Chapter 558: The clouds are treacherous
Mrs. Luxury Chongming's Zhengpai, is the daughter of the Shuixian clan and An Bangyan's sister, after marrying into the Yongning Xuanfu Division, she gave birth to the eldest son of Xuan Chongming within a few years, and her status was very noble, so she quickly established a very high authority in the Yongning Xuanfu Division.
Although the social structure of the Yi people in Shuixi is very primitive and still in the era of slavery, they have a very unique practice of monogamy.
Since Mrs. An of Luxury Chongming gave birth to a son to him, she has given birth to several daughters one after another, and then she has nothing to say.
Of course, there can't be only one woman like Lu Chongming, but among the Yi people at the junction of Sichuan, Yunnan and Guizhou, children born out of wedlock are not included in the genealogy and are not recognized.
If a wife cannot give birth to a son, she can send her back to her parents' house and then marry again.
But a woman with a high status like Mrs. An is not something that Chongming wants to want.
Originally, An had been captured by the official army, but what Yu Chongming never expected was that An Bangyan was asked to come back on the condition of being cared for.
His son Hao Yin has died, his wife An is too old to give birth to a son, and Lu Chongming is subject to his own status and the ancestral system of the Yi people, so that the dignified "King of Daliang" has no heir, and his heart is very depressed.
If you don't have a son, everything you struggle for will be passed on to your younger brother Hao Chonghui in the future, and then to the descendants of Hao Chonghui.
This is extravagant and unwilling.
Therefore, after leading the troops to Datun and staying away from An Bangyan and his wife, he desperately searched for the nearby Yi girls, wanting to give birth to an heir for himself, and there was no other effort for the time being, so he thought about other things.
He also heard about the emergency military situation that occurred in Shuixi and Shuiwai, such as the news that Lin Zhaoding, the general soldier of Yunnan, and Hou Liangzhu, the general soldier of Sichuan, joined forces to capture the mansion, and he also heard that An Bangyan put down Shuixi City, an important town on the eastern front, and led the main force back to Dafang Muoge Mountain City, preparing to defeat Hou Liangzhu in Bijie first, and then return to defeat Xu Chengming.
Regarding An Bangyan's arrogant plan, Gao Chong knew that it was inappropriate, but he did not dissuade him.
First, this is the housework of the Shuixian clan, how much does it have to do with his surname Luxury?
Second, An Bangyan's strength is a little lost, his nephew's position is more stable, and his position in Shuixi is more stable.
As the saying goes, one mountain cannot accommodate two tigers.
Of course, Yu Chongming is a tiger in the mountains, but what about An Bangyan?
Even Yu Chongming himself had to admit that An Bangyan was definitely a tiger.
The previous two people, one in Sichuan Yongning Xuanfu Division, and the other in Guizhou Shuixi Xuanfu Division, were heroes and heroes with each other, and cherished each other.
However, now that these two tigers are nesting in Shuixi, how can they be in harmony forever and for a long time?
But for example, although it is big today, except for Shuixi, Luxury Chongming really has nowhere to go.
Although there are many Yi people in Yunnan, Guichuan and Sichuan, but each of them is owned by the Tusi head, he once dreamed of unifying the entire Yi region, but now he has long seen that with his current strength, he can't do this at all.
Therefore, since his younger brother Hao Chonghui was beaten back to Shuixi by the official army led by Hou Liangzhu, the general soldier of Sichuan, the relationship between Hao Chongming and An Bangyan has undergone some subtle changes.
The Hao brothers and their army are afraid that they will live in Shuixi for a long time.
Of course, she and her son, Anwei, welcomed this.
But An Bangyan and his ministers did not want to see this.
An Bangyan, who has already regarded Shuixi as his own territory, how could he keep an equally ambitious tiger like Yu Chongming in his own home?
This is also the reason why An Bangyan and Yu Chongming led the army to leave Muorg together, and it is also the reason why An Bangyan heard that Bijie was in danger and hurriedly led the army back to Muog.
It is not unreasonable for An Bangyan to do this, there is still an army of more than 15,000 people under the command of the Hao brothers, in case they take advantage of the chaos to come to a Qing monarch to take over the master, An Bangyan and his subordinates will be so miserable!
After An Bangyan heard that Bijie was in danger, he unexpectedly led the army back to Muoge Mountain City, and after Hao Chongming's sister Hao Shehui also sent someone to find Hao Chongming, asking him to quickly take a group of men and horses back to Muoge Mountain City to prevent any accidents.
But then An Bangyan sent a messenger over, telling Yu Chongming that the Great Elder of the Four Descendants had led the army back to the division, and the danger of Bijie could be solved, and also told that there were 30,000 troops stationed near Muoge Mountain City, and the food supply was still tight, and the Yongning native soldiers would have no food and grass supply even if they returned to the division, so they asked the "King of Great Liang" to garrison troops in the Chishui area to provide food.
