Great Han Empire

Chapter 878 Troubled Times Heroic Chapter Wins Central Plains
In October, Guanzhong, Xinfeng City.

Feng Ji rushed to Guanzhong with Yuan Shao's order, but Yuan Tan refused to retreat, and even sneered at Feng Ji.Fengji and Shenpei followed Yuan Shao's wishes regarding the succession of the Yuan Clan, and both supported Yuan Shao's third son, Yuan Shang. As Yuan's eldest son, Yuan Tan, of course, would not give Fengji any good looks.Fengji doesn't take it seriously, if you don't want to withdraw, you don't want to withdraw, it depends on how long you last.He threw Yuan Shao's order to Yuan Tan, and went to Duan Yan's camp to stay by himself.

The weather is getting colder and the Xiliang Army's attacks are becoming more and more fierce. At this time, the scouts found the warships of the Northern Xinjiang Army on the Weishui River. The troops stationed in the nearby area are also frequently in distress. The army is gathering in Pubanjin, and there are many warships on the Yellow River in Pubanjin. The Northern Xinjiang Army is very likely to cross the river to attack in the near future.If the northern border army attacked Guanzhong from both water and land at the same time, Yuan Jun would definitely suffer from the enemy.In desperation, Yuan Tan ordered a retreat of [-] li, sticking to the front lines of Zheng County and Huayin.

Han Sui led his army into Xinfeng City.Ma Chao led an army of [-] vanguards to continue to advance. When the army advanced to Nanshan Pavilion, Han Sui ordered the attack to stop.

Ma Chao hurried back to Xinfeng City, "Sir, why didn't you fight?"

"Hebei Northeast Frontier Army is gathering. If we continue to fight Yuan Tan, Yang Feng will be the fisherman." Han Sui pointed to the map and briefly explained the situation, "If Yuan Tan retreats all the way to Huayin and Tongguan On the first line, we are only three or four hundred miles away from Chang'an. If the Northeast Army of Hebei suddenly rushes in and rushes along the north bank of the Weishui River, we will be surrounded by the Northern Army in the area of ​​Xinfeng City before we have time to retreat. Chang'an City Once we lose, this battle will be in vain." Han Sui stretched out his hand and patted Ma Chao on the shoulder, "For more than ten years, we have repeatedly attacked Guanzhong, but in the end we all failed. We must not repeat the same mistakes this time."

"I decided to stick to Chang'an first, deploy the army in Xinfeng and Gaoling on the north and south banks of the Weishui River, and drag the battle until the Yellow River freezes and heavy snow comes, so as to win steadily."

Ma Chao looked angry and remained silent.The enemy is right in front of you, but you can't cover up the killing with your army, you can't kill the enemy with your hands, you can't fight heartily and bloodily, why is it so difficult to take revenge?He felt that his heart was bleeding, and the anger in his heart seemed to swallow him alive.

"Meng Qi, don't forget your oath." Seeing Ma Chao's livid face and trembling, Han Sui immediately shouted sharply, "Don't let hatred cloud your mind."

Ma Chao gritted his teeth, and the muscles on his face twitched violently, "You hand over Yuan Tan's family to me, and I will kill them to avenge my revenge."

"No." Han Sui flatly refused, "Most of Yuan Tan's family members are in Luoyang, and there are only a few concubines of his in Chang'an City. What kind of revenge can you get if you kill them? You are an upright man in Xiliang, why? Do you want to do such a cowardly and incompetent thing? Could it be that killing your enemy's family will avenge you and add prestige to you?"

Ma Chao stared at Han Sui, waved his fists angrily, raised his head and howled mournfully.

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Seeing Ma Chao's dejected and desolate back disappearing outside the lobby, Han Sui sighed worriedly.

"My lord, Meng Qi may not be able to control himself, let him go back to guard Xiliang." Ling Ru persuaded in a low voice, "Once he loses his mind and does crazy things like last time, it will all be based on Guanzhong's policy." It might fall short.”

"At this time, can he go back?" Han Sui caressed his gray beard under his chin and shook his head, "If he wants to rule Xiliang and dominate Xijiang, he must forget his hatred, otherwise, he will eventually be killed by hatred .”

