Hengdao Sixteen Kingdoms

Chapter 645

Li Yue did not expect that Huan Wen would really dare to make the Northern Expedition.

The momentum created this time was huge. In addition to his 30,000 elite troops, he also summoned the Beifu Army from Guangling and the tribes of major noble families in Jiangdong. A mighty 80,000 army, known as 150,000, besieged Hefei.

Liang Guo's attention was focused on the west and north. Jiangdong was causing trouble at this time. It must be said that Huan Wen's timing was very good.

It was obvious that Liang Guo was in temporary weakness.

Of course, it's not that Li Yue can't send troops, but he just has some savings in the treasury and spring plowing is still going on. Sending troops now will delay the farming season.

Tens of thousands of troops marched south, and tens of thousands of young and strong civilians were needed to transport the baggage behind them.

A young man is the main labor force of a family.

The key western war also fell into a temporary stalemate.

Yao Chang strengthened the walls and cleared the countryside, and defended the fortress and city of Nan'an.

Murong Chui's 8,000 elite men certainly couldn't be wasted on one fort after another. Fu Ya was building siege equipment.

Hanzhong, Xue Qiang captured Lecheng, occupied half of Hanzhong, and opened up the Han River Basin, allowing the continuous flow of manpower, materials, and energy from the Central Plains.

Wang Meng and Xue Qiang then proposed the strategy of using Hanzhong to consume Jiangdong. Attacking Hanzhong was a false strategy, but attracting Jiangdong's rescue was true.

However, Huan Wen was not fooled and opened a new battlefield in Jianghuai.

The world has reached its current state, and those who have survived are not simple people. Even Tuoba Shi Yijian has become smarter. Instead of fighting a decisive battle with the main force of the Liang Kingdom, he relies on the advantage of the cavalry to harass and plunder everywhere.

"I still think Huan Wen is bluffing and will never attack Hefei!" Cui Hong cupped his hands.

"Although it is a bluff, if there is no movement from the court, Huan Wen will turn the bluff into reality. If he stays for a long time, he will lose." Chang Wei retorted.

Cui Hong refused to give in, "Hefei is strong, and with Shouchun at the rear, we can be safe."

Li Yue said: "Huan Wen will naturally not spend all his money to attack Hefei, but don't forget that Guangling's Beifu Army also participated in the battle this time."

This army is composed of refugees from the north. It is different from the Jiangdong armies and has strong combat power.

Xie An promoted many heroes and brave men among the refugees to be generals.

You can despise the enemy strategically, but you must pay attention to it tactically.

If the Beifu army desperately attacks the important towns of Xiapi, Pengcheng, and Shouchun, it might really open up the situation for Jiangdong.

In history, Fu Jian, who unified the Northern Kingdom, lost his 800,000-strong army to tens of thousands of Beifu troops.

As if to confirm Li Yue's words, Lu Qing came in and reported: "Your Majesty, Shanxi Northern Zhonglang General Xie Xuan led 13,000 Beifu troops out of Huaiyin, went north to attack Donghai County, and defeated Quyang, Haixi, Houqiu, and Zhuqi. The troops in , Quxian, Lanling and other cities are very sharp!"

There are Hongze Lake and Sheyang Lake in the lower reaches of the Huaihe River. The water network is densely covered, and the northern army generally does not come down from here.

Guangling then became a barrier to the east of the Yangtze River, making it easier for the Jiangdong navy to enter and exit.

Therefore, Huainan in the Liang Kingdom was not the entire south of the Huai River, but the vast area west of Hongze Lake.

"Oh, just attacking Donghai County?" Li Yue thought it didn't matter.

Donghai County was originally a border area, with a vast territory and sparsely populated areas. A few soldiers were stationed there for farming, and the people moved to Qingzhou or Huaizhou.

It's nothing for the Beifu Army to achieve such a record. They didn't even capture Tancheng, the seat of Donghai County.

You are not afraid of the enemy taking action, but you are afraid that the enemy will hide the knife.

They couldn't hold on to these cities in the lower reaches of the Huai River.

Li Yue originally thought that the Beifu Army would attack Xiapi, Lujiang, Anfeng, Shouchun and other important towns, but he did not expect that the other side would only attack an insignificant Donghai County...

To be honest, even if Donghai County is given to them, it will not affect the overall situation.

"It's useless to give them a chance. They start at the beginning but end at the end. They are just like rats from Jiangdong. There's nothing to worry about!" Li Yue laughed. From the direction in which the Beifu Army dispatched troops, one could guess the thoughts of the people in Jiangdong.

Those people only have so much ambition and are not willing to bite the hard nut.

