People all over the world thought that Xiao Tienu would go up along the valley of the Fen River, seize Taiyuan and then threaten Gyeonggi, Aru Man also considered that Xiao Tienu might avoid himself, and crossed the Taihang Mountain into the Hebei Plain with a strange soldier and then forced Jingshi and Tanggu, so he himself stationed troops in Taiyuan to wait for Xiao Ziqi, and ordered Ren Dejing to fortify on the eastern line of Taihang Mountain, if Xiao Ziqi part of the eastward advance Ren Dejing should be able to resist, if Xiao Ziqi all eastward will be difficult to hide from his own ears and eyes, then the Taiyuan defenders will be too late to transfer troops to the east to help!

After Xiao Ziqi entered Hedong, he really went north step by step, first went down to Jiangzhou, and then broke Jinzhou, Zezhou, Longde Mansion, and Liaozhou in the east of Hedong Road did not receive any warnings, and Aluman concluded that Xiao Tienu really wanted to go straight to Taiyuan to fight with himself under the city!

But Aruman is still wrong!

The nearly 200,000 troops that gradually approached Taiyuan on the Hedong Road are indeed the main force of Xiao Ziqi, which is a large army that gathers the chiefs of Hu and Han, in terms of combat experience, Xiao Tienu's headquarters has conquered Mobei, exterminated the Western Xia, and the subordinates who planted the disease have even been not far away to deter the Tianshan Mountains, as for the northwest soldiers and horses integrated after entering Shaanxi, they are also one out of ten healthy soldiers, and they have experienced the test of mountain warfare during the southern expedition, and in terms of combat functions, this army is equipped with infantry, cavalry and even equipment and logistics. The comprehensive offensive and defensive ability is definitely a big man, and it is also one of the strongest in the world! At the beginning, Xiao Tienu wanted to lead this army eastward to fight Yue Fei in a decisive battle in Henan, but Yang Yingqi did not agree, not because he was worried that it would be defeated, but because he was worried that it would succeed!

In the face of such an army, central ministers such as Yang Yingqi, Guo Hao, etc., and frontier generals such as Yang Kaiyuan, Liu Qi, Ren Dejing, Wang Yan, etc., do not think that there will be any army in the Central Plains that can win it, everyone thinks that the five generals should be able to stop Xiao Ziqi, but they do not think that the five generals can defeat it, and the common idea is not to directly use military force to defeat this army, but to coincidentally hope to trap it to death, and after blocking its offensive, it will be weakened and drained by economic and political advantages. Even Aruban himself agrees with this idea.

The name of the person, the shadow of the tree, and the record of Xiao Ziqi are placed there! After it entered Hedong, even if it was just a team of dozens of cavalry, as long as it carried a Xiaozi banner, it was enough to shake a county, a state, and even a prefecture! Fenzhou in the south of Taiyuan surrendered without a fight under such a majestic wind.

"It's finally coming!"

The soldiers and civilians of Taiyuan, who have a profound fighting tradition, are not only nervous, but also secretly excited! It's a city of heroes! Whether it was the era of Zhang Xiaochun or the era of Cao Guangbi, this fortified city was a great fortress against Huma! They didn't expect that after the Han Dynasty pacified the south and the north, Taiyuan would face a military threat again - and an internal threat from the south! However, the Taiyuan army and civilians also supported the Liaonan Army and the Central Army stationed in the city, because they firmly believed that for whatever reason, Xiao Tienu should not launch a rebellion before the matter was clarified! The only thing that makes some of the good deeds feel sorry is that it was Aruman, who they felt a little unfamiliar with who led the army to resist Xiao Ziqi this time, not the late generalissimo Cao Guangbi!

However, people all over the world don't know that after Xiao Ziqi's main force left the river, Xiao Tienu himself was no longer in the army. Sang Ying didn't know that when she said goodbye to Xiao Tienu and went north, a pure beard army of about 30,000 people also quietly walked on the path she took. This army did not cross the river into the river from the beginning, when the world was focused on the war in the east of the river, it passed through Danzhou and Yan'an Mansion, which had obeyed Xiao Tienu's orders, bypassed Suide, the only high-profile resistance to Xiao Ziqi in northern Shaanxi, and after crossing the old site of the Great Wall, it was the "Henan" area of the old summer (this Henan is the northern part of the Hetao, the area south of the Yellow River, that is, the area of the Mu Us Desert in later generations), which is sparsely populated, and most of the garrisons were left by Xiao Tienu when he conquered Western Xia. Therefore, after Xiao Ziqi entered here, it was not only like entering a no-man's land, but also replenished some military sources, and took a boat on the spot to cross the Yellow River and enter the Eile River.

