Chapter 39: The Past in Guanzhong
Before we continue to tell the story of the male protagonist Gao Huan, the author also wants to tell you about this Yuwentai.
As mentioned earlier, the hussar general, Yongzhou Thorn Shier Zhu Tianguang led He Basheng and others into the customs to exterminate Wan Qian ugly slaves was the winter of the first year of Yong'an (528 A.D.), Erzhu Tianguang led his own headquarters of 40,000 soldiers and horses in Shizhou and Hengzhou, plus He Basheng and other remnants, a total of nearly 60,000 horses, this team went to Tongguan in a mighty way, ready to enter the pass.
The official army stationed in Tongguan is the troops of Huazhou Thorn Shi Lile Moyan, this Lile Moyan has already surrendered to Wan Qian Chounu, so naturally he will not let Erzhu Tianguang and others pass the pass easily. So the army set up a position at the foot of Tongguan and prepared to attack Lyco.
Erzhu Tianguang sat alone in the big tent in the army, and the commanders of each army were set on both sides of the stage, He Batsheng and his younger brother He Batyue were separated on both sides, and Yuwentai stood at the end because he belonged to the general. Erzhu Tianguang glanced at everyone, and then asked: "This military situation is imminent, and Tongguan will not be opened for a while, I wait for the limited grain and grass, and we have to enter the pass as soon as possible and Hou Mo Chen Yue." "PS: Hou Mochen is a compound surname of an ethnic minority.
Erzhu Tianguang then took a sip of tea and continued: "Now that Tongguan is in difficulty, what good plan do you have to offer?" ”
He Bayue was twenty years old when he was young and arrogant, and immediately said loudly: "Our army is righteous and rebellious, and the name is justified, and all the soldiers have surrendered, so I want to say that I should simply break through the Tong Pass and kill in the pass." ”
When He Batsheng heard this, he immediately scolded: "You know a fart, is this what you can talk nonsense?" At that moment, Zhu Tianguang said: "General, the last general thinks that the positive and strong opening of Tong is not good for our army, as the so-called mountain is strong and strong, close the door and strangle Kyushu, this Tong Pass was originally a steep place, how can it be easily opened, if the food and grass are not enough, and the soldiers are not fighting for a long time, we will be in danger at that time." ”
Everyone nodded when they heard this, and Erzhu Tianguang also asked very depressedly: "Then what do you say we should do?" ”
He Batsheng said: "If Gao Huan's headquarters can be seconded from Bingzhou to the south through Fuzhou to detour behind Tongguan, our army may be able to break the alliance." ”
"Hmph, how can the old man turn to the younger generations for help? You can think of other ways. "How could a hussar general ask for help from a third-class general? What He Batsheng said was so funny. However, judging from the current military group of the entire Northern Wei Dynasty, only Gao Huan's troops have the most combat effectiveness, although it is ridiculous, but it is true.
When everyone was privately discussing the cold countermeasures, they only heard a voice at the back of the crowd say: "If the general believes the villain and lets the villain enter Tongguan alone, with my three-inch tongue, I don't need a single soldier to make Tongguan self-defeating, and the defenders surrender without a fight." Everyone looked back and saw that it was Yuwentai.
He Batsheng scolded with a displeased face: "How can you be a little biased general? We don't dare to be arrogant and lay down Tongguan. How can you dare to be so rebellious? "This Yuwentai is a member of his brother's account, and he shouldn't have appeared on this occasion today, but since He Bayue and Yuwentai were together, he was gradually confused by him, and he was quite like-minded in age, so he was just like his brother.
Because He Batsheng was influenced by Gao Huan, he was very uninterested in Yuwentai. On an occasion like today, Yu Wentai came out to talk nonsense, and He Batsheng was afraid that he would drag down his younger brother and himself, so he scolded him harshly.
That Erzhu Tianguang is now in a hurry to go to the doctor, and when someone can knock on the Tong Pass without a single soldier, he is naturally overjoyed, so he dismissed the generals and left the two of He Bayue and Yuwentai alone to discuss matters in the tent. Make good arrangements for how to persuade Tongguan to surrender.