Ling Ru sighed bitterly, "Forget the hatred? It's not easy."

"I just want him to forget." Han Sui narrowed his eyes, his face showed determination, "I'm dead, who will support Xiliang? Who will stop Xiqiang? He must forget the hatred, as long as he forgets the hatred, he can Take on the important task of guarding the western border."

Ling Ru gave him a horrified look, then looked around cautiously, "Sir, don't say that again. Your eldest son Han Yi and son-in-law Yan Xing are both heroes of Xiliang, and they must be the ones who will control Xiliang in the future." The one in the middle cannot be Meng Qi's turn no matter what. Meng Qi has the blood of the Qiang people flowing in his body, and his nature is very cruel and ruthless. Did you forget that he broke with you and killed you with a knife? That's just in his nature."

"Bo Ya, it is precisely because Meng Qi has the blood of the Qiang people flowing in his body, and his nature is cruel and ruthless, so he can take on the important task of guarding Xiliang." Han Sui said solemnly, "Ziwei (Han Yi) and Yan Ming (Yan Xing) is a good boy and talented. Yanming's martial arts skills are almost the same as Meng Qi's, but in Xiliang, talent and martial arts alone cannot gain a foothold. I have no power to restrain a chicken, but I am in Xiliang Liang has led the army to fight for more than ten years, is it because of my prestige and talent? No, the reason why I can dominate Xijiang and let the people of Xiliang live a stable life without war is because of me and Many Qiang tribes have a deep relationship. Relying on this complex and subtle relationship, I try my best to win over, restrain, use, weaken, and alienate all kinds of Qiang people, and try my best to avoid wars in Western Xinjiang. This is my dominance. The key to Xijiang."

"Meng Qi has a very close relationship with the Qiang people. Relying on this relationship, Meng Qi will definitely be able to gain a foothold in Xiliang. In the future, when Meng Qi becomes sensible and knows what he should do, Xiliang will be his world. "

Han Sui paused, and his thoughts went back to the distant past, "When I, Lao Bian, Shitou (Beigong Boyu) and the others started an incident in Xiliang, we took June's thunder, northwest rain, violent wind and sand, and snow mountain foxes into consideration. Pulled in, we fought continuously with Huangfusong, Zhang Wen, Dong Zhuo, and Li Hong, and finally June Jinglei and their entire army were wiped out in the battle of Yicheng. If they hadn't died, one can imagine what Xiliang would be like today. They are dead, and we have returned to Xiliang for more than ten years of peace. Although we paid a heavy price, seeing the smiles on the faces of the people in Xiliang and hearing their cheerful singing, I think the price we paid is worth it."

"More than ten years have passed, we are old, Meng Qi and the others have grown up, but the new generation of Qiang people have also grown up. Like Jinglei in June in the past, they regard capturing Western Xinjiang as their lifelong dream Therefore, the flames of war in Western Xinjiang, which had been dormant for more than ten years, began to slowly recover and wreak havoc, and disaster is about to befall this beautiful land."

"In the past hundred years, when the Qiang people in western Xinjiang rebelled or invaded in various ways, the imperial court's large army worked hard to make expeditions. However, in the past ten years, when the Qiang people were recuperating, the Han Dynasty was on the verge of collapse. The burning war It spread to every corner of the Han Dynasty, and the Han Dynasty gradually died in the flames. The Han Dynasty has declined, and the imperial court has died in name only. No one can help us, and no one can save Xijiang."

"Why did the great Han decline? Why did Xijiang go to the abyss of destruction? Look at the world today, and see who is ruining the great Han? It is Yuan Shao, it is Li Hong, it is Cao Cao, it is Liu Biao, it is these people who are trying to save them Under the banner of the country, the officials of the big man who are secretly engaged in the shameless deeds of destroying and usurping the country, it is their greed and ambition that have brought my dignified dynasty to such a miserable situation."

"If the Qiang people enter the western border today, who will help us? Who will save the lives of hundreds of thousands of people in the western border? Li Hong? Yuan Shao? In order to fight for the Central Plains, for the country and society, they have already made the western border Li Hong is willing to give me money and food, why? Didn’t he want me to contain Yuan Shao and help him capture the Central Plains? Why did Yuan Shao give me money? Didn’t he want me to help him block the Qiang people from guarding Guanzhong, and join hands with him to defeat Li Hong , help him seize the world?"

