Chapter 2: The Throwing Axe Warrior
In the third year of the first peace, in 192 A.D., after a period of recuperation and recuperation, He Chen, after the early wheat harvest, began to move troops and horses frequently, intending to take advantage of the chaos in the Guanzhong to fish in the mixed waters.
At the end of April, He Chen drafted a list by Chen Lin, summoning the annexation of the state, saying that the country is in danger and that people are responsible. Then he ascended to pay homage to the general and crusaded against Guanzhong. The shilling Gao Shun led the "Angry Waves Army" as the advance brigade, opened the road in the mountains and built bridges in the water, clearing all obstacles for the army to keep up. Later, he worshiped Huang Zhong as the general, the governor of the three soldiers and horses, Xu Huang as the deputy general, and Tian Feng as the marching staff officer. Zhao Yun, Zhao Jun, Zhang Ling, and Zhang Chen were promoted to generals, and more than ten generals were dispatched to coordinate the expedition, and at the same time Li Yan was ordered to be Sima, Ma Yu was the receiving envoy, and Lu Chang was appointed as the grain officer, and 30,000 horses and infantry were raised, and they came out of the party. At the same time, he also ordered Wei Yan's "Hurricane Army" to go out of Lu's state and cooperate with Gao Shun to start marching into Hanoi.
Bingzhou is the backbone of the world, if you attack from all sides, they are all from a high position, overlooking North China, Guanzhong, and Hanoi Plain. In terms of topography, it has a great advantage. If you want to enter Guanzhong, there are two directions from the annexation of the state, one is to go south to Menghuai, and attack Hangu through Luoyang, so as to knock on the four plugs. The second is to go out of the river east to Pujin ferry. The important town that guards the ferry is called Kabasaka. It is located in Puzhou, west of the Great River. This is an extremely important springboard for the entry of the state, and it is also a bridgehead for entering Shanxi from the state. But there is no choice but to take whichever way, there must be an important thing that must be solved first, that is, the White Bo Army.
Guo Da captured Hedong County, Yang Fengpan was in Hanoi, gathered more than 100,000 troops, and Hengdan was on the road that Chang'an must pass. The imperial court is simply unable to crusade, which also fuels their arrogance, doing whatever they want in Hedong and Hanoi, like their back gardens, coming and going freely.
And He Chen's troops sent to Chang'an, unless they wanted to go from Hanoi to the Qiangdi tribe and come back from Yongzhou, no matter how they went, they would definitely have to pass through the territory of these two people, not to mention that they hated He Chen to the core, just under the banner of "the Qing Dynasty in the inner court, and the thief in the outside", so that they would try their best to stop the army on the state side no matter what. You must know that the more chaotic the court, the greater their chances, and the more likely they are to profit, if He Chen really saves Emperor Xian, it is estimated that the good day will come to an end.
Beginning in May of the third year of Chuping, the Bingzhou Front Army broke out in a large area of conflict and war with Guo Dabaibo's army in Hedong, Wenxi, Jiguan and other places. Although the main force of the White Polish Army can fight well, it is superior in terms of annexing states, whether it is the quality of individual soldiers, team combat, or armor weapons, and material supplies, they have been steadily suppressed. What's more, on the Bingzhou side, there is also Tian Feng, a resourceful figure who presses the formation, coupled with Gao Shun's excellent command ability, he is almost invincible and invincible.
In less than two months, Gao Shun connected more than ten cities. The killed Baibo army fled.
It is especially fond of the First World War, and it is regarded as a classic work of horsemen and soldiers.
Gao Shun first listened to Tongtian Feng's plan, pretended to make a detour to Pingyang, first lured the elite of the Baibo army, and then detoured to the rear on the flank of the 8,000 Hun cavalry in Fuluo, impacting back and forth, almost disrupting the corner of Guo Da's formation almost instantly, and then Wei Yan's "Hurricane Army" came out from the side, and the Gao Shun corps that turned back was flanked on both sides, and pressed Guo Da's army that wanted to break through on both sides, and finally Huang Zhongtong's army came up to support, almost wrapped the Baibo army into dumplings, almost swept the leaves with a strong wind, and the Baibo army was greatly injured in a battle. If it weren't for the fact that God didn't make it beautiful, he would go down and pour heavy rain, but I was afraid that Guo Da would be sluggish from now on.
