Great Han Empire
Chapter 354 The Swordsman
Chapter 354 The Swordsman
In May, the Great Wall Fortress.
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The news of King Zuo Xianyu's assassination shocked the Huns, and the leaders of the Chanyu court immediately started a heated debate on the candidate for the Great Chanyu.Zuoxian King was assassinated, Tie Ye was killed in battle, and the best candidate for the Great Chanyu is of course Right Xianwang Yu Fuluo.However, Yu Fuluo's tribe suffered a lot of losses when they resisted the Xiongnu rebels' attack on Meiji, and there was a big gap in strength compared to the daily king.The leaders of the tribes of the Xiongnu have different opinions on whether to elect the Da Shanyu according to the order of heirs or according to the strength of the tribes, and the differences are serious.
While Shan Yuting was arguing endlessly, Qu Yi stepped forward.He found Qubei and told him clearly that the emperor of the Han Kingdom and the General Zhenbei's mansion both liked Yu Fuluo.Qu Yi hopes that Qubei will support Yu Fuluo to succeed the Great Chanyu, withdraw from the Great Chanyu dispute, and rebuild the Shanyu Court as soon as possible. Everyone will work together to attack the Xiongnu rebels.Qu Bei, who was determined to win the position of Da Shanyu, was very angry. He said that your emperor has already said that Da Shanyu is elected by our tribe, and no one else has the right to interfere.Why don't you keep your promises and keep your promises?Is this what the adults mean?Did your lord get bribed by Yu Fuluo?I want to write a letter to His Majesty the Emperor of the Han Dynasty, and ask your Majesty the Emperor if he said so?
Qu Yi's face changed immediately. His face was frosty, and he said loudly, "If you don't withdraw from the Great Chanyu War, our Han army will immediately withdraw to the Great Wall Fortress."
"Are you threatening me or ordering me?"
"Whether it's a threat or an order, you can do it if you don't."
"Your Excellency, interfering in Shanyu Court's internal affairs privately is a capital crime. Have you forgotten how Master Zhang Xiuzhang died?"
"You dare to threaten me?" Qu Yi pointed to his nose and sneered, "Open your eyes wide to see who I am? Without me, you would have died long ago. Where would there be a big Chanyu? I Say it again, you immediately withdraw from the Great Chanyu dispute, otherwise..."
Qu Bei looked at the murderous look in Qu Yi's eyes, and thought of Tie Ye for a moment.Did Qu Yi send Tie Ye to kill him?With such good martial arts, would he be shot by a stray arrow?Why did the Han people kill Tie Ye, and why did they force themselves out of the Great Chanyu Controversy?Yu Fuluo became a great Chanyu, what benefits did it bring to the Han people?Suddenly, Qu Bei woke up and realized that the Han people wanted to stabilize Liu Bao and the [-] Xiongnu cavalry in Youzhou.In order to win in Youzhou, the Han people will do anything, even killing themselves under the pretext.
Qu Bei sighed, nodded in agreement.Without the recognition of the emperor of the Han Kingdom, without the help of the Zhenbei General's Mansion and the Protecting Xiongnu Zhonglang General's Mansion, even if he became a great chanyu, he would still be a short-lived chanyu, just looking for his own death.He then immediately made a request. At this time, if he didn't mention the future, no one would pay attention to him.
"I'm going to take my people to move to the south of the Great Wall."
The last time Qu Yi agreed to go to Bei and move his people to the south of the Great Wall, the premise was that King Zuo Xian would come back alive to become the Great Chanyu, but now that the situation has changed, Qu Yi will naturally not agree, but Qu Bei never forgets this matter , This is his dream wish, he can't give up easily.
Seeing that he agreed, Qu Yi was overjoyed and said, "Yes, I will keep my promise."
"No, my lord agrees, no." Qu Bei said, "My lord must write a letter to your majesty the emperor immediately, and I want the imperial edict promised by the emperor of Han."
Qu Yi looked at him, shook his head and said with a smile: "You really made a profit. Well, I will write to His Majesty immediately, but you can't give up in vain. You have to make some demands on Yu Fuluo."
"any request?"
"Let Liu Bao be Zuo Xianwang and Shan Yu Ting Chu deputy."
Qu Bei widened his eyes, raised his hand and exclaimed, "My lord, how is this possible? Whose idea is this, do you have any brains?"
"General Zhenbei."
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Qubei voluntarily offered to give up and support Yu Fuluo as the successor of the Chanyu, and the dispute over the Chanyu disappeared, and everyone immediately worked together to quickly rebuild the Shanyu Court.However, at this time, Qu Yi suddenly made a request that was difficult for Shan Yuting to accept. Qu Yi asked the big Shan Yu to appoint Liu Bao, a powerful householder, as Zuo Xianwang and Shan Yuting's deputy.Grand Chanyu Yu Fuluo snorted and immediately refused.How is this possible?The Fangye talk.It's okay to give Liu Bao a tribal king, but let him be Shan Yuting's vice-president, no matter what, don't even think about it.
Does Liu Bao have any tribe members?Do you have strength?Do you have military exploits?Although you, the Great Han Kingdom, helped us put down the rebellion and were kind to me, Shan Yuting, but you can't do whatever you want, even interfering in things like the Deputy Chu, right?You are too much.
Qu Yi looked at Qu Bei with his eyes.Go to humble heart to understand.Qu Yi's meaning was very clear, he wanted to support Liu Bao himself as the vice-president.I am strong, especially after Tie Ye's death, the tribe of Zuoxian King Huloulan followed me, and now I am the Youxian King of Shan Yuting, and my words have weight in Shan Yuting, and the big Shan Yu Fuluo is not Dare not to listen.If he hadn't voluntarily backed down, where would it be his turn to do this big order.As long as I can bring my people into the south of the Great Wall, it basically has nothing to do with Shan Yuting. In the future, I, the tribal king, can do whatever I want, and I don’t need to look at Shan Yuting, let alone ask Shan Yuting. Pay tribute and obey Shan Yuting's orders.For this bright future, he must serve Qu Yi well and not mess him up.
Qubei stood up and said that his tribe members resolutely followed Liu Bao and supported Liu Bao.The words "Qubei" shocked the sky, and stunned a group of bureaucrats and nobles in Shan Yuting.To listen to Liu Bao?This is not a joke.What the hell is Liu Bao? Can Qubei listen to him?But since Qubei said it in public, he had to believe it.What good did this Qubei take Qu Yi, and help so wholeheartedly?It was too much for the Han people to interfere in Shan Yuting's internal affairs so blatantly for the sake of the [-] cavalry in Youzhou and to curry favor with Liu Bao.
Shan Yuting's tribal king and noble bureaucrats quarreled, especially Yu Fuluo's eldest son and his followers. Who could accept that a good crown prince suddenly flew away?
Qu Yi sneered inwardly, with a look of disdain on his face.what?For the sake of power, the relationship between father and son and brotherhood is gone, and even the matter of attacking the rebels is thrown out of the blue.He stood up and said domineeringly: "General Zhenbei said that as long as Liu Bao comes back from Youzhou, he will have military exploits, strength, and more clans. If anyone refuses to accept it, go to General Zhenbei's mansion to argue. Don't argue, just leave it alone." He shook his hand and walked away.The Huns were so angry that they gritted their teeth and cursed, wishing they could cut him with a knife.
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After Yu Fuluo established the Great Chanyu, the Huns had two Great Chanyus.Xubuguduhou occupied Meiji City, and under the support of the seventeen chiefs, he became the great Chanyu of the Huns rebels.The two, one in the south and the other in the north, each established a Shan Yuting, accusing each other of treason.Xu Bugudu is powerful, and Yu Fuluo has the full support of the Han Dynasty. Some tribes of the Hun rebels are vacillating between the two, at a loss.Although the tribal leaders have different opinions, they all know in their hearts that the Huns live in the territory of the Han Kingdom. If Da Shanyu did not have the recognition of the Han Emperor, and was even accused by the Han Emperor of rebellion, his fate can be imagined Know.Now the Han Kingdom has frequent wars in the northern border, and is unable to take care of the Huns. Once the northern border is stabilized, the emperor of the Han Kingdom will definitely free up his hands to beat the Huns rebels. Even if he saves his life with Xubuguduhou, he will be driven out The territory of Han Dynasty.The territory outside the Han Dynasty is the territory of the Xianbei people. Being a slave to the Xianbei people is not as good as being a courtier to the emperor of the Han Dynasty. The treatment between the two is worlds apart.
However, what makes the tribal leaders hesitate is that today's situation in northern Xinjiang is very unfavorable to the Han Dynasty. The Xianbei people attacked continuously, and the army of the Han Dynasty was at a loss. It won't be a year or two to take it back.If the Xianbei people win, they can make a fortune by following Xubuguduhou. Not only can everyone go south to plunder wantonly, but they can also occupy more pastures with lush water and grass. Recognized by the emperor of the Han Kingdom, he was the Da Shanyu of the Huns, because at that time the land belonged to the Huns, and the Huns lived on their own territory and had nothing to do with the Han Kingdom.In the future, when the power of the Han Dynasty comes back, the time has passed. At that time, the emperor of the Han Dynasty would agree to any conditions as long as the Huns surrendered. As for Yu Fuluo, whose power was declining, he had already been kicked aside.
Just as the tribal leaders of the Xiongnu rebel army looked around and hesitated, Qu Yi, the Zhonglang who protected the Xiongnu, gave them a heavy blow.
The Han army broke up into pieces, attacked frequently, and ran away after hitting. Over time, the Xiongnu rebels got used to it. Sometimes they saw the Han army squad coming from a distance, and they didn't even gather the army. They raised the horn and blew twice. The Han army was scared away.In the middle of the month, it rained heavily on the grassland, and the whole grassland was bathed in hazy mist.The iron cavalry of the Han army that appeared day and night suddenly disappeared without a trace with the appearance of heavy rain.The Huns didn't care. Led by Captain Dangsa and Feng Che, they successively gathered in Guluo City to escape the heavy rain.
Qu Yi assembled 3000 cavalry and rushed to attack Guluo City in the rain.When the Huns saw the appearance of the Han army, they neither assembled nor sounded their horns to call the police. Instead, they laughed and cursed loudly as before, while lazily blowing their horns to scare the enemy until the sound of the Han army's killing was loud and overwhelming. After rushing out of the rain, the Huns realized that they had been fooled by underestimating the enemy.The Huns met the enemy in a panic and tried their best to break through, but because of the interference of the heavy rain, they failed to break through several times and suffered heavy casualties. Captain Dangsa and Feng Che died in battle one after another. More than [-] people were beheaded by [-], and the rest surrendered.
The Xiongnu rebels were defeated in Guluo City, and the entire army was annihilated, which shocked all the tribes of the Huns. Many vacillating tribal leaders suddenly understood that the Han State is the Han State. No matter how scarred he is, he is still a giant after all. If an invincible giant offends this giant, the end must be miserable.Therefore, many tribal leaders secretly sent people to the Great Wall Fortress to express their allegiance to Yu Fuluo, saying that as long as Yu Fuluo returned to Meiji and severely injured Xubuguduhou and Baimatong, he would definitely join Shan Yuting again.It is better to hang on two boats than to hang from one tree. It is safe and secure, and this is the only way for small tribes to survive in the cracks.
