was attacked and besieged, the opponent could turn defeat into victory. If he and his son-in-law faced each other in the future, could they win?

It's very difficult because the son-in-law has many methods and makes people unable to defend themselves.

Based on the war over the past year, Yuchi Shun can see clearly the true face of his son-in-law: a wolf in sheep's clothing. If anyone dares to take it lightly, the outcome will definitely be miserable.

Last year, five official troops attacked the five passes of Dabie Mountains, and their troops were inexplicably wiped out. No one expected that such a thing would happen. Unexpectedly, Yuwen Wen led his troops to sneak attack Xuanhu, Yuzhou Prefecture, and the situation changed.

Yuchi Dun personally led his troops to besiege Xuanhu, but he took several months but failed to break the city. After that, he suffered several major defeats. The situation of the Yuchi side took a sharp turn, and from the beginning of the sure victory, he has become more difficult to support now.

Most of this is related to Yuwen Wen. The other party must have a lot of strange weapons in his hands, which can unexpectedly turn the situation around. Yuchi Shun felt that it was difficult for his son-in-law to deal with, but no matter how difficult it was to deal with it, he had to face it.

No matter who is right or wrong, things have come to this point, the Yuwen family and the Yuchi family will never end. The victory or defeat will be decided. The situation in Henan is related to the survival of the family, and Yuchi Shun cannot be allowed to make any mistakes.

However, the defeat of Ningping Ancient City this time was heavy casualties, and the troops that could be mobilized were in short supply. Once the opponent went north from Wuping on the south bank of Woshui, the connection between Zhengzhou in the west and Caozhou in the east could be cut off.

Yuchi Shun confronted Yu Wenming in Xuchang, while his son-in-law Yuwen Wen confronted Yuchi Dun in Bozhou. With his son-in-law's historical performance, he might have taken the initiative to attack Caozhou. So can Yuchi Dun stop it?

Once Yuchi Dun could not stop him and suffered another defeat, then Yuchi Shun, who was in Xuchang, Zhengzhou, would become an isolated army and would be unsustainable.

His head-on battle with Yu Wenming, his military strategy is average, but his ability to fight steadily is good. Yuchi Shun knew that if he couldn't deal with the other party as soon as possible, his army would be finished when his son-in-law came from the east.

The other party does not need to fight him to fight, but only needs to cut off the food route by relying on his superiority of military strength. Then, if the official army in Xuchang and Changshe loses food and grass, the morale of the army will inevitably be in chaos. At that time, the entire territory of Henan will be occupied by the enemy. Under such circumstances, the situation in Hebei may change.

The powerful and powerful families who are still watching in Hebei will lose confidence in the Yuchi family. If the Yuwen family army crosses the Hebei region and attacks Yecheng, there are probably many people from all over Hebei who join the opponent's camp. When the wall falls, everyone will push them, and the Yuchi family may face a catastrophe.

Yuchishun could not imagine how desolate it would be when such a situation came. At that time, it was probably only his daughter Yuchi Chifan and Yuchi Mingyue could be left out of the matter.

Thinking of his two daughters, Yuchi Shun felt mixed feelings. If possible, he hoped that Yuchi and Yuwen would confront each other and both sides would be safe, but this was unrealistic, so he still had to find a way to win the battle.

Compared with Yuwen Wen, Yu Wenming is easier to deal with, but Yu Wenming's steady arrangements have no flaws. Yuchi Shun cannot take the risk of taking out surprise troops because he can no longer afford to lose.

While thinking about it, the envoy sent by the Prime Minister arrived at the military camp and conveyed the news to Yuchishun.

People are indeed people around the Prime Minister. Yuchi Shun has seen them many times, so he asked, "What's wrong with the Prime Minister? How about you?"

After the visitor salute, he replied: "Duke Huiguo, the Prime Minister led his troops to retreat in that battle. He was chased by the enemy cavalry and was hit by several arrows. However, it was not a big deal for the armor to protect his body. He specially led his subordinates to spread the news."

Yuchi Shun nodded when he heard this and asked again: "The Prime Minister has no letters to bring you?"

"The Prime Minister rushed back to Caozhou to reorganize his troops. In a hurry, he did not write a letter, so he asked the lower officials to bring a message to Duke Qi."

The visitor took out a jade pendant and handed it to Yuchi: "The Prime Minister ordered the subordinates to use this as a certificate and bring a message to Duke of the Kingdom of Qi."

Yuchi Shu looked at the jade pendant. It was indeed the object of his younger brother Yuchi Dun. The two agreed that if the situation was urgent, the messengers between them could use tokens as certificates to directly convey the message to each other.

However, the token agreed by Yuchi Shun and Yuchi Dun in advance was not a jade pendant, but this jade pendant was indeed a property that Yuchi Dun had with him. Yuchi Shun thought that his younger brother was eager to order someone to bring a message, so it is reasonable to use a jade pendant to replace the token.

"What is the Prime Minister's message?"

