Chapter 155 [The Great War]

Shi Ning returned to Chang'an from Liang with He Batsheng in the second year of the Great Unification, and was appointed as a general of the chariot and cavalry, and Xingjing Prefecture. During the Battle of Heyin, Shi Ning was accompanied by Li Xian, the governor of Yuanzhou, to encircle and suppress the Qiang people who were rampant in Jingzhou and Yuanzhou.

Although the rebels were eliminated in the end, he was very depressed, because if it were not for Li Xian's efforts, he would have worked almost uselessly, and this incident greatly damaged his prestige and made him a famous hero with such old qualifications as shameless. Compared with Shi Ning, whose career is at a low point, Li Xian has been in an upward channel for the past two years.

Since joining Yuwentai, the three brothers of the Li family are like fish in water in the Western Wei military government, Li Yuan and Li Mu have made many achievements in the war with Yuwentai, and Li Xian, who lives in his hometown, has not been idle. The place of Yuanju has always been unpeaceful, and Yuwentai did not let Li Xian join the army with the intention of using his status as the leader of the wealthy clan to stabilize the place, in fact, Li Xian did not disappoint Yuwentai. Doulu wolf, a citizen of Yuanzhou, killed the governor of the city, and two generals such as Ono Shuer rebelled according to the state city.

Although Li Xian was not the governor with the troops, he gathered the sons and daughters of his hometown, recruited 300 daredevils, and the soldiers came out in two ways by making noise in the night. Soon Li Xian's younger brother Li Yuan did the work of Yuanzhou because of the capture of Dou Tai and the restoration of Hongnong, but Yuwentai did not want him to stay away from him, so he used Li Xian to act as the governor of Yuanzhou.

After the defeat of the Doulu wolf, the Qiang people colluded with their remnants to make trouble again, and plundered the areas of Yuanzhou and Jingzhou, and they built many camps in the adjacent areas of the two states, and more and more Hu people joined in. The momentum is getting louder. Mo Zhi Hou Chi caught the attention of Yu Wentai, and he ordered Shi Ning to lead the state soldiers to fight. At the same time, Li Xian was ordered to cooperate with the subordinates. The soldiers and horses of the two states joined forces in one place, and they lined up to meet each other. Shi Ning was eager to win, and planned to concentrate superior forces to fight a decisive battle with the thief soldiers. Li Xian disagreed. Li Xian offered a plan: the thieves have gathered for more than a year, and the people of several states have used it.

If our army attacks head-on, the thieves will surely work together against us, and we will be outnumbered and unable to control the enemy. It is better to divide the armies into several teams, set up more banners, and send several concurrent battles to make suspicious soldiers to threaten Zhuzha.

The public self-unification of the elite soldiers, pointing directly at the back. When the time comes, stand still. Hou Chi is afraid of the public's elite soldiers, Zhu Zha's suspicious soldiers who want to save me and are forced by me, Hou Chi is in a dilemma, and when he slacks off a little, he will succeed in one blow.

After the defeat of the blazing, the thieves naturally collapsed without a fight. Shi Ning's department belongs to the regular army of the state, Li Xian brought the Li family's private soldiers, Shi Ning was brave and brave, and the young man paid farewell to the general with military merits. The qualifications are old, and he doesn't look down on people like Li Xian who are born as local tyrants, and he is a little underestimated, so he doesn't think much of Li Xian's construction.

However, the situation was not satisfactory. Shi Ning was defeated in successive battles, the morale of the thieves was strong, and the officers and soldiers were depressed. At the critical moment, Li Xian did not make a joke about watching Shi Ning on the wall. Although people don't listen to themselves, they still have to do what needs to be done. Fortunately, although the soldiers and horses in his hands were not as strong as Shi Ning's regular army, they were loyal to him. Shi Ning led the Jingzhou soldiers to fight Hou Chi again. The main force poured out of the nest.