Yu Fuluo cheered up and asked Qu Yi to take advantage of the victory to attack Meiji immediately, but Qu Yi flatly refused.Qu Yi said unceremoniously that the first battle in Guluo City took advantage of the right time and place, and one cannot be the other.Now that the army is short of food, grass and weapons, the men and horses are tired, and the grasslands are constantly raining, there is no condition for gathering a large army to conquer outside the Great Wall again. In addition, the rebel army will definitely learn a lesson and be careful, and will not give themselves such a chance again.Now that the rebel army is heavily guarding Meiji, the fight will be a hard and bloody battle. The strength gap between the two sides is large, and a decisive battle cannot be fought.Or patiently wait for the opportunity.
Yu Fuluo was very angry, thinking that Qu Yi was deliberately making things difficult for him, so he wrote several times to His Majesty the Emperor of the Han Dynasty, begging the emperor to urge Qu Yi to send troops to attack Meiji as soon as possible.
The emperor followed Shang Shutai's advice and did not agree to Yu Fuluo. He issued a decree to reward Qu Yi and the generals of the Han army, and ordered Qu Yi to continue to divide the guerrilla forces and hold back the Huns rebels, so that they must not be allowed to divide troops to support Yanmen Pass.
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In mid-May, Jinyang.
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Although Qu Yi won a big victory in Guluo City, it did not improve the critical situation in the entire Northern Xinjiang at all.
After reading Qu Yi's victory report, Xu Rong was overjoyed and suddenly thought of a way to boost the morale of the Yellow Turban Army.He urgently ordered Li Wei to rush to Jinyang, and invited Master Xiangkai to the General's Mansion in Zhenbei.Xu Rong did not shy away from explaining the dangerous situation in northern Xinjiang to Xiangkai in detail, "I invited Master to come, and I want to use the power of Master to stabilize the hearts of the people, and to inspire the soldiers of the Yellow Turban Army to fight for the country. war."
Master Xiangkai obviously knew the inside of the Yellow Turban Army very well. He was silent for a while, with a look of embarrassment on his face, "My lord, the matter of the Yellow Turban Army is indeed a bit difficult. However, my lord can definitely draw a group of loyal people from the Yellow Turban Army to form a ten thousand Elite soldiers. If there are tens of thousands of people helping Yanmenguan, it should be more than enough to hold on."
Xu Rong smiled wryly, spread out the map on the case table, pointed to Yanmen Pass and said, "Master, please see, the situation in northern Xinjiang is currently complicated, we are under control everywhere, and we have no chance of winning. If we continue to be beaten passively like this, we will lose not only The four northern counties of Bingzhou also include the north of the Great Wall Fortress, the northeast of Youzhou, and even the whole of Youzhou. Therefore, our problem now is not to defend the Yanmen Pass, but to break this deadlock, change from passive to active, and completely reverse the entire north. The unfavorable situation in Xinjiang."
"General Zhenbei and Lord Huangfu from Shangshutai have written letters several times. Both adults believe that the key to reversing the current unfavorable situation lies in the battle of Yanmen Pass."
Master Xiangkai raised his white eyebrows, and suddenly realized, "My lord wants to defeat the Xianbei people?"
"Yes." Xu Rong smiled and said slowly, "Defending Yanmen Pass will not help the whole battle situation. Although the Xianbei people cannot enter the pass, their strength is still there. As long as the Xianbei people have strength, they can invade at any time. Therefore, Only by defeating the Xianbei people and defeating them, can we shake the foundation of the Xianbei people and break the balance between the various forces in Xianbei. Once this balance is broken, the Xianbei people will have civil strife. We are waiting for this civil strife. As long as the Xianbei people are in civil strife and conquer each other, they will be unable to invade the south, and we can take the opportunity to stabilize the northern border and regain the lost ground."
Master Xiangkai patted the table lightly and exclaimed in a low voice: "Good plan, good plan."
"However, the number of Xianbei people outside Yanmen Pass has reached 20, which we did not expect in advance, nor did General Zhenbei and Master Huangfu. Under the current situation, if we want to defeat the Xianbei people, At least [-] troops must be mobilized."
Xiang Kai was dumbfounded, "How is this possible?"
"Master Qu Yi of the Great Wall Fortress has taken the lead in injuring the Xiongnu rebels in Guluo City. His army has shrunk, and now he only uses a small group of cavalry to harass the Huns, so as to hold back the Xiongnu rebels." Xu Xu Pointing at Jicheng, Rong continued, "General Zhenbei is about to launch an attack on Jicheng, and he will take down Tuyin City in Youbeiping, and continue to attack Liaoxi, so as to contain Murongfeng's army. They will all face off against the enemy next month, so as to cooperate with us in completing the important task of defeating the Xianbei people."
"Next month?" Xiang Kai asked incredulously, "Your Excellency only has such a short preparation time?"
"As long as there are no accidents, time is enough." Xu Rong said confidently, "At present, food and weapons are being continuously transported to Jinyang. The only thing that is lacking is the 20 troops. Master, can you help me?"
"Of course I would. Thinking about the battle of 30 people, it's exciting. All the disciples of my Dazhitang will resolutely participate in the war at the command of the adults."
"No, no." Xu Rong said with a smile, "At present, the master and your disciples are not participating in the war, but using the altars in various places and the teachings of the "Taiping Jing" to encourage more than 100 million people in Bingzhou to firmly support us to defeat the enemy. Xianbei people, let these people rush to the camps of the Yellow Turban Army in groups and ask them to fight. What the Yellow Turban Army wants to protect is not only the territory of the Han Dynasty, but more than 100 million people in Bingzhou, and more than 100 people A peaceful and prosperous world in the eyes of thousands of people.”
"Don't worry, my lord, you don't need to order this matter, and our Dazhitang is obliged. Defeating the Xianbei people and defending our own homeland is a matter of course. The common people know it, and the soldiers of the Yellow Turban Army also know it. There is no need to encourage and encourage ? As long as your lord raises his arms and shouts, millions of people from the two counties of Bingzhou will follow behind your lord and go north to attack Hu."
Xu Rong stood up and bowed to thank him, "Everything is left to the master."
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In the middle of May, Jicheng, Youzhou.
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The Xianbei stationed troops in Yuyang and Lulongsai, and there was no sign of going south.
Li Hong sent a large number of scouts to Yuyang and Lulongsai.He was concerned about the safety of the families of the soldiers living in Lulongsai, so he sent black panthers to sneak around Lulongsai several times to inquire about news, but found nothing.Although Li Hong was very anxious, he had no choice but to seek God's favor.He was awakened several times by Xiaoyu's cries in his sleep, which made him restless. He wanted to attack the Wucheng City several times in advance, but he was worried about alarming the Xianbei people and causing the army to ignore them.He secretly swore that if he found Xiao Yu, he would never let Xiao Yu leave his side again, he could no longer bear such fear.If something happened to Xiao Yu, he would have no face to return to Lulongsai and Jiming's tomb in his whole life.
Huangfusong's letter reminded him and made him suddenly realize that the war situation in Bingzhou and Youzhou is closely connected, and the war in northern Xinjiang is a whole, which is an invincible situation carefully planned by Murong Feng.This made him even more afraid of Murong Feng. Compared with Murong Feng and Huangfu Song, he was far behind in terms of military skills and vision.
He summoned Xian Yufu, Yan Rou, Zhu Mu, Song Wen, Yu Peng and others to repeatedly study the battle situation in northern Xinjiang. They worked hard all night and day, and finally found a strategy to defeat the enemy, that is the Battle of Yanmen Pass.If you want to break the deadlock carefully designed by Murong Feng, you can only make a fuss about the internal conflicts among the Xianbei people.
There are conflicts between Tuoba Feng and Murong Feng, and conflicts between the major tribes and Danhan Mountain. Now these conflicts have been suppressed by Murong Feng by using the war and the territory of the Han Kingdom. To rekindle these conflicts, That only needs to beat the Xianbei people at Yanmen Pass, break the balance of power among the various forces of Xianbei, and shatter their dream of looting the territory of the Great Han Kingdom.The Xianbei people fled in a big defeat, and the rest was immediately an internal struggle, just like the Xianbei people returned from a big defeat in Western Xinjiang.At that time, the Xianbei people were going to have civil strife. Tuoba Feng had already brought an army of [-] to Danhan Mountain, but the imminent internal strife was easily settled by Murong Feng. The plan was given to Tuoba Feng.In the face of greater interests, what reason does Tuoba Feng have to continue fighting the civil war?Of course it was a handshake.If Tuoba Feng suffers another serious injury at Yanmen Pass this time, he will not give up anyway. If he does not control Danhan Mountain, he will lose his chance to fight for the grassland forever. The wounded Murong Feng swallowed it in one gulp.
They found a way to defeat the enemy, and a group of ministers from Huangfusong and Shangshutai who were far away in the capital stayed up all night. They also saw that the Battle of Yanmen Pass was the key to survival in the northern Xinjiang war. For this reason, they He petitioned His Majesty several times to increase the supply of food and weapons to Bingzhou, so as to help Xu Rong win this battle as soon as possible and reverse the passive situation in northern Xinjiang.
Under tremendous pressure, Xu Rong independently supported the overall situation of Bingzhou, but his taciturnity was questioned by the ministers of the DPRK and China.Xu Rong has no prominent family background, no brilliant record, this man has accumulated military merits behind General Zhenbei and became General Zhonglang. Does he have this ability?Now the battle in Bingzhou is no longer as simple as sticking to Yanmen Pass, but to defeat the Xianbei people, and hit the Xianbei people hard. Can he win this battle?Can it have the effect of reversing the situation in northern Xinjiang?Huangfusong and Lu Zhi didn't know what to do, and neither of them dared to talk nonsense.No one in the court knew Xu Rong, and following the suspicion, there were immediately calls for replacement.Immediately, the emperor ordered Li Hong to return to Bingzhou to preside over the war, but Li Hong refused. He wrote to His Majesty saying that the minister left Master Xu Rong to preside over the Zhenbei General's Mansion in Bingzhou, so he absolutely trusted him.If Xu Rong loses this battle, I would like to accept his fault and thank His Majesty with death.Li Hong also said that Youzhou was more important than the Battle of Yanmen Pass.There is Murong Feng in the north of Youzhou, and the rebels and Karasuma people in the east. It is a situation where the state and county are lost at every turn.
The Son of Heaven has yet to persevere, and there is another shocking battle report from Youzhou. Shanggu Karasuma and Daijun Karasuma rebelled, and an army of [-] was assembled to storm the Feihu Fortress.The emergency documents of Flying Fox Fortress were reported three times a day, and each one was more urgent.The emperor was dumbfounded, no matter what, the mess in Youzhou will be left to Li Hong to clean up.
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Huangfusong and the ministers of Shangshutai discussed urgently, and then urgently wrote to Jizhou Mu Yangqi, and made every effort to transport grain, grass and supplies to Youzhou as quickly as possible.In this way, even if the road between Youji and Youzhou was cut off by the Karasuma rebels, Li Hong's army could still hold out for a while.
Without hesitation, Li Hong immediately ordered Yan Rou to take Yan Wuwei's [-] iron cavalry to enter Juyongguan, and at the same time recruit [-] iron cavalry from the Wuye and Bailu tribes to accompany them to fight, to ensure Shanggu County and stop the Karasuma rebels Threatening the safety of large armies from the flanks.
