Chapter 153 [The Great War]

The battle line pulled by the two sides was too long, and the battle was fought for a whole day, and the Eastern Wei army was outnumbered in the end, and after a long time, the weakness of the Western Wei Dynasty with few people was exposed, first the right army Dugu wished, Li Yuan and the left army Zhao Gui and Yifeng were defeated, and several main generals could not see Yuwentai and Yuan Bao Torch, and abandoned the army and fled one after another. Seeing that Dugu had retreated as he wished, Li Hu and Nian Xian also turned their horses and ran away.

Yu Wentai led the Chinese army to break out of the enemy's heavy encirclement and return to the camp in the east of the city, and he was surprised to see that the camp was empty, and all the troops and horses had retreated. Yuwentai saw that everyone ran away regardless of themselves, and knew that there was no possibility of turning the tables today, so he simply set fire to his camp tent and fled to Guanzhong after everyone. Before leaving, he left the eldest grandson Ziyan to continue to hold on to Kim Yong Cheng and cover the westward march of the armies.

The emperor's Yuan Bao Torch originally planned to go to Luoyang to worship his ancestors, but he did not expect to suffer such a big defeat, and most of the guards on the left and right fled away, and only Shen Hui, a member of the Zhongshu House, followed closely to protect the emperor and fled west with the rebellious army.

The soldiers who were defeated and retreated by the Western Wei side were endless, and the strongholds set up along the way also retreated with the defeated soldiers, and even the Hongnong guards abandoned the city and fled, and the Eastern Wei soldiers placed in the city took the opportunity to occupy Hongnong.

Yuwentai retreated to Hongnong City non-stop, saw that the city gate was closed and was more angry, immediately stormed the city, the Eastern Wei Dynasty soldiers killed hundreds of people, the rest of the people saw that they could not resist scattering and fleeing, Yuwentai entered Hongnong, and ordered to rest and then go. Although the generals all fled, some of the generals still insisted on fighting.

Dou Chi and his own soldiers were chased by the Eastern Army, to the mountain, there was no way to go in front, Dou Chi and the three dismounted, looking for cover against the enemy.

The pursuers gathered more and more. Surrounded from three sides, the arrows rained down. The bows of the left and right slaves were shot by the enemy and could not be used, so Dou Chi collected the remaining arrows of the three people. Launched casually, the enemy fell down, and shot more than a dozen Eastern soldiers in a row, and the Easterners saw that Dou Chi was not easy to provoke, so they discussed with each other: Even if these three people are captured, it will not be a great achievement.

The Eastern Army retreated slightly, and Dou Chi seized the opportunity to break through. Wang Sizheng was wounded in many places, and his horse was tired and lay down, but he still raised his spear on foot and struck left and right. In a sweep, several Eastern Wei soldiers fell to the ground, and the Eastern Army did not dare to get close, but Wang Sizheng was finally seriously injured and passed out.

According to the military merit system, military merit is based on the number of heads, so the dead person will generally have his head cut off by the enemy, and at the same time, according to the identity of the head provider, the level of merit is different. In other words, the head of an official and the head of a soldier are cut off, and the former has more credit.

Today, there are too many heads that can be cut off on the battlefield. Therefore, the officers and soldiers of the Eastern Wei Dynasty had too many choices, and it was this that saved Wang Sizheng's life, because the soldiers of the Eastern Wei Dynasty regarded him as a big soldier.

Because. Wang Sizheng has always been diligent and thrifty, and he is not particular about dressing. So the clothes and armor were in tatters, and there was not even a horse. It was these circumstances that made the Eastern Wei soldiers make wrong judgments.

The economic conditions of the Eastern and Western Wei Dynasty were very different, the Eastern Wei army was brightly dressed from officers to soldiers, while the Western Wei soldiers had a few sets of new clothes except for the officials, and the soldiers were almost all dressed in tatters like a group of beggars. Therefore, it was easy for the Eastern Wei soldiers to identify the officers and soldiers of the Western Wei Dynasty.

I'm not talking nonsense, there is a record in the Tang Dynasty notes, saying that several Western Wei soldiers caught an Eastern Wei soldier, and they were so happy that they thought they had caught a big fish, and when they knew that this was a soldier, their mouths were open enough to fit into a cow: how could it be, he was wearing a silk dress.