The peace of the Eilechuan was not broken, because Xiao Tienu did not attack the new stronghold of the Han people in Elechuan, Baiyun City. Compared with Hedong, the population density in the area of Eilechuan is still very low, and there are officials almost everywhere like the Central Plains, many local herdsmen and farmers see the Xiao Ziqi dressed in Han army clothes and harass them in the future, all of them think that it is the imperial court mobilizing the army, some lower-level officials even if they hear the news, they don't know what happened, or simply ignore it, or do not hurry to Baiyun City to inquire about the news, and when Baiyun City heard this rumor, Xiao Tienu's military horse had already arrived in Yunnei, Xiao Tienu did not enter Yunnei Prefecture City, but detoured between Yunnei and Fengzhou, coerced the two small tribes who were grazing here, and then entered the territory of Datong Mansion with lightning speed!

If it is not surprising that Xiao Tienu marched in the area under his control in Danzhou and Yan'an Prefecture, then from crossing the Yellow River in the north to approaching Datong Mansion, the entire marching route can be described by the word art! If it weren't for Xiao Tienu's strong control over the army like an arm, a wrist, and a finger, if it weren't for the fact that he was as familiar with the roads in this area as his own palm prints, and if he was replaced by another person, even if Cao Guangbi was resurrected and Yue Pengju went north, it would be difficult to complete this surprise attack!

When Xiao Tienu entered Datong Mansion, some people in the Fengzhou and Yunnei areas behind him began to notice that something was wrong, but the Cloud City in front of him was still in the dark.

Outside the city in the clouds, the banner of Xiao characters that had been put away was finally unfurled under the moon, and a light cavalry that tied the horse's mouth and wrapped the horse's legs approached the city in the clouds under the moonlight, and sent a signal to the agreed place - Yunzhong is not better than Taiyuan, this is a city that has been ruled by the Khitan and Jurchen in turn for a long time, although Zhe Yanchong originally let many Jurchen descendants move away from this place, but the folk customs of this city have not changed much, and most of the residents in the city have a very vague feeling about the difference between Hu and Han. And the officials in the city are roughly composed of one-third of the old Jin officials, one-third of the Han (Fang) Liu (Cao) men and one-third of the new officials, the new officials are shallow here, and the old school is deeply rooted, so the real power in the clouds is basically in the hands of the old faction, and when the Han court distinguishes the factions in the DPRK and China by geography, it often takes Zhending and Yunzhong as the base camp of Liu Cao's faction. Yang Yingqi's return to power is still shallow and there are many things, and he has not even had time to remove the thorn in his eye, and he has no time to take care of Yunzhong.

At the beginning, Liu Cao flattered Xiao Tienu, one of the conditions was to dedicate the city defense in the cloud (including material news and the list of military and political dignitaries who were willing to surrender), and Liu Cao's faction in the city was waiting for Liu Cao to lose ground in the capital, hoping that Xiao Tienu would break through Taiyuan, then they could respond, but they didn't expect that the battle in Taiyuan had not yet started, and the signal of Xiao Ziqi had already come from outside the city! These people were overjoyed, but they couldn't help but admire this Generalissimo Xiao so much! They opened the northwest gate overnight and put the Xiaozi flag inside, and the officials loyal to the imperial court were still in a dream.

Xiao Tienu entered the city immediately after the garrison in the city, control the defense of the gates, to the head of the surrender to govern, that night in the city in the clouds in the sound of horses' hooves, the ordinary people do not know what happened, the family closed the door all night sleepless, the next day there was a bold out to see, see the city with the Xiao flag to know that the generalissimo Xiao is coming, word of mouth, the whole city is shocked. Fortunately, Xiao Tienu was in a good mood after entering the city, and there were plenty of supplies in the clouds, so there was no need to harass the people. And because Xiao Tienu was originally the first marshal of the Han Dynasty, and the disputes between him and the central center were not clear to the lower-class people, so after those recalcitrant officials were removed from their posts and arrested, there was calm in Yunzhong City, and there was no conflict between the military and the people.

