Jiao Song will send troops to block the muddy water and prevent the Beidi Army from advancing westward, which is in Pei Caimiao's calculations. According to the plan, before the army reached the east bank of the muddy water, the main force marched west to attract the Anding army, and the guerrilla army went around to the upper reaches of the muddy water, waded from the outside of Anding, and then turned south to take the northern county to govern Lincheng.

The "Qiji Battalion" of the Beigong Chun Department is responsible for this guerrilla task - the department is full of cavalry, and the speed of action is very fast, and it can run long distances to prevent the effect.

Therefore, Beigong Chun pursued Ma Lanqiang until the border, and temporarily camped in Yuzhi's hometown to wait for news from the south. When Jiao Song was killed by the water, it could be regarded as a complete face-to-face with the Northland Army, Guo Moxin said that the time had come, and now that my righteous name was firmly occupied, I could attack and stabilize in one go. So on the one hand, he sent people south to Chang'an to ask for an order to attack Jiao Song, and on the other hand, he sent a fast horse to inform Beigong Chun, saying that it was okay, you can move.

When Guo Mo's envoy arrived in Chang'an, Pei Gai had already led his troops to take Shiping and Fufeng, but he had also greeted Liang Fen, Xun Song and others in advance, so the book was immediately issued, accusing Jiao Song of seven major crimes, and ordering him to be captured and imprisoned in Chang'an. However, when the envoy beat his horse and whipped and rushed back to the east bank of the muddy water, he found that there was no progress in the battle - Jiao Song did not retreat, and Guo Mo did not succeed in crossing, and still confronted each other from afar across the muddy water.

Why, it's been a few days, Beigong Chun should have believed it a long time ago, and went around to attack Linjing, so does Jiao Songyan have a reason not to retreat to protect the city and give up the ferry?

Guo Mo is also depressed, the distance between his main force and Beigong Chun's "Qiji Battalion" is only a hundred miles, Xun Ma Chishu, a day is coming, as far as he knows, Beigong Chun is still stranded in Yuzhi's hometown, and has not yet been able to cross the muddy water.

Why? Pei Gai and the others originally planned well, and they all expected countermeasures for all aspects of their actions, but they did not expect that the actions of the "Qiji Battalion" would involve a chess piece that did not originally exist on the board......

Ma Lanqiang's power is very weak, only a few thousand households, and the victorious army is less than a thousand, so when he was scheming, he didn't take them seriously at all, if he could surrender, it would be best if he could be expelled far from the border. Who would have thought that Ma Lanqiang was forced by the Northland Army and fled in a panic, but he went to attract the people and horses who were eliminated.

The nomadic area of the Void Elimination Department is in the area of Luxury Yanze in the west of the old Hanshang County, and the Void Removal Right Canal unites the surrounding Di and Qiang departments, with hundreds of thousands of accounts. On the same day, Liu Yao withdrew from Fengyi County, and went to the hometown of Gaonu (near Yan'an in later generations) in Shangjun, temporarily sheltering, and he took Yiyu, the son of Quanqu, as a hostage, although it was impossible to force Quanqu to surrender, but it could make Quanqu dare not attack for the time being. But the hatred of the captive, the hatred of the army, how can it be easily let go of the power channel? He had been staring at Liu Yao with fierce eyes, looking for an opportunity to take advantage of, and he would not pay attention to the Jin people's infighting in the south at all.

However, the Void is a combination of Di and Qiang, and all the departments in the alliance may not be willing to obey the orders of Quanqu, and besides, Quanqu has not strictly forbidden them, so that they must not start a war with the Jin people. As a result, after Ma Lanqiang fled north, he immediately found several Di and Qiang who had always had a good relationship, and said: "The Jin people took my land and drove me out of the north, and they just gave it back; Now the desperate pursuit, the more out of the border, it is clear that he wants to attack the king and so on. We can only expel the Jin Shi if we are of one mind. ”

So he gathered six or seven thousand soldiers and horses, and slaughtered Yuzhi's hometown. Beigong Chun sent Liu Guang to lead his troops to go against him, and won small victories over Di and Qiang in a row, but Di and Qiang never went on patrol, in this case, how could he dare to wade through the muddy water easily? The muddy water is muddy and turbulent, and it is not easy to cross, if I am halfway through, Di and Qiang suddenly cover up, and the damage will be heavy.

Beigong Chun sent an envoy to Guo Mo to tell him about the urgency, Guo Mo was anxious and angry, and he planned to send Dong Biao to lead the "Lifeng Right Battalion" to help, but after thinking about it again, Dong Biao is an honest man, it is estimated that he can't handle the cunning Di and Qiang, and he can only break it with force, I am afraid that he will kill a thousand enemies and lose eight hundred, and if the war drags on, he will send a large army to help, and the trouble will be big. That's it, that's it, I'll take this trip myself.

