Han Zuo Gaomen

Chapter 1220 Old Qiang Advances East
The Weishui continued to flow westward, and extended a very important tributary called the Qianshui in Yongxian County. The Qianshui originated from Longshan, and the area where its water flows is an ancient Guanzhong road that has been extremely important since ancient times. Also known as Longban Road or Longguan Road, it is named after Longshan and Longguan established in Longshan in Han Dynasty.

This Long Road is an important passage connecting Guanzhong to Longshang Tianshui, Longxi and other counties. In the early years, Longshang tycoon Chen An occupied this passage and became powerful, so he called himself the King of Liang.With the westward march of the Jin army, the turmoil in Sanfu, the eastward advance of Liangzhou, and the commotion in Longshang, this passage became noisy again.

There are so many strong beams on Longshang, either to avoid the Zhang family's military oppression in Liangzhou, or to rush into Guanzhong for a share of the pie because of their bravery.Among them, the most powerful group is led by Yao Yizhong, a Qiang man.

The Qiang people of the Yao family also had a bumpy life. In the later Han Dynasty, they were submissive and lived in Nan'an County, Longshang.When the Yongjia Rebellion broke out, Guanzhong was also greatly shaken. Taking advantage of this opportunity, Yao Yizhong led his people from Longshang to Sanfu, and lived in Xiayumei, Fufeng County, which is the north bank of Lishui.

In the later Han Dynasty, when Zhao Liuyao ruled Guanzhong, he moved the Yao Yizhong tribe back to Longshang, and placed them in Lueyang, where the Di people were powerful.

And Yao Yizhong's luck is slightly better than that of Pu Hong, another border barbarian leader. Although the Di people in Lueyang are powerful, these Di people are not completely united as a whole. In addition, there are also Jin people in Lueyang. The situation is much more complicated, and there is no single exclusion.

Therefore, after the Yao family settled in Lueyang, they did not experience the embarrassment that the Pu family was expelled by the three assistants Jin Renhao and the right. In addition, Yao Yizhong was also flexible, wise and brave, and had a lot of prestige, so his power increased a lot. .

Longshang's powerful eastward entry into Sanfu is not a short-term boom. For example, Liu Changming, the pseudo-Han king who is now known as Haobeidi, is a representative of the first movers.

Afterwards, people followed suit one after another, but long-distance migration is not easy. If the cohesion is insufficient, and natural and man-made disasters continue on the way, it will probably fall apart or be merged by powerful people along the way. Accepted by others, there is a high probability that they will be reduced to wandering refugees.

Although the Yao family has established a foothold in Guanzhong not long ago, after all, they had too much experience in the management of Sanfu. Although they moved back to Longshang for many years, they are still concerned about the far superior living environment of Sanfu's land compared to Longshang.It's just that Yao Yizhong himself has a lot of experience in relocating far away, and he knows the danger, so he held back a little and continued to accumulate strength in Longshang to wait for better opportunities.

Different from other Hu chiefs who blindly act fierce and domineering, Yao Yizhong does not take pleasure in bullying the weak. Instead, he has a style of benevolence and righteousness. It's just a matter of nature.

Among the many Longshang tyrants who regard human life as nothing, Yao Yizhong is quite popular because of the name of relief and compassion. Many Jin and Hu Shengmin rely on him to survive, and the power of the tribe has also surged because of this.

As Liangzhou Zhang's attack became more and more fierce, and the living environment in Longshang became worse and worse, Yao Yizhong finally made up his mind to lead the tribe on the road to Sanfu again.And this movement, in addition to the tens of thousands of clansmen in the headquarters, there are also many forces, large and small, all around them. At one time, there were 20 people from Longshang coming towards Guanzhong in a mighty manner.

Of course, these people cannot fully respect Yao's orders, but because of the strength of Yao's power and the prestige of Yao Yizhong himself, Yao's has become a benchmark in this wave of shareholder relocation.

On today's Long Road, there is no order, and there is basically no human obstruction.Moreover, the Yao clan was well prepared in terms of supplies, so the first half of the journey went smoothly.Especially after passing through Longguan, Yao Yizhong even received a favor from Jingzhao Daqiang Du Hong, who expressed his willingness to help the Yao family gain a foothold in Fufeng.

Although he lived far away in Longshang, he didn't know much about the detailed situation of the three assistants, but Yao Yizhong was not ignorant of the changes in the situation at Guanzhong University, especially the Zhongzhou Jin Army Xilai and Chen Bing Sanfu, he had already heard about it.

However, these things are too far away for Yao Yizhong. He is just a leader of Bianhu who has little strength and plans to move to Sanfu. The Siyang area of ​​the country and was able to gain a foothold successfully. As for whether to join the so-called struggle for hegemony in Guanzhong, it is not yet within the scope of his consideration.

However, Du Hong is the representative of Jingzhao's powerhouses. Since he is so gracious and courteous, Yao Yizhong naturally has no reason to refuse, and even made several demands such as ceding Shiping, Fufeng and other counties in the west of Jingzhao as tribal territories. , Du Hong also said that he would provide some help.

Regarding Du Hong's promise, Yao Yizhong naturally wouldn't take it seriously, but from this we can see a general situation of the current division of forces in Guanzhong, that is, there are basically no major forces in the Jingzhao West Territory, otherwise Du Hong would not dare to do so Feel free to promise.

