Gao Huan is here, and the main generals who lead the troops are not Hou Jing, Gao Aocao, Han Rail, Ke Zhu Hun Daoyuan, nor Gao Yue, Peng Le, Pan Le, these famous generals of the Eastern Army, he chose Ren Xiang, and it turns out that this is not a good choice.

Ren Xiang is Gao Huan's iron buddy, they have known each other as early as in Ge Rong's army, and when Er Zhu Rong broke Ge Rong, he sent Gao Huan as a lobbyist to say that Ge Rong's seven kings turned against the water, and Ren Xiang was one of them. Ren Xiang later followed Gao Huanxin to raise troops and became a hero of Jianyi, and when the monarch was opposed, he firmly abandoned Emperor Yuan Xiu.

Emperor Xiaojing of the Eastern Wei Dynasty issued an edict to take Ren Xiang, the assassin of Xuzhou, as the platform to crusade against Yingchuan, and the assassin of Yuzhou, the assassin of Guangzhou, Zhao Yu, and the assassin of Yangzhou were all led by Yunbao to participate in the war, and were appointed to the auspicious festival. The 60,000 troops of the Eastern Wei Dynasty slaughtered Yingchuan from the south, east and west, and Yingchuan was in danger.

Dugu sent the metropolitan governor Yu Wengui to lead two thousand horses to rescue Yingzhou, two thousand against sixty thousand, the reality is so cruel. When Yu Wengui arrived in Yangzhai County, Yaoxiong and other 20,000 state soldiers of the Three Assassins had already arrived at Maqiao, which was only thirty miles away from Yingchuan, and Ren Xiang's 40,000 troops also hurried from Pengcheng day and night.

When this information reached the army, Yu Wengui felt the urgency of the military situation, so he summoned the generals to discuss the next move. The Western Wei soldiers are pitiful, not to mention that Ren Xiang has an army of 60,000, even compared with Yaoxiong's 20,000 people, it is also a one-to-ten, and it is a duel with great disparity, and all the generals under the command of Yu Wengui think that the enemy is outnumbered and cannot confront the enemy head-on.

Some people think that the army should wait and see, wait for the opportunity to attack the enemy, or have a glimmer of life. Their subtext is that once Yingzhou is unfavorable, the whole division can be returned. Jiedu Yiyang Soldiers and Horses, Wei Xiaokuan, Jian yì entered the city, and He Ruo commanded the army to fight a family, and jointly defended Yingchuan City for backup.

With the defense of the fortified city, we should be able to hold out for a while, and wait until the besieging enemy is tired. The Dugu Governor will inevitably send reinforcements, and there will still be a chance to break the enemy when the time comes. Yu Wengui saw that everyone was so afraid of the field. A little displeased, he already had a third option in his mind. Yu Wengui said to everyone: Everyone. When marching and fighting, victory or defeat cannot be judged by common sense. In ancient times, there were many examples of winning more with less, all because of the result of pre-planned decisions.

Although I am ignorant, I also think that entering the city and joining forces with He Ruo is the best policy. Listening to Yu Wengui's agreement with everyone's opinions, the generals were silent, and everyone listened to Yu Wengui quietly. Yu Wengui paused, glanced at everyone, and then said: Everyone, please listen to me, Yaoxiong and the others thought that Yingchuan was a lonely city and had insufficient troops. He also thinks that it is not necessary for our weak soldiers to come alone, and if they attack the city with all their might, it will be broken soon. If he joined forces with Ren Xiang after capturing Yingchuan, the enemy's strength increased.

If our army does not move forward, it is playing into the enemy's tricks. Yes, Yi Tong is reasonable, and it is better to enter the city. However, Yu Wengui's face suddenly changed, and he said angrily: If Yingchuan and He Ruotong are finished, what else do you want us to do? Let's not forget the mission of our trip. If we go to Yingchuan City first. Then join forces to attack the enemy, retreat, there is a city to defend, enter and take it by surprise, and you will definitely be able to break the enemy with the kings. Please have no more doubts.