In this battle, not only did the Bai Polish army collapse and tens of thousands of people were killed, but also countless people who threw away their armor and surrendered. The prestige of the Bingzhou army was greatly boosted, the morale was high, the division was shaken, and the Baibo army in Hedong and Hanoi fled in despair, and Guo Da could only lead the remnants to retreat to Shouyang Mountain, trapped and waiting to be killed.
Huang Zhong carried He Chen's spirit of beating the water dog, chased after him, closed the mountain and locked the road, set up thousands of checkpoints, and firmly controlled the main roads of the mountain to prevent Guo Da from escaping again. Then step by step, advancing layer by layer, Guo [***] was soon cornered, and finally he could only raise the white flag and surrender.
Guo Da and Yang Feng surrendered, which marked the prelude to the Baibo Army, which had been in turmoil for several years, finally withdrew from the struggle for hegemony in Hanwei and won the Central Plains.
Guo Da, who was based in Baibo Valley, after several years of development, rise, and chaos, once grew more than 100,000 horses, and even came to Luoyang City, killing Niu Fu, and forcing the emperor to appease and canonize. It's just that Guo Da, who has tasted the sweetness, has become monstrous, dissatisfied with the status quo, and finally goes to the road of destruction.
Guo Dabaibo's army died out, the forces north of the Yellow River in Sizhou were almost vacuum, He Chenna was still polite, and the horns began to extend to Pingyang County and Hedong County, and scouts and spies became active in the entire Sili. And this guy is extremely shameless in sending troops to firmly control the largest well salt production area in the entire Central Plains, Hedong.
Now the road to Chang'an in the south has been completely opened. Although Guo Da was exterminated, it lasted several months, and a lot of grain was consumed, and I am afraid that it would be difficult to continue.
In the second year of Xingping, in 195 AD, Li Dao, Guo Yan, Fan Chou, Zhang Ji and others were suspicious of each other and contradictions gradually arose after capturing Chang'an and ruling the government together. Fan Chou will leave the Kanto region and ask Li Dao to increase his troops. Li Wei was jealous of Fan Chou's bravery and won the hearts of the people, and secretly ambushed the samurai to assassinate Fan Chou in the seat. So the generals were even more suspicious of each other, and Li Dao and Guo Yan raised troops to attack each other. The emperor's envoys, Shangshu, etc., spoke for Li Dao and Guo Yan to make peace, but they did not obey. Guo Yan and the Anxi general Yang Ding plotted to rob the emperor. When Li Dao heard the news, he rushed to welcome Emperor Xian to his camp. He also plundered the palace, robbed the palace's gold silks, rides, car clothes and other utensils, and then set fire to the palace, the government, and the private houses for a while.
Chang'an has been destroyed, Emperor Xian wanted to return to Luoyang in the east, and sent an envoy to urge Li Dao, and the envoy went back and forth ten times before he could be allowed.
Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty returned to Luoyang in the east, and Guo Yan and Yang Feng escorted him.
He Chen, who had been dormant for two years, finally felt that the time was fully ripe.
Emperor Xian went out of Hangu and returned to Luoyang in the east, allowing himself to avoid the danger of Hangu and avoid the possibility of losing troops under Xiongguan.
In September, He Chen ordered Wei Yan's corps to be the vanguard, led 50,000 Chinese troops, went out of the party, entered Hedong, and crossed the Yellow River.
Guo Yan and Yang Fengfeng heard that He Chen raised and joined the army, and wanted to welcome the emperor, panicked, and wanted to return to Chang'an from the new forced emperor, but they didn't want He Chen to expect it, so they sent Hu Chuquan to lead 10,000 elite Hun cavalry, and ran long distances overnight, directly cutting off Guo Yan's west retreat road. Subsequently, Gao Shun's "Angry Wave Army" followed up at night, entered Huayin, blocked the road, set up camps, strengthened the city wall, and completely cut off Guo Yan and Yang Feng's plot.
