A thousand-year-old family that began with the Battle of Makino

Chapter 23 Yan Xun (yǔn) chaos Taihang
The twenty-second year of King Wang (900 BC)
The emperor of the Zhou Dynasty, Ji Meihu, passed away and was given the posthumous title "Gong". He was called Gong when he was able to do something good; he was called Gong when he was virtuous but not aggressive; he was called Gong when he was unremitting in his position; he was called Gong when he criticized the king.

Zi Jicu (jiān) succeeded to the throne as Emperor Zhou.

Wang Yiannian

There was a total solar eclipse in the state of Zheng. The Emperor of Zhou heard about it and felt very worried. At this time, Yan Xun, a Di man from the north, invaded the Zhou Dynasty, and the Eighth Division of Luo had become the Sixth Division of Luo, and the Eighth Division of Yin was also It continued to weaken, and by today's day, the Yin Eighth Division had almost no designation.

In the 20th year of King Gong's reign, King Gong of Zhou saw that Dongyi in the east had been pacified. Starting from King Mu, Dongyi had almost no action, because after the continuous conquests of the Zhou Dynasty, the Dongyi tribe had almost been wiped out. And now the east is full of vassal states of the Zhou Dynasty. And because of the increasing financial pressure on the Zhou Dynasty.

So Prince Gong canceled the designation of Yin Eighth Division and only allowed Weiguo to retain the strength of three divisions. However, how could a Weiguo have the strength to retain three divisions? In the end, only two Weijun divisions were left. In addition, the Eighth Luo Division also became the Sixth Division of Luo, and the Sixth West Division was also reduced to four divisions.

The Zhou Dynasty drastically reduced its military strength. As a result, Yan Xun's southern invasion encountered little resistance and entered Fengyi, the hinterland of the Zhou Dynasty.

Upon seeing this, the Emperor of Zhou hurriedly ordered people to light the beacon fire, and asked the princes to quickly raise troops to serve the king.

Fifteen days later, most of the nearby princes came, so the Emperor of Zhou ordered Duke Guo to command the Sixth Division and the allied forces of princes to attack Yan Xun. The army marched to Fengxiang (today's Fengxiang County, Baoji City, Shaanxi Province) and met Yan Xun's army. Fierce fighting. After several days of fighting, Yan Xun's army was defeated and fled back to his country.

The Zhou army pursued and killed them all the way, forcing Yan Xun's people to flee to the Taihang Mountains.

When Bai Yan saw the remnants of Yan Xun's army fleeing to the Taihang Mountains, he hurriedly went to see the emperor and asked to lead troops back to Baidi. Emperor Zhou breathed a sigh of relief when he saw the Di people retreating. He was not too touched when he saw the Di people fleeing to the Taihang Mountains, so he agreed with Bai Yan to lead the Weiguo army to pursue them on their own, and led the army to regroup.

Seeing that the emperor was so perfunctory, Bai Yan had no choice but to take his family soldiers and the remaining one division of the Wei Kingdom and rush to Baidi. There were only more than 15,000 people in total, and there were nearly 30,000 Yan Hao people who fled to the Taihang Mountains. .

And these are not ordinary Di tribes in the Taihang Mountains, these are the elites left over from the war.

Not daring to think too much, Bai Yan had no choice but to rush on his way, but he was determined not to bring so many soldiers next time.

Baidi, in the Taihang Mountains, is the newly established Linyi of the Bai family.

"Haha, people are so young this week! They are much better than the women in our tribe! Hahaha" a Di man dressed as Yan Hao said proudly to other Di men.

"That's right. I didn't expect that there are so many Zhou people in the Taihang Mountains. It can be considered as compensation for this harvest."

"I heard that the leader intends to continue to fight south. I heard that there are several Zhou people's towns in the south. If they are captured, won't we take advantage of it?"

"If we don't go, we will definitely have stronger strength if we go further to the south. If the car overturns, we won't even have this compensation."

"You coward, we don't go out of the mountains, just rob the Zhou people's villages in the mountains. I think robbing these should be enough for us to have a good year this year, hahaha."

Baiyi
Bai Yan led the army back to Bai Mansion in a hurry, and quickly summoned his retainers to ask about the situation in the Taihang Mountains.

"What's going on in the mountains now?"

"Family Master, the Yanxuan people in the mountains are burning, killing, and looting. Our Bai family has suffered too much loss."

