Chapter 877: Chang'an
The twilight was heavy and rainy.
In the war-torn era of the war for supremacy, the cities have begun to close their gates, and they are about to enter the curfew. However, there seem to be some exceptions in Xijing Chang'an City in the rain today, and the city gate guards on duty not only did not close the city gate immediately, but opened the city gate wide.
The city gate was opened, and an elite cavalry of more than 1,000 people galloped out of the city under a black Xu Zi banner and headed towards the Baqiao in the east of the city.
To the west of the bridge, more than a thousand well-equipped knights sat on the horse, silent and neatly arrayed. More than 1,000 horsemen stood there, full of a solemn aura, and at first sight, you could tell that this was a real elite of a hundred battles.
The drizzle fell on the knights, cold and damp, but none of the more than 1,000 knights who were riding in armor and cloaks made a move. It seems that instead of cold winter rain, it seems that there is a cold breeze in the sky.
In the drizzle, a convoy loomed on the east side of the bridge, and there were more than 1,000 cavalry guards around the convoy composed of more than ten carriages. This is a cavalry with fiery red armor all over their bodies, and the red armor is so bright that as soon as they appear, they attract the attention of the black-armored knights.
"Marshal Xu Guotongguan and Lantian Wang Yuwen Chengdu, I am here to welcome you!"
The black armor and black horseman, riding a horse on the bridge independently, shouted loudly towards the approaching carriage.
A carriage among the red-robed knights' guards opened, and a young woman dressed in gorgeous palace clothes lifted the curtain and said crisply: "I didn't expect to be greeted by the famous Lantian Wang Yuwen in person, and I was flattered. ”
The black-armored knight is none other than Yuwen Chengdu, the commander of the Yuwen clan and Xu Guo in Guanzhong. Yuwen Chengdu is young though. And he is only the adopted son of Emperor Yu Wenhua of Xu Guo, but his performance in the past few years has been amazing.
When Taiyuan, Hedong, it was the amazing performance of Yuwen Chengdu that Yu Wenhua and other talents were able to finally return to Chang'an. After that, Yuwen Chengdu went out of Bosaka and fought with Yang Jin, who invaded Hedong. Although Yang Yong has four generalissimos, Yuwen Chengdu is alone, and the last confrontation still did not let Yang Yong capture Hedong after all.
Later, Yuwen Chengdu guarded Tongguan, which made Yang Jun and Li Jing and other famous marshals sigh at the pass.
Three years ago. He even led the army out of Sanguan and attacked Hanzhong in one fell swoop, almost completely strangling Yang Jun. If it weren't for Yu Wenhua at the last moment and transferring him back to Guanzhong due to Xue Ju's invasion, how could there be today's Yang Jun. And Xue Ju, the overlord of Western Qin, was attacking the key points at that time. All the way from Longyou to a hundred miles outside Chang'an City, Yu Wenhua was so frightened that he almost abandoned the city and fled. But Yuwen Chengdu returned from Hanzhong, and immediately launched a fierce counterattack against Xue Ju, a series of eighteen battles, and finally Xue Ju's 100,000 troops were almost wiped out, and the land in Guanzhong was all recaptured by Yuwen Chengdu, and even Longyou's nest was also taken away by Yuwen Chengdu Many cities.
These amazing performances of Yuwen Chengdu made Yu Wenhua and all have to look at him with admiration. If it weren't for the fact that he was just an adopted son, even if Yuwen Chengdu was a concubine son, Yu Wenhua would have immediately made him the crown prince. Even so, now Yuwen Chengdu is also named the king of Lantian, and the official worships the marshal of Tongguan. Basically, the Xu State of the Yuwen family in Guanzhong is almost completely supported by Yuwen Chengdu, and one person basically controls the military power of the Yuwen family.
However, although he has a heavy army and is a king, Yuwen Chengdu is very low-key. Basically, it is rarely involved in the affairs of Xu Guo and the Yuwen family. Usually stay in Tongguan all day, this time was recalled to Chang'an by Yu Wenhua, and actually came to greet the guests in person, which is grand.
Yuwen Chengdu still had that cold expression, and said lightly: "Your Highness is not someone else. Ruling a country as a woman and commanding three armies. It really makes Chengdu admire. Such a heroine of women's football, Chengdu can come to greet him in person, and he feels glorious. ”…,
After the two exchanged politeness, the middle woman in the car smiled: "I don't know, but there are other people who have already arrived?" ”
Yuwen Chengdu nodded: "Back to His Royal Highness, Turkic Kedun has been waiting in Chang'an for a long time, and Yang Hao in Hanzhong has sent Marshal Yang Yichen as a plenipotentiary envoy for many days, and Yang Hao in Shu has come with his subordinates in person, and they only arrived yesterday." Liu Wuzhou of Longshang came in person, they arrived two days earlier than His Royal Highness, and Xue Ju of Longyou sent his son Xue Rengao to lead the team, and Li Liang of Hexi sent his brother Li Mao to come. ”
Hearing this, the woman in the palace dress in the car couldn't help but be overjoyed: "I didn't expect that you heroes had already arrived, but it was our Wu Guo who came the latest." ”
This woman in palace costume is Shen Luoyan, the regent and princess of Wu State, who was wiped out in Jiangdong not long ago, and was only spared. On the same day, the Wu army was defeated, and Shen Luoyan also relied on his subordinates to save him desperately, so he fled back to Jiujiang with hundreds of horsemen.
