Chapter 165

Dugu Xin sent someone to arrest Pei Kuan, and Pei Kuan defended: Wei Shuang is desperate to come to me, if I betray him, it will be unjust, since I will be questioned today, the lower officials are willing. Dugu Xin has always admired Pei Kuan, and people who speak of righteousness deserve respect, so he kept him.

After the Battle of Heyin, Dugu Xin followed Yuwentai to withdraw to Guanzhong, and Pei Kuan stayed behind and threw himself around Wei Fabao as the governor, becoming Wei Fabao's long history.

With Pei Kuan's knowledge, he saw Hou Jing's trick very clearly, Hou Jing pretended to be casual on the surface, and he must be fighting ghosts in his heart, so he reminded Wei Fabao to be vigilant.

Listening to what Pei Kuan said was reasonable, Wei Fabao asked Pei Kuan for advice.

Pei Kuan pointed out two ways for Wei Fabao, to kill Hou Jing or leave the land of right and wrong early.

Wei Fabao thought that he was plotting against Hou Jing not enough, and at this time, Yuwentai's secret order for him to withdraw his troops also arrived, so he excused himself to leave Hou Jing and return to the same track defense under the pretext that there was something in the defense area.

The praying mantis catches the cicada and the yellow finch is behind, and when Hou Jing was busy with the generals of the Western Wei Dynasty, Wang Sizheng stabbed him in the back again.

After Wang Sizheng got the news that Yuwentai was going to recruit Hou Jing into the court, he expected that Hou Jing would not enter the customs, knowing that the moment for the two sides to tear their faces was about to come, and he wanted to seize the opportunity to try to strive for more benefits for the Western Wei Dynasty.

On the one hand, Wang Sizheng instructed Helan Yuande to strengthen his vigilance and prevent Hou Jing from taking advantage of it, and on the other hand, in the name of strengthening the defense under his rule, he sent his governors to the prefectures and counties of Henan to help, and soon, Wang Sizheng included the seven states and twelve towns under Hou Jing's name.

Hou Jing watched Wang Sizheng quietly "conquer the city", but he didn't have any ruts at all, dealing with Hou Jing. Wang Sizheng's conspiracy worked very well.

Hou Jing was caught between two sides, and Yuwentai and Wang Sizheng seemed to have discussed. Make Hou Jing one head and two big.

Chang'an asked him to leave his lair, and not going would mean breaking with Yuwentai. And his own territory in Henan is about to be squeezed out by Wang Sizheng.

Hou Jing finally couldn't help it.

Yu Wentai received Hou Jing's letter of renunciation: I am ashamed to work with Gao Cheng, how can I be on an equal footing with you, my brother. This is Hou Jing's true words.

Hou Jing, who had endured it for too long, was finally revealed.

Yuwentai was furious, and once again ordered to urge the reinforcements sent out at the beginning to retreat immediately, and at the same time announced the revocation of Hou Jing's position and title, and transferred the official title granted to Hou Jing to Wang Sizheng, and the affairs of Henan can only rely on Wang Sizheng.

Wang Sizheng was willing to accept it, and under the repeated urging of the Western Wei court, he reluctantly accepted the military governor of Henan (commander of the Henan Military Region) and began to run Henan with one mind.

Hou Jing's corrosive co-optation of the Western Wei governors was not without any results. After the showdown between the two sides, the governor of the Western Wei Dynasty led thousands of people from his headquarters to take refuge in Hou Jing and became Hou Jing's loyal followers.

After turning his face with Hou Jing, Wang Sizheng was caught between the Eastern Wei Dynasty, the Liang State, and Hou Jing, and the shape became more complex and subtle.

In order to reassure the generals of the Western Wei Dynasty in Henan, Wang Sizheng placed the Daxingtai station in the Changshe in Yingzhou. Yingzhou borders the Eastern Wei Dynasty and is the most vulnerable, but Wang Sizheng is not afraid, he just wants to set an example for everyone. When the enemy comes, I'll go to the top first.