So the army still erected the banner of his "Thunder Battalion", so that Dong Biao guarded the camp, and he himself led half a battalion of people to the north to Yuzhi's hometown.

Guo Mo first sent someone to inform Beigong Chun, ordered him to reconnoiter and cavalry, block the battlefield, and then led the army into the fortress secretly. After discussing with Beigong Chun, Luo Yao, Liu Guang and others, Guo Sidao immediately ordered: "You can wait for you." ”

The "Qiji Battalion" immediately cut wood into rafts with great fanfare, hurriedly crossed the muddy water, and the Qiang and Qiang horsemen cruising not far away really took the opportunity to surging and killing. Guo Mo made the soldiers and soldiers all stay in the fortification, and waited for the Di and Qiang cavalry to approach, and then raised the banner at the same time and fired arrows in unison. Di and Qiang were in chaos, and Luo Yao, after the "Qiji Battalion" was broken, reflexively killed and killed seven enemy generals, and finally forced them back completely.

As Guo Mo expected, Di and Qiang, who came to fight, had already rushed to report to the Quan Qu and asked for reinforcements. However, Quan Qu was staring at Liu Yao and had no intention of looking south, so he only sent a general to recruit 5,000 troops from the surrounding departments to help, but instructed them: "Just drive back the Jin people, don't chase them away." If the Jin people retreat on their own initiative, they do not have to fight with them. ”

By the time the reinforcements arrived, the "Qiji Battalion" had already crossed the muddy water and went straight to Linjing, Guo Mo also led his troops back to the east bank of the muddy water, and Yuzhi's hometown was empty. The Void Army had no choice but to retreat......

The plan was put back on track, and the "Qiji Battalion" surged to the foot of Linjing City - they had neither experience in attacking the city nor heavy supplies, so it was naturally inconvenient to attack the city, but they just plundered the four townships and collected grain. Pei should have taken care of it a long time ago, fighting on the inside line, all the people encountered were my Jin people, and you can't wantonly loot and kill, otherwise the military law will not be spared! Beigong Chun and the other three generals all felt deeply constrained and unable to do so, but they had not been attached for a long time, and they did not dare to easily disobey the order, so they had to restrain the soldiers: just grab food, not kill people, and not burn houses.

But how can there be any strict discipline in the army in these years? And Beigong Chun and the others did not really obey the military order, and the order was not strict, it was inevitable that there were still many Jin people who were anointed above the official army and under the hooves of the knights. Beigong Chun was forced to give a strict order, the army has a unified caliber, and all the soldiers we killed are Anding County soldiers, and there is not a single civilian.

In fact, if they tell the truth, as long as they don't go too far, Pei Gai will turn a blind eye and close one eye - he also knows that the army in this era is like bandits, it is not easy to restrain it, and the "Qiji Battalion" is not a soldier and horse trained by himself. But you report that not a single civilian has been killed, not a single house has been burned? Who will believe?! The three generals were punished after the war, and this is a story for later......

Although the "Qiji Battalion" did not attack the city, but such a fuss, Linjing rushed to the front line, Jiao Song couldn't sit still - his grain and grass materials had to be transferred from the rear, if it was cut off by the enemy, how could it be justified? was forced to abandon the ferry and hurriedly retreated back to defend the city. Later, he also sent troops out of the city many times to conquer the enemy cavalry, but Beigong was purely based on Pei Gai's "sixteen-character mantra", relying on the mobility of the cavalry to repeatedly defeat its momentum, and when Guo Mo and Dong Biao finally crossed the muddy water and entered the city, Jiao Song did not dare to come out again.

Jiao Song had no choice but to blame others on the one hand, kill two generals, sacrifice his head, and ask Guo Mo to withdraw from the army - aren't you going to fight Lu Shuihu? Now that the road is clear, let's hurry over, why attack my Linjing City? On the one hand, he sent Peng Fuhu to spread the news, promised a heavy bribe, and asked Lu Shuihu to send troops to help.

For his previous plan, Guo Mo was about to go out of the imperial court to make a crusade and make a book, and asked Jiao Song to tie himself out of the city and go to Chang'an to ambush him. Jiao Song naturally refused, so he had to strictly guard the city. The defense of Linjing City is strong, and the number of defenders is also quite large, and Guo Mo and others are not good at attacking the city, and it is difficult to overcome it for days.

Seeing that the autumn harvest is imminent, Guo Mo's meaning, I will surround the city, cut off the new valley outside the city when the time comes, and see if the hearts of the army and the people in your city are shaken. It's a big deal, I'll surround it for two months, there is no need for rear support, Xingu is enough to supply, and Linjing will be overcome sooner or later. But I'm afraid that Jiao Song will contact Lu Shuihu, and when the time comes, Peng Fu's army will come to kill, and it will inevitably fall short......

