Reborn in the late Northern Wei Dynasty

Chapter 437 Attacking the Camp (4000)

Liu Zhongli stood firm, Xiao Lun and Xiao Yi did not attack, and the Xiao Clan's civil war, which was concerned by all parties, turned into a sit-in war at the foot of Dongliang Mountain.

"I knew that a coalition with selfish motives would not be successful!"

Gao Cheng and Cui Jishu who got the news complained.

Cui Jishu was also very helpless about this, Xiao Lun and Xiao Yi were already playing each other's little calculations before they entered Jiankang City, and no one wanted to gnaw at the tough bone of Bo Wangshu.

"There will always be one party who can't hold back, don't worry, Your Majesty."

Cui Jishu's consolation didn't help at all. Gao Cheng knew the commanders of both sides too well, so they sat back and watched Xiao Yan be trapped in the Hou Jing Rebellion, and he led the army outside the city to "set up a high-level meeting with wine, promote daily work, poison the people, and insult the concubine." From the performance point of view, everyone is very patient.

Otherwise, Liu Jin would not have said angrily when Xiao Yan asked for advice:
"Your Majesty has King Shaoling (Xiao Lun), and your minister has Liu Zhongli. If you are unfaithful and unfilial, what can you do to calm the Hou thief. '

Cui Jishu is used to being able to observe words and demeanor, seeing Gao Cheng's displeasure, he suggested again:
"Now Xiao Lun is deadlocked in Dongliang Mountain. If His Majesty raises troops to take Jingnan, even if Xiao Lun knows the news, it will be difficult to rescue him."

But Gao Cheng refused, he naturally wanted to lead his troops south, but not now, it had to be any one of the three brothers Xiao Gang, Xiao Lun, and Xiao Yi who asked him for help.

Duguxin failed at one plan, and made another plan. He called Yang Zhong to discuss and planned to dig a tunnel to the side of the earth mountain, and fight out during the day when the Qi army was negligent.

Cui Jishu should be worried about the economic account. As a general, Hu Luguang should take Nanzheng City with the least casualties.

So the Qi army piled up mounds during the day, and the Western Wei army went out of the city to destroy them at night, but Hu Luguang had been prepared and led the team to lie in ambush for three days in a row. Finally, when the Western Wei army attacked and beheaded more than a thousand, it was not in vain. Day and night.

It's time to start tomorrow, and I'm even more slack, so this is the right time to hit it.

"General Liu, don't panic, Wu is here too!"

But Xiao Cui, a big corrupt official, dangled in front of his eyes, and Song Youdao didn't see Song Youdao impeaching him and arresting him for interrogation.

After Cui Jishu resigned, he immediately went to look for Song Youdao. Don't look at Song Youdao's upright appearance, if he catches corrupt officials, he will be severely punished, and his family property will be confiscated at every turn.

In this way, the ability of the Northern Qi soldiers to dig tunnels can be regarded as useless, but the earthy mountains outside the city are a problem.

On the second day after leaving the palace, he took another beautiful concubine, excitedly begged to see him again, and asked Gao Cheng for gift money, but this time he didn't even give Little Gao Wang a glass of water or wine.

Wang Sengbian's strategy worked, and it also made him look good.

We can't punish Chen Yuankang, Duan Shao, and Cui Jishu.

Tonight, when the fog was thick in the river, Liu Zhongli personally led five thousand cavalry as the vanguard, each of them took the title, and the horses plucked the bells.

I just hope that the emperor can understand the difficulties of himself as the Minister of the Household Department, and after the war, he can also share some credit for his hard work. It is really difficult for this civil servant to be promoted.

However, Yang Zhong said that there are more big geese in the Qi army camp, and he is afraid that the excavation of the tunnel cannot be hidden from those livestock.

It turned out that the rebel army had all ambushed and killed Liu Zhongli's department who were huddled together.

Cui Jishu felt that he was doing well again after being painted a big cake by King Xiao Gao. The Western Expedition was just an extra 10 people. It was nothing to Cui Jishu, Xiao He of the Northern Qi Dynasty. When the time came, he would find a time to hint to Song Youdao. Copy the homes of several corrupt officials.

Xiao Lun and Xiao Yi were about to send troops to attack. Xiao Yi's general, Wang Seng, offered advice, saying that he has been exploring the surrounding terrain these days, and found a trail that can bypass Bowang Garrison and drive directly to Jiankang.

But Wu Mingche didn't give up, he tried to persuade Liu Zhongli again and again, and finally annoyed Liu Zhongli. He said angrily:

He is a self-proclaimed hero in the world. He led the army twice, but was ambushed in both.

Liu Zhongli took the lead and broke through the guards of the rebels, but when he rushed into the camp, he saw more than a hundred people beating gongs and drums, screaming, and seeing Liu Zhongli coming, they all scattered and fled.

But Liu Zhongli didn't take it seriously. In the past month, Xiao Lun and Xiao Yi had their own ghosts, which made him have a thorough look at their temperament, and felt that they could not achieve great things, but Liu Zhongli was originally arrogant and contemptuous of other people's bad habits And once again revived.