Li Xian saw that the opportunity had come, so he selected hundreds of horsemen from his own army to go straight to the rear of the thieves, and attacked the Houchi camp, capturing more than 500 wives and slaves, and carrying countless burdens, and then led the crowd to attack the main force of Houchi from behind. Shi Ning's battle was unfavorable and he led the army to retreat again, and after Mo Zhe, Chi was about to pursue, and his family urgently reported the news that the old nest was copied, so he gave up pursuing Shi Ning and faced Li Xian.

Shi Ning returned to the army to fight again, and fought with Li Xian against the thieves. Li Xian beheaded more than ten people, captured six people, the thieves were afraid of its might, each fled for his life, the rebels were defeated, and then blazing alone rode away, and never disappeared.

In this battle, Li Xian made great contributions, rewarding 40 slaves and maids and hundreds of livestock. Regarding Shi Ning's mistake, although Yu Wentai didn't say anything, Shi Ning's heart was quite unhappy. It happened that Dongyizhou was in turmoil in Dongyi Prefecture under the lure of Duan Chen, the general of the Eastern Wei Dynasty, and Yuwentai urgently transferred him to the Lu clan. As soon as Shi Ning arrived in the state city, Hu Ligou, the assassin appointed by the Eastern Wei Dynasty, also arrived, so Shi Ning led his troops to meet the battle, broke the Eastern Army, and beheaded Feng Shandao, the guard of Luo'an County, Hu Ligou fled, and the problem of Dongyi Prefecture was solved.

Donguiju's victory saved Shi Ning's face, and he will continue on his path to fame. The seeds left behind by Yuwentai's departure began to bear fruit, it was Yunbao, Quan Jingxuan and others who attacked Luoyang, Luozhou assassin Wang Yuanliang abandoned the city and fled, and the governor Zhao Gang attacked Guangzhou. The vast territory west of Xiangzhou and Guangzhou was once again owned by the Western Wei.

At this point, the aftermath of the Third Shocking War of the Two Wei Dynasty, the Heyin War, also known as the River Bridge War, came to an end temporarily. The battle ended with Yuwentai going deep into the enemy territory and finally being defeated, but despite this, the Western Wei still had a base in Henan. Gao Huan didn't take advantage of it, and lost Gao Aocao and Mo Duolou Loan.

Summing up the reason for Yuwentai's defeat is only two words, "underestimate the enemy", he also made the mistake Gao Huan made in Shayuan, fighting on the enemy's territory, not only unfamiliar with the terrain but also underestimated the field combat ability of the Eastern Army.

However, this lesson did not make Yuwentai completely dead to the mix, which laid a hidden worry for a bigger defeat in the future, but now, the two sides with their own losses finally stopped the pace of attack, since the elimination of the other party is not an overnight thing, there is no hurry, everyone began to practice internal skills behind closed doors, and focused on internal affairs. Wang Sizheng of the Eastern Dao of the Western Wei Dynasty did a major event that was enough to affect the war situation of the two Wei Dynasty.

Wang Sizheng of the host is an ambitious and capable person, although he and Hu Sichun are regarded as traitors by Wei Shu, but the two are really a rare model of honesty and public service in that era, the emperor has rewarded Hu Sichun with a few shops and thirty ploughing cattle, Hu Sichun thought that the country is difficult to be an official must not compete with the people, so he resigned from the shop pù is not subject to the ploughing cattle, and then killed a day to reward the soldiers, when he died in the Western Wei Dynasty, did not leave much property to his descendants.

Wang Sizheng is also like this, determined to be willing to be poor and not let his family run any industry, but poverty once saved his life. He let the garden rewarded by the court be barren, and his family was in a hurry to make ends meet while guarding the land, and when Wang Sizheng went out on the expedition, the family hurriedly planted mulberry trees, hoping to increase some income for the family.

After Wang Sizheng returned home, he was furious and reprimanded everyone: "The Huns have not been destroyed. If you go to the sick and quit your home, you will have to run the industry before the big thief is settled. Can this be called public and selfless? It's not enough after training. The left and right sides pulled out the trees and threw them.