"What is Xijiang in their eyes? It's nothing, not as good as a bone in a dog's mouth. What am I, Han Sui? It's just a crutch that can be used. Use it when you need it. It's useless. Time to put it aside. They say that I, Han Sui, want to dominate the western border. It’s really funny to think about it. After a hundred years of war, the western border has been barren to the extreme. Whoever gets it is a huge burden. Does Li Hong dare to take it? Yuan Shao, he dares to take it Do they dare to drag the army to the western border to fight against the Qiang people? It doesn't matter whether it is Li Hong or Yuan Shao, whoever enters the western border will be dragged down alive by the western border, and will be defeated by the opponent in an instant."

"When I, Han Sui, was alive, they said that I dominated Western Xinjiang and brought disaster to the country. It seemed that I, Han Sui, had done so many evil things that both people and gods were angry with. But if I hadn't protected them from the Qiang people in Western Xinjiang, they would still have How much power to establish a hegemony? To fight each other to usurp the country? When I, Han Sui, die, what do you think they will do? Do you think they will send a large army to the western border to fight bloody with the Qiang people? If they are willing, I can die right now. When there is chaos in western Xinjiang and the Qiang people are pouring down, who can defend Guanzhong? Guanzhong cannot be defended, whether it is east of the river or Luoyang, they are all under the attack of the Qiang people. At that time, they may be able to stay safe Cut a corner and dominate, but what about the big man? Where is the big man?"

Tears welled up in Han Sui's eyes, and his voice was choked up, "The big man has already been defeated, we are weak and powerless, we can only watch him die helplessly, but Xijiang is our mother, when our mother is about to be killed When the enemy ravages us, even if we are smashed to pieces, we must fight for it. Although no one can help Xijiang, and no one is willing to save the mother's life, we, the sons and daughters of Xijiang, are still there, and we are willing to use our own blood and lives Come to protect mother, come to defend this piece of land, come to defend this majestic Han territory."

"No one can take her from us, ever."

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In the evening, Han Sui convened a meeting of the generals of Xiliang in Xinfeng camp.

Han Sui described in detail the current situation in Xijiang, the purpose of the Xiliang army taking the opportunity to seize Guanzhong, and after Xiliang captured Guanzhong, how to use the current world situation to move between Hebei and Luoyang to ensure that the army sticks to Guanzhong and stabilizes Xijiang .

"Before winter comes, stabilize the front line on the front lines of Gaoling and Xinfeng, and not take Tongguan and Wuguan temporarily. There is only one purpose, that is to preserve strength, and don't let yourself become the common target of Hebei and Luoyang." Han Then he explained, "We stop attacking now. We can pretend to be weak and afraid of the enemy to paralyze the opponent, and we can also make a gesture of uniting Yang Feng to fight Yuan Tan, or uniting Yuan Tan to fight Yang Feng, so that Hebei and Luoyang can't figure out our strategy. For specific trends, it is impossible to formulate corresponding countermeasures in order to adjust the deployment in time."

"There is still more than a month before the Yellow River freezes, at most two months. As long as the Yellow River freezes, Hebei will have nothing to do with us." Han Sui pointed to Tongguan on the map, "After the threat of Hebei is lifted, we will send troops to attack immediately. Yuan Tan, strive to win Tongguan, so as to force Yuan Shao to quickly negotiate a peace with us and form an alliance to fight Hebei."

"As I said just now, after the Great War in the Central Plains, Li Hong's next target is Luoyang. Judging from Hebei's current deployment of troops, it must be from Guanzhong, Hanoi, Henan and Yingchuan to besiege Luoyang. Therefore, Hebei is in the Central Plains. After the war, the first place to attack is Guanzhong. Once Hebei wins Guanzhong, it will not only deter Luoyang, but also threaten Xiliang, Yizhou and Jingzhou. advantage. That is to say, if we don’t give up Guanzhong, Hebei will beat Guanzhong anyway.”