On the next day, Hu Luguang began the traditional work of the Northern Qi siege: building earth mountains and digging tunnels.

As Gao Cheng expected, on the ninth day of July, after more than a month of staying in Dongliang Mountain, Xiao Yi finally couldn't wait any longer. He found Xiao Lun and said that he would either send troops to attack Liu Zhongli together, or break up.

Wang Seng argued and said:
"It only needs to seize Jiankang, abolish Xiao Gang, Liu Zhongli's master is unknown, and he is imprisoned and guarded by Bowang. All he needs is an imperial edict to pardon his people. Within a few days, all the troops under Liu Zhongli's command will be scattered like birds and beasts."

But now the defenders in the camp were woken up by the big goose, and now they are on guard, leading a thousand cavalry to charge there, that is not called robbing the camp, but sent to death.

Hu Luguang really didn't want to take human life to pay for it. When he pulled out the fortress of Xingwei County, his methods were too harsh. Gao Cheng worried that he had committed impatience again, so he specially sent an envoy westward to tell Hu Luguang:
'There is no need to be eager, but to draw it slowly. '

So Duguxin sent people to dig trenches along the city, intercept the tunnels, and assign soldiers to guard the trenches. Once the Qi soldiers dug the trenches, they would be captured and killed immediately.

For this reason, Hu Luguang recruited [-] peasants from the three eastern counties, namely Shangyong, Xincheng, and Xingwei, and called them to go west to carry the soil bags with Jingzhou peasants.

For example, Chen Yuankang, Gao Cheng reminded him to take less bribes from others, but Chen Yuankang explained to him that, as a close minister of the emperor, accepting bribes was also for Gao Cheng's peace of mind.

This made Dugu Xin very angry. This group of people from Qi fights when they fight, and when they attack the city, they attack the city. .

The news was quickly passed on to Bowang Garrison, and Liu Zhongli was shocked. If Jiankang was captured, he would still be defending Bowang Garrison, so he was going to attack the rebel camp tonight, and the reason was very good. The rebels confronted him at the foot of Dongliang Mountain for more than a month, and seeing that he could not hold on, they had already lost their defenses.

When I was in despair, I suddenly heard someone shouting:

After Hu Luguang occupied Xingwei County, he did not delay, but went straight to Hanzhong County in Liangzhou.

On the night of arriving outside Nanzheng City, Duguxin sent Yang Zhong to lead a thousand men of Jingqi out of the city in the dark, intending to attack the Qi camp at night when Huluguang's foothold was not stable.

After waiting for the follow-up infantry to approach, Liu Zhongli gave an order, and five thousand cavalry mounted their horses. They were not as generous as the Northern Qi cavalry with one man and three horses. One man and one horse were placed in the Northern Qi army, so they could only be called cavalry infantry. It has the ability to run, but in the south of the Yangtze River, a cavalry team of 5000 people, even if it is one man and one horse, can be called the elite of the elite.

The conversation between Cui Jishu and Song Youdao kicked off another crackdown on corruption in the Northern Qi court.

Duan Shao was even more straightforward. When he returned to Luoyang, facing Gao Cheng's admonition, he plausibly said that the reason why he was greedy for money and lust was to defile himself, so as to avoid the emperor's suspicion.

"Three heroes in the early Han Dynasty, Zhang Liang strategized, Han Xin must win the battle, and the attack must be conquered, but the person who made the first contribution was Xiao He who ruled the country, fed the people, and kept the food road. Cui Pushe should use this to encourage himself .”

Of course, the action does not refer to attacking the Bowang Garrison guarded by Liu Zhongli, but to looting the surrounding people.

The foot of Dongliang Mountain is immersed in a quiet and peaceful atmosphere, and Hanzhong is also on and off.

Unlike their generals, they just won a battle. It is said that once Hu Luguang wins Hanzhong, Gao Cheng is going to make him the king of the county, which really makes Cui Jishu envious.

During Gao Cheng's years in power, punishing corrupt officials has always been a movement-style governance, and he never expected to really eradicate corruption.

But Hu Luguang was very cautious when marching and fighting. After the army set up camp, he personally led people to inspect the camp and set up sentries. Many big geese were released near the sentries.

They lit the torches in their hands and followed Liu Zhongli to the rebel camp. Unlike the past, the cavalry in this battle did not focus on how many people were killed, but burned the camp to cause chaos and let the follow-up infantry reap the lives of the rebels. .

The subordinates were crowded together, not only the [-] cavalry could not exert their due impact, but even the infantry could not stretch their movements. Seeing them slaughtered by the rebels in a panic, Liu Zhongli felt ashamed.

On the tenth day of the seventh month, the two sent people to Bowang to look for a battle, but Liu Zhongli turned a deaf ear to it and stuck to it.

In recent years, Song Youdao has rarely made big moves, and he has raised pigs for many years.

Lieutenant General Wu Mingche felt that there was something tricky about it, not to mention whether the trail really existed. There was no security measure for such a big event, which made him feel that the rebels deliberately let him know.