"Urgently order the Zhenbei General's Mansion to recruit and dispatch the cavalry of Wei Loulu and Shanggu Karasuma to rush back to Youzhou."
"Call Yan Liang, let him bring five thousand infantry to support Feihu Fortress, resolutely block the Karasuma people, and ensure that the road between Youji and Youzhou is unimpeded."
"Wait..." Yan Wuwei suddenly stopped the messenger.
Li Hong looked at him strangely, and said with a smile, "What? Wuwei, you want to go to the Flying Fox Fortress yourself?"
Yan Wuwei smiled and said, "My lord, can I have a few words with you in private?"
Xian Yufu, Yan Ruan and Yu Shi looked at each other, Qi Qi laughed and said, "Wu Wei, they are all brothers of the same family. If you have something to say here, why do you want to say it in private with the adults? Why? Are you afraid that we will know?"
These few people have been fighting side by side since they were in Youzhou. They have deep personal feelings and have always talked about everything.Yan Wuwei's attitude made them very strange.
"Yes, Wuwei." Li Hong smiled, "We are all old brothers, what can't we say in person? Let's say it here."
Yan Wuwei smiled, and it was only a few of us who said this in private, so you should pretend you didn't hear it.He repeated Wen Chou's grievances, "In my opinion, the generals of Jizhou treat Zilong the best, but they really treat Zijun differently."
Yan Rou couldn't help laughing, "Sir, someone is dissatisfied with you, haha..."
"Really?" Li Hong asked Xian Yufu, "Brother Yu Xing, do you think so too?"
Xian Yufu sighed, "When Yan Liang was away, Gao Lan was the leader. In comparison, Wen Chou had no chance. Of the five infantry battalion commanders, only Gao Lan and Wen Chou were captains. If they were promoted, Gao Lan would definitely He is more qualified than him. Wuwei is right, let Wen Chou lead the army to the Flying Fox Fortress this time."
Li Hong said with a smile: "This is my negligence. Compared with Wen Chou, Yan Liang is much calmer and more stable. When he was in Jizhou early last year, if there was no Wen Chou, Yan Liang would almost have made trouble. It is indeed Wen Chou who is more suitable for guarding the Feihu Fortress." It’s not too late, but there are not many people in Wen Chou’s battalion.” He thought for a while and said, “Let Gao Lan come to the camp to serve as a military officer, and combine the two battalions to make up 4000 people. Gao Shun, Xu Huang, and Zhang Zhen A few of them are titans, let them go together, the Flying Fox Fortress will never be lost."
"Is the 4000 people a little less?" Yushi frowned and said, "Should we let them pick another two thousand strong soldiers to go with them? These are barbarians, and the soldiers are all Han Chinese. They should be able to tell right from wrong? When the Han people in Xinjiang heard about beating barbarians, they always took the lead and never flinched."
Li Hong immediately nodded when he heard this, and said: "What Congyi said is right, this is a good way. We will not fight the Xianbei people for the time being, and using these few months, we can train a group of soldiers to supplement the infantry army. It's a good way. "
"I see it this way. Rebuild two battalions of infantry called Gao Lan, Xu Huang, Gao Shun, and all the military lords left behind. The head of the village and the team will be transferred from other tribes, and immediately select [-] soldiers from the prisoner camp. Pawns begin training."
"Call Wen Chou to take Zhang Zhen and Wu Xiong, 6000 soldiers, and [-] soldiers, a total of [-] soldiers, and ride to the Feihu Fortress to support them."
Wen Chou was very happy when he received the military order, and happily ran to the big tent to bid farewell to Li Hong.After Li Hong instructed a few words, he said with a smile: "Zijun, if you have anything to do in the future, come and tell me in person, and I will agree to whatever you can. In the past, didn't you like to talk and laugh with me? Why are you serious now? gone?"
Wen Chou smiled and said, "Your Excellency is now a general. I am busy with military affairs. How dare I bother you and waste your time. As long as you remember to take me with you when you are fighting, I will be very grateful."
Li Hong chatted and laughed with him all the way, and sent him out of the tent.Seeing Wen Chou galloping away like a dragon and a tiger, Li Hong couldn't help sighing. As the official became bigger and bigger, and there were more and more things, it was rare for him to sit and chat with his old subordinates.We are often not together, more alienated, and even speak politely, appearing very reserved.He suddenly remembered Laoguai.It's an old friend, and I don't know how long I haven't seen him. At this moment, he really wants to see him, and wants to sit and chat with him, "Ling Ming, go, come with me to see the old friend."
Laoguai, who was busy in the Bing Cao camp, looked at Li Hong in surprise, his eyes moistened immediately, "Your Excellency, have you grown a beard?"
Li Hong took his hand and said with a smile: "I haven't seen you for a long time, I want to come and see you, are you okay?"
"Thank you, sir. I'm fine, and a bunch of old brothers are fine. Let's go, I'll take you to see them. Everyone hasn't seen you for more than a year, and they miss you very much."
Li Hong's heart trembled, and tears immediately soaked his eyes.
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Li Hong accompanied Laoguai and a group of veterans from Lulongsai to have dinner, and everyone talked nonsense for a long time before happily returning to the camp with Pang De.
In the big tent, Yushi was talking with a young Confucian scholar. When Li Hong saw him, he was both surprised and happy, and remained silent for a long time.The young Confucian scholar was also overjoyed when he saw him, knelt down on the ground and said loudly, "Tian Chou pays his respects to the General."
Li Hong took a few quick steps, helped him up, looked left and right, and said with a smile: "You have grown up, you have grown up. Did your father give you a letter?"
"My lord father gave me the word Zitai." The young and handsome Tian Chou replied, "My lord, I heard that after you came to Youzhou with an army, you immediately came to Jicheng to look for you."
"Why did you find me only now?"
"After the rebels raised their troops in Youzhou, our family moved to Xuwu Mountain immediately with our clansmen." Tian Chou said, "We have been hiding in the mountains and dare not come out. We only send a few hunters to the foot of the mountain to inquire about news once a month. A few deserters from the rebel army ran into the mountains and were caught by us. Only then did we know that your lord had already left the customs last month and defeated the rebel army. After I heard about it, I came out of the mountain to find you immediately."
Li Hong looked at the excited Tian Chou, suppressed his anxiety, and asked slowly, "Xiao Yu..."
"Sister Xiao Yu heard that you came back, she cried happily..."
Li Hong's heart relaxed, and the weight of weight on his body was immediately lifted following Tian Chou's words, and he felt extremely comfortable. He didn't listen to what Tian Chou said later. Ming's heart-piercing cry filled him with joy, and he wished he could yell loudly. Suddenly, he found that Xiao Yu was so important to him. If anything happened to Xiao Yu, he would risk his life. Willing to exchange.
"How did Lu Longsai get lost, do you know?" Li Hong asked suddenly.
Tian Chou was stunned for a moment, and then said angrily: "It's all betrayed by that bastard Zhang Ju. Before Zhang Ju's incident, Lu Longsai's defenders were all replaced, and the guard Hou Sui was Zhang Ju's student. At that time, I felt something was wrong. He strongly opposed his father sending sister Xiaoyu to Lulongsai. After Zhang Ju and Zhang Chun had an incident, the people living in Lulongsai were immediately driven out by Hou Sui under the pretext of guarding the gate. They had nowhere to go and had to flee to Xu Wushan."
"Where are these people now?" Li Hong was startled and angry, and asked eagerly.
"Don't worry, my lord. Later, they were all taken to the cottage by my father, and they are with us now."
"Thank you." Li Hong let out a long breath, and raised his hands in celebration, "Immediately send a letter to the Zhenbei General's Mansion, and let Mr. Xu tell all the soldiers in Youzhou that the family members living in Lulongsai are all safe. Please don't worry about them."
"Lingming, hurry up and invite the old man here, and tell me that the little child prodigy of the Tian family from Endless City is here."
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After five days of procrastination, the catapult was finally completed. This is a huge vehicle. The pull rod alone is four feet thick and more than three feet long. It takes 300 people to pull the drag cable at the same time to shoot a boulder weighing more than 150 kilograms. About seventy steps.
After Zhang He and Yin Si took the soldiers from the Chariot Camp and the craftsmen from the Bing Cao Camp to put the catapult in place, they immediately erected dozens of giant shields in front of the catapult to prevent the rebels on the city from using their strong bows. shooting.At the same time, thousands of chariot campers drove horses and ox carts to transport a large number of boulders from the Jundu Mountain hundreds of miles away.Everything was ready, just waiting for Xian Yufu to come out of Jicheng.
Tian Qiang rejected Xian Yufu's offer to surrender.He thought that with Jicheng being tall and strong, with [-] soldiers, and abundant food, grass and weapons, it would definitely not be a problem to guard it for a month or two.One more day of his guard would give the rebels who fled to western Liaoning an extra day of respite.When the time came to the end, it would not be too late for him to lead his army to surrender. At that time, he would be worthy of his teacher Zhang Ju and a group of Yellow Turban brothers.In order for him to surrender smoothly on the day when he was at the end of his rope, he was quite polite to Xian Yufu. Although the two sides couldn't reach an agreement, the atmosphere was still harmonious.Xianyu Fujiu's persuasion was ineffective, so he had to leave, and took Pang De out of the city.
Li Hong ordered to attack the city.
Zhao Yun, Nie Xiao, Jiang Wu, Liu Ming, and Liu Bao surrounded the four gates with cavalry battalions each, with banners unfurling, war drums beating, roaring like thunder, and the sound of killing shaking the heavens. They were ready to attack the city.
Behind the catapult, Xian Yuyin, Yan Liang, and Hua Xiong led their infantry battalions behind the chariot battalion, ready to charge at any time.
Li Hong, Xian Yufu, Yushi, Zhu Mu and others stood behind the catapult. He looked at the crowd busy around the catapult in the distance, and said to the generals with a smile, "If this guy is useful, you can use it in the future." Let's do more, so that we can save many brothers from dying when we attack the city."
Tian Zhong smiled and said: "My lord, you were the one who disagreed last time, and you are the one who wants to do a lot this time. Don't put it lightly, do you have so much money?"
Li Hong said embarrassingly: "It wasn't that I didn't want to do it last time, it was because the situation didn't allow it. But it's different now, I can do it without money."
"Oh, what's your master plan?" Yushi laughed.
"Do you know? Master Xu has already expanded the ordnance workshops in Jinyang and Anyi, using the money of local rich people. Anyway, a credit of [-] million is also a credit, and a credit of one billion is also a credit. Let's credit one at a time." That’s enough, make a hundred catapults and put them in the fortresses everywhere. When the barbarians come to attack the city in the future, we will use this thing to deal with them, and it will definitely work.”
Everyone was chatting and laughing, when they heard a terrifying roar coming from the front, "Boom...", as the lever was lifted high, a huge boulder of a hundred catties rose into the sky. The high city wall smashed past.
The boulder crossed the city wall in a blink of an eye and disappeared.
Zhang He and Yin Si looked at each other with shame, and hurriedly called the craftsman to adjust the distance.It's embarrassing now, the first shot was dumb, so what about the cannon?
The second shot was even worse, falling directly into the moat and splashing a huge wave.
Although both shots were muted, the tremendous power of the catapult still opened the eyes of tens of thousands of soldiers on the battlefield, and the cheers one after another were deafening in an instant.