This Tongguan guard Qin Fen is a drunkard, relying on the danger to defend, drunk all day long, just after drinking and about to fall asleep, he heard the noisy sergeant outside, a member of the colonel came in to report, saying that he had caught an enemy spy and said that he wanted to see Qin Fen. The drunkard general was a little curious, so he brought Yuwentai in.
Yu Wentai was dressed in civilian clothes and pushed into the room with his hands tied behind his back. Seeing Qin Fen sitting in the hall, Yuwentai immediately said to him: "General, this is how you treat guests?" I'm also the one who brings good luck to the general. ”
Qin Fen waved his hand, and the sergeants untied Gao Huan, and then withdrew from the house. Only Qin Fen and the two yuan generals in the room stared at Yu Wentai with their bare hands. Qin Fen opened his mouth and said, "Who are you?" What are you looking for me? To tell the truth, if you dare to tell a lie, you will be dragged out and cut immediately. ”
Yu Wentai smiled slightly, relieved his muscles and said: "I am a military advisor under the account of the hussar general outside the city, and I came to see the general today because of a rich gift." ”
Immediately, Yuwentai gushed endlessly to explain to this drunkard named Qin Fen, and tempted him with high-ranking officials and Houlu, and even the two young generals who were listening on the side were eager to try, and they couldn't wait to sacrifice the city that night in exchange for endless wealth.
So the four of them said that they would surrender Erzhu Tianguang the next day, Tetra Pak Moyan thought that there was a danger of Tongguan, so he was still in Chang'an City a hundred miles away, when he heard that Erzhu Tianguan deceived Tongguan, and the handsome army came towards Chang'an, he hated and feared both in his heart, and hated this Qin Fen couldn't support the mud on the wall, a fool who was played with, and he was blind to let him guard such an important pass. What I am afraid of is that fortunately I am not in the Huazhou Mansion, otherwise I will not be captured, but now that Erzhu's army has successfully entered the customs, it is only a matter of time before Chang'an falls.
Now he has to go to Jingzhou to settle down and ask for leave from the army of the emperor Wan Qian ugly slaves to save himself.
Wan Qian Chounu originally wanted to take Chang'an directly from Gaoping to the east, but when he was stable, he encountered the envoys of the Persian state who paid tribute, so he was delayed for some time. It is also very ridiculous to talk about the tribute paid by this Persian state. Originally, the Persian State paid tribute to the Northern Wei Dynasty every year to pay some gold, silver, jewelry, and exotic beasts, and this year as a routine tribute to two lions to the Northern Wei Dynasty.
After receiving a distress letter from Tetra Pak Moyan, Wan Qian Chounu felt that it was time to enter Guanzhong and dominate Chang'an. So he led the army to Chang'an in the southeast.
Hou Mo Chen Yue was originally the governor of Xingtai in the north under Er Zhurong, stationed in Pingcheng, and later because of the chaos in Guanzhong, no one could recruit him, so he let him lead the troops south into Guanzhong to suppress the people's uprising, this person because of Er Zhurong's appreciation and trust, so he was usually more arrogant and domineering to people, and the warlords in the pass also sneered at him, so he stopped and stopped, from 525 to 529. Hou Mo Chen Yue was stationed in the Xianyang area, so it was very close to Chang'an, and when he learned that Erzhu Tianguang's army was about to arrive in Chang'an, he planned to strike first and lead people to attack Tetra Pak Moyan.
Tetra Recart Moyan's men and horses did not have as many as Hou Mo and Chen Yue, so they were quickly defeated and driven out of Chang'an. I had no choice but to go west to meet the army of the ugly slave emperor to avenge myself. Hou Mo Chen Yue was happy to write a good news to Erzhu Tianguang in Chang'an City, and before his ass was hot, he received the news that Emperor Chounu's army was pressing the border, and he was so frightened that he hurriedly went east to join Erzhu Tianguang's army.
The 300,000 troops of Emperor Chounu were stationed in Fufeng County in the west of Chang'an, and the 100,000 officers and troops of Erzhu Tianguang were stationed in Fengyi County in the east of Chang'an.