After all, when the covenant was secretly formed, Gao Cheng played tricks and only promised not to occupy their territory, but he didn't say that he would sit back and watch the Xiao brothers annex each other.

Xiao Lun and Xiao Yi were overjoyed when they heard the words, and hurriedly ordered all the ministries to prepare, and they will go out to camp tomorrow to attack Jiankang.

After all, he ignored Wu Mingche, who was hesitant to speak, and ordered troops in the middle of the garrison, selected [-] soldiers, and only left [-] to guard Bowang garrison with Wu Mingche.

It is said that when Cui Jishu learned of Hu Luguang's behavior, he jumped and cursed in Luoyang City.

"Get back! Get out!"

Gao Cheng also knew Cui Jishu's little thoughts, he comforted him:

In the midst of people neighing and horses screaming, Xiao Yi on the periphery laughed loudly.

The more critical reason is that Xiao Lun and Xiao Yi finally took action.

Regarding the turmoil created by these two, Gao Cheng didn't take it seriously. With Lu Cao in charge of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, reviewing the case, there will never be unjust, false or wrongly decided cases.

Xiao Lun and Xiao Yi plundered the people, which made Gao Cheng conclude that the two were short of supplies and would not continue the stalemate at Dongliang Mountain, and the battle with Liu Zhongli was coming soon.

Not to mention whether the friendship of so many years can be dealt with, these people also have their own reasons.

'not good!Got it! '

What is important in night raids is surprise, breaking into the camp to burn and kill, so that the enemy cannot organize an effective resistance force, forcing them to trample on each other in a panic.

There are many mountains around Nanzheng, and there is no shortage of soil. Once the Qi army builds a mound of earth, no matter whether it is condescending to send archers to shoot arrows on the mountain day and night, or set up trebuchets on the mound, it will be uncomfortable enough.

If he didn't even accept the money delivered to the door, the gift giver would be terrified, thinking that he was hated by the emperor, even Chen Yuankang would not dare to contaminate him, and civil servants would be fine.

The so-called small way is basically a deliberate spread of rhetoric, which is to make Liu Zhongli make a wrong judgment in his haste.

"Liu Zhongli, you have fallen, don't resist in the corner, it's better to surrender, alone, you can save your life and get rich and honor for a lifetime."

The loud cries of the big goose made the sentinels on duty immediately give warning. Hu Luguang, who had never even taken off his armor while sleeping, immediately rushed out of the tent and organized an army. Seeing this, Yang Zhong had no choice but to lead a thousand riders to fight back. .

Liu Zhongli shouted at the top of his lungs until he stopped, but he could hear shouts of killing from all around him.

Just because of the damn money for immunization, the conscripts will pay them a monthly fee, which doesn't include the food and drink expenses of these people.

Yang Zhong was careful enough, but some small movements escaped the sentry, but alarmed the big goose.

Liu Zhongli turned a deaf ear to Xiao Yi's words and fought bloody battles.

Since Xiao Gaowang didn't urge him, he, Hu Luguang, was even less anxious. He was concentrating on civil engineering outside Nanzheng City. In Nanzheng city.

Dongliang Mountain is only two hundred miles away from Jiankang, and Liu Zhongli's logistics transportation route is very short. Correspondingly, it is much farther to transport grain and grass from Jingnan and Jiangzhou.

Liu Zhongli became alert immediately, and quickly ordered the cavalry to withdraw from the camp, but the road was blocked by the following infantry.

Of course Duguxin knew the case of the Battle of Jiangling. Gao Cheng relied on the Minglei earth mountain to dig a tunnel, hollowed out the foundation of the city wall, and then burned the supporting wooden pillars back, causing the city wall to collapse.

Cui Jishu brought the account to Gao Cheng, and of course he didn't expect Little Gao Wang to be able to make the decision for himself. After all, Hu Luguang's battle plan had been approved by Gao Cheng. If it comes down, the pension alone will be a sky-high price.

"General Wu is afraid of war, so he will bring a guard to guard and wait for my victory!"

Song Youdao knew who could be beaten and who could not be touched. This was why Gao Cheng let him be in charge of Zuo Cheng's yamen, instead of Du Bi and Lu Cao who were as clean as water and hated as much as enemies.

Liu Zhongli heard Wu Mingche's voice, and knew that he was leading the rescue, not only him, but even the soldiers under his command cheered up again.

Wang Sengbian, who led his troops to fight with Liu Zhongli's army, did not expect that someone would come to disrupt the situation. Seeing that the mixed Xiao Lun army could not withstand Wu Mingche's [-] men, he quickly ordered his son-in-law Du Kan to support him with another army.

But before Du Kan arrived, Wu Mingche had already pierced through the formation, and Liu Zhongli's subordinates rushed towards the gap, especially Liu Zhongli's [-] cavalry, who knocked over and trampled many infantry along the way.

However, Wang Sengbian, Wang Lin and other generals followed behind and chased them down. More than ten thousand people were captured and killed, and there were even more scattered and fled.

(End of this chapter)