Further west from Datong Mansion, it is a densely populated area with many strongholds, so in the clouds, Xiao Tienu's surprise attack came to an end, and the Xiao Zi banner officially appeared. On the night that Xiao Tienu occupied Yunzhong, he annexed the soldiers and horses in the city, and then issued the Generalissimo's order, calling on the Yunzhong region, the Monan region, and the Gyeonggi region to respond to his Qinwang action. The news shook the government and the opposition, and all the states and counties in Datong Province all announced their support for Marshal Xiao on the same day, followed by Ulzhou, Daizhou, Fengzhou, Yunnei, and even some of the armies and counties of Fengsheng Prefecture and Zhending Prefecture were also attached, and there were also Hu and Han tribes in the Monan region who responded to the south, and in just a few days, Xiao Tienu controlled most of the states and counties within a radius of 200 miles centered on Yunzhong City, and organized an army of 60,000 within half a month, and countless militia were recruited.

When they thought that Xiao Ziqi was still in the Fenhe River Valley, they were already uneasy, not to mention that now Xiao Tienu suddenly appeared in the clouds! The strategy that besieged Xiao Ziqi in the east of the river turned into a waste! The main line of defense extending from Taiyuan to the entire Taihang Mountain has also become the periphery! Although Shi Kang is still in Juyong Pass, and the combined army of Xishan and the capital still has nearly 100,000 people, at the level of confidence, how can the name Shi Kang be compared with the name Xiao Tienu? In front of the Xiao Zi banner, tens of thousands of troops can't bring people a sense of security at all!

Xiao Tienu's victory at the tactical level reversed his strategic and even political disadvantages in one fell swoop! Before, most of the people in the entire Han Dynasty still tended to cooperate with Yang Yingqi, but politics is the most realistic thing, if Generalissimo Xiao occupies the Beijing Division and controls the entire center, then he will become the winner, between the winner and morality, people are usually more inclined to cooperate with the victor than to abide by morality! What's more, whether Yang Yingqi is moral or not, it's hard to say at the moment!

Aru Man naturally understands this deeply, so he heard the news that Xiao Tienu occupied the clouds and hurriedly led the troops north, the hook room advised him to be cautious, thinking that after Xiao Tienu occupied the clouds, his own side of the Xiao Ziqi changed from the original encirclement and flanking attack to being surrounded and flanked, but Juyong Guan has Shi Kang, Ren Dejing can support the army north at any time in Hebei, and the defense of the capital should be able to withstand the attack of Xiao Ziqi. The Taiyuan defenders and Yang Kaiyuan, who was about to go south, were in danger of being attacked from three sides, so the hook room thought that they should first see the movement of Xiao Ziqi, in case they encountered an ambush on the way to the north!

But Aruman didn't listen to the advice of the hook room, he wasn't stubborn, he felt that he couldn't afford to take the risk! At this time, he didn't know how many soldiers and horses Xiao Tienu had in the clouds, and he didn't know if Shi Kang could resist Xiao Tienu, if the first line of Juyong Pass was lost, would the defenders of the capital still have the courage to resist Xiao Ziqi? Will Ren Dejing continue to obey Yang Yingqi's orders? This war is not something that can be won or lost by simply calculating the combat power of both sides! There are so many political variables! Xiao Tienu may not be able to defeat Juyong Pass at all, but it is also possible that as soon as he arrives, someone will open the city to greet him without even fighting!

In the winter of 1691, Marshal Aruban of the Han Dynasty braved the cold wind to lead his army north, and was ambushed by Xiao Ziqi between Yingzhou and Daizhou, and suffered all casualties. He laughed out loud in the chaos, laughing that he had made the wrong choice after all, it turned out that Xiao Tienu did not directly attack the center after all, and Xiao Ziqi's next purpose after capturing Yunzhong turned out to be him Aruman!

"Hahaha...... Six slaves! Well done! Fifth brother has convinced you! ”

In the midst of the snow and the flames of war, the defeated marshal laughed loudly. The Xiao Ziqi soldiers, who had already won the victory, surrounded the regiment, and hundreds of people shouted in unison: "The six generals have an order, please gather the five generals in the clouds!" Share the wealth and peace! ”

"Share the wealth and peace?"

