Great Wei Overlord

Chapter 746 Never let anyone go

Chapter 751 Never let anyone go

Shangdang is the Changzhi of the later generations, and because of the dangerous power of the place, it has been an important place for military strategists since ancient times.

Of course, this is also the only barrier in the north of Yecheng.As long as he guards Shangdang and guards Ran Min's way back to Yecheng, Ran Zhi still has a chance.

If he lost Shangdang, with the prestige of Ran Min and Wei County, Ran Zhi would not need to fight at all, and he would definitely lose.

In fact, there is not only such a voice in Yecheng.

Those noble families and high-ranking officials all knew how Ran Zhi rose to power, and also knew the conflict between Ran Min and Ran Zhi.Moreover, they are all elites of this era, so they will not be easily misled by public opinion and deceived by false appearances like those ordinary people.

After Liu Qun died of illness, the highly respected Tiao You also died of a hunger strike, but Cui Yue became the only surviving veteran of the Wei State.

Cui Yue is actually running out of fuel, and her time is numbered.Seeing that many officials came to visit him, Cui Yue knew why they came even without asking.

Cui Yue wanted to see all the people who came to see him, but the second son Cui Ye was so angry that he jumped up and said, "I'm not a good character today, maybe he will do it!"

"Do it?"

Cui Yue sneered and said: "Look who is outside? Taiyuan Wang family, Boling Cui family, Zhaojun Li family, all the distinguished noble families have sent representatives. If he really dares to make a move, he will be an enemy of our noble families all over the world." what!"

"Father, wake up!"

Cui Ye said: "Today is different from the past. If His Majesty returns to Ye smoothly, today is a dead end. He has no way out. It seems that today he has already put life and death aside. If a person is not afraid of death , Then what else can he not do? You are forcing Jinshang to be tough on you in Yedu. Jinshang has soldiers and generals in his hands, and it may not be enough to deal with His Majesty, but to deal with you, then Isn't it as simple as crushing an ant? Father, just listen to your son's advice, in this world, the most important thing is strength."

"shut up!"

Cui Yue slapped the desk, and rushed out the door, saying: "You rebellious son, dare to disobey your father? You really turned against you. Come here... send Erlang to the farm outside the city, when will the "Book of Filial Piety" be published?" Copy it a thousand times, when will the ban be lifted!"

"Father, you will regret it!"

Cui Ye roared: "You are moths throwing themselves into the fire and picking chestnuts out of the fire!"

"There's no need to send it outside the city. Send it to Qinghe's hometown immediately."

At this time, Cui Yue is not afraid that Ran Zhi will liquidate him. His two sons, Cui Qian, are Ran Zhi's capable officers, and they will inevitably be liquidated in the future.If Ran Zhi killed himself, he would give his second son Cui Ye a good way out.

Only then did Cui Yue calm down. In fact, his second child had better eyesight than his eldest.

"I have seen Taoist Confucianism!"

"Everyone today, aren't you afraid?"

"What Daoist Confucianism said is wrong!"

Wang Chang said with some scholarly anger: "There is a villain in the country, so naturally we need to wait for righteousness. For the sake of justice, why would Chang cherish this body!"

Although Wang Chang's words are righteous, in fact they are totally untenable.At the beginning, he was also one of the people who compromised with Ran Zhi, and he was promoted to the history of the Ministry of Rites.

Cui Yue did not argue with Wang Chang.

Instead, he simply said to the crowd: "Now you are all loyal ministers of the Great Wei. Although you have good character, you don't have enough authority. You don't have to act rashly to keep your usefulness. You can send your subordinates or some unimportant Character, you can call some literary talents to have a party and explain one thing first. The country is safe and sound, and the checkpoints have not sent heavy troops for a long time. Who is this to defend? Since ancient times, I have never heard of sending troops to defend the emperor. Don’t you want the emperor to return? Or don’t let the emperor return with his army, so you can only return to Yedu alone, so that you can be captured alive? Is there such a saying?”

Cui Yue took a breath and said again: "Many people say that the soldiers of the imperial guards have fallen, and they have long since lost His Majesty's intention to select the imperial guards. The imperial guards are still very dissatisfied, but now, for some fame and fortune, they ran to the The front-line checkpoints prevent the emperor from returning. Is this how Wei’s imperial guards repay His Majesty and the country?”

After saying these words, Cui Yue closed her eyes.

The officials began to prepare intensively.