"The Prime Minister said that now that the official army has been newly defeated, please ask Duke Shi to continue to station troops in Xuchang and deal with Yu Wenming. You must not act rashly. The Prime Minister confronts Yu Wen in Caozhou, stabilize the situation first, and then Xu Tuzhi."

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Caozhou, the prefecture is in Zuocheng, and the military camp outside the city. A large number of carriages were lined up at the gate to enter the camp. The carriages were loaded with heavy supplies, which were food, cloth and other materials sent from various parts of Caozhou to prepare for the needs of the government army.

In the forbidden area of ​​the military camp, idle people are not allowed to enter and exit at will to prevent careful spying on military information. Therefore, the "idle people" who want to enter the camp must be checked before they can enter the camp. After entering the camp, they will unload the food, grass and supplies, and after completing the relevant registration, they must come out quickly.

In a corner of the team, a young man was looking at the scene of the military camp inside the gate with interesting interest. This made the old servant around him uneasy and whispered: "Mr. Lang, you can't spy on the military camp at will. If you think it's a meticulous work, it will be troublesome."

"Hey, if you look at it, you will be seen as real and real. The layout of this military camp is too useless."

The young man was indifferent. Because he had never seen a large military camp, he was very interested in the large military camp in front of him. However, when he saw the old servant very nervous, he smiled and turned to look elsewhere.

The grain transport team lined up in a long queue, at least one mile long, including supplies transported by various counties. Although his convoy was in the forefront, it was probably not until afternoon when the handover was completed.

His surname is Xu and his name is Gai. His family lives in Lihu. Lihu is under the jurisdiction of Xiajiyin County, Caozhou. The official army stationed in Zhouzhuan to attack the rebels. Therefore, the government requires good people from all over the country to transport food and grass to prepare for military supplies. The Xu family has always been good people, so they naturally have to respond enthusiastically.

It is impossible not to respond. The Xu family is a big family in Lihu. The Xu Gai family alone has thousands of children and hundreds of hectares of fertile land. In the eyes of the government, it is a first-class big family. If you don’t take the lead in setting an example, the outcome will be bad.

Therefore, as the legitimate son, Xu Gai was assigned an important task by his father to supervise the transportation of grain and grass to the Zuocheng military camp, and to become familiar with the city of Zhou, laying the foundation for future development.

Now that the Prime Minister personally leads troops to station in Zuocheng, it is always good if he is lucky enough to show his face in front of him.

Xu Gai's father Xu Kang was once the prefect of Qiao County, Gaoqi, and Xu Gai's grandfather Xu Que, who was once the magistrate of Puyang County, Yuan Wei. The Xu family has been officials for generations, and their vision is of course different from that of ordinary tyrants. As long as there is a chance, young people should show their faces in front of those who are superior, laying the foundation for their future officialdom.

Therefore, Xu Gai did not think that conveying food and grass was a hard job. For the sake of his family and himself, it was natural for him to go to the Zuocheng Military Camp, but he was spared by leading his troops to assist in the war, because the risk was too great.

The current situation is turbulent, and the Xu family will not easily take all their lives, because if they lose, it will be a disaster for the extermination of the clan. Xu Gai knows this truth, so he agrees with his father's decision.

If you should give food, you should give food and grass, so as not to be killed by the official army to scare the monkeys. But you should not be too "invested" because the traitors are very good at fighting, and they may become "official army" one day. At that time, the family that stands in the wrong team will be miserable, as miserable as the powerful people in Huaixi.

What happened in Huaixi is more or less known to families in Henan. Everyone has learned about someone's ruthless methods. Now this person is in Xiaohuang, Bozhou, and no one dares to take it lightly.

For families in the territory of Caozhou, if the other party wins another battle and controls Caozhou, it is better to be low-key now for the family plan.

"The one-legged bronze man...why does he have such a nickname?"

Xu Gai murmured to himself that he was still young and had no chance to enter the officialdom, so he was quite interested in the outside world. The Xu family had a wide connection, so he often heard some news elsewhere, and Xu Gai had heard a lot about the news about the "one-legged bronze man".

At this moment, the gate suddenly became noisy, and a large number of soldiers ran out of the barracks, maintaining order along the road, allowing carriages and idle people to retreat to the side of the road. Then several carriages drove out of the barracks and headed north along the road under the escort of a large number of cavalry.

Xu Gai stood by the carriage, waiting silently for the team to pass by. However, when the carriage passed by, he asked about the smell of abalone.

Abalone is a salted fish marinated with salt. It smells very special and "frozen". Xu Gai, who is from a wealthy family, is not unfamiliar with abalone, but he is a little surprised by this situation.

Xu Gai studied since childhood and read a lot of books at a young age. At this time, a passage he had read in a book appeared in his mind, and he was shocked and confused.

The King of Qin swept the Liuhe River and ruled the world. He was the First Emperor. He traveled several times and fell ill when he arrived at Pingyuanjin. He died in the palace of Shadune. The left prime minister Li Si and the order of the CEIQ office Zhao Gao made a proclamation. He did not send a funeral secretly. He carried a coffin into a cool cart and walked back to Xianyang.
Chapter completed!