Speaking of which, it is still necessary to fight the enemy in the field. It seems that Yu Wengui is determined to be tough, but what Yu Wengui said is not unreasonable, and the Western Wei generals Li Zhen, Wei generals Liang Chun, Wei Xiaokuan, etc. agreed. The crowd was silent. So the Western Wei army accelerated its march and entered Yingchuan to join He Ruotong before Yaoxiong's arrival. Everyone in the city thought that Yu Wengui would defend the city. He Ruotong asked Yu Wengui to preside over the defense of the city. Yu Wengui smiled and said: I'm not busy defending the city, I want to borrow Lord Heruo's soldiers and horses. The soldiers and horses of Yingzhou are willing to obey Yuwen Yitong's dispatch.

Good. In that case, please sit in the city and see how I can break the thief. Ah, could it be that Yuwen Gong wants to fight with the Eastern Army in the field? He Ruotong's face was solemn and silent. The eastern army gradually approached, Yuwen Gui ordered the soldiers and horses in the city to gather together with him to go out of the city, and the western army cavalry and Yingchuan righteous soldiers lined up on their backs to the city and waited for the battle.

The soldiers and horses of Sanzhou approached the city, Yu Wengui did not let them have a chance to breathe, and with an order, the Western Army rushed over. Wei general Liang Chun took the lead in leading his cavalry to rush ahead, Liang Chun was the commander of Er Zhurong's account when he fought Ge Rong, he was resolute and good at caring, and the property obtained from meritorious service was always distributed to his subordinates, so his subordinates were willing to fight to the death for him.

Wei Xiaokuan led the righteous to fight on foot, Li Ji was invincible across the horse and carried the spear, Yu Wengui was even more daring to be his front, He Ruodun was not to be outdone, and the horse bent the three-stone bow, and the arrow was not in vain.

Wengui is also a famous marksman, and he was once called Yang Youji Regeneration by Emperor Wei's Yuan Bao Torch. Now that he saw that He Ruodun had mastered his riding and archery skills, he couldn't help but secretly applaud.

In the melee, Yu Wengui's war horse suddenly knocked him to the ground, the horse lance was also thrown aside, several Eastern Army soldiers hurriedly surrounded to pick up the cheap, Yu Wengui stood up, pulled out the saber and cut down several Eastern soldiers in a row, left and right soldiers followed, they simply followed Yu Wengui to get off the horse and fight, invincible, under the encouragement of Yu Wengui, the Western Army became more and more brave, the Eastern Wei army collapsed, Yaoxiong packed up the remnants and retired to protect the Liang (Kaifeng North), it was Rainbow Treasure to return to Yangzhou. Guangzhou had already been dedicated to the Western Wei Dynasty by Liu Zhi, and Zhao Yu could not go back, so he had to surrender on the spot.

More than 10,000 soldiers of the Eastern Wei Dynasty were captured, and Yu Wengui kept the captured baggage for military use, and all the soldiers were sent home.

Yaoxiong was known for his bravery among the generals of the Eastern Wei Dynasty, and he once repelled an immortal general like Chen Qingzhi, so his defeat made Ren Xiang tremble, and the Western Army was very powerful

& Xiang didn't dare to move on, and the Hui army planned to retire to Wanling. At this time, Dugu sent the second reinforcement Yifeng's cavalry as he wished, Yuwengui and Yifeng joined forces to pursue the Eastern Army, Ren Xiang had not yet run to Wanling, the chasing soldiers had arrived, and he had no choice but to stop and meet the whole army.

The sun had set, the two sides had a confrontation, and the soldiers had no sleep all night. As soon as the sky was bright, Yi Feng led his five hundred cavalry to rush over, and Yu Wengui commanded the army to follow. Ren Xiang was defeated and fled.

It was Rainbow Treasure who returned to Yiyang and surrendered to Xianzhou, and Yu Wengui opened the Mansion with the three divisions because of his merits, and was the general of Rainbow Treasure and Zhao Yujia to seal the chariot. Yuzhou assassin Shi Yaoxiong led the troops to the north, Yuzhou was empty, Wei Xiaokuan, the governor of Yuwengui, took the opportunity to attack Yuzhou, Guo Chengbo, Cheng Duobao, the governor of Yuzhou, captured Feng Yong and surrendered, and Wei Xiaokuan entered Yuzhou.

