Chapter 430: Master Wang
As soon as the war broke out, it was out of control. At the beginning of September, Yuzhou had been attacked by soldiers and horses from both sides of the West Wangfu and the North Wangfu, and in the midst of the war, a lonely city was in turmoil. No one knows whether Yuzhou will be like the last Jiangdu attack, and it can turn the corner into safety, or even end up in an alliance.
At this time, the second route of the East Wangfu also entered the jurisdiction of the South Wangfu. Unlike Lin Zhan's troops, as soon as the soldiers and horses came up, it was clear that they wanted to attack the city, because Yuzhou was under siege and had no time to take care of it, so the soldiers and horses of the second road of Dongwangfu took the opportunity to take the state and county between Yuzhou and Jiangdu, and also "took over" in the name of allies, and did not encounter any resistance for a while. The soldiers of the Eastern Prince's Mansion took more than a dozen cities without bloodshed.
After Yang Luochuan learned of Han Jian's "atrocity", he was furious, but there was nothing he could do.
At the beginning, he took the initiative to form an alliance with the East Wangfu, but now the East Wangfu actually talked about the alliance, and the magistrate of the South Wangfu also knew that it was difficult to defeat the soldiers and horses of the East Wangfu into the palace, so he simply surrendered without a fight and took refuge in the "Wang Shi", which also made Yang Luochuan very wrong, and some of the originally constructed defense lines and arrangements collapsed in an instant.
At this time, Han Jian was still leisurely in Jiangdu City, easily attacking the city, and he was also continuing to think about his plan.
Another group of envoys from Nanwangfu was sent out, and this time Yang Luochuan was forced into a desperate situation, and his attitude also changed. Originally, Yang Luochuan didn't talk about completely relying on Jiangdu, he thought that with the strength of the Southern Palace, it would not be difficult to block the coalition forces of the West Mansion and the North Palace. But up to now, he can see the situation clearly, and the power of Guangping Yuzhou, let alone the North Wangfu and the West Wangfu. Even the Dongwang Mansion can't cope with it, if the Dongwang Mansion continues to harass like this, Yuzhou will soon be "finished".
On the ninth day of the ninth month of September, when the envoys of the Southern Wangfu came to Jiangdu, they also brought Yang Luochuan's handwritten letter of allegiance. In the letter, Yang Luochuan said that he would support the orthodox emperor and empress, and that he would put the land of Yuzhou under the jurisdiction of Jiangdu, and that both Yuzhou and Jiangdu would be the land of the king's master.
After Han Jian received Yang Luochuan's letter, he still did not immediately order to rush to Yuzhou, because he proposed it. Yang Luochuan personally came to Jiangdu. Yang Luochuan did not implement it.
"Jian'er, since the king of the south is so sincere, you still don't change your original intention, if Yuzhou is broken. The next one will be Jiangdu's turn. ”
In the East Prince's Mansion. Han Songshi was constantly persuading Han Jian to be forgiving and forgiving. has forced Yang Luochuan into a corner. According to Han Song's meaning, it is not a good thing to drive the dog into the poor alley, and he will accept it when he sees it. This not only relieved the predicament of Yuzhou, but also allowed Yang Luochuan to come to surrender with peace of mind.
"Erniang, am I not waiting for the opportunity to send troops? Now in Yuzhou, can you save it if you want to? Han Jian said in a hurry.
"Opportunity? What makes a good opportunity? Yuzhou is like this, how about you let the soldiers and horses led by General Lin put on the appearance of wanting to save Yuzhou, so even if Yuzhou falls, in the end, you can explain to His Majesty or Qi'er, right? Han Song was a little anxious, she didn't expect Han Jian to be so calm and calm at this time.
A Yuzhou said that it was to be saved, but after two months, except for sending two lines of soldiers and horses, it really didn't even do anything practical. If it weren't for Han Song's knowledge that Han Jian couldn't collude with the West Wangfu or the North Wangfu, she really let Yuzhou be conquered by the West Wangfu or the North Wangfu because Han Jian wanted to harm Yuzhou.
