Han Hai Tang Ergui

Chapter 483 Blood and Fire Three Kingdoms Kill (Darkness Before Dawn)
After Hu Guang and the others left the battlefield, they didn't stop at all. They took off their armor and threw away their horse spears. They only brought iron maces, horizontal knives, and two long and short bows.

For a person who is licking blood at the edge of a knife, throwing away the most important armor and the horse that is worth tens of thousands of dollars can already be described as sinking the boat.

The reason why he made such a decisive decision is because Hu Guang has already sensed the considerable danger.

You must know that before this, Hu Guang decided to continue to "lurker" in Xuzhou and Wuning's army, preparing for Zhang Zhao's entry into the Central Plains.

Because at that time, Hu Guang believed that no matter how bad the state of Jin was, it could completely resist the Khitans.

But this time, Hu Guang suddenly discovered that in addition to the emotional surprise of underestimating the enemy and complaining, many people in the army have been greatly degraded and no longer the courage they used to be.

His father, Hucile, and clan brother, Hutai, are the best examples.

The fertile fields, mansions and beautiful concubines have eroded their will, and those fearless warriors in the past can no longer fight without distractions.

On the other hand, the Khitans were defeated twice in three years, especially in the battle of Baituanwei Village in Yangcheng. The Khitans suffered heavy losses from manpower to supplies, but they were able to recover quickly and followed orders to go south.

This shows that the Khitan Emperor Yelu Deguang's control over the Khitan Kingdom is very firm.

If it was changed to the state of Jin, such a failure would cause the entire country to collapse, and Khitan not only did not collapse, but also went south one after another.

Comparing the two, they are already qualitatively different. Even if Jin can resist it once, it will definitely not escape the next time.

Moreover, the Jin army has made frequent moves this time, and there is a great risk of the entire army being wiped out.
Therefore, Hu Guang felt that it was better to tell Zhang Zhao the news that the Jin army was at great risk of failure than continue to lurk and try to seize a city and land for Zhang Zhao.

And just when Huguang was heading west, Hucile lost five or six hundred cavalry and escaped from the encirclement of Xiao Han and Yeluwuzhi with all his life, the Jin army on the east bank of the Hutuo River was completely caught in the encirclement.

It turned out that although the two armies faced each other across the Hutuo River, the Hutuo River itself was not very wide.

The Khitan cavalry stretched up and down the Hutuo River for ten miles, camping continuously. They took advantage of the cavalry to cross the Hutuo River continuously, and basically wiped out the surrounding camps of the Later Jin Dynasty.

Du Chongwei was also very annoyed, because if Hucile's troops could not leave with three thousand riders, the Khitan would not dare to clean up the area around the Jin army's camp with such a big fanfare.

But now, Liang Hanzhang lost [-] horses, Fu Yanqing and Gao Xingzhou took away [-] horses, and Hu Cile took another [-] horses.

Among the [-] Jin army, there are less than [-] cavalry that can be drawn out, and this is still counting the cavalry of the commanders in each section.

In December, Hucile's defeated army fled back to the Jin army camp. Until this time, I have been sitting in the camp, imagining the Jin army generals who will fight again in the battle of Baituanwei Village in Yangcheng, and I am a little nervous up.

Because the Khitan people only encircled but did not fight, and after clearing the surrounding area, they trapped the Jin army and did not launch an attack, which made it impossible for the Jin army's characteristics of being good for foot combat and surprise attacks to be brought into play.

Now that Luancheng failed to clear the siege, the escape route and grain road were all blocked, and the situation was extremely critical.

Du Chongwei was terrified. Among the whole army, the one he could trust the most was Li Shouzhen. These two people often complained against the court together, and they had a lot in common.

However, in the face of this situation, although Li Shouzhen was known as brave and strategic, he had no good solution.

The Khitan people learned to be smart this time, and surrounded them without fighting, obviously trying to consume them to death.

The Jin army had [-] troops, and although the Hutuo River was shallow, it was not easy to cross. Therefore, even if the threat of the Khitan cavalry was not considered, the possibility of taking the initiative to attack was not great.