Wei Xiaokuan escorted thousands of family members of Yaoxiong and the generals of the Northern Expedition to Chang'an. When the escort team arrived at Lekou, dozens of horsemen including Wang Hengjia and Governor Helianjun of Yaoxiong's foreign soldiers rushed from Daliang to kill Cheng Duobao when they heard the news. rescued the family of the governor of Yuzhou and returned to Daliang. The brothers Xing Mona, Fan Yang, and Lu Zhongli raised troops in Haiyu to respond to the Western Wei Dynasty.

The states of Henan are like dominoes, changing their flags one after another. Only Guo Luan, the thorn of Jingzhou in the Western Wei Dynasty, gnawed a hard bone. After more than 200 days of stalemate, the Western Wei soldiers were tired, Murong Yan took the opportunity to attack, and the Western Wei soldiers were defeated. Yuwentai's winter offensive was so fierce, and the Eastern Wei Dynasty and Henan were lost, we were surprised to see that Gao Huan did not take any action after Ren Xiang's defeat, was he cowardly?

However. Judging from the series of events that followed, the defeat in Henan was more like a big conspiracy to lure the snake out of the hole and lure the enemy into the depths.

Gao Huan used a corrupt official like Ren Xiang, and it was impossible not to defeat the battle. Ren Xiang's biggest ability is to pat on the back, and Yuan Zhan has no shortage of beauties from Ren Xiang. And when he was in office, he was simply unscrupulous embezzlement of public funds. Although Ren Xiang was in front at this time, it was the famous general Yaoxiong who really fought the bayonet on the field.

It's just that Yaoxiong's opponent is Zhao Gui, a famous general of the Western Wei Dynasty, and this is not an idle character. The funniest thing is that Zhao Yu and Yunbao surrendered before the formation, and directly changed a brand and became the big gold collar of the Western Wei Company. made Gao Huan angry half to death.

Emperor Xiaowu moved westward, and the voice of opposition to Gao Huan in Henan was very high, but Gao Huan never took any measures, and Dugu attacked Luoyang as he wished. Gao Aocao is more like he was ordered to retreat north, and then Henan became a pot of porridge, and the characters of the show basically appeared. The front of the enemy and the enemy gradually became clear.

Sha Yuan's defeat was a blow to Gao Huan, but it was not enough to kill. The Eastern Wei Dynasty was rich in the end, so it quickly recovered. In fact. Gao Huan has been reflecting on the lessons of the two failed Western Expeditions. He didn't want to go to war until he was sure of victory.

The Eastern Wei government led by Gao Huan is more like a military coalition government, and corruption is a common problem among military and senior officials, Gao Huan is very helpless about this situation, and the situation he faces is also very difficult, the Guanxi regime is very tempting to the warriors, and Xiao Yan in the south of the Yangtze River is the orthodoxy in the eyes of the Han scholars.

In addition, Gao Huan also had to spend energy to reconcile the national contradictions, the two main forces that he relied on to start his business, one is the six towns of Xianbei, and the other is the Hebei Han army, the Hu and Han contradictions have been around for a long time, and it is really not easy to bring them together.

During the Hanling War, Gao Huan tried to assign some Xianbei soldiers to Gao Aocao, but was rejected by Gao Aocao, so Gao Aocao's Han army has always been distinct from other legions in the Eastern Wei Dynasty, but the basic composition of this army is heroic, chivalrous, and villager, and its combat effectiveness is very strong. In order to appease the Han army, Gao Huan showed extraordinary respect for Gao Aocao, and gave orders in the daily army to pass the Xianbei language, but as long as Gao Aocao was present, Gao Huan would definitely use Chinese.

Once Gao Aocao begged to see Gao Huan's doorkeeper and did not let him in, he actually raised his hand to shoot him to death, and it depends on the owner to beat the dog, people thought that Gao Aocao must pay for his impulsiveness, but people were disappointed in the end, Gao Aocao had nothing to do. Gao Huan was so conniving, so the Xianbei generals of the Eastern Wei Dynasty were very afraid of Gao Aocao, and even once scolded the Han people for Liu Gui as "a money man", Gao Aocao led the Han army to attack Liu Gui's camp to destroy Liu Gui.