But this is also Jiangdong's usual behavior. Huan Wen was reluctant to waste his elite Jingxiang troops in Hefei, and Xie An certainly did not want the Beifu army he had worked so hard to create to be lost in important towns such as Shouchun, Xiapi, and Lujiang.

Under the righteousness of the Northern Expedition, it was full of all kinds of sloppiness, nastiness, and calculations.

It's just a pity that the Beifu Army became a household dog.

Therefore, in history, despite the great victory over Feishui, Jiangdong still nestled in his own one-third of an acre of land and continued to fight among himself...

"The Jiangdong nobles are just using the Northern Expedition for their own selfish purposes!" As the Cui family, the leader of the northern nobles, Cui Hong naturally looked down upon the Jiangdong group of people.

The Cui family began to rise since the Han Dynasty.

The Wang family of Langya only started to come from behind during the Sima Zhao era, and the Xie family of Chen County is not worth mentioning.

If it weren't for Xie An, who would remember the Xie family?

But this is also the strength of the noble clan. There will always be a few amazing and talented people who shine on the lintel.

"Hefei Wuyou, send the order, Huan Yi leads Xuchang's 30,000 town troops with great fanfare, claiming to be 200,000, and prepares more ships to ply back and forth on the Ying River to intimidate Huan Wen!"

Isn’t it called a title? Just open your mouth.

Huan Wen claimed to have an army of 150,000, and Li Yue claimed to have an army of 200,000. They overwhelmed Huan Wen to see who could scare whom.

As a sharp sword hanging over Jiangdong's head, Hefei has a large reserve of grain and grass supplies, copper walls and iron walls. The city is full of soldiers and there are no people. Deng Xia built three walls to defend it today.

There are thousands of Liang Xiao's Black Cloud Knights in the north, ready to go south to support them.

Chang Wei said: "But Donghai County is the land of Daliang after all. If the Beifu Army occupies this land, they can attack Qingzhou in the north and Pipeng City in the south. This will cause great harm."

"Don't worry, Huan Wen and Xie An will make a fuss for a while, and they will retreat if they gain face. They didn't even want Hanzhong and Shuzhong back then, how could they look at a mere Donghai County?" Li Yue said with a smile.

Huan Wen sent troops to Hefei, indicating that he had given up on Hanzhong.

The strategic intentions of Wang Meng and Xue Qiang were difficult to realize.

However, Liang Guo did not suffer any loss. He captured Hanzhong and consolidated Guanzhong, and the entire Longyou fell into his hands.

Sure enough, in less than half a month, news came from Hanzhong that the Jin army Zhu Xu and the Zhou and Chu armies retreated to Jiange. Fu Fang and Liang Cheng couldn't help but applaud. Under the pressure of Xue Qiang and Wei Shan, they gave up Nanzheng. Let’s go south together…

The news coming back from Longyou was not good. Yao Chang pretended to surrender and led 10,000 elite troops to attack Fu Ya.

The Longshang Qiang people each led their troops to help.

Although Fu Ya did not fall into the trap and formed a strong camp, the powerful Liangzhou troops under his command neglected to take precautions. Yao Chang pressed forward bravely, and the Yao brothers worked together to defeat the Liangzhou coalition forces. More than 3,000 of Liangzhou's powerful tribes were killed.

Fu Ya led his troops to retreat to Yuzhong to rest.

Someone in the court immediately impeached Fu Ya, saying that Fu Ya had betrayed the trust of the court and supported the bandits for the sake of separatist rule in Liangzhou.

Li Yue listened to it and let it go. Fu Ya wanted to separate and stand on his own, so he would not take the initiative to join Daliang in the first place.

Liangzhou originally belonged to him. Although he surrendered, he still maintained considerable independence.

After looking back and forth at the battle report several times, I saw that more than 3,000 of the powerful army were killed, but Fu Ya's 8,000 troops retreated completely. Once I figured it out, I knew it in my mind.

Fu Ya has been fighting for a lifetime and is capable of both literary and military skills. How could he not notice Yao Chang's low-level surrender?

Even if he couldn't tell it, Murong Chui was not a vegetarian.

Therefore, it is very likely that he is borrowing Yao Chang's help to eliminate the powerful people in Liangzhou.

At the same time, Yao Chang was also being consumed by Liangzhou's power.

Not all of these powerful people are from China, there are also many Xiongnu, Xianbei, Lu Shuihu, etc., all hoping to fish in troubled waters.

If Fu Ya had not joined Daliang and taken advantage of Daliang's power, Liangzhou would have been in chaos.

After the Jin army retreated from Hanzhong, Yao Chang was already a turtle in the urn, and his destruction was a foregone conclusion.

The biggest problem in Longyou is not how powerful Yao Chang is, but that the Qiang people want to establish a country, so Yao Chang responds to everything.

(End of this chapter)