After a lot of hard thinking and meditation, the military situation between the two of them was not discussed, but their resentment towards the later Jin court was aroused.

Du Chongwei held a corner of wine and looked at Li Shouzhen with drunken eyes, and his timidity during the expedition came to his mind again.

"This expedition was originally for the two states of Ying and Mo. The emperor insisted on being greedy for Yanyun. If it was only for the two states of Ying and Mo, if things were not in harmony, we would have retreated to Bei and Equal states to stick to it. Can be surrounded here?"

If you say it doesn't make sense, it's not true, there is really a little bit of it.

Without Shi Chonggui's ardent expectations, Du Chongwei might have gone to Beizhou and Xiangzhou, and Yelu Deguang might not be able to surround him.

And when it came to spraying Shi Chonggui, Li Shouzhen's spirit immediately came. Although he had always pretended to be loyal and brave to serve the country in front of Shi Chonggui, he was actually very resentful in his heart.

Because the Jiedushi in Hezhong promised by Shi Chonggui was not arranged in place.

This was a huge blow to Li Shouzhen, because behind Li Shouzhen, he was not alone, but a group of generals and soldiers who followed him for a living.

Li Shouzhen couldn't afford to support so many generals without getting the position of Commander-in-Chief of the First Township. Now only [-]% of them have been scattered, and it's the result of him spending all his money to support them.

Shi Chonggui cut off his future, and also cut off his fortune, so the resentment in his heart can be imagined, so when Li Shouzhen sprayed it, it was not reserved at all.

"The Son of Heaven's favor and trust in actors is far better than that of the Zhuang Temple in the past. The ability of the Zhuang Temple is not enough to control the people. If you die, you will start the sect. Today, everyone's talents and virtues are not as good as Zhuang Temple. In case, it is the way to die."

When Du Chongwei heard this, he became even more angry, because Li Shouzhen did not get the Hezhong Jiedu envoy, and Du Chongwei did not get Yedu to stay behind, and he was also bought [-] shi of corn by Wang Qinzuoqiang, the palace supervisor sent by Shi Chonggui.

"A certain person knew that he was an incompetent person. In the past, he was just a halberd bearer in front of the late emperor. Why did he take him as a person? If the thief did not kill the late emperor's sons, An Neng would make him succeed."

As he said that, Du Chongwei sighed, "That generation is not the late emperor's son, nor is he a certain nephew, so don't be close to us and others who are on behalf of the North!"

Having said this, Li Shouzhen's heart began to thump wildly, and he pretended to say to Du Chongwei while he was drunk.

"In the Ming Temple of the former Tang Dynasty, my great Jin emperors were all born as commanders-in-chief, so they can understand the sufferings of our generation of warriors, so we can be far away from good fortune and actors, and entrust us with the country.

Even the last emperor, although he was in a hurry to persecute the first emperor and the public, he did not treat the rest of the people badly.

Unlike today's emperor of Daning Palace, I don't know who is the pillar of the country. According to a certain person, he has to be someone from Duke Du's background to be suitable as an emperor. "

Du Chongwei's eyelids twitched, and so did his heart. In fact, he had thought in his heart whether it was possible to ascend to the throne of God with the help of Khitan forces.

Otherwise, in the last battle of Baituanwei Village, he should have led the army to chase after him, instead of just being in the water.

However, I, Marquis Du Wen, is quite capable. He knows that with his ability, there are very few people who obey him and are willing to listen to him. If there is a trouble, there are not many helpers who are good at fighting.

What's more, he searched all over the place, most of which were returned to his own pocket, and he didn't have many good soldiers around him. If he really wanted to force a riot, he might not be as good as An Chongrong and An Congjin.

However, Li Shouzhen in front of him is a very good partner. He is brave and good at fighting. He also has [-] soldiers under his command. Moreover, he is also very popular among the generals, so he can join forces in private.