In this way, although Hao Chongming, with his keen sense of smell formed by years of fighting, felt that something seemed wrong, but in the end he honestly garrisoned the army in Datunchang and did not move.
On the one hand, the current supply of grain and straw materials in Shuixi is indeed relatively progressive.
On the other hand, Yu Chongming also wanted to sit quietly and watch the tiger fight.
A few days later, when Yu Chongming was busy in the manor of Datun Tusi Anchi, an envoy from Dafang Muoge Mountain City came to the Datun Tusi station.
An Bangyan's envoy informed Yu Chongming of the urgent military situation that the official army had entered Shuixi from the direction of Zunyi, had crossed the Lengshui River, and was approaching Shaxi Dam, and asked him to lead the main force of the Hao family's army east to Shaxi Dam as soon as possible in the name of Shui'an An's Tusi An, so as to block the attack launched by the official army on Shaxi Dam.
Of course, Yu Chongming knew that this was what An Bangyan meant, and he also knew the strategic importance of Shaxi Dam to the Shuixi region, but he was not willing to send troops to Shaxi Dam like this, fighting for the sake of An Bangyan's ambitions.
If you really want to fight, you should also fight north, and return to the territory of Yongning Xuanfu Division, which has been inherited by your luxury family for hundreds of years!
Regardless of whether Gao Chongming is happy or not, Gao Chongming's younger brother Gao Chonghui and the middle and low-level leaders in the luxury army are not willing to take the fire for the sake of the Shuixian clan.
After all, Yongning, Yunlian and Lin Zhou, north of the Chishui River, are still in the hands of the official army.
As a result, Yu Chongming did not accept this order on the grounds that the army was short of food and could not allocate it.
If he didn't go, An Bangyan would send someone else, such as the Anlong Department of Shuixi City, which was a little closer to Shaxi Dam, or simply An Bangyan himself led the army there.
But what he didn't expect was that the day after he refused the order, An Bangyan sent someone from Muog to Datun to find him again, with a warrant signed and sealed by An Wei, and an order to let An Chi, the head of the Tusi in Datunchang, replenish the grain and grass for the luxury army.
And this time with An Bangyan's messenger, there was also Luo Jiuxi, the younger brother of Shaxi Luo's Tusi Luo Jiuzhong.
Luo Jiuxi knelt down and pleaded, and explained to him the reason why the Anlong Department of Shuixi City could not be rescued although it was close, and expressed his willingness to bear the grain supply of the Yongning Tusi Yi soldiers of the luxury family in the area of Shaxiba.
This time, Yu Chongming realized that An Bangyan was probably serious, if he really couldn't go up, in case the Shaxi Dam was really lost, the northeast gate of the Shuixi region would be opened, and the official army would be able to hit the outside of Muorg Mountain City in a blink of an eye.
Therefore, after receiving An Bangyan's second order, although Yu Chongming was still bargaining, he had already begun to prepare for the eastward march of the army in private.
It's just that the army set off, involving all aspects, and it was not an overnight thing.
What's more, since he came to Shuixi, the things needed by the army under the command of Hao Chongming have always relied on An Bangyan's allocation, or his sister's help, and life is tight, and it is difficult for the low-level soldiers to eat a full meal.
This time, since it has been decided to take advantage of the fire for the Shui An's clan, you have to take the opportunity to ask for more benefits.
In this way, the envoys of the two sides communicated back and forth between Muog Mountain City and Datun Tusi Manor, which took three or four days.
On the fifth day, that is, the fifth day after the officers and troops of the Wuzhiwang Institute were stationed in Shaxiba, the envoy of An Bangyan was ushered in for the third time in the An's Tusi Manor in Datunchang.
The messenger who came this time was Yang Zuo, An Bangyan's confidant general.
Along with Yang Zuo, there was also Luo Longzuo, the eldest son heir of Shaxi Luo's Tusi Luo Jiuzhong.
Luo Longzuo, as the eldest son of Shaxi Luo's Tusi, of course he had met the famous Yu Chongming among the Yi people before.
Therefore, this time, Luo Longzuo followed Yang Zuo, as soon as he came to the Tusi Manor in Datunchang, he just saw Luxury Chongming, who was still more than a dozen steps away, so he knelt on the ground with a puff, kneeled a few steps, and cried while kowtowing:
"King Liang! Shaxi Dam is in danger! I beg the king of Daliang to send troops quickly and save our Shaxi Luo family! ”
Hearing that his nephew Luo Longzuo also came to ask for help, Luo Jiuxi also came to meet, seeing his nephew acting like this, Luo Jiuxi also quickly knelt on the ground, and rushed to send troops as soon as possible to Yu Chongming, who had begged for an unknown number of times.
Seeing Luo Longzuo and Luo Jiuxi looking panicked like lost dogs, Yang Zuo and An Chi were both embarrassed.