Theoretically, Tongguan went eastward, including Hedong on the east bank of the Yellow River and Henan on the south bank of the Yellow River, and the vast territory around Henan was under his jurisdiction, of course, in fact, most of this hot land was controlled by the Eastern Wei Dynasty.

Wang Sizheng was a general with vision, insight and both civil and military skills, and he constantly thought about the pattern of the east and west and the strategic intentions of both sides since he was stationed in Hongnong, and he did not limit his thinking to Hongnong City. Guarding Hao Hongnong only completed the task assigned by the prime minister, as the host of the road, Wang Sizheng believes that he should have a greater mission and greater deeds, that is, to refuse to be happy outside the country. Crush Gao Huan's intrusion into Guanzhong.

The agricultural city is small, vulnerable to the attack of the enemy in Henan, and as a barrier in Guanzhong, because there is Tongguan in the west, so the strategic significance is not very great, and Hongnong as the command center of the Kwantung Theater is not the best position, if Gao Huan pours into the nest, Pusaka and Shaojun will be in danger, how to consolidate the base area in Hedong and then pose a threat to Jinyang. After Wang Sizheng inspected his own defense area, he had a bottom in his heart, and he found a strategic point. Wang Sizheng is interested in the jade bi located in Fennan, Hedong.

The terrain of Yubi is dangerous, and the north is close to the Fen River. The three sides are deep ravines and ravines, the terrain is abrupt, and it is steep and natural. It is a good place that is easy to defend and difficult to attack, and building a fortress here is equivalent to laying a nail in the east of the river. What's more. Gao Huan came to invade Guanzhong, and Fenshui played the role of a grain road. Therefore, as long as Yubi is occupied, it is equivalent to cutting off the logistics support of the Eastern Wei army. Just do what you say.

Under the auspices of Wang Sizheng, a new city sprung up, which is the famous Yubi City in history. Wang Sizheng personally led the army from Hongnong to Yubi, which played a very important role in the future of the Western Wei Dynasty. Maybe Wang Sizheng didn't realize at this moment that the city he built with his own hands would become Gao Huan's nightmare.

With the support of Yuwentai, Wang Sizheng built Yubi City and moved the platform from Hongnong to Yubi, Yuwentai appreciated his creativity very much, he was very aware of the importance of Yubi, so Wang Sizheng on the basis of the east road, and added the title of Governor Fen Jin and the state military, and the state assassin history>

These places belong to the Eastern Wei Dynasty, and if you don't reward it, you won't reward it, and if you reward it, it's also an empty title, as long as you Wang Sizheng has the ability, even if you take it from the enemy.

When Wang Sizheng was quietly building fortifications in Hedong, Gao Huan's eyes were still fixed on the Henan area, and he merged the southeast road and Henan Xingtai, and Hou Jing was appointed as the Henan Daxingtai, this arrangement was equivalent to handing over all the land of Henan to Hou Jing, and Hou Jing became the de facto emperor of Henan.

However, Hou Jing has not been very reassuring. After the Battle of Shayuan, Hou Jing once wanted to lead three thousand athletes to take advantage of Yuwentai's new victory to attack Chang'an, Gao Huan was moved, but Gao Huan's wife Lou Zhaojun dissuaded Gao Huan, because, even Princess Lou had seen that Hou Jing was not a reassuring person, putting aside the risk of action, even if Hou Jing succeeded in one blow, it was just replacing the black otter with Hou Jing, which was not beneficial to the Eastern Wei Dynasty. Hou Jing is by no means a person who is willing to live under others for a long time, as long as he is provided with conditions, his ambition will definitely swell.

However, Gao Huan still handed over Henan to Hou Jing, Henan is too important for Gao Huan, Yuwentai's route to plot the Kanto region is basically locked in Luoyang first, and the Liang army's northern expedition to Henan is the most important buffer.

After Gao Aocao was killed, among these lords and fierce generals in the Eastern Wei Dynasty, only Hou Jing was the one who could manage one side and stand alone.