Just when the Yecheng officials began to build up momentum for Ran Min, the vanguard of the army from Jizhen had already arrived at Shangdang and occupied Shangdang County.Shangdang, "Shi Ming" said: "The party, the place, is the highest on the mountain, so it is called Shangdang."

Shangdang area is located in the southeast of today's Shanxi Province, mainly including Changzhi and Jincheng. It is a highland surrounded by mountains.In the east and southeast are the Taihang Mountains, bordering the present-day Hebei and Henan provinces; in the southwest are Wangwu and Zhongtiao Mountains, bordering present-day Henan Province; in the west are the Taiyue Mountains; in the north are Wuyun Mountains and Bafu Mountains. Ridge and other mountainous areas.

The Shangdang area is high and dangerous, and it has been a strategic location since ancient times.

In the eyes of military strategists, occupying Shangdang is tantamount to tearing open the embrace of the Central Plains.

Fortunately, Ran Zhi's background in the military is too weak, the former deputy lieutenant of Shangdang confessed his sincerity to Ran Zhi, and Ran Zhi moved him to be the prefect of Shangdang.It would be a bit whimsical for one person to control a county.Ran Min appeared and stopped down to the city, within a stone's throw away, with a loud roar, Shangdang County fell without a fight.

Ji Li sent Qingqi to take over Shangdang's defense.

However, at this time, Murong Li and Yang Yun had just arrived at Huguan.When Ran Min learned that Ran Zhi had actually sent these two people to stop him, he was furious, "This bastard is living and going back, military affairs are so trifling!"

Ran Min was extremely angry, he and Ran Ming, Ji Wei, even if he was a gold slave or an iron slave, he was a well-known character in the world, although it would not make people frightened, at least let them treat it with caution .

Ran Min thinks that he is not a sage, a famous king, but he is a tiger and wolf general in the world.In this world, there are not many enemies who can rival him, but no matter how many rounds, it is impossible for Murong Li to come to him.Even Murong Murong Ke and Murong Chui who are the same generation as Murong Li, as well as the dead Murong De and Murong Biao, can barely fight him. Even among Murong Li's nephews, Murong Ling and Murong Kai are not counted. Difference.

To deal with the tiger and wolf general, the only way to pull out the strongest lineup is to pull out Liu Ke, the general under Ran Zhi's command, no matter how hard it is.It is said that Liu Ke has also won the true biography of Ran Ming. With Ran Ming's strength, such an enemy is still qualified to fight.However, Ran Zhi let Ran Min down too much, and actually made a fool of himself.

Hearing Ran Min compare Murong Li to a stupid pig, Ran Ming held back his laughter, feeling a little uncomfortable.It's not like there is no one in this world who uses stupid pigs to defeat the enemy.Just like Empress Wu Zetian, when she came to power, in order to reduce resistance, she killed a round of generals of the Tang Dynasty. As long as they held heavy troops and could threaten her status, as long as they did not pledge allegiance to her, they were all killed.Like Hei Chi Chang Zhi, etc., in the foreign war, Wu Zhou did not have any generals who knew the soldiers, and he was completely stupid like a random command. However, the Tang army was good at fighting, relying on the strength of its numbers, and often won more than one defeat in foreign wars. few.

Ran Min suddenly asked again: "Ming'er, it is said that Yang Yun is also from your sect, how much do you know about this person?"

Ran Ming shook his head and smiled wryly: "Father, Yang Yun is a Taihang thug who ran rampant in the Zanhuang Mountain area in the late Zhao Dynasty. Later, he led his troops to plunder Duan Kan's trilogy and was defeated by Duan Kan sent Duan Qin. Yang Yun After he surrendered to Duan Kan, he became Duan Kan’s cavalry captain. Although this man is a Han Chinese, he is skilled in bowing and horse riding. , is a mighty general. He has been in the army for a long time, and he has a way of marching and fighting, especially good at winning in chaos."

"So, he is a reckless man?" Ran Min asked in surprise.

"It's not appropriate to call him a reckless man, he is a pioneer!" Ran Ming said flatly.

Ran Min said: "No matter who it is, no one can stop me from returning to Yedu!"

Ji Li said: "Your Majesty, the last general..."

Before Ji Li finished speaking, Ran Ming interrupted: "Father, no matter what, this Yang Yun is also a disciple of my son, and there is a rebellion under my son, so I don't need the general Ji to intervene in cleaning up the house." Already. If my son can't even deal with a mere Yang Yun, how can he come out to meet people?"

