The reason why Xu You did not fight Hulu Deva in Luoyang was because he received a military report from Zhu Zhi from Xiliang. After a bloody battle between the Liangzhou Army and Yao Jin's Yuduowei finally captured Wuguan and advanced to Shangluo County (this place has nothing to do with Luoyang, it belongs to Shangluo County, Shaanxi Province today).

Wuguan is stuck at the meeting of the turbulent water of the Zhouhe River and Shaoxi Mountain. It is located in the south and moves eastward. Entering Lantian, it is dangerous to the right of the pass. It is known as "one man guards the base, thousands of men are stagnant". The general guarding the pass is called Manfogao, a Qiang man, who is good at fighting and is trusted by the old emperor Yao Yan, and is given the important task of guarding Longnan. Under his strict defense, the Liangzhou army knocked on the pass for more than ten days, and hundreds of casualties were killed and killed, and could not advance in an inch. Yuduowei was not good at attacking the city, and it was even more unimaginable except shooting arrows. In the end, Zhu Zhi's planner Zhu Yuanying offered a plan and wrote more than a thousand letters of surrender and shot into the pass. It says that anyone who offered Manfogao's head would be rewarded with tens of millions of dollars, was awarded with Guannei Marquis, and was promoted to the fourth rank. Anyone who had born with Manfogao would be rewarded with a hundred taels of money, was awarded with Kaiguo County Marquis and was appointed as General Zhennan.

Manfugao read the book of surrender and looked down upon it. He was open-minded and was also a humeral brother who had been with him for many years. In order to show that the superiors and subordinates did not confiscate them all according to military laws, but allowed the troops to voluntarily pass on them. The so-called wealth was touching. Unexpectedly, a lord named Liang Guoer was scolded by Manfugao a few days ago. He held a grudge and took five hundred subordinates to climb over the wall at night. He touched Manfugao's bedroom and chopped his head, then lit the fire and burned the guard house.

As a result, Zhu Zhi successfully occupied Wuguan and gave Liang Guoer and his troops a heavy reward as promised. Yao Jin took action and buried Manfugao's bones with his own hands. He burst into tears in public, praised his loyalty and lamented that he was deceived by the rebel Yao Ji, so that he had the disaster today and promised to treat Manfugao's descendants well after he regained the throne. This behavior moved the captured Xiliang defenders, and they all took the initiative to ask to join the Yuduowei and were willing to drive Yao Jin forward.

Hearing that Wu Pass was lost, Manfo, who was famous and powerful, had a tall and head-to-head, the governor of Shangluo County fled without fighting. The Chu army marched along the Zhouhe Valley and arrived in Shang County. After acquiring the county troops, they stationed on the spot.

Xiliang urgently sent General of the Sui State, and Duke Yao Xin of the Dongyuan, led 30,000 troops to station Qingni to block the Liangzhou army. It was at this time that Zhu Zhi sent Xu You an emergency military newspaper, asking him to march as soon as possible and force Tongguan.

After receiving the military report, Xu You knew that the situation was urgent. If he did not put pressure on Tongguan, Zhu Zhi would become an isolated army that penetrated the enemy's territory, so that Yao Ji could recover and mobilize heavy troops, and there might be unexpected disasters.

So he summoned Ye Min, intending to keep him in Luoyang, and asked him how many troops he needed, Ye Min only said 20,000 people were enough. Zuo Qi Xiao and others were not surprised. After all, they knew very well about Ye Min's ability, but the Jingzhou army was different. Tan Xiaozu was still reserved and had a proper attitude. He only politely proposed when he paid homage to Xu You that the central army could leave 20,000 people to help Cuiyu army and Chifeng army defend Luoyang. Dan Tai Douxing became much more straightforward. He drank too much wine at the celebration banquet and ridiculed Ye Min in front of many people. If he lost Luoyang, the food route from the east would be cut off and then attacked by the Northern Wei from behind. Hundreds of thousands of troops would probably be left in Liang Kingdom.