Wang Sizheng thought that as long as he kept Yingzhou, then the states and counties of the Western Wei Dynasty in Henan would be as stable as Mount Tai, but what he didn't expect was that once he lost. Then the entire southern defense line of the Western Wei River will completely collapse.

Cui Xuanyou, the assassin of Xizhou, strongly opposed Wang Sizheng setting up his headquarters in Changshe.

Cui Xuanyou is the son of Cui Xiaofen, the secretary of the Great Wei Dynasty, who is resourceful and decisive. Sue him Cui Xuanyou has a talent for change, and he has to discuss more with Cui Xuanyou if he has something.

Daxingtai is equivalent to the central government agency of the Western Wei Dynasty in Henan. That is, the core of the Western Wei Dynasty and Henan, the location of Daxingtai is a matter of importance. Wang Sizheng did not forget Jì Yuwentai's instructions, and revised a letter to inform Cui Xuanyou of his plan.

Cui Xuanyou was anxious at that time, Yingchuan was too close to the enemy, there was no natural danger to defend, if the enemy came, he could easily hit the city, once Xingtai was attacked, people would be uneasy.

Cui Xuanyou hurriedly wrote back a letter to persuade Wang Sizheng to take Xiangcheng as the headquarters, Xiangcheng controls Jingluo, the transportation is convenient, and if there is something, it is easy to rescue. It's better to set up a state in Yingchuan and let Guo Xian go to guard it.

Wang Sizheng had already decided how to listen, and sent Wei Zhong to Chang'an to ask Yuwentai for instructions.

Wei Zhong told Yu Wentai about Cui Xuanyou's letter together, and Yu Wentai felt that Cui Xuanyou's words were very reasonable, so he asked Wang Sizheng to do what Cui Xuanyou said.

However, Wang Sizheng was resolute, he was full of confidence in his ability, in order to dispel the doubts of Yuwentai and the ministers of the Western Wei Dynasty, he even told Yuwentai that he was confident to fight this battle, and vowed to attack by water for a week and land for three years, and did not need Yuwentai to send any reinforcements during the period.

Since Yuwentai handed over the affairs of Henan to Wang Sizheng, he could not disobey Wang Sizheng too much, and once again acquiesced to Wang Sizheng's opinion.

However, the previous situation was very favorable to Wang Sizheng, and at the instigation of Hou Jing, the Eastern Wei Dynasty and the Liang Dynasty went to war, and now several forces can no longer take care of Wang Sizheng.

From the moment the flag was raised, Hou Jing was inseparable from the Eastern Wei court, and now he had a showdown with Yuwentai, so only the Liang Dynasty could rely on.

The old man Xiao Yan believes in Buddhism, and Buddhism is lenient and compassionate, so the Son of Buddhism forgave Hou Jing's repetition and decided to continue to help Hou Jing.

Xiao Yan was the general of the expedition to the north, and the governor of Hanbei conquered the military and marched into the city of the Western Wei Dynasty, bluffing, in order to force Wang Sizheng to return to the division.

Wang Sizheng appointed the acting Jingzhou Thorn Shi Quanzhong to strictly hold the city, and Guo Xian, the Thorn Shi of Southern Jingzhou, was ready to rescue at any time, and Xiao Fan did not dare to advance.

Hou Jing greeted the sheep crow into the hanging gourd.

Xiao Yan issued a mobilization order to the whole country, with Xiao Yuanming as the commander to lead 100,000 elite soldiers to the north, the first target is Pengcheng, the capital of Xuzhou in the Eastern Wei Dynasty.

The Civil War began.

Gao Cheng, the prime minister of the Eastern Wei Dynasty, had just foiled a rebellion against him, and the main culprits were Xunji, Zhongyuanjin, Changqiuqing, Liu Siyi, Huashan Wang Yuandaqi, Huainan Wang Yuanxuanhong, Jibei Wang Yuanhui and other clan princes were killed, and even the talented Wen Zisheng died unjustly.