In the first battle of Jiangdong, the Wu army lost all its soldiers and horses, and lost 300,000 people. After returning to Jiujiang, Wu was almost undefended.
Fortunately, after Chen Kefu captured the nine counties of Jiangdong, he did not seem to have any intention of continuing the pursuit. With the last bit of troops and horses left in Jiangxia and Jiujiang before, Shen Luoyan could barely set up a weak defense line in Jiujiang and Jiangxia.
Although Chen Kefu did not come to attack, Wu State barely supported it, but after losing the Jiangdong base camp, although there were still more than 20 counties such as Jianghan, Wu State was really empty to the extreme. Shen Luoyan knew that with the last point of less than 100,000 people old and weak, as long as Chen Kefu continued to push the 100,000 people who crossed the river to the west, his Wu State would never last for half a year.
Fortunately, after Chen Kefu ate Jiangdong in one bite, he seemed to be worried about the war situation in the north and did not continue to advance.
But even so, Shen Luoyan couldn't sleep well.
She knew that even if Chen Kefu didn't attack her for the time being, it would be because the Chen Dynasty now had the great enemy of the Turks. Once Chen Kefu and the Turks decide the victory, then no one will really be able to save Wu State.
She was unwilling, she was unwilling to watch Wu Guo be destroyed in her hands like this.
At this time, Dou Hongxian, who had discussed with her once, sent someone to find her again. Naturally, it was an alliance between the Turks and other forces in the Central Plains to jointly destroy the Chen Dynasty. Last time, Shen Luoyan only had a brief talk with Dou Hongxian because of the Jiangdong matter. And in her heart. I also think that I want to think about the Central Plains Seven-nation Alliance. It seems like a very difficult thing to do.
However, after the defeat of Jiangdong, the Seven-Nation Alliance has become Shen Luoyan's last straw. Without half a minute of hesitation, Shen Luoyan immediately hit it off with Dou Hongxian. For Shen Luoyan, Wu Guo, who only had twenty or thirty thousand elite soldiers left, could no longer fight against Chen Kefu alone. Only the other forces of the alliance have such a glimmer of opportunity.
Even in order to achieve an alliance, Shen Luoyan also took the initiative to contact Yang Yong, who was attacking Shuzhong. It was proposed to Yang that as long as Yang Jin was willing to support the alliance and send troops to deal with Chen Kefu together, then Wu would cede the nine counties north of the Yangtze River in Jianghan to Yang Yong. and expressed support for Yang Xuan's attack on Shuzhong. Even Shen Luoyan told Yang Jian that if the alliance succeeds in defeating Chen Kefu in the future, then Shen Luoyan will support the counties of Henan in the Central Plains to be shared by Yang Jin.
These proposals. Yang Yun said that it was false not to be moved. Although after the defeat of Wu Guojiangdong, it seems that there is only an empty shelf left. But the more this time, the more he dared not underestimate it. Fighting back on the verge of death is also very powerful. And if he directly gets Shen Luoyan's promise, this can make him have no worries about the east, and when he can directly seize Shuzhong, he only needs to guard against the Yuwen family in Guanzhong.
And the most important point is that this time the Jiangdong battle between the Chen Dynasty and the Wu State shocked all the leaders, including Yang Xuan. …,
When all the forces thought that the Chen Dynasty had moved all its forces north to deal with the Turks. Chen Kefu crossed the Yangtze River in one fell swoop with only one partial division. In just a short period of time, he defeated Shen Luoyan's 300,000 army, and occupied Jiangdong, the base camp of Wu State, in one fell swoop, almost occupying one-third of the territory of Wu's army at once.
And thinking of the previous Xiangyang, Lu Shishen captured Jiangling with only 30,000 soldiers and horses, destroyed Dong Chun's 50,000 soldiers and horses, and then captured five counties in one fell swoop.
The powerful force displayed by the Chen Dynasty has already made everyone secretly frightened.
Everyone knows that the main forces of the Chen Dynasty have all gone north, and more than 300,000 elite troops have been deployed on the northern front. No one thought that under the pressure of 400,000 troops, Chen Kefu actually fought two major battles in the south at the same time. And both times he took the initiative.
In two battles, he almost wiped out the state of Wu, captured 14 counties before and after, and annihilated nearly 400,000 enemies.