Aru Man didn't doubt that Xiao Tienu had this sincerity, but he felt that he didn't have the face to enjoy this wealth and peace. He looked to the east, where there was a path that had been covered by the grass, the same path they had taken when they had been denied entry by the Great Song Dynasty. Yang Yingqi traveled north to the old road, but he went directly out of the old site of the Great Wall after arriving in Death Valley first, and did not go to Xiongzhou and then take this old road.

This old way, I don't know if anyone remembers it at this moment except Aruban!

"It's a pity......" Aluman suddenly felt that when he led the troops west, he should go and see the path, but he didn't go to see it because the military situation was urgent, he didn't have this time, and now, he didn't have this time.

When Xiao Tienu arrived at the battlefield, Aruman was still standing there, but the blood on his neck had been frozen by snowflakes. Xiao Tienu cried and knelt down, and more than 10,000 soldiers around him also knelt down. Huma scimitar sent the mace on the last journey, and then there was no suspense about the next battle from Yunzhong to Taiyuan. The hook room that stayed in Taiyuan was worried about being surrounded and annihilated by Xiao Ziqi's front and back, so he led the army to pacify, entered the Hebei Plain from Jingcheng, met Ren Dejing, and entered the last defensive circle of the Beijing Division. He immediately led the main force of Xiao Ziqi to take over Taiyuan, and followed him north to join Xiao Tienu. On the day of the meeting, the news that Yang Kaiyuan was stationed in Juyongguan to fully preside over the defense of Gyeonggi also came.

At this time, there were both Ren Dejing's department, Shikang department, hook room department, Anta Hai department, Wang Xuan's department around Gyeonggi, as well as the men and horses brought by Yang Kaiyuan from Mobei, if Yang Kaiyuan could successfully unify these armies, then Xiao Ziqi would still be at a disadvantage in terms of troops. Moreover, Yang Kaiyuan's reputation for good guard is not under Cao Guangbi, and there is Liu Qi behind Hedong who is pressing forward step by step, so he can't help but worry when he hears this news, but Xiao Tienu doesn't take it to heart at all, and laughs and says: "Don't say it's the third child now, even if the eldest recovers from illness and the second child is resurrected, it can't stop me!" ”

He asked, "Why is that?" ”

Xiao Tienu said with a smile: "Although our troops are less than them, everyone has a clear purpose, and we will have no way out if the old May Day dies." Although the third child has more troops at hand, they are all suspicious. The third child used a group of suspicious people to fight me, how could I win? ”

When Yang Kaiyuan heard that Yizhi in the clouds was bad, he felt that Alu was bad, and he didn't sleep that night, and handed over the army to Wang Xuan to order him to go south one by one, but he led three thousand light horsemen straight to the Beijing Division, but after arriving, he did not enter the city, but only ordered the deputy general to enter the city to ask for his life. The generals were puzzled, and Yang Kaiyuan sighed: "I should have been stationed in Monan, but I haven't gotten the privy order to lead the troops into Beijing!" Now that Xiao Ziqi is close to the clouds, it is not surprising that he will arrive at the city at any time. The people of the Jingshi are panicked, three times a day, I rush south, if I lead troops to capture the city, who in the city can figure out whether my Yang Kaiyuan is true or false? Even if you see me, you have to wonder what I'm going to do? Even the ruling company will have doubts! ”

Sure enough, Yang Yingqi was worried in the city, and when he heard that there were soldiers and horses from outside the city, he was taken aback at first, and only after hearing that it was Yang Kaiyuan, he was slightly sure, and when he heard that Yang Kaiyuan did not lead the troops into the city and only sent the deputy general into the city to ask for his life, he couldn't help but be overjoyed, and immediately signed a privy order, ordering Yang Kaiyuan to take full charge of the defense of Gyeonggi!

Yang Kaiyuan still did not enter the city, and only asked Guo Hao, the secretary of the Ministry of Transfer, and Guo Hao, the deputy envoy of the Privy Council, to go out of the city as his deputy marshal - the two of them were old bosses and old subordinates, and their cooperation was extremely smooth. After Guo Hao came out, Yang Kaiyuan issued an order under the city, dispatched troops, guarded Jinggi, and then took the entire civil and military team to enter Juyong Pass. Soon after entering the customs, he saw a cavalry running from the west, holding the flag of filial piety, wearing a vegetarian shirt, Yang Kaiyuan cried loudly when he looked at the pass, Shi Kang asked what was wrong, Yang Kaiyuan pointed to the flag of filial piety and cried: "The fifth is dead!" The fifth is dead! ”