This story proves that the soldiers of the Western Wei Dynasty were indeed poor, and few soldiers could afford to wear silk clothes. Wang Sizheng, who was dressed in tatters, was regarded by the Eastern Wei soldiers as a small soldier who did not have much oil and water to fish.

How did they know that lying underground was a big fish who had been a thorn in the state, a free rider, and a metropolitan governor.

The soldiers of the Eastern Wei Dynasty searched everywhere for the heads of the Western Wei officers, Wang Sizheng escaped, and was finally rescued from the pile of dead by his subordinate Governor Lei Wu'an, and did not catch up with the defeated Western Wei army until the middle of the night.

General Pingdong, Taizhong doctor Cai You killed the rise, simply dismounted and fought on foot, several Eastern Wei soldiers were killed by the big lance, and the left and right soldiers saw that the war of the Western Army was unfavorable, and persuaded the main general to get on the horse, once there was a mistake, he could quickly withdraw, Cai You roared angrily: The prime minister raised me like a word, today's matter, only to fight to the death, how can I think of my life!

General Pingdong, Taizhong doctor Cai You killed the rise, simply dismounted and fought on foot, several Eastern Wei soldiers were killed by the big lance, and the left and right soldiers saw that the war of the Western Army was unfavorable, and persuaded the main general to get on the horse, once there was a mistake, he could quickly withdraw, Cai You roared angrily: The prime minister raised me like a word, today's matter, only to fight to the death, how can I think of my life! The prime minister raised me like a son, today's things, there is only a battle to the death, how can I think of my life!

More than ten people on the left and right were inspired by it, and they all shouted in unison to rush towards the Eastern Army, and a large number of Eastern Wei soldiers fell, however, there were many people in the Eastern Army, and one person fell, and more people rushed up. Heavy casualties.

In addition to Cai You's more than a dozen people nearby, there is no shadow of other Western armies, and the easterners bully them to be few and lonely, forming more than ten overlapping encirclements forty steps away, which is the legendary ambush on all sides. The easterners are no longer close, they already regard Cai You as a boiled duck, and they can't fly with your wings.

Someone shouted loudly: Look at the general is also a warrior, if you take off your armor and surrender, why don't you worry about not keeping your wealth? Cai You sneered and said: "Dead pawn, I will take the head of the others today and be the crowner, why bother to ask for the official title of a thief with my body."

After laughing, Cai You stuck the big lance on the ground, took a hard bow and put a deadly arrow on it, and walked around the enemy on all sides, the Eastern Wei soldiers had already learned Cai You's power, and unconsciously took two steps back, and the air suddenly became tense.

At this moment, a gap suddenly flashed in the formation of the eastern army, and a samurai dressed in thick armor and holding a long sword broke the stalemate. Cai You aimed his arrow at this heavily armored Eastern Army, forty steps, thirty steps, "Shoot him, shoot him!" Cai You shouted left and right.

Cai You whispered: Shh, our lives depend on this arrow, where do you dare to make a false shot, wait. Cai You found the cover door of the heavily armored Eastern Army.

Twenty steps, fifteen steps, when the distance between the two sides was nearly ten steps or so, Cai You's arrow suddenly shot out, and the thick-armored long knife warrior had no time to avoid it. The arrow hit the door in front of him, and he fell on his back with a groan. Cai You quickly stepped forward to assassinate him with a lance.

The soldiers of the Eastern Army were in a commotion and involuntarily retreated. Cai You seized the fighter plane and shot arrows continuously, the arrows killed him, he retreated while shooting, led the left and right to rush out of the encirclement, everyone got on the horse and hurriedly retreated, until Hongnong caught up with the Yuwentai army.

It was already the middle of the night, and Yuwentai had not closed his eyes for several days under the fright, and at this time, seeing Cai You returning safe and sound, he couldn't help but be overjoyed: Cheng Xian came back. I don't have anything to worry about anymore. Yuwentai fell asleep on Cai You's thigh. After the war, Yuwen Tai entered Cai You as the duke.