In the end, it was Erzhu Tianguang who made a preemptive strike and ordered He Bayue and Hou Mo Chen Yue to lead an army of 25,000 and go south to capture the granary of Yongzhou: Bacheng. The lack of grain and grass was fatal to the Erzhu army, but for the ugly slave emperor who robbed along the way, the weight of grain and grass was not a matter, and it was a big deal to rob the granaries of the government, there were still hundreds of large and small government granaries in the west of Yongzhou, and I was not afraid that 300,000 people would not have enough to eat.
At that time, Xiao Baoyin, the assassin of Qizhou, for various reasons, threw himself under the command of Emperor Chounu, and was willing to be a pawn and went south to attack He Bayue, Hou Mo and Chen Yue.
Speaking of this, Xiao Baoyin is also a very interesting person. He was originally the son of Emperor Xiao Luan of the Southern Qi clan, Emperor Xiao Luan of Qi Ming, and the sibling brother of Xiao Baojuan, Marquis of Haidu, and Emperor Xiao Baorong of Qi. When Emperor Xiao Yan of Liang Wu got up, in order to escape the killing of him, he went north alone to join the Northern Wei Dynasty, wanting to rely on the strength of the Wei State to restore the Qi State, but Xiao Yan said that the emperor and the Northern Wei Dynasty had been friends for many years, coupled with the internal regime change of the Northern Wei Dynasty, the political chaos was unbearable, and he had no time to avenge him and restore the country.
Frustrated, Xiao Baoyin asked to be transferred to the remote Guanzhong region of Qizhou to be a guard, the sky did not fulfill people's wishes, just arrived in Qizhou for less than two years, he was promoted, because Er Zhurong wantonly slaughtered the courtiers, resulting in a shortage of officials in Luoyang, local officials have been transferred, Qizhou Assassin Shi was transferred to Luoyang as Jiuqing, Xiao Baoyin sent gold, silver and jewelry to bribe him, and then Er Zhurong promoted him to Qizhou Assassin History, wanting to find an opportunity to reuse him.
Not long after he was promoted to the Qizhou Assassin History, he encountered the peasant army of Wan Qian Chounu and swept through Guanzhong, Xiao Baoyin really had no military talent, and after being defeated by the peasant army many times, he decided to surrender Wan Qian Chounu. You must know that when Xiao Baoyin defected to the Northern Wei Dynasty, Emperor Xuanwu once married his sister to him, and now he surrendered to Emperor Chounu again, and he really became a slave with the third surname.
Relying on the support of the army of the Emperor Chounu, Xiao Baoyin insisted on fighting an equal with He Bayue, Hou Mo and Chen Yue, regardless of victory or defeat. The stalemate between the two was unbearable, and suddenly rumors spread in the army, saying that Er Zhurong was going to personally lead the army to win a great victory in Huainan, and he would soon set off to Guanzhong to exterminate the ugly slave emperor, which was the same as the truth.
Everyone believed it, even the Chounu Emperor felt that this was true, so he led his troops to evacuate Yongzhou and retreated to Jingzhou to settle down, Xiao Baoyin also took his wife Princess Nanyang and three sons to retreat with the Chounu Emperor, and the emperor asked him to stay in Xinping County, the gateway to the southeast of Jingzhou, as cannon fodder to resist the pursuing Erzhu Tianguang army.
In fact, at that time, Er Zhurong's army was still fighting Chen Daozhi in Huainan, and it was impossible to march into Guanzhong to support Er Zhu Tianguang, so who spread this rumor? That's right, it's Yuwentai, a yin person, who is as treacherous and cunning as Yuwentai.
Erzhu Tianguang saw that Emperor Chounu retreated to Jingzhou, and he did not dare to lead the army to chase deeply, so he retreated to Chang'an at the moment, pacified the people everywhere, patrolled the counties, and then sent He Bayue headquarters to garrison Fufeng County, He Basheng led the commander Hou Mo Chen Yue into Qizhou, and planned to further trap Emperor Chounu in a pinching attack.
He Batsheng and Hou Mo Chen Yue went to Qizhou to divide their troops to guard various passes, and on the other hand, they sent official documents to Qinzhou in the west and Liangzhou in the southwest, asking the military and civilians of the two states to cooperate in defense and contribute money and efforts.
But how could the Ugly Slave Emperor sit back and wait for others to slaughter him, he also had a way to break through Erzhu Tianguang's iron bucket array.