Previously, Haoqiang from all sides still had the idea of wanting to watch the play, thinking that Chen Chao would be stronger. However, against the 400,000 Turkic army, they also had to go all out. But I never thought about it. After Chen Kefu confronted the Turks, he not only took the initiative to attack first, destroying nearly 100,000 Turks in one fell swoop, but then exterminated nearly 100,000 people in Later Sui and Eastern Wu with only 30,000 people, and captured five counties. Later, with 100,000 second-line soldiers and horses, he forcibly crossed the Yangtze River, wiped out 300,000 Wu troops in one fell swoop, and captured the entire nine counties of Jiangdong.
Tough, too tough.
So strong that all the heroes couldn't help but tremble in their hearts, before today, who knew that Chen Jun would have such a strong combat effectiveness?
At this time, no one still has the idea of watching a play in their hearts. Everyone felt a sense of urgency and pressure, and they all knew that the battle between the Turks and the Chen Dynasty did not seem to have really begun, and the results had already come out.
After a strong sweep of Jiangdong and Jianghan, there was no one left in the southeast and southwest directions of the Chen Dynasty to contain Chen's army. The Chen army has no worries, although the west is still related to the neutralization and Longshang, but because of the terrain, basically only a small number of soldiers and horses are needed, and the Chen army can hold the western front.
Chen Jun, who has no worries, let go of his hands and go all out to deal with the Turks, who is strong and who is weak?
No one would think that the Turks were stronger than Chen Jun, and Chen Jun's strange weapons were not at all something that the Turks on horseback could deal with. And this time in the battle of Hedong, Chen Jun showed a super powerful cannon, which is said to be able to directly blast through the iron-clad city gate ten miles away.
It was precisely because of this fear that under the advice of the envoys sent by Shen Luoyan and Dou Hongxian, the other seven forces in the Central Plains basically did not hesitate, and immediately nodded in agreement.
However, if you want to deal with Chen Kefu together, a few simple words are not clear.
Therefore, there is also the alliance of the seven countries this time.
The place of the alliance was chosen in Chang'an, Xijing, a place that lived between the forces of the Seven Directions.
To deal with Chen Kefu, the seven countries have to send troops together, and it is not enough for the seven countries to send troops, they must also unite with the Turks and send troops together.
How to send troops, how to send troops, how much each family to send troops, and who will command them are all issues that need to be discussed. However, there is a more important issue to be discussed than these problems, and that is how to divide the spoils.
The Seven Kingdoms and the Turkic Alliance jointly dealt with Chen Kefu, and everyone no longer felt that Chen Kefu could withstand it. Now the forces of all parties are more concerned about how to divide the land, population and wealth of the Chen Dynasty after defeating Chen Kefu.
All of this requires a detailed agreement to be made before the war, so that there will not be no basis for it after the fact.
Dividing up the most powerful Chen State is a matter that makes the emperors of the Seven Kingdoms extremely excited. Therefore, this time, except for Yang Xuan, Xue Ju, and Li Rail, the three people did not come in person, and the rest such as Yang Hao in Shuzhong, Shen Luoyan in Jianghan, and Liu Wuzhou in Longshang all came to Chang'an in person. …,
The carriages rumbled, and the cavalry rolled.
Envoys from the six countries came from all over and gathered in Chang'an City in Xijing.
Xijing Chang'an, a Xiongcheng now entrenched by the Yuwen family, has always been an important town in the north. Even in the Northern and Southern Dynasties, Chang'an was an important town among the important towns, and the three cities of Luoyang in the Central Plains and Jinyang in Hedong can be said to be the most important three towns in the north.
Among these three cities, Luoyang is in the center of the world, but when the north and south are facing each other, it is a dangerous place, and there is often a danger of being attacked. Therefore, Chang'an, which is related to the danger of the four mountains, is the capital of the Western Wei, Northern Zhou and Sui dynasties since the Western Wei Dynasty.
Chang'an has always been the largest city in the north, and later Yang Guang ascended the throne after the new capital was built in Luoyang, the scale was larger than Chang'an, and the name of the first city in the world was snatched away at once, and even the identity of the national capital was robbed.
This incident has always made the hearts of the people living in Chang'an unhappy, especially the Guanlong nobles who have lived in Chang'an City for generations. The Guanlong nobles had already taken root in Chang'an, and when Luoyang became the new capital, Chang'an was suddenly much deserted, and even the Guanlong nobles in Chang'an City felt that there seemed to be a lot less nobility and superiority.
It is precisely because of this that when Yu Wenhua and the great nobles of the Guanlong Gate Valve rebelled and claimed the country according to Chang'an, the nobles in Chang'an City not only did not oppose it, but quickly surrendered to Yu Wenhua one by one.
Yu culture and Guanzhong are called the country, and the capital is Chang'an, and all of a sudden the nobles and commoners of Chang'an suddenly feel that the sense of superiority in their bodies has returned.
And in the past few days, when the envoys of the six countries poured into Chang'an from all directions in batches, their sense of superiority in the center of the world suddenly became more and more high. (To be continued.) If you like this work, you are welcome to vote for recommendation and monthly passes, and your support is my biggest motivation. )