Gao Aocao fought for the Han people, but the other generals were very dissatisfied with him, and everyone always looked at each other together. Gao Huan conscientiously summed up the lessons of Shayuan's defeat and realized that training soldiers well in large corps operations is the last word, and if we want to win the battle, we must do a good job in the cooperation between various armies.

In the new year, Gao Huan took Hou Jing as the main platform, Gao Aocao as the military secretary, and Ren Xiang from the same platform, Liu Gui, Lieutenant Liu Gui, Yuzhou Assassin Shi Yaoxiong, and Jizhou Assassin Shi Wan Qi were gathered in the Tiger Prison to train their troops in the Tiger Prison, ready to start recovering the lost territory. There are seventy-six governors under Gao Aocao alone, the Eastern Wei army can be described as huge, and the tiger prison soldiers and horses have formed a huge threat to the safety of Luoyang.

He Baren, the governor of the Eastern Wei Dynasty, attacked Fenzhou in the south of the Western Wei Dynasty, stabbed Shi Wei Zijie and surrendered, Yuwentai exterminated Wei Ziji, and Yuwentai killed chickens and monkeys, wanting to warn the Western Wei governors to defend the city, but it turned out to be limited. The Eastern Army's strategic counteroffensive kicked off.

Due to the direct threat to Luoyang by a large number of the main forces of the Eastern Army stationed in the Tiger Prison, Dugu was unable to divide his troops to aid the states of Henan, and the states were broken by the Eastern Army. Hou Jing, Ren Xiang, and Yao Xiong sent troops to Yingzhou. Yaoxiong broke through Lekou and captured Guo Chengbo, the Taishou of Yingchuan in Western Wei.

The governor Liang Zhen abandoned the west of the city, and He Ruotong and his son led the remnants into Luoyang to defect to Dugu as he wished. Yaoxiong led the Eastern Army to attack the Hanging Gourd. Wei Xiaokuan abandoned the city and left. The Eastern Army continued to attack Xiangcheng and Nanton, and in less than a day's effort, the two cities were breached, and Han Xian, the assassin of Yizhou in the Western Wei Dynasty, who was guarding Nanton, was captured, and the Yangzhou Assassin was Rainbow Treasure who fled, and 2,000 generals, including Yangzhou Governor Shi Qiuyue and Rainbow Treasure's wife and concubine, were captured. Hou Jing led the army to attack Luyang, and the Western Wei defender Guangzhou assassin Shi Luo Chao held the city for more than a month.

Yuwentai sent Li Bi to lead the army to help, and Yi Tong Cheng Hua and Wang Zhengman were the forerunners. Lu Yong, the governor of Luozhou in the Eastern Wei Dynasty, was ordered by Hou Jing to lead a hundred cavalry to reconnoiter the movements of the Western Wei reinforcements, and when he arrived at Dakui Mountain, he found that the Western Wei reinforcements would arrive immediately. It's getting late. Lu Yong ordered the generals to hang flags everywhere on the trees in the mountains. Cheng Hua and Wang Zhengman saw the banner of Dakui Mountain, thinking that a large army of the Eastern Army was stationed here, and they did not dare to advance rashly due to the unpredictability of the enemy.

That night, Lu Yong divided the cavalry into ten teams, each of them sounded their horns to attack, the western army was suddenly attacked, I don't know how many people the enemy came, the army was in chaos, and the soldiers fled for their lives. Cheng Hua was captured, Wang Zhengman was beheaded, and Lu Yong drove the captured 300 war horses back overnight. Li Bi folded the forward battalion and did not dare to continue to advance.

There is no hope for reinforcements. Luo Chao knew that if he continued to persevere, the city would only be destroyed and people would die, so he opened the city and surrendered.

In February of the fourth year of the unification of the Western Wei Dynasty (538 AD), the four prefectures of Ying, Guangzhou, Henan, and Nanfen were re-owned by the Eastern Wei Dynasty. The Eastern Army cut off Luoyang's external connections. Luoyang became an isolated city, but the generals of the Eastern Wei Dynasty did not seem to have the intention of attacking Luoyang. They seem to have forgotten that Dugu is wishful, but Dugu is willing but does not dare to be lucky at all. He knew that sooner or later there would be a vicious battle in Luoyang.