For this reason, he ordered the "Qiji Battalion" to go west to explore Lu Shuihu's movements.

However, although Peng Fuhu received a letter from Jiao Song, he had no intention of saving him for a while, because not long before, a large army was beginning to assemble in the territory of Luoyang, southwest of it......

The lord of the army, naturally is Chen An of Longcheng, since he got Sima Bao's order, he immediately recruited the surrounding Di and Qiang to conscript, although there are only more than 1,000 soldiers and horses in the headquarters, Fu Hong and others have been promised by Youyao, if they can wipe out Lu Shuihu, the court will have an official reward, so he is happy to lead the division to join. When Chen An entered the northern part of Luoyang County, there were successively Nan'an, Longxi's Di and Qiang, and Xianbei Tugu Hun Laihui, with a total strength of more than 10,000.

However, Tuyuhun himself did not come, and only ordered his eldest son Tuyan and his uncle Mu Liyan to lead the troops to the battle.

Although this army has different races and banners, the cohesion is actually very loose, but in the eyes of future generations, the lineup can be regarded as quite luxurious. Chen An, as a Jin general, carries the order of Sima Baojun, the king of Nanyang, and has to be the commander, in fact, his own prestige is only for a while, not like his side-

There is the future Tuyuhun Henan King Tuyan, there is the former Qin Taizu Fu Hong, there is the Later Qin Jingyuan Emperor Yao Yizhong, in addition to Fu Hong, there is also a Hou Liang Jingzhao King Lu Polou who has not faded the fetal hair......

Peng Fuhu mobilized troops and horses to strictly guard against the southwest direction, as for Jiao Song in the east - I will kill him!

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When Pei Gai took over the three counties and returned to Chang'an, the war in Anding County was still going well, and it was still within the framework of the original plan. Guo Mo was still besieging Linjing, and Liang Wei, Lu and Pingping Xinping County were enough to protect the flank of the Beidi Army; Chen Antong led the soldiers and horses of Di and Qiang, and had not yet formally engaged Lu Shuihu......

Lu Shuihu's strength is quite strong, far above the commanders of the counties and states in Yongxi - otherwise Jia Kai would not have formed an alliance with him that day, and then was attacked and killed by Peng Fuhu - this battle may not be able to be fought before the autumn harvest, and it may be necessary to send additional reinforcements and horses, which was expected by Pei Cai. To be honest, the speed of collecting the three counties was too fast for Pei and others to expect, although there was rain from the sky, and there were soldiers under the city for nearly ten days in order to besiege the city and send reinforcements, but in less than a month, the land and household registration in Yongzhou that the imperial court could actually control had nearly doubled, which was already considered a god speed.

Because in the original calculation, the Xinping soldiers are the most difficult to fight, I am afraid that they may not be able to take it before the autumn harvest, who would have thought that there were Zhu Huibing soldiers in Meiyang, but they were broken by Zhen with the first battle, and then Liang Wei said that he had surrendered to Qi County......

Therefore, Pei was able to return to Chang'an, handle government affairs, and began to gradually enrich the positions of the central and local officials, and reconstruct a relatively complete ruling system. He had hoped that he would have the opportunity to recruit and encircle the Jingling Gongyan faction of the Taiyuan Wang clan in the future, but he didn't expect that the edict of Xun Di and Deng Yu had just been sent out, and his relatives and friends Du Yi, Wei Zhan and others had not yet entered the city, and the two Taiyuan kings took the initiative to come to Chang'an first and asked for a meeting. After all, it was a prince and a marquis, Pei should be inconvenient, so he immediately swept the couch to greet him, and invited Wang Zhuo and Wang Yu brothers into the main hall to take a seat.

When he looked closely, he saw that these two were both about forty years old, with the same Chinese face, but their faces were full of weather, and their skin was dark and rough, which was very different from ordinary scholars—it is estimated that they have been in exile and have suffered a lot in the past few years. As soon as he sat down, Wang Zhuo bowed his hand to Pei Gai: "After a long absence, Pei Gong is in good health, as in the past, but he needs to be a little longer - my heart is very relieved......"

Pei Caixin said, Oh, have we met? I searched my memory carefully, but I couldn't remember it at all. Theoretically, the two kings also lived in Luoyang City, both as the founding of the county, Wang Zhuo also served as a court official, the ancestral hometown of the two families - a Hedong, a Taiyuan - is not far away, there should be contacts.