Of course, now is not the time. Although the two are relatively close, they are not close enough to talk about these matters directly, and the situation is not so critical that they must seek refuge with the Khitans.

Du Chongwei then laughed aloud and covered up the incident with his drunkenness, but Li Shouzhen saw the excitement in his heart.

In mid-December, after the tiger thorns returned to the camp, the generals of the Jin army began to raise cavalry, and assembled the cavalry to attack the Khitan around the camp. After a few small victories, the Khitan cavalry finally dared not approach the camp. , but Luancheng was strangled, and the army rations were almost insufficient.

At the end of December, the Jin army’s rations were only enough for [-] days, and the surrounding forests were cut down, making it more difficult to obtain firewood. The sergeants camped outside in winter and suffered from the wind and snow.

Du Chongwei convened the generals to discuss the matter. Huangfu Yu suggested to withdraw to the south, open the way with elite soldiers, recapture Luancheng, and then retreat to Beizhou, and even the area around Yedu and Chanzhou. Confrontation on the shore.

In this way, the disadvantage of the Jin army being easily pinched in logistics will be gone. Instead, the Khitan people will be able to lengthen the front line, or they may be able to retreat from the enemy.

It can be said that Huangfu Yu's suggestion is the only way out for the Jin army at this time. Although they will inevitably be chased by the Khitan and may lose tens of thousands of people at least, it can prevent the entire army from being wiped out.

But all the generals disagreed with this point, because they felt that it hadn't reached this level yet, and even at that time, all the generals would have cavalry accompanying them, enough to break through and escape, and they were not in a hurry now.

Du Chongwei disagreed even more, he had the idea of ​​taking refuge in Khitan, of course, the surrender of the [-] troops would be more favored by Yelu Deguang, and he might be able to become the emperor.

If he fled south to Yedu and Beizhou and he was so disadvantaged in combat, Shi Chonggui dismissed him from his official position with an edict and replaced him with An Shenqi or Fu Yanqing, then it would be over.

And if you don't want to retreat south, there is only one way to go, which is to lead troops westward and break through the blockade of the Khitan people's Hutuo River. Don't expect to be able to break the Khitan camp, as long as you can jump out of the blockade.

Because Hengzhou behind the Khitans is still in the hands of the Jin army, as long as they break through the blockade, they can continue to defend in Hengzhou and Zhaozhou.

As soon as this policy came out, many people agreed with it. Wang Qingjin, the governor of Xizhou, said: "I will go to Changshan for five miles, and stay here, and the camp will be exhausted. What will happen?

Please use [-] infantry as the vanguard, seize the bridge and open the way, and you can lead the army to follow, and enter Changshan in the future, and it will definitely help. "

At this time, on the Hutuo River, although the Zhongdu Bridge was burned by the Khitans, the south and north bridges were only partially destroyed. If they can cross the river with elites, it is still possible to repair them.

What Wang Qing asked was to use two thousand soldiers to cross the river in the early morning, occupy the other side of the river, rush to repair one of the two crossing bridges, and then the entire army crossed the river, defeated the Khitan army, and entered Hengzhou City.

Du Chongwei nodded approvingly, and ordered Wang Qing to summon 2000 people of warriors, and then ordered Song Yanjun, the Jiedu envoy of the Weisheng Army of Dengzhou, to lead 3000 people to go with him. After recovering the bridge, the whole army attacked the Khitans.

. . . .

Just as the Jin army was heading north, Zhang Zhao's deployment was basically in place.

At the end of August, Zhang Zhao personally led the Left and Right Habayashi Guards, and Murong Nobunaga, Li Cunhui, Zhe Deyuan, Murong Yanzhao, Fanshun, Ma Zacai and other generals arrived in Yuanzhou from Liangzhou. For brothers, he also accompanied Zhang Zhao.

As soon as Zhang Zhao arrived in Yuanzhou, Gao Yunquan, the Jiedu envoy of Zhangwu Army in Yanzhou of Jin State, and Wu Yinger, the governor of Weizhou, rushed to Yuanzhou to meet in person.