After the Western army retreated, Gao Huan's 7,000 cavalry also arrived, at this time the battle in Heyin had basically ended, Gao Huan ordered some men and horses to pursue the enemy fleeing west, and the others attacked Kim Yong Yong with all their might, the eldest grandson abandoned the city and fled, and Gao Huan burned Kim Yong City in a fit of anger. At this point, Luoyang City was basically destroyed.

When the elite of the Western Wei Dynasty withdrew from Henan. Yuwentai sowed many seeds along the way, and they continued to take root in Henan, and when the Eastern Wei army retreated, they began to attack the city again. The Battle of Ha Yin. More than 400 generals above the Western Wei Governor were captured and killed, which can be described as heavy losses. However, the Eastern Wei side killed the fierce general Gao Aocao. The two sides were tied.

However, Yuwentai's nightmare is not over. No, I wanted to stay in Hongnong for a few more days and continue to collect the remnants of the defeated soldiers who fled back one after another. Let the team rest and recuperate, at this time, news came from Chang'an, Guanzhong rebelled one after another, and the prince who was sitting in Chang'an fled in a hurry, and the shape was extremely critical. Yuwentai didn't dare to stay any longer, and immediately ordered Wang Sizheng to guard Hongnong, and then led his troops to hurry to Chang'an.

It turned out that Yuwentai brought all the elites accumulated in the past few years to Kanto, and the defense of Chang'an was quite empty, and when the news of the defeat of the Western Army in Heyin reached Guanzhong, the Eastern Wei soldiers scattered among the people after the Battle of Shayuan began to take advantage of the opportunity to make trouble.

Zhao Qingque, the former governor of the Eastern Wei Dynasty, according to Chang'an Zicheng, and the people of Yongzhou, Yu Fude, according to Xianyang, and Murong Siqing, the Taishou of Xianyang, gathered the Eastern Wei soldiers and raised troops, and turned away the Western Wei soldiers who returned from Heyin.

After the defeat of the Western Army, Li Hu was responsible for the command and defense of the Yuan Bao Torch, when the news of the defeat of the Western Army came, the Yuan Bao Torch was worried that the situation in Guanzhong was out of control, and he could not care about his own safety, so Li Hu immediately led his cronies to return to Chang'an as soon as possible. Li Hu did not stop along the way, and the first to return to Chang'an in the shortest possible time, but in the face of the large number of chaotic soldiers, Li Hu, who was weak, had no choice, in order to protect the prince, he had to cross the Weiqiao with the prince and Zhou Huida to cross the Weiqiao and run to Weibei to hide.

Hou Mo Chen Shun, the governor of the capital, organized the people of Chang'an to confront Zhao Qingque according to Dacheng, and the two sides fought several times, Zhao Qingque did not take advantage of it, and retreated to the sub-city and did not come out, Hou Mo Chen Shun kept the Wei Bridge, and keeping the Wei Bridge was equivalent to keeping the prince. Chang'an was in turmoil, and the people of Guanzhong were terrified.

The western army that had retreated from Heyin was assembled, the Yuan Bao Torch was temporarily left in Ruxiang, and Yu Wentai commanded the army to rush to Chang'an. Running around for days, the people and horses were exhausted, Yuwentai couldn't bear to let everyone be too tired, and wanted to let the army slow down, and he took a light horse into Chang'an, dealing with Zhao Qingque and other goods, there was no need to make a big move. Lu Tong, a regular attendant of the straight and scattered cavalry, persuaded: The thief has been plotting against him for a long time, and he should not be taken lightly.

Moreover, they spread rumors that the Eastern Kou was coming, and if they entered the city on light horses, the people thought that the army was indeed lost, and then the people's hearts would be disturbed, and the shape would become more and more dangerous. Lu Tong has an unusual relationship with Yuwentai, he has been around Yuwentai since Xiazhou, and he is one of the few people who can enter and leave Yuwentai's bedroom.

A sentence reminded Yu Wentai that in the current situation, although it seems a bit wasteful to kill chickens with a cow knife, the more important role of a cow knife is to scare monkeys.

