In Luoyang City, on the Taiji Palace, the court is blazing. The people discussed are nothing more than Qingzhou Xinggao, Youyan Hanlou, and Yuan Hao from the south, and the three chaotic situations are also.

Xing Gao is in the wind and clouds in Qidi, and its momentum is flourishing, which cannot be underestimated. Han Lou Guang according to Youyan, if it is counted since the time of Tujin Luo Zhou, it has been chaotic for a long time, and it is intricate and deep-rooted, which is also tricky. What's more, these two thieves have echoed each other privately, one wants to go north, the other plans to go south, once his two families are connected in series, Hebei will be lost again, and half of the eastern part of the Great Wei Dynasty will be lost.

Because of this, among the courtiers, nine out of ten strongly admonished: "Xing Gao and Han Lou must be cut down first." ”

As for the Southern Yuanhao, the Luoyang Imperial Court heard that Gongcheng and Xiayi had been lost, and they were nervous for a while, but when they heard that the enemy who came to attack was only 7,000, few people talked about it again.

During the period, there were also people who admonished, such as Du Zhi Shangshu and Yang Kan, the waiter of the Yellow Gate, said: "When Yuan Hao was in Guanzhong, he had fought dozens of battles in a row, won many battles, and stabilized the situation in the three states of Fengzhou, Dongxia Prefecture and Xiazhou with his own strength, so the prestige is high, and his person is the grandson of Emperor Wen, and the clan is close to the branch. ”

It's a pity that in the first hall, from the emperor Yuan Ziyou down, plus the powerful Yuan Tianmu, few people care.

When the report arrived, it was said that it was heavy snow in Henan, the road was impassable, and the white-robed army had already retreated and returned, so in the Taiji Palace, there was no word related to Yuan Hao. Yang Kan sighed, but did not give up, but silently stepped aside, and then wanted to say something.

Thinking about it carefully, in fact, this matter is also normal--- Hugh said that the whole Wei State did not care much about the 7,000-strong team coming from the south, so in Jiankang City, most of the princes of Liang also felt that Xiao Yan, the lord of Liang, was purely prevaricating Yuan Hao.

The court decided to take the elite of Luozhong, the commander of the hussar general and Shangdang Wang Yuantianmu, to go to Xinggao and Hanlou. He also ordered General Jianzhong Gao Huan to lead his subordinates Dou Tai, Duan Rong, Peng Le, etc., together with supplements.

It stands to reason that Yuantian Mudal Zhu Rong is sitting in Luozhong, and he shouldn't be out lightly, but he is also a mortal, and he also wants to be famous in the world. Seeing that Deer Zhurong defeated Ge Rong in the first battle in Hebei, and Fei Mu was majestic in the south, how could Yuan Tianmu not have thoughts? To put it bluntly, although his rank is high, his achievements are actually mediocre, and it all depends on the momentum of Er Zhurong behind him.

Others didn't say it to their faces, Yuan Tianmu was also a high-minded and arrogant person, and he was uncomfortable, so he wrote an urgent letter to Er Zhurong early, saying: "There is no military merit, no prestige, how can it be the façade of Tianzhu?" ”

Erzhu Rong pondered the letter, felt that there was some reason, and thought that there was still Erzhu Shilong in the court, and Fei Mu had also led the troops back to the court.

The court meeting was about to disperse, and Yang Kan jumped out again to argue on the affairs of the south. Yuan Ziyou thought about it for a while, and issued an edict: "Suiyang is the southern gateway, and it must not be lost." That is, with Suiyang guarding general Qiu Daqian as the governor, he was allowed to act cheaply and save the counties and counties in eastern Henan to block Yuan Hao. ”

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When the edict arrived in Suiyang, Qiu Daqian suddenly got a heavy responsibility and was excited. Regardless of the number of cold days, wind and snow, a slap of the head was settled, and he actually wanted to build nine new cities in one breath to defend Suiyang; In addition, it is necessary to expand the number of men and horses to increase the strength of Suiyang.

Nine cities are built together, the project is huge, and the little family foundation in Suiyang City is far from enough. Qiu Daqian didn't panic, and Da Ra did the right to take up the degree of moderation, and ordered the Quartet and county governments to come to help--- and to send people, money, and baggage.

Out of the ordinary?

