Hengdao Sixteen Kingdoms

Chapter 642 Wang Zuo

Wild fire, in spring.

Once one group is suppressed, a new group of nobles will grow strong and powerful.

This kind of thing can never be avoided. The retired and meritorious soldiers returned to their places and transformed into powerful men. Then their descendants studied in Shangwu Hall, became officials and generals, continued to strengthen their families, and then ran the business for several generations, and gradually Become a noble...

And these new tycoons are loyal to Daliang, they have not committed any crimes, and they are honest and honest in taxation and corvee work, and every penny is not enough. Li Yue can't do anything to them, right?

But fortunately, most of the powerful nobles do not deal with each other.

Just like the Hebei gentry and the Central Plains gentry, it is human nature to fight among themselves.

Of course, the gentry in Daliang were not as powerful as those in the Wei and Jin Dynasties. After all, they had just settled down in the past few years, and Li Yue was eyeing them. The trinity of Yushitai, Honglu Division, and School Affairs Division reported local lawlessness.

Few people dared to annex land.

But in the long run, we still have to find another way to benefit them.

Land cannot be allowed to become the only wealth.

In world affairs, whether it is running a country or an army, the fundamental issue lies in the word profit.

After a heavy snow, spring returns to the earth.

People who had fled the drought began to return one after another, resting their fields in advance and preparing for the upcoming spring plowing.

Wang Meng and Murong Chui were both local wars and did not affect the rest and recuperation of Guandong.

Wang Meng's army supplies came from farming in Hedong, and Murong Chui's supplies came from plundering Henan.

As long as you don't ask for food from the court, the problem won't be big.

However, after the spring came, the cavalry of the Dai Kingdom from the north frequently went south, infiltrating Youzhou, trampling the fields, burning houses, and plundering the people.

Li Yue sent his cavalry northward in autumn and burned the playground. Tuoba Shi Yijian responded in his own way, destroying Liang's spring plowing.

Fortunately, the powerful people in Youzhou are not good at fighting. They gather at the dock and defend. If there are many thieves, they will avoid fighting. If there are few thieves, they will swarm around and chop them into pieces.

Some people who were determined to retaliate brought dozens of villagers across Yanshan Mountain, plundered in reverse, and brought back a few cattle and sheep. It was not considered a loss, but if they could rob a few slaves, it would be a big profit.

The officials of You, Zhao and Dai states gave them great support and encouragement, and rented them leather armor, bows and arrows, ring-headed knives and other items from their arsenals, and they only needed to repay them in the form of cattle, sheep or slaves in the coming year.

The prices are fair and the children are honest, attracting many desperadoes.

Huan Wen in the south did not stop. Several times, his troops approached the city of Hefei, surrounded him for several days, threw a few stones, shot a few arrows, and then retreated.

They also captured several small border towns, but they never dared to go north and go deep into the northern border.

Huan Wen's Northern Expedition made him look like a thief, and Li Yue couldn't laugh or cry.

Reprimand him, Jiangdong has already behaved like a dead pig and is not afraid of boiling water. Send troops, the current situation does not allow it.

So we can only see how Wang Meng plays in Hanzhong.

Li Yue tried his best to support them from the rear and prevent the war from being hindered by the rear.

"Your Majesty, there is news from Longxi. Murong Chui crossed the right side of Longxi from the street pavilion. Yao Chang built a strong wall and cleared the countryside. Fu Ya summoned Liangzhou's powerful men and sent 40,000 troops to cross the Yellow River. The Xin family and Niu family in Longxi responded, and raised Didao and Xiangwu. Surrender!" Lu Qing came running all the way.

"Xin's family?" Xin Can's wretched appearance immediately appeared in Li Yue's mind...

The Xin family of Yingchuan migrated from the Xin family of Longxi. During the Ran Wei Dynasty, Xin Mi, a great scholar from Longxi, persuaded Ran Min to submit to the Eastern Jin Dynasty and died on a hunger strike. This shows the status of Chinese orthodoxy in the minds of these border gentry.

Everything has two sides, and the powerful nobles are not all bad.

In the Yongjia Rebellion, without these powerful nobles, I am afraid that the fate of the Jin people in the north would be even more miserable, even if they were as ferocious as stone tigers, they would win over the powerful nobles.