Gao Cheng quietly dealt with the coup d'état. The situation in Jinyang, Yecheng, Shandong, and Hebei has gradually stabilized, and it is time to make a break with Hou Jing. So Gao Cheng ordered his uncle Gao Yue to take command, Du Bi to be the military secretary, and Murong Shaozong to rescue Pengcheng for the southeast road.

At the same time, he ordered Hu Lu, Jin Governor Peng Le, Ke Zhu Hun Daoyuan and other troops to garrison Heyang. Prevent Hou Jinggou from jumping over the wall and venturing north.

If you want to say that there are still people in this world that Hou Jing is afraid of, Gao Huan is counted as one, and Murong Shaozong is also counted as one, after all, Murong Shaozong is the enlightenment teacher of Hou Jing's marching army and fighting. Hou Jing knows too much about the master's skills.

When Gao Huan was dying, he was most worried that Hou Jing would disagree with Gao Cheng, so he had been suppressing Murong Shaozong during his lifetime, in order to let Gao Cheng use Murong Shaozong to deal with Hou Jing one day.

As soon as the connoisseur made a move, he knew if there was one, and Murong Shaozong did not live up to Gao Huan's trust. first broke the Liang army, then broke Hou Jing, and finally forced Hou Jing to lead 800 horses to cross the Huaishui south.

The Liang Dynasty Yuzhou Assassin Yang Yaren saw that Hou Jing was scared away, and he left more than auspicious, so he abandoned the Hanging Gourd and retreated to Yiyang on the grounds of poor grain transportation, and the other Liang troops who occupied Henan also ran away, and Murong Shaozong recovered the Hanging Gourd and Xiangcheng.

If the Son of Heaven of Buddhism stops, Liang Chao will only lose his arms and legs, although he is disabled. But after all, it's alive.

However, Xiao Yan's nightmare had just begun, and it originated from Hou Jing, whom he had taken in.

Wang Sizheng, who was garrisoning Yingchuan, saw that the Eastern Wei army had defeated the Liang army and drove Hou Jing away, and he knew it. He will definitely become the next target of the Eastern Wei army.

He was still confident in defending the city, and the eastern army was dominated by cavalry. Siege is not their forte, and it is not impossible for Yingchuan to create a jade wall miracle.

But. Wang Sizheng is well aware of Yingzhou's weaknesses, and Yingzhou's terrain is low. It's not as dangerous as Yubi, and if the easterners use water attack, then we will die without a place to be buried.

How can these arrogant and barbaric generations understand water warfare?

No matter what it is, let's actively prepare for the war.

Wang Sizheng's situation is more complicated, as a friend of Emperor Xiaowu Yuan Xiu, he wants to help Yuan Xiu pro-government, so he has a conflict with Gao Huan, and becomes one of the monarchs to be cleared in Gao Huan's eyes, and the two inevitably become opposites. After Yuan Xiu turned his face with Gao Huan, he persuaded Yuan Xiu to leave Guanxi to rely on Yuwentai's forces to fight against Gao Huan, who wanted Yuan Xiu to Chang'an but was killed by Yuwentai, in this case, Wang Sizheng's position was very embarrassing, he didn't want to be martyred for Yuan Xiu, and he didn't have the ability to seek justice for Yuan Xiu, and it was impossible to return to the Eastern Wei Dynasty, but although Yuan Xiu died, the Great Wei Dynasty was still there, so he continued to be loyal to the Western Wei Dynasty and changed the court, and there was no loss in integrity, and a person like him was not so much loyal to Emperor Xiaowu, but rather loyal to the country, Of course, if you want to continue to mix, you have to win the trust of Yuwentai, he did it, Yuwentai gave him the opportunity to make contributions, of course he has to do his best. In fact, from his agreement with Yuwentai, he still knows his weaknesses for one year by land and one week by water, but he still has to bet that the enemy will not think of using water to attack. What he didn't calculate was that Yuwentai didn't send rescuers for a long time, and he lost the bet.

In 546 A.D., in the fourth month of the city, Gao Yue marched into Changshe, and the defense of Yingchuan led by Wang Sizheng began.

