Chapter 114: Cold and Rainy Night

Rainy night, stay in Xianping, the two armies of Zhou and Sui have been confronting each other in this village for more than a month, since the Zhou army captured Shangzhou Prefecture and ruled Shangluo a year ago, in order to prevent the Sui army of the north of the Yang County from going south, it divided the troops to go north along the Laojunyu, and set up the village as a pass. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

In order to prevent the Shangluo Zhou army from attacking, the Sui army also divided its troops along the Laojunyu south to set up a village as a pass, and the two sides confronted each other in Liuxianping, but there has been no large-scale engagement.

Legend has it that in the Spring and Autumn Period, Lao Tzu Li Er rode a green ox over here, so it was named "Liuxian Ping", it is the necessary place to go back and forth to reject the sun and Shangluo, the east and west sides are all mountains, only the middle road communicates the north and the south, the two armies of Zhou and Sui confront each other here, the force can not be exerted, and no one can help anyone.

Relatively speaking, the Zhou army had to take advantage of it, because Liuxianping was about fifty or sixty miles away from Shangluo, and about more than a hundred miles away from Zhuyang in the north, and the burden of grain and grass supply for the Zhou army was obviously easier than that of the Sui army.

And now the burden of the Sui army is even heavier.

At the north end of the Sui military camp, a series of military camps rise and fall, this is the army that just arrived yesterday, with thousands of troops, in the big tent of the Chinese army, and Sima Li Che, the governor of the state, is picking up the lamp to look at the map.

He led the vanguard of the Bingzhou Army, crossed the Yellow River and entered Guanzhong before the main force, and did not rush to Chang'an, but entered the Qinling Mountains in the south at the boundary of Huashan County, and wanted to seize Wuguan Dao and Diluo.

The Zhou army captured Chang'an, the emperor and the crown prince were killed, and many clans were killed, and now as the first heir to the throne, Yang Guang, the king of Jin, naturally wanted to lead his troops to Chang'an to expel the Zhou army, and the hatred of the country and the family could not but be revenged.

In order to cut off the back road of the Zhou army, and the state army divided troops to outflank Wuguan Road, the goal is one of the key nodes Shangluo City, as long as Shangluo is taken, then Wuguan Road will be cut off, and the Zhou army in Chang'an will really become a lone army.

The Sui army can think of this step, there is no reason why the Zhou army can't think of it, so the defense of Shangluo City will not be relaxed, and Li Che is thinking about whether the elite of his side who set off first can take Shangluo as scheduled.

According to the agreement, these elites should make a move against Shangluo in the early hours of this morning, and early tomorrow morning, the Sui army in Liuxianping will also begin to storm the Zhou army camp on the south side, and the other party will basically not be able to hold out for long under the enemy.

Therefore, the key is whether Shangluo City can be taken, and with the Quan clan as the internal response, the probability will be greater, but if the Zhou army guards the general is not a wreck, then the probability of success in the end is about five or five pairs.

If you can't take the city, what should you do next?

Still marching south, as long as his army approached Shangluo, he could paralyze Wuguandao, and then affect the morale of the Zhou army occupying Chang'an, creating favorable conditions for Yang Guang, the king of Jin, to recover Chang'an.

This is also known as closing the door and beating the dog.

"King Jin..."

Li Che read these two words, and gradually fell into the memory, many years ago when he first joined the army, he was a close confidant of the Zhou State Datsuka Zai and the Jin King Yuwen Hu, and became his son's adjutant, and his status rose.

Yuwen Hu was killed by Yuwen Yong, Li Che was at home for a while, and later with the crown prince Yuwen Yun crusading against Tuyuhun, and with Qi Wang Yuwenxian crusading against Qi State, Zhou State destroyed Qi, Li Che was promoted to Caiyang County Duke because of business.

When Yuwenyun ascended the throne, he followed Wei Xiaokuan, the Duke of Yunguo, to attack Chen and capture the land of Huainan.

After decades of fighting, and now he has become the adjutant of Yang Guang, the second prince of the Jin Kingdom and the second prince of the Sui State, assisting the young prince to lead the troops to fight.

The former King of Jin, Yuwen Hu, has turned into a pile of dry bones, and now Yang Guang, the King of Jin, is very likely to succeed to the throne as the emperor and support a piece of the Sui Kingdom.

Can this kid do it?

Li Che didn't know that more than six years ago, Yang Guang was just the second son of Yang Jian, the Duke of Sui, but no one thought that Yang Jian would be able to replace Zhou with Sui, and his former colleague became the emperor, and everyone pinched their noses to admit that the situation was like this.