Hearing this, Ji Li couldn't compete with Ran Ming anymore.He is also a sensible person. Ran Min will definitely abolish Ran Zhi this time, and Ran Ming's rise to power is irreversible.

Huguan is located between Baigu Mountain (now Laoding Mountain) and Shuanglong Mountain.Huguan is also the only way to enter the Central Plains from Jinyang, and it is a place that military strategists must contend for.

"God, you are trying to force my old Yang to death!" Yang Yun sat on the top of Huguan City, holding the wine jar in his hand, looking in the direction of the mouth of the Huguan, and sighed countless times.

He took refuge in Ran Zhi, to put it bluntly, for the sake of glory and wealth.But right now, not to mention being rich and honored, even being able to survive is one thing.He is Ran Ming's nominal student, and he is a traitor who betrays his teacher in the eyes of the world.Now Ran Min and Ran Ming led more than [-] Anbei Army, but Ran Zhi appointed him as the deputy commander to garrison Huguan.Although he is a student of the Jiaodong Kingdom Lecture Hall, he is not a direct disciple of Ran Ming, and he has not learned anything from Ran Ming at all.

If it was against Ran Ming, Ran Min and his son, Yang Yun really didn't have the guts.Yang Yun sighed with a hoarse voice: "In the past, life was judged by year, but now it must be judged by time. God knows how long he can live!"

As if God heard Yang Yun's sigh, at this moment, a dense army of black armor appeared at the mouth of the pot.

At this time, the invincible Murong Li came down to Yang Yun surrounded by his cronies and said loudly: "The enemy is already here, ready to fight!"

Ran Ming led 500 cavalrymen of the Qin army, [-] Qilin guards, and [-] eight-ox crossbows. A total of more than [-] people arrived at the city of Huguan.

When he came to the city, Ran Ming said: "Lin Heishan, go and persuade him to surrender."

In fact, Ran Ming didn't have any hope of persuading him to surrender, it was just a routine procedure. In Ran Ming's mind, whether it was Yang Yun or Murong Li, they were all generals sent by Ran Zhi. Regardless of their abilities, they must be loyal.

Lin Heishan came to the place of arrows under the Guancheng, just when he opened his mouth, Murong Li sent someone to shoot him back with an arrow.Seeing this situation, Ran Ming knew that civil war was unavoidable, so he immediately ordered to set up camp, cook with open fire, and build a large camp.And wait for the arrival of catapults and siege engines.Relying on more than [-] eight-ox crossbows alone will definitely not be able to win Huguan.But Ran Ming didn't have any ready-made gunpowder in his hands, so Ran Ming would not use those five thousand grenades and rockets unless it was absolutely necessary.

At this time, the "deaf and dumb" brought news to Ran Ming that most of the Huguan defenders were Xianbei people, mainly descended from the Yan Kingdom. Loyal composition, combat effectiveness is not weak.

When Ran Ming got the news, he no longer hesitated, and immediately ordered: "The Qilin Guard immediately changed to a jaggery."

Ran Ming was angry. Historically, Xianbei people entered the Central Plains and committed no less evil deeds than Jie people.Otherwise, it would not be so easy for Fu Jian to overthrow the Yan State with the strong strength of the Xianbei people.As Ran Ming guessed, Ran Zhi relied on Murong Li and other Xianbei people who were unwilling to fail, and they naturally ran amok.In Yecheng, Ran Zhi took advantage of the Xianbei people to kill and eliminate differences.The five thousand warriors of the Murong Department also took the opportunity to make money for themselves.As long as Ran Zhi gave the order, those political opponents would often have their families ruined, and the men would be better off, at most they would be killed with a knife.But those female relatives were not so lucky.

The Xianbei people are like a wolf. Ran Ming kept the wolf in the cage for too long, and they were so depressed that they were going crazy.After finally escaping from the cage, they still don't do whatever they want?In this way, more than 1000 women were raped to death in Ye City alone.Of course, the atrocities of the Xianbei people also greatly deterred those Wei officials who were dissatisfied with Ran Zhi's rule.

Gradually, under the pressure of Ran Zhi's lust, all the officials calmed down.The Xianbei people saw that no one was making trouble, but how could they be willing to eat meat again after so much difficulty.They stretched out their claws to those innocent people. As soon as this momentum appeared, Pei Bi told Ran Zhi that if Murong Li was indulged, the garrison in Yecheng would mutiny.You must know that there are more than [-] troops stationed in Guangye City, and most of the people in Yecheng are related to them.

(End of this chapter)