After Li Ji learned the news, he was shocked, and wanted to put aside his grudge for the time being, join forces with Li Ji, set up the army in Guanzhong, and sent a letter to Guguan in the east. Unexpectedly, Li Ji was ambitious, so he took the opportunity to ambush Zhang Ji and take over his subordinates by the way. Then he tried his best to raise the army in Guanzhong, wanting to swallow Gao Shun in one breath and relieve the siege of Guo Yan.
At this time, He Chen led the main force of 30,000 troops and lived in Mianchi, which was only a hundred miles away from Guo Yan's army.
At this time, it is the golden autumn, and the weather is cool. He Chen looked at the scene of hundreds of miles of uninhabited ponds and countless barren fields, and he couldn't help but think of his own governance situation. It's time for the people of Bingzhou to harvest grain and wheat with high joy, right? There was a smile in He Chen's eyes. After four years of locust plague in the early peace, Xingping recuperated and cultivated in the early years, in the second year of Xingping, and finally ushered in a bumper harvest in the whole territory, whether it was wheat rice or chestnut grain growth is extremely gratifying, they raised their troops down, all they saw along the way are a heavy wheat field with golden yellow. And all the people, seeing the Bingzhou army passing by, did not stop the farm work in their hands, and worshiped and thanked the state for its kindness.
The locust plague in the fourth year of Chuping was the most difficult period since He Chen raised his troops. All of a sudden, the price of grain and rice rose wildly, and ordinary people were simply refugees, and in just one month, there were more than 100,000 refugees. If it weren't for He Chen's activation of strategic grain reserves, the whole territory would open warehouses for assistance, and at the same time severely crack down on corrupt officials and deduct grain. He also put heavy pressure on the grain merchants, suppressed the price of grain by various means, and collected grain from all over the country, but I was afraid that in the winter of that year, I don't know how many years it would take for the people to starve to death at home.
It is precisely because the Bingzhou group headed by He Chen is united, united, and strives to help the people tide over the difficulties, which makes He Chen's prestige in the Bingzhou Governance Office almost reach its peak, and since then the people only know He Chen, but not the court. There is only a state pastoral order, and he disdains the court documents, even if He Chen is anti-Han at this time, secession and annexation of the state, it is estimated that those people who are alive will not only not oppose it, but may also enthusiastically support it.
The nine counties of the state, in addition to the nine plains of the Great Wall, Yunzhong is still in the Xianbei sphere of influence, and the other seven counties have smooth government decrees and are firmly controlled by He Chen.
"My lord, Guo Yan has already sent someone to reply to the letter, and they refuse to let the emperor return to Luoyang." Just as He Chen's thoughts were flying, a loud, neutral voice resounded in He Chen's ears.
He Chen didn't need to look back, he knew it was Wei Yan when he heard the voice.
After two years of training, Wei Yan has grown extremely fast, although his prestige and qualifications are not yet fully convincing to the public, but the ability and martial courage that he began to slowly show still won the unanimous approval of everyone. At this time, his face like a heavy jujube, under the sun's rays, flashed with a faint luster, and his face was serious and serious, which made him even more majestic.
"Hehe, this is something that has been expected for a long time, the saint is their biggest bargaining chip, and if they lose the emperor, they are nothing." He Chen said lightly.
"My lord, when is the attack begin? To be honest, since the defeat of Guo Dabaibo's army, the subordinate brothers have been resting for two years, if it weren't for the usual practice, I'm afraid they wouldn't know what blood tasted like. ”
"Hehe, it's coming, there will be movement in the next two or three days, you better go back and mobilize more of your subordinates. Don't go to the battlefield at that time, your legs tremble, like a girl, haha. He Chen rarely laughed.
"The lord has a thousand hearts, and the soldiers trained by his subordinates must be one of the best brave soldiers in the world." Wei Yan couldn't hear He Chen's ridicule, but said seriously. It's just that from his serious expression, he can still see the glint of excitement and excitement in his eyes, and the only space for a person born from the grassroots of a poor family to advance is his military exploits.
"Report ......"
"Baozhou Mu, the Tianxiang patriarch has led three thousand Bandun flying axe warriors to Michi to settle down."
(To be continued)