The third shot hit the city wall, and there was a loud "boom", and the city wall disappeared together with the boulder.
Zhang He, Yin Si, Zhang Xiao, a group of officers, soldiers from the Chariot Camp, craftsmen from the Bing Cao Camp, and thousands of civilians raised their hands and shouted wildly, and the excited roar went straight to Xiaohan, "It hit..."
"Smash...smash...smash...smash..."
"Boom...boom..." Boulders slammed into the city wall one by one, the huge impact was earth-shattering, and even the ground under their feet began to vibrate, and the city wall trembled and moaned under the violent impact of the boulders.
The rebel soldiers discovered the main attack direction of the Han army and gathered one after another. But when they saw the Han army using a terrifying chariot to continuously throw boulders, all of them were so frightened that their faces were pale and their livers were torn.The soldiers crouched tremblingly behind the city wall, not even daring to lift their heads. Unfortunately, a few soldiers were hit by boulders, and their flesh and blood were immediately mutilated.
Li Hong, Xian Yufu and others were also very excited. They followed behind the soldiers and roared loudly, completely forgetting their identities.
The soldiers of the Chariot Battalion fought more and more accurately, and the huge boulders were concentrated in the middle of the city wall, and they began to bombard wildly, and the city wall shook more and more.
From noon to dusk, the catapults shot out more than 150 boulders continuously, and the battered city wall finally collapsed after a burst of violent shaking.
Thousands of archers in the Strong Bow Battalion fired their arrows at the command.The ballista then aimed at the rebels who had already lined up behind the city wall, and started a frenzied massacre.
As soon as the ballista finished roaring, the first batch of [-] soldiers who attacked the city, led by Yan Liang, roared loudly and rushed towards the collapsed city wall like a tide with dozens of bridges crossing the river.The siege soldiers climbed quickly along the huge boulders to the top of the gap in the city wall. Until then, they had not seen a shadow of the enemy soldier.The rebel soldiers had been shot by the ballista and had been shot dead and wounded, and dispersed in a hurry.
The sharp weapons of the Han army were so powerful that they scared the rebel soldiers out of their wits, and they no longer dared to show their heads near the city walls.The Han army took a big advantage. Thousands of soldiers quickly climbed over the boulder, rushed over the collapsed city wall, and rushed in after the army before the siege.
According to the orders of the superiors, the soldiers of the Han army only did one thing after entering the city, that is, a team of a hundred men, rushed desperately, never entangled with the enemy, until they dispersed the enemy, and rushed to the enemy's soldiers. If you can't find the general, the enemy's general can't find the soldiers, until they are scattered.
Yan Liangchong was at the front. He led his bodyguards and ran for several miles at a stretch, rushing into Tian Qiang's mansion.Seeing that the city wall was breached, Tian Qiang was leading people to hold on to the government office for a while, looking for a chance to surrender, but the attack speed of the Han army was too fast, and before he even shouted the word of surrender, he was killed by a group of wolf-like soldiers. Hu's soldiers of the Han army chopped into several pieces, and they didn't know where to kick their heads.
By midnight, half of the [-] soldiers had been killed, and the other half had raised their hands and surrendered.
Zhao Yun and his cavalry were so angry that their lungs exploded. The infantry soldiers only cared about killing themselves, and didn't even bother to open the city gate for them.The cavalry were exhausted and had nowhere to go, so they could only yell under the city, wishing they could fly into the city with their wings.Later, the gate of the city was finally opened, but the battle in the city was over. Apart from helping the infantry soldiers guard the prisoners, they didn't even raise their knives.
Zhao Yun looked at Yan Liang with a murderous look on his face, and asked angrily: "Is the eldest brother enjoying the killing?"
Yan Liang shook his head, and said with a disappointed face: "I ran for two miles without doing anything except stomping open a door. Now these subordinates are agile, wherever I go, where are the enemy soldiers It’s gone, I can only stare blankly.”
Zhao Yun lost his anger and laughed wildly.
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In mid-May, Luoyang.
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Since the beginning of this month, the emperor has successively issued decrees to recruit famous scholars, great scholars and a group of veteran officials to serve in the inner and outer courts. However, several veteran officials with great influence in the ruling and opposition parties have politely evaded and refused to take office for various reasons.The old Taiwei Yuan Kui is one.The emperor wanted Yuan Kui to re-enter the court very much.The emperor believed that if he could push the general He Jin and get Yuan Kai's support, the powerful and powerful families would gather to respond, and it would be a matter of course to abolish the imperial family and establish the concubine.In order for the old Taiwei to resume his official career, the emperor specially sent Yuan Wei a big gift on his birthday.Yuan Kai didn't dare not enter the palace to thank him. He pretended to be old and entered the North Palace with a walking stick.
The weather has been bad for the past few days, and it is raining heavily every day. After Yuan Kui gave the emperor the gift of a monarch and a minister, he sat aside.The emperor chatted casually with him, and asked some trivial matters with concern, and then the emperor sighed, saying that there is no mainstay in the court like the old man sitting in the court, which caused the great Han country to be turbulent, and he did not have a day of peace of mind, "If the old man can Going back to the court and sharing my worries is a happy event for the Han Kingdom."
Yuan Kai coughed non-stop, looking old-fashioned, he hastily bowed to the ground to thank the emperor for his kindness.Yuan Kui said that as long as the ministers can still support themselves, they will return to the court to be loyal to His Majesty, but now there are many old officials who are the disciples of the middle officials in the court, even the current high-ranking ministers are also a bunch of followers, and the middle officials are so powerful. Fully controlling the power of the inner and outer courts, even if the minister enters the court, how can he help His Majesty?
When the emperor heard it, he suddenly had a plan in his heart.It turned out that this hometown job was not because he did not want to join the court, but because he used the excuse of joining the court to raise conditions for himself.As long as you are willing to enter the court, so what if I agree to your conditions?The middle official is powerful, but on the other hand, the gentry is actually weak. I just promise you to be a captain again, but you have to give me a reason.
Yuan Kui said: "The scourge of the party, the scholars were persecuted, and the party members had no place to stand for a while, but your majesty can see, since the disaster of the ant thief, who has fought bloody for your majesty? Who has defended your majesty's home and country? After all, middle officials are ministers of the inner court, not enough to shoulder the heavy responsibility of governing the country. Your Majesty should think about future generations and vigorously select talented people. In the future..."
What the emperor wanted to hear was this future. Yuan Kai's meaning was already obvious, but the emperor was worried, and asked, "Middle officials retreat from the inner court, but in the future, foreign relatives and important officials..."
"Your Majesty, Liang Yi and Dou Wu are a lesson from the past. Foreign relatives in power are still the source of disaster for the country. Thinking about it, we scholars may not have a good life, so..."
The emperor understood what Yuan Kui meant.The feud between the gentry and the middle officials is as deep as the sea, and isn't there also a lot of conflicts with the relatives?Once the foreign relatives are in power, where is the place for the gentry?For their own sake, the gentry of course hope that Xiao Donghou will inherit the great rule.It's just that now that the general is holding a heavy army and has great power, how dare these powerful families put these concerns on their faces?If this kind of thinking is leaked out, isn't an old guy like Yuan Wei courting death?
If the power of the middle officials is reduced and the power of the gentry is restored, won't the generals be even more isolated?The emperor figured out the key point, and immediately lifted his spirits. He smiled and said, "When will the old man's health get better?"
Yuan Kui shook his hand, coughing worse, "The old minister is dead, let alone the other gang of veterans. Your Majesty should think about young people, young people who have disciples all over the world."
The emperor was taken aback, looking at Yuan Kai with puzzled eyes, waiting for him to continue.
"Taixue sacrifices wine and horses, and has so many disciples that I am afraid that there is no other in the world."
The emperor suddenly woke up.In addition to the opposition of the nobles and bureaucrats above the court, there is also an opposing force that is the students of the Taixue.The boss is indeed the boss, it seems that he really thinks of me.
"Your Majesty, although Fan Ling and Xu Xiang are the three nobles, they are both unrighteous and despised by scholars. How many honest and loyal scholars in the world are willing to be officials in the same dynasty as them to tarnish their reputation? Your Majesty should Taking him out of the imperial court is fulfilling the wish of the scholars all over the world, and returning the great Han society to a clear and bright place. In this way, won’t all those who become officials be eager for it?”
The emperor smiled and nodded, understanding.
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In May, Jinyang.
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The harvest of winter wheat in Taiyuan and Shangdang reached its climax. At the same time, the disciples of Dazhitang spread all over the two counties. While preaching the teachings of Taiping, they wantonly spread the righteousness of protecting the country and the family, and tried their best to arouse the common people's resentment against the invading barbarians. hatred, and encouraged the people to take up knives and guns, defend their homes, and kill Hulu. For a while, the sound of killing Hulu was deafening over the two counties. What's more, people with good things brought the old, young, women and children to kneel outside the camp of the Yellow Turban Army, crying Ask the soldiers of the Yellow Turban Army to fight the enemy bravely for the hopeful land of Bingzhou.
The Yellow Turban Army was shocked by the people's enthusiasm for killing the enemy and their tragic cries. Countless passionate soldiers volunteered to go north to Yanmen Pass to kill the enemy and serve the country to defend their homeland.
Zhang Yan, Yang Feng, and Zhang Baiqi gathered at the General's Mansion in Zhenbei to discuss the formation of a 20 army day and night.According to Zhang Yan's military order, the young commanders of the Yellow Turban Army led the troops to assemble at the Longshan Camp.A few days later, General Zhenbei's Mansion, General Zhonglang's Mansion in Pingnan and Duwei's Mansion of Dian Nong jointly ordered to recruit 13 field soldiers to Longshan Daying to form a new army.
Due to the frequent enlistment of the Yellow Turban Army, all the organizational systems of the various ministries were disrupted, the officers above the Sima rank of the Yellow Turban Army were continuously transferred, and the hearts of the generals in the army were fluctuating. This finally gave Zheng Xin a chance. Rally thing.When Zheng Xin was trying his best to investigate whether they were secretly plotting a rebellion, Xiaolan, who led an army to suppress bandits in the southern part of Shangdang, sent someone to send an officer of the Yellow Turban Army who knew the inside story.This man was a small leader of the Yellow Turban Army in Montenegro. He used to be a Confucian scholar. When Li Su raided the Yellow Turban Army in the middle of the night, he was captured alive.This man was afraid of death, and before Li Su beat him, he did all the tricks. He took the initiative to confess that Xiao Hong, the leader of the Yellow Turban Army stationed in Changzi City, had arranged for the Black Mountain Yellow Turban Army to go down the mountain to grab food. He also said that this person had contacted a group of people. The middle and lower ranks of the Yellow Turban Army conspired to kill Zhang Yan, set up another commander-in-chief, and raised their troops to rebel.Zheng Xin interrogated overnight, and gained a lot.
Zhang Yan and Yang Feng sighed and were speechless after reading Zheng Xin's paperwork.These Yellow Turban Army officers who participated in the rebellion are all in the Longshan camp now, and they were all arrested within a day. The young commander who was implicated was Fu Yun, and Xiao Hong was his confidant.Fuyun categorically denied that he knew about it, but he was still locked up because it was related to the battle at Yanmen Pass.
13 field soldiers braved the heavy rain and started training.