Yuwentai decided to attack with heavy troops, so that the people of Chang'an could see that my black otter was only a temporary defeat, the emaciated camel was bigger than the horse, my strength was still there, and restless people had better be honest.

Sure enough, when Yuwentai's army appeared under the city of Chang'an, the rumors about the annihilation of the Wei army were self-defeating, and the people who were bewitched by Zhao Qingque felt deceived, and the rebels' hearts fluctuated. The way to deal with rumors is to educate everyone with facts.

After a period of anarchy, the people of Chang'an finally saw the dawn before dawn, and everyone rushed to tell each other, "The prime minister is back, Chang'an is saved!" At this time, Huazhou Thorn Shi Yu Wendao also led the army to the meeting.

It turned out that Yuwendao fought a series of battles in Weibei, broke through Xianyang and killed Murong Siqing's prisoner Yu Fude, and immediately crossed Weishui south to Chang'an after getting the news that Yuwentai's army was killing Chang'an. There was no suspense, under the personal command of Yuwentai, Chang'an Zicheng was quickly recovered.

Zhao Qingque was destroyed. At this time, Yuwentai realized that the rebellion in Chang'an was not done by a group of soldiers, and there was a deep background behind the rebels. Soon. Taibao Liang Jingrui was implicated.

Liang Jingrui was originally the leader of the Qiang people in Hezhou, and he made Hezhou an independent kingdom from the Zhengguang period. He believed that he was far away from the emperor of the Han Mountain, and he never took the court in his eyes at all, and even asked Hou Mo Chen Yue to do it for him every year.

In order to break these independent kingdoms with self-respect, Yuwentai gradually let him leave Hezhou, and in the first year of Datong, he was first named Taiwei, and after the death of Taifu Hu Sichun in the third year of Datong, Liang Jingrui moved to Chang'an. During the Eastern Expedition, Liang Jingrui said that he was ill and failed to join the army, and after receiving the news of the defeat of the Western Army, he secretly colluded with Zhao Qingque to launch a rebellion.

Yu Wentai immediately arrested and executed Liang Jingrui. Chang'an restored the peaceful scene of the past, and the emperor's ingots returned to the Chang'an Palace. Yuwentai returned to the Kashu shogunate.

Yuan Bao Ju summoned Hou Mo Chen Shun, took his hand and said, "The battle of Weiqiao is thanks to you." The emperor untied the gold and jade beam belt around his waist and rewarded Hou Mo Chen Shun, and Hou Mo Chen Shun accepted it excitedly. Yuwen Dao was also awarded the Duke of Zhangwu County for his merits, and Wang Mengjin was the Duke of Changle County, and was given the surname Tuoba.

Chang'an calmed down, but the east-west border was still tense, the east-west war was over, and Dugu ran back to Guanzhong as he wished. But a small army was left near Luoyang. It turned out that before the war, in order to repair the Luoyang Palace, Dugu sent his foreign soldier Lang Zhongtianshui Human Rights Jingxuan to collect wood with 3,000 people, and after the defeat of the Western Wei army. Sizhou Mu Yuan Jihai abandoned the city to the west with few soldiers, and most of Henan became the Eastern Wei Dynasty-controlled zhì district.

The Quan Jing Propaganda Department suddenly became a lone army in the middle of the enemy, but having 3,000 people in his hands was also a force to be reckoned with. What are you afraid of when you have soldiers in your hands?

The problem is that only twenty cavalry of the 3,000 men in Quan Jingxuan's hands can be regarded as a regular army. The others were conscripted men and prisoners undergoing re-education through labor. Therefore, as soon as the war began, everyone dispersed in a hurry. Only Kwon Kyung-hyun and twenty subordinates remained.

There are enemies everywhere, there are wars everywhere, Quan Jingxuan fights and goes, the enemy fights more and more, and the battle is very tragic to surround them, and soon Quan Jingxuan sadly found that he became the commander of the light pole, all the soldiers on the left and right were killed, the enemy gathered from all sides, and the thirty-six plans went up, Quan Jingxuan suddenly roared, urging the war horse to go straight over, and successively cut down a few Eastern troops who came up, the Eastern Army was shocked by his momentum, and unconsciously retreated to the side, Quan Jingxuan seized the opportunity to rush out of the encirclement.

