Chapter 5: The Trap
Speaking of the Guanlong aristocracy, we have to mention the six towns of the Northern Wei Dynasty.
Emperor Daowu of the Northern Wei Dynasty Tuoba Jue Dingdu Pingcheng and called the emperor. At that time, in the grasslands north of Yinshan, there was a powerful nomadic people, Rouran. When the Northern Wei army went south to fight, Rouran's cavalry often invaded the territory of the Northern Wei Dynasty, and the safety of Pingcheng was threatened. "Emperor Daowu attaches great importance to moving defense, is pro-virtuous, and supports the town." The border towns of the Northern Wei Dynasty began to take shape in the era of Emperor Daowu, and were collectively called "Beizhen" at that time, and some towns did not have a fixed place of governance.
During the reign of Emperor Daowu's grandson, Emperor Taiwu of Wei Tuobatao, he transferred 100,000 people from the five prefectures of Liang, Si, You, Ding, and Hebei to build large-scale border defense projects in the area of Shanggu in the east and Hequ in the west to the present-day Hequ in Shanxi.
The status of "Six Towns" was thus established.
From west to east, it is Fertile Field, Huaishuo, Wuchuan, Fuming, Rouxuan, and Huaihuang, defending the invasion from the north and defending the country and Pingcheng. The "six towns" are all placed in the town of the general and his subordinates, the town is placed under the army, and the town soldiers patrol and defend. The generals of the six towns were all Xianbei nobles and Liangzhou warriors, and the garrison soldiers were mainly Xianbei people, and there were also "sons of Qiangzong" from the Central Plains.
The "Six Towns" military group is the prototype of the Guanlong aristocracy.
Later, the Northern Wei Dynasty was divided into the Eastern Wei Dynasty and the Western Wei Dynasty, and the "Six Towns of the Northern Wei Dynasty" did not fall silent and lonely, but took advantage of the situation to launch an uprising, steal the supreme power, and make the emperor a puppet, and then the famous "Eight Pillars and Twelve Generals" appeared, which laid the glory of the Guanlong nobles for hundreds of years in one fell swoop, and single-handedly created the Western Wei, Northern Zhou, Sui, and Tang dynasties!
Shuozhou, Yunzhong, Dingxiang, and Shengzhou, this is the birthplace of the Guanlong nobles, and it is their own place......
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At the beginning of the Tang Dynasty, military merit was the most.
Fang Jun didn't think that his "airborne" in Shuozhou would cause disgust and even confrontation among the local garrison, after all, the Tang army was full of self-confidence, and no one regarded Xue Yantuo's troops as a threat in their eyes, but thought it was a great feat.
Now that a guy is the commander, wouldn't it be a general's share of the merit?
What's more, Shuozhou is the self-reserved land of the Guanlong nobles, and the army is full of the children and in-laws of the Guanlong nobles, so there is naturally resistance to Fang Jun.
It's just that Fang Jun didn't expect that as soon as he arrived at Yanmen Pass, he was greeted by a dismount......
Didn't even let yourself enter Shuozhou City?
It's really arrogant......
Fang Jun said to Gao Kan: "Bring this handsome's festival!" ”
"No!"
Gao Kan walked quickly to the Chinese army, took the festival from the hands of a school captain, turned back, and handed it to Fang Jun.
Fang Jun raised Jie Xuan and said, "This is a gift from Your Majesty, patrolling the sky on behalf of you, such as me coming in person!" ”
"Hula!"
When the Yanmen Gate was closed, all the soldiers knelt on one knee and shouted: "See Your Majesty!" ”
Fang Jun asked: "What, do you dare not let someone go to Shuozhou?" ”
The captain knelt on the ground, didn't dare to get up, and said stubbornly: "The commander is doing things according to orders, how dare the last general stop him?" It's just that the general of my family has a military order here, Shuozhou City is small, and the army of ten thousand guards should not be more than two guards, and now General Xue has led the right guard to station, so he can only let the right guard temporarily camp under the Yanmen Pass to rest. ”
"!"
Fang Jun was annoyed, stepped forward and kicked the captain to the ground, and scolded angrily: "Can you eat the gall of a leopard? Xue Yantuo's 200,000 army Chen Bing Dingxiang City, the battle is about to break out, Shuozhou City with the border army and the right military guard is only 50,000 or 60,000 soldiers and horses, what will be to resist at that time? If you lose Shuozhou City, not only you, but even your General Yuwen will still fall to the ground, and your family will be in the army! ”
The lieutenant got up from the ground, and saw that Fang Jun's hand had been pressed on the handle of the saber at his waist, and he was so frightened that he was dripping into a cold sweat, but he still disobeyed the military order, so he had to turn over and still kneel on one knee, and said in a trembling voice: "The general has an order, even if he dies, how dare the general disobey?" Not only did the last general not dare, but none of the defenders above and below the Yanmen Pass dared to disobey! ”
As soon as his voice fell, the defenders under the gate were wound with their swords unsheathed and arrows, and they were waiting in a murderous formation!
