Compared with Gou Xiong, Yang Man, Li Ji, Shangdang, and Taiyuan, the battle of Guixiang between Meng Lang and Murong Zhan was much more tortuous, although Meng Lang also won the victory, but the difficulty of the battle was also much greater.

After all, Murong Zhan is the number one general of the Wei State, he has been fighting for the Wei State since he was a teenager, and even now, not only does he have military talent, but also has enough experience in war, so even if Meng Lang's army skips others and fights against him, it is not easy to win.

The two of them, one Xianbei hero, one Tang Dynasty wise man, each with their own master, this fierce battle in your hometown can be described as a chess opponent and a good talent.

Guixiang County is a divided county, there are few counties, and the county is not suitable for defense, so Murong Zhan chose to build a camp outside the city to defend it. Meng Lang led his troops into Guixiang County, and in early July, he arrived at the camp of Murong Zhan's department, and then built a camp ten miles south of it, facing it from afar.

Since the Wei lord Murong Yan abandoned Ye Beifu, and coerced the Tang and Hu people of Ye County to go to Youzhou, the Wei army that stayed in Zhongzhou, Jizhou and other places was already shaken, Murong Zhan was forced to fight because he was coerced by Hou Mo Chen, and was defeated by He Hun for a while, which was quite a loss to the generals, Rao is his prestige in the Wei army is very high, and the soldiers under his account are also demoralized, Meng Lang is very clear about this, therefore, as soon as the camp of his department was built, he sent the troops with Hoof Liang, Lu Ming and others to challenge Murong Zhan.

Meng Lang's intention is obvious, he wants to take advantage of the fact that the soldiers of the Wei army in Murong Zhan's department have no fighting spirit, and the soldiers of the Qin army under his command have a high morale because of their winning streak, "take advantage of your illness and want your life", defeat Murong Zhan's troops as soon as possible and capture Guixiang.

How could Murong Zhan not know Meng Lang's intentions?

Because of this, let Meng Lang repeatedly send generals to fight, he only used one strategy to respond, that is, pretending to be deaf and dumb, and closed the camp without fighting.

Even after many days of confrontation, Meng Lang began to personally attack him, picked out more than 100 high-voiced soldiers, listed them near his camp, and ridiculed him in his camp, saying that the battle between him and He Hun can be described in eight words, that is, "Zhanzhi is in front, and he is in the back", what is "Zhanzhi in front",——? Arrayed in front, this is called "looking ahead"; What does it mean to be "left behind"? Fleeing after the rout, this is called "Suddenly", this eight characters not only mocked Murong Zhan's defeat, but also nominated the surname Dao and put his name in it, which can not be said to be insulting! But Murong Zhan swallowed this breath and still couldn't hold on.

For Murong Zhan's ability to endure this, Meng Lang admired him a little.

Generally, do not raise a teacher out of anger.

This rule of law for using soldiers is simple to say, but who does not have seven emotions and six desires? It is actually very difficult to really endure the anger, suppress the anger, and face the enemy with reason at any time, and there are very few generals who can do this.

In this way, Meng Lang and Murong Zhan faced off in Guixiang County for half a month, and Meng Lang couldn't fight.

- But he said that Murong Zhan refused to fight, so why didn't Meng Lang choose to attack?

Meng Lang didn't want to attack, but Murong Zhan, as a famous general, his camp was built really solid, the camp wall was tall, there were fences and antlers outside, and there were trenches dug around the camp, which was comparable to a small city, if it was attacked, the loss of the Qin army would definitely be not small. Attacking Ye County is the most important thing, and Meng Lang can't lose too much of the elite of the Qin army that Pu Mao gave him.

Therefore, he will not choose the method of assault unless he has to.

After reading the information so far, I can very well guess that Meng Lang's mood at this moment must be helpless and worried.

Helpless, of course, it was because Murong Zhan was willing to be a turtle with a shrunken head, so that he had no place to speak.

The hidden worry is to use troops to fight, and the most important thing is "a breath of gas", the morale of the soldiers of the Qin army is like a rainbow, but if they are trapped in your hometown and cannot fight for a long time, not to mention that it will inevitably affect the overall strategic deployment of Pu Mao and Meng Lang to besiege Ye County on three sides, and the morale of the Qin army under the command of Meng Lang alone is likely to gradually slacken.

Xin Er's guess was very correct, and Meng Lang was indeed in this mood at that time.