Ye Min's temperament has never been to do it and not talk. He drinks quietly, pretending that he has not heard Dan Tai Douxing fart. He scared Tan Xiaozu so much that he secretly looked at Xu You's face on the master's seat. Seeing that he was not angry, he felt relieved. After the banquet was dispersed, he locked Dan Tai Douxing in the room and whipped it ten times. When he woke up, he was scared to death and went to Xu You to apologize. When he arrived at the governor's house, he did not see the official master. But Tan Zhuo met him and smiled and comforted him, saying, "According to Cuidian, before the war begins, the person who speaks is not guilty. You are worried that Ye Min is dereliction of duty to avoid implicating the three armies. This is a good thing. You can just look for me directly in the future, or ask the general Chen to talk about his own opinions. Don't talk too much after drinking, do you know?"

Compared with Tan Xiaozu's whipping, Tan Zhuo's attitude was simply like a spring breeze, and his attitude represented Xu You's attitude. This made Dan Tai Douxing, who was used to the old military law, particularly uncomfortable, but it was also particularly touched. After returning, he directly looked for Ming Jing, who was shameless in Cuiyu's army, so he asked Ben Cuidian. Seeing that he couldn't sleep in the middle of the night, he got up in his clothes and went to find Xue Xuanmo, and said, "Jiushi, do you think if we practice troops according to Cuidian, can we train the strongest army in the world?"

Xue Xuanmo was able to eat since he was a child. His father joked that unless he produced nine stones of rice per mu, he would starve to death in the future. At that time, the average yield per mu in Chu was about three stones. It can be seen how much pressure it put on the family with a son who could eat. Therefore, his small name is Jiushi.

However, Xue Xuan Moshen was ashamed of this small word. Only Dan Tai Douxing in the Jingzhou army dared to shout. After hearing that he was noisy, Xue Xuan Mo said angrily: "I don't let you sleep in the middle of the night just for Cuidian? Let me tell you, Cuidian looks simple, but it is extremely complicated to practice. If you really want to learn, wait until you return to the Western Expedition, go and ask the general and let you go to the Huqin Hall to stay for a while..."

"Tiger Qiantang..." Dan Tai Douxing poked Xue Xuanmo's stomach and said blankly: "What kind of rare thing is that?"

Xue Xuanmo rolled his eyes and said, "When you have the honor to go to Qiantang, you will know what it is!"

"Is that true?" Dan Tai Douxing scratched his head and said, "When the Western Expedition is over, I will go and ask for the general!"

After resting in Luoyang for three days, Xu You finally decided to respect Ye Min's opinion and gave him 20,000 soldiers. The soldiers are more expensive than the elite. The Cuiyu Army and the Chifeng Army are like one. If a central army is added, a group of arrogant soldiers and generals will be like a spoonful of salt in the brain of Sweet Tofu. Ye Min is not easy to command and becomes chaotic.

In addition, he was given 5,000 central troops in Dan Tai, led by him alone to attack Hongnong County along the Luo River. After occupation, he stationed on the spot to protect the wings of the line from Luoyang to Tongguan.

This is clearly a matter of transferring Dan Tai Douxing out of the Jingzhou Army Group and embedding a nail into the Central Army Group. If it were usual, it would probably have encountered considerable resistance. But now Xu You is harnessing the power of a great victory, no one dares to object, and the contribution of attacking Hongnong County is far inferior to the ambition of breaking Tongguan and defeating Chang'an. Some people even laughed secretly. Without Dan Tai Douxing, a brave general who is competing for me, the chance of sharing it with them will be much greater.

On April 12, Zuo Qi Xiao and others were vanguarded by land, and all counties along the way were descending in the wind. On April 14, Xu You led his main force to advance west along the Yellow River, and the army was very strong. Even in the east of Tongguan, the champion general of Tongguan, Mi Pochu stood at the top of the city, watching the Chu army's front team, but the rear team had no end, stretching for dozens of miles, and it was shocking to change color and could not speak for a long time.