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(End of this chapter)
In May, the Great Wall Fortress.
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The news of King Zuo Xianyu's assassination shocked the Huns, and the leaders of the Chanyu court immediately started a heated debate on the candidate for the Great Chanyu.Zuoxian King was assassinated, Tie Ye was killed in battle, and the best candidate for the Great Chanyu is of course Right Xianwang Yu Fuluo.However, Yu Fuluo's tribe suffered a lot of losses when they resisted the Xiongnu rebels' attack on Meiji, and there was a big gap in strength compared to the daily king.The leaders of the tribes of the Xiongnu have different opinions on whether to elect the Da Shanyu according to the order of heirs or according to the strength of the tribes, and the differences are serious.
While Shan Yuting was arguing endlessly, Qu Yi stepped forward.He found Qubei and told him clearly that the emperor of the Han Kingdom and the General Zhenbei's mansion both liked Yu Fuluo.Qu Yi hopes that Qubei will support Yu Fuluo to succeed the Great Chanyu, withdraw from the Great Chanyu dispute, and rebuild the Shanyu Court as soon as possible. Everyone will work together to attack the Xiongnu rebels.Qu Bei, who was determined to win the position of Da Shanyu, was very angry. He said that your emperor has already said that Da Shanyu is elected by our tribe, and no one else has the right to interfere.Why don't you keep your promises and keep your promises?Is this what the adults mean?Did your lord get bribed by Yu Fuluo?I want to write a letter to His Majesty the Emperor of the Han Dynasty, and ask your Majesty the Emperor if he said so?
Qu Yi's face changed immediately. His face was frosty, and he said loudly, "If you don't withdraw from the Great Chanyu War, our Han army will immediately withdraw to the Great Wall Fortress."
"Are you threatening me or ordering me?"
"Whether it's a threat or an order, you can do it if you don't."
"Your Excellency, interfering in Shanyu Court's internal affairs privately is a capital crime. Have you forgotten how Master Zhang Xiuzhang died?"
"You dare to threaten me?" Qu Yi pointed to his nose and sneered, "Open your eyes wide to see who I am? Without me, you would have died long ago. Where would there be a big Chanyu? I Say it again, you immediately withdraw from the Great Chanyu dispute, otherwise..."
Qu Bei looked at the murderous look in Qu Yi's eyes, and thought of Tie Ye for a moment.Did Qu Yi send Tie Ye to kill him?With such good martial arts, would he be shot by a stray arrow?Why did the Han people kill Tie Ye, and why did they force themselves out of the Great Chanyu Controversy?Yu Fuluo became a great Chanyu, what benefits did it bring to the Han people?Suddenly, Qu Bei woke up and realized that the Han people wanted to stabilize Liu Bao and the [-] Xiongnu cavalry in Youzhou.In order to win in Youzhou, the Han people will do anything, even killing themselves under the pretext.
Qu Bei sighed, nodded in agreement.Without the recognition of the emperor of the Han Kingdom, without the help of the Zhenbei General's Mansion and the Protecting Xiongnu Zhonglang General's Mansion, even if he became a great chanyu, he would still be a short-lived chanyu, just looking for his own death.He then immediately made a request. At this time, if he didn't mention the future, no one would pay attention to him.
"I'm going to take my people to move to the south of the Great Wall."
The last time Qu Yi agreed to go to Bei and move his people to the south of the Great Wall, the premise was that King Zuo Xian would come back alive to become the Great Chanyu, but now that the situation has changed, Qu Yi will naturally not agree, but Qu Bei never forgets this matter , This is his dream wish, he can't give up easily.
Seeing that he agreed, Qu Yi was overjoyed and said, "Yes, I will keep my promise."
"No, my lord agrees, no." Qu Bei said, "My lord must write a letter to your majesty the emperor immediately, and I want the imperial edict promised by the emperor of Han."
Qu Yi looked at him, shook his head and said with a smile: "You really made a profit. Well, I will write to His Majesty immediately, but you can't give up in vain. You have to make some demands on Yu Fuluo."
"any request?"
"Let Liu Bao be Zuo Xianwang and Shan Yu Ting Chu deputy."
Qu Bei widened his eyes, raised his hand and exclaimed, "My lord, how is this possible? Whose idea is this, do you have any brains?"
"General Zhenbei."
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Qubei voluntarily offered to give up and support Yu Fuluo as the successor of the Chanyu, and the dispute over the Chanyu disappeared, and everyone immediately worked together to quickly rebuild the Shanyu Court.However, at this time, Qu Yi suddenly made a request that was difficult for Shan Yuting to accept. Qu Yi asked the big Shan Yu to appoint Liu Bao, a powerful householder, as Zuo Xianwang and Shan Yuting's deputy.Grand Chanyu Yu Fuluo snorted and immediately refused.How is this possible?The Fangye talk.It's okay to give Liu Bao a tribal king, but let him be Shan Yuting's vice-president, no matter what, don't even think about it.
Does Liu Bao have any tribe members?Do you have strength?Do you have military exploits?Although you, the Great Han Kingdom, helped us put down the rebellion and were kind to me, Shan Yuting, but you can't do whatever you want, even interfering in things like the Deputy Chu, right?You are too much.
Qu Yi looked at Qu Bei with his eyes.Go to humble heart to understand.Qu Yi's meaning was very clear, he wanted to support Liu Bao himself as the vice-president.I am strong, especially after Tie Ye's death, the tribe of Zuoxian King Huloulan followed me, and now I am the Youxian King of Shan Yuting, and my words have weight in Shan Yuting, and the big Shan Yu Fuluo is not Dare not to listen.If he hadn't voluntarily backed down, where would it be his turn to do this big order.As long as I can bring my people into the south of the Great Wall, it basically has nothing to do with Shan Yuting. In the future, I, the tribal king, can do whatever I want, and I don’t need to look at Shan Yuting, let alone ask Shan Yuting. Pay tribute and obey Shan Yuting's orders.For this bright future, he must serve Qu Yi well and not mess him up.
Qubei stood up and said that his tribe members resolutely followed Liu Bao and supported Liu Bao.The words "Qubei" shocked the sky, and stunned a group of bureaucrats and nobles in Shan Yuting.To listen to Liu Bao?This is not a joke.What the hell is Liu Bao? Can Qubei listen to him?But since Qubei said it in public, he had to believe it.What good did this Qubei take Qu Yi, and help so wholeheartedly?It was too much for the Han people to interfere in Shan Yuting's internal affairs so blatantly for the sake of the [-] cavalry in Youzhou and to curry favor with Liu Bao.
Shan Yuting's tribal king and noble bureaucrats quarreled, especially Yu Fuluo's eldest son and his followers. Who could accept that a good crown prince suddenly flew away?
Qu Yi sneered inwardly, with a look of disdain on his face.what?For the sake of power, the relationship between father and son and brotherhood is gone, and even the matter of attacking the rebels is thrown out of the blue.He stood up and said domineeringly: "General Zhenbei said that as long as Liu Bao comes back from Youzhou, he will have military exploits, strength, and more clans. If anyone refuses to accept it, go to General Zhenbei's mansion to argue. Don't argue, just leave it alone." He shook his hand and walked away.The Huns were so angry that they gritted their teeth and cursed, wishing they could cut him with a knife.
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After Yu Fuluo established the Great Chanyu, the Huns had two Great Chanyus.Xubuguduhou occupied Meiji City, and under the support of the seventeen chiefs, he became the great Chanyu of the Huns rebels.The two, one in the south and the other in the north, each established a Shan Yuting, accusing each other of treason.Xu Bugudu is powerful, and Yu Fuluo has the full support of the Han Dynasty. Some tribes of the Hun rebels are vacillating between the two, at a loss.Although the tribal leaders have different opinions, they all know in their hearts that the Huns live in the territory of the Han Kingdom. If Da Shanyu did not have the recognition of the Han Emperor, and was even accused by the Han Emperor of rebellion, his fate can be imagined Know.Now the Han Kingdom has frequent wars in the northern border, and is unable to take care of the Huns. Once the northern border is stabilized, the emperor of the Han Kingdom will definitely free up his hands to beat the Huns rebels. Even if he saves his life with Xubuguduhou, he will be driven out The territory of Han Dynasty.The territory outside the Han Dynasty is the territory of the Xianbei people. Being a slave to the Xianbei people is not as good as being a courtier to the emperor of the Han Dynasty. The treatment between the two is worlds apart.
However, what makes the tribal leaders hesitate is that today's situation in northern Xinjiang is very unfavorable to the Han Dynasty. The Xianbei people attacked continuously, and the army of the Han Dynasty was at a loss. It won't be a year or two to take it back.If the Xianbei people win, they can make a fortune by following Xubuguduhou. Not only can everyone go south to plunder wantonly, but they can also occupy more pastures with lush water and grass. Recognized by the emperor of the Han Kingdom, he was the Da Shanyu of the Huns, because at that time the land belonged to the Huns, and the Huns lived on their own territory and had nothing to do with the Han Kingdom.In the future, when the power of the Han Dynasty comes back, the time has passed. At that time, the emperor of the Han Dynasty would agree to any conditions as long as the Huns surrendered. As for Yu Fuluo, whose power was declining, he had already been kicked aside.
Just as the tribal leaders of the Xiongnu rebel army looked around and hesitated, Qu Yi, the Zhonglang who protected the Xiongnu, gave them a heavy blow.
The Han army broke up into pieces, attacked frequently, and ran away after hitting. Over time, the Xiongnu rebels got used to it. Sometimes they saw the Han army squad coming from a distance, and they didn't even gather the army. They raised the horn and blew twice. The Han army was scared away.In the middle of the month, it rained heavily on the grassland, and the whole grassland was bathed in hazy mist.The iron cavalry of the Han army that appeared day and night suddenly disappeared without a trace with the appearance of heavy rain.The Huns didn't care. Led by Captain Dangsa and Feng Che, they successively gathered in Guluo City to escape the heavy rain.
Qu Yi assembled 3000 cavalry and rushed to attack Guluo City in the rain.When the Huns saw the appearance of the Han army, they neither assembled nor sounded their horns to call the police. Instead, they laughed and cursed loudly as before, while lazily blowing their horns to scare the enemy until the sound of the Han army's killing was loud and overwhelming. After rushing out of the rain, the Huns realized that they had been fooled by underestimating the enemy.The Huns met the enemy in a panic and tried their best to break through, but because of the interference of the heavy rain, they failed to break through several times and suffered heavy casualties. Captain Dangsa and Feng Che died in battle one after another. More than [-] people were beheaded by [-], and the rest surrendered.
The Xiongnu rebels were defeated in Guluo City, and the entire army was annihilated, which shocked all the tribes of the Huns. Many vacillating tribal leaders suddenly understood that the Han State is the Han State. No matter how scarred he is, he is still a giant after all. If an invincible giant offends this giant, the end must be miserable.Therefore, many tribal leaders secretly sent people to the Great Wall Fortress to express their allegiance to Yu Fuluo, saying that as long as Yu Fuluo returned to Meiji and severely injured Xubuguduhou and Baimatong, he would definitely join Shan Yuting again.It is better to hang on two boats than to hang from one tree. It is safe and secure, and this is the only way for small tribes to survive in the cracks.