As for why the generals of the Eastern Wei Dynasty only attacked the periphery of Luoyang, I think it was out of Gao Huan's instructions. Thinking deeper, there are deeper reasons, and when I think of this, I can't help but admire Gao Huan's strategy and sweat for Yuwentai.

It's a reinforcement from the encirclement! Gao Huan used Dugu as a bait, as long as Yuwentai sent troops, Gao Huan would immediately go south to join forces with Hou Jing, since the two western expeditions were unfavorable, luring the snake out of the hole was actually the most clever way to play, this is Gao Huan's real purpose.

The question is, can Yuwentai be fooled? Will he abandon Dugu and ignore his wish as he did in the early years of the Great Unification? In fact, Yu Wentai really has no energy to take care of the affairs of Henan for the time being, and at the moment he is busy with the marriage of Emperor Wei's ingots.

When Yuwentai won two victories in the East-West War, he did not feel relieved, the pressure was still great, for the Kansai regime, the southeast and northwest were all enemies, Gao Huan in the east, Xiao Yan in the south, Tuyuhun in the west, and Rouran in the north, there was no fuel-efficient lamp.

And the biggest threat, except for Gao Huan, is Rouran. The Rouran people are not good neighbors, every autumn when the horses are fat, they start to travel across the border to bring something by the way, population, food, livestock are their favorites. For a time, Rouran was in decline due to civil strife.

But since Huaishuo Town escorted Yang Jun to the exiled prince of Rouran, Anagui, to return to the prairie to regain the throne, Rouran became strong again. Ana Guijia head soldier Khan, he has been in Luoyang for many years, familiar with the rules and regulations of the Great Wei, so in the Rouran royal court modeled on the Great Wei set up Shizhong, Huangmen and other officials, established a strong centralized government, the power is getting stronger and stronger, in helping the Great Wei to kill the six Han Baling at the same time by the way to level the northern military towns, since then the Wei Dynasty has become more and more disrespectful. After the division of the Eastern and Western Wei, the vast territory of Rouran bordered the two countries, and he could bully whoever he wanted.

Naturally, the two Great Wei were reluctant to grudge against Rouran, after all, the main enemy at the moment was the person who threatened a Great Wei.

What to do? Yuwentai thought of being close to each other, climbed relatives with the head soldier Khan, became a family, and then dealt with Gao Huan together. So, the daughter of Sheren Yuanyi pretended to be the princess of Huazheng and went to the grassland to marry Ta Han, the younger brother of the head soldier Khan. Although the princess is not a close relative of the emperor, her surname is Yuan. Coming and not being rude, Yuwentai asked Yuan Bao Ju to marry the daughter of the head soldier Khan.

It's a bit difficult. Because Yuan Baoju is a man with a wife, when he was promoted from the king of Nanyang to the emperor of Wei, his wife Yi Fu was also promoted from the princess of Nanyang to the queen of Western Wei. It is said that the emperor has three palaces and six courts, and it doesn't matter if he has one more wife or one less, but the problem is that Rouran people are very strong, and they have already sent a letter to them, and they can get married, but when they come, they will be queens. Not only must she be the queen, but the original queen must leave the palace.

The ingot torch was silent. Queen Yi Fu married Yuan Baoju at the age of sixteen, and the two gave birth to twelve children successively, and they were able to have children with women one after another, which also shows that the relationship between the two has always remained close.

However, only two of these children survived in the end, and the medical conditions in the old days were so poor that even if they were born in a noble family, they had to resign themselves to fate.

Yifu was born beautiful, tolerant, thrifty, vegetable, and did not like pearls and jades, in short, she had the advantages of Empress Xiande, the emperor was very satisfied, and the husband and wife were very affectionate. Yuan Bao Torch and Yi Fu Hou are in deep love, and they can't let go of the love of husband and wife for a while.

Yuwen Taicai doesn't care what kind of children you have, in his opinion, if sacrificing a woman can be exchanged for peace in Northern Xinjiang, it is simply worth it. What is a woman for the sake of the country? Yu Wentai repeatedly asked the emperor to remarry after the abolition, the interests of the country came first, and the Yuan Bao Torch had no reason to refuse for his own selfishness, so he had to agree. The couple broke up in tears.

