Chapter 6: Encounters
Unlike Xie Feng, the left deputy governor of the "Fire Robbery Battalion", Gao Le, the governor of the "Wulin Battalion", was in a mood like a clear sky, which was a great place.
Gao Le was originally Zu Li's part, and later gave it to Pei Gai, he was a thief, and he was often not treated well under Zu Ti, so although he belonged to Pei Gai and had to be the camp governor, Liu Yetang refused to support him, and he was called by Zhen all day long, like a servant. Gao Le has planned to leave the company several times, but although the world is big, where can he go if he leaves Xuzhou? Good horses don't eat back grass, Zu Ti has no face to go to job hunting again, even if he votes for Hu and Qian, with his own background, it is impossible to become a general of the first army...... Xuzhou is treated well after all, so I have to grit my teeth and endure it first.
Zhen follows the southern barbarian, one day, I will take your head on the top!
When Pei should explode troops in Xuzhou, the first battalion of "Wulin" was expanded to three battalions, and two deputy governors were newly promoted, one was Xiong Yizhi, a native of Nanjun, who was born as a small landlord, and the other was Lu He, a native of Changguang, who was born in Orion, and Gao Le was also considered to have a similar temperament, and the three of them often got together, saying bad things about Zhen Sui, and pondering how to turn over the salted fish and overpower the "fire robbery camp". Xiong Yizhi was originally a believer in the Heavenly Master's Dao, so he gave Gao Le an idea, saying that we might as well be humble and humble and go to Mr. Peng, a disciple of Ge Xianweng, for advice.
In troubled times, in order to seek spiritual sustenance, it is easy to become a religious believer, at that time, the power of Buddhism was not large, especially failed to penetrate into the Jiangnan region, whether it was the Central Plains or Jiangnan, the most common religion is the way of the Heavenly Master, so Peng Xiao since he voted in Xuzhou, the door is like a city, and the generals have come to the door to ask for fortune telling. Peng Ziqin couldn't help but sigh secretly, I really came to the right place in Jiangbei this time...... If there is a teacher in Jiangnan, who will take the initiative to beg me?
He entered Pei Gai's curtain in Tangyi, followed back to Huaiyin, until the Xuzhou army set out, and in just half a month, he earned more than 500 yuan of goods for himself - more than Pei Gai rewarded.
Among the chief and deputy governors of each battalion, only Zhen Sui did not sell Peng Xiao's account. Xie Feng once persuaded Zhen Sui to ask Peng Xiao for advice, but Zhen Sui shook his head and pouted: "My life is mine, if I can't change it, what's the use of asking someone?" If he can change it, the master himself will change it for him! A Taoist priest, what kind of heavenly opportunity is he talking about? I don't believe it! β
Pulled back and said, Gao Le went to ask Peng Xiao for questions, Peng Xiao is naturally a set of clouds and mountains and fog covers, not to mention Gao Le's semi-literate, even if he is as knowledgeable as Pei Gai, it is estimated that he can't understand what he is talking about...... Jianghukou, no matter how you think about it, it's right. However, after coming back, the 11th battalion invested money again to set the vanguard, and Gao Le won the first place, and immediately saw Mr. Peng as a celestial man!
Zhen Sui refused to give up, pulled Gao Le's shoulder, and asked him to give in. Gao Le couldn't be cowardly this time, and said loudly: "The money was originally set by you, how can you come back to fool around?" Zhen Sui stared at him with big eyes like cowbells: "The master just missed it for a while...... When did your 'martial arts battalion' ever see a big battle? If the striker is frustrated, it will inevitably affect the whole army - or the master will go first! β
Fortunately, Gao Le is not alone now, Xiong Yizhi and Lu He all rushed over to help, and Zhen Sui is really unreasonable, even his own family members are embarrassed to get involved - as for Xie Feng, he is in a low mood and doesn't want to get involved at all. Therefore, in the end, Pei Gai ordered the three battalions of "Wulin" to march ahead of the army as the vanguard.
This road is open to the mountains and bridges in the water, although it is hard to work a little, Gao Le's mood is very good, and he always feels that he will make a great contribution to this, even if he can't override Zhen from now on, your "fire robbery camp" is not good to treat my "martial arts camp" as a concubine born to a servant girl - the governor is still fair after all.
The Xuzhou army marched along the Bianshui, and most of the grain and materials were transported by ships, so the marching speed could have been very fast, but Pei should have taken into account that the enemy situation was still unknown, and hoped that Zu Ti would meet the enemy in advance, so that he could attack him from the flank - if it was reversed, maybe Zu Shizhi would be eager to make meritorious contributions, and he would be busy taking Luoyang, and there would be something wrong with the cooperation-so he deliberately suppressed the speed of his army. There are about 3,000 people in Gaole's department, and they will enter Yan in advance, and go straight to Chenliu County to govern Xiaohuang, according to Pei Gai's instructions, you can stop there first, and then you should bump into Chen Wu of Junyi.