"Stop crying, how much has been lost, and how many troops do we still have?"

"Originally, in our Taihang Mountains there were Baiguan, Luyi, Zhangyi, Tanyi, Linyi and Diguan which had not yet been repaired. Ten days ago, Di people poured into the mountains from the west in large numbers. We were unable to take precautions and suffered heavy losses.

Diguan and Linyi have been breached, and the five thousand people and five hundred soldiers inside have not escaped. "The retainer said choked with sobs.

"How is Tanyi now?"

"General Yuan is leading a thousand soldiers to defend the city to the death. However, he said that the city wall and terrain of Tanyi are not easy to defend, and it may not be possible to defend the city. So General Yuan said that after enough time has been delayed for the retreating people, he will He will lead his army to retreat to the stronger Zhunyi to defend the city."

Bai Yan nodded and said he understood, so he immediately went to the military camp outside and ordered:
"Bai Zheng, I will lead the Bai Zhi guards and the family soldiers to Zhu Yi to support them first. You and the guards will follow behind."

"Here!"

潭邑
Yan Hao was constantly climbing towards the city wall, just because the city gate had been blocked by Yuan Zhao with stones. The two sides continued to fight on the city wall, and the entire city wall had turned from khaki to bright red.

After a long time, this batch of Yan Xunjun finally couldn't hold on and retreated. Yuan Zhao was waiting for the next batch. Yuan Zhao asked someone to call his son Yuan Jing.

After a while, Yuan Jing, covered in blood, came to Yuan Zhao. Yuan Zhao said:
"Jing'er, you immediately take 700 people to fight out of Nancheng and go to Zhenyi to set up defenses. I will take 300 people to cut off the rear."

"Father, I won't leave. I want to live and die with you."

"Fart, damn fart, listen, these 700 soldiers are already one-third of our Bai clan's strength. Our Bai clan has already lost one-third. If we lose these 700 troops again, we will still be How can I meet the head of the family?
Remember, the Yuan family is a vassal of the Bai family. If the Bai family is gone, the Yuan family will cease to exist. Do you understand? I am not afraid of death. As long as there is still one person from the Yuan family, as long as the Bai family is still there, My original clan will always rise again.

understand? If you don't go quickly, the Di people will attack the city again later. "

Yuan Jing looked at Yuan Zhao with tears streaming down his face, and then with a determined look on his face, he rushed out of the siege with 700 soldiers and ran towards Zhangyi. Bai Yan arrived at Zhangyi with the Bai clan's remaining 1,000 soldiers and 200 Baiyi guards, and immediately arranged for people to prepare for city defense. After a while, a group of people from the north ran towards Zhangyi.

Bai Yan's face changed drastically as he thought: "So soon?"

When the team got closer, they realized they were one of their own, and he quickly opened the city gate to let them in. Bai Yan saw that there were only 700 people, sighed, and asked someone to call Yuan Zhao over.

After a while, Yuan Jing came to Bai Yan. Bai Yan saw Yuan Jing instead of Yuan Zhao and asked, "Where is your father?"

Yuan Jing cried and said: "In order to protect us and save the remaining 700 people, my father personally led 300 soldiers to cut off the rear."

Bai Yan comforted him with red eyes, and then asked people to speed up the city defense. Today, the army of the city only has 1,700 soldiers, 200 white guards and 3,000 citizens who volunteer to defend the city.

Early the next morning. Yan Xun's army approached the city, and Bai Yan watched the flags. There were probably more than 15,000 people. I have no choice but to hold on.

At noon, a fierce offensive and defensive battle began. Arrows from both sides came and went, and blood splattered on the city wall. Fortunately, there were white guards everywhere to fill the gaps, so the Di people never gained a firm foothold on the city wall.

In this way, the battle lasted for half a month.

Bai Yan looked at the Di people who had retreated from the city with a look of sorrow on his face. However, there were only 1,500 soldiers, white guards and armed citizens left on his side.

At this time, someone came to report that the young master had led his army less than twenty miles away from Zhangyi and was expected to arrive tonight.

Bai Yan was overjoyed after hearing this, saying God bless the Bai family, and then thought carefully about what to do next. Then he asked someone to tell Bai Zheng that he should lead 3,000 people to break away from the large army and must arrive at Zhangyi before the afternoon to take over the city defense. He wanted to give the Di people a big gift.