However, Gao Huan also knows that although Hou Jing is shrewd, at least for the time being, he is still loyal to himself, not to mention, in the administrative division of Henan, he has already left a back hand, most of the assassins in Henan are loyal to him, Hou Jing is not opposed, they are Hou Xingtai's right-hand man, if Hou Jing really has bad intentions, they will become an important force to contain Hou Jing.

Hou Jing naturally understands this, in order to show his loyalty, he left his wife and mother in Yecheng to set foot in Henan alone, Gao Huan is very satisfied with this, what is he working hard for?

Let the parents live well, let the children be naked, what is the meaning of a single person fighting for a lifetime? After the Battle of Shayuan, Yuwentai took the opportunity to take Jingzhou and other places in Henan, and later a big battle in Luoyang, and the Eastern Wei side recaptured a large territory, but Jingzhou was still firmly in the hands of the Western Wei.

The Western Wei side also attached great importance to this, and if Jingzhou was lost again, it would be equivalent to the Western Wei Dynasty completely losing Henan. After the Battle of Ha Yin. Luoyang has changed hands several times, and the people of the Western Wei Dynasty are passers-by of Luoyang after all. Fast-moving. Hou Jing set up his Daxingtai in Yuzhou, with the purpose of stabilizing the situation in the south of the river. Luozhou and Yuzhou are one south and one north, forming a trend of closing the door to the entire Henan.

Gao Huan hoped to rely on Hou Jing to drive the Westerners out of Henan, and of course Hou Jing himself also wanted to be the king of unified Henan, so Hou Jing has been preparing since the day he took over as Henan Daxingtai. In the first month of 540 AD, Hou Jing led his army out of Sancheng, aiming directly at Jingzhou in the Western Wei Dynasty.

Sancheng Town is nineteen miles southwest of Luyang, named Gaoping City, which belongs to the Zhì District controlled by the Western Wei Dynasty, while Lucheng, which is seventeen miles northeast of Luyang, belongs to the Eastern Wei Dynasty. The news of Hou Jingjun's dispatch reached Chang'an. Yuwentai immediately took Dugu as a wish to appease the ambassador through the Sanjing area, Li Bi and Dugu each led 5,000 cavalry out of Wuguan to rescue Jingzhou, Hou Jing saw that the Western Wei sent such two powerful matches, understood the attitude of the Western Wei to Jingzhou, and had to withdraw the troops.

Li Bi and Dugu returned to the army as they wished. A few months later, Liu Ping, the assassin of Xiazhou, sent an urgent report, Rouran suddenly attacked, and the front army had reached the border of Xiazhou. Yu Wentai, who was sitting in the Huazhou shogunate, immediately ordered all field regiments to assemble in the Shayuan area and closely monitor the movements of the Rouran people. At the same time, Liu Ping was ordered to set fire to the grass in the Hexi area north of Xiazhou, and the grass was gone, and the war horses of the Rouran people could only gnaw the grass roots, so as to prevent the Rouran cavalry from going south.

The Rouran cavalry was huge, and there was a panic in the territory of Western Wei. People whispered that our emperor had just deposed the empress and married the princess of Rouran Khan, and thought that he would be able to enjoy a few years of peace. I didn't expect the Rouran people to make a comeback so soon, why is that?

Yuwen Taitun Army Sand Garden. There was no consideration at all about the possibility of the chairman of the Rouran people driving straight into coercing Chang'an, but the ministers and officials of Chang'an didn't think so. The emperor ordered martial law in Chang'an to enter a state of combat readiness. The right servant shot Zhou Huida personally arranged the guards of Chang'an, planned to build fortifications on the street to prepare for street fighting, and sent someone to notify the king of Yongzhou to discuss.

The veteran general Wang Zhen simply ignored the order of the right servant, and he contemptuously said to the messenger: If the worms arrive in Weibei, my Wang Zhenshuai villagers will be broken, and there is no need to bother the country's soldiers and horses, is there any need to be so disturbed in the city of the Son of Heaven? The Zhou family's children are too timid! At this time, a message spread in Chang'an. It is rumored that the reason why Rouran raised troops was because Empress Yu Jiulu was dissatisfied with the emperor, so her mother's family came to support her.