Yu Fuluo cheered up and asked Qu Yi to take advantage of the victory to attack Meiji immediately, but Qu Yi flatly refused.Qu Yi said unceremoniously that the first battle in Guluo City took advantage of the right time and place, and one cannot be the other.Now that the army is short of food, grass and weapons, the men and horses are tired, and the grasslands are constantly raining, there is no condition for gathering a large army to conquer outside the Great Wall again. In addition, the rebel army will definitely learn a lesson and be careful, and will not give themselves such a chance again.Now that the rebel army is heavily guarding Meiji, the fight will be a hard and bloody battle. The strength gap between the two sides is large, and a decisive battle cannot be fought.Or patiently wait for the opportunity.
Yu Fuluo was very angry, thinking that Qu Yi was deliberately making things difficult for him, so he wrote several times to His Majesty the Emperor of the Han Dynasty, begging the emperor to urge Qu Yi to send troops to attack Meiji as soon as possible.
The emperor followed Shang Shutai's advice and did not agree to Yu Fuluo. He issued a decree to reward Qu Yi and the generals of the Han army, and ordered Qu Yi to continue to divide the guerrilla forces and hold back the Huns rebels, so that they must not be allowed to divide troops to support Yanmen Pass.
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In mid-May, Jinyang.
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Although Qu Yi won a big victory in Guluo City, it did not improve the critical situation in the entire Northern Xinjiang at all.
After reading Qu Yi's victory report, Xu Rong was overjoyed and suddenly thought of a way to boost the morale of the Yellow Turban Army.He urgently ordered Li Wei to rush to Jinyang, and invited Master Xiangkai to the General's Mansion in Zhenbei.Xu Rong did not shy away from explaining the dangerous situation in northern Xinjiang to Xiangkai in detail, "I invited Master to come, and I want to use the power of Master to stabilize the hearts of the people, and to inspire the soldiers of the Yellow Turban Army to fight for the country. war."
Master Xiangkai obviously knew the inside of the Yellow Turban Army very well. He was silent for a while, with a look of embarrassment on his face, "My lord, the matter of the Yellow Turban Army is indeed a bit difficult. However, my lord can definitely draw a group of loyal people from the Yellow Turban Army to form a ten thousand Elite soldiers. If there are tens of thousands of people helping Yanmenguan, it should be more than enough to hold on."
Xu Rong smiled wryly, spread out the map on the case table, pointed to Yanmen Pass and said, "Master, please see, the situation in northern Xinjiang is currently complicated, we are under control everywhere, and we have no chance of winning. If we continue to be beaten passively like this, we will lose not only The four northern counties of Bingzhou also include the north of the Great Wall Fortress, the northeast of Youzhou, and even the whole of Youzhou. Therefore, our problem now is not to defend the Yanmen Pass, but to break this deadlock, change from passive to active, and completely reverse the entire north. The unfavorable situation in Xinjiang."
"General Zhenbei and Lord Huangfu from Shangshutai have written letters several times. Both adults believe that the key to reversing the current unfavorable situation lies in the battle of Yanmen Pass."
Master Xiangkai raised his white eyebrows, and suddenly realized, "My lord wants to defeat the Xianbei people?"
"Yes." Xu Rong smiled and said slowly, "Defending Yanmen Pass will not help the whole battle situation. Although the Xianbei people cannot enter the pass, their strength is still there. As long as the Xianbei people have strength, they can invade at any time. Therefore, Only by defeating the Xianbei people and defeating them, can we shake the foundation of the Xianbei people and break the balance between the various forces in Xianbei. Once this balance is broken, the Xianbei people will have civil strife. We are waiting for this civil strife. As long as the Xianbei people are in civil strife and conquer each other, they will be unable to invade the south, and we can take the opportunity to stabilize the northern border and regain the lost ground."
Master Xiangkai patted the table lightly and exclaimed in a low voice: "Good plan, good plan."
"However, the number of Xianbei people outside Yanmen Pass has reached 20, which we did not expect in advance, nor did General Zhenbei and Master Huangfu. Under the current situation, if we want to defeat the Xianbei people, At least [-] troops must be mobilized."
Xiang Kai was dumbfounded, "How is this possible?"
"Master Qu Yi of the Great Wall Fortress has taken the lead in injuring the Xiongnu rebels in Guluo City. His army has shrunk, and now he only uses a small group of cavalry to harass the Huns, so as to hold back the Xiongnu rebels." Xu Xu Pointing at Jicheng, Rong continued, "General Zhenbei is about to launch an attack on Jicheng, and he will take down Tuyin City in Youbeiping, and continue to attack Liaoxi, so as to contain Murongfeng's army. They will all face off against the enemy next month, so as to cooperate with us in completing the important task of defeating the Xianbei people."
"Next month?" Xiang Kai asked incredulously, "Your Excellency only has such a short preparation time?"
"As long as there are no accidents, time is enough." Xu Rong said confidently, "At present, food and weapons are being continuously transported to Jinyang. The only thing that is lacking is the 20 troops. Master, can you help me?"
"Of course I would. Thinking about the battle of 30 people, it's exciting. All the disciples of my Dazhitang will resolutely participate in the war at the command of the adults."
"No, no." Xu Rong said with a smile, "At present, the master and your disciples are not participating in the war, but using the altars in various places and the teachings of the "Taiping Jing" to encourage more than 100 million people in Bingzhou to firmly support us to defeat the enemy. Xianbei people, let these people rush to the camps of the Yellow Turban Army in groups and ask them to fight. What the Yellow Turban Army wants to protect is not only the territory of the Han Dynasty, but more than 100 million people in Bingzhou, and more than 100 people A peaceful and prosperous world in the eyes of thousands of people.”
"Don't worry, my lord, you don't need to order this matter, and our Dazhitang is obliged. Defeating the Xianbei people and defending our own homeland is a matter of course. The common people know it, and the soldiers of the Yellow Turban Army also know it. There is no need to encourage and encourage ? As long as your lord raises his arms and shouts, millions of people from the two counties of Bingzhou will follow behind your lord and go north to attack Hu."
Xu Rong stood up and bowed to thank him, "Everything is left to the master."
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In the middle of May, Jicheng, Youzhou.
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The Xianbei stationed troops in Yuyang and Lulongsai, and there was no sign of going south.
Li Hong sent a large number of scouts to Yuyang and Lulongsai.He was concerned about the safety of the families of the soldiers living in Lulongsai, so he sent black panthers to sneak around Lulongsai several times to inquire about news, but found nothing.Although Li Hong was very anxious, he had no choice but to seek God's favor.He was awakened several times by Xiaoyu's cries in his sleep, which made him restless. He wanted to attack the Wucheng City several times in advance, but he was worried about alarming the Xianbei people and causing the army to ignore them.He secretly swore that if he found Xiao Yu, he would never let Xiao Yu leave his side again, he could no longer bear such fear.If something happened to Xiao Yu, he would have no face to return to Lulongsai and Jiming's tomb in his whole life.
Huangfusong's letter reminded him and made him suddenly realize that the war situation in Bingzhou and Youzhou is closely connected, and the war in northern Xinjiang is a whole, which is an invincible situation carefully planned by Murong Feng.This made him even more afraid of Murong Feng. Compared with Murong Feng and Huangfu Song, he was far behind in terms of military skills and vision.
He summoned Xian Yufu, Yan Rou, Zhu Mu, Song Wen, Yu Peng and others to repeatedly study the battle situation in northern Xinjiang. They worked hard all night and day, and finally found a strategy to defeat the enemy, that is the Battle of Yanmen Pass.If you want to break the deadlock carefully designed by Murong Feng, you can only make a fuss about the internal conflicts among the Xianbei people.
There are conflicts between Tuoba Feng and Murong Feng, and conflicts between the major tribes and Danhan Mountain. Now these conflicts have been suppressed by Murong Feng by using the war and the territory of the Han Kingdom. To rekindle these conflicts, That only needs to beat the Xianbei people at Yanmen Pass, break the balance of power among the various forces of Xianbei, and shatter their dream of looting the territory of the Great Han Kingdom.The Xianbei people fled in a big defeat, and the rest was immediately an internal struggle, just like the Xianbei people returned from a big defeat in Western Xinjiang.At that time, the Xianbei people were going to have civil strife. Tuoba Feng had already brought an army of [-] to Danhan Mountain, but the imminent internal strife was easily settled by Murong Feng. The plan was given to Tuoba Feng.In the face of greater interests, what reason does Tuoba Feng have to continue fighting the civil war?Of course it was a handshake.If Tuoba Feng suffers another serious injury at Yanmen Pass this time, he will not give up anyway. If he does not control Danhan Mountain, he will lose his chance to fight for the grassland forever. The wounded Murong Feng swallowed it in one gulp.
They found a way to defeat the enemy, and a group of ministers from Huangfusong and Shangshutai who were far away in the capital stayed up all night. They also saw that the Battle of Yanmen Pass was the key to survival in the northern Xinjiang war. For this reason, they He petitioned His Majesty several times to increase the supply of food and weapons to Bingzhou, so as to help Xu Rong win this battle as soon as possible and reverse the passive situation in northern Xinjiang.
Under tremendous pressure, Xu Rong independently supported the overall situation of Bingzhou, but his taciturnity was questioned by the ministers of the DPRK and China.Xu Rong has no prominent family background, no brilliant record, this man has accumulated military merits behind General Zhenbei and became General Zhonglang. Does he have this ability?Now the battle in Bingzhou is no longer as simple as sticking to Yanmen Pass, but to defeat the Xianbei people, and hit the Xianbei people hard. Can he win this battle?Can it have the effect of reversing the situation in northern Xinjiang?Huangfusong and Lu Zhi didn't know what to do, and neither of them dared to talk nonsense.No one in the court knew Xu Rong, and following the suspicion, there were immediately calls for replacement.Immediately, the emperor ordered Li Hong to return to Bingzhou to preside over the war, but Li Hong refused. He wrote to His Majesty saying that the minister left Master Xu Rong to preside over the Zhenbei General's Mansion in Bingzhou, so he absolutely trusted him.If Xu Rong loses this battle, I would like to accept his fault and thank His Majesty with death.Li Hong also said that Youzhou was more important than the Battle of Yanmen Pass.There is Murong Feng in the north of Youzhou, and the rebels and Karasuma people in the east. It is a situation where the state and county are lost at every turn.
The Son of Heaven has yet to persevere, and there is another shocking battle report from Youzhou. Shanggu Karasuma and Daijun Karasuma rebelled, and an army of [-] was assembled to storm the Feihu Fortress.The emergency documents of Flying Fox Fortress were reported three times a day, and each one was more urgent.The emperor was dumbfounded, no matter what, the mess in Youzhou will be left to Li Hong to clean up.
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Huangfusong and the ministers of Shangshutai discussed urgently, and then urgently wrote to Jizhou Mu Yangqi, and made every effort to transport grain, grass and supplies to Youzhou as quickly as possible.In this way, even if the road between Youji and Youzhou was cut off by the Karasuma rebels, Li Hong's army could still hold out for a while.
Without hesitation, Li Hong immediately ordered Yan Rou to take Yan Wuwei's [-] iron cavalry to enter Juyongguan, and at the same time recruit [-] iron cavalry from the Wuye and Bailu tribes to accompany them to fight, to ensure Shanggu County and stop the Karasuma rebels Threatening the safety of large armies from the flanks.