Pei Gai thought that Chen Wu would give up Junyi and go west to join forces with Zu Ti, but he didn't expect this guy to refuse to leave...... I've given you a chance, so I ordered the striker to contact Chen Wu and ask him to get out of the way.
Gao Le ordered Xiong Yizhi to go to Junyi, and at the same time ordered Lu He to take Cangyuan, which was more than 20 miles away in the northwest. Cangyuan is on the verge of Bianshui, also known as Shicang City, it is said that it was built by Zheng Zhuang Gong in the Spring and Autumn Period, and it was named after it with Cangsu. During the Yongjia period, Shi Le Zeng Kou Xindu, and the general Wang Kan battled, Wang Kan was defeated and retreated to Cangyuan, and was killed by Shi Le. In the following year, Shi Le attacked Cangyuan again, but was defeated by Chen Liutaishou Wang Zan, who led Gou Xi into the city, and Gou Xi asked to move the capital to Cangyuan......
Regarding the geographical situation along the way, and even the historical evolution, Pei should have taught the generals a lesson before setting off, and Lu He was naturally clear about this. However, when I arrived at Cangyuan, I saw that it was a small earthen city, which had long been abandoned, collapsed in many places, leaking air from all sides, not only was there no soldiers stationed there, but even the residents were less than 50 households...... How can this be the capital of a country? Surrounding Xiaohuang, Junyi, Fengqiu, which city is not stronger than Cangyuan.
However, Cangyuan is on the verge of Bianshui, and Gou Dao General sent boats and ships to Luoyang to transport 1,000 Hugu and 500 guards, which shows that it reaches the Yellow River directly, and the waterway is completely unimpeded. After passing through this to Luoyang 400 miles away, down the river, you can arrive within one or two days, but you can repair it up to make a place for military rations to be stored.
So leaving two teams of men and horses to temporarily camp the cangyuan and try to rest the city wall, Lu He immediately returned to Xiaohuang, and then not long after, Xiong Yizhi, who sent Junyi, also returned.
Let's say that Xiong Yizhi came to Junyi City, Chen Wu set up a banquet and entertained him warmly, but said that our army has been controlled by Zuyuzhou, and it is not appropriate to give up Junyi, and please ask your army to go around the city. Xiong Yizhi was full of old wine, drunkenly beat his horse and returned, but before he came out of the gate of Junyi, he was chased by someone from behind, and the man mysteriously reported: "I am ordered by General Feng to have a special message to the general......
Xiong Yizhi knew that the so-called "General Feng" was Feng Long, a general under Chen Wu, who had also seen it during the banquet, so he asked, "What is General Feng's message?" The other party lowered his voice and said: "Chen Chuan knows that he has offended Pei Yuanjun, and he is not at ease, so my Ming Gong is to make him lead an army of one hundred and leave Junyi to go north to avoid your army...... It was just early afternoon. β
When Xiong Yizhi got this letter, he immediately hurried back to Xiaohuang at midnight, and as soon as he entered the city, he picked up Gao Le and Lu He from the bunk and informed them. Lu He immediately said: "This Chen Chuan is hateful, he has harmed the eldest brother of the governor, if we can take off his head and dedicate it to the governor, it must be a miracle!" β
Gao Le scratched his chin hesitantly: "Now that the king is on the Northern Expedition, Chen Wu is a friend rather than an enemy, how can he attack him?" Even if the governor is willing, I am afraid that Zu Yuzhou will not like it......"
Xiong Yizhi said with a smile: "Gao Du is now the general of Xuzhou, and he is not a member of Yuzhou, so why should he care about his grandfather's thoughts?" Besides, if Chen Chuan is at Chen Wu, it will be really difficult for us to be caught off guard, and now that we have left Junyi and headed north, isn't it a great opportunity? I might as well lead my troops to chase after him, and then send someone to invite him to the banquet, and then find an excuse during the banquet, reprimand him for being rude, and take him down and offer it to the governor. If the governor wants to kill, he will kill, and if he wants to let go, he will not do anything like us. β
Gao Le said that this was a good idea, so he said that as soon as the morning dawned, the two virtuous brothers set off with two battalions of soldiers and went north to chase Chen Chuan, and I still stayed in the town of Xiaohuang, integrating the surrounding Wubao forces except for Chen Wu, and waiting for the army of the governor to come to meet.