After being the queen for more than two years, Yifu moved from the palace to the Buddhist temple and became a nun, temporarily leaving her beloved husband, but there is still hope, from the emperor's reluctant eyes, she read hope. As long as there is hope in a person's life, she can face a qiē strongly, and she can endure any kind of humiliation. After removing the obstacles, the marriage proposal is on the agenda.

As soon as Qiē was ready, Fufeng Wang Yuanfu took the courtship team to the Rouran Royal Court. Speaking of which, this trip for Yuanfu can be called a revisit, Yuanfu and the head soldier Khan is also an old acquaintance, Zhengguang years he once served as a messenger of the Great Wei envoy Rouran, was detained by the head soldier Khan for nearly a year. But what Yuan Fu didn't expect was that here he met the Eastern Wei mission.

Due to the high price offered by the Western Wei side and the sincerity, the head soldier Khan happily received Yuan Fu and at the same time detained the Eastern Wei envoy Yuan Quan.

The welcoming team and the sending party went on the road together, and the head soldier Khan probably knew that Chang'an was not rich now, so for the happiness of his daughter, he prepared a rich dowry: 700 cars, 10,000 horses, and 2,000 camels. Ten thousand Rouran horses can become a formidable cavalry with a little training, and for the sake of her daughter, Anagui is bleeding. The team arrived at Wuchi in Wuyuan County, and the guard of honor sent by the Western Wei government arrived, and the two sides met and camped to rest.

King Fufeng invited Princess Rouran Yu Jiulu to sit in the north and face south, and accept everyone to pay homage as a monarch and minister. Unexpectedly, Yu Jiulu's family didn't buy it at all, he said to Yuanfu: I haven't seen Emperor Wei yet, or Rouran's sons and daughters, the etiquette of Great Wei is respected in the north, and our Rouran is valued in the west. The Rouran people set up tents on the grassland, and in winter, the northwest wind blows from west to east, and the tent door can be opened in the east

Windproof, after a long time it became a habit to sit west and face east. "So, I'm going to sit west facing east." The crowd couldn't resist the princess, so they had to let her sit with her back to the east and west to accept everyone's worship. Soon, the team arrived in Chang'an, and a grand marriage ceremony was held in the palace, and Yu Jiulu was named the queen.

Yuwentai sacrificed a queen in exchange for Rouran's ten thousand horses and the peace of northern Xinjiang. After getting Rou, Yuwentai took his uncle Wang Meng as Situ to sit in Chang'an, and led his army to be stationed in Huazhou, whose status was similar to that of the Eastern Wei Dynasty, and Feng Yicheng became the second Jinyang.

Yuwentai's approach is simply the Kansai version of Gao Huanbafu. The newlywed Yuan Bao Torch is a little depressed, according to the etiquette system, the newlyweds want to visit the ancestral tomb and introduce the new members of the family to the ancestors, but the distant ancestor mausoleum of the Yuan family is in Yunzhou, which belongs to the control area of the Eastern Wei Group, and it is not easy to go, the modern ancestral tomb is in Luoyang, Luoyang has been recovered, but the mountains are high and the road is far away, and the enemies are around, and it is not easy to go to a trip. Yuan Baoju wanted to go, and he communicated his thoughts to Yuwentai.

At this time, Luoyang Shou Dugu's emergency document arrived, it turned out that Hou Jing of the Eastern Wei Dynasty, Gao Aocao and others had launched a summer offensive, and the Kim Yong City guarded by Dugu was surrounded by regiments, Hou Jing also set a fire after breaking through the outer city of Luoyang, and the official temple dwellings inside and outside the old capital of Luoyang survived only two or three out of ten.

Dugu fought alone as he wished, and if the reinforcements couldn't keep up, it would be a matter of time before Luoyang changed hands. Thinking of the miserable situation in the old capital, the heart of the unification emperor is like a knife, and Luoyang must not be allowed to fall into the hands of the easterners again! He asked Prime Minister Yuwen to immediately send troops to the rescue. Yu Wentai agreed. (To be continued......)