"Urgently order the Zhenbei General's Mansion to recruit and dispatch the cavalry of Wei Loulu and Shanggu Karasuma to rush back to Youzhou."
"Call Yan Liang, let him bring five thousand infantry to support Feihu Fortress, resolutely block the Karasuma people, and ensure that the road between Youji and Youzhou is unimpeded."
"Wait..." Yan Wuwei suddenly stopped the messenger.
Li Hong looked at him strangely, and said with a smile, "What? Wuwei, you want to go to the Flying Fox Fortress yourself?"
Yan Wuwei smiled and said, "My lord, can I have a few words with you in private?"
Xian Yufu, Yan Ruan and Yu Shi looked at each other, Qi Qi laughed and said, "Wu Wei, they are all brothers of the same family. If you have something to say here, why do you want to say it in private with the adults? Why? Are you afraid that we will know?"
These few people have been fighting side by side since they were in Youzhou. They have deep personal feelings and have always talked about everything.Yan Wuwei's attitude made them very strange.
"Yes, Wuwei." Li Hong smiled, "We are all old brothers, what can't we say in person? Let's say it here."
Yan Wuwei smiled, and it was only a few of us who said this in private, so you should pretend you didn't hear it.He repeated Wen Chou's grievances, "In my opinion, the generals of Jizhou treat Zilong the best, but they really treat Zijun differently."
Yan Rou couldn't help laughing, "Sir, someone is dissatisfied with you, haha..."
"Really?" Li Hong asked Xian Yufu, "Brother Yu Xing, do you think so too?"
Xian Yufu sighed, "When Yan Liang was away, Gao Lan was the leader. In comparison, Wen Chou had no chance. Of the five infantry battalion commanders, only Gao Lan and Wen Chou were captains. If they were promoted, Gao Lan would definitely He is more qualified than him. Wuwei is right, let Wen Chou lead the army to the Flying Fox Fortress this time."
Li Hong said with a smile: "This is my negligence. Compared with Wen Chou, Yan Liang is much calmer and more stable. When he was in Jizhou early last year, if there was no Wen Chou, Yan Liang would almost have made trouble. It is indeed Wen Chou who is more suitable for guarding the Feihu Fortress." It’s not too late, but there are not many people in Wen Chou’s battalion.” He thought for a while and said, “Let Gao Lan come to the camp to serve as a military officer, and combine the two battalions to make up 4000 people. Gao Shun, Xu Huang, and Zhang Zhen A few of them are titans, let them go together, the Flying Fox Fortress will never be lost."
"Is the 4000 people a little less?" Yushi frowned and said, "Should we let them pick another two thousand strong soldiers to go with them? These are barbarians, and the soldiers are all Han Chinese. They should be able to tell right from wrong? When the Han people in Xinjiang heard about beating barbarians, they always took the lead and never flinched."
Li Hong immediately nodded when he heard this, and said: "What Congyi said is right, this is a good way. We will not fight the Xianbei people for the time being, and using these few months, we can train a group of soldiers to supplement the infantry army. It's a good way. "
"I see it this way. Rebuild two battalions of infantry called Gao Lan, Xu Huang, Gao Shun, and all the military lords left behind. The head of the village and the team will be transferred from other tribes, and immediately select [-] soldiers from the prisoner camp. Pawns begin training."
"Call Wen Chou to take Zhang Zhen and Wu Xiong, 6000 soldiers, and [-] soldiers, a total of [-] soldiers, and ride to the Feihu Fortress to support them."
Wen Chou was very happy when he received the military order, and happily ran to the big tent to bid farewell to Li Hong.After Li Hong instructed a few words, he said with a smile: "Zijun, if you have anything to do in the future, come and tell me in person, and I will agree to whatever you can. In the past, didn't you like to talk and laugh with me? Why are you serious now? gone?"
Wen Chou smiled and said, "Your Excellency is now a general. I am busy with military affairs. How dare I bother you and waste your time. As long as you remember to take me with you when you are fighting, I will be very grateful."
Li Hong chatted and laughed with him all the way, and sent him out of the tent.Seeing Wen Chou galloping away like a dragon and a tiger, Li Hong couldn't help sighing. As the official became bigger and bigger, and there were more and more things, it was rare for him to sit and chat with his old subordinates.We are often not together, more alienated, and even speak politely, appearing very reserved.He suddenly remembered Laoguai.It's an old friend, and I don't know how long I haven't seen him. At this moment, he really wants to see him, and wants to sit and chat with him, "Ling Ming, go, come with me to see the old friend."
Laoguai, who was busy in the Bing Cao camp, looked at Li Hong in surprise, his eyes moistened immediately, "Your Excellency, have you grown a beard?"
Li Hong took his hand and said with a smile: "I haven't seen you for a long time, I want to come and see you, are you okay?"
"Thank you, sir. I'm fine, and a bunch of old brothers are fine. Let's go, I'll take you to see them. Everyone hasn't seen you for more than a year, and they miss you very much."
Li Hong's heart trembled, and tears immediately soaked his eyes.
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Li Hong accompanied Laoguai and a group of veterans from Lulongsai to have dinner, and everyone talked nonsense for a long time before happily returning to the camp with Pang De.
In the big tent, Yushi was talking with a young Confucian scholar. When Li Hong saw him, he was both surprised and happy, and remained silent for a long time.The young Confucian scholar was also overjoyed when he saw him, knelt down on the ground and said loudly, "Tian Chou pays his respects to the General."
Li Hong took a few quick steps, helped him up, looked left and right, and said with a smile: "You have grown up, you have grown up. Did your father give you a letter?"
"My lord father gave me the word Zitai." The young and handsome Tian Chou replied, "My lord, I heard that after you came to Youzhou with an army, you immediately came to Jicheng to look for you."
"Why did you find me only now?"
"After the rebels raised their troops in Youzhou, our family moved to Xuwu Mountain immediately with our clansmen." Tian Chou said, "We have been hiding in the mountains and dare not come out. We only send a few hunters to the foot of the mountain to inquire about news once a month. A few deserters from the rebel army ran into the mountains and were caught by us. Only then did we know that your lord had already left the customs last month and defeated the rebel army. After I heard about it, I came out of the mountain to find you immediately."
Li Hong looked at the excited Tian Chou, suppressed his anxiety, and asked slowly, "Xiao Yu..."
"Sister Xiao Yu heard that you came back, she cried happily..."
Li Hong's heart relaxed, and the weight of weight on his body was immediately lifted following Tian Chou's words, and he felt extremely comfortable. He didn't listen to what Tian Chou said later. Ming's heart-piercing cry filled him with joy, and he wished he could yell loudly. Suddenly, he found that Xiao Yu was so important to him. If anything happened to Xiao Yu, he would risk his life. Willing to exchange.
"How did Lu Longsai get lost, do you know?" Li Hong asked suddenly.
Tian Chou was stunned for a moment, and then said angrily: "It's all betrayed by that bastard Zhang Ju. Before Zhang Ju's incident, Lu Longsai's defenders were all replaced, and the guard Hou Sui was Zhang Ju's student. At that time, I felt something was wrong. He strongly opposed his father sending sister Xiaoyu to Lulongsai. After Zhang Ju and Zhang Chun had an incident, the people living in Lulongsai were immediately driven out by Hou Sui under the pretext of guarding the gate. They had nowhere to go and had to flee to Xu Wushan."
"Where are these people now?" Li Hong was startled and angry, and asked eagerly.
"Don't worry, my lord. Later, they were all taken to the cottage by my father, and they are with us now."
"Thank you." Li Hong let out a long breath, and raised his hands in celebration, "Immediately send a letter to the Zhenbei General's Mansion, and let Mr. Xu tell all the soldiers in Youzhou that the family members living in Lulongsai are all safe. Please don't worry about them."
"Lingming, hurry up and invite the old man here, and tell me that the little child prodigy of the Tian family from Endless City is here."
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After five days of procrastination, the catapult was finally completed. This is a huge vehicle. The pull rod alone is four feet thick and more than three feet long. It takes 300 people to pull the drag cable at the same time to shoot a boulder weighing more than 150 kilograms. About seventy steps.
After Zhang He and Yin Si took the soldiers from the Chariot Camp and the craftsmen from the Bing Cao Camp to put the catapult in place, they immediately erected dozens of giant shields in front of the catapult to prevent the rebels on the city from using their strong bows. shooting.At the same time, thousands of chariot campers drove horses and ox carts to transport a large number of boulders from the Jundu Mountain hundreds of miles away.Everything was ready, just waiting for Xian Yufu to come out of Jicheng.
Tian Qiang rejected Xian Yufu's offer to surrender.He thought that with Jicheng being tall and strong, with [-] soldiers, and abundant food, grass and weapons, it would definitely not be a problem to guard it for a month or two.One more day of his guard would give the rebels who fled to western Liaoning an extra day of respite.When the time came to the end, it would not be too late for him to lead his army to surrender. At that time, he would be worthy of his teacher Zhang Ju and a group of Yellow Turban brothers.In order for him to surrender smoothly on the day when he was at the end of his rope, he was quite polite to Xian Yufu. Although the two sides couldn't reach an agreement, the atmosphere was still harmonious.Xianyu Fujiu's persuasion was ineffective, so he had to leave, and took Pang De out of the city.
Li Hong ordered to attack the city.
Zhao Yun, Nie Xiao, Jiang Wu, Liu Ming, and Liu Bao surrounded the four gates with cavalry battalions each, with banners unfurling, war drums beating, roaring like thunder, and the sound of killing shaking the heavens. They were ready to attack the city.
Behind the catapult, Xian Yuyin, Yan Liang, and Hua Xiong led their infantry battalions behind the chariot battalion, ready to charge at any time.
Li Hong, Xian Yufu, Yushi, Zhu Mu and others stood behind the catapult. He looked at the crowd busy around the catapult in the distance, and said to the generals with a smile, "If this guy is useful, you can use it in the future." Let's do more, so that we can save many brothers from dying when we attack the city."
Tian Zhong smiled and said: "My lord, you were the one who disagreed last time, and you are the one who wants to do a lot this time. Don't put it lightly, do you have so much money?"
Li Hong said embarrassingly: "It wasn't that I didn't want to do it last time, it was because the situation didn't allow it. But it's different now, I can do it without money."
"Oh, what's your master plan?" Yushi laughed.
"Do you know? Master Xu has already expanded the ordnance workshops in Jinyang and Anyi, using the money of local rich people. Anyway, a credit of [-] million is also a credit, and a credit of one billion is also a credit. Let's credit one at a time." That’s enough, make a hundred catapults and put them in the fortresses everywhere. When the barbarians come to attack the city in the future, we will use this thing to deal with them, and it will definitely work.”
Everyone was chatting and laughing, when they heard a terrifying roar coming from the front, "Boom...", as the lever was lifted high, a huge boulder of a hundred catties rose into the sky. The high city wall smashed past.
The boulder crossed the city wall in a blink of an eye and disappeared.
Zhang He and Yin Si looked at each other with shame, and hurriedly called the craftsman to adjust the distance.It's embarrassing now, the first shot was dumb, so what about the cannon?
The second shot was even worse, falling directly into the moat and splashing a huge wave.
Although both shots were muted, the tremendous power of the catapult still opened the eyes of tens of thousands of soldiers on the battlefield, and the cheers one after another were deafening in an instant.
