After unified discussion, the Northern Qi court reached an agreement on the general strategy. Dugu Yongye sent troops first, took Hangu and defeated Hongnong. Although the natural danger of Hangu has not been relied on since the establishment of Tongguan, Hongnong is still a major city.

Hongnong was the heart of Hedong. Since the battle between the East and West Wei, its location has been particularly important. Yuwen Tai used this place as a springboard many times to invade near Luoyang, the Eastern Wei Dynasty.

In the second year of Xinghe in the Eastern Wei Dynasty, the Western Wei Dynasty predicted that the Eastern Wei army in Hebei far exceeded that in Henan. Therefore, after the Battle of Heqiao, Wang Sizheng ordered Wang Sizheng to control Hongnong, echoing Yubi, and resisting the forced situation of the Eastern Wei.

Compared to the sudden standing of Yubi in the strategic location of Fenqu, the threat of Hongnong is obviously much smaller, but it cannot be underestimated.

Therefore, Murong Yan sent Dugu Yongye at the first time and led him to drive straight into Hangu. Even if he couldn't take it off, he would have to suffer heavy damage.

Dugu Yongye is a long-time general. He doesn't need to mention how to march and fight. Besides, Dugu Yongye has been guarding Luoyang for a long time and knows more about Hedong and Henan than Duan Shao. He is the best candidate.

As the Northern Qi army was approaching, the defenses around the northern border were tight. In a hurry, many loopholes emerged. Dugu Yongye led his troops to cross Hangu. None of the Zhou troops that had crossed the prefectures and counties that had passed through were decent.

Most of them are doing things, and they secretly opened the side door first, and a scattered cavalry rushed out like a thief. They closed their eyes and put out unified arrows in a row, and then quickly escaped. This is considered to be completing the task... Even Dugu Yongye has never seen such a situation before. When did Zhou Jun become so unemployed?

But if you think about it carefully, the situation in the Northern Zhou Dynasty is extremely bad today, with a sharp decline in population, and many strategic areas have been eroded by Qi. It seems that the weather is declining.

Zhou Zhu Yuwen Yong heard that he was a person who was inspiring to revitalize the country, but his reforms had not yet improved. In a blink of an eye, old enemies broke in in a mighty way... Obviously, they were completely unavailable.

Not to mention that Chen Xin and Han Xiong are there, these people have beaten Duan Shao a lot, and see their achievements:

"Duan Chen, the governor of Yangzhou in the Eastern Wei Dynasty, fled away. Xin led the righteous men to invite him on the Jiuqu Road, killing and hurting many people, and captured him, the Xin'an Order Zhang Zhi...

The Eastern Wei sent the native Niu Daoheng to be the governor of Yangzhou, and Xin led his troops to defeat him...

He and Li Yuan were welcomed by Gao Zhongmi, but he still fought with Mangshan. When the army returned westward, he joined forces with Han Xiong and others to join forces with the mountains to defeat the three cities of the Eastern Wei, and beheaded Fang Tailuo, the governor of Kinmen County. He added 600 households to the Yiyang County. He went to Yiyang County again. The Eastern Wei sent Liu Pensheng as the governor of Kinmen County, and Xin beheaded him again..."

In the past, when Yao Xiong was there in the Eastern Wei Dynasty, the Eastern Wei was more victorious than defeat, and Hou Jing was half the winner against the Western Wei Dynasty. When Hou Jing rebelled into the Southern Dynasty, the Northern Qi Dynasty could basically not be able to fight with them. Therefore, it had a huge army for a long time but was at a disadvantage.

Duan Shao was at this level today thanks to his tireless training. You can imagine how powerful the Western Wei and even the Northern Zhou dynasties were in this area in the past... But now these people are no longer here, Dugu Yongye shook his head.

At this time, although the ministers from all over the country were still illusions about the Zhou Kingdom, they had to make plans for the future. If Dugu Yongye sent someone to persuade him to surrender now, they might all surrender...

However, Dugu Yongye's goal for this trip was not here. The soldiers were very fast. He had to quickly push him to Hongnong City before the Zhou army could react!

After calculating the journey that he would take, Dugu Yongye couldn't help but grin and cursed Yang Su while standing and talking without complaining about the pain in his back.

This long-distance raid is really not something that he, a guy who has half his foot in his old age, can handle. Dugu Yongye turned his horse's head and left the horse team. He looked at the rolling iron cavalry and shouted:

"Start up, and before dawn tomorrow, you must arrive in Huayin and engage in military law that cannot be kept up!"

Yang Su's bold plan made Dugu Yongye anxious, but he fought all the way smoothly. Soon after dawn, he successfully pushed it to Huayin City.

The Zhou army guarding the city was unprepared. When they saw hundreds of cavalry and soldiers coming out like divine weapons, they were so shocked that they ran away like headless flies. They forgot to close the city gate. When they remembered it, it was too late. Hundreds of cavalry had already reached the entrance of the city and attacked in one fell swoop...

Compared with Dugu Yongye's rapid progress, Yang Su was unable to move forward at Xiaoguan. If he wanted to attack Xiaoguan, he had to pass through the Zhuguan Pass. There were many rivers in this stretched valley, and the east-west valley... and the road was extremely narrow, and the narrowest place could only accommodate a carriage.

Yang Shi used to be a guard at the small pass. Northern Zhou had such a dangerous place, which could attack and retreat and defend, and could come and go freely. If it weren't for his being too arrogant, Qi State would still have no choice but to deal with him now, how could Lou Rui catch him? And now Yang Su is facing this problem, how can he win the small pass?

There is no shortage of reserves, and there are also basic areas. In March of the second year of Heqing, Huluguang built military camps and Great Walls near Zhuguan (Xiaoguan) to fight against the Northern Zhou Dynasty. In April, he recruited 20,000 soldiers and built memorials to take charge of the city in Zhuguanxi, built 200 miles of Great Wall, and established thirteen Rongs. In the second year of Wuping, he wrote a big pen to rename this place to Huling Pass. There were 7,000 soldiers in the regular ones, all of which were powerful troops.

However, cavalry cannot be used to fight in this ghost place, and infantry is too slow, and the gate pass is too long, so no one dares to guarantee whether there will be any variables.

Therefore, for more than ten days, Yang Su stopped outside the pass and refused to set off for a long time. He just sent a small-scale whistle cavalry to check the route and see if there was any possibility of a surprise attack. He just did not dare to expand the momentum, for fear of disturbing the Zhou army stationed in the pass.

The generals also complained a lot and suggested replacing Yang Su, but they did not get permission. In fact, Duan Shao and Murong Yan also had doubts about this. The danger of the small pass was that even those with extremely experienced and experienced people dared not say that they could win it, let alone the young man Yang Su...

Although Yang Su was good at fighting and was the upstart in the army favored by His Majesty, he had less experience after all. Therefore, they had the idea of ​​changing generals for a while, but for some reason, the emperor was tolerant and optimistic about Yang Su. Even if he left thousands of troops to roam on the spot, he did not care at all.

The emperor's statement also put their doubts in his stomach. After all, they were not idle and had nothing to do to stare at Yang Su every day. There was a copper pea-like Wei Xuan on the opposite side to deal with it, but he just kept paying attention to Xiao Guan's movements at all times.

Whether Xiaoguan can be won is related to the overall situation of the war.

Yang Su observed in Zhuguanxing for a few more days and found that there was no shortcut to go. He gradually calmed down and prepared for a bloody battle. But on the day when he made up his mind, things suddenly turned around again.

ps: May the deceased rest in peace, may the living work hard, and may the motherland prosper.
Chapter completed!