"Erniang, General Lin's soldiers and horses are only twenty or thirty thousand, plus the newly sent soldiers and horses, but forty or fifty thousand. There are 100,000 soldiers and horses in the West Wangfu and the North Wangfu, and they are rushing to help, isn't it a drop in the bucket? Han Jian said.
"How come there are also city walls waiting for Yuzhou to ......" Han Song said bitterly, thinking that Han Jian probably had a plan, so he asked, "Jian'er, do you have other arrangements?" ”
"Siege Wei to save Zhao." Han Jian said casually.
"It's ......"
Han Song thought for a long time, and then remembered that Han Jian had indeed sent the third way of soldiers and horses out before.
However, the soldiers and horses along the way were sent very low-key, in order to quell the local rebellions in Henan and Shandong, and the soldiers and horses were only about a few thousand soldiers and horses, and they all seemed to be old and weak soldiers, with little combat effectiveness. Han Song's heart was shocked, could it be that Han Jian was going to make any article from this road soldier?
Han Jian said: "Erniang wait with peace of mind, in the past two days, there should be news." ”
Han Songshi was stunned for a moment, and then she stopped talking.
In her opinion, since she has let go, and Han Jian can also take care of the affairs of the East Prince's Mansion in an orderly manner, she doesn't have to ask about everything. Han Jian had a comprehensive plan, and she only added to the chaos when she asked.
At this time, in the Yellow River generation, it is indeed something unusual. The Dongwangfu sent troops and horses to quell the rebellion, and drove straight into it from the moment the troops were dispatched, not to Henan and Shandong, where riots occurred, but to Luoyang City.
At the beginning, everyone didn't realize that Han Jian would have such "wolf ambitions", and when they realized that Dongwangfu wanted to directly attack Luoyang, they were surprised to find that there was no defensive power around Luoyang at all. Yang Yugang quelled the mutiny in the army, and there were not many soldiers and horses around Luoyang City, and the North Wangfu and the West Wangfu sent troops to the direction of Yuzhou at the same time, and they were too late to help. And at this time, the West Wangfu and the North Wangfu could not withdraw their troops in a hurry, after all, the battle of Yuzhou City had begun, and the casual withdrawal of troops was still in the land of Yuzhou, not to mention the forty or fifty thousand soldiers and horses of the East Wangfu, even Yang Luochuan would not give up such a good opportunity to counterattack in vain.
Luoyang, suddenly out of people's sight, turned into sight, more people discovered the ambition of the East Wangfu, which was ready to take advantage of the chaos to take Luoyang City directly, without giving Xiaobei Wang Yang Ke and West King Yang Ping a chance.
The soldiers and horses of Jiangdu who went straight to Luoyang were not very many, only five or six thousand soldiers and horses, if it were not found around Luoyang, people would even ignore such soldiers and horses. After all, no one believed that five or six thousand soldiers and horses could conquer Luoyang, the imperial city of the Northern Dynasty, but this was the case, and the Eastern Wangfu was so "bold" to send five or six thousand soldiers and horses to attack Luoyang, without taking Yang Yu's Luoyang defenders into account at all.
In early September, all families were destined to be unstable.
Originally, Yuzhou was already in turmoil, but now the sudden change in the war in Luoyang has made the attention of each family shift from the direction of Yuzhou to Luoyang.
After all, the fall of Yuzhou only means the life and death of the Southern Prince's Mansion, but Luoyang City is related to the legitimacy of the entire Wei Dynasty royal family. If Jiangdu takes Luoyang, and then has the empress's orthodox status as a support, the Western and Northern Palaces are likely to be forced to continue to be loyal, and then risk the world's disapproval, it will mean that they will become completely "rebellious", and there is no room for turnaround. And now they can be said to be working for Yang Yu, but Yang Yu is not there, everything they do is just rebellion.