In recent years, Gao Yunquan has gotten closer to Zhang Zhao, and he has seen the strength of Liangguo.

What's more, his position as the Jiedu Envoy of Zhangwu Army in Yanzhou was only secured by Zhang Zhao's prestige.

Because although the Gao family has been martial arts for generations, in Gao Yunquan's generation, the long house was moved to Tokyo, and his house has been reduced to a petty official.

Gao Yunquan would not be able to convince the crowd without Zhang Zhao's order to support the town troops in Xiasui Datong Town and Feng'an Town.

Not to mention Wu Yinger, governor of Weizhou, he was Zhang Zhao's thorn in Weizhou. His younger brother Wu Guoer was the commander of Liangguo, and he always regarded himself as a minister of Liangguo.

At this point, the only obstacle for Zhang Zhao to enter Guanzhong was Li Dexuan, the Jiedu envoy of Jingyuan Zhangyi Army.Liu Jingyan, the envoy of the Ping Jing Nan Army, Guo Jin, the envoy of the Baoda Army of Weizhou, An Yanwei, the envoy of the Jinchang Army of Jingzhao Prefecture, and Zhao Ying, the envoy of the National Army of Huazhou Town, these few obstacles.

Zhang Zhao stretched out his hand on the map, and marked the envoys one by one. At this moment, Zhao Kuangyin came in.

"Heavenly King, Liu Jingyan, the envoy of Bin Tranquility and Troops, has sent his son here."

Zhang Zhao nodded, not surprised, because the area under the jurisdiction of the Jingnan Army Jiedushi in Binzhou was completely undefended for Zhang Zhao.

When Binzhou and Ningzhou were massacred by the rebel army, it was he who collected the corpses of the victims in these two states.

The people who came down the mountain to occupy the rich land of Binning and Ningzhou were also awarded land and house deeds by Zhang Zhao.

Later, he ordered Jinyi envoys to establish a powerful Wubao united army in these two states, relying on these people.

So in fact, Liu Jingyan, who is the envoy of the Bin Tranquility and Difficult Army, can only control nearly half of the territory.

Moreover, he couldn't deal with Zhang Zhao, so he just gave up his heart and occupied the remaining rich land with his tooth soldiers.

This led to a sharp contrast between the two states of Binning and Ningzhou. Although Liu Jingyan's tooth soldiers were stronger than the united soldiers formed by the envoys in Jinyi, they were far inferior to the Liang army.

Not to mention the Liang army, even Gao Yunquan's Yanzhou Zhangwu army, he can't deal with it. All along, he has been very aggrieved.

The two generals Zhao Kuangyin and Wang Shenqi guarded Zhang Zhao, but Zhang Zhao didn't give Liu Jingyan's son a good face, "In the past, I called my father, but I ignored it. Now, how fast is it?"

At that time, Liu Jingyan still had expectations for the later Jin court, so naturally he would not follow Zhang Zhao's call, but this time, if Liu Jingyan was not physically ill and unable to move forward, he would definitely come by himself.

"Your Majesty used to be far away in the West Frontier, how far away! Now Yuanzhou is so prosperous! Why don't we, villains, come here?" Liu Jingyan's son knelt on the ground and replied tremblingly.

"He's very alert in dealing with it, and he's quite resourceful." Zhang Zhao was going to give him a blow, but he's already lowered his head like this, so it's not easy to strike.

"My father prepared [-] stones of grain and grass, and dedicated it to the Heavenly King for the army's military supplies. If the Heavenly King wants to go to Yaozhou, I, the Jingnan Army, are willing to be the vanguard."

Eighty thousand shi of grain and grass is not bad, even the Liu family has to accumulate it for many years. Anyway, Liu Jingyan doesn't have many bad deeds, but he is a little greedy for money after getting old, which is the kind that can be let go.

"What is the classic in Erzhi? What achievements have you made?"

Zhang Zhao's question was somewhat thoughtless, but Liu Jingyan's son knew what Zhang Zhao meant.