How can the right guard show weakness? More than 1,000 people quickly flipped down from their horses, using their war horses as cover, and drew their blades one after another, and the crossbow arrows were wound, while Fang Jun's personal soldiers flew forward to surround Fang Jun in the middle, and Xue Rengui, who was standing behind Fang Jun, stepped forward with arrows and stepped forward in two steps in front of the captain, and the horizontal knife in his hand was already out of the sheath and crossed the throat of the captain.
Close the gate, the two armies face each other, and the battle is about to break out!
Fang Jun was in the midst of the personal guards, looked at the captain with cold eyes, and asked word by word: "Do you really want to let Ben Shuai go out?" ”
Xue Rengui's horizontal knife rested on his throat, the captain swallowed his saliva, and his throat moved for a moment, and he felt that the sharp blade had cut through the skin, and his face was pale, but he still insisted: "Don't dare to disobey the military order!" ”
Xue Rengui said angrily: "Dashuai, when I kill this person with one sword, is it possible that these defenders of Yanmen Pass really dare to fight against the right guard?" ”
The lieutenant trembled, his mouth moved twice, but he didn't dare to say a word begging for mercy after all.
Although Fang Jun in front of him is like a wolf and a tiger, but the border army north of Yanmen Pass is simply the private army of the Guanlong Group...... The whole family suffered......
Fang Jun stretched out his hand and stopped Xue Rengui.
Looking up at the Yanmen Pass defenders waiting in the heavy snow, Fang Jun sneered and said, "No, the order they accepted must be to kill them on the spot once the right guard wants to break through!" ”
Xue Rengui changed his color and said: "If you want to rebel, can't you?" ”
Right Tunwei went north to Shuozhou, it is His Majesty's will, who dares to disobey the emperor's order in the whole world?
Fang Jun sighed, glanced at the captain under Xue Rengui's knife mockingly, and said disdainfully: "What kind of rebellion?" They opposed the Northern Wei Dynasty, the Northern Zhou Dynasty, and the Great Sui, and now they still want to oppose the Tang Dynasty? Bah! A group of silverfish who think they are bringing disaster to the country and the people! Lend them two guts, and they will not dare to rebel! A bunch of stupid people think that sacrificing a Yuwen Fa and a non-mainstream lieutenant can play a game with Ben Shuai and win? ”
Obviously, the Guanlong nobles thought that defeating Xue Yantuo was just a matter of back-to-the-eye, how could this feat that fell from the sky allow Fang Jun to pick the biggest fruit? However, Emperor Fang Jun is in his life, as long as he doesn't want to rebel, then no one in the world can stop him.
As a result, the captain in front of him became a substitute for the dead......
At this moment, if the right guard wants to go out of the pass to Shuozhou, he must break through the resistance of the defenders, and a battle is inevitable. Regardless of victory or defeat, it must be a major political event for one's family to use knives and guns against one's own family, not to mention when it is at the border of Xue Yantuo and Chen Bing?
This lieutenant is naturally guilty, but how can Fang Jun please him?
As the commander of the first army, he was burdened with the Imperial Tiger Talisman, and he had no way to take a small captain who was guarding the pass, and finally had to fight each other......
Why did such incompetent people go to Shuozhou to preside over the overall situation?
A school lieutenant naturally can't calm down the situation, and the Shuozhou general Yu Wenfa will definitely be implicated, but at the same time, Fang Jun's prestige is gone, and what will inevitably follow is that the imperial court will remove him from his post, return to Chang'an to accept disposal, and reassign the general to take his place......
sacrificing a school captain and a Yu Wenfa, but still holding the exploits of defeating Xue Yantuo tightly in their hands, the Guanlong nobles really had a good calculation.
Now that he has seen through the trap of the Guanlong nobles, how can Fang Jun get into it with an iron head?
He waved his hand and ordered, "All stand down!" Do? Facing his own robes, is it to make those Hu people outside the gate laugh and lose their big teeth? Others are brazen, have no kings and no fathers, that is because they lack education, because they do not know loyalty, as the guards of the Son of Heaven, how can we be as knowledgeable as these rats who can only fight in the same room? Put down your weapons! ”
"No!"
The soldiers of the right guard all agreed in unison, and they all withdrew their blades and took a step back.
Xue Rengui also withdrew the horizontal knife, staring at the captain with a cold look of disdain.
He is a military general, but his knowledge is far beyond ordinary people, Fang Jun's words came out, and he immediately understood the reason. What the hell is this? At present, the great enemy does not think about how to kill the enemy to protect the territory and the people, and actually resorts to such means in order to rush the attack......
"Phew!"
Xue Rengui spat a mouthful of foam on the snow in front of the lieutenant.
The lieutenant was red-faced and ashamed.
He raised his hand and said loudly: "Put down your weapons all, you can't make a mistake without a military order!" ”
The defenders under the gate all put down their weapons, and the momentum of the sword rattling suddenly dissolved.
He was also relieved in his heart, if he had a choice, how could he be willing to clash with Fang Jun? Once the two armies fought, no matter what the outcome was, the consequences would be enough to crush his little lieutenant to dust...... Fang Jun can see the trap clearly, it is naturally the best, smart people will always know the trade-offs, instead of blindly rampage, in the end, Fang Jun himself hit his head and bled out, and even brought small people like him to suffer......