Just when Meng Lang was helpless and wondering whether to attack, in mid-July, it rained in Guixiang County. This rain is seven or eight days, and it is not a light rain, every day is a heavy rain, from morning to night, it does not stop, and all the rivers and rivers in Guixiang County are flooded with water. The camp wall of Murong Zhan's camp was also damaged in several places by rain and stagnant water.

Meng Lang, who found out about this situation in time, was overjoyed, told the whole army, and said: "Murong Zhan is afraid of my king's division, and he is afraid to fight, but the rain damages his walls, and it is muddy after the rain, and his chain of horses cannot be used. Wait for the rain to stop, and then attack the camp! Those who are awarded Murong Zhan will be crowned marquis and rewarded with thousands of gold; Those who trap their camps first will be counted as the first merit. Thou shalt wait for it! ”

The morale of the Qin army, which had been slightly relaxed, was lifted and the mood of the group was encouraged.

Because after the rain stopped, Meng Lang mobilized the whole army and dispatched all of them to attack Murong Zhan's camp.

On the night when the rain stopped, that is, on the eve of Meng Lang's troops to attack, Murong Zhan ordered his wife and brother Duan Hu to lead 2,000 troops, quietly went out of the camp, ambushed on the west side of the camp, and explained to Duan Hu that when the Qin army came to attack the camp, he led the ambush to attack the flank of the Qin formation.

However, although Murong Zhan's expectations were accurate and his preparations were sufficient, the fighting spirit of his subordinates was not as good as that of the Qin army.

On the morning of July 23, the Qin army of Meng Lang's army launched a fierce attack on Murong Zhan's camp, focusing on the collapsed wall of his camp. Murong Zhan came to the front line in person, and stood under the general's banner by his sword, clearly ordered the three armies, he would not retreat half a step, and sent his eldest son Murong Mei to the front to supervise the battle, trying to motivate his soldiers to fight to the death with the Qin army, but he did not get the result he wanted.

Before the camp was captured, the ambush led by Duan Hu was first defeated by the Qin army of Meng Lang's department.

The information presented to Xin Er briefly described the situation at the time when the details of this information were written.

The text reads: "Zhan's wife and brother Duan Hu led Xianbei soldiers with 2,000 soldiers and flanked the west flank of the Lang array, Meng Lang made Lu Ming drive the armor soldiers to hold axes and fight with strong crossbows, and the Xianbei soldiers were restrained by them and could not approach the Lang array. Duan Hu lost his horse and died in the battle. Xianbei was defeated and left. ”

The original text in the intelligence focuses on the fact that the 2,000 ambush soldiers led by Duan Hu are "Xianbei pawns" and "Xianbei pawns", which shows that Duan Hu is not the second-class troops of Wei such as the Xiongnu and Zahu, let alone the servant army of Wei like the Tang people, but the elite soldiers under Murong Zhan's account, but the elite soldiers are useless, and they are still defeated by Lu Ming.

Duan Hu was killed in battle, Murong Zhan's ambush soldiers were defeated and fled, this scene was clearly seen by the Murong Zhan soldiers guarding the camp, so they lost their fighting spirit more and more. Towards evening, Murong Zhan's camp was attacked by the Qin army, and the Qin generals such as Tonghu Liang, Tonghu Yu, Tonghu Haoping, Lei Xiaofang, and Lu Ming rushed to lead troops into their camp. Murong Zhanzhi, led by Murong Mei, Lou Ti Zhibi and others, used Wei to resist desperately, but it was useless after all. Murong Zhan saw that there was nothing to do, so he had to order the camp to abandon and retreat.

Meng Langyou won the battle of Guixiang.

However, Meng Lang was not a complete victory.

First, Murong Zhan was not captured; Second, Murong Zhan used his troops well, not only attacking, but also organizing retreat, and most of the elite troops under his account successfully withdrew with him; Third, after Murong Zhan retreated, Qin General Lei Xiaofang led his headquarters to chase after him, but he was killed by Murong Zhan's temporary ambush halfway through, and Lei Xiaofang was almost captured by Wei Junsheng.

All in all, Meng Lang's battle was definitely a victory, but Murong Zhan was not a complete defeat.

The experience of the two of them and their ability to counter the enemy were deeply engraved into Xin Er's mind through this information.

In this battle, although Meng Lang was the victor, it was Murong Zhan who impressed Xin Er even more.

Murong Zhan's calmness, anticipation of the enemy's pre-ambush like a god, and the orderliness of retreat all amazed Xin Er.

This information and the previous Qin and Wei Shangdang and Taiyuan battles were all sent by Tang Ai to Xin Er, and Tang Ai was in the hall.

