Liu Yang and others retreated from Shihu, hurriedly wrote a detailed report, and sent a fast horse to Chang'an City∴ and also clearly pointed out that the "general cannon" made by Peng Xiao was useless and damaged in defending the city, causing the city wall to collapse several feet.

After all, the highest military leader in Pingyang City, and even in the entire Pingyang County, is Liu Yang, and the "general cannon" collapsed the city wall, and he cannot completely absolve himself of responsibility, so when the war is unfavorable, he does not dare to report the matter to Pei Cai. Now that I have won the war, then this matter can be said, the little responsibility on my body will be redeemed, and it will be naturally cleared, and the remaining guilt is on Peng Ziqin's head!

In fact, in the military law of Guanzhong, there is no corresponding provision for similar situations, Peng Xiao must be responsible, but whether the responsibility is big or small, how to punish it, the law is empty, and for the time being, it can only be decided by the governor himself. However, Liu Yang hated Peng Xiao deeply, so after discussing with Ouyang Gen and others, he immediately cited articles such as deliberately damaging military supplies and the circumstances were particularly serious, and suggested that Peng Ziqin be punished in front of the army.

However, the good news has not yet arrived in Chang'an, and Pei Gai first received news from Shangjun.

And said that the Void Quan Qu led the troops to the south to invade Anding County, he had just set off there, and the You Yao stationed in Ji County got the news, so he gathered troops and horses, and summoned the Rong Department of Luoyang, Tianshui, and Nan'an Counties, and went north to gather in Pingxiang County.

That is, in the name of protecting the core of Xirong and the history of Qinzhou's assassination, Dong supervised the three armies, with Lu Lou as the vanguard, led 3,000 cavalry to go first, and Youziyuan followed it with 7,000 horses, and after the rest of the tens of thousands of people, they rushed to kill Shangjun.

Between Qin and Long, there are many valleys and plateaus, the terrain is very complicated, if you want to go to the vast Shangjun grassland, there are probably two roads to pass: its east road, first east over Liupan Mountain, and then along the Lushui Valley, but then you must pass through the two counties of Dulu and Chaona in Anding County, and it is likely to collide head-on with the Void Division; Therefore, the tour first headed north, out of the mountains, and was guided by nearby nomads along the Zuli River Valley.

Lushui belongs to the Weishui water system, Zuli River is one of the tributaries of the upper reaches of the Yellow River, in the territory of Qinzhou is divided into Dongyuan Zushui, also known as bitter water, and Nanyuan Lishui, also known as Ganshui, after entering the southern border of Liangzhou, it is named Zuli. Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty records: "Yuan Ding) five years of winter and October, Xing Xingyong, the ancestral hall five domains, then over Long, Dengkongtong, west of the Zuli River and return. "At that time, there was also Zuli County in its vicinity.

The army marched 250 miles and went north out of Zuli, 700 miles to the northeast, approaching the nomadic place of the headquarters of the Void Division, probably near Dingbian County in later generations - in order to play a sneak attack, the army borrowed a large number of mules and horses, and even camels from the Rong merchants, and drove them to feed for food, thousands of miles away, it only took less than ten days.

When the Wei general Xiahou Yuan was born, there was a rumor in the army that said: "Xiahou Yuan, the core of the army, is five hundred in three days, and one thousand in six days." It can be seen that under the premise that all conditions permit, it is not inconceivable that the army travels 100 miles a day - 100 miles in Jin, and it is only 40 kilometers in the next generation. What's more, in addition to the elite of Guanzhong, the Youyao Department is Xirong Zahu, and the speed is quite fast.

Void Quanqu fought for half a life, and successively annexed many small tribes in the surrounding areas, resulting in the prosperity of its own people, reaching 200,000 people, so for the nomads who are almost all soldiers, the number of people who can be pulled out to fight is 70,000 or 80,000. This time, he was half of the generals, and some other dependent tribes, 50,000 rangers went south, successively invading Chaona, Dulu, Wushi and other counties, and even went straight to Anding County to govern Linjing. However, the Jin people had already prepared, the strong wall was cleared and waited, and Rong Diye had nothing to plunder, and he could not regain the fortified city, so he could only trample the fields with war horses to vent his anger, or pick up unripe wheat and dry it as horse grass.

Half of them are still left to guard the lair, leaving their son Yiyu to guard the town.

Because for the matter of going south to invade the Jin land, Yiyu himself did not approve. He had been a hostage in Liu Yao's army for many years, hating Liu Yao to the bone, and finally heard that Liu Yao had retreated to Meiji, so he persuaded his father to go to attack in order to avenge his past revenge. However, Quan Qu said: "This is to Meiji, although the grassland is desert and convenient for running horses, after all, it is six or seven hundred miles away, and Liu Yao was defeated not long ago, what is there to rob?" It's better to go south, three hundred miles into the Jin soil, and there are many looters in the countryside."