"Our strength can't fight Hebei. Yuan Shao's strength has been greatly reduced since the Central Plains War, and he can't fight Hebei alone. We need to keep Guanzhong, and Yuan Shao needs to keep Luoyang. It is inevitable and necessary for us to join forces with Yuan Shao. In the end, we got much-needed food and money, and Yuan Shao could stick to Luoyang with our help."

"We have a whole winter to stabilize Guanzhong, strengthen the defenses of various cities, plus Yuan Shao's money and food support, plus the support of Yuan Shao, Liu Biao, Cao Cao, Liu Bei and others on the Central Plains battlefield, even if we can't defeat Hebei, we can still defeat Hebei. Keep Hebei out of Guanzhong."

"If Guanzhong cannot be conquered for a long time, Hebei will not be able to attack Luoyang. After the end of the Central Plains War, Hebei's wealth has been exhausted, and it is impossible to fight on two battlefields at the same time. In this case, the only way for Hebei is to fight with us. Negotiate peace, change the four-sided siege of Luoyang to three-sided siege, and focus on attacking Kyoto from the directions of Hanoi, Henan, and Yingchuan."

"We don't know whether Yuan Shao, Liu Biao and others can block Li Hong's attack, but one thing is for sure. Once Luoyang is captured by Hebei, we will not be able to gain a foothold in Guanzhong. Therefore, we will attack Hedong at the right time to contain Northern Xinjiang. Army, forcing Li Hong to withdraw. In this way, the world will form a three-legged force, and our strategy of capturing Guanzhong and stabilizing the western border will be successful."

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"After the success of the three-legged confrontation, we immediately moved the people from Xiliang to Guanzhong." Han Sui waved his hand vigorously and said loudly.

All the generals were stunned.

Once the three-legged confrontation takes shape, Li Hong and Yuan Shao will try every means to destroy the restrictive relationship between the three parties, intending to break the balance and seize Guanzhong.At this time, we are very dangerous, because we have a heavy burden from Xiliang, and the most important point of this "burden" is the embarrassment of wealth.As long as Li Hong or Yuan Shao cut off our money and food relief, our survival will become very difficult.

The only way to solve the financial embarrassment is to move the people of Xiliang to Guanzhong.

At its peak, the population of Guanzhong was nearly 50, but in the past ten years of wars and disasters, the population of Guanzhong has almost exhausted.After Yuan Shao occupied Guanzhong, some of them moved back from Yuzhou and Jingzhou, but there were only a few tens of thousands of people.After more than ten years of stability in Xiliang, the population has increased to about 30 people, mainly concentrated in Hanyang County and Wudu County adjacent to Guanzhong.Since these two counties are relatively close to Guanzhong, it is easy to move, and there are few people in Guanzhong, we can completely solve the problem of food and wealth within one or two years.After most of Xiliang's population moved out, some of them were herdsmen. We can move them to Hanyang and Wudu counties, and let them engage in farming as much as possible to improve poverty.

"Sir, do you want to give up Xiliang?" Ma Chao asked in surprise.

"No, we will never give up Xiliang. Once Xiliang is occupied by the Qiang people, Guanzhong will immediately become a battlefield, and our hard work for many years will be wasted." Han Sui shook his hand firmly, "After the population of Xiliang moved out, Xiliang has become a wilderness, and the battlefield can extend from the frontier to the hinterland of Xiliang. When the Qiang invaded, we retreated. The Qiang could not take anything captive and could not stand for a long time. When they retreated, we would retreat. Catch up and fight. Because the battle line is long enough, we can use various terrains to launch attacks until we beat them out of the frontier. With the continuous supply of food in Guanzhong and the vast battlefield in Xiliang, we can drive the Qiang people out of Hexi County, we can even completely solve the scourge of the Qiang people, and we are more likely to build the Western Regions Protectorate and revive the Great Han Tianwei."

The Xiliang generals suddenly realized, each of them looked uplifted, their blood boiled, and the big tent suddenly burst into cheers.

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General Yang Feng of Northern Xinjiang urgently wrote to Han Sui.

General Zhenxi suddenly sent troops to Guanzhong, the timing was very good, and the officials bowed down.Now Yuan Tan is leading an army in Zheng County and Huayin, blocking your way, and I am going to send troops to help you, so I am writing to inform you.

Yang Feng's letter was only a few words long, and there was a murderous look in his words.