Although Zhang Zhao would let the Liu family go, it seemed that he did not want the Liu family to continue occupying the position of Jiedushi of Bin Ningjing Nanjun.

But they were seeking refuge, Zhang Zhao would appear a little too mean if he did so, that's why he asked him that.

Zhang Tianwang wanted to find someone from the Liu family to serve in Liangguo, so as to show that he did not treat the Liu family harshly.

"Servant Liu Tongyuan has a little knowledge of Mao's poems and etiquette, and he also dabbles in calculations."

Mao's poems are not Li Desheng's collection of poems, but the poems compiled and annotated by Mao Chang of Zhao State and Mao Heng of Lu State at the end of the war.

In the Tang Dynasty, "Book of Rites" and "Spring and Autumn" were called Great Classics, "Mao Shi", "Zhou Li" and "Rituals" were called Zhong Jing, "Book of Changes", "Shang Shu", "Spring and Autumn Gongyang Biography" and "Chunqiu Gongyang Biography" The Spring and Autumn Guliang Biography is called the Book of Filial Piety.

According to the standards of Mingjing in the Tang Dynasty, those who mastered the second classic of the Chinese classics can be called those who mastered the three classics. In the Tang Dynasty, such people were already more than enough to be selected by the Mingjing Department.

Although Mingjing was not very difficult in the Tang Dynasty, at this time in the Five Dynasties, there were still people who studied it, and they were quite knowledgeable, and this person also dabbled in Mingshu, which Zhang Zhao liked. It looks like it's a bit of a match.

"Have you ever learned martial arts?" Zhang Zhao's brain was running fast, and this might be a good opportunity to completely master the Liu family.

Liu Tongyuan's eyes lit up, and he stretched out his hand. There were not many calluses on the tiger's mouth, and there were not many marks on his fingers.

"The servant has always loved to study literature, and he can't bear the hardship of practicing martial arts, so he has always served by my father's side."

This is also quite cryptic, meaning that he has been doing a clerical job beside his father Liu Jingyan, so for a martial family like the Liu family, he is naturally not favored.

Moreover, he doesn't know martial arts, which is especially suitable for Zhang Zhao, who doesn't want to stay in the army to control the army.

"My father has already passed the rare years in ancient times? Would you like to return to your hometown to enjoy the family happiness?"

"I will try my best to persuade my father when I come home. I think the old man can understand the meaning of the king's love."

Zhang Zhao nodded in satisfaction, "Since you have a good command of the three classics and are good at calculating, you can enter Qionglin Academy as a bachelor.

After your father returns to his hometown, he can give it to the Taiwei and order Gao Jieshuai to build a mansion in Yanzhou. All the brothers and sisters who have talents will use them. "

Hearing this, Liu Tongyuan bowed down in surprise. He was indeed not valued by his father Liu Jingyan, and he knew that Zhang Zhao treated civil servants leniently.

Therefore, the opportunity to come here to Yuanzhou is to sell the whole family for a good price, so that they can go back and feel proud.

He had already inquired about the status of the Qionglin Academy's bachelor in Liangguo.

In Liangzhou, apart from a small number of Yuancong faction from Anxi and a few close relatives of Zhang Zhao, civil and military officials in Liang, especially civil servants, after they were passed the imperial examination or were introduced to Zhang Zhao, those who were talented often served as bachelors of Qionglin Academy first.
After Zhang Zhao's training, assessment, and experience, they often stay in the central government to be the heads of various ministries, and to be released to the outside is to start as the governor of the state.

This is actually what Zhang Zhao imitated based on the operations of the Shuji scholars of the Imperial Academy of the Ming Dynasty.

It's just that the Ming Dynasty wanted to make the future prime minister more familiar with the work of the central government, while Zhang Zhao wanted to make all the middle and senior officials of the central government come from his side.

　Recently, because of the epidemic, I have to be on duty until Saturday. There is really no way. It’s just time to go home and sleep. These days, I try to ensure that the update is more than 5000 words, and I can only fill in the gaps later.Thank you for your understanding.

　　
　
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