In the afternoon, Bai Zheng led three thousand guardsmen into Zhangyi and changed defenses with the Bai family army who had fought bloody battles for half a month.

On the other side, the Di people saw that an army had entered Zhangyi and were having a heated discussion about whether to continue to attack the city. They finally came to the conclusion that if they continued to attack for another day, they would not be able to capture it today, so they would withdraw their troops tomorrow. So the Di people went on to attack Zhangyi.

Bai Yan asked the three thousand guards led by Bai Zheng to defend the city, and he led the Bai family army to seize the time to sleep. The last light in the sky disappeared, and the Di people withdrew their troops and returned to the camp.

At this time, the large army of the Guards had arrived at Zhangyi. Bai Yan asked the army to have a good rest and wait until early tomorrow morning. After the Bai army's night attack was completed, they would take advantage of the situation to cover up the killing.

In the early morning, when daybreak was about an hour away, Bai Yan asked Yuan Jing to lead Bai Zhanwei and the Bai family army to attack the Di people's camp at night. The Di people were caught off guard, and a camp roar soon broke out.

At this time, the large guardsmen who had finished their rest took advantage of the situation to cover up the enemy. The Di people were defeated and fled back in panic. The Bai Jiajun and the Guardsmen stopped chasing for a while, and then rested for a night. The next day, under the leadership of Bai Yan, they fought towards the north of Taihang Mountain, that is, Diguan.

Di Pass is a pass built by the Bai family in the north of the Taihang Mountains. It can keep the Di people out of the Taihang Mountains. However, because the Yan Xun people came before it was completed, it has no effect. In addition, the Bai family is still in the Yan Xun people. In the direction from which we came, we found two intersections entering Taihang Mountain on the west side.
After Bai Yan drove the Di people out of the Taihang Mountains, he led his army to sweep the southern foot of the Taihang Mountains. Anyone who did not surrender to the Bai family would be annihilated.

Finally, at the southern foot of Taihang Mountain, from Baiguan to the south of Diguan, there will be no force that threatens the Bai family. Once Diguan and the two passes to the west are built, the entire southern foothills of Taihang Mountain will become the Bai family's back garden.

In the end, Yan Xun's rebellion in Taihang lasted for three months and ended with the Bai family's tragic victory.

The guards returned to Chaoge, and everyone in the Bai family also seized the time to clean up the mess. This time Yan Xun's invasion was the worst loss in the history of the Bai family.

Baiyi
Bai Yan listened to Bai Zheng's statistics of losses:

"This time, I, the Bai family, lost one pass, two villages, 10,000 people, 2,000 soldiers, 50 white guards, and countless property and buildings. In terms of retainers, the one who sacrificed the most was the former head of the military hall. Zhao, there are also two chiefs of the city, two chiefs of customs (military customs chief and civil customs chief), three judges, three supervisors, three prison officers, two brigade commanders, and twelve centurions. Commander, more than twenty commanders and many junior officers."

After hearing the loss, Bai Yan said with a lonely expression: "The loss is so serious that it will take our Bai family fifty years to recover!"

After sighing, Bai Yan gave the order to deal with the aftermath:

“It is necessary to concentrate financial, material and human resources to repair the Di Pass in the north and the newly established Rong Pass and Wuguan in the west. After the repairs are completed, we should arrange for the troops to be stationed as soon as possible, regardless of whether there are people in the city. If there are no people in the city, they will be used as military passes.

The number of soldiers must be restored to 3,000 as soon as possible, and they should be stationed in various places. The White Guards must also be restored quickly. A large number of outstanding soldiers in this battle can be promoted as officers or into the White Guards.

In addition, Yuan Jing was appointed as the head of the military hall. "

Bai Zheng replied: "I understand, Father."

Then he said angrily: "Father, this time I, the Bai family, suffered a completely unreasonable disaster. The emperor didn't show any sign. If they hadn't driven the Di people to the Taihang Mountains, how could I, the Bai family, have suffered so many losses? "

Bai Yan raised his eyes and said: "Judging from the past few emperors, the Zhou Dynasty is already on the decline. It is good that the emperor can send the guards to us this time. However, in the future, we will not care about the Zhou Dynasty." The reaction cannot be as fast and full as now.

In order to preserve our Bai family in the future era of great strife, we still need to work hard! "
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During the reign of King Yi, the royal family declined and poets made assassinations.

——"Historical Records·Zhou Benji"

(End of this chapter)