Fortunately, Luoyang is not all the world of the Eastern Wei Dynasty, Dugu has a good way to rule as he wishes, and there are many people who sympathize with the Western Wei Dynasty, and Quan Jingxuan hides in a village.

After the Western Army retreated, Gao Huan left Wang Yuan to guard Luoyang, returned to Jinyang by himself, and the main forces of the Eastern Army also retreated. The wind gradually loosened. Quan Jingxuan is a person who can't stand loneliness, he observes the movements around him, and is excited to find that there are many people in the countryside who regard the Western Wei Dynasty as orthodox, and the motherland they are ready to serve is in Chang'an.

Quan Jingxuan decided to do something, he quietly wrote a recruitment document for Yuwentai, promised to be an official and a property, and then put the fake document on his own appointment to recruit troops for the Western Wei government, and began to recruit troops in the nearby villages, and things went very smoothly, and soon recruited more than 500 people. With people, Quan Jingxuan has confidence.

He decided to attack Yiyang, after the Western Wei retreated from Yiyang, the Eastern Wei had not yet taken over the defense, and Yiyang now has no army, and it is a soft persimmon that is like a fake. So, Quan Jingxuan occupied Yiyang, in order to calm the people's hearts, he once again released the news that the Western Wei army was about to come to reinforce, so that everyone could rebuild their homes with confidence. The hearts of the people of Yiyang have settled down a little.

However, the Western Wei people and horses did not appear for a long time, and news was sent that a group of Eastern Wei soldiers and horses under the leadership of the general Duan Chen were marching towards Yiyang. Duan Chen, the general of the Eastern Wei Dynasty, led the crowd to Jiuqu, but because he did not know how many men and horses there were in Yiyang, the army did not advance.

Quan Jingxuan is a scheming person, he knows that using these militias he has recruited without formal training to fight against the regular army of the Eastern Wei Dynasty is tantamount to hitting a stone with an egg, once Duan Chen finds out the truth of Yiyang, none of them can escape, he decided to flee for his life.

Quan Jingxuan summoned a meeting of his followers, told everyone that the reinforcements sent by Chang'an would arrive soon, and asked everyone to defend the city well, and he was going out of the city to receive reinforcements. Everyone believed it and stationed in the city with hope to wait for reinforcements, and Quan Jingxuan took a few henchmen to open the city gate and go west.

The so-called reinforcements are not at all a thing, and Quan Jingxuan was worried that the target of leading a large group of people to escape was too big, so he used words to fool everyone and slip away. Betraying the people who followed him in the most dangerous time, Kwon Kyung-xuan was really not kind enough. However, in order to survive, I can't care about this.

Compared with Gao Aocao's brothers who did not forget to live and die with him when he was in danger, and compared to Yang Ji of Shao County who led the righteous disciples to retreat west at a critical moment, Quan Jingxuan was much worse.

But his story isn't over yet. Duan Chen's army arrived at the city of Yiyang, and the leaderless soldiers defending the city understood that the leader had abandoned the city and fled, so they opened the city and surrendered, and Duan Chen's soldiers occupied Yiyang without blood. Quan Jingxuan did not return to Chang'an, he led his henchmen to defect to Li Yansun, who was stationed in Fuliu

& Regardless of the victory or defeat of the Western Army, Li Yansun's underflow is still as solid as a rock, his success lies in the geographical advantage, people, and the underflow is dangerous, and the mass foundation is good, so the underflow is the nightmare of the Eastern Army, even a famous general like Murong Shaozong is helpless against him.

Li Yansun is good at the guerrilla tactics of the enemy advancing and retreating, and the enemy retreating and disturbing us. Quan Jingxuan was restless, he persuaded Li Yansun to attack Northern Jingzhou of the Eastern Wei Dynasty, no matter what, Quan Jingxuan was an official member of the Western Wei government, Li Yansun was just a local armed force of the Western Wei Dynasty's semi-fettered nature, Quan Jingxuan's words Li Yansun could not ignore it, things went very smoothly, and Kongcheng, the seat of Xincheng County of the Eastern Wei Dynasty, was taken. (To be continued......)