Xin Er said to him with emotion: "Murong Zhan's defeat in this battle is not as good as Meng Lang, but his forbearance and use of troops are worthy of the title of Murong Clan's famous general." The reason why he lost was not because of manpower, but because of the defeat in the sky, Murong tried to change and tried to imitate my Tang system, but in the end it was still the restoration of the Hu system, holding the remnants and guarding the defects, cruelty to the people, on the other hand, the pseudo-Qin, Pu Mao reused Meng Lang, learned from my Tang system, and showed leniency, and now there is a small prosperity, the pseudo-Wei has declined in the pseudo-Qin, even if Murong Zhan is talented, and the military strategy is the crown, it is difficult to save the pseudo-Wei decline. ”

Tang Ai is not interested in politics, but he has vision and insight, and he deeply agrees with these few words.

From the Wei system, the Qin system, and the Tang system, Xin Er thought of the various new policies and new systems that he was now vigorously promoting in Dingxi, and couldn't help but think in his heart: "Whether it is the people's population or the military strength under his rule, Xianbei Wei is stronger than Di Qin, but because of its backward system, Luoyang, Shangdang, Taiyuan, and Guixiang are all defeated by Qin."

"There are few poor people in Dingxi, and if I want to compete with Qin with this corner of land, there is only one way to go, that is, to make my Dingxi system ahead of Qin. The literary examination of the martial arts has been determined, and the Zhongzheng in Xijun and other places have either been changed, or will be replaced, and it is one step closer to the time when I officially opened the imperial examination, which is gratifying, but the opening of the imperial examination is a complete subversion of the gate valve politics, involving too wide a wide range of issues, and the stakes are important, and it is urgent. At least with the help of this number system, the combat effectiveness of our Dingxi army will be raised to a higher level! ”

Because of the Qin army's successive victories in Hebei, the sense of urgency brought to Xin Er that "time is not waiting for me" intensified, and in early August, when another piece of Hebei intelligence was sent, it reached a peak.

This piece of information is: Pu Mao captured Liyang.

The main defender of the Wei army in Liyang County will be Murong Wutai, because this county is directly in front of Pumao's main force, and Ye County is behind, so it is Murong Quan who is in Ye County, who gave Murong Wutai the greatest support, which also leads to this county is far more difficult to fight than Shangdang County, and it is also more difficult to fight than Guixiang County.

Although the time to play is long, the harvest is also very large.

Murong Wutai's main force was severely defeated by the Pumao Division, and the reinforcements sent by Murong Quan to Liyang County were basically wiped out by the Pumao Division.

That is to say, the victory in this battle was not only the victory of the Qin army in defeating Liyang, but also greatly weakened the defensive force of Ye County, and greatly reduced the resistance of the Qin army to capture Ye County.

After reading this military report, Xin Er concluded that the day when the Qin army besieged Ye County would come soon.

Sure enough, only four days later, another piece of information came.

"Pu Mao, Meng Lang, Gou Xiong, Yang Man and other departments converged outside Ye County, camped for 20 miles, surrounded Ye County from the south, west and east, and will launch an offensive, and Murong Quan will arrive at it according to three stations; Murong Yan sent Hou Mo Chen to lead more than 10,000 horsemen and galloped south to help. ”

"Santai" refers to the three "palaces" around Ye County.

These three palaces were built in the previous dynasty and were scattered on the outskirts of Yecheng, and they were the necessary places to guard Yecheng.

Xin Er covered the paper case and sighed: "Thinking about the pseudo-Wei, it was strong for a while, attacking Rouran in the north, forcing Guanzhong in the west, invading Jiangzuo in the south, and the hegemony of the north, Fang is only a few generations, just a few decades, and the majesty of the past is gone!" A thousand miles, doesn't it make people sigh? ”

Tang Ai didn't think about it, and said: "Before hearing that Murong Wei died, he said to his sons, saying that Yansheng has three chicks, and different birds are full of five colors, and this destiny is also in the Murong family, which is really ridiculous!" Will Destiny be in Hu? Now Ye County is besieged, I see the omen of swallows and birds, not that Murong has won the mandate of heaven, but I am afraid that under the herald of the nest, Murong Hui's sons will have no eggs! As mentioned in the previous information, Meng Lang alluded to the three armies, and also used the "Mandate of Heaven" as a rhetoric, falsely claiming that "the Mandate of Heaven is in Pumao", which is also ridiculous! Although Qin is small and fierce today, he will also die later! ”