On September 16, the soldiers and horses of the East Wangfu were less than sixty miles away from Luoyang City, and they could look at the head of Luoyang City at any time.
At this time, in addition to Luoyang's responses, the North Wangfu and the West Wangfu even made any responses. The closest soldiers and horses to Luoyang are also thousands of miles away.
What's even more strange is still to come, as the soldiers and horses of the East Wangfu approached Luoyang, the rebels around Luoyang who had been beaten by Yang Yu's "imperial army" all over the place seemed to have suddenly found their direction and "defected to the Wang Division" together, plus some local garrisons around Luoyang that "set things right", the Dongwang Army, which had only five or six thousand soldiers and horses, suddenly soared to more than 100,000. This figure made the West Prince's Mansion and the Northern Prince's Mansion feel terrible when they heard it.
Yang Yu was in a hurry to deal with it, and there was no way to do it. Knowing that this "100,000 army" is just an empty shell, and that there are only 5,000 or 6,000 soldiers and horses in Jiangdu who have combat capabilities, but the 100,000 troops and horses also show that the people want to deal with it, and if they are forced to deal with it, it will also be a dead end.
In this case, Yang Yu made a move that surprised everyone in the world, in the face of the pressure of the army of Dongwangfu, Yang Yu actually took a small number of followers, and abandoned the city to the north under the escort of more than 1,000 soldiers and horses, directly ignoring Luoyang City.
When Yang Yuben escaped the Yellow River, some powerful people in Luoyang City realized that the new emperor had "escaped", leaving a mess that no one cared about.
At this time, the people in Luoyang City were also completely panicked. As Yang Yu escaped and arrived at the land of the Northern Palace, it was still a question whether Yang Ke would take them in. Stay, the soldiers and horses of the East Prince's Mansion have been killed in front of them, after all, they "helped and abused" when Yang Yu rebelled, whether the empress would forgive them is not easy to say, the East Prince's Mansion is so flawed that it will be reported, and it is almost impossible to retreat with all his body.
Originally, it was a problem in front of Yang Yu, but suddenly there was no principal, and the dragons in the entire Luoyang City were leaderless, and at this time, the "100,000 army" of the Dongwang Mansion really killed under Luoyang City, and it was just September 18 at this time.
Many of the magnates in Luoyang City rebelled with Yang Yu, but in the end, Yang Yu defected to the Northern Palace, but he did not take them away, which means that they were "abandoned" by Yang Yu at all. After the news of Yang Yu's escape came out on September 17, the Dongwang army also reacted immediately, sending some people to Luoyang City to lobby, mainly against some generals and officials who had had a holiday with the Dongwangfu, trying to persuade them to surrender to the Dongwangfu directly instead of making useless resistance.
After several days of lobbying, the soldiers and horses defending Luoyang City basically made compromises. It was agreed that Kaesong would surrender on September 22.
At this time, the war in Yuzhou was still in a state of stalemate, but the soldiers and horses of the Northern Wangfu began to withdraw their troops on September 19, and the direction of retreat was also in the direction of Luoyang City, which was clearly to rush to Luoyang and snatch back the Luoyang City that Yang Yu had lost.
From Yuzhou to Luoyang, it takes more than half a month for soldiers and horses to march even if they are in a hurry. The Eastern Wangjun also saw that the Northern Wangfu's soldiers and horses would not be too timely to return, and with the withdrawal of the Northern Wangfu, the Western Wangjun did not launch a large-scale offensive against Yuzhou for several days.
Yang Pingju, the king of the west, did not want to be a "wronged leader", and Yuzhou at this time had become a "chicken rib", and it was of little significance whether to capture it. On the contrary, it is Luoyang City, the West Wangfu and the North Wangfu have coveted it for a long time, but now it has been "picked up ready-made" by the East Wangfu, how can he be willing in his heart? (To be continued......)