Han Sui held the letter and did not speak for a long time.

Ling Ru and Han Yi sat across from him, looking at him nervously.Under the weak candlelight, the white hair on Han Sui's temples was particularly glaring, the wrinkles on his forehead were deep and long, and the many silver strands mixed between his hair and beard made him look very old.Mr. is old, really old.Ling Ru secretly sighed.After working so hard, my husband's health is deteriorating. I don't know how many more years he can last.If he collapsed, what would Xiliang do?Can Ma Chao really replace Mr.

"Bo Ya, go and call Meng Qi." Han Sui's voice woke up Ling Ru who was in deep thought.He bowed slightly and left the tent.

"Father, Hebei has just finished the Central Plains War. Yang Feng is unable to send troops. He is threatening us in a disguised form. He wants Father to explain why he sent troops to Guanzhong, that is, to make a promise to the Jinyang court." Han Yi said softly, "I think There is no need to ignore him, we just need to stick to the front line of Gaoling and Xinfeng."

Han Yi is in his 30s, with a handsome appearance and elegant temperament, which is somewhat similar to Han Sui, but his eyes are far less firm and wise than Han Sui.Han Yi has been staying in Jincheng to serve his mother for the past few years. When Han Sui was not in Jincheng, he temporarily took over the military affairs in place of Han Sui.Probably out of selfishness, Han Sui never took him into battle.This time in the battle in Guanzhong, Han Sui was uncharacteristically allowing him to follow him.Han Yi was both surprised and delighted, thinking that his father wanted to support him vigorously, so he worked extra hard.

Han Sui smiled, "You are wrong. Yang Feng is indeed going to send troops."

"Isn't he afraid of us joining forces with Yuan Shao?"

"We haven't teamed up with Yuan Shao yet."

"Without iron cavalry, he will die when he comes."

"Do you know where Pound's cavalry is now?"

Han Yi froze for a moment, but did not speak.

"When the northern frontier army attacked Li Jue and Guo Si, they sent an iron cavalry from Hetao to the north and Anding, took the opportunity to capture Xiaoguan, occupied all the counties south of Liupan Mountain, and firmly controlled the northern part of Guanzhong. Important pass." Han Sui spread out the map, pointed at Xiaoguan in Anding County, and shook his head helplessly, "Li Hong is very far-sighted, and this trick made Yuan Shao, who later occupied the pass, restless. At that time, Yuan Shao was willing to give up Fufeng County to Ma Teng , one of the important reasons is to use Ma Teng's cavalry to block this flaw in Guanzhong's defense. We occupy Guanzhong, and this threat also exists, so the way to deal with Hebei now is not to ignore it, let alone turn against each other, but to Conditionally agree to Hebei's request and leave Yang Feng in Hedong."

"Conditions? What conditions?"

Han Sui smiled but did not answer.

Ma Chao hurried to the tent.After reading Yang Feng's letter, he hesitated for a moment and asked, "Sir, should I let me take down Zheng County and force Yuan Shao to send people to negotiate a peace as soon as possible?"

"Hedong is going to send troops. Yuan Tan is the first to know that he still has troops stationed in the Linjin area to defend Pubanjin's northern border army from crossing the river. Therefore, we don't need to force Yuan Shao, he will come to me on his own initiative. He came to find me Me, the terms of our peace negotiation can be a little harsher."

"Then I'll go to Pubanjin." Ma Chao said immediately, "It's enough to bring three thousand cavalry."

"What did you say to Yang Feng?" Han Sui asked.

"Chang'an can be given to Hebei, but Hebei must send iron cavalry to guard the western border."

"Okay." Han Sui slapped the table hard, and praised loudly, "Meng Qi, that's a good point. If the big man's iron cavalry is not going to guard the western border, is it still called the big man's iron cavalry?"

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In mid-October, Luoyang.

Yuan Shao's health gradually improved.On this day, with the support of Yuan Shang, he was leisurely admiring flowers and fish in his small garden.

Suddenly there was the sound of hurried footsteps along the garden path.

Yuan Shao felt suffocated, turned around to look, and saw Yuan Wei running towards him with a frightened expression, sweating profusely.

Yuan Shao's expression changed suddenly.

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