The reason why the empress was dissatisfied was because the emperor was still eyebrowning at the deposed empress. In fact, the emperor is a loving and righteous person, and Yi Fu has always been very affectionate, they gave birth to fourteen children in sixteen years, and the two have not been idle.

Under the strong pressure of Rouran, Yifu left the house and moved out of the main hall, but Yu Jiulu was not satisfied, and helplessly, Yifu moved to the house of his son Wudu Wang Yuanwu, who was guarding Qinzhou. Yuan Bao Ju still remembers the old feelings, and sends people to Qinzhou from time to time to greet him, and tells Yifu to keep his hair up, one day, one day, I will take you back to the palace.

These things somehow reached the ears of Queen Yu Jiulu, and the queen was furious and spread the news to the court of Rouran, and Rouran Khan sent troops to attack. Rumors reached the emperor. Yuan Bao Ju was furious: Where are there millions of people sent for a woman?

Although this is the reason, since someone said so, if I don't give an explanation, how can I face the generals! The Son of Heaven gritted his teeth and issued an edict ordering Yifu to commit suicide. Yi Fu does not have too much sadness about his fate, politics and marriage are connected, and there are few happy families.

He did not complain about the injustice of fate, but said to the messenger: May the Supreme be ten thousand years old, and the world will be prosperous, and there will be no hatred even if he dies. Efer calmly committed suicide. What a virtuous queen! After Rouran arrived in Xiazhou, he retreated, whether it was a sign after Yu Jiulu, we don't know. The Western Wei Dynasty once again regained its calm. In the winter of November, news came from Shangtai that the general Nian Xian had died of illness, which was the death of another heavyweight since Ko Luo's death in Dongyongzhou last year.

Nianxian's qualifications are relatively old, belonging to the Wuchuan group of heroic fathers, in the early years, because of the participation in the killing of Wei Kegu and promoted to another general, has been the hussar general Jiayi with the three divisions, Emperor Xiaowu and Gao Huan showdown when the use of the northern governor of the Chinese army, and then with Emperor Xiaowu into the customs.

Nianxian arrived in Guanzhong, all he saw were old acquaintances, Yuwentai also respected him very much, handed over the most important Qinzhou in Longyou to him, and then worshiped the Taishi, the general, the capital of the river, Liang and other seven states of the military, Hezhou Thorn History, soon entered the dynasty for the record of Shangshu, the battle of the river bridge because of the retreat without a fight, the court up and down a lot of rumors, although Yuwentai did not hold him responsible, but in order to give everyone an explanation, exempted from his position in the court, out of the capital of Qin Wei Yuanjing four states of the military, Qinzhou Thorn History.

Nian Xian once again as Mu Longyou, although the performance is mediocre, but basically ensures the safety of one party, for Yu Wentai is optimistic about the west gate, so that Yu Wentai has no worries, however, Nian Xian suddenly became ancient. Yu Wentai must decide who will take over the vacated seats.

The current territory of the Western Wei Dynasty is mainly divided into two large blocks of Guanzhong and Longyou, the Han and Hu people in the Longyou area live together, and the west is adjacent to Tuyuhun and the north is connected to Rouran, which is the most difficult to manage and the most prone to accidents.

Longyou and Chang'an are like the relationship between Henan and Jinyang, and Yuwentai encountered the same problem as Gao Huan. After weighing it repeatedly, Yu Wentai decided to hand over this burden to Dugu of Hanoi County as he wished. Dugu's wish to run Luoyang and comfort Sanjing all show that he has a high political reputation.

Soon under the imperial edict, Dugu went to Shangqi as the governor of the ten states of Longyou and the assassin of Qinzhou, and this appointment was equivalent to Yuwentai handing over half of the Western Wei to him, which can be described as a high power. (To be continued......)