Yao Changcheng was also powerful and defeated. He faced the two famous generals Murong Chui and Fu Ya alone. With these powerful internal responses, there should not be much suspense in this battle. "What's the news from Hanzhong?" Li Yue was not worried about Longyou. Since Fu Ya surrendered, Longyou's fate had been decided.

No matter how cunning Yao Chang is, he can't do anything under the geographical squeeze of Yong and Liang prefectures.

Geography determines destiny.

"It should be on the way back. Although Governor Wang did not send troops, Governor Xue is also a talented person who assisted Wang. Fu Fang, Liang Cheng, Qiang De and others in Hanzhong are definitely no match." Lu Qing cupped his hands and said.

"You forgot that there are two generals in Hanzhong, Zhu Xu and Zhou Chu."

Zhu Xu still had some abilities and was one of the few generals in Jiangdong. Unfortunately, his family background was not strong and he was always a miscellaneous general and was not reused by the Jiangdong court.

"The army going south also includes General Wei Shan, Su Quan, Zhao He and other generals. Our army is elite and far superior to the enemy." Lu Qing has great confidence in Wang Meng and the Heiyun Army.

Li Yue laughed.

Two days later, the battle report from Hanzhong was indeed sent. Xue Qiang, who was indeed Wang Meng's old friend, quickly marched from Tangluo Road. The Hanzhong armies did not expect that Liang Jun would attack at this time and were unprepared.

Liang Jun captured Xingshi City in the first battle and marched southward to Akasaka without stopping, heading straight for Lecheng.

Xue Qiang took the lead, fought hard with his sword, and climbed the city himself. The morale of the troops was greatly boosted, and they moved forward bravely. Before the reinforcements of Liang Cheng, Zhu Xu, and Zhou Chu arrived, he captured Lecheng, killed Qiang De, and allowed Liang Jun settled in Hanzhong.

Facing the counterattack of the armies of Liang Cheng, Zhu Xu, and Zhou and Chu, Xue Qiang defended the city for eleven days, and finally waited for the powerful troops from Hedong and Weishan's 10,000 black cloud elites.

From then on, Hanzhong was divided into two. The east of Baoshui was occupied by the Liang army, and the west of Baoshui was occupied by the Jin army.

Xue Qiang did not rush for a decisive battle, but instead pulled out the remaining Jin troops in the rear, consolidated and occupied the city, established food routes, rested and reorganized the entire army, and waited for the next battle.

"Xue Qiang is indeed a talented person like Wang Zuo!" Li Yue greatly appreciated.

The talent of someone who can become a close friend with Wang Meng should not be underestimated, otherwise Wang Meng would not let Xue Qiang lead the army into battle.

"Since Lecheng has been captured, Hanzhong is just around the corner!" Chang Wei twisted his beard and smiled.

Wang Meng and Murong Chui made significant progress without using a grain of grain from the court. This was much easier than before when Li Yue had to mobilize tens of thousands of troops to fight in the north and south.

The most difficult thing about attacking Hanzhong is entering Hanzhong.

Now that Liang Jun has a foothold, how can Hanzhong alone resist the crushing of the entire Guandong?

In the past, Shu could rely on Hanzhong to resist Cao Wei because there was a stable and prosperous Shuzhong in the rear.

But now there is nothing behind Hanzhong. Li Shi, the leader of the Han Dynasty, was cruel and debauched in Shu, which depleted the vitality of Shu. After Huan Wen destroyed Shu, he took away a large number of people.

In other words, Hanzhong was isolated and helpless, and Shangyong and Xicheng counties in the east were under Xu Cheng's attack.

Just when I thought of Shangyong, there was a memo coming.

Li Yue opened it and saw that it was true that heaven and earth were united in time.

After Xue Qiang and Wei Shan repulsed the Hanzhong armies and firmly established a foothold, Shangyong and Xicheng counties saw that the situation was over and immediately surrendered to Xu Cheng and Xue Qiang.

In this way, Nanyang's grain and grass do not have to travel thousands of miles from Guanzhong to Hanzhong. They can go directly north from the Han River and be sent all the way to Lecheng.

It can only be said that there are still many smart people these days.

However, this is also normal. After a strategic location is captured, surrounding forces will generally choose to surrender.

Moreover, the Liang Kingdom is also an orthodox Chinese dynasty, so there is no need to fight to the death.

The "Book of Jin" compiled by the Literature Museum has been spread all over the world, and the day and night propaganda of Honglu officials have made the world know what the Sima family is...

(End of this chapter)