But now that Yang Jian and his wife and the crown prince Yang Yong are dead, the clan is finished, and the general trend of the Sui State has gone, no matter how hard Yang Guang, the king of Jin, tries, who dares to believe that this kid who is less than twenty years old can shoulder the big responsibility.

The empty throne, Yang Jun, the king of Qin, did not fight, but it does not mean that Yang Xiu, the king of Shu who guarded Yizhou, did not fight, and when the Zhou army was eyeing him, there was a momentum of division within the Sui State, how to look at it and how unreliable.

With the support of speculative magnates, Yang Jian kissed Songsong and seized the throne of his cheap grandson, and now if someone does the same, Yang Guang, Yang Jun, and Yang Xiu, the three boys who have no merits, how can they serve the public.

I thought that the Sui State would defeat the Zhou State at sunset like the rising sun, but I didn't expect it...

Li Che thought of this, only sighed that the providence made people, where to go next, is a question that many old ministers of the Zhou State, including him, need to consider, if the Sui State is destroyed and the Zhou State recovers Guanzhong, then what will happen to these rebellious people?

Settle accounts after the fall? Or is it leniency? Anyway, at that time, the lives of the whole family will be in the hands of others, and they can't help themselves.

According to the news from Chang'an, Liang Shiyan and others voted for the Zhou army, and Yu Wenliang, the commander of the Zhou army, was the Zhou Guozong family, and Li Che quickly figured out the thoughts of these people: Liang Shiyan and others were gambling.

Zhou is now the prime minister, the Duke of Shu Chi Hui is in charge of the government, it is said that it is the pillar of the country, and it is difficult to say that it is the second Gao Huan or Yuwentai, and sooner or later there will be a duel between the Yuchi clan and the Yuwen clan, and Liang Shiyan and others are going to speculate.

If the Yuwen clan wants to win over all forces, it will inevitably recruit rebels and treat leniently those who have been "traitors" such as Liang Shiyan, so when the Sui kingdom collapsed, it was the choice of many people to "whitewash" by defecting to Yuwenliang.

But Li Che didn't dare to bet, the Yuwen clan was still too far behind the strength of the Yu Chi clan, and if he threw himself on Yu Wenliang's side, he would have to face the situation of surrendering and saving his life in a few years.

Anyway, he is not optimistic about Yuwen's family, so even if he wants to surrender, he has to surrender to the Wei Chi family, the reason is the same as doing business, the first time things are sold, they are called new goods, and the second time they are sold is called second-hand goods, and they can't be sold at a price.

Not to mention that it's not time to sell yet.

People are swordsmen, I am fish and meat, this feeling is very uncomfortable, so Li Che decided to stand on Yang Guang's side and give it a go, in case this is a Ming Jun like Yu Wenyong, and really supports the Sui State, then he will be on the rise.

But this requires skill, and he can't be stupidly tied to Yang Guang, so he took the initiative to ask Ying to lead the troops to outflank Shangluo, so that he could watch the fire from the other side.

If you can take Shangluo, you will look at the situation in Shangluo, and if you can't take Shangluo, you will stay in Xianping here or refuse Yang to "watch the fire", if Yang Guang recovers Chang'an, he will be a loyal minister of the Great Sui, if it fails, then wait.

It's best to wait until Wei Chi's descendant army enters the customs and then surrender, he has soldiers in his hands, and the "selling price" will not be too low, it's a big deal to be idle at home, and when Wei Chi's family sits in the country and kills a large number of people, he will probably think of him.

Anyway, it's all a gamble, it's better to choose a not so low certainty, and it's not a good choice to defect to Yuwenliang.

After thinking about it, Li Che came to the door of the big tent, the night was dark outside, the light rain seemed to be much heavier, the spring was still a little cold, these cold rains were easy to get sick on the body, and also hindered the army's march and battle.

The general who patrolled the camp happened to be passing by, and when he saw that the commander happened to be there, he came to report the situation: "Sima, everything is as usual." ”

"Is there any movement over there in the Zhou army's camp?"

"No, there is no moonlight tonight, plus the rain, the mountain roads are muddy and slippery, what else can they do?"

It is said that it should not be so big, but Li Che has led the troops for many years, and he knows that it is not easy to walk the mountain road at night, not to mention that it is raining tonight, the road is slippery, and there is no moonlight, it is simply delusional to want to sneak attack in this kind of place.

"It's raining, the bowstring is slack, I'm afraid I won't even be able to shoot arrows."

As soon as the words fell, there was a loud shout on the south side of the camp, and in the light rain, countless rockets flew in from outside the camp like fireflies, and the sentries rang the gong and horn in panic, shouting hoarsely:

"Enemy Attack !!" (To be continued.) )