Chapter 40: Returning Home
At the end of June, Yu Wenliang, the governor of Anzhou, led the army to capture Xiangyang, and then organized manpower to repair the city wall.
Yu Wenming, who followed Cui Yanmu, led reinforcements from Suizhou and Shun, Tu, and Yingzhou to the west, and conquered Tangzhou Prefecture, which was forty miles west of Suicheng.
The northeast and southwest sides of Xia Wei are facing the mountains, and they are the road to attack Sui, Shun, Tu and Ying in the direction of Jing and Xiang Prefectures.
The main force of Anju stationed in Xiangyang repaired for a day and attacked in two ways, building and capturing the southern Xiangyang county in the southwest, Zhisi'an, and the western gateway of Xiangyang in the upper reaches of the Han River, so that more than half of Xiangzhou fell into the hands of the Anzhou army.
The Xiangzhou Governor's Office has jurisdiction over Xiangzhou, Caizhou, Changzhou, Tangzhou, Yingzhou, Fuzhou, and now Caizhou, Changzhou, and Fuzhou are in the hands of the imperial court.
Cai and Chang are located between Fancheng, which was defended by Cui Yanmu, and Tangzhou, which was captured by Yu Wenming, Fuzhou is located in the southeast of Yingzhou, bordering Liang State in the west, and has now refused the surrender of the Anzhou army and surrendered to the Jiangling Governor stationed in Liang, and the Chuzhou in the north of Fuzhou is under the rule of the Anzhou Governor's Office.
The imperial court and the Anzhou army entered a stalemate, and the spheres of influence of the two sides contained each other, but no one dared to move easily:
For the imperial court, the only mobile force now is the Jingzhou army under the leadership of Cui Yanmu to defend Fancheng, but they must confront the rebels in Xiangyang in the south and cannot divide their troops.
Cui Yanmu has all the mobile forces in Jingzhou, if he loses again, not only will he lose the rest of Xiangzhou, but even the Jingzhou Governor's Mansion in the north will be dangerous, Liang Guo was frightened by a letter from Yang Jian, the prime minister of Zuo, and he couldn't take care of himself, and he didn't know when he would be able to come back to his senses.
For the Anzhou army, there is a Jingzhou army in the north of Xiangyang that must be heavily defended, and Yu Wenming's side cannot attack Cai and Chang to avoid unexpected defeat and collapse of the situation.
The movement of the Liang State in the south of Xiangyang is unknown and must be guarded, Si'an in the southwest of Xiangyang and Hannan in the east suppress the Liang State in the south, and the longevity of Yingzhou Prefecture is separated by the Han River in the east of the Liang State, and the Fuzhou in the south must be garrisoned.
The strength of the Anzhou army has reached the limit, and a bad response will bury the hard-won good situation, and the Southern Dynasty also crossed the Yangtze River to the north to attack Huangzhou.
The main force of the Anzhou Army went north to fight, and the Huangzhou Governor's Mansion, which was adjacent to the southeast of the Anzhou Governor's Mansion, was unsurprisingly attacked by Chen Guo on the south bank of the Yangtze River, and Qizhou, the farthest part of the Huangzhou Governor's Mansion and southeast of the Governor's Mansion, was the first to be lost.
The Southern Dynasties really did not declare war like their predecessors in the Three Kingdoms of Eastern Wu, and attacked despicably and secretly, taking advantage of the Anzhou army to attack Xiangzhou in the north, crossing the river and attacking Qizhou, and then capturing Yizhou in the north.
However, this is also expected by the staff of the Anzhou Governor's Office, in order to deal with the southward army of the imperial court, most of the mobile troops on the ground in Huangzhou have been recruited and transferred to fight with the main force, and if the Chen army goes north, Qizhou and Yizhou will definitely give up.
So at the military meeting held in Xiangyang, everyone discussed for a long time and decided on a response plan: cheekily sent envoys to Chang'an to throw stones to ask for directions to buy time for themselves, Xiangyang and the surrounding areas were led by the henchmen of the governor, and the governor Yu Wenliang returned to the army to settle the people's hearts and sent reinforcements to support Huangzhou to drive away the Chen army.
Just do what he said, the envoy from Anzhou crossed the river to meet Cui Yanmu and said that he would go to Chang'an to meet Prime Minister Zuo to clarify the 'misunderstanding'.