That night, the camp was set up, and the commander's tent gathered to discuss matters. In response to the easy defense and difficult attack of Tongguan, Tan Xiaozu proposed to divide 30,000 troops across the river and head north to attack Pucheng. If Pucheng is defeated, you may bypass the natural danger of Tongguan. Tan Zhuo opposed it and said, "Yin Zhao, the prefect of Pucheng, has been in charge of many years, with tens of elite soldiers. In addition, the city is strong and stable. If it cannot be captured for a long time, it will be useless for the war and hurt morale. It is better to concentrate troops to conquer Tongguan, and Pucheng will definitely surrender."

Xu You asked He Ru's opinion, He Ru said: "Tongguan is difficult to overcome. If you learn from Cao Cao's plan to fight Ma Chao and go to Pucheng to cross Hexi, although it is a little risky and takes a long time, the chance of victory is greater and the casualties will be reduced a lot. But the problem lies here," he paused, looked back at Luoyang, and said with a worry, "Come to the secret office line, the 30,000 central troops of the Northern Wei Dynasty are about to arrive on the north bank of the Yellow River. If Ye Min does not successfully defend Luoyang, and our army will be divided into two groups. As Tan Sima said, when Tongguan was not yet taken down and Pucheng was not yet defeated, he was attacked by the Wei cavalry from behind. This small county in the township may become the place where we are burial."

Zuo Qi also said: "The most urgent task is to concentrate troops to conquer Tongguan! If you divide the troops into Pucheng, even if you can break through, you will be able to detour Hexi. It is impossible to reach Weinan without more than a month. It is too late to go deeper alone, so it is too risky!"

In the final analysis, the outcome of the Battle of Tongguan is actually Luoyang. As long as Ye Min guards Luoyang and Xu You have no worries, he can deal with it calmly no matter which strategy he adopts. Why is it difficult to get on the verge of helplessness now?

Finally, Xu You adopted Tan Zhuo's opinion. Early the next morning, Zhou Shiting and Cao Qing led their troops to attack. Tongguan had the advantage of victory, leaning against the Qinling Mountains in the south and the Yellow River in the north. To attack Tongguan, you must first pass through Huangxiangban and then climb a raised highland. There is the only passage in the middle of the highland, which is only a few meters wide, called the Wuli Secret Gate. The commanding heights on both sides are very easy to arrange ambush troops. Zhou Shiting took the lead and formed a formation with shield soldiers to resist the flying stones. Cao Qing then used a strong bow to shoot arrows to suppress it. He then formed 300 suicide soldiers and used a flying hook to support the earth wall. Nearly half of them died before he took down the highland and successfully climbed to Linzhiyuan.

However, the distance between Linzhiyuan and Tongguan is too close. If a thunder cannon is placed, it will be destroyed by the defenders' stone cannons and crossbow rockets before it is deployed. Therefore, we can only adopt the conventional method of siege and fill it with human lives.

This is the battle that Xu You is most reluctant to fight, but not every battle can be taken advantage of by wisdom. You must fight hard when you should fight hard. No matter how heavy the price you pay, you must move forward bravely. Most of the blood of the Han people was extinguished by inhumane abuse during the Five Barbarians' invasion of China. Only by using such a fierce battle and the blood of countless people as purgatory can the Han people be re-forged the unyielding bones and the unbeaten national souls!

(I have been reading the history of the Southern and Northern Dynasties recently, and it is often hard to describe it. For example, in the Battle of Mangshan between the Northern Zhou and Northern Qi, the Northern Zhou attacked Luoyang, and took the lead, and realized that the troops were strong and strong, and did not take the Northern Qi seriously. Before the war, it was planned to cut off the Mangjin Ferry. In fact, when I arrived in Luoyang, Mangjin Ferry did not send troops to guard it, so that the reinforcements of the Northern Qi Gaochanggong and Huluguang easily crossed the Yellow River, and took Mangshan as a stronghold, and defeated the Northern Zhou Dynasty.)

(There are also dangerous places like Liu Yu attacking the Later Qin Dynasty and Tongguan. Yao Shao had great power. He was in charge of 50,000 soldiers, but he refused to stick to the danger and insisted on leaving the city to fight. As a result, he was defeated in one battle and even wanted to retreat to Dingcheng. My Cao, the other person, Ge Shuhan, was forced out of the seclusion by the old fool of Xuanzong. You took the initiative to send him away...)
Chapter completed!