Dajin royal family

Chapter 489
The winter moon is getting deeper and the weather is getting colder and colder. The battlefield in Guanbei had to stop.Although the State of Wei defeated Zhou Niu'er several times under the leadership of the great Sima Wei Zhi and the great general Yuwen Zen Master, and forced him into Diaoyin County, due to the weather, he had to temporarily stop his troops and wait for the imperial court to send him back. Come to the logistics and supplies, let's worry about it again.

On this day, Wei Zhi and Yuwen Chan Master wrapped in thick military uniforms, rode on horses, and took a few followers to inspect the Weiping area.

The cold wind was howling tightly, and it stings a little on the face.

Wei Zhi took the reins, rode on the horse, and looked at the old Great Wall in the northwest direction.

"The Zen master has made great achievements this time. If you hadn't set up an ambush in advance and forced Zhou Niu'er into Diaoyin County, I'm afraid he would have gone deep into the desert by now and fled."

There are large deserts in the counties of Guanbei, Shuofang County and Yanchuan County, and there are also deserts in Wuyuan County and Yulin County. less fertile soil.

Lingwu County is close to the source of the Yellow River, and it has the reputation of "the south of the Yangtze River". It not only has a horse farm, but also arable farmland, but Zhou Niu'er does not do production, and Lingwu County has been completely destroyed.

Diaoyin County is adjacent to Dahe, and to the east is Lishi County in Bingzhou.

So, Zhou Niu'er is now in a desperate situation.

Thirty-year-old Zen Master Yuwen has a sense of vicissitudes on his face. In the past two years, he fought for the Wei State, wiped out Yu Binghong, defeated Zhou Niuer, and Wei State rewarded him heavily. He who used to be a domestic slave did not dare to think about it.

"Big Sima praised it, all the soldiers are brave."

Wei Zhi laughed, and said, "Chan Master, you, don't speak official words in front of me. These years the rebels in the Northland, whoever hears your name as Chan Master Yuwen will not flinch. In my opinion, the soldiers under his command say you You are the best general in the world, you deserve it!"

Smiling modestly, Zen Master Yuwen didn't refute. He really hasn't met any opponents in these years.

"By the way, Zen Master, there is news from Chaozhong, and our detailed investigations have revealed that something major has happened to the Turkic side."

"What's the matter?"

Wei Zhi said solemnly: "Northern Jin soldiers went out of the Great Wall and fought in Yulin County. They defeated the Turkic capital Lanbu head-on and forced them to escape to the grassland. Now Wuyuan County and Yulin County have fallen into the hands of the Northern Jin Dynasty."

Zen Master Yuwen's face changed, and the hand holding the rein was clenched unconsciously.

Zhou Niuer also had Turkic reinforcements. When fighting him, Zen Master Yuwen also fought against Turkic cavalry. Those Turkic people were much stronger than Zhou Niuer's soldiers.

But the Northern Jin Dynasty defeated the Turkic army head-on, so aren't they stronger?

Thinking of this, Chan Master Yuwen's blood boiled suddenly.

"It's no wonder that Zhou Niu'er has lost the Turkic cavalry recently. It turned out to be because of this."

Wei Zhi nodded, and said in a heavy tone: "After defeating Zhou Niu'er, maybe we will fight the Northern Jin Dynasty. They are not easy to deal with. Hebei, Qingzhou, and the Northern Jin Dynasty have almost destroyed the rebel forces with destructive power. Don't be careless. ah."

Zen Master Yuwen thought for a while and asked, "I heard that there were hundreds of thousands of cavalry in the Northern Jin Dynasty?"

"Not so many." Wei Zhi shook his head first, and then said: "However, there are still about [-] cavalry. Jiang Chengxiao is based in Liaodong, and there will be a large supply of Liaodong war horses every year. The number of cavalry will not be small. .”

Having said that, Wei Zhi smiled wryly.

The war horses were really flawed. They were trapped in the Guannan area and could not get war horses, so they could only make up some old horses or war horses smuggled from the Northern Jin Dynasty.

It's not that they have never thought about breeding war horses, but Guanzhong has a large population and there is not enough land for cultivation. How can there be a large horse farm to breed war horses.

Moreover, the cultivation of war horses is not that simple. This matter is a bad debt in Wei State.

"Eighty thousand cavalry, that's terrifying." Chan Master Yuwen said, "Jiang Chengxiao really cannot be underestimated. If the rumors are true, then this man is very good at training cavalry."

"It's not so mysterious. Jiang Chengxiao has been operating in Liaodong for several years, and there are countless prairie people under his command. You also know that prairie people live on horseback. Soldiers train equestrian skills in Liaodong. After all, they are faster than those in the Central Plains." Yes." Wei Zhi explained.

Zen Master Yuwen asked: "If Your Majesty tells us to attack the Northern Jin Dynasty, what should we do?"

Wei Zhi was silent for a while, before he said: "Try to drive away their forces."