Yi Yu pouted and said, "Grandpa's words are not true!" I know that Shi Hu sent people to offer treasures and ask Grandpa to harass Jin Tu for him, but since we have been awarded the title of Jin, how can we covet some treasures, so we will break our oath? ”

Quan Qu sighed: "Ru Xing only knows how to kill, but he has no resourcefulness. For example, today, Liu Han exists in name only, and only Jin and Zhao compete for the hero. Zhao Shi continues to Jin is powerful, then if I help Jin, may not have gains, only to help Shi Zhao, in order to get the benefits of Ruan Da∫ Pei Da Sima made his troops go north, into the territory of my Shang County, build Gaonu County, there is really a trend of slow pressure, then once Shi Zhao is defeated, or just lose the state, the Guanzhong Jin army will find an excuse casually, and then go north in a big way, to seek my father and son - Chinese nature is like this, do I see less?

"Only by helping Shi Zhao and maintaining the balance of power between the two sides as much as possible, I am equal to this so-called Shangjun, so that I can be too safe and stable. Of course, things can't be done, and Pei Dasima can't be made to temporarily abandon Jinyang Shihu and come to attack my family. Therefore I do not go east to the high slaves, and do not conquer the cities, but plunder in the wilderness, which can not only mobilize the Jin people, but also make them lack food, but I cannot send a large army to attack Shihu If the Jin people ask, they will say that it is a thief, and I hope that I can be allowed to cross the border to ask for a thief."

Because Yiyu did not approve of sending troops, Quan Qu left him behind. Yi Yu was deeply depressed, and I was afraid that his father's move was because he didn't trust himself - it's fatal, he's not the only son of mine, the old guy won't have the heart to abolish it, right?!

Under the boredom, he drank and got drunk every day. As soon as I woke up this day, I had to report that there was a Rong Department from the West, and it had already taken two dependent embroideries in a row, and it was gradually approaching the headquarters!

Yi Yu was shocked when he heard the news, and hurriedly climbed the city to look out—it was said to be a city, but in fact it was just a piece of earth—and when he saw countless cavalry coming, he soon forced the city to build a fortress. Yi Yu sent people to ask: Who are you, where did you come from, and what do you want? The time was not long, and he was rewarded and said: "Huxi Rongxin, Qinzhou Thorn led the 17th Rong Department in the territory, and combined 100,000 troops to ask me for the crime of southern invasion!" ”

Immediately presented a letter of arrows, Yiyu was naturally illiterate, so he hurriedly found someone in the clan who could read and write. You Ya this book, but it is not too much, fully satisfying Rong Di's extremely low-end cultural level, to the effect that:

Eliminate the right to be sealed by the Jin, but secretly colluded with the thief, and actually invaded the king's land for the thief in the south, which is really rebellious, and he should sweep away R Yiyu helped Hu Lu in the past, and was captured in Dali, he had made an appointment with me to help Jin and Han, and now Hu Lu Shang Se shrank in Meiji, he didn't know where to go, but instigated his father, to do this painful and hateful thing, is there no trace of guilt in his heart? If such a faithless and unrighteous person does not hurry up to restrain himself, after the army breaks the wall, I am afraid that if he is cut off, he will be left behind!

Yi Yu said angrily: "Who said that I instigated the grandfather? If You sent an envoy to question, I might still be ashamed, and now I actually led troops to attack me, who would be willing to be captured?! Then he asked, "I think Xijon is only an army of 10,000, where are there 100,000 people?" ”

He said left and right: "The adults have not been going south for a long time, and the Jin people are coming very quickly, but summoning Qinzhou Xirong to come together, the road is far and near, I'm afraid it can't all be reached - the so-called 100,000 people, of course, is an exaggeration, but I think there are always soldiers and horses behind, right?" Otherwise, You Mou only led thousands of people, how dare he attack me? ”

Yi Yu nodded and said: "If you think so--then you should not wait for his troops to join forces, and go out to break it first-if you can defeat You, then the follow-up troops will definitely disperse by themselves." ”

So open the city gate, out of more than 20,000 people, Yu Jinlei went to gallop, shouting to challenge the ± tower to ask for an attack, but You Ziyuan smiled and said: "I have seen Yiyu in Dali City, this fang is very brave, if it were not for General Zhen that day, I am afraid that it will be difficult for others to capture him." In addition, the soldiers and horses of the Void Division are strong, and since the number is twice as large as mine, it is difficult to guarantee victory if they rush into battle. It's better to suspend it, so that its arrogance can be broken. ”

So the fortified wall did not fight, and Yiyu was even more arrogant, that is, he divided his troops to go around the fortress to the west, wanting to intercept the Rong troops who followed behind. Seeing that he was unprepared, the wanderer swore to eat at night, and when it was peaceful, he suddenly opened the base and killed.

Although the soldiers and horses were brave, after all, they did not get rid of the nomadic habits, and when they went out of the city and fought, they neither built fortifications nor dug trenches, and even the camp tents were scattered in the east and west, and they were set up in no order. Therefore, if you are prepared to fight, your combat power is quite strong, and if you hastily meet the enemy without defense, you will not be able to gather at all.

In the fierce battle, You Yao also sent thousands of horsemen to the Rong Department, and after copying to the void city, he raised his voice to attack the wall. The soldiers were frightened for a while, and they turned around and tried to flee back to the city, but they were killed and defeated under the city.