The third shot hit the city wall, and there was a loud "boom", and the city wall disappeared together with the boulder.
Zhang He, Yin Si, Zhang Xiao, a group of officers, soldiers from the Chariot Camp, craftsmen from the Bing Cao Camp, and thousands of civilians raised their hands and shouted wildly, and the excited roar went straight to Xiaohan, "It hit..."
"Smash...smash...smash...smash..."
"Boom...boom..." Boulders slammed into the city wall one by one, the huge impact was earth-shattering, and even the ground under their feet began to vibrate, and the city wall trembled and moaned under the violent impact of the boulders.
The rebel soldiers discovered the main attack direction of the Han army and gathered one after another. But when they saw the Han army using a terrifying chariot to continuously throw boulders, all of them were so frightened that their faces were pale and their livers were torn.The soldiers crouched tremblingly behind the city wall, not even daring to lift their heads. Unfortunately, a few soldiers were hit by boulders, and their flesh and blood were immediately mutilated.
Li Hong, Xian Yufu and others were also very excited. They followed behind the soldiers and roared loudly, completely forgetting their identities.
The soldiers of the Chariot Battalion fought more and more accurately, and the huge boulders were concentrated in the middle of the city wall, and they began to bombard wildly, and the city wall shook more and more.
From noon to dusk, the catapults shot out more than 150 boulders continuously, and the battered city wall finally collapsed after a burst of violent shaking.
Thousands of archers in the Strong Bow Battalion fired their arrows at the command.The ballista then aimed at the rebels who had already lined up behind the city wall, and started a frenzied massacre.
As soon as the ballista finished roaring, the first batch of [-] soldiers who attacked the city, led by Yan Liang, roared loudly and rushed towards the collapsed city wall like a tide with dozens of bridges crossing the river.The siege soldiers climbed quickly along the huge boulders to the top of the gap in the city wall. Until then, they had not seen a shadow of the enemy soldier.The rebel soldiers had been shot by the ballista and had been shot dead and wounded, and dispersed in a hurry.
The sharp weapons of the Han army were so powerful that they scared the rebel soldiers out of their wits, and they no longer dared to show their heads near the city walls.The Han army took a big advantage. Thousands of soldiers quickly climbed over the boulder, rushed over the collapsed city wall, and rushed in after the army before the siege.
According to the orders of the superiors, the soldiers of the Han army only did one thing after entering the city, that is, a team of a hundred men, rushed desperately, never entangled with the enemy, until they dispersed the enemy, and rushed to the enemy's soldiers. If you can't find the general, the enemy's general can't find the soldiers, until they are scattered.
Yan Liangchong was at the front. He led his bodyguards and ran for several miles at a stretch, rushing into Tian Qiang's mansion.Seeing that the city wall was breached, Tian Qiang was leading people to hold on to the government office for a while, looking for a chance to surrender, but the attack speed of the Han army was too fast, and before he even shouted the word of surrender, he was killed by a group of wolf-like soldiers. Hu's soldiers of the Han army chopped into several pieces, and they didn't know where to kick their heads.
By midnight, half of the [-] soldiers had been killed, and the other half had raised their hands and surrendered.
Zhao Yun and his cavalry were so angry that their lungs exploded. The infantry soldiers only cared about killing themselves, and didn't even bother to open the city gate for them.The cavalry were exhausted and had nowhere to go, so they could only yell under the city, wishing they could fly into the city with their wings.Later, the gate of the city was finally opened, but the battle in the city was over. Apart from helping the infantry soldiers guard the prisoners, they didn't even raise their knives.
Zhao Yun looked at Yan Liang with a murderous look on his face, and asked angrily: "Is the eldest brother enjoying the killing?"
Yan Liang shook his head, and said with a disappointed face: "I ran for two miles without doing anything except stomping open a door. Now these subordinates are agile, wherever I go, where are the enemy soldiers It’s gone, I can only stare blankly.”
Zhao Yun lost his anger and laughed wildly.
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In mid-May, Luoyang.
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Since the beginning of this month, the emperor has successively issued decrees to recruit famous scholars, great scholars and a group of veteran officials to serve in the inner and outer courts. However, several veteran officials with great influence in the ruling and opposition parties have politely evaded and refused to take office for various reasons.The old Taiwei Yuan Kui is one.The emperor wanted Yuan Kui to re-enter the court very much.The emperor believed that if he could push the general He Jin and get Yuan Kai's support, the powerful and powerful families would gather to respond, and it would be a matter of course to abolish the imperial family and establish the concubine.In order for the old Taiwei to resume his official career, the emperor specially sent Yuan Wei a big gift on his birthday.Yuan Kai didn't dare not enter the palace to thank him. He pretended to be old and entered the North Palace with a walking stick.
The weather has been bad for the past few days, and it is raining heavily every day. After Yuan Kui gave the emperor the gift of a monarch and a minister, he sat aside.The emperor chatted casually with him, and asked some trivial matters with concern, and then the emperor sighed, saying that there is no mainstay in the court like the old man sitting in the court, which caused the great Han country to be turbulent, and he did not have a day of peace of mind, "If the old man can Going back to the court and sharing my worries is a happy event for the Han Kingdom."
Yuan Kai coughed non-stop, looking old-fashioned, he hastily bowed to the ground to thank the emperor for his kindness.Yuan Kui said that as long as the ministers can still support themselves, they will return to the court to be loyal to His Majesty, but now there are many old officials who are the disciples of the middle officials in the court, even the current high-ranking ministers are also a bunch of followers, and the middle officials are so powerful. Fully controlling the power of the inner and outer courts, even if the minister enters the court, how can he help His Majesty?
When the emperor heard it, he suddenly had a plan in his heart.It turned out that this hometown job was not because he did not want to join the court, but because he used the excuse of joining the court to raise conditions for himself.As long as you are willing to enter the court, so what if I agree to your conditions?The middle official is powerful, but on the other hand, the gentry is actually weak. I just promise you to be a captain again, but you have to give me a reason.
Yuan Kui said: "The scourge of the party, the scholars were persecuted, and the party members had no place to stand for a while, but your majesty can see, since the disaster of the ant thief, who has fought bloody for your majesty? Who has defended your majesty's home and country? After all, middle officials are ministers of the inner court, not enough to shoulder the heavy responsibility of governing the country. Your Majesty should think about future generations and vigorously select talented people. In the future..."
What the emperor wanted to hear was this future. Yuan Kai's meaning was already obvious, but the emperor was worried, and asked, "Middle officials retreat from the inner court, but in the future, foreign relatives and important officials..."
"Your Majesty, Liang Yi and Dou Wu are a lesson from the past. Foreign relatives in power are still the source of disaster for the country. Thinking about it, we scholars may not have a good life, so..."
The emperor understood what Yuan Kui meant.The feud between the gentry and the middle officials is as deep as the sea, and isn't there also a lot of conflicts with the relatives?Once the foreign relatives are in power, where is the place for the gentry?For their own sake, the gentry of course hope that Xiao Donghou will inherit the great rule.It's just that now that the general is holding a heavy army and has great power, how dare these powerful families put these concerns on their faces?If this kind of thinking is leaked out, isn't an old guy like Yuan Wei courting death?
If the power of the middle officials is reduced and the power of the gentry is restored, won't the generals be even more isolated?The emperor figured out the key point, and immediately lifted his spirits. He smiled and said, "When will the old man's health get better?"
Yuan Kui shook his hand, coughing worse, "The old minister is dead, let alone the other gang of veterans. Your Majesty should think about young people, young people who have disciples all over the world."
The emperor was taken aback, looking at Yuan Kai with puzzled eyes, waiting for him to continue.
"Taixue sacrifices wine and horses, and has so many disciples that I am afraid that there is no other in the world."
The emperor suddenly woke up.In addition to the opposition of the nobles and bureaucrats above the court, there is also an opposing force that is the students of the Taixue.The boss is indeed the boss, it seems that he really thinks of me.
"Your Majesty, although Fan Ling and Xu Xiang are the three nobles, they are both unrighteous and despised by scholars. How many honest and loyal scholars in the world are willing to be officials in the same dynasty as them to tarnish their reputation? Your Majesty should Taking him out of the imperial court is fulfilling the wish of the scholars all over the world, and returning the great Han society to a clear and bright place. In this way, won’t all those who become officials be eager for it?”
The emperor smiled and nodded, understanding.
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In May, Jinyang.
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The harvest of winter wheat in Taiyuan and Shangdang reached its climax. At the same time, the disciples of Dazhitang spread all over the two counties. While preaching the teachings of Taiping, they wantonly spread the righteousness of protecting the country and the family, and tried their best to arouse the common people's resentment against the invading barbarians. hatred, and encouraged the people to take up knives and guns, defend their homes, and kill Hulu. For a while, the sound of killing Hulu was deafening over the two counties. What's more, people with good things brought the old, young, women and children to kneel outside the camp of the Yellow Turban Army, crying Ask the soldiers of the Yellow Turban Army to fight the enemy bravely for the hopeful land of Bingzhou.
The Yellow Turban Army was shocked by the people's enthusiasm for killing the enemy and their tragic cries. Countless passionate soldiers volunteered to go north to Yanmen Pass to kill the enemy and serve the country to defend their homeland.
Zhang Yan, Yang Feng, and Zhang Baiqi gathered at the General's Mansion in Zhenbei to discuss the formation of a 20 army day and night.According to Zhang Yan's military order, the young commanders of the Yellow Turban Army led the troops to assemble at the Longshan Camp.A few days later, General Zhenbei's Mansion, General Zhonglang's Mansion in Pingnan and Duwei's Mansion of Dian Nong jointly ordered to recruit 13 field soldiers to Longshan Daying to form a new army.
Due to the frequent enlistment of the Yellow Turban Army, all the organizational systems of the various ministries were disrupted, the officers above the Sima rank of the Yellow Turban Army were continuously transferred, and the hearts of the generals in the army were fluctuating. This finally gave Zheng Xin a chance. Rally thing.When Zheng Xin was trying his best to investigate whether they were secretly plotting a rebellion, Xiaolan, who led an army to suppress bandits in the southern part of Shangdang, sent someone to send an officer of the Yellow Turban Army who knew the inside story.This man was a small leader of the Yellow Turban Army in Montenegro. He used to be a Confucian scholar. When Li Su raided the Yellow Turban Army in the middle of the night, he was captured alive.This man was afraid of death, and before Li Su beat him, he did all the tricks. He took the initiative to confess that Xiao Hong, the leader of the Yellow Turban Army stationed in Changzi City, had arranged for the Black Mountain Yellow Turban Army to go down the mountain to grab food. He also said that this person had contacted a group of people. The middle and lower ranks of the Yellow Turban Army conspired to kill Zhang Yan, set up another commander-in-chief, and raised their troops to rebel.Zheng Xin interrogated overnight, and gained a lot.
Zhang Yan and Yang Feng sighed and were speechless after reading Zheng Xin's paperwork.These Yellow Turban Army officers who participated in the rebellion are all in the Longshan camp now, and they were all arrested within a day. The young commander who was implicated was Fu Yun, and Xiao Hong was his confidant.Fuyun categorically denied that he knew about it, but he was still locked up because it was related to the battle at Yanmen Pass.
13 field soldiers braved the heavy rain and started training.
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(End of this chapter)
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