The counties and counties are also guarded, seeing that the southern army is in front of them, who knows if it will suddenly attack? I heard that the beam general on the opposite side was called Chen Qingzhi, and he was the one who personally led the troops, rushed for hundreds of miles in the snowy night, and took Voryang City with one drum. How can such people be unguarded? Therefore, these guards must be kept, and they must not be separated to Suiyang.

But the governor of Qiu Du is really urging him so hard, how can he deal with it? I had no choice but to forcibly recruit people. Not enough? Then he asked the clan under his rule to help him, gathered some private subordinates, and sent them to Suiyang.

Pay?

Although Henan is not as full of rebellions as the six towns, Guanzhong, Hebei and other places, over the years, in addition to the already not low taxes, and due to the turmoil in the country, I don't know how many times I have paid a variety of harsh taxes and miscellaneous taxes, and life is not easy.

On this cold day, there is no harvest, and the poor people have to be hungry for two meals after one meal, so how can they hand in the spare money? It's useless to rush to death. When I went to find the Haoqiang clan again, the words came out, and the faces of the people were already as stinky as salted fish, but there was no way, so I wanted to be cheeky.

Out of the baggage?

Things are quite good--- if they are ordinary people, just gather soldiers to break into the house, and they will not be verbose, all grain and rice, firewood, hay, homespun cloth, ironware... Grab it and go; There are a lot of things in the Zhuangzi of the strong clan, and they must not let go, anyway, they have almost turned their faces, and everything is now based on the difference.

However, things are easy to make, but it is difficult to transfer to Suiyang--- the north wind calls, the ice is three feet, and the carriages and horses are really difficult to travel. Along the way, cattle and horses were seen dead everywhere, and everyone was miserable.

After a toss, the eastern Henan realm complained. Some sons of the family said angrily: "Such a rampant and tyrannical expropriation is just well-dressed, it is better to welcome the king of Beihai in person!" ”

Governor Qiu couldn't hear these gossip, at this moment he climbed high and looked into the distance, and saw that the nine cities were around, like the stars and the moon, firmly guarding Suiyang City, the so-called copper wall was impregnable, indestructible, and couldn't help laughing: "Who can break such a strong fortress?" If Daoyi comes, it will be as straight as catching a turtle in an urn, and it will be caught! "I was in a good mood, laughing, and I hated to sing and chant again, but unfortunately, I didn't have that literary style.

But that's not all.

After Qiu Daqian finished building the nine cities, he not only did not let the people return to the counties, but forced strict orders, asking the counties and counties to add troops and guards to Suiyang, so as to enrich the garrison of Suiyang and the nine cities. If they do not comply, they will be charged with the crime of disobeying the decree and send troops to destroy the family.

The counties of the Quartet were helpless, and in addition to cutting their love, they also forcibly levied deadlifts in the township, which inevitably made another chicken and dog jump.

To say that Qiu Daqian's guy is also big-hearted, he expanded the Suiyang soldiers and horses as if he was playing with his life, and by the last point, he had gathered a full 70,000 troops. Of course, a discerning person can see at a glance that most of the people here are full of people, and they can be compared with the enemy army in front of them, but it is ten times more?

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Winter went to spring, and in a blink of an eye, it was the second year of Wei Yongan (the third year of Liang Datong).

In the first month, the ice and snow are still accumulating, and there are no soldiers.

In February, when the snow melted, Qiu Daqian cheered up and personally rode a horse to patrol the nine cities every day, but he still did not see any movement of the Liang army in Xiayi.

By March, the grass was growing and the flowers were bright, the apricot rain and pear clouds, and there was still no trace of the white-robed army, Qiu Daqian was anxious, and secretly thought: What is Chen Qingzhi in front of him, I am afraid it is in vain. I worked hard to build the Nine Cities that were like copper walls and iron walls, and it was a good plan to wait for him and Yuan Hao to throw themselves into the net. But if he doesn't dare to come, won't my efforts be in vain? I have as many as 70,000 troops under my command, and the daily expenses are a few days, if I don't make an inch, Your Majesty will probably blame me for being cowardly...

At this thought, Qiu Daqian fidgeted and couldn't sleep all night. The next day, his eyes were red, and he came to the hall and shouted: "Gather soldiers and horses, and follow me south to attack Xiayi!" ”