"Misunderstanding?" Cui Yanmu looked at the messenger in front of him, his eyelids jumped, the two sides saw each other, so many people died, but now it is a misunderstanding?
Holding back his anger, he agreed to the request of the envoy of Anzhou, and sent someone to accompany him through the area of the Jingzhou Governor's Mansion to the northwest Wuguan Ancient Road to Chang'an, and now Cui Yanmu is also under great pressure, and he feels that it is better to give the court a headache.
It was not only Cui Yanmu who was full of anger, but also the 'Sunset County Prince' Yu Wenwen, who took the initiative to ask for help at the military meeting but was beaten back by his father one by one:
First of all, to fight for the position of Xiangyang defense, Yu Wenwen couldn't help but shout loudly when he was emotional: "Now that the Mengyuan army is about to go south, my generation should live and die with Xiangyang to protect the Great Song River Mountain!" ”
The generals present looked at each other: What is "Meng Yuan"? Wasn't the Great Song Dynasty finished a hundred years ago?
The Southern Song Dynasty, the dynasty founded by Liu Yu, who invented the Moon Array to ride on foot, was replaced by the Southern Dynasty Qi a hundred years ago. And Yu Wenwen said that the Southern Song Dynasty "directly regarded Hangzhou as Bianzhou", and this request was rejected without suspense.
Okay, I'm going to lead my troops eastward and drive Chen's army back to Jiangnan! The sneak attack on Jingzhou by those guys in Jiangdong ruined Uncle Liuhuang's good deeds, causing Prime Minister Zhuge to be disgusted and bloody, and now they are pulling Anzhou's hind legs, I want revenge!
Everyone present was silent, and Yu Wenliang said that there was already a candidate.
Okay, I'm going to send troops south sooner or later to take down that damn Fuzhou!
Yu Wenliang said that it has nothing to do with you.
After fighting back and forth, the boss threw down a sentence: "You and I go back to Anlu, you can't lead the army alone before you have a son!" ”
"So you want your son to stay in Anlu and add a grandson to you?" Yu Wenwen, who is in the 'career upswing', is grief-stricken.
Just when he was in despair, a sweetness finally came over: "Match 300 horses to your own army, weapons and armor and so on!" ”
It was decided that it was useless to talk too much, so without saying a word, he immediately rushed to the barracks and carefully selected 300 sets of iron armor, swords, and spears, and 'reloaded' the 300 trumpeters.
Coupled with 300 war horses, a number of carriages, and attached auxiliary soldiers such as horse breeders, the pro-army of the 'Sunset County Duke' can be regarded as a prototype.
The army returned to Anlu in a mighty way, and the news of the victory in Xiangyang had already spread all over the streets and alleys, but the return of the army still made many people rejoice, and the gentry slaughtered sheep and cattle to reward the triumphant army in the Shili Pavilion.
The Anzhou Governor's Mansion now holds the territory of the two Governor's Mansions of Huangzhou and Xiangzhou, and the officials and generals at both ends of the original head rat are willing to accept the fact and are willing to stand on Yu Wenliang's side, and no one dares to touch the moldy head of the Anzhou Governor before the imperial army arrives in Anlu.
In this operation, there are different evaluations of the two sons of the governor: the eldest son, Yu Wenming, led the way to block Cui Yanmu's army in Suicheng, and captured the entire territory of Tangzhou and locked the northeast department of Anzhou.
As for the second son, 'Sunset County Prince' Yu Wenwen, it is said that this time he went out with the army, he was a bastard, drunk, and cheated on qualifications, and he didn't do serious things all day, and the old manager really couldn't stand it, and now let him go to training.
Qi Guogong's two sons are really a tiger and a cat!
Of course, in the core high-level of Anzhou, Yu Wenwen's contribution to this operation was no less than that of his brother, but out of secrecy and Yu Wenwen's request, he did not publicize it.
Yuwen Wen didn't stay long at the vulgar labor army ceremony, and handed over the three hundred pro-army to the "stupid and bold" five-person group led by Fifth Brother Chen and let them camp outside Anlu City, and then rushed to the city with Yuwen Fifteen and the newly recruited younger brother, the rib jing Zhang Yu.