Wang Sizheng has 8,000 soldiers under his command, and Gao Yue and Murong Shaozong have 100,000 horses, which seems to be a contest with no suspense, but Wang Sizheng doesn't seem to take Gao Yue in his eyes.

The apprentice Wei Xiaokuan's defense of the jade wall has become a classic, and this time it's time to look at the master.

Gao Yue's army came to the city of Changshe, the strange thing is that the city of Changshe is like a dead city, there is no movement at all, and there is not even a shadow of the defenders on the head of the city, is it possible that the western army was frightened when they saw our army, and they have abandoned the city and fled?

The eastern army marched noisily and entered the city from four sides with ladders.

However, a strange thing happened, suddenly the drums sounded, and a large number of Western Wei soldiers suddenly appeared in the city, and at the same time, the city gate was opened, and a group of brave black-clothed soldiers urged the horses to dance and rush straight to the location of the Eastern Wei Chinese army.

Gao Yue didn't expect it, and his soldiers didn't expect it, they never dreamed that the defenders in the city still had the courage to take the initiative to attack, under the surprise attack of the soldiers of the western army, the eastern army was in chaos, the people in front retreated, and the people in the back didn't know what was going on, trampling on each other, and making a mess.

Wang Sizheng, who was sitting at the head of the city to watch the battle, saw that the assault team had succeeded in one blow and the enemy had fallen into chaos, so he immediately led 3,000 cavalry out of the city to intercept it. Gao Yue was unable to organize resistance at all, and the Eastern Army was defeated on all fronts. Go back a few miles.

What Wang Sizheng wanted was to surprise the enemy and teach him a lesson, so he immediately retreated to the city after a successful blow. After all. Three thousand against one hundred thousand is no joke.

Gao Yue was shocked, he once thought that it was not a difficult thing to drive away the Western Wei people, after this defeat finally understood Wang Sizheng's power, looking back at the two jade battles with Gao Huan, a tragic scene resurfaced, Wang Sizheng was still the Wang Sizheng of the year, Gao Yue couldn't help but feel a chill in his heart, only felt a chill down his spine.

Gao Yue discussed with Murong Shaozong and Liu Fengsheng and decided to adjust the strategic thinking of a quick battle and a quick solution that had been formulated before. To deal with a master like Wang Sizheng, you can't be in a hurry, first cut off the external contact of the Changshe, and then slowly trap Wang Sizheng to death, a protracted war is inevitable.

The Eastern Wei army began to build strongholds around Changshe City, approaching the city step by step: We have sufficient logistical supplies, and we don't have rear support to see how you fight.

However, Wang Sizheng was very professional in defending the city, and the Hongnong and Yubi he handled became impenetrable bunkers. Can the long society replicate the myth of jade?

Gao Yue built two earthen mountains in a high place outside the Changshe City, forming a condescending situation on the Changshe City, and attacked the city wall day and night with flying ladders and trains. He threw himself on the dirt hill with the wind, and fired rockets to burn all the siege equipment on the dirt mountain.

And that's not all. He took advantage of the darkness of the night to lower a death squad with a rope and rushed to the enemy camp, and the eastern army was always on guard against the assault team coming out of the city gate. Who would have thought that this time the gods would descend from the sky, and the soldiers rushed back and fled for their lives in fear. Seeing that their people were retreating, for fear that they would become lonely, they also abandoned the earth mountain and fled for their lives, Wang Sizheng occupied two earth mountains, built fortifications on the earth mountain, and established a peripheral defense line for Changshe City.

The two sides were in a stalemate for a long time, and the Eastern Army used all their tricks, but Changshe City still did not move.

In the new year, Yuwentai added Wang Sizheng as the general, the general is under the general of the Zhu State, and it is the highest military rank in the Western Wei Dynasty except for Yuwentai, and he sent Zhao Gui and Yifeng to lead the army to rescue, and Changshecheng saw a glimmer of hope.