Immediately, other units scattered to the west returned one after another, but there was no unified dispatch, and the order was different, and they were broken by Lu Lou one by one. The Rong tribes also arrived one after another, and besieged their cities.

You Yao deliberately indulged the messenger to go south to inform the right canal. Quan Qu was shocked and hurriedly returned to help, but before he went down to the ground, he was intercepted by the Qiang tribes such as Mo Zhe and Wuyi, as well as Tuyuhun, and the troops scattered. Quan Qu knew that he could not do anything, so he could only be surrendered by Fa Xiang, and Yi Yu also opened the city gate and bound himself with several of his brothers to see Youyao

When the good news reached Chang'an, Tao Kan, Guo Mo, Pei Wei and others were all shocked - this solved the void? So relaxing? No, in their original plan, as long as you can get rid of the pain and weakness, on the one hand, force him to retreat, and on the other hand, make him afraid and dare not come to invade again in the short term, it will be very good. As for completely defeating the Void Eradication Tribe, no less than 200,000 people, how can you succeed if you gather at most 30,000 or 40,000 scattered cavalry?

Only Pei should twist his beard and smile, and said: "Zi Yuancai is talented, and he will live up to my expectations." ”

The reason why he dared to trust You Ziyuan so much was because in the original history, You Yao, as Liu Yao's subordinate official, was eliminated by him in the first war. And in fact, the original battle was more brilliant, You Yao only brought 5,000 soldiers and horses to the west, first leveled Longxi Qiqiang, subdued more than 100,000 people, re-broke the Yin Mi and Tuju clan clan, forced Chen An to meet in the suburbs, and then went to Shangjun at that time The Void Division was not divided into two, but all gathered in one place, and the result was that You Ziyuan won five battles and five victories, defeated Quan Qu, and then forced the city to go into battle, and destroyed the 50,000 soldiers of Yiyu in a battle.

Now the situation in Guanzhong is much better than at the beginning of Liu Yao's occupation in history, so how can You Ziyuan not be able to build Gongli? Don't look at the number of people in the Void Division, as early as when Dali City was under the city, Pei Gai understood that they were very poorly organized, and there was no way to fight, and Yi Yu was brutal and brave, so as long as he commanded properly, 120,000 troops could be completely destroyed.

If it were really as Tao Kan and others suggested, don't send generals to lead the troops, maybe it wouldn't be so easy. Because only You Yao can subdue the heart of the Qiang and Hu and effectively unify the aid, and there is a big war in Pingyang, and the Guanzhong Mansion is short of grain, it is bound to not be able to send more regular troops to attack Shangjun, but can only rely on Xirong for the time being, then this important task can only be handed over to the shoulders of You Ziyuan.

As for how to remove the ministry, You Yao has already exchanged letters with Pei Gai and has made a conclusion. In the original history, after the defeat and evacuation, You Ziyuan invited Liu Yao to seal Quanqu as the general of Zhengxi and the Duke of Xirong, in order to calm his heart, and redivided the Yiyu brothers and their tribe of 200,000 people in Chang'an. However, the situation is different, and it is natural that the historical law can no longer be copied.

Because Pei Gai built Guanzhong Xingtai, it has always been a Central Plains regime, with the farming nation as the main body, it is impossible to pay equal attention to Jin Rong like Hu Han or Liu Yao Qianzhao in history, and even a large area of fertile land in Guanzhong has been turned into nomadic pasture. And it seems to be said that it is because of the long-term emphasis on agriculture and animal husbandry in the Guanzhong and Qinlong areas that the soil erosion caused by it is so serious, and the Tang Dynasty gradually can no longer be the ruling center of the Central Plains regime.

Although after many years of war, there is a shortage of people in Guanzhong, but we can grow slowly if there is a shortage of people, and there is really no need to cut down forests and turn them into grasslands. At this time, the ratio of Guanzhong and Qin Long's generation of Jin Rong was close to being out of balance - because of Pei Gai's crossing, Guanlong had already been determined, but it was not as speculated by later generations, the number of Rong was already more than that of the Jin people - how could it be possible to put another 200,000 Di and Qiang deep into the interior?

Therefore, the final decision was to let the You Yao send people to escort the Void Quan Qu to Chang'an, take them hostage, and move to the two counties of Anding and Fufeng, and mix with the Jin people. Then Yiyu and his four brothers split up Yiyu's headquarters and herded in their homeland - and after the world was settled, they would plan to slowly encroach on it and assimilate it. However, it is necessary to hand over Yiyu City, build it, name it Guide, as the governor of Shangjun, and settle in Shangjun Taishou - of course, Quan Qu can no longer be allowed to hold this position - and protect Beirong Xin, as well as the three thousand Jin troops under Lu Lou.

Protecting the core of Beirong, that is, to order Lu Lou, as for the county guard, You Yao recommended Gao Nu Ling Lu Ping.

After Yiyu Quanqu was released to Chang'an, Pei Gaicheng worshiped him as the general of Pingxi and the Marquis of Xinyang—a lot lower than the original history of Liu Yao—that is, he lived idly in Chang'an City until he died.

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