Xin Er listened to Tang Ai's remarks, asked him with interest, and said, "Qianli, in your opinion, where is the destiny of heaven?" I think it must be in Jiangzuo! ”

Tang Ai laughed and said disdainfully: "Jiangzuo's power is in the hands of the valve clan, the so-called Son of Heaven, it's just a hand!" Those who are taken care of by the valve clan, if I set the surnames of Song and Pan in front of the West, only the door is selfish, Ai is only afraid, and the destiny of heaven is not in Tang! ”

Xin Er didn't expect Tang Ai to say such "rebellious" words, his heart moved, and he calmly asked: "In this way, what is the destiny of heaven?" ”

"Since Xia Shang, since ancient Yiding, which one has relied on auspiciousness? Kill all of them and become kings! Tang, Wu Dingge, personally executed, released, Zhong Ni Meizhi. In the past 100 years, the violence has been cruel and chaotic, and the people have been slaughtered, who can fight with the sword to eliminate it, so that the people of Li can be helped, and the destiny of heaven is in whom! ”

This sentence was even more unexpected.

He was silent for a moment, smiled and said, "Qianli, this is just between you and me, you can't go out and talk nonsense!" ”

Tang Ai replied: "Ai will only say this to Ming Gong." ”

In just a few sentences, the already tacit relationship between Xin Er and Tang Ai seems to have been sublimated.

Needless to say.

The day after receiving the information that the Qin army was besieging Ye County on three sides and that the battle of Ye County was about to start, a group of travelers from the south, who were dusty, arrived outside Guyin City in the afternoon of this day. In advance, Fu Qiao and other officials from the Ministry of Rites and other ministries were waiting outside the city and welcomed them into the city. Without resting, Fu Qiao took the leader of the travelers and another person, that is, to the outside of Duke Xin's mansion and asked to see Xin Er.

The leader of this traveler is Gao Chong, who returned from Jingzhou.

The other person was the Jingzhou envoy sent by Huan Meng to see Xin Er, and it was Xi Shantu.

When Xin Er heard the news, he immediately sent them to see him.

Fu Qiao, Gao Chong, Xi Shantu and others entered the mansion, crossed the courtyard, and logged into the lobby.

Xin Er went down to the hall, walked quickly to Gao Chong, stopped his salute, held his hand, looked up and down, and said with a smile: "I'm thin again!" Four thousand miles back and forth, it only took you more than a month to come back, and you were in a hurry along the way, right? ”

Not only is he in a hurry, for more than a month, Gao Chong has not slept well, he has not eaten a stable meal, not only has he lost weight again, his eyes are still full of bloodshot at this time, he opened his mouth to speak, his voice was also very hoarse, and he replied: "Chong Sheng is afraid of delaying Ming Gong's major event, on the way back and forth, in case of rain and disease, he does not dare to stop more, but he hurries and hurries, and he can only return to the court today." ”

"You're sick on the way?"

"Lao Ming asked, on the way back, when the road passed through Hanzhong, he was slightly infected with the cold, but fortunately, Yin Taishou asked a famous doctor to treat him, and he was already well."

"If you're sick, just rest for a few days! No matter how heavy the business is, no matter how important it is, there is no hurry in these three days and two days! ”

Gao Chong responded, turned to Xin Er to see Xi Shantu, and said: "Ming Gong, on the day of the transfer of Jingzhou, Duke Huan specially took Xi Jun as an envoy to return to Ming Gong." ”

Xi Shantu is an old acquaintance.

Xin Er waited for him to finish saluting, and said with a smile: "Xi Jun, farewell to Chengdu, I haven't seen him for almost a year!" I haven't seen him for a year, and Xi Jun's demeanor has become more and more eye-catching. ”

Xi Shantu stood in the hall, with a correct posture, without a greeting from Xin'er, with a serious expression, and said: "Duke Huan is under the order, after seeing Duke Ming, ask Duke Ming a word." ”

"What?"

"Duke Huan asked: Do you want to use my Jingzhou troops to attract the main forces of the puppet Qin in Hebei and Henan for him, so that he can benefit from it?"

As soon as he said this, Fu Qiao and Gao Chong's faces changed slightly, such a straightforward question, similar to questioning, is not only rude, but also will make the person being asked in a hurry may have nothing to answer, thin-skinned, and may even be red-eared, then the scene will be embarrassing.

But Xin Er was stunned, and immediately, his face showed a look of "sympathy", but he was not embarrassed by Huan Meng's intentions, but praised and said: "Huan Jingzhou is really my confidant!" ”

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