Zhang Yu grilled it well, and the fish grew up licking blood with a knife head, ruthless enough, but his heart was not bad, and he had a sister-in-law and nephew, and this handle was held in Yuwen Wen's hand, so he took it as a 'little brother' and followed Yuwen Fifteen together in order to facilitate the 'evil' in the future.
"Hey, hey, who are you, why did you break in!"
Yuwen Wen roared and wanted to rush into his mansion but was stopped by the porter, he thought that he was really going to the wrong door, and took a few steps back to look around, and after confirming that the address was correct, his pupils shrank:
What's going on? Moved? Where did I wipe my wife!
Seeing that he was red-eyed and was about to rush in to block a few guards in front of him: "This is the Xiyang County Mansion, how can you let the three of you splash!" ”,
Behind him, Yuwen Fifteen sneered when he heard this, and was about to speak, but was stopped by Lord Lang.
'Yo, it seems that the new employee can't recognize the chairman?' You can't let go of the dungeons that are so easy to come across! Yuwen Wen thought so, and then snapped his fingers:
"Fifteen!"
Yuwen Fifteen, who was behind him, heard the words and glanced at the rib essence Zhang Yu next to him, and the three masters and servants began to brush the 'copy' of the Xiyang County Mansion, and the three axes just knocked over a few people and were about to rush in, but they were overwhelmed by the courtyard that gushed out later, and the ending was that the team was completely wiped out, and the game was over.
When Zhang Dingfa and Fu Youcai heard the news, they hurriedly came, and the three of them were lying on the bluestone pavement outside the gate of the mansion with blue noses and swollen faces, embarrassed.
"You're a good nurse, huh?"
Yuwen Wenpi sat in the courtyard with a smile and looked at the group of people in front of him, and his wife Wei Chi Chifan stood beside him and helped him apply a hot towel distressedly.
In front of the couple stood the sweaty housekeeper Li Sanjiu, as well as Zhang Dingfa and Fu Youcai, who were also sweating profusely, and several frightened gatekeepers and nurses stood behind the three with their heads bowed.
Yuwen Fifteen and Zhang Yu, who had a blue nose and swollen face, stood behind Yuwen Wen and looked at them gloatingly, just now they were beaten by the group and suffocated their stomachs, and now Lord Lang is furious, and the other party has to suffer.
Zhang Dingfa and Fu Youcai are in charge of security work, and they have recently selected suitable candidates to enrich the nursing home team, that is, the few people behind them, because they don't recognize Yu Wenwen because they are newcomers, so they have the scene just now.
"It's our dereliction of duty, please punish the county government." Li Sanjiu, Zhang Dingfa and Fu Youcai were about to kneel down and ask for guilt after finishing speaking, but they were stopped by Yu Wenwen: "What are you doing, did my father say that you were wrong?" ”
Seeing them looking at each other, Yu Wenwen laughed heartily: "What are you guilty of? All rewards! ”
Hearing this, the few nurses looked at the lord of Lang who met for the first time in surprise and couldn't close their mouths in surprise, Li Sanjiu, Zhang Dingfa and Fu Youcai were also quite surprised, their subordinates should be punished for offending their own lord Lang, and they were also responsible for not being strict in discipline, but they never thought that Yuwen Wen would be rewarded without punishment.
"The rules are the rules, since it is decided, it is natural to implement it well, everyone goes to the account room to receive the reward, and the reward is given by the housekeeper according to the rules." Yu Wenwen waved his hand, and then added: "What my father wants is the safety of the house, and you will have to take care of it carefully in the future, have you heard it clearly!" ”
"Hear me clearly!" The nurses were overjoyed.
Yuwen Fifteen and Zhang Yu were not happy when they heard this, Yuwen Wen saw that they had a stinky face and added: "You two also have a reward, have a good rest today, and everyone can learn from tomorrow." ”
"Is it a one-man Mo?" Yuwen Fifteen's eyes lit up.
"Two-on-two, hehe."
After explaining to the housekeeper Li Sanjiu to place Zhang Yu, Yuwen Wen coughed dryly a few times, and the people present saw this and disappeared on the spot, and he turned around and was about to take his wife into a certain place to 'talk about his heart', but found that there was no beautiful figure next to him.
After looking around, he caught a glimpse of the shadow of his thoughts day and night disappearing into the backyard, and then he immediately chased after him single-handedly.
The enemy general Chi Chi is going to escape, and he is going to fight you alone for 300 rounds!