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Chen Wu's begging soldiers were of low quality - of course, there were slightly stronger ones, all of them were Chen Wu's heart and abdomen, even his uncle couldn't give it - so he prepared and set off, and the speed was very slow, and it was not until the Xuzhou striker arrived at Xiaohuang that Chen Chuan rushed out of the north gate. I was going to take Cangyuan first and rest for one night, but who would have thought that Lu He would go first...... I had to bypass Kuragaki and continue north, and then sleep in the wilderness.
The next target is Fengqiu in Jibei, but the next day throughout the day, the beggar has only walked more than 30 miles, and at dusk will cross Jishui, and I will see several "green-bottomed flower flags" in the south across the water...... Chen Chuan hurriedly set up camp, intending to defend the water. While he was in a panic, he overheard a message: "A messenger has asked to see the general." β
Xiong Yizhi and Lu He didn't plan to start a war with the beggars - since they were friendly troops, they attacked rashly, and even if Chen Chuan was successfully captured, the governor would definitely punish themβthey just sent an envoy to invite Chen Chuan to the banquet. Chen Chuan is not stupid - oh, you are in a hurry to chase me, you just want to drink with me? I have such a big face - I immediately sneered: "This is to kill me!" He directly drew his sword and slashed the envoy, then hurriedly turned around and fled towards the west.
The second governor of the "Wulin Battalion" waited for Chen Chuan to come to the left, and the messenger did not return, so he sent a sentinel to cross the river to reconnoitre, but said that the beggar had left the camp, and a high pole was erected in the camp, and the head of the messenger was hung...... Lu He couldn't help but be furious, and said hatefully: "This is Chen Chuan's rudeness first, no wonder we are waiting to annex friendly forces!" Immediately, he led more than a dozen horsemen and hundreds of good walking soldiers to take the lead in crossing the river and chased them overnight.
Previously, Feng Long's cronies made it very clear that Chen Chuan only brought 1,000 soldiers, all of them were foot soldiers, no knights, brought ten days' food, and went north to avoid trouble, and now he turned west, probably Ben's Yangwu City. Lu He thought to himself, just those begging jobs, both lack of training and incomplete equipment, my hundreds of people are enough to destroy it, even if they don't win, they can survive until Xiong Yizhi catches up from behind. What I'm afraid of is that Chen Chuan entered Yangwu and closed the city, so it would not be easy to fight.
At that time, Sinan and Yanbei were the places of "Outuo" between the Han and Jin dynasties, and the Hu and Han regimes were committed to the west, and Chang'an and Jiankang were beyond the reach of the whip, so they could not exercise the right to rule here, so they had to let the cities and Wubao be autonomous. And these cities and forts are also wall-to-wall grass, the Hu army came to welcome Hu, and the Jin army came to attach the Jin, and the banner often changed three times a day. For example, Chen Liujun ruled Xiaohuang, who was plundered by Zhao Gu, that is, from Hu Han, after Zhao Gu left, he changed his flag and returned to Jin; Chen Wu wanted to accept it, but he, Chen Liutai, was only a vain name, and the guards only regarded him as a begging thief, so he closed the door, but Chen Wu was temporarily powerless to attack. When the "martial arts battalion" arrived, Ming hit the banner of the Jin army, and shot the arrow book covered with Pei Gai's big seal into the city, and the city soldiers immediately opened the door to welcome in.
But what about Yangwu? From Hu or from Jin, and most importantly, will they stop Chen Chuan from the city gate? Although it was only twenty miles away, it was difficult to get information there, so Lu He would chase after him and want to annihilate Chen Chuan's troops outside Yangwu City.
The beggar army still walked very slowly, especially in the dark night, more than eighty percent of the soldiers were "blind eyes", even if they marched along the road on the north bank of Jishui, they were still like turtles crawling. Before dawn, Lu He caught up with Chen Chuan, and the cavalry who came out first came to report, saying that Chen Chuan had set up camp in front of him.
Lu Hexin said that he knew that he couldn't run, so he wanted to stand up and defend it, right? I'm afraid that you will escape into some city or fort, otherwise how can this hastily set up camp stop my Xu Fang elite? Unless it is my battalion in Xuzhou, the ditches are vertical and horizontal, and the horses are rejected, then it is useful-the construction of the heaviest camp of the governor-you beggar, do you also know how to camp?
He immediately stopped his subordinates, ordered the cavalry to patrol the outposts, and the infantry all sat on the ground for a while, and when the day dawned, they were to attack the enemy camp. He rode out on his own horse, climbed a high house, and came to see the begging camp, and saw that the fire was sparse and fallingβand sure enough, there were only a thousand people.
As soon as he reined in his horse's head, he was waiting for Xiafu, when he suddenly saw countless torches emerging from the darkness before dawn in the distance, like a heavenly river pouring into the mortal world. Lu He couldn't help but be surprised: "Where did this come from?" Is it a friendly army, or is it a Hu soldier?! β