Noble First Daughter-in-law

Chapter 1080: Encircling Wei to Save Zhao, Killing Two Birds with One Stone

The people below received the order and immediately went down to assemble the troops.

But several deputy generals were very confused. Xue Lin stepped forward and asked, "Your Highness, are we going to cross the river to attack Xiao Yuansui?"

Yuwen Ye shook his head: "Send troops to Huyang Valley."

"what?!"

Upon hearing this, everyone looked at each other in astonishment. They were now guarding Hulao Pass in order to block the east gate of Luoyang to prevent Xiao Yuansui's army from going to the East Capital for rescue. Why did they suddenly send troops to Huyang Valley?
Yuwen Ye did not explain much, just waved his hand and said: "Go down and prepare, we will set off in half an hour!"

After he finished speaking, he turned back to the big tent. Xue Lin followed him into the big tent. Seeing Shen Tutai with a serious expression, he wanted to ask something, but after thinking about it, he said directly to Yuwen Ye: "Your Highness, shouldn't we be guarding Hulao Pass now? What are we going to Huyang Valley for?"

Yuwen Ye did not answer him, but just gasped heavily, as if if he didn't do this, he would be defeated by some emotion in the next moment.

Shen Tutai, who was standing by, said solemnly, "The princess is in Huyang Valley."

"what?"

When Xue Lin heard this, he immediately showed a look of surprise on his face: "Why is the princess in that place?"

Shentu Tai said: "Do you remember that I told you before that Shi Yutao's sister Shi Yuxin is missing now, and Xiao Yuansui originally assembled more than 100,000 troops from Hebei, but at least 80,000 of them have not yet crossed the river. Shi Yuxin took this group of troops to Huaizhou. Now-"

As he spoke, he seemed to have thought of something and looked up at Yuwen Ye.

At this time, Yuwen Ye seemed to have finally let go of the anxiety and gloom that had been accumulating in his chest. He became calmer and turned back to him and said, "You stay here and continue to guard Hulao Pass. I will come back as soon as I finish dealing with things over there."

Shen Tutai immediately said: "Your Highness, let me go!"

Yu Wenye shook his head.

Xue Lin, who was standing aside, looked at him and then at Shentu Tai. He seemed to understand what Yuwen Ye was going to do by gathering the army. He also knew that the relationship between His Royal Highness the Prince of Qin and the Princess of Qin was deep and that he would definitely not give up the Princess of Qin for the sake of the situation at Hulao Pass. He thought for a moment and said, "Your Highness, let me lead the troops. The matter at Hulao Pass is of great importance and cannot be left without Your Royal Highness and General Shentu."

Yuwen Ye glanced at him, his eyes showing no joy or anger, but his tone was somewhat complicated: "Huyang Valley is a matter of great importance."

"..."

"It's more important than Hulao Pass."

"...?"

Xue Lin opened his eyes wide in confusion.

Even though the Princess of Qin was of noble status, and even though His Royal Highness the Prince of Qin and her were deeply in love, how could a small Huyang Valley be more important than the Hulao Pass where the two armies were now confronting each other and the war in the Eastern Capital was involved? Fortunately, Shen Tutai spoke up at this time, and he said, "What do you think Shi Yuxin is going to do by leading 80,000 troops to Huyang Valley?"

Xue Lin shook his head in confusion.

Shentu Tai grabbed his arm and walked to Yuwen Ye's desk, pointing at the map. Although the two of them were looking at it upside down, he was familiar with the terrain of the area over the past few days, so even if he looked at it upside down, he could immediately distinguish the mountains, rivers, cities and towns on the map. Shentu Tai said, "Shi Yuxin's 80,000 troops want to take Huaizhou and Heyang."

As he spoke, he turned around and glanced at Yuwen Ye. Although Yuwen Ye did not say anything when this matter was mentioned, the veins on his forehead kept throbbing, and it was obvious that this matter was also on his mind.

Shentu Tai continued: "Then they can enter Shangdang through Fukou Pass, and then go south to capture Puban."

If Xue Lin was a little confused when he heard about Huaizhou, Heyang, Shangdang and other places, and didn't know what Shi Yuxin was going to do, nor what Yuwen Ye and Shentu Tai were worried about, but when he heard about Puban, he immediately understood, looked down at the gullies on the map, and took a breath: "Do they want to attack Chang'an directly!?"

"Correct!"

Speaking of this, Shentu Tai himself shuddered.

This move was something they could never have imagined. Xiao Yuansui led tens of thousands of troops, not too many but not too few, across the Yellow River to confront them at Hulao Pass. On the surface, it seemed that Yuwen Ye led the army to guard the east gate of Luoyang and prevent Xiao Yuansui from rushing to Luoyang for assistance, but in fact, it was Xiao Yuansui who held them back, and Shi Yuxin's 80,000 troops were the real killer move!
She led these 80,000 troops north to capture Huaizhou and Heyang, and then entered Shangdang through Fukou Pass. Although they had heard that Ashina Zhuye had fled to Xiazhou, if he went back to Shangdang and joined forces with Shi Yuxin, and then went south to capture Puyang, Chang'an would almost be in their pocket!

Moreover, Yuwen Yuan had already mobilized all his troops to the Eastern Capital, and now there were only a small number of guards in Chang'an City. In this case, the army that had marched to Luoyang had to return to provide assistance, and in this way, the siege of Luoyang was lifted.

This is a strategy of attacking Wei to save Zhao, killing two birds with one stone!
Xue Lin felt goose bumps all over his body, and his scalp was numb. His Adam's apple rolled for a long time before he squeezed out a hoarse voice: "Well, that was a close call..."

Yuwen Ye looked back at him, and then exchanged glances with Shentu Tai. Although there was not much panic on either of their faces, they could clearly see that both of their foreheads were covered in cold sweat.

This move is too clever and too vicious!

Yuwen Ye said, "There's no need to spread the news about Huyang Valley. You just stay here and guard Hulao Pass. Since Xiao Yuansui wants to delay, you can send troops across Sishui River every two days to fight one or two battles. But remember, you must not send out a large army."

Shentu Tai said: "I understand."

Yuwen Ye looked at Xue Lin again: "You must also remember that you must never act impulsively."

If the previous battle outside Hulao Pass made him realize that there was still a big gap between his combat power and that of the enemy, then after hearing such a plan at this moment, Xue Lin understood clearly that there were some people in this world who were so smart that they were almost wicked, and he could never reach them.

In this case, the smartest thing to do is to listen to smart people.

So he immediately accepted the order, turned around and walked out.

The two people in the big tent were silent for a long time. Yuwen Ye walked to his desk again, looking at the eight ridges of Taihang Mountain on the map, and the Huyang Valley, which was just a small black dot but had been the scene of fierce fighting. He said in a deep voice: "Wazhou has a female hero... This female hero is really extraordinary."