It's just that Pei Caiyou has the discussion of the lord, and his father is the ruler of the imperial court, so he started as a third-grade free rider, and Qinggui is the best choice for a while; The two kings are different, although they are also famous ministers, after all, they are concubines, and you are already extra generous when you are allowed to attack the lord, so how can you be a high-ranking official? Wang Zhuo has done things, this position is supposed to be the adviser of the Son of Heaven, and it is mostly used to increase officials, if it is a regular position, it is only a false name, only the fifth grade, and Wang Yu has never been a leader. So when I saw them on the street, they had to greet Pei Gai, and Pei Gai may not hesitate to deal with him, although they met, they had no memory, and it was reasonable.

However, at this time, it is the time to use the two kings, and the current Pei Wenyue is not the former Qinghua prince and eunuch, and his level is many times higher than the original soul in dealing with people, so he pretended to be familiar with the smile: "I also think of the virtuous Kunzhong, I used to think that I was martyred, and I couldn't help but cry when I thought about it every night...... I don't know where the two of you have been in exile in the past few years? "I quickly diverted the topic.

When Wang Zhuo heard the question, he couldn't help but feel sad, and immediately raised his sleeves to wipe his tears, and replied: "I will wait for nine deaths and live a lifetime, and I don't want to see Master Wang today, and I have to see Pei Gong's demeanor again...... and then roughly stated their experiences in the past few years, and the plot is quite tortuous, even bizarre, and can be listened to as a legend......

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Wang Zhuo, Wang Yu's father Wang Ji Wang Wuzi, both civil and military, both good bow horses, and intensive study of the Book of Changes, Lao, Zhuang, heroic posture, cover the world, Jin Wu Emperor Sima Yan so his sister Changshan Princess married him as his wife. Of course, this is a naked political marriage, because Princess Changshan is almost full of shortcomings - on appearance, blindness, morality, mean and jealousy. It is estimated that the two may just be married, so they have nothing to do.

Although Wang Ji is highly talented, his moral character is inferior, and he is the representative of the corrupt ministers at that time, extremely extravagant and corrupt, and pays attention to food and clothing. It is said that once Sima Yan went to his house for a banquet and ate a steamed suckling pig, which tasted beautiful, so he asked Wang Ji how to do it. Wang Ji smiled and showed off: "It is steamed with human milk." Sima Yan's color changed when he heard this, and he left the table before the meal was finished - this is the record of the "Book of Jin", and the "Shishuo Xinyu" said that it was even more excessive to let the suckling pig eat human milk.

Wang Ji once angered Sima Yan (of course, not because of such a trivial matter as steaming suckling pig with human milk), dismissed the official and left the court, and moved his family to the foot of Beibi Mountain. That place was originally the mausoleum of the emperors, and it was a summer resort, densely populated, and the land price was very high, but Wang Ji had the money to buy a large piece of land to make a running track for riding and archery, and even in order to show off his wealth, the runway was covered with copper coins, which was called "Golden Ditch" by the people of the time.

It is estimated that it was because he was too poor and extravagant, eating and drinking wantonly, and as a result, Wang Ji died at the age of forty-eight, earlier than his father Wang Hun - he was posthumously awarded the title of hussar general. After Wang Hun's plea, the two young grandsons Wang Zhuo and Wang Yu were killed, but within a few years, Wang Hun also hung up, and the two kings completely lost their backers, so they had no hope of becoming a minister, so they could only sit in Luoyang City and eat empty mountains - fortunately, their family had a lot of money, enough to eat for a lifetime.

Before the "Yongjia Rebellion", seeing the chaos in the world, the two brothers had already transported their families and a large number of belongings back to their hometown Taiyuan, and stayed in Luoyang City to watch the scenery. When Hu Qi was getting closer and closer, knowing that it was irretrievable, he discussed, then let's hurry up and run away. But where do you flee to? Wang Zhuo made a decision: Of course, he is going back to his hometown Taiyuan.

Wang Yu asked him: "Now that Hedong has been occupied by Hu Kou, how can we return to Taiyuan?" When Wang Zhuo heard this, he couldn't help but be stunned, so he asked his brother: "To go to Taiyuan, you must pass through Hedonghu?" ”

"If you go far from the east, you can do it. However, there are also traces of Hu Qi in Hanoi and Ji County, how to deal with it? ”

"Further east."

Wang Yu said that further east to Yanzhou and even to the border of Jizhou, thousands of miles away, our brothers and sons have never been far away, how can they go? Wang Zhuo smiled: "I am in good health, and the plate fee is enough, that is, I can travel thousands of miles, why am I afraid?" Wang Yu always felt unreliable, and repeatedly blocked his brother, until one day, he heard the news from the street, and then hurriedly ran back and said to Wang Zhuo: "You can go east without worry." ”