For Yao Yizhong, this is naturally very good news, so he began to integrate and gather his forces during the trip, speeding up and planning to sweep the Youfufeng County with lightning speed, and dominate this blank area of ​​power. The sphere of influence where the clan recuperates and thrives.

As for the Jin army from Zhongzhou, Yao Yizhong is not in the scope of his consideration. On the one hand, he lives far away in Longshang, so he has no definite idea of ​​whether the Jin army is strong or not. On the other hand, there is a so-called ally Du Hong in front of him. Resist the pressure of the Jin army.

As for whether to submit to or resist the Jin army in the future, that is a question that needs to be considered in the future.Right now, his main task is to make the occupation of Fufeng County an established fact.

After moving to Longshang for several years, although the number of Yao's tribe has been greatly expanded to tens of thousands, the number of soldiers who are really skilled in warfare is only a few thousand. Equipment such as knives and armor are limited.

However, sweeping up and separatist Fufeng is a huge opportunity to determine the future of the entire tribe. Yao Yizhong naturally knows the significance of it, so he will not hold back. Those with weak strength were conscripted, and without bows and knives, they were given bamboo and wooden battles. In addition, the cattle, horses and animals brought on this trip were sufficient, and a group of seven thousand was assembled.

In addition, Yao Yizhong also conscripted strength from the other tribes that accompanied him, and gained more than [-] soldiers, with a total of more than [-] infantry and cavalry, numbered [-], and marched mightily to the first destination, Siyang. The region moves on.

In this so-called [-]-strong army, there are more than [-] people with the real core strength, bows and knives, and good cavalry. They were gathered by Yao Yizhong as the Central Army as the choice to suppress the formation and pull out the strong, and he was personally led by him.As for the other troops, although their armaments and combat effectiveness are slightly inferior, they are far beyond ordinary bandits and rogues, and they are more than enough to defeat those ordinary rural armed forces.

Holding such a powerful army in his hands, it was enough for Yao Yizhong to wipe out Fufeng County where there was no strong enemy in the territory, and even encountered a real elite strong army.

The fact is just as Yao Yizhong expected, after crossing Longban and actually entering the Guanzhong, all the people have traveled like a broken bamboo all the way. There are occasional bandits and powerful beams in the realm, and they are not enemies with a single blow, or they are defeated by the general forces. Defeating, or throwing weapons into surrender, will benefit its military power.

In addition to exterminating and annexing those fleeing soldiers, Yao Yizhong also gradually removed the township walls encountered along the way.His soldiers soon went straight to Qiancheng near the Qianshui River, which was the habitat of his family in Fufeng in the early years.

But in the vicinity of Qiancheng, the Yao tribe encountered resistance, and the vanguard of several outspread troops suffered setbacks one after another. If they were lucky, some scattered soldiers fled back in embarrassment, and if they were not lucky, the entire army would be wiped out.

After realizing this phenomenon, Yao Yizhong couldn't help but feel awe-inspiring, and sent someone to inquire deeply, only to learn that the enemy he encountered near the city was actually the Jin army that he thought he would not encounter at this stage!

The soldiers of the Jin army had actually penetrated deep into the Sanfu, and had even rushed up the Long Dao!

This news really made Yao Yizhong deeply confused. Originally, in his opinion, this problem should be faced with a choice after occupying the whole territory of Fufeng, but now his department has just entered Fufeng, and it has not even entered the original purpose. Di Qianyang, such a sudden and unexpected encounter!

What is the situation in Jingzhao, Yao Yizhong does not know, even if there is another news from Du Hong, Yao Yizhong does not dare to trust this unreliable ally.

He was able to go around all the way, which is naturally a combination of courage and strategy. After tightening the army, he continued to investigate the Siyang side, and generally found out the situation of the Jin army on the opposite side. It was the Jin army cavalry with a number of three to four thousand. The team should be the vanguard of the Jin army.Because in the surrounding area, including some local people in Siyang, most of them don't know the news that the Jin army has rushed into this area.

After some weighing, Yao Yizhong took back the outside scouts and put on a tens of thousands of strong troops slowly advancing along the Lishui River. At the same time, he sent envoys to contact the Jin army. Tens of thousands of remnants from Chen Long traveled eastward. , had no intention of interfering with the Jin army's offensive in Guanzhong, and only hoped to return to Siyang's homeland to recuperate and recuperate. If he could be released, his tribe, dependents, and tens of thousands of households would all be willing to return to righteousness and be ruled by the Jin people.

However, the words sent back by the commander-in-chief of the Jin army on the opposite side were arrogant to the extreme: "The old city of the pre-Qin period, the homeland of China, there is no space for Eryi's hometown! Master Wang retreats and kills thieves, and wait for the border barbarians to quickly retreat outside Longguan , but for the time being, there will be no danger of swordsmanship. Anyone who dares to take a close look at China's affairs will be killed in Guanlong Road!"

After being so humiliated, Yao Yizhong felt ashamed, even though he did not want to be an enemy of the Jin army directly, but he could no longer decide how to advance or retreat by himself, especially the hundreds of thousands of civilians behind him. After months of long-distance travel, the public urgently needed a base to rest for a while.

Therefore, regardless of Yao Yizhong's willingness or not, he had to gather a large army and attack and kill the Jin city occupied by the Jin army.

(End of this chapter)