Shi Kang, Guo Hao and the others were all shocked and asked, "How did the marshal know?" ”

Yang Kaiyuan pointed to the filial piety flag and said, "Don't you see a mace hanging on the flag?" The sixth faction of this team came to tell us: We are still a family, I hope we don't get in his way, otherwise we will be brothers and have no mercy. ”

The generals looked at each other, and Guo Hao said in a low voice: "Marshal, then what should we do?" Although this sentence was not clear, but the tone of the tone has shown that the lack of resistance, he said this sentence in the book of the military department is already extremely serious, Shi Kang glared at him angrily when he heard it, Yang Kaiyuan did not show dissatisfaction, just said: "For the general, you should obey the orders of the center, and if you don't get off your military position, you shouldn't interfere in politics!" If the sixth child enters Beijing as a ruling person, he and the seventh child can quarrel as much as they want, but now they are interfering in politics with soldiers, which is to commit the foundation of our Han Dynasty! Endanger China! If he is allowed to enter Beijing, then the Han will not die and die! This is the foundation of the country! It has nothing to do with affection! As long as I will not allow him to do this for a day! Now that the corpse of Lao Wu has been trampled under his feet, he wants to go over again, unless he knocks me down! Even if I die, my soul will urge the ruling government to move the capital, go to southern Liaoning, go to the East China Sea to fight these thugs to the end! ”

When the generals heard this, they were all solemnly moved, and said in unison: "I am willing to die and live with the marshal!" ”

Yang Kaiyuan used these words as the basis for making a text that spread all over the world, not only Wang Yan, Zhao Li, Liu Qi and others immediately took a firm stand after seeing the text, but even Zhao Song also resonated with this - the concept that military generals are not allowed to interfere in politics is shared by the north and the south, and if this concept is destroyed and causes a chain reaction, even the Southern Song Dynasty regime will not be able to live in peace!

Xiao Ziqi has been marching all the way since Keyunzhong, and only then did he see a slight setback, Xiao Tienu frowned and was silent when he saw Yang Kaiyuan's inscription, and some of the prefectures and counties that had been subdued in Hedong and Yunzhong also changed banners again, and even there was a rebellion in Taiyuan City.

He said to Xiao Tienu: "Sixth general, I think we might as well make peace with the third general." ”

Xiao Tienu said angrily: "What are you talking about! ”

"The disappearance of the prince is suspected at home and abroad. The sixth general, you are in power again, so you are suspicious of entering Beijing to ask questions, and you can barely get past it in terms of reason. Yunzhong and Taiyuan took over very easily, and although the battle between Ying and Dai was cruel, it was also an encounter battle, and the impact on the people was not very great. But looking at the third general's text, he will not let him go no matter what, if we must pass, he will not die, if we fight this time, it will be a big battle that will spread for 2,000 miles! Even if we win, if the center still refuses to surrender, as this text says, we want to move the capital and fight again, Wang Yan, Zhao Li, Liu Qi and others have rushed to come, then the entire north and even the whole of China will be eroded! ”

Xiao Tienu glanced at him, his eyes were like knives, and he said, "If others say these words to me, even ten heads will be cut off!" How old are you? And dreaming like this! The death of Lao Wu is to let the people below know that there is no advance or retreat, but you should know from the day you set off from Chang'an - we have no way back for a long time! It's either a win or a complete defeat! There is no third way! ”

The palms of the sick hands were sweating, and he didn't dare to say a word, and an urgent report suddenly spread outside the tent that the old department of Yansong in the army had rebelled, Xiao Tienu sneered and said: "It is said that the third child is both civil and military, hehe!" The article is really well done! Fuck it! At this time, there are still people who hesitate! Looks like we're going to have to figure out a way to let these bunnies know that they have no way out! Because he asked, "Is the obedient general still with him?" ”

Hearing this, he was terrified, but he didn't dare not answer, and said, "I still have ...... Six Generals...... You...... Aren't you supposed to ......?"

Xiao Tienu waved his hand and said, "Go, slaughter him for the sacrificial flag!" ”

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Woo woo, I'm not jumping the ticket...... Bian Rong is coming to an end, so I have to sort out all kinds of clues to minimize mistakes, and I've been really busy lately, and everything gets together, so the update is sometimes delayed a little bit. Woowoo...... Don't scold me......