However, in the face of 100,000 elites of the Eastern Wei Dynasty, Zhao Guidun's army did not move. It's not hard to understand when you think about it, how many people can he bring? Judging from Li Bi and Dugu Xin's several times to send troops with 5,000 soldiers and horses, Zhao Gui will not bring more people, so with Yifeng, there will be 10,000 horses at most, although Zhao Gui still has the title of the southeast army of Jiedu, but the state and county soldiers are only 35,000 people, and the combat power is weak, with such an army to deal with Gao Yue, Murong Shaozong, Liu Fengsheng and other famous generals of the Eastern Wei Dynasty, Zhao Gui is not sure.

What's even more unfortunate is that Yifeng died of illness, and Zhao Gui feels even more lonely.

Just when Zhao Gui was watching, the shape shì underwent a heavy dà change.

Liu Fengsheng finally remembered the story of Li Hu and Yuwentai's attack on Lingzhou successively, and the construction of the water attack was finally proposed, and Wang Sizheng's worst concern finally came.

In April 549, Gao Yue, Murong Shaozong, and Liu Fengsheng, three famous generals of the Eastern Wei Dynasty, decided to build a dam in Weishui to divert water to flood Changshe City.

With the efforts of the engineers of the Eastern Wei Dynasty, the water of the Weishui River in Yingchuan was diverted to Changshe, and it is strange to say that the dam of Gaoyue was washed away once in a while, but Changshe was tossed several times, and there were landslides in many places.

Gao Yue continued to attack the city, Wang Sizheng took the lead, personally blocked the arrows, and shared weal and woe with the soldiers, but Gao Yue still had no choice.

In that case, let's drown Wang Sizheng to death.

A new, stronger dam was erected, and the river was rolling in again.

The city was flooded on all sides, and Changshe became an isolated island, and the water in the city was gushing like a spring, and the Western Army had to hang the cauldron and cook.

What's even worse is that Wang Sizheng is a hundred secrets, although the food has not been cut off, but the salt has been exhausted, the soldiers began to swell all over, and more and more people died of illness.

When Zhao Gui saw the large swamp around Yingchuan, he knew that his iron cavalry was useless, and all he could do was sigh by the river.

In fact, Yuwentai had no intention of getting involved in the war in Henan at all, Wang Sizheng went to toss by himself, although he was happy to win, he would not shake the foundation of the Western Wei Dynasty if he did not win, and the Changbao Guard War had been fought for ** months, and it was really unreasonable not to send reinforcements, so the reinforcements came reluctantly.

Therefore, when Zhao Gui reported that Changshe City had become an isolated island, and the cavalry could not march and therefore retreated, Yuwentai acquiesced.

With the lessons of the defeat of Heyin and the defeat of the mountain, the Western Wei side no longer dared to start a war with the Eastern Wei, and as for Wang Sizheng, the right to beat the rabbit in the thirtieth year of the Chinese New Year's Eve - there is also a New Year without him.

Wang Sizheng has actually become an outcast at this time.

I can't see the shadow of reinforcements, but Wang Sizheng has not wavered, for the sake of ideals and honor, he still has to keep it.

Heaven also seemed to be moved by Wang Sizheng's determination.

Just when the Eastern Wei army found a way to break the enemy, and Wang Sizheng was about to be captured, the accident suddenly happened, and the three major commanders of the Eastern Wei Dynasty broke two at once.

In order to attack Changshe Island, Murong Shaozong built a huge building ship, and standing on the boat he could look down on the city, and he could also condescendingly release arrows into the city.

Murong Shaozong, Liu Fengsheng and the general Murong Yongzhen stood on the building boat to observe the enemy's situation, suddenly there was a strong wind in the flat ground, the big ship shook the cable of the building boat and broke it, the wind blew the building boat until it floated to the city wall of Changshe City, the defenders in the city saw that the building boat had become a rushing car, and quickly put a long hook to hook the building boat, and at the same time the bow and crossbow in the city were launched to the big ship.

Murong Shaozong knew that he couldn't help it, he sighed and threw himself into the water, Liu Fengsheng fell into the water and swam to Tushan and was finally killed by an arrow, Murong Yongzhen was captured, Wang Sizheng beheaded Murong Yongzhen, and then buried the bodies of the three with ceremonies. (To be continued......)