"Da Sima doesn't seem to be willing to fight against the Northern Jin Dynasty." Zen Master Yuwen said tentatively.

"That's right, I really don't want to fight Bei Jin right now."

Wei Zhi pinched the horse's belly lightly, and the horse walked slowly.Zen Master Yuwen followed, and the two rode slowly.

"Zen Master, the Northern Jin Dynasty is now the most well-deserved number one prince in the world. They sit on the vast land north of the great river, have a large population, and have Liaodong as the foundation of war horses. They have as many officials and generals as stars. Once you fight with them Let’s not talk about winning or losing. More importantly, once Li Yuan takes the opportunity to attack Jingzhao, it will be the most dangerous.”

The strength of the Northern Jin Dynasty lies in the Shandong gentry.Wei Zhi knows this better than anyone else, Guanzhong is still undecided, if the Northern Jin Dynasty is provoked at this time, it is very likely that Wei Guo will be attacked by the Northern Jin Dynasty and Li Yuan.

If possible, after Zhou Niu'er was wiped out, he would like to discuss with the emperor whether he could temporarily stop fighting with the Northern Jin Dynasty.

Zen Master Yuwen thought for a while, and said, "What does Da Sima mean to say, let's deal with Li Yuan first, and turn around to deal with Bei Jin?"

Wei Zhi smiled, "It can be said that, but when we leave Tongguan, the first one to deal with must be Yu Wenshu!"

Hearing this, Zen Master Yuwen trembled all over, pursed his lips, and did not speak again.

The war between Wei State and Puppet Zhou is coming to an end, Li Jishi and Li Anmin brothers won consecutive victories in Wuwei County, defeating Su Dinghai.

But Li Anmin didn't feel happy about it, instead he was anxious now.

Because not long ago he received a secret letter stating that the Northern Jin Dynasty had defeated the Turkic capital blue department outside the Great Wall, and now it has occupied Wuyuan County and Yulin County.

If the Northern Jin Dynasty takes this opportunity to join the battle in Guanzhong, everything will become confusing.

More importantly, he was worried about Lingwu County!
At this moment, a scout returned, walked up to Li Anmin, and reported, "Lingwu County has been captured by the Northern Jin Dynasty."

Li Anmin closed his eyes in pain, the Northern Jin Dynasty really came for the racecourse in Hetao, they wanted to completely cut off the source of horses in the Central Plains.

Zhang Shiliang asked, "How many of them are there?"

"I don't know, but according to my visual inspection, there should be thousands of riders."

"Wanqi." Zhang Shiliang opened his mouth. They couldn't bring out such a large number of cavalry.

Changsun Wuji said: "Do you know who the leader is?"

"On the big flag is the flag with the character 'Li', the black eagle marching flag."

"Li Yaoshi, Black Eagle Army." Changsun Wuji said in a deep voice.

Yuan Shangle said: "Li Yaoshi followed Jiang Chengxiao to conquer Hebei and Qingzhou, and they all won. He must not be underestimated. As for the Black Eagle Army, everyone knows it, so there is no need to elaborate."

The Black Eagle Army and the Green Eagle Army, the two armies of Jiang Chengxiao's direct lineage, have never lost their battles in both the South and the North.The hearts of those present seemed to be shrouded in black clouds.

What was the intention of the Northern Jin Dynasty to occupy Lingwu County?

At this time, Li Anmin slowly opened his eyes, and ordered: "Northern Jin must be repelled, and Lingwu County must be taken back!"

If it is confirmed that the Northern Jin Dynasty occupies Lingwu County, then from now on, they will have no more horses to use.

This is absolutely intolerable, absolutely not!

Changsun Wuji immediately dissuaded him: "General, the Northern Jin Dynasty did not come well, and we are about to win the campaign against Su Dinghai. How can we lose the big because of small things!"

"Think twice, general!" Zhang Shiliang and others also persuaded.

"Auxiliary machine, do you know what it means for Lingwu County to fall into the hands of the Northern Jin Dynasty?" Li Anmin glared at his eldest grandson Wuji.

"I know, but general, without Li Gong's permission, you can't be transferred from the army at will. If this leads to the failure of the campaign against Su Dinghai, what will we do then!" Changsun Wuji looked at Li Anmin without the slightest fear.

Hearing this, Li Anmin fell silent.

Could it be that he really just watched the Northern Jin occupy Lingwu County indifferently like this?By default, he will no longer have any horses to use, and will he no longer be able to form a cavalry unit?

Li Anmin gritted his teeth, his face was full of unwillingness, he immediately got up and went to the inner room without saying a word, and wrote a secret letter for his personal guards to send to Fufeng to his father.

He hoped that his father would agree with him to lead an army to attack Lingwu County. As long as they took Lingwu County, they would have a horse farm, and it would be completely feasible to form a formed cavalry by then.

The news of Northern Jin's capture of Lingwu County weighed heavily on Li Anmin's heart, and it was hard for him to ignore this powerful enemy of Northern Jin.

(End of this chapter)